Qin Lei is not joking. Although he has formulated meticulous administrative regulations for various departments, as long as he does it, it will be very different. After he is proficient, he will greatly improve efficiency; he will also greatly improve the status of those minor officials to stimulate the enthusiasm of these real people.

For fear that those rookies who were new to power would do whatever they wanted, Qin Lei forced their power to forcefully reduce their power, and took over the financial power, personnel power, and most of the political decision-making power to the royal family. His Majesty Tianyou led the new chief assistant Wang Anting, second assistant Zhou Lianben, third prince Qin Lin, and Wang Piyan, who had just entered the cabinet, were in charge of the four Grand Secretary.

He told the teachers and students that everyone's official positions had the word "是" and clearly told the people of the world that they were all trainees. From now on to the four years of Tianyou, it was the internship period for everyone present, with a small test every quarter and a big test every year.

Every time you fail the minor exam, you will be demoted to the next level. Those who fail the minor exam three times or fail the major exam will be beaten to the end and become a gradeless and levelless white-headed person again.

In order to ensure the effectiveness of the assessment, Qin Lei promulgated the famous "examination method" in history. According to his habits, dozens of general rules will be promulgated so that the examinee's officials can have rules to follow no matter what the situation encounters. Of course, the punishment for any mistakes made is also clear.

But in fact, this matter is very simple. For example, a minister, before each work year begins, he has to list the tasks that the department needs to complete each quarter, copy them into a book, and copy them in triplicate. Leave one by yourself, leave one in the cabinet, and give one to the royal palace. When the quarterly exam is held, if the completion rate does not exceed 90%, then I’m sorry to be a minister next quarter.

If you have not completed the task of the next season after being demoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, you will continue to be demoted to the Minister of Justice in the next quarter; if you are still unqualified, you will not have to be demoted to the main business now, because you can get out of home and grow sweet potatoes...

Of course, some smart people will say, can we lower the task, and how can we make things difficult for ourselves? Sorry, the insidious King Wucheng thought of this long ago. He will personally issue annual and quarterly tasks to the ministers of various departments based on the situation, so that you can be busy from the beginning of spring to the New Year without touching the ground.

The scope of application of this law is similar to infinity, and all from the six central departments to remote mountainous areas are subject to their constraints. If they are not allowed, they will be handled according to the rules.

Once this order was promulgated, many people believed that the assessment in the first quarter would be too inhumane, which would probably lead to the deposition of officials too frequently, which would be defensive to the stability of the government. However, Qin Lei believed that these intern officials were too immature and that the government affairs they could handle were really limited. It would be better to give some low-difficulty but quite intensive goals, and then pass frequent assessments to accelerate the growth of officials.

Of course, Qin Lei also knew that rules are secondary and that it is the key to implementing them. Otherwise, no matter how good the plan is, it will be in vain. Therefore, he established the General Office of the College and served as the director himself, and specifically reviewed the performance of each department.

In theory, two-pronged approach will not happen.

But there are many things that should be done in this world, and few can really fulfill their wishes. Once things start, there are many predictable and unpredictable risks that will emerge one after another. Whether it is a success or success is completely unknown.

There is no turning back when you shoot the bow. Since you have reached this point, you can only walk on the verge of gritting your teeth. As for the result... Three points are destined to be the best, and seven points are determined by working hard.

With a nervous mood, Qin Lei sent the teachers and students of Qinghe University to the court. Before he could continue to worry about their future, he left Beijing without stopping and led the newly formed First Army to embark on a journey of patrolling the country.

In addition to exploring the people's sentiments and collecting first-hand information as a reference for decision-making, the more important purpose is to stabilize the increasingly chaotic situation over the past six months and to build momentum for the subsequent drastic reforms.

Whenever he arrived at a place, Qin Lei would meet the local gentry and family, explain to them the general principle of not losing vested interests, and promised to write the protection of private property into the Qin Dynasty's laws, giving the landlords and wealthy people a great reassurance.

He would also visit the people in the village, caring carefully about the people's livelihood and how big the gap in food, clothing and consumption was. He would not bother to announce to them that the court would no longer charge taxes based on the tax, but instead measure the land acres.

Tell them that the court will remeasure the land nationwide starting from the spring of the second year of Tianyou, and the landlords across the country will pay taxes based on their own acres. Then, the measurement will be made every three years to ensure the accuracy of the tax amount.

He also told them that in addition to the land tax and corvee levied by the court, any organization or individual will be prohibited from collecting harsh taxes on any name from the people. In fact, there are more important reforms, but he was worried that the people would not understand for the time being, so he did not say it for the time being. But just a few words were already very pleased, and the suffering people had hope again.

Some people may ask, Qin Lei taxes on a mu. Of course, it is not better for those poor farmers and tenants with little land or even no land. But are the wealthy families with thousands of hectares of fertile land willing? Of course, they suffered losses in this matter, but Qin Lei promised them that they would issue undirected treasury bonds to the public, that is, long-term bonds with annual profit of 8% are no longer just feasts for specific targets, and those small and medium-sized rich families with insufficient strength can also get a share of the pie.

In the six months since the bond issuance, the situation has undergone a fundamental reversal. The royal family's successive overwhelming victory over the Li family and the civil servant group has finally realized the situation and understood that the prosperity of the royal family is an unstoppable trend.

In this context, using the credit of the court as a guarantee, using the share of King Wucheng in the Fuxing Yamen as collateral, and repaying the annual treasury income of the Qin State is like laying an egg! Think about it, high returns, as long as the country is still there, will be super stable, even if it is placed today, it will be flocked to you, let alone a thousand years ago when there was a shortage of investment methods.

