"You can't just transfer the local gentry back because they are very resentful. What are you going to do if you transfer them back to the capital? You have to get experience in all kinds of local official positions."
Zhu Youxiao said.
Liu Hongxun didn't want the eldest son of the emperor to offend too many gentry in Jiangnan, so he took the initiative to propose this.
But obviously Zhu Youxiao himself didn't care that the eldest son of the emperor had offended too many gentry in Jiangnan.
For the emperor, the real concern was that his eldest son was too popular with the gentry.
"But now that the relocation of the big families is coming to an end, if the eldest son of the emperor still stays in Jiangnan, he will have to eliminate the hidden dangers of annexation and develop the local economy, prevent the rise of local tyranny, and promote the advancement of vernacular culture in this area. It became popular, after all, this is the place where the Ming Dynasty culture was most prosperous, and basically everyone is literate!"
Wen Tiren said.
"Then it is not appropriate for the emperor's eldest son to stay in Jiangnan as governor. As an official, the emperor's eldest son is vigorous and resolute, eager for results, and he may not know much about economic development. It is better to let him serve as governor somewhere else to experience economic development and management. means of domestic affairs such as trade and culture.”
Lu Xiangsheng suggested.
Zhu Youxiao nodded and asked: "What governor positions are waiting for appointment now?"
"Yunnan, Liaodong, and Nagasaki."
Liu Hongxun replied.
"Then the eldest son of the emperor will be promoted to be the governor of Nagasaki! Nagasaki is now an important trading center of the Ming Dynasty, and due to the large number of scholars who went to sea to migrate here in recent years, the culture is also very prosperous, and various foreign vassals are involved here. It’s just the right thing to do, let him continue to practice!”
Zhu Youxiao said.
"In this case, the governor and governor of Jiangnan must be re-appointed."
Wen Tiren replied.
"How about letting His Royal Highness, the second son of the Emperor, be appointed as the governor or governor of Jiangnan?"
At this time, Zhu Youxiao asked tentatively.
"That's inappropriate. The emperor's second son has little political experience, and he doesn't understand economics. He is better at academics."
Liu Hongxun replied.
"The second son of the emperor is more suitable to be transferred back to the capital and study first."
Wen Tiren replied.
"Yes, any official who is going to be appointed as a local governor should best serve in the capital for a period of time before being appointed. Only in this way can he have a better understanding of the long-term strategy of the central court and the procedures for handling affairs of the central court, so as to facilitate After I come to the local area and serve as governor, I will communicate with the central government ministries, temples, courtyards, prisons and other government agencies!"
Sun Chuanting also replied.
"According to what I heard, the eldest son of the emperor visited many great Confucian scholars on his way to send Duke Li back to his hometown and move to Sichuan, where he discussed knowledge and debated the truth. He was praised by many people, and he was willing to help students. Many people praised him as a wise man. Although they are said to be virtuous, it is inevitable to listen to and believe in a type of scholars who are gentle, courteous and thrifty but do not understand current affairs. It is time to transfer them to the capital to make them manage their studies well. If they stay in the local area, they may be criticized by some scholars. The son encouraged me to interfere in the government's affairs."
Lu Xiangsheng also followed suit.
"Then he will be transferred to Beijing and serve as a bachelor's student at the Hanlin Academy. He will also go to the Ming Dynasty Institute of Administration to study in the advanced training class!"
Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction and replied.
Then, Zhu Youxiao ordered: "This place in the south of the Yangtze River must be divided. Its wealth and population are too large, which is not conducive to management. Cut it from east to west and divide it into two parts. Later, we will move south to Zhili and east to Zhili." It was renamed Jiangsu, and the west side was renamed Anhui, with the provincial capital of Anhui in Luzhou and the provincial capital of Jiangsu in Suzhou."
"What about Nandu?"
Liu Hongxun asked.
