When a person who has experienced despair sees the light of hope again, even just a glimmer, it can inspire endless fighting spirit. Fang Zhongzhe is such a person. When he learned that Hu Luer had left Nanzhou and successfully reached the other side of the ocean
, he was completely relieved, and his only wish was to reunite with Hu Luer as soon as possible.
Fang Zhongzhe also knew that he was the subject of Jinyiwei's surveillance and that he was the most important engineer in Nanzhou. In addition, because of his family's concern, it was impossible for him to leave Nanzhou for even half a step, and the aloof Emperor would certainly not
Let Hu Luer return south. In short, the imperial power is the most powerful obstacle to prevent them from getting together and combining. If this roadblock is not removed, he may never have the chance to see his lover in his life.
However, if you want to overthrow the imperial power, it is not something you can do by just rising up and shouting. After all, there are still many people in Nanzhou who are loyal to Emperor Jianwen, and those who hold military power are either relatives of the emperor, or loyalists who are die-hard loyal to Emperor Jianwen. Reckless actions will only lead to defeat.
The entire family is implicated. The only way is to secretly strengthen one's own strength and seize more power, so as to compete with the imperial power.
Although Fang Zhongzhe majored in science and engineering at Peking University, he has received a complete education in logic and has a more rigorous thinking ability. If he is determined to do something, he will complete it step by step, just like playing chess.
Finish.
No, since the second day after Hu Lu'er left Nanzhou, Fang Zhongzhe seemed to have changed. He stayed in the foundry all day without even returning home. Fang Xiaoru was also worried that his nephew would not be able to think about it, so he sent people several times
When I came to spy, I found that my nephew was either studying or drawing, looking like he was working hard.
At first, Fang Xiaoru felt strange, and even went to the Foundry Bureau to visit his nephew in person, and advised him to rest and not work too hard. However, Fang Zhongzhe just calmly said that he was wrong before, and the most important thing for a man is not the love of his son and daughter.
, but to make achievements.
After hearing his nephew's words, Fang Xiaoru was still a little bit unconvinced, but he felt relieved. After all, in his opinion, this nephew might have come out of the Hu Lu'er incident, which is something to be happy about.
thing.
There was something that Fang Xiaoru was even more worried about at the court. After the surrender of the Nanzhou natives, the emperor in the palace was no longer delegating power. Various signs showed that the emperor not only intended to monopolize all military and political power, but also wanted to build a prison to replace it.
He even killed a group of heroes to consolidate the imperial power.
The old trick of killing rabbits and killing dogs, cooking birds and hiding them has long been seen in history books. All entrepreneurs can only share adversity and prosperity. Now that Nanzhou has been settled, Zhu Yunwen has no intention of starting a war with the Republic of China.
Intend
Not only were those civil servants who were good at making decisions and those generals who were good at conquering and fighting no longer useful, but they became the objects of the emperor's vigilance day and night, for fear that these people's achievements would shock the master, and even more afraid that the prince, emperor and grandson would not be able to shock him.
These people.
As the saying goes, whoever goes to hell will go to hell. In order to maintain the imperial power forever and for the Zhu family to securely occupy the land of Nanzhou, Zhu Yunwen, under the instigation of some clans, began to learn from his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang and sharpen his sword to the heroes. As the prime minister, Fang Xiaoru,
Ranking first among civil servants, he was also on the blacklist.
Of course, after years of hard work, Zhu Yunwen is no longer the stupid young man he was back then, but has become a cold and calm Machiavellian. He did not directly attack Fang Xiaoru and other important ministers, but used insidious tricks such as insidious attacks on mountains and shaking tigers.
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The first unlucky man to be punished was a commander named Li Zhi, a third-grade military general. In the Southern Ming Dynasty, where there were countless high-ranking officials, this man was not a high-ranking official. He could even be described as inconspicuous. But this
It's just an appearance, because he has a son and a daughter. Lin Jiayou, the household servant, "coincidentally" is Fang Xiaoru's disciple. Anyone with a discerning eye will know what Zhu Yunwen is doing at a glance.
