When the undercurrents in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were turbulent, the Northern Qi Dynasty was in peace and happiness. Gao Wei rarely had time to relax, and after dealing with the government for half a day, he had nothing to do, so he summoned Zheng Yu to ask about this year's financial revenue projections, but he was also very relaxed.

"Shandong can already be expected to be ripe, what is the situation in Jianghuai and Youzhou North?" Gao Wei leaned on this railing, and in the royal garden under the Tongque Garden, the flowers were delicate and beautiful, and the breeze blew, like a fiery red ocean. The garden of Tongque Garden has flowers in full bloom in all seasons, and the scenery is unique.

Today is the day of rest, Zheng Yu came in a hurry, not wearing court clothes, the dress of a rich man, looking a little less serious on weekdays, and a little more cordial.

Zheng Yu is not well-known in history, but when Cushman & Wakefield appointed a large number of family talents, Zheng Yu was pushed out as a leader. It does have real skills.

Hearing Gao Wei's inquiry, Zheng Yu carefully considered it before replying: "Your Majesty, according to the reports of Youzhou, Yingzhou, Pingzhou, Yuzhou and other assassins, this year's year is good, although Jianghuai is still flooded, and there is still a drought in Shandong, but it can be determined that this year's imperial court's annual harvest will be more than 20% more than in previous years......

"Estimated? What about the specifics? Gao Wei frowned when he heard the word estimate, and when it came to his work, he was most tired of his courtiers talking to him and saying such ambiguous things.

"The minister is guilty, and the minister is guilty, but Your Majesty, with all due respect, the household registration people today are just like a mess, and the household department is willing to sort it out, and in a short period ......of time, it is also difficult to figure it out."

Zheng Yu is very calm: "If people can't figure it out, then it is even more impossible to talk about the complete and specific collection of taxes." This matter cannot be pretended to be the hands of the lower states and counties, and the imperial court must personally supervise and supervise, verify and review, so that there will be no official greed for ink......"

Gao Wei nodded, knowing that Zheng Yu was not shirking his responsibility, what he said was the truth, at this time, the main method used by Northern Qi to obtain scholars was still to rely on recommendation and fixed products, and the highest governors of states and counties had the right to assign some official positions under him. In this way, it is inevitable that the imperial court does not have enough control over the locality.

"When it comes to the root cause, the official system of the imperial court is insufficient, and there are loopholes in control, although it is not possible to carry out a major purge from the top down for the time being, but it is still necessary to strengthen supervision......

"After going to Jinyang, I set out to revise the official system, streamline the organization, rectify and merge some unnecessary yamen, and eliminate some redundant people......"

Gao Wei felt that it was necessary to rectify the official system of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the official system used by the Northern Qi Dynasty basically followed the Northern Wei Dynasty, with many departments and institutions. It looks very complete, but in Gao Wei's opinion, compared with the official system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it does not occupy much advantage, and the incomplete official system makes the workload of the cabinet and the Privy Council at least thirty percent more.

"And I am in the old system, it is also necessary to make a move, I ordered the secretary to check the province, and found that I have dozens of kings with different surnames, and hundreds of Kaifu Yi and three divisions...... It's ridiculous! ”

Speaking of which, Gao Wei was very disgusted with the attitude of the ancestors of the Gao family who did not take power seriously.

Duan Shao and Hu Luguang are also forgotten, and even He Shikai and Hu Changren have a prince on their heads. It is often to see who is more pleasing to the eye, or a little bit of kinship, a prince, a palace opening ceremony and the authority of the three divisions will come down. The lords of the six towns who are a bit famous are basically princes. To put it nicely, this is called buying people's hearts, and to put it mildly, this is not taking merit seriously.

This is absolutely not conducive to the development of a country! Moreover, if Cushman & Wakefield wants to dominate the world, it is necessary to rely on force to unify the world, and what is the driving force that stimulates the army to fight? It's nothing more than money and titles, but you make the title like a cabbage on the side of the road, and the prince is thrown everywhere, who still looks down on the king?

…… The decline of the Northern Qi Dynasty to this point is inseparable from the willfulness of the kings after Gao Huan.

There is still a long way to go on the road to reform......

Zheng Yu saw that the emperor became sullen again in a blink of an eye, and regretted that he had talked too much to the emperor, so he changed the topic and said: "Dazai and Zuo Xiang have taken Fenzhou, and the gold and silver household departments for rewarding soldiers have been prepared, hehe, Your Majesty has opened up the territory and established a meritorious service that the ancestors have not done, and the old minister is here to congratulate Your Majesty ......"

The big victory on the front line greatly increased Gao Wei's confidence, Gao Wei smiled: "These are all brave soldiers and good fighters, Dazai has a good command of the army, and he is wise and wise, I really don't dare to be shy......"

"Your Majesty's words are wrong," Zheng Yu said: "King Ming, then the military and the soldiers use their lives like this, is it not the result of Your Majesty's wisdom and compassion for the people, the army and the people?" ”

"Forget it, you don't have to put a high hat on me, curse me behind my back, I'm afraid that there will be no more minorities, right?" Cushman & Wakefield retracted his smile, his eyes heavy.

Although Cushman & Wakefield's reform is very cautious, it inevitably touches the interests of some privileged classes, and there are naturally ministers and families, but because Cushman & Wakefield's actions are not big now, and the means are relatively moderate, otherwise it is almost predictable what kind of situation the DPRK and China will be in now.

