Chapter 33: Killing Two Birds with One Stone

Family affairs?

In an instant, Yang Mu's face changed, the ancients had a good dragon and yang style, and many upper-class nobles also raised them at home, could it be because they heard some stories like fish in water before, and they were not inspired by it, and they thought of the joy of fish and water, right?

"Aiqing said and laughed, I already have a queen." Yang Mu was embarrassed, and his body couldn't help but lean back a little.

"It's okay!" Kong Shangxian waved his hand and said with a smile: "All emperors have always been concubines, even the nobles and princes are all wives and concubines. ”

Yang Mu also thought deeply when he heard it, others were the emperor and the world was peaceful, while he was the emperor with internal and external troubles, others were the emperor who sang songs every night, and he was the emperor...... The left hand is tired and the right hand is changed......

It's so aggrieved!

For half a month, I was either busy with government affairs or the aristocratic officials were intrigued, and finally I could have some entertainment activities in the evening, and I could take the opportunity to have a while, but because of an agreement with the queen, I wasted time on telling stories.

It's not that I didn't want to eat Ji Ling'er, but every time I see her innocent appearance, I always feel like a landlord and a rich man, thinking about the servants at home like a bully all day long......

is a bit, but not to the point of changing your sexual orientation!

Immediately, he stubbornly said: "I understand what Aiqing means, but now that the state affairs are busy, I don't have time to take care of my children's private affairs. ”

"This is a state affair! It is a great thing to marry Shen Guo, for the country and the people. Kong Shangxian said.

"Uh...... Are you talking about a marriage with Shen Guo? Yang Mu suddenly realized.

Kong Shangxian bowed and said: "The minister hears that the princess of Shenguo is in her prime, and she is about to marry in the boudoir, and the minister wants to negotiate with Shenguo to promote the marriage of the two countries." ”

"And the ...... Not so good. Yang Mu was a little embarrassed, fifteen or sixteen years old, that is, a high school student, he always felt a little weird, so he asked: "Is there an eighteen or nineteen-year-old princess in Shenguo?" ”

Kong Shangxian was stunned: "Your Majesty is laughing, eighteen or nineteen-year-old princesses already have horses, even if the ministers have all kinds of abilities, it will not help, and Your Majesty is not as weak as the crown, it is not good after all." ”

Yang Mu was speechless, and then I remembered that the general environment of ancient society was patriarchal, advocating early marriage and early childbearing, and women from ordinary poor families married at the age of thirteen or fourteen abounded, and those who were not married at the age of eighteen or nineteen were basically leftover women, or they were married for the second time.

This reminded him of Cao Cao, this buddy's liking for wives has been criticized by later generations for two thousand years, and he used to have a forced attitude, but now he ...... Hehe, a forty or fifty-year-old uncle sleeps with a minor, what's going on? You should sleep with a wife who is twenty or thirty years old, this is the right way to open it!

Kong Shangxian saw Yang Mu hesitating, and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Princess Shenguo is the only daughter of Empress Shenguo, seventeen years old, gentle and graceful, and the country is charming, even if Your Majesty doesn't like it, it doesn't hurt to keep it in the harem, as long as you take this opportunity to make friends with the two countries, the goal will be achieved." ”

Yang Mu nodded, and said, "How sure are you?" ”

"Ten percent!" Kong Shangxian looked confident: "Your Majesty, if the minister is not wrong, the envoy of the Shen State should go to Cangguo in the past two days, and what he wants is to form an alliance." ”

Yang Mu: "......"

Well, taking someone else's princess as his own meeting gift, this is no one, and he has long expected that there will be such a thing, just push the boat down the river, it is conceivable that Shen Guo is experiencing a crisis of annihilation, Kong Shangxian as long as he mentions this request, he will definitely be agreed, maybe Shen Guo's monarchs and ministers still want to do this.

Kong Shangxian said: "Your Majesty thinks this gift is still satisfied?" As soon as the envoy of Shen Guo arrived, the minister immediately mentioned the matter, and he could invite the princess of Shen Guo to enter the palace on a later day. ”

Yang Mu waved his hand and quipped: "Fortunately, it's not as expensive as you anyway, but I bought it back for 100,000 taels of silver." ”

Kong Shangxian laughed: "If Your Majesty had offered one million taels, then the minister's worth would have been even higher." ”

Yang Mu: "...... Good! It's better to change it to one million taels, and I will send someone to inform Zheng Kang that one hundred thousand taels will be changed to one million taels! I made 900,000 taels of silver in a moment, cool! ”

Kong Shangxian was embarrassed, and he was quite helpless in his heart, the two of them talked for an afternoon, he was basically used to Yang Mu's brain, and he knew that it was a joke, so he could only laugh.

However, immediately he remembered something again, and said, "I just heard Your Majesty mention the refugee?" Chen came up with an idea, maybe he could do the best of both worlds. ”

Yang Mu's eyes lit up: "Oh? Tell me about it, I'm having a headache about this, too! ”

"I wonder if Your Majesty still remembers the fifteen thousand soldiers who were imprisoned?" Kong Shangxian asked.

Yang Mu nodded, in the past few days, the soldiers have been detained in several places, in general, it is a group of burdens, not only need a large number of people to guard, but also have to take care of food and drink, even if only one meal is provided every day, the food consumption is very huge, and I am worried about how to deal with it.

The minister felt that these soldiers could be put to good use, reduced to slaves, and distributed to various places to cultivate fields and build channels. According to the merit, as long as you are diligent and conscientious, you can be promoted to a civilian after completing the task, and the soldiers who want to return to the country can be released, and those who are originally in the two northern cities can be pardoned and innocent. In this way, if there is a war between the two countries in the future, the soldiers of Zheng Guo do not want to fight hard, and the civilians are not afraid of disasters, so they carry the pot and carry the pulp to welcome the king into the city! ”

"Then, all the reclaimed fields are divided into basic farmland, exempted from taxes for three years, and granted to refugees, so that most of the refugees will not think of moving north back to their hometowns, even if a small number of refugees still want to go back, they can also return part of their original fields, and the rest will be compensated with basic farmland, so that refugees and nobles can accept it."

Yang Mu listened, his eyes became brighter and brighter, he had thought about demoting the pawn to a slave before, but he thought about it so thoughtfully, had such a long-term vision, and could kill two birds with one stone, only this one proposed by Kong Shangxian!

Not only that, but this method can be extended, building bridges, paving roads, building fortifications, and all other infrastructure can drive these captives to complete!

Therefore, he immediately summoned the eunuch of the palm seal, drafted an edict, and appointed Kong Shangxian as the minister of supervision, with full responsibility for handling this matter, and asked Sima Hong to lead a thousand soldiers to assist, and asked the Ministry of Industry and local governments to actively cooperate, and must achieve remarkable results within a month!

Handing over the edict to Kong Shangxian, Yang Mu took his hand: "Aiqing, this is a test for you, let the courtiers see your ability, my position as the left minister, stay for you!" ”

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