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Liu Sheng had a rough guess about the time and space on the other side of the time and space gate, so he didn't go into details.

It's not that I don't want to, but I can't.

Given the current situation, his exploration of the space-time gate is destined to take a relatively long time.

It may take ten years, or even longer.

Besides, the exploration of another time and space has no other practical significance besides satisfying his curiosity (mainly the question of whether another time and space gate exists).

If you put too much thought and time on this matter, you will be crazy.

Therefore, after reading the telegram, Liu Sheng sighed and said: "Let the Telecommunications Office send a report to the Tianmu Mountain Telecommunications Group and tell the Third Regiment of the 1st Hailongwei Brigade that the imperial court will pay tribute to those who died in this mission to explore the inland. Thick shirt.”

"In addition, let them make preparations, recruit qualified soldiers from the civilians of Laichu County and Longshou County, and officially expand it into the third brigade of Hailongwei."

"As for the appointment of brigade-level generals, after the Military Academy has confirmed it, they will be informed in a report."

The secretaries serving in the palace quickly took down Liu Sheng's oral instructions.

After giving it to Liu Sheng to check and use the seal, he sent it to the telecommunications office for someone to send the report...
The hot summer days pass by in a hurry.

In a blink of an eye, time came to August of the fifth year of Qianyuan.

On this day, Liu Sheng held an important meeting in Tianxin Hall.

In addition to several ministers of military aircraft, ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, there were also more than a dozen ministers from all over Da'ei, from various departments and even from different backgrounds.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After all the ministers were seated, Liu Sheng couldn't help but glance at the dozen or so people behind him.

Among them, the one with the highest official position was Ma Shiying, the governor of Southern Zhili.

In the past few years, Ma Shiying's presence seems to have been very low.

However, as an important minister of the Ming Dynasty who joined Da'ei when Liu Sheng captured Nanjing before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ma Shiying's status among the governors of Da'ei was definitely one of the best.

In the past few years, he has worked diligently as the governor of Southern Zhili and has been actively cooperating with the court to implement various policies to manage Southern Zhili in peace and harmony.

Among the remaining people, there were Fang Zhenru and Yang Weizhi who had been in the pre-Ming Dynasty for a long time, as well as Ye Tinggui, Chen Zilong, Xiong Rulin, Xiong Kaiyuan, Sun Chaorang, and Ma Maocai who had surrendered to Damei on the way.

There were also Pan Duao, Zhang Youtian, Xu Yixian, and Zhang Nai who came from the Nongming Army.

Among them, Pan Duao and three others were rare literati in Zhang Xianzhong's army, and served as Zhang Xianzhong's military advisor and counselor.

Zhang Nai is the most special. He was originally a military general. During the Battle of Xi'an, he took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender.

After he surrendered, Liu Sheng learned that he had a certain foundation in writing, so he asked him to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to observe politics and study, with the intention of changing his career to a civil servant.

Some of these people knew each other before, some only knew each other by name, and some only learned of each other's existence today.

To be honest, when they came to the side hall of Tianxin Palace to wait and saw each other, they were quite confused. They didn't know what Liu Sheng was doing by calling them together.

Only a few people have some guesses in their minds, but they are not sure.

After retracting his gaze, Liu Sheng said loudly, "It has been four or five years since the founding of our country in Dawei. Now, except for occasional wars in the corners of the southwest, northwest, and northeast, the inland and southeastern provinces are all peaceful."

"However, to maintain this peaceful world, not only does the country need to have strong military force that can resist foreign enemies and overwhelm internal villains, but it also requires the court to have sufficient understanding of the local area and be able to control it."

"The identification of places controlled by the imperial court mainly depends on finance and taxation. If you want to understand the finance and taxation of a place, you must know the land area, population, property, etc. of the place."

"Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, we have been using ex-ante data on land area and population statistics in various places, but we have not yet compiled our own statistics." "Now that the world has been at peace for several years, people's lives have generally stabilized, and our country has enough qualified officials.”

"Therefore, I am determined to conduct an inventory of the land, population, and products in the world, so that the court can formulate more reasonable tax policies and better govern the place."

Having said this, Liu Sheng paused and deliberately observed the expressions of the ministers.

The Minister of Military and Aircraft had known about this for a long time, so his expression did not change.

Although Ma Shiying is not the minister of military aircraft, he is a mature senior official. He also guessed that this incident happened from Liu Sheng's various actions in the past few years. In addition, he had enough energy to nourish, and his expression was also relatively calm.

The remaining people had different expressions.

Some were shocked, some were excited, and some frowned secretly and hesitated to speak.

But they all knew Liu Sheng's rules for meetings.

Before Liu Sheng allowed them to speak or discuss, they could not speak casually, especially interrupt Liu Sheng's speech.

After seeing the changes in the expressions of the ministers, Liu Sheng continued, "Clearing the land and conducting a population census were difficult tasks in all dynasties. Only in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China was it easier."

"As the founder of the country, I naturally have to do this well and cannot leave it to those who come after me."

"To make this happen, not only must there be a group of qualified officials at the local level responsible for implementation, but the central government also needs a steering group and an inspection team."

"Except for a few military ministers and Governor Ma, the rest of my beloved ministers were specially selected by me from all over. The purpose is to handle this important event well and lay a foundation for a hundred years of stability for our country."

"Although this matter is a century-old plan, it is destined to be an offending job. I am afraid that it will be hated by many big families and landowners."

"My dear friends, are you willing to disregard personal honor, disgrace and comfort and work with me to complete this century-old plan for Damei?"

No matter what everyone thought before, after hearing Liu Sheng's words and knowing that Liu Sheng entrusted him with such an important task, they all felt a sense of trust and importance.

This feeling even temporarily covered up some selfish thoughts.

In addition, they had no other choice in this situation, so they all stood up, bowed their hands, and said in unison: "Your Majesty is willing!"

"it is good!"

Liu Sheng smiled and nodded.

Then the actual content of the meeting begins.

Clearing the land, censusing the population, and even paying taxes to both officials and gentry were major events that Liu Sheng had been planning for several years. Various plans and policies had actually been formulated long ago and were just announced today.

Of course, the unified taxation of officials and gentry touches too many interests - not only the gentry of the previous Ming Dynasty, but also the dignitaries and bureaucrats of the new dynasty.

Therefore, Liu Sheng planned to wait until the land clearing and population census were completed before proceeding.

Land clearing and population census were carried out in all dynasties, and were even carried out a few decades ago during Zhang Juzheng's reforms in the Ming Dynasty.

Logically speaking, there is nothing much to say.

However, the landownership of the Qing Dynasty was more detailed, and women and children were included in the census, which was quite different from the previous Ming statistics.

According to the plan, this matter will be carried out in South Zhili and North Zhili first.

It will last for one year. After completion, we will see what problems may arise in the process, prepare a response method, and then promote it to other provinces.

Therefore, twelve people including Fang Zhenru, Yang Weizhi, Chen Zilong, etc. will form two steering groups and two inspection groups to take charge of land clearing and population census in South and North Zhili Provinces respectively.

The twelve of them seemed to have complicated backgrounds and were difficult to get along with, but it was Liu Sheng's intention.

In addition to trusting their integrity and abilities, they will also supervise each other to prevent anyone from making mistakes in a moment of confusion. (End of chapter)