Even Zhao Yun, who has always been cautious, suggested to take the initiative to attack this time. It seems that he was also angered by the despicable behavior of Tubo and Nanyue.

But on the contrary, Yan Hao's several think tanks all held opposing views.

Jiang Ziya said: "Your Majesty, the territory of the Tubo Kingdom is located on the bitter cold plateau. It is a barren land. Even if it is defeated, it will not be of great use to us. But our army is not suitable for plateau warfare, and the expedition to Tubo will inevitably be unacceptable. On the contrary, there is a possibility of defeat, and we must learn from the lessons of the past Central Plains dynasty’s fiasco in the Tubo expedition.”

Wang Meng added: "Although the national strength of Nanyue Kingdom is weaker than that of Tubo, the terrain is more complex than Tubo. Nanyue has high mountains and deep forests, and our powerful cavalry of Wei Wei, including the heavy cavalry that showed their power this time, can't go deep. In combat, the South Vietnamese Leopard Cavalry is like a tiger with wings added to the mountains and its power is multiplied. If we attack rashly, not only will it be difficult to obtain results, but we may even lose a lot."

The two wise men, Wang Meng and Jiang Ziya, saw it very far, and Yan Hao deeply believed it.Not to mention anything else, didn't the Americans confidently think that they could bully the Vietnamese at the beginning? As a result, the Vietnam War directly became the biggest pain in the United States in the 70s, and it had an immeasurable negative impact on the entire American society.The name Vietnam War quagmire shows the horror of jungle warfare.

So Yan Hao nodded: "What the two adults said is very true. The counterattack against South Vietnam and Tubo will be put on hold for the time being. It will not be too late to solve the problems of these two countries until we have trained troops that are more suitable for plateau and jungle warfare. .”

After discussing the military issues, Fan Li reported to Yan Hao the current economic and financial situation of the Great Wei Dynasty.

After so many years of development, the earliest annexed countries in the Western Regions, that is, today's Anxi Road, has developed extremely rich and prosperous, and has become one of the most important economic pillars of the Wei State. The Silk Road here can bring the country every year. to huge trade profits.

Although the Rouran and Xiongnu Grasslands were not as prosperous as Anxi Road, the issues of immigration and ethnic integration were basically completed.The new population and labor force will develop the grassland in the direction that Yan Hao is willing to see. The combination of farming and animal husbandry has greatly eased the labor gap here. The development of mining, fur trade, handicraft and other industries has also made the economy here at least not backward Too much in the Mainland.

The Kanto region also became the new granary of the Wei State as it wished. The fertile black soil plain not only nourished many new immigrants in the Kanto region, but also completely solved the food problem in the grassland area. The shortened transportation distance saved the court a lot of manpower and financial resources.

Qiongyi Island in the south has become a rising star. The unique climate advantages of the two islands allow the agriculture here to grow wildly at an incredible speed with little need for deliberate attention.The superiority of the geographical location also means that they don't need to worry about the sales of their products at all. The whole Nanyang, including the central and western regions of Mengyuanzhou, are their customers.In this way, the fiscal revenue of these two places may even surpass that of the rich and prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River in a few years.

Chapter 632 Guan Hanqing

According to Fan Li's report, the annual financial revenue of Great Wei has exceeded [-] million taels of silver. This is a very terrifying figure. It can be said that Wei is unlikely to worry about financial problems in the future, and the treasury will be abundant. The funds give Yan Hao any goal he wants to achieve.

However, for Yan Hao, although [-] million taels of silver is a lot, it is not enough to satisfy him. The most direct reason is that one of the conditions for upgrading to level II civilization requires the country's annual fiscal revenue to exceed one billion taels of silver!

Today, Wei's trade, mining, handicrafts, finance and other industries have basically developed to the peak state, and may develop in the next few years, but it is basically impossible to break through one billion taels of silver in the near future.As a result, Wei's pace of upgrading to level II civilization will be greatly slowed down.

This is a bit nerve-wracking, Yan Hao scratched his head.

Putting the matter of financial revenue aside, Yan Hao listened to Di Renjie report to him on the state of Wei State's legislation and judicial reform, and Hai Rui reported to him the results of building a clean government.

