Chapter 239
Lang Zhongling, holding the palace guard in his hand, stood up and said:
"The palace palace occupies a wide area, covering an area of ten square kilometers, which is ten times the area of the palace in the capital. The palace guard has only doubled in strength after being strengthened by Yuntian City's personal soldiers, but the patrol area has increased tenfold. It is really indistinguishable.
Send out troops."
Seeing that the new emperor's subordinates could not send troops, a group of ministers jointly submitted a memorial:
"Your Majesty, please order the prince to send troops to clear out the bandits on the road."
Although the prince commands the entire empire, the total population outside Yuntian City is less than five million, and the population in the capital is only several hundred thousand. How can he have the ability to suppress the fierce bandits? He wrote a memorial to his father:
"My sons and ministers guard the capital conscientiously. Since my father came to Yuntian City to settle down, the empire's tax revenue has plummeted. The empire has become more and more empty. In some areas, no one can be seen even after traveling for thousands of miles. Even if the tax officials run away and die, they can't even collect a few copper coins in tax revenue.
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"My son has given up taxation in the sparsely populated parts of the empire, and all taxation is concentrated in the capital. The capital has a population of only more than 300,000. Excluding the wages of the remaining courtiers, the tax revenue left can barely sustain the expenses of the Eastern Palace."
"The number of royal guards, palace guards, and palace gate guards left behind in the capital has been reduced to a minimum. The empire has a vast territory, with tens of millions of square kilometers of land, and with such a small force, I have no spare capacity to search for road bandits across the vast land."
"Please ask Father to order all feudal states to send troops to attack and suppress the bandits."
The Fengguo's vitality has not yet recovered, and everyone has guessed what happened, and no one is willing to send troops. The matter will eventually be settled.
One of the officials had a son who was killed, and he harbored a grudge in his heart. When he had the opportunity, he proposed to the new emperor to track down the murderer behind the scenes.
The rumors reached An Linyuan's ears. An Linyuan felt that he wanted to find something to do for these young men, so he wrote a memorial:
"I am reporting to your Majesty: Everyone in Yuntian City must rely on their own farming to obtain food. Your Majesty's food is borne by me, but the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are colleagues with me, and some have their own fiefdoms. I will not bear their burden.
of food.”
"In addition to the palace buildings, Lianbao City also has 50,000 acres of farmland. Your Majesty should order all civil and military officials to support themselves by cultivating their own land."
After An Linyuan submitted the memorial, he evacuated all the Guizhou officials who cultivated the fields in Lianbao City. He only assigned chefs to bring ingredients to cook for His Majesty and His Majesty's harem every day, and officials were not allowed to eat.
How can civil and military officials know how to farm? But under the roof of a human being, how can one not bow his head! The Royal Forest Army, the Palace Guards, the Palace Gate Guards, and the Royal Forest Army each received an acre and a half of land.
Fortunately, the Yulin Army was recruited from the capital of Guizhou. They were allotted an acre and a half of land. They all shed tears on the land they were allocated and knelt down to thank you for your kindness! Then they began to take over the farmland where crops were grown. Those who had a little bit of it were invited.
Yuntian City sent other seasonal seeds and started farming on its own.
Among the civil and military officials, only the officials who knew how to cultivate grain were the only ones who knew how to cultivate grain. Above the court, the ministers watched the new emperor eat and drink indiscriminately, while they themselves had only a meager diet at the banquet table, and could only swallow their saliva.
"Your Majesty, King Yuntian wants to starve me to death."
The new emperor was enjoying his meal and said without even raising his head:
"Aren't the mansions of your beloved ministers all very large? They are all good land. I went to see the farmland around the palace and the crops are growing very well."
"My beloved ministers, please develop and utilize the idle land in your mansion. Those lands were originally farmland. Dear ministers, please water and fertilize. When the harvest comes, you will have something to eat and drink."
"King Yuntian will restore the food and beverage supply as long as the harvest of your beloved's farmland reaches the average level of Yuntian City. If not, the beloved will only be able to eat the food produced on their own farmland. Until the harvest is finished. If this year's harvest
If the harvest is not enough for one year, then you will starve to death next year."
Now the main military force of the palace is the Imperial Guard Army, but after each of the 100,000 Imperial Guard soldiers was assigned an acre and a half of high-yield fertile land, their attitude towards Yuntian City changed drastically, and the military's morale has turned towards Yuntian City. If they attack Yuntian City, the Imperial Guard Army will mutiny.
Come on, the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty learned how to farm from behind the grain management officials; the palace guards and palace gate guards farmed together with the imperial guards.
The theory of managing millet is a set of theories: when to plant, how to till, how to plant, how to water, how much water to water, when to apply fertilizer, what fertilizer to apply,...
Only when I got to the field did I realize that going from theory to practice requires physical strength! Civil servants are powerless, and military officers are strong but impatient.
After a few days, the official who was talking about millet management was so thirsty that even the grass in the farmland was not completely removed! The grass that was pulled out yesterday grew again today. It turned out that the roots of the grass were not pulled out completely. Overnight, the grass leaves were cut again.
Come out of the ground and show off your tenacity of vitality.
It's not that An Linyuan didn't give food to all the civil and military officials, it's just that he only provided them with simple meals and didn't have the treatment of the new emperor who enjoyed all the delicacies in the world.
This group of old men worked hard for a bite to eat. They rolled up their trousers and went to the farmland.
Since the decree was issued in the palace that everyone needs to farm and support themselves, the first thing to stop was the army. The energetic young men spent all their energy on the farmland, so naturally they thought less about the little girl.
The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty also stopped, and the days of eating big fish and meat with the new emperor are gone forever. The new emperor's treatment is the same as before, and the officials only have simple meals. They can't stand watching the new emperor eat, so they don't go.
There was a banquet in the main hall, and everyone went home to open a small stove.
The smallest of the official residences has more than 40 acres of land. An Linyuan does not provide luxurious food, so he has to eat what is produced in his own residence.
The trials of the Jade Maiden Sect are held every week. If the new emperor's banquet cannot be held, he will go to the trial site to watch the Jade Maidens compete.
The Jade Girl Sect trial is divided into three sessions. The first session is to test talents, the second session is to test spells, and the third session is an arena competition.
There is nothing to see in testing talents and spells. It is just a preliminary ranking based on two tests. The results of the arena competition are the only basis for determining the real ranking.
This week, a thousand newcomers began to challenge the thousand trialists who were selected from last week.
The competition in the Jade Girl Sect trial is fierce. You have to participate in the arena competition every week. If you win this week, you may encounter a strong opponent among the newcomers next week. After being brushed down to a thousand, you will miss the finals of the Jade Girl Sect.
The rules of the Jade Girl Sect Arena Competition are:
First, only swords can be used as weapons.
Second, you can use spells.
Third, victory is considered when the opponent is knocked off the ring or the opponent verbally admits defeat.
Fourth, life and death are not allowed in the arena competition. If one party dies, the surviving party will be disqualified from the trial and will be reviewed by the Jade Girl Sect. If it is intentional homicide, the deceased will be buried with him.
The rules of the Jade Girl Sect's arena competition are very polite, focusing on skills and avoiding unnecessary deaths and injuries.
The new emperor was not interested in swordsmanship or magic, and focused all his attention on the appearance of the participating girls.
Chapter completed!