Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 71
Minister of Reform!With my warrant, you can enter various departments and adjust the files of each department.

This is simply a miniature version of a collection of six books. The officials all opened their eyes and looked at Wang Mang. They were really shocked by Wang Mang's methods.

Wang Mang didn't respond to the ministers, but continued: "I have heard the debates you just had, some of them are very reasonable, some of them are very unreasonable, but there is one thing that I think is the most urgent thing, that is to select a group of outstanding officials first, Eliminate a group of backward officials, so Shangyang."

"The minister is here." Shang Yang bowed quickly.

"The first thing you have to do is to rectify the administration of officials." After Wang Mang finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Jian and said, "This work is mainly carried out by Zhang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and you are the assistant. You should work together to rectify the administration of officials first." , Haifeng of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

"The minister is here." Haifeng hurried out.

"Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while. You should also move the procuratorate." Wang Mang said: "You order the censors of the procuratorate to fully cooperate with Zhang Jian and the Central Committee of the Shang."

"I obey the order." Haifeng nodded quickly.

Wang Mang said again: "The people you recommended last time, I have thought about them for the past few days, and now I appoint Deng Tong as the left servant of the household department, and Fan Li as the right servant of the household department. It is said that the two will be appointed."

After finishing speaking, Wang Mang looked at Li Hong and said, "Ai Qing, you will have to worry about these two people."

"I obey the order." Li Hong nodded. He was so dirty now that he didn't dare to refute any of Wang Mang's opinions, so he could only cater to him blindly.

Li Hong himself knew that if he hadn't been a minister of Gu Ming, and he was very sensible not to cause trouble for Wang Mang, I'm afraid he would have been the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs long ago.

In fact, Li Hong also had a premonition that when one of Deng Tong and Fan Lizhong had the ability to take over as his Minister of the Household Department, he should retire and return to his hometown as the Minister of the Household Department. Get on good terms.

In fact, Li Hong thought too much. When Wang Mang employs people, he only depends on his ability and moral level. Li Hong has worked in the household department for many years, and he was not dragged into the water in this Fang Xizhi incident. It can be seen that his ability and moral level are not weak. As long as Li Hong doesn't provoke Wang Mang, Wang Mang has no plans to replace the Minister of the Household Department for the time being.

At this point, the imperial prelude should be over, so the officials left, while Li Hong and Shang Yang stayed.

As soon as Li Hong and other officials left, they kowtowed and said: "I will die!"

"What's the matter?" Wang Mang startled Li Hong, this guy would die as soon as he came up, maybe he caused some trouble.

"Fang Xizhi, a generation without a king and no father, came out of the household department of the minister. As the minister of the household department and a court official, I have an unshirkable responsibility. Your Majesty, please punish the crime." Li Hongdao.

"Ai Qing, I've already had someone investigate Fang Xizhi's matter. It has nothing to do with you. You don't have to keep a dead person in your heart." Only then did Wang Mang know that Li Hong had come to plead guilty for Fang Xizhi's matter.

Since Fang Xizhi was imprisoned, the Minister of the Household Department of himself was a little dazed, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He even wanted to exonerate Fang Xizhi. Naturally, he didn't admit his mistake to Wang Mang, but at this time, this guy didn't know Did he figure it out on his own, or did he come here to admit his mistake because of the advice of some expert.

Li Hong didn't believe Wang Mang's words, and he didn't dare to believe it. What is meant by not having a big relationship, no matter how small it is, it still has a relationship. If there is a relationship, then he will punish him.

Gritting his teeth, Li Hong said directly: "Although your majesty did not punish the crime of the minister, the minister dare not think that he is innocent. The minister decided to donate 50 taels of silver to the court to redeem the crime of ignorance, and also to make up for Fang Xizhi's wrongdoing. Part of the loss caused by the imperial court."

50 million taels?

Wang Mang's eyes lit up immediately, the fat sheep in the household department are fat, and the inconspicuous Li Hong just opened his mouth and gave Wang Mang 50 taels of silver. He is really rich. It seems that he has to find a reason to ransack their homes. get rich easy.

In fact, Li Hong was also in pain for a while. The 50 yuan seemed light and delicate, but it can be said to be more than half of his current family property. Excluding his fixed assets such as house title deeds, Li Hong almost emptied his family property.

This is also the decision he made after consulting Zhang Jian. Originally, Li Hong only planned to send the emperor 20 yuan. Later, he saw that Shang Yang raised it to 30 yuan. .

If Li Hong knew about it, it was because Fang Xizhi was first released by his household department, and then he himself donated another 50, which directly caused the emperor to become obsessed with house raiding. I don't know how Li Hong would feel.

As for now, after Wang Mang was surprised, he said: "I agree with Aiqing's request. When the court meeting next day, you can choose an appropriate reason to donate at the court meeting."

"I obey the order." Li Hong kowtowed quickly, he was not afraid that the emperor would take the money, but he was afraid that the emperor would not take the money. After collecting the money, no matter whether he does something or not, at least he will not intentionally cause trouble for you.

With the emperor's promise, most of Li Hong's worries these days were relieved. As long as there were no mistakes, he could retire safely.

When Li Lan withdrew, Shang Yang, who had been standing aside with a calm expression, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, you have seen the wealth of the court officials."

"I see." Wang Mang nodded, and a minister of the household department took 50 taels casually. The other six nine ministers and nine adults were not much less wealthy than Li Hong, plus their deputies. Wang Mang felt that if they ransacked all their homes, they might get tens of millions of silver.

"This is the long-standing evil of the imperial court." Shang Yang said affirmatively: "It is also the place of reform."

"Tell me carefully." Wang Mang showed a very interested expression.

"The so-called reform can be said to reform the current ills, make the people live better, and make the country long-term peace and stability." Shang Yang said: "But fundamentally, as long as the reform is successful, the country will be stronger or weaker. Your Majesty knows ?”

"Tell me." Wang Mang said.

"It's very simple. As long as the law is reformed, it must be a change to the existing system. The existing system has been in operation for thousands of years. This system is not out of date. It is just a cover for this system, which has solidified the class." Shang Yang Long body said: "Let's talk about our Great Qin. A farmer is a farmer. He has been a farmer all his life. A businessman is a businessman. He has been a businessman all his life. Officials are officials. They have been officials for generations."

"This kind of class solidification seems beautiful, but one of the major consequences of class solidification is that the upper class is more content with pleasure, and the lower class is increasingly oppressed. When this oppression reaches a peak, conflicts will inevitably arise. Many countries in history In fact, they all perished in the resistance of the people at the bottom." Shang Yang sighed.

"I understand what you said." Wang Mang nodded, and said: "So before the country's class solidification is completely completed, we must adjust the class internally, give the ruling class such as new power, and invoke some of the bottom people to enter the ruling class. In this way, the circulation between the bottom and the top can be formed, and the flowing water will not rot, and the country will naturally have long-term stability."

Shang Yang looked at Wang Mang in shock. He didn't expect the emperor to see this layer. Originally, he planned to show off, but now, Shang Yang just took a deep breath, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the holy man of all peoples, Fu, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

(End of this chapter)