The "crime" for which Li Zhi was imprisoned was to support his own troops with the intention of rebelling. This was a serious crime of confiscating his home and exterminating his family, and his in-laws would also be implicated. No, just two days after Li Zhi was imprisoned, Lin Jiayou was taken away by the Jin Yiwei, and the entire Lin family
More than a dozen people were also closely monitored, and everyone knew that His Majesty the Emperor was going to take action.
As for Li Zhi's intention to rebel, it can be said to be a joke. Although Li Zhi is a third-rank commander, he actually only has a few hundred militiamen at his disposal. It would be ridiculous to think of someone with this ability to rebel. And Li Zhi is the only one who can be caught.
The reason for this is that he had written to the emperor not long ago, requesting the division of territory and enfeoffment.
Li Zhi's suggestion can be said to be quite pertinent, because Nanzhou is vast and sparsely populated, with tens of thousands of people occupying several continents. In many places, there are no people at all. Using the enfeoffment system to allocate wasteland to officers and soldiers, they can be harvested
The enthusiasm of officers and soldiers can, secondly, speed up the development of Nanzhou and achieve multiple goals with one stone.
However, in the eyes of the Zhu Ming royal family, who regarded Nanzhou as their family, this proposal was too treacherous. I thought back to the time when Taizu Xingming was in the Ming Dynasty, he did not even divide the land into enfeoffments. Now someone dares to say that they want to divide the land. This is not to scrape the land.
Is it Lao Zhu’s land? This is absolutely unacceptable.
Ordinarily, Zhu Yunwen did not agree with the division of land and enfeoffment, so it was okay to let the matter be revealed. However, Li Zhi also offended the royal family and the emperor's relatives because of this matter. In addition, Zhu Yunwen also intended to establish a prison and seize power. Some Jinyi guards with sensitive political senses
He began to carry out active actions and "found" a lot of "evidence", saying that Li Zhi was dissatisfied because he could not get the fiefdom, and secretly colluded with some ministers to rebel.
Li Zhi and Lin Jiayou were imprisoned one after another, and Fang Xiaoru was anxious because he knew that this case was probably aimed at him, and it might be his turn to go to prison to eat. Now he was not thinking about how to make money from students.
A handful, but how to protect yourself.
After several sleepless nights of weighing and thinking, Fang Xiaoru did not go to the morning court on March 22. Instead, he asked his younger brother to help bring a letter of appointment to the palace and hand it to His Majesty the Emperor, who had been loyal to him for nearly twenty years.
He said that he was old and sick and could no longer handle government affairs, so he requested to be appointed to an official position.
As soon as Fang Xiaoru's official letter was published, it can be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves. All the civil and military officials in the court came forward to ask the emperor to retain him. Emperor Jianwen was no longer a fool. On the one hand, he adopted the suggestions of his ministers and disagreed with them.
Fang Xiaoru became an official and issued an edict to allow Fang Xiaoru to rest at home and recuperate.
On the other hand, he immediately took this opportunity to promote Huang Zicheng, who was absolutely loyal to him and at odds with Fang Xiaoru's political views, to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and also assumed the power of the Prime Minister. In this way, Fang Xiaoru's power was emptied out, even if he did not become an official.
No different than an idle person.
In addition to the power of Xiaoru below, Zhu Yunwen also granted power to Qi Tai, another ally of Fang Xiaoru. Qi Tai had previously been the Minister of the Ministry of War, plus the Crown Prince Taifu, as the head of the assistant ministers of the East Palace. Zhu Yunwen changed him to the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
, and add
Tai Tu, from the outside, Qi Tai was promoted by half a rank, but in fact he was relegated to the sidelines, because in Nanming, a country with a sparse population and all the people were soldiers, the Ministry of Hubu was an empty government office, and the Secretary of the Ministry of Hubu had no power at all.
