Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

"go on."

The Son of Heaven nodded. He already had a draft in mind for this question, but what he needed was someone who could understand what he was thinking, and be able to coordinate the overall situation and implement it!

"For school-age children all over the world, tuition fees will be reduced or even exempted. In this way, as long as social studies are spread all over the world, talents from all over the world can be recruited!"

"However, after studying sociology for several years, it is completely known which is better and which is worse. The promotion to the county school exam can allow those who rank in the top of the local examination to enter for free. For those from poor families, they can even subsidize their families; for those who are not talented enough, they can Charge high tuition fees..."

Huang Jin was still talking in that unhurried manner, but a smile slowly emerged from the corner of Tianzi's mouth.

What Huang Jin said is actually very simple.

Its core is only four words, elite education!

Today's Daheng is in a very contradictory period.

One is the emperor's expectations for Xinxue and the growth of Xinxue. There is an urgent need for those with extraordinary talents. As many geniuses as there are, you can have as much as you want. Even if they are raised for nothing, the emperor will not be stingy Some money and food!

Second, the imperial power touches the grassroots level and requires a large number of officials, but the problem is that it is impossible to provide a large number of officials with the current education system.

By the time this education system can provide a large number of officials, Daheng's ruling system may have been completely stabilized.

And the education system has been fully rolled out, covering the entire Daheng, and there are estimated to be hundreds of thousands of educated students waiting to be fed every year.

But Daheng, where did so many officials come from to support these students, and Daheng society has not yet developed to the stage where it can absorb so many students.

Obviously, it is very contradictory.

On the one hand, there is an urgent need for talents, and the stabilization of the new learning system requires the expansion of the education system.

On the other hand, the society as a whole has not kept up with the development of the education system, and it is simply unable to accommodate the hundreds of thousands or even more graduates every year after the education system is rolled out.

To solve this, we can only choose elite education.

That is, a pyramid-shaped education system.

Thoroughly spread sociology, accepting talents from all over the world,

Higher-level county schools, prefectural schools, and even Daheng Institute of Technology and other academic societies are step by step, just like the pyramid system of the imperial examination, which compresses the group of higher education bit by bit, bit by bit. Eliminate mediocrity.

Under such screening, it is guaranteed to the greatest extent that all the talents in the world will be included in the Daheng system, and it can also be guaranteed that the number of students who will eventually graduate will be able to accommodate the Daheng world.

But obviously, the biggest disadvantage of elite education is class solidification, and this is what he has been trying to avoid.

Huang Jin was obviously very clear about the emperor's mind, and after speaking briefly, he focused his words on how to give poor students a better future.

Such as subsidies, such as free enrollment, such as including the number of promoted students in the performance assessment of local school inspectors, to avoid officials and officials protecting each other and oppressing poor students...

"First draw up a charter, and after a while, it will be implemented in Shuntian Mansion first."

The Son of Heaven nodded, and then looked at Huang Jin, with no stingy admiration in his eyes: "Education is the foundation of the country, and we must pay attention to it. It is a custom for the Minister of Rites to enter the cabinet!"

Such words also made Huang Jin startled, and it took him a while to realize that his raised hand trembled slightly: "My lord, thank Your Majesty Long En!"

"No need to be too polite, just sit down first, the ministers of civil and military affairs, they should be here soon."

The emperor waved his hand, but his eyes were looking at the wind and snow outside the palace.

Education lies in the future, while the imperial power to the countryside lies in the present.

Time can't be delayed for too long. If it is delayed for a long time, the local forces that have been crushed and suppressed will inevitably reunite and form new obstacles.

Even if the policy of sending imperial power to the countryside cannot be rolled out at once, it is not impossible to do it step by step.

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Chapter 589 Palace Meeting 3000

"My lord... See Your Majesty!"

Amidst the wind and snow, the Qianqing Palace was originally a deep palace, but at this moment, it is the gathering of civil and military officials from the court, and the sound of worship, swept by the wind and snow, floats in the sky.

This sudden convening, not to mention the generals who are military officers are confused, even the important ministers are not clear about the situation.

One by one couldn't help but look at Huang Jin, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites who was obviously the first to arrive, as if they wanted to see something famous.

With such a concentration of eyes, Huang Jin was actually calm and composed. Although he was also shocked by the big battle, he should have a clear understanding of the reason for it.

Immediately, the emperor waved his hand, and the dossiers were handed to the civil and military officials by the eunuchs.

All the civil servants and generals looked at each other in blank dismay, so they didn't dare to say more, they all picked up the files and started to read them.

Almost at the same time, the faces of all the civil servants and generals changed as if they were infected, and all kinds of emotions and demeanors also intertwined and appeared in this hall.

Especially Liu Qiyuan, the newly appointed chief minister of the cabinet, at this moment, looking at the clear and clear records on the file, sweat is already oozing from his brows.

