Chapter 237 The Court Discusses State Policy Qingji had ascended the throne as early as when the soldiers besieged Gusu City, and naturally he could not hold another ceremony, but now it is the first court meeting after he entered Gusu City, and he wants to reward the ministers, which is naturally particularly eye-catching.
Early in the morning, Qingji packed up and stopped, dressed ceremoniously on the main hall, the ministers gathered, the generals wore armor, the doctors wore robes, everyone wore swords around their waists, and the rings were worn dingdong, which looked strong and strong.
Qingji ascended the throne, Sun Wu led the ministers to bow down to the court, called the king together, and the sound of Qi brushing shook the whole hall, and a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment arose.
Looking down at the ministers who bowed to him under the black press, Qingji suddenly remembered a person in his previous life, if he hadn't had to check the props by himself after all the cast and crew had rested, Xi Bin today is still a scene of running errands and miscellaneous errands, and now Qingji should have turned into a blank of rot.
Director Wang, you are in a studio in another time and space, and you are still filming, but I am directing a life drama about the lives and future of countless people here.
Wake up and hold the sword of killing, drunk and hold the knee of the beauty, rule the woman if you want to rule the woman, rule the man if you want to rule the man, the minister's doctor, the pawn of the peddler, the fate is in my hands, but unfortunately this glory, I can't share it with the old people" The corners of his mouth twitched, he smiled inexplicably, spread his sleeves, and said loudly: "The ministers are exempt from courtesy."
A clear voice spread throughout the hall, and the ministers in the hall stood up one after another, only the sound of the friction of the clothes brought by the uniform movements of advancing, kneeling, standing up, and retreating, all sounded sonorous.
Although Qingji wanted to publicly reward the ministers today, he had already revealed his arrangements through Cover Yu, Candle Yong and Sun Wu yesterday, so the ministers knew his arrangements well, and the positions and sequences in the court could be orderly and not make mistakes.
Today, many old ministers of Wu went to the palace to pay homage to the new monarch, and although they had already gone to the palace gate yesterday to ask for a meeting, today it was the first time they met them after Qingji returned to the country.
Many of them are familiar with Qingji, but when Qingji left the country to fight in Chu, he was a son, and now he is said to have returned to the court to see him again, but he is already a monarch and a minister.
Qingji said as usual the words of the new monarch ascending the throne and encouraging the ministers, and then picked up a scroll of bamboo slips on the case and asked the temple people to hand it over to Sun Wu.
Sun Wu raised his hands above the top and accepted it at the bottom of the stairs, then turned to face the ministers and unfolded the edict of the king's order and read it aloud.
The ministers had already counted in their hearts, and the court was solemn, and the ministers listened quietly, until Sun Wu finished reading, and the ministers came forward again to bow down and thank Jun En.
Among the six qing, Taizhu and Zongbo are all old people in the court, Taizhu was the head of the six qings in ancient times, and the most powerful position, because at that time divination, sacrifice, and communication with ghosts and gods were the most important things for the ruler, and now Taizhu has been reduced to a minister who does not have much real power, but he is still ranked among the six qing, and his status is very high.
Wu Guotai Zhu is over eighty years old, gray-haired, senile Long Zhong, has always only focused on the study of divination, Zhou Yi, and his witch doctor's arts, never asked about state affairs, who is the king of Wu to him is no different, the same, to the person who is the king of Wu, this pure academic researcher is also no threat to the regime.
Zongbo's status is still relatively high, originally in the world except for the Zhou family and the Lu State called this official Zongbo, the other vassal states are called Zongren, but Qingji is called the king, since the name and function of this official position can be slightly changed.
Wu Guozongren, that is, today's Zongbo, is served by members of the royal family, managing the members of the main and branch lines of the royal family on behalf of the monarch, managing the affairs of the palace, managing the private affairs of King Wu, and mastering the state sacrifice ceremonies.
Now this uncle is a person of the generation of Uncle Qingji Wang, and he is the oldest son in the side branch of King Wu, named Ji Zhongqi, but no one has called this name for many years, this old man is now almost seventy years old, and he has been a Zongren since Zhu Fan was called the king, and he can be regarded as an evergreen pine in the political arena of Wu State.
The rewards of the ministers have been completed, and Qingji said: "The state of Wu has been in war for a while, and a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived; And the world is in turmoil, Wu is strong and the people are outnumbered, and they also need to recuperate and accumulate strength to cope with the changes in the world.
