Chapter 606: No one can reveal this news.

"Tax policies must be changed, yes, it must be because the profits of each commodity are different. For example, in the jewelry industry, a piece of jade shipped from Myanmar is only worth ten taels or even a few taels of silver locally, but when it comes to Guangdong, or here, the price can increase by a hundred times, or even thousands of times. So I ask you, how much do you think we should charge for this kind of commodity?"

"Why do we do this, are we competing for profit with the people?"

"Of course not. First of all, we must conduct detailed and accurate observations based on the production and even business activities of various commodities, so as to facilitate us to make accurate judgments..."

"... Very good. We will vote for this issue tomorrow, and then hand it over to His Majesty the ruling to start the next issue, about the budget for major roads in the country..."

There are many offices and conference rooms in the State Council. This is the political center of the Chinese Empire and the working place for the imperial decision makers. However, if someone who is unfamiliar with the situation enters here, he will think that he is coming to the largest vegetable market. You can open a door and rarely have a quiet place, either discussing, arguing, or someone is talking endlessly in the turbulent way.

"God, fortunately, I am the emperor, not the prime minister." Liang Pengfei was very glad to draw a cross on his chest, with an exaggerated expression almost pious. "After just a moment of effort, I was about to burst out."

"Your Majesty, you are starting to complain again. This is the State Council, not the palace." Wang Shuxiang, who spoke softly in Wu, whispered to remind Liang Pengfei in front of him.

Wang Shuxiang sat behind Liang Pengfei, wearing a white-collar secretary's outfit in later generations, showing her the temperament of a 21st century Xiaomi. Well... it should be the temperament of an elite-level intellectual young woman in the 21st century.

"Okay, I understand." Liang Pengfei turned around and smiled at his wife and female secretary, looking at her two long and round legs. Although hidden in the skirt, Liang Pengfei could still feel the beauty of her long legs from her appearance.

Liang Pengfei had envied those bosses in the officialdom and large companies in his previous life. He was surrounded by beautiful secretaries who served tea and water to take care of food and daily life. As the saying goes, the secretary does something, and the secretary does nothing... Well, it is very classic, and it also makes Liang Pengfei, a hooligan, envy and Xiangwang's life.

Originally, Young Master Liang's secretary was a man, and that little Sidangdong. However, in the past few days, that little guy was going to see off his father, that is, Sidangdong. After all, Sidangdong had already fulfilled the Sino-British London Treaty signed between the two sides and wanted to return to the UK to refute his life. The father and son were very good and would not be able to meet for a long time. So Sidangdong asked Liang Pengfei for a vacation and personally sent his father to Guangzhou.

During this period, Liang Pengfei was short of people. At this time, he stayed in the palace all day long and was idle... Well, the bored emperor wives volunteered to stand up and demanded to take on the position of Liang Pengfei's personal secretary.

The reason is very simple. Shi Xianggu is now a lieutenant general of the Chinese Empire and serves as the commander of the Royal Guard Fleet of the Chinese Empire Navy. Since Liang Pengfei's eldest wife can go out to do things, why can they just stay at home all day long and fight with Landlords to pass the time?

Liang Pengfei could not and was unwilling to refuse the kindness of the wives. After all, keeping a pleasing and caring beauty as his personal girlfriend can be regarded as fulfilling Liang Pengfei's long-cherished wish in his previous life.

Of course, Shi Xianggu has the important task and often has to cruise around the estuary of the Yangtze River with the ship. Naturally, Xiaomi's work was taken over by the remaining three women.

This made Liang Pengfei feel very fresh. Yes, think about it, a Spanish princess is actually her own personal little girl. She always asks herself to serve tea and water to squeeze labor. She can do something else when she is free, um... In short, this kind of life makes Liang Pengfei feel very challenging.

"Your Majesty, Secretary-General Wang is here." Wang Shuxiang's face was pink. Although she was very proud that her figure could attract the attention of her husband, the problem was that this is now the National Preparatory Hospital, the Prime Minister's Office, not Liang Pengfei's office, which is soundproof and has no room for entering and leaving at will.

"Oh." Liang Pengfei had to withdraw his gaze and turn his face. Damn, it was early in the morning, before he had time to play office games, he had to come here because of official business. The emperor's work was really hard to do.

"Your Majesty, these are documents sent back from all over the past few days. Please read them." As the secretary-general of the Prime Minister, Wang Jing rolled his eyes in seclusion and respectfully said to Liang Pengfei, who was leaning on the sofa, crossing his legs and pulling cigars from his pocket, and opening the snow-white shirt collar, revealing the black and rough chest hair inside.

To be honest, the only time in Wang Jing's memory when he felt that Liang Pengfei had the dignity of the emperor was on the day of the founding ceremony and the monthly meeting. When he saw His Majesty, he always felt that this guy was more like a hooligan villain than the leader of the country who was fighting for the independence of the Chinese nation. In a big contrast, he also described the imperial emperor who had no sitting posture in front of him.

