As long as you give them some benefits, such as finding an excuse to promote them to a noble title. For another example, it would be easy to conquer the children if they were given certain reductions and exemptions. The most difficult thing to do is the civil servant group that holds the right to speak. These people take advantage of the fact that the imperial court needs them to govern the place, and they cannot do without their characteristics. I am afraid that the resistance is the greatest. Moreover, when these civil servants were in office, most of the money they made through various means was used to purchase land.
A scholar? I have always looked down on businessmen, and letting them do business is more embarrassing than killing them. Even though they were never soft-hearted when they took away the filial piety of merchants, deep down they still looked down on merchants. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, scholars always come first. In addition, the imperial court had strict restrictions on officials' business, and business was not a reliable investment for them. Therefore, most of them started buying land immediately after becoming officials. No matter how chaotic the world is, the land cannot be taken away.
Compared with unreliable business, land is the most stable investment. Therefore, these civil servants are probably the most fiercely opposed. Huang Qiong ordered Gao Huaiyuan to carry out strict surveillance on civil servants everywhere. Those who oppose the most fiercely, whether they are in office or in office, must have unclean hands and feet. Or simply, speak for a certain interest group. Such officials should be dealt with one by one. Although Huang Qiong did not kill any official, this treatment of canceling any treatment was close to humiliation.
Moreover, these officials also have to face the same disposal of the land under their names being sold by the officials. Seeing the court's strict and swift, even vigorous and resolute handling of the matter, the voices of opposition gradually faded away. In the first year of implementation, even in the face of stubborn opposition from some people, the court's annual revenue increased by more than 40% compared with the previous year. By the third year, the imperial court's annual agricultural tax alone tripled by seven. It was also this year that Huang Qiong issued an edict to use this year's agricultural tax as the basis and never increase the agricultural tax again.
After this clear edict, the original discussion in the world completely disappeared. Although this policy was eventually promoted, Huang Qiong was tired from the beginning because he was openly competing with officials, clans, nobles, and powerful people all over the world. Unbearable. Even Fu Yuanshan, who had always supported him, Lu Duan, and Lu Mengzheng, who was transferred back from Guangnan West Road, all expressed their opposition. I think we should figure it out slowly and not worry about it so much.
The three of them, including Yu Mingyuan, have no land to their names. In their names, several people only had a few thousand acres of land awarded by Huang Qiong. These so-called job fields can only collect rent during their tenure as an additional supplement to their salary. But without ownership, it would still have to be taken back once he became an official in the imperial court. In the entire imperial court, only the four of them, plus a few meritorious military generals, had such treatment. Huang Qiong's meaning was very clear. He didn't want these ministers to throw themselves into it for some money.
Salaries are limited and cannot be increased without limit. That would also break the rules of the court. What's more, if you give them a few raises, will other officials get raises? If everything goes up, the court won't be able to pay the money. But money is needed to feed, clothe, welcome, and support the family and the maids. Therefore, Huang Qiong adopted this method to provide additional subsidies to a few of them. Fu Yuanshan and Yu Mingyuan are the tallest among them, but each has only 10,000 acres of land. Lu Mengzheng and Lu Duan each had eight thousand acres.
Several people who originally wanted to be famous ministers did not intend to do so. But Huang Qiong said something, everyone is not indifferent to the world, and they all have a family to support. I don’t want you or your family to put yourselves in it and try the law just for a few bucks. I don’t need you to be grateful. Please cooperate with me and handle the world’s government affairs well. Making the world prosperous and healthy is better than anything else. When several people saw Huang Qiong's resolute attitude, they accepted the extra treatment for the same reason.
But the fact that several people, including the family, do not own land does not mean that they agree with Huang Qiong's radical changes. Several people are staunch executors who govern a big country like cooking small dishes. They believe that everything should be done gradually and not in a hurry. They are all ministers, and they naturally know exactly what the ills of the world are. But the problem is that this matter involves almost all the powerful people and officials in the world, and blindly forceful implementation will only cause turmoil in the world.
Several people did not object to Huang Qiong's changes, but they still thought it was better to be more prudent. Over the past hundred years of eradicating the world, we have accumulated shortcomings that have existed in almost all dynasties. For thousands of years, we have not been able to solve the shortcomings. Being too tough will lead to disunity at the top and bottom. Even though these measures, which Huang Qiong thought were very stable, seemed to them to be a bit over-the-top. Several people agreed that it was relatively safe to divide the clan, officials, and nobles into three batches and gradually implement them one batch at a time.
Huang Qiong had to put in a lot of effort just to convince these three of them that he would become the important ministers of Humerus. Not to mention, unlike those who usually compete for power with each other regardless of their political opinions. But when it came to opposing this matter, it was a fight among quite united officials, which almost forced Huang Qiong to give up. Over the past three years, Huang Qiongcang has aged a lot, but he has also become more sophisticated in his ways as a king. He is also more mature and confident in handling government affairs. Although it is difficult, as the saying goes, if you hit with one punch, you will avoid hundreds of punches.
