Under the control of Li Su, the subsequent relief of sweet dates is naturally natural.

On the sixth day of the September 1st, at the grand dynasty meeting, everything was as Li Su expected. Because the court seemed too partial to the scholars who wanted to break through the siege in the past few days, this faction felt better. But on the other hand, the conservatives who had already supported the imperial examination system inspired a certain amount of resistance.

Of course, just as all conservatives attack reformists will focus on character rather than policy, this time is no exception.

All those who give their opinions dare not say that the imperial examination is not good, but just that in this imperial examination, those who may break through seem to have bad character. The most important point is "betrayal and false promises and no action."

Of course, Li Su didn't have to speak in person. His mate in the court would help him speak, emphasizing that "no trust is an individual phenomenon, and the imperial examination system cannot be blamed."

At the same time, the topic changed, emphasizing that "the current big deal is due to the unclear responsibilities of the departments that have made several political careers and protected the imperial examinations, and their management overlap."

If we protect those "poor scholars from counties without yards" from the beginning, that is, those candidates who have no credit commitment obligations, the court would not have taken temporary measures to protect them in one-size-fits-all manner and protect those who have committed traitors.

In short, after going around the topic, Li Suru finally guided it to two points: First of all, the current decentralization of power between Jiuqing and the yamen at all levels below is indeed too chaotic and is not suitable for the management needs of the new era.

At the same time, Li Su also threw out the last critical moment to make everyone happy, that is, to readjust the salaries of all officials to ensure that rights and responsibilities must match, and not allow honest people to suffer losses.

Of course, this combination of punches was not proposed temporarily today, but began to discuss more than a month ago, when Liu Bei ascended the throne.

It only bargained for a month and a half, and now Li Su felt that it was the critical moment when both sides should give sweet dates to calm the situation, so that the shoe could finally land on the ground. Such an opportunity was finally taken out, and the resistance was minimal and the best.

Also because this reform involves a lot of people, what happened at the court meeting today almost immediately became a major news for all scholars in Chang'an City to discuss the streets after the meeting.

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"Have you heard that the court has announced a new round of reforms. The opportunity is to think that the yamen have made several government departments before, and the salary of each other is low, and the salary system of many officials is still used hundreds of years ago."

"I didn't expect that the opportunity to change office was this. The court was still just a slap in the water, and did not favor those villains who were treacherous. After all, they were both talented and virtuous, and had clear responsibilities."

At the beginning, these talks were chatting with some small officials who showed up in public, and soon spread to the scholars who were taking the exam, and everyone rushed to read the latest announcement.

Sun Zi and Jia Kui have been secretly studying mathematics hard for a while, but in the past two days, I heard that the direction of the court's stroke may punish the candidates who are "bending faith" so I was a little uneasy and I was a little unable to learn for the time being. I occasionally came out to relax and change my mind.

After hearing about the discussions of the candidates in the same year, they also squeezed to read the news.

While watching, they heard many candidates praising the court and fantasizing about the beautiful life after passing the imperial examination.

"It's really the Holy Emperor in court. The salary is increased so much than before. The key is that it is fairer. Such a person will not be indecent and greedy for his family. The market situation of Ling Emperor was like that, when he bought an official, he would have been a ghost if he didn't return to office!"

Sun Zi looked carefully and found that the highest positions in the court, such as the "Shanggong" level, such as the Grand Sima, General, and Taifu, had an annual salary of 10 million yuan. In the future, except for when the grain prices surged in the shortage, they had to pay necessary rations, and other hard currency with high value density such as brocade.

"The annual salary is 10 million yuan? And it is ensured that nine million yuan will be given, brocade or gold and silver, and the grain will be discounted by 300 yuan per stone, and the official rations will never increase. This treatment is indeed a lot more generous.

Originally, the highest was only 'Ten Thousand Stones', and it was worth 300 yuan per stone, which was equivalent to 3 million yuan. The general's salary increased by more than three times the first level." Sun Zi looked at the data here and sighed secretly.

Jia Kui pointed to the following points and retorted: "The general has increased by a relatively small proportion. At least the general is already ten thousand stones. Those who are originally low-ranking are considered to have officially turned over, and at least they can survive without being greedy."

The announcement reads:

Shanggong: Taifu, Grand Sima, General, Prime Minister. Originally: rank ten thousand stones, now: rank ten million coins.

The three dukes: Taiwei, Situ, Sikong, Shangshu Ling, General of Cavalry, General of Che and Cavalry, Originally: Ten Thousand Stones, Current: rank of eight million coins.

Shangqing: Minister of Rites (original Zongzheng, Taichang's sacrificial officials merged), Minister of Shangpushe, Secretary of the Secretariat, Shizhong, General of the Wei, and Governor of the military affairs of several states. Originally: rank 5,000 stones, now: rank 6 million coins.

Nine ministers: Minister of Personnel (reformed by Shaofu), Minister of War (Taipu and Weiwei merged), Minister of Justice (reformed by Tingwei), Minister of Revenue (demolished by the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue (demolished by the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs), Minister of Works (reformed by the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Works (reformed by the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Culture), Minister of the Ministry of Culture (demolished by the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Culture), Minister of the Ministry of Envoy (reformed by the Grand Minister of the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Culture), Minister of the Ministry of Envoy (reformed by the Grand Minister of the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Envoy), Minister of the Ministry of Envoy (reformed by the Grand Minister of the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Envoy), Generals from front, back, left and right, Secretary of the Central Secretary, and the governor/defense envoy of each state. Originally: rank three thousand stones, now: rank five million coins.

Deputy Minister: The Nine Divisions Shaoqing/Shidao, Huangmen Secretariat (Deputy Officer of the Secretariat), the Advisor (Prince of the Censor), the General of the Four Tribunals, Siping and Si'an, and the Observation Envoy of the State. Newly established, with a rank of four million coins.

