"Tax policy has to be changed, yes, it has to, because the profit of every commodity is different, for example, in the jewelry industry, a piece of jadeite shipped from Myanmar is only worth ten taels or even a few taels of silver locally, but in Guangdong, or here, the price can be increased a hundredfold, or even thousands of times. So let me ask you, how much do you think we should charge for this kind of commodity? ”

"Then are we competing with the people for profit by doing this?"

"Of course not, first of all, we need to make detailed and accurate observations based on the production and even business activities of various commodities, so that we can make accurate judgments......

“…… Very well, we will vote on this issue tomorrow, and then it will be submitted to His Majesty for adjudication, and the next item will begin, the budget for the main roads of the country......"

There are many offices and meeting rooms in the State Department, which is the political center of the Chinese Empire and the place where the imperial decision-makers work, but if an unfamiliar person enters the place, he will think that he is coming to the largest vegetable market, and if you open a room, there is rarely a quiet place, either a discussion, an argument, or someone is eloquent.

"God, fortunately, Lao Tzu is the emperor, not the prime minister." Liang Pengfei was very glad to draw a cross on his chest, and his expression was exaggerated to almost piousness. "Just for a while, I heard that my head was going to explode."

"Your Majesty, you're starting to get nervous again, this is the State Council, not the Imperial Palace." Wang Shuxiang, who spoke Wu Nong's soft language, whispered to Liang Pengfei in front of him.

Wang Shuxiang sat behind Liang Pengfei, and the white-collar secretary's formal outfit showed her a 21st century Xiaomi temperament, hmm...... It should be the temperament of an elite intellectual young woman in the 21st century.

"Okay, I got it." Liang Pengfei turned around and smiled at his wife and female secretary, looking at her two slender and round long legs, although they were hidden in the skirt, Liang Pengfei could still feel the beauty of her long legs from the appearance.

In his previous life, Liang Pengfei was very envious of the CEOs of officialdom and large companies, who were equipped with beautiful little secretaries to serve tea and water, take care of food and daily life, and the so-called secretary who has something to do, and has nothing to do with the secretary...... Well, it's very classic, and it is also a life that Liang Pengfei, a hooligan, envies and looks forward to.

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Originally, Liang Dashao's secretary was a man, that little Staunton, but in the past few days, the little guy is going to bid farewell to his father, that is, Staunton, after all, Staunton has fulfilled the "Sino-British London Treaty" signed between the two sides with Liang Pengfei, and wants to return to the UK to return to the United Kingdom, and the father and son are very likely to be able to see each other for a long time, so little Staunton asked Liang Pengfei for a holiday and personally sent his father to Guangzhou.

During this period, Liang Pengfei was short of people around him, and at this time, he stayed in the palace all day long...... Well, the emperor's wives, who were bored, volunteered to stand up and asked to take on the position of Liang Pengfei's personal secretary.

The reason is very simple, Shi Xianggu is now a vice admiral of the Chinese Imperial Navy, serving as the commander of the Royal Praetorian Fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, since Liang Pengfei's eldest mother-in-law can go out to do things, why can they only stay at home all day and fight to pass the time.

Liang Pengfei can't and is unwilling to refuse the kindness of his mother-in-law, after all, keeping an eye-catching and caring beauty as his personal Xiaomi can be regarded as fulfilling Liang Pengfei's long-cherished wish in his previous life.

Of course, Shi Xianggu has a heavy responsibility, and often has to cruise around the estuary of the Yangtze River with the ship, so naturally, the work of Xiaomi's personal surname is taken over by the remaining three female surnames.

This makes Liang Pengfei feel very fresh, yes, think about it, a Spanish princess is actually her own personal Xiaomi, who lets herself serve tea and water to squeeze labor all day long, and can do something else when she has nothing to do, hmm...... In short, this kind of life makes Liang Pengfei feel very challenging.

"Your Majesty, Secretary-General Wang is here." Wang Shuxiang's face is pink, although he is very proud that his figure can attract the attention of his husband, but the problem is that now this is the State Reserve, the prime minister's office, not Liang Pengfei's well-soundproofed office, which does not allow anyone to enter and exit at will.

"Oh." Liang Pengfei had to retract his gaze and turn his face stupidly, fuck, early in the morning, before he had time to play office games, he had to come here because of official business, the emperor's job is really not good.

"Your Majesty, this is a document sent back from all over the world, please take a look at it." As the secretary general of the prime minister, Wang Jing rolled his eyes very covertly, and said respectfully to Liang Pengfei, who was leaning on the sofa, taking out a cigar from his pocket with his legs crossed, and the neckline of his snow-white shirt open, revealing his black and rough chest hair.

To be honest, the only time in Wang Jing's memory when he felt that Liang Pengfei had the prestige of the Son of Heaven was on the day of the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, and when he met His Majesty the Emperor once a month, he always felt that this guy was more like a hooligan and villain, rather than the national leader who fought for the Chinese nation's reading power and cried blood. There is a great contrast, but it is very harmonious to describe the emperor who has no sitting posture in front of him.

