Two days later, important news came from the palace, the emperor made a decision and the imperial edict was sent to the Secretariat.

Several big merchants led by the Wang family and the Fen family in Suzhou did not kill them, but each family had to pay 100,000 taels of redemption to the court to fill the treasury, with a deadline of two years. If the Qing Dynasty is not paid within two years, the last family will be confiscated.

All the male members of the thief leader Ding's family were sentenced to death, and the corpse was abandoned to the public. The female family was sent to be slaves and served as officials.

Because the matter is serious, the subsequent disposal announcement was pasted everywhere to show the world, the people cheered and officials celebrated the execution of the thief. Of course, some people were dissatisfied with the punishment of Suzhou Da Shang, because it seemed that it was lighter and more severe, and several families could be sentenced to the death.

Li Xingzhou was relieved when he heard the news with Shi Yuyue'er in the courtyard. In this way, the people in Su and Lu would have a much better life after the war.

The royal mansion has 30,000 new military uniforms, as well as backpacks, belts, leather cases, etc., and huge orders of nearly 100,000 taels of silver will be shared by merchants from Suzhou and Luzhou. Once, the two places produce a lot of cloth, and the local materials are low.

Secondly, it is impossible for several major merchants to monopolize these handicraft products. They must hire a large number of local workers to improve the lives of the people in the two places. This is absolutely more efficient than giving money to officials for disaster relief.

Moreover, Su and Lu are also strategic places for the future royal palace to control the sewer waterways. Li Xingzhou is considering this every day. In the end, the key areas that can be determined are the lines of Luzhou, Suzhou, Kaiyuan and Jiangzhou.

Jiangzhou is a big problem.

However, he and Gillian had already received the ceremony of acquiring the ceremony, and the queen also privately summoned him to the palace to urge him, summoned Duke De to the palace to discuss, and asked the people from the Ministry of Rites to calculate the auspicious day, and finally decided to hold a wedding after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

As long as the wedding is held, it will be a real family. The prefect of Jiangzhou, Wang Tong, is Gillian's biological father, and he should not refuse to cooperate with him.

In addition to these two things, there is still news that has excited the world recently. This year, the emperor issued an order to invite great scholars in the opposition, Chinese ministers in the court, and debate etiquette and law during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

For a moment, not only the government and the country were shocked, but everyone in the world applauded and praised the emperor's merits.

In fact, this has precedents in all dynasties and has always been a legend. Such debates opened by the emperor can not only strengthen the legal rationality of royal rule, but also promote ideological progress.

The most brilliant and most talked about debate in ancient China was not a major debate among the pre-Qin philosophers and schools of thought.

Many people have also thought about restoring that kind of glory, but they cannot do it.

Lee Sing-cheol is naturally looking forward to such a debate.

China is a country with precocious political maturity. In fact, since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, it has gradually separated from the feudal era and entered the imperial era.

The advantage of the imperial era is higher administrative efficiency, local officials cannot be hereditary, lower-class people have more opportunities to climb up, and social fairness can be improved, but freedom of speech is always inferior to that of feudal vassal era.

Anything has advantages and disadvantages.

Therefore, the great debate organized by the Tian family and gathered by scholars from all over the world is important.

Besides, this year, Jingguo finally emerged from the shadow of frequent disasters and successive defeats in recent years. First, the Prince of Pingnan exceeded 100,000 and defeated the southern rebels, and then the Liao people were attacked on Tokyo Road. Guanbei Army took the opportunity to chase and defeat the Liao army. Such exciting news made the whole country happy.

Taking the opportunity to hold this grand event will win the hearts of the people.

Li Xingzhou didn't know how to debate the rituals, but it couldn't prevent him from joining in the fun.

There is basically nothing wrong in these heavenly courts. What I care about is that I heard that Yingtian Prefecture and Jiangzhou Prefecture are in trouble again, but none of them are big deals. The bandits near Jiangzhou Prefecture are called Black Mountain Bandits, and Yingtian Prefecture should be in Shandong and Hebei, right? Li Xingzhou can't remember it clearly, maybe...

He went up and down on time, and then he was busy planning the new palace.

Rather than saying the new palace, it is a new industrial zone, with cement, nothing is wrong.

Qiu'er was not idle either. She was very interested in the steam he mentioned, and often wrote and painted by herself, made design drawings she imagined, and then asked the blacksmith in the mansion to help make some strange things, although she has not yet seen her practical steam power.

However, Li Xingzhou was not worried because he had already answered the biggest problem.

When facing new knowledge and theories, the biggest problem is not how to do it, but... can it be accomplished!

This is like the first person to build an atomic bomb. He knew that there was such a theory, but he didn't know whether it could be really created? How to build it? Will all the investment and efforts be rewarded?

So it will be very difficult and tormenting, but if he succeeds, people will know that there is really something like an atomic bomb.

