At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

He definitely doesn't want that feeling anymore.

From this, he felt Guo Peng's difficulty even more deeply.

Guo Peng must have been in a more difficult situation than him before launching several major purges. After so many major purges, he gradually took control of the court, and what he inherited was this relatively obedient court.

It was this relatively obedient court that gave him such great political pressure, he couldn't imagine what Guo Peng experienced in Yande three years ago.

A big cleaning is really necessary.

So Guo Jin started to prepare to vacate positions in the court, vacate the revolutionary officials in the northwest, prepare to introduce a large number of obedient people from her own side, and gradually exclude and exclude the old people who are not very obedient.

When Zaozhi was being cleaned up, the crisis in the Northwest was at a critical moment, so instead of promoting the Northwest Reformers to the court, a group of newcomers were selected to join the court.

Now that the economic war in the Northwest has been won, it is time to reward meritorious deeds, and a series of personnel changes will begin.

Of course, before the personnel changes start, there must always be room for them. There are many central government positions, and there are only one carrot and one hole. Only when one leaves, can another be replaced. You cannot create positions out of thin air.

So who is the lucky one who will be ostracized?

Guo Jin looked around and found Wang Can, a soft persimmon that was easy to pinch.

Born as a planner, Guo Peng's favorite minister, relying on mathematics to make his way into the house, the first minister of the cabinet and the first minister of the Ministry of Finance.

His greatest contribution during his tenure was not his own work, but his status as a accounting official inspired a large number of scholars to devote themselves to the cause of mathematics. Wei regime, became an official.

In this era, mathematics is no longer a low-level knowledge, but a necessary knowledge for an official and a compulsory item in the imperial examination. Therefore, the soil for the survival of a simple group of accounting officials no longer exists.

As long as the group of people who entered the ruling class by the way of accounting officials were not purged, they were basically the backbone of Guo Wei's regime, and a small number of them mixed into the high-level, which increased the mathematical component of Guo Wei's ruling class.

It has very positive significance for promoting the development of mathematics in Wei and the establishment of the Royal Mathematical Society.

But other than that, Wang Can's achievements in the positions of Chief Assistant of the Cabinet and Minister of the Ministry of Finance were mediocre. There was nothing outstanding, but there were many small mistakes.

Guo Peng never purged him because he was obedient. In fact, Guo Peng also had a lot of dissatisfaction with him and questioned his ability to handle affairs.

Guo Jin was also dissatisfied with him, but because he was obedient, he was retained for the time being. As a result, during the economic crisis, Wang Can's soft-footed shrimp was completely exposed. Hold up a piece of sky.

Guo Jin was even more dissatisfied with him, and decided to transfer him from the important position of Minister of Finance, and replace him with someone who was courageous and responsible, and more importantly, with him, to be Minister of Finance, in charge of the treasury, so that he could handle affairs in the future.

As for how to arrange Wang Can, Guo Jin did some thinking.

Although Wang Can didn't have any credit, he didn't make any major mistakes in his job. It seemed that the emperor was a bit willful to dismiss him for nothing.

Just now, the storm of clean government had frightened the officials. At this time, Guo Jin did not want to use more drastic measures to remove Wang Can, so as not to arouse new anxiety among the officials.

The killing of corrupt officials and opponents in this wave is enough for Cheng Yu to digest for a long time, and it is also enough for Guo Jin to enjoy the bonus for a long time. He is now satisfied and doesn't want to make any troubles.

After much deliberation, Guo Jin found a good place for Wang Can.

The Royal Mathematical Society of the Wei Empire - the Arithmetic Hall.

At the end of Xingyuan Yuan, adhering to Guo Peng's wish of "making mathematics a must-have skill for every official", Guo Jin decreed to establish an arithmetic hall affiliated to Taixue.

The significance of the establishment of the Arithmetic Hall is to study mathematics, promote the development of mathematics, and set up mathematics for the annual imperial examinations, which will play an important role in the imperial examinations.

Speaking of which, the emergence and development of mathematics and other natural sciences often have relatively strong social development needs. The society has development needs and needs for productivity improvement, which will in turn affect the development of academics and promote academic progress.

