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The bustle and noise lasted for nearly a month in Nanling City before it came to an end, but a new ceremony brought the atmosphere of Nanling to a warm one, that is, the Imperial Lordship was knighted.

New ceremonies were held one after another, and most importantly, the ruler of the empire was finally officially proclaimed emperor, and some of the bloodshed was also concealed in a warm atmosphere, and not many people cared about where they were purged or which people who had been arrested in the first place.

First, the ceremony of proclaiming the emperor, which lasted for nine days from the tidbits to the scene of the official proclamation of the emperor, followed by the knighthood, the attention of the people who passed by, who did not know what else was going on within the empire during this period.

"I went this time, and I don't know how long it will take to see each other."

"Don't think I'm going to take your affection."

"I didn't think much of it, I just hope that you can find an opportunity to make a contribution so that you can return to the empire."

"Hehe, Nanyang, Nanyang Island, I really don't know if you're helping me or trying to kill me."

A ferry port on the Yangtze River not far from Emperor Nanling, which belongs entirely to the military, has always been used as a special purpose for material transportation, and recently there are still materials transported here, but it is some people with special identities who are sent.

Han Guang, and about thirty or so people who were destined to not gain a foothold in the empire, they were a group of people who were going to be sent out today, and they should not have been escorted by a general like Zang Di. But for some reason, Zang asked to take over this responsibility.

The empire has not been quiet lately, with rituals and a series of violent actions beguiled in the midst of the bustle. Nanling's arrest operation is not unique, there are also people arrested one after another in the four parts of the empire's territory, and the reason for their arrest is not that they have committed any crimes before, after all, the empire is newly established, and what they did before is not considered to be a violation of the laws of the empire, and the reason why they were arrested is because they violated the law in the territory of the empire.

Those arrested are not always dealt with in the same way, and some of the more serious offenders are publicly executed. Many of them are detained in accordance with the law, and some people and special people who are not light or serious and difficult to convict also have special treatments.

Han Guang was on the list that was difficult to deal with, and that was because he had done something. However, it is difficult to deal with those matters according to the existing legal provisions, but it is not possible to deal with them without them, and they can only be exiled in a special way in the form of compulsory persuasion.

"Am I lucky compared to others?" Han Guang had an indescribable self-deprecation on his face: "I'm lucky enough to be thrown on some islands." And then to fend for itself? ”

Zang Di shook his head: "There are many islands in the South Seas. Many of the islands already have Imperial garrisons, and not all of them are so dangerous. ”

"Huh." Han Guang sneered: "Yes, yes, then thank you, the newly promoted Fifth Earl Zang Di." ”

Zang Di's Jin Jue has passed, and his current identity is a fifth-class earl of the empire, not as good as some newly promoted marquises, and even less as two newly promoted dukes, but compared to a large group of nobles who can only be lords, barons, and viscounts, they can be regarded as midstream sequences.

"Huh. Ha ha! Look at the people who climb on top of you, where you can't compare to them. But they will become marquises, and you will only be counts. Han Guang's mockery was too obvious: "That's because you are a general!" You know? It's a general! ”

Zang Di has nothing to say about Han Guang, there are more generals in the empire, and the new duke Sima Xin is also a general, but Sima Xin is now a fifth-class duke of the empire, and some other generals are not unpopular marquises, and the canonization of nobles in the empire has a set of procedures for publicizing the merits.

"Take a look, look at those nobles, didn't you find that there are more nobles in Qindi? In the final analysis, Lu ...... "Han Guang was angry and full of resentment, but he was not crazy, and he was about to stop talking urgently, after all, he still had some sense: "Your Majesty is from Qindi, no matter how fair it is, it is still biased towards the group of people from Qindi." ”

Zang Di was frowning: "If you continue to be extreme, you will never be able to turn back." ”

"Isn't it? His Majesty's attitude is very obvious, not only is he biased towards people from Qin, but even the imperial national policy is no different from that of Qin. Han Guang sneered and said, "Governing the country according to law, hehe, what's the difference with the Qin State?" Isn't it precisely because of the tyranny of the Qin State that we will fall into that field, and we will want to raise troops to overthrow the tyrannical Qin? ”

Zang Di's brows furrowed even deeper, Han Guang is not the only one who dislikes the Qin State, in fact, there are too many people who don't like the Qin State, they don't like the Qin State because of some grievances and entanglements in history, in fact, what they don't like even more is the high-pressure policies of the vassal lords under the national policy of the Qin State, under the current situation of governing the country according to the law, the nobles are subject to too many constraints and need to bear too many responsibilities, and because the law is too sacred, the nobles are also tied, and they are not happy at all, even if they have privileges, they dare not exercise them easily.

