In fact, strictly speaking, before Zhao Kai came to the throne, the New Law had always been in a very embarrassing situation. Although Li Qi seemed to have unlimited fame and featured articles, this was not the case, because the New Law at that time had many inadequacies.
Certainty and flaws, Li Qi was certainly aware of these flaws, but there was nothing he could do about them.
Because before this, there were Wang Fu, Cai You and others, and Song Huizong was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and his skill in helping others was first-rate. Therefore, if Li Qi wanted the new law to be implemented smoothly, then
He must make enough concessions. He must add enough regulations to the new law that can satisfy the interests of these people and use the new law to help them make profits. Only then can he win the support of many people in the DPRK. Otherwise, who will support it?
He changed his mind.
This is an exchange of political interests.
Therefore, Li Qi is just a pioneer. His greatest contribution is to popularize the concept of the new law and let the people understand that the economy can help them get rich, but the real reform has not yet begun.
However, now that Zhao Kai has ascended the throne, his determination to reform can be said to be the most determined and courageous emperor in the Song Dynasty after Taizu. All the ministers in the court unanimously agreed to the reform. This has never happened before. Conservative
Almost all the struggles between the reformist faction and the reformist faction stemmed from this reform. After so many years of fighting, the government and the opposition finally came to a unified point of view.
However, this is not because no one among them really wants to oppose it, but because they all know who is opposed to the reform now, that is, they are against the emperor, the privy councilors, and the prime minister. You have offended these three, then
What is the difference between you and seeking death?
After that court meeting, Zhao Kai suddenly issued an imperial edict, ordering Qin Hui to lead the three provinces and the Commerce Bureau led by Bai Qiannuo to comprehensively promote the new law. This shocked the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee because this invisibly weakened Li Qi.
power. If Bai Qiannuo was not Li Qi's wife, it would be equivalent to cutting off one of Li Qi's arms.
This is a bit confusing.
After Qin Hui completed the centralization of power among the prime ministers, he immediately carried out large-scale rectification of laws and tax laws because he understood very well that the new laws proposed by Li Qi were based on laws and tax laws. This was the foundation and the laws must be improved according to the new laws.
, Tax Law, he first eliminated those exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. After getting Zhao Kai's approval, he quickly ordered people to recall Li Gang to help him.
Zhao Kai also learned about the grievances between Li Gang and Zhao Huan. Before meeting Li Gang, he was still hesitant, but after meeting him, he immediately appointed Li Gang as the Minister of Punishment, responsible for cooperating with Qin Hui to improve the law.
After several ups and downs, Li Gang finally took control of the real power. He was extremely grateful to Zhao Kai and regarded him as a bole. When he saw Zhao Kai's imperial edict, he burst into tears. Who can understand the hardships involved?
The Bureau of Commerce began to conduct an inventory of land across the country and sent a large number of manpower. There were also many forbidden troops to assist. This time was no different than Wang Anshi's time. After the previous campaign, the forces in the DPRK and China had undergone earth-shaking changes.
Those landlords don't dare to do what they did before, submissive and secretly organizing people to resist. If you don't give face to the Business Bureau, you should at least give face to the Forbidden Army. Now this Forbidden Army only has the word "obedience" in its eyes. If you are not honest,
If the land deeds are actually registered, then the unnamed land will be taken back directly by the court without any room for negotiation.
In addition, Bai Qiannuo also implemented Li Qi's investment bailout policy and lobbied the rich in the capital to cooperate with small businessmen in order to revitalize Tokyo's economy, because production is the only link that drives the economy.
This means that production will increase, and the problem of redundant troops can be solved. At the same time, those big food merchants also obtained the first green card of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Kai then issued another decree exempting the Hebei area from taxes for one year to help them resume their income generation.
Notices were also posted to inform the people that the imperial court would reform the imperial examination system. There were two main changes. One was the addition of a subject of arithmetic, which is mathematics. After the Tang Dynasty, arithmetic disappeared completely from the imperial examination until the feudal society.
The demise of the country, and because of Li Qi's economic reforms and various tax reforms, Zhao Kai understood that this arithmetic was very important and must be included in the scientific examination.
The second point is the issue of the number of people. Except for Enke, the scientific examination will be strictly stipulated once a year. The limit on the number of people who can participate in the scientific examination is still the same as before. Anyone who is qualified can participate, but the number of admissions will be based on the court's decision.
The requirements are announced three months before the scientific examination.
Although the notice did not specify the number of people, because you said earlier that it was based on the needs of the court, it would not be contradictory to set an upper limit, but Zhao Kai still ordered people to quietly announce the number of people admitted by the court every year
It will be controlled within 80 people and more than 10 people.
Later, the imperial court posted a notice announcing the electoral system. However, this notice only explained the meaning of the electoral system, but no details such as when it would be implemented and where it would be implemented were announced.
In fact, Zhao Kai did not want to announce the electoral system so soon, but he was worried that the reform of the scientific examination would cause dissatisfaction among scholars all over the world. Because you have reduced so many places at once, it means that scholars have lost many opportunities, so he had no choice but to do so.
The electoral system was announced in advance to appease the readers.
Things also proved that his concerns were not unfounded. When the news of the changes in the scientific examination came out, scholars were dissatisfied. I studied for my official career. If you reduce the number of places, wouldn't this cut off our livelihood?
But with the announcement of the electoral system, the readers' eyes were brightened again. According to the meaning of this electoral system, this is simply a paradise for children from poor families. They don't have to worry about being exposed to unspoken rules because of their origin.
As soon as this happened, the scholars began to hesitate. They couldn't figure out whether the imperial examination reform would be good or bad for them, so they all chose to wait and see what happens.
