On this day, the harem was built in the palace of Huaxia City.
Of course, the materials used here are all reinforced concrete structures.
It is not the traditional wood and stone structure, otherwise, the speed would never be so fast.
In order to celebrate the completion of the palace, Li Min hosted a banquet for officials of all sizes in Huaxia City.
Li Min attended the banquet, and officials of all sizes came to propose a toast.
At this kind of banquet, in fact, no one can let go.
After the banquet was over, even Li Min was not full.
He specially ordered the kitchen to set up a separate banquet and left Shangguan Yi behind.
At the banquet, Shangguan Yi was not full.
He has worked with Li Min for many years, and he will not feel embarrassed in front of Li Min.
After three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes, the two began to talk about the construction of Huaxia City.
Shangguan Yi couldn't help but said to Li Min: "Your Majesty, the current development of Huaxia City is still in a period of rapid development. However, the stamina is insufficient. I'm afraid it will slow down in three years at most."
Li Min did not proclaim himself emperor because he did not have the opportunity.
But when she was alone, Shangguan Yi still liked to use the title "Emperor".
This is probably also a reminder to Li Min.
Li Min didn't care about this, but he was a little surprised by the question raised by Shangguan Yi.
"Will the speed slow down in three years? Can you tell me why?"
Shangguan Yi couldn't help but said: "The reason why Huaxia City is so prosperous now is entirely because Huaxia City is undergoing extensive construction."
"Because of the construction, it has attracted countless aboriginal people around. They will definitely spend money here, so the entire Huaxia City seems to be prosperous and prosperous."
"However, within three years at most, the construction of Huaxia City will reach a bottleneck."
"After this, the speed of construction will slow down greatly. By then, it will no longer be able to support such a large population, and China City may experience its first economic stagnation or even recession."
After listening to Shangguan Yi's words, Li Min couldn't help but look at Shangguan Yi deeply.
Yes, this Shangguan Yi is very discerning!
To put it bluntly, the current rapid development of Huaxia City is all driven by large-scale construction, similar to the real estate industry in later generations.
However, this rapid development will quickly decline due to the reduction of construction.
This kind of economy was called bubble economy in later generations.
Li Min didn't expect that Shangguan Yi could actually see this.
Li Min couldn't help but smile and said to Shangguan Yi: "Prime Minister Shangguan, this matter is actually not that terrible."
"In three years, we can completely recruit workers from other industries."
"I think the biggest problem restricting the development of Huaxia City is actually the population problem."
"I do have a way. We can develop tourism so that people from Datang and other surrounding countries can travel to Huaxia City."
"And, we can hold a Hundred Nations Games next year."
The Hundred Nations Games were actually the former Sixteen Nations Games.
At that time, it was scheduled to start every three years. Later, every three years, different countries would send athletes to participate.
Later, the participating countries were no longer limited to the Sixteen Countries.
Later it became the Hundred Nations Games.
But later, because the Tang Dynasty destroyed several countries, the number of participants in the Hundred Nations Games was reduced by several.
The meeting was originally scheduled to be held in Datang next year, but due to Li Min's relationship with the emperor, he could move the venue to Huaxia City with just a word from him.
If a sports meeting can be held in Huaxia City, it will naturally bring huge passenger flow, which is naturally a good thing.
It's just that there's a bit of a rush on the construction schedule.
But this problem is not that big.
Because in Huaxia City, an indoor square was originally under construction, and it is now halfway completed.
Now it only needs a few modifications before it can be put into use.
What Shangguan Yi is worried about is another issue.
"Your Majesty, even so, it can only increase the popularity and income of Huaxia City, but the population problem still cannot be solved!"
Li Min smiled slightly and said: "Prime Minister Shangguan, in fact, we can definitely introduce some immigration measures!"
"For example, if you have a skill that can be used by us, you can be assigned a house after you come here."
"The monthly salary will only be more than in their country, but not less than in their country. You can discuss the corresponding benefits with the officials below."
"For those people, after they arrive, they can be allocated a certain amount of land. As for the houses, we can provide them with loans at cost prices."
"Next time, I will go back to the Tang Dynasty, and then perform in a movie in the surrounding countries."
"First of all, we need to let them know how good this place is in the Golden State. As long as they come here, they will definitely be able to live a good life."
"Then, I will prepare a department that will be responsible for handling these people, gathering a certain number of people, and extraditing them all."
"I believe that we can turn this place into a prosperous empire in ten, twenty, or fifty years!"
