Outside the Forbidden City, many people were holding treasures, waiting to enter the palace to present them.
However, they all went back angrily after hearing that the emperor refused to issue an edict today.
These are all outstanding, and the treasures presented are of interest to the emperor, such as chemistry, physics, mathematics, and mechanics.
The emperor also liked it in terms of literature, but he only gave him awards, but not edicts.
The emperor was in Nanjing, and there was nothing important going on. He just ordered to see these Jiangnan people every day to see the new gadgets they invented.
In order not to immigrate, the people in Jiangnan tried their best to please the emperor.
Just say that the Zhuotong wells used for digging oil were used in the Northern Song Dynasty. They were still used in the Northern Song Dynasty until the Ming Dynasty. There was no innovation in technology.
Bao Zhijian, a native of Jiangnan, innovated the Zhuotsu well from wood to iron to increase power and improve oil production efficiency.
After being instructed by the emperor, he innovated again and developed the percussion drilling technology.
Not only does his home not have to be moved, he also has to work as an official in the Ministry of Industry and lead a research and development team to continue to innovate this technology.
Xue Shu, a native of Jiangnan, innovated hand-pressed wells and piston technology in the Song Dynasty. He also made suggestions and hoped that hand-pressed wells would be popularized throughout the country.
The people from Jiangnan were lucky enough to make the first pair of glasses in the Ming Dynasty, tortoiseshell reading glasses.
Qu Yunsong, a native of Jiangnan, wrote a craftsman's book and compiled all the ancient techniques into a book.
Jiangnan Humanities Communication discovered Jiangning Iron Mine (Ma'anshan).
Shi Ruzhong, a native of Jiangnan, discovered the Dingyuan rock salt mine in Anhui.
Zheng Yuanzhi, a native of Jiangnan, contributed medical books and presided over the compilation of Indian medical books, Cambodian medical books, Annan medical books, and Siamese medical books.
Lu Li, a native of Jiangnan, compiled the Elements of Geometry based on the mathematical books of Western Yi.
Jiangnan Ren Yuan Gao proposed the theory of firearms innovation.
More than 10 million educated people, in order to stay in their hometown, unleashed their terrifying creativity and invented too many things.
To reward meritorious people, the emperor gave a total of 5.1 million bronze talismans and 1.2 million silver talismans, making them worthless.
Precisely because of these life-saving charms, they will not be removed.
Many people have entered official careers as a result.
All walks of life are undergoing rapid innovation.
When Zhu Qiyu had nothing to do, he would summon a few people to ask questions one by one.
If the emperor is interested, people all over the world will naturally follow suit, and people offering treasures will come to Nanjing from all over the country.
It also caused dissatisfaction with the central government and worried that people would become despondent with their toys.
Zhu Qiyu issued an imperial edict that specializing in one of all walks of life is a matter of skill. Only when you achieve the best can you come to the capital to offer treasures.
Obviously, the imperial examination is no longer the only way to go directly to the court. Craftsmen can also rely on their skills to reach Tianting.
The emperor used his sword to carve out a road to the industrial revolution.
The first bell tower of the Ming Dynasty was built in April of the twelfth year of Jingtai. The bell was rung every hour. When the people heard the bell and knew the time, the watchman lost his job.
Entering May, a total of six bell towers have been built covering the entire city of Nanjing.
The Ming Dynasty entered the clock age.
Bell towers were being built everywhere, and bell towers became popular among the people.
The Jingtai Calendar of Qintianjian has also been officially compiled, and starting next year, the Jingtai Calendar will be implemented.
Chemistry, physics, calendar theory, medical ethics, surgery, etc. emerged in newspapers. Various schools of thought emerged in Jiangnan and competed with each other. The era of contention among a hundred schools of thought was coming again.
Folk thoughts are constantly colliding, and newspapers are full of fierce quarrels every day. The texts of various countries, such as Annam, Chenla, Siam, Ava, Bengal, India, Dashi, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Italy, New Rome, Ancient Texts and books from Egypt and other countries were proliferated in the Ming Dynasty.
When new ideas sprouted, the emperor vigorously promoted them, encouraged civil quarrels, and even tried to explain things in person. Truth comes from practice.
All thanks to the Emperor's knife.
Knives in one hand and immigrants in the other drove the Jiangnan scholars crazy. They didn't care about benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust. As long as they were not removed, they could study anything.
Various new industrial products, new ideas, and new texts collided fiercely in Jiangnan.
Fortunately, the immigration wave completely ended in April of the twelfth year of Jingtai, and Jiangnan immigration came to an end.
But the war has been started, and civil disputes have intensified.
Some things are put into practice and have practical effects, while others are not.
For example, this year, Qin Tian Jian predicted a drought, and the central government ordered the country to drill wells to prepare for drought.
Anshan Iron Works rushed to make hand-pressed wells and sell them to the private sector.
A normal well has low efficiency and high requirements, and it is difficult to draw water if you are weak. However, if you press a well by hand, a woman can easily draw water out.
Hand-pressed wells were favored by the powerful, and Anshan Iron Works sold them half for free, and they quickly became popular among the people.
The situation of the Ming Dynasty was changing.
There are so many things to see.
This trend did not end with the end of the immigration wave.
The emperor encouraged them to develop and let them continue to fight.
The first struggle is to fight between families.
Let them fight among themselves and fight among themselves.
Zhu Qiyu did not issue a direct decree to forcefully divide the families, but in the name of redistributing the land. The central government would not take back the land under each family's name, and allowed the wealthy families to divide their houses and property equally.
