Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly: "My dear friends, there is no need to be polite, the issue of national borders has been decided for the time being.
The territory must be determined according to my instructions. In a word, there must be too much but not too little, and there must be too much but not too little. "
"Old minister, I obey."
"Haining Houan Jianghe!"
"I'm here!"
"After the Ministry of Finance draws up my Dalong's latest map, ten copies will be sent to the Westerners temporarily staying at Honglu Temple.
Let them firmly remember the territory and sea boundaries on the map. This is the territory that belongs to my dragon. "
"I obey the decree."
"Jiang Shangshu!"
"The old minister is here!"
"After the border is established, you, the Ministry of Household Affairs officials, will draft a charter as soon as possible and submit it to me as to how to divide the prefectural areas between the two countries."
"Old minister, I understand and obey the order!"
"Official staff!"
"The old minister is here."
"How many underachieving officials are waiting to fill their vacancies and how many officials are retiring and returning to their hometowns in various prefectures?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are 212 Jinshi and other officials waiting to take office, and 128 officials who have retired and returned to their hometowns at the right age.
As for where to fill the vacancy, the old minister has already begun to make plans. After the rest, the first court meeting after the new year can be submitted to His Majesty for review. "
Liu Mingzhi turned the ring on his finger and was silent for a long time: "There are not many people, but with the addition of the imperial examination next year, there will be more and more underachieving officials.
You have to think of a way to deal with it.
After studying hard for ten years, and after passing the Jinshi degree, I could only compile documents in the Hanlin Academy, which was indeed overkill. "
"Your Majesty, now that the world is united, the two countries of Jin and Tu have been included in our Dalong territory.
There will definitely be a large number of officials dispatched to the two countries by then. Not to mention that there are still surplus candidates for officials at the moment, I am afraid that the number of officials to replace them will not be enough by then. "
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "I thought about this matter carefully on the way back to Beijing. There are many capable ministers and generals among the officials of the two countries.
In a few days, I will ask Wanyan and Yunyao to draw up a list and hand it over to your staff. You can select officials based on their talents and send some officials from Jin and Tujia to continue to manage the people's livelihood in the two countries! "
"What?"
"What? What does Du Shangshu think is wrong?"
Du Chenghao glanced at the two empresses beside Liu Mingzhi, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and raised the imperial hut: "Your Majesty, do you want to use the surrender of the two countries to manage the people's livelihood of the two countries?
The old minister has the audacity to speak nonsense, which is inappropriate.
The world has just been unified, and the people of the two countries have not yet returned home. If there are ambitious officials among the officials, it will probably bring chaos to the imperial court!
Your Majesty, please think again. "
Liu Mingzhi knew in his heart that Du Chenghao's words were also for the good of himself and the court, but he and Yunyao probably felt extremely uncomfortable hearing these polite words.
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the empress and the two, and sure enough he saw the empress and the others staring at his hands with complicated eyes, their knuckles tightly intertwined to hide their inner unrest.
Not only the queen, but Huyan Yunyao, a beautiful woman who had stayed in Dalong for several years, also looked a little unsightly.
Liu Mingzhi was silent for a while: "Du Shangshu!"
"The old minister is here!"
"I understand what you mean, but have you ever thought about it? Do you understand the language of the two countries?"
"I don't understand!"
Liu Mingzhi raised his head and glanced at the officials in the palace: "As ministers, apart from the ministers of Honglu Temple, He Zheng, Wang Aiqing, and Shaoqing Feng Yulin and Feng Aiqing, which Aiqing understands the two languages?"
Except for Wang Hezheng and Feng Yulin, the other officials looked at each other in silence for a while, shaking their heads in embarrassment.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am incompetent."
Liu Mingzhi waved his hand casually: "You don't understand what forgiveness and incompetence are, and neither do I.
To govern the people of the two countries and send officials who can't even speak clearly, is it to govern the people's livelihood, or to provoke civil unrest?
What happened to the surrenders of the two countries?
Aren't they now our officials and common people in Dalong?
What is the unification of the world? What is the unification of the world?
Treating everyone equally, without distinguishing between each other, loving each other, and helping each other is what is called the unity of the world.
Why are the officials who are respected by the people of the two countries, under the rule of my Dalong court, become vulgar people who are illiterate?
Not only will I allow the original officials and leaders of the two countries to govern the people of the two countries, but I will also allow the scribes of the two countries to participate in the imperial examinations.
In the future, I will serve as an official in Qinzheng Palace and rule the world with you and me.
My great dragon subjects should treat each other equally without distinction. "
Du Chenghao was silent for a moment and nodded with a shameful expression: "Your Majesty is wise, I have a narrow-minded vision. Please forgive me."
"No guilt, knowing your mistakes can make a huge difference!
Dear friends, now that the world is unified, we should not distinguish between each other. Don't be blinded by past prejudices and hatreds.
Otherwise, the world that I have worked so hard to unify will sooner or later be separated again because of prejudice and gaps.
The general trend of the world has been divided since ancient times. What will happen to the descendants of future generations? I don’t know, and I don’t want to know. Likewise, you and I can’t control the affairs of future generations after we die.