After the court meeting, Xiangguo and Liuqing stayed, and the widow still had some things to discuss.
If there is nothing important to do, the secretaries can step down and perform their duties according to their functions. ” "King Qiqi, the old minister has a word."
As soon as Qingji's words fell, Master Zongbo had already walked to the hall with steady steps and gave him a salute, Qingji was a little surprised, I don't know what these Wang Shuzu had to say, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Zong, please speak." ” "Yes," Uncle Zong gave another salute and said slowly: "My king ascended the throne, and after the heirs, he must settle the country and the people's hearts, and he cannot have no heirs."
Now that the state of Wu has been settled, the king should be hired by the princes as soon as possible, and the concubines should be hired to give birth to children."
No wonder this old guy no matter who is the king, he always stands firm, and dares to study some things that are not related to interests, Qing Ji smiled and said: "Well, what Uncle Zong said is that widows have to be considered." ” When Uncle Zong heard this, his spirit perked up and said: "King, my throne is better than that of Zhou Tianzi, according to the courtesy, the concubines should also be the same."
When there is a queen, three wives, nine concubines, twenty-seven wives, and eighty-one royal wives, I don't know which prince the king wants to ask for, hire the queen and wife, and where the ministers are, so I should prepare as soon as possible. ” Is this Uncle Zongbo idle and panicked, being a matchmaker is addicted to Qingji and laughing, now that the ministers have just taken office, it is not good to save the face of this old man, and his enthusiasm for work has been discouraged, so he had to cough dryly and said: "Well, what Uncle Zongbo said, it is Zhou Li."
The widow is called the king, and he no longer serves the son of Zhou Tianzi as the master, so why should he follow the etiquette of the Zhou family, what do you talk about the first and third ladies?"
Uncle Zong was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "The king wants to change the system of palace concubines and concubines, well, this also makes it, but I don't know how the king wants to change the system of palace concubines, and the ministers will handle it." ” Qingji spread his hands helplessly and said: "Well, the widow has some ideas, but he hasn't considered it comprehensively, after the court discussion, choose a time, and the widow will discuss it with Uncle Zong, what do you think?"
When Uncle Zong heard that the king was going to discuss the matter of customizing the harem with him, he suddenly felt that he was being taken seriously, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, so he called his fate and retreated to the side with satisfaction.
Qingji sent away this unobtrusive Uncle Wang, and asked the ministers: "What do you still have to say?"
Now said that the ministers have just received the post, and they must always have some understanding of what they are responsible for, so as to carry out the governance work, there is naturally no good suggestion at present, seeing that the ministers are speechless, Qingji said: "That is the case, the ministers received the seal letter of the division and retreated, Xiangguo and the six secretaries stayed, and the widow had something to discuss." ” The ministers bowed and retreated, the hall suddenly fell empty, the temple people hurriedly went to the hall, laid out the case seat, Sun Wu and Liuqing thanked the ceremony and sat down, Qingji said: "Looking at the world, those who want to dominate the princes must rely on strong force; However, the gains and losses of a city and a place, the victory or defeat of a war is easy, but its glory is only a flash in the pan, if there is no strong national strength to support, the reckless military will only make their elite lost, the national strength is weak, and in the end not only can not dominate the world, but is subject to others, the widow is the master of the Wu country, and has the heart to work hard, so that my Wu country has become a powerful country in the world.
Therefore, at the beginning of the founding of the country, how to make the country rich and the people strong, and the army strong, we must make plans in advance, and I don't know what the opinions of the secretaries are."
Sun Wu looked at Qingji and smiled, even with his knowledge, he only thought that Qingji wanted to strengthen the state of Wu and dominate the princes for a long time, and never dared to think that Qingji would have the heart to annex the world.
Qing Ji saw his appearance, so he asked: "Today's general trend, Wu has Qi and Jin in the north, Qin and Chu in the west, and Yue in the south.
This is the current situation in our Wu country.
Domestically, the successive wars have led to the loss of farming, the empty treasury, and the lack of taxes.
This autumn and next spring, I am afraid that there will be a large-scale food shortage.
Fortunately, the war of the princes of the Central Plains is raging, and our Wu country is located in the southeast corner, as long as the country is pacified and the Yue country is ambushed, there is no worry for the time being.
