At noon on the second day after Wu Haogu returned to Tianjin, the two ministers of the ruling government of the Great Zhou Republic, Mi Youren and Zhang Xizai, visited with a large number of official documents.

Wu Haogu is not a hands-off shopkeeper, but a leader who prefers to do his best.

In fact, the Great Zhou Republic had a very modern decision-making mechanism, and the domestic situation of class struggle was not sharp - the Great Zhou Republic was actually a balance between the small military aristocracy and the big capital of the commercial market.

Military citizens of the rank of knights and government soldiers did not have the power to subvert the republic. And Wu Haogu himself is the largest commercial capitalist, and he can basically control the power of capital.

Therefore, the foundation of the Great Zhou Republic is actually relatively solid, but Wu Haogu still doesn't dare to be a drunken beauty all day long and be a carefree head.

Because the seemingly stable Republic of the Great Zhou is a country that has subverted tradition! This is a strange change that has not been seen in China for a thousand or hundreds of years - a strange change that has not been encountered in three thousand years in the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the later generations was made by Wu Haogu to happen in advance.

While the rest of the world was still happily playing with the rule of the feudal aristocracy, a bourgeois republic appeared on the land of China!

The rule of the Great Unification and Autocratic Emperors, which began with the Qin Dynasty, is now completely overthrown by the Great Zhou Republic.

But how can a thousand-year-old tradition be overturned so easily?

Therefore, in the Great Zhou Republic, almost everyone regarded "Führer" as another name for the emperor. It's like the Great Khan on the steppe, the Jurchens are all extremely vigorous, and the Western Xia is a vulture. The name has changed, but the meaning is still the same......

And the forces that instigated Wu Hao to be the emperor not only existed, but also have always been the mainstream.

From time to time, someone would stir up a wave of persuasion in the newspapers of the Zhou Kingdom. At the top level, whether it is the military, politics, or business circles, there are "monarchists", and all kinds of yellow robes are ready, just waiting to put them on Wu Haogu!

There are also some people who pin their hopes for the restoration of the imperial system on the sons of Wu Haogu, especially Wu Yiyong, who is the "Emperor Wen of Zhou" in the eyes of many people - Lao Tzu Debi Yao Shun, and his son ascended the throne as emperor by virtue of Lao Tzu.

There is nothing more than this to get the right thing in the world, right?

In such a situation, can Wu Haogu not stare at a little? Don't be careless, Washington has become Napoleon – and Napoleon is not entirely unacceptable. But Wu Haogu can't be it himself!

Because the tradition of more than 1,000 years of feudal imperial system is too stubborn, if Wu Haogu adds his yellow robe, the Great Zhou Republic will become an episode...... How many years has the republican constitutionalism been in place? This is the yellow robe, didn't you smash the brand of "Debi Yao Shun"?

How do you get it after smashing? Come again to the imperial military with literature, and then to open the imperial examination? Now the people's wisdom is half-opened, and there is a military civic group. It's not easy to rewind.

As for constitutionalism or anything, there is no tradition in the first place; Second, Wu Haogu himself was unwilling to hand over power.

Only when Wu Haogu stays in the position of head of the republic for the rest of his life will the foundation of the republic and constitutionalism be truly solid. In the future, even if someone wants to be dressed in a yellow robe, it can only be an Oriental Napoleon who brought the constitutional system of government to the whole of China. It is impossible to become a traditional Ming monarch like Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong.

Of course, Wu Haogu's thoughts, Mi Youren and Zhang Xizai don't know.

The two of them heard Wu Haogu say yesterday that "the depression is an opportunity", and they were both excited after they went back. I thought that Wu Haogu was going to wave his army south and dominate the world!

However, the two pondered carefully, and they were a little discouraged. Now the state of Zhou is facing two wars. One is the Goryeo law and order war that does not know when it will end; One is a protracted war for the fortress on the grassland - this is a proxy war, and it is Xiao Sese, but it is Da Zhou who pays the money, food, weapons, and military advisers.

At the same time, not long ago, according to Wu Haogu's instructions, the Great Zhou Senate also passed a resolution to upgrade Annan Province to Annan Province, and sent such administrative and military combinations as Zhang Zhifeng, Chen Tianli and Xue Ding to Annan.

These three are recognized talents in the Great Zhou Republic today, and they are young and powerful, and they are relatively experienced.

Sending them to Annan must be something to do!

If Nanyang then goes to war again, it will be three wars at the same time.

Does Da Zhou still have the ability to support the fourth war?

With such a calculation, Mi Youren and Zhang Xizai felt that Wu Haogu would not attack the Song Dynasty immediately.

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"I'll look back at these," Wu Haogu looked at the official document brought by Mi Youren and Zhang Xizai, nodded and said, "Let's talk about the marriage with Song Guo first."

Pan Xiao'an wrote a letter and proposed to marry the beautiful girl to Zhao Kai, the king of Yun. ”

"It's a good family, it's just ......" Mi Youren's words were only half said. But the remaining half of the sentence, Wu Haogu also understood.

It's just that it's inconvenient to attack Da Song in the future!