The only thing that can defeat magic is magic.
If the emperor takes back the land, the remaining Jiangnan people will rebel one after another; if the emperor comes to preside over the land distribution, the central government will get nothing and will be blamed all over.
Simply, decree to let each family divide the property among themselves, and the property should be distributed reasonably within the clan, and this will be the way to go in the future.
After dividing the property, can we still live together?
It’s all out of your mind, and you’re still living a crappy life.
The peaceful big family fell apart in an instant, and the government didn't care. As long as each family negotiated, the land, shops, village and other properties were directly registered and deeds were issued.
Despite the harsh punishments imposed by the emperor, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River had a family fortune that spanned hundreds of years. A skinny camel was bigger than a horse. Their wealth was horribly rich, but they still lived a good life.
When slaves from Baiyue were transported into the Ming Dynasty, the most purchased slaves were from Jiangnan.
After the tenants are divided, is it possible for the landlord to farm the land himself?
Although they lost their property, they received the emperor's edict and registered patents for their inventions. From now on, they are like precious chickens that lay eggs, and they harvest mulberry trees from the east.
The second fight is to fight in newspapers.
Doctrine fighting, mechanical fighting, factional fighting.
The Ming Dynasty entered a stage of extreme freedom of speech, where any speech could be published, and heresy that overthrew the thoughts of Confucius and Saints had even emerged.
The new ideas triggered by the New Deal are fighting against the old ideas.
Economists and conservatives are fighting.
The Wushu school and the Heart school are fighting.
Not only were there fights in newspapers, but there were fierce debates in the academy every day, and there were also debates in social studies among the people. It was like a chaotic dance of demons.
Not only did the emperor not stop him, he also opened a thousand schools in the south of the Yangtze River, invited local scholars to teach, and allowed various schools of thought to challenge him.
The third struggle is to expand the scope of the struggle.
The struggle starts from the south of the Yangtze River and goes to Korea, Heilongjiang, Gansu, Xinyizhou, and every corner of the world. This is a geographical struggle.
In this fight, there is no referee, no winner or loser.
It’s not just academic fights, martial arts are also fighting, sports are also fighting, cooks are also fighting, doctors are also fighting, literature is fighting, the military is fighting, all walks of life are starting to fight, this is an industry struggle.
There is a struggle everywhere to see who is stronger.
This is an era of great explosion of ideas, an era of collisions between cultures around the world, and an era launched by the emperor himself.
Even the emperor himself does not know where the future lies.
He just hoped that using this extremely relaxed social and speech environment, he could reverse the Ming Dynasty's deep-rooted small-peasant mentality, burst out the seeds of capitalism, and carry out the industrial revolution.
In this war, he is not the referee, he is just a player.
When Hu Hu entered the palace, he saw a group of dejected scholars.
Seeing the treasures they brought, I couldn't help but sigh. If the Ming Dynasty valued craftsmen so much, how far would it go in the future?
When he was in Jiangnan, he actually felt somewhat shunned by the new ideas that broke out in Jiangnan. This kind of ideological tide was really powerful, and an old man like him couldn't accept it.
Newspapers are flying all over the place, and all kinds of books are flying everywhere, and a book lover will be overwhelmed by them all.
When I feel fear, I also feel the vitality of terror.
This was the vitality that the emperor injected into the world. He completely let go of control, and even insults against the emperor were commonplace, and the emperor didn't care.
Can thoughts not explode?
Entering the Qianqing Palace, I saw the emperor sulking.
My heart skipped a beat, who had offended him again?
Feng Xiao quickly delivered the good news to the emperor.
Hu Xi immediately understood where the emperor was angry.
"Your Majesty, it is not easy to pacify Bozhou. Even if there are small mistakes, it is reasonable." Hu Hui advised the emperor not to worry about it.
Zhu Qiyu snorted and didn't bother to explain: "Sichuan is too big for even a governor to control it."
Hu Xin frowned: "Your Majesty, Sichuan is indeed big, but you see that the places Sichuan occupies are all dangerous terrain. Once there is a change in Yunnan and Guizhou, troops can be sent out immediately."
"If Sichuan is split now, I will worry about changes in Wushen and Yunnan."
In the Ming Dynasty, there was part of Sichuan, most of Yunnan, and a small part of Guizhou and Hubei. It was a very large area.
"I don't want to split it into two provinces. It's too early."
Zhu Qiyu said: "Bozhou was included in Guizhou before. Guizhou's territory is still small. I want to add Zhenxiong Prefecture, Wusa Prefecture, and Wumeng Prefecture to Guizhou."
Hu Xi immediately objected: "Your Majesty, look at the terrain. The three prefectures of Zhenxiong are the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou. They are included in Sichuan, and Sichuan is used to hold these two places hostage."
"This is the land of Zhangye and cannot be taken away."
He stretched out his arms and moved the creaking nest, this is it.
"The old minister thinks it would be better to carve out another part from the Snow Mountain and another part from Duosi to form a province."
Hu Bi was bad enough, this was Lu Chuan's punishment for contacting Wu Shun.
Wushen is too vast and it is all mountainous. The Han people are not willing to go up there to survive. Although they cannot escape the palm of the Ming Dynasty, there are no officials to manage it, which is really annoying.
Don't talk about Duosidusi. Now they no longer listen to the propaganda. Even when the Ming Dynasty is victorious in the north, they live their own lives behind closed doors and ignore the Ming Dynasty at all.
