Even though we have won the battle, we still have to increase our troops. Some people really don't understand this operation.

But on April 30, Cai Mao, Li Guang and others, who received the government order from the East Government, knew why the imperial court wanted to send more troops to Huaixi.

In May, the Political Affairs Hall suddenly announced that Huaixi would implement the "Huaixi New Agricultural Policy Regulations", which caused a shock in the court.

This storm has just begun.

The "Gyeonggi Road New Agricultural Policy Regulations" is the beginning of the new policy. It is a process from zero to one.

During this process, Zhao Ning established the Agricultural Affairs Bureau, promulgated the corresponding land equalization plan, and revised the agricultural tax.

The University of Tokyo and the New Government School were also established, and talents from the Imperial College were transferred to the new school, and a large number of talents were imported for the New Deal.

In order to better implement the New Deal, supervisors and town officials were also added. Like the magistrates of various states, they were appointed directly by the emperor.

At the same time, the welfare benefits and honors of officials were also improved, and newspaper offices were set up in various state capitals.

All of this is the framework established during the Gyeonggi-ro New Agricultural Policy phase.

This means that the process from zero to one has been completed.

Now, the implementation of the Huaixi New Agricultural Policy means that the New Policy has entered the trial stage and entered the formal rollout stage.

The previously supporting team will also be laid down to protect Huaixi's new agricultural policy.

If the new policy in Gyeonggi Road only touched the nerves of the old school and made it jump, then the new policy in Huaixi will undoubtedly allow everyone to get a glimpse of the true intentions of the Zhao Guan family.

The previous speculation that the New Deal would not come out of Gyeonggi Road was shattered.

For the old forces, real big changes have come.

And under this situation, the Su Provincial Yuan is still fighting corruption in Huaixi, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is still measuring land in Huaixi.

However, the Su Provincial Yuan can only investigate officials, and they cannot interfere with the local authorities.

At this time, Zhou Yan, the newly appointed prison chief of Tidian Prison, jumped out.

He went to Haozhou and set up a large-scale prison in Haozhou to investigate rich people.

All wealthy people were suspected of being related to Wang Qing's rebellion.

He also ordered trusted officials in various state governments to strictly interrogate passing refugees and arrest fleeing rebels.

The strict household registration system of the Song Dynasty came into play at this time. Most of the refugees from Haozhou were indiscriminately classified as rebels.

Under Zhou Yan's greed and unscrupulous attack, the people in Huaixi's prefectures were trembling and miserable.

But if you look at the Huaixi bureaucracy, the Huaixi officialdom was investigated on a large scale, and many officials were dismissed or even beheaded.

The new official position of chief envoy was established in Huaixi, which completely separated local taxation and administration. This was definitely an innovation in the official system.

The most important thing is that a large number of redundant officials in Huaixi were eliminated, and after new officials were filled in, the entire administrative framework became lighter.

According to the Zhengshitang report, even if a separate Chief Secretary's Office was established, the number of officials in Huaixi was still reduced by half.

Next, it depends on whether this situation can improve administrative efficiency.

If possible, Zhao Ning could use Huaixi as a ready-made template to drastically rectify the administration of officials and solve the problem of redundant officials.

The imperial court pays as much as 16 million guan to officials every year. If the number of officials can be reduced by half, the salary expenditure can be reduced to less than 10 million guan at least.

Wouldn’t it be nice to use the remaining few million dollars to buy war horses, build roads, and run schools?

On the third day of May, Zhao Ning got up early in the morning. He changed into ordinary clothes and led the imperial guards in front of the palace out of the palace. When they arrived outside the city, the imperial guard brigade was fully prepared.

All of them were wearing powerful clothes, swords, crossbows, and dry food.

The topic of today's discussion in the Zhengshi Hall is the Huaixi New Deal.

According to the latest impeachment memorial from the local censor, Zhou Yan acted recklessly in Huaixi.

This matter has now spread widely, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs has submitted requests for resignations from many officials early in the morning.

