After hearing the report, Zhao Tai's expression did not change, but nodded, "I know, you go down first!" Yan
"Yes!" The subordinate bowed slightly and exited the festival hall.
Wokuotai went south in early March and surrounded the two cities of Langshan and Dong'an. Now it is the end of May. Wuxian has been besieged by ten times the Mongolian army for nearly three months. Zhao Tai is mentally prepared to lose a city.
Wang Wentong asked: "Your Majesty, what can I do?"
Zhao Tai shook his head, "It's okay, you continue."
When Wang Wentong saw this, he said: "Your Majesty, for this imperial examination, we are going to organize examinations in each county and conduct the first screening. Those who succeed in the examination will be given the status of children. Then the children in each county will be gathered in Fucheng or Prefecture for the second screening. In the second examination, those who pass the examination will be given the status of student members. Candidates who pass the examination will be exempted from corvee and can also receive a certain amount of Lumi every year."
Zhao Tai nodded slightly, "Sir, continue."
Wang Wentong said: "The third examination is jointly organized by various departments of Cao and Xian. Those who pass the examination will be awarded the title of Juren. Finally, all the candidates will gather in Jinan to participate in the national examination. The winner will be a Jinshi. Juren and Jinshi can be exempted from corvee service, receive lumi, and receive tax exemptions and exemptions." Yan
Zhao Tai stroked his beard and asked, "Have you finished speaking, sir?"
Wang Wentong saluted: "Return to your Majesty, I have finished speaking."
Zhao Tai muttered: "Let me tell you three things!"
Many civil servants couldn't help but sit upright and cast their eyes on Zhao Tai.
Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "First, I don't agree with granting tax-free privileges to candidates and scholars."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Wentong and others couldn't help but look at each other, and an official said: "Your Majesty, all dynasties have given preferential treatment to scholars throughout the ages. The Southern Song Dynasty co-ruled the world with scholar-bureaucrats. If the king does not win over them, it may be difficult to recruit scholars. Heart!"
Civil servants are part of the scholars, and the preferential treatment given to the scholars is related to their interests. wild goose
Zhao Tai now needs to recruit talents, so naturally he cannot offend the scholars, but the tax exemption for candidates and Jinshi has too much room for maneuver, which will bring hidden dangers to future generations and form chronic diseases.
Zhao Taidao: "What Gu means is that not everyone among the scholars has land, some have it, and some don't. As a result, some scholars will not be able to enjoy the tax exemption. Therefore, Gu's opinion is, Those who pass the examination as Juren or Jinshi will receive a salary from the treasury every year. The amount is roughly set at the tax of 100 acres of land for Juren and 500 acres of land for Jinshi, so that every scholar with a good reputation can enjoy it."
Nowadays, the civil servants in Qi are relatively clean on the whole, and they have not thought of using their tax-free privileges to poach Zhao Tai.
Zhao Tai directly turned the tax-free quota into cash and distributed it to the scholars, so everyone had no objections.
Wang Wentong could guess Zhao Tai's intention. If the tax exemption limit is extended, the scholars can collude with officials to carry out operations to a certain extent. The specific amount of tax exemption will not be controlled by the government.
After all, those who exempt taxes and those who implement them are both scholars, and it is easy for them to collude.
Zhao Tai directly set the quota as cash, which was distributed uniformly by the government. It seemed that the quota of preferential policies had not changed, but in fact, scholars and officials had little room for maneuver. wild goose
Wang Wentong couldn't help but secretly admire him and realized that the king was not easy to fool.
Seeing that there was no objection from everyone, Zhao Tai continued: "The second point I want to make is about how many children, students, and candidates should be selected by each county, state, and road. Gu believes that the number of scholars should be combined It is determined by the needs of the feudal government and the household registration in each place. For example, for 10,000 households, the number of students must be fixed. You cannot take more or less."
Although any system, after fifty years of development, will gradually become a tool for controlling groups and vested interests to protect their own interests, and lose the original intention of the system when it was established, Zhao Tai must at least ensure that it is at least relatively fair at the beginning.
Wang Wentong nodded: "I have recorded it."
