Chastity Layman

  Chapter 268 Yangmou is the top

  Qin Lang still slightly underestimated Li Shimin.

   This one is ruthless, really not ordinary ruthless.

  As soon as the court began, Li Shimin asked Cen Wenwen, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, to come up with a white hemp internal system. The emperor, on the grounds that Tuyuhun in the northwest has been unstable recently and has repeatedly violated Helong, ordered the prime minister Zhongshu Lingyu Wenshi to be the governor of Liangzhou and add Hexi Road economic envoy.

  He, like Qin Qiong, was sent to foreign towns as a prime minister.

   In fact, it is equivalent to leaving the center.

   Another prime minister left Chang'an.

   But that's not the end.

At this time, the emperor took out another memorial, but this memorial was submitted by Du Yan, the official censor. It turned out that Sun Fujia, the Minister of Dali Temple, impeached him to participate in politics, and Wei Ting, the minister of the right, conspired against him. He gave the memorial to the inspector. Forwarded by Gao Shilian. And Gao Shilian had a good relationship with Wei Ting. He read the secret memorial in private and felt that Sun Fujia's impeachment was purely a false accusation, so he refused to submit it. He withheld the secret memorial and did not tell Sun Fujia.

   This matter was known to Du Yan, the imperial historian, so he immediately reported to the emperor in secret.

Li Shimin asked the Zhenfu Department to secretly investigate Wei Ting's conspiracy, and found that there was no evidence in the investigation, but Gao Shilian did withhold the secret performance. It was something that was created out of nothing, so it was deducted.

   This is not happening now, in fact it has been happening for some time.

  But today, after driving Wang Gui, Yu Wenshi and others out of the court, the emperor made a fuss about this matter again.

  Another white hemp announcement was issued, and Gao Shilian, the inspector, was dismissed from his post and relegated to the governor of Anzhou and the economic envoy of Lingnan Road.

  While there is no real evidence for Wei Ting's matter, the emperor still removed Wei Ting's title of participating in politics and the post of Shangshu Youcheng, and changed him to the post of Supervisor in the Palace of the Palace.

   This dazzling operation is suffocating.

   After doing the math, Feng Deyi was exiled in central Guizhou after being exposed as a hypocrite, then Qin Qiong invited him out to serve as the governor of Lingzhou in Pingzhang, and then Wang Gui, who participated in politics, revealed that Chinese language was banned and was demoted to the governor of Tongzhou.

   Then Zhongshu ordered Yu Wenshi and the governor of Liangzhou, and Gao Shilian, the inspector, was demoted to the governor of Anzhou, and then Wei Ting, who participated in politics, was demoted to the prison in the palace.

  Six prime ministers left the center at once, and four prime ministers were actually dismissed.

  The layout of the Zhengshitang has changed drastically.

  When the court meeting was held again, the group of prime ministers had completely changed.

  Now it is the Shangshu left servant who shoots Changsun Wuji, and then the right servant shoots Xiao Yu for the second time.

  Then Fang Xuanling removed the word censorship and became the official Zhongshuling, and Du Ruhui also became the official servant.

  In addition to these four real prime ministers, the transfer envoy Qin Lang and the Minister of the Household Department Dai Zhou served as Tongzhongshu's subordinates, and Wei Zheng, the secretary supervisor, and Du Yan, the censor doctor, served as political advisers.

  In fact, there are eight prime ministers left, plus two envoys, making a total of ten people.

  Because the number of prime ministers in Beijing was even, Li Shimin made a public statement and worshiped Sun Fujia, the minister of Dali Temple, as a political adviser.

  Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this upheaval in the center is actually the emperor who drove away a few more counter-reformists.

Although Wei Zheng is still a big fan, he is still firmly opposed, Xiao Yu is also an opponent, but among the remaining prime ministers, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Qin Langna are all resolute reformers, Du Yan and Sun Fujia Also supporters.

  Li Shimin successfully reorganized the Zhengshitang, making it a reformist prime minister team.

noon.

