Qin Zhi was a little embarrassed when she heard this: "Your Majesty, the wasteland you said is a little difficult to reclaim. ”

Meng Qi asked, "Where is the difficulty?" ”

"First of all, the wasteland in the northeast is full of swamps and thorn bushes, and it is difficult to develop itself, and there are many poisonous snakes nearby, and few farmers dare to reclaim it, in addition, there is the biggest human factor."

Speaking of this, Qin Zhi stopped, wanting to speak again and again.

Meng Qi asked, "What human factor?" Let's get it bluntly. ”

Qin Zhi said helplessly: "There are three human factors, one is that there are bandits in that place all the year round, the scale is not small, the imperial court has been unable to take them over the years, and the peasants will definitely receive their nuisance if they go to reclaim wasteland." ”

"Second, it is the interference of the local powerful landlords, when the emperor set up the festival degree envoy system, one side of the festival degree envoy has the right to use the land within the jurisdiction, after the peasants reclaim the wasteland, it will not be long before it will be divided into the hands of the local tyrants, so the peasants' enthusiasm for reclaiming the wasteland is not high."

"Third, there is a shortage of manpower, Your Majesty, the system of freeing slaves promulgated before has not yet been popularized, and most of the labor force of the people is still in the hands of local tyrants."

Meng Qi listened, frowned, and fell into deep thought.

Ban Xiang said: "In the final analysis, it is still a problem of the local powerful forces. ”

"Order again, release slaves nationwide, change to a mercenary system, within seven days, if you still hear which big family has slaves, you can report it to the imperial court, and the imperial court will open a reporting department for the people to report."

"When the evidence is conclusive, there is no need for the reported family to exist."

"In addition, send the Long Xing Army and the Qinghe Army to eradicate the local bandits, and if the peasants do not have enough manpower, these two armies will stay there and work with the peasants." Meng Qi said.

Qin Zhi was stunned for a moment, a little surprised by Meng Qi's decision.

Zoro couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, isn't it dangerous that you are now sending out the two armies of Longxing and Qinghe, and the imperial court army is empty?" Last time, you said that a big war would happen soon. ”

Meng Qi smiled indifferently: "Anyway, that place in the northeast is not far from the palace, and if anything happens, it will be too late." ”

Zoro said: "This is not far away, it is not close, if it is attacked by other countries, it is still in time, if..."

Before Zoro could finish speaking, Meng Qi interrupted: "It's so decided, I still have the Divine Ce Army under my command now, don't worry too much." ”

Qin Zhi was even more strange, thinking to herself, didn't this young emperor know that he had reached a critical point of survival now? We can't wait for other countries to come and attack, and civil strife alone is enough to replace this regime.

Although she had doubts in her heart, Qin Zhi didn't bring it up, after all, she was on Guo Da's side, and the more Meng Qi died, the better her chances of winning.

"Okay, just follow what I said, pass on my orders, and the Long Xing Army and the Qinghe Army will immediately set off and rush to the northeast." Meng Qi looked at Qin Zhi and said.

"Yes." Qin Zhi took the order.

'Your Majesty, you have made a mistake that will push you into the abyss from which you will never recover. Qin Zhi thought secretly and exited Meng Qi's room.

Meng Qi sat and rested for a while, almost the time of the upper court, got up and was about to go out, when the next person suddenly came to report that Wei Ying, the head of the Wei family, asked to see him.

"Oh yes, I also made an appointment with Wei Ying this morning." Meng Qi patted his head.

He looked at Wei Zhong and said, "Tell the ministers, wait for me a little." ”

"Yes." Wei Zhong took the order and went out.

Wei Ying walked in.

This will look at this Wei Ying again, just like the old man of the Cheng family who was feathered that day, overnight, he has aged a lot.

