Chapter 251: Observing the Qi (Part 2)

June 7, 2nd year of Dafan Jiyuan

According to tradition, in the 21st year of Changzhi, Fang Xin ascended the throne. Although the Yuan Dynasty was determined early, it would not officially begin until January 1 next year. Therefore, on June 7, the second year of Fan Jiyuan, it has actually been three full years.

The spring rain fell, and everyone was happy. After three years of ascending the throne, there was no major event. Not long ago, the three-year national mourning of Emperor Changzhi ended. Thinking of this, Fang Xin, who was walking, smiled gently and turned around and asked, "What's the situation with Empress Dowager Anci, and Empress Dowager Jiaxi?"

"If you go back to the emperor, the two empress dowagers are in Jingyang Palace."

After Fang Xin ascended the throne, he respected his biological mother as Empress Dowager Anci, and the original empress of Changzhi was Empress Dowager Jiaxi. The two empress dowagers got along well. As for Fang Xin's younger brother Li Dongde, he was named Prince Renting, but it was not hereditary. The hereditary position was inherited by the eldest son of the original prince and was the Prince Wenyuan County.

This is a reasonable and satisfactory way to the court and the people.

"Report to the emperor, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Lord Qin, asked for his opinion." At this moment, a eunuch stepped forward and said.

In the past three years, Fang Xin has not made any move to the cabinet, and Qin Haozhong is still the prime minister

To be honest, even the fourteen-year-old emperor, as long as he colluded with his internal and external forces, a decree of the empress dowager could depose him. Therefore, for three years, Fang Xin has remained firmly in the throne of the emperor and learned the story of King Zhuang of Chu - "King Zhuang of Chu was in power for three years, and he had no orders and no government!"

Fang Xin ascended the throne and faced the complex government of the government. In order to stabilize the situation and control the artifact, he has been watching and listening silently for three years. On the surface, he has been governing without doing anything, but in fact he is secretly waiting for the opportunity.

Of course, this is not to do nothing. In fact, several of the most fundamental plans have been stabilized.

Not to mention anything else, let’s talk about Gao Shiming. Gao Shiming was originally the commander of the Fang Xin Palace and the sixth rank official. Now he has only been promoted to the first rank. He is the fifth rank general of the Wujie Dynasty and is in charge of the imperial camp.

According to the emperor's personal army, except for the three camps outside the imperial capital, the imperial guards in the inner palace have a total of twelve guards, with 1,500 guards per guard. Gao Shiming did a good job and firmly grasped this battalion.

Why not simply promote it to the commander of the Imperial Army? He is a senior official of the third rank. It is not good to promote it once. Besides, Fang Xin actually doesn't think that Gao Shiming is more loyal than others in this position, and now he is in a good position.

There are also large guards in the imperial guards, and the number is not large, with about 1,500 people, which are also controlled by the old man in Fang Xin's mansion. Now that the safety is almost guaranteed,

King Zhuang of Chu reigned for 22 years. He knew people and was good at responsibilities and recruited talents. He recruited a large number of loyal ministers and generals, which were used by the court. He rectified the court's principles, developed water conservancy, and emphasized agriculture and commerce. The country became increasingly powerful, and successively destroyed Yong, attacked Song, attacked Chen, besieged Zheng, and Chen soldiers in the suburbs of Zhou, and won the Zhou Dynasty, making Chu one of the five hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Since we have to follow King Zhuang of Chu, we have not made a sound for three years and have made a big splash. Of course, we have prepared for the rest of the world. But there is no need to say more now, we just passed the order. Soon, Qin Haozhong came up.

Strictly speaking, according to observation, Qin Haozhong is still a loyal minister. Where can I see this?

That is, he has been the prime minister for many years and has mastered the real power of the cabinet, but he knows more about restraint in terms of employment, especially not being involved in military power and the emperor's inner palace military power.

To meet the Prime Minister, Fang Xin returned to the Imperial Study Room

Qin Haozhong stepped forward to greet him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the purpose is."