This is a good opportunity for God to give us a good opportunity to recover and strengthen our national strength, but how to start still needs to be considered in the long run, I don't know why Xiangguo taught me" Sun Wu thought for a moment and said: "Great King, if you want to strengthen the Wu Kingdom, it involves many aspects of internal affairs, diplomacy, and military.
In the opinion of the minister, the most important thing is internal affairs.
Dominating the world is not an overnight effort, and if you want to strengthen yourself, what you urgently need now is wealth and people, both of which are indispensable.
Yesterday, the minister said that he counted the number of people registered in the Wu country, and in addition to the slaves, merchants, and savages in the countryside who were not in the household, the population of our Wu country was nearly one million.
With these populations alone, it is too much insufficient to cultivate and defend the existing land of our Wu Kingdom, so that the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the countryside is deserted, not to mention looking north to the Central Plains and dominating the world.
Therefore, the minister thought that my Wu country should rest and recuperate, encourage fertility, increase the population, accumulate money and grain, and accumulate financial resources, only in this way, at least 20 years of hard work can be effective.
However, there is a great chaos in Fang today, and the people are displaced, which is a great opportunity for us, our Wu country has been stabilized, and there is no suffering from war, and this alone is very attractive to these people who have fled everywhere.
As long as the king opens the door of convenience, such as those who reclaim barren mountains and wilderness, the state temporarily lends money and grain, and the land belongs to him, and he will be exempted from taxation within three years.
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It's just that I, Wu Kingdom, am afraid that there will be a shortage of grain and rice this autumn and next spring, and if many people are added at once, I am afraid that I will not be able to afford it. ” Qingji didn't think of this good way to immigrate, and when he heard Sun Wuyi, he couldn't help but open his spear.
At that time, the common people had not yet formed a strong concept of the countryside, whether it was a common man or a scholar, there were few people who would rather die than leave the homeland, at that time the form of slavery would completely collapse, and it was not uncommon for slaves to flee from their hometowns where they had lived for generations, and scholars often traveled around the world in order to seek knowledge, and although the common people who had land to cultivate would not easily leave their homeland, it did not mean that they would not migrate when the war dragged on and affected their safety.
In addition to the big cities and towns, the traffic arteries, the countryside often sometimes lakes and weeds are endless, walk for half a day to occasionally see a small village, the population is pitifully small compared to the large countries of the Central Plains, if you rely on your own to raise the population, it is indeed a long time, with preferential policies to recruit immigrants in the current situation of chaos in the world is indeed a good way, those immigrants are only open up wasteland and farming, it is enough for Wu State, not to mention that there must be a lot of craftsmen from all walks of life, or even talented people.
Thinking of this, Qingji couldn't help but high-five and applauded: "Wonderful, why didn't the widow think of this way."
This method is good, but as for the food shortage, there are some ways for the widows.
Cheng Xiu was originally a big businessman in Lu State, and he hoarded a large amount of grain, and now he is a doctor in my Wu country, which is close to the water, and the widow can buy all the rice and grain he has stockpiled.
The rivers and rivers of our country are longitudinal and horizontal, there are plenty of fish and shrimp, and the four seasons are like spring, wild vegetables and wild fruits can also satisfy hunger, and the widow can also build big boats, weave huge nets, and go out to sea to fish, so that not only the temporary food shortage can be solved, but also there will be enough food to cope with the sudden surge in population in the future. ” As soon as they talked about political affairs, they only listened attentively to Cover Yu, Zhu Yong, Yingtao, and Chizhong, but the two old guys, Taizhu and Zongbo, began to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
I wish Lord Tai closed his eyes and recuperated, and there were words in his heart, where he muttered, "Just from the outside and the Lord from within."
Move and be healthy, just respond to the middle, the tycoon is right, and the destiny of heaven is also", Lord Zongbo was thinking about whether to hire from the Qin State, or to the Chu State, or to hire the two countries together.
What Qingji said, they went in the left ear and went out in the right ear, as if they hadn't heard it.
But when Qingji talked about buying grain, Lord Zongbo suddenly reacted and interjected and asked: "But my Wu State treasury is empty, how can I have money to buy grain, then Chengxiu is willing to take credit."
Qing Ji said: "Businessmen also need a lot of capital turnover, and now in troubled times, they need to trade with cash."
If the credit is owed, the grain and rice shops under Chengxiu's name will be closed down.
