Chapter 454: Change

Three things, the Kong family's affairs don't matter, if they are not honest, they will be killed. Including those officials who strongly oppose, it is no problem to directly confiscate their homes. Perhaps there are honest officials who serve the country and the people, because they do not understand Wang Yan's great talent and strategy, and they speak for the Kong family. But more opponents are still because of the right to speak and for their own personal interests. Such people dared to represent the scholars of the world to talk to Wang Yan when Wang Yan's 100,000 troops were stationed in Bianjing. It was really bold. A few leaders must be killed, and a group of responsive people must be arrested to carry out infrastructure construction.

If the civil officials rebel and fail in ten years, they are nothing. After half of the court was empty and Bianjing was almost paralyzed, there were no more civil officials in the whole north who shouted against the overthrow of Kong. As for those hot-blooded scholars who were easily overwhelmed and could not stand the agitation, they no longer bluffed about dying. Wang Yan did not kill many people, but he confiscated many people's homes.

If the family is really poor, then forget it. Directly depose him, let him become a civilian and make a living by working. If something is found, then there will be problems. The family property will be confiscated, the family servants will be disbanded, and all males over the age of 15 in the family will be demoted to labor and resettled nearby. The former awe-inspiring officials in the court are basically working in Luoyang to build the city and move bricks, and it is difficult for them to die.

As for the remaining two issues of land nationalization and commercial tax, it is actually not that difficult, but there are enemies everywhere.

He has 100,000 troops in Bianjing, nearly 50,000 in Shandong, and another 100,000 in Hebei. The Northern Army, including the Weiwu Guard, has 200,000 troops, which is 450,000 troops. The Western Army as a whole surrendered. Although there were many landlords in the army, the upper echelons of the Western Army had made up their minds and firmly supported Wang Yan's leadership. Whoever opposed it would be dealt with. At the same time, he sent 5,000 people to train the new army and purify the team. Even if there were some rebellions, they were suppressed by the Zhong family and other high-level officials. The number of the Western Army, including the Xiang soldiers, the Xiang soldiers, and the Fan soldiers, added up to 400,000.

The total number of troops is 850,000. According to the current slight exaggeration of military strength, it is an understatement to say that there are a million troops. With such military strength, it is not a big problem to suppress the north.

This number is definitely false. It is not the 150,000 that are false, but the original Song army except the Fubei Army and the Weiwu Guard. It is not for other reasons, but for the empty salaries. The organization of many troops is very false. The real number of people will definitely not reach 850,000, and about 600,000 should not be a problem.

The key to the problem is that there are not enough people to execute it. This is a big project, and a huge number of people are needed. This problem was solved by the Song Dynasty's support of scholars for more than a hundred years. Wang Yan directly recruited students over the age of 17, and cooperated with local officials who would never get ahead, to go deep into the countryside to measure the land, and to collect taxes from merchants in the city for the first time.

Of course, if you want people to work, there must be corresponding incentives. If you want incentives, you must know people's demands. And those students and local officials, needless to say, what they want is, of course, to become officials and make money.

It is impossible to get rich, whoever gets rich will be punished by the king, but the salary can be increased, which is enough for them to live a good life. As for being an official, he is reforming the official system, which will open up a promotion channel for those officials. In addition to their official status, they will be promoted and appointed if they do a good job, so they are all working hard.

However, in order to prevent officials from taking root in the local area and colluding with local big families, the land inspection and tax collection in other places were still implemented. In case of resistance, troops will be directly dispatched to suppress and confiscate the house, and all male adults will be used as labor as usual. These are all precious labor forces, and they cannot be killed simply. Even the old man who is going to die has to move two bricks before he dies.

The fastest progress in these two items is of course Shandong, Hebei and the capital region, followed by the northwest region. Because the Western Army has shrunk its defense line, it has withdrawn 100,000 troops to suppress the local areas, and pushed forward one place after another, with the destination being Luoyang.

