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Chapter 21 Radical Reforms

For example, the restoration of the imperial examination system. In the past, the imperial officials appointed by the empire were filial and honest, that is, if you have excellent moral character, I recommend you, but who will discover the excellent moral character? Of course, those who are officials have protected each other and colluded with each other. Now, filial and honest examination system is not allowed. Officials should be selected by the imperial examination system and the method of direct appointment of the emperor. The life and death of local officials will be seized. His decision-making power will be returned to the emperor at once. The emperor has the dominant power and the power of others has been affected, so they are naturally unwilling. For example, the right to mint the royal family and the local people. Who doesn’t

Knowing that royal clans and local tyrants have the right to mint coins, it is common to use the power in their hands to send money out. As a result, a penny could have bought a piece of pork, but now it can only buy a pig hair, which leads to the plunder of wealth in the hands of the people. Reclaiming the right to mint coins is almost equivalent to breaking the money bags of the royal clan relatives and local tyrants. They are likely to have to fight to the death. For example, people are divided into nine levels. You will find that among the nine types of people, each type of person has its own functions. Only if you have functions can you gain corresponding status. What does this mean? It represents a place that is lazy and lazy, and is lazy and hates labor.

If the bullies and royal family members continue to guard wealth and live in vain, they will become people who have lost their status and status. Their existence will gradually be forgotten by history and will become a kind of person who is despised and disliked in the empire. This is to suppress them from their status. For example, increase trade tax. Who doesn’t know that in addition to the royal relatives, the largest force in the country is the local tyrants, and local tyrants are divided into landlords and tyrants. The landlords are easy to understand and have a lot of fields in their hands. The landlords are almost the only one in this decree that has not been suppressed but has gained in disguise.

Those who gain benefits have reduced the land tax. As for the giants, due to the increased salt tax, trade tax, minerals belonging to the public, and people are divided into nine, the status of merchants has not only been reduced, but also the trade of merchants has also suffered huge losses. It can be said that merchants have become unwelcome to the upper class of the empire, which directly caused the local tyrants who are giants to be stripped of a layer of skin. For example, slave trade is prohibited, monsters are raising, horse farms are prohibited, and weapons are prohibited. These systems are obviously evading the privileges of some people, and avoiding them becoming bigger and bigger, and they cannot lose their limits.

In this way, almost all systems are targeted at royal relatives and local tyrants. Almost all systems have touched their original interests and will inevitably lead to a strong counterattack.

So where are the newly added taxes used?

Very simple, used for the army!

Ye Fei vigorously increased the number of troops, especially the number of Imperial City Imperial Guards and Frontier Guards, and the size of the troops almost tripled.

Ye Fei is a god, and the human country is a man. Why did Ye Fei help the human country increase its army? Isn’t this a disguised increase in difficulties for the restoration of the gods? In fact, it is not, because the threat of mortals to God is very limited, and the ones that can really threaten God are immortals, Buddhas and demons. Increasing the number of troops means increasing the dominance of the imperial power, and in disguised attacks on the power of Buddhas and Taoism in the human country, giving them constraints, so that the development of the gods will have hope.

Few people know that in the three months waiting for the emperor to arrive, Ye Fei secretly left the village where Mr. Huiweng was located and went to a place - Bingyuan!

Now the north of the Apocalypse Mountain has turned into purgatory. The earth fire is long, the sun is not coming out, and the poisonous gas is dense. He is very worried, and he breathes a sigh of relief when he finds the Alhan Heights all the way. The place is protected by the natural gods, and it is like a paradise. The ecological environment destroyed by Fang Baiyu and a group of immortals has improved in almost an instant.

When the kings and the new gods saw Ye Fei disappearing for many years and finally return, they were so happy that they hugged him.

What made Ye Fei happy was that the kings stayed in place to help the new gods resume production and did not leave.

Ye Fei released all the Jiuli tribes rescued from the village from the seal ball. Their number was about 1,000, and they were not young. Some were even children. From now on, the temple would be their home.

Ye Fei thought about it that the main target of the restoration of the gods was not the human kingdom, but the Buddha and Taoism. They were the biggest obstacle to the restoration of the god kingdom. Now Jiuli must first rest and recuperate, then store strength, use the kings to walk in Jiuzhou, and wait until the critical moment to start a war with the Buddha and Taoism. Once the kingdom of God becomes bigger, they will not sit idly by, and it will be a matter of time before the war begins.

