Evil Venerable

The five young people brought by Wang Yuanzhi, all under the age of 30, all had nervous expressions because of their first close contact with the legendary grandson of the emperor.

However, Yan Li noticed that although one of them had a slightly nervous expression, there was a strong excitement in his eyes.

"What's your name?" Yan Li asked him.

"Xiaguan Yuen Long, a ninth-rank petty official in the Book Office of the Ministry of Industry."

When Yan Li heard that the other party was Yuen Long, a bit of interest could not help but appear on his face.

"So you are Yuen Long. I heard that you wrote a good article."

"Don't dare!" Yuen Lang hurriedly said modestly, but his heart was inexplicably excited. He didn't expect the emperor's grandson to know him. You know, the emperor's grandson is the future emperor of Dayun Kingdom. If he can get his fancy, the future will definitely be Brilliant Tengda.

In Tianhuang Continent, all the people practice martial arts and build a country with martial arts. Therefore, the status of literati is not high, and most of the time they play the role of aides and schoolbags.

But Yan Li, who is from the earth, doesn't think so. In his opinion, knowledge is the primary productive force, and civil servants are better at governing the country.

"What's your name?" Yan Li glanced at the other four young people.

"Return to the grandson of the emperor, the next official and the upper official Wen, and the small official of the Audit Department of the Ministry of Industry."

"Return to the grandson of the emperor, Zhong Yao, the next official, and a small official in the Audit Department of the Ministry of Industry."

"Return to the grandson of the emperor, Liu Da, the next official, and a small official in the Audit Department of the Ministry of Industry."

"Return to the grandson of the emperor, Xu Haoshan, a junior official in the Audit Department of the Ministry of Industry."

After listening to the self-introductions of the five people in Yuan Long, Yan Li ordered people to bring pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and put them in front of the five people respectively, saying, "I will give you a test question, which is about the peace between the Great Qin Kingdom and the Barbarian Kingdom." Write an article."

"Yes."

The five people nodded in response, then picked up their pens one after another, thought for a while, and began to write one after another.

A quarter of an hour later, the five of them put down their pens one after another, and the little eunuch who was waiting by him brought their articles to Yan Li.

After reading the articles of the five people one by one, Yan Li was quite satisfied. Although there were suspicions of sloppy words in the articles, the narration of the whole matter was very pertinent and detailed.

But in general, Yuen Long's writing style is the most beautiful among the five, and the organization of the article is also very clear.

When Yan Li read their article, the faces of the five people in Yuen Long became more nervous.

Putting down their articles, Yan Li said slowly, "The articles are well written."

When the five of them heard this, their expressions became relaxed.

"If I ask you to create a newspaper, the five of you may do it."

"newspaper?"

The five people all looked suspicious, wondering what the "newspaper" the emperor grandson was talking about?

"To put it simply, a newspaper is a printed publication that is regularly distributed to the public mainly by publishing news and commentary on current events. It is an important carrier of mass communication and has the function of reflecting and guiding public opinion."

After listening to his explanation, the five still didn't understand.

Seeing the five people's still puzzled expressions, Yan Li was a little helpless, "Let's put it this way, this newspaper is just some new news that has been registered in the empire, for example, my palace got married, or a certain minister was promoted, a certain minister was sent to prison for corruption, etc. .”

At this moment, the five people all came to understand one after another, but they felt some taboos in their hearts. General citizens have deep taboos about the affairs of the royal family and officials. Even if they talk about it, they can only talk about it quietly. It will cause dissatisfaction with the royal family and officials.

Next, Yan Li told them how many sections a newspaper should be divided into, and what kind of news should be written in each section.

After the few of them figured out what to do with the newspaper, Yan Li said solemnly, "In this way, this newspaper will be called "Dayun Daily", with Yuen Long as the editor-in-chief, and each of the other four as the editor-in-chief of a section. , Merge the Printing Department of the Ministry of Industry into the newly established News Department, and the News Department is first attached to the Ministry of Industry, as for the grade? The chief editor takes the fourth-rank official position, and the chief editor takes the fifth-rank official position."

When the five people in Yuen Long heard this, they were taken aback for a moment, and then their faces were full of surprises. They were originally ninth-rank officials, but they didn't expect that they would be promoted to four or five ranks in a blink of an eye. This was something they never dreamed of thing.

"Why are you so dazed, why don't you hurry up and thank you!" Wang Yuanzhi reminded.

"Thank you, the grandson of the emperor!" The five people quickly bowed down as if waking up from a dream.

Later, Yan Li discussed some details with the five people and passed on some experience to them before letting them leave.

The five people in Yuen Long did not disappoint Yan Li. In just three days, a brand new newspaper appeared on his desk. However, the content inside was a bit monotonous, but this was inevitable. It's fine to do it like this.

"Dayun Daily Edition" is divided into three sections. The first is the state affairs section, which mainly introduces imperial policies and the like, and the second is the entertainment section. something interesting.

The third section is the gossip section, which mainly serializes some novels and jokes.

The first printing of 50 copies of the newspaper is because the printing cannot support the daily printing of [-] copies. The printing volume can only be increased after the printing department expands its scale.

In order to develop the habit of reading newspapers among the people, Yanli decided to give away newspapers for free in the previous month.

After being affirmed by the emperor's grandson, the five people in Yuen Long breathed a sigh of relief, and then arranged a large number of newsboys to distribute newspapers on the street.