Hu Hui made a designation on Chengdu Prefecture. To the west of Chengdu Prefecture, it was divided into a new province, and to the east was Sichuan.
"If the low-altitude areas of the snow-capped mountains are included in a new province, and the administrative seat remains in Chengdu, and Chengdu is used to hijack Wushu, Wushu will never be able to be in chaos."
"If the mountains and mountains of Duosi are included in Chengdu, Duosi will not be able to make waves in the future."
Hu Xi's move is quite unique.
Split Sichuan into two provinces and put the good things in the basin. The best areas of Wusheng and Duosi were all included in Sichuan, forcing the outer vassals to annex them.
"How can one Chengdu Prefecture be enough? The Six Prefectures of Songpanwei, Long'an Prefecture, Tongchuan Prefecture, Jiading Prefecture, Meizhou, Qiongzhou, Yazhou, Tianquan, Recruitment Division, Lizhou Appeasement Division, Sichuan Xingdu Division, Dongdu Prefecture, etc. Sichuan Prefecture, Mahu Prefecture, Wumeng Prefecture, and Wusa Prefecture were split into three parts, and Yunnan, Sichuan, and Xin Province each took a corner to establish Sichuan Province."
"To the west, Baoning Prefecture, Kuizhou Prefecture, Shunqing Prefecture, Chongqing Prefecture, Xuzhou Prefecture, Zhenxiong Prefecture, and then put Yongning Xuanwei Division into Luzhou to establish Luzhou Prefecture, and then Chongqing Province was established."
In fact, it turned the territory of modern Sichuan into Chongqing Province.
After Wusafu was split, the four provinces of Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, and Yunnan all had a common border.
Usa Mansion can become a place to store heavy troops and help manage important areas in the four provinces.
Hu Hu stroked his beard and smiled. The emperor was still bad. The territory of Sichuan Province was moved westward. This was to swallow up the essence of Wushen and Duosi.
Then, taking advantage of the situation, Shangwushen sent officials to manage Wushen.
"The abbreviation of Sichuan is still Shu, and the abbreviation of Chongqing is Ba or Chongqing." Zhu Qiyu smiled mischievously.
"Let's call it Chongqing. Badi is too old. In fact, it is no longer appropriate to call Sichuan Shu. Instead, it can be used for benefit, and benefit has already been used, so let's call it Shu."
Then it was settled that the original Sichuan was split into two provinces, Sichuan and Chongqing, referred to as Shu and Chongqing.
"Your Majesty, there is no rush yet. We will wait until Sichuan is completely leveled before splitting it up. We are not ready to annex Duosdusi yet."
Hu Xi smiled and said: "After the split, we will immediately send officials to manage Wushen. In this way, Wushen is just meat in the pot and cannot escape."
Zhu Qiyu said: "Old Master, since it has been split, we might as well split Beizhili into Beizhili and Hebei."
"Your Majesty, do you know why Beizhili needs such a large place?"
Hu Xi said eloquently: "In such a big place, the dignitaries need the services of the common people. If you only keep a place as big as a palm, you are not greedy to enjoy it. But the powerful people in the capital may not be driven by the people. How can they enjoy it?" ah?"
"The kings of future generations will inevitably be greedy for enjoyment. If you paddle away now, you will paddle back in the future."
Hu Hui speaks bluntly.
Zhu Qiyu muttered: "The powerful families all have money, so they just need to contribute some money and split it up. The short name is Yan, and Beizhili is Jing."
Ji can be placed in the north.
In this way, Ming Dynasty added many more provinces.
Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Rehe, Beizhili, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Sichuan, Chongqing, Wusheng, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui , South Zhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Jiaozhi, Jiannan.
Two capitals and twenty-seven provinces.
This doesn’t even count Dusi.
"I think the name Hanzhou is unpleasant. After the conquest of Wuliangha, two more provinces will be established in the northeast. What do you think the name should be changed to?"
Or there are folk rumors that the emperor did not love beauties but maps.
The emperor looked at the map every day.
In every palace where he lived, maps were drawn on the walls.
He coveted the land, and the officials naturally coveted the land. There were also maps painted on the walls of the officials' homes, and everyone looked at them often.
Nowadays, private books must be printed with maps.
The factory also printed maps for sale, and embroiderers embroidered the maps on their clothes. Anyway, the emperor loved maps, and everyone in the world loved maps.
"How about calling him Mongolian Dusi?"
Ming Dynasty is strong, and it is not afraid of problems with its name.
Zhu Qiyu pondered: "Then change it to Mongolian Province in the future? Call it Yuan? What if their memories are awakened, will they rebel against me?"
"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty used its power to suppress people, and used its strong army to force people. Now it is forcing Hanization. The results will be seen in twenty years."
"Old minister, I would like to say something disrespectful."
"No matter what the name is, the land beyond the Great Wall is the land beyond the Great Wall. As long as the Ming Dynasty declines, they will show their claws."
Hu Hui said seriously: "Your Majesty, you are reestablishing martial arts. The old ministers are very supportive. As long as the Ming Dynasty is strong for a hundred years, these foreign places will become inland."
All said and done, it all takes time.
"Then change it to Mongolian Dusi."
Now Zhu Qiyu's vision is very different from before, and he dominates others with his righteousness.
Mongolia's capital is very big, and Yu'erhai's capital is even bigger. From now on, Yu'erhai's abbreviation will be Ji.
Hu Hui continued: "As for the establishment of two more provinces in Northeast China, the cabinet has sent people to look at it. That place is extremely cold and it is difficult to live in it."
