Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 575
If you want to mention the scenic spots in Western Shu, you have to mention the Giant Buddha in Leshan.

Anyone who has visited the Leshan Giant Buddha knows that there is a garden on top of the Leshan Giant Buddha, called Su Garden.

According to legend, this garden was the former residence of Su Shi, but now it has become the Xishu villa of Zhang Dai, the editor-in-chief of "Daming Daily" and whose pen name is Fuxing Zhiyue.

When the news of Yang Sichang's death in the line of duty spread to Xishu, it was Zhang Dai's birthday, and his friend Wei Min'er and other famous scholars in the academic circle were present.

Now that the news of Yang Sichang's death came, Zhang Dai expressed his willingness to continue to participate in the election of the chief minister of the cabinet.

As far as Zhang Dai is concerned, although he has always stopped at a student in the Kejia, what he yearns for is still to glorify the past glory of his ancestors, so he very much hopes to become the chief assistant of the cabinet in this way, and make his achievements reach unprecedented peak.

Of course, in today's Ming Dynasty, if you want to become the chief minister of the cabinet, you must have your own clear political ideas, otherwise it will not be enough to convince the voters.

Therefore, Zhang Dai also has his own political ideas. He is a scholar and a person in the cultural field, so his political attention focuses more on education and academics. He rejects the mercenary atmosphere of today's society and money The unhealthy trend that weighs everything is considered a clear current nowadays, and it has also received the support of many so-called scholars and Confucians.

For example, like Gu Meisheng, Wei Miner, who had a considerable status in the upper echelons of Ming Dynasty, announced his support for Zhang Dai. Behind Wei Miner, there was also a son Zhu Cizhen who had just been appointed as the governor of Austria. This person was Zhu Youxiao's seventh son. Zhang votes, plus Wei Miner and Zhu Cizhen's other connections, so Zhang Dai is also hopeful.

After his birthday banquet, he immediately rushed to Chengdu Mansion, where he met with celebrities from all walks of life in Sichuan, and gave an impassioned speech at the Sichuan University Hall, which has been built for more than ten years.

Zhang Dai can be regarded as the first public figure to launch a canvassing offensive in the new round of the cabinet chief and assistant competition.

At this time, the French Governor Yang Tinglin, who was also interested in competing for the power of the cabinet chief, was also on his way back to the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of last year, the highway from Paris, France to Dongyuan Mansion on the coast of the Black Sea was officially opened, which means that Paris has a national road that can directly lead to the Chang'an Mansion of the Ming Dynasty and then directly to the capital.

Although there is no railway yet, the distance from Paris to the capital has indeed been shortened a lot. Yang Tinglin is also driving his own locomotive on this road.

Due to the lack of rain in Asia Minor, many places are deserts, so what Yang Tinglin can see in the car is only boundless yellow sand, which also makes his eagerness to return to the capital more urgent.

The locomotive that Yang Tinglin is sitting on is the latest internal combustion engine locomotive developed by the Daming Royal Industrial Company, and the energy used is no longer coal but the new energy oil that is gradually being opened up. In addition, its outer shell is electroplated with the latest electroplating technology, and its interior decoration It is also very good, there are no more than a thousand in the whole world, but it is really cool to drive, and the speed is not bad, especially in this scorching sun, because it is equipped with a refrigerator, you will not suffer from heat stroke in the car.

Yang Tinglin's driver is an aide hired by the Governor's Mansion with a high salary. There are relatively few people who can drive this kind of locomotive these days, so he can be regarded as Yang Tinglin's treasure.

The driver knew that the governor was in a hurry to return to Beijing to canvass votes, so he drove very fast.

After all, everyone knows that what one really needs to become the chief minister of the cabinet is to gain the support of the majority of first-class citizens in the Mainland.

Yang Tinglin has always been a person who must be calm when encountering major events. Although the battle for canvassing votes is becoming increasingly fierce, he is not too anxious. He looks at the scenery along the way quite leisurely. Since Eurasia, these newly occupied areas have been changing almost every day. It has been less than three years since he was transferred from the capital to France as the governor, but by this time, there was no longer a domed building in the whole of Asia Minor.

On the road to the capital, you can see road signs with Chinese signs everywhere, as well as white people wearing straight jackets. These people should have obtained the status of imperial citizens, otherwise they would not be beating a group of ragged people at will. At this time, Yang Tinglin's driver told him that these people who were beaten were nobles who used to be aloof, but now, in turn, these nobles became slaves who were not citizens, and the poor white people who were squeezed by these nobles in the past were because they helped the Ming army conquer various places. And meritorious service was awarded third-class citizenship, so they can now in turn abuse those who abused them.

Yang Tinglin observed the changes in the newly occupied areas from Europe to Asia Minor to Mobei along the way, and he felt more touched in his heart. When he arrived in Lanzhou, he directly started canvassing activities, and Lanzhou University Hall It was his first stop.

Yang Tinglin started his activities from the northwest, Zhang Dai started his activities from the southwest, Zhang Huangyan started his activities from the southeast coast, and some important cabinet officials were active between the two capitals.

All of a sudden, the attention of the entire Ming Dynasty was focused on the most popular candidates for the chief minister of the cabinet, and the existence of His Majesty Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was almost forgotten.

Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty was also happy to go to an unknown small manor in Anji, Huzhou to rest. Even though the country does not have the chief assistant of the cabinet, he will not personally replace the chief assistant of the cabinet to deal with the backlog of government affairs. These people are the chief assistant of the cabinet. The competition is urgent, and the first thing that the chief assistant will face after one of them wins is to deal with the backlog of government affairs.

Fortunately, the country is prosperous and the people are safe now. Since the apocalypse 40 years ago, the climate in the entire mainland of Ming Dynasty has become stable and gradually warming up, so it can barely be delayed if no one handles daily government affairs for a while.

What's more, there are cabinet assistants to help deal with it.

After Zhu Youxiao got up and pushed away Lu who was pressing on him, he saw Gu Meisheng walking in: "Your Majesty, the result of the general election is about to be decided. Now Zhang Dai, the left servant of the Ministry of Education, and Yang Tinglin, the Crown Prince and Governor of France, are far ahead of the others, but the two But the number of votes is the same, now only we Meisheng Company, Royal Bank, Royal Industries and other royal capital managers did not vote, who do you think we voted for?"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smiled and said: "These guys are really inexperienced in political struggle. Besides, this general election really has nothing to do with me. I don't know that the votes that really determine the outcome are in my hands. I don't know how to curry favor earlier. I, let them teach them a lesson, especially Zhang Dai, how did he lose to Yang Sichang last time, doesn't he know?"

(End of this chapter)