Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Fifth Township Nine Dingcheng
In fact, the convergence of talents was faster than Zhu Yuanzhang expected.
Only three months have passed since Li Shanchang left Beijing.
The nine tripods of the Jiajing plane were all formed.
And at the moment when the Nine Cauldrons of Zhenguo were formed, the Jiajing plane in front of Zhu Yuanzhang underwent earth-shaking changes.
He has a global perspective similar to Zhu Biao.
Under his field of vision, countless light spots floated from the heads of every common people covered by the Ming Dynasty, and merged into the nine tripods of the country.
Then, through the Jiuding of Zhenguo, it will be given back to all Confucian and Taoist extraordinary people who firmly believe in fairness, justice, and the rule of law.
Of course, what has also changed is myself.
The imperial protective dragon energy in his body also changed with the appearance of all Jiuding.
Nine body-protecting true dragons slowly condensed, three of which were clearly visible, and the other six were slightly illusory. Obviously, these three clear ones were condensed from the three common properties of the Zhenguo Ding that Zhu Yuanzhang had endowed with fairness, justice, and the rule of law.
Zhu Yuanzhang had a feeling that he seemed to have become stronger, his longevity had increased, and he also had some special abilities.
"Perhaps this is the true cultivation method for emperors under the system of Confucianism and Taoism." Zhu Yuanzhang said thoughtfully.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also remembered Li Shimin's words.
Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.
The people are the water, and the country is the boat.
The nine tripods that govern the country are not only a powerful tool for the emperor to restrain the extraordinary Confucianism and Taoism, but also a powerful tool for the common people to restrain the emperor.
"Perhaps this is a true portrayal of how those who win the hearts of the people win the world!" Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself.
While Zhu Yuanzhang was studying the Jiuding of Zhenguo, Zhu Biao was also observing the changes in Confucianism and Taoism in the Jiajing plane.
Of course he was looking at it from another angle.
Sure enough, the extraordinary system of Confucianism, Taoism, and Talent is similar to the power of faith in the God's Mansion in the main world.
"But it's a little different. It should be said that this is a special Niwan Palace cultivation system that is unique to China."
If under the god cultivation system, believers believe in a single wise and thoughtful god, then under the extraordinary system of Confucianism and Taoism,
What the people believe in is the country.
The state has no concrete thoughts and is not even a life.
But the country has its own will.
For the previous Ming Empire, the national will was actually Zhu Yuanzhang's will. Of course, after joining this extraordinary system, the national will has quietly changed.
He began to represent the interests of the general public.
If the interests of the common people at the bottom are harmed, it will soon be transmitted to Zhu Yuanzhang's body-protecting dragon energy through the Zhenguo Jiuding.
Even if the people's faith in the country collapses on a large scale, it will directly affect the stability of the existence of Jiuding, and even the extraordinary system of Confucianism, Taoism, and talent may collapse.
Not even Zhu Yuanzhang could change this.
Unless he wants to completely abandon the extraordinary system of Confucianism and Taoism, and completely abandon Confucianism and Taoism.
This is of course impossible.
But in fact, the change in the country's will did not have a big impact on Zhu Yuanzhang.
Everything he has always done has been for the people, and he has always been in the same camp as the interests of the people.
On the other hand, for the emperors who may exist after the Ming Dynasty, the option of being a faint emperor is impossible."
"Perhaps this can be regarded as a different kind of people taking charge of the country." Zhu Biao thought.
“Buzz…!”
It was at this time that the world was shaken, and the fourth commonality of the Nine Tripods was given by Zhu Yuanzhang.
"patriotic!"
This commonality is not what Zhu Biao expected. After all, before the reform of the imperial examination system, the concept of the country had been quietly popularized by him.
Presumably over the years, patriotic ideas have gradually become popular throughout the Jiajing plane and even the entire Ming Dynasty.
“For the people!
"honest!"
"Loyal and brave!"
"Integrity!"
“Dedication!”
Zhu Yuanzhang had obviously already thought about his choice, and quickly wrote out the remaining five commonalities in one breath.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel happy when he saw these five commonalities.
This is an all-round restriction on the Confucian and Taoist extraordinary people who serve as officials!
