A bearded man holding a short stick gasped and shouted at the four or five barefoot farmers.

But the latter has an expression that is not afraid of boiling water. His eyes seem to say, who are you scaring? You can do whatever you like. This is not the first time we have skipped work.

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Japanese Imperial Palace.

In the conference hall, there were seven or eight people sitting at a large oval round table, including men and women, men on the left and women on the right. The one in the middle was a woman with stunning appearance. This person was none other than Zhao Jingyan. She was there last year.

She just took over the power from Li Qi and became the first consul of Japan. This can be regarded as helping her realize her dream of becoming an emperor. In fact, she is a very ambitious woman and has always wanted to be an emperor. If she has a taste of this, she will become a consul in the future.

He will be the highest official in Japan, and the emperor no longer has any power and is only used to pray to heaven.

The first middle-aged man on the left of Zhao Jingyan said: "Consul, in the first two years, domestic grain production reached its peak, but in the next three years, grain production continued to decline, and this year we must purchase one million taels of gold grain from the Song Dynasty.

, can make up for the food gap, and it is expected that this amount will further expand next year."

This person is Fujiyoshi Miki, who is now the consul's secretary. After Li Qi came to Japan, he had a secret talk with him all night. He decided to switch sides. He played an indispensable role in the eradication of the Taira clan. After all, Li Qi was an outsider.

, don’t know much about Japanese customs, Fujiyoshi Miki can be of great help to them in this regard.

The first person on Zhao Jingyan's right said: "This is all because the people are tired. Regardless of whether they work or not, they can still eat. In the past two years, the number of people who are slacking off has doubled. If this continues for a long time, once

If the Song Dynasty cuts off our food supply, civil strife will inevitably occur, so we must think of countermeasures as soon as possible."

This person is Bai Qiannuo, who now serves as the Minister of Finance and controls Japan's financial power.

Zhao Jingyan pondered for a moment and said: "Originally, the Emperor expected that burnout would occur after five years, but this situation seems to occur earlier than the Emperor expected. We must not wait until the civil strife breaks out. To think about countermeasures, I think it is time.

Abandon the closed-door policy, annex Ezo Island to Japan, and let the businessmen of Ezo Island help us complete the unlocking plan. Return to private ownership."

It turns out that when Li Qi came to power, Ezo Island was governed separately from the Japanese mainland. Ezo Island completely adopted the capital system. Now everyone on Ezo Island is extremely rich. It is just inferior to Hangzhou and Bianliang.

Japan adopts collective public ownership and implements a closed-door policy. It cuts off all contact with the outside world. Even the purchase of food is a private transaction between Li Qi and Zhao Kai. This is to prevent the Blue Movement from landing in the Song Dynasty.

The reason why Li Qi did this was to make Ezo Island a key to unlock the Japanese mainland. Now that the internal affairs have been stabilized and Li Qi has won the hearts of the people, Zhao Jingyan feels that it is time to start the unlocking plan.

But the big fat man sitting at the end of the left said: "But the Emperor has mentioned more than once that this unlocking plan is very critical. Once unlocked, it will definitely affect the rule of the consul. It must be handled with caution. I think it is better to wait."

Just wait, after all the consul only took office last year."

This man is none other than Nambo Man, now in charge of Japan's judicial power.

The second man on the left shook his head and said, "I think now is the best time."

It was Qin Hui who spoke. His name is Qin Dong and he is now the Secretary of State.

Zhao Jingyan frowned and looked at Qin Hui and said, "How do you say that?"

Qin Hui smiled slightly and said: "First of all, there are three things that a new official should do when he takes office. The consul has just taken office, so he should make drastic changes so that the people can have full confidence in the consul and feel that the consul will bring them a prosperous life. Secondly, this morning, the border officials announced

I came to inform you that envoys from the Song Dynasty will arrive in Japan soon. I guess they are coming to destroy the Jin Kingdom. According to the news from Ezo Island, the Jin Kingdom suffered several defeats on the grassland at the end of last year.

, and the Bohai people have been instigated by Goryeo recently, and they are also taking frequent actions. When the emperor promised the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to help the Song Dynasty destroy the Jin Kingdom, I can regard this battle as an unlocking battle and establish diplomatic relations with the Song Dynasty."

The bearded man sitting next to Qin Hui said with a sad face: "But since the destruction of Yuan Weiyi and the occupation of the four northern islands, our army has never fought again, and it is in the period of returning to farming. Although our weapons

Things are changing with each passing day, but if we send troops at this time, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will be far less than that of the golden soldiers."

This man is Niu Gao, the Minister of Defense of Japan, who is in charge of all Japanese military forces.

