Chapter 286 The Beginning of Change

Daye first year, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

At this time, the fifteen-day event finally came to an end.

Liu Yizhen was a little tired and stayed in the west hall of Tai Chi Hall, holding a heater in his hands. Next to him was Wang Xiu, who had just been promoted to Zhongshu Ling.

Zhongshu Sheng, adhering to the monarch's will, in charge of secrets, and issuing the emperor's edicts.

The previous chief officer of Zhongshu Ling was Liu Yizhen, which shows the high authority of this position.

Now the left and right servants of the Shangshu Province have been almost eliminated by Liu Yizhen. Although the Menxia Province has the power to refute, it has no administrative power...

It can be said that Wang Xiu is the most powerful among the three high-ranking officials, comparable to the prime minister.

"This great court meeting has finally passed, but the turmoil caused by this great meeting will probably take several years to subside."

Establishment is often more difficult than destruction. The construction of a set of order is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Liu Yizhen looked at Wang Xiu and suddenly thought of those days in Guanzhong.

At that time, Guanzhong was shrouded in Helian Bobo's fear, and many thorny problems followed in its governance. If it weren't for Wang Xiu, it would have been difficult for Guanzhong to recover in just a few years.

But now, the emperor and his ministers are no longer facing Guanzhong, but the whole world.

"Your Majesty, now that all kinds of waste are being developed, I don't know where to start."

Now that Wang Xiu has a heavier burden, he has become more cautious in his actions.

So just after the court meeting, Wang Xiu entered the palace to look for Liu Yizhen.

“Where to start…”

Liu Yizhen also fell into thinking.

"There are many ways to start, but there is only one thing: we can be a little more relaxed towards the aristocratic family."

"Wang Hong and Xie Hui have already noticed my intention. If I press harder, there is no guarantee that they will do something."

Most of Liu Yizhen's most trusted ministers now come from humble backgrounds.

This time, through the Great Court Meeting, these people have climbed to a very high position. There is no need to focus on the small acres of land owned by the aristocratic family.

"First of all, we have to start by promoting Champa rice."

As the saying goes, food is the most important thing in the world.

But even if there is excellent Champa rice, it does not mean that every household will be able to plant these rice seeds from next year, so that everyone will no longer go hungry.

People are always conservative.

This is not because they are stupid, or that they are bad or unruly.

Just because the cost of trial and error for a poor person will be surprisingly high for him.

Even if you tell him that the yield per mu of Champa rice is several times that of ordinary rice, he will still most likely refuse.

Because once fresh crops like Champa rice do not grow, the people will face the loss of their families.

They are not wealthy landowners. They have large tracts of cultivated land. They can plant half of ordinary rice and half of Champa rice. They will choose to plant on a large scale after getting definite results.

All they have is a few acres of thin farmland.

If you can't grow food, you will be dead.

"Therefore, it is necessary for the government to make every effort to persuade the people to switch to planting Champa rice. This task cannot be completed overnight. According to my estimation, large-scale planting of Champa rice will be seen in Jiangnan within five years. This is a tribute to the good governance of the local governments.

It worked."

Wang Xiu nodded.

He had also seen the stubbornness of the people in Guanzhong.

It's never easy to convince them.

"This is one of them."

"The second is the administration of officials in various places."

This time Liu Yi was really talking about the administration of officials, not the aristocratic families.

"Since the time of Yixi, although the late emperor has worked hard to clarify and revive the country, there are still many moths lying on the body of the country sucking flesh and blood."

"It's best to leave this matter to the Yushitai and the officials, and let them find some people to kill chickens and scare monkeys."

Cai Kuo was an upright man who was not afraid of power. He was also an important minister of the late emperor and had astonishing prestige.

It's perfect to use this knife to cut off a few abscesses in the country.

"Third..."

"never mind."

"We still need to be stable and not make too many moves."

Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes.

Food and official administration are the appetizers of Liu Yizhen's great cause.

You can definitely take your time with other things, especially for aristocratic families.

Wang Xiu chatted with Liu Yizhen for a long time before leaving Duke Jiankang.

The government order has been issued, and officials at all levels will follow the instructions and complete the targets to accumulate credit for themselves.

The busiest one is the household department.

Now that Gao Yun was promoted to Minister of Hubu, he naturally transferred all the officials who were previously in Danyang Yin's Mansion to Hubu.

Gao Yun is worthy of being a mathematical genius. Inspired by Western mathematics, he has created a set of effective directory algorithms to organize and calculate the numerous account books of the Ministry of Accounts.

Household registration in Hebei and Hedong.

The Huang nationality order of Qiaozhou was removed.

There is also the share of Champa rice that Liu Yizhen strongly recommended after the meeting...

If we still follow the previous methods to organize these messy figures, I am afraid it will take a year just to sort out these data, and there will be no time to do other things.

Now, with Gao Yun's talent, these figures have been condensed into volumes of accounts arranged in an orderly manner, which really opened the eyes of some elderly officials.

This change is taking place not only in the household department, but also in various other central departments.

Liu Yizhen infects his immediate ministers, who in turn infect departmental officials, who in turn infect other common people...

Although the changes are not obvious, people can indeed notice the moistening like drizzle at night.

only……

The arrival of light will inevitably lift the stench of decay.

Hubu Yamen.

An accountant took the account and confirmed it again and again before handing it over to the chief officer. After receiving it, the chief officer did not dare to make the decision, so he handed it over to the inspector of the household department. The inspector of the household department found the head of the household department, and the head of the household department came to the household department.

Finally, the Minister of Household Affairs came to Gao Yun again.

Even Gao Yun's eyelids jumped when he looked at the accounts.

Not caring about the remaining tasks in hand, Gao Yun picked up the account and hurried into the palace to face the emperor.

"What's wrong with Gao Shangshu?"

Originally, Liu Yizhen wanted to take advantage of the few days after the imperial meeting to spend time with the Queen and the Guo family, but he did not want to be disturbed by Gao Yun.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. I dare not make a decision..."

It was rare to see Gao Yun deal with difficult things. Liu Yizhen took the account and looked at it line by line.

Gradually, Liu Yizhen's face became ugly.

The figures on the accounts are well concealed, but they cannot withstand the sun.

Deficit, deficit, deficit.

In terms of accounts, some counties in Liu Song Dynasty were in deficit for several years, and some even had single-digit annual harvests.

"No one has ever discovered these accounts before?"

The fact that the accounts are made like this is no longer corruption, but that the emperor is regarded as nothing and the laws of the court are regarded as nothing.

"Let me check them all! If your household department is short of manpower, go to the Yushitai to ask for people! I want to see who is so capable and has been a worm for so many years under the nose of Taizu."

Liu Yizhen could no longer conceal his murderous intent against such an idiot who was at gunpoint.
Chapter completed!