The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

By the second year of Yu's reign, the country had been basically pacified, and future troubles in the northern grasslands and Liaodong were almost completely resolved.

The pacification of these neighboring countries was inseparable from the dedication of the army soldiers. They shed their lives and blood just to keep Dayu safe.

So during this period, Xia Jing has been thinking about the household registration reform of military households.

This is a national matter. She has discussed it with several important generals in the Gyeonggi camp before. They are 100% supportive of this policy. As generals, they naturally hope that their soldiers can be treated well by the court.

Xia Jing came to Li Jingfu's door the day after he arrived in the capital.

"Why did you come here to greet me today?" Li Jingfu was still having breakfast in the palace, and he was very happy to see Xia Jing coming.

Xia Jing rolled her eyes in her heart, this man is so narcissistic!
However, she might as well save some face for him in front of outsiders. She bowed her knees slightly and said, "Concubine, please pay your respects to the emperor!"

"Get up, you and I are one husband and wife, we don't have to be so open in the future!"

Li Jingfu put down his spoon and asked with a smile: "Has the queen had breakfast? Do you want to share some with me?"

"Thank you, I've already used it." Xia Jing glanced at the breakfast on the table and found a seat to sit down.

When Li Jingfu saw Xia Jing sitting down and a palace maid serving tea, he took a piece of mutton and stuffed it into his mouth.

Xia Jing frowned slightly and her face couldn't help but become serious: "Your Majesty, in Jiankang, has he always been such a big fish and meat?"

Li Jingfu had food in his mouth and couldn't answer.

As his personal eunuch, Anu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and stepped forward to reply: "Go back to your Majesty, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is doing this to replenish your health."

It was really hard to say this. He remembered that when he was in Lingnan, the empress had set a recipe for the emperor. There were rules and quotas for what to eat for three meals a day.

When he arrived in Jiankang, the emperor insisted on following the diet given by his empress at first, but later, as he became stronger, he slowly began to take supplements again.

Xia Jing looked at Li Jingfu, "If you exercise on time and eat according to the recipes I gave you, you won't be in need of supplements. Judging from your current physical condition, you are very weak!"

Li Jingfu put down his bowls and chopsticks in a sullen voice, took the brocade handkerchief handed over by the palace maid and wiped his mouth, "It's just that sometimes I feel powerless."

Xia Jing sneered. After hearing this, she finally understood what it means to be physically weak!

"You have been a playboy for most of your life, and you still don't change your ways when you get old. If you get a stroke one day, don't blame me for not reminding you!"

Li Jingfu was so scared that he trembled when he thought about that romantic way of death, and his voice weakened, "Queen, you are a man."

Xia Jing frowned, "Don't tell me anything about men, men. If a man can't control his lower body when he gets old, he is probably hopeless! If you want to continue, I advise you to pass the throne to your little one first. Let's continue playing for five seconds, lest the wind suddenly blows up, causing the struggle for imperial power of Dayu, the court becomes full of smoke, and the country is in turmoil!"

Anu, who was standing nearby, gasped after hearing this. In front of the emperor, only the queen dared to speak so unscrupulously.

What is it about life and death? She even dares to say it casually about the inheritance of the throne. Isn't she afraid that the emperor will taboo this?
Li Jingfu looked down at his body, a little worried: "Queen, my health is already so bad?"

Xia Jing glanced at him and remained silent.

Li Jingfu stroked his forehead and sighed: "Do you really hope that I will pass the throne to Xiao Wu?"

Xia Jing sighed inwardly. Now that she had finished speaking, she took out a map from her sleeve pocket.

"Your Majesty, come and take a look at this map."

Li Jingfu's curiosity aroused, he stood up and walked over, sitting next to Xia Jing. He stared at the map and asked, "Queen, is this a map?"

Xia Jing nodded and pointed to one of the pieces of land: "Your Majesty, this is where our Dayu is located. The northern grassland used to be connected to a larger landmass, and the same was true in the northwest. The island across the sea in Liaodong was the main island of the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates that have been causing trouble along the southeast coast in recent years came from this island."

As she spoke, she pointed to Nanyang again, "Luzon, where our fleet is currently stationed, is here. There is a large area of ​​land from Luzon to the south. Some of these lands are still unowned, and some have indigenous people, or are waiting for us to go there. Occupy Development.”

Li Jingfu's eyes widened in shock, "Is the overseas land so vast?"

Xia Jing chuckled: "Yes, the world is so vast that you can't imagine it. So, may I ask, Your Majesty, do I need to be impatient when Xiao Wu inherits your throne?"

Li Jingfu looked away from the map and looked at Xia Jing solemnly: "What do you want to say to me today when you tell me this?"

