The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 183 Boon Order

In the few nights when he didn't go to Yunjin's courtyard to listen to music, ministers from various departments came to see him.

Although the overall development momentum of Leiqiong and Qiongzhou is very good, there are still some problems.After all, it is the implementation of the New Deal, and problems are inevitable.

Except for the emptiness of the national treasury, the problems of the rest of the departments can be attributed to two points, lack of money and lack of personnel.

Many officials followed from Lin'an, but each department lacked small officials to do things below, that is, there were generals but no soldiers.

Zhao Dongting, Lu Xiufu and others discussed carefully, and there was no other way but to issue a recruitment order to select officials.

In particular, the selection and recruitment of officials under the jurisdiction of Leizhou Prefecture and Qiongzhou Prefecture, because they are the main people who handle affairs.

At the same time, in order to prevent any accidents during the implementation of the New Deal, Zhao Dongting also authorized the newly established Ministry of Civil Security under the Ministry of State to recruit soldiers.

It's just that the generals of the Ministry of Civil Security are different from those of the army, mainly in maintaining law and order and investigating cases.It can be said that it is a combination of the original punishment department and Yamen arresters.It is under the unified management of the Ministry of State, and each subdistrict, state, and prefecture has its own social security bureau, each of which is under the jurisdiction of the superior.

In order to improve the efficiency of small officials in various ministries and divisions, Zhao Dongting issued the "Boon Order" to improve the status of small officials in various government offices.

In this era, petty officials have no status, and many of them do not have official status.Take the catchers of the yamen as an example, they are divided into Minzhuang, Kuding, Douji, and Pubing.

What is a pariah?

The untouchables were the lowest social class in the Song Dynasty, the same as prostitutes and slaves, only better than criminals.

The descendants of these untouchable yamen servants were not allowed to take the imperial examination, nor were they allowed to donate money to buy officials, so they were not looked down upon at all.

This is also the reason why when the imperial court first arrived in Leizhou, they sent small officials to divide the land, but they were still beaten by those nobles and tyrants.

Nobles beat them, they are innocent.Even if it is killed, you can pay some money casually.

Zhao Dongting's Bounty Order can be said to have shocked the government and the public.

The foundation of feudal society is the division of classes, nobles, commoners, untouchable slaves and so on.It is also the main contradiction in this society.

This class division made the feudal society continue to be stable, but often because of the country's weakness, it would eventually lead to a complete outbreak of contradictions between the landlord class and the peasant class, triggering national changes.

Zhao Dongting wanted to change the identity of a small official into an official, which naturally touched on the class issue that was inherited from the feudal society.

In Leizhou, where the "Boon Order" was first promulgated, the nobles inevitably made trouble again.

Although it doesn't do much harm to their interests for petty officials to own officials, they are not fools. Who can't see the emperor's true intentions?
When a pariah becomes an official, he is no longer a pariah.

The emperor promulgated the "Boon Order" today, abolishing the status of many untouchables, they cannot stop them, what about the future?
If the emperor abolishes the identities of untouchables and slaves in the future, the whole world will be ordinary people, who will these nobles order?

Even among the hundred officials, there were many people who opposed it, and vigorously stated the disadvantages of the "Boon Order" in the main hall.

Although Zhao Dongting pushed forward the "Boon Order", it seemed that it was extremely difficult to actually implement it.

For this reason, after being persuaded by him, ministers such as Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie who saw the benefits of this new social system were also helpless.

They are just newcomers, and most of the interests of the land of Leizhou are still in the hands of those nobles.Their strength is great.

Seeing that the end of the year is coming.

That night, Zhao Dongting announced Lu Xiufu, Chen Wenlong, Mu Kangxun, and even Xiyi, the magistrate of Haikang County, to the palace to have an audience.

After the emperor and ministers had seen the ceremony, Zhao Dongting asked the eunuch to give them seats, and then asked, "How is the implementation of the Boon Order?"

Lu Xiufu shook his head and sighed.

Mu Kangxun said: "Your Majesty, as soon as the Boon Order was promulgated, some nobles began to refuse to pay food and taxes."

"Ah."

Zhao Dongting nodded slightly, looked at Xi Yi, "Xi Aiqing, please tell me about the situation in Haikang County."

Haikang County is where the Leizhou Government Office is located, and it is also the place where Zhao Dongting's implementation of the New Deal can best reflect the effect.

After Xiyi became an official, his demeanor became much calmer than before. Although his eyes were still full of wit, his face was serious.

He stood up and saluted Zhao Dongting and Lu Xiufu respectfully, and replied: "Your Majesty, just as Lord Zhizhou said, the Boon Order has only been promulgated for two days, and there are already nobles and gentry refusing to pay taxes. Seventy-eight out of ten shops in Haikang County are products of their families, and in the past two days, the taxes collected are much different than before."

