When the ministers walked out of the Houde Palace, Cao Zhi hurriedly caught up with Zhuge Liang, who was about to leave, and walked to his side, Cao Zhi pulled him back, looking a little rude, Zhuge Liang turned his head, looked at him, and asked with some doubts: "Zijian?" What else do you have? Cao Zhi frowned and said unhappily: "Zhuge Linggong, I have always admired you, and I have always thought that you are a true loyal minister in the temple, but today's court, why don't you dissuade Your Majesty?" ”

"Oh? Discourage what? ”

"Of course, dissuade the removal of the country, I shouldn't have talked about this matter originally, because my brother is also a vassal king, but, back then, these vassal states were all surrendered by Lilly, Emperor Xiaokang, Emperor Xiaoxian retained their throne, appointed the minister to govern, set up counties in the country, said that it was a country, but in fact it was just a state of the Han Dynasty, so well governed, why should it be removed?"

"If this is the case, will it cause turmoil in those vassal countries, I think that the King of Guishan also saw their situation and surrendered, if this continues, I am afraid that no one will trust my Han in the future, and there will be no foreign countries to surrender....", Cao Zhi said, looking quite worried.

Zhuge Liang smiled calmly, Cao Zhi's words didn't seem to touch him much, the two walked on the road, but Zhuge Liang said: "You are right, indeed, there is no difference between the governance of the state minister and the governance of the state pastor, and the removal of the country seems to be a superfluous move, however, you still don't see it deep enough, the so-called expulsion of the country is actually not the idea of the Son of Heaven, but from a minister who has passed away." ”

"Xun Linggong?"

"No, it's Xun Xiang."

"Xun Xiang has been in the Japanese for his life, and in the end, he gave me his own work, because of some content, I can't pass this book on to others, but I can tell you very clearly, whether it is Guishuang or the Japanese people, the reason for their surrender is not because of the credibility of the Han, but the strength of my Han, because I am strong and weak, so that the foreign countries can be converted, not some feudal monarchy..."

"In addition, the matter of removing the country was told by Xun Xiang, although the governance of the Xiangguo and the state pastoral are the same, but there is a difference, the sense of belonging... Do you understand? ”

"Belonging??" Cao Zhi was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time, and asked, "Could it be that the people of the vassal country have no sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty in their hearts?" ”

"Haha, according to Xun Xiang's statement, in the Wa country, the people say Yayan and wear Hanfu, but in their mouths, they are only Wa Guo, that is, the Han people who were transferred there from Youzhou, and they also regard themselves as Wa people, and their sense of belonging to the Han is less than that of their own country, so this time, I did not object to His Majesty's removal of the country, not only that, but I will also support it, Sun Quan He said well, within the Han Dynasty, there should only be one family and country left...."

"As for what you said, whether the rest of the foreign nations will surrender in the future, I think that when the northern and southern armies meet with them in the past, they will probably still surrender." , Zhuge Liang said, ignoring Cao Zhi, who was stunned on the side, and left here with a smile.

In the first year of the Heavenly Era, the Son of Heaven issued a decree to remove the country, at this moment, the national strength of the Han Dynasty is the strongest, and those feudal states do not have any strength, not to mention that Hu'er is also a person who does not enter the oil and salt, he doesn't care, he insists on going his own way, under the planning and implementation of Zhuge Liang, Sun Quan and others, the Han Dynasty forcibly made Fuyu a rich county, divided into Ningzhou, Zhenla Country as Linzhong County, and classified into Jiaozhou.

The Son of Heaven acted like this, which made the Wa King, the Hejian King, the Chen Liuwang and others particularly frightened, but fortunately, Liu Qu did not do anything to these Liu clans, and cleaned up some of the original big counties, he just transferred the Wa King to Jizhou, as the king of Nanpi, except for the Wa Kingdom, set up Haidong County, and governed Ningzhou.

After doing this, or after issuing these edicts, Liu Qu continued to match his wife, the major events in the court, all fell on the three orders of the servants, the ministers of the court and the central government finally discovered the lovely side of the Son of Heaven, when the best place for today, is that he is willing to let go of power, he will not impose too many restrictions on the ministers, he doesn't care about these, the government is handed over to Sun Quan, the cultivated land is handed over to Deng Ai, the economy is handed over to Liu Ba, the major events are Zhuge Liang Pang Tong, the military has the two armies of the north and the south, and there are Ma Jun in terms of technology, Why do you care so much?

That's what Liu Qu thinks, his temperament can't sit still in the Houde Hall at all, not to mention that he doesn't know as much about these things as these ministers, they must be better than him in operation, since this is the case, he doesn't have to bother.

