The patrol team left Nanling and went to Yiling to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers in various battles, and one news after another slowly spread.

The emperor took all the members of the royal family to the Yiling Martyrs Garden to pay respects, presided over by the emperor, and the queen took many concubines, princes, and princesses to participate in the whole process, and civil and military officials and many noble families also participated in the memorial. This is the largest scale of informal state-level public memorial since the establishment of the Martyrs' Garden.

Recently, there was a rumor that the emperor was going to gradually lean towards civil rule, and with the dissipation of this memorial service, the emperor once again showed with his attitude that the empire was going to disarm, but it did not mean that the national policy would be overkill.

Some people are happy about the attitude shown by the emperor, and some people are naturally disappointed, there is no doubt that it will be the military who will be happy, and there will be so many disappointed people.

"Your Majesty has already entered the boundary of Nanyang County, right?"

"Yes, I walked very fast, and I heard the news that I arrived in Wan County."

Wei Qi was not in the patrol team, not only him, but also the three feudal kings of the empire were not invited to patrol together.

At present, the three feudal kings are all staying in Nanling, Wei Ji is busy with the affairs of Wei Fengguo, Zhao Xie is busy determining the planning of Handan New City, and Fusu is constantly drinking and feasting every day.

The territory of Wei Fengguo has been divided, and it is determined that it will be west of Jumachi.

What is Jumachi? It was actually part of Lingnan, about 150 miles west of modern Baise, and was now a county in the southern part of the empire.

Lingnan fell into the hands of the empire for almost a decade, and the ruling government repeatedly encouraged immigration, but to be honest, the actual effect was not very good. The area of the three counties in Lingnan is very large, but the actual registered population is not as good as that of one county in the Yangtze River valley, with a population of only a pitiful 370,000 people, but there are more than 600,000 garrisons and Tuntian soldiers.

In recent years, there are more people who are willing to move to Lingnan, because the Tuntian soldiers of the empire have made a name for themselves there, and the total grain output for three consecutive years has been the highest in the empire. It supported 30% of the total grain production of the empire.

How big is the empire? It extends to the grassland in the north, the East China Sea in the east, the ocean in the south, and the plateau in the west, with a total territory of more than 4 million square kilometers. What is the total area of the three counties of Lingnan? That's about two-tenths of the empire. The land of Lingnan and the three counties produces 30% of the country's grain, and anyone can see that it is suitable for farming.

If properly developed, the climate of Lingnan is indeed very suitable for farming, and the emergence of two crops of rice has greatly compensated for the shortcomings of the Lingnan Plain, but in general, there is another reason why the grain production of the three counties in Lingnan accounts for 30% of the country's total, and that is because the localities have not yet completely recovered from the trauma of the war.

In fact, in recent years, Changsha County's grain production has slowly caught up. In particular, some second-line troops originally located in the Central Plains were transferred to Tuntian in Changsha County, where they reclaimed new acres of land and introduced two crops of rice for sowing, and Changsha County's output also accounted for 10 percent of the country's total.

"The ruling government promised that we would allocate grain and grass nearby, and the location for hoarding grain and grass was in Ju Town." Wei Qi looked at his younger brother Wei Bao, who was a little absent-minded, and said, "There is less than a year left before the time given to us by the Taiwei Agency, why don't you go over first?" ”

Wei Bao seemed to be a little stunned, and said, "Shouldn't I stay in Nanling Zhangluo?" ”

Zhang Luo what? It's nothing more than getting some support from the Xungui Group, getting more investment, and so on.

After the restoration of the Wei state, it was not rich. The situation is not absolutely bleak, but it is really not much better. The empire under the rule of Lü Zhe allowed the existence of the feudal king and gave it some support, but it was Wei Zhe and a group of people who really supported the Wei feudal state.

Wei Bao said that he was not joking when he was pulling investment. The nobles more or less owned their own industries, almost everything, and there was no shortage of businesses such as buying and selling medicinal herbs, timber, furs, and so on.

Was Wei's fiefdom further west of Lingnan? It's a wild place, in other words, unexplored. It is completely "natural", as long as you are willing to develop it, it will be profitable.

After more than ten years of development, the facts have proved countless times that the development of virgin ~ female land is indeed very profitable. This can be seen from the development of the Japanese archipelago by the Empire. In addition, the Second Fleet ...... That is, the Nanyang Fleet also proved this with facts, as the landing force penetrated deep into those explored islands, all kinds of precious timber and spices were not transported back to the mainland one by one? The price is quite good.