  The emperor bestowed food on the porch.

   Corridor verandah partial compartment.

   Codonopsis ginseng and wolfberry stewed rooster, served with green cabbage, spinach and tofu soup, and then grilled fish, I don’t know how pleasant it is.

  Qin Lang savored the stewed chicken carefully, and felt that the craftsmanship was no worse than him. He found that Li Shimin drank the soup today with a good taste, and even made indecent noises.

   Among the nine prime ministers, none of the military generals became prime ministers, which is somewhat unusual.

  Wei Zheng couldn't even eat his favorite spinach anymore, he had a toothache.

  I got seriously angry, with oral ulcers, tongue blisters, bad mouth, swollen gums, and even a swollen throat. I couldn’t open my mouth, and it hurt to speak.

  Seeing the happy look of the emperor, Qin Lang and others, he became even more angry.

   But he also knew that the situation was over.

  He is just a secretary supervisor, in charge of book collection and revision, and can spit in court meetings, but if the other party disagrees, there is nothing he can do.

   Now the emperor has made a cruel move to drive the important core forces of the opposition out of the center, and the center is already dominated by the reformists.

   After dinner, the court meeting continued in the afternoon.

  The discussion atmosphere is completely different now.

  Although Xiao Yu visited the Prime Minister for the second time, he was much more honest this time, and he was not completely opposed to the current New Deal, and was much more moderate.

  Wei Zheng was a staunch opponent, but he couldn't even open his mouth when he got so angry.

  The budget meeting has officially begun.

  At this meeting, Qin Lang, as the keynote speaker, did not play anything too radical, and he also learned a lesson.

  He proposed that the financial expenditure budget for the first year of Zhenguan was 10 million guan, of which 5 million guan was used as a standing expenditure budget, including palace expenses, official salaries, food and salaries for the forbidden army, etc., and the remaining 5 million was used as backup expenses.

Three provinces, six ministries, nine temples, five supervisors, twelve guards, beiya, six armies, and three provinces. To divide these budgets, which one should give more and which one should give less. There must be some quarrels below. Qin Lang suggested that each department should first formulate a budget Check out the table.

   There is no objection to these.

  The focus is not on this either.

  The key point is actually the reform, where and how to start the reform.

  Li Shimin still hoped that Qin Lang would be the vanguard of this reform, that he would lead the charge, and that his elder grandson, Fang Du, would support and cooperate behind him.

   "The first thing to do is to check the household registration population. This is the basis for the formulation of the New Deal."

  Qin Lang proposed that in order to make hermits willing to naturalize, and to make them worry-free, first of all, they should be listed as customers separately, and the three-year rent adjustment will be temporarily exempted, and the new two-tax law will be implemented in three years.

   "Three years later, the imperial court should have completed the conversion from rent-yong modulation to two-tax."

   "Census of household registration population, inventory of land, census of mines and salt fields, etc., when the results of the census come out, the monopoly of salt, iron, tea and wine will be officially launched next year, and the city ship tariff, industrial and commercial city tax, etc. will be collected."

  Leave a year of time this year to do all the preparatory work in the early stage.

  However, there are more than tens of millions of benefits from eliminating Buddhism and Taoism, so there is no need to worry about finances this year.

  In fact, as long as the contradictions at the top are clarified and the thinking is unified, then all reforms are a matter of course. Whether it is Wei Wu’s reform, Yu Wentai’s reform, or Yang Jian’s reform, the key is to unify the thinking at the top, and the next step is to do things.

  For the founding emperors, the resistance to their reforms was actually much smaller, and the key was determination and ideas.

   Find a good reform and new deal, then make up your mind, and then appoint capable officials to implement it.

  The court meeting is over.

  Li Shimin was extremely happy. Today's court meeting was just as he imagined it to be, and it was very comfortable. Unlike the past few days, every time the court meeting was over, he wanted to kick the case and hit people.

  The emperor deliberately kept Qin Lang to discuss matters.

   It is said that it is a discussion, but in fact it is the monarch and his ministers sitting in the warm imperial study and chatting.

