Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

"Of course!" Kong Yingda said.

Chen Ying turned to look at Xiao Yu and said: "Xiao Shangshu, you are in charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so you should be clear about the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, right? Due to successive years of wars, billions of trillions of military resources have been wasted. If you don't love money, don't be ashamed to Benefits, I am ashamed to talk about benefits, so are you donating your salaries to relieve the urgent needs of the court? Your Majesty, I have a fund, and I feel that the treasury is empty every day, and I am anxious about the urgent needs of the court. I am willing to donate ten years of salaries to fill the state capital."

Chen Ying is now a general of the second-rank town army and enjoys the treatment of the second-rank. According to the salary of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Ying should have a salary of 72 guan, a salary of 470 shi, a land of 180 mu, and a servant money of 180 guan. Added together, it is about 350 guan, which is equivalent to about 130 million after discounting the money of future generations.The ten-year salary is actually not three thousand five hundred.To Chen Ying, this amount of money is really a small amount of money.

Chen Ying's method is actually very simple. Don't you tell yourself that you are a gentleman, and you are ashamed of your words?All the princes in the court are gentlemen, so shouldn't a gentleman give generously?

To be generous, let's all come together.

The Sui and Tang dynasties were the period when the imperial examination was launched. Before that, the officials were mainly famous families and scholar-bureaucrats. These people had fiefs and property.Being an official is an obligation, and the salary given by the state is relative to the property they own.Very little, so salary doesn't matter to them.

After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, poor families could also become officials, and being an official became the way for scholars to survive and make a fortune. For this reason, the imperial court also greatly increased the treatment of officials to ensure that officials could work with peace of mind and not have to work hard for their livelihood.The salaries of officials in the Tang Dynasty were indeed not high, basically equivalent to one-tenth of those in the Song Dynasty.However, not all the officials in the imperial court are descendants of aristocratic clans, there are also poor ones.

If during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, they still donated their salaries, even the officials of Wanshi, their salaries were actually not high. During the Zhenguan period, the price of rice was five cents a bucket.Ten buckets are one stone, and ten thousand stones are equivalent to about five hundred guan.But officials with [-] stones like county magistrates only have about [-] guan salaries.

The princes of the Manchu Dynasty didn't care.After all, all the ministers present were nobles. When Pei Ji saw Chen Ying's statement, he was not far behind, and said directly: "The veteran is willing to donate one year's salary to relieve the court's urgent needs."

Yuwen Shiji, Yang Gongren and others hurriedly expressed their views.

However, at this moment, Li Yuan was furious.

Because of the debate, the painting style suddenly changed.It turned into a dispute between righteousness and benefit, and Chen Ying's proposal to create Tang Wenxun officials was unintentionally biased.

Are all readers good?

Li Yuan is not a flower in a greenhouse, so it is natural to know that now is the time when the weather is getting worse and people's hearts are not old, especially the so-called scholars, they are all mothers if they have milk, empty words, talk about morality, and only know that they can't get tired of eating Fine, not tired of detail, but forgetting the original intention of the saint, and saying that if you don't have fun today, when will you wait.

How can there be any appearance of taking the world as one's own responsibility?Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty rewarded Confucianism, advocated integrity, worked hard, and finally saw a little hope for a peaceful and prosperous world. Who would have thought that these scholars would be corrupted first.

Chen Ying brought Kong Yingda into the ditch. At this time, when the ministers expressed their views, he had already reacted.But it was too late.Kong Yingda laughed, but there was no trace of a smile on his face, instead there was a bit more sarcasm. "Chen Consort, with his lips as a knife and his tongue as a spear, his majesty is unbearable!"

Chen Ying didn't have any embarrassment, and said with a faint smile: "Dr. Kong, you should be lucky!"

"What are you lucky about?" Kong Yingda asked inexplicably.

Li Yuan suddenly realized, and then remembered that Chen Ying had scolded Lu Jilan to death for this episode. At this time, Yang Gongren, who was standing beside Kong Yingda, told Kong Yingda about Chen Ying's glorious record. Kong Yingda was embarrassed for a while, and talked about him. "Summer insects are indescribable."

PS: This plot is too much a test of writing skills. Lao Cheng is not good at this, and I can't write that kind of feeling. I'm sorry and sorry!

Chapter 22: The World Is Big or the Court Is Big (One Update)

Chapter 22: The World Is Big or the Court Is Big (One Update)

"As for the debate between righteousness and benefit, we can take another time to discuss it separately!" Chen Ying looked at Kong Yingda's chest rising and falling, but he didn't add fuel to the fire. Ji Lan, Chen Ying can make the world famous, but once Kong Yingda is pissed off, Chen Ying will be the enemy of the entire Confucianism.

