After Zhong Shidao, Li Ruobing, the Minister of Civil Affairs, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and others left in confusion, Zhao Huan raised his fingers, knocked on the table in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "I plan to really do it."

I divided people into three, six or nine grades, and I left three beloved ones today just to talk about this matter."

As soon as Zhao Huan's words came out, Li Gang, Zhuang Chengyi, and Fang Zian, the Minister of Rites who had not spoken just now, all frowned.

I have never experienced the rule of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, nor have I ever seen slaves grow their hair or not, and die-hard farmers are full of uncles. Li Gang and others feel that there are high and low positions, honor and inferiority, and that the people are divided into scholars, farmers, industry, and commerce. These are all normal.

.But isn’t it too much to forcefully divide people into categories?

"I have informed the officials that this matter must never be done."

Fang Zian, the Minister of Rites, bowed and said: "It's not that the humble ministers are pedantic, but that the officials, as the emperor, represent the herdsmen of heaven. All the people in the world are the subjects of the officials. How can they be divided into three, six, and nine grades?"

Li Gang and Zhuang Chengyi also bowed and said: "I second the proposal."

Zhao Huan sneered, knocked on the table with his fingers, and asked: "All the people in the world are my subjects? If the blue hats in the alleys of the city are given to the happy people, they may be considered my subjects? Have they ever given them to me?

Have I ever paid a penny in taxes?"

At the mention of Tiaojin Alley, Zhao Huan suddenly felt nauseous again.

Ever since these Yishi Leye people came to Bianliang, Kaifeng during the time when Zhao Jixiang and those idiots were emperors, what was once a nice alley has turned into a tricky alley, and no one remembers its original name!

Li Gang and others were a little dumbfounded.

Emperor Zhao Jixiang ordered him to "return to me in Zhongxia, abide by the customs of his ancestors, and leave his legacy to Bianliang." However, the officials in Bianjing did not take these people who were gifted with music seriously, even though these people lived in Bianjing city.

I can study and take imperial examinations, but no one really wants to come to them to collect taxes...

"The people of the Song Dynasty have to pay taxes twice a year. The taxes go to me and the taxes go to the state treasury. To put it bluntly, my expenses in the harem and the salaries of the ministers are all saved by me, the people of the Song Dynasty.

The savings are truly a blessing from the people."

"The maids in my palace? the concubines? the maids and concubines in the princes' families? They are also the daughters of the common people. The officers and soldiers of the imperial army and the Xiang army of the Song Dynasty are also from the common people."

"Why don't our monarchs and ministers feel sorry for the common people like this? Who else do we expect to feel compassion for them? If our monarchs and ministers don't treat them well, then do we still have a conscience?"

The more he talked, the more excited he became? Zhao Huan gradually couldn't hold it in anymore.

"So? The 'benevolence' mentioned by the saint is actually for the people of the Song Dynasty. We, the monarchs and ministers, have the obligation to let them live a good life!"

"As for foreigners, what contributions have they made to our Song Dynasty? What qualifications do they have to enjoy the same or even better treatment than the people of my country's Song Dynasty?"

"There is also this gift. This gift is not just etiquette. It also includes reciprocity. What is reciprocity? It means that someone gives you a gift? You have to return the gift, otherwise it is rude. So, if someone comes to me, how can I do it?

If you bully the people of our Song Dynasty, we, the Song Dynasty, should capture their king and destroy their country! Otherwise, this gift will be treated lightly? Wouldn't it be said that I am rude? Wait until the army burns their ancestral temples and exterminates their descendants? We will not forgive you again.

Aren’t they what the saints call ‘forgiveness’?”

"So this third, sixth and ninth class? The first class are naturally the common people of the Song Dynasty, and the second class are the barbarians who are in the Song Dynasty but have not yet obtained the household registration of the Song Dynasty? When they have the household registration of the Song Dynasty, they will naturally

No longer barbarians? But people like me, the common people of the Song Dynasty. As for those barbarians who are not in my Song Dynasty, they are naturally third-class people. Their life and death have nothing to do with my Song Dynasty. The money of the Song Dynasty should be spent

Spend it on the people of the Song Dynasty, rather than spending it on them."

"In order to give these barbarians a chance to become our common people in the Song Dynasty, I have also thought of a way."

"Let's take a Chinese proficiency test first."

"The first-level exams are those who can recognize 500 Chinese characters and speak the official dialect of the Song Dynasty. Those who are fluent or not are the second best. After passing this first-level exam, even those barbarians who are not in the Song Dynasty can apply for the Song Dynasty.

Third-class citizen household registration. After the application is approved, they can rent a house and live in the Song Dynasty, but they cannot study or serve as officials. Their taxes are half as much as those of ordinary people in the Song Dynasty, and other benefits have nothing to do with them."

"Level 2 students must know at least 1,000 Chinese characters. Not only must they be able to speak Song Mandarin fluently, but they must also be able to write no less than 500 characters. After passing the Level 2 exam, they can apply for second-class citizen household registration.

.They can rent houses, and their children can study in social schools, but they cannot be officials. Their taxes are 20% more than ordinary people in the Song Dynasty, and they cannot enjoy benefits such as Luzeyuan and Huimin Pharmacy."

"By the time they reach the third level, they can at least memorize 100 of the 300 Tang poems and read the Four Books and Five Classics. These people can buy their own houses in the Song Dynasty, pay the same taxes as the people of the Song Dynasty, and can study.

Except that he cannot join the army or serve as an official, he enjoys the same welfare benefits as the common people of the Song Dynasty."

"After they pass the third-level examination and have no criminal records within five years, they can apply for the fourth-level examination. At least they must be able to recite poems and write essays, and have a basic understanding of classics and history. After passing the examination, they will become like me.

The people of the Song Dynasty were all the same, whether they were officials or soldiers."

"As for those workers, I will be very compassionate and give them a chance to work on the construction site for five years, and then they can directly apply for the second-level examination. As for whether they can pass it, that is their own problem."

"..."

Every time Zhao Huan said something, the faces of Li Gang, Zhuang Chengyi, and Fang Zian became darker. After Zhao Huan finished speaking, the faces of the three of them were as dark as the ashes on the bottom of a pot, and they could no longer look at each other.

Li Gang even wanted to ask the official how on earth he could associate so many things with this Yoshi Leye man?

Also, are the benevolence, propriety, and forgiveness mentioned by the saints and other moral matters explained in this way?

There is also the Level 4 exam, let alone those barbarians. Even if a hundred people were randomly captured in Bianjing City, there would probably be few who could pass the Level 1 exam, right? Do you think this literacy project is completely over?

What makes Li Gang even more troubled is that once an official comes up with such an inexplicable idea, he will probably not change it.

This means that there will be another mess in the already chaotic court!

Thinking of this, Li Gang simply turned his attention to Fang Zian, the Minister of Rites.

These things should all be under the control of the Ministry of Etiquette, right? It must be right!
Chapter completed!