"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhuge Liang replied.
"Then you go in and rest first, I will arrange for someone to help you right away."
"By the way, I know that you are not only a good minister in governing the country, but also a nearly unparalleled master teacher."
"If you have a student you like, whether from a humble family or a noble one, you can take him in as your disciple and train him."
"In this way, you will have your own team, and it will be much easier to do what I ask."
Even a man as talented as Zhuge Liang, who had a deep understanding of the universe, was stunned when he saw Zhao Xin treating him like this. "Your Majesty, you..."
"That's fine. I just want you to know, Prime Minister, that you can work under me with confidence. As long as you can govern the world and the Qin Dynasty well, I will give you the freedom in many areas."
Zhuge Liang knelt down and kowtowed again, "If that is the case, I will repay you with my own death."
Zhao Xin helped Zhuge Liang up and said, "No need to say more. Go and take care of the house first. You can go and recruit disciples."
"If you want money, I will give you money; if you want food, I will give you food, as long as it is within my ability."
Zhuge Liang continued to kowtow, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Okay, then I'll go take care of the servants' affairs first. Prime Minister, you can go to the mansion and take care of things first." After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he turned around and left to prepare the servants' affairs for Zhuge Liang.
This is really incredible luck. I didn't expect that after rectifying the government, I would get the ultimate reward.
But it is actually normal to think about it. After all, according to the original plot of the novel, the tyrant emperor is basically finished by this point.
To be honest, calling him a tyrant is really too harsh. Just look at the situation in the court: the prime minister and the queen mother who have all the power in the court, a group of armed eunuchs who no one dares to kill, and a general who holds a large number of troops.
This group of people trapped the emperor in the middle, and ordinary people would have no way to deal with it.
In other words, it is better than Aisin Gioro Puyi. Puyi's situation was truly desperate.
However, according to the original plot, this situation of the incompetent ruler should have ended here. But now, because of what I did, the Qin Dynasty actually came back to life. In the original novel, it would be really difficult for Chu Zhan to unify the world again.
Zhao Xin was in a very good mood. He quickly helped Zhuge Liang finish the servants' affairs and continued to go to the Hanlin Academy to see how the tax matters were going.
Although the court was in chaos, the prime minister was not. The emperor did not care about the world at the beginning, so all the pressure was on Cui Cen. Although this man was disloyal to the emperor, he was not as disgusting as Wang Jin.
There is still order in the world, but since the emperor has no control over taxation, it still has some impact.
Cui Cen’s system is definitely good, but whether it can be implemented is another matter. This time I want to thoroughly rectify the taxation system, and this problem cannot occur at all.
Arriving at the Hanlin Academy, Zhao Xin found Yu Qian again and said, "Yu Qian, I plan to have someone assist you with this tax collection matter."
"Your Majesty, please give your orders."
"Li Mingzhe." Zhao Xin said.
"Grand Censor?" Yu Qian was stunned.
"Yes, there are serious problems with the supervisory system now. I will personally rectify the supervisory system."
"Take the Imperial Censor, Li Mingzhe, with you to all parts of Daqin and overhaul the supervisory system."
“We must lock the power of local administrative heads into this supervisory system.”
"The Imperial Censor will be in charge of the national supervisory system with you from now on. You will be on the left, and the current Imperial Censor will be on the right. He will mainly assist you."
"Another responsibility is taxation. Your two responsibilities are, first, full management of the new taxation, and second, to rectify the supervisory agencies."
"We cannot allow this country to have power not in the hands of the central government but in the local governments, where they can do whatever they want."
"All major moves must be approved by the central government."
Yu Qian certainly understood that this was a very important task. Taxation and supervision were quite important tasks, and he was also one of the Three Dukes. Although he was only a half-censor, it was also one of the highest powers.
Yu Qian still understood that Zhao Xin valued him very much, "I obey your command."
"Okay, I'll go find the Imperial Censor first. You'll still take over Prime Minister Cui's physique and system. Afterwards, I'll let you and the Imperial Censor go on a tour of the country."
"Money and grain are not a problem, but the entire Qin State's taxation and supervision system must be reestablished."
"Before... the court had become so devastated that it was impossible to rectify the national taxation and supervision system. But now it's different. In short, you must reestablish and consolidate the national taxation and supervision system."
"I obey the decree!"
Zhao Xin left the Hanlin Academy, and it turned out that he could not stop working for the rest of his life. After rectifying the taxation and supervision system, he had to maintain the army, work 70,000 people, and settle the entire Qin Dynasty every day. He could not let various disasters bring down the country.
Moreover, the generals stationed at the borders in all directions are now all Nan Cang’s sons and subordinates, and the entire country’s border defense is in Nan Cang’s hands.
This made Zhao Xin very unhappy. Border defense is also of top priority. Now the entire border of Daqin is in the hands of Nan Cang.
And it's not just Nancang, the entire border has now become the Nan family's system. Even if the emperor dies, their border system will not change. Are they going to let the Nan family hold the power of this border in the hands of powerful foreign officials for generations?
When the opportunity arises, I must take back the border rights. Now that we have formed an alliance, there will be no problem.
The Nan family was the one that was happy. The puppet emperor was about to turn into a domineering and autocratic tyrant, killing people decisively. He even seemed to be ready to kill Nan Cang. Of course the Nan family was happy.
Becoming a relative of a powerful emperor is certainly great news.
He returned to the Qinzheng Hall where he worked to review and approve memorials.
Zhao Xin handled government affairs for about an hour. After finishing all the official business at hand, he prepared to go find Zhuge Liang.
He agreed with Liu Muzhi's words, but when he put them into practice, it would be a huge storm. To put it bluntly, he would smash the heads of those nobles to the ground.
How many emperors have changed, but those aristocratic families still exist in this world. Of course, violence is the best way to solve it, otherwise the aristocratic families will end up riding on the emperor's head like Wang Jin.
There is nothing wrong with Liu Muzhi's method, but it is too difficult to implement. I should ask Zhuge Liang to see what his insights are. If it is him, he should be able to come up with a solution that has the best of both worlds.
Arriving at Zhuge Liang's courtyard, Zhuge Liang was sitting on a stone bench in the yard, brewing a pot of tea. Seeing Zhao Xin come in, he hurriedly prepared to greet him. Zhao Xin first helped Zhuge Liang up, then said, "Sir, I just have a question for you. Could you please pour me a cup of tea as well?"
Zhuge Liang saluted and said, "I obey your command. Your Majesty, please wait a moment."
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