However, Chen Ying is not worried about becoming an enemy of Confucianism in the world.The Confucian school of Wenzong has never been monolithic.Besides, Chen Ying has always insisted that the so-called loyalty is because there are not enough chips for betrayal. Once the chips are enough, the left hand will betray the right hand.

Chen Ying cupped his hands towards the ministers and said: "Shang Yang established the Qin [-]th rank system, which made Qin's economy prosperous and military strong, and laid the foundation for Qin Shihuang to unify the country. Now that we have established the Tang Dynasty, we can completely follow Shang Yang's example and create a system that belongs to Qin. The unique system of Lords in the Tang Dynasty. Now that the Tang Dynasty already has twelve grades of military officials, we can also create a system of twelve grades of civil servants. In the preliminary conception, Wen Xun can be equal to Wu Xun Counties and lower prefectures can compete against the standard, Zhongzhou and Zhongxian can compete against the standard, and Shangzhou and Shangxian can compete against the standard. The population of prefectures and counties has increased by more than [-]%, the acres of reclaimed land have increased by more than [-]%, and the land tax has increased by more than [-]%. It can be recorded as a high honor. Similarly, if the population, field acres, and taxes increase by more than [-]%, it is a middle honor, and if the population, field acres, and taxes increase by [-]%, it can be regarded as a lower honor. According to Shoumuzhou County Combining the conditions and the results of the governance, the number of "revolutions" is drawn up. Five revolutions for Shangbai and Shangxun, four revolutions for Shangbai and Zhongxun, three revolutions for Shangbai and Xiahou, and so on in descending order."

After Chen Ying finished speaking, not only Kong Yingda stopped talking, but Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, and Li Jiancheng were also silent.

Ordinarily, the establishment of such a system of civil honors means that the beneficiaries will always be civil officials, and the officials present are almost all civil officials. This will increase their interests, and they have no reason to object.

It took a while for Chen Ying to react.It is human nature to yearn for freedom and get rid of shackles.Officials are no exception.People like to live freely, preferably without any legal restrictions.This is especially true for officials, although what Chen Ying proposed is an incentive measure, but any incentive system does not exist alone.

Chen Ying drew out this policy, but he really didn't have any selfish intentions.The greatest selfishness is to make this country and society better off.Of course, if such a civil servant system is implemented, the civil servants will definitely not be as comfortable as they are now. Under their rule, if the aristocratic family wants to annex land or conceal taxes, this will conflict with the interests of local officials. On the one hand, it is rigid The standard of promotion and title, on the other hand, is the behemoth of the aristocratic family, which is bound to cause fierce conflicts. At that time, only the people and the court will benefit.

At this time, the praise of officials mainly depends on the propaganda of public opinion controlled by the aristocrats, but no matter how much they preach, there is no way to falsify the data. Taxes, population, and acres of land are tangible, unlike in the past when people do not close their doors at night and do not pick up lost items on the road. It can be summed up.

"Only the superior wisdom and the inferior fool will not be moved!"

Li Yuan can clearly see the benefits of this Wenxun system to the Tang Dynasty and the long-term benefits of the community, but as the emperor, he can't make a decision easily. After all, the aristocratic families have the power to check and balance the imperial power. There is potential for unrest.

Chen Ying felt a little apprehensive, and leaned back with his body that was leaning forward, tapping the lacquered table lightly with his fingers.If Li Yuan didn't support his proposal, Chen Ying would definitely not stick to it.Chen Ying couldn't learn what Wei Zheng did. The key was that Li Yuan was not Taizong. Taizong could tolerate it, but Li Yuan couldn't.Chen Ying couldn't do such a thing as carrying the coffin to death.

If Datang is still on the old road, then Chen Ying can only retreat, and look forward to making plans in the future. After all, Chen Ying is too young, and his age is his greatest advantage. Now that Chen Ying has enough prestige, he can realize his political ambitions.

The decision was about to be made, the smile on Chen Ying's face gradually disappeared, and his eyes became colder.

In fact, Li Yuan was also out of his mind, and he was thinking more far-reaching.The Datang honorary officer system directly resulted in a result, that is, the officers and soldiers of the Datang went forward and died, and the Qianshuiyuan was defeated, losing nearly [-] soldiers and horses, and the foundation of the Tang Dynasty remained unchanged.In the defeat of Luoyang, Li Shimin lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Although new graves were added everywhere in Guanzhong, and crying was heard everywhere, the upsurge of the Tang Dynasty to join the army has not diminished at all.

