"Go home! Go home! Go home! Come home......"

The entire Yifengmen Street was overwhelmed by the slogan of going home!

All the people who came to greet the triumphant army wept and shouted to go home! Not to go back to their home in Nanjing, but to go back to the north, to the hometown that has haunted them for more than ten years......

The shouts of going home quickly infected the generals who had returned to Nanjing with Emperor Zhu - most of them were veterans who had been in the army for more than ten years, and they were all veterans who were born and raised in the north...... Although they did not shout with the people, everyone had tears on their faces, as if they had heard the call of their hometown!

The smile on Zhu Cihong's face was slowly stiffening!

He had already suppressed the call for the return of the capital to Beijing in the court, but now the call from the people suddenly rose up, and it was louder than the call of the capital in the court...... Oh, the call of the people is not exactly to return the capital, but to go home!

But for Zhu Cihong, who relied on northerners to rule the southeast, if all the northerners in the southeast went home, who else could he rely on?

Moreover, there is nothing wrong with these northerners who are bent on returning home, and they are the basis of Emperor Zhu's own rule, so it is not good for him to forcibly suppress their desire to return home.

This seems to be a bit of a problem!

The military parade ended with cheers and the sound of going home, and Emperor Zhu returned to the Forbidden City in Nanjing after a long absence.

According to the plan drawn up before, tomorrow, that is, on the morning of the second day of the fourth lunar month, he will also be at the Fengtianmen of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, in front of the envoys of various countries, the cabinet, the generalissimo's office, the parliamentary council, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, the Guozijian and other government offices, to accept the letter of surrender submitted by the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing State, and personally announce the complete destruction of the Qing State -- this is not for the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty, but for the envoys of various countries stationed in Nanjing.

Now Daming is already an important member of the international community!

In Zhu Cihong's imperial system of the Celestial Empire, there is the concept of "foreign"!

As long as the country did not sign the "Treaty of Clan" with the Ming Dynasty, no matter how big or small, strong or weak, it was a foreign country.

Foreign countries are divided into world empires equal to the Ming Dynasty, independent powers of the first rank of the Ming Dynasty, small independent countries of the second rank of the Ming Dynasty, and foreign vassals of the third class of the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of foreign policy, which divides countries into several grades according to their size, strength and weakness, is obviously contrary to the diplomatic line of equality of all countries, regardless of their size, strength or weakness, wealth or poverty...... But in the 17th century, how could a small country the size of a sesame seed be on an equal footing with the Celestial Empire? Nothing! The small country itself does not dare!

In the current world, the six countries that can be on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty are Spain, the Ottomans, France, the Netherlands, England, and the Holy Roman Empire.

Now these six countries have set up embassies in Nanjing (the original embassies were all located in Shanghai, and they all moved to Nanjing in the sixth year of Hongxing), and the Ming Dynasty also sent missions to these six countries.

And on the official credentials given by the Ming Dynasty to these six countries, as long as these six countries make a request, their monarch (head) can be called His Majesty the Great Emperor! That is, he is on an equal footing with Zhu Cihong!

In addition to these six countries, there were six independent powers, including Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Japan, India, Mongolia, and Rakshasa Kingdom, which also sent envoys to Nanjing, and the Ming Dynasty also sent envoys to them.

However, the missions sent by both sides are not large, and they are basically just offices.

In the credentials submitted by the Ming Dynasty to these six countries, the monarch (head of state) of the six countries can only be His Majesty the King at the highest, and cannot be called the Great Emperor.

Therefore, the credentials submitted by the Ming Dynasty to Japan were not for the emperor, but for the general of Zhengyi - the emperor could not recognize it, Zhu Cihong was only the emperor, and the Japanese emperor was older than him, how could this work? Where is the face of the Celestial Empire? So the Ming Dynasty and Japan have been talking for a long time, so they simply came to the emperor to the general!

Anyway, after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Ming Dynasty and Western countries, I have also seen non-monarchies, and now the Ming Dynasty calls the number one leader of the English Kingdom "the protector of the country", and the number one of the Netherlands called the "Leader of the Council". One more general, Your Excellency, is nothing, as for the emperor or something, it doesn't exist......

