Chapter 84 Five-Year Plan
Cui Jinghao said: "Wei, Weichen is old and lacks energy. Please take up an official position!"
After saying that, he knelt down and said with tears: "Your Majesty, I hope that for the sake of my loyalty to Yu for so many years, your Majesty will allow me to serve..."
Zheng Yi frowned, is this old man threatening me?
If you want to become an official, then go for it.
After all, the Cui family is the order of the Dayu family. In addition to Cui Jinghao, there are several other officials of fifth rank or above in the entire court.
He immediately said: "Mr. Cui has served the country and the people, and I feel deeply in my heart."
"However, during this time, some courtiers have written to impeach Mr. Cui for accepting bribes, gold, silver and land from the puppet Yan. This matter..."
Cui Jinghao stared angrily: "Your Majesty! This is a slanderer. How have I ever received the gold, silver and land from the fake King of Yan?"
"I also believe that this matter is based on rumors, but the rumors are so strong that it may be detrimental to Mr. Cui."
"This way."
Zheng Yi said: "Mr. Cui can become an official if he wants, but Mr. Cui needs to dedicate a certain amount of land to the people of Yan. I believe that Mr. Cui's move will be grateful to the people of Yan and there will be no more unrest."
"What? Land!"
Cui Jinghao was stunned. What does Your Majesty want? Actually asking him for land!
What a joke!
Land is the lifeblood of all aristocratic families and courtiers.
As long as there is land, food and money can be continuously produced.
The brighter the land, the more prosperous the family will be.
Among the villagers in the mountains, whoever dares to sell the family's land will definitely be considered a prodigal!
"Not bad."
Zheng Yi said: "Mr. Cui wants to become an official, but someone has written a letter to impeach Mr. Cui. I really don't know how to deal with it."
"As long as Mr. Cui provides one million acres of land, I will agree to Mr. Cui's request to become an official."
"Bribery will never be mentioned again!"
This is a naked transaction.
It depends on what Cui Jinghao should do.
"What, a million acres of land!"
Cui Jinghao was shocked again.
His Cui family has been in existence for more than 300 years, and he does have a large area of fertile land, but if he is asked to take out one million acres of land at once, it will simply cost him his life!
He trembled and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, I really can't afford that much."
"Should I make up for it with gold and silver?"
"Over the years, some of the descendants of my Cui family have been involved in business matters..."
"No."
Zheng Yi said: "I only want the land to be distributed to the victims and meritorious ministers. I hope Mr. Cui will think about it carefully."
"Okay!"
He no longer gave Cui Jinghao a chance to bargain, and said: "Cui Jinghao is old and wants to become an official. I can't refuse, so I revoke Cui Jinghao's status as a cabinet minister first."
"At the same time..."
Zheng Yi looked around and said: "Li Changfeng has entered the cabinet."
As soon as the words fell, many ministers subconsciously raised their heads.
Especially Li Changfeng, Minister of War.
If he joins the cabinet, wouldn't it mean...
Zheng Yi continued: "The cabinet ministers and the six ministers went to Bai Yujing to discuss matters."
"The rest of you, wait, retreat!"
"No!"
Many courtiers left the scene one after another, and no one dared to pay attention to Cui Jinghao, who was mourning his concubine.
He was wandering in a daze and wandered out of the palace gate.
One million acres?
If they really want to hand it over, then most of their Cui family will be ruined.
If he refuses to hand it over, Your Majesty will pursue the matter of contacting Weiyan, which will be a crime of conspiracy!
By then, what they want is not one million in land, but the entire Cui family!
"Master..."
The servant ran over and carefully helped Cui Jinghao up.
Cui Jinghao suddenly said: "Go and ask Madam to go into the palace to see Concubine Cui. Just say... I am sick!"
The servant blinked and said immediately: "Yes, sir!"
On the second floor of Bai Yujing, seven cabinet ministers and six ministers gathered here. Zheng Yi sat on the dragon chair and waved his hand.
Soon several eunuchs came in holding a wooden tray.
