The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

Although a year and a half has passed, the Great Xia Hall of Mental Cultivation is still exactly the same as before, solemn and majestic, and it is the main palace where the Great Xia Emperor used to review memorials and handle government affairs.

But when I walked into the hall, I found that the taste had changed.

There were thick cushions on the ground in the center of the hall, and two pink babies were sitting there chattering. One baby was a boy with big eyes and a high nose bridge. One baby was a girl, with big eyes and a small round face, chubby, and the hair on her head was barely tied into a braid.

In front of the two babies, Emperor Xia changed his previous majestic image, lying there blowing his beard and winking, teasing the two babies, completely lacking the appearance of an emperor.

The boy loves to play more, so he stretched out his hand to pull Xia Huang's beard, his hands are not weak, but Xia Huang not only didn't feel the pain, but also laughed happily, and praised: "Good grandson, you have such strength at such a young age." , will be able to capture tigers and leopards alive when he grows up! He is a superb master!"

The baby girl on the side shouted, "Grandpa, grandpa...hug..."

The baby's voice was so cute, Xia Huang immediately picked her up and said lovingly: "My smile, grandpa, come and hug her!"

After being picked up, the baby girl giggled.

Before the first dragon case, Xiao Rui was reviewing the memorial. Watching his father teasing the two children, and then looking at the memorial in hand, he suddenly felt that his work was not good.

"Father, it's not appropriate for the minister to sit here and deal with the memorial directly. If the censor hears about it, he will have to impeach the minister again." Xiao Rui said.

Emperor Xia glanced back at him, and immediately stared at him, "How many times have you said this? Are you annoying? Letting you sit on the dragon chair and let you review the memorials is the dream of many people, but you are not happy about it." , Do you feel that the reputation is not right? I have said it several times, I abdicate to let the virtuous, and you always talk about him, who is to blame. "

Xiao Rui was speechless for a moment.

"Daddy...Daddy..."

At this moment, the baby girl in Emperor Xia's arms stretched out her hand, pointed at Xiao Rui and shouted.

Emperor Xia put his arms around his granddaughter and snorted: "Smile and be good, don't pay attention to you and father, he is busy, Grandpa Huang will play with you."

Xiao Rui sighed again, as expected, he would not have a son if he had a grandson or a granddaughter.

But seeing the two guys so cute, Xiao Rui didn't feel tired either.

The concubine Zhuge Liuying conceived in October and gave birth to a baby boy for Xiao Rui. Li Ruoxue gave birth to a baby girl shortly after. Xiao Rui immediately became a person with both sons and daughters.

Now that the two little guys are about to turn last year, their pink looks have become the most beautiful cubs in the palace, especially Xia Huang's darling. Xiao Rui dare not scold the two little guys, even speak louder, let alone Said to scold.

It's not that Emperor Xia has no grandchildren, but these are the prince's eldest son and eldest daughter, Genzheng Miaohong's grandson, so it is conceivable that Emperor Xia loves the two little guys.

Xiao Rui sorted out the reviewed memorials, and said: "Father, the memorials are all reviewed, do you still have a look at them?"

"No need! Send it directly to the cabinet for execution." Emperor Xia said.

In the past one and a half years, Xiao Rui started to govern the world from studying government affairs, especially since the second half of this year, Emperor Xia even sat up as a shopkeeper and asked Xiao Rui to do the dragon chair to review the chapters, completely decentralizing power, and in the early days of the court. In general, no matter what political affairs are discussed, they will always ask the prince's opinion.

The prince said yes, then implement it. If the prince thinks there is a problem, then no! The power that His Majesty bestowed on the prince has already surpassed the belief of all civil and military officials.

Although His Majesty has never ordered him to supervise the country, Xiao Rui is already the crown prince at this time.

Hearing His Majesty's answer, Xiao Rui nodded, already accustomed to His Majesty's trust, Hai Dafu at the side took the memorial and immediately ordered someone to send it to the cabinet.

Throughout the past year and a half, Xiao Rui has experienced many things.

Beginning in March last year, Xiao Rui and His Majesty began to build around basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation. The new crops have been extended to the whole of Daxia, and each household has added more than 20 shi of edible grain. Some areas that are prone to drought and flood disasters have already Expand the planting scale of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, no longer stick to five grains, as long as you can eat enough, you can grow anything!

Secondly, just as Emperor Qin cursed, Daxia no longer concealed the existence of gunpowder, used gunpowder to blow up mountains and open rivers, build roads and embankments, especially in areas where floods and embankments have already occurred. This is thanks to the efforts of Song Yingxing, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who worked hard and took the lead. Last year, the lower reaches of the Yellow River burst in Daxia, and he was ordered to deal with it when he was in danger.

Gunpowder is no longer a tool for killing people, but has become a god that benefits the world. At the same time, it also deters the enemy country. The emperors of other enemy countries are also like Qin, who are deeply afraid of the power of gunpowder!

Second, franchise operations have extended from coal mines to iron mines. Now the number of franchised coal mines across the country has increased to 8,000 and is still increasing.

Of course, the reason why there are so many coal mines is mainly because coal mining is now entirely dependent on manpower, so the coal mines are all small-scale, and only 30 to 40 people can apply for a franchise. The output of such small coal mines is not large, and if the seasons of the year that are not suitable for mining are removed, the annual output of better coal mines is only 40 to 50 tons.

