Guan Hongzhao was wearing ordinary-looking black uniforms, obviously following his father's simple style.

The emperors, generals and ministers all wore ceremonial clothes, which were divided into formal clothes, auspicious clothes and casual clothes. The prince wore a four-clawed python robe.

However, python robes are expensive to make, and Guan Hongzhao only has one and seldom wears them.

The country is poor and simple.

This is what Guan Ning taught him.

Although he only wears plain clothes, it is still difficult to hide Guan Hongzhao's temperament. He is tall, tall and handsome, and his posture and attitude are dignified, which can be said to be graceful and noble.

Compared to his previous immaturity, after this year of supervising the country, he has become more mature and steady.

This is not a court meeting, but a court meeting.

Cabinet ministers, six ministers, and various government officials are all listed.

"Your Majesty is coming back soon."

Guan Hongzhao first said: "Maybe he's back."

This is not nonsense literature.

All the courtiers present here know that His Majesty's consistent style is like this. He often goes out on inspection tours incognito and returns secretly.

Your Majesty has been away for nearly a year and should be back soon.

"Tobe, let's talk first."

Guan Hongzhao looked at Xue Qing, the Minister of Household Affairs.

"Reporting to His Majesty the Crown Prince, the Farm Law has been implemented throughout the country, and at the same time... the rural system has also been implemented..."

The reason why he paused was slightly embarrassed, because the system in this village was learned from the Southern Dynasties, or to be precise, it was learned from Lu Zhengyuan.

In fact, the Farm Law was implemented in Daning a long time ago, and it was proposed by Li Fu.

At that time, the new dynasty was just established and the war was severely damaged. Farming in Yanzhou where Li Fu was located was restored and the harvests were among the best. Later, Guan Ning was appointed as the state herdsman.

He subcontracted the land to households and let them cultivate it. The government only received a fixed amount, and the excess was earned by themselves. The land still belonged to the court, and they could only cultivate it...

The more you work, the more you will harvest.

In the end, Guan Ning gave this method the name Farm Law. In addition, he also sought out farmers and asked questions, implemented scientific farming, and made the area prosperous.

Li Fu has also become a fire-fighting state herdsman. In the past few years, he has transferred to four states, and now he has moved to the northwest.

Guan Ning sympathized with the reward and gave him a higher rank, directly matching him with a high level.

However, at that time, the Farm Law had not yet been implemented on a large scale. A policy had to be repeatedly demonstrated, its shortcomings discovered, and perfected to the extreme before it could be implemented nationwide.

This is not just playing house, otherwise big trouble could easily happen.

The Farm Law is implemented at the lowest level, and this is also the shortcoming of ancient official governance. The imperial power does not go to the countryside, and the lower level is governed by the gentry. If it is doubled at will, this system will be directly destroyed...

Originally a system that benefits people's livelihood, it may eventually become an opportunity for some people to make money and harm people.

For example, if the government collects more money, it will be difficult for the people to pay it. Doesn’t this become a burden?

Only talented officials like Li Fu can truly benefit the people, but not every official is Li Fu.

Therefore, the demonstration still needs to be perfected, and then the war broke out and it stopped here...

But this shortcoming was solved by Lu Zhengyuan, which was to strengthen grassroots governance. The township system and the farm law complemented each other, giving the court great control over the local area.

At the same time, he also proposed the five-guarantee law, in which the people who guarantee the position supervise and restrict each other, which greatly improves basic governance, public security, and tax revenue.

Such a good strategy had been demonstrated in the Southern Dynasties, so it was directly adopted by Xue Qing and implemented throughout the country.

As they are both the head of the country, comparisons are inevitable, and Xue Qing and Lu Zhengyuan are put together.

The Xue family is the most meritorious minister of Daning, and father and son have dedicated their lives to the country.

Xue Qing was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and many new policies were implemented under his auspices.

But now I have discovered that the father-in-law from the Liang Kingdom is actually a capable person and has great talents.

When Xue Qing said this, the expressions of the courtiers became subtle...

"Brother Lu, you've made me lose face. I used to feel guilty for stabbing you in the back, but now I don't..."

Xue Qing sighed secretly in his heart.

There is no shame in learning well. Didn’t Lu Zhengyuan also learn from the imperial court in the beginning?

Then he began to report with an expressionless face.

A series of figures show that thanks to the implementation of the Farm Law and the Rural System, people's livelihood has been greatly improved, tax revenue has also increased, and gradually returned to the pre-war level.

"The Jianghuai and Huaizhou prefectures have not paid taxes. If they were paid, the revenue and expenditure should be balanced."

Xue Qing added another sentence.

Guan Hongzhao immersed himself in writing, and while listening to the report, he also memorized it from time to time.

This is a habit he learned from his father.

A year's hard work is finally reflected in pale numbers, and major national events are also recorded in accounts.

This is the truest situation. Many people think that these big guys are impassioned and intrigues. In fact, what they do every day is the most boring thing... settling accounts!

Guan Hongzhao did not do anything drastic in supervising the country. Most of the time, he continued to do what he had done before and did what he had done well in detail.

He also advocates increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

If we take into account the tax revenue from Jianghuai and Huaihe areas, we can achieve a balance of payments, which is also considered a great progress.

You must know that this is the first year after the war. Relief to the northwest, reserve military supplies, and post-war reconstruction are all considerable expenses...

After a while, Guan Hongzhao raised his head.

"Let the officials tell you."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Peng Fang, the Minister of Civil Affairs, stood up.
Chapter completed!