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Qi Yun's calm voice came from above: "Get up."

Zhou Yunming stood up respectfully and stood with his hands down. Seeing that Qi Yun remained silent for a long time, he couldn't help but raise his head slightly and peek out of the corner of his eye to see what she was doing.

Qi Yun put away her crossed legs and sat upright.

The table in front of her was full of memorials, many of which were opened and a bit messy.

A red pen was floating above the open memorial in the middle of the desk, writing something on its own.

Zhou Yunming was shocked by the scene in front of him. He lowered his head quickly and did not dare to rush. He just waited quietly for Qi Yun to finish reviewing the memorial and talk to him. He felt more and more respectful to Qi Yun in his heart.

Since Qi Yun learned about Zhuge and others' methods of dealing with things, she now doesn't dare to let them handle everything on their own.

All morning this morning, she had been reading the memorial that Wan'er had sent to her before, in case there were any deceptive ancient common sense traps in it.

As a result, a lot of problems can be seen at this glance.

The first is taxes.

According to Dayu's original agricultural tax policy, farmers were taxed based on the head of each household.

This is also the reason why the original national policy of Dayu forced people to marry and have children early.

Because having more children will not only increase the population of the country, but also collect more taxes in disguise!

Oh my God!

Qi Yun was shocked just by knowing this policy.

When a child is born, don’t you want to raise it? If you have more children and pay more taxes, won't that make your family poorer?

This is simply treating people like animals!

Perhaps, to the nobles of this world, those ordinary people are indeed just livestock that create value for them.

The second thing that left Qi Yun speechless was the corvee policy.

The so-called corvee is the act of recruiting strong men to work when the empire needs a lot of labor to build a certain project.

For example, Qi Yun had people renovate the Yunkai Base before, and the Heishan Base was renovated to make the people perform corvee service.

However, she took care of the food for the people, and the good people on the base were paid for their corvee service.

Before Qi Yun, the monarchs of all dynasties had directly forced conscripts and did not pay wages.

To put it simply, it means using people’s labor for free and asking people to bring their own food.

Previously, due to the shortage of labor force in the base, she asked the people in the base to have six days off and one day off, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

After all, she died suddenly while working overtime in her previous life. Even if she changed from an exploited person to an exploiter, she would not immediately forget that she had started to pervert.

All along, Qi Yun didn't think she was a good person.

She is selfish, pretentious, self-righteous, self-righteous, and maybe a little...sexy?

But now, Qi Yun feels that compared with the emperors of the past dynasties, she is simply the Super Virgin Mary!

No wonder the people in the base respect and love her so much!

Sure enough, happiness depends on comparison!

In addition, there is also a system of selecting concubines and palace maids, which are also forced.

Serving as corvee means the country forcefully recruits strong men, and choosing palace concubines and maidens means forcefully recruiting unmarried women from the nobility and common people.

At first, Qi Yun thought that this was only the case because the previous monarchs of Dayu, a small country that was about to be destroyed, were fatuous.

But she had people bring in the data from Da Zhou and Da Xia, and after some research, she found that everyone was the same!

Daxia had the strongest national power, the emperor was ambitious, and the birth control orders for the people were also the most perverted.

If people in Daxia are unmarried at the age of fourteen, they will be forced into marriage by the government. There is a clear decree requiring each family to have at least three sons, otherwise they will be imprisoned.

The Great Zhou Dynasty did not stipulate how many children the people must have, but it may be a matter of national culture. The upper echelons of the Great Zhou Dynasty valued civility over military affairs. From the emperor to the civil and military officials, they all liked to recite poems and write poems, have romantic affairs, and were very indulged in pleasure.

Moreover, the Zhou emperors of all dynasties liked to build forest gardens and palaces in various places, and the people's corvee was very serious.

However, the foundation of Zhou Dynasty was much stronger than that of Yu. After being tortured by the prodigal emperors for so long, it was still not the time to subjugate the country.

It's been two years since the end of the world, but they still haven't been able to subjugate their country. This is incredible.

There are many other inappropriate places, but those are minor flaws.

The ink pen controlled by Qi Yun's mental power automatically fell onto the pen holder after writing.

The young empress looked at Zhou Yunming below.