If there is no need for social development to promote academic progress, even if the emperor strives for development, it will end in death.

Without the needs of interest groups, without the demands of interests, this vulgar world will not move forward.

Isn't the reason why the Five Classics of Confucianism have been researched out of flowers, not because of the promotion of political interests?

If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had his head twitched, and he didn't like the Five Classics of Confucianism, but liked the Mo Jing, and used the Mo Jing to select officials, it was guaranteed that people could also study the Mo Jing to make flowers, and promote a lot of great Mohist masters to appear, all kinds of interpretations of Mo The doctrine of the scriptures can also be passed down through the ages.

Of course, this is just a hypothesis, but the truth is the same.

Without the demands of social development and interest groups for mathematics research, mathematics will naturally not develop. No matter how much Guo Peng demands the development of mathematics, even if these guys come up with various equations, no one will continue to study mathematics after he dies.

Therefore, Guo Peng tried his best to include mathematics in the scope of the imperial examination, so that the imperial bureaucrats tried their best to maintain the existence and development of mathematics out of their own interests against the old scholars, and added a protective umbrella to mathematics politically.

But this is not enough. The real significance of mathematics is to promote the development of society and productivity, and it should not only be used for examinations.

Mathematics can only really develop if it involves practical things.

This does not require Guo Peng to worry about it. After the opening of the Maritime Silk Road, the huge trade demand has already pushed mathematics forward.

Every detail of trade is inseparable from mathematics, the development of navigation technology is also inseparable from mathematics, and even the development of military technology is also pushing forward mathematics.

Trade requires calculation, navigation requires calculation, and the development of military technology also requires calculation. Everyone needs calculation.

Guo Jin's establishment of the arithmetic hall is in various senses announcing to the whole society that the Guo Wei regime attaches great importance to mathematics.

Of course, this arithmetic hall does not have any actual powers, except for setting the mathematics content of the imperial examination, that is, a group of people who study mathematics do their homework in it.

Carry out research and calculation on the places where mathematics is needed in all aspects of social production, and give exact answers.

The department that once trained birth planners has been merged into the Arithmetic Hall as a whole, and has become a reserve department for mathematics talents needed by the country. If there is any need for mathematics in the future, outstanding members of the Arithmetic Hall will be promptly recruited to various departments of the court.

So it's not important, this arithmetic hall is really important, because it is useful.

But to say that it is important, it seems that it is not so important at present, and it has no authority.

Guo Jin took a look around and felt that this department was the most suitable for Wang Can. Anyway, Wang Can himself was appreciated by Guo Peng because of his mathematics talent, which can be regarded as returning to his old profession.

So Guo Jin, in Luoyang, where there was a heated debate on whether pills could lead to immortality, suddenly issued an edict to remove Wang Can from the position of minister of the Ministry of Finance and reassigned him as the head of the arithmetic hall.

Wang Can was stunned when he received the transfer order. He didn't expect Guo Jin to give him such an appointment.

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After learning of the transfer order, Wang Can was unable to think for a while.

After staring at the transfer edict for a long time, Wang Can came to his senses and thought about the reason why he was transferred.

If he wants to make himself feel, the biggest reason is obviously because he has never fought against Zaoyi.

Although he didn't fight against Zaoyi so much that he felt very humiliated, but he didn't expect Guo Jin to remove him from the position of Minister of Finance so simply.

Minister of the Ministry of Finance is an important position with real power, the great steward of the country, and has a lot of power.

Although the head of the arithmetic hall is also a high-ranking official, he can decide the content of the mathematics test questions in the imperial examination, and his identity is still a senior consultant of the Ministry of Finance. He can attend important joint meetings of the Ministry of Finance and put forward his own suggestions...

But how can it be compared with the Minister of Finance?

A consultant who gives advice or a minister who makes decisions, which is more important, can be distinguished by anyone.

The news came so suddenly that Wang Can's subordinates were collectively stunned, not knowing what was going on.

But the emperor's imperial decree had already been issued, and the appointment documents from the Ministry of Officials were issued at the same time, catching Wang Can by surprise.