As for the lady next to him, she was dressed very strangely, but for His Majesty the Emperor's headache-induced style of behavior, which had changed from the initial surprise to the current insensitivity, Wang Jing, the secretary general, had trained his nerves to be extremely thick.

Of course, it is undeniable that the strange daily necessities and clothes designed by His Majesty are still very popular, at least, Wang Jing's mother-in-law once bought a few sets of erotic underwear that made Wang Jing bleed at night, and when he thought of his wife last night, damn it, now it is working time, Wang Jing wiped a handful of cold sweat on his forehead. Not...... It seems that this rascal majesty is to blame.

"I said Wang Jing, what's wrong with you? The eyes are ghostly. Liang Pengfei picked up the cigar and snapped his fingers behind him, Wang Shuxiang reluctantly took out a match and lit the cigar as thick as a dynamite for Liang Pengfei.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, you're really joking." Wang Jing handed over the stack of documents with a resentful gaze, arguing with this hooligan, Wang Jing felt that he did not have the courage of his master Zhao Yi.

These documents are presented from various localities, some about the re-surveying of acres of land, some about the views of the local gentry and common people on some of the new policies that are now being made, and of course, more about the various infrastructure construction.

Now, an undersea cable from King Crab Island to Guangzhou is being laid, and if feasible, the next one will be from mainland China to Taiwan, and even more cables will connect the entire Pan-Pacific region.

In addition, there is also about the construction of steel plants and various chemical plants, in short, whether it is state-owned or private, now it has sprung up on the land of China, but most of it is still controlled within a suitable range, after all, the right to approve the construction of enterprises is in the hands of the political axe, although this will create opportunities for corruption, but this can greatly limit the swarm of blindness, in addition, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, which is under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Procuratorate of the Empire, is not a joke. Most of its staff members were directly transferred from the intelligence personnel of the former Liang family.

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Those sinister people who have been assimilated by Liang Pengfei, a despicable conspirator, well, this is the affectionate name of some corrupt officials for the conscientious civil servants of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Yes, the existence of those guys, as well as the Department of Internal Affairs of the National Intelligence Agency, and the Tax Inspection Bureau, are the existence that all the rich and corrupt officials in the entire Chinese Empire hated and even hated the most. However, it was the presence of these people that kept the empire from decaying as rapidly as the dynasties that preceded it.

Moreover, the advent of the era of paper media, the coming electronic media, and the enhancement of the people's sense of collective responsibility for the country will greatly curb the lawless corruption of the past.

Even Heshen, a corruption star in the past and one of the participants in the formulation of the anti-corruption law today, has to be amazed, thirty years later, I am afraid that there will be no room for me to show my talent, of course, it refers to his talent of corruption.

Although it is an exaggeration and not a bit of a sycophancy, it is a very positive and pertinent assessment of the importance that the Chinese Empire attaches to anti-corruption far more than any other national polity of this era.

All of this stems from the experience of our great Emperor His Majesty in his previous life, hmm...... He should have been able to become a regional supervisor because his boss accepted a bribe from another colleague, so that he lost the opportunity to be promoted, so the great emperor's hatred for corruption and bribery reached the point of gnashing his teeth, and even at the beginning of the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, His Majesty the Emperor visited countless times, and published many speeches on the construction of a clean government, and was recorded in the "Taizu Living Note", however, about some of them (many, almost countless) indecent adjectives, All of them were brought by the historians, leaving the world with a positive, typical image of heroic characters.

But at this moment, this great man, who was admired by countless people in later generations, was thrown like a puddle of mud on a leather sofa, with a never-ending scratch in his mouth, while looking through the almost countless documents.

At this time, there was a crisp knock on the door, and outside the door, the voice of Zhao Yi, the prime minister of the empire, had already been heard, Liang Pengfei sat up straight as fast as he could, put on a dignified and serious expression, looked at the document intently, and turned his head from time to time to the close-fitting Xiao Mi who was rolling his eyes beside him, and made a move to discuss deeper issues, seeing Wang Jing in front of him stunned, pointing at Liang Pengfei who couldn't say a word for a long time with his mouth open.

"I just don't want to get into an argument with our esteemed and hard-working Prime Minister over something bigger." Liang Pengfei explained seriously, Wang Jing could only smile dumbly, he knew very well that if his teacher really saw Liang Pengfei's appearance, maybe he would really have a debate with Liang Pengfei about the posture and majesty that the emperor should have.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang. Your Majesty, you ......" entered the room and saw Liang Pengfei sitting in danger, Zhao Yi hurriedly took two steps forward, his legs bent slightly, and then he saved Liang Pengfei's strict order, straightened up again, and folded his hands as a salute. However, his triangular eyes were staring at Liang Pengfei's neckline that showed a handful of chest hair, and his tone looked very displeased.