In less than two hours, all [-] newspapers were distributed.

For novelty, no matter where people are from, they all feel very fresh.

People who can read all took a newspaper, looked at it with relish, and found that the newspaper mainly recorded three major events. The first one was about the establishment of "Dayun Daily". A newspaper reporting the latest news events in Dayun Kingdom.

The second thing, this is about Yan Li being made the emperor's grandson and getting married.

The third thing is to tell the empire that it will reduce or exempt national taxes.

In the Tianhuang Continent, because the vitality of the heaven and the earth is abundant, and the crops grow relatively well, there are very few people who can't afford to eat, especially the Dayun Kingdom, which is the wealthiest of the three empires.

Therefore, the taxes levied are also quite heavy. The first is the poll tax. Every citizen will pay a coin to the empire every year. The second is the commercial tax.

Because the Dayun Empire is still dominated by agriculture, the state does not encourage business very much, because the business tax is relatively heavy, which is 30.00% of the monthly income.

Yan Li, who came from the earth, naturally knows how important business is to a country. With the accelerated development of business, the people will become richer. When the people are rich, the empire will naturally become stronger and stronger.

Regarding the commercial tax, Yanli directly lowered it to [-]%, and encouraged the citizens to do business. At the beginning, the six ministers were very opposed to reducing the tax.

After all, the after-tax is the foundation of the country. If it is directly reduced by [-]%, the income of the empire will be greatly reduced.

And Yan Li only said, "If there are only 30.00 stores in the empire, the empire will collect 20.00% of the tax for each store. However, because of the tax reduction, the empire will increase by [-] or [-], and the tax rate will be [-]%. To collect taxes, may I ask which one has more taxes?"

The reduction of commercial tax has added tens of thousands of shops in just one month. Although the tax rate is not as high as 30.00%, Yan Li believes that this is only temporary and there will be more and more shops in the future.

The benefit brought by the tax reduction is not only the increase of shops, but also the word of mouth of Emperor Yanli's grandson spread throughout the empire. Many businessmen set up longevity tablets in their homes to enshrine.

In a blink of an eye, half a year had passed since Yan Li supervised the country as the grandson of the emperor, and his reputation as the grandson of the emperor gradually spread throughout the Dayun Empire.

"See the grandson of the emperor!"

"Dongliu, get up!"

Yan Li looked at Fan Dongliu, who was kneeling on the ground, quite emaciated and emaciated, and couldn't help feeling a little moved. In the past six months, in order to establish Jinyiwei, he spent almost all his time on official duties, and had very little time for rest.

Of course, the effect is also obvious. Although Jinyiwei's spies have not yet spread to all parts of the country, there are secret intelligence stations established by Jinyiwei in more than 72 counties in 2000 provinces.

As the saying goes, the new official has three fires when he takes office. On the surface, everyone is very cooperative with him, the grandson of the emperor, but in fact, he does not even have one-tenth of the power in the empire.

But after Jinyiwei was established, it was different. They all became his eyes, and could transmit all the news in the empire to his desk.

Therefore, during this month, he ordered the beheading of more than 50 officials, and hundreds of officials were deposed and sent to prison.

Because of the vast territory of the empire, this has led to the city lords in many places acting independently and seeking huge profits for themselves as officials.

Corruption is inevitable no matter what age it is.

Relatively speaking, the salaries of imperial officials are not bad, but they are only good. Therefore, after executing many officials, another decree was made to double the salaries of all officials in the country.

Blindly using force is not enough. Therefore, Yan Li adopted the strategy of giving a sweet date with a stick. Freezing three feet does not take a day. If he wants to change the entire empire, he has to do it slowly, not overnight. achievable.

"Yes!"

Fan Dongliu got up slowly, and then handed a booklet to Yan Li.

Unfolding the leaflet, Yan Li's face turned cold. This is a leaflet about the Holy Gate, because in this world, the Great Qin Kingdom, the Barbarian Kingdom and the Dayun Kingdom are in a truce period, so the Holy Spirit that should have erupted before May The door didn't blow out.

But still making preparations in secret, and wantonly wooing some officials.

Zhezi, you have recorded a list of some officials, most of them are officials at the county magistrate level, and a small number are prefects and city guard generals of the county.

Fan Dongliu didn't speak, just quietly waiting for Yanli's order.

Gently put down the booklet, but Yan Li's brows were tightly knit together. Not long ago, he had killed a group of officials, but now, there are thousands of officials, large and small, colluding with the Holy Gate.

If they are all arrested and killed, it will inevitably cause chaos in the officialdom. At the same time, if they are killed, not so many officials will be sent there.

"Don't touch them yet! But keep a close watch!"

"Yes!"

"Well, go down! Remember to rest. Although official duties are important, in my opinion, talent is the most important thing!"

"Yes! This subordinate remembers it!"

Fan Dongliu nodded heavily, his eyes were a little moist, and he turned and left.

Rubbing his head, Yan Li felt a little tired, not from his body, but from his mind. In the past six months, he had a lot of things to deal with every day, and he had to set a new development route for Dayun Kingdom.

Now, the matter of the holy gate has come together, thinking of those officials who colluded with the holy gate, he feels cold in his heart.

"What should I do?"

He frowned and thought hard, suddenly, he patted his forehead excitedly, "Why am I so stupid?"