As for the empress next to him, she was dressed very strangely. However, the headache-inducing style of His Majesty the Emperor had gone from being surprised at the beginning to being insensitive now, and had already trained the Secretary-General Wang Jing as a secretary to become extremely thick.

Of course, it is undeniable that the strange daily necessities and clothes designed by His Majesty are still very popular. At least, Wang Jing's wife once bought a few sets of sexy underwear that made Wang Jing bleed at night. When she thought of her wife last night, she was damn it. Now it was working hours, Wang Jing wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. Well... It seems that it was all caused by this hooligan His Majesty.

"I said Wang Jing, what's wrong with you? You look up to the ghosts." Liang Pengfei muttered the cigar and snapped his fingers behind him. Wang Shuxiang took out a match helplessly and lit the cigar as thick as an explosive for Liang Pengfei.

"Haha, Your Majesty, you are really good at joking." Wang Jing handed over the stack of documents with a grim look, and quarreled with this hooligan. Wang Jing felt that he did not have the courage of his master Zhao Yi.

These documents were reported by various places, including those who are re-measurement of land, and those who are local gentry and people's views on some of the current new policies. Of course, more are summary reports on various infrastructure construction.

Nowadays, a submarine cable from King Crab Island to Guangzhou is being laid. If feasible, the next one will be from mainland to Taiwan, and there will be even more cables connecting the entire Pan Pacific region.

In addition, there is also the construction of steel plants and various chemical plants. In short, both state-owned and private enterprises are now springing up on the land of China like mushrooms after a rain. However, the larger part is still within a suitable range. After all, the approval authority for enterprise construction today is in the hands of the government. Although this will create opportunities for corruption, it can greatly limit the rush to come. In addition, the Independent Commission Against Corruption Office, which is under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Procuratorate of the Empire, is not a joke, and most of its staff are directly transferred from the former Lao Liang family intelligence personnel.

Those sinister and thoughtful people who were assimilated by Liang Pengfei, a despicable conspirator, well, this is what some corrupt officials like to call those conscientious civil servants of the ICAC.

Yes, the existence of those guys, the Department of Domestic Affairs of the National Intelligence Administration, and the Tax Inspection Bureau are the most hated and even hated by all the wealthy and corrupt officials in the entire Chinese Empire. However, it is the existence of these people that the empire prevented it from decaying rapidly towards the previous dynasties.

Moreover, the advent of the era of paper media, the upcoming electronic media, and the enhanced sense of national collective responsibility of the people, will greatly suppress those lawless corruption in the past.

Even Heshen, a corrupt star in the past and one of the current corruption law, had to be amazed at that. He was born thirty years later, and he would not have room for me to show his talent. Of course, it refers to his corruption talent.

Although it is a bit exaggerated and not flattering, this is a very positive and pertinent evaluation of the Chinese Empire's emphasis on anti-corruption far exceeds that of any national system of this era.

All of this comes from the experience of our great emperor, His Majesty, in his previous life. Well... He was supposed to be a regional supervisor at that time because his boss accepted bribes from another colleague, which made him lose the opportunity for promotion. Therefore, His Majesty the great emperor hated corruption and bribery. Even at the beginning of the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, His Majesty visited countless times and published many speeches on the construction of integrity, and was included in the "Negotiation of Taizu's Daily Life". However, some of the (many, almost countless) indecent adjectives were brought by historians, leaving the world with a positive and typical image of a great person.

But at this moment, this great figure who was admired by countless people in later generations was thrown on a genuine leather sofa like a pool of mud, and he was complaining endlessly, while looking at the almost countless documents.

At this moment, a crisp knock sounded from the door. Outside the door, the voice of the imperial prime minister Zhao Yi had already heard. Liang Pengfei sat upright at the fastest speed, put on a stern and serious expression, looked at the minute documents with concentration, and turned his head from time to time to roll his eyes to Xiaomi, who was rolling her eyes beside her, and made an act of discussing deeper issues. Wang Jing in front of him was stunned, pointing at Liang Pengfei, opening his mouth for a long time and unable to say a word.

"I just don't want to have a dispute with our respected and hardworking Prime Minister because of something big." Liang Pengfei explained seriously, and Wang Jing could only smile bitterly. He knew very well that if his teacher really saw Liang Pengfei's appearance just now, he might have a verbal debate with Liang Pengfei about the attitude and majesty of the imperial emperor.

"I will see Your Majesty, Empress. Your Majesty, you..." When he entered the room, he saw Liang Pengfei sitting in a dangerous position. Zhao Yi quickly took two steps forward, bent his legs slightly, so that he could relieve Liang Pengfei's strict orders, straightened his body again, and raised his hands as a tribute. However, his triangular eyes were staring at Liang Pengfei's collar with a tuft of chest hair, and his tone seemed very unhappy.

