Liu Xiang took a sip of wine and felt that the wine was so bitter.
"Your Majesty... These are six newly built cities. I plan to set up a school here..."
Liu Jing sat in front of Liu Xiang and spoke his thoughts seriously. Zhou Bo sat not far away with an indifferent face, just listening to Liu Jing's report.
"Okay...just do what you said."
Liu Xiang just nodded casually, but Liu Jing frowned.
"Your Majesty regards you as the King of Hexi and has important responsibilities with you! Is this how you want to treat state affairs?!"
Liu Xiang shook his head bitterly, "Mr. Liu...you don't know something..."
Liu Xiang then told the two elders in front of him about his tragic first love. After Liu Xiang came to Hexi Kingdom, he quickly showed his advantages. One of his few advantages was that he had the same qualities as Liu Chang.
With his strong affinity, he got along very well with the ministers. He was like a father-in-law. From time to time he would go to their homes to eat and drink and talk about everything. The ministers quite liked this sincere and friendly king.
Of course, comparing his advantages, his shortcomings are also obvious. His ability to handle state affairs is too weak and he cannot keep up with the pace of several elders. If Liu Chang is said to be wise and foolish, then he is stupid and weak-minded. He can't even understand memorials.
, can only be used as a mascot, responsible for nodding and supporting the decisions of the elders.
But at this moment, Liu Jing was furious when he heard Liu Xiang talking about the reason why he was sad.
"The majestic princes and kings of the Han Dynasty!
You are actually sad because of a woman?! This is simply unreasonable?!"
Liu Jing turned around and left angrily.
Liu Xiang's face was filled with grievances and he drank the bitter wine again.
In an era when heroism of dying for the king was generally admired, Liu Xiang's behavior was simply absurd and the greatest shame in the eyes of people like Liu Jing, just like Liu Hui who committed suicide in history to favor his concubine.
When Empress Lu heard about it, she was furious. She thought that a powerful Han prince had actually sacrificed his life for a woman, so she directly ordered him not to enter the temple, not to inherit a son for him, and directly destroyed his sacrifices.
It wasn't until the fourth brother came to the throne that he was posthumously named Prince Gong.
Zhou Bo also stood up, and Liu Xiang glanced at him. In Hexi Kingdom, Liu Xiang got along very well with many ministers, but Zhou Bo was the only one. Zhou Bo was a very indifferent person, and he always treated Liu Xiang with kindness.
Feeling deeply conflicted, Liu Xiang did not dare to say anything to him, so the relationship was not very close.
But Zhou Bo did not leave, but knelt down in front of Liu Xiang.
He picked up the wine cup in front of him and took a sip.
"Drinking and suffering is not a man's fault after all. You can first establish meritorious deeds and then marry her."
Liu Xiang was stunned, "Ah? But she is already married to someone else."
"So I have to make meritorious deeds..."
"Why?"
"When the king takes her away, you can use your merits to avoid punishment."
Zhou Bofeng said calmly.
Liu Xiang coughed violently, wiped the tears from his eyes, and looked at Zhou Bo blankly, "Lieutenant, is this appropriate?"
"Then it depends on the king. If the king thinks it is suitable, then it is suitable..."
Liu Xiang pursed his lips, "But if I don't have much talent, how can I make meritorious deeds?"
"You are the king. You only need to leave the matters of war to your ministers and the matters of governance to Liu Jing. That is enough... Your Majesty, you have also heard what Liu Jing just said. Build a city in Hexi and build a city in Hexi."
Chidao requires a lot of manpower, and farming is also indispensable... There are many Qiang barbarians in the west of Hexi. If we can make them the people of Hexi, can we solve a lot of problems?"
Liu Xiang nodded, "Yes, then call Mr. Liu over quickly..."
Zhou Bo said calmly: "But, the ministers in the court now feel disgusted when they hear about the military affairs. If Hexi sends troops rashly, I'm afraid they will reprimand..."
Liu Xiang waved his hand in displeasure, "Why are you worried about the ministers of the DPRK? How can they reprimand me?"
"I'm afraid they will harass His Majesty. If they anger His Majesty, I'm afraid..."
