As expected by Liu Chang, Wang Gong had already arrived outside his palace as soon as he finished bathing. Liu Chang did not dare to neglect and quickly followed Wang Gong to the Qilin Palace.
To Liu Chang's surprise, there was not only Liu Cong here, but also many important ministers from the 6 ministries.
Liu Cong waved to him and said, "Come, sit down next to your father. From now on, you can stay with your father and listen more to what is going on in the court."
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Liu Chang was still young and didn't understand what this meant, but the ministers present were already shocked. Liu Cong's move meant that the prince could take charge of politics. It is true that the prince is still young and does not have the ability to discuss politics.
Ability, but even listening to politics is an unparalleled benefit for the prince Liu Chang. This will make the prince's status more stable.
"Chang'er, these are all great talents. You must not be complacent just because of your status. Do you understand?"
"My child understands." Liu Chang stood beside Liu Cong and said to everyone, "I have met all of you gentlemen."
Everyone quickly stood up and returned the courtesy, "I will pay my respects to the prince."
After everyone sat down again, Liu Cong looked around the crowd and said, "What did you just say?"
The minister ordered Jiang Wan to cup his hands and said, "I would like to report to your Majesty about transporting slaves to Huainan."
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Liu Cong nodded and signaled Jiang Wan to continue, who continued to the crowd, "Currently, 200,000 young slaves have been gathered in Dachu, plus the group of people who have rushed to Guizhou, they can be used in Huainan
The manpower required to dig the canal has reached 350,000."
Ma Di, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, spoke up, "Sir, I'm afraid it's not enough to rely on slaves alone, right? They don't know how to do their jobs well, let alone dig canals. Even if they have some equipment, these barbarians probably don't have them."
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Jiang Wan nodded, "So Shangshutai's plan is to transport these slaves there first, then recruit 50,000 civilians, and an army of 100,000 to guard these people."
"In this way, plus the subsequent slaves and troops, there are already 500,000 manpower." Ma Su murmured and looked at his brother.
Ma Liang glanced at him, raised his hands to Liu Cong and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has enough money and food, but for such a large group of people, the food and grass consumed is also very huge. I do have an idea."
"Ai Qing, come and listen." Liu Cong took a sip of tea.
Ma Liang gestured with the wat board and said, "Your Majesty, transporting grain and grass from various places to the central government, and then sending grain from the central government to Huainan will cause too much loss. My idea is that it is better to send part of the taxes of the three states in Jiangdong directly to
Jianye provides manpower in Huainan nearby!"
Liu Cong chuckled and said, "What a great idea. In this way, we can save a lot of losses. If we are in Jianye, we can also directly send grain to the north bank by ship through the Yangtze River. This plan is feasible, Ji Chang is a great talent!"
"Thank you so much for your compliment, Your Majesty."
After Ma Liang sat back down, Liu Cong looked at Jiang Wan and said, "Shang Shutai will discuss with the Sixth Department and submit the specific plan to Gu. If there are no problems, we will issue it directly and get the people to Huainan as soon as possible."
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"Ji Chang's plan is good, but the sudden change in the way of collecting taxes will definitely lead to corruption. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Institute of Integrity must be prepared. Anyone who dares to commit corruption should be caught according to the law.
Those who deserve to be searched will not be tolerated."
"I obey." Zheng Wucan, the director of the Institute of Integrity, and Gu Yong, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Personnel, accepted the order.
Taking a sip of tea, Liu Cong continued, "The next thing."
Ma Liang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, came out and said, "I would like to report to your Majesty that the 30,000 people from Shu who were sent back by Pang Tong last time cannot be moved to Xiangyang."
"Oh? Why?"
Ma Liang continued, "Your Majesty, the population of Xiangyang City is already more than 800,000, plus the population of nearby Fancheng, Xinye, and the entire surrounding Xiangyang. The population is nearly 1.4 million, let alone Xiangyang, it is Fancheng
And Xinye, the population and land are already close to saturation. Let alone 30,000 people, even if there are another 3,000 people, I don’t know where to arrange these people."
Liu Cong smiled bitterly. He had already paid attention to this issue. The population distribution of Chu State was very unreasonable. With the prosperity of Chu State and the development of commerce, more and more people poured into Xiangyang.
, big cities like Jiangling and Jianye, especially Xiangyang, because it is the capital of the country, even Jiaozhou has people coming!
Liu Cong originally thought that after he unified the world and moved the capital to Chang'an, Xiangyang's population would naturally gradually decrease. But now it seems that he can no longer wait until that time and needs to deal with this problem immediately.
"What's the opinion of the Ministry of Finance?"
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"Apart from Jiaozhou, Zhezhou has the sparsest population. This population can be moved to Zhezhou to fill the population of Zhezhou."
Liu Cong nodded, "Let's do it that way, but we must implement the policies and benefits for the people to settle down and settle down, and we can't make the people suffer."
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"Next thing."
Gu Yong, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, came out and said, "Your Majesty, it is graduation time this year for universities all over the Chu State. A large number of students have completed their studies. If not handled properly, these talents may flow out to Wei."
Liu Cong frowned and said, "How can talents from Chu go to Wei? The country has worked hard to cultivate talents, is it possible that they are trained for Cao Cao? Does the Ministry of Personnel have any plans?"
Gu Yong cupped his hands and said, "I think that next year's imperial examination can be advanced by one year to recruit and win over this group of talents."
Liu Cong looked at the crowd and said, "What are your opinions?"
Jiang Wan cupped his hands and said, "It's OK to do extraordinary things in extraordinary times."
Xu Shu continued, "I second the proposal!"
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"I second the proposal!"
Liu Cong looked at Jiang Wan, "Shang Shutai drafted an edict, saying that for the sake of students who are about to graduate, Dachu will advance next year's imperial examination to this year. In addition, the limit of the imperial examination is so high, and there is no chance of passing the exam."
Students can go to colleges and universities, but even if we open a few more schools, we cannot let talents flow into Wei!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"Okay, let's just talk about this today. You can go down and do some work. I have to review the memorial."
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"I'll take my leave."
After everyone left, Liu Cong stretched and glanced at the Crown Prince Liu Chang. The latter had already stood up, took the teapot from Wang Gong, and filled the water for Liu Cong.
Liu Cong laughed, pulled Liu Chang over and hugged him, "Baby, after listening for a long time, what do you think?"
Liu Chang leaned on Liu Cong and smiled and said, "My child has a lot of ideas, but today I understand the hard work of my father. After dealing with these, I still have to review the memorials and lead the troops to fight. But just now my father
The way he scolded Fang Qiu was really majestic."
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"Well, today, I finally realized why Emperor Gaozu would sigh like a man when he saw the First Emperor driving his car."
"Hahaha" Liu Cong burst into laughter and boasted to Wang Gong and other palace officials, "Listen, our prince can still use allusions to talk to the lonely."
Wang Gong held the teapot and said with a smile, "The prince is naturally smart. This is God blessing our great country."
Liu Cong curled his lips and said, "You are not as good at talking as Gu's son."
"The prince is the king's son. Naturally, a servant cannot compare with the prince."