The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 836 Domestic Reform
Lin Yifan sent this supplementary draft back to the cabinet, ordering the ministers to discuss the clauses he added and changed, and come up with a feasible solution.

After reading the draft, all the ministers couldn't help being shocked by Lin Yifan's bold suggestion.Immediately, everyone began to discuss his proposal, weighing the pros and cons.

At the same time, under Lin Yifan's instigation, the content of this draft began to be widely circulated among the people.

Compared with the plainness of ordinary people, merchants and gentry from all over the place, as if smelling flesh and blood, asked each other about the authenticity of this draft.

In their eyes, this draft is simply a gluttonous feast prepared for them.It is not so easy for ordinary people to expand abroad.Only people with a lot of wealth like them have the ability to purchase ocean-going ships, recruit crews, and conduct ocean-going expeditions.

And this is also Lin Yifan's ultimate goal. The most important thing in his draft is to attract domestic gentry and businessmen to spend their energy overseas.

Only in this way will the resistance to his domestic reform be reduced.Only by giving some benefits to the gentry and businessmen can they give up other benefits and dare not tear themselves apart from the court.

Among them, what excites the gentry and merchants the most is that as long as they can find an unowned island, they can get a title.If a continent can be found, it is the Duke.There is nothing more worthwhile for them to risk than this.

As for the so-called stocks and bonds, they vaguely feel that there is a big way in it, but because there is not much explanation, they can only inquire from many sources, hoping to get more inside information and see if it is profitable.

Just when the cabinet was undecided and speculation was raging among the people.

Lin Yifan finally received the letter from Lin Gan.As early as about a month ago, he arrived in the Western Regions.

This time, he chose to serve in Tianjiguan, just to experience the hardships of soldiers at the westernmost end of the empire.At that time, as an ordinary militiaman, he will participate in the garrison and patrol of Tianjiguan, guarding the peace of the western border of the empire.

It is widely known that the prince is serving in the military, but no more than ten people in the whole world know where he went.As the Governor of the Western Regions, Hou Mingfeng was one of the insiders.

Although Lin Yifan asked his son to go to the border to experience the people's conditions, it was impossible to really ignore him and let him be in danger.

Therefore, he informed Hou Mingfeng and asked him to arrange troops secretly to prevent any accidents.

The letter was delivered by Feige, and there was not much content in it. It was mainly to inform the family that he was safe and sound, so that everyone could rest assured.

Lin Yifan handed this letter to Luo Qing'er, so that she could feel at ease and avoid blaming him all day long.

Lin Yifan and Luo Qing'er felt relieved here, but Hou Mingfeng, who was far away in the Western Regions, secretly complained.When the prince came to the Western Regions, his personal safety was undoubtedly the top priority, and no mistakes were allowed.

But at the same time, we must follow His Majesty's will and not interfere too much with the prince.Therefore, he could only use the excuse of guarding against the Shayier Khanate and dispatched a cavalry to stay in Tianjiguan until the prince finished his military service.

In mid-September, successive intelligence reports from the south began to be transmitted back to the capital.

At the end of August, Yunzhao's 30 troops were divided into two groups, 20 troops and Wuze Kingdom. They fought fiercely in the three southwestern prefectures of Yunzhao, and defeated the opponent's main force in one fell swoop.

After regaining the three residences of Yunzhao, the army continued to go south and entered the territory of Wuze Kingdom.

And another group of troops, totaling about [-], entered Liyue Kingdom from Canglang Mansion, captured more than ten cities in its west in one fell swoop, and lost most of its western territory.

However, the 15 troops that entered from Haizhou continued to eat away at more than 20 cities in the north, and most of the northeast of Liyue Kingdom fell.

In fact, most of the so-called cities in Liyue Kingdom are low-rise towns.The Tianhua army invaded dozens of cities at every turn, but in fact it was only the size of a county.

The land area of ​​Liyue Kingdom is only about the size of a state in the Central Plains, its population is only about 200 million, and its military strength is only tens of thousands.

Today, they managed to cobble together 20 soldiers and horses, but they were still no match for the Tianhua Army, and they were defeated steadily.If it wasn't for the mountains blocking them and the army advancing slowly, they would have already reached their capital by now.

In late September, the Cabinet finally formalized the Colonial Act.After Lin Yifan signed it, it was officially promulgated throughout the country.

All of a sudden, the major merchants and gentry in the country were enthusiastic.Started to go to Yanzhou and Haizhou shipyards to purchase sea-going ships.

Soon, the orders of the shipyard soared sharply, and they had to work overtime.Those who did not buy the boat could only anxiously wait for the shipyard to ship out, but there was nothing they could do.

At that time, the Navy announced the abolition of some old ships, ready to sell.Some merchant families who couldn't wait immediately set their sights on these old ships.

Although the ship is old, it is a warship after all, with a solid hull and endurance, stronger than civilian ships.Everyone didn't dislike it, and immediately placed an order to buy.

As a result, the navy has received a lot of income, which can be invested in the expansion of the navy.

Although there are ships, the shortage of crew is another huge trouble.

The navy has established a civil navigation college very considerately, and dispatched a large number of experienced sailors as professors to recruit more students.

The merchant clans with boats and no one, without hesitation, immediately recruited a group of smart people and spent money to enter this academy to learn boat skills.

The navy once again received a large amount of tuition fees, and Liang Shicheng was so happy that he couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.These are all specially ordered by His Majesty, but unexpectedly, they can make a lot of profit.

But what moved him even more was that with the joining of these gentry merchants, it was tantamount to expanding the territory for the imperial court for free.Moreover, the crew members trained by it are free naval reserve service.When the navy expands its enrollment, these crew members only need a short period of training to become qualified naval fighters.

At the beginning of October, the first batch of government-run iron smelting workshops began to implement the shareholding system reform. Part of the shares were taken out and divided into [-] shares.

The merchants who had already learned about the meaning of the stock in detail immediately began to snap up, followed by the big gentry.

Unfortunately, each person can only buy a maximum of [-] shares.And the amount purchased shall not exceed one-third of one's own property.In order to prevent someone from going bankrupt and causing social unrest.

After the merchant family came to understand the relevant laws and regulations, they had no way to subscribe for more stocks for the time being.At the same time, I am also preparing to wait and see what happens to see if the stock has the possibility of appreciation.

There are so many merchants and gentry in Tianhua, even some of them are cautious and sit back and watch the changes.But the [-] shares were also bought by others, and they were sold out soon.

There are not many ordinary people who can really buy stocks, half of which is because the stock price is too high, and ordinary people cannot make up their minds to spend a tael of silver to buy a piece of paper.The other half is that under the panic buying of the merchant family, [-] shares is not too much, and each person will share a little, and it will be gone soon.

(End of this chapter)