"Let's just divide it by the Xing'an Mountains. To the south of the Xing'an Mountains are Jilin and Heilongjiang, and to the north of the Xing'an Mountains is called Xing'an Mountains Province."
"As long as the Ming Dynasty plants its flag and exiles some criminals, the local tribes in Huairou will be established."
"In Jilin and Heilongjiang, the old minister read the memorial that Xu Jue sent to the cabinet. He said that Jilin is a treasure land and can grow corn, soybeans and other crops, but not rice. He is leading people to improve rice seeds."
"The old minister thinks that if we spend thirty years building the Northeast, given the vastness of the Northeast, we can provide food for the capital, and there will be no need to count on taxes from Jiangnan."
The implication of Hu Hui's words is that no matter how you divide the Jiangnan gentry, as long as the north points to Jiangnan and taxes, Jiangnan will eventually become bigger.
If a few large granaries are cleared out, Jiangnan's status will decline.
Zhu Qiyu pondered, cleaning up the two lakes granary, adding a Northeast granary in the future, and turning Jiaoyi, Guangxi, Fujian and other places into an oil center. In the future, there will be a large granary like Siam, so the status of Jiangnan will naturally decline.
"The words of the old master are like those of Hong Zhong and Da Lu, and I have benefited a lot."
Zhu Qiyu was no longer angry, chatted for a while, and sent Hu Hui out of the palace.
The imperial edict flew to Guizhou.
The four Yue Zheng people who were celebrating their victory were hanged up by the eunuch in public and whipped ten times.
Fortunately, the emperor gave them face and did not strip them naked, otherwise they would not have the face to live.
Those native village leaders who had just surrendered looked stupid.
Yue Zheng spoke half-heartedly and had an official air, Xiang Wenyao's eyes were raised to the top, Li Kuang's nostrils were turned to the sky, and Tao Cheng even scolded them at every turn. Four such domineering people were actually whipped ten times by a eunuch, and they were still beaten. Kneel down and give thanks.
Then why is the great emperor so powerful?
Song Wei, She Zhijie and others were stunned. In their eyes, Tao Cheng was already an unattainable figure for them, but such a figure was scolded by the imperial edict, whipped in public, and then knelt down to plead guilty.
This is the power of the emperor!
This is wartime. Yue Zheng and the others have hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of prisoners. If Yue Zheng is angry and rebels, they can directly have 300,000 troops.
But the emperor just slapped them.
What does this mean?
The emperor's power was so terrifying that the four domineering people could only apologize obediently and did not dare to show any disrespect.
Song Wei and She Zhijie just kowtowed and surrendered everything to the Ming Dynasty. They were frightened.
That night, Yue Zheng was so painful that his eyes were filled with stars, and he was carried to Xiang Wenyao's new residence. The two looked at each other, feeling bitter.
"It's so unfair, we didn't even reach out." Xiang Wenyao howled.
Yue Zheng had the door closed and no one was allowed to come near.
"Okay, stop pretending."
Yue Zheng smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty is really cruel, he won't leave any for us."
Seeing that there was no one around, Xiang Wenyao became anxious: "I told you, don't keep so much, don't keep so much. Jin Zhong dug out so much silver from Jiangxi. The Yang family in Bozhou has been monopolizing it for thousands of years, and it's only 7 million." Family assets? Can Your Majesty not be angry?"
"What's the use of complaining? Isn't Jin Zhong corrupt? Look at the house built by Jin Zhong's capital. It's more grand than the palace."
Yue Zheng was too lazy to talk nonsense: "The difficult thing now is to pay the money and how to appease him later!"
It’s not that they are greedy for more, but that the natives want more.
Let the natives work their lives for free?
You don't need money to buy military morale?
These cannot be written in the military newspaper. We can only steal some and then reward them privately to the subordinates, so that the subordinates will work hard.
It turned out to be a failure. The emperor was a veteran at confiscating properties, and the truth behind this was too clear.
Since the eighth year of Jingtai, they have been raising money when they are short of money. They don't know how much money a family can contribute.
"Part of the money has been distributed, how can I get it back?"
Xiang Wenyao said: "The emperor doesn't like rare antiques. If these things enter the palace, they won't be converted into much silver."
The emperor didn't want fixed property, he just wanted gold and silver.
"I can only stop paying and collect the money." Yue Zheng regretted a little. He was originally a simple man in the emperor's heart, but now he has a bad reputation as a corrupt official. I am afraid the emperor hates him from the bottom of his heart.
This year, he was afraid that he would get a bad review in Beijing and regret it.
In fact, he only got more than one million taels of silver.
Traveling over mountains and ridges, fighting hard battles, earning a million taels is really not much.
The key is that there is no money or water in Guizhou. His future life in Guizhou will be tight, and he even has to work on some relationships, so there won't be much left.
They copied a total of only 24 million taels, including many cultural relics.
How accurate was the emperor's bid? He asked for 20 million, leaving four million for them.
There are also fixed properties. These things can be sold, but some particularly dangerous places must be burned to prevent anyone from seizing them here again.
The extremely dangerous Guancheng must be destroyed as much as possible, and more roads should be opened to prevent Guizhou from becoming a separatist land.
"If you don't keep your word, how can you lead the troops?"
Xiang Wenyao was dissatisfied: "Don't forget, this is just a chieftain, and there are several big chieftains such as Anning, Shuidong, Shuixi, and Youyang. Once there is a change in the army, the good situation will collapse."
