554. Overseas fiefs
"Imperial Fist" appeared in April and returned in June. It took only two months to capture the entire territory of Goryeo.
No matter what, it is a brilliant victory, and it is a rare victory in a foreign war in a century.
The government and the country were greatly inspired, and many people felt that it was time for China to flourish again!
History is always like this, and dynasties are flourishing and falling. This defeat of Izumo this time illustrates this very well.
The next thing is nothing more than rewarding people with meritorious deeds.
The imperial court rewards were very generous, with the lowest rewards all in silver, and there were also secrets of elixirs, titles, official positions, etc.
Especially the "Ten Complete Immortal Pills", which can be used in the innate realm, and can be called a divine pill!
The soldiers and the soldiers followed the army were quite satisfied with the heavy rewards of the court. In addition to them, the civil officials in the rear and the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau were also rewarded.
The latter successfully imitated the ammunition of the Vulcan Cannon. Although it was just a solid bullet without special effects, it was also rare.
The court and the country have benefited from both inside and outside, and they are really happy and they are even more energetic when they go to court.
But not long after everyone was happy, I thought that the Queen had successively introduced several very radical new policies, mainly three -
A five-year compulsory education for an 8-year-old child; Jinling established an Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau in Tianjin; a warrior was punished with severe punishment without authorization, and the same crime as the common people!
These are all very troublesome matters that cost huge manpower and material resources.
Especially the last one, warriors of all dynasties have this privilege. After killing people, they can only pay some money, which is a bit like "the punishment cannot be punished as a scholar or a doctor".
But this new law deprives this extremely important privilege!
You should know that warriors no longer have tax incentives, and they are legally equivalent to common people. Even many warriors of the Imperial Fist cannot accept it.
In the final analysis, warriors do not regard the weak as their kind.
But this is the cornerstone of social stability. Xia State has fully explained this point, and stability can only develop.
But the warriors couldn't understand it, and it was noisy for a moment.
However, this incident unexpectedly received the support of Prime Minister Zhang Wenda.
After all, this person is talented and sees the great significance of this new law.
But what happened next was much beyond Zhang Wenda's expectations, and even he strongly opposed it.
During the morning court, Li Pei issued an order: to form the second legion and conquer Zhiyun!
The whole country was in an uproar!
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June 22, Great Heat.
The weather was so hot, but Zhang Wenda and his group had the cultivation level and did not sweat a drop.
Today, Prime Minister Dayi Chao brought six ministers to Jingyi Garden and visited Lu Yao together.
Everyone knew that some things were more effective to tell Lu Zhenjun directly, and there was also a high-sounding reason - congratulations to Yu Yanmei on breaking the realm.
According to the rules, after the warrior breaks through for half a month, the realm of the warrior is stable, and outsiders can come to the door to congratulate him.
The group came to the park under Su Erya's guidance, but saw Lu Yao pressing three spirit falcons and listening to a radio-like thing sound:
【Dad’s dad is grandpa】
【Dad's mother is grandma】
...
The content is simple and childish, and Lu Yao is brainwashing his mobile phone to play "educational children's songs" in a loop.
The three spirit falcons have been listening for a long time, and their heads are drooping and look listless.
Seeing this scene, the visitors were stunned for a moment before bowing and greeting each other.
Lu Yao walked slowly and said with a smile: "I saw that I was laughing, so I asked a few little guys to open my mind. But I am busy with official business, so what's going on?"
With such a straightforward way, everyone was not surprised, and they knew that he had always been like this.
In addition to Zhang Wenda, there were also Minister of Revenue - Yan Jingming, Minister of Works - Zuo Xiaowei, and Minister of Rites - Li Zhongtang;
Minister of War - Liu Jintang, Minister of Justice - Dai Hongci, Minister of Personnel - Lu Chuanlin.
At this moment, the seven top officials of the Great Yi Dynasty congratulated Yu Yanmei on her breaking the territory, and then presented their own gifts.
Lu Yao stretched out his hand and 7 gifts flew up in the air, all of which were valuable.
"Master Yu is not here, I would like to thank you for your kindness for her."
Seeing that he was taking care of it for granted, everyone looked at each other and knew something about a rumor.
Yu Yanmei made great contributions to the campaign of Goryeo, but she had no rewards. Those who didn't know thought they had been convicted.
But this just shows that the relationship is so close that there is no need for these vulgar things.
【It is obviously "to be more and more"】
Several people made this speculation at the same time, and then Zhang Wenda cleared his throat and spoke first:
"Zhengjun, the new policy of the court has been causing a lot of trouble recently, and it is a huge amount of money. However, after the conquest of Goryeo, there is not much left in the treasury, so I really can't afford the money."
As the Minister of Accounts who manages the accounts, Yan Jingming spoke in time:
"As the saying goes, a cannon fires ten thousand taels of silver, the expedition to overseas consumes a lot of money, not to mention that there will be railway construction in the near future... We think some things should be slowed down?"
Everyone nodded and said yes, only the Minister of Justice - Dai Hongci, and the Minister of Personnel - Lu Chuanlin spoke:
"You can try compulsory education, which is a move that benefits the country and the people."
Both of them have worked as ministers to foreign countries and are well-informed.
But I only agree with this matter. As for the others, especially the conquest of Izumo, they are obviously opposed.
Lu Yao's expression remained unchanged and he chuckled: "The treasury is short of silver?"
The seven senior officials nodded together.
Lu Yao waved his hand and countless silver bricks fell from the void, forming a mountain with the sound of shaking.
"There are about 100 tons here, how much can you guys calculate as much as you can."
“!!!????”
The seven senior officials looked silver and looked dull.
This is the silver brick sponsored by the Star Alliance in the early years, and it has extremely high purity.
Yan Jingming suddenly looked up and said, "What do you mean... let's take it?"
Lu Yao smiled and said, "That's right, there is only one chance. How much you use, let's see your cultivation level."
Hearing this, Yan Jingming subconsciously pinched the silver bricks in his hand into a ball of twisted flowers and then went to move them.
Zhang Wenda quickly cleared his throat to stop this colleague who had been living a hard life in the previous dynasty, and then said:
"With the True Lord's silver, the matter will be able to proceed smoothly once you know it. Can you conquer the Imperial Cloud?
The few people who were shocked by silver also came to their senses and said:
"Prime Minister Zhang's words are, and things are slowly being taken."
"The great powers then broke off diplomatic relations with our dynasty, but foreign trading companies still had normal exchanges, and these money had great potential!"
In the eyes of these senior officials, rashly risking Izumo to start a war is too great and meaningless.
The most important thing is that Lu Yao and Emperor Izumo played a draw on the surface, but carefully considered... it seemed that he was at a disadvantage. After all, he was beaten from beginning to end.
【Mom’s father is called grandpa】
...
Amid the sound of the children's songs in the distance, Lu Yao asked something irrelevant:
"What do you want to deal with the subsequent officials in Goryeo?"
Li Zhongtang, Minister of Rites, spoke:
"Goryeo has been a dependent in our country for generations, and has saved it from water and fire many times. There are common practices in this matter, and it is enough to return the power to the Goryeo royal family."
Everyone didn't understand why Lu Yao asked this. Since ancient times, when something happened in this place, it was nothing strange.
Lu Yao said: "This time it's different. Some people are determined to follow Izumo and even form a 'guerrillas' to harass the official army. Can you tell me this?"
Everyone nodded gently, and they naturally knew about this. Those who are capable of forming guerrillas are naturally famous families in Goryeo and even royal families.
Chapter completed!