This is to quickly pacify the north and carry out reforms with a strong fist, and another point is to go south to fight a war of unification. At this point, it was impossible for him to reform moderately, and the only way was to send a large army to attack the border.

As for the hidden dangers brought by these, Wang Yan was not afraid. There was nothing else. He lived long and could ensure that the results of the reform would not be repeated. According to the ancient dynasty's 300 years, he could account for nearly one-third. So one generation was dissatisfied, two generations were dissatisfied, and three generations were dissatisfied?

So there was nothing to worry about, just force it.

The matter had been handed down. Although there were basically no officials who were loyal to him, Wang, and who were really dedicated to the matter, the goal was there, and the means were there. If it was done well, it would be fine, but if it was not done well, it would be a problem. Moreover, it was not that he did not have his own channels to get the news. The emperor lacked a sense of security and did not trust others. This was a common problem. Although he did not lack a sense of security, he did not trust anyone. So he still had an intelligence agency in his hands, and this time he directly opened a government and built a ya.

The agency was that agency, and the name was just a code name. The court judge, the imperial city department, etc., did the work of spies, so his spy agency was called "Jinyiwei". The main reason is that he thinks this name sounds better, and he has been to that world before. Although he has not done anything related to that world, it does not prevent him from appreciating this name.

As for other government structures, the changes are still significant.

The three ministries of Zhongshu, Menxia and Shangshu were abolished, and the Dali Temple was brought out to become a separate law enforcement agency. The Yushitai was brought out and merged into the Duchayuan to become a separate supervisory agency. The Ministry of Revenue continued to manage financial affairs, the Ministry of Punishment became a legislative body, and the Ministry of Personnel continued to manage the appointment, promotion, and demotion of officials. The new Council was established as the highest administrative agency, which was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Education, the Imperial College, the Ministry of Works, etc., as well as the administrative affairs of local governments.

The above ministries, except for the two chief and deputy chief officials of the Council, together with the chief officials of other ministries, totaled seven people, and the Cabinet was established, led by the chief official of the Council, and jointly handled national affairs.

Because the Council was merged into most of the other departments, the affairs involved were huge, and they handled everything, and the government affairs were complicated, so the group of scholars and masters of Qingtan in the Hanlin Academy were brought in to serve as think tanks to help the cabinet make plans. The people in the Hanlin Academy are all Jinshi. Although they lack practical experience and many opinions are out of touch with reality, they are still smart enough. They don't have decision-making power, so it's not a big problem for them to serve as think tanks. If there are good seedlings, they can be used after being seen by the highest authority.

In addition, he merged the Ministry of War into the Privy Council and renamed it the Military Governor's Office. This is not an official position in the Republic of China, but the highest military authority that supervises and leads the world's troops. It only manages national military operations and is not too involved with the civil service group. Only civil officials are responsible for logistics and supplies, and the central government still clamps down on local troops.

Those who govern the country only govern the country, and those who fight only fight. In this way, as an emperor, Wang Yan directly controls the legislative power, law enforcement power, financial power, personnel power, and the most important military power. With the five powers in hand, you can rest assured.

In addition, a police and armed guard was established, which was under the command of the Council. It is equivalent to the later Ministry of Public Security, doing the work of the police, which is equivalent to the current yamen runners and constables. They are all official civil servants with ranks. Now they are still filled by those yamen runners. In the future, veterans will be trained and appointed little by little.

The administrative divisions are still based on the original roads, prefectures, counties, townships, and bao. Other administrative systems are based on the existing structural reforms. After all, it is vertical management. Whatever yamen is above, there are departments below.

In the most basic administrative unit, this time the bao is no longer served by the rich households in the village as the baozheng and lichang, but is appointed by the government. And a few positions have been added to be responsible for the public security, people's livelihood, taxation, and wealth of a bao. These people can also be promoted, can see the future, and work hard.

