"Minister Li Changyu (Song Zan), I co before Your Majesty."
Inside the imperial palace, Lu Yuan received the two Ministers who rushed over.
"Arise."
He looked at the two ministers, who stood before him with respectful expressions, and directly asked, "You must both be clear about the reason I have summoned you this ti."
Below, Li Changyu raised his head, speaking carefully, "Your Majesty, I understand. It is for us, both of your servants, to stabilize Liang County and Great Liang, laying a solid foundation for the capital’s relocation."
Lu Yuan nodded slightly, "Exactly. It is for this matter. I have already considered relocating the Imperial Capital from Baling to Great Liang within the next two or three years.
However, Great Liang was originally the land of the Liang people.
Great Chu conquered this place, invading their holands, killing their fathers and brothers. Our enmity with them can be said to be deep-seated.
In this land, it is as if every person is an enemy."
"To make such a place our foundation, and even more so the Jingji and Imperial Capital, is fundantally inadequate."
At this point, Lu Yuan’s tone beca heavier, "Therefore, to make this place the foundation of Great Chu, capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility of Jingji and the Imperial Capital, certain clearances must be made.
Your great task is to rid Great Chu of these enemy people, carving out a royal paradise for ."
Hearing this, Li Changyu understood; the matter was indeed as he had guessed.
However, Song Zan, hearing this, couldn’t help asking cautiously, "May I ask Your Majesty how we should go about this clearance?"
Lu Yuan said indifferently, "No other way, but through immigration."
Song Zan felt surprised and puzzled. Wasn’t immigration exactly what they were already doing?
How could that be considered clearance?
Yet Li Changyu seed thoughtful, as if he had guessed sothing.
"Move the Liang people of Great Liang and Liang County away, then move in the good people of Great Chu from Yangzhou. With them gone and us here, the entire Liang County will be cleansed, naturally becoming filled with good people and every county a joyful land."
Seeing that the two ministers still did not comprehend his intentions, Lu Yuan simply clarified, "The moving of commoners from Great Chu, you don’t need to worry about. The specific relocations will be handled by the respective authorities. You only need to manage the reception.
But within Great Liang and the whole Liang County, there are still more than five million Liang people, who are temporarily difficult to assimilate.
It would take decades to make them loyal.
But in the present tis, what ti do I have to wait for their loyalty, one by one?
Thus, to settle this once and for all, let’s simply move all these people away.
Fittingly, over there in Yuzhou, Great Chu has recently gained four counties, with a total population of only ten million people, which can be described as sparsely populated.
Now, by moving these more than five million Liang people over, we would perfectly fill up the area, reviving so of the local spirit.
What you need to do is, within the next two years, coordinate with the Immigration Bureau of the Ministry of Population to swiftly relocate all the Liang people from Great Liang and Liang County to Yuzhou.
anwhile, after the Liang people are moved, promptly receive the immigrant Chu people and help them settle down as soon as possible.
In the next two years, I will move another ten million people to Great Liang and Liang County for resettlent. Whether these immigrants can make a ho here now depends entirely on you two.
What do you say, do you have the confidence to do this well?"
Li Changyu solemnly said, "Your Majesty, I will devote myself completely to get the job done and will not dare to neglect it."
Song Zan also hurriedly said, "Your servant is the sa, I will not dare to delay."
Lu Yuan nodded slightly, then flipped through the governance strategies presented by the two, encouraging them, "Since you have confidence, I am also relieved. I have reviewed your governance strategies, and overall there are no problems.
So minor flaws can be slowly corrected in the process, they aren’t a significant concern.
Handle this matter well for , and becoming an official in the inner court will be just a matter of course.
Both of you, strive hard."
"Yes, thank you for Your Majesty’s grace!"
Li Changyu and Song Zan hurriedly bowed down to express their gratitude.
"Hmm, you may leave."
Lu Yuan waved his hand, dismissing the two.
…
After sending off Song Zan and Li Changyu, Lu Yuan continued to pick up another morial and began to read.
This was concerning the situations of officials taking up their posts in various places, submitted by the governors after their arrival.
In the north of Central State, Chu had expanded to sixteen counties in one breath.
To fill the vacancies of these regional officials, a massive mobilization of twenty thousand officials of all ranks was required just to barely fill these positions.
During this period, countless officials were promoted and exceptionally appointed, achieving double or even triple promotions.
Many scholars who had passed the juren or achieved the Scholar’s Degree also took this opportunity to find an abundance of vacant positions, officially embarking on their bureaucratic careers.
It could be said that through these two Northern Expeditions, everyone in Chu had benefited greatly.
Ordinary citizens gained more living space, securing a ticket aboard the end-of-the-world Ark in this crumbling world.
Those scholarly officials realized their longti wishes, gained official positions, and entered the bureaucracy.
The Jianghu heroes also followed the Chu army’s footsteps, forcefully entered the north, pushing back the heroes of Central State, and took over their foundations of interest.
They officially established sects in the north, securing their foothold.
Even the rchants and traders managed to extend their business to various places in Central State, earning a significant amount of money and interests.
One could say, except for those who had been defeated, everyone from top to bottom in Chu deeply profited from the nation’s expansion.
And under these interconnected interests, the entire nation of Chu, regarding the Northern Expedition, was unanimously supportive, devoted heart and soul.
The nation’s spirit was also more united than ever before.
Moreover, with the capture of those defeated, the Qi Luck gathered around Lu Yuan had doubled since before the expedition.
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