Chapter 109 Song Xuan's plan for the future of the empire
Chapter 109 Song Xuan’s plan for the future of the empire
After going to court, Song Xuan went to Jingren Palace. He was a little angry today.
As for him, who had previously vowed not to come to Jingren Palace within three days and would be treated like a dog when he came, he had long forgotten this matter.
As for men, dogs should be like dogs. What a big deal Song Xuan said!
"It's not that I'm angry. The main thing is that sometimes I feel helpless. Not every good policy will benefit the country and the people."
Lying on the soft big bed, Song Xuan said helplessly: "Ruling the world is much more difficult than conquering the world. Many things cannot be considered comprehensively. No matter how good the decision is, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no omissions."
Liu Qinglian chuckled and said, "If there are any omissions, just plug them up."
"As long as the world is still under your control, brother, you have plenty of time to change the direction of this country."
Song Xuan rolled his eyes at her.
"Brother, haven't you noticed that since you came to the throne, it always feels like you have been rushing for time. There are many decrees that obviously take several years or even more than ten years to be completed and issued. You can't wait to finish them all within this year."
Liu Qinglian stared at him unblinkingly, becoming rarely serious.
"What are you so worried about?"
This sentence made Song Xuan fall into deep thought.
Ever since he knew that he only had one year to improve his cultivation, he subconsciously had a sense of urgency, eager to make the entire country rich and powerful, so that he could have more free time to practice.
But at this moment, he suddenly woke up.
There is nothing to be anxious about. After this year, he will have endless time to deal with government affairs and plenty of time to guide the entire country in the direction he wants to see.
In this world, theoretically speaking, he will have endless lifespan, which also means that he can have countless opportunities to make mistakes and make corrections.
The same is true for governing a country, and the same is true for spiritual practice!
Then I'm still in a hurry!
Royal study room.
After Song Xuan enjoyed the gentle countryside, he came here again with great perseverance.
Although there is no rush, there will be plenty of time in the future to change this empire into what you want, but even so, at this stage, the batch of discounts still have to be approved, and the things that need to be done still have to be done.
At this moment, he was reviewing the memorial.
Most of them are written by officials from various places to express their loyalty. This kind of news is boring, but it still needs to be restored. At least the word "read" must be included.
Of course, some of the excerpts made Song Xuan very upset.
for example,
Magistrate of a certain place: Your Majesty, how are you?
Prefect of a certain place: Your Majesty, how are you?
City Supervisor of a certain place: Your Majesty, how are you?
How am I? I’m so good, you’re so fucked up!
Song Xuan was very annoyed when he saw this kind of excerpt, but you couldn't just throw this kind of excerpt aside, you had to give a reply of "I am very happy".
After all, the new dynasty had just been established, and a large part of the officials in various places were still officials from the Yuan Dynasty. Most officials were in a state of uneasiness and even fear at this time.
Although these hints make people speechless, if they don't reply, they will easily be frightened and panicked all day long, and they will have no intention to govern.
At least until the imperial examination is over and the court has enough officials to replace them, Song Xuan still has to deal with it.
After reviewing some sandbox excerpts, Song Xuan sat on the chair, with the intention of setting up a cabinet already in his mind.
At first, he thought that he could just handle government affairs with his energy as an innate warrior. Wouldn't it be easy to do so?
But now it seems that he still overestimated the quality of officials in various places in this era. If there are a bunch of similar sandbox excerpts to be corrected every day, he will not even think about taking time to practice this year.
After pondering for a moment, he took out a piece of rice paper and kept writing on it.
"Food, transport it overseas, or grab it directly from overseas!"
"Land, later annexation issues, external expansion!"
At this moment, Song Xuan wrote down whatever he thought of. As a feudal empire, there were countless problems, but there were actually not many fundamental problems.
Food and land, as long as these two do not collapse, the feudal empire can be maintained for a long time. Even if corruption is rampant, as long as the people still have land, the food they grow can still feed their families, and there is the possibility of rebellion.
Not big.
The food problem is not difficult to solve now.
Nowadays, the people of the entire Wu Dynasty are in an extremely exciting progress of land reclamation. It only takes a few years to rest and recuperate, and this brand-new empire can completely gain a foothold and solve the problem of food for the people.
After two years, when the ships are built and the navy is formed, Tang He can be ordered to lead troops to sea to search for high-yielding crops. At the same time, they can trade with overseas countries and import large quantities of overseas grains, which can further solve the food crisis problem.
Today's Wu Dynasty is not short of money, and anything that can be solved with money is no big deal.
After a moment of reflection, Song Xuan continued to write on the paper.
"Road construction, population."
If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. If the roads are impassable, not to mention prosperous commerce, even issuing imperial decrees will be a problem. If you want to strengthen the central court's control over local areas, building roads is a necessary step.
Secondly, there is the population problem.
Several provinces in the North have been in constant war and have been ruled by foreign regimes for hundreds of years. The population has declined to an extremely dangerous level.
According to the preliminary statistics given by Li Shanchang, the current total population of the huge empire is only about 30 million people.
In Song Xuan's view, this was completely insufficient. Such a small population was not enough to support external expansion in the later period, even to develop domestic demand and cultivate talents.
The population is too small, domestic demand is insufficient, basic industries are weak, and there is not even the possibility of an industrial revolution.
Resuming production as soon as possible to increase the population was also the primary issue after the founding of the Wu Dynasty. Only after this problem was solved, it would be feasible to start the Age of Discovery and expand externally!
"Improvement of sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and rice."
Song Xuan wrote a lot intermittently, and as he stopped writing, the future direction of the entire empire had a clear outline in his mind.
There are too many things that need to be dealt with to govern a country, but as long as a few key issues are grasped, the country will not go astray.
During this period, the most important point was the need for a powerful emperor who had absolute control over the entire court.
As for Song Xuan, as the founding emperor who unified the world by force, he was quite confident in this regard.
This confidence comes from the strength of one's own innate warriors, from the Tsing Yi Guards all over the country, and from the ministers of Conglong who have hundreds of civil and military officials throughout the dynasty!