The Imperial Army soldiers are the most powerful soldiers, the most elite among the millions of Wei troops, and are also one of the most educated groups in the Wei army, and generally possess the qualities of grassroots officials.

Therefore, retired soldiers of the imperial guards are often outstanding alternates to grassroots officials.

Many officials who lack staff welcome the arrival of retired soldiers of the Imperial Guards, but not every official is qualified to accept retired soldiers of the Imperial Guards.

Even if the retired soldiers of the imperial guards retired, they will not go anywhere.

After the reconstruction of the Taxation Department, the main body of the tax soldiers was an official. After the retired soldiers of the Imperial Army retired, they could choose to become a grassroots official. They had better treatment and higher status, and were far better than tax soldiers.

However, Guo Jin even encouraged retired soldiers of the imperial guards to enter the tax department and become tax soldiers and officials, which shows the extraordinary nature of this department.

So in response to the emperor's call, in early October of the second year of Xingyuan, 316 retired soldiers of the imperial guards who had been present or past collectively requested to enter the Taxation Department to become a glorious tax servant and continue to contribute to His Majesty the Emperor.

The retired soldiers of the Imperial Guard took the lead in entering the Tax Department as tax soldiers, which will naturally attract more retired soldiers who are not from the Imperial Guard to be optimistic about the future of this department, so they also sought to enter the Tax Department.

In just a few days, Lu Zheng received more than 3,000 requests for entry, and the number of tax soldiers recruited by the Taxation Department in the first phase was 1,500 that were compared with the statutory soldiers.

Even if you want to expand, you have to take your time. You can't eat a fat man in one bite, right?

First, digest these 1,500 people, and it will be easier to expand later.

But now there are so many people, the mainland advisor can only choose the best.

To be a good tax officer, force is the second priority, and mastering the tax law is the most important. The prerequisite for learning the tax law is the cultural foundation, so the mainland debate directly announced the assessment and cultural examination.

The officials who were always paying attention to the establishment of the tax department felt something was wrong when they heard the mainland’s discussions on doing a literary exam.

This department is not a joke, it is a serious and long-lasting one, just like a monk.

Old Piece Cheng used to close the door to give crazi remedial lessons to the monks. Now, any monk can interrogate criminals on the spot, which makes officials very troubled.

Now tax servants are obviously going to develop in this direction.

The officials could not stop them, they could only talk.

When Cao Cao and his old friend Guo Jia made an appointment to drink together, they talked about this matter.

"I don't know this person very well, Fengxiao, do you understand him?"

"A little understanding."

Guo Jia drank a glass of wine and said slowly: "At that time, before Zhang Wenyuan went south to defeat Sun Wu, Lu Yi and his family were cheated and forced to do so. So with the help of the Supreme Emperor, he fled Jiangdong, which brought great shock to Jiangdong back then."

"So that's it... Then why are you walking with His Majesty today?"

Cao Cao thought for a while: "As far as I know, I have never heard of this person."

"It was nothing. I have been following His Majesty for the past twenty years, working diligently, and I have never heard of any special talents."

Guo Jia put down his glass: "I have to say something is wrong, that is, when he first came to us, he was sent by the Supreme Emperor to His Majesty today... just like your Cao family and the nephew of Xiahou family."

Guo Jia mentioned the last sentence.

Cao Cao frowned slightly.

"Such an important position was not handed over to the sons and nephews of the Cao family, nor to Lu Yu, who grew up with him since childhood. Instead, it was handed over to this person. It seems that this person has a very different position in His Majesty's heart."

"So what? Now that's it, what else can you and I do?"

Guo Jia chuckled and drank another glass of wine.

Cao Cao sighed, raised his glass and was about to drink, but suddenly he was a little confused again. He looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Is the death of Mr. Shanyang really caused by elixirs?"

"Meng De, I know what you think, but you really thought about this matter wrong. At that time, the person who didn't want Shanyang Gong to die the most was His Majesty today. Also, don't touch the pills, there is really a problem."

Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao with a serious look on his face.

"I don't know how to take pills. Birth, old age, sickness, death means birth, old age, sickness, death. I feel a little strange. Why are so many things colliding together? It's a terrible time."

Cao Cao shook his head, raised his head and drank a glass of wine, and asked, "Did you think that the disaster of Zaozhi will be so great today?"

"I didn't think about it at first, but then I thought about it and it didn't feel strange."

Guo Jia smiled bitterly: "Meng De, Your Majesty is taught by the Emperor of the Supreme Emperor for more than ten years. He will support the throne with one hand. If Your Majesty cannot deal with Zao Zhi, do you think the result is better or worse than the current one?"

Cao Cao remembered Guo Peng who was parading outside and shivered for no reason.

"Misfortune is where good fortune depends, and good fortune is where bad fortune lies."

“That’s exactly that.”

Guo Jia smiled and raised his glass: "The Supreme Emperor is in good health and can even travel far away. Although he retreated, the Supreme Emperor still suppresses the entire Wei Kingdom."