As for the dissatisfaction of the rich households, there is absolutely no such thing. Whoever dares to shout loudly, then his whole family will build roads and dig canals on the spot. It's so hard. With a million troops in hand, even if half of them are useless, it is still easy to control some rich households.

The three redundancies of the Song Dynasty, redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses, have been solved when Wang Yan ignored the rebellion of the world.

His official system and administrative reforms, coupled with the large-scale arrests and exiles, vacated many positions. So many useless government offices were abolished, and the situation of multiple personnel for one job was solved. The government functional departments were streamlined, the functional departments were refined, and the personnel were dispersed to various places to serve. Even the current officials are not enough, and there are vacancies in many places. This solves the problem of redundant officials.

The training of the North Army and the West Army, as well as the 200,000 troops pushed to the central government from Hebei, Shaanxi and other places, will also be trained. Those who are qualified will continue to be combat soldiers, and those who are unqualified but have a correct attitude will be allowed to return to their hometowns to join the police and armed guards. The Xiang Army composed of refugees abolished the establishment and became free people, but they belonged to the Ministry of Works and became construction teams to work and earn money. In this way, the problem of redundant soldiers was solved.

In the case of the above two solutions, although there is no Zhao Song clan, no tribute to the Liao Kingdom and other things, the expenses may be greater than before. After all, these are necessary expenses. In any case, the silver military pay for officials and soldiers must be guaranteed.

The salaries of civil servants were already very high, so he maintained the original salaries, neither increasing nor decreasing them. However, he streamlined the army and improved the welfare benefits of the remaining professional soldiers. The number of people has decreased, but the expenses are even higher. Adding the two together, the expenses are much higher than before.

However, there is a saying that as long as it is a matter of money, it is not a problem.

He has ordered the whole country that "Baoqian" is the official currency. Although gold, silver and copper are still in use, they are gradually decreasing. Of course, he cannot force the people to use paper money, but he can regulate it. After all, he issues paper money to people, so the previous gold, silver and copper currencies will become less and less as they are consumed. What he has to do is to keep printing money.

He is not afraid of currency depreciation. After all, even if he over-issues, it is within the acceptable range. Moreover, now there are constant house searches, and various fields, grains and treasures are constantly stored in the warehouse. So many gentry and landlords' wealth are harvested by him, and there is no problem in spending it for two or three years. As long as two or three years pass, the whole thing will be basically sorted out, and it will definitely not collapse. It is very stable...

Luoyang is a big construction site. Ziwei Palace is not counted. All kinds of infrastructure in the city, such as drainage, hard roads, etc., are all being renovated and rebuilt for the atmosphere of the imperial capital.

The most unhappy people in Luoyang must be the original Bianjing people. On the contrary, the happiest people are the people of Luoyang. Other policies implemented by Wang Yanxin, they support this good emperor without mentioning, just the fact that Luoyang has returned to the status of the imperial capital, and the resulting high housing prices, are good news for the people of Luoyang.

Not to mention the major renovation of various infrastructure and the re-planning of the city. Although Luoyang was originally an imperial capital, nothing was wrong, it was never like this, feeling completely new.

It was snowing in the sky, and it would be New Year's Eve in another month, but the hustle and bustle of Luoyang City did not diminish at all. Although it was cold, the enthusiasm did not stop. People's heads were smoking, but they were still in full swing.

In the grand and magnificent Wanxiang Temple, there were officials wearing green plain robes, white jade crowns on their heads, and a layer of red patches on their left shoulders. The patches were embroidered with golden auspicious beasts. They lined up in front of the ministers and bowed to someone who was sitting on a pure gold dragon chair in the distance, crossing his legs and sitting sideways: "Reporting to my emperor, the Altar of Land and Grain and the Imperial Ancestral Temple have been built, and the coronation ceremony has been prepared. Please give your instructions."

