Tang Dynasty: Starting from Kou Zhong, the heavens rise!

Xu Ziling responded directly.

Everyone present couldn't help but feel nervous. Xu Ziling was Kou Zhong's brother, and he was the one to distribute the money. It showed how much Marshal Kou Zhong cared about this matter!

"Civil officials are designated as ninth grade in turn."

"In the Ba Mansion, there are six departments and 24 divisions, the Fifth Army Governor's Office, the Internal Affairs Office, the Jinyi Guards, the Inspectorate, and the Dali Temple."

“The Ministry of Personnel is responsible for the appointment and dismissal, examination, promotion, transfer and other matters of officials. It consists of four departments: the Department of Clearing Officials, the Department of Certification, the Department of Examination of Honors and the Department of Examination of Merit.”

"The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of territory, fields, household registration, taxes, salaries and all financial matters. It consists of four departments: Duzhi Department, Jin Department, Warehouse Department, and Storage Department."

"The Ministry of Rites is in charge of school affairs, scientific examinations, and other affairs of the foreign vassal. It consists of four departments: the Ceremony Department, the Temple Priests, the Host and Guest Department, and the Fine Food Department."

"The Ministry of War is responsible for the appointment and dismissal of local officers and soldiers, military status, ordnance, military orders, etc., and is divided into four departments: the Arms Refining Department, the Chariot and Driving Department, the Cavalry Department, and the Treasury Department."

"The Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the administrative decrees on punishment and the review of criminal names. It consists of four divisions: Punishment Division, Duguan Division, Bibu Division, and Simen Division."

"The Ministry of Industry is in charge of construction engineering matters and consists of four departments: Tiancao Department, Engineering Department, Water Conservancy Department, and Craftsman Department."

"The six departments are composed of ministers, left and right ministers, and the chief ministers of each department."

"The Supervisory Yuan is in charge of inspections, and Dali Temple is responsible for hearing and judging cases. There are inspectors, censors, and ministers of Dali Temple."

"The six ministers, the inspector censor, the minister of Dali temple, and the commander of the Jinyiwei are listed in the first rank. The ministers of the six departments, the commander of the Jinyiwei and Tongzhi, the inspector Shaoshi, and the Dali Shaoqing are ranked in the second rank. From there, the county guards and the commanders are ranked in the fifth rank. The county magistrate is the sixth grade, the county magistrate and county lieutenant are the seventh grade, the county magistrate is the eighth grade, and the minister of the three classes and six houses is the ninth grade."

Swish! ! !

Hearing this, many people's eyes lit up.

The official position setting proposed by Kou Zhong is far clearer than that of the Sui Dynasty or even any previous dynasty. The nine-level official system further delineated salary and treatment.

In this way, the rights and responsibilities are clear and there is room for improvement, which can be regarded as the fundamental system of a country.

"Bu Tianzhi was ordered to be the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Du Ruhui was the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, Fang Xuanling was the Minister of the Ministry of Works, Chu Suiliang was the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Cen Wenwen was the Minister of the Ministry of War, Wang Gui was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, and Ma Zhou was the Supervisor and Censor."

"Officials from various ministries are not in a hurry to make additional additions. They will do it step by step."

Looking around at the crowd, Kou Zhong set his sights on the newly joined figures.

These are all names from the early Tang Dynasty, and their talents and abilities are obvious.

At present, the Young Marshal's Army only controls three counties and does not need a complete six departments to be responsible for management. It only needs to arrange a few people.

"Yes."

Bu Tianzhi and others responded in unison.

Especially Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others, they did not expect to obtain such high positions as soon as they arrived.

If in the future, the young marshal's army strives to dominate the world, then they will be the first-class officials of the dynasty and the leaders of the civil service. What an honor!

"Book of Divination."

"Are there any suitable candidates for the governors and lieutenants of the three counties?"

Then, Kou Zhong asked.

"Return to the young marshal!"

Bu Tianzhi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, immediately responded: "The two counties are in Xinping, and Poyang is the base camp, the most important."

"It would be better to appoint Yan Kuan as the governor of Poyang County, Niu Fengyi as the governor of Jiujiang County, and Cui Chengxiu as the governor of Jiangxia County."

"Zha Jie, Wei Yuan, and Bao Zhi were reinstated as captains of the three counties."

"Can!"

heard.

Kou Zhong nodded in agreement.

