A thin layer of mist shrouded in a thin curtain of rain, a gloomy sky, and thick cumulus clouds, made people feel depressed.

In the past, I often heard people say that there is no sun and moon in the mountains, but now it seems that staying in the palace, it is also difficult to feel the passage of time, especially for people like them who have already cultivated, it is difficult for time to leave traces on them, and the concept of time will gradually fade.

Standing quietly at the window, looking out of the window in the drizzle, the garden became more and more colorful, and the sadness dissipated a lot.

"Husband, what are you thinking?" The smooth and refined lotus root arm passed under the armpit, gently hugging Zhuo Ao's broad chest, and the murmuring voice of the golden swallow sounded in his ears.

Feeling the greasy rubbing behind him, Zhuo Ao smiled slightly, and with a move, a coat automatically flew in, draped on the smooth and round fragrant shoulders of the golden swallow, and also covered the wisps of spring.

Although with their current state, they have long been free from cold and heat, but Jin Yanzi still enjoys this kind of meticulous care from men, smiled slightly, let Zhuo Ao backhand hug him tightly, and silently leaned on Zhuo Ao's shoulder, and with Zhuo Ao, admired the rain curtain outside the window.

"I'm thinking, another twenty years have passed, and the people sent by Heavenly Court should also take action, but recently, the world seems to be a little too peaceful." Zhuo Ao stretched his waist and looked at the thick cumulus clouds in the sky, if the heavenly court gave up so easily, it was impossible, the reason why it has not moved, I am afraid that it is accumulating something in the dark, just like this thick cloud, or, this world. Maybe you have blind spots that you haven't seen yet.

Jin Yanzi looked at the gradually burning gaze in Zhuo Ao's eyes suspiciously, and said with some amusement: "Husband seems to want the enemy to come soon?" ”

"yes. It's been calm for too long. Zhuo Ao put his arm around the golden swallow's fragrant shoulder, looked at the sky and said, "People often don't perceive their own shortcomings. The ones who can really find your shortcomings will always be your enemies, and only through them can we continue to improve and become stronger, until one day, this day, it will be difficult to cover my eyes! As he spoke, he suddenly waved his hand. The cumulus clouds in the sky seemed to be forcibly removed by an invisible hand, and in an instant, the weather that had been dark clouds before turned into a clear sky.

glanced at Zhuo Ao angrily, and the faint sorrow caused by the hazy smoke and rain was also taken away by Zhuo Ao.

"Don't you have to go to court today?" Jin Yanzi looked at Zhuo Ao who returned to the bed and got back into the quilt in confusion.

"No need, yesterday the West Factory sent back the information of the Hun Ya people in recent years and found some problems. I'm afraid the Manchu courtiers are still busy liquidating now. Zhuo Ao lay on the bed leisurely, not ashamed of being irreresponsible for leaving everything to his subordinates, but he was lying in bed here.

"Is that good?" Jin Yanzi wondered.

"The Emperor's responsibility is to assign tasks. Give the most suitable things to the most suitable people to do, and if you really do it, you must do it yourself. Doesn't it mean that these ministers raised by me are all a bunch of waste, and there is no one in the court of my Shenwu Empire? An emperor like that. It's actually really miserable. "Zhuo Ao doesn't care.

"The husband can always find a reason for his laziness, but it is irrefutable." Jin Yanzi shook her head a little amusedly. Start grooming.

"Of course, the emperor of so many years is now, if he is persuaded by this little woman of you, it will be strange." Zhuo Ao admired the back of the golden swallow and smiled.

At the beginning, because of Wu Quxing's accident, he had another twenty years, and in the past twenty years, in order to improve the Jinyi Guard that was hastily established at that time.

For Yang Shilang, there is naturally nothing to worry about, but the existence of a court and a system, we must try to avoid the number of privileged classes, and everyone is equal, as long as there are people, it is impossible to really realize, but as long as the privileged class is controlled, he, the emperor, can do it for a long time.

But the appearance of Jinyiwei is undoubtedly an existence that destroys the balance, and the authority is too great, but only Zhuo Ao, the emperor, can be restrained, and the matter of Zhuge Yuen Long has made Zhuo Ao more deeply aware of the fragility of human nature, and as an emperor, he cannot always pin his internal stability on the loyalty of his courtiers.

In order for an empire to be able to maintain long-term stability and develop positively, it is necessary to constantly improve its own physique, so that the people under it do not have the opportunity to breed rebellion, rather than relying on the professional ethics of its subordinates, which can be regarded as a perfect form.

It's a pity that this perfect form can't exist, people will always have selfishness, and the two of them can become rivers and lakes, not to mention the huge world, hundreds of millions of people, it is impossible to completely balance, what he can do is to continue to improve this structural system little by little according to reality, so that he can be more stable.

