After hearing this, Zhu Yijun's eyebrows widened and he felt very happy. After receiving the urgent delivery, he looked at it carefully.
"good!"
"very good!"
"Qi Qing and the soldiers really did not disappoint me!"
Zhu Yijun praised him profusely and said with great ambition: "I have to add some martial virtue!"
"The ruling minister of Xuanzhengshitang has an audience!"
Zhu Yijun then gave another order.
Within a few quarters of an hour, Zhang Juzheng, Fang Fengshi and other officials in power arrived at the political hall.
Zhu Yijun informed the ruling ministers that the goal of conquering the Japanese had been achieved, and also circulated the urgent message to them.
"This is all due to His Majesty's strategic planning!"
Zhang Juzheng flattered Zhu Yijun after reading it.
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "It is also due to the contributions of Mr. and all the ministers."
"Finally, it's a great success, and it didn't turn into a militancy or a waste of national money."
"I congratulate Your Majesty for spreading the majesty of the Celestial Kingdom to the world!"
"At this point, the barbarians from all over the world must not dare to look down on my dynasty, but will only be more intimidated."
Fang Fengshi also smiled and talked at this time, and also bowed and congratulated Zhu Yijun.
Other ruling ministers also congratulated Zhu Yijun.
Wang Guoguang frowned at this time.
Seeing this, Zhu Yijun asked, "Wang Qing, do you have anything to say?"
Wang Guoguang said: "Your Majesty, although I am happy that our dynasty has been able to declare its authority over the Japanese country and maintain its dignity, but the Japanese country has suddenly received 3.5 million taels in compensation, which makes me feel worried. I have been ordered to invest in the people's three Before the one million taels were fully invested to benefit the people, another 3.5 million taels were added. According to the proportion drawn up by the Imperial Academy, the amount of investment had to be increased. Undoubtedly, more ways had to be found to benefit the people. More money will benefit the people.”
"If it doesn't work, just save it first."
Zhu Yijun said with a smile at this time.
Wang Guoguang said yes.
Then, Fang Fengshi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, now that the Japanese incident is over, should we allow Marquis Qi to return to the court to report on his duties?"
"After all, according to the previous request of the Privy Council, the only way to deal with the Japanese is to gain access to the island where they are garrisoned, so that they can control their power at any time, but it is not appropriate to add the king's troops to completely exterminate them."
"allow!"
"The princess is about to marry into his family, so let's take advantage of this opportunity to order him to return to the country. Let him be responsible for consulting on military affairs in the Privy Council of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, so he doesn't have to go out to lead troops."
"In addition, I will grant him the title of Duke for his achievements in conquering the Japanese. When he returns to the capital, I will give him a prisoner gift. I will give him a banquet. Even if the hero wants to relinquish his military power and retire, he should retire with honor, so as to avoid the heart of the Hanwu minister."
"In addition, Yu Dayou, Ma Gui, Wu Weizhong, and Chen Lin were granted the title of earl."
"Because of the military achievements of opening the border, the nobles are not honored because of relatives, so they are all hereditary."
Zhu Yijun said at this time.
Zhu Yijun suddenly added a duke and four earls, obviously intending to strengthen the power of the nobles.
All the ministers present were stunned at this moment.
"According to the order!"
Fang Fengshi, Liu Yingjie, the Minister of Personnel, and Pan Cheng, the Minister of Rites, did not object and continued to obey the decree.
After all, like Zhang Juzheng, they have long realized that there are many hidden dangers around the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible without strong military equipment. To be strong in military equipment, you need to be willing to give lords to those with outstanding military exploits.
At this time, Zhang Juzheng took the initiative and suggested: "Your Majesty, I would like to order a sacrifice to the Ancestral Temple."
"Yes! Send another nobleman to Xiaoling to offer sacrifices on his behalf, and let Taizu and all the other emperors know that I have punished the Japanese pirates for their provocations, and the Japanese troubles will be greatly reduced in the future."
Zhu Yijun nodded.
Next, Zhu Yijun actually offered sacrifices to the Ancestral Temple and informed his ancestors about the conquest of Japan.
After reporting the matter to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Zhu Yijun issued an edict to confer the title of Grand Master Zhang Juzheng on the grounds that the success of the Japanese conquest was all due to Zhang Juzheng's new policies. He also believed that the conquest of Japanese was due to Fang's strategizing at the right time. For this reason, Fang Fengshi was granted the title of Taifu. As for the other meritorious officials, the appointment was discussed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Zhang Juzheng has now reached the pinnacle of civil service.
Not only that, other civil servants of the reform faction also reached a height in status that few civil servants in the Ming Dynasty could reach.
As for the title of the military ministers, it was finally agreed upon by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Qi Jiguang was granted the title of Ji Guogong, Yu Dayou was named Dinghai Bo, Ma Gui was Shuozhou Bo, Wu Weizhong was Yiwu Bo, and Chen Lin was Wengyuan Bo.