"Ah, this, it's hot, sorry, hmm...... The prime minister is flat, and there is no need to be polite. In desperation, Liang Pengfei grinned and said with a buttoned neckline. By the way, the Prime Minister must have heard the good news from the north, right? ”

Zhao Yi couldn't help but stroke his gray hair, and said with a smile on his eyebrows: "Weichen already knew this morning that the Northeast Field Army can completely annihilate 30,000 Russian expeditionary forces, which is really the gospel of my Chinese Empire. ”

"In the past, during the time of Emperor Kangxi of the former Qing Dynasty, the Russians also brazenly invaded northern Xinjiang, and fought for more than a year, although they were victorious and defeated. Now, when China was first established, the combat strength of the soldiers was far superior to that of the former Qing Dynasty, and they were able to gather and annihilate 30,000 Russian expeditionary forces, and also captured more than 10,000 enemies. ”

Well, Liang Pengfei was a little surprised, yes, this old guy rarely has anything nice to say, but it seems that this victory is still very exciting, at least this old man Zhao, who has always looked at himself unpleasantly, seems to be very happy.

After a few idle words, Liang Pengfei cleared his throat and said what he meant.

Zhao Yi's brows couldn't help frowning. "Your Majesty, are you really sure you want to emigrate to the fishing sea? Isn't this too hasty, after all, that area is now a newly occupied land, and it has not yet been operated, so it drives the people ......"

"I understand the prime minister's love for the people, but the safety of northern Xinjiang should not be limited to military affairs. Although the winter is long and the summer is short, there is a fertile land, and the abundance of products is staggering, and now, China has begun to build a railway to the fishing area, and the early immigration, although there are some difficulties, but there are always many benefits. Liang Pengfei also dragged a few sentences of classical Chinese, and then felt that his mouth showed signs of cramps, coughed dryly, and decided to follow the way he spoke, at least he could explain his wishes more fluently.

"Now there are several fortress-type cities in northern Xinjiang that have been taken into our hands, and there are already many cultivated fields around those cities, and although those cities have experienced war, the losses are not serious. Therefore, we can send those displaced people who are not yet able to settle down, first, so that they can have a place to live, and second, we will build some factories and mines in that area to ensure the supply of materials for the northern army, all of which require manpower. ”

"Your Majesty, there are many displaced people in the world, but if there will be peace today, all the people will think about it, if the people are moved at this time, will it cause dissatisfaction among the people and gentry?" Zhao Yi furrowed his brows and sat opposite Liang Pengfei, he was also very tempted by what Liang Pengfei said, but as the first assistant, he had to think more comprehensively for Liang Pengfei, the empire, and for the country.

"It is to take advantage of this time to move more displaced people to the surrounding unstable areas, my lord, you should also know that for thousands of years, the Chinese nation has already developed the kind of habit that parents are here and do not travel far. Now, if it weren't for the great changes and chaos in the world, how many years would it take for those newly occupied lands to persuade those people to migrate to survive and reproduce? Liang Pengfei sighed softly, stood up, and walked to the bright floor-to-ceiling window of this office.

Zhao Yi looked at Liang Pengfei's majestic back, and his eyes revealed an indelible identity, yes, throughout the ages, those who are willing to leave their hometown to go out to open up a new life will only leave their hometown because they have lost the land they rely on for their livelihood, and they are forced to leave their hometown out of desperation.

And over the years, Liang Pengfei for the future living space of the Chinese nation, and in order to prevent the poisonous hands of those Western colonizers from reaching around the empire, and wantonly occupy countless rich territories, and now, the territory of the Chinese Empire has completely surpassed any previous dynasty, yes, it can be said that the entire Pacific Ocean has almost become the inner ocean of the Chinese Empire.

However, in such a vast land, more than ninety percent of the people are only collectively in one-fifth of the size of the territory, and the remaining four-fifths of the territory has a population of less than 10 million.

Otherwise, even if you have more territory, no people to work and survive and reproduce, no officials to govern, no army to maintain, it won't take much time, and those territories will still be yours? Don't even think about it.

Now, the country has not yet been peaceful, there are still a large number of people far away from their homeland, hoping to get a chance to survive in other places, if you don't take advantage of the current migration, wait until those people return to their homeland, and then want them to relocate, it will be no less difficult than the last turmoil of the change of dynasty.

And if you want to subtly change the concept that the people are inseparable from their homeland, it will take at least decades, or even longer, and now, the most lacking thing in the development and expansion of the empire is time.

"This ...... But Your Majesty, now, all the rebels of the White Lotus Sect, as well as those former Manchu officers, have agreed to submit to the Empire. Yes, just before my front door, I just got the news, the former governor of Ganxi and Shaanxi, Funing, had already sent the news, agreeing to surrender to the empire, and ......" Zhao Yi was about to continue, but saw Liang Pengfei raise his finger and put it to his lips, and couldn't help but stop his mouth in amazement.

Liang Pengfei looked at the imperial prime minister in front of him, and said word by word: "In my capacity as His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, I order that no one shall leak this news. ”

(To be continued)