Zhou Yunming is only forty-two this year, but he has obvious wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and gray hair on his temples. He looks like an old man in his fifties.

Only one pair of eyes were strong and lively. Seeing Qi Yun looking over, he quickly lowered his hands and bowed.

Qi Yun said: "Put a chair for Mr. Zhou."

In response, Wang Xiu took out a chair from his storage bag and placed it behind Zhou Yunming.

Zhou Yunming quickly thanked him, sat down and said: "Back then, when we escaped from the secret passage with the late emperor, the late emperor asked us to find a place for the human race to resist the corpse monsters and protect the people of Dayu."

"I came to Jeju City after a long journey, and was entrusted by the prefect of Jeju before his death. He temporarily took over the post of prefect and protected the millions of people in Jeju City. Now I can finally see your majesty..."

Zhou Yunming looked at Qi Yun's face that resembled that of the late emperor and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Your Majesty and the late Emperor look so much alike..."

Wang Xiu also wiped his tears and echoed: "That's right. Every time I see Your Majesty, I feel like I'm seeing the late Emperor when he was young. It's just that Your Majesty is a woman, young, and even more beautiful than the late Emperor."

In order to prevent the two people from talking about the past endlessly, Qi Yun changed the topic, "Mr. Zhou..."

"I don't dare. Your Majesty can just summon Yun Ming."

Qi Yun quickly browsed through the communication box. Kong Ming had already sent her some notes on the conversation when meeting Mr. Zhou, and said:

"Mr. Zhou is an old minister of the late emperor, and he is much older than me... I am. It is natural for me to call you Mr. Zhou. There is no need to be so humble."

As a modern person, calling himself "I" is not the kind of thing he would do to joke with his bad friends, which made Qi Yun inexplicably a little bit ashamed.

Of course, Qi Yun is now considered a small city.

What she thinks in her heart is one thing, but the expression on her face can remain calm and indifferent, making it impossible for people to see any of her thoughts.

Zhou Yunming burst into tears of gratitude, "Yes, thank you for your grace."

"When Mr. Zhou comes to Yingnan, are you still used to the basic necessities of life? No one has neglected you, right?"

Zhou Yunming quickly shook his head, "No, no, Yingnan is like a paradise on earth. Yunming is already overjoyed."

Qi Yun smiled slightly, "Since I can't bear to leave, just stay. After I took over Yingchuan, I was busy with affairs and the cabinet was empty. I am short of talents like Mr. Zhou. I wonder if Mr. Zhou is willing to help?"

This is to make him a consul!

Zhou Yunming was overjoyed and quickly knelt down: "I am honored to serve your Majesty. Thank you for your grace."

"Get up. You don't need to kneel down when you see me in the future."

"Yes."

"That Zhou Lao's Jeju City..."

Zhou Yunming said quickly: "Your Majesty chooses a reliable person under his command to appoint the Governor of Jeju, and he can act as a minister. If necessary, I can go back to Jeju with him to take over."

This sentence has made it clear that he is not greedy for power in Jeju and sincerely surrenders to Qi Yun.

Qi Yun nodded, "Then let Kong Ming arrange for someone to go back to Jeju with you later. Mr. Zhou will finish handing over the important military and political affairs of Jeju and rush back to Yingnan as soon as possible. I... I am really short of manpower here."

Qi Yun acted like a capitalist and said there were many jobs waiting for you here, which made Zhou Yunming feel very uncomfortable.

If there is something for him to do, it means that Qi Yun gave him the position of consul not to appease him and hand over the power of Jeju City, but to actually grant him real power and sincerely want to accept him.

Qi Yun was very satisfied with Zhou Yunming's reaction. It was so touching to see such labor coming to her doorstep to work for her (cross out "squeeze")!

Zhou Yunming was very grateful to Qi Yun. He thought that he would be strictly considered, or that he would have to wait for two years in the position of Six Ministers before being admitted into the cabinet. Unexpectedly, Qi Yun directly hired people without any doubts!

The king has treated me like this, and my life has not been wasted. This is so touching!

The monarch and his ministers looked at each other and laughed.

Wang Xiu looked at the harmonious scene in front of him of the wise king and the wise ministers, and couldn't help but sigh: This scene is so touching!