Chapter 18: Radical Reforms
Immediately, Liang asked and said without hesitation: "These corrupt officials and corrupt officials should indeed be killed, but the top priority now is to stabilize the people's hearts first!" ”
"So from today onwards, I will order you to go to your respective hometowns, and use Zhizhou as a force, so that those officials and powerful families must contribute money and efforts, open warehouses and release grain, and help the victims!"
"And from today on, the grain price of the Great Liang Empire must be unified, and no one is allowed to raise the price of grain without permission!"
Liang asked, and the Wenchen generals below also bowed their hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise!" ”
"In addition, from today onwards, the Great Liang Empire must implement a conscription system, and the standing soldiers in each region must be in charge of Lord Zhizhou! And I also want to tell you one thing here, that is, standing soldiers are not ordinary people, if you want to be standing soldiers, then from today on, you must leave the peasant households and use the imperial court to support your family! ”
This system of conscription was introduced hundreds of years ago, but it was not successful for various reasons.
But now the Great Liang Empire is also cornered, so Liang Wendao also intends to follow the example of his predecessors and let every state of the Great Liang Empire start recruiting troops.
In this way, every state of the Great Liang Empire has standing soldiers, the price of grain is unified, and warehouses are opened to release grain to help the victims, and those people will definitely not suffer anymore.
And these standing soldiers will definitely be loyal to the court if they take the court's money.
In this way, the Great Liang Empire is also united.
"Your Majesty, although this is a good statement, but raising troops for a thousand days and using troops for a while, in this way, the treasury of the Great Liang Empire can't bear it!"
Hubu Shangshu also arched his hand to Liang and asked.
You must know that the treasury of the Great Liang Empire has been unable to make ends meet over the years.
Although these ministers know very well that if they can unify the price of grain and open a warehouse to release grain, those people will definitely support the imperial court.
But the treasury is also a big problem!
"Yes, Your Majesty, although the conscription system can make the beams work together, the treasury ......"
"The money in this court is not easy to make, and the minister thinks that it should be open source and reduce expenditure!"
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Hearing the words of the head of the household, some of the ministers below also opened their mouths and asked Liang one after another.
They all know very well that they are in charge of the treasury.
If the treasury is not enough to support it, then these people will definitely be held accountable!
"Do you think I don't know how to open up sources and reduce expenditures?"
Hearing the words of these people, Liang Wendao's eyes were also cold, and he immediately said angrily.
"Don't dare!"
Hearing what Liang asked, those ministers also quickly knelt down and spoke.
"I tell you one thing, those powerful clans must contribute money and efforts, open warehouses and release grain, and give relief to the victims, there is no doubt about that!"
"But the standing soldier is the great wall of the country, I also plan to implement the conscription system, if a standing soldier does not want to be, then I will not force it, if there are people who want to be a standing soldier, then in addition to the court must be paid, please also think carefully about what kind of reward should be given to them!"
Liang said in a cold voice.
He knows one thing very well, that is, if you want to work together, in addition to doing what the head of the household book said, you must also let the people below give more or less blood!
Although these powerful clans have been looting the people's fat and ointment over the years, if they want to make them pay, it is impossible!
And these standing soldier rewards must not be missing!
This is also a big pit he dug for these people below!
"Your Majesty, although this is a good statement, but over the years, the powerful clans in various places have been sheltered by successive emperors, if you want to snatch the people's fat and ointment from them, then I am afraid it will attract their complaints!"
Hearing what Liang asked, some of the ministers below also frowned and said to Liang Wenwen.
They all know a little bit better.
Those powerful clans are greedy, but if they want to scavenge something from them, I'm afraid they won't agree!
And if you go too far, I'm afraid it will attract their complaints, and there will even be some assassinations and other incidents!
In this way, they are also not happy with these court officials!
"What's so hard about that? Among the money donated by those powerful clans, let's take one percent according to ten percent, and then reward these powerful clans with some official positions according to the size of their merits, so that they can contribute money and efforts, and our court can also get a lot of money! ”
It didn't take long for Liang to come up with a new plan in his mind.
This plan, while not so above board, is very practical!
You must know that those powerful clans have received a lot of benefits over the years, and if they give them some more money, Liang Wendao can give them some official positions!
In this way, those powerful families have contributed both money and effort!
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Hearing what Liang asked, the Wenchen generals below also arched their hands and said.
They all know one thing very well, that is, the Great Liang Empire has now reached a critical moment of survival, if they don't want to save themselves, then the Great Liang Empire will definitely be eliminated by history!
And the Great Liang Empire is now united, and it definitely needs a strong person as the backbone!
Now these Wenchen generals are all loyal to Liang asked!
And as long as Liang Wendao can make some merits, then these civil and military generals can also get benefits!
"In addition, if there is a disturbance in various places, it should be killed!"
Liang Wenwen said in a cold tone, he also understood that it was definitely not easy to dig out useful money from the powerful people in various places, which was why he would say such things.
"Tell those local heroes, this is my order, I will arm the army, if you refuse to pay, then directly raid the house, after clearing the Huns, I am giving them an explanation."