Since Chen Yu took the lead in attacking Zheng Jian in the first year of Jingkang, he has been particularly valued by Chen Xun.

First he became the commander of the first flintlock army, and then he had a smooth journey. With the power of the flintlock, he made great contributions one after another, and the speed of promotion was like a rocket.

Finally, in this year's reorganization, he became the youngest major general in the empire and led the Shandong Army.

Among all the armies, the Shandong army has the smallest scale and the smallest number of people, and is also full of new recruits. In the eyes of outsiders, they think Chen Yu has lost power.

In fact, everyone knows that Chen Xun is worried that Chen Yu is young and has little experience and cannot withstand the burden, so he plans to let him exercise well in the Shandong Army.

But Chen Yu was very unwilling to accept it.

He is promoted quickly and is now the leader among his peers. However, most of his peers are in the front-line army and may make great contributions at any time, so he may surpass himself.

When I stayed in Shandong, there was no war around me and there was no chance to make meritorious contributions.

He was always worried that if His Majesty the Emperor forgot himself for three or five years, his first-mover advantage would be completely lost.

Fortunately, there is no way out, and just when Chen Yu was worried about where to find an opportunity to make contributions, the information sent by Yue Fei as usual made him illuminate.

Although Shandong is located in the hinterland, there is one place that is very close to Shangjing Road in the Jin Dynasty, that is Penglai County in the north of the peninsula.

Penglai County is only 200 miles away from Suzhou Pass, the southernmost part of the Liaodong Peninsula on Shangjing Road.

This distance only takes one day to get there.

On the day he received the news, Chen Yu immediately collected a large number of merchant ships in Penglai and transported all the imperial troops near Penglai to the opposite Liaodong Peninsula.

During this period of time, the main forces of the Jin people were concentrated in Liaoyang Prefecture, and the peninsula was almost empty, and Chen Yu happened to take advantage of the situation.

From Tieshan, the southernmost part of the Liaodong Peninsula, to Suzhou Pass, it took half a day to break through the pass.

Next, Chen Yu followed the west coast of the peninsula all the way north, Fuzhou, Ningzhou, Chenzhou, and Yaozhou, and successively captured Zhoucheng, and finally arrived at Liaoyang Prefecture with Yue Fei at the same time.

“Good!”

Chen Yu happily accepted Yue Fei's praise, and he also felt that he was excellent and could seize such a rare opportunity to make meritorious contributions in the heart of the empire.

Next, the credit for breaking Liaoyang Prefecture will not be eliminated, and Chen Yu will definitely get a share of the pie.

Perhaps, we can also participate in the subsequent war to conquer the Jin Kingdom.

...

On June 5, Chen Xun met with the Fangyang expedition team returning from Nanzhanzhou in Guangzhou, and personally distributed silver notes worth one million silver coins to Fangyang.

The newspaper on that day published in detail the entire process of Fang Yang's expedition team heading south to discover the new continent, and also attached a map.

Under Chen Xun's instruction, the New World has become a very rich land to maximize the motivation to stimulate private immigration.

In order to support private immigration in terms of policy, Chen Xun issued a political decree - land grabbing.

Anyone who enters the New World can enclose land by relying on his own ability and set up boundaries. The land use rights within the boundary range belong to the individual without a limit.

Of course, in order to avoid someone from frantically enclosing land without developing, the government decrees also restrict the development period. If the land that has not been developed within the restricted time is re-owned, or if it is developed by others for a certain period of time, the land use right belongs to the developer.

The Chinese people's enthusiasm for land is engraved in their bones. Seeing a new continent larger than China in the south waiting to be developed, a crazy wave of immigration immediately set off.

For a time, all industries related to immigration began to enter the lane of rapid development, and even the price of grain increased a lot, forcing Chen Xun to open the reserve warehouse to suppress the price of grain.

What surprised Chen Xun the most was that with the rise of the immigration wave, the "human employment" business of Southeast Asian countries also benefited.

The Chinese Empire strictly prohibited the slave trade, but disguised "slavery" cannot be completely banned. This is an unsolvable problem in later generations, let alone now.

For money, those laborers sold the employment value of their second half at one time. After signing a contract of employment for twenty, thirty, or even forty years, it was no different from slaves.

In order to stop this extreme exploitation, Chen Xun had to issue an emergency order stipulating that the withdrawal ratio of such acts of early withdrawal of "employment" expenses shall not exceed 50%.

In other words, at least they left half of their salary for these "selling" laborers, so that their future lives will not be completely hopeless.

To this end, Chen Xun also specifically urged the Legislative Yuan to formulate the Labor Law as soon as possible to protect the basic rights and interests of workers.

...

In September, after National Day, Fang Yang's expedition team set off again.

This time their target is the North American continent.

In order to improve their success rate, Chen Xun has given Fang Yang all the information he knows about the North American continent.

According to the plan, the expedition team will head north along the East China Sea and eventually spend the winter in Nuergan City to adapt to the extreme cold weather in the north.

Next summer, the Northland sea surface will thaw and then pass through the Bering Strait to reach the North American continent.

The narrowest part of the Bering Strait is less than 200 miles, and there are several large islands in the middle. It is not difficult to reach the North American continent through here. The difficulty lies in knowing that there is a continent further east.

This most difficult point has been solved by Chen Xun. All the people on the expedition team completely believe the information given by Chen Xun. The success rate of this expedition can be said to be 100%.

It seems that two more new continents that need to be developed next year will be added. Chen Xun already feels that the population of the Han people is seriously insufficient.

Prepare for the future!

Chen Xun directly arranged for the Legislative Yuan to formulate the "Action for Encouraging Childhood", which increased taxes for couples who were over 20 years old and who did not get married and did not have children for non-objective reasons after marriage.

Not only will a family with multiple children be given tax cuts, but a family with more than three children will be exempted from taxes, and more than four or more children will be given birth allowances.

"Your Majesty, if this method is established, you should be illegal." The President of the Legislative Yuan said helplessly as he looked at Chen Xun.

Is this shooting myself in the foot?

"You have to legislate first, don't worry about me." Chen Xun replied.

In order not to take the lead in breaking the law, Chen Xun had to schedule the wedding that was delayed again and again in December.

Regarding his wedding, Liu Xinqi's initial requirement was solemn but not luxurious, ensuring solemnity and dignity while avoiding extravagance and waste.

But now it is impossible for Chen Xun to be the emperor of the Chinese Empire. As the emperor's wedding, the face of the Chinese Empire.

Chen Xun felt that he was the highest-ranking person in the empire now. If he had a bad start, the people below would definitely follow suit. Therefore, in order to avoid "the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked", if you want to be strict with yourself, you should start with yourself first.

But this request was strongly opposed by all the ministers.

A straightforward minister also clearly told Chen Xun that if the emperor was frugal in his wedding, he would be slapping all subjects in the face of the Chinese Empire.

In the end, Chen Xun considered that he had been suffering for so many years and should have enjoyed it, so he chose to compromise.
Chapter completed!