I became emperor in the Tang Dynasty by relying on the palace fighting system

Go back to a few days ago.

Luoyang Imperial Palace, Li Zhi moved here after Yu Dou Xuan Zun left. Now he is discussing the matter of public land with Wu Meiniang.

Li Zhi was silent for a moment after listening to Wu Meiniang finish reading the contents of the "Zi Mu Shu".

After a moment, he sighed: "The public land was originally used to supply the daily expenses of the government, but now it has become a tool for officials to exploit the people."

Wu Mei Niang said: "Your Majesty, not only that, even the official land has been annexed by the common people's land."

"In a small province like Youzhou, nearly half of the officials have participated in land annexation. In other places, countless officials and powerful people have seized the land of the people in order to continue their family's prosperity and wealth. If this continues, the court will be worried."

How could Li Zhi not understand the truth? "Food is the primary need of the people, and land is the source of food. Land is the most important thing to the people. We cannot allow land annexation to continue."

"Mei Niang, I want to inspect the fields and register the households."

Wu Meiniang had no reason to object. Land inspection could curb land annexation, and household registration could increase national tax revenue.

If she were the emperor, she would choose to do the same.

Wu Mei Niang wanted to say something else: "Your Majesty, the matter of inspecting the land and registering the households is not urgent, but the matter of the public land can be settled first."

Li Zhi frowned. He felt that this matter was quite tricky. "The daily expenses of government offices at all levels all rely on public official land. It is not easy to start. If we rashly move the public official land, I am afraid it will cause unrest in the court."

Public official land is different from other lands. The interests of all officials are related to it. Li Zhi has to think carefully before taking any action.

Wu Mei Niang was very determined: "Your Majesty, if you allow land annexation to happen and the people rise up in rebellion, then our Tang Dynasty will be in danger."

"I have a plan to solve the problem of public land, but I don't know whether I should tell you about it or not."

Li Zhi became interested: "Mei Niang, just tell me."

Wu Mei Niang said leisurely: "The public fields will be abolished, and silk of equal value will be used to offset them every year to support the expenses of government offices at all levels."

Li Zhi frowned again: "This expense is not small. There was originally an Anxi Protectorate that cost a lot of silk, and in recent years there was also an Andong Protectorate. I'm afraid the national treasury can't afford this much more silk."

Don't think that it is easy to expand territory. It is easy to conquer a country but difficult to defend it. There are tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in the Andong Protectorate, and it is impossible to use the soldiers under the Fubing system.

These border troops were actually recruited.

Since the soldiers are recruited through the conscription system, they must be given money, food and clothes.

The Tang Dynasty court spent no less than 200,000 pieces of silk on military expenditures on the Andong Protectorate every year.

Wu Meiniang smiled confidently: "Then increase income and reduce expenditure."

"As for saving money, I plan to change the regulations for the food in the corridors. From now on, the cost of food in the corridors will be determined by the fiscal revenue of the court last year. If there is a natural disaster, whether in the palace or in the government, the expenses will be reduced by three percent until the disaster is eliminated."

Li Zhi nodded: "This is a good idea."

To put it bluntly, the idea is that if the company earns more, the employees will eat better. If the company is in a downturn, sorry, everyone will have to bear with it.

It is even more necessary to reduce expenses during natural disasters. Natural disasters are not frequent anyway. Cutting daily food and drink expenses by three percent and sharing the suffering with the people is not a big deal.

As for increasing revenue, Wu Meiniang talked about the plan she and Li Zhao had made privately: "As for increasing revenue, I plan to set up a government office that specializes in weaving silk brocade and silk with flying shuttle looms in the Jiangnan region to weave silk for the government's daily expenses."

Li Zhi: "Re-establish a government office?"

Wu Meiniang held Li Zhi's hand and said to him, "Yes, this government office is called the Weaving Bureau."

Does it look familiar? Yes, it is the weaving bureau in Ming Dynasty 1566.

Wu Mei Niang hit the point: "The silk brocade woven by the Weaving Bureau and the porcelain produced in the Tang Dynasty can be exported through the Guangzhou Maritime Customs and sold to foreign merchants to increase the revenue of the national treasury."

"Moreover, I plan to put this weaving bureau under the inner treasury of the harem. From now on, all the silk and cloth used for daily expenses by government offices at all levels will come from the inner treasury."