When leaving the ice field, Ye Fei assigned a task to the kings, and everyone had a task, so I will show this later.

Speaking of which, Ye Fei entered the imperial capital as a great scholar and became the right prime minister of the empire. He gave eighteen government orders, and each of them could cause storms. These government orders not only violated the interests of many forces in the human country, but also shocked a man in Shushan - Fang Baiyu.

Bai Yu smiled at the letter that was sent into his hand: "The most dangerous place is the safest. You are indeed not dead, and you appeared in front of the world in such a dazzling way. Do you think you have become the celebrity in front of the emperor and I can't do anything to you? It's ridiculous."

Fang Baiyu crushed the letter paper. Although he said fiercely, it was not wise to go and deal with Ye Fei rashly. There are two reasons. First, Ye Fei is now the prime minister of the People's Kingdom and a celebrity in front of Emperor Tianqi. If he rashly dealt with Ye Fei, he would not give Emperor Tianqi face first, and secondly, it violated the ancient saying that immortals are not allowed to intervene in mortal things. Ye Fei's handling cannot be reckless. First, look at the situation. Monk Jingling is in the imperial capital, so he will not stand by. Second, Bai Yu has a difficult thing to do at this time. This matter has something to do with the Demon Sect, which makes Bai Yu very troubled.

Two reasons were that Fang Baiyu had no time to take care of himself and could not go to the imperial capital to deal with the trouble caused by Ye Fei. He handed the task to a trusted person and sent him to go there. After he finished the work of the Demon Cult, he immediately passed.

After making things happen, Fang Baiyu leaned back from the people in Xuanqing Hall, walked down the steps and walked to Guanyuntai. There were hundreds of long-lived fruit trees growing in the huge Guanyuntai. There was a statue of a portrait in the middle of the fruit trees, made of stones, and it was subjected to wind and rain every day, as if it was being tortured.

The stone statue is lifelike, and every detail in it is so realistic, as if it is built into a stone. The stone statue carved a woman with long shawl hair and a proud body with bright eyes, as if she was crying.

Bai Yu walked over, walked to the stone statue, looked at her with infinite sadness, and said softly: "Ye Fei is not dead."

Lightning and thunder, storm, and the portrait standing on the cloud platform of Shushan Guanyuntai was...

If we say that the most low-key peak in Shushan has been said to be the Zilu Peak where the peak leader surrendered to the enemy, it is the Mingyue Peak, which is full of female disciples. After that incident, Nalan Mingzhu, the Mingyue Peak, never participated in the things on the mountain again, and she and Mingyue Peak chose to retire together.

On the husband's stone, Nalan Mingzhu sat alone, with a gray hair like an old man in his sixties. When he learned about his daughter's death, Nalan Mingzhu grew ten years older overnight. Seeing his disciples becoming like that, Nalan Mingzhu grew ten years older.

The glory of the past seemed to have faded overnight, and the former sustenance was broken one after another. The Mingyue Peak suddenly became deserted. Nalan Mingzhu's hard work has been wasted all these years!

Poor person.

Nalan Mingzhu may have really had a bad life, her parents were defeated, her marriage was unhappy, and her biological children and adopted children became like this again. She is the legendary Tiansha Lone Star.

The wind in the mountains blew her thin clothes, and Nalan Mingzhu felt that her situation was really miserable. She was the loneliest old man in Jiuzhou, living alone and helplessly, coming and going in the wind and rain, leaving no thoughts left.

Nalan Mingzhu looked at the tiles on Mingyue Peak. The buildings on the peak are the most distinctive except for the main peak of Fangbei. Because they are all female bodies here, the buildings are particularly delicate and have a faint fragrance.

She looked at the busy disciples, watched them walk around without knowing what they mean, and shook her head helplessly. There would never be a person as amazing as Lenggong Yue, nor would there be a person as full of spirituality like Nalan Ruoxue. The bright moon peak now is like a pool of stagnant water, like an old man in his twilight years, and could only helplessly watch as he grows slowly.

The entire mountain is like itself, losing its due vitality.

Nalan Mingzhu stood up, she was determined not to sit and wait for death, and she could no longer stay in Shushan. Every time she saw the head Fang Baiyu, an irresistible hatred would arise deep in her heart, and she was determined to leave.