"Let's just talk about Meng Tian, how long has he been serving the empire? Ha ha! Now he is a third-class viscount of the empire, he just fought a battle, a battle in which so many people created opportunities and laid a foundation, it was completely like picking up a bargain, and he became a third-class viscount of the empire in a battle, this title is really easy to come by! Han Guang laughed loudly: "How can He De? Yes?! How can he be deserved? Your Majesty doesn't favor those people from Qin Di, who believes it? Wait, the empire is just another Qin state, but just a new Qin state! ”

The surrounding armor soldiers were covered by their face armor, and they couldn't tell what kind of expression they had on their faces, but seeing that they were either holding their weapons or reaching out to hold the weapons on their waists, they must have something in their hearts.

The empire started out of nothing, and the supreme leader is not the kings and grandsons of a certain country, but from a white body to the current status, fundamentally speaking, there is no background involved at all.

If the ruler of the empire shows too strong an attitude bias. As many people who understand can imagine, the Empire simply would not have gotten to this point. It is precisely that Lu Zhe has never had too obvious attitude bias, and the background of the top echelons of the empire is not unique. has shown enough inclusiveness, at least incomparable tolerance for the Chinese Miao descendants, Han Guang's remarks will provoke Zang Di's wry smile, and also arouse the indignation of the surrounding soldiers.

In the end, it is not the attitude that Lu Zhe shows, it is the paranoia of a group of people who have not profited from it or even their value has plummeted, so there will be remarks that should not appear.

"General Zhonglang, the time is almost up. You see? "The command of the flotilla. A lieutenant saluted, "Do you want to let them get on board?" ”

Zang Tu bowed his head and said: "Don't deliberately make things difficult on the road. ”

The lieutenant was stunned and didn't explain anything. Just respond to "No! Then he beckoned the armor to escort Han Guang and other twenty or thirty people onto the ship in batches.

"Zang Di! You have to be careful, but you have to stick to your heart! Han Guang stared at Zang Di: "My family ......"

"Don't worry too much, as long as they don't break the law. Nothing will happen to them. The implication of Zang Di's comforting words was. If they look for death on their own, even if he is a third-class viscount of the empire and a lieutenant general of a legion of the empire, he will not be able to save Han Guang's family.

The ships in the Yangtze River waterway that ships come and go, and the ships responsible for escorting certain people, are only a small number, and compared with merchant ships, the military ships on the Yangtze River waterway are very, very few.

The imperial capital Nanling is located on the edge of the Yangtze River. The empire's use of waterways had reached a high level, and the ships that came to Nanling every day and night to transport supplies through the waterways could only be summed up in four words.

The imperial capital of a country would have been the most prosperous place in the country. It is no exaggeration to say that the world's goods, whether intentional or unintentional, are basically gathered in the capital of a country out of necessity.

The capital of each country must have its administrative status, which brings that the dignitaries and nobles basically settle down in the capital. In addition, some wealthy and wealthy merchants, even if they did not settle in the imperial capital, would inevitably move over, and even if they did not relocate, they would inevitably need to have annexes or branches in the imperial capital.

Nanling is a city that has been established for more than ten years, from the original only garrison to the current population of more than 1.8 million, the rapid development can only be described as jaw-dropping. In fact, in the past ten years, there has been no inhabitant to more than 1.8 million people, including the floating population, and the location next to the Yangtze River is one of the factors, not entirely because Nanling is the capital of the empire.

Zang Di bids farewell to Han Guang, such a scene is just one of the many scenes that are happening, many nobles who have been given titles, either they send others, or others send them, parting exists all the time.

