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Wei Jun said that he was the prime minister, and he led all the officials into the palace.

Bei Mingyuan was the Minister of Dali Temple and concurrently served as a mighty general, and followed slowly behind.

Bei Mingyuan glanced at the emperor above who hadn't put much air-conditioning today, and then looked at the handsome and upright figure of the young Xiangguo in front of him, and said to himself that even if you want to be an upright gentleman out of love and out of reason, you still have to be the one above. Only Ken can do it.

If the emperor really wants to be dissatisfied, I am afraid that even he himself will be afraid.

Bei Mingyuan glanced at the bright and hot eyes of the emperor staring at Xiangguo today, and said in his heart that his own Koizumi is better, smart, gentle, innocent and beautiful, unlike the one above, although he looks glamorous and beautiful, he is actually a The poisonous widow cannibal who can kill people, especially because of his identity, if the two really get together, brother Wei will probably be gnawed until there is no scum left.

Thinking of this, Bei Mingyuan felt a little sympathetic to Wei Junyan, adjusted his clothes, went out to salute, and reported, "Report to the emperor, I have something to report."

From the moment he entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Qin Jianshen wanted to have an affectionate look at Wei Laosan with a knowing smile or something, but Wei Laosan stood at the bottom with his eyes, nose, nose, mouth and heart, and he didn't even look at him. Ken glanced at him.

Not to mention looking at each other, Wei Laosan left him a swarthy head and half of his forehead, and didn't even show him his full face.

"Beiming Aiqing, please tell me." Qin Jianshen calmed down while perfunctory, and said yes, you third Wei, who wanted to kiss him while he was asleep yesterday, but now pretends to be confused with his understanding. Not knowing how normal I am, Qin Jianshen glanced at the top of Wei Junyan's head again, thinking that he would not trust Qin if he didn't find a chance to take off the sheepskin of Wei Lao San, a hypocrite. .

Bei Mingyuan handed over the booklet in his hand, and said, "Nanyang Wenhou, please present his son Wen Qun as Xijue, and ask the emperor to have a look."

The noble titles of the Jing Dynasty were ranked from the largest to the smallest in six grades: king, public, marquis, uncle, son, and male.

Juelu is a hereditary system, that is, if the ancestors received the Juelu for meritorious service, the descendants can inherit and enjoy the Juelu even though they have no merit.

Kings, dukes, etc. were granted to the heroes who founded the country. The fief and family property were all hereditary, and the son inherited his father's nobility.

Qin Jianshen let out an oh, and said to Liu Yue, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, "It's a big deal to attack the noble. Liu Aiqing prepared a generous gift for me, 300 million in silver, and sent it to Wenjun to Wenhou. Let me express my heart."

As soon as Qin Jianshen's voice fell, Liu Yue immediately jumped up on fire, and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, please think again, now that the treasury is empty, and the relief money and food for the flood in Sizhou can't be made up, where did the 300 million silver come from?" Award Wen Hou, and ask the emperor to take it back!"

Qin Jianshen's expression was very bad, and he put the folder in his hand back on the table with a bang, and asked in a cold voice, "No money? Where have all the tax payments for the past ten years gone?"

Liu Yue's face turned red, where did all the money go, didn't all the money go into the pockets of the princes and nobles of this dynasty?

Qin Jianshen looked at the group of people below, and thought that it is good to stand tall, and he can clearly see what the people below are thinking and doing, "I heard that the people in Qingzhou pay [-] deniers of grain to the imperial court, and then they go to Qingzhou to wait to pay the tax six ten den—"

Qin Jianshen looked at the courtiers below who bent even deeper, and asked slowly, "Liu Aiqing, the Marquis of Qingzhou has an in-law relationship with your family. Come and tell me whether this is true."

Only then did Liu Yue realize that the emperor was waiting for him here.

The national tax is not as good as the land tax. It has been in Yasukuni for decades. The previous emperors did not mention it, so the loophole is getting bigger and bigger. The taxes are all collected by the marquis in the fief, and the tax collected by the imperial court is less than one-third of the tax. One, it is not enough for the officials to fill their own pockets, where can there be any money left in the treasury.

I want to think about these words, but I absolutely can't say them out. Liu Yue has a premonition that if he said these words, he would decide to move on the spot. The new emperor doesn't act according to common sense. Yes, even if he had the Marquis of Qingzhou backing him up, he would not be able to quench his near thirst, and he was afraid that he would die in this palace before sending out the letter.

Liu Yue thought clearly about the joints, cold sweat dripped down his back, soaked the court clothes, knelt on the ground and tried his best to report back, "I also ask the emperor to learn from you, although I have relatives with Qingzhou Marquis, but the journey is far away thousands of miles... The two families haven't been in touch for many years... I really don't know about Qingzhou..."

Qin Jianshen snorted coldly in his heart, raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said warmly, "Liu Aiqing, don't be alarmed, I'm just discussing the facts today, and I don't want to find fault with forming parties for selfish purposes, but is it true that the treasury can't afford a penny? It's about the matter of being a marquis." Forget it, the crisis in Surabaya is imminent, does Aiqing have a way to save the siege?"

What can he do...

Hearing what the emperor meant, could it be that he wanted to plunder from the courtiers?

Liu Yue's face was ashen. A few days ago, he just ransacked his family property to redeem the life of that unfilial son in the family. He hasn't calmed down yet. How can he do anything...

Liu Yue's mouth was full of bitterness, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I... I am willing to give 5000 taels of silver and [-] deniers of grain, and do my best to relieve the urgent need of Surabaya."

This was really a surprise. Qin Jianshen glanced at him, and suddenly a large number of votes stood up, and they all kowtowed and said that they gave money and food. Even Liu Qing, who was born in a poor family, also compared Liu Yue , Contributed 2000 taels of silver, and stored grain at a thousand deniers.