As soon as Wei Ying came in, he respectfully greeted Meng Qi and said, "The old minister greets Your Majesty." ”

Meng Qi personally stepped forward to help Wei Ying up, and said with a smile: "Aiqing is so old, you don't have to salute next time you see me." ”

Wei Ying sighed lightly and said, "I'm afraid that the old minister will never have the opportunity to see His Majesty again." ”

"Not really, I'm sure we'll have a lot of opportunities to deal with each other in the future." Meng Qi said meaningfully.

Wei Ying was stunned, of course he didn't understand the meaning of Meng Qi's words now.

Meng Qi didn't explain anything, and said directly: "Let's get down to business, I came to you for the affairs of Nanlan County." ”

Wei Ying said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please speak, the old minister will definitely do his best to do it." ”

"Recently, I heard that a major event is brewing in Nanshan County, and some officials and local heroes headed by Sun Qingchun, the imperial historian, are actually recruiting troops and buying horses, and privately stationed troops, intending to plot against them." Meng Qi said.

Wei Ying was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief: "They want to rebel? ”

Meng Qi's face turned cold, and he said, "Ninety percent is going to rebel." ”

Wei Ying seemed to think of something, and said: "Your Majesty, you let the old minister move to Nanlan County, could it be..."

"Yes, you went to Nanlan County this time, and took the initiative to approach them as an old bureaucrat and ask what the hell they are doing." Meng Qi said.

"Will they believe the minister?" Wei Ying said with some uncertainty.

Meng Qi said with a smile: "You have been exploited by me for the silver, and the military power has been confiscated, in the eyes of outsiders, you are so down, you must have a grudge against my royal family in your heart, and they naturally believe you." ”

Wei Ying's face was cloudy, and he suddenly asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, are you willing to believe the old minister?" ”

Meng Qi nodded and said solemnly: "You guy is so old, I think you are different from them, you can't move." ”

Wei Ying smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, that's why the old minister did not hesitate to empty his family in exchange for my precious granddaughter." ”

"Yes, your precious granddaughter is still in my hands, I don't believe you, who do I believe." Meng Qi half-jokingly.

Wei Ying sighed heavily and said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to be kind to my granddaughter, she has never suffered since she was a child." As he spoke, Wei Ying blinked and squeezed down a few tears.

Meng Qi said: "You have done a good job in this matter, I will personally send Wei He to you in good condition." ”

"Yes." Wei Ying nodded.

Meng Qi said again: "I'll give you ten days, and after ten days, you go back to Beijing to report on your work and report the information you have gathered, and at that time, I will release Wei He." ”

"Yes." Wei Ying received the order.

"Okay, let's go back, I've also reached the time of the court." Meng Qi said.

Wei Ying and Meng Qi walked out of the dormitory together.

When Meng Qi went to court, the originally noisy hall immediately quieted down, and the officials quickly found their positions and stood up, and the atmosphere was solemn.

Obviously, at this time, all the officials began to be in awe of the young emperor on the stage.

Meng Qi nodded with satisfaction, he looked around, and suddenly frowned, because he found that Guo Da was not present when he found that Guo Da was not present.

"Why didn't Guo Da come?" Meng Qi said coldly.

At this time, an official stood up and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Lord Guo has occasionally felt cold in the past two days, and today it is serious, and he can't stay in bed, so he asked for sick leave." ”

Meng Qi sneered in his heart, after this Guo Da made a trick, he hid at home.

"Come on, go to Guo's house and invite Master Guo, if you can't walk, you can carry a sedan chair over."

Xiangguo Liu Neng knew the doorway inside, he stood up and said:

"The lower official dared to ask, why does Your Majesty have to ask Lord Guo to attend this court meeting?"

In fact, Liu Neng's subtext is: 'Is Your Majesty going to do it?' ’

Meng Qi said with a smile: "I want to find out a traitor in front of everyone today, and Master Guo is the witness I need." ”

In fact, Meng Qi's subtext is: '??? Liu Neng didn't understand what Meng Qi meant.

Wei Zhong then took the holy decree and went to Guo's house.