He also actively organized local people to join the siege of the castle and paid the soldiers. In fact, he was simply consuming their elite power through the hands of the Portuguese! When Liu Ju left, the expeditionary fleet's siege of the castle had not yet ended, but everything was going according to plan.
This time he came back to take away the second fleet. When the second fleet arrives, it will be time to officially break through the Portuguese castle! At that time, Liu Guangting will invite the local leaders to participate in the ceremony to expel the Portuguese. When the ceremony is over, it will be time for him to eliminate their leadership, and then he will clean up the entire island. It is expected that the war will last for more than ten or twenty years. ! But Liu Haojia can still afford to wait at this time!
As for those Westerners and whites who came here for profit, as long as they can buy enough goods, and since they are unable to project enough troops remotely, they will honestly accept Liu Haojia's arrangement!
After listening to Liu Ju's report, Liu Haojia felt that the plan was going smoothly. He immediately issued a warrant and ordered the second fleet, more than 80 ships, to set sail again. The rest can only depend on God's will!
After that, Liu Haojia returned to the capital as quickly as possible. Naturally, the first thing to do when entering Beijing is to see Emperor Wanli. As usual, Emperor Wanli was the quickest to receive him.
After Liu Haojia entered the Imperial Study Room, he still bowed and paid homage. According to the usual situation, Emperor Wanli should let him get up immediately, but this time there was no movement!
Liu Haojia knelt there, although he was confused in his heart, but his body remained motionless. He didn't even glance at his face! His temperament has become much calmer over the years. In the first few years, he would have rolled his eyes to see what Emperor Wanli looked like, but now he would never do such a thing!
And if he peeked at Emperor Wanli, maybe their eyes would collide! Because Emperor Wanli was sitting behind the desk and looking at him carefully!
Emperor Wanli looked up and down and found that Liu Haojia was still upright and respectful, so he slowly said: "Get up!"
After Liu Haojia stood up, Emperor Wanli put down the pretentious book in his hand and said, "It's been a hard work going to Shandong this time! How are the salt fields there?"
Liu Haojia bowed and said: "Long live my Lord, the Shandong salt fields are running very well! This time, thanks to the Shandong salt fields, the national supply of salt is guaranteed."
It turns out that during this period, the nobles have been busy renovating the salt fields in Jiangnan, resulting in a sudden drop in salt production! If Liu Haojia hadn't sold all the salt farm's inventory a while ago, and the people would have had more salt in their hands, the market would have been empty for several months! In that case, the people are likely to cause trouble!
There is a relatively large inventory of good Shandong salt, and when they were about to clear out their inventory, the salt farms in Jiangnan finally began to produce salt one after another, which alleviated the salt shortage dilemma!
After listening to Liu Haojia's report, Emperor Wanli said with satisfaction: "That's good! I just lowered the price of salt for the people, and I don't want it to go back up again!"
Although Liu Haojia sneered at Emperor Wanli's behavior of taking credit, he still bowed and said: "Wan live the Lord's consideration for the people is a blessing to the people!" "
Then Emperor Wanli said: "Since the salt fields have almost been delivered, why don't you take over the military power from various places?"
Emperor Wanli looked very serious when he said this, and it was obvious that he cared about this matter very much! Now he hasn't really understood the saying "Political power emerges from the barrel of a gun", but he does see very clearly that having an army in his hands can guarantee his own safety!
Liu Haojia said: "Long live my lord, I came back this time to arrange this matter! Because large-scale changes in military power will definitely trigger a backlash from civilian officials, so we must use another thing to attract their attention!"
Emperor Wanli's face became even more gloomy after hearing this! He said angrily: "This world belongs to me. It's too much for me to want to control the military and have to be controlled by others! But what method are you going to use to cover up this matter?"
Liu Haojia smiled slightly and said, "Arrest people!"
Then Liu Haojia explained his plan. I heard thousands of miles of people gnashing their teeth and hating, and cheering again and again! Even Zhang Jia nodded and felt that this idea was foolproof!
At this time, in addition to the Ming Dynasty
Except for the Yellow River project, which is still in the final stages, most other projects are already in the acceptance stage. Many places have already been inspected and are ready to go to Beijing to achieve success! So now the whole world is in a state of indulgence and joy!
Now all the officials are eagerly looking forward to the reward from the court. After all, their pockets are already full of money. If they can be promoted to an official position, it will be even happier! If the first wife unfortunately dies of illness, it will be a blessing in disguise!
What everyone expected was that Emperor Wanli solemnly said to Zhang Juzheng at a court meeting: "The officials who have performed well this time must be heavily rewarded! Those who have performed outstandingly, even if their literary names are not so outstanding, should be promoted." Need to be promoted!"
Zhang Juzheng naturally agreed to his request. At the same time, he had already assigned the staff to seize the time to assess the personnel in various places and draw up lists and rewards. Now the first batch of lists has come out, and as expected they are officials from the Huanghuai area!
Because the Huanghuai River has always been a place prone to floods in the past dynasties, the imperial court has invested a huge amount of money this time to ensure that there will be no floods within a hundred years! In other words, as long as the levee passes the acceptance inspection, the least number of participating officials can be promoted! It’s not impossible for officials who contribute a lot even if they are at level two or three!
The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has always been a sieve, and there is no idea of keeping secrets. Therefore, as soon as the list of the first batch of rewards for the Ministry of Personnel was drawn up, it was already circulated all over the capital! By the time they had finished drafting the assessment personnel and were preparing to set off, the news had probably reached them personally!
Those who are sure that they are on the list will naturally celebrate! Naturally, the people around them took the time to curry favor with them so that they could retain some friendship before they were officially promoted. Other concerned people also wrote to congratulate. More people are just envious, jealous and hateful, and only hope that they will be included in the next batch of lists! And as a large number of assessors left Beijing, the atmosphere in the officialdom became even more heated!
These officials who went out to investigate naturally knew the principle of carrying people in a sedan chair, and naturally they would not blindly focus on the following issues. And the people below naturally reciprocated the favor, going to eat when they should, going to brothels when they should, and giving money when they should! So not long after they returned to Beijing, they sent out their respective awards! A large number of officials are about to be promoted! Even those who have no chance of promotion are still rated as "excellent"!
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