In the previous Ming Dynasty, officials always boasted that they worked hard for the country and the people. Needless to say, in the future, what kind of qualities you have can be seen clearly by Zhu Yuanzhang as long as you stand in front of him.
"The hard days of being an official are coming."
On the other side, in the Ming Dynasty's cabinet, Zhang Juzheng and others also felt what the remaining commonalities of Zhenguo Jiuding were.
Everyone, including Zhang Juzheng, couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.
"Your Majesty is really ruthless!" Gao Gong sighed.
"Your Majesty, this is for the sake of Ming Dynasty. For the sake of the people, it is right for us to work hard!" Hai Rui said with a smile on his face.
Hearing this, Gao Gong sighed helplessly.
What he lacks among these six new qualities is honesty and integrity.
Integrity is very simple. He is convinced that the reason why he lacks this quality is because the officials of the Ming Dynasty from top to bottom are those who tell lies and do not draft. The bigger the official, the more perfect his ability to tell lies.
Just like Xu Jie and Yan Song.
In order to fight for politics, these two people have become so thick-skinned that they can tell lies in front of each other without changing their expressions.
He was originally a fool who was full of ambition, but after being educated, he also learned to lie.
But now if all officials want to tell the truth because of the quality of "integrity", then he will naturally be honest.
But being honest is a bit difficult!
As an official of the Ming Dynasty, although he never liked to accept bribes, it was normal for local officials to bring him some local specialties when they came to Beijing to report on their duties, especially the officials under his direct supervision.
If he didn't accept anything, it would seem a little unkind, and it would also be easy for his officials to stay away from him.
In order to maintain the relationship with his officials, he must accept some gifts.
"In fact, it would be a good thing for us if we could completely put an end to the custom of giving gifts to officials!"
Zhang Juzheng stroked his beard and said: "After all, the salary your Majesty gives us is increasing every year, and there are various extraordinary spiritual creatures and various benefits every month, which is enough for us."
"If everyone can abide by their duties and completely put an end to so-called courtesy exchanges, it will reduce the burden on local officials, and it can also reduce a lot of unnecessary entertainment for us and focus on handling government affairs."
"This will definitely give everyone a long sigh of relief."
Hearing this, Gao Gong pondered for a moment and said: "In my opinion, we can simply set these six commonalities set by His Majesty, together with the previous three, into an internal learning material, publish six parts, and let the officials below learn and understand them on their own."
"We just need to set the rules and regulations."
“Wouldn’t it be enough to allow all officials who have understood these nine commonalities to be given priority for promotion?”
After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
Although this method is simple and crude, it is extremely effective.
With the talent of Confucianism and Taoism and the temptation of promotion and wealth, I believe that the officialdom will soon be completely renewed because of these nine commonalities.
In the blink of an eye, another five years have passed.
At the same time that Confucianism and Taoism talents began to appear in the main world of the Ming Dynasty and began to give Ming officials extraordinary powers, the reform of the Ming Dynasty's new army was also quietly carried out.
The system of commanding envoys, inspecting envoys, and supervising the army has been completely formed. In the past five years, the Ming Dynasty's new army has completely formed a reform of separation of military and political affairs, completely eliminating the problem of the army being unable to effectively restrain the Ming Dynasty as its territory grew larger.
With this reform, the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty's new army was further strengthened.
In just five years, the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia were captured, the envoys of the gods and the armies who believed in the gods were driven away, and all the alien beasts were basically exterminated or domesticated.
Now the territory of the Ming Dynasty can extend to Siberia in the north, the Strait of Malacca in the south, and the towering Himalayas in the south.
Going east out of the Pacific Ocean, the Hawaiian Islands are directly used as a military base of the Navy.
And most importantly, this is no longer the original Earth.
After two spiritual energy revivals, especially after the second spiritual energy recovery, the earth now is very different from before.
According to tests by the Academy of Sciences, the surface area of the earth now has doubled compared to that of twenty years ago.
Therefore, the territory of the Ming Empire now covers a total area of 50 to 60 million square kilometers, even excluding the sub-plane of Jiajing plane and various affiliated small worlds.
This kind of land area is already equivalent to five or six times the area of China in Zhu Biao's memory in his previous life.
August of the fifty-fifth year of Hongwu.