After listening to Li Min's words, Shangguan Yi's eyes suddenly lit up.
The emperor is indeed the emperor!
His ideas are always so different.
This idea is absolutely feasible!
By then, after absorbing many foreign people, this Chinese city will surely be able to develop rapidly.
No!
This is no longer Huaxia City, this is actually the country of Huaxia.
However, there is still a question that has been buried in Shangguan Yi's heart for a long time.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shangguan Yi finally asked.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates still don't quite understand the Emperor's attitude towards the aboriginal people."
In Shangguan Yi's view, as long as they establish a country, conflicts with the aboriginal people will break out sooner or later.
After they established their country, were the aborigines considered to be the common people of their Chinese country?
If not counted, the land owned by the indigenous peoples is naturally their own.
Could it be that when they founded the country, they just centered on Huaxia City and it was a small country with a radius of a hundred miles?
Is there any need to build a country?
If we want to turn them all into citizens of the Huaxia Kingdom, and turn all their land into the land of the Huaxia Kingdom.
At that time, conflicts will inevitably occur.
Moreover, the better their relationship is now, the greater the hatred will be when it breaks out.
Because this will make some indigenous people feel a sense of betrayal.
Therefore, in Shangguan Yi's view, this kind of problem comes sooner rather than later.
It would be better to offend them directly from the beginning.
Shangguan Yi has always found it difficult to understand this issue.
Hearing Shangguan Yi's question, Li Min couldn't help but said to him: "Prime Minister Shangguan, actually, you still don't know much about these aborigines!"
"These people would rather break than bend. They cannot be conquered by force. If I could conquer by force, I would have used it long ago. Why would I wait until now?"
What?
Shangguan Yi thought of many reasons, but never thought of this reason.
It cannot be conquered by force.
Once force is used, there will be no end in sight.
Can they still kill them all?
If they only had a small population brought from the Tang Dynasty, only a few hundred thousand people, how many years would it take to grow into a huge empire?
No wonder the emperor did not choose this method.
Shangguan Yi couldn't help but asked bitterly: "Your Majesty, isn't there a better way?"
Li Min smiled slightly and said, "Of course there is a way."
"Many things in this world may not necessarily be solved by force."
"When they encounter difficulties, we can naturally use our true feelings to influence them!"
Influence with true feelings?
Doesn’t the fact that they saved their lives with medicine last time count?
You, the emperor, are very evil. I believed your evil ways!
At this moment, Shangguan Yi saw his own soldiers standing in the distance, gesturing to him.
It seems that there should be something important to tell myself.
By this time, Shangguan Yi was already tipsy.
However, at this time, Shangguan Yi was extremely clear-headed.
He didn't want to leave any bad impression in front of the emperor.
So, he waved his hand and directly called his own soldiers over.
"What happened?"
Shangguan Yi's personal soldiers glanced at the emperor and said in embarrassment: "This..."
What a stupid pig!
I have already called you over, don’t you still understand what it means?
In front of the emperor, are you embarrassing a ball of wool?
This personal soldier can no longer be used after returning, and must be replaced!
Shangguan Yi asked in a deep voice: "What happened, why don't you tell the truth?"
Shangguan Yi's soldiers heard that Shangguan Yi's tone was wrong and did not dare to neglect him. They immediately said: "Yes, sir! It's like this. A murder occurred on the street outside."
"I don't know what dispute caused me, a store owner in the Tang Dynasty, to kill an aborigine. Now the aborigines have surrounded the shop, and the conflict between the two sides is intensifying."
"The police officers who are controlling the scene are afraid to make decisions without authorization, for fear of making the situation worse. Then, they will report it."
"My subordinates are afraid of causing any trouble, so I don't want to disturb the enjoyment of the superior and the emperor."
There was a conflict between the Tang people and the aborigines?
After hearing the news, Shangguan Yi's face became serious.
If this kind of thing is not handled well, it will most likely create a rift between them and the indigenous people.
Once a crack occurs, it is difficult to repair it.
This will have a serious adverse impact on their development.
Thinking of this, Shangguan Yi quickly said to Li Min: "Your Majesty, the matter is urgent, and my subordinates will go to handle it immediately."
Li Min waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go with you!"
Shangguan Yi immediately said: "Yes, Your Majesty!"
In front of outsiders, Shangguan Yi would naturally not call Li Min the emperor.
As for Li Min, naturally he would not call him prime minister.
