Whenever there was an earthquake, the prime minister would be killed. Whenever there was hail, the prime minister would be killed to thank God. Whenever there was drought, flood, or even if someone cooked, the prime minister would be killed.
In short, without saying anything, I will kill the prime minister first to thank the world.
It's the so-called interaction between heaven and man. The prime minister is the ruler of the country. If God sends a disaster, who else will he kill if not the prime minister?
Putting aside other things, just look at the current situation. It hasn't rained for several months. If you kill the prime minister, won't it rain?
However, the emperor's reform did reduce the power of the prime minister, but it also restricted the power of the emperor, making the power of the emperor and the power of the prime minister more clear.
Moreover, the power of the prime minister was divided into two, no, to be more precise, it was divided into nine, but at the same time, most of the Central Court that was directly under the emperor was abolished.
At the same time, the emperor actually handed over the financial power of the Shaofu to the outer court.
Although an inner treasury was set up, it only managed some of the emperor's private royal properties.
In addition, the royal family only draws one percent of the budget from the national treasury each year.
What is this?
Cui Wenhao's first thought was, "Which corrupt scholar has deceived the emperor? Feng Zhong or Zhao Ben?"
Zhao Xin only smiled slightly at his surprise, thinking to himself, "One percent is so little?"
But this is not surprising, because the Shaofu of this era held too much financial power, and even the country's salt and iron minerals basically belonged to the royal family.
However, in this way, the royal finances and national finances became unclear, and the emperor became less free to spend money.
Will Zhao Xin worry about not making money?
Since you are not worried about not making money, why should you get entangled with the finances of foreign dynasties and be constrained by various factors?
But he laughed and said, "My dear, you are mistaken. It is not the royal family that takes one percent, but the palace and the royal family that take one percent together. The palace takes one-third, and the royal family takes one-seventh."
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