The old era is over, and the new era begins.

Jiajing's forty-four-year reign came to an end, and he closed his doors to the Tao, and no more courtiers visited.

The new Emperor Yu set the year name Longqing and granted amnesty to the world. At Zhang Juzheng's suggestion, the door to "rehabilitation" was opened.

Rehabilitation, that is, overturning the previous ruler's verdict on sinners, is also an important way for the new ruler to win hearts and minds. The immediate rehabilitation is naturally to rehabilitate those loyal and good people who were brutalized by Yan Song, even if Xu Jiedou overthrew Yan Song, but because of Jiajing's reign, he has never been able to give these loyal generals an explanation.

Zhang Jing's descendants, Wang Shizhen's brothers handed over the documents one by one, and entered Beijing to rehabilitate, only within half a month, Zhang Jing and Wang Chen's two governors were overturned, and they were able to correct their names.

At the same time, Longqing opened the door of advice and openly stated that the old government of the previous dynasty could be improved. With the changes of the times, Zhu Yuanzhang's set is becoming more and more self-contained, but the descendants dare not bear the name of disobeying the unfilial piety of Taizu, and always stick to it, but Longqing does not think so, the embarrassment of the East China Sea and the imperial court has reflected all the facts, and the new policy can no longer be delayed.

Zhang Juzheng has been immersed in the country for more than ten years, and a series of ambitions and new policies have begun to be implemented, and the southeast has opened up cities in Lihai, Zhejiang, Quanzhou, Fujian, and Macao, Guangdong, to open up private trade, following the example of the East China Sea Wangfu to raise taxes.

Taking this opportunity, the "One Whip Law" was implemented, and the land endowment and conscription of all states and counties were integrated into one, and the silver taels were collected together, eliminating the cumbersome and complicated folding of grain, and avoiding all kinds of tricks in the collection. Grain harvest failure in the southeast? It doesn't matter, just pay the silver, the silver is everything.

The wind of trade in the East China Sea blew, the inland silver standard was established, and the economy of the Ming Dynasty, which had been stagnant for nearly a hundred years, took off instantly. The country was rich and the people were strong, the old people were rehabilitated, the famous and Confucian scholars were able to live, and Longqing's policy of handing over the world to smart people was successful at least at this time.

The king of the East China Sea guarded the East China Sea, and the foreign Yi and the Japanese were terrified. The strong enemy has become a feudal official, the momentum of the DPRK is great, the treasury is full, and the generals in the southeast have been fighting for many years, and they have been transferred to the north in batches.

Although Qi Jiguang broke his arm, he should have been reduced to a wasted person, but Zhang Juzheng tried his best to disagree with the public, named him the general army of Jiliao, commanding the north, with strong generals from the north and south, and gradually putting pressure on Altan Khan.

Jiliao, no longer I replied to come and go, the balance of history has finally changed the direction of tilt, the Ming Dynasty is in the heyday, but the Tatar tribe is due to family disputes.

Ming Ting's grace and power were combined, and Qi Jiguang's army continued to move north, but the pressure was exerted but no war.

The Ming soldiers are full of food, the tiger will be strong, and I finally bowed my head because of my troubles about family affairs, and I promised to open the market to exchange trade, and I will be good forever, and I will finally go to Datong, and call the minister Nagong.

The centuries-old dispute between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars finally ended in peace when the prosperous era of Longqing was celebrated.

Since then, there have been no more captives from the south and the north, Zhang Juzheng pushed Longqing to sit on the dragon chair with one hand, reversed the embarrassment of internal affairs with one hand, and coerced the hundred-year-old enemy to become a minister with the other hand, and the emperor had the merit of ascending the throne; to the people, there is the merit of abundance; In the country, there is an attack to destroy the enemy. Three major achievements have been made, but it has only taken two years.

History is always fair, after being harmed by Yan Song, the first traitor of the Ming Dynasty, after a short period of adjustment, ushered in the first prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Once prosperous, the prosperity will always be more prosperous. Potatoes, corn and other crops introduced by Moss Bay poured into the inland, the poor land and mountainous areas can be cultivated, the yield per mu is stable, there is no southern and northern captives, there is no civil strife, and under the grand situation of national peace and security, the Chinese population ushered in an unprecedented explosion, and the good of the Age of Discovery, it is finally the turn of China.

Under the prosperous era, Longqing was named the king of the East China Sea as the king of the four seas, ruling the four seas, conquering the frontier and defending the country, and the position of duke, hereditary residence.

At this point, except for the issuance of "Chinese currency" by the King of the Four Seas, all the contradictions between the two sides have turned into benefits, even if hundreds of thousands of people still take refuge in the King of the Four Seas every year, but for the Ming Court with millions of births, it is only a drop in the bucket.

Yang Changfan, the king of the four seas, sat in the Moss Wan Mansion, fought in the south and the north within two years, swallowed the flying dragon country, occupied Singapore in the South Seas, and changed its name to "New Weihai", which was the benefit of the trade between the East and the West in the South Seas.

