Guo Peng's problems now are different from before.

It used to be a hegemony mentality, but now it's an imperial mentality.

As an emperor and head of state, what he needs to think about is how to open up the living space of the Wei Empire in the future, how to develop Jiangnan, how to destroy the Gongsun clan in Liaodong, how to re-establish the Western Regions Protectorate, and how to completely eliminate the threat of Xianbei in the northern expedition to the grassland.

During this period, how to suppress the power of the powerful and the nobles, how to strengthen the centralization of power, how to increase the productive forces, how to liberalize the education system and establish the imperial examination system.

And the most important of them is the development of Jiangnan.

To develop Jiangnan, it is necessary to first pacify Jiangnan, sweep away the powerful households in Jiangnan, and then implement the transition from the tuntian system to the field division system in Jiangnan, gradually and gradually develop from the Yangtze River valley to the south, move the population to the south, and develop the land in Jiangnan that can be cultivated twice a year.

In the future, it is necessary to develop the land in Lingnan, and develop the land that can be harvested three times a year, so as to continue to increase productivity and increase the output of grain crops, so as to enhance national strength.

This is a century-old plan and a century-old national policy, not something that can be completed by his generation, or even by Guo Jin, which requires several generations of continuous development.

In the past, Guo Peng always thought that the land of China could not support so many people, and the population would break out after reaching a certain peak.

However, even without potatoes and corn, the number of people that can be supported by the land of China is definitely not only 50 million.

In the process of constantly conquering the world, in the process of governing the grassroots, Guo Peng discovered one thing.

The powerful landlord class, which owns the largest amount of land, will not reclaim wasteland.

They will only occupy the existing fertile land, as for the wasteland, then they don't care, as long as life is passable, they don't care about Li Shu's life or death, they just care whether their land is fertile or not.

The reclamation of wasteland requires investment, population and material input, and it will take several years before there will be a profit, and such a process is unacceptable to the people of the powerful landlord class.

All they could accept was to take the ready-made land reclaimed by Li Shu as their own.

This is a group of bastards who don't produce but just want to enjoy, they go to enjoy the wind and snow, and the tired reclamation can only be done by Li Shu, but when Li Shu is about to see the dawn, they come and snatch the reclaimed land.

The Li Shu were forced to leave their land, leaving them with only one way, which was to reclaim other wastelands.

But the reclamation of wasteland itself requires the input of grain, and it needs to be organized, and the ancient dynasties rarely had strong grassroots organizational power, and the imperial power did not go to the countryside, and who was willing to use their own money to do this kind of thing?

The Li Shu, who had lost their land, had no more food to support the harvest in the wasteland, and in the process they either starved to death or, or rose up.

A large amount of wasteland could not wait for the time to be reclaimed, the dynasty would fall, people would almost die, and a new cycle would begin.

Therefore, from the Yellow River Basin to the Yangtze River Basin and then to the Pearl River Basin, throughout the 2,000-year history of feudal imperialism, from the Qin to the Qing Dynasty, the most fertile harvest and the best land that can be harvested three times a year have been developed and no one cares.

Without organizational power, the imperial power will not go to the countryside, and private individuals will not be willing to pay this kind of cost to engage in construction, and what they are willing to do can be done, in the past two thousand years, there is only the state, only the king.

But there are too few qualified kings, and the most effective is the very beginning of Qin Shi Huang, who launched a southern expedition of 500,000 Qin troops and launched millions of immigrants to open up Jiangnan and even Lingnan, but unfortunately the life span of the first emperor was limited after all, and Qin II died.

After the death of Qin, until the so-called Yiguan Nandu, in the past 400 years, there was no powerful emperor who could engage in construction like Qin Shi Huang and expand the living space of the whole nation in a real sense.

Pioneering, reclamation, construction, development of settlements, setting up counties, stationing officials, troops, and collecting taxes.

It is enough for the army to occupy, and when the force weakens, it is over.

If it weren't for the fact that the Central Plains regime had been forced to cross south several times and was forced to develop Jiangnan and Lingnan in order to survive, I am afraid that it would not have been able to complete this large-scale development for 2,000 years.

The living space needs to be explored, either what is on the map is your own, and if you don't develop it and don't cultivate, it's wasteland.

The large-scale development of Jiangnan is imperative, and this will surely become Guo Wei's first national policy.

There is no need to persist for too long, and Guo himself does not know how long this national policy can last after he dies, and when this national policy will be artificially abandoned, but the longer he persists, the longer the time for peace, and the longer Guo Wei's lifespan.

It may be that after his death, many of the benefits of large-scale development will be seized by the people.

But in the end, this will really benefit a large number of Li Shu, will bring progress, and will open up a lot of living space, which is undoubtedly correct.

As long as it is useful, it must be done, and if there is a problem, it will be solved, and you can't stop doing it because there is a problem.

If I can do it, I will do it, until I die, and as long as I live, I will continue to do it.

The large-scale development of Jiangnan was the first national policy after he ascended the throne.

The second national policy is to re-operate the Western Regions.

The operation of the Western Regions is related to the smoothness of the Silk Road, which is very important, and is of great significance to the economic policy of the Central Plains Empire.

There are many famous people who run the Western Regions during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the most famous of which is the Ban family, Ban Chao and Ban Yong, two fathers and sons in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, like a relay to maintain the Eastern Han Dynasty's fetters in the Western Regions.

Liu Xiu is very easy to be the emperor, it is not difficult at all, and even Wang Mang's army has meteorites from the sky to help him kill him, but there is a price to pay for being an emperor so quickly and quickly dominating the world.

Qin Shi Huang engaged in a big government because he was a martyr in the sixth emperor, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a big government because he was endorsed by Wenjingzhi.

Without a strong government, how can such a large territory be managed well?

In the end, the Eastern Han Dynasty did not restore the degree of control of the Western Han Dynasty over the Western Regions, and even the Western Regions Protectorate could not be rebuilt, so it could only be replaced by a Western Regions Governor's Office, and the military administration was replaced by a staff officer, which revealed the fatigue and powerlessness of the Eastern Han Empire to the Western Regions.

Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Eastern Han Empire could still maintain its influence on the Western Regions, but after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, let alone mention it, it was difficult to protect itself, and then under the conspiracy of Guo someone, the Han government was wiped out, and the countries in the Western Regions did not know what the Han envoys looked like.

Guo felt that as the leader of the Guo Wei regime, it was necessary for them to know what it meant to be since ancient times, and it was necessary for them to regain the rule of the Central Plains Empire in order to embark on the right path of prosperity and development.

But if you meet someone who is not long-sighted, who does not know that the Chinese emperor has returned, and tries in vain to resist the trend of history, then it is even more necessary for Guo to teach them a history lesson.

And many more, imperial examinations, schools, education, election of officials......

Guo Peng always felt that he had a lot of things to do, but after thinking about it carefully, Guo Peng found that his lifespan may not be enough to support him to see that day coming.

He may only exist as a great founder, and he will entrust his career to future generations.

A little unwilling, really, unwilling.

For a moment, Guo Peng suddenly understood why those emperors who had made a difference in ancient times wanted to pursue immortality.

Power is indeed intoxicating, but the desire to see one's own exploits blossom is the source of the pursuit of immortality.