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Chen Ming took a boat from Beijing to the canal all the way south, and along the way, various local governments, the military, and celebrities and wealthy businessmen visited and gave gifts. For example, the four families of Confucius, Mencius, Zengyan and Yan in Shandong, these four families now wear a hat of sacrificial officials on their heads, and because of the shaking of the status of Confucianism in the new dynasty, they have also changed from the original Shandong and even the world's famous families to local celebrities.

In this matter, the Kong family suffered the greatest loss, a lot of the land in their hands was taken away, many privileges were all abolished, and the title of the Duke of Yansheng and the position of Qufu County were not even considered. However, Meng Zengyan's status has not changed much, and in the previous dynasties, they all held a small doctor of the Five Classics, a small sesame official of the eighth grade, and they had a fart. In the relics of Confucianism, the Kong family has always been able to eat fat intestines, and other families can only pick up a little leftovers. It is also because of this that these families have always been around the Kong family.

Now everyone is a sacrificial official, and the official hats of the latter three families have been promoted to the seventh grade. Only from this hypocrisy, it is more noble. It's just that the Kong family has also been cut to the seventh-grade file, and the title of how many generations of inheritance has been lost, the three families of Meng Zengyan, and other families, but they only have sadness and no schadenfreude.

Because they all know very well what that means. The decline of Confucianism as a whole is also the loss of their families. Only when Confucianism is prosperous, can these guys who live with the tablets of their ancestors more than 2,000 years ago have a good life, on the contrary, the loss of actual interests is so great. Like now!

On the way back to Nanjing, there were local specialties from all over the world, and there were some treasures, and Chen Ming collected several boats. Although Chen Han has already decreed that all things such as Ice Charcoal and Xia Jing are not allowed to be used anymore, can this rule still be applied to Chen Ming's own head? The exchange between superior and subordinate officials, and the gift of local products to Chen Ming, are two concepts? Instead of Chen Ming being strict with others and lenient with himself. And the gifts offered by these local military and wealthy businessmen are really some national treasures.

For example, the Sanshi plate, also known as the Tanren plate, is a bronze vessel in the Western Zhou Dynasty, named because the inscription has the word "Sanshi". Qianlong was unearthed in Fengxiang, Shaanxi Province in the early years, and later fell into the hands of Yangzhou salt merchants, and was dedicated to Chen Ming by Ruan Chengxin in Huai'an. The Ruan family was originally a wealthy merchant in Yangzhou, but they moved to Huai'an during the war, and they got on and off the ship early on the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they were not subject to any liquidation. Now that the fighting has subsided, I don't plan to move back to my hometown.

There is also a pair of bronze statues with dragon and tiger stripes, which were presented by Kong Zhaohuan. It is said that it has been treasured in the Confucian family for 700 years! It is an old piece of the Shang Dynasty.

The shape is tall, the mouth edge is broad, the belly is bulging, the foot is high, one and a half feet high, the diameter is one foot three inches, and it weighs thirty-five pounds. The whole forms a three-layer pattern, and the shoulders are combined with round carvings and reliefs to create three vivid images of dragons. The abdomen is bounded by three ridges, separated by 3 groups of the same ornamentation, all of which are in the shape of two tigers eating people, and the circle foot is carved with gluttonous ornamentation, and the casting is extremely exquisite. Chen Ming's eyes couldn't leave when he saw it, and he was amazed, it was really hard to imagine that the ancients thousands of years ago could cast such exquisite utensils.

Although Chen Ming didn't have the slightest research on bronzes, he believed that this thing would not be fake, and they didn't dare to fool him. Therefore, these are well-deserved national treasures. And such utensils, from Beijing to Huai'an, Chen Ming received eight pieces.

In the yamen of the Caoyun Governor of the former Qing Dynasty, Chen Ming picked up a pu vegetable and put it in his mouth, the delicious and refreshing feeling was spontaneous, fragrant and tender, refreshing, and really worthy of another alias of this dish: Red Jade Private. Absolutely full of color, flavor and taste!

But it tastes completely different from another kind of pu cabbage that Chen Ming is familiar with.

In his previous life, Chen Ming's hometown was also famous for producing pu vegetables. When he was a child, he followed his parents to sit down and eat, and he liked to eat the dish of roasted pu choi, and he liked pure roasted pu choi the most. But when he grew up, the pu cabbage that was very common when he was a child had become a rarity. Because the pu reeds on the 10,000 acres of water have been shoveled under the order of a certain boss, that is, he only recovered a few years before he crossed.

The boat went to Huai'an, and it was not far from Nanjing.

