Chapter 0163: One Vacant
On the second day of the second month of the first year of Shuoshi, Qu Yunmie ascended the throne and became emperor, thus marking the beginning of the Yan Dynasty.
Both Buddhism and Taoism bowed to the new emperor and respected him as the Human Emperor, the True Buddha, and the Emperor. Dozens of countries outside the Central Plains also sent envoys to present gifts.
The first thing the new emperor did upon ascending the throne was to change the official system. About 50% of the official positions that were once familiar to people were abolished. The number of first- and second-rank officials was greatly reduced, and the third- and fourth-rank officials began to become the backbone of the court. In addition, there was a new system called the assessment system. Officials below the fourth rank had to participate in an assessment every year. The superiors of other departments would set questions, and the correct answer ratio would determine whether they belonged to A, B, C, or D. Only those who got A would have a chance to be promoted, and those who got B would have no merit or demerit. Those who got C might be demoted, and those who got D would have to pack up and go home to farm. …
The reason why only the fourth rank was required was because at that time only those above the fourth rank could attend court and participate in the formulation of national affairs. This was a new dynasty that had just been established, and the people who could appear in front of Qu Yunmie, no matter what their personalities were or what bad habits they had, at least they were all people who did practical things, and there was not a single one who was just slacking off.
There are many children of aristocratic families above the fourth rank. Among the more than eighty people in the entire court, about twenty-five are from aristocratic families. It seems that this proportion is already quite high, but if we look at the officials below the fourth rank, except for those scholars who came to seek refuge last year because of the Thousands of Literary Gatherings, almost ninety percent of the officials are from aristocratic families, or are disciples trained by aristocratic families.
The assessment system made these people very panicked, but the new emperor regarded this as the first step of his ascension to the throne. With the support of Xiao Rong and others, he made drastic changes to the official system. In just ten days, more than 3,000 people were dismissed. Some people returned home angrily, thinking that Qu Yunmie was seeking his own death. By dismissing all the officials, no one in the world would work for him.
But they seemed to have forgotten one thing. Just because they never worked in the past, they were eliminated by the system. The assessment questions were how many people are there in xx county and how much arable land there is. If they can't even answer such simple questions, then they are just like a pig.
If a pig were really replaced, it might be better than them. What's more, the court replaced people. Even if they have no experience, they will not perform worse than these people.
If it was just appointments and dismissals, nothing would go wrong. It's because those who were replaced held a grudge and used their past status and family power to obstruct new officials from taking office, which caused trouble to the local area. But Xiao Rong was not afraid of trouble at all. He had even been waiting for it.
After more than ten days of planning, when the new and old groups were already at loggerheads, many letters of complaint were sent to Chenliu. Xiao Rong smiled slightly, selected a few that had gone too far, and handed them to Qu Yunmie who was standing aside.
Qu Yunmie had been waiting for this day for a long time. He was unwilling to postpone the wedding, so Xiao Rong made many promises to him, and this was one of them. Xiao Rong said that as long as he agreed, he would give him a chance to kill as many people as he wanted.
Holding these memorials, Qu Yunmie still looked down upon them.
He likes to do things himself rather than ordering others to do them. Well, never mind, it's better than nothing.
He felt quite regretful in his heart, but Xiao Rong clearly saw the corners of Qu Yunmie's lips curled up slightly. After turning around, he strode out of the hall and went to kill people happily. ...
On that day, a group of Zhenbei soldiers rushed into these families, kidnapped the culprits, and detained other family members. Then Song Shuo interrogated them. He started working at night, and in just two hours he had already written the files and received the confession letters. He did not wait until the sun rose the next day. In the middle of the night, when the yin energy was the heaviest, he had someone send the execution meal, and then he didn't care whether they ate it or not, and he just killed them with a knife half an hour later. ... Materialists, so terrifying.
Song Suo's current official position is Zhongshu Shilang and Xingshu. There are two bosses in the court now. One is Gao Xunzhi, who is the prime minister, and his function is equivalent to that of Shangshu Ling, who basically takes charge of the overall situation; the other is Yang Zangyi, who is the Zhongshu Ling, and is Song Suo's direct superior.
Yang Zangyi was the prime minister of the Yong Dynasty after all. When redefining official positions, either an honorary position should be given to him, such as Grand Chancellor and Grand Tutor, or he could only be one of the two prime ministers. Xiao Rong was unwilling to bring the honorary position back to the court, especially with Yang Zangyi's character. Even if he was given an honorary position, he could turn it into a practical one by himself. So it was better to go straight to the point and give him the position of Zhongshu Ling.
Xiao Rong gave the post of Zhongshu Ling to Yang Zangyi, and then he gave the post of Zhongshu Shilang, the deputy of Zhongshu Ling, to Song Suo. Who was Song Suo? Before Gao Xunzhi stepped down, he had already regarded the position of Prime Minister as something in his pocket. Earlier when he was in Nanyong, he barely endured having a straw bag sitting on his head, but he had been in the Zhenbei Army for almost a year, and the mentality he had at that time had long disappeared without a trace.
Since he became Yang Zangyi's deputy, he has been against Yang Zangyi in everything. Moreover, relying on his youth and abundant energy, he has taken over all of Yang Zangyi's work, which has made Yang Zangyi so angry that he wants to teach him a lesson. But whenever he has such thoughts, Song Shuo will find a way to call Xiao Rong over. Seeing Song Shuo standing behind Xiao Rong with an arrogant attitude, Yang Zangyi's blood vessels in his head are almost blocked. ...
After tonight, Yang Zangyi realized that his blood vessels could be even more blocked.
Song Shuo was too quick and killed all the people in one night. He did not touch the family members and locked them up in jail. But after killing everyone, he turned around and led several thousand soldiers to those families. He emptied out those families in one day at almost the same speed as killing them.
Well, in a normal Xin Dynasty, the entire clan would be exterminated, but the Yan Dynasty is very merciful. They don’t want your life, they just want your money. …
Which family has a population that doesn't start from four digits? When a family falls, it's no exaggeration to say that blood flows for thousands of miles. Now several families have fallen, but the number of deaths is less than a pair of hands. Logically, these families should thank the new dynasty, but they can't say such words.
They even wanted to curse the new dynasty.
How shameless!!!
If you take all our money, how will we live in the future? You might as well just kill us!
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