"My dear friends, this is the five-year plan I have made for the next five years of the Dayu Dynasty. My dear friends, you can take a look at it, express some opinions, and check for any omissions."
Five-year plan?
What is that?
What is your Majesty going to do?
Several ministers took it over with strange expressions. It was a custom-made booklet made of more than ten pieces of paper.
The content is very small, but it is shocking.
While several ministers were looking at it, Zheng Yi said: "This plan is a national policy that I formulated based on the specific situation of our Dayu court at this stage. I hope that in the next five years, all of you, dear friends, can make arrangements according to this plan and make it a success." Complete these plans.”
"After five years, I will inspect the completion of various tasks."
"Five years from now, it will be a new stage, and a new five-year plan will be negotiated!"
After Zheng Yi finished speaking, several courtiers did not speak. They all looked at the pamphlets in their hands carefully.
He was not in a hurry, waved his hand to signal the palace maid to bring tea, and handed it to the ministers.
"The first 'Five-Year Plan' of the Dayu Dynasty, the details are as follows:"
"First: Suppress the rebels in the North, strive to suppress them within three years, and resettle the refugees within five years..."
"Second: The Ministry of Industry vigorously develops the military industry, mainly red cannons and thermal weapons, recruits 50,000 skilled workers, and establishes ten large-scale military factories..."
"Third: Defeat the invading army of Wu Kingdom."
"Fourth: With the capital as the center, the Ministry of Rites builds national schools in every village and county, striving to teach school-age children to enter school." "Fifth: Establish a 'criminal field' system, using fields to replace sins. Anyone who commits a crime only needs to pay enough land. , you can get corresponding reductions. Note: Serious crimes such as murder, treason, and rebellion are not within the scope of the crime field review. Only land property is collected, and gold and silver foreign objects are not allowed. ”
"Sixth: Establish the Beiyang Navy..."
"Seventh: The Ministry of Rites establishes the 'Propaganda Department', and a dedicated person prints news transcripts of documents and political intelligence transmitted by the court every week. Other contents can also be printed to promote the court's thoughts..."
"Eighth: The Taiyuan Hospital and the Ministry of Rites set up a 'medical school' to recruit students who are interested in medicine to enroll and study. The Taiyuan Hospital will teach by dedicated personnel to spread medicine..."
"Ninth: Military merit system. After all soldiers receive merit, they will be judged by the Ministry of Industry and given land and money..."
"Tenth:..."
There are nine items in total, all of which were established by Zheng Yi based on the current situation in Dayu and the information collected by Jin Yiwei.
Some of the content is whimsical, while others are perfectly adapted to the national conditions of the day.
After the tea time, Zheng Yi said: "My dear friends, do you have any questions?"
At this time, all the ministers had also read the contents of the five-year plan and looked at each other with shock in their minds.
Li Changfeng, the newly promoted assistant minister and Minister of War, asked: "Your Majesty, you said that within five years you will suppress the rebellion in the North and repel the invading army of Wu State. How should this be suppressed? Who will take the lead? How will it be carried out in specific circumstances... ”
Zheng Yi said: "This is just a plan. Of course, Li Qing and all the court officials will discuss the details together."
Li Changfeng said: "Your Majesty, can the red cannon developed by the Ministry of Industry provide limited support to the Ministry of War?"
The reason why Puppet Yan was defeated by the Dayu court so quickly was entirely because of the existence of the red cannon!
If these guns and cannons are equipped to all the military in Dayu, then...
Zheng Yi said: "This is my idea. Sooner or later, red cannons, thunderbolts, and guns will be arranged for all Dayu's armies, but not now!"
"I will use the Shenji Battalion as the main purpose, and gradually distribute the red cannons and thunderbolts, ensuring that within five years the Forbidden Army, the Royal Forest Army, and the Five Cities Army and Horse Division will control the guns and cannons around the capital."
"At the same time, I will personally train the troops and gradually spread to other states and counties."
After Li Changfeng thought for a few minutes, he said sincerely: "Your Majesty is wise! But Your Majesty, what is this Beiyang Navy?"
"It's very simple. The navy's main base is located at the Binzhou estuary. I plan to build a naval base there."