It is said that it is lonely at the top, and the emperor is the loneliest. Wang Yan felt that he couldn't help being lonely. This is a fucking big boss of the Wanxiang Temple. He is sitting on the dragon throne on the high platform. If you have poor eyesight, it is difficult to see who is talking. It would be strange if he is not lonely. He can understand that this is for the sacredness of the emperor, but to be honest, among the thousands of ministers below, there are not many fools who believe in this sacredness. They are all thinking about how to make the fools on the high dragon throne believe in this sacredness.

Simply put, whether it is the emperor or the ministers below, whoever believes is a fool, but they all want the other party to believe.

The speaker is the Minister of Works, Zong Ze. This is also a famous anti-Jin person in history, who promoted Yue Fei to the position. He used to be a county magistrate in Shandong, especially he was the Tongpan of Dengzhou. What is Dengzhou? It is an outlet to the sea. There used to be a lot of business there, and there were frequent ships going back and forth, either north or south. As one of the highest leaders of Dengzhou, Zong Ze couldn't be unaware of those things. No matter how well they hide, they are under his nose. These are not the spies of the Imperial City Department in Wangjiazhuang. After all, the things in Wangjiazhuang are what Wang Yan wants people to see, and there are many other things elsewhere.

Zongze was dissatisfied at first, but later he sadly discovered that the whole Shandong was someone else's territory. If he lifted the lid, he would split Shandong in an instant. Considering the external situation and the fact that Wang Yan did provide a lot of financial support to various parts of Shandong and led the people to live a good life, he could only grit his teeth and accept it. Later, he retired directly, out of sight, out of mind. After all, all the people from top to bottom are Wang Yan's people, and he is not comfortable with his work.

Now that Wang Yan is in power, there is no more verbose. He directly gave Zongze a sign to lead the Ministry of Industry and be in charge of national infrastructure. The Sheji Altar and Taimiao were newly built outside the city. The function is the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, one is to worship the heaven and earth and the five grains, and the other is to worship the ancestors and join the group.

"Do it according to the original plan."

He sank into his dantian and used the generation technique. His voice spread in this magnificent highest hall, majestic and majestic, with the atmosphere of the emperor.

Zongze bowed his head to accept the order and continued to stand back in the team.

After waiting for a while, no one reported anything. Wang Yan stood up with his dragon robe waving, turned around and left. Behind him, the eunuch shouted "exit court".

This is the grand court meeting on the first day of every month. It is not anything else. It is basically to summarize the work of the past month and make a report. Of course, I picked up what I could say. There are many secrets in an empire. It is impossible to discuss everything in the grand court. After all, there are so many people, and they may still think about solving the problem at the beginning, but later it is a fight between different opinions. Therefore, what is said at the grand court is the progress of the work of each department and the approximate data.

The intention is to let those officials know the extent of the development of the empire. At the same time, every grand court meeting will be recorded by a special person, compiled into a court report, and sent to the hands of local officials after printing. On the other hand, it is also because some things really cannot be taken into account. Some people have done too much in the court. In such a large court, there may not be no direct ministers who will spray in the court, so give them a chance.

As for the eunuch who just shouted to withdraw from the court, he did not abolish the eunuchs and appoint all female officials this time. When he was in Jinyiwei before, he was still a little immature. The eunuchs were selected from poor families with many children who could not survive.

So it is obvious that what he wants to do is to eliminate poor families. Why would he grit his teeth and cut off the roots of his descendants when he can study and take the imperial examination? Of course, that is now, not in the future. After all, when the number of officials is saturated in the future, it will be more difficult to pass the imperial examination and get promoted, and there should be many people who do not want to do other jobs and take shortcuts. The competitiveness is there. Compared with the imperial examination, it is obvious that eunuchs have a greater chance of success. This is a human problem.

Another thing is that if his descendants get married or are weak, then the palace will be full of women. If he finds a man, the emperor will have so many women, and they will definitely not be able to toss them. Over time, the emperor will inevitably have a lot of hats. So even if he abolishes eunuchs now, there will definitely be more in the future, which is also a human problem.

