In just four days, Liang Chongxin crossed Tiannan from southern Myanmar alone and entered Guanxi, and boarded a ship from Hanzhong to head east along the Yangtze River. After a week here, he could arrive at Yuhang Prefecture City and meet His Majesty, who had just visited Jiangnan.

The road conditions in the Guanxi area have been greatly improved. You can feel the road from Bashan to Hanzhong. Although it is a mountain road, the road is quite flat and the order along the route is very good. Liang Chongxin felt the changes over the years so close as an ordinary citizen for the first time. The tea and water hotels along the way have also increased a lot compared to before. The hurrying and manners of the business travelers on the road show that the business policy implemented by His Majesty the Emperor is gradually showing strength.

Although the taxes of merchants have not been reduced much, the most important point is that the number of ox-haired Liguan along the Tanghe Empire in the past was completely abolished, and replaced by a simple and accurate tax payment system. Merchants no longer have to worry about paying taxes locally and facing other burdens when they leave their homes. This simplification of the system and procedure not only greatly eliminates the most troublesome time consumption of merchants, but also greatly eliminates the soil for officials to take the opportunity to make money. The officials' extortion of merchants has been curbed to the "slightest level ever" (a silk business statement), which can be almost negligible.

The officials and spies stationed in various counties and governments of the Supervision Bureau are happy to share clues with other government departments because they can obtain enough political achievements, which is the only way for them to get promoted and make money. Other departments are willing to use it for the officials of the Supervision Bureau. The generous rewards of reporting and providing clues are enough to make middle and lower-level officials and ordinary people jealous, while the Supervision Bureau is happy to issue this kind of interest that will further stimulate officials and public reports. Anyway, the wool comes from the sheep, and these rewards will come from there.

The assets of the criminals who are favoritism and abused by the law and bribery are proposed in proportion. No wonder they enjoy it. This mechanism not only greatly improves the efficiency of the Supervisory Office, but also increases the prestige of the Supervisory Office day by day. The performance assessment of local officials is also directly linked to the integrity of their subordinates. If a local official has continuous corruption problems, the local chief official may have to consider whether he should resign, otherwise the supervisory department will investigate whether you are dereliction of duty.

The new "Regulations on Punishing Commercial Bribery" has been signed and approved by His Majesty the Emperor and officially came into effect on June 1, 700, the decree issued directly to industrial and commercial masters in order to obtain improper benefits or engage in unfair competition has caused great controversy in the newly established noble houses and civilian houses of the Empire, and it has also become the focus of media discussion in May. In the end, it was barely approved by the noble houses under the strong promotion of the civilian houses. His Majesty the Emperor's rating seemed to be the best. He signed this decree without hesitation, which made some people suspect that this regulation was proposed by His Majesty the Emperor intended to instruct the representatives of the Civilian Houses of the People, with the purpose of severely punishing those who are inclined to seek personal gain.

The decree clearly stipulates that any bribery that is carried out for the purpose of obtaining improper benefits will be severely punished by the briber, regardless of whether the administrative officials accepts it or not. The so-called membership money, regular money, kickbacks, and dividends for dry shares are included in the scope of commercial bribery in the specific explanation, which shocked the entire business and political circles. Of course, the voluntary bribery of administrative officials will no longer be listed. This is the issue that Liang Chongxin heard the most talked about by merchants along the way. It is obvious that merchants are deeply interested in the promulgation of this decree. The intensity of the implementation of this regulation is closely related to their business.

Together with the "Regulations on Punishing Commercial Bribery", the new "Imperial Officials' Salary Standard Regulations" and the "Imperial Rewards Navigation and Exploration Regulations". The previous Regulations were proposed by representatives of the Noble House and were soon obtained in the Civilian House to submit the law to be signed and effective in the Imperial Emperor. The effective date was also June 1. This regulation caused a great shock among the officials in the imperial political circles and local governments. According to the standards of unified assessment of rank and years, the salaries of officials in various parts of the empire were basically the same. Compared with the past, the income of these officials almost doubled, and all were open to the society, which caused an uproar. The soaring income naturally made officials happy, but the public to the society made them unable to accept it. However, compared with the former, the latter condition is a little harsh, but it is nothing.