Zheng Yidao said: "This base is located in Binzhou, across the sea from Jizhou and Sizhou. It can recruit local fishermen and pirates to form a navy, conduct ocean-going trade based on sea-going ships, and open up maritime trade routes with fishing countries and other places. .”
"Of course, there are not only fishing countries, coastal countries and other countries in the world, but also a large number of Japanese pirates, so we need the protection of strong ships and cannons!"
"I want to place the red cannon on a sea ship and then go on a long voyage. While protecting myself, I can also fight against pirates and Japanese pirates!"
"This is my Beiyang Navy construction plan."
Hearing what Zheng Yi said, the other people were shocked.
Develop a navy?
Ocean trade?
This...
If it really develops, it will be a huge source of money!
Li Changfeng felt that his voice was a little hoarse and asked: "Your Majesty, I wonder who will be in charge of the Beiyang Navy?"
"Moreover, the money, food, and time spent on building large ships and bases are astronomical, and I am afraid..."
Zheng Yi said: "This matter will be discussed later, I have my own plan."
"As for money and food, I will use the internal treasury as support in the early stage. At the same time, I will release part of the shares of Yuanhang Trading and sell them to private businessmen to collect private funds."
"As long as there are businessmen and aristocratic families who are willing to spend money to support the construction of the Beiyang Navy, then after the construction of the Beiyang Navy is successful, the voyage trade can take them with them!"
Ocean trade!
As someone who has experienced this, Zheng Yi certainly knows how much benefit there is in this.
Many ministers and aristocratic families located along the coast have been secretly using small boats to conduct private transactions with other countries, regardless of the imperial ban.
Some fishermen even dare to use sampans to go to other islands and islands to dump goods.
They can do this, why can't I do it?
Moreover, the establishment of the Beiyang Navy was not purely for ocean-going trade.
But for...seeking immortality!
The headquarters of Mayfly Tower is in the fishing country!
"My dear friends, do you have any questions?"
Kong Xiangsi, the Minister of Rites, said: "Your Majesty, building a national school is also very expensive..."
Zheng Yidao: "It just takes the capital as the center. It will be built in the capital at the beginning, and then gradually expand to other states and counties."
"I said, this is a long-term plan, don't think about completing it all at once."
"No!"
Someone else asked: "Your Majesty, the imperial hospital is already short of people. If the imperial doctors from the imperial hospital are released to teach, then the people in the palace will get sick..."
"We can call the world's famous doctors as professors and establish a medical college. I will give them everything they want, money and reputation, as long as I teach a large number of young medical students!"
"These students from the Imperial Hospital, after completing their studies, will serve in the army and become military doctors to protect our soldiers!"
Someone else asked: "Your Majesty, this plan to discuss crimes may... breed a lot of corruption and detectives, and there will be criticism from the people. This plan... may be inappropriate."
Zheng Yi said indifferently: "This plan will not last long. Other plans are all extensions of this plan."
"There are many corrupt officials in the country. If they are all killed, great changes may occur. That's why I came up with a plan to punish them."
"As long as they are not officials, aristocratic families, businessmen, etc. who have overturned major cases such as murder and rebellion, they can be severely punished by 'land property' to reduce their guilt."
"Remember!"
Zheng Yi looked firmly at the Ministry of Punishment. Cui Jinghao, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, returned to his hometown after serving as an official. At this moment, two ministers of the Ministry of Punishment came.
"What I want is property, land, whether it is paddy fields, dry fields, or mountainous areas, I only want these!"
"If anyone dares to substitute gold or silver, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
The two ministers of the Ministry of Justice were so frightened that they knelt down quickly: "I obey the order!"
"Okay everyone, do you have any questions? I will answer them one by one!"
"Your Majesty, there are still some loopholes in this policy..."
"Your Majesty, I have another plan!"
"Your Majesty..."
A few days later, the five-year plan of the Dayu Dynasty was freshly released after consultation with the important ministers of the DPRK, and was quickly sent to the government offices of the thirteen prefectures for officials to know.
Several of the plans have aroused a lot of discussion!
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(End of chapter)