Ball Ball Cultivation
Chapter 94 Becoming the Emperor 17
My father's health appears to be fine, but it was all paid for by using elixirs that consumed his future life. He must have hated those who poisoned him or those who watched, but for the sake of the Great Qi Kingdom, all but the ringleader were confiscated and exiled! My father truly understood life and death, and held no attachment to his kingdom. Remember the escape route he left for Prince Xiao—his ideal destination: a place where peach blossoms bloom, spring is the norm all year round, and a beautiful paradise! Instead of being confined to this court where freedom is restricted.
The prince took a large amount of supplies to the north to support the border and regain military power;
The Empress's orphanages are flourishing everywhere, and her reputation for virtue is widespread;
Xiaowang shops are spread all over the country, making huge profits every day!
The new policy was implemented smoothly, and scientific research materials were also sold in high demand at Xiaowang Company.
A year later, the first group of university students arrived in Beijing for the imperial examinations. Nearly 10,000 people sat for the exam, and 380 of them were chosen as the emperor's disciples! The other students followed the top three in a horse-riding parade, lining the streets to send them off, a sensation that shook the entire city!
Students stay in Beijing to study for half a year, study in depth in a subject they are good at for half a year, and then are transferred to local areas to serve as officials and benefit the people.
The first batch of military examinations also selected more than 300 people. They followed Shen Ying, who held the title of Prince Taibao, to study and practice at the Military Academy for half a year and began to train to suppress bandits. Starting from the grassroots non-commissioned officers, it has been quite effective!
In addition, Qiuqiu developed the lightweight Zhuge Crossbow and Trojan Horse Chariot, as well as advanced steel knives, and sent them to the front line along with new officers. These were also the prince's first batch of confidants!
At the border, the prince, with the help of his uncle Shen Mu, and with the help of new weapons and a new barracks, made great achievements without fighting! He directly attacked the Beiyi stronghold, captured 50,000 soldiers and prisoners, and nearly 150,000 people, young and old!
The people of the Great Qi State hate the Northern Barbarians to the core and wish they could kill them all!
Qiuqiu comes from the Republic, and there is no intention to eradicate it completely!
This time I come to see all the people who are imprisoned in the deep palace!
Gathering everyone, unfolding the most comprehensive national map: Now that reforms are complete, there are still some areas that need improvement; agriculture is booming, and commerce is slowly developing, but transportation is a major problem! Agriculture cannot be separated from water, and water transportation is the most convenient way to circulate goods.
"There are 50,000 young and strong prisoners of war at the border now. I want to dig a canal! The rest of the old, weak and sick will be left on the grassland and divided into three counties. We will educate children in Daxia culture from a young age and open up trade routes. Our horses inside are always inferior to those outside the border. We will station troops there and build a horse farm. We will raise sheep and cattle, make dried beef and mutton and transport it to the interior, and sell fresh meat in winter! There are also many rare medicinal herbs, furs, etc.! In this way, they will be completely integrated into Daxia in less than ten years. As for the 50,000 prisoners, we will dig through this section of the river! If there are not enough workers, we will hire people from the surrounding areas, provide food and accommodation, and pay wages. If there is no wage, we will give them wasteland. There will be no tax for the first three years, and after three years, we will also charge the lowest level.
There are also dams built with stones, and the gaps between the stones are filled with cement and asphalt, which will last for hundreds of years!
We also need to consider issues like flood discharge, irrigation, and overflow from the North and South Rivers. This is a concrete and implementable charter! You guys work overtime for five days to write it down.”
This is another good thing that benefits both the country and its people, and will benefit the nation for generations to come. As points accumulate, life gets better and better. And now, you can even sign your name on such proposals! Your work can go down in history.
The government's orders are obeyed without exception! A think tank without family burdens is particularly useful!
Two years passed in the blink of an eye...
The army returned victorious, and the Emperor and Empress, along with the entire court, arrived to greet them. They saw the increasingly composed Crown Prince, and the figure behind him, carrying the jade pendant the Tian couple had described when they first arrived in this world. It turned out it was Shen Mu who had taken them out of the tiankeng and placed them in a farmhouse for recuperation! He was still unmarried in his thirties and forties.
In order to find out why the emperor was poisoned and why his father died in battle, the investigation led all the way to Huiye Temple and to the woman who called herself Ajin while praying in the temple. From her, he learned that the emperor might not be the empress dowager's biological son!
On his return, he rescued Qiuqiu, who happened to be near the tiankeng and looked 80% like the emperor. Upon hearing the emperor's life story, the capital was in a state of emergency, so he had no choice but to leave some money and entrust it to the care of a farmer. The woman was half an insider. She was very young at the time and didn't remember much. She had been to the palace a few times and was sent here to become a nun to pray for the country based on her horoscope.
Qiuqiu wanted to repay this karma, so she announced that she had prayed for the blessing and had done a favor to the royal family. The emperor directly granted the marriage, and they got married quickly! It was not until the bridal chamber that they realized that their marriage partners were each other's loved ones! Qiuqiu is a mischievous person. While holding the Jinyiwei and investigating Xu Jin's background, she also found out that Shen Mu's lover had gone to Huiye Temple to become a nun on behalf of the current empress dowager to pray for the country. Coincidentally, it was the woman Qiuqiu called "Ajin" when he first arrived in this world.
As the son of a shrewd businessman, Li Dafu took his official duties seriously. He was now a seventh-rank county magistrate. His jurisdiction covered the intersection where the canal was to be built, requiring not only digging a channel but also building dams and sluice gates. Five thousand captives were assigned to this area, and the rest would be gathered from the people living along the coast. He didn't plan to pay them, but provided them with food and lodging, and a generous meal.
Complete 300 jobs and you'll receive one acre of wasteland along the river, tax-free for three years, and then minimal tax! He's a proponent of sweet potatoes, and planting at least one acre of this wasteland will yield over a thousand pounds! His political achievements will be further enhanced. Now that food and clothing are met, his cousin has followed King Xiao's path and entered the business world, knowing how to make vermicelli and other edibles from sweet potatoes. Once the canal opens, this place could become a major vermicelli processing county, making transportation easier!
Their lives are getting better and better. From being despised merchants, they have become officials, learning new knowledge and planting techniques directly from the emperor! Those high-ranking aristocratic families don't seem so high now! Everyone can study to become an official, and only they still adhere to the etiquette and dogma that represent status. Those secret recipes that are held in their hands and never revealed, representing the heritage, are not as good as the new recipes that the emperor has asked skilled craftsmen to improve! With the veil of the aristocratic family removed, the advantages gradually decrease, and the gap between them and the common people is getting smaller and smaller! No wonder the emperor said that from now on, all common people will be from aristocratic families!
Shui Chou Miao did not hesitate to follow Prince Xiao to establish a business empire. His own power was no longer what it used to be. The Qian family, which seemed unattainable in the past, only needed a little temptation. His profit-seeking father gave up the Yang family's concubine and poisoned his second wife with his own hands! But she gave him three daughters and a son.
In the end, I didn't kill him to avenge my mother, but instead made him lose all his property and become destitute! What he cared about most was wealth and power, and losing these was worse than death!
As for the Yang family, they were already in a precarious situation after the implementation of the new policy. All their shops closed down. In order to maintain their dignity, they sold a large amount of land. There were more and more young faces serving as officials in the court, most of whom were students from poor families, and their own power was basically hollowed out!
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