The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 461: Supervise the country again
At the end of May, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set off for Luntai in northern Xinjiang.

Weining took over the important task of supervising the country.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took Zhao Zhou, Dong Zhongshu, Zhu Fuyan, Liu Quya and other officials to northern Xinjiang, leaving Sang Hongyang and others in the capital to assist Wei Ning in supervising the country.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a hasty explanation of political affairs with Weining before leaving.

It is useless to say that the relationship between the two has eased. Huo Qubing's death left Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still grudged. He blamed himself for not listening to Wei Ning at first, but now he has a mentality of not knowing how to face Wei Ning.

I went to Luntai to punish myself and relax my mind.

……

After Weining took over the power, he began to halt military operations in the northwest. At the same time, he sent Zhang Qian as envoy to the Western Regions again to resume trade between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions.

This year's war caused the Han Dynasty to lose a lot of economic income from northwest trade, and the people in the entire northwest cities fell into boundless poverty.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was on his way to northern Xinjiang, Jiang Chong quickly dispatched several confidants to northern Xinjiang and northwest Xinjiang, and deployed and controlled everything in northern Xinjiang and northwest Xinjiang in advance.

Early this morning, Weining summoned Sang Hongyang alone in Qilin Hall.

Sang Hongyang looked sad and said to Wei Ning: "Your Highness, you are finally back."

"Hey, the champion died to fulfill His Highness and His Majesty..."

Weining shook his head and said: "I would rather not... Let's not talk about this anymore. How is Jiangnan's economic development?"

During this year, Weining rarely interfered with political affairs, and Sang Hongyang was reactivated less than a month ago.

During this period of time, Sang Hongyang was away, and the country's economy was basically in a downward trend. It didn't mean that the Minister of Household Affairs was incapable of doing things. After all, he had just taken up the leadership role, and he was not very familiar with many things, so he had to adapt little by little.

Now that Sang Hongyang is back in charge of finance, the country's economic operation has become much smoother.

Sang Hongyang had done his homework early and slowly told Weining about the economic situation in Jiangnan.

The Ministry of Industry's water conservancy projects in the south of the Yangtze River have all been repaired. The water conservancy projects in the entire south of the Yangtze River have been opened up. The official roads have also been repaired. Both the waterway and the land route from the south of the Yangtze River to the north have been much smoother. In this way, the economy of the north and the south has been completely opened up.

The development of commerce has caused the entire country's economy to begin to grow rapidly. Dahan is now transforming from a traditional agricultural country to a commercial country.

Overall, Dahan's economy is still growing, and fiscal revenue growth remains good.

However, Sang Hongyang said to Weining with some worry: "Your Highness, the country's agriculture is getting less and less, and the food is dependent on the supply of South Vietnam. If South Vietnam breaks away from our control, it will be fatal to the country's food development."

"Although North Korea and the Japanese slaves are under our control, His Majesty does not seem to pay attention to these two places."

"As a result, we do not have clear goals for our intentions and development in these two places. There is no specific explanation of what we want them to do and how they will develop."

Weining nodded and asked Sang Hongyang, "What do you think?"

Sang Hongyang thought for a while and said, "Japanese slaves are close to the sea. Can we use the seafood industry to supply the inland?"

Weining shook his head and said: "The southeast is fine. The industry has been reset. It seems that the Japanese slave islands are worthless at all."

Sang Hongyang thought for a while, and it seemed to be the case. That place was just a deserted island, and he didn't know what its value was.

So he first targeted North Korea, which is close to Liaodong and not far from the two places. According to Sang Hongyang's idea, the North Korean islands can be used as a food country to supply the inland.

If this place develops into a grain county, then the Han Dynasty's grain industry will not have to rely on South Vietnam.

If South Vietnam breaks away from the control of the Han Dynasty, North Korea can supply the Han Dynasty's interior.

However, Weining told Sang Hongyang that South Vietnam could be separated from the food supply of the Han Dynasty, but North Korea might not be able to.

Sang Hongyang clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, what you said is wrong."

"North Korea is a county of our Han Dynasty. Unlike South Vietnam, we did not conquer South Vietnam. They are independent countries."

"If the Korean islands are attacked, it will be equivalent to the entire Han Dynasty being attacked." Wei Ning understood Sang Hongyang's meaning, thought for a moment, nodded and said: "That's the truth."

"But this time the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Western Regions are attacking Liaodong, Koreans are helping."

Sang Hongyang is not worried about this. Although North Korea has been conquered, there are still many rebels inside. This is not a big deal. As long as the Han Dynasty sends officials to govern and capture and kill these people, sooner or later North Korea will Will be completely assimilated by the Han people.

As for the Japanese slave island, Wei Ning said to Sang Hongyang: "Let it become my big man's mineral smelting base."

"what?"

Sang Hongyang asked in confusion: "What mineral?"

Wei Ning said: "There are a lot of gold, silver and other minerals underground in the Japanese slaves. You can ask the officials over there to mine them and take a look."

Sang Hongyang: "?"

"Have you ever been to Japanese slaves, Your Highness?"

"No."

Sang Hongyang didn't understand and asked: "Then how can His Highness be sure that there are a large number of minerals under the Japanese slave island?"

“If too much human cost is invested, nothing will be gained in the end and financial resources will be wasted.”

Wei Ning said: "Go and try it first, you should try it all."

"Oh." Sang Hongyang nodded and said, "I understand."

This was Weining's first day back in charge of the country. He didn't fully understand many political matters, so he didn't explain too much for the time being.

……

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty arrived in northern Xinjiang in mid-June.

There were many people accompanying him, and Jiang Chong was also among them.

Looking at the prosperity of the towns in Northern Xinjiang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very sad. Not long after he ascended the throne, he inspected Northern Xinjiang. Twenty or thirty years have passed, and he has never been to this land again.

How barren it was back then, it is so prosperous now.

Twenty or thirty years of governance have made the Han Dynasty more and more powerful, and the economic development of Northern Xinjiang has also increased to a degree visible to the naked eye.

The streets were crowded with people. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and a group of people came to the streets in disguise and listened to the conversations of the people.

"Fortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince has returned to supervise the country, and we finally have a good life."

"Yes, I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince insisted on negotiating peace with the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Western Region, otherwise we wouldn't be able to sell our goods now."

"His Majesty is really hurting us now. As soon as he made big talk in Chang'an, a war started in the northwest. But what will we do?"

"It's hard to make some money, but because of His Majesty's words, everyone has to suffer for another year."

"Who didn't say it? Last year was really hard for us. Hey, it would be great if His Highness the Crown Prince ascended the throne earlier."

"Yes, if His Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, he will never do such a thing."

Although the common people did not dare to blatantly criticize Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in their conversations, they secretly accused Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty of being unfavorable in power.

After hearing these words, Jiang Chong immediately said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, I will catch them."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty looked gloomy, glanced at Jiang Chong indifferently and said, "Let them have their say!"

(End of this chapter)