Although a year and a half has passed, the Great Xia Yangxin Palace is still exactly the same as it used to be, solemn and majestic, and it is the main palace used by the Great Xia Emperor to review and approve the chapters and deal with government affairs.

But when I walked into the temple, I found that the taste had changed.

I saw that the floor in the center of the hall was covered with thick cushions, and two pink babies were sitting there chattering, and one baby was a boy with big eyes and a high nose. A baby girl is also big-eyed and round-faced, fat, and the hair on her head is barely tied up in a pigtail.

In front of the two babies, Emperor Xia changed his majestic image in the past, lying there blowing his beard and squeezing his eyebrows, teasing the two babies, without the appearance of an emperor at all.

The male treasure is more fun-loving, and reached out to pull Xia Huang's beard, and his hand strength is not small, but Xia Huang not only does not feel pain, but also laughs happily and praises: "Good grandson, if you have such strength at such a young age, you will be able to capture tigers and leopards when you grow up!" It's the ultimate master! ”

The baby girl on the side shouted, "Grandpa, grandpa... Hug..."

The milk voice was too cute, and Emperor Xia immediately hugged her and said lovingly: "My smile, grandpa is here to hug her!" ”

The baby girl giggles when she is picked up.

Before the first dragon case, Xiao Rui was reviewing the recitals, watching his father teasing the two children, and then looking at the recitals at hand, he suddenly felt that the work was not fragrant.

"Father, it's not appropriate for the sons to sit here and deal directly with the chapter. If the imperial history hears about it, you have to impeach the ministers again. Xiao Rui said.

Emperor Xia glanced back at him and immediately glared, "How many times have you said this?" It's annoying! Let you sit on the dragon chair, and let you review the chapters, how many people's dreams, but you are not happy, do you feel that the name is not right? I've said it several times, I abdicate to make way for Xian, and every time you talk about him left and right, who is to blame? ”

Xiao Rui was speechless for an instant.

"Daddy... Daddy..."

At this moment, the baby girl in Emperor Xia's arms stretched out her hand and pointed at Xiao Rui and shouted.

Emperor Xia hugged his granddaughter and hummed: "Smile and smile, don't pay attention to your father, he is busy, and the emperor's grandfather will play with you." ”

Xiao Rui sighed again, sure enough, if he has a grandson or granddaughter, he doesn't want a son.

But seeing the two guys so cute, Xiao Rui didn't feel tired.

The crown princess Zhuge Liuying was pregnant in October and gave birth to a baby boy for Xiao Rui, and Li Ruoxue immediately gave birth to a baby girl.

Now that the two little guys are about to be one year old, they have become the most beautiful cubs in the palace, especially the heart of Emperor Xia, Xiao Rui doesn't dare to scold the two little guys, and they can't speak loudly, let alone scold.

Emperor Xia is not without grandchildren, but this is the eldest son and eldest daughter of the prince, and the grandson of the emperor, so it is conceivable that Emperor Xia loves the two little guys.

Xiao Rui sorted out the approved chapters and said, "Father, the chapters have been reviewed, have you still seen them?" ”

"No, you don't! Send it directly to the Cabinet for execution. Xia Huang said.

In the past year and a half, Xiao Rui has begun to govern the world from studying government affairs, especially since the second half of this year, Emperor Xia has sat up and shook his hands, let Xiao Rui do the dragon chair to criticize the chapter, completely decentralize power, and in the early dynasty, no matter what political affairs are discussed, he will ask the prince's opinion.

The prince said yes, then carry it out. If the prince thinks there is a problem, then it can't be done! The power bestowed on the crown prince by His Majesty is beyond the belief of hundreds of civil and military officials.

Although His Majesty never ordered him to be in charge of the country, Xiao Rui was already the crown prince in charge of the country at this time.

Hearing His Majesty's answer, Xiao Rui nodded, he was already accustomed to His Majesty's trust, and Hai Dafu on the side took the chapter and immediately ordered someone to send it to the cabinet.

Throughout the past year and a half, Xiao Rui has experienced a lot of things.

Beginning in March last year, Xiao Rui and His Majesty began to build around food, clothing, housing and transportation, the new crops have been promoted to the whole territory of Daxia, each household has added more than 20 stones of edible grain, some areas prone to drought and flood disasters, have expanded the planting scale of sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn, no longer confined to grains, as long as you can eat, you can plant anything!

Secondly, as the Qin Emperor cursed, Great Xia did not hide the existence of gunpowder, but used gunpowder to blow up mountains and rivers, build roads and embankments, especially in areas where floods and embankments had occurred. This is thanks to the efforts of Song Yingxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, who worked hard and took the lead, and when the lower reaches of the Yellow River burst in the summer last year, he was ordered to deal with it in danger, so that the flooding of the Yellow River did not cause a tragic situation.

Gunpowder is no longer a tool for killing, but has become a sacred object for the benefit of the world. At the same time, it also deters the enemy country, and the emperors of other enemy countries are also like the Qin State, deeply afraid of the power of gunpowder!

Secondly, the concession has been extended from coal mines to iron mines, and now the number of coal mines franchised in the country has increased to 8,000 and is still increasing.

Of course, the reason why there are so many of them is that coal mining now relies entirely on manpower, so coal mines are all small-scale, and the scale of thirty or forty people can apply for concessions. The output of such small coal mines is not large, and excluding the unsuitable season of the year, some of them produce only forty or fifty tons of coal a year.

