With the pacification of the northwest, the first five-year plan of the empire began to be fully rolled out, and this ancient empire began to undergo earth-shaking changes. The heavy industrial bases of the empire outside the customs were put into operation one after another, which further led to the industrial development of the country.

With a large amount of capital investment, the construction of transportation facilities in the empire has entered a high tide, and the construction of various railway lines connecting the east and west of the empire and the north and south has begun to begin. Once completed and opened to traffic, the traffic situation of the empire will change dramatically. Better transportation conditions are not only conducive to national defense, but also conducive to economic development. After all, to get rich, you must first build roads, and this is already a truth that has been tested in later generations.

In addition to railway construction, road construction is also a priority. Although, cars and other means of transportation are too expensive, and they have not yet entered the lives of ordinary people in the empire. But once the road is good, even if it is a donkey cart or a horse-drawn cart, it is more convenient.

In addition to the changes in transportation, the empire's industry and commerce also began to develop rapidly. Funding from overseas, especially from the South Seas, has made it fashionable to set up factories in coastal areas. In addition, after the vast number of peasants were allocated land, the living conditions began to improve, and the domestic market became larger and larger, which significantly accelerated the development of the empire's industry and commerce.

In particular, after the empire began to carry out economic blockade against Japan, in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, the empire accelerated its investment in the raw silk industry. Although, there hasn't been much success yet. However, it won't be long before the raw silk produced by the empire will be squeezed from the Japanese raw silk. Once the market share of Japanese raw silk is seized by the empire, the Japanese economy will undoubtedly be even worse.

The empire began to gradually introduce compulsory education throughout the country, although this put a lot of financial pressure on the empire. However, this has been supported by the people of the whole country. Although, most of the people of this country are illiterate. But they are in awe and thirst for knowledge. Now, the imperial government is offering their children the opportunity to go to school for free. They wept, of course, with a sense of gratitude to the Empire.

With the implementation of a series of policies of the imperial government, although the empire has only been established for a few months, the foundation of its rule has been solidified. The vast majority of people have already accepted the rule of the empire and approved of it. This has also brought the empire through the most dangerous phase. The empire of the future will grow stronger and stronger, and no one will be able to threaten the security of the empire. Even the Western powers. That's not going to be possible.

At the end of August, Major General Zou Fang returned to Beijing to report on his work. Wu Haoxuan, the crown prince of the empire, received him in the imperial palace. Regarding Major General Zou Fang's exploits in the northwest battlefield, Wu Haoxuan expressed his affirmation. This time, he announced the promotion order of Major General Zou Fang, promoted him to lieutenant general of the Imperial Army, and appointed him as the commander of the Northwest Garrison Command of the Empire, with full responsibility for the defense of the northwest region.

At this stage, although the war between the empire and Russia ended, peace was restored. But. Relations between the Reich and Russia, however, could not be truly peaceful. Now the Russians are simply turning their attention to Europe. Once they end the war in Europe and settle the Allies, they will definitely continue to invade China in the future.

Similarly, Wu Haoxuan has always been haunted by the Russians' encroachment on the territory of northwestern China. Last time, it was just a matter of reclaiming the territory to the northeast and north of the empire. There were still large areas of territory in the northwest that had been forcibly occupied by the Russians. Next. The Empire is going to take back all these territories. Not only that, Wu Haoxuan also planned to cut off a piece of meat on the Russian's body.

To realize Wu Haoxuan's plan. The location of the northwest is very important. Therefore, Wu Haoxuan asked Lieutenant General Zou Fang not only to guard the northwest, but also to prepare to march westward. At this stage, the empire may not send troops. However, the Empire can gather intelligence first. Among the ethnic groups of Central Asia, those who were close to the empire were co-opted and some agents were supported. So that when the future empire starts a war, it can get their support.

Lieutenant General Zou Fang is well aware of the importance that Wu Haoxuan attaches to the northwest, and he said that he will definitely live up to Wu Haoxuan's trust. Complete all the tasks. Even though, the conditions in the northwest are very harsh, and no one wants to go there. However, as a soldier, you have to fight in the toughest places. Lieutenant General Zou Fang knew very well that the post of commander of the Northwest Garrison Command was not easy to do, but he was still confident that he would do a good job.

In early September, Wu Haoxuan summoned Lieutenant General Chen Xudong, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, in the Taigong, and Wu Haoxuan's concubine, Li Yanling, director of the Security Bureau, also participated in this summons.

"How's our plan, how are we preparing? How many people have taken the bait? Wu Haoxuan asked.