As for the candidate for the new Minister of Finance, Guo Jin has already issued a public announcement through the Ministry of Officials-transferring the former governor of Liangzhou, Lu Qian, as the new Minister of Finance.

He also transferred Mao Jie, the former governor of Yongzhou, as the right servant of the Ministry of Finance.

In one go, two state governors were mobilized to the central government to take over the Ministry of Finance—both were state governors with a Northwest reformist standpoint. The intention of the Ministry of Finance being taken over by these two state governors was too clear.

Later, Li Yan, one of Guo Jin's cabinet assistants, became the governor of Liangzhou.

Liu Qiu, the former right minister of the Ministry of Finance, was released to the outside world as the governor of Yongzhou.

In addition, Guo Jin announced another appointment in advance.

A series of dismissals, transfers, and promotions were carried out in the three prefectures and two states in the Northwest.

Some meritorious officials were transferred from local officials to central officials, some were promoted from county magistrates to county guards, and some were promoted from officials to officials.

There are also many who were dismissed because of poor performance in the economic crisis, and some were even questioned, lost their official positions and became civilians, and faced prison.

A group of people went up, and a group of people went down. According to the performance in the economic crisis this time, Guo Jin could easily make a judgment.

The remaining vacancies were filled by Guo Jin's transfer of new officials to the Northwest. A group of new officials who had just passed the imperial examination and the political observation period were widely transferred to the Northwest to take up grassroots positions and take up basic administration in the Northwest.

After this economic crisis in the Northwest officialdom, Guo Jin concentrated his energy, changed everyone who should be changed, and promoted everyone who should be promoted.

The most eye-catching thing is that apart from the reassignment of governors of Yongliang and Liangzhou, there is also the reassignment of the governors of the three prefectures of the Western Regions.

After the end of the term, Cao Ang, the guardian of Zhenxi Dufu Mansion, was transferred to the central government and entered the cabinet as a cabinet minister, responsible for docking with the Ministry of Finance.

Zhuge Liang, the protector of the Beiting Protectorate, was transferred to the central government after his term expired at the end of the year, and entered the Ministry of Finance as the right servant of the Ministry of Finance.

After Sima Yi's term of office expired at the end of the year, he was transferred to the Sili area and served as Henan Yin.

After a series of personnel changes, the court officials were caught off guard by the emperor, and the appointment was made quickly by the Ministry of Officials, so everything was a foregone conclusion.

The courtiers quickly got out of the pill matter, stopped arguing with Chen Lin, examined this personnel change, and were surprised to find that the emperor had transferred all the five chief officials in the northwest.

Four people entered the center, and one became Henan Yin, basically half a foot into the center.

And this time middle and low-level officials who performed very well in the economic crisis have been cautious, and some have even jumped to become central officials, which is a big leap.

Northwest official positions are basically occupied by officials with a revolutionary standpoint.

The entire Northwest did not turn back to the agricultural track because of the economic crisis, but became more determined to develop business.

The chief officials who have made the greatest contribution have successfully entered the central government, adding weight to the reformist party to the central government, and the Ministry of Finance is directly controlled by the reformist party.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs, which was originally the headquarters of the old guard, was torn apart by the emperor for a while, and many officials with a tendency to reform were also mixed in.

All in all, after this economic and political crisis, the reformist faction won a complete victory, while the conservative faction was beaten miserably by the emperor and suffered heavy losses. The recognized leader Zaozhi was dismissed because of this, and his political wealth for many years was directly reduced to zero.

The reformers entered the central court to take power in large numbers, which was considered a political change in the eyes of court officials.

Emperor Guo Jin successfully introduced the reformers and rejected the conservatives through this political change. It is estimated that the future political trend will also develop in the direction of innovation instead of returning to the agricultural track.

Many officials who had previously held an old-fashioned attitude saw the direction of the wind, began to speculate, changed their attitudes, and voiced their support for the emperor's reform measures, believing that developing business was not a sin, but an act that benefited the country and the people.

They were all in favor.

A new round of political speculation has begun.

The elixir dispute was taken away from the headlines in an instant, and Liu Jian's death was even more neglected. All court officials and politicians were discussing in private that the reformers entered the court on a large scale.

