In the next three days, Xiao Zijie was busy at home, and Zhao Yan was not idle either.

Since the new policy is to be implemented, Zhao Yan is ready to eliminate all the bad habits accumulated in the past Great Week.

In fact, before the New Year, he had asked some officials from the six ministries to collect information, but these officials did not know what Zhao Yan's purpose was.

At this moment, there were three booklets on Zhao Yan's dragon desk.

If these three booklets are seen by the officials of the court, they will definitely cause great turmoil in the court.

The first booklet contains the names of 128 officials. These officials are all Beijing officials, and most of them are idle positions. This is a list of Zhao Yan's plans to dismiss and cancel these official positions. If these people are dealt with, then the next step can be dealt with in the thirty-six prefectures in the Great Zhou Dynasty, all kinds of officials who occupy the pit and do not shit and eat the salary of the court for nothing.

The court has already been very kind to such officials, so Zhao Yan thinks it is natural to dismiss them.

The second booklet is a list of more than 6,000 imperial guards in Changdan City. This list was compiled by Shen Tuyi. The soldiers on this list are basically over forty years old, have no official rank, and are even disabled.

These people are naturally not suitable for staying in the army. Zhao Yan's plan is to give them a portion of money based on their military merits to simplify their military and increase the vitality of the army.

The third booklet lists nearly 300 rules and regulations that need to be abolished. These systems are mostly cumbersome old customs and habits. If not abolished, they will encourage all kinds of unhealthy trends in the officialdom.

These three booklets are the sanctions on redundant officials and soldiers. Zhao Yan has not allowed anyone to read them. The purpose is to show his determination and attitude when announcing the new national policy.

On the evening of the third day, Xiao Zijie presented the compiled new policy provisions to Zhao Yan.

After seeing it, Zhao Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed and immediately decided to hold a court meeting tomorrow. Any fifth-rank official in Changdan City, including fifth-rank officials must be present.

When the ministers heard this oral order, they all felt that tomorrow's court meeting was absolutely extraordinary.

The next day, before dawn, the civil and military ministers of the Great Zhou gathered at the base of the city wall.

There are also various hawkers at the base of the city wall, including those who sell mutton soup, those who sell umbrella cakes, those who sell jinshita soup, pigs and sheep purses, and those who sell buns and steamed buns. The line is more than 500 meters.

The ministers either sat on small benches or squatted on the base of the city walls, eating and chatting.

The court meeting usually lasts until almost noon. If some officials don’t eat in the morning, they can’t hold on, so they must eat a little before going to court. Over time, a morning market is formed at the base of the city wall for the ministers to eat.

Of course, some ministers would not eat here, such as Xiao Jingye, who felt that it was insulting to eat well and had to eat well at home; there were also Shangguan who had already eaten and had already started running around the city wall.

Xiao Zijie was summoned to court and knew very well what he was going to say in the court, so he was particularly nervous. He had already gone to the toilet four times within an hour.

Xiao Jingye was far away from Xiao Zijie and claimed to be trying to avoid suspicion. In the court, he and Xiao Zijie were colleagues, not father and son.

As for what Zhao Yan talked to Xiao Zijie and what the situation of the Shuzhou New Policy, he did not ask Xiao Zijie a question.

After a moment, the east turned white.

The city wall gate was open, and all officials entered in one after another.

In the Daqing Hall, all officials gathered together, and stood neatly according to their respective official positions.

Xiao Zijie stood by the door, waiting for Zhao Yan to summon him.

Soon, Zhao Yan, wearing brocade clothes, came to Daqing Hall.

"Long live my emperor!" The ministers shouted at the same time, and knelt on the ground together and kowtowed.

"My dear friends, please be calm!" Zhao Yan said with a smile.

All the civil and military officials immediately stood up. When they heard Zhao Yan's voice, they realized that Zhao Yan was in a very good mood at this time.

Zhao Yan and all the officials were not polite or nonsense, and said directly: "My dear friends, today's court meeting, I will only talk about one thing, that is, the new policy matter. Let Xiao Zijie, who returned from Shuzhou, talk to you about the specific situation of the new policy in Shuzhou."

After saying that, Zhao Yan looked at Xiao Zijie at the door.

Xiao Zijie had already prepared, so he immediately walked to the center of the hall and said loudly: "My dear masters, the new policy of Shuzhou has taken the first step. Regarding the implementation of the "Two Hundred Articles of the New Policy", this is the case..."

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Zijie began to talk in detail about the new policy of Shuzhou.

The reduction of land tax led to landlords and merchants purchasing a large amount of land. Shuzhou punished a large number of merchants and increased land tax based on the amount of land.

The Shuzhou New Policy dealt with more than 500 officials, and was dismissed at the least and sentenced at the worst.

Pan Wenyue, the governor of Shuzhou, was once assassinated by bandits, but the matter was actually assigned by an official.

...

As the civil and military officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty listened, they couldn't help but frown. They could not have imagined that the new policy of Shuzhou would be so bumpy, and even the life of a state magistrate was in danger. And what would the result of the current new policy be? It is still unknown!

Xiao Jingye, Liu Chaotong, Kong Moshan, Yang Xinghuai, and Shangguan Buyue all looked serious. At this time, they felt that this new policy reform was simply walking on the edge of a cliff. If they were not careful, they would have accidents, and they might even arouse civil rebellion and some human rebellion.

Although the new policy is good, there are too many people to hurt!

After Xiao Zijie finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the hall, and no one spoke.

Not that everyone has no confidence in the new policy, but most people think that the new policy is too sharp and should be done slowly.

But Zhao Yan, based on the experience of a person who has experienced it, felt that severe illness must be given a strong medicine, otherwise even the Qingtian Building would collapse only in a moment. The most obvious examples were the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty and the Jingkang Shame of the Song Dynasty.

The Anshi Rebellion was not because of the rebellion of the thief, but because of the decline of the court system; the Jingkang shame was not because of the incompetence of the Northern Song army, but because of the inability to know how to be vigilant in times of peace.

Zhao Yan looked around and said loudly: "After the initial achievements of the Shuzhou New Deal, I decided to start the new coup reform in the remaining 35 states from now on."

"ah?"

All the ministers were shocked!

If other prefectures are in chaos like Shuzhou, but Pan Wenyue is not in the formation, nor has a group of corrupt officials been cleaned up in advance, if there is a problem, it will be a big problem.

Shangguan, who spoke the most actively, walked out unhappily and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate. According to Shuzhou's experience, the new coup should not be carried out quickly!"

Zhao Yan glared at his eyes, stood up, grabbed the clothes with one hand, and whispered: "I am not discussing with you today, but I want you to execute it!"

When the ministers saw Zhao Yan going to perform a drama of "de-dragon robe" again, all the ministers were helpless. After all, the little prince was not born yet, so they must not be angry at this moment.
Chapter completed!