Daming heir

The emperor led a group of officials and worked in the fields outside Yingtian City for a long time.

Great harvest.

After removing the dust and impurities, it turned out to be more than ten kilograms of rice.

The common people thought that His Majesty the Emperor had picked it up, so it was naturally possessed of dragon energy and must not enter their own barn.

Both sides declined several times.

In the end, the magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, on behalf of the Emperor, asked for money from his own pocket and bought back the ten kilograms of rice for ten taels of silver.

The common people thought they were making a lot of money, and hoped that the emperor would bring the prefect who was willing to pay for it every day to pick up the rice scattered in the fields.

The emperor also felt that he had made a lot of money.

The people are still so simple, which makes him feel that his governing ideas for the past 30 years are correct.

The emperor returned with a full load.

However, he never noticed that Magistrate Yingtian, who followed him and spent more than half a month on food in exchange for only ten kilograms of rice in the husk, was still thinking about how to break up with his wife after returning home.

How did I, the prefect of Yingtian, successfully exchange more than ten kilograms of heavy husked rice for ten taels of silver?

In front of all the people gathered at the entrance of the village, the emperor solemnly promised that life in the Ming Dynasty would be better and better, and that every household's rice vat would be fuller and fuller, and then he drove back to the palace amidst the eager applause of the people.

Leaving Yingtian City.

A whirring sound of steam can be heard in the distance.

People who have lived in Yingtian City for a long time have become accustomed to such sounds.

Either the ore brought by train from Taiping Prefecture outside the city, or the steamships on the river with increasing frequency of experiments.

On Zhongshan Mountain in the northeast corner of the city, among the dense jungle, the dull sound of steam could be heard from time to time.

The Ministry of Works is very different now.

Steam engines have been used in as many places as possible.

Even in the construction of the Xiaoling Tomb and the Meritorious Tomb on Zhongshan Mountain, steam engines were also used.

People are smart.

Social construction can be carried out in a simpler and less labor-intensive way, and no one will foolishly stick to the original production and construction methods that can no longer keep up with the times.

"I always feel like I'm in a dream now."

On the way back, the towering city walls of Yingtian City were laid out in front of everyone, and Zhu Yuanzhang said with emotion.

Zou Xueyu, the magistrate of Yingtian who lost ten taels of silver today, slowly raised his head and looked at the city wall in the distance. There were steam engines set up in several places to lift the new artillery under the city wall to the city wall.

He also nodded and said: "I hope that I can continue to have such a dream."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced sideways and glanced at this young official who had been serving as the prefect of Yingtian for a full year.

In one year, Yingtian Prefect's Yamen did not do many things, but they could be seen everywhere.

The Shangyuanmen Wharf and warehousing distribution center were built.

Shangyuanmen is connected to the new waterway of Xuanwu Lake.

Centralized workshops outside the city.

Various new institutions in the city.

It is subtly changing the current lifestyle and original way of survival of the people in the capital all the time.

"In addition, Yingtian and Jiangnan and Jiangbei 18 prefectures will set up the Zhili Governor's Yamen. When you have finished the things at hand during this period, you can go to the Governor's Yamen."

The emperor's voice always comes out at unexpected times.

Zou Xueyu opened his mouth, a little surprised.

The accompanying officials also felt their hearts skip a beat.

Well known.

Over the years since the beginning of the Republic of China, the Ming Dynasty has had more than a dozen administrative offices. However, there has never been a centralized higher-level administrative office in the capital and surrounding counties.

A long time ago, someone proposed that the capital Yingtianfu and surrounding prefectures and counties should be collectively classified as Gyeonggi Province.

Such a statement existed in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

But it was not adopted by the emperor at that time.

There are Zhejiang Road, Jiangxi Road, Huguang Road, Henan Road, and Shandong Road around the capital. However, there is a hole around the capital in the middle of these five roads. The local government can often only pass things directly to the court.

After it was not adopted by the emperor, no one in the court said anything more.

In fact, the reason is very simple.

The administrative system around the capital is really too complicated.

The most striking thing is that most of them are left behind.

The territory of the Zhongdu Left-behind Division alone is far greater than the combined total of Yingtian Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Yangzhou Prefecture.

Then, on the territory of Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

There are also administrative yamen that are independent of the local government yamen, such as the Lianghuai Capital Salt Transfer Envoy Department, the Huining Bingbei Yamen, and the Susong Bingbei Yamen.

Zhili governor's yamen.

As you can tell from the name, this is a government office whose level far exceeds that of the entire Jiangnan and Jiangbei regions.

and.

The officials following the emperor silently glanced at Zou Xueyu, who seemed to be about to become the first direct governor-general of the Ming Dynasty.