"It is a Zhili Prefecture, directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court! In addition, with the rise of sea trade, Songjiang Prefecture has become more prosperous than Suzhou Prefecture, and Shanghai County under its jurisdiction has become a large county with a scale of millions. Now the prefecture has been upgraded to Zhili Prefecture. The Mansion, as well as Haojing, have also been promoted to Zhili Mansion! The prosperity of various places in the Ming Dynasty is changing, and their status must also change!"
Zhu Youxiao ordered.
"According to the order!"
"Your Majesty, what arrangements should Jiangnan Governor Tang Aiming make?"
Wen Tiren asked at this time.
"After Cai Yichen was executed, there was still a shortage of ministers in the cabinet. Zhang Tongchang was transferred back to serve as a cabinet minister. Now the central government still needs a feudal official with experience in governing overseas colonial areas to provide more accurate information for the government's major affairs. Tang Aiming's suggestion, let him take over as the Governor-General of India."
Zhu Youxiao continued: "India is a very large country. Currently, because of the complex situation in the country, it has not yet been completely Chineseized. In order to facilitate the centralized handling of various affairs, there is only one governor-general. But in the future, India will also have to be divided into several provinces!" "
"What your Majesty said is that in my opinion, the focus of the imperial court now is to speed up external expansion, realize the unification of civilization as soon as possible, and then establish a civilized order. When all parts of the world become Han territory, we can establish our Han family. Order! Like the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty, I, the Son of Heaven, live in the central country and control the princes, and each prince has his own land!"
Sun Chuanting continued to sell his strategic ideas to Emperor Zhu Youxiao.
And the source of his idea still comes from Zhou Zhi.
This is not surprising. After all, he has received Confucian education since he was a child, so it is impossible for him to be unaffected by it.
What's more, in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, they thought that their own region was the entire world.
But now, the world has just become bigger.
Zhu Youxiao laughed and asked: "But if civilization is unified, won't there be something like Qin's unification of the six countries in the future?"
"This minister has not yet thought about it. If we really want to unify the country, it may not be as easy as Qin's unification of the six countries! But there may really be a country that maintains world order and handles matters between countries, or it may be said that it belongs to the world. Everyone’s business.”
Sun Chuanting replied.
Zhu Youxiao now wants to tell Sun Chuanting that there will be a United Nations in the future world.
…
With the end of the imperial court meeting in Zhengshitang, some new edicts were successively spread from Zhengshitang.
Zhu Cican, the second son of the emperor, did not expect to be transferred to Beijing.
But he still felt a little disappointed that he was admitted to the Hanlin Academy.
In fact, he is more willing to show his governance ability in local areas.
He wanted to explore, instead of using the strict government model of his imperial brother, try using the benevolent government model.
"Why doesn't my father give me a chance to continue serving in the local area?"
Zhu Cican asked rather puzzledly.
"I am afraid that the eldest son of the emperor has fallen into His Highness's slander. Everyone knows that His Majesty is not particularly polite to scholar-bureaucrats."
Chen Weisong replied.
Zhu Cican frowned after hearing this: "Forget it! Let's go to Beijing then. It's good to go to Beijing. You can know more clearly what the court will do next."
"Second brother!"
After Zhu Cican learned that Zhu Cican had been transferred to Beijing, he was so happy that on the day Zhu Cican arrived at Yongdingmen, he personally came to the train station to greet him and waved his hands excitedly.
"Seventh brother! How are you doing these days? How are your father and mother doing?"
Zhu Cican was quite disappointed when he saw that Zhu Cikai was the only one in the entire train station to pick him up. Especially when he thought about how many scholars lined up to see him off when he got to the train station in Nandu, he forced a smile and asked Zhu Cican.
Zhu Cikai replied: "Everything is fine!"
Then, Zhu Cikai said again: "Fortunately, second brother, you are back, otherwise I would be depressed. No one in this huge capital is willing to talk to me!"
Zhu Cikai's eyes became moist as he spoke.
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