"The harvest of the exploration team we went there in advance is not bad," Wei Bao blinked: "Many thousand-year-old giant trees have been discovered, and gold mines have also been discovered......

"Fifty percent of the gold mines belong to the Empire." Wei Ji didn't seem to be the slightest bit entangled: "The thousand-year-old giant tree ...... Is this missing now? ”

Wei is a feudal state, and it is a bit different from the vassal states of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in that the resources on the imperial feudal state are carefully classified, and many things are not entirely exclusive to the feudal state, such as minerals belong to one of them.

It is not that no one has raised objections to the policy of the empire, but there are more people in favor, and under the general trend, whether it is Wei Fengguo or Qin Fengguo, it struggled a little, and Lu Zhe's statement also put an end to the controversy.

"It's good that we can still keep the temple, we also need the support of the empire, otherwise, ......" Wei Ji didn't say much, changed the topic, and asked: "Has Your Majesty's appointment of the prince to supervise the country confirmed?" ”

"Confirmed." Wei Bao kept nodding: "Your Majesty's heirs over the age of seven are all left in the imperial capital, and the edict appoints the prince as the supervisor of the country, and the imperial lieutenant Luo Shao and the consul Xiao He are the auxiliary ministers on the left and right." ”

"It's kind of showing some attitude." Wei Ji knocked on the desk and thought with a face: "This is the first time Your Majesty has shown an attitude, and it seems that the candidate for the crown prince has been clear." ”

Lu Zhe has not determined the candidate for the crown prince for a long time, which is estimated to be the place where he has been criticized the most. It's just that Lu Zhe himself is in the prime of life, and he is the founding king of the empire, and every founding monarch is a strong human lord, and no one dares to say anything about suggesting the establishment of a prince before he really expresses his position.

"Prince Yi is the eldest son of His Majesty for the queen, and he is the eldest son of His Majesty......" Wei Bao looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "There is some gossip that Prince Qi has repeatedly expressed his interest in scientific research and invention to His Majesty......"

"It's still young." Wei Zhi was noncommittal: "When you grow up, who knows what the situation is." ”

What do you mean? Doesn't it mean that there is only one emperor, Lu Zhe's heirs are still young and don't understand what the throne means, and when those children grow up and understand the importance of the throne, the fight for the throne should happen.

"Isn't my brother going to attend the court meeting at noon today?" Wei Bao actually took off his socks and picked his feet, and said while picking: "Now that the prince is in charge of the country, is it possible to win some additional support?" ”

"The morning meeting was held at noon, and this was the first time in history." Wei Ji had a strange expression on his face: "And it will only last for an hour." It is to go through the procedure of letting the civil and military officials officially recognize the prince and supervise the country, and it is estimated that there is no extra time for Gu to say something. ”

Why is the Hajj only an hour at noon? That's because Lu Yi is still studying, and he uses the lunch break to go through the necessary procedures, and when the time comes, he should continue to go to school. Such a thing was given by Lu Zhe, and it really set the first example of a court meeting, no matter how you think or how you look at it, it makes people feel weird.

"Prince Yi is only nine years old, and the prison country is a name, and the real state affairs will be sent to His Majesty's side, and if there is anything that needs to be dealt with on the side of the real Nanling, it is also the matter of the Taiwei and the ruling party." Wei Bao said bluntly: "So, that's what it is." ”

"It's a bit thoughtful to be a brother. Taiwei has always been in charge of southern Xinjiang and is familiar with the affairs of southern Xinjiang. Wei Ji showed a look of expectation: "Gu tried his tone a few times, but Taiwei did not refuse to help in some things, and Taiwei himself also had the intention of investing in the feudal country." ”

Taiwei Luo Shao has indeed always been in charge of the affairs of southern Xinjiang, and he has been in Lingnan for six years, and his focus has always been on the south, and he is a stranger to northern Xinjiang.

There was a conversation on the Miyagi side, Lu Yi was sitting in the main seat, and Luo Shao and some other generals were on the left. Xiao He and some other civil officials are on the right. They talked about the route of the patrol team, and also involved some follow-up deployments of the grassland war.

Luo Shao's appointment as a lieutenant was actually a signal released by Lu Zhe, indicating that the empire would tilt its attention slightly to the south.

The empire knew very well that the steppe war would not end in a short period of time, and that what would follow would be a protracted war of harassment and encroachment. What has been determined is the direction of the next ten years, but in fact, it has not changed. The central designation is that while the Steppe War is going on, the South Army will continue to explore the South Asian subcontinent, and the South Sea Fleet will also focus on exploring and finding routes to Central Asia.

