Once again, I won't fall into the boy, and the reward of the three-leaf school bridge scholar!

……

Seeing the attitude of the Korean court, Zhu Youxiao is now considering building a galloping road from Chengdu Province to Myanmar Province, and only with convenient transportation can he effectively rule Myanmar Province and conquer the Donghu Dynasty in the south.

"In the next Northern Expedition, I ask the Korean State to also send troops to participate, and at the same time, the troops sent by the Korean State will still provide the salary according to the standard of the Imperial soldiers, and the war dead will also enjoy the Imperial Pension, and the Empire will also pay you silver dollars." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" In the past, North Korea sent troops on a voluntary basis, but this time it not only provided a salary but also a bereavement pension, which doubled the goodwill of the North Koreans. Zhu Youxiao's move is to hope that North Korea will send more troops to participate in the war.

"I wonder when Your Majesty is going to go on a northern expedition? How many soldiers and horses are needed? Li Qi asked.

"The time of the Northern Expedition is uncertain, of course the more soldiers and horses, the better, but you must not fill the number indiscriminately, I will send you another batch of weapons, you must be diligent in training." Zhu Youxiao said. After receiving so many gifts from Li Liang, Zhu Youxiao decided to give all the firearms eliminated from Liaodong to North Korea.

"The minister will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations." Li Qi said.

"That's very good." Zhu Youxiao said with satisfaction. After the Northern Expedition, what Jin made Zhu Youxiao most distressed was not money, but the loss of personnel, which made Zhu Youxiao realize that it was necessary to borrow the strength of others to reduce his own personnel sacrifices.

……

In 1631, the eleventh year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao spent the New Yuan in Korea.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Zhu Youxiao set sail from Incheon to Shanghai. When Zhu Youxiao left, he took away all the palace maids and everything sent by Li Liang.

"I was very satisfied with my stay in Gyeongbokgung Palace, and there were many inconveniences at sea, so I decided to take the items from Gyeongbokgung Palace with me so that they could be used at sea." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile to Li Liang before leaving.

Li Liang was very happy with Zhu Youxiao's decision at first, and he felt very honored that Zhu Youxiao could like North Korean items. After Li Liang sent Zhu Youxiao off, when he returned to Gyeongbokgung Palace, he found that Gyeongbokgung Palace seemed to have been ransacked, and all valuable things had been taken away by Zhu Youxiao.

Li Liang originally planned to wait for Zhu Youxiao to return to Daming and move to Gyeongbokgung Palace to live, and he also wanted to touch Zhu Youxiao's dragon spirit, but seeing the tragic situation of Gyeongbokgung Palace now, he had no choice but to return to Changdeok Palace.

On the way back to Daming, the road was smooth, and I arrived in Shanghai on the eighth day of the first month.

Over the course of a few years, Shanghai had grown from a small county to the largest port city in the empire. In order to welcome Zhu Youxiao's arrival, the port of Shanghai temporarily strictly prohibits other ships from docking at the port of Shanghai. Although Zhu Youxiao did not have the opportunity to witness the prosperity of the sea, Zhu Youxiao had the opportunity to see the prosperity of Shanghai in this era.

Zhu Youxiao has visited many cities in the Ming Dynasty, and Shanghai is definitely the most prosperous city he has ever visited, and Zhu Youxiao even feels that it is on par with Jingshi.

Zhu Youxiao did not build another palace, but lived in the mansion of Jiang Yan, a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan. Now Jiang Yan is trying his best to participate in the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty, he not only participated in Zhang Guoji's caravan, but also set up a caravan of his own, now Jiang Yan is already one of the most famous businessmen in the Jiangnan area, his mansion in Shanghai, is also the most famous local garden building - Guyang Garden.

The layout of the garden is centered on a pond water, the three sides of the pond are curved corridors and pavilions, the ancient trees in the garden are cages, the pavilions are dense, Zhu Youxiao also likes this kind of Jiangnan garden architecture very much.

On the second day after arriving in Shanghai, Zhu Youxiao met with officials in the south of the Yangtze River.

"I am very satisfied with the development of Songjiang Mansion, which shows that the policy of opening the port back then was correct, and I will allow all the port cities in the empire to open ports." Zhu You said with a smile.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The officials shouted together. Zhu Youxiao coerced the aftermath of Jin's big victory, so that no one dares to oppose his decision now.

"I have decided that from next year, the three prefectures of Shuntianfu, Yingtianfu, and Songjiang Prefecture will be directly under the jurisdiction of the central government, and they will be directly under the central government's direct jurisdiction, and they will be at the same level as the political envoys of each Chengxuan, and the prefects of the three prefectures will all be from the second grade, with silver seals." Zhu Youxiao said.

For this Zhu Youxiao's decision, the officials didn't know what to say for a while, the prefects of Shuntianfu and Yingtianfu were originally three products, with silver seals, which was only mentioned one level It's good to say, but the prefect of Songjiang Mansion originally only had four products, and this administrative level can be raised to three levels.

"After Ying Tianfu is drawn out of Nanzhi, what should Nanzhi do?" Lai Zongdao asked. Three of the seven members of the cabinet have also arrived in Shanghai at this moment.

"Nanzhi can be divided into Jiangsu Chengxuan Political Envoy Department and Anhui Chengxuan Political Envoy Division." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said.

"The minister thought that the seat of the Jiangsu domain could be set up in Suzhou, and the office of the Anhui domain could be set up in Fengyang." Zhou Yingqiu agreed.

"The minister seconded the proposal." At this point, there was immediately some support.

……

Zhu Youxiao's decision won the support of the majority, and Nanzhi, the largest province in the whole empire, was thus divided into four.

"Yang Lian is extremely experienced in this matter, and I will ask the Inspectorate to assist in handling this matter." Zhu Youxiao continued.

Hearing Zhu Youxiao's decision, many officials present gasped, Yang Lian now has a notoriety as a "butcher" in the officialdom, and there are already hundreds of officials who have committed crimes in his hands, and wherever he goes, it will definitely cause an earthquake in the officialdom.

Zhu Youxiao's words made the next chat a little dull.

"Li Jizhen, the staff of Langzhong, has been sparse and has been suffering from famine in the Sui area for many years, and asked for disaster relief." Guo Yunhou said.

"Isn't this the responsibility of the Cabinet?" Zhu Youxiao asked suspiciously.

"In order to support the Northern Expedition, the savings of the treasury for the past two years have been exhausted, and the disaster relief is imminent. Guo Yunhou said.

"The reserves of the lottery bureau can not be moved, if it is not cashed out, it will inevitably make the lottery lose credibility, the matter of the community chest can be summoned to discuss the matter, and I will take you to the small to discuss this matter." Zhu Youxiao said.

"That's very good." Guo Yunhou nodded and said.

"How many silver dollars did the empire's treasury receive last year?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The specific data has not yet come out, but it is expected to reach 35 million taels of silver dollars, but it is certain that there is no surplus, and as far as this year is concerned, it will definitely be beyond its means, and a total of nearly 5 million taels of silver dollars will be spent before and after the Northern Expedition." Guo Yunhou said.

"Five million taels can defeat Houjin is also worth it." Zhu Youxiao said. There is no difference between the three million taels that Zhu Youxiao said in Liaodong and the five million taels that Guo Yunhou said, Zhu Youxiao's data is direct spending, while the data that Guo Yunhou said includes all the expenses before and after the war.

(End of chapter)