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

October.

Inside the main hall of Baidi City,

Hongxuan looked at the grain report for the year presented to him by his grain officer.

After Hongxuan's reform of the official system,

All the grain fields in Yuzhou and Northern Yan were distributed to the people in the two places so that they all had land to cultivate.

The Zhenbei Wang government not only provided land, but also provided seeds for planting.

After several months of sowing and harvesting, the crops are harvested.

There were no exorbitant taxes, and the people received 70% of their food.

The Zhenbei King's government collected 30%. Even if it was only 30%, these grain officials were completely dumbfounded.

Because the grain officials had never collected so much grain.

All the fields produced a good harvest of grain.

The King of Zhenbei was extremely grateful to the people of Yuzhou and Beiyan for the grain they grew.

The Zhenbei King’s government promised them that it would only collect 30% of the grain tax, and the remaining 70% would all belong to the people.

In just the first year, every farmer and common people had surplus food in their homes.

The grain officials in the hall were extremely excited.

Nanyang County Food Officer Liu Yuxiang bowed to the King of Zhenbei and said:

"King of Zhenbei, the people of Nanyang County have come to the prefect to present a petition. In order to express our gratitude to King of Zhenbei, we hope to build a temple in Nanyang County to worship the king!"

"I hope the King of Zhenbei can approve the people's sincere love for the prince."

Hongxuan was a little dumbfounded. The people of Nanyang County were grateful to him and built a temple for him?

"Liu Yuxiang, I just did what I should do. The people don't need to do this."

Wang Tao, the grain officer of Runan County, also said respectfully to Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan:

"The prince's grain reform has increased the grain production in Yuzhou and Northern Yan tenfold. That's a full tenfold increase!"

"This is the first time in decades that Runan County has had such a big harvest. It's truly unprecedented! Unprecedented!"

"The people of Runan know that all this is due to the kindness of you, King Zhenbei. A temple with the statue of King Zhenbei has been built in Runan County, and there are endless pilgrims every day."

Other grain officials came forward to report.

All the areas under the jurisdiction of the grain officials achieved bumper harvests that had not been seen in decades.

All the grain officials in the hall were extremely grateful to King Zhenbei.

Just through one year's grain planting, every family will have food.

This is something they dare not even think about.

After a year of grain planting, there were no more barbarians and hooligans in Beiyan and Yuzhou. Under the jurisdiction of King Zhenbei, the people realized their long-cherished dream of living and working in peace and contentment.

Hong Xuan said to the grain official at the bottom of the stairs:

"This is only the first year. You still need to work hard. As long as the people have enough food to eat, the treatment of you officials will get better and better!"

indeed so.

There were bumper harvests in various places, and the grain collected was dozens of times more than what was collected in previous years by exploiting the people.

The official grain granaries were filled to the brim.

The grain production in Yuzhou and Northern Yan was very good.

Grain officer Ni Weidu said respectfully:

"King Zhenbei, this year's grain production has achieved an unprecedented harvest. Do you need to recruit troops?"

Hongxuan looked at Ni Weidu, the grain officer who made the suggestion.

"People's lives have just started to improve, so we certainly can't force them to serve in the military at this time."

"The army group formed by this king will need to be rotated after five years!"

The military service system established by Hongxuan is a five-year replacement.

During these five years, the people of Yuzhou and Northern Yan will have a chance to recuperate.

At the same time, food was accumulated over a five-year period.

One hundred and twenty thousand troops were already the limit for the King of Zhenbei, who only controlled the two regions of Beiyan and Yuzhou.

Hongxuan had actually been mentally prepared for the explosive growth in grain supply.

In the past, people had to pay taxes on all the grain they grew, leaving very little, and there were also exorbitant levies and levies. But now that 70% of the grain they grow belongs to themselves, their enthusiasm is of course higher than ever before.

"You grain officials should manage the counties in your respective regions well,"

"70% of the people's harvest belongs to the people. As for the remaining 30%, your counties will keep 10% each year as your fiscal revenue for your own use, and hand over 20% of the grain."

After hearing the good news, the grain officials all bowed and kowtowed to express their gratitude.

You have to know that 10% of the grain income belongs to each country’s finances, which is an unimaginable amount of wealth.

"Don't thank me yet!"

"I will set a grain income standard for each of your counties. Counties that meet the standard will be rated as excellent, and counties that do not meet the standard will be removed from their grain officials! What I want are officials who work hard for the people, not some lazy officials."

Of course, Hongxuan is doing both things well.

Each county was given 10% of all grain revenue as their financial support, which was 10% of all grain in the entire county.

After Hongxuan did this, the salary of officials in a county increased by more than a hundred times.

Not only the common people need encouragement to cultivate the land, but also the officials need corresponding material incentives.

Instead of letting them exploit the people and make them lose their enthusiasm for production, it is better to give these officials generous material rewards and tie them together with the people in growing grain.

Only in this way can we stimulate the government and the people to jointly produce food income.

Under such policies, the people will become richer and richer, and the officials who manage them will also become richer and richer, forming a virtuous circle.

Rest and recuperation has allowed the population to grow.

Only when the population increases will there be more and more military forces, and these troops will all be high-quality young troops.

All of these require time to develop and cannot be achieved overnight.

The food officer's meeting was concluded.

All these grain officials left Baidi City and returned to their posts.

Inside the imperial palace of Dafeng Kingdom.

Emperor Dingwen Hongjing once again received very bad news.

That is, his eldest son Hongli actually proclaimed himself emperor in Yunzhou.

"what!"

Emperor Dingwen was so angry that he smashed the exquisite official kiln porcelain on the ground.

"What a bastard! He is such a coward. After being captured and made into a puppet, he declared himself emperor."

In fact, this cannot be blamed on Hongli. If Hongli did not do as he was told, he would definitely be of no use and would end up dead.

In fact, these rebels just want an excuse.

The young eunuch Wei Peichu hurriedly and carefully cleaned up the broken porcelain on the ground. If the porcelain had cut Emperor Dingwen, then he, the young eunuch, would be guilty of a capital crime.

"Zhou Changzhi!"

Upon hearing the call, Jinyiwei commander Zhou Changzhi immediately came to the Qianqing Palace.

"Have the Jinyiwei you sent set out?"

"Your Majesty, the Royal Guards have been on the march for three days!"

After saying this, Jinyiwei leader Zhou Changzhi looked at the broken porcelain on the ground.

"Look at this!"

Emperor Dingwen Hongjing threw the memorial sent by the cabinet to the ground.

Zhou Changzhi picked up the memorial and took a look.

The latest developments in Yunzhou: the captured Hongli proclaimed himself emperor in Yunzhou and named himself Emperor Yunwu.

"This spineless guy, after I catch him, I will definitely lock him up in the dungeon and never let him out in this lifetime."

"I am sending an urgent message over 800 miles away. I want Hongxuan to lead the troops personally to quell the disaster in southern Xinjiang!"