Ze Kankan talked: "First, the Three Kingdoms Bank Group has always claimed to provide accurate funds for system reform, but the funds are not tight at present. The gold that the emperor raised from the palace the last time was still placed in the Imperial Bank reserve warehouse, which is sufficient; Second, the Three Kingdoms use preferential annual interest rates as bait, but in fact, they hope to send personnel to monitor the operation of the salt administration, which is suspected of hindering sovereignty; Third, this third..."

"Why don't you say the third one?"

"Report to the emperor, I feel that the foreign devils have bad intentions." Zai Ze gritted his teeth and said a few words in a sentence of commission. His attitude was extremely sincere. "Foreigners clearly use money to induce money, but in fact they have evil intentions. At that time, they can advance or retreat, and only then can be fulfilled. If the slave refuses to do so, they will definitely use Zhangyang to go out as a threat to force the slave to submit. If they ask for Ren Yu, they may all the national interests and rights are lost..."

"Zaize, you are not bad. I have read it wrong, so I can't let Cen Chunxuan write another memorial." After hearing the emperor's words, Zaize suddenly realized: The emperor probably had heard the news of the wind for a long time. If he had hidden it, it would either be a crime of corruption or a crime of deceiving the king or a crime of deceiving the emperor. None of them could be beheaded. When he thought of this, sweat fell from his head and he felt very dangerous.

"I have become more and more promising in recent years, but three, not three, but they are all in a slight way." Lin Guangyu smiled slightly, and his calm and natural expression was in his words, without a trace of irony.

"This was originally the teachings of the emperor and the queen of Daxing." After Longyu passed away, Zaize lost favorable aid in the palace. Therefore, he was particularly sad.

"Secondly, you were assassinated once when you went to visit foreign countries. After returning, you saw Dachang. This time, you went to Zhili to improve the salt administration and was assassinated again. As a result, it became a major plan for the salt administration reform of Zhili." Lin Guangyu asked casually, "Zaize, how many years have you been given your ceremonial title?"

The old system of the Qing Dynasty. In addition to the title of this level, you can also add a higher level of title, such as the title of Prince of Beilega, just like today's deputy minister enjoys the treatment of a minister.

"Return to the emperor, I was given the honor of the throne as the Duke of Zhenguo in the 33rd year of Guangxu. It has been exactly three years since then."

"Okay, okay, the court has always punished the mistakes and rewarded the merits. Now you are a minister, and it is difficult to go further in the short term. You can go further in the title." Lin Guangyu ordered Wang Shang, "After a message, the former secretary of the imperial court, to draw an edict, the Duke of Zhenguo Zai Ze performed his duties and made outstanding achievements, Jin Gushan Beizi, and the eldest son was united in love with me..."

"I thank the emperor for his grace." Zai Ze was overjoyed. As the emperor said, it was indeed a good thing that could not be promoted in a short period of time, and it was also a good thing to add titles and support them.

"Congratulations to Zebeizi." Xu Shichang congratulated him without a chance.

Although Xu Shichang's answer to the currency reform just now was inaccurate, Lin Guangyu knew that this was the temper of the crystal fox and might not have no idea. He just said nothing, and joked: "Prime Minister Xu doesn't have to worry, you are happy."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the clever Wang Shang had already read out the imperial edict: "In accordance with the heavens, the emperor ordered: Since Xu Shichang took office as Prime Minister, he has coordinated the cabinet and rectified government affairs. He has established industry, worked hard and made great contributions, and was specially named the third-class Su Yi Bo."

This kind of grace was something Xu Shichang didn't even dare to hope for in his dreams. He fell to the ground and replied in a trembling voice: "I have little achievements and I should not be able to give the emperor such a generous title. I beg..."

"No need to be humble, I know it. Although Cen Chunxuan has handled many major cases and important cases in the past two years, he has shown the limelight, but if he has such a big deal in the court, he will probably not be able to do anything without his own affairs every day. The country has many troubles. The people have worked hard, and without the support of the ministers, I will not be of use even if I have three heads and six arms."

Seeing that Xu Shichang was about to refuse, Zai Ze spoke from the side: "Premier Xu, since it is the emperor's grace, you should not refuse again."

After several persuasions, Xu Shichang received the title.

Although there were many titles in the Qing Dynasty, they were extremely strict in the division of meritorious officials of different surnames. Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, and Zuo Zongtang made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty and were in power. In the end, they were no more than one marquis and two uncles. Now Lin Guangyu suddenly gave Xu Shichang a third-class uncle, Li Hongzhang, and Zuo Zongtang was both first-class uncles. How could he not cry out?