The rich households found that they could make a lot of money when they were in and out. Some even secretly planned to sell some of their homeland and exchange it for cash to buy it. Compared with land that often attracts jealousy by relying on the weather, these bonds that can guarantee income when they are drought and flood, and can make a fortune in silence, are naturally more popular.

Since everyone is satisfied, the rich will no longer care about the extra land rent... Moreover, the 20-1 tax promised by the prince is really not high, and it is completely acceptable.

While appeaseing the people, Qin Lei certainly would not forget the troops in various places. Every time he arrived at a place, he would review the garrison, announce to middle and senior officers that reforms would not involve troops, stability would overwhelm everything, and announced to ordinary officers and soldiers to increase the treatment of the army, and strive to double the income of all officers and soldiers within three years, and all reach or exceed the current level of the First Army within five years.

With such a statement, it is difficult to be harmonious in the atmosphere. The senior officers have lost their hearts since then, and they cannot afford higher treatment. Why should they ask their subordinates to fight against the prince?

Looking at Qin Lei's journey, whether it is to the rich, the people, or the officers and soldiers, he rarely says nonsense about "You must sacrifice a little bit of Qin". Instead, he conveys a strong signal to people anytime and anywhere - following me will have meat to eat, and following me will make your life better!

The real benefits are always more touching than those passionate slogans!

This inspection took him eight months, and even the Spring Festival in the first year of Tianyou was spent on the road to the next stop.

It was not until the beginning of the next spring that Qin Lei reached the last stop of this trip, the newly recovered Dongdu Luoyang City. It is said that the status of this thousand-year-old ancient city is not below Zhongdu City. But since Qi seized the Hulao Pass more than 20 years ago, the second center of Qin in the past has lost its original barrier and is directly exposed to the threat of the enemy.

If a city wants to last for a long time, long-term safety is essential. If safety is not guaranteed, everything is empty talk. Therefore, Luoyang City declined at a regrettable speed. Especially the siege war in the winter of the previous year, which hit the people's livelihood in the city even more severely, and finally made people no longer find the prosperous scene it was.

So when Qin Lei entered the city, it was not surprising that he saw the dilapidated scene of nine out of ten rooms in the city.

The new Luoyang prefect Ma Kui, with his brothers, Oh no, now he is called subordinates, and follows the prince respectfully. Seeing that he keeps shaking his head, Ma Kui's mood has also sunk to the bottom. Because he made two great contributions in Qi State, he was in front of the reward after the war. King Ma, who had been in Qi State, had already been in Qi State, asked the prince, hoping to return to his country to become an official and be a dignified person.

Qin Lei naturally agreed and directly gave him a third-rank prefect, so he could almost get it in one step. Ma Kui was just in time. If this happened two years ago, even if Qin Lei wanted to help him, he could only rely on his relationship and find a partner to let him take the path of becoming an official. How could he be like now? He would give him a rank of ranks and a rank of ranks, and he would give him any official.

So Ma Kui came to office with excitement. At first, he saw the declining people's livelihood in Luoyang City, but he didn't care. As the saying goes, "No matter how hard you are, you can't be a magistrate, no matter how poor you are, you can't be a magistrate." It can be seen that his golden rice bowl is not affected by people's livelihood.

But I was so desperate that I never died. At this moment, the prince promulgated the "Examination and Accomplishment Law", and all civil officials in the world were in it. He held the tasks assigned by the prince in one hand and the details of the Examination and Accomplishment Law in the other hand. Ma Fuyin cried at that time... The prince still asked people to live? If he had known this, it would be better to be a mountain king in Qi State.

Seeing that the prince seemed to be very dissatisfied with the situation in the city, Ma Kui seemed to be in front of him when he was punished and lost his official position.

When he arrived at the mansion, Ma Kui drove away his subordinates and served the prince alone and spoke.

Qin Lei took off the dusty cloak and threw it to Shi Gan. He then took the hot towel handed over by Ma Kui and gently applied it to his face. The warm feeling penetrated into his limbs and bones through his skin, dispelling the fatigue of the journey and returning vitality to his body.

When Qin Lei took off the towel, he became energetic again. He glanced at the devilish look on his face. He laughed and said, "What's wrong? Is this senior official from the third rank better than being a mountain king?"

"If you don't mind, I will admit it." Ma Kui smiled bitterly: "When I was in Beijing, I had seen the power of the Zhongdu prefect. That's really awesome! I don't understand. Both of them are prefectures, why is the gap so big?"

"In fact, in terms of power, there is no difference between you. Even the Kyoto Prefecture Prime Minister who has been constrained by many parties will most likely envy you, the unrestrained Dongdu Prefecture Prime Minister." Qin Lei shook his head and smiled: "The reason why you feel that the difference between the two positions is that Luoyang is too poor and too dilapidated, which makes you neither capital nor audience, and you can't even be majestic."

After being told by the prince, Ma Kui was embarrassed and said, "It's not all this. The poverty and destruction of Luoyang City is not a big problem. The key is that people with conditions are unwilling to stay here, leaving only some hardships that cannot be left. Haha, even if you want to do something, you can't do it." As he said, he glanced at the prince with a small intention and muttered softly: "You are likely to be unable to do the three things you have to evaluate for the prince this year."

"Oh, what are the three things?" Qin Lei was excited to take off the teacup gently: "You might as well say it, let's take a closer look together."

"Yes." Ma Kui nodded quickly and said, "The first is to pay the tax of one million taels of the state treasury this year, then double the population, and finally restore the arable land area to pre-war levels."

"From your current situation, it's a bit difficult." Qin Lei shook his head slightly and said.

Ma Kui looked at the prince with a sensation, hoping that he would say, "Your situation is special, so don't pass the exam."

"But it doesn't matter," Qin Lei picked up the teacup and sipped it lightly, "I'll give you a livelihood to restore Luoyang City's former popularity."
Chapter completed!