"Too."

Cao Cao also raised his glass with a smile and clinked a glass with Guo Jia.

"I just don't know whether the reorganization of the tax department and the formation of the tax servants will be good or bad for us."

"You will have nothing to do with paying taxes honestly."

Guo Jia drank the wine in one sip, picked up a piece of meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and then swallowed it: "Don't tell me that you, the chief minister of the cabinet, still have to evade taxes."

"Of course there aren't, but as far as I know, there are actually many people who do this. After twelve years of Yande, such things actually began to happen, but they were not put on the surface. This time, Cheng Zhongde took action and broke the sky. His Majesty formed a tax servant, which is not a warning."

Cao Cao also picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth. He chewed it for a moment and frowned and spit it out.

"how?"

"I'm so tired, don't you think?"

"No, it's delicious, Meng De, you're in poor health."

Guo Jia continued to eat meat in big mouthfuls, chewing it in front of Cao Cao as if showing off.

"Go and go, people under fifty are competing with me, the sixty-two-year-old, for this."

Cao Cao was very unhappy and drank another glass of wine, and then continued the topic just now: "The tax servants have just been formed and may not take action immediately. Now it is still time to remedy it, but I am afraid that some ghosts will not be able to bear the small profits of the fly, and then there will be another bloody storm."

"Is that a small profit?"

Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao.

Cao Cao thought about it and said, well, it is indeed not a small profit for flies. The more acres of land, the more tax they pay, and it is really not a small profit for flies.

"But compared with future and life, it's not important."

"You and I think so, I'm afraid that some people don't think so."

Guo Jia shook his head: "But no matter what, once the tax soldiers are established, the tax department will be very good to collect. At that time, I don't know how many people will break into the house and use iron ropes to parade in the streets."

"Since the three generations, since the Qin and Han dynasties, our imperial power has been very important."

Cao Cao sighed and said, "This is really an unprecedented change."

"What do you want to say?"

Guo Jia swallowed a piece of meat.

"You don't want to say anything about Fengxiao?"

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia.

"I don't want to say anything, I don't want to do anything."

Guo Jia smiled: "It would be better to say that I was being used by His Majesty to deal with the matter of Shanyang Gong. The Staff Office has not had a serious war for a long time, so it made me feel uncomfortable. I am still very happy to deal with some emergencies occasionally."

Cao Cao knew Guo Jia and knew that since Guo Jia was molested once by Guo Peng, his whole personality has become a little depressed. He is no longer as lively and active as before, and rarely appears.

Last year, Guo Hong passed away, and the old minister of the Guo family was headed by Guo Jia. This time, Guo Jin used him as the elder of the royal family and specially asked him to deal with the affairs of Liu Jian, the Duke of Shanyang, allowing Guo Jia to see the hope of being trusted again.

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Cao Cao has been the chief minister of the cabinet and has been dealing with government affairs for more than ten years. He has long been accustomed to this kind of life. And as long as Cao Lan is still alive, Cao Cao feels that he has no security problems.

But this time, Cao Cao was a little different from his previous worries.

"I didn't expect Wang Zhongxuan to leave his post."

"Wang Zhongxuan?"

Guo Jia paused and put down the chopsticks in his hand: "Do you have a good relationship with Wang Zhongxuan? Why do I think you two don't have much contact? Apart from you who have all been the chief minister of the cabinet, do you have other unknown relationships?"

"What is an unknown relationship?"

Cao Cao gave Guo Jia a blank look: "Although I have no private friendship with Wang Zhongxuan, my position with Wang Zhongxuan is consistent in the scene."

"I understand, whatever Your Majesty says is what you are."

Guo Jia smiled: "So, Wang Zhongxuan was transferred and undermined. Do you feel very worried?"

"It's not a strange thing for the emperor to be the minister. On the contrary, since Xingyuan, the old ministers have not been replaced much, and the newcomers are still pursuing their qualifications. This is not a common thing in itself. If you want to say that Your Majesty takes care of the Supreme Emperor's emotions, you can't think so, just..."

Cao Cao sighed: "Zao Zhi's move has completely annoyed Your Majesty. When the emperor was angry, not everyone could bear the consequences. Perhaps, Your Majesty already felt that we old ministers did not meet his needs."

Guo Jia pursed her lips and was silent for a moment.

"Don't worry too much. Wang Zhongxuan was dismissed from his post, which was related to his predicament when he was arguing with Zao Zhi. You should know that Wang Zhongxuan was weak and he was defeated repeatedly against Zao Zhi. His Majesty looked very bad at that time."

"I also know this. Although Wang Zhongxuan is weaker, he still has talent. There is no big problem in presiding over the work of the Ministry of Finance for many years. His Majesty directly asked him to transfer his position, not just because of that matter, right?"

Cao Cao's face was not good, and Guo Jia could understand it.
Chapter completed!