One hundred and forty-fourth, my achievements will never be completed!
Even if the Yulong Guards deliberately concealed the news that Qingkui, a powerful martial artist, was assassinated in the inner city of Kyoto, they could not hide it for long. In addition, the Yulong Guards had no intention of hiding it, so only the next day, a well-informed person learned about it.
information.
The next day, on the way to court.
Officials in twos and threes walked together, chatting in low voices about their recent experiences and policies.
"Have you heard? The night before yesterday, there was an attack and murder case on Yonghe Street in the inner city of Kyoto." A fifth-rank criminal doctor in green official uniform said quietly to the young minister of Guanglu Temple beside him.
The young minister of Guanglu Temple frowned slightly when he heard this and asked in a deep voice: "Who dares to commit an assassination in the inner city of Kyoto? Have you been caught?"
Someone was assassinated in the inner city of Kyoto, which made him instinctively feel a little uneasy. After all, his family also lived in the inner city, even further away from the Forbidden City than Yonghe Street. If assassination could happen there... that would be
Doesn't it mean that one day, he may be assassinated?
"It's not very clear. The case was taken over by the Yulong Guard." The doctor of the Criminal Department shook his head slightly and said: "But what we can know is that in the attack the night before yesterday, there were at least three people in the Eight Meridian Realm.
The strong take part!”
"What!" Guanglu Temple Shaoqing's tone rose slightly, and a trace of horror flashed in his eyes: "Who do they want to attack and kill???"
You must know that if a martial artist in the Eight Meridians joins the army, even if he is just a fool, he can easily get a fourth- or fifth-level military position. If he joins a party, he will be able to live in fine clothes and food for a lifetime. And if he does not want to be restrained, he may even be qualified to stand on his own.
Establish a smaller sect, recruit disciples, and become a master and ancestor!
And for such a person to attack and kill one person at the same time... the person who attacked and killed could not be a prince or noble!
The doctor from the Criminal Department looked around and said in a low voice: "Haha, the person who was attacked and killed was Nie Yun, one of the top martial arts leaders who was just selected by the Holy Emperor a few days ago."
"The youngest alchemist elder?" The young minister of Guanglu Temple frowned slightly. He had heard this name quite a few times in the past two days, but he had never seen it before.
"Who else could it be?" The doctor from the Criminal Department shrugged and said.
"What a beautiful tree in the forest, it will be destroyed by the wind. What a pity."
The young minister of Guanglu Temple sighed slightly. Although he had never met Nie Yun, he was expected to be a talented and heroic young man. In addition, after hearing that he became famous, he almost refused all banquet invitations and still kept a low profile in alchemy.
Association, which led him to admire this young man he had never met before, but now...
"What a pity, he is not dead." The Minister of Punishment smiled and said: "I heard that he was seriously injured. I don't know the details. But it's good that he didn't go to the Alchemy Association last night."
"Oh? Not dead?" The Young Minister of Guanglu Temple relaxed his brows slightly, nodded and said, "Those who are talented are indeed protected by great luck."
Shouldn't he be said to be worthy of being the top martial artist... The Minister of Justice curled his lips slightly, but he didn't care, and continued with a smile: "There is also what happened at the Sixth Prince's banquet, I wonder if you have heard about it.
"
"A banquet held by the Sixth Prince?" Guanglu Temple Shaoqing shook his head: "My son is only ten years old after the Chinese New Year. How could the Sixth Prince invite him?"
"Haha, my son has just turned sixteen and was invited to participate." The Minister of Punishment smiled and lowered his voice and said: "The Sixth Prince is quite capable and can invite Nie Yun, but I don't think he can.
I thought that the person coming from the Qian family was that crazy Wu, and I didn't expect that the crazy Wu would come, so I directly challenged Nie Yun, and in the end I was severely beaten."
The Minister of Justice even raised his eyebrows as he spoke, almost making it clear.
"Huh?" The young minister of Guanglu Temple frowned slightly and said hesitantly: "It's not unusual for that madman Wu to challenge others. Although he was beaten later, it's not like..."
The young minister of Guanglu Temple did not finish his words, but the Minister of Punishment understood.
"Hey, if that's the case, it's unreasonable to forcibly connect these two things, but..." The Minister of Punishment looked around cautiously, then he whispered in the ear of the young minister of Guanglu Temple: "
When the madman Qian Jiawu beat the madman, he once said that the Qian family was looking for revenge on Nie Yun or something..."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Guanglu Temple Shaoqing's body trembled almost instantly, and his voice became slightly louder unconsciously. As if he realized his gaffe, he quickly lowered his voice: "You said
Is this reliable? If you say such nonsense, something will happen, something big will happen!"
Not to mention that Nie Yun is the Qingkui whom His Majesty has just personally appointed, the Alchemist Association alone cannot easily let go of someone who dares to assassinate the elders of their association!
"Haha, how can this be fake? There are hundreds of people at the Sixth Prince's banquet, and everyone has misunderstood?" The Minister of Punishment shook his head slightly, with an incomprehensible look in his eyes: "Originally, I thought it might be that crazy martial artist who was beaten.
When I first met, I was talking nonsense, wanting revenge and so on. Looking at it like this, I was like, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk."
"Doctor Qian, he shouldn't do such an irrational thing..." Guanglu Temple Shaoqing swallowed unconsciously and glanced at the red-robed figure walking almost at the front.
But I found a lot of eyes with the same purpose.
"Who knows." The Minister of Justice shrugged and lowered his voice again: "Maybe there is someone else..."
There is someone else... The young minister of Guanglu Temple's eyes became more complicated. He could have the strength to mobilize the power of several eight-line martial arts practitioners in Kyoto. If there is someone else...
, even if it is more complicated...