Yue Zheng sighed, the emperor gave them a big problem.
As long as they dare to defeat, the emperor will immediately change the generals and escort them back to Beijing.
Don't think about rebellion. The lifeblood of military ordnance is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the natives will follow them to rebel, waiting for the Ming army to come up and bombarding the natives with artillery, these people will rebel every minute, but Yue Zheng and the others will die.
They never thought about rebellion at all. Firstly, they were all the top dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, they really couldn't rebel. Why did the Ming Dynasty use literati to lead the army? It was because literati couldn't rebel.
Although the imperial edict was strict, the emperor only wanted this amount and left one million as hard-earned money for them, which was enough.
If it were Emperor Taizu, this money would be enough to skin and remove the grass from all nine of their clans.
There are no rewards for this battle. When Guizhou is completely wiped out, the rewards that should be given will be given. The emperor's generosity is known to everyone in the world.
After punishing them, wouldn't the rewards in the army also be distributed as usual? Those who deserve promotion will be promoted, those who deserve money will be given money, and every penny of their pension will be a lot.
This is the emperor's credibility.
Taulu is applying medicine to his father.
Tao Cheng was shameless. This was his first time of corruption, but he was caught by the emperor.
"Father, how dare you be so greedy!" Tao Lu didn't expect that his father would degenerate so quickly.
"Brothers have worked hard to fight with me, why should we just get some reward?"
Tao Cheng said angrily: "Haven't you heard that Ou Xin carried out a massacre in Cambodia and every soldier became rich? We are in Guizhou and cannot massacre. We only have so little military merit. We live by reward money. I am not greedy. How can the army be willing?" Serve?"
Don’t forget, many of those in Tao Cheng’s hands are from Guangxi.
They all knew how much money the fellow villagers made on the Jiaoyi battlefield. Fighting in Guizhou was more difficult, but they couldn't get their money, so the army was naturally shaken.
Tao Chengde relied on these Han people to hold the natives hostage.
Therefore, there was opposition in the army, so he thought of taking more and rewarding them privately so that the brothers could eat the stew.
Don't forget, the emperor was dissatisfied with Guizhou's progress. Even the army's food supply was limited, let alone meat. Meat tickets were only issued during this expedition, and he ate meat for the first time in two years.
Two years ago, they ate meat every meal.
It's strange that the general is satisfied.
Since massacres and property plundering were not allowed, the soldiers naturally disobeyed discipline, so Tao Cheng could only promise to reward him with more money after winning the battle.
The imperial court will definitely not approve it. The emperor doesn’t even want to read Guizhou’s military reports now.
They can only figure it out on their own.
After taking over Hailongdun, he was frightened by the Yang family's seven hundred years of accumulation, so he took the risk and used the money.
In the end, it was not a loss in exchange for ten whips.
Tao Cheng didn't even think about rebelling. Even though he was Tangzhou Bo now, he was quite prestigious in the army. If he really rebelled, the Han soldiers wouldn't listen.
The emperor never sent out any rewards. The military pay was paid as usual and there were a lot of rewards. This time we won the battle, rewards and pensions were given, and promotions were based on the first rank, which was fair and just.
None of their family members were in Guizhou. Once they rebelled, their families would suffer. They were stupid enough to rebel against Tao Cheng, a poor general with no money, food, or guns. No one was a fool.
Tao Cheng didn't think so either. It was so normal for him to be a noble person. Who would laugh at him? He would only be laughed at if he was not corrupt.
Tao Lu knew the difficulties in the army, but the money could not be touched. Although there were few Han people in the army, no one knew who the factory guard was.
Besides, this amount of money still needs to be verified by the Supervision Department and the Military Affairs Department. If it is a small amount, it cannot be found out. How could it not be found out if it is so much?
"It's a good thing that your Majesty has not deprived me of my title."
"The battle merit is gone."
Tao Cheng grimaced in pain and said, "Go, call Song Wei, and I will talk to him."
Tao Lu immediately thought that his father would support Kou and grant him a title, force the Song family to rebel, and then kill the Song family to gain a title.
"Are you the only one smart?"
Tao Cheng glared at him angrily: "Are you and I so stupid?"
"And you are?"
"I'm in a bad mood, call him over and give him a good slap!" Tao Cheng snorted angrily.
Tauru rolled his eyes.
Ask someone to bring Song Wei in.
Song Wei was also unlucky. After hearing that Yue Zheng and the others were beaten, he went to visit them with good intentions, but was kicked out by Yue Zheng and Xiang Wenyao.
That Li Kuang was the most useless person. He was whipped ten times before letting him go.
Then he was brought to Taocheng.
Seeing the angry Tao Cheng, Song Wei knelt on the ground: "Please forgive me!"
"Get out of here, I'm in pain!"
Tao Cheng said angrily: "Tao Lu, get your hands on him and whip him!"
Song Wei cried loudly, "You are fighting and I am helping you fight. I wanted to surrender but you refused to let me surrender. Now you are angry and using me as a punching bag. Why are you bullying me like this?"
The dignified head of the Shuidong Song family cried so miserably.
She Zhijie wasn't much better either.
He didn't come to visit, so Yue Zheng slapped him and hung him from a tree all night.
The next morning, the two brothers held each other's hands and cried.
Yue Zheng is still in pain. Who cares whether they live or die? It would be better if they rebel. Won't the military exploits come with them?
Bozhou Xuanwei Division was changed to Bozhou Prefecture, and Guizhou territory was officially formed.
