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Chapter 188 The big move is coming!

For the next three days, Xiao Zijie was busy at home, and Zhao Yan was not idle either.

Now that the New Deal is going to be implemented, Zhao Yan is going to make a one-size-fits-all plan to abolish all the bad habits accumulated in the previous Great Zhou.

In fact, years ago, he had already asked some officials from the Sixth Ministry to collect information, but these officials didn't know what Zhao Yan's purpose was.

At this moment, there are three brochures on Zhao Yan's dragon case.

If these three booklets are seen by all officials of the court, it will definitely cause great turmoil in the court.

The first booklet contains the names of 120 officials. These officials are all Beijing officials, and most of them are idle. This is the list that Zhao Yan intends to depose and cancel these official positions. After dealing with these people, then you can Deal with all kinds of officials in the 36 states of Dazhou who occupy the latrines and don't shit, and eat the imperial salary for nothing.

The imperial court has been very kind to such officials, so Zhao Yan thinks it is reasonable to dismiss them.

The second booklet is a list of more than 6000 forbidden soldiers in Changdan City. This list was compiled by Shen Tuyi. The soldiers in this list are basically over 40 years old, have no official rank, and are even disabled. up.

Naturally, these people are not suitable to be in the army. Zhao Yan's plan is to give them a share of money based on their military achievements, so as to streamline the army and streamline the administration, and increase the vitality of the army.

And the third booklet lists nearly [-] rules and regulations that need to be abolished. Most of these systems are cumbersome and outdated customs. If they are not abolished, they will encourage all kinds of unhealthy tendencies in the officialdom.

These three booklets are the sanctions against redundant officials and redundant soldiers. Zhao Yan has not let anyone read them. The purpose is to show his determination and attitude when announcing the new national policy.

On the evening of the third day, Xiao Zijie presented Zhao Yan with the compiled New Deal provisions.

After Zhao Yan saw it, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and immediately decided to hold a court meeting tomorrow, but all the fifth-rank and fifth-rank officials in Changdan City must not be absent.

When the ministers heard this oral order, they all vaguely felt that tomorrow's court meeting was absolutely extraordinary.

The next day, before dawn, the civil and military ministers of the Great Zhou gathered at the base of the city wall.

And there are various hawkers at the base of the city wall, selling mutton soup, hubing, golden belly soup, pig and sheep purse, buns and steamed buns. There are more than 500 meters of hawkers.

The ministers either sat on small benches or squatted at the base of the city wall, chatting while eating.

The court meeting usually lasted until noon. Some officials could not hold on without eating in the morning, so they had to eat a little before the court meeting. Over time, a morning market was formed at the base of the city wall for the courtiers to eat.

Of course, some courtiers would not eat here, such as Xiao Jingye, he felt that it was insulting to the gentleman, and he had to eat at home; there were also Shangguan who had already eaten and started running around the city wall.

Xiao Zijie was called to the court, and he knew very well what he was going to say in the court, so he was very nervous, and he had gone to the toilet four times in an hour.

But Xiao Jingye stayed far away from Xiao Zijie, claiming that he wanted to avoid suspicion. Above the court, he and Xiao Zijie were colleagues, not father and son.

As for what exactly Zhao Yan and Xiao Zijie talked about, and how the situation of Shuzhou's New Deal was, he didn't ask Xiao Zijie a word.

After a while, the east was pale.

The gate of the city wall was opened, and the officials filed in.

In the Daqing Hall, hundreds of officials gathered and stood neatly on the left and right according to their respective official positions.

Xiao Zijie stood near the door, waiting for Zhao Yan to summon him.

Not long after, Zhao Yan, who was wearing a brocade costume, came to the Daqing Hall.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the ministers shouted at the same time, and knelt on the ground collectively, prostrating.

"My dear friends, let's all be flat!" Zhao Yan said with a smile.

The civil and military officials all stood up immediately. They heard Zhao Yan's voice, and they felt that Zhao Yan was in a very good mood at this time.

Zhao Yan and all the officials were not polite or nonsense, and said directly: "My dear friends, I only want to say one thing at the court meeting today, and that is the New Deal. Let Xiao Zijie, who came back from Shuzhou, talk about it for everyone. Let’s talk about the specific situation of Shuzhou’s New Deal.”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yan looked at Xiao Zijie at the door.

Xiao Zijie was ready a long time ago, and immediately walked to the center of the hall, and said loudly: "My lords, the Shuzhou New Deal has already taken the first step. Regarding the implementation of the "Two Hundred New Deals", the current situation is like this..."

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Zijie began to talk in detail about the new deal in Shuzhou.

The reduction of land tax led to landlords and merchants buying a large amount of land. Shuzhou punished a large number of merchants and increased land tax according to the amount of land.

Shuzhou New Deal dealt with a total of more than 500 officials, ranging from dismissal to imprisonment.

Pan Wenyue, the magistrate of Shuzhou, was once assassinated by bandits, and the matter was assigned by an official.

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The civil and military officials of the Great Zhou could not help but frown as they listened. They never imagined that the new policy in Shuzhou would be so rough that even the life of a state magistrate would be in danger, and what would be the result of the current new policy. It's still unknown!
Xiao Jingye, Liu Chaotong, Kong Moshan, Yang Xinghuai, and Shangguan are all serious. At this time, they feel that this kind of New Deal reform is simply walking on the edge of a cliff, and accidents will happen if they are not careful. Arouse popular uprisings and some people's rebellion.

Although the New Deal is good, it will hurt too many people!
After Xiao Zijie finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the hall, and no one spoke.

It's not that everyone has no confidence in the New Deal, but most of them feel that the New Deal is too sharp and should be taken slowly.

But Zhao Yan, based on the experience of a person who has been there, feels that severe illness must be given strong medicine, otherwise even the Qingtian Building will collapse in an instant. The most obvious examples are the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty and the Jingkang Shame in the Song Dynasty .

The Anshi Rebellion was not due to the rebellion of thieves, but the decline of the imperial system; the shame of Jingkang was not because of the incompetence of the Northern Song army, but because they did not know how to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

Zhao Yan looked around and said loudly: "After the initial results of the Shuzhou New Deal, I have decided to start the new coup law in the remaining 35 states from now on."

"what?"

All the ministers were shocked!

If there is chaos in other state capitals like Shuzhou, but there is no Pan Wenyue in the battle, and a group of corrupt officials have not been cleaned up in advance, once something goes wrong, it will be a big problem.

Shangguan, the most active speaker, strode out displeased, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate. According to the experience of Shuzhou, it is not appropriate to carry out the new policy reform quickly!"

Zhao Yan stared, stood up, grabbed his clothes with one hand, and said loudly: "I didn't discuss it with you today, but I want you to carry it out!"

Seeing that Zhao Yan was going to perform the "take off the dragon robe" scene again, all the officials were helpless. After all, the little prince hadn't been born yet, so Zhao Yan must not be angry at this moment.

And Zhao Yan's move was not a rascal's move, he was preventing some courtiers from being more rascal than him in advance!

(End of this chapter)