"Pa bang bang..."
After three blasts of the whip, the Nine Halls of the Supervisory Palace in Guangzhou City finally called for the Great Court Meeting again after many days!
Although the new Ming Dynasty in Guangzhou does not yet have an emperor, it has already established a dynasty system. However, the imperial system of the new Ming Dynasty was not as troublesome as the imperial system of the previous Ming Dynasty... There was no need to get up early in the morning to go to court, and there were no rules for the emperor to listen to the government. Under normal circumstances, it is just a "small meeting" in the Jiujian Hall, where a few former Confucian scholars and senior officials from the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers gather together.
Only on some special days, such as the first and fifteenth day of each month, or when there are important events to be announced, will the "Imperial Gate Dynasty" be held, allowing all civil and military officials from the seventh rank and above in Guangzhou to come In the large courtyard outside the Jiujian Hall, people were arranged neatly according to their official positions. Zhu Heji, Zhu Cijiong, and a few bachelors or senior officials were heard talking.
They usually give speeches or lectures, and rarely discuss politics in public - this is because politics in the late Ming Dynasty were often discussed without a decision. There were many people talking about it, but when it was time to make a decision, everyone wanted to To shirk responsibility.
And there are always more people who raise objections than people who propose solutions...
Therefore, the new Ming Dynasty, which has learned its lesson, although it has the principle of academicians discussing politics, is actually quite centralized when it comes to specific problems.
Now, this rather centralized court is about to officially change its owner - even though the edict for Zhu Heji to be the supervisor of the country has long been issued. However, because he and King Zhu Tian had been on the front line in Jiangxi and could not return to Guangzhou to host the court meeting, Zhu Heji never accepted the worship of ministers in the name of supervising the country.
One of the reasons why he rushed back to Guangzhou this time was to officially take over the position of supervising the country...thus becoming the well-deserved monarch of the new Ming Dynasty.
In order to congratulate Zhu Heji for taking over as the governor of the country, nine of the eleven former Confucian scholars have arrived today, and two of the three governors (Qiu Hui of Liangguang, Zhuge Sanhe of Liangjiang, and Zheng Jing of Fujian) have arrived.
Several chambers of commerce in Guangfu, Chaozhou, and southern Fujian, as well as representatives from the Foreign Chamber of Commerce in Macau, as well as heads and heads from Haizhu University, Huangpu Military Academy, Guangfu No. 123 College, and the two major academies in Chaozhou. All here.
People from all walks of life gathered together, waiting for Zhu Da Jianguo to appear!
"The Saint of Supervising the Country has arrived!" With the shout of Yan Yuan, Zhu Heji's "eldest disciple" (he was not the first to start, but he was the oldest), all the heads of the new Ming Dynasty all shouted. Long live it. Then the sound of footsteps was heard, and then Zhu Heji's voice couldn't hide his smile: "Pingshen, Pingshen!"
Everyone got up quickly and looked up at Zhu Da Jianguo. I saw Zhu Heji wearing a yellow robe, a yellow scarf on his head, a long sword hanging, and an "empty hammer", sitting on the throne - although Zhu Heji's "original Confucian court" is quite rich now, it is hard and simple. The spirit cannot be forgotten! Therefore, gorgeous official uniforms are not popular, and everyone still wears "Confucius uniforms", and swords and grenade hammers cannot be thrown away. However, you are not allowed to bring "real hammers" when going to court to avoid "accidents". You can only bring "empty hammers".
Seeing that all the ministers had climbed up and taken their seats, Zhu Heji smiled and said: "I invite you all to come here today for three important things.
The first thing was naturally that Gujia took up the post of supervisor of the country. Gujia's father did not want to be disturbed by worldly affairs and wanted to devote himself wholeheartedly to the great cause of revenge and restoration of the country, so he gave up the position of supervisor of the country to Gujia.
The second major event is about the Northern Expedition. Now the army led by Prime Minister Zhuge has reached Anqing and is currently besieging Anqing. However, the Anqing city is relatively strong and difficult to escape in an emergency. Therefore, the Gu family returned to Guangzhou, preparing to gather another army and march northward through Fujian and Zhejiang to Nanjing... Unless Nanjing is broken, the Gu family vows not to fight again! "
return after victory?
What does it mean?
After destroying Nanjing, shouldn’t the capital be returned? Why go back to Guangzhou?
The ministers below were all stunned and looked up at Zhu Da Jianguo, a little confused.