Governor General.

Zou Xueyu's power will, with the establishment of the Zhili Governor's Yamen, become a new figure in the court who does not belong to the six ministers.

Oh.

He was originally a new member of the court.

In the future, whether it is the left-behind department in Zhongdu, the salt transfer envoy office in Huaidu or Huaining, or the Huining Bingbei Yamen and Susong Bingbei Yamen, they will all be under the control and jurisdiction of the Zhili Governor's Yamen.

This is a frontier official standing under the eyes of the imperial court.

The Zhili Governor's Office will be the government office with the largest population and the most money and food in the entire Ming Dynasty.

So what about the official ranks of the governor-general of Zhili?

In everyone's mind, such questions couldn't help but arise.

The prefect of Yingtian Prefecture is already half a level higher than the local prefect.

So will the governor-general of Zhili Province be higher than the local chief envoy?

As a result, another question arose in the minds of the officials present.

Will the establishment of the Governor-General's Yamen of Zhili be the same as that of the local Taoist secretariat, including the administrative envoys' Yamen, the inspection envoys' Yamen, and the general commanding envoys' Yamen.

In other words, a Zhili Governor's Office has full authority to manage the entire Zhili region.

"I am frightened."

Zou Xueyu stopped, raised his arms, cupped his fists with both hands, and bent over, his face extremely heavy.

I can't help but feel scared.

In Yingtian Mansion alone, there are so many people who can get involved from time to time.

What did that sentence say?

Zou Xueyu frowned slightly, unable to remember for a while.

But if he was given another choice, he would rather be a prefect somewhere than be an errand in Yingtian Mansion.

Zhili Governor's Office?

Zou Xueyu felt dizzy when he thought about the local government offices that he would have to face in the future, which he might not be able to remember all, as well as the affairs from above that would probably involve the entire imperial government.

Zhu Yuanzhang just smiled faintly.

"Bachelor of the Fengtian Palace of the Jin Dynasty, the second-rank minister of the Governor-General of Zhili, and the censor of the Zuodu of the Imperial Procuratorate. He is the commander of the Imperial Guard and the commander of the capital, and is awarded the python uniform. He is in charge of the political, civil, military, and taxation affairs of the Zhili, and reports directly to the cabinet. Walking in the palace." In front of everyone, the emperor stated his arrangements for the Governor-General of Zhili and gave Zou Xueyu a big reassurance.

Zou Xueyu's eyes flickered for a few times, and his breathing gradually became faster.

Among the officials present, except for the young master Yuan Sutai who always remained calm even when the mountain collapsed, everyone had strange expressions.

The Governor-General of Zhili will be promoted to the Bachelor of Fengtian Palace. This is what he should do. If he does well in the future, he will directly add the sentence of joining the cabinet, and he will directly enter the cabinet from the position of Governor-General of Zhili. , became the cabinet minister of Ming Dynasty.

The official title of the second rank is equivalent to that of the Six Ministers, so that smooth coordination can be achieved between the governor's office of Zhili and the six departments of the court.

The matter of concurrently serving as the censor of Zuodu in the Procuratorate is also normal.

At present, many local envoys or envoys also serve as errands for the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This is to facilitate local control.

On the contrary, everyone was a little surprised that Zou Xueyu, the first governor-general of Zhili Province, was given the task of being the commander of the Imperial Guard.

This probably made Zou Xueyu hold the Emperor's Sword in his hand.

Once he took office as the governor-general of Zhili, there were officials in the local government offices who did not obey the orders of the governor-general's office.Zou Xueyu could probably chop off the opponent's head with the official badge of Zuodu Yushi in one hand and the Xiuchun knife in the other.

However, this did not surprise anyone present.

After all, Zhili is different from other places. It has numerous government agencies and is the center of the country's finance and taxation.

Without giving Zou Xueyu a knife in his hand, it would be difficult to get things done.

And what surprised everyone the most was.

The emperor's final choice was to let the Zhili Governor's Yamen fully manage the Zhili region.

All relevant military and political affairs will be handled by the Governor-General's Yamen directly under the Central Government.

This grace and authority...

After going to court several times, not many people can get it.

River Governor's Office?That can only be the person responsible for supervising the construction of the Yellow River.

Now, as a bachelor of Wuyingdian, the man in charge of the Jiubian Northern Expedition, Tu Tiexuan?
When the Northern Expedition ends, he will no longer have the power to control an army of hundreds of thousands.

However, Zou Xueyu, who is about to take office as the governor-general of Zhili, is different.

Zou Xueyu is in charge of everything in the 18th Prefecture of Zhili.