The content recorded in the dossier is very clear, it is the crime of finance and taxation all over the world during the four years and one year of Zhaowu!

After fiscal and taxation reforms, Daheng's taxation system is already very clear.

The main core is the agricultural tax and the commercial tax.

In addition, other exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes, and even corvée apportionment, were completely abolished.

But on this file, there are clear records of the chaos of taxation in various places in the four years of Zhaowu.

Some are still setting up names to toss the people, some are still collecting exorbitant taxes from the previous Ming Dynasty, some local officials have private tax cards, filling their pockets, and some local prefectures and counties have colluded with officials and businessmen to conceal and omit taxes...

If it was just these, Liu Qiyuan wouldn't be too panicked. After all, the forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds, and it is impossible for all officials in the world to be clean and upright.

But the problem is that taxation is under the jurisdiction of his household department, but the result is that most of the records recorded in this file were not found by his household department, nor by the inspectorate, but the emperor knew it, and he knew it in such detail...

"Okay, let's talk about it!"

The emperor glanced at Liu Qiyuan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, leaned back slightly in his chair, and spoke unhurriedly.

"My lord is guilty!"

Liu Qiyuan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, the left and right ministers of the household department, and the left and right inspectors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate also knelt down and shouted one after another.

"The problem is here. It's not for you to plead guilty. Tell me how to solve it!"

The Son of Heaven waved his hand indifferently, but his eyes seemed to glance casually at Huang Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

Feeling the emperor's gaze, Huang Jin's heart skipped a beat. After a moment of confusion, Huang Jin came to his senses, bowed his head silently, and waited for the ministers' discussion.

The ministers of the ministries and halls obviously also reacted. Such a high-level discussion is naturally impossible just for the chaos of taxation in the local prefectures and counties. Heads fall to the ground.

Obviously, the Son of Heaven is using this to elicit something, specifically what it is, that is, the benevolent sees benevolence and the wise sees wisdom.

The ministers of the ministries talked and discussed with each other, but the military generals were dumbfounded. What does this matter have to do with them?

It's just that the emperor is close in front of his eyes, and he doesn't dare to act like a demon, and they all yell decently.

The emperor glanced at the civil servants and generals, but his eyes once again focused on this volume.

The lessons of the previous Ming are still vivid.

Why didn't the Ming Dynasty collect taxes?

The reason is also very simple. One is that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. However, the country's tax collection target is not the rich, but the poor.

The second is the weakness of the tax system. Under the intricate relationship of interests, the rich can arbitrarily default on the tax that is not much in the first place. They default on it year after year, and finally form bad debts that are not clear at all!

From the lessons of the previous Ming Dynasty, it can be clearly seen what kind of system Daheng's taxation should be.

The first is a strong tax system.

Furthermore, regardless of whether it is rich or powerful, grassroots, poor or rich, those who should pay taxes must pay taxes!

Daheng's fiscal and taxation reform is also aimed at this goal.

Up to now, as far as Daheng's overall fiscal and taxation changes are concerned, this goal has obviously been preliminarily achieved.

But it is undeniable that the weakness of the ruling system at the grassroots level is doomed to this effect, and it will not last long.

Just like the agricultural tax, the existence of the agricultural tax is based on the land. Under his repeated massacres and suppressions, he can check the land of the whole country very well, and then force everyone to pay taxes as a whole.

But how long can this kind of strong authoritarian pressure last if the power does not go down to the grassroots?

Strong authority is only a short-term solution, and the deepening of the ruling system, that is, the imperial power to the countryside, is the long-term strategy!

"Your Majesty, I believe that the root cause of such tax chaos is the confusion of powers in various county government offices. Nowadays, all taxes in various places are collected by local government offices. In addition to a few officials in the local government offices , but shoulders all the powers of a county..."

"Even if it is a major taxation matter, it is ultimately carried out by the small officials of the yamen..."

"In this way, powers and responsibilities are unclear, and powers are chaotic..."

"My minister thinks that the Ministry of Rites should follow the example of the school inspector's office that the Ministry of Rites tried in Shuntian Prefecture. The Ministry of Households can also try out the taxation office in various places. It is independent of the local prefectures and counties, directly under the central government, and directly governed by the court center..."

The so-called words are not shocking and endless, without waiting for too long to discuss among the civil and military ministers, the remonstrance of Liu Qiyuan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, instantly plunged the noisy Qianqing Palace into deathly silence.

The emperor was also taken aback by such remarks, and then, seeing Liu Qiyuan's solemn appearance, the emperor raised his brows, and looked at Liu Qiyuan with a little more scrutiny.

This kind of words, said so easily from the mouth of the chief minister of the cabinet, the meaning is not only the meaning of this sentence.

After only a few breaths, the emperor withdrew his gaze and looked around at the ministers present: "What do you think about what the chief minister said?"

