Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly: "My dear friends, there is no need to be polite, the issue of national borders has been decided for the time being.
The territory must be determined according to my instructions. In a word, there must be too much but not too little, and there must be too much but not too little."
"Old minister, I obey the order."
"Haining Hoan Jianghe!"
"I'm here!"
"After the Ministry of Finance has drawn up Dalong's latest map, ten copies will be sent to the Westerners temporarily staying at Honglu Temple.
Let them firmly remember the territory and sea boundaries on the map, this is the territory that belongs to my dragon."
"I obey the decree."
"Jiang Shangshu!"
"Old minister is here!"
"After the border is established, how to divide the prefectural areas between the two countries, Jin and Turkmenistan, you, the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, will draft a charter as soon as possible and submit it to me."
"Old minister, I understand and obey the order!"
"Official staff!"
"The old minister is here."
"How many underachieving officials are waiting to fill their vacancies and how many officials are retiring and returning to their hometowns in various prefectures?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are 212 Jinshi and other officials waiting to take office, and 128 officials who have retired and returned to their hometowns at the right age.
As for where to fill the vacancy, the old minister has already begun to make plans. After taking a rest, he can submit it to His Majesty for his approval at the first court meeting after the new year."
Liu Mingzhi turned the ring on his finger and was silent for a long time: "There are not many people, but with the addition of the imperial examination next year, there will be more and more junior officials.
You have to think of a way to deal with it.
After studying hard for ten years, after passing the Jinshi, I could only compile documents in the Hanlin Academy, which is indeed a bit overkill."
"Your Majesty, now that the world is unified, the two countries of Jin and Tu have been included in our Dalong territory.
There will definitely be a large number of officials dispatched to the two countries by then. Not to mention that there are still surplus candidates for officials at the moment, I am afraid that the number of officials to replace them will not be enough by then."
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "I thought about this matter carefully on the way back to Beijing. There are many capable ministers and generals among the officials of the two countries.
In a few days, I will ask Wanyan and Yunyao to draw up a list and hand it over to your staff. You can select officials based on their talents and send some officials from the two countries to continue to manage the people's livelihood in the two countries!"
"What?"
"What? What does Du Shangshu think is wrong?"
Du Chenghao glanced at the two empresses beside Liu Mingzhi, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and raised the imperial hut: "Your Majesty, do you want to use the surrender of the two countries to manage the people's livelihood of the two countries?
The old minister has the audacity to speak nonsense, which is inappropriate.
The world has just been unified, and the people of the two countries have not yet returned home. If there are ambitious officials among the officials, it will probably bring chaos to the imperial court!
Your Majesty, please think again."
Liu Mingzhi knew in his heart that Du Chenghao's words were also for the good of himself and the court, but he and Yunyao probably felt extremely uncomfortable hearing these words politely.
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the empress and the two, and sure enough he saw the empress and the others staring at his hands with complicated eyes, their ten knuckles tightly intertwined to hide their inner unrest.
Not only the queen, Hu Yanjunyao, a beautiful woman who had stayed in Dalong for several years, also had an unsightly look on her face.
Liu Mingzhi was silent for a while: "Du Shangshu!"
"Old minister is here!"
"I understand what you mean, but have you ever thought about it? Do you understand the language of the two countries?"
"I don't understand!"
Liu Mingzhi raised his head and glanced at the officials in the palace: "As ministers, except for the ministers of Honglu Temple, Wang Hezheng, Wang Aiqing, and Shaoqing Feng Yulin and Feng Aiqing, which Aiqing understands the two languages?"
Except for Wang Hezheng and Feng Yulin, the other officials looked at each other in silence for a while, shaking their heads in embarrassment.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am incompetent."
Liu Mingzhi waved his hand casually: "You don't understand what forgiveness and incompetence are, and neither do I.
To govern the people of the two countries and send officials who can't even speak clearly, is it to govern the people's livelihood, or to provoke civil unrest?
What happened to the surrender of the two countries?
Aren't they now our officials and common people in Dalong?
What is the unification of the world? What is the unification of the world?
Treating everyone equally, not distinguishing between each other, loving each other, and helping each other is what is called the unity of the world.
Why are the officials who are respected by the people of the two countries, under the rule of my Dalong court, become vulgar people who are illiterate?
Not only will I allow the original officials and leaders of the two countries to govern the people of the two countries, I will also allow the scribes of the two countries to participate in the imperial examinations.
In the future, I will serve as an official in the Qinzheng Palace and rule the world with you and me.
My great dragon subjects should treat each other equally without distinction."
Du Chenghao was silent for a moment, and nodded with a shameful expression: "Your Majesty is wise, I have a narrow-minded vision, please forgive me."
"If you are not guilty, knowing your mistakes can make a lot of improvements!
My dear friends, now that the world is unified, we should not distinguish between each other. Don't be blinded by past prejudices and hatreds.
Otherwise, the world that I have worked so hard to unify will sooner or later be separated again because of prejudice and gaps.
The general trend of the world has been that since ancient times, it has been divided for a long time and must be reunited for a long time. I don't know what the future generations will do, and I don't want to know. Likewise, you and I can't control the affairs of future generations after we die.
But as far as our generation is concerned, I don’t want to see the world that was determined by the bloodshed and sacrifice of millions of soldiers be separated from our hands again and become the three kingdoms separated by wars."
"My Holy Emperor, long live your Majesty."
The empress, who had complex eyes and remained silent, heard Liu Mingzhi's instructions and scolding Fang Qiu's words. She glanced at Liu Mingzhi's back with her bright eyes, feeling moved and mixed with emotion.
What’s more, there is unspeakable joy and tenderness.
This is the magnanimity and magnanimity a man should have, even though he has been in love with and fighting for more than ten years, but he can never forget him.
Disdain prejudice and put the world first.
It was true that even though I felt sad, I still loved him for many years and my love for him never changed.
Huyan Yunyao looked at Liu Mingzhi with tenderness in her eyes with the same admiration.
"Speaking of this matter, I just want to continue talking about it.
The Ministry of Rites, the Honglu Temple, the Imperial College, the Ministry of Husbandry, and the Ministry of Works!"
Liu Mingzhi immediately pointed out the leaders of the five government offices.
"I'm waiting here!"
"The Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, and the Imperial College, your three government agencies will draft a charter as soon as possible.
Nowadays, the world is unified, but the people of the Jin Kingdom and the Turks are very few who understand Chinese.
The Honglu Temple introduced a group of officials who knew the languages ​​of Jin and Tu, the Ministry of Etiquette implemented policies to regulate the etiquette education of Dalong, and the Imperial College prepared textbooks on Mongolian education.
I want to educate the young people between the ages of three and twenty in the two countries.
Shiliyi Book Club, Bailiyi School.
We must make sure that all young people between the ages of three and twenty in the two countries understand our Han language and be proficient in our Han culture.
Regarding the construction of calligraphy schools and calligraphy schools in the two countries, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry will dispatch officials to handle this matter as soon as possible.
After the spring of next year, after the Honglu Temple, the Ministry of Rites, and the Imperial College have prepared the educational plans, they must make sure that the children and teenagers from the two countries, like my Dalong children, enter the schools as soon as possible to start their elementary education.
The orioles are flying and the grass is growing in February, and the willows are blowing on the embankment and are drunk by the spring smoke.
The children came back early from school and were busy taking advantage of the east wind to fly kites.
This kind of scene where people live and work in peace and contentment, I hope that one day it will spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain in our two countries."
Except for Jiang Yuanming, the Minister of Household Affairs, the other four officials nodded respectfully.
"I obey your orders."
To be continued...