Chapter 688

Liu Mo's popular science lecture lasted for an hour.

Ouyang Shuo sat at the head, quietly observing the reactions of the ministers in the hall. Some were interested, while others were confused;

The road to industrialization of the territory will never be smooth sailing.

This time to promote the industrialization of the territory, Ouyang Shuo did not set up new institutions as usual, and was still in charge of the Industry and Development Planning Department under the General Administration of Finance.

The only change is that an old expert from the No. 7 Research Institute was transferred to the Industry and Development Planning Department as the deputy director, responsible for coordinating the work of the Southern Border Protectorate and the No. 7 Research Institute.

Ouyang Shuo didn't choose Liu Mo, his foster brother is a pure technical geek, so he can't do this job.

Liu Mo withdrew, and the court proceedings continued.

The popular science lecture was just the beginning, it was held in the court hall, and it was also used to demonstrate Ouyang Shuo's kingly will. The ministers in the palace are all human beings, so they can naturally understand the deep meaning.

In the future, the No. 7 Research Institute will carry out similar literacy campaigns throughout the territory. Only by unifying the understanding of the whole territory can the industrialization of the territory be accelerated.

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"Shanhai City has just been promoted to a third-tier county city, and the population gap is huge. I want to fill this gap within half a year. What's your opinion?" Ouyang Shuo asked another difficult question.

As soon as the words fell, the officials looked at each other in blank dismay.

"May I ask Your Majesty, why are you so eager?" Xiao He stepped out and asked.

It took one year for Shanhai City to transform from a second-level county to a third-level county. In the eyes of the ministers, they can proceed step by step in the future, and there is no need to encourage them to grow.

"When Shanhai City is promoted to the capital city, it is an opportunity for the territory to establish a country." Ouyang Shuo did not shy away from his ambition, and for the first time announced the plan to establish a country to the officials.

The officials were excited, and some veteran officials even had tears in their eyes.

The concept of the ancient Chinese state is of great significance, and it is one of the symbols of the great unification of the world. There is no country in the territory, and the veterans always feel that something is missing, unable to gather the will of the country.

For a territory, the founding of a country is a huge event.

Ouyang Shuo announced this news in public, the shock caused can be imagined. For the ministers, this is the best comment and reward for this court meeting.

The doubts just now were swept away.

The ministers burst out with greater enthusiasm than Ouyang Shuo, and worked together to solve the population shortage problem.

"Qizou Your Majesty, I think that the population can be appropriately transferred from the counties in the territory to supplement Shanhai City." The speaker was Du Quan, Director of Household Registration of the General Administration of Internal Affairs.

The household registration department is in charge of the population, so naturally it has the most say. In such a court meeting, as a young official, Du Quan inevitably wanted to show off.

"Impossible!" Unexpectedly, Xiao He immediately objected, "Such behavior is tantamount to fishing in a dry lake. The population of each county is growing slowly, and it has finally slowed down. How can it be randomly transferred?"

In the wilderness, except for the refreshed refugees, the natural growth is almost zero. After ten years of gaming, even if the aborigines have accelerated their growth, it is only enough for one generation of babies to grow up.

Xiao He's words are not without reason.

Throughout the entire territory, only three cities, Shanhai City, Yashan City, and Zhenhai City, used the village building token to continuously refresh the refugees.

The only thing that is special is the subsidiary city of Beihai City.

Then there are the cities that have used the fusion order, including Tianfeng City, Yishui County, and Duanren City in Lianzhou County, and finally the overseas Lion City, Friendship City, and Base Point City, which can refresh refugees.

Compared with the territory of the seven counties, there are only a few hundreds of cities.

Du Quan's suggestion is indeed inappropriate.

"This……"

Du Quan's face turned red, and he didn't know how to refute.

When Wei Yang saw him, he frowned. Du Quan's poor performance made him, the director of the interior affairs, feel ashamed.

Even so, Wei Yang still had to rescue Du Quan, "Director Xiao is reasonable, but not absolute. Qi Zoujun, I suggest that Beihai City, Tianfeng City, Yishui County and Duanzhou County in Lianzhou County Among the four cities of Blade City, a group of people will be appropriately transferred to supplement Shanhai City. In addition, the population of Zhenhai City can also be dispatched by one or two."

As the Director of the Interior, Wei Yang clearly has a good grasp of the population distribution of the territory. He didn't mention Yashan City because the population of Yashan City would radiate the entire Qiongzhou County, so it was not suitable to be transferred.

"It's feasible." Ouyang Shuo nodded, not paying attention to the secret confrontation between Wei Yang and Xiao He, and said indifferently: "This matter will be led by the General Administration of Internal Affairs, with the cooperation of Lianzhou County and Zhenhai City."

"promise!"

Wei Ran, governor of Lianzhou County, and Song Wen, governor of Zhenhai City, came out to take orders one by one.

It's just that compared to Song Wen's calmness, Wei Ran's face was a little stiff. With a large number of people transferred at once, the status of Lianzhou County is even worse than that of Shanhai City.

It is not good to be an official at the feet of the emperor.

"Relocating the population is to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. After all, it is a temporary solution, not the root cause. Do you have any other suggestions?" The shortage of one million people cannot be solved by a little immigration.

It is the limit to move 200,000 people out of five cities.

"My minister suggested that we go to the royal city to recruit people." Wei Yang replaced Du Quan to answer this question.

"How to recruit?"

Shanhai City has gone to Wangcheng to recruit talents over and over again. However, all the recruits are technical talents, or civil servants and military generals, so the number is not huge.

However, there was never a single visit to Wangcheng to recruit basic population on a large scale.