"Your Majesty is far-sighted and wants to seek the foundation of Qi for all generations. The group of ugly eyes is short, how to interpret the sound of the Nine Heavens Dragon's groan? Zheng Yu cleaned up his clothes and bowed down: "As a courtier of Your Majesty, Your Majesty's grand wish is also the grand wish of your courtiers, and the ministers are willing to go to the soup for Your Majesty!" ”

Gao Wei turned his head, his eyes were like water, black, he couldn't see the bottom at a glance, a touch of scrutiny appeared, he swept away quickly, and said with a smile: "I know, I understand, Aiqing, get up......"

He said: "I don't go to court today, I don't want to talk about government affairs, let's talk about something else...... I heard that Aiqing was good at martial arts in his early years, why did he suddenly switch to literature?" ”

"Oh, in the early years, I didn't know the height of the sky, and I thought that I would take fame immediately, but in the end, I found out that I was not that material at all......"

"Oh? It sounds like there's something interesting going on in between. ”

"Haha...... it's a long story, ...... old man offers ugly ......"

Zheng Yu is not as annoying as usual today, with witty words and vivid language, which makes Gao Wei smile and answer two sentences from time to time, and the old-fashioned old man is also very funny......

The Battle of Fenbei has just ended, and what needs to be done now is actually some simple finishing work.

The Zhou army has all withdrawn.

In the sunshine, Duan Shao, the Governor of the Metropolitan Governor, walked slowly through the camps with his hands behind his back, no matter who saw him and greeted him, he would happily chat a few words. The wrinkles on his face bloomed, and the furrows left by the knife and axe seemed to soften a little.

In the barracks, the joy of defeating the Zhou army filled every corner.

The most interesting thing for the sergeants was undoubtedly the reward after the war. It is said that the reward is very rich, and it has already begun to be transported to Jinyang, and it will be distributed one by one after His Majesty's patrol of Jinyang after February.

Of course, there are also those who do not go to Jinyang and the rewards are issued in advance, that is, the army under Hu Luguang.

The history of the Fenzhou Thorn of Hulu Guang, the tiger talisman and the seal ribbon of the Western Governor have all been built and distributed one by one. In the future, Wei Xiaokuan will face this terrible old enemy day and night.

Hu Luguang was in the tent thinking about the jade square. Qi Lian stumbled to him with a pot of wine.

"Left Phase! Left Phase! Come on, come on, drink a pot...... Hahahaha, this is what I stole from the Metropolitan Governor, Gao Yanzong's kid is righteous enough! Taste it, it tastes great! ”

Qi Lianmeng was full of alcohol, and Hu Luguang said unhappily: "The old man is thinking about military affairs, don't disturb the old man's ......"

Qi Lianmeng was kicked out, and he couldn't stop pouting when he left, "Kindness is regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs, isn't it just devolved......"

Hu Luguang's mind was full of the future enemy and me situation at this time, thinking about it, there was no way to take Wei Xiaokuan for a while, and it was still impossible to take Yubi at present.

"Since it's impossible to take the jade, then I won't take it directly, and seek stability first......

"Think of a way to turn Fenzhou into a golden iron bucket!"

His gaze looked all the way to Yiyang, and then went down...... The jade is difficult to break, and if it does not enter the customs, the Northern Zhou Dynasty will not die. What should I do?

Next to the Jianrui Battalion and the Xiongwu Battalion is Gao Changgong's trap camp and Fu Fu's 3,000 iron armor, the general Fu Fu because of his meritorious service in leading the army to defend Yiyang last year, was crowned as Zuo Guanglu Doctor, the deputy governor of Gyeonggi, and the soldiers and horses under his command were also included in His Majesty's pocket.

This army originally had six or seven thousand people, most of which had been reduced by half, but it was still carrying the onslaught of the Zhou army.

He was named a "warrior" by His Majesty Miguchiqin.

It is the same level of existence as Baibaoxianbei.

On this day, Fu Fu did not relax his training.

The slightly chaotic camp next to the camp is the place where the soldiers report to work, with three flags waving, and under each banner with red medals on a black background, there are vaguely thousands of strong men in the procession. From time to time, the shouts of killing echoed the shouts of several other battalions of troops, and the ears of the people were buzzing.

"It's really imposing, if you talk about training, I'm afraid I'm not as good as General Fu Fu......" Gao Changgong said to Fu Fu with a sincere expression.

"Haha, congratulations to Fu Dadu for his promotion......" Gao Yanzong was happy and sat down cross-legged.

Fu Fu was very modest, and arched his hand and said: "Where, the two highnesses have praised falsely, the last general is just doing his duty, not to mention, transferred to Yecheng Gongwei Palace, it is even more of a great responsibility, if the army is not elite, how can it bear such a heavy burden?"

After the war, the three of them all arranged their way, Gao Yanzong naturally returned to Jinyang, Fu Fu was promoted to the deputy governor of Gyeonggi, and Gao Changgong led the expedition to the west of the deputy governor, sitting in Hezhou. Gao Yanzong felt very confused, if he was sitting in Luoyang, behind the left minister, it would be reasonable, what was the purpose of sitting in Hezhou?

Tsk, it doesn't make sense......