"Ah, this, the weather is very hot, sorry, um... The Prime Minister is flat, there is no need to be too polite." In desperation, Liang Pengfei had to button the collar and said with a grin. "By the way, the Prime Minister must have heard the good news from the northern border, right?"

Zhao Yi couldn't help but stroke his gray hair, and smiled very much, "I have learned this morning that the Northeast Field Army can wipe out 30,000 Russian Expeditionary Forces, which is really a blessing for our Chinese Empire."

"In the past, during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the former Qing Dynasty, the Russians also invaded the northern border. After more than a year of battle, they still lost even though they were victorious. Now, China has just been established, but the combat power of the soldiers is far better than that of the former Qing Dynasty. They can gather 30,000 Russian expeditionary forces and annihilate them, and capture more than 10,000 enemies. Compared with the two, it can be seen that they are at a high level."

Well, Liang Pengfei was a little surprised. Yes, this old guy rarely said anything good, but it seems that this victory is still very exciting. At least this old man Zhao, who has always disliked him, seems very happy.

After a few chats, Liang Pengfei cleared his throat and said his purpose.

Zhao Yi's brows couldn't help but frown. "Your Majesty, are you really sure you want to immigrate to fishing? Is this too hasty? After all, that area is now a newly occupied land and has not been managed yet, so you can drive away the people..."

"I understand the Prime Minister's love for the people, but the safety of the northern border should not be limited to military affairs. Although the winter is long and summer is short, it has a plump place and the abundant resources are astonishing. Now, China has begun to build a railway to the Fishing Sea. It is difficult to immigrate in advance, but there are always many benefits." Liang Pengfei also pulled a few words of classical Chinese and felt that his mouth was cramped. He coughed twice and decided to follow the usual way of speaking, at least he could explain his wishes more smoothly.

"Now, there are several fortress-type cities in the northern border that have been brought into my hands. There are already many cultivated fertile land around those cities. Although those cities have experienced war, the losses are not serious. Therefore, we can send refugees who are not as good as a home to go there. First, we can give them a place to settle down. Second, we will build some factories and mines in that area to ensure the supply of materials from the northern army. All of this requires manpower."

"Your Majesty, there are many refugees in the world. However, as today's generals are at peace, the people are determined. If the people are moved at this time, will it arouse dissatisfaction among the people and the gentry?" Zhao Yi raised his eyebrows and sat opposite Liang Pengfei. He was also very moved by what Liang Pengfei said. However, as the chief assistant, he must consider the empire Liang Pengfei more comprehensively for the country.

"It is necessary to take advantage of this time to move more refugees to the surrounding areas that are not stable. Master, you should also know that for thousands of years, the Chinese nation has already developed the habit of not traveling far away. Now, if the world had not been in a state of great change and chaos, how many years would it take for the land we have recently occupied to convince those people to migrate and survive and reproduce?" Liang Pengfei sighed lightly, stood up, and walked to the bright floor-to-ceiling window of this office.

Zhao Yi looked at Liang Pengfei's majestic back, and his eyes showed an undeniable recognition. Yes, from ancient times to the present, those who are willing to leave their hometown and go out to explore a new life will only leave their hometown because they have lost the land they rely on for their living and are forced to leave their hometown.

Over the years, Liang Pengfei has occupied countless abundant territories for the future living space of the Chinese nation and to prevent the Western colonists from reaching out to the surroundings of the empire. Now, the territory of the Chinese Empire has completely surpassed any previous dynasty. Yes, it can be said that the entire Pacific Ocean is almost about to become the inner ocean of the Chinese Empire.

However, on such a vast land, more than 90% of the people are only collectively in one-fifth of the territory, while the remaining four-fifths of the territory have less than 10 million people. This is because Liang Pengfei has worked hard over the years and used countless means to migrate these people who have lost their land to these lands in half coaxing and half deceit.

Otherwise, even if there is no amount of territory, no people will work, survive and reproduce, no officials will govern, no army will maintain it, and not much time will it take for those territory to be yours? Don’t even think about it.

Now, the country has not yet been peaceful, and there are still a large number of people who are far away from their hometowns, hoping to get the opportunity to survive in other places. If they do not immigrate now and wait until they return to their hometowns and want to let them migrate, the difficulty will be no less than the turmoil of the previous dynasty.

It will take at least decades or even longer to change the concept of being unable to leave homeland through subtle influence. Nowadays, the most lacking in the development and expansion of the empire is time.

"This...but Your Majesty, now all the White Lotus Rebels and the former Qing officers have agreed to surrender to the empire. Yes, just before my front door, the news just now that the former Governor of Gansu and Shaanxi Funing had already sent news, agreeing to surrender to the empire, and..." When Zhao Yi was still trying to continue speaking, he saw Liang Pengfei lifting his finger and putting his lips, and he couldn't help but stop talking in surprise.
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