Anyone with a brain will feel dizzy as soon as they think of that overwhelming power.

Bang.

Zou Xueyu's legs fell heavily to the ground.

He was not moved to tears, nor was he afraid of the great power in his hands.

At this moment, Zou Xueyu only had perseverance and solemnity on his face.

"The minister leads the decree to thank you."

Leaving the palace at will will give you a huge amount of authority.

Zhu Yuanzhang just waved his hand gently: "You have done a good job in Yingtian Mansion. I see that it is getting better every day. I hope that in the future, the Zhili Road will also be renewed every day, so that I can Intuitively, this is a dream of a prosperous age."

"My lord, I will never give up even if I die!"

Zou Xueyu made a loud statement.

Zhu Yuanzhang still just smiled faintly: "Later, Ren Hengtai, Xie Jin and others will talk to you. I don't have to know what the Zhili Governor's Yamen will do next, as long as I see the results. But the cabinet needs to know What you want to do is the power of the cabinet and you should understand it."

The cabinet now has to do more and more things, and the level of decisions it can make is getting higher and higher.

At the beginning, as an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally wary of the cabinet.

He didn't want to summarize the prime minister system that had been passed down in the Central Plains for thousands of years by himself, and then revive it in his own hands.

But for now, I am optimistic.

The cabinet does help the court work more efficiently.

and.

The old man really does not dare to place his hopes on all future generations.

As long as the restrictions and balance of the cabinet are maintained, it will be okay for future generations to be a little more conservative.

The training of royal heirs is a big problem.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just established a new political unit in the Ming Dynasty's political system, quickly spread his thoughts to another matter.

Zou Xueyu also started new thinking.

The effect of Yingtianfu's model in this year of implementation is obvious and remarkable.

So, can the current model of Yingtianfu be spread to the soon-to-be-established Zhili Road.

There doesn't seem to be much that can be changed in the Zhongdu Left-behind Department.

On the other hand, Huai'an's coal mine resources can be further developed to supply production throughout Zhili, as well as old workshops and new workshops to be built.

The salt fields in the Huaiyang area need to be more closely supervised. I don’t know if the salt washing process can be improved. This matter needs to be discussed with people from the Ministry of Industry. In addition, rewards can be issued among the private sector to recruit talents.

Although the prefectures and counties in the Jiangnan area now produce a lot of food, it is more obvious that these prefectures and counties are paying more and more attention to handicraft workshops and trade.

The Ming Dynasty's shipping to the south became more and more developed, and more and more merchants from Europe came to the Ming Dynasty.

Yingtian City is their last stop.

So, in areas such as Songjiang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, and Zhenjiang Prefecture, can those private workshops be expanded, and can more production points be found to increase the income of local people and the increase in court taxes.

There are also matters related to military equipment and local guards.

Things that urgently need to be sorted out are like blank sheets of paper, hovering in Zou Xueyu's mind, and it is urgent for him to fill these blank papers as soon as possible.

A group of people, each with their own concerns, entered Yingtian City inadvertently.

The excitement of the capital instantly filled people's ears and broke into everyone's sight.

"Great victory!"

"Great victory!"

"Great victory!"

"I marched north to conquer the vast army, pacified the grasslands, and conquered all the vast territory of the desert."

"The entire army of the Mongolian Tatar court was destroyed, and all the remaining tribal herdsmen on the grassland surrendered to our army heading north."

"The troops of the Northern Expedition and the Western Route came out of the Oara tribe in the west. The Oara tribe heard the news and fled, and now they are missing."

"The Liaodong Dusi declares that the Nuergan region in the Northeast is the place where the Ming Dynasty should have been since ancient times. He will petition the court to change the Liaodong Dusi to Liaodong Road. The Northeast Nuergan area will send floating officials and migrate millions of subjects to fill the Northeast."

"The construction of Daqing City is in full swing, and herders going south are changing their surnames one after another."

The city that was originally the most lively city in the world seemed to be given a shot of adrenaline for a moment, bursting out with even more powerful vitality.

I don’t know whose family set off the firecrackers first.

In an instant, the entire Yingtian City exploded with firecrackers.

More than half of the old year has passed, and there are still a few months to the new year.

Ying Tiancheng seemed to be celebrating a festival.

All the grasslands were collected in Ming Dynasty.

Such a great victory excites the people of the Central Plains far more than the Eastern Expedition army conquered Yingzhou or the Southern Expedition army expanded the territory thousands of miles away.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see Hongwu Gate, which was gradually getting crowded in front of him.

The emperor had a slight smile on his face and looked sideways at the officials behind him who were accompanying him out of the city today.

"It seems like today is a good day."

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