While the two were whispering, they unconsciously passed through the long red wall and arrived in front of the majestic Jinluan Palace. They looked slightly solemn, straightened their waists, strode forward, and stood somewhere a little later.
Location.
Not long after, there was a slightly sharp voice.
"Your Majesty is here!"
As everyone knelt down and shouted "Long live", a heroic figure wearing a golden dragon robe and a fringed crown slowly walked out from behind the curtain, sitting high on the central dragon chair, his voice was calm and majestic.
"Everyone loves you for your peace of mind."
As everyone stood up one after another, a sharp voice sounded again: "If there is something to do, we will start, if there is nothing to do, we will retreat."
The purple-robed Sinong stood out of the queue, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, our spring planting reserve this year is 50% higher than in previous years, and under the current cultivated area, we can ensure that there is one cattle for every three acres of cultivated land. I think we can take advantage of the spring plowing in the future.
On this occasion, His Majesty issued an edict to encourage land reclamation."
"Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate!" Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, who was also wearing a purple robe, stood up and retorted: "We have been clearing up wasteland every year in the past few years. In fact, our large population is already insufficient compared to the cultivated area.
, if it continues, we may have to call in border troops to farm the land! I believe that at this time, we should first encourage childbirth, reward more children, and appropriately adjust the age of marriage forward by one to two years to increase the population, and local governments should establish
Private schools, popularization of education, especially patriotic education!”
"Nonsense! It's because my population has been increasing year by year since the founding of the country. In the past two years, the population has surged to 60 million, which is unprecedented in ancient times. That's why I am so eager to open up wasteland!" Ziyi Si Nong frowned. He frowned, pointed at the nose of Minister of the Ministry of Finance and shouted.
"My army has a vast territory, and it will continue to expand in the next year during the continuous Northern Expedition to Canyue. Even if there are another 60 million, it will not be much!" The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue refused to give in, saying: "We should expand the population first, and then gradually expand the population. Moving north, only the land where my Daqian people live is the real land of my Daqian!"
"Joke!" Ziyi Si Nong sneered: "If we add another sixty million, you are saying it lightly, by then there will be no land and everyone will be hungry??"
"You are a joke! After the 600 million labor force has been used, let alone the disabled, it is not a problem to recruit another big cadre!" The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue said, his face turned red and his saliva flew everywhere, as if he had already seen the big cadre. In the sea of Vega, it is a grand occasion to stand at the top of the world.
"Ha! I'm afraid the sixty million hungry people will riot!" shouted Sinong.
"Let go..." Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance was about to speak, but was interrupted by a majestic voice.
"Okay, okay." His Majesty the Emperor, who was at the top, waved his hand slightly, his voice was majestic, but did not mean to punish. Instead, he said with a faint smile: "One of you wants to open up wasteland, the other wants to encourage an increase in population, and There is not much conflict between them, I think they can be implemented at the same time."
The Minister of Household Affairs took a few breaths, calmed down again, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, although there is no conflict,... the national treasury is limited."
Where does the money to encourage childbearing come from? Where does the money to encourage land reclamation come from? Doesn’t it all have to be taken from the national treasury? In the past two years, although the revenue from the treasury has been increasing day by day, the expenditure has also been increasing. Not only the farmers are asking for land reclamation, but also the Ministry of Household Affairs It was proposed to encourage childbirth, the Ministry of War asked for more troops, and even the Ministry of Rites came to join in the fun, saying that His Majesty would hold a ceremony to enshrine the Zen...
Although they also felt that just based on His Majesty's great achievements in expelling the Tartars and rebuilding the world, granting him a Zen was more than enough. In addition, in this unprecedented prosperous age in the early Yuan Dynasty, it was unreasonable not to grant a Zen. They even They were all ready to give up or postpone some plans to free up some money for the Ministry of Rites to organize such a ceremony. However, when the Ministry of Rites submitted the memorial, it was rejected by His Majesty.
At first, everyone thought it was just His Majesty's move of "Three Purifications and Three Speeches", so they didn't pay attention to it. They continued to submit the memorial, but it was naturally refuted. The third time, the Minister of Rites made a memorial jointly requesting Your Majesty to be granted Zen status. He handed it over, thinking about the pomp and circumstance, His Majesty should have agreed naturally.
As a result, the memorial was rejected again, but the red calligraphy annotation on it was unforgettable for them:
"My merits are not finished, yours are not finished, and the country's merits are not finished either; my merits are never finished, your merits are never finished, and the country's merits are never finished!"
When a great scholar from the previous dynasty heard about this, he even sighed with tears in his eyes: "The work of Dai Viet has been completed, but the work of Da Qian has never been completed. Da Qian... should be promoted!"
Hearing this, some great scholars of the time burst into laughter and said, "Your Majesty, by doing this, you will stop future emperors from wanting to be granted Zen status!"
From then on, no one was worthy of mentioning the matter of being granted Zen status!
"The national treasury is limited?" His Majesty the Emperor shook his head slightly and said: "Today's Daqian is different from before. The people are rich and there is no situation where one or two more children will not be able to afford food, so it does not necessarily have to be Use money and food to encourage people to have more children. For example, if you have three children, your children's provincial examination scores can be appropriately increased. You can discuss the specific measures with the Minister of Rites."
"As for land reclamation, it's even easier. Whoever reclaims the land will have ownership of the land. Well... this ownership can be limited to a certain number of years. At the same time, buying, selling, annexing, etc. are not allowed. The specific measures will require Si Nong and your household.
Let’s go and measure it.”
Si Nong and the Minister of Revenue looked at each other in shock, with a little shame on their backs.
His Majesty can always think about problems from the most comprehensive perspective and give them direction...
"My Holy Emperor!"
Looking at the court that was gradually calming down, His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand and slowly said, "If nothing happens, just retreat from the court."