This is the reason why he did not abolish eunuchs this time, and to be honest, eunuchs are indeed more powerful than palace maids, and they are not ambiguous about heavy and tiring work. As for the original batch of Zhao Ji, some were sent to guard the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Altar of Land and Grain, and many were left in the imperial city of Bianjing.

He planned to open the imperial city of Bianjing for people to visit. And Zhao Ji spent so much money to build the Wansui Mountain, and he couldn't let it go to waste. So he simply opened it all and let the eunuchs collect tickets and act as tour guides.

The ticket price was not high, only 500 Wen, which was a 500 yuan note, half a month's salary for ordinary people. In this way, the rich can watch it at will, and ordinary people can enjoy it with just a little effort, which is good.

Wang Yan rode all the way back to the harem, but there was nothing he could do, the place was too big. Although the architectural style of the Sui and Tang Dynasties has made great progress, the overall building still stands out. Therefore, all the buildings in this Ziwei Palace are extremely grand. Accordingly, the spacing is large and there are many open spaces. Now this palace is also a large construction site, designed by the architects from the Ministry of Industry to make full use of the open space. The pavilion and terrace of the palace must be complete, not obtrusive, and must be integrated with the original building.

Nowadays, these people's thoughts are actually quite unrestrained and their imaginations are quite sufficient. The design drawings are very overbearing, and some buildings are even stacked in the air. Among them, the covered bridges and plank roads are particularly beautiful. As for the scenery of mountains and rocks, it goes without saying.

If the Ziwei Palace had not been destroyed, it would have been a grander royal palace building than the Forbidden City. It would have been a great creation in the history of human architecture. Now it has been filled in and expanded by architects. It can only be said that the atmosphere of a great country is there, and how can the barbarians of foreign countries predict it.

Although Zhao Ji came down and became the curator of the Royal Library and indulged in painting and calligraphy all day long, he also paid attention to his son-in-law's actions. He was not convinced and just wanted to see how Wang Yan could be better than him. Even though he was optimistic about his son-in-law and spent so much money, he felt that he was a peerless wise king. He sometimes dreamed that someone was looking for him and wanted to help him restore his country...

In any case, Wang Yan finally achieved his family's small goal of being able to run wildly for a while.

Once in the harem, it will be lively.

The kids were so bluffing, running around in the snow, having snowball fights, building snowmen, and several women working together as female celebrities. This was infected by Jin Lian. I didn't want to go out in this weather, so I just sat together, muttering to each other while making clothes and shoes. It was a good and serious relationship.

When Wang Yan came back, he just said hello, without any messy etiquette. With the help of the palace maid, he took off his outer robe. Wang Yan sat there and took it from his teacher's arms. He was only over a year old, and because he couldn't go out to play, he stretched his neck with red eyes and envy to watch his brothers and sisters playing in the sky. This is Yupan's child, whom she was pregnant with during the rebellion.

Seeing Wang Yan playing with the child again, Jin Lian looked at the jade plate on the side with a smile: "Do you think all emperors are so idle? Why do I feel the same as when I was in Wangjiazhuang? Yupan, you Was it the same when daddy was emperor?"

Zhao Yupan shook his head and smiled: "Although my father is not diligent in government affairs and likes to have fun, he is not as leisurely as our officials."

She has adapted to it now, knowing that Wang Yan has a big heart and never cares about it, so she has no taboo about saying anything.

"I know people well and make good use of them, so I can be free. No matter how free I am, I am still better than my father-in-law."

Zhao Yupan shook her head and smiled again. She did not deny this. It was not like she had not known everything these years. Her father did not get away with being named a foolish king in the history books.

"It seems it's time for lunch. What are you going to eat today?"

"It's snowing today, so it's time to boil the mutton and drink some rice wine to warm up." Li Shishi played with Qing Xiao's little hands. She couldn't give birth to children, so she was particularly close to children.

Wang Yan nodded and waved his hand to the palace maid waiting on the side: "Go and notify the Food Bureau to cook the mutton..."

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