Sitting in the harem, grabbing his son's shoulder, watching the little guy walk on the ground with a smile, Liu Qu smiled from ear to ear, and not far away, Wang Yuanji just smiled and looked at their father and son, and played with the little guy for a long time, until the little guy felt hungry, Liu Qu handed him over to the nurse in the palace, Liu Qu and Wang Yuanji sat together, chatting about the little guy's affairs, Wang Yuanji said: "I went to visit the princess of Raoyang... Her old man is still in a very low mood, why don't she let her son come back to accompany her? ”

"I have had this idea for a long time, but Zhuge Linggong didn't allow it, he had to say anything that he wouldn't be able to sharpen and not succeed... I can't help it. ”

The two talked for a while, and Liu Qu said: "By the way, in a few days, I am going to have a big ceremony in Luo County!" It's called Wudian! Let the northern and southern armies, the border armies from all over the country, send a military brigade to Yuxian, let them have a big competition, see which army is the most outstanding, the most outstanding army, and I personally reward it, what do you think? ”

"Why did Your Majesty suddenly remember to do this?"

"It's too boring in the county, and you can't stay in the palace all day and do nothing, you have to find something to do..."

"But in this case, the ministers will object... After all, it will cost a lot of money to run the ceremony...", Wang Yuanji said, but Liu Qu waved his hand disdainfully, he said: "This money is different from food, grain is piled up in the treasury, and it is useful in case of disaster, but what is this money piled up in the treasury, before, Liu Jun didn't say anything, what is active in the economy, it is better to use it to do this!" ”

"Besides, as long as Zhuge Linggong doesn't object, the rest of the people will look down on nothing!" , Liu Qu said domineeringly, so, in the evening, when Zhuge Liang, Liu Yi, and Pang Tong were disposing of the watch in the Houde Palace, Liu Qu suddenly walked into the main hall, and the three of them hurriedly got up, Liu Qu sat on the main seat, and asked with a smile: "These days, I really bother you, how is it, nothing major has happened recently?" ”

"The canal is still being built in full force, at this rate, it will probably be two years later, and the Grand Canal planned by Cao Situ in the past will be completed....", Zhuge Liang said, and looked at Pang Tong on the side, Pang Tong continued: "Since the promotion of Yankang rice, all parts of the country have played, hoping to get more rice seeds, and the grain production of many states and counties has been greatly improved.... Exact values..."

"Okay, the specific value, Pang Linggong will send it to me another day, I can take a look at it myself... They want rice seeds, then give them all their might, anyway, this agricultural mulberry is the top priority, can't be ignored!! We must make every effort to support the industry of agriculture and mulberry! Liu Qu instructed, the three of them agreed, and Liu Yi said: "Your Majesty, Ma Linggong has recruited another batch of master craftsmen... He asked His Majesty to reward some of them for meritorious deeds...."

"Hahaha, that's fine! I'll go there myself tomorrow! Liu Qu said.

After the three of them finished talking about important things, Liu Qufang said with a smile: "In the year of the Heavenly Age, the country is peaceful, and the Han is strong, I hope that the whole world can see the strength of the Han Dynasty, and I hope that the people of the world can be immersed in this prosperity... I have an idea, let the northern and southern armies, and even the border armies in various places, each send a military brigade to Yuxian County for a big competition, so that everyone in the world can see the strength of the Han Dynasty, what do you think? ”

Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, the three of them thought about it, and Pang Tong was the first to say: "Your Majesty's proposal is good, but the minister thinks that it should be appropriately expanded, for example, not only limited to the military, let the officials everywhere come up with the most abundant grain, or melons and fruits, let the craftsmen take the most advanced, self-developed machinery, and let all walks of life come to the last competition..."

"Good! All right! Zhuge Liang frowned, thought for a long time, and then said: "Although the idea is good, but now that the canal is being built, I am afraid that there is not so much money to hold such a ceremony...", Zhuge Liang was hesitating, Liu Yi on the side suddenly laughed, he said: "I have a way..."

"Oh?"

The other three people all looked at him, and Liu Yi said unhurriedly: "We can arrange the big hall with the big businessmen this time, there is one person in the county, Liu Sikong's son in the past, Liu Chan, his family business is very large, and there are several other big businessmen, let them prepare for the ceremony, in addition, they are allowed to set up food and specialty sales points around the ceremony, so that they will not lose too much, and the treasury will not consume too much..."

"Good! That's it!! Liu Qu said excitedly, the three orders did not object, although this kind of behavior will indeed consume some financial resources and manpower, but on the whole, it can indeed play a certain role, if the Son of Heaven is happy, then let him do it, the three of them almost all think so.

So, this matter of looking for businessmen from all over the world once again fell on Liu Yi's body, as the third order of the dynasty, Liu Yi naturally would not go to these businessmen in person, in fact, he himself was unwilling to do this, however, the Son of Heaven had the heart to let Yuan Shang do it, after thinking about it again, Liu Yi felt that it was better to let himself come, Yuan Shang went to find them, I was afraid that it would scare those big businessmen to death.

The three of them set the time for August 8, and Liu Yi was fully responsible.