Cui Xiuning thought about it, but finally took out Yongcheng's test paper and approved the previous line of words, which could be the county magistrate.

Looking back at the candidates' policy arguments, it has mentioned more than once that the Tang Dynasty's disadvantages are too many soldiers and too few people, and insufficient surplus food.

Yes, this is a big drawback.

Cui Xiuning didn't understand history very much. She just heard Li Luo say that the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty could be able to draw one for three people, and a population of hundreds of thousands could be deployed.

The Tang Dynasty has a population of more than 500,000, and now there are 100,000 troops on land and land.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty seemed to have similar military and civilian ratios, but in fact they were very different and were not easy to compare.

Li Luo told her that in the era of Huang Taiji, although the Eight Banners of Manchuria had a population of only 500,000, there were millions of Liaodong Han people as slaves. Because they robbed the Central Plains and Korea many times, they could afford an army of 100,000.

The Eight Banners soldiers did not produce farming, but there were Han people who were coated with slaves to farm for them. If there was not enough food, they could still enter the pass and rob.

But what about the Tang Kingdom? The Central Plains immigrants and Japanese prisoners were only 550,000, but they had to support 100,000 full-time professional troops and a large number of craftsmen and officials who did not farm. The labor force for farming was small, and the surplus grain sold by the people was just enough for them to consume.

If there is a natural disaster and the grain harvest is bad, then the Tang Kingdom will experience a serious food crisis. A grain shortage occurs in the Later Jin Dynasty and the Han people can still be robbed. The Tang Kingdom cannot go to the Central Plains to rob.

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning knew about this crisis, but they had no time to resolve it. Cui Xiuning felt that it was time to resolve it.

At this moment, Shi Shanhu came in to report, "Madam, you are back!"

What?

Cui Xiuning immediately stood up and saw Li Luo standing at the door with a smile.

Shi Shanhu and others quickly took the maid out with their information.

As soon as they left, the woman was hugged tightly by the man, and she couldn't breathe immediately.

Only after a while did the two people's lips break off contact before the woman had the chance to speak.

"Why did you suddenly come back?" Cui Xiuning said in surprise and handed his herbal tea to Li Luo.

Li Luo killed the herbal tea in one breath, "I deliberately refused to let you know, just to give you a surprise." Then he patted his thigh and "Come and sit here."

Cui Xiuning made Li Luo's hair messy in front of the mirror, then sat on Li Luo's lap, wrapped her hands around Li Luo's neck, "How many days will I stay back? I won't go back to be a loyal minister of Dayuan soon, right?"

Li Luo slapped the round place with a "pop" and said with a smile, "I am a big Yuan official who is lazy in politics. I can be lazy for ten or eight days. I am the biggest in Fujian. I am just absent from work for half a month. Who can bite my bird?"

"Bah!" Cui Xiuning said angrily, "Vulgar, speak well."

Li Luo suddenly slapped his face and suddenly said, "Where is my son! I want to hold my son!"

Cui Xiuning pinched the man's nose speechlessly and dissatisfiedly, "You still know your son! It took a few minutes before I asked my son, "Is it not your biological son?"

"No." Li Luo struggled out of the beautiful demonic grab, "I saw it this time when I got home. My wife frowned and didn't know who she hated. So she suddenly forgot about our son."

"What are you frowning and hating? Why don't you add it but see the tears wet?" Cui Xiuning's magic grab stretched to the man's nose again, "I'm as busy as a monkey, I'm free and sentimental? Do you think I'm a deep woman."

Li Luo was stunned, "What kind of deep woman?"

Cui Xiuning sneered, "It's the resentful woman in the deep boudoir."

"Not funny. No, what about my son? I said it was taken by you again." Li Luo hugged his slender and strong waist tightly, "Who did you send my son to? Why didn't I see it?"

Cui Xiuning pinched Li Luo's earlobe again, "With the adoptive father, Li Yuan is very busy in the hospital, and I am also busy. Most of the time, it is the adoptive father who is coaxing him, and others are not relieved."

Li Luo frowned, "Is the adoptive father old and can he withstand the troubles of a little guy? I can't even stand it."

Cui Xiuning said, "Their grandfather and grandson are very close, but their son doesn't make a fuss or cry. I just need to feed my breasts three times a day."

Li Luo stood up, picked up the woman's chin, put his mouth to her hanging bead-like earlobe, and deliberately vented, saying, "I'll go and say goodbye to my adoptive father, and see my son. Tonight... I'll deal with you well."

