Lin Guodong jumped out with a reason that the ministers could not refuse, although many ministers in the DPRK and China have local work experience, but now only Lin Guodong is in office.

Even if the area under the jurisdiction of Lin Guodong, Jing Zhaoyin, is actually very different from the locality, the magistrate is the magistrate.

Lin Guodong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, ministers, I very much agree with Your Majesty's proposal to reduce taxes for the people, my people in Daqin are too bitter compared to the people of the Central Plains, the land of Daqin is barren, and the production is not much, but it is necessary for me to operate the Great Qin court so that the agricultural tax of my Qin State has been maintained at a high level, and the people's life is extremely bad, but my people know that it is Your Majesty who protects their safety, so they silently dedicate themselves to repay the king's kindness." ”

Lin Guodong continued: "In the past, half of the taxes recorded in the treasury of my Qin State every year came from agricultural taxes, but now that the imperial treasury is abundant, some agricultural taxes are no longer needed by the imperial court. ”

The ministers listened to Lin Guodong's nonsense, and no one dared to interrupt, after all, while Lin Guodong was patting Wang Mang's ass, there were some actual situations mixed in the night, and they were not easy to interrupt.

Lin Guodong said with a solemn face: "But Your Majesty and the ministers, I also agree with Lord Zhang Han's words, local officials help the court to guard the pastoral side, and there are always some means in their hands to control the people, and from a historical point of view, taxation is the most direct and effective means, this means cannot be easily thrown away, otherwise it will inevitably lead to chaos after a long time." ”

"All the ministers have already said this, do you say that there is any solution to these now?" Zhao Xin said.

"Nope. Lin Guodong said: "I'm just talking about the actual situation, and Your Majesty has to make the decision as to how to decide." ”

Wang Mang glanced at Lin Guodong, this thing has been said for a long time, purely to show his face, and looked at the ministers with some displeasure on his face and said: "You don't want me to be exempted from agricultural tax, so Zhang Jian does not hesitate to return to his hometown, I can not be exempted from agricultural tax, but rewarding farming is a must be done, you have to give me a plan today, otherwise I will decide for myself, and you can't object." ”

"Listen to the hadith and never oppose it. The ministers bowed their heads.

Wang Mang's expression was stunned, he didn't expect the ministers in this palace to be so single, one or two did not resist at all, it seemed that Zhang Jian's departure from the court really frightened them.

"Since you have no objection, this is what to do. Wang Mang glanced at the ministers, and said directly with a move in his mind: " First, the agricultural tax is reduced by one-third, the agricultural tax of our dynasty is indeed a little high, and the reduction of one-third is probably only one-tenth less than the average level of the Central Plains, this matter must not be opposed, what is the big deal with a mere hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, the second I want to reward farming, the specific content such as farmers can find a new way of planting can go to the government to receive a certain reward silver, such as farmers can also go to the government to receive a reward for silver, etc., the third I want to further build water conservancy, the main reason why my land in Daqin is barren is the lack of rain, in this case, then overhaul water conservancy, with water conservancy irrigation facilities to make Daqin's land more fertileIn the past, the imperial court had a lot of plans to repair water conservancy, but most of them were shelved due to the lack of silver in the imperial court, and now the household department has money, and the Ministry of Engineering can find out the drawings for construction, and after three years, I really want to see that the entire hinterland of Qin is full of fertile soil, so wait for the order!"

"Ministers obey the order, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

Qunchen, you look at me, I look at you, and finally knelt on the ground with a brush.

Among the ministers, some officials have very ugly faces, although their families have a large amount of land for farming, but their main source of income is the grain transshipment trade, relying on the grain trafficking from the Central Plains to the Qin State to make money, now the imperial court wants to reward farming, build water conservancy, or it will not be long before the grain production of the Qin State will be abundant, from a pure grain importer to a grain exporter, they can simply imagine the grain they transported from the Central Plains piled up in the warehouse mold.

Of course, this part of the officials is only a small part, most of the officials at the beginning of the ugly face, soon pinched their fingers to calculate how much their family can get in this reward farming activities, the Son of Heaven in order to reward farming simply at all costs, the household has nowhere to spend tens of millions of taels of silver, they have to think carefully about how to move the household to move the silver home.

Wang Mang sat on a high place and looked down at the various expressions on the faces of the ministers below, and said leisurely: "Yuwen Kai, how is the straight road to Cloud City and Hangu Pass being cultivated?"

Yu Wenkai was thinking with his fingers that the Ministry of Industry had those drawings of water conservancy facilities, but he didn't think that Wang Mang would suddenly call him by name, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it will take three months at most to complete the whole line." ”

"Three months?" Wang Mang's voice suddenly rose a little, and said, "Why does it take so long?"

