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On the day of the New Year, Qin Mu summoned the cabinet ministers, the ministers of the ministries, the squires, as well as Meng Ke, Liu Meng, Di Zhongxing and other major governors of the navy and land to the Wuying Palace, and talked about it while drinking, which can be regarded as a year-end summary.

This year's Daqin, except for the relatively severe drought in several counties in Shandong, which led to a large reduction in crop yield, other places were still smooth and rainy, and the grains and grains were all bumper harvests. The imperial court took measures to requisition a large number of captives to build roads, which also solved the possible problem of grain cheapness and injury to peasants.

Industry and commerce continue to flourish, and scientific and technological achievements are abundant; On the whole, the domestic order is quite stable, the people are mindful of governance, the officials are diligent and honest, and the people have enough food and clothing, and live and work in peace and contentment.

Of course, this was mostly the case when the dynasties were founded.

It's just that Daqin encountered a lot of opportunities that did not exist before, such as the introduction of new crops such as corn, which doubled the grain output, which not only quickly solved the problem of eating for the people of the Celestial Empire, but also promoted the construction of domestic roads because of the surplus of food.

In addition, Qin Mu vigorously supported industry and commerce, paid attention to scientific and technological innovation, vigorously promoted the civilian use of science and technology, and also used the navy to plunder foreign countries and transfuse blood to the domestic country that had endured many years of war, which made the Great Qin several times faster than the beginning of the previous dynasties, and all industries were more prosperous.

Liu Boquan, a scholar of Dongge University and a scholar of the household department, said happily: "Your Majesty, this year's imperial court revenue has reached 92 million dragon coins, of which the proportion of commercial tax revenue is 50% or 4, exceeding the agricultural tax. The total expenditure was 61.9 million dragon coins, and the balance was 30.1 million dragon dollars. ”

Thirty million dragon coins are actually equivalent to about 20 million taels of silver, but considering that the total annual income of the Ming Dynasty is only a few million, and now that Great Qin has only been established for a few years, it is really remarkable to have a balance of 20 million taels.

Qin Mu was just happy and thought about it. I felt that this was nothing, it seemed that when Li Shimin ascended the throne, he faced a more difficult situation, and was forced by the Turks to Chang'an City and signed a humiliating alliance under the city.

As a result, it only took four years for Li Shimin to rise to prominence in Zhenguan four years, not to mention the revival of all industries in the country, and he also destroyed the powerful Eastern Turks in one fell swoop and became the Khan of Tian.

He has hundreds of years of knowledge, and he can continue to plunder foreign countries and transfuse blood at home. just made Daqin like this, compared with Li Eryi, there is really nothing to be proud of.

Qin Mu is introspecting, but the ministers here are very happy, now there are quite a lot of places where Great Qin actually uses soldiers, and the country is building roads on a large scale, spending money everywhere, and without raising taxes, there can be a balance of 30 million dragon coins. All the ministers were overjoyed by this.

"The Holy Monarch is on the throne, and the four seas are all over the world!"

"Your Majesty is benevolent and all things, virtue is the world, and there is the great rule of the world. Congratulations to His Majesty"

"Alright, alright, hahahaha To be honest, I also love to listen to the ministers sing praises to me. But it's better for you to sing less praises, lest I don't know where I am, and I'm afraid it will backfire. ”

This Wu Ying Palace's drink. The scene was relatively relaxed, everyone was not so restrained, and they laughed one after another, and even Yang Tinglin said with a smile: "Your Majesty's benevolence benefits the world, and it is indeed not flattery for ministers." What's even more rare is that His Majesty can always introspect himself, and he is even more pleasing to his heart. ”

Qin Mu said with a smile: "As the saying goes, there are three gangs of a hero." If it weren't for the careful assistance of your ministers, how could the world be ruled today, and the merits of your ministers, I will naturally not forget it.

Today, I invite all the ministers to come for a drink, not only to summarize the gains and losses of our monarchs and ministers in the past year, but also to thank the ministers for their loyalty and conscientiousness in the past year, and to assist me in governing the world. Here, I would like to say that the ministers have worked hard. ”

"The ministers don't dare, Your Majesty is diligent and loves the people, and sleeps at night, which is really hard."

