In the Emerald Palace, after the resolution of the Council of Nobles passed, Caesar IV's heart was still uneasy.

The sudden launch of reform has certainly caught all parties off guard, but the follow-up hidden dangers are not small at all.

If the expeditionary force cannot make certain achievements before returning home, the local real power faction is likely to turn to the conservative faction.

"The military operation in the Papal States will end next year, and we don't have much time left!

Reform measures have been introduced, and the follow-up will depend on the specific implementation.

The progress of one by one is too slow, and the time is too late, and now the division of labor can only be carried out at the same time.

I called everyone over today to discuss the specific division of labor. ”

This is the plan that Caesar IV has come up with. It is too risky to put the burden of reform in the hands of one person.

Once the reform is successful, the important minister who leads the reform is another copy of "Hudson".

It is enough to have one powerful minister with high merit, and if there is one more in the political arena, he, the king, will really become a rubber seal.

Break things apart and it's different.

The success of the reform is led by him, the king, and the failure of the reform is the problem of the person in charge.

There are so many reforms, and there will always be some results. As long as he grasps the degree of it, he will be invincible.

A typical "imperial technique", everyone is mixed.

The increased political level of his own king undoubtedly greatly increased the probability of the success of the reforms; But for individuals, it's not a good thing to follow such a boss.

When it is valuable, it is "Aiqing" and "important minister", and when it is worthless, it is abandoned like a mustard.

"Your Majesty, if you want to open up the wasteland at present, there is only a borderless land in the area of Snow Moon Lake.

Located on the front line of the kingdom and the border between the orcs, right in my defense zone, the task of agricultural reform is entrusted to me! ”

Hudson's opening startled everyone.

Obviously, no one thought that this marshal, who had nothing to do with everything, would actually take the initiative to take charge of the reform.

But remembering the reason given by Hudson, everyone suddenly understood.

Indeed, to open up the border areas, it is inseparable from the full cooperation of the defenders.

This is a grueling task, and no one other than Hudson can do it even if they want to.

Things that are destined to be unavoidable, it is better to take the initiative to come out and claim them.

Compared with other reforms, agrarian reform has the least internal resistance and does not directly touch the interests of any party.

"Good!"

"Marshal, the heavy responsibility of agrarian reform is entrusted to you!"

Caesar IV said with a happy face.

For the feudal dynasty, agriculture was always a top priority.

There is no money to owe, and if there is no food, people will starve to death.

Theoretically, as long as the kingdom has enough grain and grass, it can open enough mines, craft enough weapons, and weave enough cloth......

Everything is ready, and the destruction of the orc empire has become simple.

Now it is forced to stop the pace of war, apparently because the government has no money, but in essence, the kingdom does not produce enough food.

After a pause, Caesar IV then added: "Marquis Felice, the Ministry of Government will send the bankrupt freedmen over as soon as possible.

In the future, if a freeman goes bankrupt, he will also be sent to Xueyue Lake for resettlement.

In addition, on the pretext of defending the border, 300,000 serfs were recruited from all over the country and handed over to Marshal Hudson to open up the wasteland.

The Admiralty was instructed to send half of the food obtained from the Papal States directly to the front.

In addition to the needs of land reclamation, the rest was directly transferred to military food reserves.

What is missing, marshal even mention! ”

Obviously, Caesar IV was also a man of understanding.

Knowing the kingdom's edict of land reclamation, the freedmen would not buy it at all, and simply played forced eviction.

In order to produce results as soon as possible, 300,000 serfs were even recruited to participate in the reclamation.

It's too late to replant autumn grain, and if you hurry up, you may be able to grab some spring grain.

For the same grain, the grain at the front line is ten times more expensive than the grain in the royal capital.

Caesar IV did not have high requirements, as long as he could provide half of the military rations for the border garrison, the great cause of land reclamation would be considered a success.

"Your Majesty, I really want to trouble you!

With the people who opened up the wasteland, the food problem was solved, and we could directly smelt the scrapped weapons with agricultural tools.

However, the normal speed of land reclamation is too slow, and it is difficult to see results without a few years of work, and it can only be accelerated by relying on the power of magic.

Please give an order to the Kingdom Academy of Magic and the Arcane Academy, and ask them to send teachers to take senior students to the front line for internships. ”

Hudson unceremoniously proposed.

Brush up on political achievements, he is the most familiar.

Since the king can recruit serfs to come and help, it is also acceptable to let the mage students go to farm.

There is no direct recruitment of magicians, mainly because those guys are not easy to call.

Young students are different, just associate farming with the destruction of orcs, and arouse everyone's patriotic feelings.

Hudson is experienced in this regard, and the rapid development of the Snow Moon Collar has made at least half of the contribution of the mage masters.

Other noble lords opened up the wasteland, and they all lost money to the bottom, and there was no time to return to their roots.

