Chapter 117: Twenty Years of No Words

Nanjing wharf is lit up.

Countless armor soldiers were like levees, blocking countless crowds of people on both sides of the street.

Countless flags waved.

Li Dingguo walked back and forth, very busy.

This was the first major event since Li Dingguo became the privy envoy, to welcome the triumphant army.

Zhang Xuan shook off the team.

Only 3,000 cavalry were brought to inspect everywhere.

But the brigade that really followed Zhang Xuan was about 100,000 people.

Among these hundreds of thousands of horses, tens of thousands of elites are going to return to Beijing to garrison and become part of the Central Army directly under the Privy Council, and the rest have a large number of wounded soldiers, and even the people who will be disbanded after returning.

Of course, this is only the first batch.

Although Zhang Xuan had already established the defense system in the north, many detailed adjustments were enough for Li Dingguo to work for a year.

Zhang Xuan actually stayed in the camp in Jiangbei for three days before waiting for the army that had retreated from Beijing, and their route was from Beijing to Luoyang, from Luoyang to Nanyang, from Nanyang to Xiangyang, and then from Xiangyang to take a boat and go downstream.

"Woo," countless horns sounded at the same time, and the desolate sound resounded in the ancient city of Nanjing.

Countless soldiers disembarked.

The first to come out were countless soldiers with white cloth wrapped in their heads, holding wooden boxes in their hands, either other than urns.

In fact, the ashes of a considerable number of soldiers have been dispersed to the provinces since Xiangyang.

And these are all soldiers near Nanjing.

After all, when Zhang Xuan entered Nanjing, Nanjing City was an empty city.

A large number of soldiers and soldiers settled in Nanjing, filling the population of Nanjing. Therefore, if you carefully calculate the proportion of people in the army, Nanjing City is the most dense, and almost every household has people in the army, or do things related to the army.

Some of the people who greeted on both sides saw the names on the wooden boxes and immediately fainted to the ground. The cry was not clear in the sound of the trumpet, and it was easy to suppress it.

After these soldiers disembarked from the ship, countless armor soldiers followed and disembarked, lined up in a neat line, and their armor was particularly dazzling in the sun.

And Zhang Xuan was riding on a horse, surrounded by armor, but he was dressed in golden armor, as brilliant as the sun.

It's simply glorious.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

A loud wave came, and the entire city of Nanjing fell into a frenzy.

Moreover, as soon as many soldiers entered the city of Nanjing and entered their respective camps, they dispersed and searched for their families.

Some families have seen their long-lost family members, and even become knights, which is naturally extraordinarily happy. In some people's homes, all they can see is an urn.

In the same city, there is a difference in joy.

When Zhang Xuan returned to the palace, he did not discuss the matter immediately, but gave the generals of the Northern Expedition leave and let them reunite with their families.

Zhang Xuan and Luo Yujiao naturally had some joy, needless to say here.

With Zhang Xuan returned to Nanjing.

In the city of Nanjing, the originally solemn atmosphere was quickly reduced, and even the friction between the Dutch and Great Xia was lowered by several tones.

It's completely different from the previous saber-rattling, and those who don't know really think that the Dutch are good friends of the Great Xia court.

After resting for a period of time, Zhang Xuan began the Zhaowu period, which was the most knighted in the Great Xia Dynasty.

There are not many kings. The founding eight kings of the Great Xia Dynasty were also formally established.

Cao Zongyu, King of Tang, Li Dingguo, King of Jin, Zheng Chenggong, King of Liao, Yuan Shizhong, King of Wei, Zhang Zhen, King of Xu, and Li Hao, King of Han, that is, the king of Joseon.

These six kings are all hereditary and reckless, and they are in the same state of death. and each has its own fief, of which Zheng Chenggong's fief is in Taiwan, and Li Dingguo's fief is in Yunnan. The fiefs of the other four kings were all in Henan.

However, Zhang Xuan also talked to them, this is only temporary, the fief in the Central Plains is only a food tax, and the fief overseas is the real fief.

In terms of treatment with Zheng Chenggong, a guarantee was given.

Abolish the Taiwan government, and instead let Chen Yonghua govern Taiwan with the history of the Liao Prince's Mansion.

Although many afterthoughts say that Zheng Chenggong did not shirk at that time, it was only then that there was a mess of things. Zhang Xuan really didn't mean to calculate Zheng Chenggong at that time.