Liu Xiang pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "No problem! Catch me! If Father Zhong is to question me, I will have my say!"
"good."
Zhou Bo nodded, then slowly stood up, moved his head, like a tiger unchained, he glanced at Liu Xiang and said, "Making meritorious deeds is what a man does... Your Majesty also
Don't worry too much about personal affairs. Now that Qin Tong refuses to promise his daughter to you, the king will rule Hexi with peace of mind. After he is successful and famous, he will call this guy here and humiliate him face to face."
"Here!"
In the West Courtyard, Liu Qizheng was reading the letter, glanced at it briefly, and then put it aside.
Ji Tong and Zhidu sat next to Liu Qi. Ji Tong asked suspiciously: "The King of Hexi sent a letter. Could it be that something big happened?"
Liu Qi shook his head disdainfully, "It's just some private matters, not worth mentioning."
"Xiang Ji, what happened to the invitation to the kings?"
"I have already sent someone to inform you that the banquet will be held on the tenth of next month."
"Very good, now the Marquis of Huaiyin is in the north, fighting bloody battles. The Marquis of Huaiyin is fighting for the countries in the Western Region to pacify foreign enemies. How can we look at it like this? Help the Marquis of Huaiyin to the best of our ability and obey his orders... This
All the kings of the Western Regions, now that they are all under the name of His Majesty, should act as one and put aside their original prejudices..."
Liu Qi said and then said with a smile: "Prime Minister Ji is responsible for liaising with the princes. In addition, he must ensure the safety of the food routes to Huaiyin Hou's army..."
"only!
"
After Ji Tong left, Liu Qi looked at Zhi Du aside, but his face no longer had the softness he had just before.
"Everything in the country is unorganized. The food grown in a year is not enough to feed ourselves. We have to borrow food from the temple. This is really inappropriate. From now on, you will be responsible for the domestic farming affairs. In each county, we will stipulate the number of crops for this year.
The land that should be cultivated, the amount of grain that should be produced this year, and the cultivation should be promoted with all efforts, and officials in various places should organize the people to cultivate, manage it in the same way as managing soldiers, and prohibit the lax atmosphere. If the standard is not reached by then, the punishment will be death.
!”
"Rewards those who have made meritorious deeds with titles, land, ministers, money..."
Zhidu was stunned, and then asked: "The king has just arrived, if you use strict..."
"No problem! Now there are only a hundred thousand people in the country, and there are only a few thousand in each county. If we follow the rules step by step, how can we govern Hexi? It is not as good as a county. The current method can be imitated by the Qin State. That is the fastest way.
The way to strengthen a country is just to do what I say, and there is no need to worry about the temple!"
"only!
"
.........
At the end of the court meeting, Ji Bu's face didn't look very good.
His original food estate was not much, so this was reduced by another three hundred.
Of course, Ji Bu was not a minister who cared much about food and the like. The main problem was the administration of officials, which gave him a headache. It is not difficult to supervise hundreds of officials, but it is a bit difficult to supervise officials all over the world. Even if there are
The same goes for the coordination of embroidered clothes. There are a lot of embroidered clothes, but the problem is that this big man's empire is not small.
In fact, many administrative problems arise at the bottom level, and Ji Bu is currently worried about this administrative issue.
How to do it?
Some ministers thought that the severe punishments of Qin should be restored, otherwise the officials would not know how to be afraid.
Some ministers believe that supervision should be increased and more supervisory officials should be appointed.
However, Ji Bu felt that these two methods were not feasible.
Just when Ji Bu was thinking about this problem and walking out of the palace, Zhang Buyi stopped him with a smile.
"Buah...you just took over my position, why did you do such a thing?"
"It's not easy to be a censor, you have to be careful!"
Listening to these shameless remarks, Ji Bu didn't know what to say for a moment. How long had he been the censor? This was clearly a problem left behind when you were in power, right?
However, Ji Bu didn't take it seriously and asked, "What can you do?"
Zhang Buyi would not stop him for no reason, he must have some idea.
Zhang Buyey hesitated for a moment, "I have a preliminary idea. Let's go to your house to have a chat?"
"good."
In the study, Zhang Buqi asked: "Tell me, who was the first to notice the traitor?"