During a routine cabinet meeting.
Zhu Yuanzhang rarely appeared in person to preside over this meeting.
"Today we only discuss one issue, and that is Ming Dynasty's external military operations."
"Let me tell you my opinion first."
"We still have to fight outside!"
"We must try our best to kill all the strange beasts and those divine messengers in the main world." As soon as the meeting began, Zhu Yuanzhang went straight to the subject's mouth.
This was a conclusion he came to after studying the battle reports sent back from the front lines of each legion.
Zhang Juzheng, who had been confirmed as the chief minister of the cabinet, and all the cabinet members frowned upon hearing this.
In their view, conquering a territory equivalent to more than the size of the Ming Empire in five years is already a very militaristic act, and the most important thing is population. Although the Ming Dynasty has never limited the population and has even been encouraging childbirth, The growth in population cannot keep up with the expansion of territory.
Now Ming Dynasty's main energy is focused on digesting the huge land of Southeast Asia.
A large amount of people and resources are pouring there.
In addition, the local industries of the Ming Dynasty also required the support of a large population, and there was simply no extra population to develop other sites.
Even Japan is still deserted.
Those alien beasts are like weeds. If you kill one crop, a new crop will soon grow. If there is not enough population to change the environment there, Japan, which has been conquered in a few years, will have to return. It is in a state of plunder by strange beasts.
What's the point of knocking down a place like this?
"Your Majesty, several major divine kingdoms in the West have expressed their hope for peace to Ming Dynasty, and they have also stated that they will try their best to restrain the attacks of alien beasts on Ming Dynasty in the future. Should we just accept it as soon as possible, and first take over the occupied areas?
Let’s wait until the territory is digested?” Zhang Juzheng said.
After years of investigation and research, it has now been determined that the envoys who came to the main world did not believe in the same god.
According to the statistics of Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, more than twenty gods have sent envoys to the earth.
However, after these years of fighting and killing each other, they finally took root here and established a total of three gods in the Kingdom of God.
The god of light who occupies all of Europe.
Statue of Liberty occupying America.
and the wild gods who occupy Africa.
The previous battle against Ming Dynasty was actually a joint action between the God of Light and the Goddess of Liberty.
"Hmph... they fight when they say they want to fight, and they call for a truce when they say they want to. How can there be such a truth in the world?"
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.
"Besides, haven't you seen that those envoys from the Kingdom of God are just trying to delay the attack?"
"They were hurt by us and couldn't find a solution for a while, so they used the high-sounding peaceful excuse to talk about it."
"If they have the ability to defeat us, they don't even need to defeat us, they just need to tie us, and they will continue to use strange beasts to consume our vitality."
After capturing a divine envoy back then, the Academy of Sciences quickly developed a divine envoy capture device from him.
This thing is a spiritual weapon. After it is activated, the hiding place of the divine messenger can be accurately found within a hundred miles.
Since having this thing, it has become much easier to defeat those divine envoys.
All you need to do is send elite warriors with capture devices to behead those divine envoys before the war begins, and the remaining strange beasts will be easily killed.
It is precisely because of this that the actions of the Ming Dynasty's new army have been so overwhelming in recent years.
Those divine envoys were completely killed.
"Having said that, even if we can finally kill them all, we will only injure the enemy a thousand and lose eight hundred to ourselves!" Gao Gong said.
"Now it seems so!"
"But don't forget where those guys came from.
"The first batch of divine envoys came through the arrival of foreign lands, and the reason for the arrival of foreign lands was the second revival of spiritual energy."
"And the Ming Dynasty will usher in the third and fourth spiritual energy recovery."
"What will we do if another danger comes?"
"What if the gods from the Kingdom of God come in person?"
"At that time, I'm afraid they will no longer talk about the value of peace." Zhu Yuanzhang asked a series of questions.
"This...!" Everyone looked at each other in shock when they heard this.
This is indeed a problem they did not think of.
Zhu Yuanzhang obviously has his own understanding of the World Tree game.
He glanced at the crowd and said: "Our intuition tells us that those divine envoys are just the advance army, or they have locked the coordinates of our world. If these coordinates are not cleared up as soon as possible, endless troubles await us in the future.
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"Our consistent principle is to nip danger in the bud."