Zhao Tai continued: "The third point is about Jinshi! Everyone should know that after the North has been occupied for a hundred years, the cultural and educational aspects are far inferior to those of the South. If the candidates from the North and the South get the same ranking, the scholars from the North will definitely not be able to pass the exam. In this way, using In less than twenty years, the officials of our State of Qi will all come from the same place. This is not conducive to the unification of our State of Qi. Therefore, Gu suggested that the Jinshi should be divided into two lists, the north and the south, and 10% of the quota should be reserved for each list to ensure that each Admit at least one Jinshi."
Zhao Tai proposed the North and South lists, which naturally absorbed Lao Zhu's policy.
Lao Zhu was an extremely great emperor for the entire Han nation. wild goose
At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the Han people in the south and the Han people in the north had been divided for hundreds of years, and the Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun had been ruled by the Hu people for even longer.
After such a long period of time, the two sides almost became two nationalities, and it was Lao Zhu who made the Han nationality re-integrate into one.
At present, the Han people have not been intentionally divided into Han people and Southern people by the Yuan Dynasty, and the separation situation is not that serious, but the opposition between the north and the south already exists.
The Southern Song Dynasty played an indispensable role in this. Just one "Northern people returned to the North" artificially tore apart the originally unified nation.
Now it can be said that the cracks have already existed. The process of Zhao Tai's unification of the world is also a process of reintegration of the Han nation.
Now the basic base of Qi State is in the north. If Qi State opens a new examination to recruit scholars, the scholars will all be Han people from the south. This will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the Han people in the north and make them not recognize Qi State.
The fact that both North Korea and China officials come from the same place will undoubtedly make other regions unable to speak out, causing the political power to be controlled by officials from one place, making the political power unable to represent the entire world. wild goose
If the officials of Qi State were mainly Han people from the south, they would definitely oppose the North-South List, but the officials of Qi State were mainly northerners.
Therefore, when Zhao Tai proposed the North-South List, the resistance was much smaller than that of Lao Zhu.
Wang Wentong and others couldn't help but salute in unison, expressing sincere admiration, "Your Majesty is wise, I have learned from you."
Zhao Tai waved his hand and said, "No courtesy, please. I will discuss these three suggestions with you to see if there is anything that needs to be added or improved. After three days, we will formulate a detailed plan and give it to Gu for review."
"I obey!" Wang Wentong and others saluted.
Zhao Tai immediately stood up and said, "Okay, you guys can discuss it. If I still have something to do, I'll leave first."
After finishing speaking, Zhao Tai left the festival hall. After coming out, he once again summoned the reporting officials and asked about the affairs of Dong'an City. wild goose
After Zhao Tai knew that Wu Xian was trapped, he gave Wu Xian a secret order to let Wu Xian hold on at least until the autumn harvest.
There are now more than three months before the autumn harvest. Dong'an City is lost and only Langshan City is left, which makes Zhao Tai a little worried.
Wuxian is the commander-in-chief of the Qi State. If he has three strengths and two weaknesses, it will definitely damage the morale of the Qi army and be extremely detrimental to the Qi State.
Zhao Tai and other officials entered the study and immediately asked, "Where is Wuxian's military report?"
The official immediately handed over a military report. Zhao Tai took it and started to read it. His brows relaxed slightly, but at the end, he frowned again.
In the military report, Wuxian said that the Mongolian army piled up soil to attack Dong'an City, and the defenders resisted for half a month, resulting in more than half of the casualties.
Seeing that Dong'an City could not hold on, Wu Xian immediately ordered the Dong'an defenders to abandon Dong'an City and withdraw into Langshan City. wild goose
Because the artillery on Langshan City can cover the wilderness between Langshan and Dong'an City and provide cover for the retreating Dong'an defenders, the retreat of the Dong'an defenders is relatively smooth.
However, when people retreated into Langshan, it was difficult to withdraw the food, grass and weapons and could only be destroyed directly.
Now that the defenders and civilians of Dong'an City have retreated into Langshan City, another problem has arisen, that is, there is not enough food in Langshan City.
