Chapter 71: The first day of the sixth month in the second year of the Great Qin Dynasty
The main hall of Xianyang Palace!
Below the main hall, all the ministers bowed and stood in awe. Above the main hall, Hu Hai stood up and walked slowly, and his clear voice filled the whole hall!
"Important One! From now on, all the children of the royal family and the Ying clan, if they want to serve our great Qin Dynasty, if they think they have some talent, they can become officials in the court, and they can join the army if they are military officers;
Any of my descendants from the Ying family who want to join the court as officials will start as petty officials, and ministers in the court are not allowed to promote them at will. Once there are those who enlist in the army, they will all join under a different name and start from a small soldier.
By fate!
The Zongzheng Mansion has a Supervision Department, where Lao Zongzheng regularly monitors and assesses the children of such royal clans, and the promotion and promotion of military merit are determined by the Supervision Department together with the two prime ministers and the Yushifu!"
On one side of the main hall, there are naturally the historians of the Zongzheng Palace and the imperial ministers recording the emperor's words, deeds and will!
Under the main hall.
The fact that His Majesty the Young Emperor broke the First Emperor's taboo prohibiting royal family members from entering the court as officials and enlisting in the army was not a big deal in the eyes of the court officials. After all, it could be regarded as a family matter of the emperor.
But now the royal family is decided by the little emperor above the main hall. They will not and do not want to interfere in the emperor's family affairs! The world always belongs to Da Qin, and the emperor can only be made by the Ying clan of Da Qin.
Today's emperor himself is not worried about the chaos that will threaten his throne if the clan joins the court and the army. Naturally, they, the ministers, will not be evil people and block the promotion of the royal children!
In the view of His Highness and his ministers, the emperor's sentence "cooperating with the two prime ministers" is the real focus of this first decree! The meaning revealed is intriguing!
In the past, the emperor would only leave it to the prime minister to make the decision. However, the Qin Dynasty had two prime ministers, and the left prime minister Li Si was respected, so the right prime minister Feng Quji could only run errands for Li Si, who was in charge of the power alone!
Therefore, Feng Quji, one of the three princes, the Prime Minister of the Right, has not been as comfortable and happy as the Jiuqing. At least any of the Jiuqing is in sole control of power! But he has always been ignored by the Prime Minister who is also the Prime Minister but only one word different from the Zuoqing.
Prime Minister Li Si is firmly pressed down!
He has the name of Prime Minister and Three Dukes, but he is just a soy sauce thing! He has no real power!
How could this not make Feng Quji, who always considered himself as talented as Li Si, aggrieved?
But today, His Majesty the Emperor, who was perched high above the main hall, unexpectedly said the words "two prime ministers" in his own words.
If Li Si was surprised and shocked when he heard Hu Hai's words, then Feng Quji was ecstatic! The emperor's reaction can be said to be both unexpected and reasonable!
In the emperor's mind, balance is the most important thing!
But Feng Quji didn't expect that the emperor would immediately respond to him just after he showed his kindness!
Hu Hai naturally wanted to hit Li Si.
During the period when Li Si was in charge of government, Li Si did not love money and was not very interested in beauty. It can be said that Li Si was diligent in governing the government. He had to be very busy in the east hall of Xianyang Palace every day before returning home.
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What Li Si did can be called the Da Qin version of model worker.
However, on the other hand, according to Long Wei's report, in this short period of more than a month, model worker Li Si placed at least thirty of his disciples, former officials, and diners in various government offices in Daqin, and all of them were of low rank.
But a very powerful official!
Long Wei's letter was very detailed. Li Si forced two diners from the mansion into Yang Ruihe's Lieutenant's Office, and they both held positions of great power in the Lieutenant's Office! And those two diners were also investigated by the eighth generation of their ancestors.
It was clear, except that I didn’t check what color underwear they were wearing. Of course, they didn’t have any underwear at this time!
The two diners were both libertines who took refuge in Li Si and had no talent at all!
Hu Hai wanted Li Si to think about what he did that made him dissatisfied today. Moreover, Li Si would be in charge of the Great Qin Dynasty for a long time, so Feng Quji, who was the right prime minister in his own right, was exactly what Hu Hai wanted to do.
