In the first year of Shenghua, the third day of the seventh month.

Outside Kyoto, Qin Wei personally went out of the city to see off Wang Yixian.

Since the awakening spirit fruit was ripe, Wang Yixian sent people back to Jianxin Island and obtained a large number of pills and resources, and the two completed the transaction just yesterday.

This time, Qin Wei paid fifty Awakening Spirit Fruit Trees and obtained six hundred mortal top-grade pills, as well as some scarce resources and three spirit stones.

Three spirit stones, one awakening spirit fruit for one, this price is really not ordinarily expensive.

As for the scarce resources of those large glasses, there are ordinary herbs, precious metals, and some exercises that are not available in large glasses.

Overall, this transaction, Dali's side should be at a loss, but Qin Wei feels that this transaction is still worth it.

In fact, it doesn't matter what was traded, the important thing is that this time Qin Wei has a clearer understanding of the Qiongtian Sea Area, especially in the western part of the Qiongtian Sea Area, Wang Yixian and Song Yuanhao have revealed a lot of information to him.

Looking at the carriage in the distance, Qin Wei's eyes flashed with a little essence.

There are a thousand thoughts in my head.

After this incident, his idea of entering the Qiongtian Sea was clearer.

"Let's go back!"

Seeing Wang Yixian's carriage disappear at the end of the road, Qin Wei turned around and got into the carriage.

Half an hour later, Qin Wei returned to the imperial city.

Sitting in the imperial study, he took out the three spirit stones in his hand.

The spirit stone should be the most important and most commonly used cultivation resource in the Qiongtian Sea Region.

It contains pure spiritual power, and cultivators can directly absorb the spiritual power inside the spirit stone to improve their own cultivation.

And the spirit stone can also be used for refining, alchemy, arranging the magic circle, providing energy for the magic circle, and so on.

It can be said that the spirit stone is the resource with the most consumption and the highest practicability in the Qiongtian Sea area.

And the spirit stone mine, which can mine spirit stones, is the most fiercely contested resource by the major forces.

According to Wang Yixian, most of the spirit stone mines in the western part of the Qiongtian Sea were controlled by the three major dynasties, and only a small part were controlled by some powerful forces.

Even if forces such as Kenshin Island and Moon Island found the spirit stone mine, they would not be able to keep the spirit stone mine.

Playing with three spirit stones the size of his finger belly in his hand, Qin Wei couldn't wait to go to the Qiongtian Sea to mine now.

This spirit stone is so easy to use.

The Wanfa Oven could directly absorb the spiritual power in the spirit stones, and if there were enough spirit stones, he could completely manufacture innate martial artists in batches.

It's a pity that the spirit stone is also a precious resource for Jianxin Island, and Wang Yixian is not willing to give it to him at all. If it weren't for his soft grinding and hard bubbles, Wang Yixian would not be willing to give these three spirit stones.

Just when Qin Wei was thinking about the benefits of the spirit stone, Xiao Shunzi walked up to him and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Di and Master Sun ask to meet!" ”

"Let them in!"

Qin Wei said.

Master Di is Di Renjie, and Lord Sun is Sun Wenjian, the secretary of the Ministry of Taxation.

The two of them came together, and Qin Wei had already guessed what was going on.

A moment later, the two of them arrived at the study.

After seeing the ceremony, Sun Wenjian stepped forward and handed a document book to Qin Wei and said, "Your Majesty, this is this year's summer tax account book!" ”

Qin Wei's eyes lit up, and the result was to look at the book.

It is naturally impossible to remember all the taxes clearly in a small booklet, which only indicates the taxes of each state and province.

Qin Wei flipped through the book, his eyes getting brighter and brighter.

In the end, he was even more shocked.

"One hundred and eighty million taels of silver!"

Qin Wei couldn't help but exclaim.

"So much!"

Seeing that he was so shocked, Sun Wenjian smiled like a Maitreya Buddha and said, "Your Majesty, the tax reform has increased the tax revenue by six times compared to last year!" This is the blessing of the court! ”

When Qin Wei heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression became weird.

That's interesting!

That's a six-fold increase from last year.

What does this mean?

This does not mean that the tax of the court is a harsh reproach to the people, because the proportion of taxes customized by the court is not high, which can only show that there were too many people who evaded taxes in Dali before.

The land is divided into acres, and the poll tax becomes a field tax.

The officials and gentry paid taxes as one, transferring the tax crowd from ordinary people to large wealthy families.

Thinking about the land and population that Dali currently owns, Qin Wei feels that it is a very normal thing to have so much tax.

On the contrary, it is not normal for the tax to be only tens of millions in the past.

This proves from the side that the problem of land annexation within Dali is very serious, after all, Dali is a dynasty of more than 300 years, and the civil class is seriously solidified.

However, now that the tax reform has begun to bear fruit, Qin Wei is still very happy.

"Not bad!" Qin Wei nodded approvingly at Sun Wenjian.

Although the Ministry of Taxation has just been established for more than two months, Sun Wenjian has already pulled up the framework of the Ministry of Taxation, and has also completed the collection of the summer tax.

Of course, the collection of summer tax this time mainly depends on the local government and county governments, and the tax department is only responsible for summarizing.

"However, the establishment of the Ministry of Taxation needs to be accelerated!" Qin Wei said.

The end of the summer tax, there is also the autumn tax, the autumn tax is mainly based on the silk of Jiangzhou and Yuezhou, in addition to these, there are also city taxes, commercial taxes, etc., there are many kinds of taxes in Dali, and these taxes will be responsible for the Ministry of Taxation in the future.

The framework of the Ministry of Taxation has just been set up, and it is still far from being able to control all the taxes in Dali.

"Wechen obeys!" Sun Wenjian said.

