A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 551 Wang Cheng: It’s better to be an official than to make a living

Wang Cheng and the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government stipulated resolution procedures for some matters, and then implemented them in some places, and the results were pretty good.

With this set of procedures in place, when these problems arise, follow the procedures directly. The operational efficiency of the court has been greatly improved.

After seeing the success, Wang Cheng was inspired and began to work harder to implement the reform. At the age of forty-seven this year, he is no longer young. He wanted Daqian to continue to shine like the sun in the sky.

At this time, some ministers wrote a letter saying that the reform was too drastic and should be postponed.

When the imperial court dealt with nobles and powerful people who had occupied land, they often sent their entire families into exile. These were all noble families, and they only occupied some land, returned it, and compensated some more. Exiling the whole family is too harsh.

This idea is not one person, but many. These nobles, noble families, and powerful people do not regard ordinary people as their same kind. I never think that the lives of the people and their lives are the same.

Wang Cheng was not surprised when he saw this memorial. The royal family knew very well about those nobles and aristocratic families. In their perception, ordinary people are no longer regarded as human beings, but as talking tools, cattle and horses.

Although this idea is not mainstream among nobles, officials, and powerful families, it is very popular and marketable.

After all, there is a huge difference in living standards between the two. The people at the bottom are illiterate, the cultural gap is like a world of difference, they work hard all year round, and many people do not necessarily eat meat once a year. How to make those well-dressed nobles believe that these people are the same kind as them.

When this memorial was delivered to Wang Cheng, Wang Cheng did not expect that someone would give his face to him and ask him to slap it.

In this case, Wang Cheng was naturally not polite and immediately issued a stern edict. This person was reprimanded and finally dismissed from his post.

Wang Cheng didn't believe that these people didn't understand the matter of clearing away the land. These people were either from noble or official families, and not many of them were truly from the lower classes.

If it were just to clear out the land, it could indeed be done at that time, but how could those ordinary people be the opponents of the local nobles, powerful and official families? Even if the Qing Dynasty retreated at that time, after the court officials left, the land would immediately return to their hands.

Even not just the land, these people will become their tenants. Wang Cheng couldn't be more clear.

When he was a child, he specifically asked his father, since the fields were returned and compensation was given, why did he have to forcibly relocate and exile those nobles and powerful men?

At that time, his father told him that if there were no consequences of forced relocation, it would be difficult for those people to survive, and they would even be worse off than if they did not surrender their land.

After understanding the truth of the matter, Wang Cheng knew that exile and migration were necessary, otherwise the revenge of those nobles and powerful men would soon destroy the people's families.

They will clear out and repay the land without realizing their own problems. They will only feel that they have been humiliated by the ants, and they will naturally want to take revenge.

The court originally wanted to deal with it gently and get the best of both worlds, but the result was that the common people's fields were occupied and people disappeared. They believed that the imperial court was weak and could be bullied, and that the imperial court was just showing off.

After seeing this situation, the court immediately changed its style, so the court could only strictly enforce the occupation of land.

For the common people, those acres of land are the basis for their livelihood. If they are occupied, their family's livelihood will be in question.

There is only one choice between the two choices of "no life for officials" and "no life for the people". Wang finally chose "no life for officials".

After severely punishing those who opposed the reform, no one opposed the reform. Wang Cheng began to vigorously promote the reform, so he became even busier.

He wants to implement the reform as quickly as possible in the coming time.

Every day during the day, he would discuss government affairs with the court officials and handle various government affairs. After night, he would deal with the memorials and approve them. It can be said that I have to arrive very late every day. Even including the kings of the Xianhuai period, Wang Cheng was one of the most diligent and hard-working.

His talent is not as good as others, and his intelligence is only average. Since he cannot match his talent, he will have to work hard the day after tomorrow.

It can be said that except for sleeping and eating time, Wang Cheng spent most of his time dealing with government affairs and implementing reforms. Under this circumstance, the speed of the Daqian Reform was obviously accelerated a lot.

Officials from various places did not dare to slack off in government affairs. Many corrupt officials were removed and replaced with new officials. By rectifying government affairs, the most obvious feeling is that the government orders are more clear. In addition to these, the income of the court has increased. Twenty percent.

Many officials cooperated with local nobles, official families, and powerful people to hide their land. The fields opened up by many powerful people and nobles are not recorded at all, and naturally they will not pay taxes.

The imperial court's investigation is naturally intended to clear up these problems.

In Shangyang Palace, Wang Cheng is processing some memorials. Every day he needs to process thousands of memorials. After reading them, he still has to deal with them.

If he doesn't agree with the handling method, then he needs to write down her opinions and ideas and let the officials implement them.

Wang Cheng initially summarized some common disaster relief issues and then gave a set of mature solutions.

This also made it much easier for him to handle government affairs. Now Wang Cheng is considering whether to implement it in other aspects as well. Many people in the royal family objected and spoke so hastily that they were afraid that there would be problems with the execution of the officials.

The candlelight swayed, and the light and shadow on the memorial in front of him swayed, making Wang Cheng feel a little blurry. So he put down his pen and moved around for a while. Only then did he feel his eyes were sore, dizzy, and sleepy.

Immediately, he called the palace servants: "Go and prepare hot soup to refresh yourself."

The palace servants quickly prepared the soup and brought it to Wang Cheng. Wang Cheng drank hot tea and ate some snacks. Then he braced himself and finished reviewing the last few memorials, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. .

After putting away the memorials, he got up and returned to the palace to rest.

In the next few days, Wang Cheng became more and more sleepy. In desperation, he had to ask the imperial doctor to prescribe some refreshing decoction.

After the imperial physician checked Wang Cheng's pulse, his expression changed slightly. They all said that Your Majesty had worked too hard and needed to take soothing tonics and get more rest. He should not be too tired, let alone use refreshing drugs. No more than two hours per day should be spent dealing with government affairs.

But this was the critical period of the new law, and there were many affairs in the court. How could Wang Cheng be willing to do it?

He directly ordered the imperial doctors to prescribe some refreshing medicines. The imperial doctors did not dare to disobey the emperor's order, so they had to prescribe some refreshing medicines, but they also required some tonics, so they dared to prescribe them. If they did not add tonics, they would rather disobey the emperor. Life.

Seeing this situation, Wang Cheng agreed, so after careful discussion, several imperial doctors issued a prescription and told Wang Cheng to get more rest.

After the prescription was given, Wang Cheng ordered someone to cook the medicine. After it was cooked, he drank a decoction. Sure enough, after a while, his body felt warm and comfortable, and his spirit was much better than before. very satisfied.

So in the next few days, Wang Cheng worked even more sleepless and foodless, completely forgetting the instructions of the imperial doctors.

(End of this chapter)