Fang Yunming's words were answered in the affirmative by Gao Chong, the left ruler of the empire, and Gao Chong said this: When Empress Xian learned that His Majesty the Emperor might become the crown prince of the empire, she once said to His Majesty that the empire's behavior of using weak intellectuals to control the strong imperial generals will make the imperial generals become as weak as civil officials in the end.

They will lose the courage to take up arms, and most importantly, the generals of the Empire will lose their sensitivity to war and the art of commanding it.

Therefore, she suggested that when His Majesty ascended the throne, a series of reforms must be carried out, the most important of which is to reform the army, a country can only be invincible forever if it has a strong armed force, if it loses these, then she will become a lamb to the slaughter.

Fang Yunming and Moon nodded after a pause, they were both from military backgrounds, and they all knew very well that the military profession was important to a country.

Fang Yunming looked at Moon, the two of them nodded, and Moon said: I didn't expect your former queen to be so insightful.

Cheng Zuting, who was sitting on the side, said with a smile: This is mainly because the history of their elven clan determines their sensitivity to war.

Fang Yunming also said: Your Majesty the Empress is a very politically wise person, but why do you want to drive her out of your country, such a person should be able to become His Majesty's right-hand man.

After hearing this, King Xi sneered: It is not because the first queen's suggestion hurt the interests of those low-sighted civil officials, and not only the interests of the civil officials, but even some of the interests of the royal family were also harmed, so the two parties joined forces to drive them out of the empire one after another.

Moon asked curiously: From the conversation we just had, I know that the proposal of the former empress of your country is to reform the army, and the most important thing in reforming the army is to improve the status of officers.

Cheng Zuting said: The reform of the former empress is a series of measures, including the proposal of paying taxes in one piece, which can increase the country's income.

However, the biggest source of tax in our country is the land tax, and the largest landowners in our country are the royal family and officials, so the successive proposals have violated the interests of almost all the people in power in this country, do you think these people will let her go?

Fang Yunming nodded and said: So in order to protect his wife, His Majesty can only depose his beloved wife, and then let her return to her own country, and use her influence to make her the supreme ruler of the Elven Empire, right?

Cheng Zuting said: We don't know much about the specific situation, but I think with His Majesty's wisdom, I should be inseparable from what you said.

Moon looked at Cheng Zuting and Cheng Mingyu and asked, "Your Royal Highness, the two princes, you should also be a member of the royal family, isn't your first queen's proposal harmless to you?" I think you seem to be very sympathetic to her.

King Xi, Cheng Mingyu laughed and said: To be honest, we were also very opposed to the proposal of the former queen, but the two of us were born in the military, and naturally the royal family is not all monolithic, and everyone who was born in the military is basically sympathetic to the former queen.

But the problem is that the royal family like the two of us who were born in the military is a minority after all, and most of the royal family are inclined to the civil system, and the current queen and the crown prince are the spokesmen of all the civil official systems, so today the prince dares to openly use the matter of the former queen to provoke His Majesty and the eldest princess at today's banquet.

And we think that there must be someone behind His Royal Highness the Prince's behavior today, otherwise, with His Royal Highness the Prince's cowardly character, he would not dare to do this in such a public occasion.

Fang Yunming looked at this rough and arrogant King Xi and thought in his heart: It seems that all these people from the royal family are not simple, this King Xi has a playful appearance and scolds without any scheming, but in fact, he is a person who is as careful as a hair, otherwise he would not have come to such a conclusion that is very close to the facts.

At this time, Moon said: "May I ask you why your nobles pay so much attention to the income from the land, and why do you not vigorously develop the industry and commerce of your country?"

Cheng Zuting was stunned for a moment, glanced at Cheng Mingyu and Gao Chong's father and son, and asked curiously: How can these last businesses be done for the royal family and the nobles of the empire? Those who are engaged in industry and commerce are only those who have no way to cultivate martial arts and spells to do these things.

After hearing this, Moon said curiously: Then there are no merchants and workers in your country?

Gao Chong said: That's true, but their status can't catch up with us warriors.

Fang Yunming said to Moon in English: The situation in this country is similar to that of some ancient dynasties in our country, they regarded merchants and craftsmen as the lowest occupations, and the rulers of this country did not clearly understand how much of a role these two occupations could bring to a country.

Moon shrugged his shoulders and shook his head helplessly, and replied in English: God, what a group of arrogant and ignorant people, no wonder they were attacked by those barbarians to their capital.

Fang Yunming smiled, and asked curiously: What are you laughing at?

