Han Shizu

Chapter 1471 Great adjustment at the end of the ninth year of Kaibao
It has to be said that Zhao Laosan's political sense is indeed extremely sensitive, and his words are basically a prophecy. After the imperial banquet in Xiyuan, Emperor Liu's follow-up actions really came.

On the last day of the ninth year of Kaibao, Emperor Liu got up early and went to the Qianyuan Hall in an unconventional way to hold a grand court.This is also the first big dynasty after a long time. Before that, Emperor Liu had not been in court for three months.

Prince Xungui, civil and military generals, officials in charge of various ministries and government offices, and thousands of officials reporting their duties in Beijing are sitting in the Qianyuan Hall, listening to the sacred teachings.In such a big battle, the top elites are gathered together, and the discussions are naturally about the major affairs of the country and the court.

Of course, everyone who understands understands that the so-called discussion is just a formality. The real decision-making has long been discussed in detail by the main ministers.

Emperor Liu didn't say much, the crown prince was away, Zhao Pu was mainly in charge, and the duration was not short, from Chenshi to noon, a full two hours.

There are two themes of the court meeting. One is to look back at the development of the Han Dynasty in the past year, summarize the gains and losses in finance, military affairs, civil affairs and many other matters, focus on reviewing several major events in the people's livelihood of the Han Dynasty during the nine years of Kaibao, and reward role models , Remember the lesson.

The second is to look forward to the future. The nine years since Kaibao was the first and most important year of Dahan’s national policy change and strategic transformation. Although there are some problems, a good foundation has been formed.

On behalf of the imperial court, Zhao Pu made an assurance to Emperor Liu that he would continue to carry out the policy of raising interest, safeguard the well-being of the people all over the world, and protect the development of the state and the people.

For the various policy reform measures in the nine years of Kaibao, we will continue to deepen and improve, carry forward good governance, make up for mistakes, and strive to restore the exhausted national strength within three to five years.

Under this premise, Zhao Pu, on behalf of the Zhengshitang, reported to Emperor Liu the government work arrangements for the coming year formulated by the imperial court.Of course, those plans clearly reflected Emperor Liu's own will.

Zhao Pu emphatically emphasized that the imperial court will strengthen the governance of officials, cultivate the ability of officials in government affairs, and at the same time increase the spiritual construction of ethics and conduct, strengthen supervision, and clearly improve the promotion system.

The construction of official administration has never been just about fighting corruption, nor is it just about disposing of corrupt officials. On the contrary, it is a systematic project, involving all aspects from talent selection and training, promotion assessment, official appointment, supervision and supervision. .

It took Emperor Liu more than ten years to truly understand this truth in the past, so he built a relatively complete bureaucratic management system for the court.

However, completeness does not mean perfection. In the past few years, Emperor Liu has indeed had little energy in combating corruption. He has a clear attitude and has made a lot of achievements. A major case that caused a sensation in the government and the public, and the severe punishment for criminal officials and criminals are proof.

But similarly, in other respects, despite the continuous improvement of the political system, there are still deficiencies and deficiencies. This time, Zhao Pu also intends to spend some time in this regard and continue to improve and make up for it.

The end of the court meeting ended with the announcement of two decisions.One is that some people have expected it but are unwilling to face it, and they are limited to noble strategies.

This policy, which has been brewing in the imperial court for many years, caused a lot of criticism, and was even difficult to deliver, was finally officially introduced after nine years of turmoil in the winter of Kaibao.

Of course, Emperor Liu's food was not so ugly, and Zhao Pu's tactics were always clever, and he didn't blatantly declare to the world that the imperial court wanted to cut the salaries of meritorious officials and limit their privileged status.

Nominally, it was because there were many irrationalities in the imperial salary system. In response to this, Zhao Pu led the financial secretary to formulate a whole set of adjustments to the salary levels of bureaucrats, military officers, and official staff in the Han Dynasty.

Just judging from the stipulated salaries of bureaucrats at all levels in the Han Dynasty, in the past, the overall level was relatively low, especially those grassroots officials with lower ranks.

Taking the capital city as an example, it is difficult for many low-level officials to live a decent life in the capital with their annual salaries, even with the annual welfare compensation for their duties, and it is even worse than some ordinary people engaged in commerce and handicrafts. .