Zhu Heji continued: "The third major event is to upgrade Guangzhou Prefecture to Chengtian Prefecture...and make it the Ming Dynasty Haijing!"
What does haijing mean?
"Sage," someone asked immediately, "do you mean to list Guangzhou Prefecture and Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture as two capitals of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Exactly!" Zhu Heji gave an affirmative answer.
There was a soft uproar underneath.
Guangzhou becoming the capital is a bit beyond everyone's imagination... although Guangzhou is now the capital of the new Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Heji smiled and asked, "Why can't Guangzhou be the capital?"
He went on to say: "Guangzhou is so wonderful. It is a city in the south, with prosperous industry and commerce, abundant products, and a warm climate...and there are also Haizhu University, Huangpu Military Academy, and Guangfu No. 123 College, all of which are... He is a talented person and even speaks with a pleasant accent. Isn’t it a good place to establish a capital?”
Zhu Heji really likes Guangzhou and doesn't want to go to Nanjing at all, let alone the extremely cold city of Beijing... It's the Little Ice Age now, and there is no air conditioning. How cold is Beijing in winter?
"Jian Guo," another person said, "Guangzhou's location is too remote and is not suitable for the residence of the emperor."
"Is it biased?" Zhu Heji said with a smile, "Is that your preference? Although Guangzhou is in the south of the world, isn't Beijing also in the north of the world? Nanjing is actually in the east of the world, and Xi'an is in the west of the world... ....And this world is actually not comprehensive. It only includes our Chinese land, and does not include the grasslands, the Western Regions, the East, and Nanyang. This is not the world in the mind of an isolated family. The world in the mind of an isolated family, at least because it includes the countries of Southeast Asia. , Eastern Japan, Haidong Korea, Mongolian grasslands, and the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties in the Western Regions.
And Nanyang is vast, the countries are rich, and it is the hub of trade with the West. Its importance is even higher than that of the East, Mongolia, and the Western Regions... Shouldn't a capital be established in Guangzhou to develop and control Nanyang? "
If Zhu Heji's views were to be put aside in the future, there would be no market for it, and there would certainly be no one on Kangxi's side who would agree with it. But the three pillars of the Guangzhou court were the Chaozhou Gang, the Guangzhou Gang, and the Minnan Gang... They were all "southern-going factions," especially the Chaozhou and Minnan people, who had always been the main force of Chinese going to Southeast Asia.
Of course they support Ming's desire to control Nanyang!
"The Saint who supervises the country," Chen Yonghua, who was a former Confucian scholar, came out and said, "I agree with the expansion of Southeast Asia. In the past, when King Yanping Wu was in power, he wanted to expedition to Luzon, but the weather did not stop, and the great cause was Not yet. But now that the Northern Expedition is imminent...if we peek into Nanyang too early, I'm afraid we will push all the Western Yi in Nanyang to the side of Qing Yao."
King Zheng Jing of Yanping also said: "Sage who oversees the country, recently many Western warships have been hired by Fan Chengmo, governor of Zhejiang Province, in Ningbo and Dinghai areas. I am afraid that they will pose an obstacle to our Northern Expedition. I have been negotiating with them for many days and have not yet There are results. If the imperial court openly peeks at Nanyang again, I'm afraid..."
Zheng Jing was talking about the warships of the Dutch and Spanish. There were about twenty or thirty large and small warships, and they were currently operating along the coast of Zhejiang and the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Of course, they did not participate in this war in the name of the East India Company or the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, but were hired by the Qing government in the name of free merchant ships to act as maritime mercenaries... This way they can both It can avoid completely breaking up with the new Ming court and curb the rise of the new Ming Dynasty by helping the Qing court fight.
The reason why the Dutch and Spanish took such a stance was of course related to the "Meeting at Prince Teng's Pavilion" - Zhu Heji made no secret of his intentions for Nanyang, which naturally caused a backlash from the Dutch and Spanish.
So now they have joined forces and colluded with the Qing court to oppose the new Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Heji smiled and said: "The Gu family does not need to hide anything, because the Netherlands and Spain have fallen behind, and now they are the frogs in the well!
Our Ming Dynasty now has the most powerful firearms in the world, and will also have the best iron tools in the world...With these two things, our Ming Dynasty's naval warships will definitely be able to defeat the Netherlands and Spain. Moreover, we China is more than thousands of miles away from the Netherlands and Spain? The main force of their navy did not dare to come in full force. To dare to block my Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition with just a partial army is really extremely arrogant and is asking for death! "