Involving money, winning over officials, and controlling the local area, Li Zhi suddenly became excited: "Good idea, Mei Niang, you can do it, select a few more reliable eunuchs to manage the weaving bureau."

Wu Meiniang shook her head slowly and rejected the idea: "Your Majesty, you cannot choose a eunuch. Eunuchs mostly serve Your Majesty. If they leave the palace, they will easily collude with the locals and endanger Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the disasters of the Huan and Ling dynasties?"

Li Zhi choked suddenly.

That's right. There are many eunuchs serving me. It would be terrible if any noble family colluded with the eunuchs and found a chance to get close to me and kill me.

Eunuchs cannot be used. Li Zhi understood what Wu Meiniang meant: "Meiniang means to use female officials in the harem to manage the weaving bureau?"

Wu Meiniang nodded slowly: "Yes, Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"The honor and disgrace of the women in the harem are all tied to your Majesty. They are much easier to control than eunuchs."

No matter what, this sentence still moved Li Zhi the most.

Li Zhi said without hesitation: "Okay. Mei Niang, you decide. Write a memorial and tell us how to set up the weaving bureau."

Wu Meiniang curled her lips and smiled softly: "Yes, Your Majesty."

The plan she and Yudou Xuanzun had planned was successful.

The next day, the Queen Mother wrote a letter to establish the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau in Jiangnan, and appointed female officials from the harem to manage it, weaving silk, brocade, and satin for supply to the inner treasury and sale overseas.

The Weaving Bureau has one Nei Si of the third rank who is in charge of the overall situation, one Zande and one Xuanyi of the fourth rank who assist the Nei Si; there are two Chengzhi of the fifth rank and four Gongfeng of the ninth rank who inspect the Weaving Bureau.

The Weaving Bureau was divided into four departments: Sizhi, Sican, Chunyi and Xiguan. The female officials in each department were named Sizhi, Sican, Chunyi and Xiguan, and their rank was fifth. There were two female officials in each department.

The four ministries also had two emissaries from the sixth rank, three attendants from the ninth rank, and four female historians who were not of the official rank.

At the same time, in order to select talents from the harem, Wu Meiniang added dozens of Ye Ting doctors and established the Internal Education Bureau to teach the palace ladies knowledge.

The female officials officially stepped out of the palace and went to the local areas, taking another step into the country's economic and political fields.

Not to mention how much shock Wu Meiniang's edicts had brought to the imperial court and how chaotic the situation was at the court, in Youzhou, Li Zhao had already received a new edict.

Ly Zhao manipulated the Le Dynasty to put the dead students and officials into coffins and have them sent back to their families for burial.

After arranging these things, she finally had time to read Wu Meiniang's edict.

This edict stated that next year all government land would be completely abolished, and the daily expenses of government offices at all levels would be converted into silk and supplied from the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau with approval from the central government.

Li Zhao chuckled: "Yes, the Emperor Wu is very dedicated to improving the status of women."

She threw the imperial edict aside and asked the Li Dynasty to summon those who had made great contributions in the purge of Youzhou officials.

Li Chao got straight to the point and asked, "Huai Ying, do you want to be an official?"

Di Renjie's heart suddenly started beating like a drum, thump thump.

Li Chao asked the palace servant beside him to hand over a document: "Go, return to Chang'an, I have recommended you as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice."

Xiangxing Temple is the Dali Temple. Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, really loved changing names. The Xiangxing Temple Cheng is the Dali Temple Cheng, a sixth-rank official.

Although he was just a minor official, he was admitted to the Nine Temples and was also a Beijing official. The other people who were summoned saw that Di Renjie was promoted, and they all showed envy and jealousy in their eyes.

Some people also learned from their family elders that Di Renjie was the reincarnation of a star god. Although they felt a little sad, they still kept a straight face.

Di Renjie looked at Li Chao deeply, bowed and saluted: "I obey your order."

The rest of the people were recommended, and the worst one became a legal officer in Youzhou.

Only the girls headed by Pei Xuan did not receive any recommendations except for routine rewards.

Pei Xuan and the others looked a little unhappy at that time.

Pei Xuan stood up and said, "Xingjun, I have some doubts. I hope you can give me some advice."

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