"Take this industrial revolution as an opportunity." Wei Yang had a keen mind and was one of the ministers who saw the prospects of steam engines and looms most clearly.

After a while, Wei Yang learned and applied it flexibly.

The revolution of the loom to the textile industry is subversive. With looms, weaving cotton no longer requires professional technical personnel. Ordinary people can work as long as they are diligent enough and receive a little training.

In this way, the industry threshold is greatly reduced.

This must be very attractive to ordinary people in Wangcheng.

"We can give it a try." Ouyang Shuo did not deny, "The Household Registration Department is responsible for this matter. Apart from immigrants, it is also responsible for their resettlement."

"So, why not take this opportunity to upgrade the Household Registration Department?" Wei Yang suggested along the way.

"How do you say it?" Ouyang Shuo remained calm.

This is the first time that a minister has taken the initiative to propose reforms regarding the territorial structure.

Significance!

Ouyang Shuo couldn't guess whether Wei Yang came prepared or played it impromptu.

"The current Household Registration Department's responsibilities are too narrow. It is only in charge of the household registration of the territory. The welfare, corvee showdown, folk customs, folk customs and other affairs linked to the household registration are all outside the system." Wei Yang said very clearly.

"Therefore, Weichen suggested that the Department of Household Registration be upgraded to the Civil Affairs Department in one fell swoop, in charge of household registration, civil corps, customs, township service, general service, demobilization, famine administration, setting up three elders, township chiefs, respecting elders, widows, widows and loneliness , governing tyrants and cunning, persuading farming and mulberry, bestowing honors on the people, honoring filial piety, abstaining from extravagance, prohibiting rich burials, etc.

The term civil affairs has existed since ancient times. Compared with the civil affairs department in modern society, although the affairs are poor, the basic affairs have not changed for thousands of years.

Wei Yang's suggestion hit the nail on the head, which made Ouyang Shuo's eyes shine.

"What do Xiao Qing think?"

Ouyang Shuo didn't make a decision immediately, and Xiao He, the director of the administration, still had a say in the organization adjustment.

Above the court, if Ouyang Shuo bypassed Xiao He directly, it might be inappropriate.

Long-term experience made Ouyang Shuo understand the court rules more and more thoroughly.

"Director Wei's words are justified, and my minister seconded the proposal!"

Xiao He was also unequivocal, nodding his head in agreement without any nonsense. Although this would increase the authority of the Internal Affairs Department, Xiao He did not hesitate when it was time to bow his head.

"Okay, that's the deal!" Ouyang Shuo immediately made a decision, "The specific establishment and structure will be decided by the two lovers. Today we only discuss one matter. Do you have any recommendations for the candidate for the Director of Civil Affairs?"

Du Quan's performance is obviously not enough to go further. It is not bad for him to keep his position as the director of the household registration department under the civil affairs department.

Therefore, no one would think that Du Quan could be promoted.

Your Majesty's words once again proved this point.

Ouyang Shuo left the territory for half a year, the territory is not a backwater. In the past six months, there have also been several historical talents who have come here admiringly. Some were arranged, and some were only arranged in post houses, waiting for Ouyang Shuo's ruling.

Those who are not placed are naturally great talents.

Although Ouyang Shuo asked this question, the only ones who really had the right to speak were Xiao He and Wei Yang. One of the officials in charge of the territory was appointed for inspection, and the other was the chief officer of the Internal Affairs Department.

Even Fan Li, Director of Finance, is not easy to get involved.

This time, Wei Yang really came prepared, and without any shyness, he went directly to make a recommendation: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, I recommend a person, and he is Pei Yun who came to join his brother Pei Ju not long ago."

"Pei Yun?" Ouyang Shuo tried hard to recall the records about Pei Yun in history.

Like Pei Ju, governor of Xingzhou County, Pei Yun also came from the Wenxi Pei family in Hedong. He started to serve as an official in the Chen Dynasty, serving as General Zhige and Ling Xingning.

After the Chen Dynasty was annihilated by the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian promoted Pei Yun to the post of Yitong. Later, Pei Yun successively served as governor of Yang, Zhi, Di and other states.

After Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty came to the throne, he appointed Pei Yun as Taichang Shaoqing, and later as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

In the 14th year of Daye, General Yu Wenhua and Sima Dekan launched a mutiny in Jiangdu to kill the king. Pei Yun was killed together with Emperor Sui Yang and other princes and ministers in this mutiny.

Compared to his clan elder brother Pei Ju, Pei Yun was a little darker.

The only achievement that can be achieved is probably the reform of the household registration system.

When Pei Yun was serving as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the leakage of private household registration was serious, which seriously affected the fiscal revenue of the imperial court and was not conducive to the development of production, which became a major social problem at that time.

Because Pei Yun had been a governor for several times, he knew the inside story relatively well, so he went to the Shu and proposed a whole set of measures to verify the household registration, that is, the "appearance method". After these measures were put into practice, very obvious results were received, with 443,000 dong recorded in the account and 1,641,500 newly attached.

Even so, Pei Yun is not a good official.

Pei Yun catered to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, did what he liked, and did many things that harmed the country and the people.

In order to cater to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Pei Yun expanded the Yuefu on a large scale, changed the old system of Emperor Wen, and expanded the Yuefu to more than 30,000 people, exclusively for Emperor Yang.

After he was promoted to be a royal doctor, Pei Yun was in charge of secrets, undermining the legal system, convicting crimes with words, explaining crimes with words, taking life and death, arbitrariness by one person, which contributed to and deepened the dictatorship of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and led to trickery and cronyism. Unjust prisons are everywhere, and there are complaints.

In this way, Ouyang Shuo must be cautious when using Pei Yun.