This is just a bit of bad fun between the two of them.
The two got up and quickly arrived at the scene of the incident with a team of guards.
The place where the incident happened was in a restaurant in the food city.
The name of the restaurant is Zhoujia Restaurant.
At this time, the Zhou Family Restaurant was already besieged by the aborigines.
Inside the restaurant, there was a group of Tang people holding sticks and eyeing the surrounding aborigines.
This kind of incident can turn into a group incident if you are not careful.
If not handled well, the conflict will escalate quickly.
The appearance of Li Min and Shangguan Yi made the atmosphere at the scene relax.
That's it for Shangguan Yi. Although he holds great power, the indigenous people may not buy his account.
But Li Min is different.
When the vicious injury broke out, if it hadn't been for Li Min, the aborigines would have died and been injured a lot.
It was the city lord Li Min who saved their lives.
These aboriginal people were grateful to Li Min in their hearts.
Seeing Li Min's arrival, they immediately put down their weapons in the water.
Li Min picked up a loudspeaker and started speaking outside the crowd.
"This city lord knows everything that happened here. Don't worry, Huaxia City is a place governed by the rule of law."
"Anyone who breaks the law will be severely punished."
"This case will be investigated personally by the city lord. Tomorrow, the case will be heard publicly."
"At that time, everyone can come and watch."
"Of course, we need to pay attention to order and avoid crowding and stampedes."
"Now, please put down your weapons. Next, this city lord will hear this case. You can watch, but please do not block traffic."
After Li Min finished speaking, the aborigines put down their weapons very consciously.
They also gave way to the road and stood on both sides of the road.
However, they did not leave, but stayed at the scene to watch the developments.
Seeing this scene, Shangguan Yi secretly admired him.
This means that the emperor came in person.
If it were him, these aborigines would not be able to convince him so easily.
Next, Li Min went to the scene to hear the case in person.
There was nothing complicated about this case to begin with. After some further questioning, Li Min quickly figured out the truth of the matter.
It turns out that this shop is a restaurant, and the owner of this restaurant is called Zhou Da.
This Zhou Da is from Tang Dynasty.
They recruited many aborigines to serve as shop assistants.
But this Zhou Da is a bit mean.
Although the wages are average to those offered by surrounding shops.
The main problem is that with less money, it will be difficult for him to recruit people.
But Zhou Da always likes to deduct workers' wages and often defaults on wages.
Therefore, none of the guys like the boss Zhou Da very much.
And in this Chinese city, as long as you are willing to work, the most indispensable thing is a place to work.
Therefore, in this hotel this week, almost none of the staff worked long hours.
And this dead stone is an aborigine and came to this store two months ago.
This stone is hardworking and very capable.
But this week, he still found various reasons to deduct his wages, and even owed him one month's wages.
This time, Zhou Da really couldn't escape, so he paid Shitou's first month's wages.
But only half of the salary was paid.
Because of this incident, the two had a quarrel.
Then, the two had a physical conflict again.
Finally, Zhou Da accidentally pushed the stone down.
Shitou's head happened to hit the wall, causing Shitou to die on the spot.
Zhou Da was now frightened and was about to escape when Shitou's family heard the news and rushed over.
And those people surrounding him outside were all members of the Stone clan.
These aborigines are all very united.
In their tribe, as long as something happens to one person, the others will swarm in.
If Li Min and Shangguan Yi hadn't arrived in time, it might have caused a catastrophe.
This case caused a huge sensation in Huaxia City that day.
Countless people started discussing the trial of this case by the City Lord Tomorrow.
"Hmph! I think the city lord must be towards their Tang people, and he will definitely be open to that Zhou Dawang tomorrow."
"But, this Zhou Da didn't actually mean to kill Shi Shi. He shouldn't be guilty of death, right?"
"Hmph! Who knows if he did it on purpose? Anyway, the stone man is dead. Murder must be paid with life, and debts must be repaid with money. This is a matter of course!"
"If the city lord really favors the Tang people, what should we do?"
"Huh! If that's the case, we will return to our hometown and never help them again!"
"But the city lord saved so many of us at that time, he is our savior!"
"Humph! But after all, they are not our tribe, and he will never treat us equally."
"Let's see how the city lord handles it tomorrow!"
This was a discussion among the aborigines. They believed that the city lord would definitely favor the Tang people.
On the Tang people's side, the voices of discussion were different.
"How do you think the city lord will judge the case tomorrow?"