"Cen Chunxuan also has titles and rewards. In the future, as long as the ministers are brave enough to serve, what I do will be worth, why should I be stingy with one or two titles?" Lin Guangyu always believed that the Qing court had been able to pass the titles, which made it difficult for meritorious ministers to be promoted, which was not conducive to encouraging ministers to be promoted. Although the Qing Dynasty was also strict in the promotion of the royal family, due to the huge clan team, no matter how strict the strict ones were, there were still a large group of idle people. A group of idle people had titles, but the meritorious officials had no titles, which was chilling.

| In order to prevent those with titles from lying on the credit card of their ancestors in the Qing Dynasty, all other titles that can be inherited except for the hereditary qualifications, must be demoted to the next level when the title is transmitted. Although the symbolic meaning of the title is far better than the substantive meaning, it is valued.

Lin Guangyu was famous for his debate before traveling through time. He had a clear dissent about the advantages and disadvantages of the republic and monarchy system, that is, he believed that the monarchy, especially the constitutional monarchy, is more permanent than the republic system in a sense. Although this is a bit shocking, it also has reason to follow. First, the monarchy system has a title system, and the republic system does not have a title system. For those who have made meritorious, the republic system lacks a respectable system - because no matter how a society claims that everyone is equal, everyone is always unequal in fact. Since it is unequal, wouldn’t it be natural to simply distinguish it with titles?

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Second, titles can usually be passed down, which makes capable people consider their own affairs after being awarded, and will think more about their descendants, and do things like "if they get addicted, they will die" and "even if I die a flood after I die". When Lin Guangyu traveled through time, the princelings were arrogant and domineering, and they were completely accustomed to making money. The reason is that the father was powerful and unable to inherit it, so he could only think about making money. Some people may be concerned about the favor of their descendants and blocking the path of social equality, but in general, the children of powerful and powerful have long had privileges that far exceed the social average. To be the mayor, how many of the municipal party secretary are from poor backgrounds, and their parents are completely unknown and fight with their own bare hands? The facts are all there, and they have to deceive themselves in reason, so why bother?

Third, in terms of centripetal force and loyalty, people with titles are much more reliable than those without titles, because titles are the glory given to people by the current regime. As long as the regime does not collapse, the glory will always be there. Under the republic system, although the regime is difficult to collapse, it also loses this honor derived from the symbol of national sovereignty. Especially during the republican government, personnel changes quickly during the rapid period of the republican government. Today is high and tomorrow they may be cut off for the people, which makes people feel panic. "59 phenomenon", "get a hand and leave" Although there is the personal bad mentality of the person involved, is there no responsibility for the mentality imbalance caused by the huge gap on stage and under the stage?

Therefore, Lin Guangyu made up his mind: First, the titles of the royal family must be strictly controlled, and no promotion will be given unless there are any contributions or political achievements; second, the titles of important officials must be relaxed. Anyone who reaches the first rank should theoretically be awarded titles, enjoy the glory of the Tian family, be kind to the descendants, and inspire the enthusiasm for loyalty to the emperor and serving the country.

"Although the money reform is under the charge of the Ministry of Finance, it is of great importance. The cabinet is responsible for the supervision of the leaders." Lin Guangyu said in an even greater tone. "To solve the problem of the court's fiscal deficit, I have repeatedly emphasized that we must start from many aspects: developing industries and opening up tax sources is the source line; rectifying the administration of officials and punishing corrupt officials is the source line. But these measures alone are not enough, and there are still some heavy medicines. Improving salt administration is just a blind spot, dividing the local tax system of the court is just a blind spot, and the currency reform is also the same. I heard that since the Boxer Emperor, gold is precious and silver is cheap, and the country has suffered huge losses as a result?"

Zai Ze hesitated for a moment and said, "This is indeed the case. In fact, the situation of precious gold and silver being cheap after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was very prominent. Although the slave had not done a precise calculation, Xiong Xiling said that in the Gengzi year alone, the country lost at least 2,000 yuan because of the 'pool loss' section.

The so-called pound loss is an image summary of the situation of precious gold and silver. The empire used silver as the benchmark currency to collect taxes, but the internationally accepted gold standard. The British pound, franc, US dollar, mark, etc. all used gold as the benchmark currency. Due to the expansion of gold and silver in the past 30 years, the same amount of silver can be exchanged for less and less gold. So when paying the Boxer indemnity every year, an additional sum of foreign exchange is required to purchase a sufficient amount of foreign exchange to pay the compensation, because pound is an international standard currency, and this additional loss is called "pound loss".

It seems that the emperor is determined to improve the currency system. Zaize seized the opportunity and said, "Since that's the case, the slave dared to suggest that it is better to borrow this balanced loan."
Chapter completed!