For three years, the emperor has been very polite to the cabinet, but seeing the emperor's face, he suddenly felt a little uneasy and curled his smile.

Sure enough, the emperor sat on the dragon throne and gave Qin Hao Zhongping behind him, and brought a cup of tea. He suddenly said, "Mr. Qin, the Chinese life of all dynasties is only 300, and Dafan has been here for 260 years. How many Chinese life of you do you think there are still?"

When Qin Hao was asked, he was shocked in the center and knelt on the ground intuition, and cold sweat suddenly oozed out: "Why did the emperor say this? Your Majesty's words are all irrelevant, and every word and action are all imperfect. The old minister is frightened, please take back this words."

Fang Xin didn't say anything, just drank tea

In the imperial study, the needle is quiet, and there is only the subtle sound of tea.

Qin Hao, who was kneeling on the ground, felt a trace of cold sweat from his forehead. For three years, although he was very respectful, he was really condescending in his heart and treated the emperor as a child. However, at this moment, with this action, he felt a terrible pressure on his knees.

After a while, Fang Xin said, "Get up, I summoned Mr. Qin to come today, hoping that Mr. Qin can prepare for the future and overcome the three hundred years of ​​the hurdle!"

Qin Haozhong shuddered: "Yes, the old minister, Meng Changzhi Emperor Jianba, has received his great kindness from His Majesty, and he is unable to repay him. He is willing to serve the power of the horse and die for a grand philtrum."

Fang Xin smiled and said, "Mr. Qin is the pillar of my grand model. Please tell me about my grand model's worries!"

As he said that, he put down the teacup and closed his eyes to rest

"The old minister should do his best to share the worries of the emperor."

Qin Haozhong was a little hesitant, and saw Fang Xin closing his eyes and gritting his teeth, saying, "If you talk about Da Fan's worries, the first thing is the administration of officials. The emperor cannot manage the place and must deal with them. Therefore, half of the rise and fall of the country lies with this official. Your Majesty, Da Fan has to rectify the administration of officials."

Fang Xin smiled and said, "As an official for thousands of miles, he is profitable and powerful, and he will glorify his ancestors. How should he rectify the administration of the government?"

Qin Hao moved in the center. He was in charge of politics for many years and knew the shortcomings. He was silent for a moment: "The old minister is preparing to carry out a world test - check the yellow list, clarify the power and responsibilities, test political achievements, and strictly reward and punish."

"Oh, this is the responsibility of the cabinet. Since the sir is willing, let's give up!" Fang Xin said indifferently, paused, and asked again: "This is a political matter. Is there anything else in sir?"

Qin Haozhong listened and savored it, feeling that the emperor's tone was wrong. He hesitated: "Apart from this, the world has been peaceful. Although there are some minor commotions everywhere, it is not a good place."

A large-scale uprising failed. If there are thousands of people who die, of course the world will be healthy for several years.

"What about finance?" Fang Xin finally asked

"Return to the emperor, the land tax of 25 million silver dollars has not increased much over the years."

Fang Xin issued the "spending acres to acres, and officials and civil servants and ranks to pay grain in one piece", and it was only after massacre that it was carried out, so it was of this scale.

"The court's salt and iron specialize in 15 million silver dollars!"

"Every yearly income from commercial tax revenue is 55 million silver dollars!"

"At the end of the year, the salaries of officials, including the maintenance of integrity, expenditure of 35 million silver dollars and military expenditure of 15 million silver dollars. Every year, the Ministry of Revenue will allocate 5 million silver dollars for the royal family's entrusted silver dollars, as well as the funds for large and small projects and river water conservancy, as well as necessary accumulation in warehouses in various places. In this way, the Ministry of Revenue will have 20 million silver dollars remaining, and will be 10 million silver dollars for the royal treasury every year!"

Speaking of this, Qin Haozhong gradually became confident and said, "Emperor, the court makes profits every year, and the local area has savings. The country is stable. The emperor does not need to worry. According to the old minister, there will be no problem within a hundred years!"

Indeed, all expenses are profits every year, and even if they are royal family, it is not a problem.