"Of course it's the common people."
Ji Bu replied without thinking.
"Yes, it's the common people. I heard that in the Zhou Dynasty, lung stones were set up outside the department. If the people had grievances, they would drum up the stones. The officials would not correct them. They would stand there for three days and some officials would ask questions."
"You think, if we allow the people to write directly to the palace to sue the officials, or set up a special agency to take charge of such things, would it be more effective than increasing the number of supervisory officials?"
Ji Bu stroked his beard and pondered for a long time, "You mean to set up Jinshan Jing, slander wood, and dare to remonstrate?"
"How can the crude methods of Yao and Shun be used today?"
"But we can learn from this practice... I think we can set up a government office, let's call it a government office, and replace it with the responsibility of the company's chariot commander."
"We arrange for the officials to be responsible for the crimes in the county. They do not interact with local officials, but only deal with the people. If the people have any grievances, they will be found. The officials are not allowed to check them, but they will be sent directly to the government. In the past, the supervisors were official supervisors. You might as well think differently.
, so that the people can monitor it. The Han Dynasty has few officials and a large territory, but the territory of the Han Dynasty is full of common people...Now that there are Di reports, we can use Di reports continuously to inform about this matter, so that officials in various places can report this.
Preach the matter to the people..."
"Even if the people don't dare to write a letter, when the local officials learn about this, they will be afraid and will not dare to oppress them wantonly..."
Ji Bu quickly started discussing this matter with Zhang Buyi, covering the issues of the size of officials, salary issues, the process of accepting cases, how to identify them, how to deal with them, etc.
Ji Bu asked with some suspicion: "You have such an idea, why didn't you inform His Majesty during the meeting just now?"
Zhang Buyi said disdainfully: "How dare you inform Your Majesty without being completely sure? Your Majesty loves the people, and whenever he hears about the people's affairs, he will be very anxious. If something goes wrong, wouldn't it mean that Your Majesty will bear a bad reputation?
?This is not possible. You still have to be sure. After you have specific implementation methods, you can implement them. In this way, even if there is a mistake, it is your or my problem, and your Majesty does not have to bear it...
.”
"You are very thoughtful about this kind of thing..."
“Don’t be sloppy!
"
"This is His Majesty's move to love the people, but there must be no mistakes!"
Every time Zhang Buyi mentioned the word "Your Majesty," his tone would become even more intense, and his expression would be a little fanatical. Ji Bu shook his head, "Okay, I understand. You should go back quickly."
After seeing Zhang Buyi off, Ji Bu's retainers smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang is a wise minister."
Ji Bu shook his head, "Whether he is a virtuous minister or not depends entirely on whether your Majesty is a virtuous king. Now that your Majesty loves the people, he will be able to take measures to love the people. If your Majesty wants to do something harmful to the people, this guy will definitely continue."
He offers advice not for the country or the people, but for His Majesty's ears."
"Besides, this guy is still young. I can only hope that Your Majesty will not change and continue to maintain his innocence and benevolence. Otherwise, this guy will become the biggest disaster in the world..."
"You should call all the officials of the Imperial Palace here now...to discuss this matter together!"
"only!
"
.........
"Teacher, we have been pursuing the policy of focusing on agriculture for a long time. Why are there still no results? The people in the world still don't have enough to eat?"
Liu Chang sat next to Zhang Cang worriedly, his face full of sorrow.
Zhang Cang pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty... I will serve as the Prime Minister of the country for three months... If I can feed everyone in the world within three months, then I will not be the Prime Minister of the country and go to Penglai Island to become an immortal."
Gone."
"Then how long do I have to wait?"
"Thirty years."
"This is still under the condition that there are no flaws in many policies and all are being carried out smoothly. If something goes wrong, it will only take longer."
Liu Chang shook his head and asked: "What about this practical strategy that I came up with for the disciples?"
"Very good, I will start implementing it now."
Zhang Cang said seriously: "If we can complete the farming business within a year, we can save four million dan in food consumption, and today's food production can more than double.
It has a huge impact, but within ten years, it will allow Dahan to have several more important granaries... Many of Shang Fang's new machines have been promoted in various places, especially spinning wheels, and a large number of spinning wheels have been sent to the people."