Speaking of money, we can still get it now, and the palace now has gold, silver, jade, silk and cloth piled up in more than ten halls, and these things can be exchanged for a large amount of food. ” As soon as the sentence "What king is not ready to return those things to the Chu people" As soon as he finished speaking, Zong Bo couldn't wait to bite his tongue off, he really wanted to slap himself hard, and protect himself for the rest of his life, how could he be confused today.
He is Qingji's elder, when he asks like this, Qingji doesn't feel a little embarrassed, hiding people's money like this, especially if the other party is still his own ally, he is still a little ashamed, but seeing Sun Wu's silence, he said calmly: "Ah, Lord Zongbo said this, Sun Wu remembered something, Lord Zongbo was in charge of the affairs of the palace, and Sun Wu was about to hand over this matter to Lord Zongbo to deal with." ” "What's the matter" Zong Bosheng was afraid of angering Qingji, and glanced at him timidly, seeing that he was not angry, and he was not as violent as his husband, so he was a little relieved in his heart, and then asked Sun Wu.
Sun Wu said: "When Sun Wu led the army to break into the palace, the husband saw that the general trend had gone, and set fire to the palace, although Sun Wu put out the fire in time, but it was still too late to extinguish the fire, so that the palace group that stored the property captured from the Chu State was burned by the husband, and now the financial resources are tight, but there is no need to rush to rebuild, but the necessary cleaning is still needed." ” Ying Tao couldn't help but smile on the side: "Yes, alas, in order to avoid the suffering of the people, to buy food, rice and grain, my king thrifty the palace room, and sold all the property in the palace, and even the gold decoration on the royal desk chair and the beautiful jade on the royal robe and jade belt were cut off and exchanged for food, which is really embarrassing."
But the king has so much mercy on his people that as soon as the news spreads, the people will be grateful and embrace my king. ” Ying Tao said a serious thing, Uncle Zong was dumbfounded when he heard it, and only after a while did he say: "Ah, my king loves the people so much, it is really my lord of Wu Guoying, and the old ministers and ministers are really admired. ” Taizhu opened his eyes, closed them again, and said in a chanting voice: "Yi said: Yes."
Suya.
The danger lies ahead.
Strong but not trapped.
Its righteousness is not impoverished.
There needs to be a fu.
Kwang Hyung Jung-ki.
Heavenly.
Take the middle also.
Benefit the river.
To the merit also" Sun Wu said: "Civil affairs is not enough, it is diplomacy, speaking of diplomacy, Chu, Qin, Lu, Chen and other close countries are currently friendly with our Wu country, with them in the middle buffer, Qi and Jin are still difficult to endanger our country, our Wu country should also have close contacts with these countries, and the better way to form an alliance with each other is to marry."
The king is in full bloom in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the harem is empty, so he can hire the daughters of the princes of Qin, Chu, Lu, Chen and other countries as his wife, so " As soon as he talked about getting married, the old eyes of Master Zongbo, who likes to be a matchmaker, suddenly lit up, and when he saw it, he quickly changed the topic and said: "Don't pay attention to this, and then the widow and Master Zongbo will have some discussions, so let's talk about the military." ” Uncle Zong was disappointed, he smashed his mouth with all his teeth, and pretended to be deaf and dumb again, Sun Wu smiled and said: "Preparing the army, in the opinion of the ministers, it is not in a hurry.
Because this military must have financial support, it takes money to manufacture well-made armor and weapons, and it also needs money to train soldiers to march and practice martial arts.
Now the Central Plains is a big country, has gradually had a standing army, eat military rations to lead the army, if you want to build a well-trained army, our Wu country should also have a strong standing army, but this also requires a lot of money, in the final analysis, it is still necessary to strengthen the national strength. ” There are many rivers in my Wu country, with boats as cars and horses as horses, the boat division is the most important, and at the same time, my Wu country sailor is the most powerful water division among the princes, which is my Wu country's strength, and I should maintain this advantage.
Now General Jing Lin is stationed in Nanwu City, and this army is already close to a standing army.
It was close to the sea, and the king said that he would build big ships, make huge nets, and go out to sea to fish.
The minister thought that the king could take Nanwu City as the center, build a big ship nearby, and the garrison of Nanwu City took turns to sail out to sea, both practicing martial arts and fishing, and trained a powerful naval army.
These long-serving soldiers can reduce or exempt their taxes from their families to reassure the army.
