Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

At this moment, the reaction of everyone outside the Daming Palace was very polarized. Some people cheered, some looked ugly, and some looked entangled and embarrassed.

Interestingly, not all scholars were happy.

To be more precise, only a few are happy.

The reason is very simple. Today, these scholars in the imperial examination have no sense of serving the people. Their only purpose in taking the imperial examination is to become officials, gain power, and lead their families and even the entire clan to rise in class!

The people are just incidental.

In the eyes of many people, officials in remote places are almost like being exiled, and officials are even more looked down upon. Therefore, how can they be satisfied with these two options?

As for the first option, which is to serve as a temporary inspector, and if an official is found to have violated laws and disciplines, he can take down the official and directly replace him. They are satisfied, but they also know that the risks are extremely high. It’s hard to say whether the mouth cake will survive after eating it!

Because of this, many people appear entangled and embarrassed, and only a few are truly happy.

What makes officials look ugly is mainly the last thing Bai Sheng mentioned about the integration of officials and officials. In the future, officials can be promoted to officials with merit. A county government may only have a few officials, such as county magistrates and county magistrates.

Others are officials.

To put it bluntly, officials can only be regarded as middlemen who convey instructions. Those who actually carry out the instructions of the court are basically officials, and they are also responsible for collecting taxes!

Including maintaining local security.

They are all officials!

The imperial court managed officials through officials, and officials used the officials to complete the court's instructions and manage the people.

In the past, officials and officials were separated. Officials could never become officials, and many officials were even considered lowly. But no one had the dream of transcending classes. Once the integration of officials and officials was fully implemented, the vast majority of officials would be more willing to stand in the court. Here, the imperial court's control over the world will also reach a higher level, reaching the level of officials.

This is a conspiracy and there is no solution!

Because once the officials stop them, they will definitely offend the petty officials all over the world. As the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to mess with, and the little devils are difficult to deal with. The petty officials are little devils. They use their methods downwards to make the people's lives worse than death, and they use their methods upwards. , which naturally makes those officials miserable.

Even letting them die is not difficult!

Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied the officials are, the most they can do is to do something privately and do some tricks. No one is willing to directly oppose and argue with the Supreme Emperor in public.

As for the failed scholars and candidates who were still not satisfied, after listening to the discussions of the people around them, they knew that this was already a huge concession. If they had any more ideas, it would only make people feel greedy.

In other words, you are unwilling to endure hardship.

Not willing to think about the people.

In addition, at this time, there were still people who took the lead in shouting that the Supreme Emperor was wise, so they could only follow the trend and praise the Supreme Emperor for his wiseness. Then Li Ke stood up very appropriately and said that he would adopt these suggestions from the emperor's grandfather, but Some details still need to be discussed, so the specific policies will be delayed for ten days and a half.

Only then can it be officially launched to the outside world.

Then he announced that the accusation meeting was over, and everyone lined up to leave in order. Li Ke and Bai Sheng turned directly back to the Daming Palace and asked the historian who had been following them to make a copy of what they had just written down. , sent to the current official newspaper office for printing.

The relevant content will be published in the newspaper tomorrow morning.

Enough to cover Chang'an City easily.

Within half a month, these official reports can be quickly spread throughout the Tang Dynasty through various post stations. Of course, some particularly remote places may be slightly delayed.

But at least most mainstream areas will definitely receive it.

Most petty officials should also know.

Overall, the plan went smoothly.

After that, although hundreds of officials and even some aristocratic families had their opinions, the power of poor families and petty officials should not be underestimated. In addition, Li Ke had developed military strength and cultivated his own cronies over the years, so Bai Sheng's suggestions After a lot of push and pull, 90% of it was successfully implemented, with only one failure.

Even if officials between the sixth and third grades are found to have violated laws and disciplines, they can be directly replaced.

I failed to become the corresponding acting official.

Officials generally believe that officials above the sixth rank can no longer be considered minor officials, and the matters that need to be dealt with are beyond the ability of ordinary Jinshi who have never been an official before, and this does not affect other Jinshi who become officials through normal channels. It's fair, after all, Jinshi can generally only be awarded official positions below the seventh rank. Only the top three, such as the number one scholar and third-ranked scholar, can get a sixth-rank official if you are lucky.

