First emperor of the human race

Chapter 26
Morning the next day.

A group of officials, led by Shang Yang and Guo Sikong, put forward some important matters related to economic reform and the transfer of grassroots officials.

Although the current treasury of the Great Xia Dynasty is full, the people in the ten counties are poor, the land is divided unevenly, and the officials in various places do not listen to the announcement; the root cause of the Eight Kings Rebellion is the various taxes that have gradually increased in recent years, as well as the wanton looting of grassroots officials People's fat and people's ointment.

To quell civil strife, it is not enough to simply send troops to suppress it, but also to find the source of the problem in order to prevent the possibility of continuous outbreak of civil strife.

The Great Xia Dynasty lasted for 10 years, and more or less problems of different sizes accumulated. After gradually adding up, although it is not an exaggeration to say that it is terminally ill, it has reached the point where it must be changed.

"This is a reform of great importance. The two lovers should not take it lightly. Whether it is the law, the administration of officials, the people's livelihood, or taxes... I need you to come up with a clear policy strategy!"

Su Chen's expression was extremely serious, and his tone was calm: "Shang Yang, you are in charge of this matter, and Guo Aiqing will assist you; you must not be restrained, as long as you have a plan in mind, you can tell it! I will give you a month, one Give me a detailed policy in a month, can it be done?"

"Martingale, I will live up to the emperor's instructions."

Shang Yang quickly went out and knelt down. He was proficient in law, economy, and people's livelihood, and he was especially good at reforming the law. He had great experience in the reform of centralization.

Especially in view of the current weird state and sick political system of the Great Xia Dynasty, which "says that enfeoffment is not enfeoffment, and that centralization is not centralization", Shang Yang can be said to be an important minister with successful reform experience, and he presides over it Su Chen couldn't be more relieved about this matter.

Reforms and reforms include a series of details such as people's livelihood, economy, military, taxation, officials' political system, land ownership, etc. This cannot be completed in a day, and requires a complete and tight set of policy directions.

This is an advanced political thinking and way of thinking, not a specific policy.

Moreover, if you want to use it smoothly, the difficulties are not trivial.

Not to mention that the interests of the various families within the Great Xia Dynasty are intertwined, which has added a lot of trouble to governance; just talking about the current situation of internal and external troubles in the Great Xia Dynasty is also a big dilemma.

There are both advantages and disadvantages to carrying out reforms under such difficult and special circumstances.

The advantage is that through internal and external wars, the forces of the top ten counties can be completely uprooted, and they are not allowed to make any resistance.

The downside is that the interests of nobles and gentry inside the imperial capital are more complex and difficult to decide, and for the entire official system of the Great Xia Dynasty, not to mention the ten counties that have fallen, the imperial capital class, which is the core of power, may not cooperate with the reform.

Shang Yang can clearly know the emperor's considerations in reform, so he is naturally confident to help the emperor handle the matter properly.

"it is good."

Su Chen nodded, and he clapped his hands.

"Emperor."

Li Nianzi quickly stood up.

"Go, give that thing to Shang Yang."

Su Chen nodded and nodded his chin.

Li Nianzi nodded, trotted down the white marble stairs, took out something from his pocket, and handed it to Shang Yang.

"These are some ideas about changes that I recorded last night. After you go back, study them carefully, and select some policies and ideas that are suitable for the current situation of the Great Xia Dynasty and integrate them into the reforms."

Su Chen said lightly: "This matter is no small matter. I know that the current situation is not good, and I will leave everything to Shang Aiqing."

In this record, there are not only some thoughts of Su Chen, but more importantly, Sima Yi, Chen Qun, Guan Yiwu and others have made corresponding comments and contributed a lot.

Although the few of them have no official positions for the time being, they can use this written record to give Shang Yang some points and control some details.

"By the way, when I was a prince, there was a mansion vacant in the west of the city, and you lived in it temporarily; in addition, I will order Lei Zhenzi, the captain of Daxia Tiejun, to lead the team and arrange troops to focus on protecting your mansion. The team will protect you closely."

Su Chen issued a series of orders, which brought tears to Shang Yang's eyes.

The officials couldn't help being uproarious, Guo Sikong sighed inwardly, indeed Shang Yang was the most favored.

Look, the emperor not only gave Shang Yang the mansion under his own name, but also sent troops to surround Shang Yang.

You must know that although the mansion is not too big, it is the former mansion of the emperor. This kind of glory is what ordinary people desire, and everyone knows that the emperor currently has not many troops under his command, so he can mobilize a group of people Come out to defend Shang Yang!

It seems that Dijun attaches great importance to reform and reform. He wants to make changes from the most basic and rooted places to lay the strongest foundation for centralization!

"Chen, thank you for your love!"

Shang Yang took a breath, and with tears in his eyes, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed deeply, and said in a trembling but firm voice, "I would like to issue a military order to clear the road ahead for the emperor!"

As an aspiring courtier, the thing that excites him the most is nothing more than the absolute trust and strong support of the emperor!
"If you have a heart, let's get back on your feet."

Su Chen nodded.

Guo Sikong opened his mouth, couldn't help wanting to remind Su Chen, then shook his head and sighed silently.

The reform is very difficult, not to mention that the top ten counties are still under the control of the eight kings, the most difficult thing to deal with is the families and officials inside the imperial capital at this stage!

Chen Situ and Wang Sima control 70.00% of the power of the Imperial Capital family. Among the officials, they all have mutual interests and entanglements. Under such a predicament, how can Shang Yang reform the law alone?
It's so hard!

Guo Sikong decided not to open his mouth, so as not to be an early bird, if the reform fails, he must be the target of the joint attack of the nobles in the imperial capital.

But Guo Sikong didn't say anything, Su Chen still noticed Guo Sikong's expression.

"Guo Aiqing, if you have any opinions, it's okay to say it."

Su Chen looked at Guo Sikong and said with a smile: "As a veteran of the two dynasties, you have rich experience, and you must be much more stable than Shang Yang. I want to hear your opinion."

Guo Sikong pondered for a while, and finally decided to mention the emperor.

Regardless of whether Dijun sees the difficulty of the reform, he is obliged to mention it, at most it is a little more euphemistic, and he tries to withdraw himself from the whole reform matter as much as possible, and stay out of it.

"Your Majesty, I do have some humble opinions."

Guo Sikong went out and knelt down to salute Su Chen. He took a deep breath, and was about to brew some words to remind Su Chen of the difficulty of the reform. At this moment, a sudden change occurred!
"Da da da"

The gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was slightly opened, and an eunuch, with a anxious expression on his face, took small steps, walked all the way to the bottom of the white marble stairs, and knelt down.

The little eunuch knelt down and kowtowed, his voice trembling: "Your Majesty, something is wrong!"

The audience was in an uproar, and all the court officials looked at the little eunuch one after another. They whispered to each other, feeling very puzzled in their hearts.

"This"

Guo Sikong looked at the little eunuch and was startled, he felt something bad happened.

Su Chen also frowned and said nothing, as long as it is not a particularly urgent situation, no one will break into the Hall of Supreme Harmony after the morning court.

Could it be, what happened again?
(End of this chapter)