Several months passed by in a flash, and it was still unbearably hot in Lianzhou in the golden autumn of October.
Although today's Chu State is only a small land in name, its vast territory and large area now surpass all other vassals.
It extends to Guangxi in the north, bordering the Ming Dynasty, to Aceh in the west, guarding the Strait of Aceh and controlling the access to the Southeast Asia, to Java in the south and even setting up a governor's palace in Nanzhou for management, and to Luzon in the east, managing all the large and small islands.
Thousands of countries have taken on a new look after integration.
The traditional nobles of various countries have been put on hold, but at the same time they are given extremely high courtesy. The royal family's annual internal funds are drawn from the Chu State treasury. The nobles are also given a certain salary and even some investments, such as the construction of roads and ports in various places.
They were also given a certain share in the mining of the mine, and they were also given a certain share in the mining.
At that time, although their descendants may not be able to be awarded official positions, the highest official schools in Chu State have already opened. There are Chu State University Schools for literature, Navy Schools and Lu Division Schools for military affairs. These schools will be the distribution center for elites in the future, recruiting
The requirements for students are extremely high, but there are some preferential treatment for some well-talented aristocratic children from various countries in Southeast Asia.
Anyone who comes out from here may not be able to rank in the imperial class immediately, but the future is bright.
In order to maintain order in Nanyang, Liu Chengfeng spent an unknown amount of money and began to recruit nearly 500,000 young men. Among them, the Han military camp could only recruit 200,000 due to population restrictions, and the vassal military camp could only recruit 300,000.
Politically, the Chu State divided the entire Nanyang into many prefectures and counties, and appointed magistrates, who carried out administrative management. However, militarily, it established ten governor-general jurisdictions, and each jurisdiction established a governor-general's office to handle military affairs.
The appointed governor-general was in charge of the local Han military camp and the feudal military camp, and maintained local rule.
In addition, Nanyang is divided into ten major and five military camps, the General's Office. The general and the local magistrate's office and the governor's office are under different jurisdictions. They have the thieves' office, the town and governor's camp, the prison hospital, the Yijin office, the police office, and the criminal control office.
Prison judicial power. Maintain law and order, spy on local intelligence, and consolidate security.
In a few months, with its abundant financial resources, the Chu State has gradually spread its tentacles into every corner of Nanyang. It is not only the recruitment of officers and soldiers, but also hundreds of thousands of patrols, officers, police officers, and imperial guards.
, jailers also recruited one after another.
The navy was also stationed in ports of various countries, acting as horns for each other. Under this situation, a large number of merchants began to pour in. What they were interested in was the undeveloped virgin land of Nanyang, where a large number of mines and logs were waiting.
It is sold at a reasonable price. It even contains a large number of gold mines, silver mines, and diamonds. The mining rights here are of low value. As long as you are willing to spend money and win a few mines, you can collect money from the land.
To mine mines, there must be roads connecting them. Otherwise, how will the goods be transported? Therefore, the Chu State Government has embarked on a plan to build a large number of new ports and build a large number of roads, and the construction of roads this time is no less than that of the Ming Dynasty.
scale, in the plan, more than 100,000 miles of roads will be built, and new ports will also be built.
There will be more than seventy. Such a large-scale plan really makes Liu Chengfeng have the urge to hit the wall. The Uijeongbu government is only responsible for issuing charters and detailed rules, but these guys are clearly planning on making plans.
How can the national treasury afford to build so many roads and ports? Li Dongdong and those guys are clearly eyeing Liu Chengfeng's private money.
However, in this matter, Liu Chengfeng is still determined to give his full support. This is the era of family affairs. The whole of Nanyang has been branded by the Liu family. If you invest now, sooner or later it will flow back to the Liu family's pockets. Therefore, Liu Chengfeng bites
Gritting his teeth, he took out more than 84 million taels of silver with a swipe of his pen.
To build roads and ports, a large number of craftsmen, laborers, wood, mud, and many tools and ironware are needed. Such a huge project is incredibly expensive. Every merchant in the world wants to get a piece of it, so merchants are even more eager to do it.
, when merchants arrived in Nanyang, they naturally had to bring a large number of people with them.
Over in the Chu State, millions of Han people were pouring in almost every month, and these people were transferred to various countries via the Chu State and transferred to Nanyang.
Wherever there is profit, there will be a migratory population. The Han people began to purchase large amounts of land in Nanyang, buy mines, and build workshops, which was very lively.
All Chu needs now is time. The proportion of Han people in the population is gradually increasing among the countries in Southeast Asia. Over time, Chu's rule in Southeast Asia will become even more solid.
But at this moment, in the palace, Liu Chengfeng was caught off guard by the news from the capital.
Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng, etc. have resigned, and the palace has obtained approval. Yang Tinghe, Jiao Fang, and Zhang Cai were ordered to join the cabinet. Xiao Jing resigned, Liu Jin concurrently served as Chief of Ceremonies and Admiral of Eunuchs, and Gu Dayong served as Bing.