Xia Jing looked at the world map with a longing look on her face: "Now Dayu is feasting on the sea and Heqing. I want to organize a fleet to go to sea together and travel around overseas to collect wealth and transport it back to Dayu. Originally, I wanted to ask you if you are willing. I'll go with you, but I'm a little afraid of you thinking too much. So, I don't know how to speak, so I'll just explain it to you directly now."

"You want to kidnap me and go to sea with you?" Li Jingfu never expected that Xia Jing had such thoughts, and he was so shocked that he couldn't recover.

Go to sea!

He had never thought about this kind of thing, but looking at the world map, he felt a little shamefully moved.

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"At my age, can I really go to the sea with you?"

Xia Jing did not answer him immediately, but pointed to Shen Du: "Your Majesty, do you know what is abundant here?"

"What is it rich in?" Li Jingfu looked at the map and raised his head to look at Xia Jing in confusion.

Xia Jing raised her lips and smiled: "Gold!"

"Bang!"

Xia Jing and Li Jingfu followed the sound.

Anu twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, trying to smile or not, but the smile turned out to be uglier than crying, "Old slave said he was shocked just now, do you believe it?"

"Believe it!" Li Jingfu laughed loudly: "Don't say you are shocked, I am also shocked! It is rich in gold. How come such a good place is rich in gold!"

Li Jingfu asked Xia Jing curiously: "Since this country is rich in gold, don't the people in this country need to make money to support their families?"

"." Xia Jing looked at Li Jingfu speechlessly: "Your Majesty, even if gold falls from the sky, you still have to get up early to pick it up. What's more, gold is abundant but gold is not everywhere! There are also ordinary people in their country, as well as royal nobles." Okay, This question was too naive. Li Jingfu scratched his nose. The place rich in gold really moved his heart.

Don't ask why, although the emperor is rich all over the world, but in the event of a disaster, the national treasury will be stretched thin. Speaking of which, the emperor values ​​money more and is stingy!
In order to ease the emperor's embarrassment, Xia Jing remembered the purpose of her coming.

"Your Majesty, I came here this time to talk to you about military household registration reform and other issues."

"Military household registration reform?" Li Jingfu didn't know what Xia Jing had done.

Xia Jing thought for a while and nodded: "Well, military households are no longer hereditary. In the future, they can get military pay when they serve as soldiers. After they retire, they become ordinary people. They can do business, farm, and work as craftsmen. They can decide which industry they want to do. If you have served in the military for more than 15 years and have a pension when you are old, the court will give them a monthly subsidy so that they can enjoy their old age. Disabled soldiers will also receive a one-time compensation, and the court will pay appropriate monthly subsidies to ensure that they basic life.”

After listening to her words, Li Jingfu was silent for a long time. Finally he cleared his throat and looked up at Xia Jing's face, which seemed to have no trace of time in the past few years. His tone was quite gentle: "Ahem, Queen, I know you value me." The soldiers, they fought bloody battles for Dayu and deserved the court's kindness."

As he spoke, the words changed: "But, if the military household reform you mentioned is implemented, do you know how much burden the national treasury will bear?"

When Xia Jing proposed this policy, she naturally understood the pressure the treasury had to bear, so after listening to his question, she nodded: "I know it is not easy for Dayu to restore order, and there are many places where money needs to be spent across the country. I just want to For Dayu's long-term peace and stability to continue to develop, reform is only the first step.

We cannot stop reforming just because the national treasury cannot temporarily support it. We can only say that when the treasury is empty, we will take our time, step by step, be down-to-earth, and advance steadily. "

Li Jingfu felt that her words made sense, but were a bit unrealistic. "Queen, do you know how many soldiers and horses Emperor Yu had in the world? How many casualties were there every year? How many people were discharged due to disability?"

Xia Jing had seen the memorials submitted from various places, and the Ministry of War had counted the number of people, so she naturally knew it, but she couldn't do it if she didn't improve the situation of the soldiers who defended the country because of the difficulties ahead.

"Your Majesty, I know that it is a bit difficult to implement it nationwide at present, but we can first implement the reform on a pilot basis at the border and send special envoys to supervise it. Now that the military salary payment of Dayu's soldiers is on track, we only need to reform the household registration of the border military settlements. this reform.”

Li Jingfu looked at Xia Jing with a headache, "You are so insistent, do you know how many soldiers have been sacrificed at the border every year over the years? How much money does everyone pay for casualty compensation?"

Through this military household registration reform, Xia Jing wanted to use actions to improve the social status of Dayu soldiers.

In the past, in Dayu, military households were only slightly better than slave households. In addition to not having to be enslaved by the master's family, they also had no personal freedom. Military households could not leave the place of household registration at will, nor could they do business in the imperial examination. Once they entered the military household, they had to establish heaven. The greatest achievement is the emperor's pardon, otherwise the family will remain a military household for generations.