"There aren't enough people. Yu Wenkai said: "It can be repaired in three months is already the result of the officials of the Ministry of Industry working overtime." ”

"No, it's been too long. Wang Mang said: "Within a month, the straight road must be repaired." ”

"A month?" Yu Wenkai exclaimed: "Your Majesty, it's not that the minister doesn't work hard, but the minister really can't do it, with the existing manpower, even if they all work overtime to die, they can't do it." ”

"If there is not enough manpower, we will recruit people, and if we don't have enough money, we will ask for it. Wang Mang said coldly: "In short, I don't care about the process, I only ask about the result, and within a month, the straight road must be repaired." ”

"This ......" Yu Wenkai looked embarrassed, then looked at Shang Yang and said: "Lord Shang, you know this straight thing, you can't do it in a month." ”

Shang Yang looked at Wang Mang and said, "Your Majesty, why is you in such a hurry all of a sudden?"

"I have received news that Korea is very unwilling to be defeated by the Qin State last time, and is secretly gathering troops to prepare to recover the city of Hangang and send troops to Hangu Pass. Wang Mang said lightly: "At the same time, do you know where I came back?"

"Your Majesty is back from Cloudsdale. Shang Yang said.

"That's right, Cloudsdale. Wang Mang said: "In Yunzhong City, my Daqin annihilated nearly two million soldiers in the grassland before and after, and also killed the Zuoxian King of the grassland, and now the entire grassland is in chaos, and I have to prevent it, if my Daqin is Yunzhong City, the entire west of Chang'an is a place where grassland cavalry is raging, and if my Daqin loses Hangu Pass, without Hangu Pass, I am afraid that Daqin will only run south." ”

Yes!

The whole hall was amazed, they only knew that Wang Mang had come back from Cloud City, but they didn't know that a big battle in Cloud City had annihilated nearly two million grassland people, and even killed the Grassland Zuo Xian King, such a feat could simply shake the entire continent, why didn't they get any news before.

Wang Mang looked at Yuwen Kai and said, "Yuwen Kai, the straight road is related to the defense of Yunzhong City and Hangu Pass, and it is related to the safety of my Great Qin, do you still feel that there are difficulties?"

"There are difficulties, but the minister believes that there are always more solutions than difficulties. Yuwen Kai said: "After the minister, he will convene all the skilled craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, and the minister will personally supervise the work, and must complete the straight road within a month, and build Daqin into an iron barrel, Your Majesty can rest assured, if the minister does not do it, he will commit suicide and apologize!"

Yu Wenkai swore a heavy oath, with a resolute face, that is, with the determination to do things without success.

Wang Mang looked at Zhao Xin again and said, "How is Shiziyuan now?"

"Thanks to Your Majesty, Shiziyuan is running very well. Zhao Xin said cautiously.

"Very good?" Wang Mang said coldly: "Then I ask you, how many foreign scholars are there in Shiziyuan now?"

"This ...... There are probably a dozen of them. Zhao Xin was in a cold sweat, during this time Wang Mang was not in Chang'an, he was as crazy as a holiday, where did he know what was going on in Shiziyuan.

"More than a dozen, or probably?" Wang Mang snorted coldly and said: "I established Shiziyuan, that is to run a big official school, to make the Great Qin Shiziyuan stand tall in the mainland Shilin, and become a famous existence in the mainland academic circles, after the establishment of Shiziyuan, I asked for money, and if the dignitaries really didn't have it, they gave all the people of the White Horse Academy to Shiziyuan, and now you tell me that I can attach importance to Shiziyuan in all aspects." ”

"Your Majesty attaches great importance to it. Zhao Xin snapped and knelt on the ground.

"Then I put you in charge of Shiziyuan, how did you do that?" Wang Mang snorted coldly: "Zhao Xin, do you think what you did in Chang'an, I don't know?"

"The sin of the minister deserves death. Zhao Xin's entire face was already covered with beads of sweat, and he didn't dare to reach out to wipe the beads off at all, but he knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move.

Wang Mang said coldly: "Zhao Xin, I can tell you that I am very dissatisfied with what you have done during this time, Shiziyuan has not achieved the effect of my plan at all, and not even one-tenth of the effect of my plan, I will give you another period of time, give you one last chance, if you don't do well, get out!"

"Thank you, Lord Long. Zhao Xin said loudly: "The minister will live up to His Majesty's trust." ”

"Wang Yongji. Wang Mang looked at Wang Yongji.