In addition to the above twelve countries, there are tribute envoys sent to the Ming Dynasty by the six foreign vassals of Annam, Siam, Laos, Chenla, Joseon, Chahar, and Tumut - the envoys sent by the vassal states to the Celestial Dynasty are all called tribute envoys, and they are here to pay tribute!

And the envoys of the Celestial Empire stationed in the vassal state are called the envoys of the prison state, nominally to supervise the vassal state!

In addition to the envoys of these eighteen countries, there were also three alternate vassal states that also sent envoys, namely the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Corn Kingdom, and the Sulu Kingdom.

These three countries had already submitted an application to conclude the Treaty of Sects and Domains and become the Ming Domain, but because there were some controversial issues, Emperor Zhu did not approve it.

And the official destruction of the Qing Dynasty (Great Mongolia) is now also a major international event - the Great Qing Mongolia has also gone to the world!

Therefore, Emperor Zhu must give an explanation to the international community, and then he has to wipe his ass for the Qing Dynasty......

However, after returning to the Forbidden City, Emperor Zhu was not in the mood to prepare for tomorrow's surrender, but ordered someone to summon Zheng Zhilong, who had just arrived, and Shen Tingyang, who had arrived in Nanjing, to the Western Mansion in the Forbidden City.

Zheng Zhilong, the richest man of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Tingyang, the second richest man, and Zhu Cihong, the richest man, closed the door and discussed how to pretend to be poor and how to raise money to develop the north.

Pretending to be poor, of course, is to delay the northward migration.

The development of the north, on the one hand, is to digest the fruits of victory, and on the other hand, it is also to give an explanation to those northerners and refugees who support the rule of Emperor Zhu.

"Marquis Chongming, let me be honest with you, although the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty is Wei Zaode, it is the Duke of Quanguo who really holds the power! What does Wei Xiang know? He doesn't even know how much money the court has! He is not responsible for the budget of the imperial court and the final accounts of the finished business. The auditing of the finances of the provinces and governments is not something that he, the prime minister, can manage...... He doesn't understand the audit report! Therefore, the real prime minister of the cabinet is actually Quankokugong, who is in charge of the finances!

And the dispatch I want to hand over to you is to stay in the capital and the Ministry of Works, which is one more book than the household department of Quanguo Gong! Moreover, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites in the capital are all virtual, and the left-behind ministers of Yuguo Gong do not have much real power, and the real ones in charge are the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry. Among them, the head of the household department in Liudu is in charge of Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, and Beijing, and has no official or enemy property, and is also responsible for clearing the land, inspecting the land, and inspecting the mines in these places, and after the inventory is completed, it is also responsible for disposal and distribution. What a responsibility!

The Ministry of Labor in the capital has more things, one is to manage the river workers in Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei and Beijing, the Yellow River should be overhauled, and the canal should be repaired as much as possible; the second is to renovate the official roads in various places; the third is to manage ports and commercial ports; Fourth, renovate the critical cities and passes.

These four major matters handed over to the Ministry of Labor in Liudu are extremely important, and they are costly and laborious, I think about it, except for Chongming Hou, who else in the world has such business ability? Marquis Chongming, are you willing to be the prime minister of the northern kingdom of me? ”

O Prime Minister of the North!

Zhu Cihong is really going to reuse Shen Tingyang this time!

Shen Tingyang was a little stunned, he never thought that Zhu Cihong would throw him so many things - this was almost leaving the restoration and reconstruction of the north to himself!

"Your Majesty," Shen Tingyang thought for a moment, "does the imperial court really have so much money to do so much work in the north?" We can't levy servants now, and if we have to hire them, the wages will be expensive. ”

Zhu Cihong glanced at Zheng Zhilong, the God of Wealth, and Zheng Caishen said: "There are so many big works in the north, it is impossible for the imperial court to squeeze out the financial surplus, but the imperial court can borrow money, raise money by selling industries, and use the method of government-run commercial operations...... There are also some big jobs that are simply left to businessmen.

In short, there are many ways to raise money, and we can all try it. ”