Xia Jing rubbed her wrist and reluctantly persuaded: "Your Majesty, we need time to verify the casualties over the years, but we can first compensate for the current casualties. When Dayu develops better and better, I believe that the casualties over the years It’s time to sort out the list. Don’t forget, body poison is rich in gold!”

"." Li Jingfu looked at her without words, and you were thinking about the bit of gold on his territory.

If we can't grab it, will the reform of military household registration stagnate?
Xia Jing saw that he did not refute, and then said: "From the hereditary military household system that has been used until now, we have changed it to a recruitment system. If one person joins the army, the whole family will be honored. Not only will they receive preferential treatment from the court, but they will also receive considerable military pay. This is One.

Secondly, soldiers who have made meritorious service or have been in the army for more than 15 years during the period of joining the army will receive a monthly government subsidy when they reach the age after retirement. This subsidy is enough to allow them to enjoy their old age comfortably.Since the imperial court has relieved their worries in this way, I believe that the enthusiasm of the people will naturally increase. What do you think, Your Majesty? "

Of course, at the beginning of the restoration of order in the imperial court, there are many things waiting for reform and improvement, but it can only be said that things must be done step by step.

What could Li Jingfu say? Of course he knew the importance of the army to a country. For example, this time when Dayu was suffering from internal and external troubles, if they had not trained a powerful army later, they would not have been able to turn defeat into victory.

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It was still a problem that Dayu was too poor.

He asked tentatively: "How about we try to implement it regionally and see the effect?"

Xia Jing felt happy after hearing this, "With your words, I feel relieved."

When Li Jingfu saw the smile on Xia Jing's face, he couldn't help but feel relaxed. He took the world map from Xia Jing's hand and said with a smile, "Just keep this world map here with me. Take it out and look at it from time to time." , can remind yourself to always work hard to avoid resting on pleasure!"

Xia Jing was slightly stunned when the map was taken away from her hand. After listening to what he said again, she couldn't help but look at his expression carefully and suspiciously.

Li Jingfu couldn't stand her suspicious look, so he looked back at her seriously: "What? The queen doesn't believe me?"

Xia Jing looked away and clicked her tongue: "I hope the emperor will remain in this state forever!"

"Hey, after all the talk, you still don't believe me!" Li Jingfu was bitter.

The reason why she was able to discuss matters with the emperor calmly today was because her interests were consistent. In order to balance this relationship, Xia Jing could only try to keep their interests consistent.

Next, the specific implementation method of the military household registration reform will be discussed by Li Jingfu and the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee. They still need to refine and implement the various details of the reform.

Of course, every reform inevitably involves voices of opposition, and this policy offends the interests of many people. The first is the civil service group, which is a natural enemy of the noble military generals.

They are not convinced that their bitter rivals can get preferential treatment from the court!

There are so many gray-haired ministers standing in the court. They have devoted decades of their youth to the court. Military officers and soldiers can receive subsidies when they reach their age. Should they also receive subsidies from the court when they reach their age?

The implementation details have not yet been discussed, and the court has already been in turmoil. Li Jingfu's going to court during this period was simply a torture.

Hearing the quarrels in the court every day gave him a headache!

Xia Jing and Li Chengmu both insisted on implementing it. With their strength, the opposition from the civil servant group in the court became louder.

Li Jingfu was so angry that he threw Mr. Zhang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, who was the most vocal opponent, out of the Qinzheng Hall and dismissed him from his official position.

When the courtiers saw that the emperor was really angry, the civil servants immediately became intimidated.

Li Jingfu retired from the court and ran to Qingning Palace, "Queen, now that you are killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, the courtiers are frightened, but you have to compensate me, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, otherwise the Ministry of Revenue will not have any problems in a short time, but over time I’m just afraid something will go wrong!”

The Ministry of Accounts?

Xia Jing asked the maid to make a bowl of lotus root starch for the emperor. "You have been very angry recently. Eat a bowl of lotus root starch to calm down the heat. As for the Minister of the Ministry of Finance you mentioned, who supported you the most when you were weak? Now you are here as king." Shouldn’t the world have to promote him?”

Li Jingfu took a bite of the lotus root starch handed over by the maid, and after listening to her words, he asked in confusion, "Who are you talking about?"

Xia Jing stirred the lotus root starch in the bowl and glanced at him: "At first he just came to Lingnan to establish diplomatic relations with us, and later he was involved in countering the rebellion. Now you have inherited the throne, and he is the most active in paying taxes. This person is Jingzhou Governor Yuan Rujiang!"

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