The snow moon collar is a new high in grain production every year, and now there is no need for mountain collar assistance, relying on the "hard work" of the mages.

It's just that this kind of hard work has to be paid.

Based on the market price of magic potions, the royal government will definitely not be able to afford it, so it can only use free labor.

"Good!"

Caesar IV readily agreed.

As soon as the monarch sang and harmonized, he made a decision directly, making Count Rinares on the side secretly complain.

Agrarian reform, let the marshal of the front line be in charge, what is he, the Minister of Agriculture, doing?

There is no way, my arms can't reach my thighs. Even the king's cronies had to make concessions for the sake of the big picture.

The guiding ideology of the Alpha Kingdom is that everything is in the service of the military, nominally an agrarian reform, but in essence it is to reduce the logistical pressure on the kingdom's army.

As for the promotion of new technologies, that is not a task at all.

As long as it was proved that it could increase food production, the noble lords themselves would send people to learn from it.

Resistance, that is non-existent, no one dislikes the high grain production in their own territory.

Knowing that he was being set aside, Count Rinares could only force a smile and applaud everyone.

Neither King Caesar IV nor Hudson, the marshal of the kingdom, could be offended.

"Your Majesty, I will be responsible for the reform of government institutions!"

The Prime Minister, Marquis Delgado, said in a dignified manner.

Among the six major reform measures, the reform of government institutions does not rank high, but it is not less important.

Frankly, this reform overlaps with the powers of the Ministry of Administration, but it makes sense that the prime minister, as the head of the government, is personally responsible.

Seeing that no one objected, Caesar IV nodded slightly and said, "Good!

The reform of government institutions will be left to the prime minister. ”

In the second of six, there are five more important ministers present, which means that two people will be jointly responsible for a task.

"Your Majesty, strengthening the authority of the central government is indispensable for the cooperation of the military, so leave this matter to me!"

The Minister of War, Count Aikman, was the first to speak.

Frankly speaking, strengthening the authority of the central government is very hollow, and what can be done at present is to increase the number of direct subordinates.

The rest of the work will not be completed overnight, and other reform measures will be needed.

Relatively speaking, there are not many opportunities to offend people, and Count Aikman is a good errand.

"Good!"

As soon as Caesar IV's good words came out, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marquis Omar, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I will be in charge of rectifying the problem of the officials!" ”

Frankly, this measure is more of a show.

A large part of the officials of the Alpha Kingdom bring their own dry food and work with their feelings.

During a period of financial strain in the kingdom, the more high-ranking officials were, the less they were paid.

Everyone present is a typical example of just working and not taking money.

Of course, they don't live on that little paycheck.

If you can stand in the court, you can get far more than that little salary.

The top of the kingdom doesn't rely on salaries to eat, so naturally they don't mind, but the people below can't.

If you want the horses to run, but you also want the horses not to eat grass, how can there be such a good thing!

It is unrealistic to put an end to corruption, but it is still possible to catch a few fat sheep and slaughter them as "monkeys".

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"Your Majesty, the development of industry and commerce is the counterpart of our Ministry of Government, and this matter will be left to us!"

Marquis Filice's words landed, and the dust had settled on the assignment.

There is a very good reason that the development of industry and commerce cannot be achieved without the Ministry of Government, and it is unrealistic to hand it over to someone else in charge.

The hottest tax reform fell directly on the two unlucky eggs in the back.

Count Francis didn't care, the taxes went into the pockets of the treasury, and he couldn't avoid this kind of thing.

This was a bitter pain for Count Rinares, who had been able to take over the agricultural reform calmly, but now he was forced to become the vanguard of the reform.

This is the price of slow response, and even the king's cronies will inevitably suffer.

"Hmmm!

Then we will divide the work in this way, and the Marquis of Filiche will be in charge of the work of industry and commerce.

Count Francis was in charge of the tax reform, assisted by Count Rinares. ”

Caesar IV immediately finalized the division of labor.

As for Count Rinares' grievances, he directly ignored them.

Cronies also have to do things, and if you don't hurry up at the critical moment, will it be difficult for the boss to end up in person?

After the end of the palace meeting, the vigorous reform officially kicked off from the central government.

The whole country is focused on the reform, and the majority of the people are full of confidence in the reform.

There is no reason, everyone is so "honey confidence"!

Hudson, who took office, did not rush to the frontier to open up wasteland, but urgently issued a "Handbook of Agricultural Technology".

It contains the most advanced farming techniques of our time, from staple foods such as rye, potatoes, soybeans and rice, to cash crops such as sugar beet and hemp.

The content is so detailed that people can know at a glance that they have been prepared.

But that's not what got everyone's attention!

Both the Mountain Territory and the Snow Moon Territory developed an agricultural economy, and it is completely reasonable for the lord to attach importance to farming technology.

The most striking thing is that it is proposed in the manual - "chemical fertilizer use".

Can manure be composted and put into the ground to increase food production?