Therefore, it is unavoidable that some officials take advantage of their positions to seek benefits outside the system, and they have something to say for their livelihood.In response to this point, the imperial court has greatly increased the salaries of officials this time. The lower the rank, the higher the rate. Improve the treatment of officials.

Of course, when the financial situation is not good, the imperial court treats bureaucrats so favorably, and there are naturally conditions, that is, it is expressly prohibited that bureaucrats with positions and their immediate blood relatives do business.

Although it is very difficult and even unrealistic to really ban it, a bill that can be referred to and used as a basis for law enforcement is clear. Cool down.

On the whole, all the bureaucrats in the world have benefited this time, especially those officials who are supposed to do things for officials.In addition, due to the extremely uneven level of economic development in various parts of the Han Dynasty, and in view of the differences between the rich and the poor, the salary levels of officials in various places also changed accordingly.

This article also forms a policy, instructing the state governments to make adjustments, and it is no longer as in the past, formulating and issuing completely according to the rank of officials.

In conjunction with this, the Ministry of Officials will greatly relax and give preferential treatment to the evaluation and promotion of officials in remote and poor areas, and encourage aspiring officials to go to humble officials to serve as officials.

As for the military personnel, needless to say, in the past 20 years, Emperor Liu has never treated the army badly, and it is the same this time. Even the adjusted salary of the officers is only comparable to the salary level of the army.

The adjustment of military salaries is limited to the improvement of the internal salary system of the army, increasing the treatment of frontier soldiers and garrison soldiers, maintaining the level of guards and forbidden soldiers, and reducing the garrison of local Taoists, making the differentiation and hierarchy more obvious.

At least, even if the country has basically entered a peaceful era, serving as a soldier is still a good choice.

Similarly, compared with official and military positions, the adjustment of honorary treatment is more targeted, and the targeted weakening.Completely in accordance with the provisions planned by Zhao Pu, Emperor Liu made some minor revisions and promulgated them immediately.

The most intuitive thing is that from the king down, the annual salary has been reduced.Taking the prince as an example, the annual salary has been reduced from 1000 taels and [-] taels to [-] taels and [-] taels.

Now the princes of the big man, that is, those few princes, cut down from their sons, and they can really stop many people's mouths, making it irrefutable.

In contrast, the treatment of honored ministers remains unchanged. After all, their ranks cannot be passed on, and they have all made great contributions to the country. There is no need for Emperor Liu to treat them badly.Of course, this is also a way to appease.

Starting from the most direct Juelu, the amount of tax-free land for nobles has also been greatly reduced. The [-] hectares of the state government will be directly reduced to [-] hectares, and the rest will need to be re-filed with the local governments.

In addition to direct interests, there are restrictions on other explicit and implicit privileges of Xungui. Of course, they must be implemented in law enforcement in the end.The construction of the law enforcement team is also the key task of the court led by Zhao Pu.

If in the past, the imperial court issued such a malicious policy, the nobles of the big man would have fallen out long ago, and their dissatisfaction would definitely be written on their faces, expressed in words and deeds.

But this time, everyone was silent, no one had wiped the blood in Nanshi, and the imperial banquet in Xiyuan was even more astonishingly cold, no matter how dissatisfied, they could only hold it in their hearts and did not dare to attack.

The powerful families such as Fu, Li, and Zhao took the lead in saying that they accepted the imperial court's policy, and expressed their willingness to accept the imperial court's supervision and report their local products.Zhao Kuangyin even proposed that he was willing to pay back the past land tax, but without Emperor Liu's voice, Zhao Pu stated that the past grace was in line with the court system, and there was no need to pay it later.

The last move was the adjustment of the imperial court's personnel. Luan Guogong Murong Yanchao officially retired, and the Ministry of Industry was managed by his servant Pan You. This is a Nanchen, a reformer, and even a general under Zhao Pu.

At the same time, Cui Zhoudu paid homage to the prime minister, and was also in charge of criminal names and supervision, and became the prime minister in charge of the judicial work of the Han Dynasty.In addition, Zhao Kuangyi's career as Luoyang Yin, which lasted less than a year, ended, and he was transferred to Jinghu South Road as the chief officer.

(End of this chapter)