I clearly wanted to be a tyrant, but how did I become the greatest emperor of all time?

Tang Xiaoren shook his head and said, "Your Majesty would never do that. We have seen your Majesty's ruthless actions before."

Tang Ze also echoed: "Sir, I am stupid and cannot guess the emperor's intention!"

Tang Xiaoren closed his eyes and thought about what had just happened.

Your Majesty mentioned the plan to resettle the remaining soldiers after he proposed to levy commercial taxes.

Your Majesty did not discuss the issue of levying commercial taxes.

what does this mean?

Wait, this means that Your Majesty agrees to levy commercial taxes.

It just doesn't meet the requirements yet.

Tang Xiaoren opened his mind and said immediately: "I understand!"

Tang Ze looked at Tang Xiaoren.

Tang Xiaoren stood up straight and said, "I understand!"

Then he began to pace.

"Your Majesty agrees with my proposal, but the time is not right yet."

"Your Majesty proposed the plan to resettle the remaining soldiers just to pave the way!"

Tang Ze was confused after hearing this.

Tang Xiaoren continued, "My thinking is too simple."

"Those who can do the smuggling business in Beimang must be bigwigs from all over the place."

"How can a mere order make them hand over the money they have?"

"These powerful gentry are all in collusion with local officials!"

"Your Majesty must have thought of this!"

"If you want to collect commercial taxes, you need to have trustworthy people in the local area!"

"All soldiers in Dong Liao can read, so it's easy to be a minor official in the local area."

"They are not locals and cannot be easily bribed by powerful local gentry."

"Your Majesty, if you give them a place to go, they will definitely be loyal to the court."

"Besides, they were all injured and disabled during the battle with Beimang, so they must hate those who colluded with Beimang."

"Only with a group of people like this can we really collect business taxes!"

This time Tang Ze was also dumbfounded.

He hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Tang Xiaoren said ashamedly: "I am so stupid. My idea is so simple."

"Your Majesty's method is better. It should be done step by step. First, exert your own strength."

"Then use the imperial power and financial pressure to force the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue to comply."

"Then collect business taxes to fill the treasury!"

"Your Majesty is very thoughtful!"

Tang Ze also said with emotion: "Your Majesty is truly a wise ruler!"

Tang Xiaoren added: "I am incompetent as the Prime Minister! This time we must do a good job in resettling the remaining soldiers!"

The cabinet took this seriously, and Tang Xiaoren ordered Tang Ze, the head of the study, to inspect all departments.

The policy decided by Li Tian at the meeting in front of the palace was soon implemented.

The Ministry of Rites’ Examination and Reward Department was responsible for reviewing the family backgrounds of the remaining soldiers reported by Eastern Liao.

After checking with their achievements, the Sifengsi would then provide a list of vacant official positions in several nearby prefectures and counties.

Then Li Tian allocated a sum of money from the inner treasury to send this group of soldiers to their posts.

This policy has mixed reactions from both the government and the opposition.

Especially at the local level, people are particularly dissatisfied with this policy.

The official positions that originally belonged to local wealthy families were occupied by these remnant soldiers.

They were naturally dissatisfied.

But with the insistence of Li Tian and Tang Xiaoren, all these voices of opposition were suppressed.

Li Tian also received a system prompt.

【【Option 3: Resettlement of the remaining soldiers completed! 】

[Great Zhou’s national destiny: -2000! ]

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Qi Dazhuang was an old soldier from Eastern Liao.

He broke his left foot in the battle with Beimang and had to retire from the army.

There is a wife and four children in the family.

Qi Dazhuang's feet became broken and he couldn't work properly in the fields.

Winter came very early in Liaodong again this time, and the families at home had long been unable to make ends meet.

Qi Dazhuang squatted at the door of his house every day, smoking a pipe.

But on this day, his comrade told him good news!

The emperor issued an edict to arrange these wounded soldiers from Liaodong to serve as officials in the surrounding counties.

When the messenger finished reading the imperial edict.

Veterans like Qi Dazhuang burst into tears!

Your Majesty, your grace is great!

All the soldiers in Dong Liao are grateful for the emperor's kindness!

For these ordinary soldiers, the position of clerk was out of their reach.

Although the status of clerks is not as high as that of officials, to this day, almost all clerks in the Great Zhou Dynasty are occupied by local gentry and wealthy families!

These ordinary soldiers, have they ever thought that they could become clerks?

The soldiers who were not injured saw how well the court treated the wounded.

Everyone was excited!

Qi Dazhuang set out on the journey to Luzhou.

He was sent to a small county in Luzhou to serve as a local official.

The counties and prefectures of the Great Zhou Dynasty were divided into two official identities.

The first is the county magistrate, and the second is the county magistrate.

The magistrate is responsible for the administrative affairs of the entire county.

The county magistrate was responsible for managing the county's finances, household registration and other affairs, as well as the local imperial examinations.

All other positions are clerks.

The chief clerk is the deputy of the county magistrate and is responsible for managing the county's documents, archives, etc.

This position is usually held by the county magistrate's advisor and has great power.

Next comes the clerk.

The Dianli was responsible for the county's prison affairs, public security, and arrest of criminals.

He can be called the police chief of the county.

Further down are the four houses in the county.

It was also established to correspond to the various departments of the imperial court.

They are the Lifang, Gongfang, Hufang and Xingfang, each of which is responsible for the assessment of officials in the county, expenditure and collection, engineering construction and the county government.

The torture chamber is also responsible for arresting and interrogating prisoners.

The heads of the four rooms were all clerks and also received salaries from the court.

The runners are not considered as officials.

They were doing corvée labor in the county, but these jobs were considered the lucrative ones.

Generally, they are held by local noble families.

Together with Qi Dazhuang, the local household affairs director also took office.

He was an old soldier who was blind in his left eye. He also knew Qi Dazhuang, and the two were assigned to the same county.

They were both very happy. Since they had just arrived, it was good for them to take care of each other.

The magistrate treated them warmly and did not discriminate against them because of their disabilities.

But the local officials were not so friendly.

Qi Dazhuang didn't care. He thought that it was the grace of His Majesty that he came here to be a clerk.

Qi Dazhuang also came from a poor family. He had killed people from Beimang on the battlefield and looked down on this group of powerful gentry.

What made Qi Dazhuang even more unhappy were the various local chambers of commerce.

Luzhou has a long tradition of doing business.

However, the target of this group of chambers of commerce's transactions was actually Beimang.

Qi Dazhuang's leg was broken on the battlefield.

He deeply hated the people of Beimang!

The wealthy and powerful families here actually trade with Beimang!

Qi Dazhuang couldn't stand it!

However, he also understood that he had no foundation and could not shake these big chambers of commerce.

Meanwhile, the Cabinet.

Lord Kang, the Minister of Revenue, was complaining to Tang Xiaoren!

"Master Tang, we can't live like this any longer!"

"Master Kang, what's going on?"

"My Lord Prime Minister! We have arranged for more than 10,000 remnant soldiers from Eastern Liao to serve as clerks in Lin County. The Ministry of Revenue will soon be unable to hold on!"

Tang Xiaoren understood it in his heart.

These counties in the northern region are considered lucky if they can be self-sufficient in local taxes.

Not to mention the burden of paying so many official salaries.