The perfect choice to contain Li Si!
What's more, Hu Hai is not afraid of going out on his own and the two of them will fight in the court. Since he dares to provoke a fight between Feng Quji and Li Si, he will naturally make arrangements to ensure that the situation develops in the direction he wants without damaging the national power of Qin.
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Hu Hai paused for a moment, ignoring the commotion of His Highness's ministers, and continued loudly: "Second decree! From now on, Daqin will implement the policy of salt and iron official camps, and first open the iron ban in the counties in Guanzhong, so that the people of Guanzhong can set up official offices in
The shop purchases iron utensils for daily use!"
There was silence in the main hall. Originally, Hu Hai thought that the second decree, especially the opening of the iron ban and allowing people to purchase iron tools, would inevitably lead to opposition from Li Si and others. Even Hu Hai had already thought of a way to deal with the opposition of the ministers, but he did not expect that Li Si did not
Speak out against it!
I guess the beating just now had an effect. Hu Hai thought to himself.
The fact is indeed as Hu Hai guessed. Li Si did not dare to act rashly because of Feng Quji's matter. Although he is indeed inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, he knows that all this is caused by the little emperor above the main hall.
my own.
Since it can be given, it can be taken back! Before he understood the emperor's thoughts, Li Si did not think that it was a good thing for him to take the lead in getting into trouble with the emperor. What's more, the salt and iron official camp was a national policy of the Qin Dynasty, and iron utensils were only banned in Guanzhong.
No big deal!
Guanzhong is the foundation of the Qin Dynasty. Although the old Qin people have reduced in number during these years of southern and northern conquests, they still account for the majority in the counties in Guanzhong!
The ministers of Li Si's line, including Yao Jia and other nine ministers, all looked at Li Si with their eyes, trying to get instructions from Li Si, but Li Si was still like an old monk in trance, making no move!
If Li Si doesn't move, Yao Jia and others will naturally not jump out to object. Feng Quji has just been on the line with the emperor, so naturally he will not make himself uncomfortable at this time and oppose the emperor's will!
"Principal Three: From now on, the Shangji Office in the Prime Minister's Palace (the function is roughly equivalent to the Ministry of Finance and the Bureau of Statistics in later generations) will be classified as a separate office. Zhang Cang, the imperial censor and the Shaofu Shangshu, will be the Minister of Planning of the Shangji Palace (the Minister of Finance and the Statistics Bureau).
Director), all matters in the Shangji Mansion will be reported directly to me!
The Shangji Mansion has four bureaus under its jurisdiction. The Shangji Mansion is responsible for coordinating land taxes and taxes, coordinating the Qin treasury, and the expenditures of each county treasury. Coordinating the distribution of salaries. Coordinating the distribution of rewards to meritorious officials, courtiers, and soldiers!
The Salt and Iron Department coordinates salt and iron monopoly sales across the country and opens official salt and iron stores;
The Money and Food Administration coordinates the price of grains in the world and coordinates the reform of the currency system in the world. From now on, the copper utensils in the world will be collected and replaced with iron utensils. They cannot be collected at will! All the copper utensils collected, except standard weapons, will be sent to
Shangfang.
The Trade and Commerce Administration has opened official offices in various counties in Guanzhong to collect commercial taxes. The tentative value is one per hundred. When trading companies go to a place, they only need to pay the tax at the trade official office in that place, and the official office will issue a road guide to enforce this road.
As a reminder, you will no longer have to pay taxes in all the counties within our Daqin territory!
Purpose Four! Zhang Cang, the Prime Minister of the Ji Mansion, together with Tian Ren, the Prime Minister of the Shangfang Mansion, custom-made coins! Use gold and copper as materials to cast the coins of the Qin Dynasty. Abolition of cloth coins. From now on, the coins of the Qin Dynasty will only be minted by Shangfang, and there will be private mints in the world.
The money man will kill the three tribes!
Decree 5! The newly established Heroes and Martyrs Agency of the Great Qin Dynasty is under the Zongzheng Mansion and will be personally handled by Lao Zongzheng. This Heroes and Martyrs Agency will register and register the names and birthplaces of our fallen soldiers and disabled soldiers in the Great Qin Campaign!
