On the first morning of the new year, Liu Hong's set of performance appraisal standards was distributed to various places on the same day with the supplementation and improvement of cabinet members.

The states and counties are a little overwhelmed by such a detailed performance appraisal method, and the original performance appraisal, as long as enough grain taxes can be paid to the national treasury every year, the rest is a matter of examining officials.

It can be said that in this regard, those imperial court inspection officials have the power of life and death, they say you can do it, you can do it, they say you can't do it, they say you can't do it, you can't do it, you can't do it.

Now that such a detailed performance appraisal method has come out, it can be said that in addition to being a little dissatisfied with this performance appraisal method because of Confucianism, the Han officials are still more in favor of this performance appraisal method.

After all, few of those who have been grassroots officials for a few years really take Confucianism seriously.

And at this time, the happiest person in the Han is Cao Ying, you must know that this grain transportation is also a merit, not to mention that the prototype of this northern sailor is still built by him Cao Ying.

When Cao Song returned home, he saw that Cao Song was laughing with the beautiful concubine, and couldn't help coughing lightly.

When Cao Ying heard the sound and saw that Cao Song was back, he waved his hand, withdrew the beautiful concubine, and then smiled and said, "Father, with a happy face, but Your Majesty knows that your father is proficient in banking affairs?" Thus elevating his father's official position? ”

Hearing this, the joy on Cao Song's face gradually faded, and he slowly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty's brocade guard is really pervasive!" ”

"Why?"

"Today, Your Majesty asked in court, what kind of plan did you give to your father, and if your father didn't check it, he said that he missed his mouth!" ”

Cao Ying smiled when he heard this, "Father, so what? Your Majesty's Jinyi Guard is just to guard against those who have a heart of disobedience, does my father have a heart of disobedience? ”

"Nonsense, Your Majesty has just returned from the Northern Expedition for a few months, expanding the territory of 14,000 miles, and it is not much more than that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and there are hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers under his command, and thousands of fierce generals, who dares to be disobedient?"

Every time Cao Song said a word, Cao Ying nodded, and then sighed, "That's right, Your Majesty has recovered the vast grassland, and even established the Anbei Governor's Mansion, which has solved the unsolved problems of the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty. ”

Speaking of this, Cao Ying smiled slightly and said, "If it weren't for the fact that Your Majesty ignored the ministers of the DPRK and Central China, and directly set up the Anbei Governor's Mansion to occupy the grassland, I'm afraid that no one in the Han Dynasty would have thought of getting the great benefits of the grassland." ”

Cao Song sighed: "Yes! Occupy the grassland, the north of the Han Dynasty is convenient for no more wars, and the two states of Youzhou can have less than 100,000 border troops, and the people of the two states are equivalent to the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, and there will be no more wars. ”

"Moreover, occupying the vast grassland, the Han will have one more place to train soldiers, my Han is mostly foot soldiers, less cavalry, with this grassland, you can train cavalry for the Han Dynasty continuously, for the father to come, the 100,000 horses of the Anbei Governor's Mansion are because the war has just ended, the army of the expedition has no fighting spirit, and the allocated army must be stationed in Jianzhou, so as not to make those slave-born soldiers and horses bigger. In this way, the population of the Han Dynasty was large, but there were not many soldiers and horses handed over to the Anbei Governor's Mansion. ”

Cao Ying nodded when he heard this, expressing his agreement, as for guarding against Huang Zhong's words, the two did not say anything, because the entire court knew that Huang Zhong was raised by Liu Hong from the time he quelled the rebellion in the south, and he did many things to collect his heart, and finally Huang Zhong's wife and children were young, all of whom were in Luoyang.

In this way, the ministers of the DPRK and China know whether Huang Zhong is loyal or not.

Cao Song then said, "The Han Dynasty has few cattle and sheep war horses, sheep and horses, sheep not to mention for the time being, war horses are war materials, no war horses, there is no cavalry, and the combat power of cavalry on the plains is obvious to all." There are also ploughing cattle, which is the most urgent thing for the Han. ”

"Now, with the occupation of the grasslands, these things continue to pour into the Central Plains, and when spring comes, with so many ploughing cattle, the people can now cultivate more land. If it weren't for His Majesty occupying the grassland, I am afraid that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would still have to learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and withdraw the troops after the battle! ”

After Cao Song finished speaking, Cao Ying smiled and said, "Father, Your Majesty seems to intend to sell the grassland, do you want to buy some at home?" ”

"Huh? How did you find out about this? Cao Song said strangely.

Cao Ying said lightly, "Father, such a big grassland is to be governed by people, the child thinks, Your Majesty will definitely move the army westward to guard against the Northern Xiongnu, Wusun and other countries in the Western Regions." If so, how will the grasslands be governed? Do you set up a county? ”

"That will only cost the people and money, so Your Majesty will definitely sort out the grassland."

Cao Ying's words were fulfilled, and Liu Hong, in order to collect grain and land as soon as possible, prepared to hold an auction in Luoyang, which was in charge of Cao Song, the president of Dahan Bank.

The auction is naturally an auction of grassland, and only five acres of good fertile land or ten thousand stones of grain are needed for a hundred acres of grassland. A medium 100 acres of grassland requires five acres of medium fertile land, or 5,000 stone of grain. Inferior pastures correspond to inferior fertile fields, or grains of a thousand stones.

Liu Hong had already issued a decree prohibiting the buying and selling of land, so as long as these pastures were exchanged for fertile land, it would be owned by the imperial court, and it was not possible to change the land pattern of the Han Dynasty for 400 years in one fell swoop.

Unless it is a large-scale war that fundamentally changes the pattern of the Han Dynasty, will Liu Hong use the blood of the Han people to reform?

The answer is no, then this auction is the best option.

Anyone who has a little insight knows that today's grassland is a big treasure, not to mention anything else, just say that the cattle, sheep and horses that continue to transport to the Central Plains will know, although it is impossible for war horses to appear in the Central Plains, but in the grassland, it is still possible.

The Grand Canal is also about to be opened, and it is very fast to go south along the canal from Youzhou, so the families in the south are also very excited about it.

As for the cold winter on the grassland, everyone doesn't care, they go back to the Central Plains when it's cold, and go back when it's hot.

Therefore, the whole Han is quite interested in the auction on March 1.

During this period, Cao Song was very busy with the auction, and Cao Song was not idle.

When Liu Hong summoned Cao Ying, he carefully inquired about the shipyard, and learned that if the shipyard was fully built, Xiping would be able to build five building ships, 50 large-wing warships, and 50 ships each in Xiping.

For this data, Liu Hong can't say sad or happy, but hopes that Cao Ying can order the shipyard to build a warship that can crisscross the sea.

You must know that inland river warships are not the same as sea ships, and the draft required by sea ships alone is not comparable to that of inland river ships.

Although the Southern Jingyang Naval Division took the sea route to transport grain to the north this time, it took the inland sea, close to the coastline, and there would be no major wind and waves, otherwise Liu Hong would not have ordered the Southern Naval Division to transport grain.

As soon as Cao Ying heard Liu Hong's words, he knew what Liu Hong meant, but Cao Ying also thought badly, so Cao Ying replied, "Your Majesty, I heard that Emperor Qin and Han Wu are pursuing the way of immortality, and finally ......, Your Majesty is upright and prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and you must not abandon the Han Dynasty!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Hong's face was very weird! (To be continued.) )