"That's it!" Zhu Youzhen also laughed, "With Hongji in Horqin, they will trust Daming more, when you go to Guanwai, you can take Ulan Sobud Gege there, and when you talk to the people of Horqin, she can be your translator for the time being." ”

"陛xià......"

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand to stop Li Hongji from continuing: "I believe that Li Aiqing will sincerely go to the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Thank you for your trust!"

"Finally, I'll talk about Lingbei Province."

Shi Kefa had already pricked up his ears, for fear of missing any of Zhu Youzhen's words.

"Lingbei Province is somewhat similar to Beihai Province, both are vast in terms of territory, located in the extreme north, it is adjacent to Beihai Province in the east, south to the north bank of the Heilongjiang River and the north bank of the Nanjiang River, the north is the same as Beihai, it is also the sea, and the west is also a river, which flows all the way to the sea."

"Your Majesty, is this Lingbei Province also a vast forest in the north?"

"Yes, because Lingbei Province is in the far north, although the territory is vast, the population is not large, I have already explained to Hong Chengchou and temporarily established one government and two counties in the local area."

"Only one government and two counties?" Shi Kefa's eyes widened, if it weren't for Zhu Youzhen being the emperor, he wouldn't have dared to believe such words.

"The current population of Lingbei Province is only 18,000 fixed residents, and all of them are Mongols, I plan to exile some prisoners there to enrich the Han population, Shi Aiqing, your duty is also to speed up the local sinicization."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"As for the method of sinicization, in addition to the exile of the Han people that I just mentioned, I also asked the Ministry of Industry to send a large number of seed farming tools, so that these Mongolians can learn to farm and settle down, in addition, I will also send talents to the local area, set up schools, learn Chinese, and start with children."

"However, Your Majesty, the two counties of this prefecture only occupy a corner of the corner."

"Shi Aiqing is right, Lingbei Province is only such a corner now, if the Mongols settle down locally, you can go west from Yashankou with the assistance of the army and establish more prefectures and counties."

"Your Majesty, the minister understands, after the minister goes to Lingbei, he is not defending the territory, but opening up the territory."

"Shi Aiqing really lived up to my expectations!" Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed, "Zhong Aiqing, I just want you to know more about the situation outside the border, now, do you understand your respective missions?" ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others are serving outside the customs this time, mainly to naturalize the local people and establish more prefectures and counties for the Ming Dynasty."

"Aiqing have said this, I can rest assured, outside the Ming Dynasty, it depends on you!"

"The ministers should do their best to collect the land outside the customs for the Ming Dynasty."

"I will say one last thing, you are the governor of the province outside the Guan, but in the provinces outside the Guan, I only have a civil official for the time being, and if there is a lawsuit between the people, it will be handed over to the army, this model, I call it 'military management', until the local area is completely sinicized."

At noon, Zhu Youzhen gave a banquet to the five outgoing governors in the side hall of the Imperial Palace.

On the first day of the ninth lunar month, it was supposed to be the day of the court meeting, but after Zhu Youzhen returned to Beijing from the Northern Expedition, he temporarily rejected the court meeting under the pretext of extreme fatigue.

On this day, he came to the Qingong Palace again, and on Zhang Yan's belly, he preliminarily completed the reform plan.

After being relieved, the two of them had a spring breeze.

Happy men, happy women!

In broad daylight, Zhang Yan didn't get up in time, and she was still lying in Zhu Youzhen's arms.

Zhu Youzhen stroked Zhang Yan's still flushed face: "Yan'er, people say that women are too smart for anyone to dare to want, but I still like a beautiful and smart woman like Yan'er - beauty can be eye-catching, smart can communicate." ”

"That's because His Majesty is the smartest man in the world," Zhang Yan closed her eyes slightly, and she was almost muttering: "Whoever dares to play with His Majesty will not end well!" ”

"I am the emperor, who dares to play with me?" Zhu Youzhen hugged Zhang Yan's fragrant shoulders and tightened her body to his side.

"Even if His Majesty is not the emperor, no one dares to fight with His Majesty, manufacturing firearms, eliminating the eunuchs, pacifying the Shaanxi people's rebellion, and cleaning up the construction of slaves, among these things, His Majesty only needs to complete one, which is enough to go down in history, and His Majesty has not only completed all these things, but also, His Majesty is still very young, and he does not know what achievements he will have in the future." Zhang Yan followed the direction of Zhu Youzhen's force, and bounced the meat # towards Zhu Youzhen, and the mulberry on her left side was already hanging on Zhu Youzhen's chest.

"Hehe, Yan'er is really good at talking!" Zhu Youzhen hugged her tighter.

"What the concubine said, but what she said from the bottom of her heart!" Zhang Yan yawned: "Your Majesty, but it's ......"

"What's wrong? Yan'er. ”

"His Majesty always lets his concubines bear the title of queen, and it's not a problem!"

"Does Yan'er want to be the queen mother, or do you want to be my concubine?"

"What do you say?" Zhang Yan slandered Zhu Youzhen, and she had already leaned on half of Zhu Youzhen's body: "It's okay!" His Majesty is brewing a major event of reform, and now the imperial court is about to rain, and the matter of the concubines will be ignored for the time being. ”

"Yan'er, you say, what is the most important thing about this reform?"

"Your Majesty, the key is the clan, don't let the clan collude with the world's scholars."