Qin Wei looked at Di Renjie again and said, "Anything else?" ”

Di Renjie took out a copy of the fold and handed it to Qin Wei, and said, "Your Majesty, the cabinet has adapted the official position system, this is the charter!" ”

Qin Wei took the fold and glanced at it.

The restructuring of the official system can also be said to be a reform.

In line with the subsequent imperial examination system and the official selection system, it can be regarded as preparing for the reform of the official selection system in advance.

In the past, Dali's official position system was nine grades and eighteen grades, and officials and officials did not belong to officials.

The clerks and servants of the county government and the government are no longer in the official system, but they control the county government.

This is enough to show the control of the clerks and officials over the county government.

After the magistrate arrived, he had to rely on these clerks and officials to do things, and sometimes the clerks and officials did not cooperate, and the magistrates could not do anything.

There is also a saying that the imperial power does not go to the countryside, how can this work?

For Qin Wei, it is nonsense that the imperial power does not go to the countryside.

There are too many drawbacks in the Lijia system, and Qin Wei naturally can't ignore them.

The lower the officials, the greater the impact on the common people.

If Qin Wei wants to change the entire Dali, the underlying Lijia system must also be changed.

He wants all ordinary people to have the opportunity to rise, so the grassroots management system is very important.

Therefore, a few days ago, he proposed to several cabinet ministers the reform of the official position system.

Looking at the twists and turns, Qin Wei bowed slightly.

In fact, there is less resistance to the reform of the bureaucratic system, after all, it is good for all officials in the world.

The statute submitted by the cabinet was to change the original nine-rank eighteen-grade to the twelve-grade and twenty-fourth grade, and all officials, government officials, lieutenant chiefs, and first-class chiefs were included in the official ranks.

In addition, each county will also be divided into townships and townships, and township yamen will be set up.

As for the village, Qin Wei intended to keep it as it was, but the township yamen would be responsible for managing the village.

"It's not bad, let's experiment in Shuntianfu for the time being, and if there is no problem, it will be promoted!" Qin Wei said.

Di Renjie said: "Your Majesty, in this way, the number of officials in our dynasty will increase sevenfold, and the annual expenditure of officials will increase fourfold. ”

He wanted to remind Qin Wei that the reform of the official system was a great waste of money, after all, in the future, those clerical officials, officials and the like would be responsible for the imperial court.

Qin Wei smiled: "Isn't this tax increased by six times?" ”

Di Renjie looked stunned.

Although the tax revenue has increased, it can't be so wasteful!

Once the official system is reformed, the court will spend tens of millions of taels of silver every year, and such a large sum of money can support hundreds of thousands of troops.

Qin Wei naturally knew that Di Renjie felt that it was too much money, but in fact, this was normal.

Today, there are only more than 30,000 official officials in Dali, Beijing and 13 prefectures, and if all those scribes and officials are included in the official system, the number may reach two or three hundred thousand.

The salaries of grassroots officials will be lower, but there are a lot of them.

Coupled with the establishment of the township yamen, it is really not too much to spend tens of millions of taels of silver a year.

"Not only to carry out the reform of the official system, but also to give the officials of the dynasty a salary, not only a pension, but also to establish a pension system, and everyone who serves the dynasty should be given preferential treatment by the imperial court."

"However, I will also increase the supervision system for officials and increase the punishment for officials' crimes."

"Merit is rewarded, and guilt is punished."

"I will not treat anyone who has meritorious service to the dynasty, but I will not forgive anyone who is guilty."

"This is the rule of the court in the future."

Qin Wei said.

The rule of officials is always the top priority of the imperial court, no matter how good the system is, as long as the officials are corrupt, everything is in vain.

Preferential treatment of officials corresponds to severe punishment of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Qin Wei didn't believe that there were any clean officials in this world.

In fact, the problem of official corruption in Dali is very serious, and before the establishment of the Zhenwu Division, the collusion between officials and the forces of the rivers and lakes is all over the place.

After the establishment of the Zhenwu Division, those Jianghu sects no longer need to collude with officials, so this aspect has improved a lot, but there are still many problems such as collusion between officials and businessmen, corruption and bribery.

The only good aspect is that Dali's officialdom has not rotted to the roots, and many problems have not formed unspoken rules, so Qin Weicai has always tolerated it, but he will not always tolerate it, and when the reforms are on the right path, he will still rectify the officialdom.

"The minister understands~!" Di Renjie said.

He also knew Qin Wei's thoughts, but he just felt that it was too much money, but Qin Wei had made up his mind, and he didn't need to persuade him anymore.

"Go ahead!" Qin Wei bowed slightly.

"Wechen retires!"

After the two left, Qin Wei counted the items obtained from the transaction with Wang Yixian this time, and then directly distributed them.

Except for the three spirit stones, Qin Wei handed over all the pills and items to Li Xun and Yan Zhen.

Yanwu Pavilion has been extended to all prefectures, prefectures and counties, and changes in Qingfushan will also begin.

In the future, the innate martial artists on Qingfu Mountain can no longer be so idle, and Qin Wei has already formulated a set of rules for them.

That is, every innate martial artist on Qingfu Mountain has to recruit two disciples every year, and to cultivate disciples on merit.

Each time a nine-rank martial artist is cultivated, he will receive rewards, and the rewards are mainly based on pills, money, blades, martial arts inheritance, and so on.

If you cultivate an innate martial artist, the reward will be more.

In short, the better the disciple you cultivate, the more rewards you will give.

All the elixirs and items obtained from this transaction will remain in Qingfu Mountain as a reward in the future.

When the matter was dealt with, the sky darkened.

Qin Wei sat in the study, immersed in the Yitian chessboard.

Yesterday's momentum reached 150,000, and he could transform a Silent Realm powerhouse again.

(End of chapter)