"Okay, we don't need to be too polite between our monarchs and ministers, come, ministers, please drink this cup with me."

"The ministers are His Majesty!"

After everyone drank a cup together, Song Yingxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Your Majesty, now that the imperial court has set up telegraphs and repaired asphalt roads, there have been initial transactions, which have greatly accelerated the circulation of materials, and at the same time made the relationship between various places more close, but at present, the two good governance are still in their infancy, and further investment is needed." Since the state treasury has a surplus of as much as 30 million this year, he will increase the investment of 10 million dragon dollars in the construction of telegraphs and roads in the coming year. ”

Qin Mu said with a smile: "Song Shangshu seems to be a person who is also anxious, hahaha I think that it is okay to increase some input, but it can't be increased so much, everything is better gradually, once you invest in it, it is easy to lead to overcapacity and indigestion in the future." ”

When Liu Boquan heard this, he immediately said: "Your Majesty is Shengming, Your Majesty is Shengming!" ”

Now Daqin's investment in this area is not small, and the number of prisoners used to build roads last year has reached 470,000, and according to the predetermined plan, it is planned to increase to 800,000 this year.

Therefore, in terms of the erection of telegraph lines, it may be possible to increase some investment, but in terms of building asphalt roads, Qin Mu does not plan to increase the scale.

He changed the subject and said, "Ministers, what do you think of Ceylon?" ”

Qin Mu did not plan to include India in the territory of Great Qin for the time being, and it was probably only an overseas colony in the end.

But Ceylon is different, the geographical location occupied by this pearl in the Indian Ocean is too important, and if it is not completely included in the territory of Great Qin, Qin Mu always can't help but think about it in his heart.

Gu Junen, the left attendant of the military department, said: "Your Majesty, the sea is different from the land, everywhere can be passed, but because of supplies and storms, it greatly depends on some important strategic nodes, Ceylon is in the center of the Western Ocean, is the only place where the east-west shipping lanes pass, and controlling Ceylon is equivalent to controlling the throat and key of the Western Ocean."

In addition, if I want to better control India, Ceylon is an indispensable stronghold and springboard. Ceylon is in hand, and Great Qin can attack and defend in the West, forming a strong threat to the Indian mainland. Therefore, the minister believed that it was very necessary to include Ceylon in the territory of Daqin and operate as the most important stronghold of Daqin in the West. ”

The Governor of the Navy, Di Zhongxing, also said: "Your Majesty, according to the information sent back by the ocean-going fleet, after the Dutch occupied Ceylon, the original royal family of Ceylon has perished, and Ceylon has been a colony of the Dutch for decades.

At present, the population of Ceylon is not very large, the total number is about 300,000, and the beliefs are also relatively complex, some believe in Hinduism, some believe in Brahmaism, some believe in Buddhism, after the Dutch colonized Ceylon, there is still a large part of the population converted to Catholicism. There are relatively few people who believe in the Heavenly Sect.

In other words, in order to incorporate Ceylon into the territory of Great Qin, the problem of faith is not very difficult to solve; In addition, there are only more than 300,000 people in the local area, as long as the birth rate of the local population is slightly controlled, as the number of people who move to Ceylon increases, they can soon occupy the main body, on the other hand, the problem of different races can also be integrated through mutual marriage, and at the worst, these 300,000 natives can also be driven to the Indian mainland by force. The minister believed that Otesa and other countries were willing to accept and even help Great Qin to clear the indigenous people of Ceylon. ”

In this era, for all countries, in fact, population is the greatest resource, and in the wars of various countries, population plunder is often one of the very important purposes of war.

If the 300,000 natives of Ceylon were given to Otesa and other countries, they would be very happy, and I am afraid that they would send their own troops to clear them, and they would do it willingly.

Qin Mu suddenly thought of Japan again, Japan is a country with a large population, and has the spirit of hardship and hard work, and its combat effectiveness is also very good, and his discipline is also very high. We can consider getting 10,000 or 20,000 servants from Japan to do this kind of thing.

In today's Japan, there are a lot of samurai who have become ronins because they can't get the offerings of the daimyo, and Imasa Yuki responds to the call because there are too many unemployed ronin, and there is a backlog of social contradictions.

Therefore, it was not difficult to go to Japan and organize 10,000 or 20,000 samurai as servants.

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