Guo Jin completely controlled the dominance of the imperial court through political struggles. From then on, the inner court, the secret agents, and the outer court had three hands, and there were no obstacles.

But he didn't stop, and when he was satisfied, he announced another major measure of his own.

The Taxation Department of the Ministry of Finance was reorganized, and Lu Yi, the servant of Nanshufang, was appointed as the doctor of the Taxation Department. The bureaucrats of the Taxation Department were supplemented on a large scale, and the organization of the Taxation Department was expanded.

Since then, all tax work in the world has been undertaken by the tax department, and any toll stations set up on roads and canals have also been directly controlled by the tax department to collect taxes directly.

All the armed tax guards are directly under the command of the tax department doctor, who will not listen to the intervention and transfer orders of any other individuals or government organizations except the emperor.

Tax guards have the same armed power as law guards in taxation work, and can force armed tax collection if necessary. If there are violent tax resisters, tax guards can take compulsory measures to protect their own safety.

The identity of new tax soldiers is defined as officials, all of them, like policemen and law soldiers, are generally registered in the Ministry of Punishment and enjoy normal official treatment.

In addition, like the police and legal pawns, after accumulating a certain number of years and achievements, they can take up the leadership position of the tax department, be promoted to officials, and enjoy higher treatment.

As for the composition of the tax guards group, because of time constraints, it was temporarily decided to choose from the group of retired soldiers like the police and law guards, and furthermore, the retired soldiers of the emperor's imperial guards were allowed to serve as tax guards in the tax department.

Guo Jin also decided to set up a special examination method together with the police and law guards after the work of the tax guards is on the right track in the later period. Any official who enters these three institutions must pass the formal examination and selection.

Both retired soldiers and those who hold student status can pass the exam to become one of the three types of tax soldiers, law soldiers and policemen.

Under the current special situation, all tax officers need to undergo intensive collective training before being selected to work, and learn the relevant content of the tax law in the laws of the Wei Empire, so as to facilitate the future work and implementation of the tax officers.

As for the number of tax soldiers, there is no regulation for the time being, and it will be prepared according to actual needs, with no upper limit. It mainly depends on how the tax department arranges work.

When the news spread, the court was in an uproar.

The Taxation Department was originally a subordinate department of the Ministry of Finance, nominally under the direct leadership of the Minister of Finance, responsible to the Minister of Finance, and then issued orders or other requirements by the Minister of Finance.

Although Guo Peng often bypassed Wang Can to directly instruct taxation work during his administration, and he attached great importance to taxation work. Leaders had to pass the emperor's review, but at least nominally the taxation department still accepted the planning of the Ministry of Finance.

This time, the tax department was clearly stipulated that it would not be influenced by any individual or government organization except the emperor, and that all work was directly responsible to the emperor, who was directly responsible for the tax department.

Doctor, is a Qianshi position, equivalent to the local county magistrate in rank.

In the past, the tax department doctor was considered a relatively powerful position. Wang Can basically did not dare to intervene in the tax work. Basically, the tax department doctor reported directly to the emperor on tax work.

In the later period of Guo Peng's reign as emperor, he would devote a considerable amount of energy to taxation work-no one understood the importance of taxation work to imperial power better than him, so he did not allow important officials to participate in taxation matters.

Before Guo Peng abdicated, he had the idea of ​​strengthening the functions of the tax department, but he abdicated before he could implement it.

So he told Guo Jin about the plan, and asked Guo Jin to realize the plan at an appropriate time and turn the tax department into a powerful department.

Guo Jin has been busy consolidating her position and power since she ascended the throne. She had just had some free time and encountered a series of events such as the economic crisis. After finally turning the situation around, she got this good opportunity.

When he was famous for his viciousness and the hearts of all the officials were broken, he seized the opportunity to give the tax department a very strong function, and in one fell swoop, the power of the tax department was raised to the same level as that of Sili Xiaowei's mansion.

The Sili Xiaowei Mansion has [-] pawns and governs the Sili Xiaowei Department. It is Guo Peng's powerful law enforcement department that specializes in dealing with central bureaucrats.