I'll go! The woman's ears were itchy, and her pink fist suddenly fell like raindrops, "Take me off, tell you to deal with me!"

"Okay, okay, I'll do it if you'll clean it up to me at night. Anyway, I'm a little tired from riding the boat and don't want to move." Li Luo smiled and retreated back and kept a safe distance.

The woman bit her silver teeth and sneered, "You are very proud. Teaching your wife is very fulfilling, right? Okay, then wait and see how I deal with you."

"I'll be afraid of you! Haha." Li Luo laughed to the sky and went out, and Cui Xiuning followed. The demon claw reached out secretly, twisting the man's arm while walking, but he didn't dare to use force, which was like a massage.

The two of them arrived at Yan Duo's Taigongyuan and saw Yan Duo holding Li Zheng and telling stories.

Li Zheng was only a few months old, so of course he couldn't understand it, but it didn't mean he didn't feel it. So, he opened his black eyes and looked at Yan Duo's mouth curiously, grinning at the teethless little mouth from time to time to time to have fun. Whenever he was happy, the little man's little fingers would be held in his mouth and sucked.

"Dad, I'm back. How good is Dad?" Li Luo asked hello and took Li Zheng. When he smelled the milky smell on his son's body, his heart was about to melt, and he couldn't help but kiss him.

"Wow..." It seemed that Li Luo was touched by his worries. Li Zheng suddenly burst into tears. Li Luo coaxed him for a while, but how could he hold it? His son did not show any sign of resumption, but instead cried so hard that he couldn't hold it up. Li Luo could only hand it to Cui Xiuning like a hot hand.

Cui Xiuning had no choice but to carry it out to feed her.

Yan Duo said, "This year, my body is fine. After Zheng'er was born, his father's body seemed to be much better. It is not impossible to see Zheng'er learn to speak while walking."

"That's good." Li Luo sat down in front of Yan Duo, "Zheng'er is so crying, she's worried about her father."

Yan Duo shook his head and smiled, "I don't worry. I'm so happy for my father with my grandson. However, my son has to come back often, otherwise Zheng'er will not kiss you in the future."

Li Luo said, "I will pay attention to it."

After the father and son talked for a while, Cui Xiuning came in with Li Zheng who was sleeping, who had eaten and had sex and placed the child on Yan Duo's couch.

A few people started talking about food.

Cui Xiuning said, "Now the Tang Dynasty has found copper and iron ore, nitrate and sulfur, and large shipbuilding materials have been stored, and salt is not young. Sugarcane and cotton will have a bumper harvest this year. War horses can be exchanged from Liaodong to 500 horses every month. However, the grain stock is too small and there is not enough oxen."

"New immigrants have nothing, and it is impossible to expect them to use money to buy cattle and grain. The surplus grain of old immigrants is only enough to supply soldiers and officials. I have calculated that if I immigrate within 600,000 this year, I must purchase 50,000 oxen and one million stone of grain this year."

Li Luo frowned. As of June this year, he only completed 250,000 immigration, and he had spent 2 million taels. If he completed the 60 immigration plan, he would have to buy another million stone of grain and 50,000 oxen. With more than two million taels of "slave money" and more than two million taels, he would have to spend another five million taels.

With military pay and official salaries, it means that more than 8 million taels will be spent this year.

That is, the gold and silver that I snatched from Pu Shougeng last spring would be scattered.

In this way, only the gold and silver obtained from Japan remained.

"How much silver has been refined from the silver mine?" Li Luo asked.

Cui Xiuning said without hesitation, "As of yesterday, a total of more than 1.3 million taels have been refined, which has consumed one-third of the silver ore.

Li Luo pondered and said, "That is, the silver mine in Japan can only be refined into at most four million taels of silver. With the gold and silver obtained from Japan, a total of seven million taels."

Cui Xiuning nodded, "Yes, we will only have seven million by the end of the year. Although cotton cloth and sugar can be produced this year, it will be difficult to make a lot of money in the short term."

"Also, the strong labor force for farming is insufficient, so we can't always buy food from the outside world, right? That's too great a risk. We not only lack cattle for farming, but also people for farming."

Yan Duo said, "The water and land armies have 100,000 new and veterans, but they only train every day, so why don't the soldiers use military farms?"

Li Luo smiled and said, "Our Tang army wants to confront the Mongolian cavalry. We can only practice hard when we see the sky, but we cannot practice troops while farming."

The Tang army adopted a high-intensity training method in later generations. The soldiers only had one day off every five days and were trained at other times. This was completely different from the ancient army's training every two or three days, and other times of farming and doing odd jobs.

