Apart from the first thing that needed to be debated, the second thing that Xia Zhaoyi wanted to discuss was related to the selection of officials.
The imperial examination system cannot be abolished for the time being. After all, there are not many literate people. She even wants to introduce it to an annual examination.
In addition to the imperial examination system, she also planned to set up a recommendation system, which would require a department in charge of the recommendation system. After a half-day discussion with officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, a recommendation department was established on the spot. The director of the recommendation department was temporarily absent, but official affairs and levels, etc. , but it was quickly listed clearly.
Xia Zhaoyi couldn't help but feel that these officials in the Ministry of Personnel really loved the bureaucracy.
I also suddenly figured out why Li Qian could still have redundant staff despite being so poor financially.
She took a pen and deleted and deleted on the paper, leaving only seven positions including the head of the recommendation department.
Lu Zishi said: "Miss Ah Li, isn't this too little?"
"That's enough." Xia Zhaoyi said.
If it weren't for the newly established recommendation department, she would even want to cross out a few more.
And she had already thought about it early on. Although the recommendation department came from the Ministry of Personnel, it must be independent of the Ministry of Personnel and not under the control of the Ministry of Personnel. Neither the Minister of Personnel nor the Minister of Personnel could interfere.
"It is said that exile is actually serious, just expel it," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Rules are rules, and they need to be written into laws in the future."
If they were in the Imperial Capital of Yong'an, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue would have been unwilling to pay attention to this issue, but after coming to Hejing, their biggest headache in the past few years was dealing with the local clan leaders.
When Xia Zhaoyi was looking through the account books and documents over the years, several officials from the Ministry of Revenue surrounded her. They kept talking, telling those people their faults, and desperately hoped that Xia Zhaoyi would take immediate action.
Hang Yusheng on the side could not help but participate enthusiastically. In the end, Hang Yusheng led several people from the Ministry of Industry and people from the Ministry of Household Affairs to chat about land revenue and land tax.
They cover up openly and collude secretly. If they don't work, they don't have to pay taxes. If they don't rent, they don't have any income. Anyway, they can afford it.
However, Xia Zhaoyi still had reservations. Talking too much at once was too aggressive. After all, she still had to consider the reaction of big landowners and families like Zhugeshan.
Xia Zhaoyi was multitasking, reading and listening to their discussions. As time passed by, she finally closed the last book in her hand.
Hang Yusheng shook his head reluctantly: "It's not difficult."
The officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs were all dumbfounded: "Miss Ah Li, how can we make a home for them?"
Also, the power of the head of the Recommendation Department must not be too great. Firstly, an inspection office must be set up to supervise, and secondly, the upper limit of the Recommendation Department must be limited. Officials recommended can only be of the fourth grade or lower at most.
But she spoke half and hid the other, and her few words were enough to ignite the enthusiasm of the Ministry of Household officials.
An official asked: "Miss Ali, if we don't get a new citizenship by then, will we really have to be exiled?"
Another official said: "Yes, and there are many ways to motivate people in this world. If you tell them how much work you have to do to get a piece of braised pork during the meal, they will definitely rush to do it."
For example, the choice of soil to grow what should be guided by cost-effectiveness. If the soil used to grow tea is used to grow other things, the revenue will definitely be low, and the tax will naturally be low.
"Is it difficult to build a wooden sign in front of a low house and write an address?"
Hang Yusheng sighed: "Miss Ali, you don't know that most beggars are idle!"
Xia Zhaoyi said: "Is it difficult to build several rows of low houses?"
After leaving the official department, almost two hours had passed before Xia Zhaoyi went to the household department again. The work in the household department was more complicated and there were more things to see.
Xia Zhaoyi said: "It's not enough to just write announcements. Just be afraid, these beggars are illiterate."
The previous official said: "That will be easier. We will send several teams of officials out. They will beat gongs and drums and publicize every day! Then ask the guards to patrol. If you see a beggar on the road during the patrol, go up and notify him."
Hang Yuchang breathed a long sigh of relief: "That's great!"
The officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs themselves lost their land and the clans they could rely on. However, these local "countrymen" with the same roots and surnames who were closely connected by the patriarchal system often opposed them because of their strong family business and deep roots.
In the words of the master, the power of words comes from thinking, but it will also have an impact on thinking. Now, Xia Zhaoyi is even looking forward to what these officials will argue. They are all well-informed and have been officials for a long time.
Scholars, if you give them a completely free and open stage without the suppression of emperors and laws, will their brains break through the shackles and reach a place that they themselves have never been to?
As for a series of new chapters and new systems, she did not have to do it herself, but just waited for the results of the debate among these officials.
An official immediately said: "This matter is easy to handle! There will be another article in the announcement tomorrow. If the new registration is not registered before the time limit, he will be treated as a refugee and exiled! And although those beggars look angry, if they get a new registration
If you have an opportunity, you must work hard to win it."
Xia Zhaoyi said: "Don't worry, Mr. Hang, Li Qian's treasury will return some silver, so it won't be a loss to the Ministry of Works. And if the Ministry of Works lacks manpower, let these beggars build it themselves."
Xia Zhaoyi came to discuss household registration, new taxes, urban divisions, and clan issues in several nearby state capitals with the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Regarding the new household registration system, she requested that an announcement be made tomorrow to divide the city into southeast, northwest and three days. A new register would be created in three days. From nobles to beggars, one card would be given to each household. In other words, beggars would also have to make a home for them.
Xia Zhaoyi looked at Hang Yusheng with a bright smile.
Officials could not collect money from these people, so they had no choice but to exploit the helpless tenants.
Hang Yusheng paused and said, "It seems not difficult."
"There is a reason why there are so many beggars in Hejing. Not all of them are what you call idlers. As for the real idlers," Xia Zhaoyi's bright eyes looked back at several officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, "Then we have to look at the Ministry of Household Affairs.
and Jingzhao Mansion’s methods.”
In the past few years, the current situation in the Ministry of Household Affairs was not as bad as that of the Ministry of Industry, but it was not easy either. The senior officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs were oppressed by the emperor and often lost their heads. The small officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs looked at the faces of the clan and were subjected to sarcastic remarks and show-offs.
It was a common occurrence. Even if someone was pointed in the nose and scolded, as long as the other party didn't scold the emperor and several senior officials, they could do nothing but tolerate it.
Therefore, it is this group of people that has led to the situation where those who have land are unable to farm, and those who have power have no land to farm.
Hang Yusheng also came, taking several of his followers with him.
Hang Yusheng was also dumbfounded: "Miss Ali, the Ministry of Industry has been busy recently, too busy!"
Xia Zhaoyi laughed and looked back at Hang Yusheng: "Master Hang, look."
And these four levels are only a temporary concept. In Xia Zhaoyi's view, if all previous dynasties are to be completely overturned, all the old dynasty official positions and the old political system must be overthrown.
Now that Xia Zhaoyi mentioned these issues, they were so eager to go up and tear up those people's genealogies and knock down their ancestral halls.
Another official asked: "So, what is the name of this new registration? You can't... just use Qian as the country's name."
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "Since it is a Chinese nation, it is called Huaxia. You still have three days to prepare the new registration form. The deadline for making the registration is the end of July. If you have not obtained the new Chinese registration form by the end of July, then expulsion.”
Hang Yusheng sighed at the side: "I have to make preparations when I go back. The printing and paper of the new books will make our Ministry of Industry busy again."
He said he was sighing, but there was a smile on his face. He smelled a new breath. Although spring was about to leave, this breath made him feel like he had just stepped into spring.
Chaorong, new prosperity, luxuriant, lush, the future is brand new, full of unknowns, but very beautiful.
