Zhang Chang met Liu Yong's concerning gaze and slowly said while putting the notes in his sleeve.

"It's strange. I have always doubted that Chen Kaizhi and Fang Wucai have anything to do with him. His Majesty also mentioned this in the secret decree, saying that although he felt it was impossible, it was only related to the major affairs of the country. I ordered me to inquire about it. You know that Your Majesty is a careless person, but he also has a careful side inside. Since it is a secret decree, how can I not care about it?"

As he said that, his face showed a faint smile, and then said, "Yesterday, I deliberately revealed something about Mr. Fang for Chen Kaizhi to know, just to give it a try, to see what is the connection between Chen Kaizhi and Mr. Fang. Who knew that in the blink of an eye, someone wrote to the letter of what he revealed yesterday to the court of Da Chen."

"It seems that there should be no collusion between Chen Kaizhi and Mr. Fang. Chen Kaizhi is sinister enough. After getting the news, the other end will complain. It seems that he is even a bit dirty with Mr. Fang. However... this is understandable. When Mr. Fang was in Luoyang, he had a close relationship with King Zheng and Prince Beihai. Chen Kaizhi had always been incompatible with Prince Beihai. Now he thinks that this is the reason."

Liu Yong couldn't help but feel silent, and then couldn't help saying, "It's hateful to think about it. Chen Kaizhi made my Dayan lose the three prefectures of Jibei. The court was still trading with him in Jibei. Not only did I lose my territory, but I was really disappointed."

Zhang Chang smiled instead and said lightly: "This is nothing to do. You and I are far away in Luoyang. Some things may not be known inside. However, Your Majesty intends to strengthen the army. Sooner or later, this revenge will be avenged."

"But Chen Kaizhi has a Warrior Camp and a Firearm. Now he has Jibei Prefecture. If he trades with each other again, wouldn't it be like a tiger's wings? In the future, I'm afraid that sooner or later I will become my big trouble in Dayan." Liu Yong said with concern.

"Not necessarily!" Zhang Chang shook his head, raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Liu Yong, and said word by word: "Your Majesty has been on guard against this, how could he allow him to grow old?"

Liu Yong showed some surprise and said curiously: "Precautions, what to guard against?"

Zhang Chang only smiled faintly: "Maybe others don't know our Majesty very much, but I know a little bit. You don't have to ask about these things, you will know them naturally then."

Looking at Zhang Chang's mysterious appearance, it seemed that he would not say everything, so Liu Yong had to give up.

Although Chen Kaizhi, the protagonist in their topic, became the governor of Jibei, he was not in a hurry to take office at Jibei at this time. In his opinion, everything needs to be planned and he can be more at ease when doing things.

However, soon, Li Dongzheng, the prefect who had already begun to go north to deliver to Jibei, ordered someone to send a thick official document.

All of this is information from Jibei Prefecture, which he ordered people to quickly sort out.

Thinking of becoming a local emperor, it was fake to say that Chen Kaizhi was not excited. He sat in his study enthusiastically and rarely got rid of his clingy junior sister, so Xun Ya had no worries, and looked at her pretty face against Chen Kaizhi.

Jibei Prefecture, a huge prefecture, is equivalent to a medium-sized prefecture-level city in the previous life.

But when Chen Kaizhi found the household registration information, he was stunned.

One thousand five hundred and thirty-three households.

I'll go, what the hell is this?

What does more than 1,500 households mean? It is roughly equivalent to the population of about 5,000, including the elderly, weak, women and children, and the real strong men, which are probably only about 1,500.

Damn it, the number of people in Jibei Prefecture is similar to the population of Feiyu Peak...

Chen Kaizhi immediately understood.

The people of Beiyan adopted a policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields. When they retreated, they mostly used all the population of Jibei Prefecture. In other words, what they left to Chen Kaizhi was just a mouthful of soup. No, theoretically, a mouthful of soup was worse than that.

In this era, prefectures like Jibei, which have no upper and lower levels, have seven counties under their jurisdiction, and their population will be around 50,000 to 100,000 households, which means that the population is at least about 200,000 to 400,000.

This is just a medium-sized mansion. If you encounter a wealthier mansion like Jinan, the population size can exceed one million.

But now... Chen Kaizhi could almost imagine this scene of deserted and deserted in Jibei. Nine out of ten rooms were empty and depressed. What was left was the empty city and countless abandoned land.

In this era, population is the most important resource. Only with people can people cultivate the fields, so there will be food. It is also because of people, markets will flourish and people will consume, which will drive the operation of the economy. With people, there will be strong men, and they can organize them to build rivers, build bridges, and make up roads.

Without a population, everything is empty talk.

In this official document, Li Dongzheng was obviously very angry because the number of officials in Jibei Prefecture was not below this population. In other words, from now on, the ratio of officials to population in Jibei Prefecture will reach one to one from today.