Reforming agricultural taxes to curb land annexation is the most difficult path, and other reforms will become much easier. Compared with these two most difficult changes, other reforms such as the reorganization of the military system, rectification of the navy, water transportation, and river engineering are not so great because there are not many people involved. Even encouraging clans who have left the fifth service to give up their titles and become officials, a move that also touches the interests of civil servants, has caused much less opposition and resistance than imagined.
Put down the information about Taifu Temple's annual revenue for this year and next year's budget report from the Ministry of Revenue. Huang Qiong rubbed her eyes tiredly, walked outside the door of Wende Hall, looked at the first snow of the year in the sky, and sighed that another winter has come. It has been seven years since the old man took over the throne this winter. Three years of countering rebellion, four years of reform and diligence, and eradicating the shortcomings accumulated over a hundred years since the founding of the country. Huang Qiong thinks that in the past seven years, he has done something for the people of this world.
However, after a slight hesitation, Huang Qiong finally scored only six points for his performance in the past seven years. I think I still worry too much about many things. If it fails to achieve its intended purpose, even if it continues to be implemented, the effect will only be unsatisfactory. Governing a big country is like cooking a small one. It is really difficult to fundamentally change a decadent dynasty. Thinking of this, Huang Qiong suddenly felt uninterested. When he returned to Wende Hall, he lost interest in criticizing the book.
Putting down the brush in his hand, he stood up and walked towards the harem. But as soon as he reached the harem, he saw a somewhat familiar woman leaving Wang Xuemei's palace with her head lowered. After seeing this woman for a long time, Huang Qiong suddenly thought about that day three years ago. Only then did she realize, isn’t this Wang Xuemei’s sister-in-law? After not seeing her for three years, this woman not only has not changed, but has become much more beautiful. Looking at this woman, Huang Qiong realized that she should be celebrating the second birthday of Wang Xuemei's princess.
It's just that the birthday of the princess Wang Xuemei gave birth to was three days ago. This woman came just at this time, and she must have deliberately avoided him. Looking at the woman's plump figure, even though he didn't remember much about that day, Huang Qiong still felt an indescribable fire in his heart when he saw this woman again. From this woman, I remembered another woman from that day. And at this time, Nangong Yun was staying in He Yingchun Palace with her two-year-old son.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong gave a few instructions to the little eunuch beside him. After hearing Huang Qiong's instructions, the eunuch trotted towards the woman. Huang Qiong turned around and quietly returned to Wende Hall. It wasn't until the young eunuch came back to report that Huang Qiong got up and walked towards the back hall. When Huang Qiong entered the back hall, the woman who was attracted by the eunuch did not know who wanted to see her, let alone what was going on here, but there was a faint uneasiness in her heart, and she always felt that something was going to happen. .
When I saw the person coming in, I couldn't help but be startled, and I hurriedly knelt down to say hello. Just when she knelt down and was about to kowtow. Huang Qiong's chin was gently lifted by a hand stretched out by Huang Qiong, and he looked at Huang Qiong involuntarily. The fingers on her chin and the somewhat familiar yet unfamiliar faces in front of her reminded her of that day three years ago, and she couldn't help but tremble a little. The accident three years ago made her lie down with Wang Xuemei for three full days before she could barely walk.
She is also a woman who has been married for many years and has two children. But that experience still made her feel scared when she thought about it. This was the first time she knew that a man's penis could be so big. This is the first time I know that a man can persist for such a long time, as if he is not tired, and is tossing like an animal. For her, it was not only her body that was hurt, but her psychology as well. In the past three years, she had lived cautiously, fearing that others would know about the accident three years ago.
Although it was forced, it was the first of the seven. And if anyone found out, the old-fashioned father-in-law would have to force her husband to divorce her. For the sake of her children, she could only take great pains to hide it. There was even a time when even the palace was unwilling to come again. But her husband always made him go to his sister-in-law in the palace. She still knows what her husband is thinking. In these years, I have been either in Honglu Temple or Qingshui Yamen such as Taichang Temple. Finally, he took advantage of the changes in the functions of Taifu Temple.
He was transferred to Taifu Temple for half a year, but because he didn't understand financial matters, he was transferred to Taichang Temple again. After all these years, it is still the fifth grade. Now, taking advantage of the great changes in the imperial court's situation, he is bent on planning an overseas transfer. With extremely mediocre qualifications and connections, there has always been no way out. The first thought was that my sister would marry King Ji and become related to the Tian family. Unexpectedly, Prince Ji had no foundation at all in the court, let alone being able to provide him with any help. Even if I want to help them, I have nowhere to do it.
Although in those years, the official position was gradually promoted to the fifth rank, he still did not even have real power. Throughout the day, they were either busy with etiquette or performing sacrifices, and no longer had to take care of meals. Finally, when the girl turned around and became a concubine in the palace, she originally wanted to let the girl blow the pillow and find a place for herself. Even if you are not a full-time official, it is better to be a Tongzhi or even a general judge than to stay in the capital. But I didn't expect that it's been three years and I'm still in the same place.
