The next day in the meeting hall, Liu Cong, who was sitting at the main seat, was dressed in black mysterious clothes and wore the same flat crown as Sun Quan, with six hairs in front of the crown!
"Meet my lord."
"No gift."
This set of crowns was brought with Man Chong when he came. He said it was given by the imperial court, but it was actually a small thought from Cao Cao. After all, if you ask for something from someone, give him something.
Liu Cong wore a crown for the first time. The six thorns in front of the crown covered the upper part of his face, making it difficult for people to see his entire appearance.
But when I looked in the mirror today, I did look much more majestic. After clearing his throat, Liu Cong said, "Today is the first time I wear a crown, and I have a few big things to announce."
Everyone, both civil and military, was waiting for Liu Cong's next words.
"The first thing is to divide Jingzhou. Jingzhou is too big. On the basis of the current establishment of Guizhou, Gu decided to divide Jiangxia and Xunyang counties into Jiangzhou!"
"Make Xiling of Jiangxia the county government. Liu Ba will be the governor of Jiangzhou, the prefect of Jiangxia, and Huo Jun will guard Jiangzhou!"
"My lord is wise!" Although everyone was surprised, they did not object. They did not think there was anything wrong with this arrangement, and it did not affect anyone's interests.
But it is different for Liu Cong. If Jingzhou is divided into three parts, the issuance of government orders will be simple and direct, and the difficulty of governance will also be reduced!
"Second, send officials to check the population of Jing, Guizhou, and Jiangzhou. What we want is not the number of households as before, but probably tens of thousands. Two hundred thousand is the exact number of men and women, and how many people are there in each household, male and female?
Everyone, young and old, must indicate exactly where they live.”
"Third, measure the land in the three states and stipulate the scale of land owned by individuals. Qingcha will be hidden in households and divided into acres. From now on, all excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes will be abolished, land parcels will be unified, and taxes will be collected according to the land owned by individuals."
"Boom!" At this moment, everyone in the hall began to quarrel. If these two decrees are implemented, the blow to the family will be fundamental.
While the family officials were discussing, Cai Mao came out and said, "The last general, Cai Mao, has 30,000 refugees hidden in his family. He is willing to hand over the excess population and land!"
Then came Kuai Yue, "I have 20,000 tenants in my family, and I am willing to hand it over."
Huang Zu, "The last general has fifteen thousand tenants in his family, and he is willing to hand them over."
"Cai." Liu Cong clapped his hands and laughed, "Three of you are loyal to the country, and you only know it."
These three people had been angry with Liu Cong for a long time. The heads of various families who wanted to oppose them saw that the heads of the largest aristocratic families had compromised, and no one spoke out for a while.
Liu Cong continued, "Fourth, re-amend the laws and punish those who traffic in humans, smuggle salt, iron, tea, and other important supplies!"
"Fifth, set up schools to accommodate children and provide free and universal education for nine years!"
No one objected to the fourth item. This kind of thing is not much different from before. The fifth item, Jiang Wan wondered, "Lord, where do the school's teachers and teaching materials come from?"
Given Jingzhou's wealth and existing tax collection methods, Jiang Wan was not worried about investment in education. However, in an era when bamboo slips were generally used in terms of teaching staff and teaching materials, this was too difficult.
Liu Cong smiled and said, "Teacher, I have already sent a message to Sima Hui Gong, Pang De Gong, and Huang Chengyan Gong, three elders. They are very supportive of the popularization of education. These three will also call on their friends and disciples to contribute to this end.
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"As for the teaching materials, I have a solution, Gong Yan doesn't have to worry."
As early as after he retired from Cao's army, Liu Cong gathered craftsmen to study and improve papermaking. Although there has been no progress yet, there will always be success. This technology is not too difficult.
There is also movable type printing, which is just about engraving the required words on a small seal, and then typesetting it.
Jiang Wan nodded and retreated.
Liu Cong added, "Sixth, set up a medical school, a hospital, a pharmacy, and a medical department, with Zhang Zhongjing as the minister, who will have full authority to handle medical issues. Medical schools, like schools, want learners, and the government will fund them!"