On this night, Nalan Mingzhu pointed her long sleeves into the sky, turned into a stream of light and disappeared. The disciples on the mountain did not know that this was the last time his master appeared in Shushan.

A year later, Liu Yingying, who was originally a disciple of the Queen of Luoxia Peak, took over her position and became the new peak master of Mingyue Peak. It is really a good way of reincarnation. Who can the sky spare? I remember how much suffering the Empress and Nalan Mingzhu fought for the position of the Master of the Peak and were forced to escape far away and suffered at the An family of Luoxia Peak. Today, Liu Yingying, the Empress's disciple, became the new peak master of Mingyue Peak, and was appointed by Fang Baiyu himself, which seemed to be a reincarnation drama.

After Liu Yingying became the master of Mingyue Peak, the empress left Luoxia Peak every few days to see her former disciples. Fang Baiyu occasionally appeared on the peak, and every time she appeared, it was late at night.

...

When people grow up, things that once thought impossible will always become reality quietly.

Xiao Cui, who spent twenty years in the village, would never dream of having a dream that she would be able to enter the palace one day, one day she would be able to talk to those beautifully dressed dignitaries and even become the target of those dignitaries and nobles one day.

All these incredible things were given to her by one person, and that person's name was Ye Fei!

After Xiao Cui followed Ye Fei into the imperial capital as a Shutong, Ye Fei was appointed as the right prime minister of the empire the next day and became a person below one person and above ten thousand people. As Ye Fei's identity rose, Xiao Cui, as a Shutong, naturally had a great net worth. She became the target of a group of high-ranking officials and nobles. These people all wanted to use her to achieve the goal of getting close to Ye Fei.

Ye Fei did not control her relationship with others, but Xiao Cui kept her duty and followed Ye Fei every day, almost inseparable from her.

At first, she wanted to dress up as a man. After all, Renguo is a country that favors boys over girls. However, Ye Fei refused because the reason was very simple. If her dressed as a man one day, then Ye Fei would endure all kinds of unnecessary rumors and just show her true face.

So, Xiao Cui followed Ye Fei into the imperial capital as a girl's book boy. She appeared wherever Ye Fei appeared. Xiao Cui was very good at finding her place and never mentioned the warm bed again. It should be said that she would never dare to expect anything more.

Emperor Tuoba Lie hid in the palace immediately after Ye Fei arrived. The great affairs of the empire were managed by Ye Fei alone. If there were official documents that needed approval, they would send someone to stamp a seal. The emperor never inquire about the reasons for the promulgation of the laws and trusted him very much.

Even so, the promotion of government orders still encountered considerable trouble. One of the troubles comes from the government orders itself, and the other comes from overwhelming personal attacks.

Since Ye Fei became the prime minister of the Empire, the complaints that attacked him have been continuously transmitted to the palace from various channels. When the eighteen decrees were officially announced, there were more comments that attacked him. Some people even openly cursed him during court meetings, so that Emperor Tianqi simply stopped attending court now, and all the reform plans were left to Ye Fei for handling.

Everyone knows that Emperor Tianqi is tracing the blame. In fact, he wants to reform, but he only uses Ye Fei's hands to complete this matter. However, no one exposes the plot of Emperor Tianqi. There is only one person in their eyes, which is Ye Fei.

Attacks against Ye Fei continued to occur, Ye Fei simply created a white terror and issued a Taoist decree, which was called attacking and insulting superior officials, and they would seize the official position and be imprisoned for three years.

However, the sound of attacking him continued to continue, which led to many people being arrested. Perhaps because there were too many people arrested, the attacks on the surface stopped, and various insults of insults, attacks, insults and accusations began to be continuously transmitted to the palace.

Emperor Tianqi didn't look at these memorials and sent them to Ye Fei intact. Then Ye Fei arrested all the ones who signed the memorials, so after that, everyone's memorials were no longer signed.

The officials arrested batch after batch, and Ye Fei asked his disciples to take their positions. Ye Fei was a little ruthless in the way of those arrested and directly ordered the prison chief to torture them to death in the prison, leaving no one left.

With Ye Fei's instruction, the three-year prison disaster became worse than the death penalty. The prison in the imperial capital became a slaughterhouse, and no one dared to publicly accuse Ye Fei.