Chen Ming received a battle report from Shaanxi, Yan'an and Yulin were all down, and Yongying ran away. It is estimated that the Qing army is also used to running. It can be said that on the whole, the whole of Shaanxi has fallen into the hands of the Fu Han army, but it will take longer to sort out the place carefully.

Therefore, there is no need for Chen Ming to stay in Beijing any longer. The war against the Manchus has entered the final stage, is it necessary to let him personally take charge?

Chen Ming is going to return to Nanjing to participate in political affairs, and then wait until next year to officially ascend the throne and become emperor.

Now that the military expenditure of the Fu Han army is quite sufficient, it will not be a problem to take the eastern part of Gansu, at least Lanzhou, and sweep away Yunnan in general this year. When Chen Ming ascended the throne and became emperor in the following year, almost the entire Han land would be recovered, and the news of Tibet would also have a spectrum. Then it was time to thoroughly clean up the Tusi in Gansu, Qinghai and the Captain area. Finally, Xinjiang, Northeast China, and Outer Mongolia.

Chen Ming has communicated with Chen Hui many times, and has already set a task list for when to inherit the throne, ascend the throne, and the next few years.

So there's really no need for him to stay in Beijing. On the contrary, it was Chen Hui, he wanted to go to Beijing very much, and even after Chen Ming ascended the throne, it was not impossible to stay in Beijing all the year round, just after he became the emperor.

As far as his identity is concerned, he has come to this point because he didn't go to Beijing to play tricks before, and he didn't sit on the Fengtian Palace, which was a blind eye. Besides, the scenery of the Old Summer Palace is unique in the world, Chen Ming also found a panorama of the Old Summer Palace in the garden and sent it to Chen Hui in Nanjing, and he had already hooked his heart.

As the time approached June, news from the North Korean side continued to reach Chen Ming's ears. In particular, the Qing army in the northeast began to move, Yonghui found that the spearhead of the Fu Han army was really pointed to the northwest, although the Fu Han army began to play chess on the sea in the east, but how to look at the Fu Han army did not want to immediately attack the northeast.

Since the migration of the Million Eight Banners to Guanwai, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's oppression of Korea has been even greater. Not to mention the two most basic materials, grain and cloth, a large number of Korean craftsmen were also taken captive to the northeast, and they were available in all walks of life, and like the craftsmen in Beijing who were relocated by the Manchus, they provided the Manchus with all the materials needed for life and war. According to the news reported by the Military Intelligence Agency, the whole of Korea is miserable, that is, the richest Gyeonggi Province is full of bandits, and many people will not survive. The places are like Cao Cao's poem: the white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.

Chen Han unabashedly canonized the new king of Joseon, and of course Yonghui knew it. However, the Manchu Qing people, who had just moved into Guanwai last year, were panicked, and they shrunk their bodies and watched carefully at the actions of the Fu Han army.

But now Yonghui has the courage to do so.

The current situation also forced him to let go of his courage to increase the power of the Manchus as much as possible in the shortest possible time. So how can the power of the Manchus be strengthened in the shortest possible time? On the one hand, eliminate internal troubles and cut off bandits outside the border, or rebel troops. How many people still think that those bandits are real bandits?

The second is to squeeze North Korea to the greatest extent and use North Korean flesh and blood to supplement the physical strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Perhaps, this is the biggest reason why Chen Wei does not attack the northeast and takes the northwest first." Yonghui is not a fool, although he is not sure about his psychology, he can have some clues. Although this news was released by him, even the Manchu Qing themselves did not believe it. But he had already dared to gather his forces to gather in Seoul, and it was estimated that by May he would move south to sweep Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province.

The remnants of the Lee clan dared to release the news of their accession to the throne in June, and if the Manchus did not express themselves, the North Korean resistance was afraid to rise again. And at that time, it will also be the best time to send Li Di back to the West. In the chaos of war, everything is possible, and then it will be found out by Li Yu's brave loyal ministers.

Going south from Huai'an, the scenery along the way is much better than Hebei and Shandong, and Chen Ming saw that many people, whether they were looking or dressing, were better than Shandong.

The Yellow River still flows into the sea from Huai'an, and in this time and space where Chen Ming has pried the trajectory, it is unlikely that Shandong will have a chance to touch the Yellow River again.

Accustomed to wars and killings, the peaceful and peaceful livelihood of the people in the local area also has a different taste.

When Chen Ming's ship arrived in Yangzhou, a large number of merchants had gathered in the whole of Yangzhou. In particular, the business representatives of the European countries in Nanjing, when the envoys of the European countries had not yet come to China, they were the official representatives of the European countries in China. Chen Ming is going to hold a conference in Yangzhou, which involves a lot of foreign trade issues, and they naturally have to be there.