Qin Jianshen looked at this posture, smiled and said, "It is said that the landlord's family has surplus food, and now it seems that it is true."

The officials thought that he was going to fight against corruption, and they were all nervous, thinking of countermeasures.

Qin Jianshen also just said something, then continued after a slight pause, "But Jingchao is a huge country, and you are the pillars of the humerus. How can I take money out of your pockets?"

You are the one who talks east, and you are the one who talks west. You take up all the black and white truths. Liu Yue and Chen Qing glanced at each other, they both gritted their front teeth.

Qin Jianshen glanced at Wei Junyan who was silent and didn't look up at him below, wondering if Wei Laosan was going to be the background of the screen all morning and refused to look at him anymore.

Qin Jianshen first asked Chen Qing, "What's Ling Yin's insight? Relying on the donations from the lovers can solve the immediate emergency, but it's not a long-term solution. Does Chen Aiqing have a good plan?"

What the emperor was asking was the method of making the country rich and its army strong, and what was the root cause of the lack of money in the treasury. More than half of the people in the court were clear about it.

Can't say can't do it, what can be a good strategy?

Chen Qing had a headache, but he also knew that he couldn't escape even if he wanted to. He was born in a poor family, and he had no clan or nobility behind him.

It's just that he is not stupid, he looks stupid if he can't say something, and if he really said something, he is bound to be an enemy of the world's nobles...

All the thoughts were in the blink of an eye, Chen Qing knelt on the ground and kowtowed to apologize, "I also ask the emperor to make amends, my minister is stupid."

Qin Jian nodded deeply, scolded the old fox in his heart, turned to look at Wei Junyan, his tone was gentle, "I heard that Ling Yin and all the adults said that Xiangguo has great talents and can stabilize the country. Is there any way for Xiangguo to do this?"

During this period of time, the officials have also felt a bit of the emperor's temper, that is, the gentler and more polite he is to you, the more unlucky you will be. Liu Yue wiped the sweat from his forehead, quite sympathetic Glancing at Wei Junyan, he took the opportunity to shrink behind Chen Qing.

Wei Junyan was very clear about the situation in Jingguo. Since he wanted to help Qin Jianshen clean up the land, seeing that now was a good opportunity, he came out and said, "I have a word."

Third Wei still refused to look up at him...

Qin Jianshen stared at Wei Junyan's head and nodded, and remembered that Wei Junyan couldn't see him nodding, so he quickly said, "Xiangguo, please tell me."

Wei Junyan rationalized his thoughts, and when he opened his mouth, he threw a thunderbolt on the court hall, "I suggest reducing the rank and salary."

The Hall of Supreme Harmony was so quiet that a needle could be heard, all the ministers secretly looked at each other, but they didn't say a word.

Wei Junyan didn't care about their whispering, and continued, "There are too many nobles who have been entrusted with food salaries, which will affect the court's finances and taxation. I suggest that the nobles and salaries that have been handed down for three generations should be abolished. As for those who cannot be removed and are of little use... With a large population and few people, I suggest that we stop the regular supply of distant relatives and nobles, and enrich these nobles to remote places with large land and sparse population, so as to damage Yasukuni’s surplus and make it insufficient.”

What is left over is the land, and what is not enough is the people.

The sons and grandsons of the emperor will receive the title and salary for the third generation, and the salary system of hundreds of officials will be eliminated, and the branch officials who are not in a hurry will be damaged, so that they will be selected and trained, so that selfishness does not harm the public, and slander does not betray loyalty.

The meaning is to reduce the useless Juelu official positions, and then move those nobles who cannot be removed, but the details are moved to sparsely populated places, so that the Jing Dynasty can truly develop and grow.

This is one of the forms of land colonization, nothing unusual, Wei Junyan continued, "Reduce and abolish useless and incompetent official positions, and make room to reward those who really contribute to the country."

Qin Jianshen originally just wanted Wei Junyan to take a look at him, but he didn't think that Wei Junyan had seriously planned for him one by one. He was gradually fascinated by what he heard, and his expression became serious.

What Wei Junyan said will be implemented slowly in the future. What he is doing now is to remind these people in the court first. To put it bluntly, if he is willing to follow, he has self-knowledge. If he is not willing, he also has a lot of ways. , let them stand aside.

Bei Mingyuan's heart was shocked when he heard it, and he was speechless. It's not that Wei Junyan said something earth-shattering, it's just that the court of Jingguo has not said these court affairs in a serious way for many years.

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites couldn't help but interrupted, "Xiangguo's words are too whimsical. The Marquis of Jingchao always has more than a hundred people, and the power is huge. If you attack them in groups at any time, I'm afraid it will cause turmoil in the world."

Wei Jun said in his heart that there is no breaking or standing, who are these more than a hundred people, and he knows exactly what they are holding in their hands. To fundamentally solve the mess of the Jing Dynasty, it is imperative to reduce the number of nobles and marquises.

Naturally, you can't say that on the surface, Wei Jun said with a firm expression, "Don't worry, Master Yu, the title is not going to be canceled immediately, and there are still a few years of buffer time from this generation. I suggest that the emperor issue a decree. It is stated that the sons of the marquis are equally entitled to inherit the title, regardless of whether they are eligible to inherit the title. Second, the emperor recruits talents and recruits as a Ming monarch. If he wants to win the title, he can come to the court to make contributions. People with insight and meritorious deeds, the emperor will definitely reward them according to their merits, and it is easy to confer titles on them."

Chen Qing looked at Wei Junyan, who had clear thoughts and answers fluently, and suddenly remembered the scene when he first entered the officialdom, and couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "What is the reason for Master Wei's words of 'abolishing the well fields and opening up the rice fields'?"