I thought about it for a while: "Temporarily live in the Hundred Schools of Learning, and I will see them again when I have time." ”

"Yes."

Seeing that everyone was a little absent-minded, I got up and prepared to end the meeting.

Suddenly, Cheng Sheng stood up: "Your Majesty, Minister Cheng Sheng, please play." ”

My eyes narrowed slightly: "Say it." ”

Cheng Sheng seemed to be a little tired, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister is very old, and he is quite powerless in everything, for fear of disappointing the grace of the saint and mistaking the major affairs of the court, I hereby ask Your Majesty to resign and return home!" ”

Everyone was a little surprised, only a few people had already understood his ending, and now he took the initiative to resign, which was the most decent way.

I looked at him a little highly, and I could understand what I meant that he was just timid, but not stupid.

I looked surprised and said, "Why is the doctor like this?" As far as I am, you have been an official in four dynasties, and you are really a good minister, so don't mention the matter of resignation! ”

Cheng Sheng insisted: "The minister has long had this thought. Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, the resignation minister has long been ready, but how old is it? I forgot to bring it with me today! Please return to your hometown! ”

I said earnestly: "I really can't bear to lose a good minister, since the doctor has decided to resign, I can't help but remember the doctor's merits, so I will allow you to return to your hometown and give you twenty acres of land to show your merits." ”

Cheng Sheng bent down deeply and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

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Near noon, Cheng Sheng's resignation was handed over.

I handed Zhang Liang the resignation that had not yet dried, and said with a smile: "Cheng Sheng has been cautious all his life, but he made mistakes in such details, which is dissatisfied with me." ”

Zhang Liang felt that he had taken away the official position of such an old minister as Cheng Sheng, and he was a little reluctant in his heart, so he made an excuse for him: "Maybe it's just a ...... caused by dampness."

I waved my hand, I didn't bother to guess what Cheng Sheng thought.

"After the court meeting, you should go back to Jiangnan with Zhao Shanben first, Jiangnan is the important tax area of the imperial court, Zhao Shanben is just a county order after all, you teach him more, the doctor's affairs are not in a hurry at this time."

Cheng Sheng, the doctor, is almost the same with him or not, but whenever there is a slight possibility of offending people, he will be a turtle with a shrunken head, no wonder he can survive the four dynasties safely.

Zhang Liang glanced at the grateful Zhao Shanben and responded: "Obey." ”

After chatting about business, I talked about Baling: "Baling is back together, right?" Why didn't you enter the palace? ”

Speaking of Ba Ling, Zhang Liang looked spoiled: "She went to Beicheng, the minister's courtyard is still in Beicheng, Ba Ling said that he would deal with the courtyard in Beicheng, buy a house in Nancheng, and then invite Mrs. Ba to the mansion to talk about it." The minister told her that Mrs. Ba couldn't leave the palace casually, but she ......"

I smiled and said: "It's nothing, there are still some vacant mansions in Jinlin Lane, you can be promoted to Yu Shicheng, and you can choose the mansion in Jinlin Lane, where idle people can't get in." Tao Yao may not have been out of the palace for a long time, so it doesn't hurt to go and see it. ”

Zhang Liang bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

"Alright, there you go."

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On the first day of October, the Great Dynasty Meeting was held as scheduled.

Ge Yue was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, the annual income of Great Qin has increased to 24 million stones, 200,000 horses of silk, 16 million gold and 16 million gold, and half of it has been used for the national policy of building roads and other national policies to settle people's lives. The population increased to 52 million, mainly due to the addition of 12 million to Xindi, and among the 48 counties in the old land, Jiuyuan and Jiangnan grew rapidly. ”

Bai Chong followed: "Your Majesty, two-thirds of the roads have been built in various places, about 8,000 miles of new straight roads have been added, and 32,000 miles of various roads have been rebuilt, of which the cement road is the slowest progress, only 2,000 miles have been built." ”

I nodded and said solemnly: "Continue to mobilize the strength of the whole country to build roads and develop agriculture and commerce, and the national treasury allocation will increase by two-tenths!" ”

The results of road construction are obvious to all, and it can be seen from the harvest of the Great Qin year, these magistrates are even more deeply touched, Taicang is full of corn, and no one has any objections.

So far, the money and grain earmarked by the state treasury for road construction have reached two-fifths of the annual revenue!

Then came the seal: "Your Majesty, Beihai City has built five large greenhouses using glass, the area of the city has more than doubled, and the sub-city developed around Beihai City has also become a trade center for the six counties of the grassland, and there are many barbarians in the north who have joined it, and the population has more than tripled. ”

I pondered for a while, and then ordered: "The development of Beihai City is beyond my expectations, although it is a good thing, but after all, it is located in the grassland, so we need to be careful to take precautions, and we must continue to strengthen the city defense while developing Beihai City to ensure the safety of Beihai City." ”

The grassland is still the key object of Great Qin's defense, which is why I did not set up a supervision envoy in the six counties of the grassland, and directly took charge of everything with the right general of Feng Ta, there must be no slack in this kind of place, once there is a rebellion, it is easy to become a prairie fire.

"Yes!"

Nanshi followed: "Your Majesty, in addition to the ten boatloads of grain that Qindong Island has brought back this year, half a shipload of silver and gold has also been brought back!" ”

"Oh?" I was a little surprised, I had already told Nanshi about the silver from Wajima, and the silver reserves in Wajima were still considerable, but I didn't expect to bring back so much gold.

However, Nanshi's explanation made me understand the reason, most of the gold was collected from various places, not mined from gold mines, and even then it was a big surprise.

"You're doing a great job."

After I finished complimenting, Nanshi was a little hesitant.

"Your Majesty, the population of Japanese slaves on Qindong Island has decreased sharply, and it is already less than one million...... However, the number of Qin people is doubled, so that no one cultivates. ”

I frowned, wondering, "Why?" ”

It's not that I feel sorry for the Japanese slaves, it's just that if I lose these livestock, who will farm for Daqin!

"Back to Your Majesty, since Daqin conquered Qindong Island, although all the Yi people have been used as slaves, but under the governance of Daqin, the life of those Japanese slaves is not known to be much better than before, and the minister was also thinking at that time that feeding these Japanese slaves would naturally be able to do more work for Daqin."

Nanshi sighed: "But I didn't expect that after the life of these would-be slaves improved, they began to have children like crazy, and the number of descendants of the would-be slaves increased year after year, until the year before last it had reached an extremely terrifying point." The minister realized that if he did not restrict it any longer, he was afraid that the Japanese slaves would crowd Qindong Island and threaten the rule of Great Qin! ”

"So the minister let the slave half of the women arrested, engaged in planting mulberry and raising silkworms alone, after all, the women are careful, the mulberry seedlings raised are very high-quality, and now the first mulberry leaves can be fed to silkworms. However, this led to a decrease in the number of Japanese slaves......"

When I heard this, I called it a genius! I almost couldn't help but give Nanshi a thumbs up!

This kind of extermination trick is simply amazing! That's what makes the most of it!

I laughed, "I thought I died for no reason!" Since he died in the service of Daqin, it is not a waste, and he will die if he dies. ”