Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 259: Incognito Tour
Cen Wenben wrote down the details one by one, and then looked at Li Yuanji.

"After I go down to this matter, I will work with the Ministry of Justice to formulate targeted laws as soon as possible and submit them to the king."

Li Yuanji nodded. These indeed required corresponding laws to deter people.

"Okay, let's do this first. Next, let's talk about taking concubines. Anyone who takes a concubine and fails to give birth to a child within two years must be punished.

However, this punishment cannot be the same as that for ordinary people. If a man already has a wife but still takes a concubine, he must be punished severely.

The punishment will still be in the form of money and grain, and it can even include land. When you go down, work out a standard and hand it over to me."

Although Li Yuanji was prepared to impose severe punishment on people of this class, there was still plenty of room for maneuver. It all depended on whether the wealthy families cooperated or not. What he wanted was population growth, not the money and grain in their hands.

Cen Wenben did not object. These people already had wives, and the extra concubines were taking up extra resources. Besides, only wealthy families could afford concubines, so there was nothing wrong with fining them.

After seeing Cen Wenben take note of it, Li Yuanji spoke again.

"For official arranged marriages, if men and women who have reached the marriageable age have not been married within two years and have been fined, forced marriages will be started.

It is important to note here that if there are males in particularly difficult circumstances, the local government can arrange a job for them based on the circumstances, even if it is a bit hard and tiring.

If someone does not cooperate, and still does not make progress and does not work hard after being assigned a position, then he should be directly assigned to forced labor.

If there is no money or food in the family, even if you marry a girl, you will not be able to raise a child, and it will also drag the girl into a fire pit. These situations also need attention.

In addition, if the husband dies, remarriage can be supported, but the children must be raised.

At the same time, if the wife of a soldier wants to remarry, it should be decided according to the circumstances and cannot be forced, and she must leave offspring for the couple.

Once a woman remarries, all corresponding subsidies will be cancelled and handed over to the descendants of the fallen soldier.

You should also break down these situations and sort them out together later."

These numerous problems were the reason why Li Yuanji could not make up his mind to implement the policy for a while, because there were so many things involved, and if he didn't pay attention to those minor details, this policy would not benefit the people.

Even if we have begun to address the problem now, it is not so easy to implement it in the entire fiefdom.

After Cen Wenben wrote it down, he said, "Your Majesty, I will personally visit the people and ask them more questions. I will add more information after I understand it myself.

I am also aware of these details. If they are not handled well, the people may resent them. I will definitely understand them in person, sort them out, and then hand them over to the king for final implementation."

Hearing this, Li Yuanji was particularly satisfied.

“This is undoubtedly the best way to do it. We should investigate first and understand what the people think. Although we don’t need to consider all of them, we still need to consider them as much as possible.

As for what you just said about providing subsidies for amounts exceeding a certain amount, there is no need to do that.

As long as the people have food and some money at home and are not so poor, they will naturally do so and there is no need to give them additional subsidies.

In fact, as long as people's livelihood can be done well, the population will naturally increase. What we need to do now is to increase it quickly.

We can just work in this direction, and solving the marriage problem of men and women of marriageable age as soon as possible is the most important thing.”

Cen Wenben also agreed that the current development here is that the population is gradually failing to keep up, and this problem has greatly restricted all aspects.

After finalizing these, Li Yuanji immediately talked about another matter.

"Let's leave it like this for now. Go and implement it when you get down. I have something to tell you.

Nowadays, development is going on in various prefectures. Since I came here, I have never gone out to take a look, so I can't help feeling a little regretful.

Now that you have Wang Gui, Wei Ting and others assisting you, all affairs can run normally, and there is nothing major happening right now.

I plan to go out and visit various prefectures to see how they are developing and what the actual situation is. I also want to take a look at what the scenery in my fiefdom is like.

how do you feel? "

Li Yuanji had a smile on his face. He had wanted to go out for a long time. Especially after what happened one after another, he wanted to go somewhere farther to take a look.

Cen Wenben was slightly surprised, but soon accepted it. In his opinion, it was not something difficult to accept that Li Yuanji wanted to go out and see.

