Chapter 243: Exile to Leng Zhou

On November 1, the second generation of Daming treasure banknotes was officially issued, and the location covered by the new treasure banknotes has been extended to the entire provinces north of the Yangtze River, and the printing of banknotes, at present, only the money bureau of Beijing can print, and the rest of the money bureau is still mainly minting metal currency.

Zhu Youxiao first covered only the northern provinces, this is considering the lack of silver circulation in the northern provinces, paper money is a good substitute, and paper money can be used to accomplish things that can only be done with silver before, such as paying taxes.

In later generations, some historians believed that the lack of silver in the north was an important reason that caused the uprising of the displaced people in Shaanxi that could not be ignored. Zhu Youxiao's banknotes could replace silver to pay taxes, which was a very popular thing in the north, avoiding the risk of people being exploited in the exchange of silver. Moreover, there is a successful case of Shanxi in front of us, which makes paper money quickly circulate in the north. Now in the north, banknotes and silver and copper dollars are in circulation at the same time.

In November, the Chengdu Governor's Mansion was also formed, and Qin Liangyu served as the Governor of the Chengdu Governor's Mansion, with a total of 300,000 regular troops in the Chengdu Governor's Mansion, including 100,000 mountain troops, 100,000 wolf soldiers, and 100,000 Tianfu troops. The 20,000 beggars left behind by Sun Chuanting were arranged to serve as officers in three armies. With Sun Chuanting's help, the Chengdu Governor's Mansion also established a military school to train officers and soldiers.

After the establishment of the Chengdu Governor's Office, after obtaining Zhu Youxiao's permission, Qin Liangyu personally led 100,000 wolf soldiers to prepare to march to An Bangyan in Guizhou in March next year, and she planned to destroy An Bangyan in one fell swoop and completely quell the rebellion in Guizhou.

In the same month, Zhu Youxiao divided Shaanxi into two provinces, the Shaanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department and the Gansu Chengxuan Political Envoy Division.

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Lin Dan Khan's envoy with King Qing and King Han has also arrived in Jingshi.

"Passed the decree, promoted Zuo Guangdou to Dali Temple, responsible for hearing the case of the rebellion of the three kings." Zhu Youxiao made an order. The Dali Temple of the Ming Dynasty was only responsible for the review and review of the trial, and the authority and taste of the Dali Temple in the three legal divisions were lower than those of the Criminal Department and the Supervision Yuan.

"Your Majesty, the rebellion case of the Three Kings is of great importance, and it should be tried by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Inspectorate." Dong Kewei suggested.

"It can be tried jointly by the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, but Dali Temple is the main trial, and the Inspectorate will no longer participate in the trial and judgment of the case in the future, if the criminal ruling or ruling of Dali Temple is indeed wrong, the Inspectorate can file a protest." Zhu Youxiao said.

In Zhu Youxiao's new policy, one of the ten articles is judicial reform, and this article is not put together with the reform of the six ministries of the imperial court, but divided into two. Although these two new policies are not new policies that need to be implemented urgently, they involve the entire imperial administrative body, and there has always been great opposition, and Zhu Youxiao is not in a hurry to implement these two new policies.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that judicial reform is already imperative." Zhou Yingqiu said immediately when he saw this.

"Your Majesty, the reduction of the feudal domain and the apportionment of the acres have just begun to be implemented, and the first two new policies have only been implemented for a year or two, and it will take several years or even more than ten years to digest these four new policies, and now the entire empire is busy with these four new policies, and there is no time to care about others, if you rush too quickly, it will only backfire, and in the end not only meet Your Majesty's expectations, but even leave many hidden dangers." Guo Yunhou bowed and said.

"The minister seconded the proposal, and the minister also thought that the new deal must not be rushed, and it must not turn a good thing into a bad thing." Xue Sanxing also said.

"Today, we will not discuss the matter of the New Deal, only the case of the rebellion of the Three Kings and the tribute of Lin Dan Khan." Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao said.

"The case of the Three Kings Rebellion is extremely complicated, and before the case is concluded, the minister thinks it is not appropriate to discuss it too much." Lai Zongdao said. Judging from the current news, the Three Kings Rebellion case involved many ministers of the DPRK and China.

"Then I set a tone for the case of the rebellion of the Three Kings, first, this case must be investigated to the end; Second, I will never kill anyone involved in this case; Third, all the vassal kings involved in this case, except for the four kings of Su, Qing, Han, and Fu, the other vassal kings will not be investigated; Fourth, all officials involved in this case, if the circumstances are minor, I will allow them to resign and go into hiding, and if the circumstances are serious, they will be exiled; Fifth, the place of exile was chosen in Leng Chau. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, if you go to Lengzhou here, if you start from Beijing, it will take a year and a half as fast, and two years or even longer if you are slow, and I think it would be good to put the place of exile in Qiongzhou." Han Yi suggested.

"This exile in Leng Zhou will be very safe, I have ordered Wang Mengxiong to recruit 10,000 expeditionary troops and carry dozens of warships to Leng Zhou together. The sergeants who went to Leng Zhou this time were allowed to bring their family members, and each of them could get 50 acres of land in Leng Chau. Moreover, the exiled officials and the vassal kings can also get a hundred acres of land, and I will also appoint officials to officially open a state government in Lengzhou, and officials who are willing to go can also get a hundred acres of land. Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Leng Zhou is too far away, even if it is a state mansion, the empire is difficult to manage, and for Leng Zhou, the empire can only be beyond the reach of the whip." Dong Kewei said.

"Even if the whip is out of reach, I will open a state capital in Leng Zhou, and in the future, all the criminals in the empire will only be exiled to Leng Zhou." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if the people who were exiled to Lengzhou will come back in the future, but the expeditionary force and the court officials will definitely come back, how should this be handled?" Han Yi asked.

"For those who have served in Leng Zhou for more than five years, I will allow them to retire and enjoy the normal resettlement fee for retired soldiers, and after retirement, those who do not want to come back will not be said, but if they want to come back, the empire will pay for the land allocated to them, of course, they can also sell it to others on their own, and the empire will be responsible for taking them back. However, if the court officials have served five years in Leng Chau, they will all be promoted to the third rank, and the land they will receive will be treated in the same way as the soldiers of the expeditionary force. Zhu Youxiao explained.

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao said one thing at a time, the ministers present knew that Zhu Youxiao had been thinking about this matter for a long time, and the opposition seemed to be unworkable, and all the ministers were also silent. What's more, what Zhu Youxiao said, there are many loopholes that can be drilled, such as the promotion of officials to the third level, but there are loose officials in the official positions of the Ming Dynasty, and there are ranks but no real power.

"Your Majesty, how should Lin Dan Khan's tribute be handled?" Han Yi asked another question.

"The territory of the original Western Tumut Department must be given to me, not only do I want Kuku and Tuncheng, but I also want to rebuild Dongshengwei, Yunchuan Wei, Yulin Wei, and Zhenyuwei. The original Ordos and the territory to the west all belonged to Lin Dan Khan. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid Lin Dan Khan won't agree." Han Yi said.

(End of chapter)