Although it is a small scale, it has enlivened the Great Xia market, and now the value of coal mines in the Great Xia market has been reduced by one-third, especially in the coal-producing areas, which is only a quarter of the original price, and the local ordinary people can also burn coal for heating in the cold winter.

This is the advantage of public-private partnerships, of course, keeping in mind that the public is the mainstay, but also to intensify efforts to strictly investigate private mines that do not comply with the rules, if there are 8,000 concession coal mines, then the secretly mined coal mines will also have 1,000, which is unavoidable. Therefore, it is necessary to intensify the investigation and punishment, and once found, heavy penalties will be imposed!

Even if the franchise is a piece of paper, it represents the difference between legal and illegal, which is the guarantee of the imperial court to coordinate everything. And now is not the time to fully allow the private ownership of coal mines!

After entering this year, after Xiao Rui communicated with Emperor Xia, he wanted to take a private visit to see the actual situation of Daxia, the last time he inspected the state capital was to the south, this time he went north, and it took four months to go around the northern state capital.

And if you want to govern a big country like cooking a small fresh, Xiao Rui likes a sentence in the "Tao Te Ching" very much: "Govern the country with righteousness, govern the army with oddity, and take the world with nothing." ”

It's easy to sound, it's hard to listen to, and it's even harder to do.

Now, Xiao Rui handles government affairs on behalf of His Majesty, and what he plans to make is in accordance with the concept of governing the country with integrity.

At the beginning, Emperor Xia would also browse Xiao Rui's decision-making, but later as Xiao Rui grew up, Emperor Xia was very satisfied, and he was more at ease to put power in his hands.

So summing up the past year and a half, Xiao Rui has been full of harvest.

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Near noon, the two little ones were also sleepy, so they were carried back to the East Palace by the female officer.

Emperor Xia returned to his dragon chair and said, "Has the grain storage of Anxi Province arrived?" ”

"Yesterday, Yang Feiyuan, the head of the household department, came to pay a gift and said that he would arrive in Beijing within ten days." Xiao Rui replied.

Emperor Xia praised: "Zhang Liang, Xiao He, and Shen Wansan are really talented, and they have actually turned Anxi Province into a large grain producer!" ”

"It's still my father's wisdom and foresight, and he promoted Huangtian Group and Daxia Bank in the fourteen states of Anxi!" Xiao Rui said with a smile.

Zhang Liang has served as the envoy of Anxi Festival for nearly two years, and has built the 14 prefectures of Anxi into the back garden of Daxia, and there is no big disaster within the 14 prefectures this year, so today's crop harvest, not only the people have a bumper harvest, but the granary of the state capital and the granary built by the household department are also full.

In particular, the Huangtian Group, with tens of thousands of hectares of enclosure and a range of 14 states, has earned more than 10 million stone of grain today, which can fill two Xijing warehouses!

You must know that the Huangtian Group had just started last year, and this year it directly reaped a bumper harvest, and the grain shipped this time was the loan that the Huangtian Group repaid to the imperial court. This move directly shocked the Great Xia officialdom, and he never thought that the imperial court only controlled and did not directly manage the Huangtian Group so powerful, which made many powerful people who were jealous of the Huangtian Group occupying Liangtian unable to find faults.

Speaking of Loess Group, it is natural to introduce Daxia Bank.

Since the operation of the Daxia Bank in charge of Shen Wansan, it has opened savings, loans and other businesses, because it is guaranteed by the imperial court, its reputation and reputation are guaranteed, and in order to attract customers, Shen Wansan reported to Xiao Rui and His Majesty, and directly increased the annual interest rate and increased publicity.

This move really attracted people who had money to spare at home. But the big families and the powerful people were in a wait-and-see state, they didn't trust the Great Xia Bank, and preferred to bury the silver in their own ground.

In the past two years, Daxia Bank has developed a sound process, and has established branches in major states and supports cross-border settlement. This attracted merchants to take large quantities of silver and silver bills with them, and they only needed to take their bank vouchers and withdraw them from other places.

Of course, the most attractive businessman is the borrowing business, as long as the mortgage of the house or land, you can borrow silver with a very low interest rate, which is much lower than the interest rate in the market, naturally, Daxia Bank became the first businessman, and in a certain sense, it also promoted the development of commerce.

In the past two years, Daxia Bank has turned around its losses from losses, and it will inevitably make a profit by the end of this year!

The time is still too short, Xiao Rui believes that in a few years, Huangtian Group and Daxia Bank will inevitably become giant institutions.

In the face of Xiao Rui's flattery, Emperor Xia smiled and said, "If I am wise and far-sighted, then isn't the emperor far-sighted?" Ha ha... But it's a fact, all of this is the credit of the emperor, and I am very pleased. ”

Xiao Rui said with a smile: "As the prince of Great Xia, this is what you should do. ”

Emperor Xia nodded, then looked at the map hanging on the wall, and said, "Great Xia's achievements will inevitably cause the Qin State to covet, and it seems that it won't be long before there will be another war." ”

If you can give Xia State another five years, destroying the Qin State will definitely be crushing, but it is clear that the Qin Emperor will not wait.

"Father, before facing the Qin army, did you solve the Qi State first? In this way, the strength of the champion hou can be drawn! Xiao Rui asked.

Champion Hou's 700,000 army has always been stationed in Fengtian City, one is to deter the Qi State, and the other is to suppress the occupied Qi people to avoid trouble.

Today's Qi country is turbulent, wonderful, I heard that many big brothers held high the banner and shouted "The prince will have a kind of Xiangning", and began to do it in the Qi country.

At this time, the Qi State was already in a mess.