"I built hydraulic spinning mills in Chang'an, Handan, Jinyang, Pengcheng and other counties, and recruited a large number of civilian women to work."
"The price of the spinning wheel is already affordable by middle-class families. Next, I will find a way to increase the price of raw materials so that the lower-level mulberry farming families can also benefit. At least, Your Majesty does not have to worry about the people having nothing to wear.
..."
"In these three months, all the 23,000 spinning wheels accumulated by various countries have been put into private use."
"More than 80 waterwheels have been built in Guanzhong, and a total of 13,000 tread plows have been manufactured by various countries... and they are also being used among the people in large numbers..."
"I released a large amount of iron tools, which suppressed the price of iron tools. I will continue to suppress them in the future. I would rather lose money than make it affordable for the people."
"In addition, the developed field-building technology and Qihunhan technology have been promoted to other countries for them to imitate."
"According to my current calculations, by this time next year, Dahan's grain production capacity will be three times that of this year!
"
"three times???"
Liu Chang was stunned and asked hurriedly: "Then if we want to feed everyone in the world, how many times the current grain production will be needed?"
Zhang Cang pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty, this is not easy to calculate. Your Majesty can just wait and see."
Liu Chang grinned and shook his head, "Teacher, please don't hide it from me. I heard that you have a large number of people who are good at counting in your house. They calculate all day long. When others say they can't calculate, I still believe you when they say you can't.
Come on, I don't believe it. You can even calculate the income and expenditure of various places clearly. You also helped Ting Wei catch more than 30 local officials who were greedy for tax. There is nothing else you can't figure out.
What about?"
This elder who used mathematics to govern the country applied mathematics to all aspects of the Han Dynasty, from population statistics to production statistics and tax statistics. He made a very detailed assessment of today's Han Dynasty. All aspects of information can be seen at a glance.
It's so clear and shocking.
Zhang Cang hesitated for a moment and said: "If you want to be full, you must increase food production, and increasing food production requires a lot of manpower. People need to eat food... Thirty years later, if the food of the Han Dynasty
If the output can reach 47 times that of today, the people of the world will be able to have enough to eat."
"Forty-seven times..."
Liu Chang murmured the number.
Zhang Cang didn't dare to say anything because he was afraid that this guy would be frightened. Seeing Liu Chang being stunned, he explained: "Actually, some of Shang Fang's things can double the grain output in an instant, so you don't need to care so much...
.”
"Hahahaha~~~~"
Liu Chang raised his head and laughed.
"I thought how much it would cost, but it turns out it's only forty-seven times?"
"Master, we have tripled our number in one year, and it only takes more than twenty years to accomplish it!"
Liu Chang looked at Zhang Cang with a smile on his face and extremely confident.
The strong sense of self-confidence that almost overflowed from him immediately infected Zhang Cang. Zhang Cang also stroked his beard and laughed, "Yes, not to mention that we have now completed twice the number, and only four are left.
Fifteen times!"
"With our master and disciple working together, the remaining forty-five times can be done for him sooner or later!"
Liu Chang beat his hands and said seriously.
"By the way, Your Majesty, I heard that you brought the captured foreign king to the palace to humiliate him??"
"Ah? How could I humiliate them? I just followed Duke Fuqiu's advice, taught them, and helped them realize their mistakes and change them!"
........
In Tingwei's prison, King Ma Han and King Fuyu looked at the eucalyptus in front of them and began to doubt their lives.
Five thousand words, the Tao Te Ching doesn’t even have five thousand words!
Fortunately for King Ma Han, the nobles of Ma Han received education from the Central Plains. No matter whether it was elegance or literature, they could not trouble him. However, this person from Fuyu was self-taught, and his cultural level was second only to Liu.
Long, I can speak and write, but not much.
King Ma Han had already written out all the words he could think of to admit his mistake, and even used them several times. However, no matter how he admitted his mistake or regretted it, he just couldn't make up the five thousand words.
King Buyeo looked at his dozen words with despair on his face.
With just these ten words, he has already said all he can say, what else can he say?
King Buyeo dropped his pen in despair.
“It’s better to let Your Majesty execute me directly!