Yan Kuan was Shuanglong's boss when he was in Yangzhou, and he was kind. Niu Fengyi, Cha Jie, Wei Yuan, and Bao Zhifu were all young marshals and veterans, and they were trustworthy.

Although Cui Chengxiu is a new member, he has served as Lin Shihong's military advisor before, so he naturally has many political talents.

"Most of the former agricultural supervisors and craftsman supervisors were transferred to the Ministry of Works. Li Chun was appointed as the left minister of the Ministry of Works, and He Chou was appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of Works."

"The Treasurer Supervisor was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War respectively, while the Fine Iron, Leather, Weaving Supervisor, and Animal Husbandry Supervisors were transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Chen Laomou will be appointed as the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will temporarily manage the blacksmith and forging affairs."

"Yes."

Chen Laomou responded immediately.

In this way, Shaoshuaijun's family fortune was completely divided.

Thereafter, the Ministry of Household Affairs was in charge of national finances, while the Ministry of Internal Affairs was in charge of Kou Zhong's private finances.

Of course, things like forging weapons will need to be split up in the future.

"Wang Shangshu, Du Shangshu!"

"Right now, you have problems that must be solved."

"The Ministry of Punishment needs to refer to the Sui Dynasty Laws to formulate a new calendar, at least starting from now."

"The Ministry of Household Affairs needs to re-determine taxes. Since the pre-Qin Dynasty, in addition to various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, there have also been labor labors, making the people miserable."

"Under the rule of the Young Marshal, from now on, taxes and labor will be exempted, and only three types of taxes will be levied: land taxes, commercial taxes, and customs duties."

“The former mainly focuses on high-grade good land, medium-grade good land, and low-grade poor land, and sets tax standards at different levels.”

"Except for Juetian, everyone's land must be levied land tax. Violators will be severely punished!"

"In addition, mountains, rivers, salt, iron, tea, and wine are exclusively owned by the state. Those who sell them privately without authorization will be severely punished. Those who refuse to change despite repeated admonitions will be killed!"

"The Ministry of Household Affairs purchases salt from the outside and issues a salt quotation. Merchants subscribe to the salt quotation at the market price and can sell salt in the three counties."

"Iron, tea, and wine are all purchased and sold by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and no one is allowed to operate them without authorization."

what?

This decision made Du Ruhui, the Minister of Household Affairs, suddenly look sad and said quickly: "...Young Marshal."

"Being free from taxes and servitude is naturally a good thing for the people. Only levying land tax can allow the people to be treated equally with the aristocratic families."

"But if this happens, the gap will be too big. How can we maintain it..."

He didn't say the rest of the words, but everyone present knew it.

That is, if there is no money, how can we maintain our rule?

“So there’s a business tax!”

Looking at the bitter faces of everyone, Kou Zhong said with a smile: "Is there anything more profitable in the world than doing business?"

"One-tenth of the commercial tax will be levied based on the market price."

"Tariffs are imposed on foreign goods sold in the country, or goods purchased from foreign countries and sold in the country, and taxes are paid at three-tenths of the selling price."

"These two articles will be written into the law as the basic law for collecting the three taxes, and they will be implemented!"

"This.."

Immediately.

Everyone present was stunned.

They did not expect that the business tax would be so high.

However, if you think about it carefully, you will often get ten times, even a hundred times, or a thousand times profit from selling the goods.

It is not excessive to levy one-tenth of the commercial tax, and the tariff set up specifically for foreign goods is also normal. We cannot let the people of this country suffer.

In this way, one business tax is enough to smooth out all the previous taxes. The pressure on the people is reduced, but the pressure on the aristocratic families is increased.

In the whole world, only the three counties under the rule of the Young Marshal Army can do this.

There is no doubt that Kou Zhong obviously implemented the idea of ​​"the people are the most important, the king is the most important, and the country is the second" to the extreme.

"Young commander is wise!"

No matter old people like Bu Tianzhi or newcomers such as Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling, they all respected Kou Zhong.

Young Marshal Kou Zhong has taken pity on the people. He should have the appearance of a holy king. If he does not rule the world, he will be without eyes in the sky!

"The Fifth Army Governor's Office is responsible for military recruitment, (Li Hao's) training, armament preparations, officer selection, appointment and dismissal, and the distribution of titles and salaries."

"It consists of the commander-in-chief of the former army, the commander-in-chief of the central army, the commander-in-chief of the left army, the commander-in-chief of the right army, and the admiral of the navy."

