The most arrogant in history

Chapter 700 1 A dusty journey.

Ye Kun smiled awkwardly: "Ayiman has traveled a long way and went to the Queen's Palace to wash and change clothes. She said she will come to see the Queen tomorrow."

Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "She is a guest and the ruler of a country. She is of noble status. I should go visit her."

"It would be more appropriate to let her come to pay respect to the Empress."

Ye Kun changed the subject: "By the way, I have to go pay my respects to my brother the Emperor, please prepare mourning clothes for me."

Speaking of the ruler of a country, Madam Hongyun used to be one too.

Moreover, Madam Hongyun's territory is larger and the population under her jurisdiction is larger.

The small country of Loulan is really not as good as Madam Hongyun’s Southern Wilderness.

Besides, even if he is the ruler of a country, he cannot be greater than the Empress of the Han Empire.

After changing into mourning clothes, Ye Kun led nine ministers to pay tribute to Gongsun Zhang.

At this time, Gongsun Zhang's body was kept in Beishan and had not yet been officially buried. He was waiting for Ye Kun to come back and send him to the Imperial Mausoleum in Xishan.

When we arrived at Beishan, it was already dark.

Ye Kun cried loudly in front of the bonfire and faced the grave, sobbing uncontrollably, and read an obituary in a halting manner.

The eulogy was written by Lu Yeliang and it’s pretty good.

Sang Buyi and the others were all moved and said in unison: "The Emperor has passed away. Please take care of yourself, Your Majesty."

"Tonight, I will be here to keep vigil for the Emperor." Ye Kun sighed and said:

"It has only been twenty years since I left Pingye County, but many of my old friends have left me. How can I not be sad? My brother, the Grand Emperor, is both an elder and a friend to me, and he has cultivated me.

The current situation of China is inseparable from the hard work of my brother, the emperor. It is only natural that I will keep vigil for him all night. "

Wu Qiong, Ma Zhao and others, all old ministers of Gongsun Zhang, nodded together: "We will accompany the emperor and keep vigil for the emperor."

That night, a tent was set up on the North Mountain, and Ye Kun stayed there to accompany Gongsun Zhang.

Sang Buyi and others were also there, accompanying Ye Kun and reporting on their work.

Ye Kun asked, "How are our recent decrees being enforced?"

The newly revised "Huaxia Han Marriage Law" was recently promulgated. It is more detailed than the previous one. For example, marriage between close relatives is strictly prohibited, mainly marriage between cousins.

There were also restrictions on taking concubines. People over the age of 40 were prohibited from taking concubines. Taking concubines required paying taxes. The first time, it was ten taels of silver, the second time, it was one hundred taels of silver, and so on.

In order to control the taking of concubines, Ma Zhao came up with a very clever method, called "equal rights for wives and concubines." The status of concubines was the same as that of wives.

In this case, the original wife will not allow her husband to take a concubine.

In addition, by introducing young women from overseas, the problem of imbalance in the ratio of men to women has been completely solved.

Sang Buyi reported the latest implementation of the Marriage Law and said:

"The emperor proposed the "Health Management Law", and a trial regulation was also formulated. Boys under the age of twelve are prohibited from growing their hair. In the five months since the implementation of the regulation, the number of lice on children's heads has indeed decreased a lot."

He Kangju smiled and said: "The national evaluation of sanitary cities, sanitary schools and sanitary units is also in progress, and the results are good. The hygiene habits of the whole people are being cultivated."

Ye Kun sighed and said, "I have been traveling for more than a year and have been to many places. But I found that the lives of ordinary people are still not easy. For example, I often see barefoot people and children. They are reluctant to wear shoes even though they have them at home.

Going barefoot can easily lead to accidental injuries and risks. We lack medical care and medicine, and many diseases cannot be treated. We can only focus on disease prevention. Asking everyone to pay attention to hygiene, wear shoes, and drink boiled water is to protect the health of the people. We must vigorously promote and supervise. "

Ma Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, it is really impossible to manage the people who are barefoot. Because many farm work has to be done barefoot, everyone is used to it.

Could it be that the imperial court has issued a law prohibiting people from going barefoot?"

Wu Qiong laughed and said, "If such a law is really enacted, people will be laughed at."

Ye Kun rolled his eyes: "At least, we can ask all primary and secondary schools to issue regulations to prohibit students from going to school barefoot."

After so many years of development, the total population is not large, and wearing shoes is not a luxury for people.

Today's shoes include wooden clogs, cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles, and leather boots.

As long as people want to wear shoes, there will always be shoes for them.

Sang Buyi nodded and said:

"Counties and prefectures can also issue regulations to prohibit barefoot people from entering the city in order to cultivate hygienic habits and maintain the image of the Chinese people."

Ye Kun nodded and laughed:

"Yes, this can be done. In addition, the shoe factories in the imperial court should also increase the supply and lower the price of shoes. If shoes are cheaper, everyone will naturally wear boots."

The Ministry of Revenue reported the immigration situation. This year, more than 400,000 immigrants came from Fuso, Nagashima and India.

Half male and half female.

Men still went to dig coal and iron ore, and women still received training in textile factories, learned simple Chinese and writing, and then were arranged to marry people of the Huaxia ethnic group in batches to complete the integration.

However, there are also more than 100,000 emigrants.

For example, Jizui Peninsula and Fuso Nagashima both built new universities and sent hundreds of university professors, including their families, as well as other technical and medical personnel, who were also sent abroad.

Ye Kun said: "Tianzhu has a large population, and we need to continue to recruit immigrants from all over the country. Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to control such a large area of ​​land."

Sang Buyi sighed and said:

"Guan Bao confiscated the property of local wealthy families in Wu, Yuzhang, and Kuaiji counties, and forced more than 100,000 people to migrate to India. Together with the garrison and other dispatched personnel, the number of Chinese in India has exceeded 200,000.

It is really difficult to continue to immigrate because no one wants to go there.”

Ye Kun frowned and said, "I said that we should lift the ban on sea trade and let the people living along the coast go to Tianzhu to make money. Is there no one willing to go?"

The Chinese people are not lacking in adventurous spirit.

As long as there is money to be made overseas, there will definitely be people willing to go!

Today's ships are of good quality and navigation technology is advanced, which can basically guarantee navigation safety.

Sang Buyi's eyes lit up:

"Your Majesty, more and more civilians are spontaneously organizing to go overseas. We have built 200 ships for civilian sailing teams, all of which have been purchased or reserved by people in coastal areas.

But they don’t go to India!”

Ye Kun was stunned: "If they don't go to Tianzhu, where will they go?"

The Indochina Peninsula has been fully controlled and has been completely sinicized. The cake is all in the hands of the imperial court and the common people cannot get it.

The South Pacific Islands are still a wild area with scarce resources. Going there will not bring any benefits except grabbing territory.

If civilian sailing teams want to make money, they can only go to India.

Sang Buyi smiled strangely:

"The civilian sailing team did not go to India, but to the large island of Ceylon under the Indian Peninsula. This is because there are a lot of gems there, and you can make a lot of money. The Tamil Kingdom on the island also has a lot of gold and silver, and you can make money through trade."