The unreasonable law is like a chain to lock the dragon of the Ming Dynasty firmly, and the corruption of the rule is like a virus, eroding the body of the Ming Dynasty little by little, before the entire Ming Dynasty has been tortured by this mortal enemy to death, fortunately with the arrival of Zhou Zhong, he has recovered a little vitality, but if you want to fully recover, you must get rid of these two diseases, otherwise you will never want to let the Ming jump out of the cycle of prosperity and decline.

Although Zhengde also agrees with Zhou Chong's opinion, he doesn't want to tie himself all to the government, so he told Zhou Chong that if he wants to reform, then change it himself, he will give Zhou Chong the corresponding power, as for himself, he has to live the life he has wanted since he was a child, so there is a later thing, now Zhengde has left the capital, and the power of the entire Ming Dynasty has temporarily been handed over to Zhou Chong, as for how he will use it, it is not a matter of Zhengde.

It's funny to say, Zhengde is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the whole Ming Dynasty is actually his, but Zhengde is a heartless guy, in his opinion, the Ming Dynasty is far less important than his own play and war, so although he knows that there are many problems in the Ming Dynasty, but he doesn't care at all, but Zhou Chong, who is a younger brother, cares about the Ming Dynasty very much, so it is not accurate to say that Zhou Zhong cares about the Ming Dynasty, but the well-being of the people in the world, he doesn't want to wait until a few decades later, Once again, the whole of China fell into the hands of barbarians.

If you want to eliminate the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to grasping the supreme power of the Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is to have a group of loyal subordinates, so the first thing Zhou Zhong did after becoming a supervisor was to promote Jiao Fang to a cabinet scholar again. Then Jiao Fang secretly reached an agreement with Wang Qiong. And so it goes. There are two people in the cabinet for him to drive, plus Wang Qiong and Jiao Fang, the officials they contact, which makes Zhou Zhong have a lot of power in the court.

Originally, at Jiao Fang's age, Zhou Chong was also a little worried that he would not be able to do it, after all, the affairs of the cabinet are notoriously heavy, Jiao Fang is already over eighty years old, although he is old and strong, but it is a little too old to enter the cabinet at this age. However, Jiao Fang was full of confidence and assured Zhou Zhong. Although he is old, he is full of energy and will never be mistaken by his age.

Seeing that Jiao Fang was so eager to enter the cabinet again, Zhou Zhong had no choice, after all, thanks to Jiao Fang's advice by his side in the past few years, it was considered a lot of hard work, so in the end, Zhou Zhong could only ask Zhengde to let Jiao Fang enter the cabinet again. However, Zhou Zhong did not put all his bets on Jiao Fang's assurance, he had already given orders to Wang Shouren and Zhang Cai in Nanyang, and asked them to arrange the affairs of the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas. Immediately rushed to the capital, when there was a new appointment for them.

Speaking from the navy from the Ming Dynasty defeated the invading Portuguese fleet. The entire Indian coast also fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, although the Portuguese still occupied the east coast of Africa, but they were simply unable to compete with the Ming Navy, after all, the national strength of the two countries was not at the same level at all, not to mention the population, Portugal was hundreds of times worse than the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that the territory of the Ming Dynasty was even more vast, and the small Portugal was not as big as the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of the above that Zhou Zhong knows that in the next time, the navy of the Ming Dynasty should not be under any great threat, even if the Kingdom of Portugal can send a navy to the Indian Ocean again, I am afraid that it will not dare to start a war with the Ming Dynasty, after all, with the national strength of the Portuguese, the two fleets organized before have all been annihilated, and if they want to organize a more powerful fleet, they will not be able to support it at all.

Since there is no threat at sea for the time being, then there is no need for Wang Shouren and Zhang Cai to stare at the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas, among which Wang Shouren is a cabinet scholar who is determined by Zhou Zhongzhong, after all, this person is not only outstanding, but also the best to understand his ambitions, with him in the cabinet, the careful reform can be carried out smoothly. As for Zhang Cai, this person's talent is still above Wang Shouren, but unfortunately he is a complete villain, Zhou Zhong put him in the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas is very uneasy, there was Wang Shouren to supervise him before, and now since Wang Shouren is going to be transferred back, then Zhang Cai can no longer stay overseas, or in front of himself is more at ease.

As for the question of who will take over the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas after Wang Shouren leaves, Zhou Zhong is also very worried about this, after all, there are many maritime affairs, and it is related to the financial lifeline of the Ming Dynasty, plus the Governor's Mansion commands the three major fleets, it can be said that there are rich and people, if it is handed over to a wolf ambitious person, then the Ming Dynasty is afraid that there will be civil strife, so it is necessary to choose a loyal person to take on, but loyalty alone is not enough, if you want to be qualified for the position of governor, you must also have extraordinary talents.