As for Wunan, it will be garrisoned by General Liang Huzi, where there are many fertile soil plains, and military cantonments can also be built in the barren wilderness, and wasteland can be developed, and the soldiers can be resettled nearby after they become families, and within a few years, there will be several new cities and patches of fertile fields. ” "What Changqing said is very true", Qingji praised: "The widow also feels that the top priority of my Wu State is not to reorganize the army, but to reassure the people, diplomacy and develop the economy.
Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and what we have just discussed is very reasonable, and Da Situ should draw up detailed measures and corresponding policies as soon as possible to appease the people and recruit immigrants. ” "Obey."
Cover up and give up your hand.
Qingji said again: "Agriculture is the foundation, and business should also be prosperous."
My Wu country is located in the southeast corner, especially now to encourage childbirth, encourage farming, the field must not be too heavy, so it is difficult to meet the needs of the imperial court, only this point, the development of commerce, with commercial taxes to make up for the lack of agricultural taxes.
Moreover, my Wu country is far away from the Central Plains, and through merchants, we can communicate with each other, and sell our Wu country's sea salt, fish, shrimp, weaving mats and other local things to the Central Plains, making heavy profits and enriching our people.
In this regard, Da Situ also has to draw up a detailed charter. ” "Yes" "Now that the fighting has ended, there are many people in various places who have wandered around in the barren fields, and this year they have missed the farming season, and they have not made a living, and there will be chaos in the long run.
We can hire these people to do it by building big ships and weaving sea nets, so that they can have a job and avoid local unrest.
This matter, Da Sikong must start to do it immediately. ” The status and prestige are commensurate, a beggar with a full heaven and a round earth, no matter how much he vibrates, he can't shake up the spirit of a king.
But if he is the king of a country, even if he is born with a roe deer and a snake-necked beak, the courtiers will still be in their hearts when they see his words and deeds, and that feeling is a kind of psychological pressure formed due to his special status.
Qingji's position is becoming more and more stable, although his speech and demeanor are the same as in the past, but the feeling in the hearts of others is gradually beginning to be different, that is, Zhu Yong sits in the courtier's seat and listens to him talking, and a different feeling gradually begins to float in his heart.
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Listening to his orders, he couldn't help arching his hand and said respectfully: "The minister obeys the order." ” "Well, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools.
Nowadays, farmers have many agricultural tools or stone plows and wooden shovels, which are used to cultivate cooked land and are too troublesome, and if the difficulty of reclaiming wasteland can be imagined, I am afraid that it will not be able to reclaim a single point of wasteland in three days, but the farm tools will be damaged.
Therefore, the widow wants the Ren family and a few other families who are engaged in forging to make more copper and iron agricultural tools in the future, so that our Wu people's farming can develop rapidly. ” Ying Tao said: "King, if the farm tools are expensive, the farmer can't afford them.
If the price is cheap, it is unprofitable, and no one will make it, which is only a little difficult. ” Qingji said: "Where the country is, where the court is, where the king's destiny is, is to rule, plan some necessary things, can't everything be ruled by the arch, everything goes naturally, this thing is what the court orders to do, of course, the profits can be thinner, but they can't let them lose money."
Da Sikong can understand that the purchase price of various farm tools is acceptable to farmers, and if the selling price is not as high as the cost, the imperial court will compensate for the loss of the craftsman. ” Hearing this, Chi Zhong interjected: "My Majesty, if this is the case, I am afraid that some lawbreakers have bought farm tools at a low price and shipped them to other countries to sell them at a high price, or they may destroy the furnace after buying them, and use copper and iron to make other tools for profit." ” Qingji said happily: "It's good to remind you, you are not a martial artist."
Well, Da Sima can draw up a charter, and those who buy farm tools must be registered according to each household, and not many buys, and if they are damaged, they need to exchange the damaged farm tools for new ones.
If there are still people who exploit loopholes and speculate against the law, then it is your big culprit's business, and once caught, they will be severely punished."
"The minister obeys the order," Chi Zhong hurriedly replied.
Wu Guo's country has been decided, and he is now determined to be his big secretary.
After preliminarily agreeing on these major matters, Zhongqing will retire, and when he returned the courtesy, he gave Sun Wu a look, Sun Wu understood, and his feet were slow and fell behind.
When everyone went out, Sun Wu approached and whispered: "King, but there is anything important to tell Yu Chen" Qingji also whispered: "There is no big thing, but I just want Changqing to accompany the widow to the treasure building."
If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, don't take stock of how much treasure the Chu people have, the widow is a big boss, and he has no bottom in his heart."
To be continued: