Qin Minzhong deserves to be a capable minister, as soon as Li Guanqi's voice fell, he immediately replied: "Our dynasty has a forbidden army of 1.6 million people, and a box army of 2.5 million people, a total of 4 million people. ”

"Four million?" Li Guanqi's eyes were as wide as bull's eyes, "What is the population of the country?" I heard you just say that the whole province of Lingnan has a population of only 3 million. ”

"There are 12 provinces in our dynasty, with a registered population of more than 34,120,000." Qin Minzhong replied.

Li Guanqi really didn't know whether to cry or laugh, "Okay! On average, one in eight people is a soldier? How many laborers can there be out of eight people? Why does the imperial court raise so many soldiers? ”

Faced with Li Guanqi's question, Qin Minzhong chose to remain silent this time. Li Guanqi also immediately woke up to the fact that this question is not something that a courtier can answer, because if he really wants to be held responsible, then the responsibility must also lie with the emperors of the past dynasties.

As a country that has crossed over from modern society, Li Guanqi understands very well that a country that is based on agriculture and values agriculture over commerce, from the monarch to the ministers, has this shortcoming, and looks down on businessmen, and the result of looking down on businessmen is that they have no concept of money, and when they have money, they only know how to spend, but they do not know moderation, so there are more and more officials at all levels, and the army is getting bigger and bigger.

Thinking of having four or five million mouths waiting to be raised by others every year, Li Guanqi couldn't help but have a headache. Money...... It's all about money. Fortunately, Qin Minzhong still has two brushes in front of him in terms of finance, and he must catch it now, but looking at Qin Minzhong's body, I don't know how long he can work.

After a pause, Li Guanqi asked with concern, "How old are you this year?" ”

Qin Minzhong didn't expect Li Guanqi to suddenly turn the topic here, and said with a smile: "The minister is forty and seven this year. ”

"Oh, that's still very young. Pay more attention to your body, and prepare to give me the strength to do it for another twenty years. Li Guanqi said comfortingly.

This is a very clear word, Qin Minzhong of course heard the implicit meaning of Li Guanqi's words, hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said: "The emperor has the intention of reviving my great work, although the minister is dull, he is also willing to serve the emperor." ”

Being able to have such a courtier swear allegiance, Li Guanqi couldn't help but feel good and said, "Get up." So, your son, by the way, do you have a son? ”

Qin Minzhong thought that Li Guanqi was going to take the opportunity to reward his son, so he said modestly: "The minister has two sons, but they are all stubborn and stupid, and they are not worth the emperor's concern. ”

Li Guanqi knew that Qin Minzhong had misunderstood what he meant, so he smiled and said, "You're still filial, right?" ”

"Filial piety." Qin Minzhong had no choice but to reply honestly to this question.

Li Guanqi smiled: "Filial piety is good." Your son should not come out as an official, but serve you at home, remember, this is the emperor's mission, and serving you well is the greatest credit. Well, of course, the salary must be paid to them, so it will be according to the five-grade official, and I will pay for the money out of my own pocket. ”

Li Guanqi's words, although Qin Minzhong couldn't understand them all, but the overall meaning was understood, and he was suddenly moved, and old tears flowed down, "How can the minister make the emperor remember it like this?" The minister should be a great cadre, do his best for the emperor, and die. ”

Qin Minzhong already thought that Li Guanqi would become a generation of heroes, so he felt that it was time to recommend Lu Yunhai to the emperor, so he played: "Lu Yunhai is a complementary talent, the minister has discussed the government with him, and what he has learned in his chest is really a genius today, if the emperor wants to revive our dynasty, this person can't do without it." ”

Li Guanqi shook his head slightly and said: "I have already met Lu Yunhai, he is not yet capable of being a prime minister, I have issued an order to transfer him to Renzhi County in Lingnan." ”

Qin Minzhong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Lu Yunhai's literature and scriptures are all the best in ancient and modern times, and it is really a great loss for my Great Qianchao to abandon them." ”

Li Guanqi said calmly: "Lu Yunhai may indeed be knowledgeable, but his temper is too stinky, more stinky than me, and he is also a donkey, he only knows how to be flexible, if I use him now, I can only add chaos to myself." ”

Qin Minzhong was still about to plead, but Li Guanqi waved his hand to stop: "Okay." This is over, don't talk about it again. ”

Qin Minzhong had no choice but to obey the order, and said: "I'm afraid that with Lu Yunhai's character, he will do this." ”

Li Guanqi sneered: "I think what he can do well now is to be a magistrate, if he loses his temper for this, then it means that he doesn't even have the ability to govern a county, and it's better to go." Okay, let's not talk about him, I still want to hear your opinion on money and food. ”

At that moment, the two of them talked for a long time, and it was not until dinner time that Li Guanqi let Qin Minzhong leave.

According to Qin Minzhong's speculation, he thought that Lu Yunhai would categorically not agree to go to Lingnan, but he was honest and polite, and after receiving the will, he did not shirk at all, so he agreed to take office.

According to the imperial court system, Beijing officials are released, regardless of the rank and size, they can enter the palace to face the saint, which is called "the right to enter the court". Lu Yunhai also entered the palace as usual, and had a second chance to face Li Guanqi.

Li Guanqi actually wants to use Lu Yunhai very much, but he knows that there is no urgency to change the law, with Lu Yunhai's kind of donkey temper, no matter how good the new law is, it will be rectified into a system that will bring disaster to the country and the people, so he has to sharpen Lu Yunhai's temperament first.

If Lu Yunhai did not go to Lingnan to take up his post, he would rather give up this reformer than rashly change the law. Now seeing that Lu Yunhai was under the order, Li Guanqi felt that it was still necessary to give Lu Yunhai a little encouragement.

"I asked you to go to Lingnan, what do you think?" Li Guanqi asked straightforwardly.

"The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. Since the ministers have already come out, they should contribute to the cadres and share the worries of the emperor. Although the emperor thinks that the minister is overwhelmed, the minister cannot be disloyal. When I went to Lingnan, I didn't dare to complain. Lu Yunhai said with a stiff neck.

Li Guanqi nodded and said, "Although it still sounds a little emotional." But I'm satisfied that you can have such an idea. I didn't have too many words to tell you, but I just want to tell you that although the magistrate is a petty official, he is also commonly known as a parent official, and he has power like a prime minister in this county. Don't you think your new law can enrich the country and strengthen the army? Then you will try out four new laws in Heqing County: the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, the Seedling Law, the Immunization Law, and the Fangtian Law. I give you three years to see if your new method works or doesn't. ”

Lu Yunhai is a very smart person, of course he heard what the emperor meant, and hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Thank you to the emperor for your grace, and I will definitely live up to the emperor's trust when I go to Lingnan." But the minister still has no idea, please make it clear to the emperor. ”

"Say it." Li Guanqi replied dryly.