The implementation of the three laws has made Liang Chongxin have more anecdotes along the way. Businessmen are naturally talking about the spies in the supervision department that began to penetrate into all walks of life. Businessmen's business activities have to be more standardized, otherwise it would be unpleasant to be invited to have tea by the supervision department. Officials are more discussing the issue of increased salary and openness. The surge in salary is exciting, and openness is embarrassing. But there is no perfect thing in the world. Compared with the increase in income, it is not considered openness.

What's the matter? Officials are also worried about whether such a huge adjustment to the salary can be maintained. The empire was first established, foreign wars continued, and finances were so tight, and the empire actually wanted to significantly increase the salary. This can certainly win over the hearts of the officials, but once it cannot last, it will make the officials feel resentful. Some officials are also wondering whether the empire has made new gains in the battlefields of the Indian and German regions, which will give His Majesty the Emperor so much confidence to make this adjustment.

Compared with the influence of the previous two regulations, the influence of the "Imperial Rewards Navigation and Exploration Regulations" seems to be much smaller in the mainland, but Liang Chongxin also felt the driving force of this decree from the conversations of some merchants related to overseas trade. In fact, before this, His Majesty the Emperor had publicly stated the empire's attitude towards 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 empire's merchants in foreign trade with foreign trade, especially overseas trade, which will surely stimulate the development of maritime shipping and shipbuilding, and will also cultivate a large number of talents related to marine shipping and trade, and at the same time promote the empire's pace from a land power to a maritime power.

In this regulation, the rewards given by exploring and discovering overseas territories outside the Empire continent are particularly generous, and even can be obtained canonized nobles. You should know that the empire now has a very strict control over canonized nobles. Often, there are only a few places in a county, and some counties even have only two or three people. One large mansion may not produce one person. It is naturally a supreme honor to find that overseas territories can actually receive such rewards. No wonder it caused huge waves in the hearts of those merchants, captains, sailors who have been walking overseas for many years. Even the owners of the ships operating the inland waterway when Liang Chongxin boarded the ship in Hanzhong were placing their mouths.

Liang Chongxin was also much more pleased when feeling the rapid changes of the empire. At least the living standards of the people in the empire have made great progress, and the social security order has reached a very good level. Whether in Shi Tiannan, Guanxi, or on the ship, Liang Chongxin fully experienced these gratifying changes. On the downward ship, Liang Chongxin was sometimes thinking that His Majesty the Emperor is still tirelessly promoting foreign wars. I wonder if such persistent pursuit is really in line with the fundamental interests of the empire? Does the interests of the empire need to be protected through external expansion? And is military means the only effective way to protect the rights and interests of the empire?

This problem is logically not a problem for Liang Chongxin, who claims to be a pure soldier. Soldiers must obey political needs. What is politics? Politics is just a means used by the ruling class to control the people's needs to meet their interests. At least at present, the empire has not shown any disgust with the war of external expansion. Perhaps some open-minded people have realized this, but as long as the expansion of the empire can bring benefits to them, they are happy to see this situation. Once the efforts and benefits cannot form a virtuous cycle, all kinds of contradictions may be exposed.

The cool river breeze blows towards him, allowing Liang Chongxin to slowly return to the pressure he will face when he goes east to Yuhang. The failure of the war in the southwest may not be a good thing for the empire. It also helps to kill the arrogance that grows in the army, which has been addicted to the myth of the empire's invincible victory. Although Cui Wenxiu's overall situation on the Indian-Germany battlefield was good, he still encountered setbacks on the local battlefield. The performance of Hansen's Allied Army far exceeded the expectations of the General Staff of the Imperial Privy Council, forcing Cui Wenxiu to give up the idea of ​​taking down the entire Western Indian-Germany in one fell swoop. In the newspaper Liang Chongxin also saw some of the views Cui Wenxiu talked about about the Indian-Germany battle. It seems that Cui Wenxiu is also reflecting and changing his ideas. The existence of the idea of ​​the world's number one is not a good thing in the mind of the senior officer.
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