Wang Yongji came out of the column and kowtowed: "The minister is here." ”

"The first battle of Hangu Pass, the first battle of the southern counterinsurgency, the first battle of the state of Qiu, the first battle of the Yelang country, and the results of the first battle of Yunzhong City, which is about to be introduced to Chang'an, the military department must seize the time to count the merits of the combatants, the meritorious will be rewarded, and the guilty will be punished, everything will be in accordance with the military merit reward and punishment order drawn up by the Shang Yang before, and the military department will also come up with a plan for the integration of the Yelang army into the Qin army. Wang Mang said.

"Obey. Wang Yongji nodded hurriedly.

Wang Mang looked at Lin Guodong and Chu Feng again, and said, "You two have managed Chang'an City well, I am very satisfied, and each of you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and go to the household department to withdraw it." ”

Lin Guodong and Chu Feng looked at each other, and the two of them kowtowed at the same time and said, "I dare not be ashamed!"

"How can you say it?" Wang Mang said.

"The ministers are not good enough, and many of the ministers of the DPRK and China are conscientious in their own work, and they work harder than me. Lin Guodong said.

Chu Feng said: "The minister has been doing this law enforcement bureau for a long time and is not very clear, during the period of His Majesty's absence, although the minister did not commit any major incidents, but there were indeed a few small things, the impact was very bad, and it was too late for the minister to ask for the crime, where did he dare to receive the reward." ”

"Hehe!" Wang Mang's face turned cold, and he said, "You two are indeed ashamed!"

Hearing Wang Mang's words, Lin Guodong and Chu Feng didn't want to kneel directly on the ground, and didn't dare to say a word.

"Chang'an is the imperial capital of my Great Qin, and it is the most prosperous and core city of my Great Qin. Wang Mang looked at Lin Guodong and Chu Feng and said, "You two, I trust you to hand over all the actual social management affairs of Chang'an City to you, but how did you do it?"

Where did Lin Guodong and Chu Feng dare to speak, especially thinking of the scene of the brawl between the two in Chang'an City some time ago, the two of them even more dared not speak.

Wang Mang snorted coldly and said, "If you two lose it, you still have to show face, you know that you deserve it, otherwise I will let the armor soldier drag you two out and cut it down now!"

"Death to the minister!"

"Guilty of subordinate!"

Lin Guodong and Chu Feng were so frightened that they almost collapsed to the ground, if the two of them hadn't been blessed with a soul, they would have died by now.

Wang Mang said coldly: "You two are important ministers of the imperial court, I want you two to eliminate all the bad influences in the shortest possible time, and make sure that the people of Chang'an City have a better image of you two." ”

"I understand. ”

Chu Feng and Lin Guodong escaped with their lives, completely extinguishing the other party's mind, life is more important than power, and this majesty in front of him is really a master who is not good to serve.

Wang Xiu hid in the middle of the ministers, he shrunk his head and didn't dare to make any sound, but when he felt a piercing gaze falling, Wang Xiu's face twitched, and he knelt directly on the ground.

"Zongren Ling, what's wrong with you?" Wang Mang's voice fell.

"Minister...... Minister...... Some headaches. Wang Xiu's voice trembled a little and said: "If Your Majesty has anything to tell the minister, just give it, and the minister must be...... I must want to help His Majesty with things...... Help Your Majesty do this well. ”

"It's nothing, I just heard that you have been quite busy in Chang'an City recently, and I am very curious about what you are busy with, after all, the Zongren Mansion did not have so many things in previous years. Wang Mang said lightly.

"This ...... Ouch, the minister's headache is too bad...... The minister has been worrying lately...... This one...... This one is indeed a bit hectic...... There was a wind chill last night...... cough cough cough ...... Minister......"

Poof!

With a sound, Wang Xiu lay upright on the ground, looking like he had fainted.

"Oh no, Zongren Ling fainted!"

The officials beside Wang Xiu startled Wang Xiu's appearance, reached out and touched Wang Xiu's body, and couldn't help screaming.

Wang Mang snorted coldly, he clearly felt that Wang Xiu was pretending to be dizzy, but as a sect order, Wang Xiu represented the face of the sect to a certain extent, even if Wang Mang wanted to have a seizure, he could only give up, and glanced at Deng Fangdao: "Tell a few people to carry the sect order back, tell the family of the sect order, and say that let the sect order wake up and come to the palace to see me." ”

Wang Xiu, who had been listening to the movement outside, heard Wang Mang's instructions, and regretted it in his heart, why did he want to choose a girl for the Son of Heaven, and then Wang Xiu completely fainted, and now he was really scared.

(End of chapter)