Why did these officials resign?

He didn't really want to resign, but used it to threaten Zhao Guan's family.

The political hall is discussing these matters at this time.

After the discussion was over, when I ran to Wende Hall to find Zhao Guan's family, I was told that Zhao Guan's family had gone out of the city to hunt.

However, in the afternoon, the scouts from the Imperial Guard camp on the edge of the Yellow River discovered that thousands of people had crossed the Yellow River.

The scouts were told this was top secret.

On the fourth day of May, Zhao Ning had already crossed Huazhou.

At this time, officials from the capital wanted to see Zhao Guan's family, but were told that the officials were busy recently and no one could see them.

So the officials in the capital launched an unprecedented quarrel over Huaixi's New Deal.

In Hebei in May, the sky was clear and the sun was scorching the earth.

Looking from a distance, the endless plain stretches to the end of the sky.

Before the Tang Dynasty, Hebei was the granary of the world.

To win the world, we must take Hebei.

It was because Liu Xiu received the support of Hebei's powerful forces that Li Shimin immediately focused on stabilizing the forces in Hebei when he took office.

But in the Song Dynasty, the economy shifted, the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River were vigorously developed, and Jiangnan also achieved unprecedented development.

After several years of wars between the Song and Jin Dynasties, the land of Hebei was devastated.

The once prosperous village is now decayed, lonely, and deserted.

Zhao Ning even saw the unburied deceased on the roadside, who had turned into a skeleton and still maintained the painful movements of the moment before death.

If I didn't go out for a walk, I really wouldn't know that Hebei has reached this point.

He couldn't help but sigh.

An interesting thing is that the bosses of all very powerful companies regularly go to the front lines for inspections.

A considerable number of the emperors of very powerful empires would regularly go to the front line, whether it was the front line in the army or the local front line.

Bureaucracy has a natural drawback, which is to report good things but not bad things.

Once something happens, the first instinct of most officials is to immediately do everything they can to suppress the matter without making a big fuss, let alone report it.

Zhao Ning pointed forward and said: "Jing Chao, is there a village there?"

Jing Chao looked over and said: "My lord, there is indeed a village there, there are still people there, and there seems to be crops around it."

"Let's go there and have a look."

After walking some distance, Zhao Ning suddenly encountered a group of businessmen.

The merchants drove a large number of sheep, as well as donkey carts and mule carts, with large and small packages of goods loaded on the carts.

Zhao Ning couldn't help but become curious, and he led the people over.

The merchants obviously saw them too. The merchants thought they had encountered horse thieves, and when they saw so many people, they suddenly panicked.

However, the strength of this group of businessmen was obviously very strong. They brought many bodyguards with them along the way. There were dozens of them, all of whom were strong and strong men.

Jing Chao led the people over first and said, "Don't be afraid, we are not horse thieves, we are just passing by."

Those people looked at Jing Chao warily one by one.

A skinny man at the front smiled and said, "Hero, what's the point of doing this?"

"Ask me some questions."

"It's okay to say it's a good man."

Zhao Ning came forward at this time and asked: "We want to go to Zhaozhou, how far is it?"

"This official, this area is full of giant deer. It is still several hundred miles away from Zhaozhou. We have to go northwest."

"Brother, are you coming from Zhaozhou?"

The skinny man smiled and said, "We came from Shenzhou."

Zhao Ning suddenly said: "Can you sell me a few of these sheep?"

"These sheep... are fine. How many do you want, sir?"

"Bring me fifty."

The skinny man's dark color changed slightly and he said, "Sir, I'm sorry, those sheep have been reserved, and we can only sell ten of them."

Zhao Ning smiled and said: "There are so many of us, but ten of us are not enough to eat."

"Sir, I'm so sorry, these are already booked."

"Who made the reservation?"

"This... we don't know this. We are only responsible for transporting goods." The skinny man had a smile on his face. He was also someone who ran goods at the border all year round. He could tell at a glance that people like Zhao Ning were extraordinary.
Chapter completed!