The strongest nine thousand years old

Chapter 124 I Love Pineapples and Vegetables

"You..." Yan Yunzheng was ashamed and angry, and was irritated by Chen Dong's rogueness. However, when she thought of the people of the world, she could only suppress her anger.

"Come here." Yan Yunzheng hooked his finger at Chen Dong.

Chen Dong stood still and looked at Yan Yunzheng with a smile.

"Now I have the initiative. If you ask me to go over, wouldn't that be too embarrassing?" Chen Dong thought to himself.

Yan Yunzheng glared at Chen Dong angrily, while Chen Dong looked at her with a smile, and neither of them gave in.

Yan Yunzheng slammed the table and said angrily: "Chen Dong!"

Chen Dong scratched his ears and said, "Your Majesty, I am not deaf. There is no need to speak so loudly. Please move over here."

In the end, Yan Yunzheng had no choice but to compromise.

She gritted her teeth, walked to Chen Dong, leaned over and kissed him lightly on the face. Her warm lips were like a spring breeze, and they separated as soon as they touched.

"Is that okay?" Yan Yunzheng said unhappily.

That light kiss ended immediately after the touch, and the feeling was not strong, but the meaning it represented was extraordinary.

The psychological satisfaction brought by Yan Yunzheng's kiss while he was awake almost made Chen Dong excited.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten how to address me?" Chen Dong said with a wink.

Yan Yunzheng took a deep breath and forced a smile on his face, "Good brother."

Chen Dong's body felt soft and he smiled toothlessly.

Yan Yunzheng's expression changed rapidly and he stared at Chen Dong sullenly.

Too much is as bad as too little, so Chen Dong stopped when he saw that things were going well. He coughed lightly and said, "When we distribute the tax to each acre, we can also implement the baojia system."

"To put it simply, it is divided according to the family households. Ten households form a group, and a group leader is appointed. A person with both talent and virtue is selected to serve as the group leader. Ten groups form a big group, and the big group leader is selected. Ten big groups form a group, and the group leader is selected."

Yan Yunzheng calculated in his mind that a head of the village had a thousand households under him, which basically covered the population of a village.

"Are you going to replace the village chief with the head of the village?" Yan Yunzheng asked doubtfully.

Chen Dong said: "The baojia system is not a name change, but a decentralization of power. What is baojia? It is the armor used to protect the villagers. In other words, it allows villagers to form armed forces to protect their homes."

Yan Yunzheng blurted out: "Impossible! If civilians have armed forces, it will cause social unrest! Those bandits are just peasants who took up arms!"

Chen Dong smiled and said, "Don't worry, listen to me. If there is a problem in a bao, and someone commits a crime, the bao head will be held responsible. If there is a problem with the bao head, the big bao head will be held responsible. If there is a problem with the big bao head, the head of the first bao will be held responsible. What do you think?"

"In order to avoid taking responsibility, I will definitely push the pressure down layer by layer to make the people below behave themselves." Yan Yunzheng murmured.

Chen Dong snapped his fingers, revealing a teachable look.

"Moreover, the village chief, the big village chief and the head of the village are all elected by the villagers themselves, and the villagers will listen to what they say," Chen Dong added.

Yan Yunzheng's eyes became brighter and brighter.

As the saying goes, if imperial power does not extend to the countryside, county officials will become local emperors.

In a county, the orders of the county magistrate are more effective than those of the emperor.

While the baojia system seemed to decentralize power, in reality it was a system where villagers governed villagers and villagers forced county officials to carry out the emperor's orders!

If the local officials were to procrastinate and obstruct the implementation of the new policy, the villagers could easily overthrow the county officials. This would give them legal legitimacy!

Killing officials is not rebellion, but maintaining the new policy!

Thinking of this, Yan Yunzheng trembled with excitement.

"Great! What a great baojia system! I wonder if those local tyrants dare to make excuses!"

Local officials and provincial governors always put their own interests first, and often they pretended to obey the orders of the emperor.

This time the new policy affects the interests of those people, and they will definitely find ways to obstruct it.

The Royal Guards and the villagers worked together to chop off the hands of anyone who dared to raise his hand! Anyone who dared to show his head would be beheaded!

Escort the new policy!

"Xiao Dongzi, you are very good!" Yan Yunzheng praised.

Chen Dong curled his lips, "When you ask for help, you are a good brother, but when you are done with it, you are just Xiao Dongzi. Your Majesty, you are too realistic."

Yan Yunzheng's cheeks flushed slightly, and he said firmly: "I have been tolerant enough towards you, don't push your luck!"

"Your Majesty, I haven't even gotten an inch yet, so why would I ask for more?" Chen Dong said with a smile.

Yan Yunzheng snorted, "Go and draft the imperial edict!"

As Chen Dong drafted the decree, he thought to himself, "We have traveled through time. Either we have to overthrow the empress, or we have to overthrow her. I have given you advice and assisted you in governing the country and keeping the people safe. This is already enough of a favor."

Although the imperial edict had to be spread throughout the country, Chen Dong only wrote one copy and asked the people in the Hanlin Academy to print the others with movable type. It would be a waste to employ so many craftsmen if they were not used.

After drafting the imperial edict, Chen Dong gave it to Yan Yunzheng for review.

"If Your Majesty has no objection, then please use the seal. I will have to make arrangements with the Embroidered Uniform Guard." Chen Dong said.

Yan Yunzheng looked at the imperial edict, but suddenly said something meaningful, "After the expansion, the strength of the Jinyiwei will not be weaker than that of the Western Army, right?"

Chen Dong smiled and said nothing.

As a human being, how can you not keep a trump card for yourself?

"bang"

The seal fell, and Chen Dong left with the imperial edict.

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Chen Dong first handed the imperial edict to the Hanlin Academy for printing, and then took the printed imperial edict to the Jinyiwei government office.

When Chen Dong announced that he would go to various places to supervise the implementation of the land-based tax system and recruit the best personnel to join the Jinyiwei, everyone was ecstatic.

If new people join, won’t they be promoted?

Moreover, the more powerful the Jinyiwei is, the more they can take advantage of the situation and act arrogantly, right?

"Wise commander!"

"The leader is mighty!"

All the Jinyiwei burst into laughter.

Yan Shijiu said with a worried look on his face: "Commander, there is not much silver left in the treasury."

Chen Dong was stunned. How could Curry be out of money after raiding so many companies?

"Just go ahead and do it. I'll take care of the money!" Chen Dong said calmly.

"Yes!"

The Jinyiwei retreated.

Chen Dong frowned and asked, "Where's the silver?"

Yan Shijiu said: "You are generous with the rewards, pensions, and high salaries, but the Treasury is empty."

"Where do you get the money?" Yan Shijiu asked.

Chen Dong stepped forward and put his arm around her waist, saying disapprovingly, "At worst, we can just rob a few more companies."

Yan Shijiu rolled his eyes at him and said, "Do you think those noble families are just leeks that you can cut at will? Now the Jinyiwei has become the target of public criticism. If you continue to mess around, watch out for your head!"

Chen Dong said with a playful smile: "Don't I still have the Nineteenth Lady as my personal bodyguard?"

Chen Dong deliberately emphasized the words "personal bodyguard".

Yan Shijiu pretended not to hear it.

"I'll go with you this time." Chen Dong was about to refuse when Yan Shijiu continued, "It's a good opportunity to go back to my hometown."

Chen Dong couldn't stop her, so he could only hug her tighter, "It'll take a long time before we meet again this time."

Yan Shijiu also let go of his reserve and took the initiative to pounce on Chen Dong.

"Then you should work harder."