In response to Yan Hao's will, Di Renjie began to organize personnel to revise the new code very early on. The core of the new code is to legally determine the unity of imperial power and theocracy as a whole, ensuring that the emperor's power is always supreme.On this basis, Yan Hao added many modern legal thinking modes to the code, extending the tentacles of the law to all aspects of life, so that the laws of Wei State can better maintain the stability of the country's social order.

For example, the economic law part of the code stipulates in detail the different ways of handling disputes in commercial activities, and the criminal law part cancels some original trial plans for homomorphic revenge, and uses more reasonable and fair criminal law principles, and at the same time eliminates all privileges , of course, except the prerogative of the emperor, because the emperor is the law itself.

Yan Hao named this code "Shenlong Code". The Shenlong Code is the criterion for adjudicating all social disputes, and the highest interpretation power of the Shenlong Code belongs to the emperor. In this way, Yan Hao has not only become the spokesperson of the sky, but also the incarnation of the law. , His status in the hearts of the people has been further improved.

Hai Rui's clean government reform has also yielded fruitful results. With his efforts, the system of high salaries to support honesty has basically been established in Wei State.Through unremitting efforts, Yushitai established a strict monitoring system to the maximum extent possible while ensuring the efficiency of officials' work, which made the people full of praise for Hai Rui, the "Hai Qingtian".

After listening to the reports from many distant people, Yan Hao is very satisfied with the current development of Wei State, and the only troublesome thing is how to achieve the conditions of II and civilization.

Four conditions for upgrading Level II civilization: 1. The country where the host is located annexes Dongying and Koryo countries 2. The country where the host is located annexes the country of Nanyue 3. The happiness index of the people in the country where the host is located reaches 1004. The annual financial income of the country where the host is located exceeds one billion taels of silver .

Among them, the annexation of Japan and Korea has already been completed. If the annexation of South Vietnam cannot be completed for the time being, it is only a matter of time. The key lies in how to achieve the two conditions 3 and 4.

Yan Hao checked the people's life happiness index at this time, and unexpectedly, it did not increase but decreased compared to the last time, from 72 points to 70 points.However, this should not be due to Yan Hao's recent misconduct in government, but mainly because the invasion of South Vietnam and Tubo caused serious damage to people's livelihood in Jiannan Road, Lingnan Road and other places, so the decrease in happiness index is inevitable.

It seems that if you want to improve the happiness index, you can't rely on economic and military achievements alone, you must do something that makes the common people happy.

What can be done to make the people of Wei State happy?For ordinary civilians, food and clothing are the first needs. When these basic needs are met, the progress of material life can no longer satisfy them, and their spiritual life must be enriched.To put it more generally, it is to provide the people with a variety of entertainment methods.

In this era, what entertainment methods can make the people happy?After Yan Hao thought about it, it was nothing more than sports, drama performances and the like.

Thinking of this, an idea popped up in his mind: yes, in this case, why not use the power of the state to set up theaters and perform theater performances in various places, so as to enrich the spare time life of the people?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this method was reliable. In this respect, ancient Greece was his example.Why did the civil politics of ancient Greece become a model for later generations?In addition to legal and political factors, the influence of ancient Greek drama cannot be ignored.It is drama that enriches the citizens spiritually, and on the other hand, it also plays a role in nurturing and educating.

"Bai Zhi, let's go, let's watch a play together." Yan Hao said while holding Yu Bai Zhi's hand.

Yu Baizhi's eyes lit up immediately, she had never gone to a theater with Yan Hao before.

The two came to a theater in the capital city, where a mythical play with a long history in Wei State happened to be being performed, and the audience was packed.

The two came to the private seat to watch, and Yan Hao felt a problem after watching for a while.Theatrical performances in this world are really boring. The performances of the actors are dull and blunt, the voices are not aesthetically pleasing, and the stage layout is simple. These are not the most important. .

What surprised Yan Hao was that the audience here watched with gusto, and burst into applause from time to time.

Yan Hao suddenly felt that it was necessary to create newer and better dramas in his country to satisfy the spiritual life of the people.

But it's easy to say, he doesn't have the ability to write the script himself.Although he has the general outline of countless classic masterpieces from his previous life in his mind, it is one thing to read them, but another to rearrange them. He does not think he has the talent for this.

If this is the case, why not use a hero card to directly summon a great cow in history to help him write the script?This idea came to Yan Hao's mind.

After all, he has already used the beauty card to summon women, and the hero card in his hand does not have a particularly urgent need for the time being, so it can be used for this purpose.And if it is used well, its effect is definitely no less than a prop with [-] points.