The last big toast of Shuixi'an family is left.
However, An kept sending messages to the central government, asking for support, but no one paid attention to him. He was just a tomb with withered bones.
He Wenyuan was lucky enough not to be whipped by the emperor. When he saw the four people being whipped, he curled his lips. The emperor was still the same emperor and had not changed at all.
He has been in Sichuan for four years and has a good official reputation.
But he knew that his position as governor of Sichuan was coming to an end. The emperor asked him to be governor not for his official reputation but for his ability.
During his four years in Sichuan, he did not completely eliminate the chieftains, which made the emperor dissatisfied.
It is estimated that when Han Yong's term expires, Han Yong will be transferred to Sichuan.
Let him return to the center safely.
He Wenyuan accepted the surrender of the She family and merged Yongning Xuanwei Division into Luzhou, and Luzhou was upgraded from a state to a prefecture.
The She family paid fifteen million to the emperor and handed over military power. The family moved out of Yongning and went to the capital to serve as a hereditary military officer. They were rewarded with an earl, but they did not have a life certificate, so they had to earn it themselves.
And in the center.
"It is only a matter of time before Guizhou is pacified."
On May 15th, the day of the great dynasty meeting, Li Xian presided over a meeting in the cabinet: "The Shuidong Song family is willing to pay 15 million to move their family out of Guizhou. Yiying Shanzhai is willing to pay 30,000 yuan to completely surrender to the Ming Dynasty."
"Shui Xi'an also wants to pay, but Yue Zheng won't let go."
The implication is that Yue Zheng wants military exploits.
Li Xian looked around and said: "Your Majesty wants Yang's prisoners to build roads. I think they are overqualified, so I might as well incorporate them into the army and send them to Xinyizhou."
"Shui Xi'an, please also pay the money and move your family out of Guizhou. If you pay another 100,000 yuan, Guizhou can't delay it any longer."
"The Song family and the An family should be ennobled and ennobled, but they should not be given world certificates. They have to earn the world certificates themselves. If they cannot earn them, they will only be earls for the first time."
"The news from Jiaozhi is that the situation in Xinyizhou is very bad."
"The Southeastern Allied Forces, boasting two million troops, braved the rainy season to attack Xinyizhou. Although they were able to defend the city, they were overwhelmed. There were already troops that had penetrated Xinyizhou."
"Xing Guogong is still training troops in Guangxi, and Xinyizhou is only supported by the 150,000 troops of Guo Deng and others."
"This battle is related to the face of the Ming Dynasty and the century-old stability of the Baiyue Land!"
"This is a national war and we must win!"
Li Xian made the final decision: "Therefore, if the country is stable, it will be stable. Guizhou cannot be attacked. Raise military rations and send them to Guangxi to support Xinyizhou at any time."
"What Mr. Shofu said is right. Guizhou chieftains have been raised by the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, and they are close to the mainland. They are already mature."
Wang Fu echoed: "The key point is that there is no oil and water here. Now that corn is grown, the small population can still make ends meet. If the population increases, it will be difficult to be self-sufficient."
"Just don't start another war."
"The Shuixi'an family, Shuidong Song family, and Yongningshe family are willing to pay enough silver and the whole family will leave Guizhou."
"The top priorities are to conquer Wuliangha in the north and to fight a national war in the south."
"Fortunately, Zhu Ying was alert and did not immigrate to the border between Sinyiju and Siam, otherwise the problem would have been serious."
"As long as we can survive the rainy season, everything will be fine."
Wang Fu said: "The situation this year is really bad. It's May and there hasn't been much rain. I'm afraid there's going to be a drought."
"It doesn't matter. Wells have been dug in various places. With well water for irrigation, it won't be too miserable." Geng Jiuchou said.
Fortunately, the emperor promoted hand-pressed wells and ordered ironworks to build more of them, selling them half for free and spreading them among the people.
When the time comes, the people will use groundwater to irrigate themselves, and they will always be able to harvest something.
"The cabinet should issue a decree asking the people not to sell grain to prevent drought." Bai Gui said.
What he actually wanted to say was to ask the people not to sell grain.
The people are not stupid. They just have some food stored at home, how can they sell it?
"Absolutely not. If we spread the word about the drought and three people become tigers, who knows what will happen? If the drought situation is not good, the people will be in chaos first."
Li Xian shook his head: "We can only suppress the grain merchants and not allow them to collect grain."
"How many people can be controlled?" Bai Gui thought it was useless.
"Control one by one, and then let the central government release the wind to purchase a batch of grain."
The central government really has no control over civil affairs.
Li Xian changed the topic: "His Majesty said that we should catch sea fish, use dried fish to provide disaster relief, spread olive trees, and boil olive oil. We should also open up cultivated land in Jilin and hybridize rice so that the rice seeds can adapt to the cold in Jilin."
"After these few years of hard times, things will get better in the future."
"The edict to open the sea has been drawn up, and the Qintian Supervisor will choose a good and auspicious day to issue it to the whole country."
Although the people along the coast have gone to sea, a formal edict has not been issued.
Now that it has been officially promulgated, it is specifically written that the sea will never be closed after it is opened.
Many copies of the edict were drawn up, and the emperor's list was posted to inform the world.
Of course I have no opinion on this matter.
"Yesterday, the governor of Hubei Province, who has become rich and young, said that the chieftains in Shizhou have been completely wiped out, and there is no longer an inch of land for chieftains in the whole of Hubei."