In addition, at the request of the cabinet, the newly acquired Hizen land of the Ming Dynasty was to be added with the Chief Secretary, the Chief Secretary, and the General Command Department. Zhu Yijun also issued an order to approve it, and asked the Ministry of Personnel to recommend officials to take up their posts here.
This is undoubtedly equivalent to adding another province to the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, the Privy Council ordered Jun to transfer Qi Jiguang back to Beijing to offer prisoners, and ordered Yu Dayou to replace Qi Jiguang in Japan.
After Qi Jiguang negotiated with the three lords of Shimazu, Otomo, and Ryuzoji here, he ordered Chen Ziluan to take over the port of Nagasaki. Because of the stubborn resistance of the Nagasaki lord Omura, he directly killed the Omura family, and all the women were regarded as Official slaves, in addition, took over all the properties in Nagasaki in the name of investigating counterfeit property, and registered the origins and properties of all Han and Yi merchants in Nagasaki.
At the same time, Qi Jiguang also asked Tong Ziming who stayed in Pindo to take over the shops of all Han and Yi merchants in Pindo, and registered their origins and quantity of goods.
It is also in the name of investigating the adverse effects of childbirth.
It's just that Hirado and Nagasaki were the two major trading ports of the Japanese country in this era. There were many Han pirates who smuggled goods here, many Japanese people also traded here, and many Westerners also traded here.
Therefore, the Ming army's forced takeover was considered to be against the interests of these people. Naturally, it encountered a lot of resistance, and fighting would inevitably occur during the takeover.
However, in front of the regular Ming army, these people's resistance was limited.
Basically, the entire Daimyo samurai of Hizen Kingdom were shot, and the Western and Han pirates who tried to resist were shot.
So after the Ming army completely took over the two trading ports, the entire trading port flowed into rivers of blood, and the sea water was as red as smoke.
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The backers behind Han pirates, namely representatives of domestic gentry involved in overseas smuggling trade, also had to visit Qi Jiguang during this period.
Yan Zhongji, one of the representatives, walked towards Qi Jiguang's temporary residence in Hirado.
He now looks very disappointed. He has no sense of national pride that he had after the Han army opened up new territories. On the contrary, he is even more disappointed than the Japanese.
Moreover, on the way there, Yan Zhongji happened to see the 50,000 kilograms of iron material he had smuggled from Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty, which was stamped with an anti-production seal by the Ming army.
But he did not dare to ask for it because he was afraid of being directly executed as a traitor by the Ming army.
After all, iron materials were prohibited from private foreign trade by the Ming Dynasty.
What's more, this is still overseas, and his status as a soldier cannot give him much protection. The Ming army can completely treat him as a Japanese traitor and kill or even chop him.
Therefore, Yan Zhongji could only watch as his goods were confiscated, and he could only watch as several Han Chinese named pirates and Hirado overseas merchants who were actually his slaves lay on the ground covered in blood and were cut off. head.
Yan Zhongji just clenched his fists and said sullenly to several other representatives who were traveling with him: "You see, this is the consequence of supporting the imperial court's declaration of war! It will only take away more people's interests!"
"There is no way. After all, the government and the army won, but we are in dire straits. I'm afraid it will be difficult to smuggle again in the future. If we want to do this overseas trade, we can make more profits."
At this time, a pirate and merchant named Xie Sidan replied.
"The Japanese are also cowards. They are usually so fierce in front of us, and they refuse to reduce the tax at all!"
"As a result, when the officers and soldiers came, none of them could even resist. Fortunately, we had already informed them a long time ago and gave them a large amount of gunpowder and iron materials at a cheap price. As a result, Hirado was given up when they were told to give it up. , if you say you abandon us, abandon us.”
Yan Zhongji continued to complain.
"Everything has happened since Jiangling came to power!"
"I hope we can reach an agreement with Qi Yuanjing this time and only share the profits of the original Matsuura and Omura families with the generals they conquered Japan without losing our interests."
At this time, another student named Yang Xie sneered. After saying this, he looked seriously at the few Ming officers and soldiers in front who were being sent out with smiles by a few Japanese girls. For a moment, he couldn't help but said: "These The Japanese girls really don’t know how to hate their country! They are so quick to be willing to laugh at the risk of destroying their officers and soldiers!"
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"Do you think that in the future, after Hirado and Nagasaki are owned by the imperial court, the tariffs will be reduced, and the tariff reduction will be divided into 30:70 by the commander-in-chief and the generals?"
Soon, Yan Zhongji and others met Qi Jiguang in the name of overseas Chinese businessmen, and also expressed their ultimate purpose to Qi Jiguang, and Qi Jiguang sneered and asked.
"We are 70%, and the commander and generals are 30%!"