   "In this scientific examination, I must strictly review the children of the Shandong gentry headed by the five surnames, and those who are flamboyant and incompetent must not be selected." Li Shimin said viciously.

"Your Majesty, this exam will be held in the newly-built Gongyuan in Pingkangfang. Each examinee will have a separate numbered compartment, and will be searched naked. Clothes and food will be provided by the Gongyuan. You will have to stay in it for three full days to eat, drink and drink. Nine exams can only be released. The papers after the exam will be dubbed and transcribed by scribes. The teachers who mark the papers are all famous bachelors and doctors from Hongwenguan, Chongxianguan, Guozijian, etc. to cross-check the papers to ensure openness, fairness and justice. "

  Li Shimin doesn't care about these.

  He hates those noble families headed by five surnames and seven families now, so he cannot tolerate the imperial examination round as the entry level for the children of these noble families.

   "It's up to you to figure out a way."

  Qin Lang could only say, "Your Majesty, it is still necessary to ensure openness, fairness and justice, so as not to fall into the trap of facts, and to convince people of the results. I have a plan."

"Say it!"

"I think that in the past, the imperial court emphasized Ming Jing, and there were many admissions in Ming Jing, and the children of the gentry did have a great advantage in Confucian classics, so I thought that we could change from the original emphasis on Ming Jing to Jinshi. This time we Jinshi More subjects can be recruited, for example, Mingjing can record thirty, Jinshi can enroll three hundred, and other Mingfa, Mingshu, Mingzi and Mingyi can all enroll thirty or a hundred people.”

  The imperial examinations entered, starting from the Sui Dynasty, have a lot of subjects, such as scholar, gentleman, boy, Mingjing Jinshi, etc., each has its own emphasis, but basically there are not many of them.

  By the reign of Wude, Ming Jing has become the main subject, and Ming Jing is mainly to test the understanding of Confucian classics. This is the same as Ming Fa, Ming Shu, Ming Zi, Ming Medicine, etc., which can be regarded as a specialized examination.

  However, clear laws, clear characters, clear calculations, clear medicine, etc. are actually not taken seriously. These are only regarded as ways to select officials.

   What really pays attention to is the Mingjing, and because the scholars’ children have passed down the Confucianism, they gradually monopolized the Mingjing. On the contrary, Jinshi's scientific examination is more complicated, focusing on poetry, prose and questions, so the children of the gentry do not have any special advantages.

So Qin Lang now proposes to directly list Jinshi as the main subject, and record three to five hundred of others, and Ming Jing, to list it together with Mingyi Mingfa and other specialized miscellaneous subjects, and only record three to five of them ten.

   In this way, the imperial court canceled the advantages of the children of the gentry in a fair and honest manner.

No matter how much you teach Confucianism, I only take thirty to fifty for one subject, and I take three to five hundred for Jinshi, which is ten times as much as you. The purpose of suppressing the children of the gentry has been achieved.

   This is Yangmou.

   There is no need to cheat or anything, and the goal can be achieved.

  In the future, even if the children of the gentry come to enter the Jinshi department, at least they will be on the same starting line, and they will lose the natural advantage of inheriting Confucian classics.

   Li Shimin listened with great appreciation.

   "Your boy, you are really smart. Okay, let's decide to enroll 300 people in the Jinshi section. Mingjing, Mingfa, Mingmedicine, Mingshu, Mingzi all record 30, and children's section also enrolls 300."

  Qin Lang's flattery of course has to be in place.

   "I think that after the provincial examination, the ranking will not be determined, and finally there will be another palace examination, which will be administered by His Majesty himself, and finally the ranking will be determined by His Majesty himself."

   "In the palace examination, there is no demotion, only ranking."

   Li Shimin sounds quite new, but last time he had the experience of presiding over the palace examination of monks, Li Shimin did not object to this.

   "Very well, I'll leave this test to you." Li Shimin patted Qin Lang on the shoulder.

  (end of this chapter)