Aspirations for Nation and Beauty Chapter 1: Jin Ge’s first act

In only four days, Liang Chongxin crossed Tiannan from southern Burma to Kansai alone, and boarded a boat from Hanzhong to the east along the river. Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor who visited Jiangnan met.

The road conditions in the Kansai region have been greatly improved. You can feel the road from Bashan to Hanzhong. Although it is a mountain road, the road is quite smooth and the order along the road is very good. It is the first time for Liang Chongxin to take an ordinary road. The identity of the populace feels so up close the changes over the years. The number of tea hotels along the way has also increased a lot compared to before. The hasty movements of business travelers on the road and their speech and behavior during rest and accommodation all prove that the business-oriented policy promoted by His Majesty the Emperor is gradually showing strength.

Although the taxation of merchants has not been reduced much, the most important point is that the plethora of customs clearance along the way during the Tanghe Empire has been completely cancelled, replaced by a simple and accurate tax payment system, and merchants no longer have to worry about it. After paying the tax locally, but going out of the house, you have to face another burden. This simplification of the system and procedures not only greatly eliminates the most troublesome time consumption for businessmen, but also largely prevents the officials from taking the opportunity The soil of money-grabbing, officials’ extortion of merchants has been suppressed to “the slightest degree in history” (a silk business saying), almost negligible.

Officials and spies stationed in various counties and prefectures of the Overwatch Council are happy to share clues and intelligence with other government departments, because they can get enough political achievements, which is the only way for them to get promoted and make a fortune, and other departments are also willing to provide supervision The generous rewards for reporting and providing clues are enough to make middle and lower level officials and ordinary people jealous, while the Overwatch Council is happy to distribute this kind of rewards, which will further stimulate the interest of officials and the public in reporting and exposing. Anyway, wool comes from sheep. These rewards will be raised proportionally from the head assets of those criminals who bent the law for personal gain and bribed and bribed. No wonder they enjoy it. This mechanism not only greatly improved the work efficiency of the Overwatch Council. Moreover, the prestige of the Overwatch Council has increased day by day, and the performance appraisal of local officials is directly linked to the integrity of their subordinates. If a local official has corruption problems continuously, the local chief may have to consider whether he should take the blame and resign. Otherwise, the supervisory department will launch an investigation into whether you have committed negligence.

Xindi's "Regulations on Punishing Commercial Bribery" has been signed and approved by His Majesty the Emperor and came into effect on June 1, 700 in the Gregorian calendar. The newly established House of Lords and House of Commons in the Empire caused great controversy. And it also became the focus of media discussion in May. In the end, it was barely passed by the House of Nobles under the strong promotion of the House of Commons, and the test of His Majesty the Emperor seemed to be the easiest to pass. He signed the decree almost without hesitation, which made some people suspect that the regulations were proposed by His Majesty the Emperor on purpose by the representatives of the Commons, with the purpose of severely punishing those who tended to use power for personal gain.

The decree clearly stipulates that any active bribery for the purpose of seeking illegitimate benefits will be severely punished regardless of whether the administrative officials accept it or not. A series of behaviors such as so-called member money, regular money, kickbacks, and dividends for dry shares have all been included in the category of commercial bribery in the specific explanation, which has shocked the entire business and political circles. No longer in this column. This was the topic that Liang Chongxin heard the most from businessmen along the way. Obviously, the businessmen were deeply interested in the promulgation of this decree, and the implementation of this regulation was largely related to their business.

The "Regulations on Punishment of Commercial Bribery" and the "Regulations on the Salary Standards of Imperial Officials" and the "Regulations on Rewarding Navigation and Exploration of the Empire" were introduced together with the "Regulations on Punishment of Commercial Bribery". The court obtained the decree passed and submitted to His Majesty the Emperor for signature, which will also take effect on June 1. This regulation caused a great shock in the law signed by His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire. According to the unified evaluation standards of rank and years, the salaries of officials in all parts of the empire are basically the same. Compared with the salaries of officials before adjustments were made in the past, the income of these officials has almost doubled, and all of them have been made public to the public. The openness of society made them somewhat unacceptable, but compared to the former, the latter condition was a little harsher. But again it was nothing.