So latecomers can invest a lot, regardless of the cost, which is much simpler.

Li Xingzhou has helped Qiu'er solve the biggest problem, that is, whether he can do it.

He said yes, and Qiuer decided from the bottom of her heart that she could.

So all her investment was at all costs and carefree, and the suspicion and anxiety in her heart would disappear and she would devote herself to it.

On the other hand, the royal palace began to build a large number of graphite refractory brick calcining furnaces and began to calcinate cement.

Xiaogang's production surplus is getting bigger and bigger. Li Xingzhou began to ask the craftsmen of the royal palace to create high-quality agricultural tools and flow into the market, including hoes, plows, etc. These things flow out through the commercial route. Big merchants across the country are rushing to do business with the royal palace. Now that the royal palace is open, of course everyone is rushing to come.

As a result, batches of genuine high-quality agricultural tools made of steel began to flow into the market with the fire seal of the palace.

.........

By the end of July, the Jurchen envoy finally went from Yingtian Prefecture to Kaiyuan Prefecture.

The day before, Kaiyuan Mansion sent people to clean the streets and splash water to prevent dust. The next day, many people joined the fun early in the morning to watch, wanting to see what the Jurchens are like and what are the differences from the Han people.

Yue'er was also excited to clamor for a look. Li Xingzhou was funny, but she was worried that she would go by herself, so she found a few people to protect her.

Early in the morning, the little girl set off happily, and Li Xingzhou repeatedly told her to be careful.

Until noon, I had just had dinner with Qiu'er, Ajiao, and Shiyu, and was still looking at the steam engine drawings that Qiu'er had drawn, Yue'er came back crying and threw herself into her arms.

Li Xingzhou was surprised and asked what was going on. The two guards who protected her had a difficult response: "Prince, those Jurchens are really barbarians. When they entered the city, they immediately hung their heads and said they were bandits killed on the road. Many people were scared to tears..."

Li Xingzhou was surprised and then laughed and cried.

I heard someone report to Jiangzhou Prefecture that there was a disaster near Yingtian Prefecture. These Jurchen envoys came from Yingtian Prefecture. Unexpectedly, they were cleaned up on the way and brought their heads into the city...

Now, the impression of the fierce and cruel Jurchens will surely penetrate into the hearts of the people of Jingguo.

He touched Yue'er's little head to coax her, and frowned and thought: These Jurchens have the intention to establish authority...

.....

"How about it, I just say that these evil men are not bloody at all. A few heads are so scared that their faces turn pale, and their legs are shaking. Humph!" Brother Wanyan Ying said proudly while riding a horse. The two heads hanging in front of the horse are still bleeding and smelling fishy.

Liu Xu shook his head with a worried look on his face. These little thieves who were just walking on the mountain road were seen by Brother Wanyan Ying, so he chased and killed them. Although the escort officers were repeatedly stopped, she insisted that she would give the head to the Emperor of Jing State. This was the custom of the Jurchens, and it was hard to say about the officials who accompanied him.

Liu Xu's persuasion was fruitless.

He knew Brother Wanyan Ying's little thoughts, and she looked down on the Han people. The more his father taught her to learn from the Han people in the Central Plains since childhood and forced her to learn Chinese characters, the more she became annoyed by the Han people, the more she wanted to prove to her father that the Han people were not worthy of their learning.

This emotion is not just her, but a large number of people in the Jurchen tribe hold this kind of resistance.

They did not have the open mind and far-sighted vision of Wanyan Wugunai at all, and even ignored the implementation of the Han system and removed many old bad habits, which made the Jurchens grow rapidly.

Reform and conservatism are always arguing.

Therefore, Brother Wanyan Ying, who has always advocated preserving the rules of his ancestors, always wanted to prove to his father that the Han people were incompetent and wanted to give the people of Jingguo a warning.

Liu Xu could only sigh. If Wanyan Wugu was by his side, he would definitely obey what he said, but the Emperor of Jin was not there, and Wanyan Yingge was the fifth princess in name. He was an important official at any time, but how could he control it?

Now Liu Xu has regretted taking her south more and more.

The officials accompanying Jingguo were not in good shape, so Liu Xu could only repeatedly cover up: "Don't blame this official. Everyone in Jin Kingdom is martial, so after killing the enemy, they need to cut off their heads and show their merits to the emperor. The people accompanying him wanted to show good deeds with merits and leave a good impression on the emperor of your country."

The official from Jingguo smiled and nodded quickly: "It's not hindering the situation, but I understand it."

"I hope this statement can be conveyed to the emperor of your country so as not to cause misunderstandings, haha..." Liu Xu smiled apologized.

The official with Jingguo bowed: "That is nature, that is nature. I have to make a decision to tell you truthfully, don't worry."
Chapter completed!