There are quite a few new nobles who have been knighted this time, compared to Lu Zhe's previous canonizations of only forty or fifty people, this time the number of people who have been knighted is five hundred and eighty-nine.

The population of the empire, including young children and the elderly, has exceeded 50 million in the country. 50 million doesn't sound like much, but during the period when Qin ruled the world, it was 18 million, and after the war when the population dropped sharply, the population that could be traced directly dropped to less than 12 million, and it can be said that the current registered population is 50 million, which is actually a very exaggerated statement for the population that has just been calmed down from the war and chaos for less than four years, and can reach 50 million.

Of the 50 million people, there are actually less than 17 million people over the age of 13, which means that there are at least 33 million children under the age of 13. This phenomenon is related to the national policy formulated by Lu Zhe, which is the strategic layout of encouraging childbirth.

"Your Majesty, there are too many newborns!" Xiao He's lips were trembling, and the hand holding the roster was also shaking: "Reward for more births, newborn-related assistance and upbringing, the state invests in this area every year, and after calculation, it will not be less than 30 million." ”

Lu Zhe is the emperor, Xiao He is also a duke, and the heroes who should be canonized are basically not pulled, which can be regarded as Lu Zhe's most generous time.

Some nobles have returned to their posts because of their duties, such as the imminent outbreak of the grassland war, which involves a lot of manpower. Some people who had no duties stayed in the imperial capital, and they were busy celebrating their becoming members of the imperial aristocracy, and the festive banquets of all sizes were not interrupted.

As one of the two newly promoted dukes of the empire, Xiao He didn't have time to hold any banquets, he was so busy that he didn't have time to calm his happy heart recently, and then his head was filled with a lot of data, and even because there were too many things to press, he was originally jumping up with joy because he became a duke, with some heaviness.

"Thirty million, this is just speculation, and it is only an entry related to auxiliary national policies," Xiao He had to tremble his lips, the tax situation of the empire is very good, but there are many places to spend money, and it can even be said that it needs to be spent everywhere, and the great housekeeper of the empire is really not so good. He shook his hands, and the roster continued to tremble: "Medical care and future teaching foundation, and so many mothers have temporarily lost their labor ......, Your Majesty, is it a moratorium on reproductive assistance?" ”

"My duke, my consul!" Lu Zhe blinked his eyes and said slowly: "Fertility is about the empire for thousands of years, and I don't need to repeat the importance again. After a pause, he paused for a while before continuing: "Auxiliary policies, related supporting facilities, that are all going to be done sooner or later, it's better to roll it out in advance, isn't it?" ”

"There are too many places to spend money," Xiao He bowed, his face full of bitterness: "30 million yuan a year is just a reward and auxiliary nursing, not counting the investment in health care." He smiled bitterly for a long time, continued to tremble his lips, and said: "There are still places to build, and there are wars, and many, many places need money......

This year's imperial tax revenue is 48,670,000 guan for the whole country, but the money spent is an astonishing 80 million guan, which is equivalent to a deficit of more than 30 million guan, and the deficit is actually somewhat staggering.

If there is no outbreak of war in accordance with the national policy of arrangement, the national policy related to infrastructure construction and childbirth will be reduced by at least 10 million yuan every year in the future, and the fiscal deficit will definitely be even more alarming if there is a war.

"We're going to fight a steppe war, Your Majesty." Xiao He is really afraid, afraid to a certain extent: "Although the tax of the empire will increase in the future, it is really unclear how much it will increase." Minister...... The minister and several colleagues calculated that the financial deficit of the empire would last at least ten years, ten years. The annual deficit of 10 million guan is 100 million guan in those ten years, and the financial needs due to the war have not been calculated. I don't know how much income the war will have, how much is the deficit, Your Majesty, should it really be gentle, more gentle? ”

"In power, there is nothing to worry about in the fiscal deficit, and it is not the issuance of paper money, whether it is copper coins, or silver coins and gold coins that will be issued, which are precious metals and will not constitute a bubble economy." Lu Zhe still didn't say anything, but Xiao He didn't understand it. He smiled "hehehe", laughing so much that Xiao He was a little inexplicable. (To be continued......)