County level: prefect, general of various miscellaneous titles, general of the four ranks of the capital army, lords of the nine ministers and ministers, and magistrates of the Taizhong Doctor (deputy of the censor). Originally: rank 2,000 stones, now: rank 3 million coins.

Deputy County: County Chief Secretary/Chief, General of the Central Army of the Outer Town, Chief of the School, and Chief of the Nine Departments. Originally: the rank is 2,000 stones (1,500 stones), and now: the rank is 150 to 2 million coins.

County level: county magistrate, chief officer of county officials, chief commander, original rank: 600 stones, 1,000 stones to 2,000 stones, now rank: 600,000 to 1 million coins.

Deputy County: County Magistrate/Weiwei, Yamen Governor, Army Sima, original rank: 400 to 600 stones, now rank: 300,000 to 500,000 coins.

Cao level: county officials, Qujunhou, village elder, original rank: one hundred to three hundred stones, now rank: one hundred to two hundred coins to two hundred coins.

(Note: Public = national level, minister = province, county = prefecture, city, county is equal to county)

After the implementation of the new law, the treatment of the Shangshu Ling, Shizhong, Huangmen, etc., which were originally heavy but had low salary, was the most obvious.

At the same time, after the Nine Ministers were changed to the Nine Ministry, the issue of unclear levels of officials under the Ministry was completely clarified. It would not be as chaotic as before, and the officials under the Chief Secretary were even higher than those of other Ministry members. All of them were unified as Shangshu (Qing), Minister of the Minister (Shaoqing), Doctor (Ling), and Yuanwailang (Chief).

In addition, this new set of official system benefits reforms have also made it convenient for the promotion and reduction of a small half level due to the different degrees of local importance, which also prevents the official system itself from being too complicated and too many levels.

For example, because the capital is very important, Jingzhao Yin still has a much higher status than the prefect of the foreign county, and can even be higher than the defensive envoy/governor of a certain state. He is between the Shangqing and the Jiuqing, and the salary he receives is also specially designated, which is higher than that of the Jiuqing and the Shangqing.

There are many other similar examples, such as the county level where the prefecture is located is increased by a small half level, and the county where the county is located is increased by a small half level. For other counties and counties, there are other reasons that are particularly important and should be upgraded. The subsequent discussion can be discussed one by one, and the court issued a special statement.

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"This new rule seems much clearer. Power, responsibility, and encounter are all matched with each other. The responsibilities of great power are also great, and the salary and courtesy are also high. The honorary officials who have set up high rank but no power for selling officials since Huan Ling have been completely cleared, or they will be incorporated into real power officials. It is true that the new king has the spirit of a holy emperor."

"Who said that's not? Strictly speaking, this is not just about eliminating Huan Ling's bad politics since he was defeated and preparing for the position of "high and no real power". That is not something in recent decades. Since Shang Yang preached the 20th grade title for Qin, he has done this. In fact, it is the accumulation of the world's official system. It is nothing more than the title sold and the titles he had won the titles he had at the beginning, and the more he got, the more he was in chaos."

After seeing the announcement of the full official system reform, Sun Zi, Jia Kui and others were sincerely impressed that the candidates who took the exam were generally responding in this way.

All knowledgeable people have seen that this time the court has to solve the problem of the boundary between officials sold for hundreds of years, and officials who have received rewards from honors and officials who can only be granted due to merit. It is never allowed to have another mismatch of high positions and heavy responsibilities but no real power or responsibilities.

However, everyone realized that after this change, many things that require rewards cannot be done. For example, in history, Mi Zhu's contribution to sponsoring Liu Bei was to give the title of "General Anhan", but his power could be reduced to repay the monarch's benefactor.

Only by clearing out all high-ranking virtual officials must further refine the title and divide the official titles more thoroughly and clearly, so as to fundamentally solve the lack of this area.

Sun Zi and Jia Kui continued to look patiently and soon noticed the subsequent remedial measures: the court announced that it would further improve the title system within a few months to ensure that in addition to the Lehou and Guannei Hou, there were other new titles, and the functions required for the preparation of medals were filled.

However, this reform has nothing to do with the current reform of the official and salary, so it does not need to be announced together.

Sun Zi and others were speculating: Could it be that this is to completely restore the twenty-first-class title of the Qin Dynasty, or to absorb more elements from it? But we shouldn't just turn the history backwards.

Of course they couldn't think of Li Su's plan.

But in fact, Li Su felt that this kind of reform would not touch interests at all. As long as Liu Bei felt that the new reform would not lead to the depreciation or proliferation of titles, and it was indeed a subtraction of "simplifying military and government", then the compromise of subtraction of two plus one is absolutely acceptable.

Li Su had already decided to raise Ji Han's title to the county duke who did not set up an ancestral temple. Anyway, Yuan Shao had already helped everyone to explore this matter, so the subsequent resistance should not be fierce.

The remaining Marquis and the Marquis below the Marquis of Guannei need to restore the Bo, Zi, and Male of Zhou Li, which is also very easy to accept. Now, some of the relatively low Marquis of the Marquis can also be merged into the Bo, Zi.

The status of some viscounts and barons will be lower than that of the current Marquis, the lowest in the Marquis of Guannei. At the same time, the value of the people who were given to the meritorious people in the Qin 20th grade, so they can still fully prepare merits, and avoid the problem of the high threshold for the title of marquis of the "White Horse Alliance".

After dealing with related matters, Li Su finally clarified the context for the three major issues of selecting officials, using officials and treating officials since the new emperor's reign. He could finally go to Xiangyang with peace of mind and worry about his own affairs.
Chapter completed!