"Hehehehe"

Reyes' remark about spreading Catholicism drew another wry smile from Meljo, who pointed to the new gray hair on his temples.

"Did you see this, this is all in a hurry."

"I also thought that it was a miracle of God that General Liu allowed me to continue my mission, but I didn't expect them to be so cunning."

Meljo said, "Thousands of Han Chinese have become parishioners before, but I don't know why, these people directly abandoned their faith in God and went to worship their ancestors again." The only people who still come to the church are some natives, apart from us Spaniards. ”

"The Han people are really damn infidels!"

"What's even more excessive is that the Luzon General's Mansion has now built many schools in the city, and the content taught in them includes things such as the Han people should go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, if we continue at this pace, we may have to set up the tablet of the Han Yan and Huang Emperors in the church if we want to preach."

"This is blasphemy against the Lord!"

Reyes exclaimed, his face full of shock.

In Meljo's house, everyone's faces were gloomy.

~~~

By the time the Spaniards had just arrived at the port, the news had reached the government council of the Luzon general's palace.

At present, the Yamen of the General's Mansion is still under construction, and the Yamen at all levels under the jurisdiction of the General's Mansion are all working in the former Philippine Governor's Office.

In the office of the Governor General of the Philippines, Cocuella, there is now a middle-aged Han man in a purple official uniform, with a black gauze hat quietly placed aside.

This person is the current Prime Minister of the Government Council of the Luzon General's Office, Su Jin.

Su Jin, who has experienced the construction of Liujia Village and the development of Guanzhong, is undoubtedly the core figure of the Liu family, and it is under his advice that Liu Ximing began to implement the strategy of "lurking in the dynasty and strengthening himself".

For such an important minister, Liu Ximing has always trusted him.

Right now, Su Jin has ushered in the highlight moment of his life.

Prime Minister of the Government Council, this position is compared with the Ming Dynasty, who doesn't know that this is the future position of the first assistant, so now everyone calls Su Jin Su Xiang.

From a down-and-out person to now one person under ten thousand people, Su Jin himself felt a little unbelievable.

Regarding the mouth of the whole island of Luzon called Su Xiang, although he didn't say anything on his face, he was already happy in his heart.

"Su Xiang, the news from the port, Director Feng suspects that this Carlos, Reyes and others should be people sent by the Spaniards from the Americas, how to deal with these people, please show Su Xiang."

Across from Su Jin's desk, a man in a black police uniform stood as he handed over a document and reported to him.

Su Jin glanced at the document, and pondered: "Continue to send people to keep an eye on them, carefully verify their identities, and don't alarm them." ”

"Whoa"

The man, who was assigned by the Military Intelligence Agency to the police department, was bowing out of the room when he saw this.

At this time, Chen Yiding, who was also wearing a purple official uniform, followed the door and walked in.

He and Su Jin both arrived in Luzon in October of the 11th year of Chongzhen, and although he only served as the chief of the Imperial Palace, Su Jin, in fact, the government affairs of Luzon also had to discuss with him.

The official uniform system of the Luzon General's Mansion basically follows the Ming system, but there are some changes in the appearance of clothing.

Due to the allusion of "evil purple seizing Zhu", the Ming Dynasty only had three official uniforms: red, blue, and green, and Liu Ximing once again restored purple to the highest level of official uniform.

They correspond to the first and second grades of the adults wearing purple official uniforms, the third and fourth grades are red, the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades are blue, and the eighth and ninth grades are green.

The officials wore black and red uniforms, similar to those worn by officials during the Han Dynasty.

Su Jin and Chen Yi were appointed as the prime minister of the Government Council and the general capital of the Imperial Palace, but they were dressed in purple robes, which was naturally a special treatment given by Liu Ximing, and at the same time, Jane showed his attitude to the people of Luzon.

The Luzon General's Mansion will never stop at the island of Luzon.

"Lao Chen, you came just in time, the letter from the lord has arrived, I have sorted out the official system and other systems again according to his requirements, you can see how it is."

As soon as he saw Chen Yiding, Su Jin immediately laughed and beckoned him to sit down.

Chen Yiding's attitude towards Su Jin is a little complicated, as Liu Ximing's uncle, it is impossible for him not to be enthusiastic about the post of prime minister.

What's more, he is also a person now, so he is naturally a little unconvinced by Su Jin.

However, since Liu Ximing had already given the order, he had no way to change it, so he could only secretly fight with Su Jin while maintaining a harmonious atmosphere.

"The separation of the administrative officer and the administrative officer, the separation of taste between the officials?"

The things that Su Jin took out made Chen Yiding's eyes light up, and he picked it up and read it out while looking at it.

"All the officials under the jurisdiction of the General's Office are divided into two types: administrative officers and administrative officials, and those who are administrative officials refer specifically to officials engaged in government administrative work."

"Administrative officials" refer specifically to officials engaged in economic, educational, medical, and other social activities. An administrative officer may be transferred to the post of administrative officer, and an administrative officer may not be transferred to an administrative officer unless there are exceptional exceptions. ”

Let professionals do professional things, Liu Ximing has too clear understanding of this, so he has to block the way from the beginning.