It can be said.
After General Fang Xiaoru and Qi Taileng were dealt with, Zhu Yunwen almost took all administrative power back into his own hands. As for military power, he also used Li Zhi's case to secretly insert cronies in the army, and a large number of people who originally belonged to the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army
The sergeants under his jurisdiction were incorporated into the Forbidden Army, and the Forbidden Army was commanded by himself, and the daily training was also handled by the clan members.
Just when Zhu Yunwen was doing everything he could to centralize power, the ship Wan Lei was riding, the Big and Small East, finally left Ryukyu and continued to head towards the vast ocean.
Compared to Zhu Yunwen, who refused to let go of power, King Wu Ning of Ryukyu was a bachelor. After careful consideration, he decided to follow Wan Lei's suggestion and issued an edict to calm the country and prosper the people, announcing that Ryukyu would be handed over to the management of the Republic of China.
At the same time, he also announced his resignation from the throne and decided to go eastward to the distant Dadong Continent to build a paradise together.
The reason why Wu Ning is so single is because he was forced to have no other choice. But Zhu Yunwen is different. His power has long been emptied out by powerful ministers, and he is in danger of being kicked out of power at any time. In order to prevent his whole family from dying, he has no choice but to become a bachelor.
Give up the country to the Republic of China.
At the same time, Wu Ning decided to go east with Wan Lei because he wanted to leave a way out for himself. In his opinion, although Wan Lei, the founding father of the country, was terribly deep, he still kept his word and promised to give him land to rebuild the country.
You should not break your promise.
Going east with Wan Lei, in addition to Wu Ning, there were also the royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and even more than 200 sergeants loyal to Wu Ning and a large number of palace ladies. The Daidong suddenly carried nearly a thousand more people
, it was a bit crowded, but Wan Lei was still very happy. Not only did he solve the problem of Ryukyu, but he also attracted a group of allies, which would give him a new force when developing Dadongzhou in the future.
The life of sailing at sea is often very boring. Islands are rarely seen in the vast Pacific Ocean. The first few days were better. The beautiful scenery of sunrise and sunset on the sea with bright stars and rivers was quite attractive. Later, more and more people
Many people suffered from seasickness and vomiting, and some unfortunately fell ill, which was really miserable.
In order to relieve the boredom of sailing life, several areas are designated as study areas in the cabin. Not only can books be borrowed, but teachers can also give lectures. Wan Lei often appears on the deck and participates in various entertainment activities with the crew.
Before I knew it, the Big and Little East had traveled nearly ten thousand miles.
"Leizhi, the sentry said, we seem to see land ahead." That morning, Fu Wei entered Wan Lei's study with a plate of snacks. At this time, Wan Lei was supervising the study of his two sons.
"Yeah, we can see the land again, and we can go ashore to see the exotic scenery again." Wan Sheng exclaimed, and as soon as he took a cigarette, he rushed out of the study and ran to the deck. Wan Lei couldn't help but feel excited when he looked at his active son.
wry smile.
Unlike Wan Yuan, who is calm by nature, Wan Sheng is like a little monkey, clever and naughty. He dances with guns and sticks all day long. When he has nothing to do, he joins the army and pesters his uncles in the army to talk about formations and formations.
Things like charging into battle have the same virtue as his mother.
"Let's go out and have a look. According to the logbook, we should be in the Honolulu Island area." Wan Lei gently patted his eldest son on the shoulder before stepping out of the study.
Honolulu is an archipelago located in the middle of the North Pacific. It is named because these islands are rich in sandalwood. As early as four years ago, an expedition led by Liu Wan discovered this archipelago, although it did not occupy it by force.
, but a small port was also established for passing ships to rest and replenish themselves.
Of course, that was before. Now that Wan Lei has arrived with the Big and Little East and thousands of people, this strategically important archipelago will definitely not be left alone.