"Take Xu Ziling as the former military commander and take charge of the entire army."

"Bai Rong, the former Zhonglang General of Pengze, was appointed as the Zhonglang General of Jiangxia. Together with the Zhonglang General of Jiujiang, Gui Xiliang and Poyang Zhonglang, Xingrong each had 5000 troops stationed in the three counties."

"Organize Zhou Shaofan and Liu Rengui to be Fuhai Zhonglang General and Zhenjiang Zhonglang General, and set up naval camps in Jiangxia and Yuhang to recruit troops and train them."

"We order Xie Yingdeng, Wang Junke, and You Junda to be the generals of the Central Military Commission, and Yu Chigong to be the cavalry captain of the Chinese army, stationed in the Jiangxia camp."

"Order Li Jing to be the Caiguan General, recruit [-] troops, and station them in the Poyang camp."

Then, Kou Zhong issued several military orders.

"Yes."

All the people present responded in unison.

Everyone is very satisfied with this arrangement.

Bai Rong, Gui Xiliang, and Xingrong were each sent abroad to garrison the three counties. Xie Yingdeng, Wang Junke, and You Junda formed a new army. They were obviously directly under Koo Zhong. Although Yuchi Gong and Li Jing Newly arrived, but one person is responsible for [-] cavalry, and one person is responsible for training [-] new recruits. It cannot be said that they are not ignored.

Especially Li Jing, although General Caiguan is only a training general, he is the one who is most likely to lead an army on his own.

As for Zhou Shaofan and Liu Rengui, the former was the son of Zhou Fashang, a naval general of the Sui Dynasty. He was good at fighting on the sea. The purpose of being stationed at the Shuanglong Gang was not only to build up the navy, but also to purge the Shuanglong Gang and prevent the Shuanglong Gang from breaking away from Kou Zhong's control.

Liu Rengui is known as the first naval general in the early Tang Dynasty. He has not yet shown his prowess, so he will be trained on the river first.

If [-] naval officers are well trained and equipped with specialized ships, they can completely dominate the entire river.

Chapter 54: Cihang Jingzhai wants to help the dragon, have you asked me?

In the ninth month of golden autumn, it is the autumn harvest season in Jiangzuo.

There are as many as [-] acres of fertile land on the banks of Poyang Lake. As far as the eye can see, a golden wave is rolling.

Some early-ripening fields have begun to be harvested, and the people's faces are filled with joy. The Young Marshal's Army has promulgated new laws, no more taxes and servitude, and even the former exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are only one type of land tax.

A tax of 20 kilograms of unhulled rice will be levied on the top-grade fertile land, 15 kilograms of rice on the medium-grade fertile land, and 10 kilograms of rice on the inferior poor land.

Usually one acre of high-quality fertile land can produce at least 200 kilograms of grain. The land tax is equivalent to one-tenth of the tax. It seems harsh, but in fact, compared with previous taxes, the pressure on the people has been reduced by most. At least it can be done No worries about food and clothing.

Moreover, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent special personnel to teach pig castration techniques and livestock breeding techniques. They can also raise some pigs for meat.

If you raise a few more animals, you can sell them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the market price, which greatly improves your living standard.

"Young commander, look."

"This year, the people under our rule can live a good life."

"Even if the newly joined people hurry up and replant a crop, they will still be able to harvest new rice before the end of the year."

"In the coming year, the three counties will be able to harvest at least 8000 million kilograms of rice, and the peeled chaff can also be used to feed livestock."

Chen Laomou, the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, accompanied Kou Zhong and looked into the distance, his eyes full of relief.

"There are 40 people in the three counties, and almost all of them are fertile land created by the river bank. It is a waste to only cultivate 20 acres of fertile land."

"Ask the Ministry of Industry's Tiancao Division to urge the people to cultivate their fields and tell them that if they plant more crops, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will purchase the extra grain at market prices."

"Also, ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to hurry up and introduce refugees from each county. Within a year, the number of people living in the three counties must exceed one million."

Looking around, Kou Zhong spoke in a deep voice.

"Yes."

The accompanying knife and pen official recorded the corresponding matters on paper.

"Young commander."

At this time, Chen Laomou raised several questions: "The Ministry of Household Affairs has a new difficulty regarding taxation."

"One is that the county has limited manpower and it is difficult to collect land taxes in local areas. It may be inappropriate to use subordinate officials rashly."

"Another one is about the land tax paid in grain, which is too large and difficult to transport."