Wu Haogu smiled: "Yuan Hui, I want you to go to Kaifeng Mansion to discuss the marriage between the two countries with the official family." ”

"The teacher agreed?"

Wu Hao Gu said: "Conditional!" King Yun must have a fief, not Yunzhou, it should be Haizhou. Even if you can't get the whole of Haizhou, you have to give Jingdong Shang City, Yuzhou Island and Qishan County to King Yun. ”

"What does the teacher mean...... Using King Yun to break up the Great Song Dynasty? Mi Youren's psychology is also dark, and he doesn't always think about the good side.

Zhang Xizai was a little purer than him, shook his head and said: "The official family of the Great Song Dynasty is only in his thirties, and the Spring and Autumn Period is prosperous, and it is impossible for anyone to die in twenty or thirty years." ”

Wu Haogu nodded, "The purpose of moving King Yun to Haizhou is not to split the Great Song Dynasty, but to turn Jingdong Shang City into a semi-independent autonomous city. ”

"Führer, what's in it for us?" Zhang Xizai asked.

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "It can facilitate the outflow of population and money from the Great Song Dynasty, mainly to facilitate the outflow of the population of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Mi Youren asked, "Where does the population flow go?" ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "Stream to our territory in the Goryeo Peninsula, Ezo Oshima, Luzon, Ryukyu Nakayama Island, and Annam."

The middle school was already in hardship, and with the turmoil caused by money, the days of male farmers and women weaving became more and more difficult. When the days are sad, someone will run out! If they are all like Yandi and Liaodi, who is willing to go out thousands of miles to make a living? ”

The current Great Zhou State already has sail battleships, so it can naturally enter the era of colonization in the far sea.

Although the "Truth Class" is still a slower sailing ship, it is not suitable for long-distance sailing. But it's still enough to dominate the seas east of Malacca!

And the new generation of "soft-sail high-speed battleships" has also begun to be designed for a long time, and it will definitely be able to make its maiden voyage within a few years.

And the technology of casting cannons is also constantly improving. Not only is the quality of the artillery getting better and the weight is relatively lighter (under the same caliber), but the production is also getting higher.

The combined annual output of the two gun factories exceeded 500 last year!

With such a production volume, large sail battleships equipped with multi-layer artillery decks were not afraid of running out of guns.

The emergence of "soft-sail high-speed battleships" not only strengthened the maritime hegemony of the Zhou State, but also laid the foundation for far-sea exploration and colonial exploration.

In addition, the plan to use the right surname of Bohai to develop Ezo Island has also achieved initial success.

Gao Yongfu took thousands of families of about 20,000 or 30,000 Bohai people to Ezo Island one after another.

In a large bay across the sea from the southern part of Ezo Island and Honshu Island, he found a coastal flat land and established a colonial base called "Bokaikan". A large number of wooden forts were also built to resist the attacks of the Ezo people by taking advantage of the abundant timber resources on Ezo Island.

Under the protection of the wooden fort, a large amount of black soil was reclaimed (there is also black soil on Ezo Island), a fishing and trading port called "Whale Harbor" was established, and whaling industry was also developed.

The Sea of Japan is known as the Sea of Whales, and at this time there are abundant whale resources, so you can get not only a lot of meat, but also expensive whale oil.

Therefore, there are a few whaling boats operated by Han Chinese fishermen between Busan and Whale Harbor.

But that's the end of the development of Ezo Island! The island's ubiquitous black soil, inexhaustible forests, and flocks of whales in the nearby ocean have no way to attract more immigrants.

As for the expedition to the east of Ezo Island, although it had been planned for a long time under the impetus of Wu Haogu. But how much value can the island be explored? Even if there were fur-bearing animals to hunt everywhere on the island, it would probably not attract a few predators.

Even if you go one step further and discover the New World, there may not be anyone who wants to go there and become a colonist, right?

In the warm south, Zhou's navy relied on Annan Province and also opened up many sub-bases. In Luzon, Champa, Borneo and other places, strongholds were established.

In addition, the Nanyang Protectorate, which was a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty at the same time, has also developed well in recent years.

After years of hard work, most of Java is now under control.

But the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate also suffered a similar demographic crisis - the territory was there, but the Han population was insufficient.

Rao gave 100 acres of paddy fields for nothing, and there was no way to recruit many immigrants.

And the reason why not many people are willing to move to the offshore colonies is, of course, that they can still get by. If life goes on, who wants to run so far?

If it is a "familiar land" such as the banks of the Liao River, Goryeo and Annam, there are always people who want to change their way of life and are willing to give it a try.

But floating across the ocean to a distant place, it is uncertain whether life or death is uncertain!

A businessman who is interested in getting rich may not be afraid of being far away, but if he only wants to be a stable farmer, he may have little motivation.

Therefore, in Wu Haogu's view, the "money leading to depression" that is now sweeping the Central Plains is a good opportunity.

"Yuan Hui," Wu Hao Gu said, "I heard that Ji Yi may be Xuanma, his vision is broad, and he should know that the depression is an opportunity to open up the open sea." You can agree on a solution with him...... If possible, establish a few more vassals in the open sea. ”