Now that the fiefdom is so large, and compared to the beginning, earth-shaking changes have taken place in various places. Li Yuanji wants to go and take a look, which is also a good thing in Cen Wenben's opinion.

At least after going out to take a look, Li Yuanji will have a clearer understanding of the local development and will have a clearer understanding of future development.

Moreover, Li Yuanji had indeed stayed here for too long. Not only Li Yuanji, but he himself wanted to go out and take a walk.

Thinking of this, Cen Wenben smiled and said, "If Your Majesty wants to go for a walk, I support you, but Your Majesty cannot stay outside for too long.

Although nothing major has happened yet, the surrounding area is not so peaceful. It’s okay internally, but the main issue is externally.

The surrounding areas, such as the Tang Dynasty, Tubo, Gundam Kingdom, Turkic Khaganate, Baekje, Silla, etc., are not peaceful and problems may break out at any time.

And these are related to the future and cannot be ignored. "

Li Yuanji nodded. He was aware of the importance of these situations and issues. It can be said that every place is extremely important.

Except for the problems with the Tang Dynasty, unless the Tang Dynasty chose to invade by force, Cen Wenben could solve all other problems. He had told Cen Wenben everything he should know, so he had nothing to worry about.

The only problems are those related to the external expansion of his fiefdom and the external development of the entire fiefdom.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuanji spoke slowly.

"If there is anything, please let me know in time. I will try to come back in about half a year this time."

Originally, Li Yuanji wanted to take this opportunity to visit every prefecture, but now it seems unlikely, so he can only choose to visit some places.

Cen Wenben agreed and then asked, "Have you decided on the route, Your Majesty?"

Li Yuanji laughed immediately.

"That's not the case yet, but let's go out first. The first place to go is Nanzhou Prefecture, and then Luzhou Prefecture and Songzhou Prefecture. As for the others, it depends on whether we can make it in time."

After chatting for a few words, Cen Wenben went downstairs. Li Yuanji also came to the backyard and began to discuss going out with the women.

"This time I'll be away for about half a year. Do you want to go with me?"

Yang Qingwan was very tempted when she heard this. She really wanted to go out with Li Yuanji, but she finally held back.

"My dear husband, I won't go. The matter of clothing and textiles is fine, but the palace still needs someone to stay and take care of everything. Someone needs to look after this place.

My husband, please take your sisters with you. They haven't gone out for a walk since they came here, so this is a good opportunity for them to look around." Wei Gui smiled and took Yang Qingwan's arm, glancing at Li Yuanji.

"I won't go either. I'll stay at home with Sister Wan. There are a lot of things to do in the mansion, and we need someone to help. I can just accompany Sister Wan to relieve her fatigue."

Although Wei Gui also wanted to go, since Yang Qingwan was not going, she didn't want to go either.

Wei Gui was very clear about her position. Everything was fine now, and she didn't want to destroy it. Even though she couldn't destroy Yang Qingwan and Li Yuanji, and she didn't have that intention, she still understood.

After hearing this, Yang Qingwan thought of Wei Gui, but Wei Gui remained unmoved, and Yang Qingwan was helpless.

Wu Mei and Wu Shun on the other side were also a little unhappy at this time, especially Wu Mei. She was very excited at first, but now that Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui were not going, she felt embarrassed to go.

Li Yuanji looked at the women and immediately smiled.

“Okay, then you stay here, Mei’er and Shun’er come with me.

Next time I go out, I will take you with me, that's all."

This time when he went out, Li Yuanji hesitated whether to take Yang Qingwan with him. After he left, someone would have to take care of the affairs in the palace, and someone who could make the decision had to stay behind.

Now everything seems to be going well, but he still needs to take the necessary precautions.

At night, in Yang Qingwan's bedroom, Yang Qingwan leaned on Li Yuanji's arm.

“Take this jade token, it can directly command the army inside and outside the city.

The safety here is now in your hands. If there is anything important, you can deal with it first. As long as it is not a mess, you don't have to worry about it.

If you are unsure about anything, please write to me immediately."

Li Yuanji gave a lot of instructions, which was also the reason why he wanted to keep Yang Qingwan, and Yang Qingwan was very clear about it.

After a night passed, Li Yuanji began to ask people to prepare for going out. This time he would be away for a long time, so all the necessary preparations had to be made.