This... is actually nothing important. After all, officials are supported by the court. But there is another even more terrifying problem, that is, Jibei has become the jurisdiction of the Jiedushi. What does this mean?

It means that the court no longer collects taxes in this place, and lets everything be left unchecked. All taxes are dispatched by the Jiedushi. So naturally, the salary and food of the official are naturally responsible for the Jiedushi.

Chen Kaizhi was speechless and felt a sense of indescribable affliction for a moment.

I really impressed these people in Northern Yan. He had a lot of calculations, but... he didn't count this routine.

Then there is almost no need to read the following official documents, and Chen Kaizhi probably knows what happened. For example, the grain in the treasury was almost empty, and no grain of millet was left behind. Moreover, from the official description of Li Dong, these Yan people were too anxious to move away the cloth and money in the treasury immediately, so the surplus grain in some warehouses was burned and burned.

The only thing Chen Kaizhi is now grateful for is that when the people of Beiyan left, they don’t have enough time. Otherwise, Chen Kaizhi would definitely believe that if they had enough time, they would completely dig the river and give Chen Kaizhi a flood of Jibei.

"Beast!" Chen Kaizhi frowned when he saw this, and he couldn't help but scold him, his tone filled with anger.

After reading the official document, Xun Ya frowned, looked at Chen Kaizhi worriedly, gently pursed the corners of her pretty lips, and said stutteringly.

"If there are no people, this Jibei Prefecture...is afraid..."

I am afraid that it is difficult to maintain it. They are all the elderly, weak, women and children. They cannot do heavy work. Moreover, they are not only unable to help, but may also become burdens and need to support them.

Xun Ya reminded Chen Kaizhi again anxiously: "What should I do?"

Chen Kaizhi reacted only then, and raised his eyes slightly, but saw Xun Ya with a worried look. At this time, he could not express his concern, so he had to comfort her.

"Everything is difficult at the beginning, and people will always have it, but I can't see that the people of Northern Yan are so shameless."

Seeing that he came to comfort him, Xun Ya couldn't help laughing: "But no wonder they are. If it were... cough cough... Kaizhi was from Beiyan, I'm afraid he wouldn't leave much for the Dachen people."

This is the truth, but Chen Kaizhi still thinks it is too crap. He just leaves an empty city for him.

Although Chen Kaizhi felt that the people of Beiyan were doing too much, there was a message that attracted Chen Kaizhi's attention.

The two prefectures of Dengzhou and Laizhou also belong to the three prefectures of Jibei, but the Beiyan people made great deals with the Beihai Prince who had already set off in these two places. Although many of the aristocratic families of Beiyan were separated, the population of the two prefectures was left with 70,000 to 80,000 households, and some of the money and grain in the treasury were also reserved.

Chen Kaizhi narrowed his eyes and looked at the official document, his eyes flashing, as if he was thinking deeply about something, but then he laughed: "I understand."

When Xun Ya saw Chen Kaizhi laughing, she was a little puzzled and asked in confusion: "What do you understand?"

Chen Kaizhi sighed and said, "This Beiyan people, who only carried away the population of Jibei, wanted me to find it difficult to gain a foothold in Jibei, but they also kept the population of Laizhou and Dengzhou. Naturally, they knew that the relationship between the Prince of Beihai was tense with me, so they thought that they would take the opportunity to use the Prince of Beihai to suppress me. Think about it, at that time, the population of Denglai would probably start to flow in, but if the Prince of Beihai knew that the population of Denglai had flowed into Jibei, would he give up? This is a strategy to drive away tigers and swallow wolves. The emperor of Dayan, I heard that he was a young man, and I don't know if this idea was come up with. Although I think it was hateful, it was also clever. This guy seems to be not that simple. I underestimated him before."

Xun Ya couldn't help but feel worried secretly, and E's frown became even more and more intense. At first, she just thought that Jibei Prefecture might become a burden. Now, after hearing what Chen Kaizhi said, her thoughts were real, and she couldn't help biting her, and she asked all her questions with difficulty.

"If this is the case, wouldn't this Jibei Prefecture become a burden instead?"

"Who said that?" Chen Kaizhi suddenly laughed and said, "It was a blessing in disguise for his husband."

When Xun Ya heard Chen Kaizhi claiming to be her husband, her pretty face turned red, and she showed a hint of embarrassment, but she was nervous about doing things in her heart, so she had to wave away her embarrassment and stared at Chen Kaizhi with bright eyes.

"What's the solution?"

Anyway, it was the couple, and Xun Ya also began to share the business matters of Feiyufeng and Chen Kaizhi. Chen Kaizhi naturally did not hide it from her and analyzed it seriously to Xun Ya.
Chapter completed!