Take the earth to enshrine the gods

Chapter 256 Supervision of Finance and Taxation and Land Reform

I don't know how Luo Yunzong discussed internally. Only one day later, Luo Mengli met with Su Qin again to discuss the specific details of the alliance.

Obviously, Luoyunzong accepted Su Qin's proposal.

One of the points of discussion between the two parties was how to avoid the Izumo Kingdom and transport a large amount of weapons and equipment from the Southern Border Protectorate to Chaoge County in preparation for the establishment of the Luoyun Sect.

Although the Izumo Kingdom agreed to open border trade with the Southern Border Protectorate, it is unrealistic to transport weapons and equipment to Chaoge County through this channel.

The rest, only by sea and river.

Chaoge County faces the sea on both sides and has a good harbor. Taking the sea route is not a big problem, but the sea is too dangerous.

The ocean has always been the domain of sea monsters.

As a branch of the Monster Race, the Kraken is even more ferocious than the Monster Race. It has always regarded the ocean as its own backyard, and is not satisfied with this, and will attack coastal areas from time to time.

One can imagine the degree of danger for a ship to enter the sea.

It is precisely because of this that the shipbuilding industry in the Eastern Continent has been underdeveloped, and it is a pity that it has not been able to produce a decent large ship so far.

Because of the inability to go to sea, the communication between the east and west continents has so far been zero.It even goes so far as to say that the so-called Western Continent only exists in the records of classics, and whether it exists or not is unknown.

Because of this, many people have doubts.

After all, Yu Yutian was a vast world, even if the world was shattered by the battle, it would still be too small.With the territory we have learned so far, it is not even as good as the larger Xiaoqian world.

All in all, the world outside the Eastern Continent has always been a mystery.

No one can tell.

After much deliberation, the only option was to take river transport.

The boat departs from Kongsang County and crosses the Liusha River all the way. As long as you are careful, you can avoid the eyeliners of Liusha and Izumo and enter Chaoge County smoothly.

After negotiating all the details, Su Qin immediately set off on his way home.

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Su Qin's mission was successful, and the black-clothed guards were not idle and were also taking action.

In the three counties of the western region, the black guards established three intelligence stations in each of the three counties in just one month.Then use this as radiation to extend to the surrounding prefectures, and then form a tight intelligence network.

Participating in the establishment of the intelligence station were not only the elite spies sent by the black guards, but also the half-demons who were mediated by the half-demon alliance and then joined it.

There are even some people with limited influence from the Fifth Family who have become peripheral members of the Black Guards.

Like Zhaoyao County and Kongsang County, the people in the three western counties have been harassed by demons for a long time, so naturally they have become the largest gathering place for half-demon.

It is said that the headquarters of the Half Demon Alliance is located in Xihuang County.

With this benefit, combined with the perfect system established by the Black Clothes Guard, I believe that it won't take long for the three major intelligence stations to gain a firm foothold in the western region and show their strengths.

At the same time, given that the pattern of the Eastern Continent is changing too fast.

Qianyuan has authorized Lu Bing to start spreading the intelligence network of the Black Guards to the entire empire, and even from now on, it is necessary to consider the issue of setting up intelligence stations in other kingdoms.

The Black Guard should not be a white terrorist organization inside the investigation, but a trump card for Qianyuan's layout of the world.

On the other hand, the black clothes guard's contact with Taixuzong was also quite smooth.

There is no way, "Tai Shang Zi Xiao Dong Xuan Zhen Jing" is the death spot of Zhao Wuya and others. Faced with this temptation, Zhao Wuya and others have no choice but to cooperate obediently.

For monks, majoring in Kung Fu is above all else.

Under Jia Xu's arrangement, members of the Taixu Sect are participating in the military and political affairs of the Chu Palace in a more active manner, and began to fight against the Kunlun faction semi-openly.

At this time, Kunwu County is quite lively.

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Amidst the treachery of Bo Yun, time quietly entered April.

In previous years, this was the time when the demon clan would routinely invade the human race, but this year it was unusually calm. Every pass was quiet, and it was difficult to see the military fronts of the past.

Qian Yuan has also finished his inspection tour and returned to the City of Swagger.

After a round of inspections, many problems were found.The core point is that Qianyuan overestimated the influence of the Six Division Yamen on the lower levels of Yamen.

Qianyuan discovered that whether a prefecture or a county developed well or not depended on the prefect and county magistrate, rather than the segmented and vertical administrative system he had worked so hard to establish.

Many grassroots yamen seem to have completed the restructuring, but in fact they just changed the soup without changing the medicine.

At the same time, the infiltration of the Yamen by local aristocratic and wealthy families is still shocking, but it just transfers some activities on the bright side to the dark side.

It’s just more hidden!
The purpose of the yamen established at the township level is to establish the most grassroots yamen, revitalize the grassroots, and extend the tentacles of the governance system to the peasant class with the largest number of people.

But in fact, in many townships, the local gentry still has the final say, and the enthusiasm of farmers to participate is not high.

Corruption, dereliction of duty, fish and meat people, collusion between officials and businessmen, etc., no less than ten cases were discovered during Qianyuan's inspection alone, and Qianyuan was forced to be the "Master of the Blue Sky" several times.