The night was dark, and much of the city was shrouded in darkness. But in the past, the Yangzhou Yandao Yamen, which would have sunk into the dark night early, bloomed with dazzling brilliance tonight. The yamen, which had been closed for many days, was reopened today.

A wind lantern illuminates the entire yamen and the surrounding 100 meters as if it were daytime.

Because tonight there's going to be a formal dinner here. The banquet was mainly attended by the business representatives of European countries in Nanjing, as well as the wealthy businessmen and foreign companies in the south of the Yangtze River, and although Pan Zhencheng, who presided over the dinner, was already a very high-grade heavyweight in the eyes of many people, the ministers around him who followed Chen Ming, and even himself, were the real big men admired by thousands of people.

It is not uncommon for the prince to attend banquets on such occasions in Europe. In China, that's even more commendable.

For many Chinese businessmen, it is a blessing and honor for them to be able to participate in a banquet attended by the prince.

"Mr. Robert, long time no see! Always good? ”

Chen Ming and Robert are old friends, as well as Perrier, Lustig, Pierre and others. Among them, Perrière came from Shanghai. The Fu Han army wanted to further open up the ports, the ports in the north, and several inland cities along the Yangtze River, plus relax the personal restrictions on Europeans, how could such a major event be without the presence of the French East India Company.

The two sides greeted each other and said a few polite words, which can be regarded as necessary diplomatic etiquette. Who made Chen Ming's identity special, and he attended this banquet with a great official color, and a big reason was for the Europeans who came.

Chen Ming shook hands with everyone and greeted everyone, and the smile on his face was professional, in contrast to this, the facial expressions of Robert and Pierre have always been very professional. No flattery, no explicit, no arrogance, no arrogance. Unlike the Spaniards and Dutch, whose facial expressions are always stiff, as if their facial muscles have been paralyzed.

The expressions of Perrière and Lustig were even more full of sincere enthusiasm, and Perrière even took the initiative to ask if there was a pastime after the dinner, and if there was a ball, they didn't mind being teachers and teaching the maids behind Chen Ming to dance a few dances.

"Haha, that's a pity. There will be no dance tonight, just a tea party. "During the dinner, there was a staggered mix of ideas, and everyone was talking and laughing or exchanging something. At the end of the dinner, Chen Ming said with a smile, "China is a big country with a profound civilization tradition and self-rules, and the current social situation is still difficult to accept Western-style dance party forms of exchange. And I also think that when the main topic of tonight is in front of everyone, you will not be in the mood to dance and have fun anymore. ”

"Robert, Perrier, Pierre, Lustigue......" Chen Ming called out the names of the business representatives of the Western countries present, with the only exception being Perrier. And you, look at the right-hand side. Chen Ming greeted all the dignitaries at home and abroad present.

Liu Wu, who was standing behind Chen Ming, glanced at a secretary, who nodded, walked to the wall on the right, stretched out his hand to pull open a curtain, and as the curtain was pulled apart little by little, a huge map of China's territory hanging on the wall appeared in front of everyone.

Robert's eyes widened, and he studied the map carefully. He was not surprised by the opening of several new ports in northern China. It is nothing more than Yantai, Qingdao and Tianjin, and what he really wants to see is the inland open to the Chinese.

"Wuhan, Wuhan ......" more than one foreigner cheered loudly.

Robert and Perrier's bodies were trembling, and the Chinese actually drove to Wuhan as soon as they opened up. Although they know the Central Plains in their minds, foreigners who do not have the concept of the Central Plains regard Wuhan more as the heartland of China than Luoyang or Kaifeng in Henan. The importance of Wuhan is very clear to each of them!

"Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Wuhu, Anqing, Jiujiang, Wuhan, ......, God, it's perfect......"

Compared with the three newly opened trading ports in the north, the Yangtze River, the giant dragon that runs through the east and west of China, is six when it opens.

On this huge map of China's territory, the red dots along the Yangtze River are like sharp arrows, and the ports that open along the curved east coast are like a bow.

By the time the commercial port was opened to Wuhan, the whole of China had almost already been opened. Even if the north and southwest regions are opened up one after another, there is no real growth.

As soon as this place is opened, the power of China's foreign trade has surged out of 10 or 90 percent.

"You can stand in front of the map and see it better." Chen Ming walked first and walked to the map.

"First of all, I would like to give you important news. The DPRK has decided to open nine new foreign trade ports in order to boost China's economy and people's livelihood as soon as possible and to deepen cultural exchanges between the East and the West. This news is not only very important to the foreigners, but also to the Chinese businessmen who attended the meeting.

"This is a decision with a historic mission. The people involved are not only European countries, but also our own country. The purpose of convening you here today is to talk openly and honestly......" (To be continued. )