But as far as our generation is concerned, I don’t want to see the world that was determined by the bloodshed and sacrifice of millions of soldiers be separated from our hands again and become the three kingdoms separated by wars. "
"My Holy Emperor, long live your Majesty."
The empress, with complex eyes and silent words, heard Liu Mingzhi's instructions and scolding Fang Qiu's words. She glanced at Liu Mingzhi's back with her bright eyes, feeling moved and mixed with emotion.
What’s more is the unspeakable relief and tenderness.
This is the magnanimity and magnanimity a man should have, even though he has been in love with and fighting for more than ten years, but can never forget him.
Disdain prejudice and put the world first.
It was true that even though I felt sad, I still loved him for many years and my love for him never changed.
Huyan Yunyao looked at Liu Mingzhi with tenderness in his eyes with the same admiration.
"Speaking of this matter, I just want to continue talking about it.
Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, Imperial College, Ministry of Household Affairs, and Ministry of Works! "
Liu Mingzhi immediately pointed out the leaders of the five government departments.
"I'm waiting here!"
"The Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, and the Imperial College, all three of your offices will draft a charter as soon as possible.
Nowadays, the world is unified, but the people of the Jin Kingdom and the Turks are very few who understand Chinese.
Honglu Temple introduced a group of officials who knew the languages of Jin and Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Rites rectified the policy of etiquette education in Dalong, and the Imperial College prepared teaching plans and books for Mongolian studies.
I want to educate the young people between the ages of three and twenty in the two countries.
There is one book club in ten miles and one school in one hundred miles.
We must let all the young people between the ages of three and twenty in the two countries understand our Han language and be proficient in our Han culture.
Regarding the construction of bookstores and schools in the two countries, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry will dispatch officials to handle this matter as soon as possible.
After the spring of next year, after the Honglu Temple, the Ministry of Rites, and the Imperial College have prepared the teaching plan, they must make sure that the children and teenagers from the two countries, like my Dalong children, enter the school as soon as possible to start their elementary education.
The orioles are flying and the grass is growing in the February sky, and the willows are blowing on the embankment and are drunk with the spring smoke.
The children came back early from school and were busy flying kites in the east wind.
I hope that this kind of scene where people live and work in peace and contentment will one day spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain in our two countries. "
Except for Jiang Yuanming, the Minister of Household Affairs, the other four officials nodded respectfully.
"I obey the order."
"Your Majesty, I dare to say that with the current situation of the national treasury, I am afraid that it cannot support such a large expenditure!
First, there was the Xinhe couple's subsidy, and then there was the expenses in Dingjiang, plus all the other expenses in the past.
To build so many schools in the two countries at once, the national treasury simply cannot afford that much money. "
Liu Mingzhi looked at Lao Jiang's helpless expression, made a silent calculation in his heart, and sighed silently.
This will really embarrass Lao Jiang, the Minister of Household Affairs. With the current expenditure, the state treasury's tax revenue for two years cannot complete everything!
"Three years, it's not difficult to complete these matters within three years, right?"
Lao Jiang clasped his fingers and calculated in silence for a long time, then nodded hesitantly: "Old minister, do your best!"
"Don't talk to me about doing your best and having no boundaries. I will cut another expense for you."
Lao Jiang was startled for a moment and looked at Liu Mingzhi in surprise: "May I ask where your Majesty will cut expenditure?"
"Expenditures on military pay."
"Now that the world is unified, I, Dalong, will have few wars in the next five years.
The six guards of the Northern Border, the six guards of the New Army, the Protectorate of the Western Regions, the Allied Forces of the Western Regions, the Forbidden Army, the Navy, and the salaries of the soldiers of more than a hundred state governments accounted for 30% of the national treasury's annual expenditure.
The soldiers of various prefectures, plus the elite border troops, totaled nearly 1.8 million soldiers and horses. Including the government soldiers who were on empty pay, it was said to be at least 2 million troops.
Even if the pay of the government soldiers is less than that of the border troops, it is still a huge amount of money that should not be underestimated.
Disarmament is imperative.
After all, the world is unified, and the court does not need to support so many soldiers and horses.
500,000 border troops and 300,000 government troops are left. As for the specific number, it needs to be verified by the Ministry of War and discussed after the strategy is drawn up.
The disbanded soldiers and horses were used as farmers in their leisure time and as soldiers in wartime. The imperial court regularly paid part of the salary every month. As for the amount of salary, it needed to be adjusted compared to the past.
The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War will discuss this matter together. After drafting a plan, it will be handed over to me for review.
Honorable Lord! "
"The old minister is here!"
"The border army generals of various ministries are guarding the border, and now you are the leader of the military generals of the DPRK and China.
Regarding the matter of stable disarmament, you military commanders should draft a charter and submit it as soon as possible.
Let the soldiers understand.
Now that the world is unified, people need to live and work in peace and contentment.
It is inevitable for horses to be released in Nanshan and weapons to be stored in the warehouse.
You discuss this matter with the Ministry of War.
I want to see the results at the court meeting in the next year! "
"Yes, I obey your order!"