Decree 6! From today on, we, the Qin Dynasty, will implement the policy of providing compensation! The so-called compensation means to appease and show compassion. From now on, the Office of Heroes and Martyrs will begin to sort out all the injured and disabled people who died on the battlefield for our Great Qin from the beginning of the First Emperor’s campaign to destroy the six kingdoms to this day.
List of hometowns of retired soldiers!
Thirty years ago, the First Emperor was killed in battle, and the disabled generals and soldiers died. After statistics, each household was compensated with 10,000 new copper coins! Fifty catties of salt! From the 30th year of the First Emperor to today, and even in the future, all the soldiers who died and were disabled for our Great Qin
All soldiers are registered separately!
Starting from today, each household of the killed and disabled soldiers listed in this book can receive one hundred copper coins and five pounds of salt from the Heroes’ Administration every month! If the soldier who died in battle only has white hair in his family (parents), then this soldier will have white hair.
You can receive pension until your old age and be buried by the Department of Heroes and Martyrs!
If a soldier who died in battle has no gray hair on his head and only has a good man and a child below him, then this family can receive a pension up to the child and crown (adult, adult); all disabled soldiers of the Qin Dynasty can receive a pension until the end of their lives!
The distribution and collection of these pensions are handled by the Heroes and Martyrs Department under the Zongzheng Mansion in conjunction with the Shangji Mansion! Except for the supervision of the Imperial Palace, the three ministers and nine ministers in the court, no government agency can interfere with the Heroes and Martyrs Department, and the Shangji Mansion acts!
If any soldier who is killed or disabled in action violates the law at home, the local government offices will not be able to intervene. All local government offices will review and handle the matter on their own and punish them according to the law!
Decree 7! Today, the Great Qin Heroes Tower is opened. All soldiers who died for our Great Qin, regardless of their past, will be reviewed and registered by the Heroes’ Office. If there is no objection from the family of soldiers, the remains of all the fallen soldiers will be cremated and moved to the Heroes Tower.
, and engraved his name on the tower wall!
If you don't want to move in, just engrave the name of the soldier on the wall of the Tower of Heroes!
The Great Qin Heroes Tower was not only built for the soldiers who fought on the battlefield for our Great Qin warriors. From now on, anyone who has contributed to our Great Qin and our Chinese clan, regardless of the old, weak, women and children, can be buried under the tower and have their names engraved on the wall of the tower.
! Revered by all generations! Worshiped by hundreds of millions of living beings!
My dear friends, the same is true for you!
Today is the day when the souls of countless soldiers of our Great Qin Dynasty return to their homeland in Guanzhong!
Today is designated as the day when the heroes of the Qin Dynasty return to their souls, and it is named the Soul Returning Festival!
From today on, starting from me, I, the descendants and emperors of the Great Qin Dynasty, and even other dynasties in the future generations, will definitely bring hundreds of officials to come to worship every day! Every year when you are old, you will worship a little, and when you are ten years old, you will worship once!
To comfort me, Da Qin, the spirit of our Chinese heroes is in heaven!
If in future generations there are unworthy emperors and unworthy descendants of our great Qin Dynasty, if they forget or do not want to worship today, I will punish them in heaven! If there are people in future dynasties who disrespect this pagoda, I would rather be punished by heaven.
Destroy it!
Have these seven edicts been prepared?!
Have you ever written down these seven edicts?!"
By the end, Hu Hai's clear and gentle words were roaring like thunder in the main hall of Xianyang Palace!
"If in future generations there are unworthy emperors and unworthy descendants of our great Qin Dynasty, if they forget or don't want to worship today, I will punish them in heaven! If there are people in future dynasties who disrespect this pagoda, I would rather be punished by heaven.
It will be destroyed!
Have you ever drafted these seven edicts?! Have you, dear friends, ever written down these seven edicts?!"
Three clear and loud shouts echoed in the main hall of Xianyang Palace, spread out of the main hall, spread throughout the Xianyang Palace Square, and spread throughout the Qinshan Mountains and Rivers thousands of miles away!
This shout resounded throughout the whole world!
This loud shout echoed throughout the vast territory of Great Qin!
This day is the first day of the sixth lunar month in the first year of Emperor Qin II! (To be continued)