In addition, the court also informed the people that the court would use the land increase tax as the main method of local taxation, but the specific details were not disclosed because the calculation method of the land increase tax could not be calculated until the Commerce Bureau collected the data.
But this is definitely breaking news!
Although the land increase tax had been implemented for some time, there were still many loopholes because Li Qi was restrained by many parties at that time. He still gave the big landowners a very preferential plan, and also gave an exception to some very powerful landowners.
To avoid arousing fierce resistance from them, however, this time is different. The court has made it clear that it means serious business. Anyone who refuses to take this seriously will be killed by the local tax.
The folk world is a world of ice and fire, and farmers are of course very happy, because the emergence of land tax means that their burden will be transferred to those landlords. Then the landlords will definitely be unhappy. How can this continue? However, because there are no details
Come out. They can only wait and see, but in the past few days, the land transaction volume near Tokyo immediately hit the highest record in history.
Some super large landowners began to sell land crazily to other countries because they had too much land in their hands. No matter how they calculated it, they had to pay high taxes. This allowed them to not wait for the details and sell some of the land first.
Those farmers naturally benefited. In order to sell a batch of land quickly, some landowners couldn't help but lower the price, and even provided interest-free loans to sell the land to some farmers. It doesn't matter if you don't have money now, just make an IOU.
Just tell me how much you can repay every year.
Even the big families in Tokyo, such as the Wang family, the Zheng family, and the Cai family, have begun to think of ways to sell their land, or share it among their families, to avoid being hit by the land increase tax.
The crazy transfer of land immediately boosted Tokyo's economy, and all funds were put into operation at once.
Qin Hui and Bai Qiannuo had also expected that the land tax would appear again, which would definitely cause panic. Bai Qiannuo was also worried that some landlords would force farmers to take over their land at high prices, so they set up a special department in the Commerce Bureau to manage land transactions.
The department uses laws to restrict certain unscrupulous landowners from using unfair means to avoid land increase taxes.
This series of actions by the imperial court immediately aroused the support of the vast majority of the people. After all, there were many poor people. Zhao Kai, Qin Hui, and Bai Qiannuo have also become the brightest stars in these days, especially Bai Qiannuo.
, there is less and less negative news about her, and the number of people who support her is growing rapidly.
But the people did not forget one person, this person was the founder of the new law---Li Qi.
The imperial court was making big moves one after another, but none of them seemed to have anything to do with Li Qi. Li Qi was almost not mentioned at all. Many people were surprised. Where did Li Qi, who once had countless haloes, go?
This should be his time to shine!
Li Qi was actually also shining brightly, but in Zuixianju instead of in the court, because he was now heavily in debt, and the abominable Zhao Kai not only refused to reward him, but also gave him the salary he owed in the past.
After calming down, Li Qi was so angry that he almost didn't fight Zhao Kai and asked for a week's sick leave.
Now he has to find a way to make money to pay off his debts. As for official business, before the Goryeo envoys arrived, he basically had nothing to do. At most, he just went to the palace to help Zhao Kai answer some questions. This is the Privy Council, other than military affairs.
Never mind anything.
It's a pity that his plan to make money was preempted by his nemesis Gao Yanei. He had no choice but to set his sights on Zuixianju, because the economy has not yet improved and the people are poor and have little money to spend. If Zuixianju is still
If you stay at the top of the pyramid and only serve the rich, you will be in trouble.
Therefore, Li Qi had no choice but to launch a series of cheap foods, including Double Sky Supreme, soy milk and refueling sticks, and derived many breakfast snacks, such as fried cakes, glutinous rice balls, scallion rolls, thousand-layer cakes, braised noodles, pickles, etc.
Wait, he even brought out Indian flying pancakes, which shows how strong his desire for money is.
For lunch and dinner, Li Qi has launched a series of wooden box lunches. Vegetables and rice are packed in a bucket, and delivery is included. Although takeout has already begun in the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Qi uses a donkey cart to deliver takeout, and his emphasis is on service attitude and integrity.
The milk tea was also upgraded to pearl milk tea, which immediately won the favor of many people.
In addition, there are many preferential policies.
All in all, it's cheap and delicious.
With Li Qi's move, Zuixianju's business soared instantly, especially the combination of soy milk, fried dough sticks and wooden box lunches, which became popular throughout Tokyo. Zuixianju once again became a hot topic among everyone, and it also stole a lot from Zhao Kai.
In the limelight, I have to say that Li Qi is such a pushy man, even though he has already kept a low profile.
Early that morning, Li Qi came to Zuixianju and saw that everyone around him was holding soy milk and fried dough sticks. Because the place was full, many guests could only sit outside.
Before I even entered the door, I heard the shouts of that idiot Hong Tianjiu.
"Tsk, tsk, Li Qi's fried dough sticks are really amazing, so crispy, and dipped in a little soy milk, they are really delicious. Mmmmm, they are delicious."
He then heard the guy from Gao Yanei say: "What's really amazing is the glutinous rice balls. There are fried dough sticks wrapped in the glutinous rice. Only Li Qi could come up with this idea. But compared to these fried dough sticks, I still like the lunch box."
, but it’s a pity that we have to wait until noon.”
"Isn't that right? I've been coming here to eat lunch boxes for the past few days, and recently I fell in love with the stir-fried large intestine lunch box. Oops! I'm really greedy just thinking about it."
Li Qi felt his angina pectoris when he heard it, and cursed secretly, you bastards, my lunch box is for the poor, you want to grab it too, you are all eating the lunch box, then I will jump over the wall to sell it to someone!
ps: Youtiao = monthly ticket, soy milk = recommended, box lunch = reward, all are indispensable! (To be continued...)