Therefore, those candidate officials can directly obtain official positions below the sixth rank, which is already a pretty good treatment.

Because it was generally harmless, Li Ke did not continue to argue with the officials on this point. After making slight modifications, these new policies were officially launched.

At the same time, he specially sent his cronies to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to form a temporary office team, which was responsible for processing the applications of those candidates and those who failed.

The reform of the imperial examination will be directly implemented next time.

For other new policies, you need to apply for them yourself.

Li Ke was worried that some of the original officials in the Ministry of Personnel would not fulfill their duties or deliberately cause trouble, so he specially sent his cronies to form a temporary office team to deal with New Deal matters. In addition, he also sent many people to Visit various places to see if there are any outstanding officials.

If there is, it must be set as a model.

Even a big promotion!

As for the effect of the new policy, generally speaking, it is good. Although not all candidates and candidates who failed to apply for the exam enthusiastically signed up to participate, there were still many people who wanted to give it a try, signed up, and submitted their applications.

For those who dared to try, Li Ke and Bai Sheng did not treat them badly. For example, for those who were willing to be inspectors, Li Ke each arranged a team of 100 people to protect them. For those who were willing to go to some remote areas to serve as officials, every They will receive a large medical gift package and will also send businessmen to accompany them to the place of employment.

Conduct careful inspection and help formulate investment plans.

Or formulate a development plan suitable for the local area.

There is no way. The new policy must not be messed up at the beginning. It must be given more support and help to make it beautiful. Only then will people continue to join. If half of the inspectors died at the beginning, then On the way to remote areas, there are dead spots. No matter how acclimatized the place is, there are dead spots, and at the same time, there are no political achievements.

If you don't move around in three to five years, you won't be promoted.

Then who would dare to apply?

So whether it is to make the results of the New Deal look good, or to make the New Deal sustainable.

Bai Sheng and Li Ke were at the beginning.

We will definitely give you a lot of help!

It can also be considered as the benefit that the first batch of crab eaters deserve.

It has to be said that the preparations they made are still useful. For example, many of the inspectors who went to various places to strictly investigate corruption and violations of laws and disciplines encountered accidents, such as bandits and assassinations.

Even with special protection, one of them died and dozens of others were injured. Although Li Ke later sent people to conduct a strict investigation, caught the culprit and hanged him. But it still scared many candidates.

It is better for those who go to remote areas to serve as officials. Although some people are not accustomed to the local climate and some people can't stand the local climate and get sick, fortunately, the medicine provided by Bai Sheng and others is reliable. No one died of illness directly. Only people can't stand the environment and can't stand almost a piece of land. Recoiling from the savage situation.

But because scholars keep applying.

Therefore, Bai Sheng and Li Ke didn't punish those who backed down. They just banned them from participating in the imperial examination.

No matter what era, desertion is shameful.

You don’t have to apply, but if you feel that it’s too hard to get there after you apply, it will undoubtedly be unkind!

In addition, as for the petty officials, although their overall reputation is not good, bad bamboos can still produce good bamboo shoots. Among so many petty officials, it will definitely be no problem to find a few who are good people and have good abilities. Those few can be said to be very fast. Following this trend, I became a pig at the center of the trend and skyrocketed.

Being a representative of official transfer can be regarded as an example for all other petty officials, making them realize that official transfer is real, feasible and can be done.

The court did not lie to them.

The New Deal encountered some setbacks and obstacles at the beginning, but fortunately, it not only advanced smoothly in the end.

Also achieved good results!

Next, of course, Li Ke will continue to reform while consolidating the results, such as popularizing education, promoting the industrial revolution, and launching foreign wars.

At the same time, the plan to restart the enfeoffment system was launched.

It is also officially open to the public!

Datang officially kicked off its comprehensive expansion!

No matter how we talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, one thing is undeniable, that is, many human behaviors are driven by interests, and Li Ke's operation actually uses interests to drive Datang's external development.

However, the initial effect was actually relatively average.

There are even many people who oppose it.

After all, everyone was used to being conservative in the past. Even when they went to war against foreigners, most of them were because of their invasion.

Until ships and carts of spices, gold and silver were transported back, and Li Yuanjia successfully broke the earth in Nanyang and became king, it was really hard for those noble families not to be moved!

