Otherworldly Castle Era

Chapter 219 This season

After Yang Song read the mission introduction in the system, he saw that Huo Qubing’s explanation was far more than his impression of this person.

In his impression, Huo Qubing is a national hero who fought against Japanese pirates, and the mandarin duck array he founded is very famous.

As for the later fight against Mongolian tribes, the modification of firearms, warships, etc., Yang Song said that he had no such impression at all!

Regarding the impression of Sun Chengzong, its chief of staff, Yang Song seems to have heard of such a person, who is familiar with the name, but he doesn’t know the specifics at all.

But as long as he read Sun Chengzong’s introduction, Yang Song had to admit that he was also a talented person who was capable of literary and military skills, and he could only blame him for being ignorant.

There are too many outstanding talents in China’s history, and it is no wonder that Yang Song is not familiar with it anymore. This is really a beautiful sadness!

Yang Song then checked whether the establishment of the so-called “standard division” in this system is different from the “standard division” defined by Xia Guo himself. After checking, I found that there is really no difference.

In fact, Yang Song had already guessed the result of the 46,500 people in his brief introduction to Qi Jiguang’s army since the beginning of his identification. It’s just a confirmation process.

The army of a standard division rewarded by the system at this time and its organization can explain a lot of problems, especially the general Qi Jiguang is still a talented person who is originally proficient in firearms.

This made Yang Song think of what is the point of the standard teacher rewarded by the system at this time? Is it to tell him that it is very correct to develop a firearms army? Or is it telling him that he should develop steam-powered warships?

In any case, the arrival of the two will definitely make Xia Guo a step further – at least this standard division of more than 40,000 people has already given Xia Guo a bit more combat power!

Yang Song returned to Apocalypse City with a group of important officials. Among them were Qi Jiguang and Sun Chengzong who were on the same road. As for the army of a new division, Yang Ren of the Houbao Department was responsible for transporting it through the military train. Back to Apocalypse City.

Asking Qi Jiguang and Sun Chengzong to be on the same road as Yang Song was also a small test by Yang Song to test whether they obeyed his orders. Of course, Qi Jiguang and Sun Chengzong did what they ordered without saying a word.

After returning to Apocalypse City, Yang Song first arranged a mansion for the two so that they could settle down in this world. As for the appointment and title, the ceremony would be held after all the generals outside returned to the Apocalypse City.

During the time when the generals outside returned, Yang Song decided on the latest appointments of the generals based on the report on military reform given by Li Jing.

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On March 30th of the eighteenth year of the Apocalypse, Xia Kingdom’s quarterly dynasty meeting began!

All the important officials of Xia Kingdom landed in the Palace of Apocalypse City, waiting for their monarch and great king-Yang Song’s dynasty!

At nine o’clock in the morning, Yang Song was dressed in court clothes, and walked out from behind the wall behind the high position with a group of guards and maids.

Before Yang Song walked to the throne, he stood facing the Baiguan, the leader of Jin Yiwei and Wang Wei behind him saw this, and shouted at the Baiguans: “The king is here, the court will begin!”

Baiguan heard the words and bowed to Yang Songqi above the throne of the high platform, and shouted: “Chen, see the king!”

“No gift, just sit!” Yang Song also raised his hands and arched, but he straightened his body without bending over.

After that, Yang Song put down his hands first, put on his long sleeves, and the Malaysian Golden Sword was seated in the middle of the throne.

After that, the officials gave a salute again and shouted “Thank you, King!” before they sat on their respective tables and chairs.

After waiting for three to five seconds, Xun Yu, the director of the Department of Administration, stood up first and bowed his hand to Yang Song and said: “Tell the king, the minister has something to do.”

After Xun Yu waited until Yang Song nodded in agreement, this Caihui reported: “As of the end of last year, the country’s population has reached more than 25 million. The people live and work in peace, thriving, and prosperous. They all praise the great King Shengming!”

“Great King Shengming!” Upon hearing this, all officials stood and shouted in unison.

Yang Song waved his hand and said loudly: “If the people are strong, the country will be strong; if the people are rich, the country will be rich; if the people are safe, the country will be safe! All princes gather in this high hall and treat the country as the people! Don’t turn a deaf ear to ears, just play it out!”

Baiguan listened to the training, and said: “Chen, please follow Wang Yu!”

After Yang Song let the ministers sit down, let Xun Yu continue to report.

Xun Yu continued to report: “In accordance with the ten-year plan of the king, the country’s annual steel output has reached one million tons, and the annual output of grain has reached more than 6.2 million tons…”

Xun Yu recounted the administrative data of Xia State, let Yang Song and the other ministers know the current situation of Xia State.

Afterwards, Sun Sheng, director of the administrative department, Wei Dong in the household hall, Zhou Ze in the health hall, Chen Fang in the agricultural hall, Qin Jiushao in the commercial hall, Yuan Lin in the official hall, Yuan Kai in the post hall, Li Jie in the industrial hall, Xu Xiake in the capital hall, all A further and detailed explanation was made on their respective fields.

Among them, Chen Yan from the Agricultural Department, Qin Jiushao from the Commercial Department, and Li Jie from the Industrial Department were all occupied after the Linhai Basin was occupied. Qing, Feng De, and Zhang Yu served as their deputy.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Juzheng from the Department of Finance and Taxation made a report on Xia’s taxation: “King Qi, my country’s income last year was more than 70 million taels of Xia currency and spent 70 million taels of Xia currency, of which more than 1,000 were spent due to the war. Thousands of summer coins!”

More than 70 million taels of Xia coins is equivalent to nearly three taels of Xia coins for every citizen of Xia Country. This is a very large number. You must know that even the Director of the Administration Department, Xun Yu’s salary for a month is only fifteen taels of summer coins.

One or two Xia coins are equal to ten Xia coins, and one Xia coin is equal to one hundred Wen Xia coins, that is, one or two Xia coins are equal to one thousand Wen Xia coins, and one Wen Xia coin can buy a large white steamed bun.

Such high taxes are partly because many tax-free industries in the past have passed the tax-free period, and on the other hand, because Xia Guo has greatly increased the country’s wealth by plundering the outside world!

One of the reasons Zhang Juzheng agreed to launch a war before was to see that the dividends of Xia Guo’s foreign plunder was about to be exhausted, and this was another important reason why Yang Song decided to launch an expansion war.

Immediately afterwards, the Department of Justice, the Department of Court Affairs, the Department of Intelligence, and the Department of Internal Affairs reported to Yang Song and everyone present about their respective departments.

At the end of the DPRK meeting, it was the turn of the protagonist of the DPRK meeting—the military department—about the rotation system of the army, the appointment and award of new generals!