Chapter 193 Five-Year Strategy

After leaving Lanling Palace, Zheng Yi indulged himself a lot.

They were in seclusion in the underground palace for three months. Although they were accompanied by several concubines, Concubine Cui and others were pregnant and could not have sex with her.

As for Jie'er Yu'er, she was at a critical moment in her cultivation, so he didn't bother her too much.

He won't be able to enjoy it until he comes out of seclusion.

In the past few days, I have been thinking about these words of Concubine Lan in my mind.

Is it really impossible to cultivate immortality without spiritual roots?

On the one hand, they want to be with them, but the bigger reason is that they want to live forever.

There are also Queens Lu Lin'er, Xu Qingluan, Yang Huan, Bihe, Li Changle, Concubine Wan, Concubine Miao and others who have more or less secretly inquired about these things.

What a pity...

Without spiritual roots, it is bound to be impossible to cultivate.

Thinking of this, the appearance of the Samsara Nine Infant Fruit appeared in Zheng Yi's mind.

"Once the Nine Infant Fruit of Reincarnation matures, can I awaken their spiritual roots for them?"

"Unfortunately, it will take at least nine thousand years for the Nine Infant Fruit of Samsara to mature, unless I can sacrifice its blood and use blood essence to ripen it!"

"Nine thousand years, that is, nine thousand drops of essence and blood..."

The corner of Zheng Yi's mouth twitched. This matter should wait until he retreats next time and sacrifices the seeds of the Nine Infant Fruit of Samsara in blood.

After resting for a few days, Zheng Yi met with Liu Chengen, the cabinet and others.

"We see your Majesty! May your Majesty live long live!"

Liu Chengen, Lu Xiangqing, Wang Anshi, Zheng Xuanyue and others lined up on both sides, knelt on the ground and shouted long live the mountain.

"Get up~"

Zheng Yixu raised his hand and motioned for several adults to sit on both sides.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Dear sirs, I have been in seclusion these past few days to pursue the path of cultivation, and I have neglected state affairs."

Zheng Yi said: "But thanks to the help of a few adults, I can sleep peacefully."

"By the way, will anything big happen while I'm in retreat recently?"

"While I still have a few days to go out of seclusion, let's solve them all together."

Several people looked at each other, and Lu Xiangqing stood up and said, "May I ask Your Majesty, are you really cultivating immortality?"

"Then there is still a lie?"

Looking at the few people who didn't believe it, Zheng Yi did not explain, and said: "I have succeeded in cultivation, and I will feed back to the Yu court."

"Now that the imperial court is stable, we still need your help!"

"I obey the order."

Wang Anshi stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I have a starting point."

"Ai Qing, tell me."

"Your Majesty, now our Dayu army has suppressed the rebellions in Yongzhou, Bingzhou, Shuzhou, Yunzhou, Yuezhou and other places. Yuanhe Mountain in Haizhou has also been conquered by General Xu, and the recovery is just around the corner."

"Nowadays, the people in these major states are tired and starving. Many defeated soldiers have gathered together to become thieves and fallen grassroots have become bandits. It is extremely difficult for the people to survive."

"In addition, after the rebellion, the imperial government offices were destroyed and there were very few officials. I asked the imperial court to send many more officials to serve as officials in various major states and counties to govern the world."

“Have you selected suitable officials?”

"The minister, my colleagues in the cabinet, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies have completed their discussions. Your Majesty, please check."

After saying that, he took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it out.

Liu Chengen walked over quickly and handed it to Zheng Yi.

Leaning on the dragon chair, Zheng Yi opened it and checked it.

In the audience, Lu Xiangqing, Zheng Xuanyue, and Liu Chengen looked at each other and looked away.

Only Wang Anshi, Yuan Qichang, Cai Dashi and others were waiting silently for something.

There is very little content in the memorial, just a list.

It is about the official arrangements for the recovery of these six states.

Including governors, governors, prefects, county magistrates and others.

Most of them were officials dispatched from the imperial court, a small number were replaced by local officials who were lucky enough to survive, and some were transferred by officials from other states and counties.

Zheng Yi knew some of the people on the list, such as a few people who became Jinshi during Enke's tenure a few years ago.

There were also many people whom he did not know and had never even heard of their names.

However, Zheng Yi knew all the second- and third-grade officials such as the governor and governor.

For example, Zhao Chengzhi, a member of the Imperial Party.

Lu Xianghe, a member of the Lu family.

Zhao Jingren, a minister of the Ministry of Rites and so on.

Soon Zheng Yi came to his senses and discovered the fishiness.

The positions of governors and governors in the five recovered areas were occupied by the Imperial family, the Lu family, the Si Lijian family, and the Qingliu family respectively.

Among them, the number of Qingliu is the smallest, and the number of Imperial Party and Si Lijian is the largest.

In some respects, those who are in charge of rituals can also be regarded as members of the imperial party.

He closed the memorial, glanced at Liu Chengen, Wang Anshi, Lu Xiangqing, and Zheng Xuanyue, and said quietly: "The imperial censors Han Yang, Chen Yu, and Sima Kang are upright and upright, and can be the prefects of the same place."

Several people present were shocked, and they all couldn't believe their ears.

Yushi Han Yang, Chen Yu, and Sima Kang were the three people who were scolded by Liu Chengen a few months ago.

On that day, in order to persuade His Majesty to be diligent in political affairs, the three of them tried to break into the palace, but they were captured by the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

Above the imperial court, three of them were punished with fifty sticks in public.

The three censors were almost beaten to death!

If Wang Anshi hadn't come forward to help, the three of them would have been disabled.

Now a few months have passed, and the injuries of the three have improved a lot. However, they often cursed Liu Chengen in court, which made Liu Chengen extremely angry, but they were helpless.

