Chapter 270: Zhu Youzhen's Change
After some discussion, the use of troops in Liaodong was finally preliminarily decided, and the time for the use of troops was tentatively set around October next year.
On the fourth day of December, a 6.25-magnitude earthquake occurred in Chengdu, roaring like thunder, shaking 12 times in a row, shaking the house, the rooster barking, the river rose and the water was red, the landslide fell and the city fell, crushing several soldiers of the Suchenglou battalion. Songpanwei shook twelve times, and the sound was like thunder. On the same day, Xiaohe Camp was shook, a landslide collapsed, and the city collapsed 120 zhang, crushing several soldiers and civilians. On the same day, Chongqing Prefecture, Bishan, Guang'an Prefecture, Cangxi, Jingxian, Weiyuan and other cities were all shocked.
At this time, Qin Liangyu, the governor of Chengdu, personally led a large army to quell the rebellion in Guizhou. Qin Liangyu's army defeated the rebels in July this year, defeated the rebels in Wufeng Mountain, Taohongba, and Exiangling, beheaded tens of thousands of people, An Bangyan and Luxury Chongming were defeated and killed, and the main force of the rebels was basically wiped out.
Qin Liangyu killed more than 10,000 rebels in November, and besieged the remnants of the rebels under the leadership of An Wei in the Bijie Mountains, the rebels had reached the end of the road, and in early December, the rebellion in Guizhou was finally put down after more than eight years. An was sent to Beijing, and Zhu Xieyuan served as the governor of Guizhou. In history, the Rebellion of Luxury was pacified by Zhu Xieyuan, but in this time and space, it became Qin Liangyu who pacified the Rebellion of Luxury.
Qin Liangyu was awarded the title of second-class baron for quelling the rebellion of Lu'an, becoming the first baronese of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Youzhen's fleet finally arrived in Luzon City before the New Year. Zheng Guifei accompanied her this time, her identity was the highest, and at the beginning Luzon did not know that Zheng Guifei would come, Luzon only built a governor's mansion, and did not build the concubine's mansion, and now it is under construction, which makes Zheng Guifei live in the governor's mansion first, and Zhu Youzhen temporarily lives in the official residence.
"Guan Fantai, the accompanying immigrants have settled down." Zhu Youzhen asked.
"Lord, a temporary camp has been set up outside Luzon to settle the migrants, and we can start distributing land to them tomorrow." Guan Shaoning said. Guan Shaoning had a meritorious role in governing Mongolia, but Luzon was hanging overseas, and most of the officials of the imperial court were reluctant to come, so Guan Shaoning was exceptionally promoted to be the political envoy of Luzon Province.
"Don't call me a prince in the future, there is only a governor in Luzon and no prince." Zhu Youzhen said.
"No." Guan Shaoning replied respectfully.
"Why didn't you see Zhou Futai today?" Zhu Youzhen asked. Zhou Zongjian, one of the Seven Gentlemen of the Eastern Forest Queen, was assigned by Zhu Youxiao to serve as governor of Luzon.
"Since Zhou Futai came to Luzon, he has not adapted to the water and soil, and he has been seriously ill and has not been cured." Guan Shaoning replied.
"I'll see for myself tomorrow." Zhu Youzhen said.
"Zhou Futai has applied to His Majesty to return to his hometown, but there is no news for the time being, if the court does not reply, Zhou Futai's life is worried." Guan Shaoning said.
"It's so serious, immediately let the accompanying imperial doctor go to Zhou Futai for treatment." Zhu Youzhen said.
"No."
"And King Su is seriously ill, if he continues to exile Leng Zhou, he may also worry about his life." Liu Youfu said.
"Have you asked Your Majesty?" Zhu Youzhen asked.
"Your Majesty said that King Su is the head of the rebellion of the three kings, which has led to the destruction of the empire, and there can be no mercy outside the law." Liu Youfu said softly.
"Your Majesty has a will, and we have nothing to do, so let the imperial doctor take a look later. Governor Liu, when are you going to leave? Zhu Youzhen said.
"Three days later, I waited too long in Luzon, and now I must rush to Lengzhou as soon as possible while the wind is blowing." Liu Youfu said.
"Let's go in ten days, and see if we can help King Su?" Zhu Youzhen said.
"No."
"Guan Fantai, tomorrow I will work with you to distribute land to immigrants." Zhu Youzhen said.
"No."
"Admiral Hong, the construction of the Luzon Navy must be put in the first place, and the Luzon Navy must be formed as soon as possible." Zhu Youzhen continued.
"In order to form a Luzon navy as soon as possible, it is necessary to build a shipbuilding workshop capable of making more than three warships, but Your Majesty has a decree that if such a large shipbuilding workshop is to be built, it must be approved by the imperial court, and it is also necessary to build an artillery workshop." Hong Chengchou said.
"Build a shipbuilding workshop and an armament manufacturing bureau first, and if there is not enough artillery, you can buy it from the Dutch, whose Batavia is not far from us. I will personally explain this matter to the imperial court. Zhu Youzhen said.
"No."
"Your Majesty's new policy must be implemented in all of Luzon, and the commercial tax will be raised to 15 taxes." Zhu Youzhen said.
"No."
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As soon as Zhu Youzhen arrived in Luzon, it was like a different person, as if he had become the diligent emperor in history, although he was now only the governor of Luzon. His efforts paid off in this space, and Luzon's economy recovered rapidly, especially as Luzon became one of the empire's major economic provinces in just a few years due to its geographical advantages.
On 25 December, Zhu Youxiao held another academic seminar. After last year's symposium, Galileo elaborated his law of inertia in more detail, and the steam engine made a breakthrough, and the steam engine for heat lifting water was successfully prototyped and put into practical use. Zhu Youxiao has decided to hold academic seminars as a regular practice for a long time.
Ten years of the Apocalypse, 1630, Zhu Youxiao came to the seventh year of this time and space, and this year is a crucial year for Zhu Youxiao, after six years of hard work, Zhu Youxiao has seen the hope of the Ming Dynasty, and the success or failure of the Houjin army in this year is related to the deepening reform of Zhu Youxiao. In victory, Zhu Youxiao will win unprecedented prestige, and the resistance to the implementation of the new policy will undoubtedly be minimized, and if it fails, the forces of domestic opposition will certainly take the opportunity to raise their heads and create chaos, and Zhu Youxiao's prestige will fall to the bottom.
At the beginning of the new year, Chen Yaoyan asked again for permission to print Daming treasure banknotes in Nanjing. After the abolition of silver notes by the Imperial Bank, treasure banknotes became a substitute for silver bills, and although the imperial court now only allowed treasure notes to circulate north of the Yangtze River, in fact, treasure notes were already used in large quantities in the south.
Moreover, since the implementation of the deposit and loan system in the empire, there has been a shortage of currency in the imperial banks in the coastal areas, and some banks have even run out of money to lend, and some merchants even go to Shaanxi and Gansu to apply for loans in extremely remote areas in order to obtain loans, which also makes a large amount of treasure money flow to the coastal areas.
In fact, the current imperial currency system is a bit chaotic, gold and silver are still in circulation within a certain range, silver dollars and copper dollars are also circulating as the designated currency of the empire, and the Daming treasure banknotes are now beginning to be accepted within the empire.