The most arrogant in history

Chapter 432 This is like cooking without rice!

Ye Kun said: "We need to strengthen the guidance of folk customs, but we should not force it or disturb the people too much. For example, marriage between close relatives can only be promoted and guided, not forcibly prohibited."

After announcing several decrees in one breath, Ye Kun asked everyone if they had any additions.

Ma Zhao said, "Xiahou Chang forbids the people from moving around freely. To go to the county town, they need a pass from the head of the pavilion. I suggest that the pass be abolished within the county."

A road pass is a letter of introduction.

Ordinary people cannot leave the house without a letter of introduction.

Ye Kun waved his hand and said, "Cancel all the road permits and improve the household registration books and ID cards. From now on, when people go out, they only need to bring their ID cards."

Zhuge Feng waved his hand and said, "If we open it up all at once, it will be difficult to manage. Let's do it step by step, first open it up to the counties, then open it up to the whole country."

Everyone thinks this is the most appropriate approach.

Ye Kun nodded and agreed.

There are also projects such as the construction of large iron mines, large coal mines, porcelain factories, glass factories, etc., all of which are arranged for consultation and research by the nine ministries.

For seven or eight consecutive days, Ye Kun was in meetings and doing research, forgetting to eat and sleep.

Gongsun Zhang was accompanying him and felt very tired, so he found Ye Kun privately:

"My dear brother, I am old and I am not energetic enough. I will not attend your meetings. You can make the decisions on all government affairs."

Ye Kun did not force it, and said with a smile: "In that case, Your Majesty, please take care of your health and get more rest. There are three thousand beauties in Xiahou Chang's harem, I will send a few to serve you."

There are so many beauties in Xiahou Chang’s harem.

Three thousand is the perfect number.

Ye Kun kept some of them to clean the palace, and returned the rest to their hometowns or betrothed them to young officers in the army.

Gongsun Zhang smiled and said, "I am old and have no use for it. Crown Prince should keep it for yourself. However, I appreciate your kindness."

Ye Kun laughed and saw the emperor off respectfully.

In early October, Jiang Yourong and others came to Xuchang to reunite with Ye Kun.

As soon as they met, Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "I thought this war would last two years, but I didn't expect it to be over in two months."

"In fact, there were only four battles: Luoyang, Chang'an, Zhuojun, and Xuzhou."

Ye Kun took Jiang Yourong's hand and said with a smile, "There should be no more wars in the future, Madam. We can find a place to settle down, and you won't have to follow me around anymore."

Liu Yuejuan said: "It's good to travel around and see the beautiful mountains and rivers of China. It's boring to stay in one place all the time."

Wei Caiqin likes to play the most, and said with a smile:

"Yuejuan is right. I also like to run around. Fortunately, I am now the director of the Women's Affairs Department, so I can run around. Otherwise, I would be bored to death."

Ye Kun temporarily put aside his government affairs, took a two-day break, and accompanied Jiang Yourong and others to see the scenery of the Central Plains.

A few days later, Tan Bamao brought a man over and said with a smile, "Godfather, Xue Changfeng was fighting bandits in Taihang Mountain and captured a man. Can you guess who it is?"

Ye Kun glared: "How can I guess?"

"It's the former second son of Jingzhou, Wei Kang."

"Wei Kang?"

Ye Kun was a little surprised and said with a smile: "I almost forgot about this person. Why is he a bandit in Taihang Mountain?"

"He was in the Central Plains. After Xiahou Chang was defeated, he hid in the mountains."

"Bring it with you!"

Ye Kun chuckled.

In a blink of an eye, Wei Kang was brought over.

"King of Han, please spare my life. I know I was wrong. Please spare my life for the sake of my sister."

When he saw Ye Kun, Wei Kang fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly to beg.

After not seeing each other for a few years, Wei Kang looked disheveled and about forty years old.

It can be seen that he has not had a good life in recent years.

Ye Kun sat on the chair and said with a smile: "Second Young Master, I have already issued an order to cancel the kneeling ceremony throughout the country. A person kneeling on the ground is like a dog, which is really not a good look."

Wei Kang was stunned, looked up at Ye Kun, then lowered his head and said, "I, the guilty minister, dare not stand up."

"Then if you like to kneel, then kneel down."

Ye Kun smiled faintly and said, "I heard that you became a bandit in Taihang Mountain, is that right? Your father, Lord Wei Dingshan, is a Confucian scholar who has always been emphasizing benevolence, righteousness and morality. How come you are so useless?"

"I... didn't dare to see you, so I hid in the mountains..."

"You idiot, you are just a piece of shit."

Ye Kun shook his head and glared at him, "You dog, I'm not interested in scolding you. Take him away and hand him over to his elder brother, King Jing Wei Ning, for punishment!"

In fact, Wei Kang had many opportunities to surrender to Ye Kun.

Even if Wei Kang was a little smarter in this Central Plains War and took advantage of the chaos to defect to Ye Kun, he would still have a chance.

But he chose to go into the mountains and become a bandit.

Idiots are idiots.

Wei Kang pleaded, "King of Han, I heard that my sister is in Xuchang. I beg to see her."

If he went to see Wei Ning, Wei Kang might be executed.

If Wei Caiqin could be forgiven, there would be hope of saving his life.

"Caiqin said that you pissed off her father and brought disgrace to the Wei family. She doesn't want to see you, lest she feel disgusted." Ye Kun waved his hand:

"Take him away and hand him over to King Jing for punishment tomorrow!"

The personal guards stepped forward and took Wei Kang away.

Ye Kun then sent someone to inform Wei Caiqin and ask for her opinion.

Wei Caiqin came and sighed:

"I don't want to see this second brother. But Brother Ye, I want to write a letter to you, asking you to spare my life. Dig out his knees and let him be treated as a cripple."

Wei Kang had hurt the Wei family so deeply that Wei Caiqin could not forgive him.

But I don't want him to die, so this is the only way to deal with it.

Ye Kun nodded: "It's okay to make your second brother a useless person. He is different from others. As long as he has good hands and feet, he will always do something."

Imposing the punishment of "bin" and digging out both knees was already a lenient punishment.

Gongsun Erniang came over again and said:

"Brother, I'm promoting ventilation stoves in the Central Plains and I've discovered a problem. It's very cold here, and people freeze to death every winter. You see..."

Ye Kun had already considered this and said, "I was careless and forgot to tell you. When we build the ventilation stove, we can consider building a kang. Using the kang for heating can greatly reduce frostbite."

The earthen kangs in Dading Kingdom also existed in the past.

The setting is unscientific, the effect is not good, and firewood is wasted.

Poor families can’t afford it either.

Because there were not many trees in the Central Plains, there was not enough firewood.

Gongsun Erniang smiled and said, "Brother, we want to go together. I designed a ventilation stove connected to a warm earthen couch. It can be used for cooking and heating. Take a look."

"If Junior Sister thinks it's okay, then it's okay. I don't need to look at it."

These are all trivial matters. With Gongsun Erniang's intelligence and her technical team, setting up a ventilation stove and kang system is a piece of cake.

Gongsun Erniang sighed, "But, a design like this will cost more money. The people here are also very poor and have no money."

Ye Kun asked: "In the past, the construction of ventilation stoves was approved by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Finance allocated funds. Could it be that Wu Qiong didn't give money?"

"Wu Qiong said that without that much money, he couldn't squeeze it out."

"No hurry, I'll think of a way."

Ye Kun comforted Gongsun Erniang and wondered where to get some money.