"General Zhao, since the Yan Kingdom has stopped the army and made peace, shouldn't it be time to return the prisoners and compensate for the war losses, and besides, your emperor married his daughter, shouldn't he give some dowry?" Thinking of the situation of the Rong clan, Murong Bowen did not dare to refuse, but instead became a bit of a scoundrel and was ready to ask for compensation.

"The Yan Kingdom is poor and weak, and it can't afford to raise the captives, so it should have been returned to the Great Khan, however, since Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and my emperor are happy with each other, and the two sides are good friends with Qin and Jin, the Rong people captured in the war, when our emperor returns to Beijing, will all be used as the princess's private soldiers, Great Khan, you don't want the princess to be helpless in the Yan country.

Moreover, the war was provoked by the Rong tribe, and our side suffered more losses, so if we talk about reparations, the Rong tribe should be responsible. As for the bride price, in order to show the emperor's love for the eldest princess, there should have been a rich bride price, but unfortunately the Great Khan led his troops south, and the bride price was all spent on the army. Three years later, the national strength of Yan State has recovered slightly, and it may be able to take it out. ”

Seeing that Murong Bowen had the intention of quitting the army, but wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail, Zhao Hongru did not show weakness and was reasonable.

Murong Bowen thought at first that Zhao Hongru would take the initiative to sue for peace, and he would definitely agree to his request, who would have thought that this guy would be clever and not enter. In a few words, he pushed the responsibility for Yan Guo cleanly, but it splashed the sewage of the Rong people.

Prisoners, war reparations, bride price, it seems that there is no play! Murong Bowen was furious, pointed at Zhao Hongru and said: "There is a shameless courtier like you in the Yan Kingdom, and the Lone King is ashamed of you to be in your company, and tells the little emperor that in three years, the Lone King will flatten the Yan Kingdom, get out, get out." Get lost! ”

Murong Bowen was really angry, and he knew in his heart that the current enemy was strong and I was weak, and if the stalemate continued, it would be more and more unfavorable to the Rong clan, so it was better to take this opportunity to withdraw his troops.

The next day, the entire army of the Rong clan evacuated, and Lin Feng learned the news and slowly exhaled. Without the pressure of the Rong invasion and the resolution of the crisis at Black Flag Pass, there was no need for him to stay, so he explained the relevant matters to Liu Xuanyuan, and immediately ordered Yu Linwei and all the 10,000 dragoons to return to the court.

50,000 Yu Lin Wei went first, entered Beijing to cooperate with Yong'an Hou, and took down all the rebels. Zhao Hongru led the ironclad infantry and dragoon guards to escort him. And Lin Feng did not return to Beijing directly, because he was not worried about the Han side, Wei Yan and others at all. Under the protection of Zhao Hongru, Lin Feng went south along the road, went to the states of Yan for more than half a month, and learned in detail about the actual situation of the Great Yan Kingdom.

Along the way, the actual situation of Yanguo is far more serious than he imagined, local officials, inaction, and countless wrongful and unjust cases. As a result, many places are ruined and broken, fertile fields are deserted, the people are in rags, they have no food, and there are white bones on the roadside everywhere. The poverty of the country and the suffering of the people have reached an outrageous level, and there are not a few people who are afraid of cannibalism in secret.

Lin Feng had never experienced such a tragic situation, and all kinds of tragic phenomena were vividly in his mind. He thought that Yan Guo might be barren, but he never thought that Yan Guo was so poor, as the emperor, he was very depressed, and he became more and more determined to work hard.

Returning again, Yanjing was very calm, and there was no intention as usual, maybe because of the snow, but the streets were much more deserted.

A grand celebration ceremony was held at the north gate, but Lin Feng did not enjoy the compliment, so he ordered Zhao Shide to return to the court and immediately summoned the ministers.

There are still many things that need to be dealt with before the end of the year, such as the people's livelihood, the Korean rebellion, and so on.

He didn't want to delay any longer, and the more he didn't do anything, more and more people would starve to death and die unjustly. As a soldier of the 21st century, he can kill people, kill a lot of people, but civilians starve to death, and that is a sin for him.

Warm Pavilion, the place where Lin Feng discusses politics.

At this moment, the stove was lit in the warm pavilion, and the ministers came in twos and threes, but many new faces appeared.

Lin Feng knew that after Lin Xiao put down the rebellion, he arrested many courtiers who participated in the rebellion, promoted many people, and placed the recruited talents in various places in the court, and after more than half a month of adjustment, the cabinet has been reorganized.

There are 13 people in total, including the Financial Secretary, the Agriculture Department, the Military Administration Department, and the Administration Department. Lin Feng affirmed the ability of Lin Xiao and others.

"Brother Huang, the Korean side rebelled, and after the subordinate brother and General Lei put down the rebellion, they arrested all the participants, from the court to the local area, a total of more than 230 people, and more than 180 repeat offenders.

The ministers bowed and sat down, and Lin Xiao hurriedly reported.

"Hmmm! Have you found it all out? Lin Feng rubbed his hands, stared at Lin Xiao and said: "With so many people rebelling, it seems that the court is indeed uneasy, it is okay to arrest them all, by the way, whether there is a raid on the house, these bastards must have embezzled a lot of money and food." ”

"The royal brother is famous, and in these people's homes, almost 130 million taels of silver, millions of gold, and countless treasures of all kinds have been seized." Lin Xiao held a fold, on which every sum of money was clearly recorded. After speaking, An Heng presented it to Lin Feng.