Because ordinary peasants also have a strong desire to stand up, but the only way to change this willingness is to join the army and strive for meritorious service on the battlefield. lifetime.As for life and death, in the eyes of people in this era, this is just a trivial matter.

Li Yuan slowly came back to his senses, looked around the hall, and saw countless pairs of eyes staring at him. Only then did he realize that the predicament in front of him still needs to be broken by himself. Li Yuan couldn't help but sighed.

With a sigh, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.Li Yuan, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, when had he been so low.It seemed that Li Yuan was still mad at Chen Ying, otherwise it would never have been the case.

Li Yuan looked at Pei Ji, whenever Li Yuan needed help, he would let Pei Ji come forward to break the balance and establish the world. Of course, whether Pei Ji could understand Li Yuan's true intentions was very important.

Li Yuan said: "Jian Pei, what do you think of this matter?"

"I think this matter needs to be discussed!" Once Pei Ji opened his mouth, there was no hesitation. He considered: "The world seems to be peaceful today, but in fact there is an undercurrent. The 30 Turkic troops gathered in Dingxiang, and their intentions are unknown. Our big Tang, at this moment it is appropriate to be quiet and not to move, once the Wen Xun twelve-turn system is implemented, I am afraid that the officials of the states and counties will not understand why and cause troubles."

Pei Ji unreservedly rejected this proposal, and of course there were good reasons.

In all fairness, any reform must have turmoil in the court and unrest in the hearts of the people. Pei Ji said so, but there is nothing wrong with it. If a strong enemy oppresses the situation, reforms will make people's hearts unstable. This is no different from suicide.

After hearing Pei Ji's words, Li Yuan didn't see any emotional fluctuations on his face, Gu Bo was not surprised, he looked at Xiao Yu with a pair of old eyes, and said, "Shi Wen, what do you think?"

"The old minister thinks that this matter has great potential!" Xiao Yu got up from his seat, walked in front of Chen Ying, bowed and said, "Chen Concubine, with the society in mind, and the common people in the world, the old minister congratulates His Majesty on this beautiful son-in-law!"

Only then did Xiao Yu turn around and talk to all the ministers: "The powerful Turkic enemy is oppressing the country. Just as Pei Xiangguo said, it is better to be still and not move at this time. However, the imperial court and the people's department are unable to make ends meet. I am afraid it will not last long. According to Chen's son-in-law , Unpaid is not a good recipe for good governance. The veteran thinks that we can first improve the various evaluation systems of Wenxun Twelve Ranks. In the future, it will be used as a good recipe for the selection of the world's pillars of the school. Who is going to do the evaluation, Yushitai or the Ministry of Officials? Or is it directly under the Xinli Yifu by His Majesty? This needs to be discussed separately."

Li Jiancheng frowned slightly, and was not in the mood to argue with Chen Ying.

It's just that this incident had a far-reaching impact. Chen Ying, as a capable general of the Eastern Palace, unexpectedly reported to Li Yuan without asking for instructions.

Chen Ying was elated.Because of this matter, it involves the reform of the imperial court, which has a far-reaching impact. It can be used as a target to attract the attention of all officials, thereby diluting the impact of Dou Jiande's surrender, and it can also prevent the Li Tang court from having time to attack Dou Jiande.

What Chen Ying was most worried about was the chaos in Hebei. Although Liu Heita had been killed by Luo Shixin, Chen Ying couldn't guarantee whether there would be another Zhang Heita, Li Heita, or Guo Heita.

Li Yuan did not make a decision in the end. It is not so easy to introduce a policy that covers all aspects of interests. The interests of all parties must be considered comprehensively.

After everyone left, Li Jiancheng tugged on Chen Ying's sleeve, Chen Ying understood, followed Li Jiancheng, and boarded Li Jiancheng's carriage.

After getting into the carriage, Yu Chigong led the left supervisor of the East Palace to slowly get up and drive towards the East Palace.

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying, sighed and said, "Chen Ying, you are so reckless."

Chen Ying naturally understood what Li Jiancheng was referring to, and he was not in a hurry to defend himself, but instead asked: "Your Highness, do you think the world is bigger, or the court is bigger?"

Chapter 23 Catching a mouse is a good cat

Chapter 23 Catching a mouse is a good cat

"The world is bigger, or the court is bigger?" This question turned in Li Jiancheng's head, and Li Jiancheng became dizzy instead: "Aren't the court and the world the same? The world is the world of the court, and the court is the court of the world!"

This sentence sounds like a tongue twister, but in fact this is almost the common cognition of people in this era.The imperial court is the world, and the world is the imperial court.