Emperor: When will the Seventh Prince rebel? I will open the city gates to welcome him.

After Hongxuan divided all the officials into four categories, he looked at Zeng Lijing.

"Governor Zeng!"

Zeng Lijing responded respectfully, "I am here!"

Hongxuan sat high on the throne and said calmly:

"Since I already rule Northern Yan and Yuzhou, your position as governor is inappropriate!"

After hearing this, Zeng Lijing immediately prostrated himself on the ground and trembled.

"I know my faults and forget them. Your Majesty, please forgive me! Please don't dismiss me from my post!"

Zeng Lijing was worried that his official position would be lost.

"Why are you panicking? I am just saying that your title of governor is inappropriate, that's all!"

"From today on, your name will be Prime Minister!"

"I am responsible for the operation of the four major positions of the Prime Minister!"

Although Zeng Jingli did not understand what the position of prime minister was, he knew that being able to hold one of the four major official positions except for the prime minister was equivalent to being second only to the emperor in Northern Yan and Yuzhou.

In fact, he was right in understanding it, that was the fact.

"Prime Minister Zeng, now you divide the officials into four categories!"

"Pick one minister for each category, that's four ministers! Do you understand?"

Zeng immediately stood up and saluted:

"Your Majesty, I understand. I will do it now!"

Zeng immediately stood up and came to the officials. He quickly divided them into four positions: food official, economic official, education official and judicial official.

The number of officials of the grain department is thirty-three, the number of officials of the economic department is thirty-two, the number of officials of the education department is thirty, and the number of officials of the judicial department is thirty-four.

Zeng Lijing quickly selected four ministers from these officials.

The four ministers came forward to pay their respects to Zhenbei King Hongxuan.

"Your humble servant Wang Liangqing pays homage to the King of Zhenbei. Your humble servant serves as the Minister of Food!"

"Your humble servant Xu Zekai pays homage to the King of Zhenbei. Your humble servant serves as the Minister of Economic Affairs."

"Your humble servant Wei Youning pays homage to the King of Zhenbei. Your humble servant serves as the Minister of Education!"

"Your humble servant Hou Youming pays homage to the King of Zhenbei. Your humble servant Wei is the Minister of Justice!"

Zhenbei King Hongxuan was very satisfied with Prime Minister Zeng Lijing's efficiency and speed.

Hongxuan said to all the officials.

"Now that you have divided into camps and lined up, you should act according to your future development."

"No matter which department you are in, they are all very important, but in the current situation, the grain officer is the most important, so the three of you ministers must cooperate with the Minister of Grain Officers, Wang Liangqing!"

"Yes, I obey your command!"

The three ministers, the economic official, the education official, and the judicial official, kowtowed.

"I will not let down the trust and heavy responsibility of the King of Zhenbei and will do a good job as a grain officer."

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan looked at Wang Liangqing and said:

"I ask you, food is the most important thing for the people. How will Minister Wang deal with this problem?"

Wang Liangqing, the Minister of Food, was stunned.

He didn't expect that he had just become the Minister of Food, and the King of Zhenbei would have to consider his own problems regarding the people and food.

How could he know this? Besides, he had never been a food officer before. This was his first time as a food officer, and he was still ignorant as a food officer.

Hongxuan raised the corner of his mouth and chuckled.

He did not blame the Minister of Food, Wang Liangqing.

Because he also knew that he had just established this department and only divided the officials into four categories,

How did these officials become officials? They passed the imperial examinations and were then assigned to become officials.

In the past, there were no substantial production issues such as food and people in the exam questions.

All there are are empty and unreal things like poetry, songs, eight-legged essays, Confucian classics, etc.

Of course, Hongxuan is not saying that Confucianism is useless, it’s just that King Zhenbei Hongxuan has memories of his past life.

He knew that for social progress and development, the spiritual and material aspects must advance in parallel, rather than focusing only on the spiritual.

In this world of material scarcity, we should now start producing food to improve people's well-being so that they can have enough food and clothing.

This is the top priority and the most urgent matter.

Wang Liangqing, the Minister of Food, suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He didn't know how to answer. He raised his head to look at the face of King Zhenbei and saw that he didn't look angry.

He folded his hands and bowed, saying:

"I am stupid, please forgive me, Your Majesty! I am not worthy of being the Minister of Food and I don't know how to answer!"

Hong Xuan spoke loudly:

"No one is born with a knack for anything, just like a child needs to grow up slowly before he can crawl and walk, and only after he is proficient in walking can he run. You are not able to manage the food well, and I will certainly not blame you!"

"But I will tell you how to execute it!"

"All the fertile fields for growing wheat and sorghum in Northern Yan must be counted by your Minister of Food, Wang Liangqing!"

"After the statistics are completed, all of them will be collected and managed by the Beiyan Zhenbei King's government agency, which is your Ministry of Grain! You must listen to me clearly, all the fertile land will be under the unified management of the government."

"In the territory ruled by this king, no land belongs to any official, and no land belongs to any noble! All land is handed over to the government for management."

When Hongxuan said this, all the officials were in an uproar.

They were horrified, for they had never thought that if all the land was centrally managed by the government, there would be no territories of landlords, gentry, or nobles.

There is no possibility of land annexation.

An official prostrated himself and said

"If the King of Zhenbei does this, he will offend all the powerful people. How can those landlords and powerful people let it go? Won't they rebel?"

When King Hongxuan of the North heard what the official said, he laughed:

"Rebellion! Haha! I wish they would rebel! Once they rebel, I will confiscate their entire family. You think I am tyrannical, but have you ever thought about this? In such a large area of ​​Northern Yan, the people can't even get enough food. Why is this?"

"Everyone in the hall knows clearly that the people's land was taken away or bought, or they were forced to sell their land due to heavy taxes and the debts were not paid."

"I can conclude that if this continues, the country will not survive."

In the hall, more than a hundred officials instantly understood what the true core of the grain concept was.

Zeng Lijing prostrated himself on the ground in excitement:

"The King of Zhenbei is kind and caring about the people. He is truly a wise ruler of the time!"

Zhenbei King Hongxun sneered:

"How can you be called a wise ruler if you give food to the people?"

"Prime Minister Zeng, Minister Wang, and Minister Hou, the three of you step forward and listen to my orders!"

The Minister of Food, the Minister of Justice, and Prime Minister Zeng stepped forward to listen to the order:

"I order the three of you, especially Minister Wang Liangqing, to remember that every citizen in Beiyan must be allocated land!"

"It's not divided by family, but by population. After all the good farmland is collected, it will be distributed equally to the people, so that all the people of Beiyan will have land to farm!"