"From today onwards, the grades of officials are separated, and all officials must start as officials, and then be promoted step by step, and officials transferred from officials to officials must undergo special assessments and make them public to the public."

"Officials talk about products, divided into the first grade to the ninth grade, a total of 36 levels. The officials are divided into five to nine, a total of 20 levels. Even if officials cannot be transferred to officials, they can be promoted in order to ensure their good treatment. ”

Liu Ximing has been in the officialdom for so long, and he has a thorough understanding of the problems of the Ming Dynasty, among which the separation of officials is a major drawback.

Because of the lack of establishment and the lack of channels for promotion, the officials of the Ming Dynasty could only focus on the power in their own hands, so they were more prone to corruption than the modern system.

What Liu Ximing wants to do now, on the one hand, is to break the high status of officials, and everyone starts from officials, and they will be treated equally in terms of status and status.

The second is to provide economic security for the officials, in Liu Ximing's view, the old Zhu family's way of just wanting the horses to run and not letting the horses eat grass is very problematic.

Of course, it is certainly unrealistic to propose high salaries and honest pensions at the moment, but it is inevitable that officials must have a guaranteed livelihood.

Chen Yiding put the documents on the table after reading them, nodded with a smile and said: "I think this method is very good, with these as a guarantee, the officials below are also a little more energetic in doing things." ”

Su Jin looked deeply convinced, "The lord can always think of things that no one else thinks, and he specifically said in the letter that we, as a new regime, must dare to distinguish from Zhu Ming's old system." ”

"The good ones in Zhu Ming's system must be used, and the bad ones must be vigorously eliminated, you know, we are now making policies for future generations, and we can't be careless at all."

Su Jin looked at Chen Yiding with a smile, "The lord also specifically mentioned the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and now the discipline work of the whole island of Luzon is in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and in the future, I will ask the brother to think about it more, and we must resolutely crack down on bureaucracy and corruption." ”

Chen Yiding nodded solemnly.

"In addition, in view of the large number of trade personnel from various countries in the past year, because it involves other countries, the lord intends to set up a special foreign affairs department, the name is Honglu Temple, this position is planned to be handed over to Lin Gen first, he already has more experience in dealing with foreigners, it should not be difficult to get started."

Lin Gen is now the director of the Commerce Bureau under the Ministry of Commerce because of his meritorious service in leading the way, and Liu Ximing has no one at the moment, so he can only be used first.

Chen Yiding didn't have much opinion on this, but he cared about the gang at the port.

"What does Brother Su think of the Military Intelligence Agency's reconnaissance of the Spaniards?"

"Don't worry about people", Su Jin bared his teeth and smiled, "It's not that we blow it, at the moment, if the Spaniards want to attack Luzon, they have to send at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and they can't succeed if they are far away from the ocean." ”

"But I'm afraid it will affect our actions in the north," Chen Yiding sighed.

When it came to the operation in the north, Su Jin was also a little uneasy.

After a year of steady development, the whole island of Luzon is on the right track.

As the announcement of the General's Mansion recruiting Han Chinese was brought to Southeast Asia by merchants from all walks of life, the living conditions of the Han people throughout Luzon also spread throughout the South Seas.

When they heard that ordinary people could live a worry-free life, and that Han people also enjoyed free medical care, education and other national treatment, the Han people in Nanyang had already boiled.

Within a year, more than 30,000 Han Chinese who were begging for a living poured into the island and became members of the Luzon General's Office.

When Liu Xi ordered the recovery of Luzon, there were 70,000 Han people on the whole island, and now with the Fubo Division and the Flying Bear Brigade, there are about 120,000 Han people on the whole island.

The abundant manpower has brought greater help to the development of the general's mansion, especially after Su Jin and Chen Yiding came to Luzon with the original administrative, industrial and commercial systems of Liujia Village, and the whole island has entered an era of rapid development.

In the city of Qianzhou, dozens of workshops have been built along the lower reaches of the Jiangyuan River, and Luzon has been able to produce steel, firearms, porcelain and other materials by itself.

In particular, the series of machinery such as animal power automatic harvesters and cultivators developed by the Dharma Research Institute under the guidance of Liu Ximing were put into production, which ignited the agricultural development of Luzon.

At present, the whole island has 700,000 acres of cultivated land, with an annual output of 4 million stone of various grains and 1.5 million stone of cash crops such as cocoa, coffee, tobacco, sugar cane, and spices.

50,000 acres of pasture have been developed, but because of time, the number of cattle, sheep and horses and other livestock is only a few thousand.

In addition, there are many iron ore, gold mines, copper mines and other mines in Beijinshan and Yunshuang Mountain, and the mineral output is also quite rich.

Even for this reason, Liu Ximing's original practice of wrapping copper on the bottom of the ship to prolong the service life of the warship was tested by You Degao and others, and the result was naturally very good.

Realizing the benefits, You Degao and others ordered that all the warships be covered with copper to prevent not only marine life, but also the enemy's arson ships.

Under such economic conditions, the Luzon junta was becoming more and more intolerant of the Zheng family in the north to control the trade routes.