As for the dukes and marquis below, there are countless of them.

Among the civil officials, all the ministers of the cabinet were knighted.

This was a celebration feast and a reward, and the only silver left in the treasury was distributed like flowing water.

also overdrew Zhang Xuan's last bit of confidence.

After a few days of rest, Zhang Xuan had to face political affairs.

In the main hall, the cabinet and the Privy Council were lined up on both sides, and Zhang Xuan gave all the seats.

Yao Qisheng and Li Dingguo were far away, and they could see the bitterness on each other's faces.

Because there are too many aftermath matters after the Northern Expedition.

Both Yao Qisheng and Li Dingguo had to face one thing, that is, to rebuild the administrative system in the north. This is a big project, and it is also a chore.

Especially if there is no money.

Zhang Xuan said: "Mr. Yao, let's talk about it, what kind of charter does the cabinet have for the northern provinces? ”

Yao Qisheng stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the north will be divided into, Hebei, Liaodong, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Lianghuai. ”

"Among them, Hebei, Liaodong, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, all follow the old chapters of the previous dynasty, there is nothing to say, except for the boundary between the two Huai, but it is a little unclear, please show your majesty."

"Will it be like the previous dynasty, and the two Huai will all belong to Zhili, or will the two Huai be separated? It is divided into two provinces. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "How can the cabinet deal with the affairs of the imperial court directly under the local government? In this dynasty, there is no such thing as a direct subordinate, so the southern direct subordinate should be set up as a province. ”

"It's just that the provincial border is also set up because of things, and now Henan is barren, the two Huai are a water, and the people are sinking between water and fire, what is the use of empty provincial borders?"

"So I think these two Huai first are like this, the prefectures and counties north of the Yangtze River in the south are all under the jurisdiction of the two Huai general system, and all affairs are given priority to water control."

"If necessary, the two Huai general systems can also take care of Henan."

"After the success of water control, it is not too late to make calculations."

As soon as this sentence came out, the people below gasped. The first feudal territory of this dynasty was officially released, that is, the two Huai general system.

Because he did not manage Lianghuai, nor Henan, but Henan Jiangbei Province, which was close to the Yuan Dynasty.

The territory is so large that it can be divided into three provinces.

Yao Qisheng listened, his scalp was a little numb, but he still said: "Your Majesty thinks about the heart of Yuan Yuan, and the ministers and others know it, but now the treasury is empty, and the consumption of water control is huge, and the imperial court may not be able to support it." ”

Yao Qisheng was appointed as the head of the cabinet from the head of the household department.

He is the one who knows the situation of the expenses of the DPRK and China.

The imperial court now owes 30 million taels of national debt, and the interest alone is a heavy burden, and it is already very difficult to maintain the expenses of the imperial court without continuing to borrow.

But Yao Qisheng still has a little confidence.

After all, the imperial court has a lot of expenses, but there is also a lot of income, at least the provinces that have been measured in the south of the imperial court, and they are also very powerful in paying taxes, and the annual taxes are also around 30 million taels, if you add other miscellaneous income.

Within a few years, the debt will be paid off.

Yao Qisheng is still confident, but all this is based on the fact that the imperial court will no longer spend more. Now that I heard Zhang Xuan talk about water control, his scalp was simply numb.

Zhang Xuan said: "If you have money, you can use a way with money, and if you don't have money, you can use a way without money." But things always have to be done, and I can't see the people of Dao and Huai suffering from the flood again. ”

Zhang Xuan looked at the hundred officials and said lightly: "Before the success of water control, the dynasty will not use troops abroad. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Dingguo was taken aback, and he immediately stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, now the Donglu and the imperial court are entangled on the nine sides, and the Dongyu has not yet gained a firm foothold on the grassland, so just send a large army to strike a blow to drive out the Dongyu." ”

"In this way, it is much more convenient for the imperial court to guard along the nine-sided column of towns than it is now. If the water control is not completed for a few years, and the army cannot be used externally in the past few years, I am afraid that the Aixin Jueluo family will be able to dominate the grassland and become a strong enemy of the country. ”

"Let the tiger return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles."

Li Dingguo is now firmly seated in the position of the Privy Councillor, so he naturally knows who to speak for.

There are many generals in the Privy Council who are waiting for military merits, and in a word, they will not fight from now on, so how can they do it?