Hum, if the Jiang family dares to do such a treasonous and unethical thing, Qin Huaidao would not mind erasing the Jiang family from the territory of the Han Dynasty.
He looked at Zhang Huaishan coldly: "I have investigated the Jiang family's affairs clearly. You only need to tell me who is behind the Jiang family and how many wealthy families in the entire Jiangnan Road are involved."
Zhang Huaishan shook his head repeatedly: "Your Majesty, how could the guilty minister know about such a big event? The guilty minister has only been in contact with Jiang Heng of the Jiang family and a few other family members. He has never seen the rest."
"Then let's cut him off." Qin Huaidao didn't have much patience to argue with this guy.
When he heard the word "cut", Zhang Huaishan was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
He began to regret accepting the Jiang family's proposal.
It was agreed at that time that he would only be responsible for handling money, and the Jiang family would be responsible for ensuring that he would not be arrested and live a free life after escaping to Jiangnan Road. Unexpectedly, his planned escape ended before it even started.
"Your Majesty, the guilty minister once drank with Jiang Heng. When he was drunk, he revealed extremely important news, saying that most of the aristocratic families in Jiangnan Province were involved in their major events!"
Most of the aristocratic families in Jiangnan Province?
When the news came out again, everyone was shocked.
If true, it means that Jiangnan Road, a fertile land, has completely become a breeding ground for rebels.
"It's quite useful." Qin Huaidao knew that he wouldn't be able to get anything out of him if he asked again, so he asked Luo Wu to temporarily detain him and discuss the following matters together.
According to Zhang Huaishan, the situation in Jiangnan Road is so critical that it may not be appropriate to go there again.
However, Qin Huaidao did not believe that the Jiang family could dominate the entire Jiangnan Road. The best they could do was to be more concealed. As for whether they, under the Han Dynasty, really followed the Jiang family in rebellion sincerely, or whether they were aggrieved and begged for power to cooperate openly, but in fact they could only protect themselves.
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Since they haven't broken out yet, it means Jiangnan Road is not monolithic.
"Let's go. Now that we have the news about Jiangnan Road, we will chase these 400,000 taels of silver and continue to set off."
In this way, things happened here in Lantian County, and Qin Huaidao returned from being a high-ranking human emperor to being among brothers.
Chang'an.
Fang Xuanling was very busy preparing for the establishment of the Ministry of State Affairs. Although this new measure proposed by Qin Huaidao was beneficial to the country and the people, it required a large number of people. How to find people and verify identities were a big problem.
In the end, this matter may return to the method of recommendation from various regions. However, if recommendations are made from various regions, it will return to a situation controlled by local officials. This is something the Ministry of State does not want to see.
Random selection seems unrealistic.
But Xue Rengui came up with a good idea.
There have been lists of corvee workers in the Tang Dynasty over the years. If they are selected from those who participated in the corvee service, it can be used as a response to the first recruitment. At least it can ensure that their origins are clean.
The only drawback is that the knowledge of this group of people may be relatively low.
At Xue Rengui's suggestion, Fang Xuanling added that not only must they be selected from the list of corvées, but state affairs are not civil affairs. Without certain insights, it is impossible to make such important decisions. Therefore, they must be selected in proportion from the various classes of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.
Selection is mainly based on the recommendation of local people, so that opinions can be expressed on behalf of all walks of life.
After the subsequent details were added, the Ministry of State was officially put into operation. It not only quickly prepared to establish a representative Ministry of State, but also played the role of acting on behalf of the emperor in making state decisions during daily court meetings.
Chang'an Daily, which Xue Yuanchao is in charge of, also reported on the matter.
After a period of development, coupled with the growing number of printing industry teams in the industrial city, Chang'an Daily has now affected several surrounding states. Many people have gradually understood that everyone is equal and officials are public servants of the people. From this,
A group of Han citizens who supported the new ideas emerged.
They expressed great support for the operation of the Ministry of State.
A businessman from Shangzhou sighed: "I didn't expect that the Ministry of State could operate so well in just a few days. It seems that His Majesty's precision in decision-making and the exquisiteness of government design far exceed that of previous emperors. Representing the Ministry of State? It's interesting.
, Since Your Majesty is so willing, I will also go to Chang'an to contribute my own strength."
Fields and fields.
Several farmers had just returned to the village after planting, holding a copy of Chang'an Daily in their hands and discussing.
"Mr. Li, you said that some of us are illiterate. Can you tell us more about what it means that all people are created equal?" The farmer asked the only teacher in the village.
Mr. Li said: "Everyone is born equal, because no matter whether they are imperial nobles, officials of different grades, merchants or foot soldiers, workers or peasants, they are all equal."
The farmers burst out laughing: "Mr. Li, are you kidding me? Can we be equal to the county officials? Can we be equal to His Majesty?"
"When Your Majesty sees us, will he kowtow to us?"
"Xiao San'er, you are looking for death. How can His Majesty's reputation be something you can discuss casually?" Some villagers were furious. This man named Xiao San'er had spoken rudely to His Majesty. If he had spoken rudely to His Majesty, he might have brought death to the village in the past.
Mr. Li smiled and said: "Don't worry, everyone, one of the things about equality is that everyone has equal freedom of speech. As long as everyone doesn't pick troubles and doesn't curse, everyone can say what the emperor can say, as long as it doesn't break the law."
Crime, what the emperor cannot say, we can also say."
After listening to Mr. Li's explanation, these farmers were all surprised.
"Then it's okay if we curse His Majesty a few times?"
Mr. Li said: "Your Majesty said that when people criticize the emperor, it must be because the emperor has not done well. Since he has not done well, he deserves to be scolded. Not only that, your majesty also invited all farmers in the world regardless of their origins. But
If you stand for election as a state representative and join the Ministry of State Affairs to jointly discuss affairs, your power will be no less than those of first-class officials."
"State representatives? Can we also discuss national affairs?" some farmers questioned.
Mr. Li laughed and said softly: "It's not about discussing, it's about making decisions. Your Majesty said that the world of the Han Dynasty is the world of the people. Since it is the world of the people, the people should be the masters."
"You are the masters."
Hearing this, the hearts of these farmers all shone with hope.
Although they may not necessarily do anything, the concept that the people are the masters of the country has gradually penetrated into each of their hearts.
Social progress and changes in social structure are all caused by the little changes made by these farmers.
Some farmers began to think further. Since representing the Ministry of State requires everyone’s participation, why can’t it be yourself?
As a result, the selection of state representatives began vigorously in the Han Dynasty.
At the time of the drastic changes in the national affairs, Qin Huaidao had quietly left Lantian County with Luo Wu, Fang Yiai, Cheng Chumo, and Luo Zhang and continued towards Jiangnan Road.