Although he chopped off a few heads and took off the official hats of several officials, Qian Yuan was not happy at all.

This made Qian Yuan very frustrated.

It's not that Qianyuan didn't know the obstacles to reforming the political system, but he didn't expect that the old forces would be so stubborn, and the visible and invisible obstacles would be so great.

As everyone knows, this is actually quite normal.

The system that Qianyuan worked on was no longer simply a matter of changing the government agencies, but was transforming the fiefdom from a purely civilized country to a modern one.

Of course it's not that easy.

In the fiefdom, headed by the Sixth Division Yamen is regarded as the superstructure, which is responsible for an overview of the overall situation.

The government offices at the prefectural and county levels were mid-rise buildings, which not only served as a link between the upper and lower levels, but also served as the backbone of each city. They were the most important part of the fiefdom.

Township institutions and self-government systems at the village level belong to the substructure.

What is the problem now?

The superstructure has been set up, and it is running smoothly under the leadership of Qianyuan, which is already considered a small court; but the middle and lower buildings are missing, and the operation is not satisfactory.

It's equal to top-heavy.

Therefore, after returning to Zhaoyao City, Qian Yuan was bored in the room thinking hard, how to solve the current problem, and truly implement the political reform.

Only in this way can the fiefdom burst out with real vitality.

After three full days of thinking, Qian Yuan finally sorted out some clues. To sum it up, he was preparing to sacrifice the three sharp swords of supervision, taxation and land reform.

The first thing Qianyuan thought of was to imitate the earth and establish a monitoring system in the fiefdom.

The imperial court's supervisory agency is Yushitai, and in the fiefdom, the black guards play the role of supervisory officials to a certain extent, but they are somewhat disgraceful and have been resisted by the capital's lawsuit.

In addition, the black guards often have to carry out intelligence investigation tasks assigned by Qianyuan, and their energy is limited, so they inevitably neglect to supervise local officials.

That's why there are so many moths.

In view of this, Qian Yuan planned to restrict the supervisory duties of the black guards, and at the same time imitate Yushitai in the open, and establish an independent supervisory system.

This system should be different from the Yushitai. It is not only used to impeach officials, but also to supervise the operations of the yamen at all levels, such as whether the policies formulated by the Duhufu are implemented or whether they are followed or violated.

Just relying on the year-end assessment of the Ministry of Officials, it is impossible to find out the tricks inside.

With the rapid expansion of the scope of the fiefdom, the forces of all parties are complicated, and the factions are numerous, it is indeed time to establish a supervision system.

The time has come.

Secondly, it is necessary to establish a more scientific and efficient fiscal and taxation system, unify local finances, tighten the pockets of fiefdoms, and implement a modern fiscal and taxation system.

In this way, we can achieve true control over the yamen at all levels.

In the future, the fiscal revenue at the three levels of prefectures and counties will be turned over in proportion to each level, and then redistributed by the Protectorate to achieve a certain degree of macro-control.

Yamen at all levels must implement a budget system and cannot squander finances arbitrarily.

This is tantamount to strangling the necks of government agencies at all levels, making them scrupulous and no longer dare to obey the orders of the Governor's Office and make things happen.

No money, but nothing can be done.

The last thing is to implement land reform in the countryside, and truly hand over the land use right to the peasants, instead of letting the gentry and wealthy families occupy it.

Let farmers truly take charge of their own affairs.

This one is the most difficult and the most terrible.But if it is really going to be carried out, it is the one that can win the hearts of the people and win the sincere support of the people in the fief.

Qian Yuan decided to give it a try.

Fortunately, Yu Yutian has no Confucian checks and balances, and is also a high-magic plane. The authority of the lord is far greater than that of the ancient earth, and the resistance to implementing land reform will be much smaller.

This is one of them.

Second, with the introduction of various new technologies and the rise of industrialization, the composition and structure of fiefdom wealth is also changing, with industry and commerce gradually overriding agriculture.

Those aristocratic families are already sharing the benefits of industrialization through the Chamber of Commerce. At this time, Qianyuan asked them to make a little concession in agriculture, which is not considered aggressive.

It's like giving a date to a stick.

Moreover, with the recovery of spiritual energy, the role of spiritual fields will become more prominent, and the value of ordinary farmland will naturally decrease, making it less conspicuous.

Under such circumstances, the resistance to land reform will be much smaller.

Therefore, Qianyuan plans to implement the land reform in stages, starting with ordinary farmland, and temporarily shelving Lingtian.After the land reform of ordinary farmland is completed, then according to the actual situation, see whether to proceed to the next stage.

To tell the truth, it is harmful for ordinary farmers to hold Lingtian in their hands.There are some things that ordinary people should not touch.

No matter how much, Qian Yuan didn't dare to think about it.

Just the above three items, if we really want to implement them, we don't know how much trouble will be caused.If it weren't for the lack of war this year, Qian Yuan would not have dared to make such a determination.

The benefits of doing so are obvious, that is, through a smooth government affairs system, an efficient war mobilization system and war support system can be established, so that the army can conquer foreign countries with peace of mind.

After all, it is still serving Baye.

(End of this chapter)