Yan Duo said, "Then you can only catch more slaves. I think this Japanese slave is very useful, but unfortunately there are not many. If there are more than 100,000 slaves, you will not have to worry about food."

Li Luo said, "That's why I plan to help the Yuan court fight the last battle and fight Annan."

Yan Duo nodded, "Well, you can capture Annan's slaves and make a fortune. Taking Annan can also allow the Yuan court to garrison and disperse the Yuan army. This is a three-pointer."

Li Luo smiled and said, "What Dad said is, but there is another advantage, it should be a kill of four birds with one stone."

Yan Duo touched his beard and thought, "Do you want Annan too? Do you want to use the Yuan army's hands to consume all Annan's energy?"

Li Luo said, "That's true. Annan and Japan have many hard bones. It would be too difficult to seize them safely without eliminating them. If you want to get the position of General of the Conquest of Nan, use the knife of the Yuan army to cut off Annan's backbone. By the time the Tang army occupied Annan, it would be much easier."

Cui Xiuning said, "The Yuan court's expedition day is about to end. The Yuan court has already set up the General of Sodu for the Nan, and plans to send troops to conquer Annan in October. The news about Li Yong is that it is 20,000 Mongolian troops, 50,000 Ma Red Army, 30,000 Dali soldiers, 100,000 Han troops, and a total of 200,000 people."

Li Luo knew that history had been changed by the butterfly effect.

Originally, the Yuan court conquered Annan in 1284. However, due to the successful conquest of Annan, the conquered Annan was two years ahead of schedule, and the candidate for the head coach also changed.

The original head coach in history was Tuohuan, the king of Zhennan, and the deputy coaches were both. But now they have become head coaches.

"It will only take a few months to send troops in October. Can you find the deployment strategy of the Yuan army and reveal it to the Annan people?" Li Luo asked.

Choi Xiuning nodded, "It should be possible."

Li Luo said, "If you want to find a way to make Suodu defeat the war, so that I can have the opportunity to gain the position of General Nan. However, Annan cannot win too easily, and he must be seriously injured."

Cui Xiuning smiled bitterly, "Your requirements are really harsh. Okay, I'll let them try it. It's time for those sent to Nan'an to leave."

The three of them discussed for a long time and decided to buy one million stones of grain in batches in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then exchange salt and iron for 50,000 cows in Liaodong and Naiyan for plowing fields.

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning accompanied Yan Duo to have supper in the Taigongyuan, and then took Li Zheng back to the bedroom.

It's so small separation is better than the newlyweds. After taking a shower, they immediately got together impatiently, and got up. I don't know who dealt with whom. In short, it's really not to be said.

It was not until late at night that the voices of the men and women became clear.

"This ghost place in Haidong is so hot. It's not easy to be a man. He sweats all over at any time. He also needs to take a shower before he can sleep."

"Are you human words? Let me tell you that my son is crying when he is hungry at night. You can find a way for him. I have no choice."

"What? Not that?"

"Why not? Is there a father like you? If you tell me, you will lose all your face."

"Okay, he's going to cry when he's hungry, I'll cook rice porridge for him to eat."

"Cut! Rice porridge! He doesn't want to eat rice porridge!"

"Okay, then why didn't you stop me at that time? I didn't remember it at that time."

"I'll go! Damn, you're still behaved when you take advantage of it, you really blame me, right?"

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In late June, just as Li Luo returned to Haidong, the Japanese Kanto, thousands of miles away, had reached its last moment in the New Year War.

In the past six months, the Yuan army has increased its troops twice, resulting in more than 100,000 Yuan troops in Kanto, of which 40,000 Mongolian cavalry alone.

More than 100,000 troops, hundreds of thousands of shogunate troops, and more Japanese peasants and soldiers fought for half a year.

The bloody battle of half a year has turned the entire Kanto Plain into ruins, with devastated villages everywhere.

Two or three million people died under the butcher knife of the Yuan army, most of whom were young and strong men.

The vitality of Japan and the hard bones of Japan have been exhausted.

As of June, the huge number of Japanese militias finally disappeared. The cruel killing made the remaining peasants no longer have the courage to resist, and they put down their simple spears and chose to surrender.

The hundreds of thousands of regular troops that the shogunate armed desperately were almost exhausted under the attack of the Mongolian cavalry. Of course, the casualties of the Yuan army reached 50,000 or 60,000. There were more than 10,000 casualties in the Mongolian cavalry alone.

