I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The next day, Wu Changqing woke up early in the morning.

From today onwards, I will live like an emperor.

Wu Changqing sighed with emotion, then consciously entered the system and checked the size of his own site.

Just like when you play games, you often look at your own attributes. It is also a pleasure to watch the continuous expansion of the territory and the continuous increase of the population.

It is only 350,000 square kilometers, which is only a fraction of 9.6 million, which doesn't seem to be large.

Wu Changqing muttered, and then consciously exited the system.

Guo Xiang, who was already awake, pestered him and asked, "What is your majesty thinking?"

"I'm calculating how big my site is."

Wu Changqing said.

"Oh, how big is that?"

Guo Xiang was also curious.

"350,000 square kilometers."

Wu Changqing said.

Unfortunately, Guo Xiang was still at a loss when she heard his statement. She couldn't imagine how big 350,000 square kilometers was. The simple number was too pale and not specific enough.

"How big is Nanjing?"

Guo Xiang has not traveled too far and only knows Nanjing. In her cognition, Nanjing is already very, very big.

"The entire area of ​​Nanjing is about 5,000 square kilometers."

Wu Changqing didn't know the exact size, so he could only estimate it roughly.

"Isn't that equal to seventy Nanjing, that's too big."

Guo Xiang exclaimed, she has not visited one Nanjing, let alone seventy Nanjing.

"How big is the place that hasn't been recovered yet?"

Guo Xiang turned into a curious baby and continued to ask.

"There are still many places that have been confiscated. Daming in the south has about 1.4 million square kilometers, which is almost four times my size. Daqing in the north is even bigger, and its territory is about 5.6 million square kilometers, which is almost mine. sixteen times.

As for this world, there are still 150 million square kilometers that have not been recovered, almost 30,000 Nanjing. "

Rarely interested, Wu Changqing showed off his knowledge in front of Guo Xiang.

Guo Xiang clenched his fingers and bit his lip, as if he wanted to understand how big 30,000 Nanjing was.

"Don't forget, with your IQ, I'm afraid it's hard to understand how big this world is."

Wu Changqing joked.

Not to mention Guo Xiang, no one else in this world can understand how big this world is except him.

"When will such a big place be recovered?"

Guo Xiang is now Wu Changqing's woman, so she naturally regards this world as Wu Changqing's private property and wants to take it back quickly.

"I'm afraid this will take a long time, and it will be difficult to complete it for decades. Europe, which is far away from us, takes a year to travel back and forth by boat. In order to recover those places as soon as possible, I have to work hard to deal with government affairs."

Wu Changqing got up, and immediately a palace maid came to help him get dressed.

Wash, have breakfast, and then deal with the memorial.

Morning?

This thing is not needed every day, it mainly depends on the diligence of the emperor. A little bit more diligent, only a dozen times a month, as for the lazy ones, who did not go to the morning court for more than 20 years, such as Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Wanli.

The reason why Wu Changqing did not like the early court was mainly because of inefficiency.

When all the officials are gathered together to discuss the affairs of the Ministry of Households, the officials of the departments other than the Ministry of Households are basically decorations.

No matter what type of major event is discussed, only a few officials are related to it, and most of the other officials can only watch and have no way to participate. .

It's better to let them do their own things. Which department needs to be dealt with, and that department is called to discuss it.

And after there is a cabinet, the early morning is actually even more unnecessary, more like a formality.

Jiajing hardly ever went to court in his life, and he still managed the country well.

Chongzhen was probably the most diligent emperor besides Zhu Yuanzhang, who often went to court and ended up in ruins.

Therefore, the early morning is particularly useless.

On Wu Changqing's table, there are already a lot of memorials.

These are all memorials that have been screened by the cabinet. Generally, things that are not very important can be decided after consultation within the cabinet.

There are only two kinds of memorials that will be sent to Wu Changqing, one is a greeting from the minister, and the other is an important event.

Wu Changqing threw that kind of invitation to the side, and looked at it when he had time, and didn't read it when he had no time.

Wu Changqing opened the first memorial, which came from Qian Qianyi of the Ministry of Rites.

Qian Qianyi wrote a letter, hoping that the people can be exempted from tax for one year, and the world will be amnesty, and some criminals with lesser crimes will be released as a gift.

Generally, when the emperor ascends the throne, or gives birth to a prince, or other major happy events, the emperor generally pardons the world.

In the memorial, Qian Qianyi's views were written in great detail.

Wu Changqing thought about it for a while, and finally wrote a few words "reconsideration of the cabinet".

Amnesty and tax exemption have both advantages and disadvantages. It was difficult for Wu Changqing to judge for a while whether the advantages outweighed the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweighed the advantages.

So, hand over this issue to the cabinet, let some of them have a debate first, and then record their own arguments before submitting it. Wu Changqing is also convenient for decision-making.

Open the next memorial, it is the book of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance Qian Taoli.

He suggested loosening controls on hybrid rice seeds, allowing Ming and Qing

Merchants and people buy.

The basis of Qian Taoli is that this will not fund the enemy, and can win the hearts and minds of the people in other places.

It is just to increase the production of the enemy's food, and the increased food production cannot be directly converted into combat power, and the improvement of national strength is limited, so don't worry too much.

And doing so can gain the goodwill of the people in the enemy's territory, reduce the hostility of those people, and facilitate future rule.

Wu Changqing did not ask anyone to discuss this suggestion, but directly gave instructions and approved Qian Taoli's suggestion.

In Wu Changqing's view, when the commoners planted the hybrid rice and prepared to harvest, his army almost reached there.

So, the benefit is still his.

It is also a good thing to allow the enemy to buy and speed up the spread of hybrid rice.

Only by increasing food production can more people be fed.

As for the population, Wu Changqing would never think too much, only too little.

At present, the total population of the entire Huaxia region is about 100 million, which is really too small, at least 1 billion. The population determines how many technology points he can have.

The population is the consumer market and the productivity. In short, the more the population, the better.

Wu Changqing continued to read several memorials, most of which he would let the cabinet reconsider, and few made decisions directly.

After all, the wisdom of one person is still incomparable to that of a group of people, and it is easier to avoid making wrong decisions by letting those people discuss more.

If you listen to both, it will be bright, and if you listen to partiality, it will be dark.

Some policies may have a good starting point, but they must also take into account the current reality.

Good policies can easily do bad things if they don't conform to reality.