Fang Yunming waved his hand and said: It's nothing, just now my companion told me, in fact, the role of the second industry and commerce is very important to a country, if you can pay attention to these two industries, you don't have to care so much about the income on the land, you must know that the profits of these two industries are very rich, more than ten times the land income.

Gao Chong smiled and said: Of course we know this, it is precisely because these two industries are so profitable that the laws of the empire have to restrict these two industries.

Just imagine, if you want to get food in the field, you have to work intensively, which is very tiring, and the income you get in a year is also very meager, but you must know that I have hundreds of millions of people in Xia Yuan.

If so many people are engaged in the second industry and commerce, then who will farm the land, who will raise silkworms, and who will weave cloth, you must know that gold, silver and copper coins cannot be used as food, clothing, and clothing.

Moon smiled and said, "Why don't you develop agriculture, so that the grain on the land can be produced in large quantities, so that you can solve the problem of eating?" and then those who have been liberated from the land can engage in the last industries that you have spoken.

Cheng Zuting asked curiously: What is the agricultural industry?

So Fang Yunming talked about the situation of agricultural industrialization again, and the people on Xia Yuan's side shook their heads after listening to it, saying that they didn't understand, indeed, these people didn't know what agricultural industrialization was at all.

So Moon and Fang Yunming continued to explain in detail what agricultural industrialization was in language they could understand, although Cheng Zuting and they didn't fully understand it, but they already knew a little.

Gao Chong said to Cheng Zuting: Lord Wang, what these two gentlemen said is very right, I think my Xia Yuan has a population of hundreds of millions, more than 10 million square kilometers of land, and all kinds of climates from south to north are included, and all kinds of crops can be produced.

After Gao Chong finished speaking, Cheng Mingyu, the king of Xi, sneered: How can it be so easy, if you do it according to the two gentlemen, let's not talk about those tenants who have no land, how many landlords will be willing to do this?

You must know that like the two gentlemen just said that it requires a lot of investment, if the species is right, it will naturally make a lot of money, but if it is planted wrong, it is a big loss, others don't say, just say Uncle Huang, with your and my strength, do we dare to do this in our Imperial Village?

You must know that in our Huangzhuang now, although the output is not as much as the industrialization that these two gentlemen said, we are guaranteed by drought and flood.

Even if there is any problem, it is up to the tenants to bear it, and we don't need to bear any losses at all, but if we turn the tenants into some kind of agricultural workers, then we need to bear the losses ourselves if there is a loss.

Just ask how many people in the world have the strength to bear such losses? If you and I can, those rich peasants may not be able to bear it, and besides, even if you and I are people who can bear such losses, how many people are willing to bear such losses?

Fang Yunming said with a smile: Any kind of reform will offend some interests of vested interests, otherwise there is no need for reform, but if there is no reform, then the interests of these vested interests may eventually be deprived by some new people, then these vested interests will not only lose a little benefit, they may lose all of themselves, including their own lives and their families.

Cheng Zuting said: Everyone knows the truth, but people are selfish, and no one is willing to bear the problems that arise in the reform.

Fang Yunming said with a smile: Then it depends on whether the ruler has the courage to do so, and there is also the ability to let the facts speak.

King Xi asked: How to speak with facts?

Fang Yunming said: Of course, it is a profit, and only if these people see that those landlords who use the agricultural industry really make money, then more and more people will definitely invest in the agricultural industry.

When the foundation of agriculture is solid, then it is natural for other industries to start industrialization.

Gao Chong and the others nodded after listening, but Fang Yunming said: But there is a problem now, that is, your country is in the war stage, you must know that the upgrading of any industry requires a good external environment.

In a time of war, the problems caused by any industrial upgrading will be infinitely magnified, so only by waiting for the end of the war, or in a relatively stable environment, can such reforms be carried out.

Gao Chong said: Don't worry about these two, we are now moving the capital, as long as we can move the capital, the people and finances in the capital to the south, and we are using Yunling and Mianjiang to form a strong defense line, then it will provide a good environment for the upgrading of the industry you mentioned.

Fang Yunming nodded after listening, and at this time Cheng Zuting said with a smile: I don't know if the two of you can write your thoughts into a strip, and then I will hand your strip to the emperor and the eldest princess, let them see, I think the eldest princess will definitely agree, as long as the eldest princess agrees, then there is absolutely no problem on Your Majesty's side.

After finishing speaking, Cheng Zuting pointed to King Xi and Gao Chong and said: I, the imperial nephew and Gao Zaizhi, we both have a lot of land in the south, if the two of you are willing, we hope to hire the two of you and your subordinates to help us manage these lands, I don't know what the two of you want?