"It seems that I can't afford to mess with these scholars now?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Confucian saint has lived among the scholars for two thousand years, and throughout the ages, which emperor dared to offend the Confucian Mansion? Even when the Mongols unified the Central Plains, they did not dare to touch the house of Sage Kong. Zhang Yan slipped on Zhu Youzhen's lower abdomen, and accidentally slipped to Zhu Youzhen's vital point, "Your Majesty xià ......"

"Huh?" Zhu Youzhen also felt his own pillar of optimism, and he wanted to turn over.

Zhang Yan was about to escape, but Zhu Youzhen hooked her waist: "Yan'er, you asked for it!" ”

It's another spring breeze.

Tired men, cool women!

When Zhu Youzhen returned to the Qianqing Palace, it was already the time to hold the lamp, and the great eunuch Zhang Yixian brought it dinner.

The draft has only eight articles in total, which are of a programmatic nature.

Article 1: Abolish the status boundaries of the peasants, industrialists and soldiers, abolish the kneeling salute, and replace it with handshakes and arches, and all citizens are equal in politics and law;

Article 2: The development of industry and commerce is encouraged, but all industrial and commercial owners must pay taxes to the imperial court according to the standard of 15 taxes and 1 tax;

Article 3: Vigorously develop maritime transportation and encourage citizens to engage in maritime transportation;

Article 4: Agricultural tax shall be levied without discrimination, and all land, including Huangzhuang, must pay agricultural tax in accordance with the standard of 15 taxes and 1 tax;

Article 5: Freedom of speech, encouraging the establishment of newspapers by the people;

Article 6: Advocate civilization and enlightenment, and vigorously develop all kinds of education;

Article 7: Abolish the clan government, lift the ban on clan children, and all clan children can earn their own livelihood;

Article 8: Abolish the government military system, change it to a conscription system, implement a compulsory military system, and when the state needs it, all young people must perform military service unconditionally.

On the fifth day of the ninth month, Zhu Youzhen summoned Huang Liji, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Chunye, the secretary of the Ministry of War, at the Qianqing Palace.

"See Your Majesty!" Huang Liji and Li Chunye, seeing that Zhu Youzhen had not shown up since he returned to Beijing, and now they were suddenly summoned, it must be something important, and they jointly bowed to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen smiled, "The two Aiqing are exempt from courtesy, give a seat, and serve tea!" ”

"Thank you!" The two of them fell half of their buttocks on the chair where Zhu Youzhen was headed.

"You don't need to be formal, I summoned you today, it's just some personal inquiries."

"Private inquiries?"

"Yes, although I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am still young and have not been able to comprehend the way to govern the country, so I summoned the two Aiqing today to ask you for advice."

"Oh!" Huang Li's extremely elementary school student looked upright, "The minister should know everything!" ”

Li Chunye was careful about Zhu Youzhen, he remembered that Zhu Youzhen had looked forward to him about the Ming Dynasty, and he muttered in his heart: "Could it be that Your Majesty is going to fight again?" ”

"You are my most trusted ministers, and I will say it bluntly, the current Ming Dynasty is like an old cow and a remnant sun, full of holes, so I plan to reform and establish a new one, as for the content of the reform, I have a draft here, and the two Aiqing may wish to take a closer look."

The eunuch gave Huang Liji and Li Chunye a copy of the sorted out reform draft.

"Poof......" Huang Liji took a sip of tea and was looking at the draft leisurely, but before the draft was finished, a sip of tea squirted out, making the draft in front of him wet.

Li Chunye knelt down in front of Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, this kind of reform will definitely cause chaos in the world!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was not shocked: "So, both Aiqing are opposed to this reform plan of mine? ”

Huang Liji and Li Chunye glanced at each other, and both of them nodded slightly: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others resolutely oppose this reform plan, and the person who proposed this plan should be thrown into the prison of the Criminal Department, and the ministers want to see what this person has in mind!" ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed: "Two Aiqing, this plan is completely my idea, are the two Aiqing ready to let me go to the prison of the Criminal Department to experience life?" ”

"Your Majesty xià ......" Huang Liji was speechless for a while.

"Your Majesty is ......" Li Chunye didn't believe it even more, in his mind, leveling Shaanxi, capturing Wei Gelding, and cleaning up Jiannu...... How could that bizarre boy who was high-spirited, calm, and whimsical make such a big mistake? This is to be the enemy of the whole people, although he is the emperor, but in the midst of the opposition of the whole country, can this throne still sit firmly?

Zhu Youzhen also ignored the strange expressions of the two: "The two Aiqing reacted so strongly, it seems that this draft still needs to be revised - tell me, what articles do you oppose?" ”

"Abolish the Zongren Mansion and lift the ban on the children of the sect, absolutely not!"

"Taxing all land will definitely be resolutely opposed by the clan and Shilin!"

"If the people are equal, they will suppress the status of Shilin in disguise, and they will also strongly oppose it!"

"If you tax industry and commerce, you will be opposed by the industrial and commercial households!"

"Freedom of speech will inevitably destroy the situation of great unification since the Han Dynasty!"

"Doing business overseas will make merchants tainted with Yiren customs, even if the ban on shipping is lifted, it cannot be encouraged, and it must be led by the imperial court!"

"Abolish the government soldier system, then where is the way out for the current government soldiers?"

"The development of education for all will cut the boundaries of all social strata, and the people will not accept the indoctrination of the imperial court, and it will be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to maintain long-term stability, which is also inappropriate!"