The era of great change has a great impact on the people, especially the tax system and household registration system that can affect them immediately.

This will directly affect the stability of the country.

Therefore, Xiao Ruxun dared not slacken in the reforms in these two aspects. While reducing taxes, he also exempted a number of unscrupulous taxes that should not exist, such as fire and silver consumption.

At the same time, tax collectors strictly restricted from collecting excess taxes by making a name for setting up a name, and local prosecutors coordinated tax collection. The Central Investigation Department established a branch in the currently controlled area to supervise the entire process. Once a tax collector who illegally collects taxes, they will be arrested immediately.

This is a tax law reform that benefits the general public.

Another reform also concerns all the people, that is, the abolition of the household registration division system of "military craftsmen" since the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the abolition of the division of household registrations of military households, craftsmen, medical households, station households, salt households, music households, ban households, etc., and all grant the status of household registrations.

The untouchable system existed for a long time in ancient China. Before the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, the household registration system was mainly about prostitutes and actors. In the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, the household registration system had an unprecedented regression and divided the people across the country into many households. Each household had no choice but to do the same thing, and even needed special approval from the emperor.

The Ming Dynasty inherited such a system, and some products were produced on it. For example, the Wei Sui system was based on military households. This household registration system that was anti-human and severely restricted social development was ridiculous. Xiao Ruxun began to plan to abolish it early in the morning.

And now it is better, because abolishing these household registration systems is equivalent to giving kindness to the people. Xiao Ruxun understood the truth that predecessors planted trees and later took advantage of the shade.

These household registration systems were abolished, unified in the household registration system, unified management, and adapted household types into occupations to allow transfer between different occupations and allow movement. Once this decree was issued, it caused a strong response from several places in the southeastern provinces.

Because there are a large number of low-ranking households here, including descendants of Zhang Shicheng's tribe who confronted Zhu Yuanzhang, and descendants of the rest of Emperor Jianwen's tribe who confronted Zhu Di. They are all low-ranking households with the lowest status and are looked down upon. However, after Xiao Ruxun's order, they were liberated and granted land.

They transformed from a untouchable into a taxpayer and received fair treatment, which was like rebirth for them.

The court did not dare to raise any questions about the liberation of other household registrations, but the liberation of military households made the court officials panic. They didn't know why Xiao Ruxun did this. After liberating the military households, who would join the army?

So Xiao Ruxun took advantage of the situation to launch his new military service plan, using a new military service system to replace the military household registration system, and ended the matter of serving as a soldier for generations.

This reform that increases control over local areas and increases taxpayers to improve social productivity and people's loyalty is only a small government that is willing but not capable.

At this moment, while the purge became more and more intense, at a time when the court resistance was unprecedentedly weakened, Xiao Ruxun began to attack the six ministries, and the first one was the Ministry of Revenue. Xiao Ruxun ordered the Ministry of Revenue to be divided into two, divided into the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and divided the functions.

The Ministry of Finance is responsible for taxation and finance, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs is responsible for household registration and civil affairs. Ye Xianggao became the Minister of Finance. The position of Minister of Civil Affairs is temporarily vacant and is handed over to several ministers for management. No one knows who Xiao Ruxun likes is.

However, these reforms are certain to affect the whole body. Since Xiao Ruxun proposed military service reform, it is obviously necessary to take action against many departments. The household registration is closely related to military service. The Ministry of Revenue must take action passively, and Ye Xianggao is not confused at all.

However, Ye Xianggao originally thought he would be in charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but he became the Minister of Finance, which made him somewhat confused.

In addition, Xiao Ruxun established a new departmental General Staff Department, and transferred the former Minister of War Liu Huangshang to the General Staff Department. The military functions of the Ministry of War were inherited by the General Staff Department. The remaining functions of the Ministry of War were the same as those of the logistics department, which was in charge of military logistics and transportation, that is, part of the original functions of the Arsenal Department, had no relationship with military command.

In addition, the weapons research and development function of the Arsenal Department was also divided by Xiao Ruxun, and the Military Industry Department was established separately. Xu Guangqi was appointed as the Minister of the Military Industry Department, who was responsible for weapons research and development and innovation.

The Ministry of Works is still responsible for the world's projects as always, without any changes, and has added the function of innovating the private equipment. The Minister of Works is still Yang Yikui, becoming the only ministerial-level boss who has not changed in this political storm.

The Super-Fatty Department of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Personnel's Wenxuan Department and the Ministry of Personnel's Examination Department were divided together and joined together to form a new central organization department of direct emperors. The appointment, removal and promotion of military generals and officials were also under the jurisdiction of this department. The Ministry of Personnel only had the functions of managing the list of officials and issuing official certificates according to the appointment of the Organization Department.

This department is not subject to any other department and only obeys the emperor's orders. The candidate for the Shangshu of this department is actually the emperor's elder brother, King Xiao Rulan of Chu.

Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the King of Chu would not become the Secretary of the Real Power at all. The actual head of this department is Emperor Xiao Ruxun himself. The few ministers below are actually powerful, but they are all Xiao Ruxun's confidants.

It seems that in order to prevent the Central Organization Department from becoming a department with too much power that hinders the emperor's power, Xiao Ruxun used the royal family who could not hold real power to serve as the puppet minister. The actual power was in the hands of the emperor.

If the guess is correct, the candidates for the puppet Shangshu in this department will be held by the royal family in the future, but in fact they are in the hands of the emperor.

All financial, human, military and military power were captured by the emperor, and the court was under control. The ministers completely became tools for the emperor and no longer had the ability to fight against the emperor.

Against this background, the Central Investigation Department informed the emperor of the investigation results of the Zhao Shiqing case.

This is a political case led by Zhu Yinghuai, Duke Cheng Guo, and joined forces with several former Ming nobles and some former Ming dynasty officials. The reason was that they were dissatisfied with Zhao Shiqing's favor and were very jealous of Zhao Shiqing, and then developed dissatisfaction with the emperor's dissatisfaction with them not giving them real power.

As a result, the case rose to the point of politics. Zhu Yinghuai decided to kill Zhao Shiqing and sounded the alarm for the emperor, allowing the emperor to understand the status quo, and even joined forces with a group of former Ming officers to take action once the emperor did not compromise, launch a coup again, kill the emperor, and welcome the restoration of Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the former Ming emperor.

The case finally "revealed" and "the truth is revealed".

After Emperor Xiao Ruxun learned the truth about this incident, he was "long Yan furious" and extremely angry demanded that all the noble officials involved in the matter be executed, the males in the family be executed together, the females were confiscated into the Jiaofangsi, and all their property was confiscated into the national treasury.

All grassroots participants who have not explained before but are now explained, such as the officers in the original Ming army, will be dealt with and eliminated.

Gu Dali and Cai Guozhen, who assisted in the investigation in time, were given leniency, that is, they were executed, but their family members could live, abolish their titles and official positions, demote them to commoners, and allow them to stay in the capital, but they could not live at their original address.

Zhao Shiqing was comforted by the tragic death, and his posthumous title was added to Wenzhong and the title of Prince and Tutor. Zhao Shiqing's son was favored by the court and was granted official positions and rewards. His wife gave him a first-class imperial edict to enjoy the national honor.

The Zhao family was grateful for the emperor's comfort.

Since then, the first major purge has won a phased victory.
Chapter completed!