The second woman on the right said: "Shuai Niu is right, but we can do some military training first."

This person is none other than Yelv Guyu. She is now serving as the military and political commander, controlling all military and political affairs in Japan, and is responsible for issuing orders for the consul.

It means that the three powers of military, government and finance are all in the hands of Li Qi's family.

Zhao Jingyan said: "Don't you usually practice military training?"

Yelu Guyu said hurriedly: "The military training I am referring to is actual combat training."

"Practical military training?"

Zhao Jingyan frowned slightly and said, "Speak more clearly."

Yelu Guyu said: "We can first send troops to attack the Ryukyu Islands in the south. Firstly, Ryukyu's military strength is relatively weak and can be used for our military training. Secondly, we can also incorporate Ryukyu into our country while training our army."

"Liu Qiu?" Zhao Jingyan nodded slightly, then glanced at the others and said, "What do you think?"

Qin Hui nodded repeatedly and said: "I think it is feasible, and it is very conducive to our unlocking plan, because Ryukyu is very important on the sea route and is a hub of maritime transportation. If Ryukyu is captured, we can better trade with the Song Dynasty.

It can also open up connections with Luzon Island in the south to launch comprehensive trade."

Bai Qiannuo also nodded and said, "I agree too."

Qin Hui added: "But first we must inform the Song Dynasty about this, because the Song Dynasty and Ryukyu also have trade exchanges. However, after we occupy Ryukyu, it will only further promote the trade between the Ryukyu region and the Song Dynasty, so I believe that the Song Dynasty

Song Dynasty should not stop it."

Zhao Jingyan nodded and said: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. If the Song Dynasty agrees to our attack on Ryukyu, you'd better get some military rations from them. Then we can use tariffs to compensate. Secondly,

, The prerequisite for attacking the Jin Kingdom is that the Song Dynasty will pay all military expenses for our army, this must not be forgotten."

Qin Hui nodded.

Zhao Jingyan turned to Niu Gao and said, "Niu Gao, your general staff will immediately discuss a plan."

Niu Gao responded.

Zhao Jingyan tilted her head again and looked at Bai Qiannuo with a smile.

Bai Qiannuo smiled bitterly and said, "I understand. It seems that you all have to tighten your belts this year. The only way I can squeeze out military expenses now is to reduce your expenses."

Zhao Jingyan chuckled: "It doesn't matter if we tighten it now. The key is that what kind of life we ​​can live in the future depends on the two or three years, so you all have to cheer up and work hard to complete this unlocking plan."

Everyone nodded in unison.

Zhao Jingyan stood up and said, "That's it for today."

Qin Hui and others stood up, saluted Zhao Jingyan, and packed up their records.

Niu Gao was the first to go out. He might be a genius, but he never took notes during meetings. Then Qin Hui, Fujiyoshi Miki, and Nanbo Man walked out.

"Oh, these hard days are finally over."

Nanbo Wan sighed as soon as he went out.

Qin Hui smiled and said: "I'm afraid there are still two or three years."

Fujiyoshi Miki hummed: "Hui Zhi, don't listen to this guy. He goes to Ezo Island the most among us. Every time he goes back, he gains a lot of weight. He is much better than us. He can even eat a piece of meat."

They ate it with their hands covered with quilts."

Nanbo Mandao: "Even if I go there ten times, it's not enough. You don't know. Now Ezo Island is just like Hangzhou back then. Not to mention how prosperous it is, my mouth is watering just thinking about it."

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After Qin Hui and the others left, Bai Qiannuo suddenly said to Zhao Jingyan: "Yan Fu, do you want to tell your husband about this?"

Yelv Gu wanted to smile and said, "Then you have to find your husband first!"

Zhao Jingyan chuckled and said, "You heard it, you don't know where they went to play."

"That's true too."

Bai Qian promised: "I will ask Nan Bo Wan to send someone to find out the news about my husband."

Zhao Jingyan stretched out and said, "But this is good. We took away those naughty guys. I finally got some good sleep during this period."

Yelu Gu asked: "Qiniang, I've packed it up, how are you doing?"

Bai Qiannuo said: "I'm fine too, let's go."

Zhao Jingyan said hurriedly: "Wait for me, I have finished handling some things at hand, let's go back together, call your mother by the way, let's play a few rounds, while the children are not around, relax and wait until the envoy of the Song Dynasty comes

After that, I think we'll all be busy to death."

Now they are all mothers of children, but none of the three of them likes to take care of children at home.

Bai Qiannuo shook her head and sighed: "Who asked us to have a man who is not doing his job properly?"
Chapter completed!