The first reaction of many people is that this is a prank!

Is it enough to eat the food grown with such dirty things?

Volcanic ash can also be used as fertilizer, Marshal Hudson must have been deceived, damn liars will be sluts!

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The doubts of the outside world did not hinder Hudson's determination to promote.

However, when it comes to concrete actions, the requirements suddenly surprised everyone. There was no expected enforcement, but all the noble lords were allowed to plant at least one acre during winter ploughing.

Even if the smallest noble lord in the kingdom has a land of 1,000 acres, no matter how little, he doesn't have to be a nobleman.

The reform document of "loud thunder, small rain" made conservatives who were holding back their bellies not know how to spray.

The output of spring grain is not high, and even if there is no return for one acre of land, it is nothing more than a loss of 180 pounds of grain.

Even if the noble lords of the whole country are combined, the loss is not great. It can't shake the country's foundation, nor can it hurt everyone's vitality, it's completely drizzle.

It is obviously unreliable to use such a small matter to attack Hudson, a respected marshal.

Even if you think that "fertilizer" is unreliable, everyone just takes it out after tea and dinner to ridicule a few words.

The order has been given, but how to carry it out depends on them.

Choosing a random acre of wasteland that is not suitable for growing grain, arranging for serfs to try to plant for a year, it would be better to sell Marshal Hudson a face.

This is still the reaction of the nobles near the royal capital, and it must be shown under the nose of the royal government. If the territory is relatively remote, even if you ignore it, the upper authorities will not know.

The Alpha Kingdom is a typical royal power that is not inferior to that of the aristocracy, and Hudson's own prestige is high enough, and the pace of reform is small enough.

Otherwise, now the conservatives will jump out and tear him up: "The question of the public power of the government and the rights and obligations of the aristocracy." ”

No one found fault, and Hudson patted his ass and walked away when the order was given. The specific implementation of the problem is the matter of the bureaucracy of the Ministry of Agriculture.

It is not extravagant to expect everyone to follow suit, as long as one tenth of the nobles are persuaded to try, the composting technology will be able to be promoted in the kingdom next year.

They were all forced out, and if it weren't for the fact that the kingdom's economy was on the verge of bankruptcy, Hudson would never have worked so hard to promote new agricultural technology.

There is no way, he is not optimistic about the reform of the royal government, but he does not want to see the kingdom collapse.

If the inherent way can't solve the problem, then just pile up the productivity. In an agrarian society, as long as grain production increases, many problems can be easily solved.

Hudson's "debt problem" of the royal government has never been a big deal. Throughout ancient and modern history, he has never seen a strong country collapse simply because of debts.

Internal debts, the noble lords will not collect. Those who are qualified to let the royal government play white stripes are at least the middle nobles and above.

More than seventy percent of the debts issued by the government in the country were subscribed by the great nobles. The banks and chambers of commerce of the kingdom are also owned by these big nobles.

It just so happens that these creditors are the majority shareholders of the royal government. In order to prevent the equity in their hands from becoming waste paper, the government has reached the point of bankruptcy, and everyone can only grit their teeth and continue to inject capital to let the government continue.

Similar operations have happened countless times in the past three hundred years.

The aristocratic group of the Alpha Kingdom has not yet degenerated, and everyone still has brains, and they can't do anything to ask for money and die. The failure of reform is nothing more than a repetition of history.

Foreign debt, not Hudson's boasting. In these years, who dares to collect debts from the Alpha Kingdom Army!

As long as the government is thick-skinned and has a good discussion with the creditors, I believe everyone can still understand.

The only trouble is that the credibility of the government is gone, and the future will not be mixed up in the international community. But that's for the future, and what needs to be done now is to solve the current problems first.

There is food in the hand, and there is no panic in the heart.

In the era of serfdom, the biggest advantage was that the cost of labor was about equal to that of rice.

In the era of feudal small-scale peasant economy, the large-scale conscription of men led to the collapse of society, but not in the era of serfdom.

The means of production belong to the aristocratic lords, and the corresponding risks are also those of these lords. The labor force is uniformly allocated by the lord, and there will not be no livelihood because a certain family lacks strong labor.

Orphans and widows will not be treated less, and it is even possible to get more supplies.

It's not how high the discipline of the noble lords is, it's mainly that everyone needs the serfs to work hard. If you don't take care of your family, how can you make your family feel at ease?

Under such a system, the social economy would not collapse without large-scale bankruptcy of the noble lords.

With the kingdom's mobilization ability, as long as the yield per mu in a season is increased by twenty pounds, the capital of the expedition to the orc empire will be available.

If yields could be increased by fifty pounds, Hudson would be able to drive the orcs out of the prairie and survive in the backwoods.

If the yield per mu increases by 100 pounds, orcs are a racial term in the history books!

There may be a lucky few who can escape into the world of ice and snow and become part of the alliance of the ancient relics, but that is no longer the case.

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