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Qin Siyao also took this opportunity to implement reform laws in the court.

Aside from Xiao Mo, the military authority of feudal lords in various regions was greatly restricted.

The finances of the feudal states also had to be controlled by the imperial capital.

High-ranking officials also had to be dispatched by the court and were not permitted to establish them independently.

In addition, the various titles of Qin Kingdomʼs great aristocratic families could only be inherited for two generations.

Tax exemptions on land for nobility and court officials were all canceled, with taxes collected the same as for ordinary citizens.

As for the selection and appointment of new officials in the court, Qin Siyao used recommendation system. Local officials or centrally designated personnel would select talents to become officials through investigation and recommendation.

The number of talents recommended each year was limited, and moreover, those recommended ultimately had to undergo personal examination by the sovereign of Qin Kingdom.

In addition, Qin Kingdom would hold three progressively advancing examinations each year.

The examination content mainly focused on Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism, Mohism, military strategy, and agriculture.

Scholars who passed the three examinations would enter the palace for an imperial audience. The sovereign of Qin Kingdom would grant them official rank or appoint them at a selected time.

Qin Siyaoʼs actions harmed the interests of many great aristocratic families. After all, there were only so many positions. If others occupied the positions, what about their own clans?

So ministers submitted memorials one after another.

In their view, women were inherently weak, not to mention that Qin Siyao had been pampered since childhood.

They felt that as long as they strongly opposed it, Qin Siyao would definitely rescind the order but Qin Siyao simply did not listen to the opinions of these court ministers and great aristocratic families.

Qin Siyao persisted in her actions, even demoting some who stuck their heads out and even dismissing them from office.

Internally, Li Ge, Baili Xi, and Jian Shu supported Qin Siyaoʼs decision.

Externally, there was Xiao Moʼs Northern Frontier army stationed, and moreover the Northern Frontierʼ arrangement and infiltration of Qin Kingdomʼs military officers reached every corner. Not to mention that Xiao Mo had recently killed quite a few feudal lords and nobility.

In the end, these aristocratic families could only grudgingly accept it.

At least they could console themselves that the recommendation and examination systems appointed not many officials each year, not enough to shake their foundations.

Soon, another year passed.

The first batch of officials who entered the court through recommendation and examination had been put to important use by Qin Siyao.

This matter also stirred up tremendous waves among the common people.

Although officials who entered the court through new channels numbered only seventy people, and most still started from the bottom.

At least this let the common people see, aside from killing enemies on the battlefield, another path of advancement!

Moreover, during the two years since Qin Siyao took office, she diligently attended to government affairs, personally handling everything, emphasizing agriculture and industry, emphasizing moral education. The common people could feel that their lives were getting better day by day.

This undoubtedly established considerable prestige for Qin Siyao.

Originally, voices among the people worrying about ”whether the Third Princess could govern” also became fewer and fewer.

Some even spoke of ”the Female Emperor within, the Frost Prince without.”

And just as Qin Kingdom became increasingly stable, Xiao Mo also felt that his preparations were about complete.

It was time for him to go to the border and end this Warring States period that had lasted for thousands of years!

Before Xiao Mo departed, he made various arrangements but what Xiao Mo could not let go of was his mother.

Starting from the year before last.

Xiao Mo discovered that his motherʼs health was getting worse and worse, frequently falling ill.

Medical sect cultivators had also examined his mother many times, but because his mother was too old and her body too weak, they could mostly only use mortal remedies.