As for the other eunuchs, Ma Yong became the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, and Zhang Yong became the eunuch in charge of the royal horse. As for the others, these old people from the East Palace became the powerful people in the palace in the form of eunuchs.
Now the only person left in the cabinet is Li Dongyang. It is said that Liu Jian and others submitted the resignation letter, but Li Dongyang chose to remain silent. The palace responded to these resignations as quickly as possible.
There wasn't even the slightest intention to stay.
The sudden change in the situation of the DPRK really caught people off guard.
Jinyiwei had sent someone to tell them the whole story. After Liu Chengfeng listened attentively, he finally understood what was going on.
He vaguely felt that behind this incident, it was not just as simple as Liu Jin arranging it. Liu Jin was just a pawn. Who could be the real mastermind behind the scenes?
In fact, there is no need to think about it seriously. Just look at the beneficiaries of this incident and you will know that the three newly promoted cabinet bachelors are the ones who benefited the most this time. Yang Tinghe is an old minister of the East Palace and enjoys a high reputation in the court.
, Zhu Houzhao had favored him very much in the past. It can be said that
It was only a matter of time before Yang Tinghe entered the cabinet, and the relationship between Yang Tinghe and Liu Jin and others was very bad. When he was in Zhan Shifu, it was said that the relationship between the two parties was at war with each other. But at this time, the emperor appointed Yang Tinghe to the cabinet. Liu Chengfeng vaguely felt that,
This should be what Empress Dowager Zhang meant.
The biggest variables are Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai. These two people do have a chance to join the cabinet based on their seniority. However, their previous actual position was just a minister, and they were disgraced in the court. How could they join the cabinet just because they said they wanted to?
These two people could be the driving forces behind the scenes.
After Liu Chengfeng learned about this matter, he locked himself in the study room, thinking about this matter. Any change in the court would not be without reason. When Liu Chengfeng sorted out what happened,
It finally dawned on me.
Once you understand this, you will know that people like Liu Jian did not die unjustly.
In fact, Liu Jian's strategy was completely correct at the beginning. He took advantage of the guerrilla general Liu Xian's incident to launch an attack. He would hold his troops back until the time was right, go directly to the palace to find Empress Dowager Zhang, and directly ask Empress Dowager Zhang to come forward to get rid of Liu Jin. As long as this
Once things are done, the so-called Eight Tigers will be nothing to worry about.
But obviously, Liu Jian was still wrong. He misjudged the emperor's determination. The reason why Empress Dowager Zhang had the idea of getting rid of Liu Jin was because she believed that Liu Jin was hindering the emperor. With Liu Jin around, the emperor would be at odds with the officials.
, so Liu Jin’s life or death is not important to Queen Mother Zhang.
But for some unknown reason, Liu Jin sought out Zhu Houzhao, and he did not know what kind of magic soup he fed Zhu Houzhao. At the court meeting, Zhu Houzhao suddenly attacked him. This time the attack was serious. From the beginning, Zhu Houzhao accused Liu Jin of being imprisoned.
To clarify, tell the officials directly that this matter was his instruction, so even if there is an additional crime, it is Zhu Houzhao's fault.
The officials were naturally unwilling to give in, especially Liu Jian. For Liu Jian, as the chief minister, he was the one who initiated the incident. If he just settled the matter like this, what prestige would he have as the chief minister and assistant minister? Therefore,
Liu Jian had to make this happen, so he naturally began to argue with his arguments.
This fight will be troublesome.
Liu Chengfeng knew very well what Zhu Houzhao's temper was like. He went crazy and dared to say anything, so much so that Zhu Houzhao even said that whoever wanted to be emperor would abdicate in favor of a worthy person.
Things finally completely ran out of room for maneuver.
Liu Chengfeng could even imagine the mood shown by Queen Mother Zhang after hearing this incident.
Empress Dowager Zhang originally hoped to sacrifice Liu Jin in exchange for harmony between the monarch and his subjects, but what would she do when she knew that the conflict between the monarch and his subjects had reached an irreconcilable level?
Empress Dowager Zhang only has one son, so in her opinion, no matter how crazy this son is, his son must still be the emperor. Once the conflict between the ministers and the monarch reaches an irreconcilable level, who can guarantee that these ministers will not play Huo Guang?
You need to know Yi Jun’s tricks
Dao, these people are auxiliary ministers and cabinet ministers. They have the support of the vast majority of people in the court. Their authority is not much different from Huo Guang of the Han Dynasty. Once they feel that the emperor is completely insane, who will
It can guarantee that they will not have any thoughts of choosing another wise man.
The Empress Dowager Zhang must have started to feel moved. She had to take precautions. No matter how stupid the emperor was, no matter how many wrong things he said, or how many intolerable things he did, she had to protect this kid, so she immediately changed her mind.
Without hesitation, I chose to stay
Liu Jin got rid of Liu Jin in the hope of bringing harmony between the emperor and his ministers, but now that Liu Jin is left, they hope to use Liu Jin to check and balance the officials. Since the contradictions cannot be reconciled, they can only use Liu Jin to stabilize the emperor's throne and achieve a certain level.