The blood of the shogunate was about to dry up. Apart from a surrounded Kamakura Castle, Kanto had completely fallen into the hands of the Yuan army.

Even the Japanese province of Hirajo Tamur, Tymur, moved Hirajo Prefecture from Daizaifu Kyushu Island to Osaka Castle on Honshu Island.

Japan is really over.

In Kamakura City, Hojo Toshizo Masaru was lying on the couch dyingly. Hojo Toshizo, who was only in his early thirties, now has white hair, wrinkles on his face, and deep cheeks, like an old man in his twilight years, scattered with a dying decay all over his body.

The few remaining family elders and great warriors knelt silently in front of the couch, everyone shed tears without saying a word. A large group of concubines knelt behind the warriors and cried in a low voice. Looking around, the hall was full of desolation.

Only the monks' wooden fish and prayer prayers seemed to make everyone's hearts a little calmer.

The Zen master of Song Dynasty was relieved of righteous thoughts, stood in front of the bed with his hands folded together, and said loudly, "Zhengshouwan (the nickname of Shizong), when you become a monk today, it will be the day of your death. I gave you the Dharma name and Tao Gao. Everything in the world will never be related to you again, so you can go with peace of mind!"

Hojo Toshizo raised his hand with difficulty and pointed to the north.

The family order Ping Lai Gang understood and shed tears and said, "Don't worry, lord, Your Highness Zhenshi must have arrived in Muao at this time and will inherit the lord's will."

Some time ago, Hojo Toshizo, who was hopeless to turn the tables, sent his son Hojo Satsuki, together with some of the most loyal samurai to the Muro Kingdom north of Honshu, hoping that Satsuki could continue to fight against the Yuan Dynasty in Muro.

Hojo Toshizo showed a quiet smile. Instead of singing or poetry, he recited a poem from Nakabara, "Die before he succeeds, and keep the heroes full of tears. Die before he succeeds, and keep the heroes full of tears..."

After reciting it three times, he suddenly angrily shouted, "Destroy Hu!Destroy Hu!Destroy Hu!" and his head tilted, and he died of anger.

On June 21, 19th year of Zhiyuan, the powerful minister of the Japanese state, Kamakura Shogunate, died on the eve of the collapse of the castle.

Immediately, the 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Kamakura Castle burst into earth-shaking crying.

Xindu and Zhang Hongfan outside the city heard the crying inside the city and immediately guessed that Hojo Toshizo was dead.

Soon, another letter of persuasion was shot into the city, saying that the city would be opened to surrender that day, otherwise, it would be slaughtered.

However, Kamakura Castle did not open the city and surrender that day.

"If the Japanese people do not surrender, please attack the city by Jiubadu."

Early the next morning, Xindu urged Zhang Hongfan's Han army to attack the city.

"Siege the city!" With Zhang Hongfan's order, tens of thousands of Han troops immediately shouted earth-shakingly, and the final siege began.

This man who participated in the destruction of Song is now full of energy again.

On June 23, the third day after Hojo Toshizo's death, the Kanto giant Kamakura was finally captured by the Yuan army.

The fierce Yuan army rushed into the city, immediately raised its butcher's knife and killed everyone he saw.

All 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Kamakura were slaughtered by the Yuan army, and the situation was extremely tragic. Countless floors of the Kamakura were stained with blood, and the city was covered with corpses.

However, the Kamakura Massacre was just one of the countless massacres of the Yuan army in Kanto.

The Kamaho Residence, where the Hojo clan lived, and the Hachiman Shrine were burned to ashes by the Yuan army.

Subsequently, Xindu, Zhang Hongfan, and Yuxi Timur jointly submitted a report to the Yuan Dynasty that the country had been pacified.

At the same time, the information from the Japanese and State Branch of the Special Inspection Bureau was also sent to the Tang Kingdom of Haidong seven days later.

"Hojo Toezon died, and the Kamakura Shogunate was destroyed." Cui Xiuning handed the information to Li Luo, "However, Hojo Toezon's son, Hojo Satoshi, took tens of thousands of people away from Muo and became an exiled regime."

Li Luo took the information and smiled happily, "That is, the Japanese country has not yet completely destroyed, and the Japanese Yuan army will not be able to get rid of it for a while. In order to suppress it repeatedly, at least 100,000 troops will be stationed."

The country of Muao is north of the state, where it is ice and snowy and has continuous mountains, and can fight guerrilla warfare.

"Next, it's Annan and Myanmar's turn." Li Luo knocked on the table, "The Yuan court conquered the Japanese country, and there were already 30,000 Mongolian soldiers who drowned and died in battle. If Annan and Myanmar died in battle, one-third of the Mongolian elites in the Yuan court would be gone."

