Liu Bei's political literacy was not comparable to that of ordinary people, and he quickly understood Liu Qi's intentions.

For Liu Qi now, the most important thing is to implement the imperial examination system, and at the same time abolish the poll tax and collect it from the land.

This plan has been completely implemented in Jingzhou and Yizhou. During this period, they also experienced many rebellions within their jurisdiction, but Liu Qi suppressed them one by one.

It must be said that the popularity of Zhenxi Rice gave Liu Qi strong confidence.

In this era, if a political group can possess enough grain and grass, it is equivalent to mastering economic hegemony! After all, it is still an agricultural society, and grain and grass are to a certain extent more powerful than the right to issue currency.

Coupled with the powerful army developed by borrowing from the war, half of the rebellions in the south due to political reforms were successively put down by Liu Qi in these years.

Half of Jingzhou and Yizhou have now become Liu Qi's backing. Now that he has changed the entire political system of the Han Dynasty, even if the powerful people and nobles under his rule have disagreements, he will have enough ability to calm them down.

But the important thing is that they must be exposed quickly, and the most important thing is to quickly deal with the opposition forces in the court.

Therefore, Liu Qi did not reuse Liu Bei, and when Liu Bei came to see him during the day, he sent Xu Chu to drive him back.

The signal Liu Qi wanted to send to the people in the Luoyang court was that Liu Bei was not put in his important position this time, and had been ignored by Liu Qi.

In this way, Liu Bei would have the opportunity to get close to those groups who secretly want to harm Liu Qi.

Logically speaking, these risky groups will not easily jump back for a while, but Liu Qi is now using the fastest means to touch the core interests of their family, and only needs to deliberately arrange some for them later.

Opportunity', I believe these people will definitely lose their composure.

When the time comes, we will close the network in one fell swoop.

After listening to Liu Qi's detailed explanation, Liu Bei probably understood Liu Qi's intention.

But he was still a little confused...

"Why does Your Majesty single-handedly select ministers for such a big job?"

"Come here, serve the wine!" Liu Qi shouted loudly to Gong Wan.

After a while, Jing Wu soldiers brought wine and food to the table.

"Uncle Emperor, you have seen that I do not use eunuchs as my servants in the palace, but only Jingwu soldiers. Do you know why?"

Liu Bei shook his head, showing confusion.

"Most of the eunuchs in this palace are left behind by the late emperor. I can't trust them."

Only then did Liu Bei suddenly realize.

Yes, these people were originally from the generation of the late Emperor Liu Xie. No one can say how many of them were corrupted by the courtiers and whether they would have tipped off those courtiers.

"Everyone in front of me, inside and outside this hall, is trustworthy to me, including you, uncle."

Liu Qi's words made Liu Bei feel a little moved.

"I am extremely grateful for your majesty's trust."

Liu Qi smiled and said: "You and I are from the same clan. If I don't trust the emperor's uncle, who can I trust? But in the current situation, if someone wants to use a bitter trick to get into their ranks, it must be the emperor's uncle... After all, Jingzhou

The generals in this department are all my confidants on the surface, and if I let them plot, they will definitely be discovered by the other party."

Liu Bei pursed his lips and thought for a long time before slowly saying: "Although Bei stayed in Jingzhou for a while, it was not long, and later he joined the imperial court. From the outside, the relationship between me and His Majesty does not seem to be strong.

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Liu Qi nodded heavily and said, "That's why I chose you, uncle Huang."

Liu Bei cupped his hands again and said: "Excuse me, your majesty, if you trust me so much, aren't you afraid that I will be deceived by those scourges who claim to be clean...are you really going to fall to their side?"

Liu Qi shook his head heavily and said, "I'm not afraid!"

"Your Majesty actually has so much trust in my character?"

"Don't doubt the people you trust, don't trust the people you employ. I trust your uncle a thousand times or ten thousand times."

Liu Bei was very moved after hearing this.

A scholar dies for his confidant. If he gets a king like this, what more can he ask for?

Of course, from Liu Qi's perspective, he does trust Liu Bei.

But not because of character.

Although Liu Bei was a powerful hero for a while, his background was not very high. He had been weaving mats and selling shoes since he was a child. Although he had the opportunity to become a disciple of Lu Zhi, a great scholar from Jiujiang County, because of the support of his fellow sect Liu Yuanqi, he was not as good as Confucian classics.

At a time when noble families are respected, Liu Bei's status and resources are still too low. If he wants to climb up, he must have good opportunities.

Although Liu Bei has reached this position today, judging from his promotion route, he still followed the path of becoming a military general in the border counties. In the eyes of the so-called "mainstays" of the Han Dynasty, he was still not worthy of recognition.

Therefore, Liu Qi puts himself in Liu Bei's shoes and looks at it from Liu Bei's current point of view. Whether he is on the side of a scholar or a noble family, the benefits he can obtain are minimized.

Only by standing on the side of the clan can Liu Bei rise from the ground and soar into the sky.

This is limited by his innate natural conditions and there is nothing he can do about it.

The ceiling on the Liu clan's side is undoubtedly the emperor.

Therefore, Liu Bei's interests can be maximized only by fighting with him to the end.

This is why Liu Qi trusts Liu Bei unconditionally.

After the two people talked at length for a long time, Liu Bei stood up and said to Liu Qi: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do my best to eliminate the cancer of the Han Dynasty."

"Please, uncle."

The monarch and his ministers each raised their wine glasses, greeted each other, and then drank the wine in one gulp.

…

At the court meeting two days later, Liu Qi dropped a bombshell in the court.

He issued an edict, led by Liu Yu, Liu He, Xun You, Xu Shu, Kuai Yue and others, to develop a new tax collection bill based on the taxation method originally implemented in Jingzhou, and to implement it within a time limit.

At the same time, scholars including Yang Biao have been petitioning to reestablish the Imperial Academy, and Liu Qi has also agreed to reestablish it.

However, from now on, the appointment and dismissal of officials in various places will no longer go through local inspections, and the appointment of supplementary officials and supplementary officials by imperial students has no substantial significance. Liu Qi's talent selection system is based on a unified examination by the country's doctors of the Five Classics.

The fourth-level academic examination is finally selected based on the Shangshutai's basic standard ranking. The list of candidates is submitted to the emperor and the Minister of Support for joint selection and appointment. The local government no longer participates in the appointment and removal of candidates.

All the power of appointing and removing officials in each county was also taken back by the central government, and the county guards no longer had the responsibility of recruiting.

As soon as the decree came out, the court was shaken and all the ministers were shocked!

After hearing this letter, Zhao Qi, Fu Wan, Wu Shuo, Ma Rixi and other ministers who had already joined Liu Qi could not help but stand up and express their opposition.

"Your Majesty! The laws of taxation and filial piety and honesty are ancestral systems that have been continued since the time of Emperor Wu. How can they be abandoned in one day after being used for hundreds of years? This is an act that shakes the foundation of the country and subverts the principles of the government!" Ma Ma

Ri Xi shouted to Liu Qi loudly.

"Presumptuous!" Liu Qi retorted directly: "Can't the ancestral system left by Xiaowu be changed? Didn't Emperor Xiaowu change the system of Gaozu? If all the systems in the world remain unchanged, then what's the point?

What do you want the emperor to do? What do you want talented people like you to do? If I can just find some officials from among the people and follow the decrees left by my ancestors and copy them exactly the same, why should the imperial court pay you a salary?"

At this moment Yang Biao stood up and said: "Your Majesty's words are a bit biased. Your Majesty has just ascended the throne and wants to reform the system. This is understandable. But your Majesty must think carefully. If some policies are changed too quickly,
Chapter completed!