Because Luo Shao is not too familiar with some affairs in northern Xinjiang. The person who answered some of Lu Yi's questions became Ji Bu, who stayed in the imperial capital temporarily.

“…… With the exception of the logistical lines that must be maintained, most of the second-line troops are transferred south. Ji Buke has been a general in Zhenbei in the Central Plains for two years, and he is relatively familiar with the affairs of the Central Plains and Northern Xinjiang. After introducing some troop movements, he continued: "The troops transferred to the south will be aimed at the development of counties south of the Yangtze River basin. His Majesty's idea is to use a huge number of Tuntian Corps to develop the plains including Lingnan, Changsha, Qianzhong, and Lujiang into the granary of the empire, and the main development labor force is the Tuntian Corps, so the scale of the Tuntian Corps will be relatively large. ”

The place where they spoke was not the main hall, but the side hall of the council hall, and when the small meeting was held, in order to facilitate everyone to have an intuitive impression, a map of the territory was hung.

The empire is going to be disarmed, and it is a large-scale disarmament, because there will be war in the direction of the steppe in the "world", and the mainland has actually settled down, and there is no longer a need to maintain a large number of troops.

Disarmament does not mean how much to cut and then all at once, so that it will have to evolve into cholera, so it can only be done in a step-by-step manner.

In the plan drawn up by Lu Zhe, the disarmament will be divided into five years, and some second-line troops will be gradually converted into the Tuntian Corps, and some of the original auxiliary troops will be converted into second-line troops, which will be reorganized in batches, and some soldiers will be gradually eliminated in the reorganization.

Converting a large second-line army into a cantonment soldier is a multi-tasking thing, which is equivalent to paying only military pay to hire them as labor, and then allowing the soldiers to gradually adapt to the transition from soldiers to civilians during the cantonment, while the empire has enough labor to carry out large-scale corps construction.

"After five years, the military will no longer have any other order of armies, except for the maintenance of twenty combat regiments, that is, the Wehrmacht of one million." Ji Bu paused, looked at Lu Yi, who was listening carefully, and then continued: "The garrisons of each county will also be gradually taken over by the war corps, and the specific rotation system Your Highness can consult the relevant documents. ”

While Lu Yi listened attentively, his eyes kept wandering on the territory map, and the places he looked at were concentrated in the south of the Yangtze River Valley, and according to his understanding, those places belonged to modern Hunan and Jiangxi.

Hunan is the granary of the world during the "My Qing Dynasty", and the current Hunan is actually Changsha County and Qianzhong County, Lu Yi understands very well why his father chose to develop that area into a granary, after all, it has been confirmed by history.

After talking about some military, in fact, it is a rough idea, let Lu Yi, who is in charge of the country, understand the current national policy deployment, and then it should be the turn of some civil affairs.

"In addition to the Yangtze River Basin, Lu Jia also wrote a letter, and His Majesty partially agreed with Lu Jia's opinion, focusing on improving and repairing the irrigation system in Qilu." Xiao Hezheng pointed to the surroundings of Jibei County and Linzi County with a stick: "The land of Qilu has always been the main grain producing area of Shandong in the past, and after the plague, the most important thing to restore the livelihood of the people there is about labor. ”

What the ruling government wants to fight for is the deployment of the Tuntian Corps on the military side, and the ruling government and the general's palace have been arguing over such a matter, and there has been no result for two or three months.

"The Tuntian Legion, they are going to turn soldiers into local people in the future, right?" Lu Yi knew very well that Xiao He was talking about labor, and said very innocently: "So the mobilization of the Tuntian Army is actually about the immigration policy? ”

Xiao He immediately smiled bitterly.

How to settle the Tuntian Legion was indeed related to the immigration policy of the empire, so it also led to the fact that the originally densely populated areas were allocated less tuntian, and some of the most sparsely populated areas had more tuntians.

"I also know that as the Tuntian Army mobilizes the families of the soldiers to be relocated at the expense of the empire, the land reclaimed in the future will be arranged for the families of the soldiers who settle down, and this policy is very encouraging to the soldiers' enthusiasm for construction?" Xiao He, who Lu Yi said these words, just wanted to roll his eyes.

Some civil and military officials laughed with a good-natured "hehe", where could they not hear that the prison state was ridiculing the consul? Didn't you see Xiao He, who originally wanted to fight for it, also smiled bitterly?

The meeting in the side hall was a rehearsal of the court meeting, but the surprise that Wenwu got was very big, and Lu Yi didn't say much, but there were many things on display. (To be continued.) )