"Yes, yes, the old minister retired"

Guan Neihou said again and again, and retreated, where did he dare to stay.

I thought that with his identity, he came to Lu Chen and said that the emperor would comfort himself or give him some benefits, but he didn't expect that the emperor's attitude was so resolute.

After he left the study, he sighed, but immediately went to King Jing again.

He is King Jing's uncle, and after learning that he asked to see him, King Jing also treated him politely, but there is no doubt that the Marquis of Guan Nei was in front of King Jing next, and he was a handful of snot and tears, crying about his grievances.

"Niangniang, you must tell the emperor for the old minister, the old minister is wronged."

After listening to his crying, King Jing also sighed secretly, and continued: "Okay uncle, don't make trouble, isn't the emperor good enough for you, you are in Jingzhou, what do you want, now the world is decided, the emperor wants to rule the world, and the policy is absolutely impossible to change because of anyone. ”

"But Niangniang," Guan Neihou said urgently.

"Okay, uncle." King Jing said.

Seeing King Jing's tone, Guan Neihou was stunned for a moment, and then he didn't dare to say anything more, but wiped his tears and said, "Okay, okay, in fact, the old minister returned to the capital this time, and he mainly wanted to ask Niangniang for peace."

"Uncle has a heart." King Jing secretly shook his head and smiled bitterly.

In the case of building an empire and formulating new policies, people's livelihood must be reformed, the economy must be developed, and science and technology must be developed.

But Lu Chen made up his mind, he was the martial emperor who created the empire, he was the country that was defeated, and the military power of the whole country was in his hands, so to speak, he only had one sentence, the army was moving, and no matter how high the power was, who would dare to be disobedient

He had already thought in his heart that before he was old, he must lay a good foundation for the empire and lay a solid foundation for future generations.

The day of the court.

Wang Song, the secretary of the household department, said that the national census had almost been completed, and the official documents of all counties and counties had already been submitted to the household department.

After Lu Chen listened, he immediately asked, "Now I am Qin State, what is the population?"

Wang Song swallowed his saliva and said cautiously: "According to preliminary statistics, it is about more than 60 million."

As he spoke, he hurriedly added: "However, there should be flaws in these, and all counties and counties are also strengthening household registration." ”

Lu Chen understood that the discrepancy he was talking about should be very small.

"More than 60 million" Lu Chen muttered, you must know that at the beginning, there were more than 10 million people in the Wind Country alone, and the nine countries together had more than 100 million, but now, it has almost been broken by half.

As far as the entire empire is concerned, it is already vast and sparsely populated.

Seeing that Lu Chen's face was not very good, Wang Song said tentatively: "The main reason for this is that there are many years of war, and there are many fewer men than women. ”

It is normal that wars are raging everywhere, and the number of young and strong people is declining sharply.

At this time, Wu Qi also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, war is the main reason, but secondly, it is the bad habits before the Central Plains Empire. ”

"Oh, what a bad habit," Lu Chen hurriedly asked.

"Human martyrdom." Wu Qidao.

"Human Martyrdom"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wu Qi explained: "Before Your Majesty founded the Great Qin Empire, all the countries of the Central Plains, where nobles or big figures died, there would be servants to accompany the burial, and sometimes, even one person died, and thousands of people had to be buried with them, and those people didn't want to die, but they were forced to be helpless. ”

After hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes widened suddenly, and he asked sharply: "This method is still there"

"It's still there, and it's also an old problem of the powerful." Wu Qi said.

"This law is against the laws of the Heavenly Dao, and under the laws of my Qin Kingdom, this kind of thing is absolutely not allowed to happen, and it is immediately prohibited," Lu Chen said angrily.

"Your Majesty is wise." Wu bowed and saluted.

Next, Lu Chen set a national policy to recuperate, restore the population, and encourage childbirth. Then he asked Xue Huairen about the unification of coins.

Within three months, the currency of other countries was banned, and it was not difficult to complete this matter by order of the right minister, and it was implemented through the counties and localities.

Under Lu Chen's authorization, Xue Huairen also opened the treasury and exchanged the coins in the hands of the people everywhere at the equivalent value of gold and silver.

In between, although it is tedious, but fortunately, it is all completed layer by layer.

As for the matter of scattering new Qin coins, it is also being urgently prepared, and Lu Chen's advice is to make a copper coin that is easy to carry, taking silver as an example, it reaches 1:100 with Qin coins, that is, one tael of silver is equal to one hundred copper coins.

The initial unit of currency in circulation is: one copper coin, one tael of silver, and one tael of gold.

Based on the economy and prices at the time, a copper coin can also be compared to something that can be bought for a dollar now.

As for the matter of acres of land, Jian Rong is still in the countryside of a certain state and county, and has not returned.

After dealing with these things, Lu Chen also waved his hand and dispersed the court.

After returning to the palace study, he couldn't help but look at the nine king's swords hanging on the wall.

The wind army swept away the nations, and these nine extremely sharp king swords all fell into Lu Chen's hands, and after looking at them in a daze for a while, he also shouted loudly: "Someone is coming." ”

Liang Xiao, who was outside the hall, immediately stepped in and bowed, "Your Majesty." ”

"Go and bring the Jade Concubine here." Lu Chen glanced at him and said.

"No." Liang Xiao took the order and left.

It didn't take long for Concubine Yu to be brought into the study, she was still so charming and charming, after coming in, she first glanced at Lu Chen charmingly, and then put her hand on her waist, and gave a salute to Lu Chen, and said crisply: "The concubine is the emperor." ”

"No need to be polite." Lu Chen glanced at her, then pointed to the wall and said, "The Nine Kings Sword is already here." ”

Knowing what he meant, Concubine Yu looked at the Nine Kings Sword, and a bright light flashed in her eyes, and after a while, she said, "Before that, the emperor still needs to prepare something." ”

"Speak." Lu Chen's words were concise and to the point.

Concubine Yu said: "Please ask the world's first swordsman to leave the song to help." ”

When Lu Chen heard this, he first frowned, then thought about it for a while, and then nodded and said yes.

Concubine Yu said again: "There is still a need for a master who is proficient in metaphysics." ”

Lu Chen was just about to ask a question, but Concubine Yu immediately said: "That person is in the palace, he is the emperor's courtier, and he is the courtier." ”

There is nothing strange about the so-called great hidden in the court, the position of Taibu, in order to measure the country's bad luck, divination of astrological signs, and proficient in metaphysics.

"What's more," Lu Chen said in a flat voice.

"In addition, the emperor needs to mobilize the army"