"We gained 110,000 soldiers and 1.4 million taels of gold and silver."
"My chief assistant's intention is that these soldiers should be sent to Guangxi and handed over to Xing Guogong for training."
"Shizhou Wei was changed to Shizhou Prefecture, and the original Yongshun Xuanwei Division was changed to Yongshun Prefecture."
"What do you think?"
Yongshun Xuanwei Division was wiped out last year, and this year Shizhou Wei was wiped out by Nianfu. There is no place for chieftains in the whole of Hubei.
"Why not set up a separate state instead of merging it into Shizhou Prefecture?" Wang Fu said.
But Li Xian vetoed it: "It would be better to have two places, and be careful not to join forces with each other to rebel."
"As for Hunan, it is estimated that it will soon be plowed. Baojing Prefecture Xuanwei Si Shangshu begged for mercy. At this time, it is being besieged by Han Yong. It will definitely be completely leveled this year."
"In this way, the land of the two lakes will completely become a hinterland, and it will only take a little time to become completely wealthy."
"His Majesty wants to build a large granary for the two lakes. Now Champa rice has been sown and the growth is gratifying. In ten years, it will be a land of fish and rice."
Nian Fu and Han Yong have made great contributions. When these two return to Beijing, they will definitely join the cabinet.
"Your Majesty wants to split Sichuan and turn it into two provinces to hold Wushen and Duosi hostage."
Li Xian discussed the next thing: "I think it is feasible. Sichuan is too big and it is a basin. Although it is rich, it cannot take off due to the terrain."
"After the split, the two provinces will be able to throw away their burdens and become the two richest provinces in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty. They will continue to provide blood transfusions to the central government in the future."
This makes sense.
The key is that after the split, there will be more officials, which is a good thing.
It’s just that the financial burden has increased.
Li Xian looked at Li Bing.
After Li Bing became the Minister of Finance, he always spoke very little and had a low sense of presence.
"The lower official believes that the center can afford the cost." Li Bingdao.
"After the split, Shuyu will become even more important."
"After Guizhou is pacified, the Yunnan chieftains must be pacified quickly. Luchuan is inciting the Yunnan chieftains to rebel, and some people have already listened."
"The news from the Duke of Guizhou is that Yunnan is unstable."
"Your Majesty wants to send Nian Fu and Han Yong to serve as governors of the two places. Nian Fu will be appointed governor of Chongqing Province, and Han Yong will be appointed governor of Sichuan Province."
"He Wenyuan returned to the center."
This is where it gets interesting.
The emperor made it clear that he looked down upon He Wenyuan, and wanted to use Nian Fu and Han Yong to frighten the two provinces.
Especially Han Yong, who was the most difficult to supervise, almost wiped out Hunan together with Nian Fu, which shows his military capabilities.
Therefore, when he was sent to New Sichuan, he was going to fight in the snowy mountains and also in Duosi. After all, he wanted to expand his territory. Han Yong was capable of the job, and he was young and powerful. The two of them were definitely a perfect match.
This matter has also been settled.
Han Yonghe was young and should have been in the cabinet, but he had to be the governor for three to four years.
"At the end of this year, the governors of Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang will be removed, and the governors of Anhui and Jiangsu are not far away."
"Your Majesty means to join the cabinet."
Everyone knows that the emperor wants to use governors to join the cabinet. Firstly, the cabinet ministers can know the place better. Secondly, the emperor needs practical talents and does not need people with high positions.
This is why Yao Kui cannot compete with Li Xian.
Martial arts is also being laid out in an orderly manner, building houses and recruiting officers to teach. Although Yu Qian is in Guangxi, he is also doing this.
"When will His Majesty return?" Yao Kui, who had been silent, suddenly asked.
It has been almost two years since the emperor left Beijing. Jiangnan is almost completely pacified and it is time to return.
"We will return before the ice freezes, and the internal prison is already preparing." Li Xian also knew that there was no statutory time.
Yao Kui's eyes flickered.
After discussing some trivial matters, they dispersed and returned to the Yamen to attend to matters.
Zhao Fu, who was in charge of the Nine Gate Admiral's Office in the capital, was really miserable. As soon as he left, Guizhou went to war, and his great achievements were lost.
He also became happy when he heard that the emperor had exempted Yue Zheng and the others from their contribution due to blaming corruption.
Should!
The Northern Army has returned to the capital.
Preparations are being made for the Northern Expedition. The Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, and Taipu Temple are very busy, as are the Ordnance Bureau and the Military War Bureau.
The factories of the Ordnance Bureau and the Military War Bureau were moved to Tongzhou.
Zhao Fu also began to rectify the military equipment and select soldiers.
There are three Northern Expeditionary Army groups, Zhao Fu, Yang Xin, and Mao Zhong, each commanding 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, for a total of 120,000 troops.
Yang Xin escorted Prince Zhu Jianshen back to Beijing.
Zhou fell ill before she could be buried. The Empress Dowager Sun was extraordinarily merciful and spared her life. Now her life was hanging by a thread, so the Emperor allowed the prince to return to Beijing to take care of her.
Obviously, the emperor sent a political signal that he wanted to change the prince.
Yang Xin led the Tiger and Leopard Army to escort him back to Beijing.
In addition to the main force of the three groups, there is also the Liaoning Army as a supplement. Gu Rong, Niu Zhen, and Zheng Guta each lead 10,000 people and can rush to support at any time.
On May 18th, Zhu Jianshen arrived in the capital.
Seeing this familiar city, his nose was sour, and he was led into Chongzhi Hall.