"My king, have you really decided?"

Looking at Liu Rengui, Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Why, you thought I was joking, OK, you should be prepared when you go down."

This time, they were going to Nanzhou Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture, and Songzhou Prefecture, all of which required taking a boat, so naturally they needed Liu Rengui's navy.

Liu Rengui was extremely serious at the moment. Whenever Li Yuanji went to a place, he would need to lead the navy to escort him throughout the trip. How could Liu Rengui not be serious and responsible?

Upon hearing Li Yuanji's confirmation, Liu Rengui stood up immediately.

"Yes, I will go down and prepare now!"

Liu Rengui felt heavy-hearted. He was very clear about the responsibility on his shoulders. Although not all the navy had to be dispatched, the most elite men in the navy were needed to protect Li Yuanji's safety.

Li Yuanji immediately let Liu Rengui go down. He knew that Liu Rengui had to be prepared, and he also valued his life very much, so he had to be prepared.

Then he called Cen Wenben, Wei Zheng, Wang Gui, Wei Ting and others and started to make the final arrangements. After all, he was leaving, and someone had to take care of the things here.

After arranging these, Li Yuanji immediately began to speed up the preparations.

At this time Yang Jianhe hurried in.

"Your Majesty, the Jinyi personal guards are all ready. I have selected 300 men to follow you on both sides. They are all skilled fighters."

The Jinyiwei were obtained after Li Yuanji asked Yang Jianhe to start the establishment of the Jinyiwei, because the original core personnel were his personal guards.

Combining the two, the Jinyi Guard came into being, which can also be abbreviated as: Jinyi Guard.

The duties of the Jinyiwei were not only to monitor, but also to be responsible for his safety when traveling, after all, they were reorganized by his personal army.

After hearing this, Li Yuanji shook his head.

"There are too many people. Don't be so ostentatious. Just select 20 or 30 people and let the rest follow the guard of honor."

This time, he was going on a secret tour with hundreds of guards. It was useless to wear secret clothes because anyone who saw him would not think it was simple.

If there are only twenty or thirty people, he can still use the excuse of being a merchant to cover it up, but if there are too many people, it will be impossible to cover it up. How can he find problems?
However, when Yang Jianhe heard this, he immediately quit.

"Your Majesty, this won't work, absolutely not. How can we protect Your Majesty with only 20 or 30 people? We need at least 100 people.

I am responsible for the king's safety. You must listen to me on this matter. Twenty or thirty people are not enough."

Li Yuanji immediately glared at Yang Jianhe. What did he hear? This man actually wanted him, the King of Qi, to listen to him?

“Yang Jianhe, you are the opposite of Tiangang. Let me tell you, there are too many people. This time we went out to investigate the livelihood and development of each prefecture. Don’t make things worse.

At most fifty people, there is no room for negotiation, you go down and prepare immediately, and set off in the name of a caravan."

Li Yuanji did not indulge him at all. He knew that Yang Jianhe was thinking about his safety, but he also had his own considerations.

Yang Jianhe opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but could only sigh.

After going down, Yang Jianhe immediately went to find Liu Rengui.

“General Liu, the king only allowed me to bring fifty people with him as a caravan guard. I plan to arrange some more people to follow in secret, and at the same time form some other caravans to follow behind the king’s caravan.

In addition, General Liu is requested to prepare the Marines so that they can come and protect the king at any time in case of any emergency.

At the same time, send a few strong and smart men to the front of the king in advance. If anything unexpected happens to the king, immediately mobilize the local guards to come.

This time the king is on tour, we must ensure his safety!"

Liu Rengui agreed without any hesitation.

"Commander Yang, rest assured, I will be ready. However, the most important thing is still you, Commander Yang. Both my army and the local guards will need time.

Commander Yang must make good arrangements. The guards around the king can be 50 people, but there must be hundreds of people in the dark and around. No matter what happens, they must hold out for half an hour before the rest of the army can arrive!"

Yang Jianhe nodded, and the two confirmed it again, then began to busy themselves with their own things.

While the two were busy, people from the Firearms Bureau came to the palace.

"Your Majesty, the Firearms Supervisory Office you mentioned before has been built. Please go there!"

(End of this chapter)