Taizu decided to rule the world, granted all kings, gave them titles, and gave them salary, but it was stipulated that there was only one iron hat king in each generation, and other princes started with the prince, and the legitimate son (born by the queen), which was reduced by one generation, and the princes not born by the queen, who were reduced by two generations, and those below viscounts could be promoted to the officialdom.

Therefore, although the royal family has grown, they all set up their own businesses, doing business, farming, and entrusting, and actually earning the salary of the court. There are only seventeen princes with iron hats so far.

It is completely different from the late Ming Dynasty when there were 2,000 kings and millions of people in the country to raise them.

According to traditional officials, although the country has many troubles, it is not yet a sign of exhaustion. No wonder Qin Haozhong doesn't think so.

Hearing the strings and singing, he knows the meaning of elegance, but Fang Xin smiled

On Earth, during the Kangxi period, the Qing Dynasty's income was 30 million taels, but after the Westernization Movement, in 1911, the Qing Dynasty had fiscal revenue of 300 million taels of silver, while the expenditure was only 200 million tons of silver, and its annual profit was 100 million taels of silver.

You know, although silver dollars are equivalent to one tael of silver to the outside world, they actually only use eight cents of silver. That is to say, the profit is at least 120 million silver dollars, but that's it, the Qing Dynasty was over.

When this society changes, it is not determined by fiscal revenue alone, but by the comparison of social forces. Therefore, he said: "Mr. Qin is right. It is because Lao Cheng is planning the country and is here. I will admire Mr. Analects in a volume of the Analects of Confucius."

Qin Haozhong was a traditional scholar. He originally had 200 acres of land in his family. He was smart since childhood and was known as a child prodigy.

At the age of 14, he passed the imperial examination at the age of 15, and at the age of 21, he passed the imperial examination and was elected as a Shujishi. Later, he served as the Imperial College Supervisor, a bachelor of lecturer, a bachelor of Hanlin, and a right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites and a minister of the Ministry of Rites. Finally, he entered the cabinet and became a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet (the title of a cabinet member). He was naturally familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics.

What is the point of the emperor suddenly coming and rewarding an Analects of Confucius?

Without thinking at that time, I had to kneel down and thank him: "Thank you, the emperor!"

Fang Xin said casually again: "How are those candidates dealing with them?"

What Fang Xin said was that this year, Sun Baoya led thousands of juren who went to Beijing to take the exam and jointly wrote a letter to the emperor and proposed the "Reply on the Coup Reform of the Times". According to Fang Xin's investigation, this is a person with a background in the times.

These people have more or less accepted some subtle progressive ideas of time travelers

This is very similar to Kang Youwei on Earth back then

However, Fang Xin's decision was also thunder. After writing the letter, Fang Xin immediately summoned the cabinet. All those who wrote the letter sent to scold him. If they formed a clique again, they would be eliminated from the qualification for the examination that year and the cabinet would take further measures.

At this time, Qin Haozhong replied: "Back to the emperor, Sun Baoya connects the party, discusses the government affairs and revolutionizes his fame and fortune. The other sixteen leaders also commit this crime."

"Sun Baoya's crimes will not be forgiven and will never be hired in the future. For the other sixteen people, it is difficult to study and fame and fortune. I scold you. I will not be allowed to take the exam again for six years." Fang Xin said calmly.

If all this core is demoted, they will form a party, but only ask Sun Baoya for surrender and all the other sixteen people will be spared, which will cause this core to die in its infancy.

"Yes, this is the emperor's benevolence. They will remember it in their hearts and will not dare to be so bold in the future." This is a trivial matter, and Qin Haozhong responded casually.

Seeing that the emperor had nothing to say, Qin Haozhong took this thin printed Analects of Confucius, which was only worth half a silver dollar. He said with full of questions: "Old minister takes his leave!"

Qin Haozhong slowly withdrew from the imperial study room. From that moment on, he no longer dared to read the emperor as a child. The emperor rewarded this book, and there must be something the emperor wanted to say, which required him to carefully consider.
Chapter completed!