Chapter 328: The Situation of the Great Powers, the Cabinet Struggle
In Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu Province of the river control process, has not yet been completed, but Ling Jieyuan, as the minister of the Qincha, personally inspected, so he knows Jia Cong's credit best, this project to open the middle of the river, at least another year, the next river grassroots structure, flood control, emergency, economic materials, etc., is more in-depth, meticulous and cumbersome, but at this time there is no need for Jia Cong to do it himself. The assessment materials of his previous inspection of the imperial history, including the management of the river, the name of the sentence, the money and grain, and the prison army, were all handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they passed after the assessment.
After resting at home for four or five days, Jia Cong wore a red official robe, and put on a declining linen cloth filial piety clothes, because Ling Chenghei died, all the officials of the country had to take filial piety to work, he took a sedan chair from Xicheng Rongguo Mansion to Zuo'anmen, and when the imperial city guards checked the sign, they were all respectful to him.
Get off the sedan chair from Zuo'anmen, Jia Cong can only walk into the palace city, and now the palace can take the sedan chair, only the cabinet chief assistant Yang Qinghe and the eunuch Dai Quan, the chief eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch Dai Quan, crossed the white marble bridge on the moat, and went straight to the Daming Palace in the northern dormitory, just entered the Xinuan Pavilion, and saw Ling Jieyuan beckoning with a headache, and when he saw him, he seemed to be happy to find the person who prevaricated: "Jia Aiqing, come and see this Qianxiang country for me......
A screen was erected in front of the dragon case, on which the territory of the Dashun Empire was embroidered by the Inner Court Needlework Bureau, and Ling Jiebang flicked it: "This Qianxiang country, far away from Fujian across the water, near Luzon (Philippines) in the south, near the Wa Kingdom in the north, at the beginning of the dynasty, it was originally the Zheng family's pacification, and the Zheng family helped Taizu to make meritorious contributions, because of the addition of the king of Nan'an County, the Zheng family moved north in the past hundred years, and let the power fall, and now it is ......"
Jia Cong stared at the location of the Ryukyus, in the time and space of his previous life, it was also the Zheng group that ruled the Ryukyus for a long time, at that time it was still in the development stage, and the population was not large, and this time and space were the same.
The difference is that in the time and space of the previous life, after Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Jing, the internal divisions were serious, so that the Qing Dynasty was broken, plus the impact of the Netherlands, and the Zheng group was unwilling to surrender, that is, it was unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and it was impossible to accept the shaving of hair. The Manchu Qing in this time and space was blocked outside the Guan, bowing down to the vassals, and the Zheng group naturally surrendered to the mainland, and later withdrew the feudal domain, without exception, the internal power struggle in the Ryukyus was serious, and now it is under the rule of the Luqiu clan.
As early as after Zheng Chenggong drove out the Dutch, the government structure of the Ryukyus basically changed to a continental model, with a county system and a branch system. The Ryukyus had grown to a population of 2 million, and the Dutch East India Company was reluctant to give up the Ryukyus as a trading base, and it was also a transit point for trade to the Japanese kingdom.
However, there are many differences in the mainland's decision-making on the Ryukyus, and the opinions of different ministers are different, or even diametrically opposed, and this kind of decision-making existed in the Ming and Qing dynasties in another time and space, and Dashun is no exception.
This is called how to choose between the young Ling Duan? Entangled in everything, of course he has a headache!
"When his father was there, Hong Jing, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, proposed that Zheng Sancai, the king of Nan'an County, supervise the division and defeat the Qianxiang Kingdom again, and not allow the Dutch and the Queen of Luqiu to provoke. However, this spring, Zheng Sancai and Hong Jing reported that dozens of warships were hit by waves, warplanes were delayed, the Netherlands was eyeing the Penghu Islands, and in the northern Ryukyus, the Queen of Qianxiang and the ships of the Japanese Kingdom were too close ......"