It is not enough to just arrest and kill people. Ye Fei also has to promote his own government orders. For this reason, he did two things. The first thing is to promote the establishment of the imperial examination system, reopen schools within the territory of the people, vigorously promote Confucian teaching, design the imperial examination system for provincial examinations, palace examinations, etc.; the second is to vigorously form an army. The selection of soldiers follows the principle of whether they are born or old, only looking at physical fitness. Every person in Jiuzhou can join the army. After joining the army, he can immediately get rid of the identity of a farmer and become a soldier (equivalent to a scholar), and can also get generous rewards.

With a multi-pronged approach, Ye Fei has become a figure in the empire with his hands. On the surface, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner in the direction he has set. In fact, dangerous undercurrents are surging, and those undercurrents are waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

Soon, Ye Fei's crisis arrived, and what caused the crisis was a trivial matter.

In June of the 13th year of Emperor Tianqi, the East Palace caught fire! The prince and his family fled in a hurry. Although his life was worry-free, thirteen sharp swords were dug out from the ruins of the East Palace. Swords appeared in the harsh prince's palace, which was nothing in the past. However, Ye Fei's newly revised law clearly stated: No one in the empire should be kept privately. According to the new law, this is a big event. Although the prince refused that the weapons were the guards' belonged to him, the guards' weapons were all registered in the account books of the imperial arsenal, and there were no thirteen swords found in the prince's home.

So, all eyes were directed at Ye Fei to see how he would deal with this matter. As the saying goes, the prince violated the law and the common people. If the prince violated the law and did not need punishment, then Ye Fei's prestige for establishing a new law will be gone; if Ye Fei punished His Highness the Crown Prince, the law explicitly stipulates that the crown prince should be punished with bride. Will he want the future emperor of the empire to become a disabled person?

After this incident happened, some people were laughing secretly, while others were adding fuel to the fire. The more things got, the more people were fighting, and everyone was waiting to see Ye Fei’s jokes. When there was a lot of controversy outside, Emperor Tianqi chose to close the palace and not come out, and was determined to look for flowers and willows.

It is obvious that Emperor Tianqi handed over the prince's power of life and death to Ye Fei.

Ye Fei knew that the sword appeared when the East Palace caught fire. This was purely a secret arrangement for someone, with the purpose of putting him in a dilemma.

Ye Fei did not retreat and took the initiative to ask Emperor Tianqi to discuss the matter. Soon, the Emperor Tianqi who could not be invited by Ye Fei was invited, and he decided to summon all civil and military officials to discuss the matter. It has been a long time since Emperor Tianqi has not appeared for a long time. When he appears again, the court officials all felt a sense of tears in their eyes, and they wished Emperor Tianqi would quickly dismiss Ye Fei, the madman.

But they were wrong. Emperor Tianqi still stood on Ye Fei's side. Emperor Tianqi still asked Ye Fei to take charge of the overall situation. Ye Fei would deal with the prince as he wanted.

Ye Fei got the Shangfang sword of Emperor Tianqi and used a ruthless move. This move scared the prince and scared the old ministers with bad intentions. Ye Fei brought out the Confucian classics and wrote: "If you don't raise a teacher, you will be the fault of your father; if you don't teach strictly, you will be the lazy of your teacher!" He solved this matter lightly. The solution was very simple. Although the prince, as the future emperor, violated the new law, he should not be corporal punishment, and instead was jailed at home for a year to think about his mistakes; the prince made a mistake,

As the father, Emperor Tianqi also had a responsibility, so he was responsible for taking care of the prince and disciplined his words and deeds during the period when the prince was confined. The prince and Emperor Tianqi both had punishments, but they were lighter and did not use corporal punishment. As the saying goes, a prince violated the law and was punished with the same crime as the common people. If he made a mistake, he would have to accept punishment. Corruption punishment is always indispensable. The prince's special status cannot be used. However, his teacher did not discipline his disciples strictly, so he should bear the punishment for the prince, and he would also have to be punished with a higher level of crime.

According to the above argument, Ye Fei directly announced the memorial that had been drafted in front of the emperor, prince and civil and military officials in front of the emperor, prince and civil and military officials. He decided: "The prince was confined to his home for one year, and the Emperor of Tianqi would be subject to discipline and restraint. The prince's teacher was executed immediately. The execution method was called cutting into pieces."
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