I didn’t expect that now, His Majesty would actually confer the position of magistrate himself!

Of course, the position of local magistrate is definitely not as good as that of the censor. After all, the censor is an official in the capital.

However, the position of magistrate was stated by His Majesty.

The three people were transferred to the state capital and will return to the court three years later to become high-ranking officials.

That is to say...

Zheng Yi knew everything that happened in the imperial court that day!

With a 'pop' sound, Liu Chengen's legs softened and he fell to his knees directly on the ground.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." "Liu Chengen? Why do you kneel?"

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, I, I, I scolded Han Yang and three other adults for some trivial matters that day. I hope..."

"Oh~ that little thing, you did it for me, while Han Yang and the other three did it for the Dayu court."

Zheng Yi said casually: "I won't take this matter to heart. Get up."

"Thank you so much, Your Majesty!"

Zheng Yi threw the memorial in his hand on the table and said, "Except for these three people, I have passed all the names on the memorial."

"I don't want to worry about how you place officials, but what I want is the talent to govern the country. Manage the place well for me!"

"If you are discovered by me to have committed adultery, corruption and perversion of the law, don't blame me for turning ruthless and doing the implicated things!"

"I obey the order...!"

Several people quickly fell to their knees and shouted loudly.

"Okay, is there anything else?"

Zheng Yi rubbed his temples and said: "If not..."

"Your Majesty, yes!"

Lu Xiangqing suddenly stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, during the fifth year of Zhengyong, you discussed with me the 'First Five-Year Plan'. Now that the five years have passed, I have been following the 'Five-Year Plan' established by Your Majesty that day." Plan 'Promote Administration'

"Now that the time for the first Five-Year Plan has arrived, I wonder if Your Majesty is ready to implement the Second Five-Year Plan?"

"Five-year plan...so soon?"

Zheng Yi was a little surprised. Five years had passed so quickly?

Yes, the first five-year plan was promulgated in April of the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Zhengyong.

It is now the tenth year of Zhengyong, and five full years have passed.

And how much has happened in these five years?

Apart from anything else, most of the simple cabinet members have been changed.

Among the assistant ministers of the cabinet at that time, there were seven people: Xu Mujun, Lu Xiangqing, Cui Jinghao, Wang Ze, Wang He, Li Yuanhao, and Zheng Zongbing.

But now, Xu Mujun is still there, but unfortunately he has lost his left arm and is fighting with the army outside.

Lu Xiangqing and Zheng Zongbing are still here, but they are getting older.

Cui Jinghao and Li Yuanhao became officials and lived in seclusion.

Wang Ze and Wang He were arrested and imprisoned because of the rebellion of the Wang family. They had already committed suicide due to various reasons.

The current assistant ministers of the cabinet are Lu Xiangqing, Zheng Zongbing, Wang Anshi, Zheng Xuanyue, Li Changfeng and others.

Yuan Qichang and Cai Dashi are only acting as cabinet ministers and cannot decide major issues.

Things change, that's all.

"Lu Qing, it's up to you to summarize the results of the first five-year plan."

"No!"

Lu Xiangqing took out a thick memorial from his arms and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, there are nine large-scale plans in Dayu's first five-year plan."

"The first item is to suppress the rebellion in the North."

"This plan has been completed long ago. The six northern states were suppressed within four years. We, Dayu, even captured the Heishanguan and Manghuang states."

"It is a pity that the new emperor of Wu Kingdom, Wu Siming, ascended the throne last year and became the first empress. She mobilized the whole country to conquer."

"It is said that there are immortals under Wu Siming's command to help. Our Dayu cavalry could not defeat them in the plains and could only retreat to Heishanguan until now."

"But the overall plan has been successfully completed!"

Lu Xiangqing turned a page and continued:

"The second item is that the Ministry of Industry vigorously develops military industries and recruits 50,000 refugees."

“According to statistics submitted by the Ministry of Industry, this plan has been overfulfilled.”

"Firearms are classified. The Ministry of Industry is directly under your Majesty's command. I have no specific data here."

"However, the number of refugees recruited reached more than 80,000, far exceeding the original plan."

"The third item: Defeat the invading army of Wu Kingdom."

"Needless to say, our Dayu Heavenly Army has already repulsed Wu Kingdom and occupied Heishanguan Pass, the most powerful pass in Wu Kingdom!"

"Item 4: 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."

"This policy..."

Lu Xiangqing hesitated for a moment, and then said: "This policy is presided over by the Ministry of Rites, but in the past five years, I, Dayu, have been fighting foreign wars, especially since the seventh year of Zhengyong, wars have continued and the national treasury is empty."

"This strategy... has not been fully completed."

Zheng Yidao: "How many institutions have been established specifically?"

"Your Majesty, only twelve have been built."

"Twelve?"

Zheng Yi frowned slightly. He knew that books and knowledge were in the hands of big families and officials.

It is extremely difficult for people at the bottom to change their destiny through learning.

But what I didn't expect was that underground officials would be so counter-intuitive to this policy.

It took five years to establish twelve schools!

He suppressed his anger and asked: "How many school-age children can be provided with the opportunity to go to school?"

"Your Majesty, there are less than eight hundred people."

Lu Xiangqing said: "In addition to the tight national treasury and the need to support me in the frontline operations, the most important thing is that ordinary people are not willing to let their children go to school."

"They would rather let their children work in the fields, or go to the capital to become workers in major factories..."

Zheng Yi shook his head. It was difficult for ordinary people to survive, so how could they let their families work to study?

And... open up people's wisdom.

Do you really want to open it?

Once the people's wisdom is opened, they cannot rule completely.

Just like the thirty-three taels of silver in the previous life.

This matter needs to be discussed in the long run.

Begging for a monthly ticket! ! !

(End of chapter)