"Your Highness, during the Yuan Datou period, those hardcore crops that were left behind by the old and the young were exempted. After the establishment of the empire, they were desperate to restore their hardcore crops. However, the empire has never been as they wanted, which has made many old and young people already resentful of the empire. In addition, those who are old and young have no survival skills, and once there are no hardcore crops, life is getting worse and worse. It has only been a few months, and there are already many old and young people who can't survive, and even starve to death. As for selling sons and daughters, or falling into the dust, there are not a few. All of this makes them very dissatisfied with their current living conditions. As soon as our people quietly stirred up, quite a few people joined in. Lieutenant General Chen Xudong smiled.

Wu Haoxuan nodded, it seemed that the plan was going very smoothly. Now, in Yanjing City, there are hundreds of thousands of old and young people. During the Manchu Dynasty, they had hardcore crops, and even if they were not engaged in productive labor, they could live a decent life. However, Yuan Datou abolished the hardcore crops, and the empire did not recognize them as privileges in this regard, which immediately put the lives of these old and young people in a difficult situation.

Of course, this only refers to those at the bottom, the nobles of the Manchu period, even though the Manchus have perished, but they are still alive and well. The wealth in their hands is staggering. And this, naturally, also made Wu Haoxuan's eyes very hot.

Now, the empire is growing at a high speed, and it is time to spend a lot of money. The wealth in the hands of these old and young people is undoubtedly a good way to make up for the current financial gap in the empire. Besides, isn't their wealth all built on the exploitation of the common people? In other words, this wealth is the people's fat and people's anointment, and it should be returned to the common people.

However, those who are old and young are now very low-key. They may have realized that the Manchus had perished, and that they were no longer the masters of this ancient empire. If they dare to be arrogant, they will lose their lives.

This also makes Wu Haoxuan have to have a good reason to do something to these old and young people. Is there any better reason than rebellion? I don't think there is any. Therefore, after the establishment of the empire, Wu Haoxuan asked the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Security Bureau to start a joint layout, preparing to wipe out all these old and young relics, so that they could spit out all their wealth.

"Your Highness, when we were making preparations, we found that in addition to us, there was another force that was also stirring up those old and young." Li Yanling said.

"Oh? If I'm not mistaken, it's Japanese, right? Wu Haoxuan said directly.

"Yes, Japan indeed. Not only the Japanese Black Dragon Society, but also the intelligence agencies of the Japanese Army were involved. Li Yanling said.

"Hmph, I knew those guys were thieves. Now the large-scale construction of the empire frightened them. That's why they want to use this way to thwart the development of the empire. Wu Haoxuan said coldly. Japan is worthy of being the biggest enemy of the empire, and in order to hinder the development of the empire, it can be said that it spared no effort!

In Yanjing City, there are hundreds of thousands of old and young. If all these old and young people make a fuss, it will not be a trivial matter.

"Now that you're ready, let's close the net. Not only must we wipe out all those old and young, but at the same time, we must also get rid of all those Japanese spies. Wu Haoxuan ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness." Lieutenant General Chen Xudong and Li Yanling both nodded.

In the middle of the night of September 18, 4607 (09) of the Yellow Emperor Era, some of the old and young remnants of Yanjing City launched an attack on the palace, the imperial palace and the imperial cabinet, wanting to destroy the imperial family in one fell swoop. In this case, the country will undoubtedly fall into division, and they will have another chance.

It's a pity that all this is a game laid out by the empire. The actions of these remnants were suppressed by the Imperial Army instructors deployed in Yanjing City. More than 18,000 officers and soldiers marched into Yanjing City and directly participated in the suppression.

Those old and young were just a group of cockfighting and dog walkers, and in the face of the suppression of the elite troops of the empire, they immediately collapsed.

It's just that this time the incident is not over. The imperial government declared the treason of the old and the young, and began to search for them in Yanjing City. The princes and nobles of the previous dynasty became the target of the key search. Not only were people arrested and put in prison, but all their belongings were confiscated.

This makes the old and young in Yanjing City everyone in danger.

In this way, the empire swept away the wealth of those who had been left behind. At the same time, all these old and young people were moved out of Yanjing City, which completely solved this trouble.

This time, the empire obtained wealth from these old and young, cash, gold, silver and jewelry, as well as real estate and cultural relics such as real estate title deeds, worth more than two billion oceans. This directly made the empire, which was originally heavily indebted, suddenly become richer.

(For some reason, this episode can only be abbreviated.) (To be continued.) )

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