In the Americas, except for occupying the Peruvian silver mines and the frenzied silver mining by the Eastern Pacific Company, the Four Sea Kings did not fight the Spaniards head-on, but only concentrated on opening up a new Zhejiang in North America. On the west coast of North America, the new Suzhou gold rush is hot, and the immigrants are abundant, driving the development of the rest of the industry, and the royal government has taken advantage of the expansion to expand and build several new Shaoxing, new Ningbo, and new Wenzhou, and vigorously promote the planting of bananas, cotton, corn and other crops, and the people have also established company factories in the local area to make cotton and silk, not only to export to the Spaniards, but also to feed back to the East China Sea.

Under the prosperity of all industries, overseas political ideas will also be reflected back to the inland, and the cabinet headed by Zhang Juzheng will always brainstorm and discuss various measures of the Sihai Royal Mansion with Longqing, and even regularly send bachelor officials to the sea to "supervise the government". Of course, it is called a prison administration, but it is actually a study administration, and it aims to absorb the insights in these strange skills.

The rapid rise of the Chinese nation also brutally squeezed the last living space of the two major maritime empires, Portugal's proud Oriental Garden fell into a lost land, Spain relied on its gold and silver to make enemies in Europe, and at this time, with the strength of the Netherlands, Britain, and France, Villa also began to suffer defeat in Europe.

The European upstart Holland succeeded in gaining independence under this momentum, and the British "prevailed" naval strategy and the more flexible new Galen ships helped them to defeat the last armed forces of the Spanish "Invincible Armada".

As for Yang Changfan, he was completely involved in "strange tricks".

"Bang!!"

Moss Bay Academy of Sciences, the poor cylinder in the laboratory could not withstand the pressure and exploded again.

Yang Changfan and several scholars and craftsmen reluctantly stepped forward and looked at a pile of scrap metal.

"This iron still doesn't work." Yang Changfan scratched his head and said.

A scholar next to him pointed to the rest of the parts of the machine in front of him and said, "The gears are also broken." ”

"It's still worse than something more basic." Yang Changfan shook his head and asked, "How's the glass test?" ”

"It's already moldable, but there are still impurities."

Yang Changfan sighed: "Work harder, work harder." There may be something wrong with the chemical equation I gave. ”

"Lord Wang." The bachelor beside him said embarrassedly, "The Dutch fleet has arrived in Malacca, and the war in Xinweihai is imminent, don't you really care?" ”

"The Dutch are weak, and I care when the English come."

"But ......," said the maester again, "the people have begun to laugh at you, calling you an alchemist, and studying wonderful recipes all day long. ”

"They say theirs, I refine mine, alchemy is more important than naval warfare." Yang Changfan wiped the black dirt on his face and smiled, "As long as I am refined, we can build an iron ship, no sails, no manpower to row, ignore the wind direction and ocean currents, ordinary cannonballs will no longer want to sink us"

"......" The bachelor sighed, the prince was really crazy.

But no matter how Yang Changfan went crazy, he would be with the children after dinner every day, instead of going to the laboratory.

This night, Xu Wenchang also came to the palace hall, and he was supposed to discuss things with Yang Changfan privately, but he was asked to discuss them in front of the children.

This is a legal issue, a legal issue that has always been.

The palace of the four seas, there is no constitution.

The palace of the four seas does not obey the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

From the succession to the throne to the stealing of chickens and dogs, there are not too many explicit provisions, more are decided by the governors of various places, and the administration of public security is adjudicated according to the recognized standards, which also causes confusion in the legal scale, and favors and bribes occupy a larger proportion. Yang Changfan drafted many standards in industry, but he almost did not practice the rule of law. It can be said that the stable situation under the rule of the royal government so far has almost entirely relied on the rule of man, although most officials try to be fair, but in the face of interests, there are always unfair law enforcement.

"So, Dad, are we going to draft a copy of the Da Ming Law?" Yang Bigui, who had just come of age, asked eagerly.

"What a great law! It should be called the law of the four seas! Yang Le said with a smile.

The younger Yang Biyuan corrected: "You don't understand this, we are a palace, not a subordinate country, and it should be called "The Law of the Four Seas of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Seeing the children chattering, Xu Wenchang wanted to cry without tears: "Ship owner, let's go in and talk?" ”

"It's okay, let the kids think about it too." Yang Changfan slumped on his homemade suede sofa, "The future belongs to children, let them think more." ”

"Then let's just discuss one fundamental issue." Xu Wenchang sat next to Yang Changfan and asked softly, "Are we a country or a government, are you the emperor or the king?" ”

Yang Changfan scratched his head and said, "It's really a troublesome question. I don't really care anymore, and you bring it up again. ”

"Not sure how the constitution is drafted?"

"Hold off a little longer."

"It can't be delayed any longer, the new Zhejiang side has begun to be chaotic, and a lot of land can't tell whether it belongs to the palace, yours, or the East Pacific Company."

“……”

"Changfan, you should have had your own considerations, right?"

The two were talking, but they heard Yang Bigui say to his younger brothers and sisters quite imposingly: "This is related to whether we want to take the road of capitalism, communism or liberalism!" ”

Xu Wenchang wanted to cry even more without tears.

Yang Biyuan asked on the side: "On these three roads, can there be a prince and an emperor?" ”

"This ......" Yang Bigui didn't know the answer to this question, and looked at his father, "Is it okay?" ”

Yang Changfan looked at the energetic children and looked at the helpless Xu Wenchang.

He slumped on a homemade suede couch with an idle smile.

"The future is yours, go find out for yourself."

(To be continued.) )