The implementation of the three decrees has brought many anecdotes to Liang Chongxin's journey. The businessmen are naturally talking about the spies from the supervision department starting to infiltrate all walks of life. The business activities of the businessmen have to be more standardized, no

It is also unpleasant to be invited to drink tea by the supervisory department. And officials are more discussing the issue of salary increase and disclosure. The skyrocketing salary is exciting, but the disclosure is embarrassing, but there is no perfect thing in the world. Compared with the increase in income, disclosure is not a big deal. what's the matter. Officials are also worried about whether such a huge salary adjustment this time can be sustained. The empire was founded, foreign wars continued, and finances were so tight, the empire actually wanted to increase salaries significantly. This can certainly win over the officials people's hearts, but if it can't last, it will make officials feel resentful. Some officials also wondered whether the empire had made new gains on the battlefield in the Indian region, which gave His Majesty the emperor such confidence to make this adjustment.

Compared to the influence of the previous two regulations, the "Empire Rewards Navigation and Exploration Regulations" seems to have much less influence in the interior, but Liang Chongxin also felt this decree from the conversations of some businessmen related to overseas trade driving force. In fact, before this, His Majesty the Emperor had publicly expressed the empire's support for overseas development on many occasions, but this time it was clearly fixed in the form of a decree, and the meaning was naturally different. The empire will support the merchants of the empire to carry out foreign trade, especially overseas trade, with conditions such as policy, taxation and financial support. At the same time, promote the pace of the empire from a land power to a sea power.

In this regulation, the rewards for exploring and discovering overseas territories outside the mainland of the empire are particularly generous, and you can even get canonized nobles. You must know that the empire now controls the canonized nobles quite strictly, and often there are only There are only a few people, and some counties even have only two or three people. A big mansion may not be able to produce one person. It is naturally a great honor to find that overseas territories can receive such a reward. Waves, even the ship owners operating the inland waterway when Liang Chongxin boarded the ship in Hanzhong were all tsk-tsk.

Feeling the rapid changes in the empire, Liang Chongxin is also very pleased. At least the living standards of the people in the empire have made great progress, and the social order has reached a very good level. On board, Liang Chongxin fully experienced these welcome changes. On the boat going down, Liang Chongxin sometimes thought about it. His Majesty the Emperor is still tirelessly promoting foreign wars. I don't know if such persistent pursuit is really in line with the fundamental interests of the empire? Do the interests of the empire have to be protected through external expansion? And is military means the only effective way to expand externally and protect the rights and interests of the empire?

This problem should not be a problem for Liang Chongxin, who claims to be a pure soldier. Soldiers must obey political needs, and what is politics? Politics is just a means used by the ruling class to control the people to meet their interests ~ At least for now, it seems that the whole empire has not shown aversion to foreign expansion wars. Perhaps some broad-minded and open-minded people have realized this, but as long as the expansion of the empire can bring them benefits, they are also happy to see this kind of war. The situation, and once the pay and benefits cannot form a virtuous circle, then all kinds of contradictions may be gradually exposed.

The cool river wind was blowing head-on, making Liang Chongxin slowly return to the pressure he will face this time when he goes east to Yuhang. The defeat in the Southwest War may not be a good thing for the empire. It is also a wake-up call for the imperial military, which has always been obsessed with the myth of the empire's invincibility and invincibility. It will also help kill the growing pride in the army. Although the overall situation on the Indian battlefield was good, there were still setbacks on some local battlefields. The performance of the Hansen Allied Forces far exceeded the expectations of the Imperial Privy Council Staff, forcing Cui Wenxiu to give up taking the entire West Indian in one fell swoop. De'an's thoughts, Liang Chongxin also saw some of Cui Wenxiu's views on the Indian De'an campaign mentioned in the residence newspaper. It seems that Cui Wenxiu is also reflecting and changing his ideas. Not a good thing on the officer's mind.

Liang Chongxin took a deep breath. The trip to Yuhang might bring an end to his relatively peaceful life. Even the position of the commander of the First Legion has been removed. It seems that His Majesty wants to make himself Assuming responsibility for the entire Southwest War, Liang Chongxin has no idea what to do next. The third chapter of Jiangshan Beauty's Chronicles sweeps Liuhe, the first chapter of Jin Ge's first move, the fifty-eighth section of profound changes