Destroying an enemy and not occupying the land where the enemy grows will create a power vacuum and an existential vacuum in the land, which will inevitably attract others to come here and grow.

History has repeatedly proved that strong nomadic armed forces can be born on the grasslands, and they are enough to threaten the security of the Central Plains.

Therefore, this strategic land must be occupied, even if its economic construction model is completely different from the traditional economic construction model of the Han people, and it cannot be stopped from operating because it cannot see the benefits.

Even as a strategic buffer, this large grassland is extremely important, not to mention the economic value of natural pastures, raising cattle, sheep and horses on this grassland can complete blood transfusion for the Central Plains.

The civil servants are not willing to open up new territories to operate, and this kind of thinking is the same as the landlord class's displeasure in opening up wasteland and preferring to seize existing mature arable land.

Unwilling to pay the cost for development, and always staring only at the territory that has been developed by the predecessors, how short-sighted!

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the early Western Han Dynasty, the Huns invaded the Central Plains and even tried to manipulate the politics of the Central Plains Empire, which he could not accept under any circumstances.

And now, he has eliminated Xianbei, but he does not dare to guarantee that in another thirty years, a powerful nomadic empire will continue to be born on the grassland, once again posing a threat to the border passes of the Wei Empire.

He felt that it was almost certain if he just had to fight and occupy it.

Some people say that the grassland cannot bring benefits to the Central Plains Empire, but the grassland itself can also raise such a powerful enemy, does this not prove the huge economic potential of the grassland?

Just because no one has done something in the past doesn't mean you can't do it.

No one does it, I will do it, set a precedent for future generations, and let future generations know that the grassland is full of delicious meat and delicious milk!

Guo Peng's holy decree was issued, and everyone knew that this matter was no longer negotiable.

The Emperor had just returned from an unprecedented victory, and his voice was earth-shattering, and who would dare to say no to his policies?

There is no precedent for this, not only is there no precedent for success, but there is no precedent for failure, and no one knows whether it is a success or a failure.

So no matter what they say, they can't conclude that the emperor's wave must have failed.

However, the emperor has just finished the war and has not had time to rest with the people, and he wants to move 300,000 people to the grassland to carry out some Mozhou construction plan, to turn this grassland into a production base for meat and milk.

So Wang Cang, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, took the national financial expenditure plan to Guo Peng to discuss this matter.

"Your Majesty, this matter should be delayed according to the ministers, if it is advanced immediately, judging from the materials that the imperial court can mobilize at present, it is impossible to support 300,000 people to build Mozhou, we have too many things to do.

These things all require money and time, and the minister knows that His Majesty has great ambitions and ambitions in his heart, but Your Majesty, the realization of his ambitions and ambitions takes time and money. ”

Wang Cang's words were very pertinent, Guo Peng knew that he was not lying, the Wei Empire's financial revenue was extremely rich, but the financial expenditure was also very huge.

At present, large projects are being carried out in the west, north and south, and even the Central Plains, which is a major area of fiscal revenue, is currently preparing to promote the Grand Canal plan, so it can be said that the whole country is riveting its efforts to carry out construction, and the Northern Expedition to Xianbei was forcibly promoted by Guo Peng.

As a result, now that Xianbei has just been cleaned up, your old man is going to build a desert again......

Rest and rest, the country can't stand your toss.

Guo Peng looked at the state fiscal expenditure plan and the clean and transparent financial savings, and after a little calculation, he knew that the rapid implementation of a construction plan of 300,000 people would really empty the state treasury.

And its own inner library also has other uses, which cannot support the operation of a national policy.

After thinking about it, Guo Peng felt that it was better to slow down a little.

He really wanted to get the country and his people to keep up with him as soon as possible, but now it seems that there is a limit to people's subjective initiative.

"What do you mean, I already know, this matter can be slowed down a little, but we can't help but do it, the grassland, if we don't occupy it, if we don't take advantage of it, it will allow more people to take advantage of it, this kind of thing, I resolutely can't accept it."

Guo Peng has made his views very clear.

Seeing that the emperor made concessions, Wang Cang felt that he couldn't let the emperor give up the whole plan in one go, which was completely inconsistent with the emperor's personality, so he accepted it when he saw it.

He agreed to the emperor's plan to arrange 30,000 people to go north to Mozhou in advance, and also promised the emperor to start planning the grassland city building operation.

At least let Xiahoudun have some people under him, so as not to become a bare-bones commander.

But despite this, Xiahoudun is not easy to say that he is not a bare-bones commander.

Some people even wondered if Xiahoudun had offended the emperor by not doing well during the Northern Expedition, so much so that the emperor wanted to transfer him to the desolate grassland, and he would not even let him go to the annexed state.

However, it is obvious that this matter has nothing to do with Xiahoudun, who is more honest and diligent, and has never taken any measures to violate the law and discipline, and he is self-conscious.

So whether it is this matter or the next thing, it has nothing to do with Xiahoudun.

Since the state finance is no longer enough for Guo Peng to operate ruthlessly on the grassland, then in this waiting period, Guo Peng naturally can't do nothing.

Taking advantage of this prestige, Guo Peng promoted 49 petty officials from the sons of Li Shu who had made meritorious contributions to serve as county magistrates within Jizhou, and promoted 273 grassroots officials to serve as county officials in Jizhou.

Then he promoted 173 officials from Li Shu to serve as county magistrates in Youzhou, Bingzhou and Pingzhou, and promoted 476 officials to serve as county officials in the county governments of Youzhou and Pingzhou.

Basically, it satisfies the general lack of officials in Youzhou and Pingzhou, and strengthens the administrative capacity of the local government.

Then the officials quickly passed these promotion orders, and the promotion orders were immediately implemented.

Guo's move is equivalent to breaking through the unspoken rules he had established before in one go.

From then on, Li Shu's children could also serve as county commanders, and they could also enter the county government to do business, and the ascent channel was opened up to a level.

According to the latest report from the Linzi camp, village officials and township officials in various parts of Hebei and small officials in the county have begun to become restless.

They desperately want to do something, so that they can accumulate meritorious deeds, let Guo Peng see it, and then get rid of the current embarrassing situation, go to the next level, and become a county magistrate or county magistrate.

Even the most remote place, close to the border, is the county magistrate, and that is a thousand stones.

It's a level they've dreamed of but can't touch.

Now, they can touch it, and there are already people in charge.

How exciting.

So their enthusiasm for work was mobilized.

This news spread to the Central Plains, to Guanxi, to Jiangdong and Shuzhong, and the local grassroots officials also began to be restless.

The development of the upward channel has stimulated their enthusiasm for work, which is what Guo wants to see.

And that's just the beginning.

It is only a county order, and the chief official of a county-level government is far from really opening up the channel for promotion.

Only the final establishment of the imperial examination system can be regarded as truly opening up the upward channel.

The probation system and the public re-examination are completely unable to meet this demand.

Imperial examinations, only imperial examinations!

Guo was full of anticipation and ready to make a move.

On the seventh day of the 11th month of the fifth year of Yande, Guo Peng found Yuan Si.