Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 1018 Good News

Zhuge Liang came to Linde Hall with a stack of copywriting. At this time, Zhuge Liang was concentrating on the memorial.

"Your Majesty." Zhuge Liang called softly.

Chen Chu raised his head, saw Zhuge Liang, put down the memorial in his hand, and smiled and said, "It's Kong Ming." He noticed the copywriting in Zhuge Liang's hand, so he asked, "Kong Ming, what's in your hand~~"

Zhuge Liang glanced at the copywriting in his hand and replied: "Your Majesty, these are the copywritings that Zi Jing told Liang to review before leaving. Liang has already fallen into the category. Please read it!" Zhuge Liang submitted the copywriting.

Chen Chu opened a copy, glanced at it twice, and looked up, "This is about agriculture and fortifications."

"Yes. It is the general report of the agricultural affairs and fortifications that Zi Jing only completed two days ago! Since Zi Jing had not had time to verify it, it was not presented to Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang said.

Chen Chu nodded, then looked at it seriously. He nodded from time to time, sometimes relieved and sometimes meditating on his face.

About half an hour later, Chen Chu put down the memorial and rubbed his somewhat swollen temple. He said with some emotion: "I didn't expect that the results in the past six months were so outstanding. What I unexpected was that the rice in the south was successfully planted in two seasons and achieved a bumper harvest. Good! Great! Great!" Last year, when Liu Ye left Luoyang and rushed to Jiangnan to take office, Chen Chu told him to pay attention to the late rice, because Chen Chu vaguely remembered that the two seasons of rice planting seemed to have appeared very early, but it was not effectively promoted for more than a thousand years. Although Liu Ye was knowledgeable, he was also surprised, but he still recorded Chen Chu's words firmly in his heart. I didn't expect that there would be a harvest this year.

Zhuge Liang said: "Rice is suitable for growing in the south of the Yangtze River. If it can be promoted on a large scale for two seasons, then our Qin Dynasty will have another Jiangnan!" Zhuge Liang seemed a little excited.

Chen Chu nodded with a smile and thought, "Now there are only 100,000 acres, this number is too small!" He raised his head and ordered, "I will give you orders to Liu Ye later and ask him to let me do it. It is best to cultivate all your efforts in Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake, and Taihu Lake, where water sources are rich and surrounding terrain are flat! At the same time, promote two seasons of rice in existing rice fields as much as possible!"

Zhuge Liang clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"By the way, I almost forgot something. Do you know Zao Zhi and Han Hao?" Chen Chu asked.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "I have heard that Cao Cao was in Yanzhou and Qingzhou's military farming days ago, so he adopted the opinions of these two people!"

Chen Chu nodded, "These two have already surrendered. They are not only proficient in farming, but also seem to be very obsessed with it. The reason why they didn't let them do things before was to let them go to various places to see the characteristics of my Daqin agricultural land. Now these two people have returned, haha, unexpectedly, they gave me a ten thousand-word proposal!~" Chen Chu took out a letter from the desk and handed it to Zhuge Liang, and said with a smile: "Kongming can see what they said appropriately!"

Zhuge Liang began to read it carefully. Chen Chu took a sip of tea and waited.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhuge Liang handed the letter back to Chen Chu and said with some emotion: "Your Majesty, these two people have a unique understanding of farming!"

Chen Chu smiled and asked, "Kong Ming also thinks it is feasible."

Zhuge Liang said: "The suggestions of these two people draw on the reforms of the Qin State and some measures of the Han Dynasty's agricultural reclamation, and at the same time they are unique!"

Chen Chu nodded and smiled and said, "I have also told Gongjin about this matter. His statement is similar to yours. Since you all think so, then implement this!" After a pause, "It is a pity that these two people are idle in Luoyang. It is better to do this. Let Zaozhi go to the south to help Liu Ye reclaim the land, and let Dong Hao go to Jiangbei to assist Jiangbei provinces to continue to expand agricultural reclamation!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Zhuge Liang said with his fists.

Chen Chu smiled. "Zijing's report also mentioned something. In the past six months, nearly 500,000 foreign people have flocked to my country from various countries. Now, these people are living in various cities on the border! If these people are not properly handled, I am afraid that something will happen sooner or later!"