Cui Xiuning said, "Don't forget that there are also the Mongolian troops of several major Khanate countries, and at least 200,000 Mongolian soldiers."

Li Luo stood up and walked with his hands behind his back, "I haven't forgotten. But, unless it is absolutely necessary, Uncle Kublai Khan would never speak to the Khanate. Those Khan kings would not take the initiative to help Kublai Khan."

Cui Xiuning said, "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Aren't you going to hold a court meeting? It's getting late."

While the woman said, she took out Li Luo's crown belt and helped Li Luo put it on. Li Luo felt that when Cui Xiuning helped him dress, she looked like a wife the most.

"Well, it's not bad, it's a lord, like a master." Cui Xiuning smiled and joked, looking at Li Luo, who was tall and elegant, was very satisfied.

Li Luo reached out and lifted the woman's chin, "The Tang Hou ordered the Li family Cui Xiuning to serve the bed tonight, this order!"

Cui Xiuning pushed him out, "Okay, stay at bedtime! Come to court, they are all waiting for you."

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning came to the court, and sure enough, all the officials arrived.

Li Luo sat in the main seat, Cui Xiuning sat in the side seat, Lin Biju immediately took the lead in worshiping, and everyone shouted, "I will pay homage to you, and I will pay homage to you, Jin'an."

Li Luo supported his hands with vain and said, "You are exempt from courtesy, just sit down."

"Thank you!" The officials entered the seat together and sat upright on the cushion.

Li Luo's voice was calm and sounded slowly, "It's the third court meeting since I returned to Haidong. All other matters have been discussed. Today I will only discuss one thing, that is the administration!"

"Last time, the chief official of the Minerals Department was beheaded. But I want to ask, are there no fish that missed the net? I, Tang Xinli, how long has anyone been an official? Do you have to be a corrupt official? In this way, within three years, I, Tang Rui, will be lost. How can I restore the Central Plains?"

"The salaries of officials in our Tang Dynasty are several times that of the Yuan court, which is enough to make officials live a decent honor. If they still have insufficient greed, they will be self-severe from our Tang Dynasty, self-severe from the people, self-severe from me! This wind cannot be long!"

"From today, a report of bronze gui will be established. Anyone who reports officials to embezzle and accept bribes or other illegal acts can be trusted in the bronze gui. The amount of corruption will be rewarded and meritorious. For those who embezzle, the total amount will be more than ten taels, dismissed from office and will never be hired. The total amount will exceed fifty taels, and they will be punished as slaves. More than one hundred taels, beheaded. More than five hundred taels, beheaded in half, and their families will be slaves."

"If it exceeds a thousand taels, it is a rebellion! Everyone embezzles a thousand taels, how can I, Tang, last? Therefore, if corruption is a rebellion, it is a rebellion and the whole family will be executed."

As soon as Li Luo said this, everyone was shocked. The embezzlement of a thousand taels of property is not corruption, but rebellion! It is not the official’s personal affairs, but will involve the family.

Do you think, are your family happy or afraid to see officials corruption and make money? Should they instigate or stop them?

Li Luo's most ruthless move was to force the official's family to stand on the side to prevent officials from embezzling.

Dad, don’t embezzle, otherwise I might be beheaded! The entire family will be beheaded.

Cui Xiuning said with a smile, "Everyone, one thousand taels of silver is the income of ordinary people for fifty years. It is the tax of two or three hundred families. What is theft of so much public funds and wealth in the country? Isn't it a rebellion?"

In the past two years, due to the new system in Haidong and the system is still incomplete, officials have begun to embezzle and accept bribes. This is very dangerous and this sign must be eliminated.

Li Luo continued, "For officials who are law-abiding and diligent, I am preparing to set up the regulations for the maintenance of integrity. I will announce the order of the maintenance of integrity. In addition, a system of honors is also established, and the children of these officials will be recruited as officials according to their merits."

This is to give a sweet date with a stick.

In a word, if you dare to embezzle and accept bribes, you will seek death. But as long as you become an official innocence, you will not suffer any losses, and there will be great benefits.

As for where the positions of "Supplementing Integrity and Winning" come from, it's simple. Just make a big plate.

Administration is a consistent problem between ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, and cannot be completely cured. Even a few countries with extremely high integrity index in later generations cannot do it, and can only be controlled within a small range.

However, we must never ignore it. We must arrest it carefully and arrest it as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!