I'm dressed as the villain of the novel

Chapter 147 Was the emperor fooled by a rotten scholar?

Xin Zhao originally planned to summon Cui Luan and his son again tomorrow, in order to give them an explanation to reassure him.

Secondly, it is natural to prepare for the subsequent restructuring, but now the plan cannot keep up with the changes, so I can only meet the two of them in advance before leaving.

Because it was an informal summons, it was naturally not in Zichen Hall, but ordered someone to take the two of them to the North Study Room of Qinzheng Hall.

When he saw the two of them, the murderous intent on Xin Zhao's face had disappeared, and his face was full of spring breeze smiles.

Before the two of them bowed down, they took the initiative to wave their hands and said: "Excuse me, this is not a formal court meeting, why do you need to be more polite?"

The father and son saw the emperor being so gentle, but their moods were different.

But in comparison, Cui Luan's heart is much more complicated than Cui Wenhao's, but his face is equally sincere and fearful.

Repeatedly said: "Your Majesty, there is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and etiquette cannot be discarded."

Said and insisted on bowing again.

"Oh, what I hate the most is the corrupt Confucian monarch and minister."

Xin Zhao waved his hands half-truthfully and smiled, but this time it didn't stop the two from saluting.

After the salute was over, the two of them were lifted up again.

Then he said to the servant next to him: "Come here, show the seats to the two gentlemen."

Naturally, a servant brought two brocade beard stools for the two of them.

The name is Hu Stool, so it is natural to know that this kind of thing came from the Western Regions, and it has just emerged in the Great Qin Dynasty.

In normal formal occasions, Da Qin still kneels, including the emperor.

For example, large-scale palace banquets, etc., are all like this.

In private, the nobles of the aristocratic families have learned to be lazy. After all, sitting like this is definitely much more comfortable than sitting on their knees.

It will not become pumpkin legs like the island women of the later generations of China.

But the two of them didn't dare to sit upright, they only sat halfway, hanging in the air, which was actually similar to squatting.

Thanks for that too.

Looking at the behavior of these two people, Xin Zhao originally thought that he must have some kind of dark pleasure, but who knew that it was in front of him, but there was no wave in his heart.

He even thought that he would have to watch this kind of performance every time he summoned his ministers, and he couldn't help but feel a little tired.

Immediately, the many function words that had been prepared were too lazy to repeat, and he went straight to the topic and said: "The reason for calling the two Qing family here today is actually not for anything else, there are only two things.

The first is to make the two feel at ease, Cui Cen is Cui Cen, and Cui's family is Cui's family.

Little Cui Jun did not do much to help me before, and the Queen Mother also understands righteousness and knows the importance and trade-offs.

Now it is even speculative to keep my mother-in-law in the palace.

Since this is the case, I am not a cruel and innocent king, and all the previous favors and grievances will be written off. "

"Little Cuiqing, I won't reward you for your contributions. From now on, start over and serve me and the country with peace of mind."

The last sentence he said was naturally to Cui Wenhao.

When Cui Wenhao heard this sentence, not only was he not unhappy at all, but he was so grateful that he knelt down on the ground again and said: "I thank you, Your Majesty."

What he said was not irony, or falsehood, at least not entirely.

Xin Zhao said that his previous credits, what kind of credits were they, they were the credits of betraying his own uncle, although he could talk about the righteousness of the country in front of people.

People from other aristocratic families also understood that he wanted to keep the family cigarettes.

But if the emperor rewarded him heavily, even if everyone knew it in their hearts, they would say that he betrayed his relatives for glory.

But now that the emperor said that he would not reward him, it was tantamount to understanding his difficulties and taking the blame for himself.

He can be said to be bearing the burden of humiliation now, but the emperor might bear the stain of narrow-mindedness and unclear rewards and punishments.

How could he be ignorant of this intention, and how could he not be grateful in his heart.

Not only him, but also Cui Luan, who was a transparent person in this matter from beginning to end, could not help but bow to the emperor.

Xin Zhao calmly accepted the salute from the two, and then continued: "The second thing is that I want to change the Great Qin Dynasty."

Although the father and son were grateful in their hearts, they also knew that as the emperor, Zhao Xin would definitely repay his kindness.

But in this era, fame and family incense are the two most important things for a man.

If both can be preserved.

Then it is understandable for them to risk their own lives.

But the emperor's words made neither father nor son understand.

Cui Wenhao immediately cupped his hands and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, I also thought that the Great Qin Prime Minister had too much power, and I had already felt it, and I intended to write a letter to report this matter as early as a few days ago, but I still don't know the rules in my heart, so I dare not speak rashly..."

Xin Zhao chuckled when he heard the words, waved his hands and said, "I'll talk about the Shangzuo later."

As he said that, he stretched out his hand to the side, and there was already a servant holding a stack of documents to accompany him.

Xin Zhao took it over and looked through the numbers to confirm that there was no mistake, and then the attendant handed it over to the two of them and said: "This is a new system drawn up by me and your ministers, you two have a look, and help me to refer to the details by the way."

The two quickly said that they didn't dare, but they took it as they said.

When I opened it, I saw that all the documents were in duplicate, all of which were descriptions of the new system.

The two of them had doubts at first, but after reading only a few lines, they were both startled.

Cui Wenhao spoke first, "Your Majesty actually wants to abolish China and North Korea, and return the wealth of the Shaofu to the treasury?"

He almost thought he was wrong.

He originally thought that the emperor's so-called reform meant that the power of the prime minister was abolished and it was all attributed to the power of the monarch.

There was no such thing in the previous generation.

Not to mention anything else, the prime ministers of the two dynasties, Sejong and Ruizong, existed in name only, and were just tools for the emperor to kill at will.

Whenever there is an earthquake, kill a prime minister, where there is hail, kill a prime minister to thank God, drought, flood, and even where there is artificial food.

In short, don't say anything, kill the prime minister first to thank the world.

The so-called induction between heaven and man, the prime minister is in charge of the country, and if disasters come from heaven, if you don’t kill the prime minister, who will you kill?
Among other things, right now, the world has not rained for several months, and if a prime minister is killed, won't it rain?
However, the emperor's reform did reduce the power of the prime minister, but at the same time it also restricted the power of the monarch, which only made the power of the monarch and the prime minister more clear.

Moreover, it is wrong to divide the prime minister into two, to be precise, it is divided into nine, but at the same time, it also abolishes most of the Chinese dynasty that belongs directly to the emperor.

At the same time, the emperor actually handed over the financial power of the Shaofu to the foreign dynasty.

Although another internal treasury was set up, it only managed some royal properties privately owned by the emperor.

In addition, the royal family draws only one percent of the national budget each year.

what is this?
Cui Wenhao's first thought was: "Is the emperor being fooled by some rotten scholar? Feng Zhong or Zhao Ben?"

Xin Zhao just smiled at his surprise, and thought to himself, "Is one percent so little?"

But this is no wonder, because the Shaofu in this era has too much financial power, and even the national salt and iron mines basically belong to the royal family.

But in this way, the royal family's finances and the state's finances will not be clearly distinguished, and the emperor will not be free to use money.

And Xin Zhao will worry about not making money?
Since you don't worry about not making money, why do you have to get entangled with the finances of the foreign dynasty, but you are hindered by various constraints.

But she said with a smile: "Ai Qing misunderstood, it's not that the royal family takes [-]%, but the palace and the clan go to [-]%, the palace takes three, and the clan takes seven."

(End of this chapter)