In order to avoid the panic of officials and the formation of a negative form, Zhuo Ao established the East Factory in the second year after Wu Quxing's case, which was used to check and balance the rights of Jinyiwei.

At the same time, after the East Factory, the West Factory was set up, which was mainly responsible for collecting information from all over the world, and the East Factory's review of Jinyiwei must be carried out under the supervision of the West Factory, and the West Factory did not have the right to arrest and judge, but it made up for the lack of Jinyiwei intelligence.

Of course, the premise of this is that there is an emperor who can suppress the three parties, just like the Ming Dynasty in the history of Zhuo Ao's previous life, with the emergence of generations of mediocre emperors, the East and West Second Factory and Jinyiwei not only lost their original intentions, but instead deformed and expanded, becoming a tumor of the imperial court.

However, such a situation, at least in the hands of Zhuo Ao, should not appear, unless one day Zhuo Ao's temperament changes, or suddenly becomes an idiot, or even hangs up directly, then these situations will float up, but when it really comes to that day, Zhuo Ao is too lazy to care about what happens after death.

Yang Shilang was on the right track in Jinyiwei, and after the establishment of the East Factory, he was transferred back to the army by Zhuo Ao, after all, Yang Men Tiger General, the greater role is still on the battlefield rather than these intrigues.

"Your Majesty." The voice of ******** Tong's father-in-law came from outside the door: "Liu Changwei asked to see him, saying that all the information about the Hun Ya people has been sorted out. ”

"So fast?" Looking at Jin Yanzi's playful eyes, Zhuo Ao got up helplessly, it was rare to be lazy, the emperor was really not a good errand, and said to the door: "Let him wait for me in the side hall." ”

"Yes." The footsteps outside the door gradually faded away, and Zhuo Ao put on his clothes under the service of the Golden Swallow, and came to the side hall surrounded by a group of eunuchs.

Twenty years ago, when Zhuo Ao was initially established in the West Factory, he began to let the West Factory pay attention to the movements of the countries outside the Saiwai, but then he found some strange things, take the Hun Ya people as an example, especially in recent years, the wind and rain are no longer enough to explain the nourishment of their life, according to rough statistics, compared to 20 years ago, the population of the Hun Ya people on the grassland has at least tripled, and the people on horseback, that is the nation of all the soldiers, the population has tripled, which means that their combat effectiveness has increased geometrically.

Not only the Hun Ya people, but also the Qiuzi in the Western Regions, the Great Qin in the north, and the Rakshasa in the west, if you inquire carefully, you will find that God seems to favor them very much over the years, and there are almost no wars because of resource plunder.

This is not a good sign.

No matter how unfair God is, but the special hell is destined to be barren places in these lands, it is impossible to continue so smoothly, once the past climate is restored, then the explosive expansion of the population over the years will become a huge burden, with the grassland, the Western Regions that little resources, even if there are stores over the years, it will definitely not last long, Zhuo Ao can already foresee that the situation of these grasslands and Western Regions people going south to invade is probably not far away.

Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the West Factory, Zhuoao began to consciously infiltrate the intelligence network into the surrounding countries, and kept abreast of every move of the surrounding countries.

"Liu Jinyun, the captain of the Chenxi Factory, see Your Majesty." In the side hall, Liu Jinyun, the captain of the West Factory who had been waiting here for a long time, saw Zhuo Ao coming in and hurriedly paid his respects.

"Get up." With a wave of his hand, Zhuo Ao sat on his dragon chair, looked at Liu Jinyun and said, "All the data have been summarized?" ”

"Yes, after all the lords have calculated all night, the information of the Hun Ya, Qiuzi, Dawan, Yueshi, these grassland and Western Regions powers has been summarized, as for the farther Great Qin Kingdom and the Rakshasa Kingdom because of the large amount of information, they have not been able to count, but as far as the data is counted, I think that His Majesty must be informed as soon as possible." Liu Jinyun nodded.

"Say." Zhuo Ao nodded.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Liu Jinyun opened a dossier and said in a deep voice: "According to the statistics of Lord Guo, the Ministry of Officials, last year alone, the adult population of the Hun Ya people has reached two million, but correspondingly, the cattle, sheep and horses on the grassland did not increase again as in previous years, and in the past year, the wars that broke out among the Hun Ya people because of the competition for cattle and sheep have been recorded eighty-seven, almost ten times that of previous years!" ”

Two million people?

Zhuo Ao shook his head, twenty years ago, the population of the Hun Ya people was measured in 100,000, and in twenty years, the population rose to the million level, which is only an adult population.

"In addition, since last year, the Western Regions Dawan, Qiuzi and other countries have begun to reduce the production of various resources, and at the same time, the Hu merchants of the Western Regions have begun to increase the purchase of iron tools in our country, and only last year, the countries of the Western Regions have purchased almost all the iron tools from our country in the previous ten years combined, and ...... in addition" (to be continued.) )