But what really made them unable to hold on any longer was.

A wealthy businessman also broke the earth and became a king.

Although it is just an island, there are both gold and silver mines on that island. Even after becoming the king, 30% of all the products on the island need to be handed over to the Tang Dynasty. The profit will be extremely terrifying. After all, within the territory of the Tang Dynasty, gold The silver mines belong to the state and no one else is qualified to mine them.

The most outrageous thing is that the wealthy businessman hired a group of people to take over the island. The total cost of the process was less than 300,000 taels, and the gold and silver mines on the island were roughly estimated to be worth at least 3000 taels. Ten thousand taels.

Who can listen to this revenue ratio and not go crazy?

Not to mention earning a throne. Even though he is just a feudal prince on an overseas island, he is still a prince!

He is still the kind of prince who can govern himself!

There is no doubt that this wealthy businessman is a benchmark specially promoted by Li Ke. Of course, the wealthy businessman himself is real, and the island is indeed owned by him, including the gold and silver mines on the island, as rumored. Such a little thing Li Ke is still willing to give up, there is no need to deliberately fake it.

And the effect is! It’s also quite immediate!

It’s much better than Li Yuanjia’s method of splitting the soil and sealing the king!

Countless wealthy businessmen who were rich but not powerful were going crazy. At the same time, many aristocratic families were very excited and began to spend money to hire people to work in preparation for the expansion of territory.

It can be said that the entire economy of the Tang Dynasty has become extremely dynamic and booming. After all, opening up territory is not a simple matter. Even if you just occupy a small island, you need to make a lot of preparations in advance and spend a lot of money. After this money enters the market, it will naturally drive the economy, allowing ordinary people to make money and have purchasing power, allowing Datang's economy to flourish.

As for the casualties in the process of opening up territories.

Today, the technological level of the Tang Dynasty, including its military strength, is no less than that of the Empire on which the sun never sets during the Second Industrial Revolution. There is a huge gap between it and other surrounding countries, and even other countries around the world.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was beaten.

Even if there are casualties, the casualties will be very low.

can be ignored.

It would be irresponsible not to take advantage of this great opportunity to expand rapidly and seize enough resource territory!

Ten years later, all the powerful countries around the Tang Dynasty were completely destroyed, and the territories that were useful and critical to the Tang Dynasty were included in the actual rule of the Tang Dynasty.

The rest were gradually divided out.

Some were granted to surrendered aborigines, and some were granted to meritorious ministers. In short, they were large and special, and they tried their best to ensure that their territory would not be too large.

At the same time, it is best not to deal with each other very much.

This way even if it gets out of control one day in the future.

It won't pose any threat to Datang!

The most important thing is that at this time, most of the aristocratic families have their own fiefdoms overseas, or outside the Tang Dynasty, so it is natural for Li Ke to take the next step and completely eradicate the aristocratic families.

The method is very simple, that is, introduce new policies specifically targeted at aristocratic families, such as tiered tax collection on land. When an individual's land exceeds one hundred acres, he will start to lose money. If it exceeds one thousand acres, he will lose money if he sells that land. Not enough to pay the annual land tax.

Another example is prohibiting intermarriage by blood relatives within three generations.

It is both scientific and prevents marriages between aristocratic families.

There is also the household registration policy. Every household with more than 100 people will be charged an additional head tax of ten times or a hundred times. After someone becomes an official, people will not be allowed to do business for several generations, etc.

All in all, the policies are basically aimed at some big families, big aristocratic families, and powerful families. They have no impact on small households, and there are even exemptions for small households.

It can be said that Li Ke was telling them openly.

The Tang Dynasty no longer welcomes them. They can either accept this and let their family gradually decline, or they can quickly sell everything they can and move to their own fiefdom, which means leaving the Tang Dynasty.

Although those aristocratic families were unwilling to give in, they also knew that the Tang Dynasty was capable of completely annihilating them. At this time, just driving them away was considered very polite. As a result, the land prices in the Tang Dynasty fell rapidly, and various The big family members started a big sale.

Bai Sheng and the others finally relied on moderate methods.

Basically root out all the powerful families of the Tang Dynasty.