Emperor Jingwu looked at Zhang Jian with shining eyes at this moment, he thought slightly and said calmly.
"Sir, you have a great talent. You should have seen the predicament of our country. We have built a vast country, and the people are prosperous. However, more than 90% of the wealth is in the hands of wealthy families from all over the country. Instead, the people have lost it. The land was displaced, so that every once in a while, refugees on the land would rebel and try to overthrow the imperial court. For this reason, the imperial court had to open the treasury and take out the treasury money to try to quell the rebellion every once in a while. This repeated, and the imperial court's national power was never able to increase. The poverty of the people cannot be changed, but the aristocratic families are getting bigger and bigger day by day. I would like to ask you, sir, what can I do to reverse this trend and transform Daqian!"
It can be said that he gave Zhang Jian a big problem as soon as he came up.
This is a king bomb.
A bad answer will cause a lot of trouble.
If it were an ordinary minister, it would be a no-brainer.
Zhang Jian looked thoughtful, also considering the intentions of Emperor Jingwu.
In fact, Zhang Jian has naturally thought about this problem and has many solutions in his mind, but no matter which solution, there will be huge backlash.
Moreover, the Zhang family is now part of the gentry itself and has no reason to betray their own class.
But then again.
If Daqian Chaotang can deal with the wealthy families in advance, even if it weakens the power of the wealthy families, it will be a good thing for the Zhang family to gain power in the future.
Daqian will bear the risk, and the Zhang family can harvest the results later.
Thoughts flashed through my mind.
Zhang Jian pondered for a moment and then said.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the aristocratic families are the cornerstone of the court, and they can easily lead to disasters. Your Majesty, please think twice before you act!"
Emperor Jingwu looked at Zhang Jian and said in a deep voice.
"Mr. Zhang, there are only three of you and me here. You can talk freely. I promise you in the name of the Emperor that what you and I say will never fall into the ears of a fourth person!"
"Please sir, teach me!"
Zhang Jian glanced at Emperor Jingwu and said in his heart, I believe your lies.
Zhang Jian still replied:
"Your Majesty, the way to govern a country must first follow the example of the ancestors and innovate the existing laws. The most important problem for the court at present is that the land annexation is becoming more and more serious, the wealth is lost, and the country is impoverished. As the saying goes, change when you are poor, and change when you change!"
Needless to say, the harm of land annexation to the court is not only that all the wealth flows into the hands of those wealthy families, but also that the wealthy families need people and money, and even the court sometimes does not dare to take action against them easily.
Secondly, there is taxation. How many villagers were concealed by wealthy families and became black households, which resulted in a sharp decline in the court's tax revenue and wealth.
In fact, it is not difficult to suppress wealthy families in Zhang Jian's opinion.
Now the imperial examination system has been perfected.
The monopoly of knowledge by the aristocratic families has been opened. As long as we make good use of it, we can transfer the conflict between the aristocratic families and the court into the conflict between the old aristocratic families and the new common people. Then we can seize the military power and convert some of them. Granting power to those generals from poor families can naturally gradually dismantle the situation where the powerful families have become powerful.
As for how to solve the problem of land annexation, this is the most difficult one.
But our ancestors have already established examples.
That is to no longer collect taxes based on head count, but to collect taxes based on the number of acres of land. No matter who owns the land or what privileges the other party has, the tax can be customized according to the fertility of each acre of land.
Once there is money in the treasury and the new soldiers are trained, it will not be possible to deal with whomever you want.
Zhang Jian gave a brief outline of the idea of sharing the land with a small family, which immediately brightened the eyes of Emperor Jingwu.
As for specific measures, the Zhang family refused to answer because they had been studying hard for many years and were not familiar with local affairs.
He only guided Emperor Jingwu to think this way, but he did not initiate it.
No one except the imperial court could bear the huge backlash.
"In addition, Your Majesty can revise the clan annals to enhance the influence of your national surname. If you can revise the clan annals and convert the imperial surname into the national surname, you will surely make the Daqian royal family even more powerful!"
"These words are very dear to my heart!"
Emperor Jingwu had a smile in his eyes.
He looked at Zhang Jian, feeling happy at this time. The various measures mentioned by Zhang Jian could be said to be a timely help. He was not an emperor who had no knowledge of any local affairs. On the contrary, he was quite good at it and could have a keen insight into these measures. The power of advice.
It can be said that everything goes straight to the point.
Emperor Jingwu stayed with Zhang Jian until after lunch before letting him go.
After Zhang Jian left, Emperor Jingwu still habitually looked at Chao Mu and asked the personal palace attendant what he thought.
"Daban, what do you think of what Zhang Xiuzan said?"
Chao Mu had already been listening for a while, and he said after hearing the words: "Your Majesty, Zhang Xiu wrote this to fight fire with fire, but there are also great dangers in it. If you want to levy land tax, you must go through the aristocratic family, and your Majesty must be able to do so." Suppress the place with iron and blood, but now is not the time!"
"Not to mention, we still need to track down fugitive households and illegal households. This matter also involves the foundation of many wealthy families..."
Chao Mu looked solemn. The method was a good one, but it should not be done too hastily.
Otherwise it will be a catastrophic disaster.
Emperor Jingwu also understood the pros and cons and nodded lightly when he heard this.
But not long after, a decree was passed down, and the Academy of Culture and Sports compiled a report on Zhang Jian's lectures, which showed his merits and his outstanding talents and knowledge, and promoted him to a bachelor's degree as a lecturer of the Academy of Arts and Sports, which was a full official position of the sixth rank.
He is the deputy of Huang Liangzhong, a bachelor.
He has the rank of scholar, but he is extremely noble!
Usually only senior members of various ministries have the opportunity to hold such titles!
…
Less than half a year after entering the Academy of Culture and Sports, he was promoted to half a rank, which shows that Zhang Jian's official career is prosperous.
In the Institute of Culture and Sports, many editors, editors, and officials all clamored for Zhang Jian to come to the Zhuangyuan residence to entertain guests.
Zhang Jian followed the good example and took advantage of the situation to entertain many colleagues.
Huang Liangzhong, a bachelor's student, was also among the crowd. He was very optimistic about Zhang Jian. Seeing Zhang Jian's promotion, he was surprised and happily went.
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The number one scholar is inside
Officials from many cultural and sports institutes gathered together in a lively atmosphere for a while, and then slowly dispersed before the curfew.
Most of the officials only had a taste of it, but some got very drunk.
Among them is Chen Xiuming.
Chen Xiuzan's depression was noticed by many Jinshis from the Academy of Culture and Sports, but most of them pretended not to notice.
There is no comparison between people!
The same number one scholar, one was promoted in half a year, and the other was still in the same place for four or five years, making a decision!
After bidding farewell to many colleagues, Zhang Jian finally walked out of the No. 1 Scholar's Residence.
After walking a short distance, I saw a familiar figure in a red robe walking out of the corner of the long street.
This is a middle-aged man with a pale face.
Zhang Jian frowned slightly, but heard the other party laugh.
"Zhang Langjun just asked me to wait. I have been waiting here for a long time!"
"Who are you?"
Zhang Jian has already recognized the origin of the figure in front of him. Not long ago, he saw this person in front of the Three Eyes Suppression Well.
This is a strong man from the Blood Shadow Demon Sect.
"I am an iron-blooded Taoist." This blood-robed figure had a faint smile on his face.
"Lang Jun's righteousness is as high as the sky. I am very happy to hear the news. I specially come to invite you to visit me at the Blood River. I also ask you not to refuse. However, I have invited you personally, so I can't refuse!"