Speaking of this, he paused, and then said: "I am worried that if this continues, they, they may even choose more radical ways to oppose the Tweet Order. In addition, in the past two days, many nobles have When entertaining humble ministers, all the words mentioned that the Boon Order will shake the foundation of the country, put pressure on the humble ministers, and let the humble ministers persuade the emperor to abolish the Boon Order."

"Ah."

Zhao Dongting smiled lightly, and said again: "Then what do you think about this matter?"

Xi Yi bowed even lower, and said: "Your majesty is wise, I believe that Boon's blessing to the people is a feat. Although it touches the interests of nobles and gentry at the moment, it will make the people rich and equal in the future. In the long run, It can make the country safe and peaceful.”

"Oh?"

Zhao Dongting was slightly surprised, "How do you say that?"

Xi Yi raised his head to look at Lu Xiufu and the others, and said: "The emperor's implementation of the Bounty Order must be to abolish the untouchable system on purpose, right?"

Many people can see this kind of thing, but no one dares to say it, for fear of making Zhao Dongting unhappy.

Originally, Xiyi studied poetry and books hard, so he had the heart of becoming an official, but he was born as a pariah, even if Liu Hongyi traveled for him, he still couldn't achieve his wish.Fortunately, he made great contributions in sending letters during the Battle of Quzhou, and was specially appointed by Zhao Dongting to become the county magistrate of Haikang County.For Zhao Dongting's Boon Order, he can be said to be most grateful to Dade.

He is most aware of the suffering of the untouchables.It is difficult for such a person to stand up.

But now Zhao Dongting's Boon Order is giving them hope to turn around.

No one wants to be a slave from generation to generation, not to mention that there are many people with great ambitions among the untouchables.

They intend to serve the country, but because of their backgrounds, they have nowhere to report.

On this point, even Lu Xiufu, Mu Kangxun and the others are far less thorough than Xiyi.Because they are all of noble origin, or ordinary people who have passed the imperial examination and become famous.

Under the current social system, the living conditions of untouchables and good people are completely different.

The good people have land and freedom, but the untouchables do not.

"you're right."

Zhao Dongting did not hide his thoughts, and said: "My wish is to make the world equal, and there will be no more untouchable slaves. As long as they are educated, everyone can be an official and serve the country."

Although Lu Xiufu and the others had already guessed in their hearts, they couldn't help being slightly surprised at this moment.

Everyone can be an official, which they didn't even dare to think about before.

Chen Wenlong said: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, how can we appease those nobles?"

They all came from Lin'an, and their property and shops were gone long ago, so they didn't object to Zhao Dongting's idea.

The Song Dynasty had fallen to this point, and most of these ministers gave up their selfish desires and devoted themselves to serving the country.

This is also the biggest advantage of the Southern Song court now.

After Zhao Dongting beat Zhang Shijie, he dared to delegate power to these ministers because he liked them.

However, the local nobles in Leizhou obviously don't think so completely about the imperial court.People have selfish desires. Before thinking about the country, they usually think about family affairs first.

Their opposition to the implementation of the Boon Order is enough to demonstrate their determination to oppose the abolition of the untouchable system.

And going around, the matter came back to the original point because of Chen Wenlong's words.

How to appease those nobles?

The Boon Order must be implemented, and Zhao Dongting has never wavered in this regard.

Lu Xiufu said: "Your Majesty, how about we give them some more privileges?"

Zhao Dongting pouted slightly, "What privileges?"

Lu Xiufu tentatively asked: "Keep the slaves in their family, if the untouchable system is abolished in the future, will their slaves be excluded?"

"Ha ha."

Zhao Dongting couldn't help laughing again, "Nine times out of ten, the untouchables are serving the nobles. If they are excluded, what's the point of abolishing the untouchable system?"

As he spoke, he stood up abruptly, his eyes flashed brightly, and said sonorously: "If they object, just kill them!"

He suddenly thought of the land reform during the reform period. Aren't those landlords defeated?
As long as there are elite soldiers and strong generals, Zhao Dongting is not afraid of what those nobles can do with the support of absolute force.

They prevented them from dividing the land last time, Zhao Dongting did not confront those nobles head-on under Xiang Dongyang's suggestion.This time, he has no patience.

Privileges here, privileges there, what virtues will these nobles be accustomed to in the future?
After experiencing several battles on Guangxi South Road, he was used to fighting, and the killing intent in Zhao Dongting's heart gradually grew unconsciously.

He is no longer so cautious, more and more like an emperor, and now he is showing his glory.

When Lu Xiufu, Chen Wenlong and others saw Zhao Dongting's expression at this time, they couldn't help being stunned on the spot.

(End of this chapter)