"Your Majesty means ~"

Chen Chu thought for a moment, "Of course, we can't drive them out. Now we are in a hurry to bear all industries in Daqin, but we can't let these people live together on a large scale, so as to avoid accidents. It's best to break them up and disperse them to various counties."

"What Your Majesty said is! But there must be other policies to win over the hearts of these alien people!" Zhuge Liang suggested.

Chen Chu nodded, suddenly thought of the so-called concept of nationality in later generations, and immediately said to Zhuge Liang: "It is better to issue identity diplomas nationwide. At the same time, those who are willing to become people in our country will also issue such identity certificates. In addition to their hometown, date of birth and location, they must also indicate the words "Citizen of the Great Qin Empire" in a conspicuous position!~~"

"Okay! This will not only make the people in the world more attentive, but also facilitate the government management! Well, it's just what this 'citizen' means?"

Only then did Chen Chu realize that he had inadvertently let go of the words again and explained: "It's what the people mean!"

Zhuge Liang did not doubt it, and nodded. He thought, "Liang thought it was not appropriate to indicate the 'Nation of the Great Qin Empire', because my subjects of the Great Qin Empire have different social statuses, so they all call them the people, and they can discuss things in a fashionable way. However, it seems inappropriate to put this official identity diploma! It is better to add this person's title after the 'Nation of the Great Qin Empire'! What does your Majesty think?"

Chen Chu couldn't help but lit up his eyes and said, "It's amazing! In this way, the military lieutenant system will be more deeply rooted in people's hearts! Then do this!"

Zhuge Liang smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is a big deal. It's better to take the morning court to discuss it before making a decision!"

Chen Chu smiled and said, "What Kong Ming said is extremely true!"

"Your Majesty, there is something that Liang doesn't know whether to talk about it or not," Zhuge Liang said hesitantly.

Chen Chu smiled and said, "Kong Ming has something to say, but it's okay to say it!"

"Your Majesty, the Minister of Commerce is now His Majesty's Imperial Concubine, and now the government and the people are talking about it!" Zhuge Liang pointed out.

Chen Chu frowned slightly and snorted coldly, "I have also heard these rumors. It is nothing more than saying that I, the emperor, subverted the tradition of light business since ancient times, and it is a way to disrupt the country. It is like this! Those who say this are nothing more than three types of people, one is someone with ulterior motives, the other is someone with jealousy, and the third is someone with pedantic people!" The reason for these discussions in the court and the public is very simple. Yang Yuejiao, as a concubine, also held the position of Minister of Commerce, which seemed to make the world feel that the emperor of Chen Chu attached great importance to business and businessmen.

"Your Majesty sees it clearly! However, these people have never succeeded in defeating things, and their strength should not be underestimated. Therefore, Your Majesty cannot go over and look down on them!" Zhuge Liang said solemnly.

Chen Chu nodded, "Thank you, Kong Ming for reminding me! I will pay attention!"

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but feel a little panicked, and quickly put his fists down and said, "Your Majesty is so apologizing! Advice is the duty of a minister!"

Chen Chu smiled and patted Zhuge Liang on the shoulder. "By the way, that Hundred Schools Debate Conference seems to have been postponed to the day after tomorrow." The Hundred Schools Debate Conference planned by Chen Chu should have been held half a month ago, but the day before the original date, there were very few scholars outside Confucianism who arrived in Luoyang. Chen Chu had no choice but to refuse the Hundred Schools Debate Conference, while Confucian scholars were secretly happy.

Zhuge Liang replied: "It is the acquired day! Now the Confucian school has confirmed that there are eight people participating in the debate, all of which are famous scholars of the world. There are only twelve scholars from various schools of thought participating in the debate, including the most Legalists and Taoists, two of them each."

Chen Chu nodded, looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "Which Confucian family is Kongming?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and replied: "Liang has indeed read Confucian classics, but he also practiced the theories of various schools such as Yin and Yang, Taoism, and Legalism, so Liang is not considered any one!"

Chen Chu laughed and said, "This is the best! Only usefulness is the most important thing!"

"Your Majesty is wise! In fact, I don't know which one is Liang, Gongjin, Wenhe, Yuanzhi, etc."

Chen Chu said with emotion: "It is because of this that you can become great talents! Temper yourself with the essence of heaven and earth!"

"Your Majesty is a mistake!" Zhuge Liang hurriedly said modestly.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next