"Bang!" Lin Feng slapped his palm on the secret sigh, got up and said: "This group of bastards, Yan Guoguo has no silver in the country, but they are all rich, damn it, damn it!"

Before returning to Beijing, I inspected the states of Yanguo, and the situation was very unoptimistic, the people were not happy, starvation was everywhere, but the fertile land was deserted, but I can imagine how many stupid things these bastards have done, and they will all be beheaded tomorrow. ”

Lin Feng sat on the soft collapse, breathed a sigh of relief, calmed the anger in his heart, and swept to the ministers again, and said: "Since everyone has entered the cabinet, they must also be good people in governing the country, who can tell me how to solve the affairs of the states?" ”

Regarding the development of Yan Kingdom, Lin Feng had a package in his heart, but the current situation made him not know how to start, it was not uncommon for officials to force the people to rebel in ancient times, Yan Country was in danger, and if the policy was slightly inappropriate, it was possible to set off a riot.

Zhao Shide looked up at the emperor, turned around slowly, and said to a thin middle-aged man beside him: "Yu Zheming, you are the financial secretary, before the emperor returned to Beijing, didn't you have many suggestions and strategies, and now that the emperor is asking, don't you talk about it quickly." ”

In Lin Feng's absence, Lin Xiao was in charge of the government, Lei Jieying was in charge of military affairs, Zhao Shide was in charge of official governance, Liu Chengfeng was in charge of criminal, and the three new cabinet members were in charge of finance, agriculture, and industry and commerce. And Yu Zheming, who is emaciated and older than his actual age, is in charge of finance.

In the past, he was squeezed and suppressed by Han Fang, Wei Yan and others, and he was relegated to the north of Yan Kingdom, but he was just a famous knife and pen official. However, this Yu Zheming is indeed capable, and with his help, the county lord has managed the county government in an orderly manner, and the prosperity is among the best among the hundreds of counties in the five continents of Yan Kingdom.

Zhao Shide first thought of Yu Zheming when dispatching the cabinet, and immediately transferred Yu Zheming, who served in the northern county, to the capital, and the two discussed the ideas and measures for the economy of Yanguo, as well as the strategy of how to clean up the chaos in the court.

It's a pity that Lin Feng has always led troops outside, and he can't face the king, so he can only do things conscientiously and conscientiously in the post of the financial secretary to sort out the mess left by the Korean side.

Lin Feng looked at Yu Zheming and asked, "Yu Aiqing, since you have a good way to govern the country, let's talk about it!" ”

Yu Zheming did not talk directly, but quickly took out a booklet in his arms, and after dozens of pages, he opened it directly and said: "Your Majesty, this is the information that the minister has sorted out over the years, and the minister has the courage to read it to the emperor." ”

"Read it, no matter what you write, I won't blame Aiqing!" Lin Feng didn't expect Yu Zheming to be so attentive to sort out the information of Yan Guo over the years at his post, not to mention, Lin Feng also wanted to hear what Yu Zheming had written on his fold.

Yu Zheming took the fold and said according to the above statistics: "Your Majesty, when I founded the country of Gaozu, the population was 50 million, the annual tax revenue was 30 million taels of silver, the army was 200,000, the total number of officials was 150,000, the land area was 6 million kilometers, and when Emperor Wu was emperor, the population was 90 million, the annual tax revenue was 300 million taels of silver, the army was 400,000, the total number of officials was 200,000, and the land was 30 million square kilometers. Fifty years ago, when Emperor Daizong was in power, he had a population of more than 200 million, a tax of more than 300 million taels of silver, an army of 600,000, a total of 400,000 officials, and a land area of 20 million square kilometers. When he became Emperor Wude, he had a population of 160 million, an annual tax of 90 million taels of silver, an army of 200,000 people, a total of 1 million officials, and a land area of 9 million square kilometers. This is only the change of Yan in terms of population, taxes, army, officials and land area, other aspects, although the ministers have not summed it up, but the situation is basically similar, all the data show that when the emperor was in power, the country reached a critical point of collapse in all aspects. ”

The content of the excerpt could not be simpler, but the population, land, finance, officials, and army of the Yan State for hundreds of years. The conclusion is also very simple, whether it is the population, land, finance, or the number of troops, all are declining, only the number of officials is increasing, in a word, the phenomenon of redundant officials in Yan State is serious.

Yu Zheming's statement made Lin Feng's face very embarrassed, and he was about to explode.

"Bold, you Yu Zheming, the emperor you let you give advice, you are good, dare to count the emperor's discomfort, you say, where is your intention?" Zhao Shide noticed that as Yu Zheming's various data were read out, the emperor's face became more and more ugly, and under the desk, his fists creaked, for fear that the emperor would be angry, so he hurriedly got up and reprimanded Yu Zheming.

Lin Feng was angry, not because Yu Zheming counted himself, but because the number of officials reached twenty times the number of the army, grandma's, how many of them came in with real skills, I'm afraid it was all nepotism. Hearing Zhao Shide accuse Yu Zheming, Lin Feng waved his hand and said: "Zhao Shide, shut up, is what Yu Zheming said wrong, the current national data is not as good as Emperor Wu, but the number of officials is six times higher than that of Emperor Wu, isn't this a problem?" ”

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