Zhao Xing's superficial economic concepts in later generations only heard Qin Yilu and Liu Jili's eyes shining. He was very confident about how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure for the General's Mansion this year. (eng.com) Zhao Xing's view is actually very simple. He just told the two of them: "If you want to eat eggs, you must find a way to raise more chickens. Never even slaughter the chickens and eat them!"

Zhao Xing's concept has always been to hide wealth from the people, first let the people become rich, and then let the people consume with confidence. Bingzhou has always maintained a strong army and resolutely resisted various aggression. The main purpose is to vigorously create a safe and stable internal environment and let the people feel safe and prosperous. After the people live and work in peace, they will naturally promote consumption and increase the fiscal and tax revenue of the counties and counties in Bingzhou. The money collected by each county and county will be fed back to the General's Mansion, allowing Zhao Xing to have the financial resources to continue to build the "highway" in the state, recruit migrant workers to promote water conservancy, improve the production foundation of agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery and mining, properly resettle newly enlisted refugees, create more large-scale military equipment, and raise more war horses...

In view of the deep-rooted corruption in the officialdom, Zhao Xing asked his secret troops, the "Security Bureau" and the "Shadow Force" to detect public opinion in various places in a timely manner. Once he found that the public grievances of a certain county were gradually boiling, he immediately sent Tian Feng, a righteous and honest official, to go openly and secretly to prevent local officials from continuing to corruption. With Tian Feng's high IQ and his years of experience in the officialdom of the Luoyang imperial capital, the "ghosts and monsters" wherever he went were immediately investigated and revealed the prototype. Over time, after hearing that Tian Feng came, some local officials often took the initiative to explain the problem and begged to be able to make a lighter move.

For officials who caused resentment from the people due to their limited ability, Zhao Xing would invite them to Wohu City for a warning and admonishment, and then send them to Sima Fang and other capable officials to train and improve. For a few officials who were greedy, Zhao Xing did not cruelly behead them all, but ordered people to confiscate all their property and then rushed into the mines controlled by the government to serve labor. Zhao Xing called it "labor reform", and did not give a penny of wages, and even the Xianbei people captured were inferior.

At that time, someone suggested that it would be too light to deal with corrupt officials. Zhao Xing smiled sinisterly and said, "Don't worry, everyone, the labor reform in three or five months may still be able to support it. If you wait until three or five years later, anyone who enters will feel that life is worse than death..." The opposition thought about it carefully, and immediately sweated on his forehead and dared not say more.

According to Zhao Xing's philosophy - "Any official who treats the people as a cattle and horse should turn them into a cattle and horse after being caught! Now Bingzhou is the time to use people, wouldn't it be too cheap to kill the corrupt officials with one knife? The property of corrupt officials and then let them work as a hard worker can create more wealth for Bingzhou, which is also a make-up!"

In order to prevent the twilight path of Zhu Yuanzhang in later generations to punish corruption, Zhao Xing had a lot of thoughts on how to prevent officials from using power for personal gain. According to the current social situation at that time, it was obviously not feasible to fully implement some practices in later generations, and they had to be improved and adapted. For example, the backbone of society at that time was a large and large family, and the existence of these aristocratic families had both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage was that it could continuously provide various talents for the country, and the disadvantage was that it would form a privileged class and aristocratic force in the long run.

If Zhao Xing did not distinguish between "equalizing the rich and poor" measures, there would definitely be a political crisis within three months. Many of his civil and military officials and generals were emerging forces, and his family had accumulated wealth in recent years. Even generals like Zhao Yun, who came from the Han family, Zhao Xing specially built a mansion for him to ensure that the brother and sister would not be inferior to each other. If they were "equalizing the rich and poor", they would not need to be called by others, and Zhao Xing himself would be forced to escape by his subordinates.

Since it is impossible to roughly eliminate the gap between various classes by artificial means, Zhao Xing adopted a method of building a bridge over the gap between various classes, that is, to use iron and blood to defend the power of all classes to make sounds, and to ensure that those who work hard in all classes can step into the next level through their efforts. This is the merit system pioneered by Zhao Xing. Regardless of all walks of life, regardless of origin, it only depends on your contribution to Bingzhou. For this reason, Zhao Xing also specially convened a large group of people of various identities to form a "Meritorious Committee" to specifically draft and revise the specific standards for merit evaluation.

According to Zhao Xing's proposal, those who make the following achievements will be awarded the first-class merit, namely the Purple Heart Medal.

Anyone who resists the enemy outside Bingzhou and protects the peace of the people can be awarded first-class merits according to their specific achievements. The first batch of generals at all levels under Zhao Xing's tent were naturally the generals at all levels under Zhao Xing's tent. As long as they kill more than 100 enemies after joining the army, they will be awarded first-class merits. Guan Yu, Xu Huang, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Lu Bu, Li Jinwu, Gao Shun and others all meet the conditions. Although several military advisors did not kill the enemy in front of the battlefield, they reduced casualties of their soldiers and ensured victory in the battle because of their proper advice. They were also awarded the First-class Purple Heart Medal.

Anyone who lives in the local area can be awarded first-class merits. The first batch of people who received such merits were Zao Zhi, Sima Zhi, Cui Yan and others. The results of this selection are undisputed. These officials' prestige among the people is catching up with Zhao Xing, and they can be called role models for "parent officials".

Anyone who innovates and achieves significant achievements in "science and technology" can also be awarded first-class merits. The first batch of those who have received such merits were Hua Tuo and Xu Mantang, the master of blast furnace steelmaking and forging steel, some craftsmen responsible for weapon research and development, and the master of movable type printing. Zhao Xing deliberately proposed a new word "science and technology" that no one had heard of before, and said with a firm word: "Science and technology are the primary production force!"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Jian, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan and others were awarded the first-class meritorious service. From this, it can be seen that Zhao Xing raised the work of teaching and educating people and talent training to an unprecedented level.

So what benefits can those who are awarded the Purple Heart Medal get? In Zhao Xing's words, it is that "will be widely recognized and respected by society." Zhao Xing did not reward the property and fields extensively for those who received the first-class medal. Instead, he ordered people to draw images of these wise men who were rewarded by Bingzhou, record their achievements, and make them into the "synthetic men" list of Bingzhou, which will be exhibited in various counties and counties in turn. It is said that in the future, they will be engraved on famous people's monuments made of pure steel for future generations to admire.

Families that have won first-class meritorious deeds can install the clan emblem specially created by General Mansion Craftsmen on the carriage. In the future, those who do not have clan emblems must first give in, otherwise it will be considered usurpation. In the future, when attending a gathering, the seating will be scheduled according to the merits, regardless of civil and military, old or young.

If you have first-class merit, of course, you will have second-class and third-class merits. The reference standard is lower than first-class merits. For example, the first-class merits require the personnel working in the army to kill more than 100 enemies, the second-class will be reduced to thirty people, and the third-class will be reduced to ten people. All merits cannot be inherited and transferred, and only belong to him. If Guan Yu's son Guan Ping wants to be respected, he must go to the battlefield like a father to kill the enemy, or make other contributions. In this regard, Zhao Xing does not even have special children.

According to Zhao Xing's opinion, there will be some other awards and merits in the future. There will be special merits above first-class merits. They must be awarded by those who have made earth-shaking achievements. These are all later stories, so I won't say it for now. In fact, Zhao Xing is currently busy organizing marriages for his brothers, so he can take care of the special merits.
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