The Chongzhi Hall is outside the Forbidden City, the east bank of the Taiyechi Pond, adjacent to the Forbidden City, opposite the banana garden.
Zhu Qizhen's concubine and concubine are temporarily placed here.
After all, Nangong stops spiritually.
When Zhu Jian Shen saw her mother, she was dying, her face was ulcerated, and her figure was like a ghost.
Although she didn't have much feelings with her mother, she still shed tears.
"Prince, how did you come back? Is His Majesty's driving back to Beijing?" Zhou Qiang held up.
There was no one in the palace, and the princess who was willing to wait for Hua Liu's disease where the palace Ee was lazy.
Zhou also couldn't move them, but could only wait here to die.
Her condition worsened seriously, she didn't know when she closed her eyes.
Zhu Jianshen didn't want to help her and was worried about infection.
"Back to the princess, His Majesty is still in Nanjing. He heard that the princess was seriously ill and told me to come back to serve the disease." Zhu Jian deeply lowered his eyebrows.
With a bang, Zhou's head was blank.
What does the emperor mean, does she still understand?
"Why are your Majesty so cruel?" Zhou's crying.
Zhu Jian Shen didn't speak. He had already seen it. Just be a leisurely prince, it was best to be separated.
Otherwise, when His Majesty died, it was when he was dead.
Zhou looked at him again: "That, that His Majesty had promised you, named you outside?"
"How can His Majesty say in such a major event?" Zhu Jianshen felt that his mother was really stupid.
She ordered a line and couldn't think of too much.
After crying for a while, the tears flowed down the ulcerated cheeks, full of odor, Zhu Jian was inexplicably back, and the disgusting color flashed in his eyes.
"Prince, I have been dying shortly."
"But King Chong is still young, can you take care of him for me?"
Zhou's eyes looked at the eldest son: "Although you, although you have given your majesty, you still climb out of my belly."
"You and Chong Wang, a mother."
"Can you help him plan?"
Zhou is not a fool. The eldest son who can live in Jingtai's hands for twelve years is definitely not ordinary people.
She died, the most worried about the younger son.
As for the eldest girl Chongqing, she didn't worry. On the one hand, she was a male light and daughter. Second, Chongqing could not threaten the throne.
Zhu Jianshen suddenly looked up and glanced at the disgusting face, his biological mother.
In memory, people who have blurred.
Suddenly, he lowered his head again: "I will do my best."
Zhou was puzzled. The eldest son's eyes were very complicated, and she couldn't understand.
She didn't have much time, and she had no time to think about it.
"Your Majesty is afraid of Zhou's heart. When you are fascinating, it is best to bring the Zhou family and go to the place where the vassal is the best."
Zhou murmured to herself: "And your sister Chongqing, she is at the age of marriage, you have to help her pay attention, and look like a good husband."
"After I die, can I ask His Majesty to open up and bury me and the King of Ling Ling?"
Her voice became lower and lower.
Zhu Jianshen should not answer. After a long time, she was gone at all.
Slowly, Zhu Jianli raised his face, and there was no tears on his face, but he looked at her stunned: "Don't you remember me at all?"
"I was born in the palace, and I have grown under the knees of Her Majesty since I was a child."
"How did I survive in the palace?"
"Now the position of the prince is gone, and the Majesty is repeated again and again. His personality is suspicious. If he does not have a vassal to me, I am afraid I will follow you soon."
"Mother, I am also human."
"I also hope that someone will love, instead of living in the shadow of swords and swords from an early age. I am not born strong, but I have to be strong."
"At the end of you, let me take care of this and care about that."
"But why didn't you ask, who loved me?"
"I am also a child! I am only fourteen years old!"
Zhu Jian deeply expressionless, slowly stood up, walked out of this partial hall, looked at the gloomy sky, and vomited himself: "The only thing in this world cares about me, only her, if I am emperor, let her have this Everything in the world. "
"If I am out of the vassal, I will ask His Majesty to allow me, and then name her."
"Only she is sincere to me."
Zhu Jian Shen gave birth to regret. It would be great to not come back. In Nanjing, at least she was accompanied by her. When she returned here, there was only the cold palace and a group of people he hated.
He left Chongzhi Temple upset.
Return to Donggong to live.
He doesn't have to return to Nanjing, nor does he ask the prince, but only to save his life.
He also thought about whether the emperor would regret it. He would regret it. He had no wings in the front of the dynasty, and the inner palace had no arms.
That's a good thing, though.
As soon as Zhu Qizhen and Zhou died, he became a stun, and the emperor would not suspect him anymore.
He opened a exquisite book, with a map of Daming on the title page, looking at such a huge territory, and a hint of hope was born in his heart.
Instantly worrying, the emperor's son is so many, will he have his share?
If the Virgin is favored, maybe there is still a chance ...
no!
Absolutely not!
The Virgin and the Emperor bargain must not end well. At this time, you must not fall to the Virgin. We must continue to pretend to be silly, and continue to be sparse. They ask for the abolition of the prince, and ask the emperor to be grace to marry Wan's concubine.
The more obedient he is, the greater the chance of getting a foreign fan.
He couldn't try the emperor's tone. The emperor's mind was so weird that no one knew what he would think next moment.
Looking at Yu Qian and Hu Yan who served the emperor, all the old foxes were frightened. It can be seen how the emperor's mind.
Zhu Jian Shen is extremely smart.
Two thousand, it's over, Merry Christmas!
(End of chapter)