"Do you still need to ask? Zhou Da is from the Tang Dynasty, and the city lord will definitely show some mercy to him tomorrow."
"Isn't this impossible? If the prince is lenient to him, how will he explain it to the aborigines?"
"Now, our development cannot be separated from the indigenous people!"
"But Zhou Da's crime is not worthy of death, right? Although he also killed people, he also killed people unintentionally, right?"
"But, who asked him to kill people at this juncture? There are no ghosts who died unjustly in that temple?"
"Don't worry, the prince is the most upright person. In this case, the prince will judge how he should be sentenced! He will never show favoritism because of the identities of both parties!"
"So what do you think, how should this case be judged?"
"Well, I'm not the prince, how do I know?"
There is a lot of discussion about this case in the outside world.
All the aborigines believed that the city lord would let Zhou Da go for personal gain.
Some people in the Tang Dynasty believed that the prince would definitely kill Zhou Da and give an explanation to the aborigines.
There are also some people in the Tang Dynasty who believe that the prince will enforce the law impartially and will never show favoritism.
But they themselves couldn't tell how to decide this case.
On the second day, Li Min brought the criminals and various witnesses to the square in the city, and decided to hear the case publicly here.
On this day, the square was crowded with people, and it was so crowded that the whole square was blocked.
This is a very classic case, and the judgment in this case has far-reaching consequences.
It may affect the legal system of Huaxia City in the future, and there is also the issue of the scale of judgment.
Similarly, it will also affect how the aborigines and Tang people get along with each other.
Not long after, the city lord Li Min came to the square with his guards and began to hear the case in public.
This central square is very large, large enough for tens of thousands of people.
But there are really too many people coming today.
I'm afraid there are at least 100,000.
Even with the size of the square, it cannot accommodate so many people.
Outside the square, several streets were densely packed with pedestrians who came to watch.
Li Min, fearing that people outside could not hear clearly, specially prepared loudspeakers in several places.
And arrange a special person to relay the case specifically.
We also arranged for a TV station to broadcast the entire event live.
Throughout Huaxia City, there are live TV broadcasts in hundreds of squares.
Watching live TV is actually clearer than watching it in the square.
Even at the scene, because there were too many people and it was too noisy, I couldn’t hear it clearly.
Therefore, as soon as the live TV broadcast started, many people were diverted.
Everyone outside the square was dispersed away.
Even those on the edge of the square began to retreat one after another.
They were at the back and couldn't see what was going on in front of them at all, and even the sounds probably couldn't be heard clearly.
Instead, it would be better to watch live TV in the square.
Not long after, the time came and the interrogation officially began.
In major squares, live TV broadcasts were carried out simultaneously.
The city lord Li Min first interrogated Zhou Da.
"Da Zhou, you deducted wages from the workers, then caused conflicts, and killed Shi Shi, but what is the truth? Is there anything else you need to distinguish?"
Zhou Da fell to his knees on the ground with a thump, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! This villain has deducted a stone from his wages."
"The villain is greedy and stingy. This is all the villain's fault. But Shitou is a good boy, villain. Although the villain clashed with him, he really didn't want to kill him, Prince!"
Snapped!
Li Min was stunned, and then asked: "Zhou Da, please tell the truth about what happened. In the process of describing it, no personal feelings should be mixed."
There was a loud bang, which immediately frightened Zhou Da.
"Yes, Your Majesty. On that day, the villain paid Shitou his wages. At that time, he was already in arrears with his wages for nearly a month. The villain, the villain deducted half a month's wages from him."
"Really, it's the villain, lard, who has deceived his heart. In fact, Shitou didn't make any mistakes. The villain found various reasons to forcibly deduct it."
"The villain thought that Shitou was an honest man, so he dared to do this. But the villain didn't expect that one day, Shitou seemed to have gone crazy, and he came up and beat the villain."
"He, he bit the villain's arm. He bit him and wouldn't let go! The villain was frightened and angry, so he started to fight back."
"Unexpectedly, the villain used too much force and pushed the stone to the wall."
"I never thought that his head hit the wall first, and then Shitou died on the spot."
"Your Majesty, that's what happened. The villain really didn't mean to kill the stone. He really didn't. I hope your Majesty will learn from it!"
Li Min nodded, and then asked: "Did anyone witness the scene at that time?"
Zhou Da quickly said: "Your Majesty, yes, yes!"
It turned out that there were two witnesses at the scene that day.