After all, the most difficult condition for upgrading a level II civilization is the confusing "People's Life Happiness Index". It is important to know that the improvement of a country's strength by the level of civilization is incalculable.If he can achieve something in this area with a hero card, then he is definitely willing to give it a try.

So, who is better to call out?There are countless literati and poets in Chinese history, but although great poets like Li Bai and Du Fu have great literary talents, they are not professional in drama creation after all. in the history of Chinese literature.

He is the master of opera in the Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing!Guan Hanqing, as the head of the four masters of Yuan opera, created such well-known works as "Dou E's Injustice", "Saving the Wind and Dust", "Wangjiang Pavilion", "Lu Zhailang", and "Single-knife Club". His works have profound thoughts , the language is superb, and has reached a super high artistic level. If he is there, it will not be difficult to change the backward drama mode in this world.

"System, I want to summon Guan Hanqing!" Yan Hao used the hero card.

"Ding dong, the system prompts that since the hero you summon is related to the promotion conditions of Level II civilization, an additional 1 points need to be consumed!"

Wow, this system is really treacherous.According to past experience, if the person summoned is a character without martial arts, such as Mo Zi and Xiao Shi, it would cost points to summon Guan Hanqing.Of course, this incident also made Yan Hao recognize Guan Hanqing's strength even more.

A white light flashed, and a tall man with a full sky, round face and a white hat appeared in front of Yan Hao.

Yan Hao secretly thought that the reason was that Guan Hanqing should be a handsome young man waving a feather fan, but he did not expect to be Kong Wu's powerful man, which was beyond his expectation.

"Xiaosheng Guan Hanqing, I would like to serve His Majesty." Guan Hanqing bowed, his figure and his etiquette looked a little funny.

Yan Hao helped Guan Hanqing up and said, "Hanqing, I intend to ask you to write a few scripts for the imperial court and perform them. Maybe you can do it?"

Guan Hanqing raised his head and said confidently: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the script written by Guan Hanqing will definitely be very popular! I just don't know what kind of opera Your Majesty wants me to write?"

Yan Hao thought for a while. Although Guan Hanqing had outstanding literary talents, the art form of Yuan Opera was not very outstanding in terms of appreciation, otherwise it would not be replaced by more perfect art forms such as Kunqu Opera.Therefore, since he decided to do it, he had to do something brilliant at once.

Thinking of this, Yan Hao felt that it was necessary to communicate with Guan Hanqing some of the glorious works of art in his previous life, so he deliberately brought Guan Hanqing to the palace, and spent several days compiling "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties". Guan Hanqing was roughly told about the plots of these two works that he loved very much, and he was ordered to write the script based on the plot description.

The reason for choosing these two works is also after careful consideration. First of all, from the background point of view, these two works are based on the background of ancient wars. The Chinese people have a strong interest in this subject matter, and creations around these can arouse the interest of the people.

On the other hand, the plots of these two books are full of twists and turns, and the plots are complex. If they are adapted into dramas, they can greatly improve the current situation of insufficient impact and tension in dramas in this world.

Of course, it's not that he has never thought of adapting strange novels such as "Fengshen Bang" and "Journey to the West", but the problem is that the plots of these novels are wonderful, but they are mythological backgrounds after all, and it is very difficult to move them to the stage. Big, so I gave up after all.

Chapter 633 The Prosperous Scenery

For theatrical performances, the script is only part of the content, and factors such as the actors on the stage, the setting including the theater, etc. are also very important.Therefore, in addition to handing over script writing to Guan Hanqing, Yan Hao also specially established Taiyuefu as Wei Guoxin's cultural management agency.

The responsibilities of Taiyuefu are not only to promote the development of drama, but also cover music, dance, art and other aspects related to the national spiritual and cultural life.

According to Yan Hao's will, in the next period of time, the work of Taiyuefu will be the top priority of the work of the Ministry of Education. The main tasks are: to build a large number of public theaters, museums, song and dance workshops and other cultural places across the country to ensure that the people There are enough venues for the masses to participate in cultural activities.

In addition, it is necessary to establish an official drama performance art, absorb outstanding artistic talents from the private sector and give preferential treatment, and set up a special organization to be responsible for the production of props, sets, etc. related to drama performances... and so on, the measures are detailed and rich, Involves all aspects.

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