"At that time, Zhang Fenyi, the cabinet minister of the cabinet, as well as the secretaries of various ministries, all said that it was not enough to take a barbarian land overseas. Shoufu Yang Qinghe still insisted on taking it down, to Anhai Realm, and now they are also an argument, this is called how I make decisions? ”
In the world of Red Mansions, there is a queen of the Qianxiang Kingdom, and the red sweat towel given by Jiang Yuhan to the attacker is the tribute given by the queen of the Qianxiang Kingdom to the imperial court, and the King of Beijing is dissolved and then given to Jiang Yuhan. And the trade between the Wa Kingdom and the Ryukyus, the Zheng group was very close during the period, Zheng Chenggong's mother was a Wa Guo, is one of the reasons, of course, the most fundamental reason is interests, now the Tokugawa Shogunate is closed to the country, and the ships are profiteering, who doesn't want a piece of the pie? The conservatism on the mainland's side made them lose the favorable competition in the southeast.
"Your Majesty, the country of Qianxiang cannot be abandoned, whether it is left unattended, or married to relatives, it will damage the majesty of my court, Weichen thinks that the top priority is to open firearms battalions and customs in various places, especially Fujian. The deer skin and sugar of Qianxiang country, the annual trade volume is not less than one million, and it is also a transit point for maritime trade, stabilizing the customs, Fujian has military salaries, and opening firearms can increase armaments, only by restraining the Dutch, Your Majesty can spread its prestige overseas, so that the barbarians can admire the prestige of our great country...... "Jia Cong started from the reputation that the emperor valued the most, Dashun was not the Manchu Qing after all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's closed country and conservatism, the fundamental reason is that they want to maintain a self-sufficient backward society, full of precautions, and are unwilling to let the ruled develop.
"I want to do this too......" The heat in Ling Jieqi's eyes and the desire for ideals flashed away, for an emperor, he was eager to achieve the name of Mingjun, and he was like a deflated ball when he thought about it: "But...... Now although the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been convinced, and the Mongols have been decided, the Nine Sides still have to be guarded. Mongolia's Oirat Union is still ...... The King of Qin has not yet returned, and the Manchus are the best at marrying the Mongols, so I am very worried...... Therefore, many ministers and ministers hope that this dynasty will marry with the kingdom of Qianxiang......"
"If you want to control the Dutch Waiyi and Qianxiang Kingdom, in addition to what the minister mentioned earlier, you must unify the elite troops of Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang...... But now, it is advisable for Your Majesty to lay the foundation as soon as possible...... Wechen is willing to raise troops to fight at sea......"
Ling Jie's eyes showed gratitude, and he couldn't help but regard Jia Cong as his closest courtier, thinking about it, who of the many ministers didn't worry about their reputation? Some people will not think about the emperor and the country for the sake of their own reputation. And another reason is that Ling Jieyuan's royal education is not as good as his father's, except for being taught by Empress Zhang since he was a child, there is only Jia Cong as a teacher. In such a situation, can Jia Congyan become a close minister?
He was hesitating, as one of the ministers of Gu Ming, Zhang Fenyi came in and returned to the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum, and begged to draft a decree to speed up the journey of King Qin into Beijing, obviously the ministers knew the danger of King Qin, and the other was the new emperor's draft, the queen's canonization, worship the Temple of Heaven and other ceremonial instructions, which made the emperor very annoyed, and finally heard about the Qianxiang country, Zhang Fenyi raised his beard, half advised, half accused, arrogant: "Qianxiang country is an overseas barbarian land, how can Your Majesty work the people and lose money?" If you choose a person, it is a done thing once and for all...... Jia Cong, you can't help but lose your advice! ”
Jia Cong was thinking about the Oirat Alliance of Mongolia, this time and space were disrupted, and the person in charge of the Oirat Alliance turned out to be the iron-fisted lady Abaihadun...... How did all the powerful women in this time and space come across? Even Ryukyu is also the queen, when he heard the words, he came back to his senses, and saw Ling Jieyuan's ugly face, he agreed with Jia Cong's self-esteem, and was hit by Zhang Fenyi, Jia Cong also secretly hated, Ling Jieyuan made an excuse and said: "The Queen Mother has a will, Jia Aiqing will go to Kunning Palace to meet her." ”
Jia Cong took the opportunity to escape, Zhang Fenyi straightened his waist and became angry, he was a minister who took care of his life, he thought that Jia Cong was incomparable, and he was trying to squeeze out Jia Cong and Wang Yingyuan.
The original Empress Zhang, now she is the queen mother, is nothing more than to warn Jia Cong, carefully teach the emperor at the banquet, and carefully assist Yunyun in the cabinet, after Jia Cong withdrew from the palace, she disguised herself and secretly went to the backstreet alley of Shunzhenmen to find Zhao Kang.