The next day, it was dawn.

Xiao Zijie rushed to the palace in a carriage and took his two boxes of files.

Xiao Jingye stood at the door and watched Xiao Zijie leave, murmured in his heart: "Maybe, after today, my Great Zhou will change!"

Zhao Yan summoned Xiao Zijie into the palace, so he naturally wanted to listen in detail to the progress of the Shuzhou new policy.

In this matter, only Xiao Zijie was summoned, and the purpose was quite obvious.

The new policy will harm the interests of many people, including Xiao Jingye, Kong Moshan, Yang Xinghuai and others. Although these imperial pillars are willing to contribute to the country, their relatives, old friends and students are all in the court and have too many ties.

Xiao Zijie may have some concerns when they are present, so Zhao Yan only allows him to meet him.

When Xiao Zijie came to the Chuigong Hall, Zhao Yan was already sitting on the dragon throne.

This move was already the greatest courtesy to Xiao Zijie, so Xiao Zijie quickly saluted.

"No gift!" Zhao Yan smiled, then waved his hand to Xizi.

Xizi immediately understood and asked someone to put Xiao Zijie's bookcase in place, brew hot tea, set up snacks, and then let the other guards remove them, leaving him alone to serve him, and closed the door.

"Sit down and talk about the situation of the new policy in Shuzhou!" Zhao Yan looked at Xiao Zijie and said.

Xiao Zijie opened a thick file and said, "Your Majesty, the new policy of Shuzhou is far more difficult than expected, but it can be solved."

"For example, in Shuzhou, landlords and wealthy businessmen account for seven, farmers account for three, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. As stated in the "New Deal 200 Articles", lowering the land tax will still make people still not full, and more land will fall into the hands of landlords and wealthy businessmen. The strategy we have formulated is to divide it into different levels according to the number of land acres. The more land the higher the land tax will be."

After saying that, Xiao Zijie handed over a file, and Xizi quickly took it and presented it to Zhao Yan.

"In addition, with the increase in the commercial tax in Shuzhou, some merchants have left Shuzhou. After they leave, a more serious problem will be that many people who hire workers as merchants have no chores and have to beg or leave their hometowns."

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"The new policy has the greatest impact on officials. My Great Zhou has always been committed to the fact that people below the county magistrate have no salary, and their living allowances all come from the revenue of the county government and the supplies of the county magistrate. If the new policy is implemented, the county magistrate will lose a lot of oil and water, and the officials below will try their best to squeeze out the wealth and ointment of the people!"

"Also, the village system is not controlled by our Great Zhou Law. There are too many human relationships and worldly affairs that can only be solved by the elders of our village. If the law is strictly enforced, it will only cause more problems."

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Xiao Zijie told the story one by one according to the new policy in Shuzhou, and Zhao Yan listened very seriously and kept writing with an imperial pen. His expression was sometimes happy and sometimes frowned.

The new policy is not as simple as imagined, and Shuzhou is equivalent to a completely new group of officials. It is still so difficult to implement the new policy, let alone other prefectures.

Time flies, and Zhao Yan and Xiao Zijie communicate very seriously. At noon, they just ate some snacks on the table and drank some tea.

Xizi stood aside and did not dare to remind Zhao Yan to have dinner. He understood very well that this matter was particularly important to Zhao Yan.

It was not until night fell that Xiao Zijie finally finished reporting and reported all the difficulties encountered in Shuzhou and the solutions he had thought about to solve them.

After hearing the entire content of Shuzhou's new policy, Zhao Yan frowned deeply and couldn't help but sigh.

Now he only has two thoughts in his mind.

First, the new coup has many difficulties and is not a year or two.

Secondly, the new coup has come to an end, and the more time delays, the worse the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

After listening to Xiao Zijie's story, Zhao Yan could almost imagine what the people in the Great Zhou Dynasty were like, and how bad the current social order in the Great Zhou Dynasty was.

If you don’t scrape your bones and heal the wound, you will pay a greater price in the future and even cause a more serious crisis.

"Zijie, how long do you think the new policy in Shuzhou will take to achieve its first effect?"

Xiao Zijie thought for a moment and replied: "It will take at least three years!"

Zhao Yan thought for a while and asked again: "Then what time do you think I want to implement the new policy nationwide?"

Hearing this, Xiao Zijie showed a faint smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, before leaving Shuzhou, Lord Pan told me that you will definitely ask this question. His answer is that the situation is relatively serious at present, and it is best to implement reforms in three years."

"His answer? What about your answer?" Zhao Yan asked with a smile. He keenly realized that Xiao Zijie's answer must be different from Pan Wenyue.

Xiao Zijie looked at Zhao Yan and replied confidently: "I think the faster the better!"

Zhao Yan nodded and said: You are the same as I think.

Zhao Yan slowly stood up, patted the file on the table, and said, "When do you think your father's answer should be?"

Xiao Zijie sighed slightly and said, "My father, including the Prime Minister of Finance, Military Commander, Deputy Prime Minister Liu and Lord Shangguan, would definitely support the promotion of the new policy nationwide as soon as possible, but if he has read these, he may be more conservative than Lord Pan. Within five years, I should not have a new policy."

At present, in terms of the practice of the Shuzhou New Policy, there are too many obstacles. Without the ability to coordinate macroeconomicly, this new policy may not only harm the scholar-official class, but also lead to merchants and the people to varying degrees of resentment towards the court.

If a new policy is carried out, the Great Zhou may become stronger, but it is more likely to arouse public grievances and lead to rapid decline; if a new policy is not established, the Great Zhou will have almost no problems except for external enemy factors within at least five years.

In this case, naturally most people are unwilling to implement the new policy.

If the late emperor Zhou Renzong encountered such a situation, he would definitely not launch a new policy.

But now, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is Zhao Yan.

He thinks that an emperor who pursues absolute perfection and wants to change the course of the world is very worth doing such a risky thing.

Zhao Yan walked down from the Long case and said to Xiao Zijie: "Your prediction is good. They will do everything possible to organize it, but I will not give them this opportunity. I ordered you to sort out these information within these three days to form specific new policy provisions. In three days, I will start a new policy nationwide!"

"Remember, don't let any news leak out."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xiao Zijie said excitedly. What he respected the most was this emperor who dared to fight the sky and the earth.

Xiao Zijie took out a book from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, this is the poem I wrote when I couldn't sleep in Shuzhou at night. I dare not give it to my father, so I had to let Your Majesty correct it!"

Zhao Yan took the poem booklet, smiled, and said, "Okay, I will read it carefully when I go to the toilet!"
Chapter completed!