"The hospital treats the people, and all the doctors are paid salaries by the government. The pharmacies can purchase medicinal materials collected by the people."
Cai Mao was a little worried and said, "My lord, if this happens, will Jingxiang's finances be unable to support it?"
Mi Zhu, the newcomer, smiled and said, "General Cai is overly worried. People have money after selling medicines, so they will naturally go to the hospital for consultation, and the money will be spent on the government."
Mi Zhu is indeed a business master, and he immediately saw the clues.
"Seventh, I want to reform the system! Change the existing official system of the three states to the system of three provinces and six ministries!"
"The three provinces are Zhongshu, Menxia, and Shangshu. The six departments are household, punishment, ritual, official, military, and Gong."
"The Zhongshu drafts the document, the subordinates are responsible for reviewing it, and the Minister is responsible for executing it. There is no need to talk about the six departments."
"boom!"
Everyone started discussing in whispers again.
Pang Tong looked at Liu Cong on the throne and was greatly impressed. When Liu Cong told them this, they were really shocked. How could one person hold so many things in his mind?
"The Zhongshu Province has the post of Zhongshu Ling, and Pang Tong is in charge of it! The Shangshu Province has the post of Shangshu Ling, and Jiang Wan is the post! The Menxia Province has two servants, Han Song and Wang Can."
Zhongshu is responsible for deciding what kind of decrees to draft, and Shangshu is responsible for executing them. They are all Liu Cong's confidants. The subordinates are useless. Review, what Liu Cong decides needs to be reviewed?
When future generations succeed to the throne, they will be replaced by reliable, loyal and capable people, but Liu Cong is not needed yet.
"The chief officials of the six ministries are Shangshu, Pang Tong, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, concurrently, Ma Liang, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Husbandry, Yi Ji, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Fei Yi, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, Kuai Yue, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel, and Ma Su, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Works!"
"Thank you, Lord." Everyone who was pointed out by Liu Cong thanked them.
Strictly speaking, Liu Cong's actions were no less than changing dynasties, changing the existing system, and creating a new system that was completely different from that of the imperial court. Did this take the imperial court seriously?
But in these troubled times, who still takes the imperial court seriously?
"Eighth, I want to hold the imperial examination!"
"The imperial examinations held within the three states are held once every three years and are divided into three categories: civil examinations, military examinations, and industrial examinations!"
"Wen will test the administrative level, martial arts will test the ability to lead troops to fight, and engineering will test the method of invention. Once you pass the test, you will be directly sent to the local government as an official by the official!"
"It will be held directly for the first time this year to recruit candidates from 14 states across the world. The test center is set to be in Xiangyang, and the time will be November this year!"
"boom!"
Once again, once again! When everyone in the hall was discussing, most of them were smiling. After all, in this era, most of the knowledgeable people are the children of aristocratic families!
"Ninth, thoroughly reform the military system within the three states, eliminate the old and the weak, streamline the army, and determine the number of the army. Because the old soldiers were injured in the war, the government will arrange a job for them in the local area. Build Taoist temples and worship them in various places.
Local fallen soldiers!”
"Tenth, establish the Ministry of Commerce, with Mi Zhu as its minister, to manage all commercial activities within the three states and collect commercial taxes."
"Eleventh, establish the police station, Dali Temple, and Metropolitan Procuratorate."
"The police station is responsible for combating crime and collecting evidence. Anyone who commits crimes will be arrested by the police station, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will review the evidence and the case, and the Dali Temple will try the criminals!"
The three powers of arresting people, reviewing, and judging are now in the hands of the chief administrative officer of a place. Such absolute power is simply that of a local emperor, and Liu Cong must divide it.
"The police station will have a director, the Dali Temple will have a minister, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will have a chancellor. The chief officials of the three departments will not be appointed for the time being. We will wait until the end of the imperial examination this year."
After the meeting in the council chamber ended, everyone dispersed and were studying everything today in detail. It was incredible.
Changed the world, just in Liu Cong's mouth, so many complicated things were revealed one by one!
[Author's digression]: I consulted a lot of information for this chapter. I hope that readers will not be greatly disappointed.