Although it is a small scale, it has activated the Daxia market. Now the value of coal mines in the Daxia market has dropped by one-third, especially in coal-producing areas, which are only one-fourth of the original price. Burning coal for heating in the twelfth lunar month of winter.

This is the advantage of public-private partnerships. Of course, keep in mind that the public is the main priority, and we must step up efforts to strictly investigate private mines that do not comply with the rules. If there are 8,000 franchised coal mines, then 1,000 coal mines are secretly mined. is unavoidable. Therefore, it is necessary to intensify the investigation and punishment, and once discovered, there will be heavy penalties!

Franchising is just a piece of paper, but it represents the difference between legal and illegal, which is the guarantee for the imperial court to coordinate everything. And now is not the time to fully allow private coal mines!

After entering this year, after Xiao Rui communicated with Emperor Xia, he wanted to take a private visit to see the actual situation of Daxia. The last time he visited the state capital, he went south. This time, he went north and spent four months in the Going around the northern state capital, Xiao Rui learned a lot from the perspective of an emperor, and he also had a deep understanding of governance by watching the customs and customs of various places, and relying on his own understanding and learning. The truth is that a big country is like cooking a small fish.

And if he wants to govern a big country like cooking small fish, Xiao Rui likes a sentence in the "Tao Te Ching" very much: "Govern the country with righteousness, rule the army with wonder, and conquer the world with nothing."

It sounds easy, but it is difficult to listen to, and it is even more difficult to do it.

Today, Xiao Rui handles government affairs on behalf of His Majesty, and what he plans and decides is based on the idea of ​​governing the country with justice.

At the beginning, Emperor Xia would still browse through Xiao Rui's decisions. Later, with Xiao Rui's growth, Emperor Xia was very satisfied, and he was more at ease in handing over the power to him.

So summing up this year and a half, Xiao Rui has been enriched and reaped a lot.

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Near noon, the two little guys were also sleepy, so they were carried back to the East Palace by the female officer.

Emperor Xia returned to his dragon chair to finish, and then said: "Has the grain storage from Anxi Province arrived?"

"Yesterday, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs Yang Feiyuan came to report that he would arrive in Beijing within ten days." Xiao Rui replied.

Emperor Xia praised: "Zhang Liang, Xiao He, and Shen Wansan are indeed great talents. They have turned Anxi Province into a major grain producer!"

"It's still father's wise vision to promote Huangtian Group and Daxia Bank in the Fourteen States of Anxi!" Xiao Rui laughed.

Zhang Liang has served as Anxi Jiedu Envoy for nearly two years, and has turned the fourteen prefectures of Anxi into the back garden of the Great Summer. This year, there are no major disasters in the fourteen prefectures, so today's crops are bumper, not only the people are happy With a bumper harvest, the state capital's granaries and the grain depots built by the Ministry of Households were also full.

Especially the Huangtian Group, which encloses tens of thousands of hectares of land, covering fourteen prefectures. Today, the grain income has reached more than 10 million shi, which can fill two Xijing warehouses!

You must know that Huangtian Group had just started last year, and this year it had a bumper harvest. The grain shipped this time was the loan returned by Huangtian Group to the court. This move directly shocked the official circles of Daxia. It never thought that the Huangtian Group, which was only controlled by the imperial court but not directly managed, was so powerful.

Speaking of Huangtu Group, it is natural to introduce Daxia Bank.

Daxia Bank, which Shen Wansan is in charge of, has opened savings, loan and other businesses since its operation. Because it is guaranteed by the imperial court, its reputation and reputation are guaranteed. In order to attract customers, Shen Wansan directly raised the annual interest rate after reporting to Xiao Rui and His Majesty. Increase publicity.

This move really attracted people with spare money at home. But the big families and dignitaries are on the sidelines. They don't trust Daxia Bank and would rather bury their money underground.

For nearly two years now, Daxia Bank has formulated a sound process, and has established branches in major states and supports cross-regional settlement. This move attracted merchants even more. They no longer need to carry a large amount of silver and bank notes to travel north and south, but only need to hold bank vouchers to withdraw money from different places.

Of course, the most attractive business is the loan business. As long as you mortgage your house or land, you can borrow money with a very low interest rate, which is much lower than the interest rate on the market. business development.

In the past two years, Daxia Bank has turned from a loss to a loss, and it will definitely be profitable by the end of this year!

The time is still too short, Xiao Rui believes that in a few years, Huangtian Group and Daxia Bank will inevitably become giant institutions.

Facing Xiao Rui's flattery, Emperor Xia smiled and said: "If you say that I am wise and far-sighted, then wouldn't the emperor be far-sighted? Haha... But this is the truth, all this is due to the emperor's contribution, I am very pleased."

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "As the prince of Daxia, this is what I should do."

Emperor Xia nodded, then looked at the map hanging on the wall, and said, "Great Xia's achievements will definitely attract Qin's covetousness. It seems that there will be another military incident soon."

If Xia Guo could be given another five years, the destruction of Qin would be crushing, but it was obvious that Emperor Qin would not wait.

"Father, before facing the Qin army, should we first settle the state of Qi? Only in this way can the army of the champion be drawn!" Xiao Rui asked.

Champion Hou's 700,000 troops have always been stationed in Fengtian City, one is to deter the Qi State, and the other is to suppress the occupied Qi people and avoid troubles.

Today's Qi State is full of turmoil, and it is extremely exciting. I heard that many big brothers raised their banners and shouted, "The princes and generals are better than each other," and began to work in Qi State.

At this time, Qi State has become a mess.