Hong Chengchou was the first to speak out: "I think it is possible, but I think that if the local tax collection rights are directly deprived, and a self-contained system is vertically administered by the central government, the local prefectures and counties will have no financial resources, which may affect the dedication of local prefectural and county officials. , will also greatly affect the power of local officials to govern, resulting in cumbersome procedures..."

As soon as this remark came out, the ministers of the ministries and halls immediately started talking about it. Supervising the school office is just a matter of pure education. The place is stripped out, which involves relationships, but it is too big.

"I thought that..."

The ministers were discussing with each other, and it was obvious that when the chief minister of the cabinet, Liu Qiyuan, turned the topic to the tax system, and the tax system was closely related to the local grassroots.

The focus of discussion naturally shifted to the balance and relationship between the local grassroots and the taxation system.

In other words...the imperial power in the traditional sense has gone to the countryside!

The Son of Heaven is naturally happy to see such a change. According to his expectation, the issue of taxation was originally used to draw the ruling system to the grassroots to touch this matter.

For this reason, he also specially called Huang Jinyi and Er, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, just to let him add fuel to the flames.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qiyuan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, came forward directly, and directly promoted this wave of discussions as the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Under such discussions, the civil and military ministers present, no matter how slow their reactions were, obviously understood the emperor's mind one after another.

This discussion is exactly as the emperor expected, with the tax system as the core, and discussions and debates centered on allowing Daheng's rule to go deep into the grassroots.

The Son of Heaven is still at ease, with the subdivision of land brought about by the reform, the promotion of drought-resistant crops, and the disaster relief project that lasted for nearly a year, and the results are naturally not small.

In the fourth year of Zhaowu, the originally planned tens of millions of disaster relief funds and food have been reduced by nearly half after the autumn harvest.

The ability of people all over the world to resist disasters can be said to have been greatly increased under such a large-scale deployment and coordination.

The result is naturally a great reduction in disaster relief money and food. It is foreseeable that even if the natural disasters remain in the coming year, even if the major projects in various places continue, the money and food consumed for disaster relief will inevitably drop again.

However, Daheng's tax revenue is increasing year by year. Coupled with the recovery of Jiangnan and the expansion of sea trade, the tax revenue for many years to come will inevitably increase year by year.

And, this time to eradicate the pseudo-Ming Dynasty and seize the internal funds of the Puppet Ming Dynasty's treasury, coupled with the current suppression and cleaning of various places in the south of the Yangtze River, it will inevitably bring a huge amount of income from house raids.

In this way, he also has the confidence, and Daheng also has the capital to spread the tentacles of rule to the grass roots bit by bit.

Of course, the premise is that the court civil and military can work together to handle this matter well.

The emperor's gaze was gloomy, and he casually looked around at the minister of Chinese and military in the palace.

Whether every official, every military commander present is worthy of use, when it can be used, under what circumstances it will not be used, and what kind of interests are involved behind it... The emperor knows all about it.

Most of the civil servants and military generals have no substantial conflict of interest with this negotiation of the imperial power going to the countryside, and even have only benefits for them.

After all, sending imperial power to the countryside means that the ruling order touches the grassroots, which will only increase the power of the central government and their authority.

Moreover, once the ruling order penetrates the grassroots, it means that Daheng's ruling order and all Daheng's systems will be completely on the right track!

In this way, it will only be a good thing for the civil servants and generals present, and even for the vast majority of officials and generals in the world.

Of course, this goodness refers to the goodness in the Daheng system, not the goodness for literati and gentry under the corrupt environment of the previous Ming Dynasty.

The Son of Heaven naturally hoped that they could see it clearly, otherwise, this time, he would have to slaughter a group of people to establish his prestige, and then clean up a wave before he could carry out his will...

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Chapter 5 The first step in ninety!

At the end of the fourth year of Zhaowu, in this capital, the snow seemed to never stop. Even at the end of the year, the sky was still a vast expanse of whiteness. Looking around, the whole world seemed to be covered in wind and snow.

As the new year was approaching, almost all the ministries of the court had already dealt with the matters within their respective powers, and were waiting for the rest of the holidays to come and have a good year.

The emperor is not stingy with tolerance. This year, it seems that the joy of the unification of the world has stimulated the emperor. As early as after the Quanzhou victory was passed to the capital, the emperor decreed that all officials and soldiers in the world will be rewarded with a three-month salary. It has attracted countless officials and soldiers to be grateful and praised.

Even with this coming New Year after years of natural disasters, it seems a little more festive.

But during this seemingly leisure time, in the Qianqing Palace, the emperor convened a meeting of civil and military officials, but quietly set policies related to Daheng's hundreds of years of national destiny, opened the Daheng Dynasty, and the imperial power went to the countryside. First shot.

The taxation system was stripped off, and the General Taxation Department was established, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial center and managed vertically.

Similarly, it is also temporarily tested in Shuntian Mansion.