There are many loyal people, and there are many people who can be qualified for the post of governor, but it is not easy to find people who have both, especially Zhou Chong, who not only needs to take over as governor, but also needs to obey his own command, which is also a little selfishness of his own, after all, the governor's palace is the foundation he has single-handedly laid, and it is also the foundation of his own foothold, and he does not want to make wedding dresses for others.

In order to find a suitable candidate for governor, Zhou Zhong thought hard for several days, and finally suddenly slapped his head, crying and laughing and secretly scolding himself for being confused, since he couldn't find a suitable candidate for governor, then he didn't look for it, whether it was Taiwan or Nanyang, where after several years of development, there was already a large number of Han people living there, and the rule of the Ming Dynasty there also tended to be stable, so that there was no need to set up a governor to manage it, but it could be directly divided into the official territory of the Ming Dynasty, and set up a political envoy to manage government affairs, as for the navy, It is directly under the command of the royal family, and the treatment is the same as that of the forbidden army.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chong was also shocked, the governor was originally a temporary position, mainly to manage those remote frontier places, where various emergencies often occur, so there must be a minister in charge of military and political affairs to act cheaply, now that the rule of Nanyang has been stabilized, it is time to abolish the post of governor of the four seas.

Zhou Chong is a prisoner, as long as he does not rebel, he will deal with all government affairs, so at the court meeting two days later, Zhou Chong officially put forward the idea of abolishing the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas. In fact, the cabinet also has a lot of complaints about the position of the governor of the four seas, after all, this position is rich and soldiers, in case of rebellion, I am afraid that the entire Ming Dynasty will suffer, but the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas was founded by Zhou Chong, so if they put it forward directly, it is likely to cause Zhou Chong's dissatisfaction, and with Zhou Chong's current power, except for those who have no brains, no one will easily offend him.

But now it's different, Zhou Chong took the initiative to remove the post of governor of the four seas, which is also in line with the meaning of the cabinet, so Yang Ting and those people agreed without even thinking about it, and they may be afraid that Zhou Chong will regret it, so they are very concerned about this matter, and in just a few months, the place under the rule of the Governor's Office of the Four Seas is divided into several political envoys, namely Taiwan, Jinzhou, Java, Borneo, and Malay. In particular, spices and precious timber and other items are very sought-after commodities in the Ming Dynasty, so when it comes to per capita wealth, these overseas political envoys are in the forefront of the Ming Dynasty.

Just when Zhou Chong was busy dividing the political envoys overseas, Wang Shouren and Zhang Cai finally came to the capital, for these two subordinates who were very handy for their own use, Zhou Chong also attached great importance to them, among which Wang Shouren was old in military affairs, so he was promoted by Zhou Chong to the left squire of the military department, and became Wang Qiong's deputy, as for Zhang Cai, when he was in Liu Jin's dictatorship, he had already achieved the position of the secretary of the ministry, but the current secretary of the ministry is Yang Yiqing, for this Yang Yiqing, who can write and martial arts, Zhou Chong is also very respectful, And he is also actively striving for him to join his camp, so it is impossible for Zhang Cai to be his official secretary, and his current name is not Zhang Cai, but Zhang Yu, so he can only use Zhang Yu's name in the end, and become a left servant like Wang Shouren, but he is still in the ministry, after all, Zhang Cai is more familiar with the ministry than anyone else.

Wang Shouren and Zhang Cai are two completely different people, which can be seen from their performance after entering Beijing, for example, after Zhang Cai returned to the capital again, he immediately met Zhou Chong, not only sent many valuable gifts, but also said in and out of the words that he will look forward to His Royal Highness King Zhao, and even said nakedly that since Zhou Chong supervised the country, the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty has changed, and the people of the world have also shouted Zhao Wang Yingming to save the people from fire and water.

For Zhang Cai's words to show loyalty or encourage Zhou Chong to usurp the throne, Zhou Chong thought he was farting at all, and even scolded Zhang Cai sharply and asked him to take care of his mouth, but Zhang Cai smiled at this, it seems that he thinks that Zhou Chong is just making a show by scolding him, so as not to spread out in the future to his reputation.

Zhang Cai's villain behavior Zhou Chong had also been expected, in contrast, Wang Shouren's performance made Zhou Chong more reassured, because as soon as the other party entered Beijing, he immediately came to Zhao Wangfu, and then directly asked Zhou Chong about his plans to become a prisoner, and Zhou Chong did not hide this, and directly pointed out that the decay and unbearable outside the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty Since he became the prisoner of the Ming Dynasty, then he will not let this situation go on again, and it is time for the Ming Dynasty to make some changes.

After listening to Zhou Chong's thoughts, Wang Shouren immediately stood up and bowed, and then solemnly said that as long as Zhou Chong has the determination to reform, then even if he is pointed out by 10,000 people, he will firmly support Zhou Chong to go on! (To be continued......) u