The competition in the monthly ticket list is so fierce, Da Luo Luo knelt down and begged for the monthly pass

Zhu Jishi understands the West, but not Japan, and he doesn't bother to spend too much effort to figure out Japan's unique ideas - anyway, in the future, the shogunate and the imperial court will support both the shogunate and the imperial court. In addition, Japan cannot be allowed to shake off the big burden of samurai Yuroku. As long as Japan had to keep so many samurai, they would not have enough financial resources to spend on education and industrialization. Even if it is unified, it will not be able to accomplish anything.

After making up his mind, Zhu Jishi "played" with Tokugawa Akiko, and then fell asleep with Akiko in his arms. The next morning was the day of the Imperial Court. The Ming Dynasty now implements the constitutional monarchy, the parliament only has the right to suggest, the power of impeachment (supervision), the cabinet, the generalissimo's office, the university scholar's office, the Dali Temple, the Hongruyuan and other institutions are also to assist the emperor in governance, and need to be responsible to the emperor, not to the parliament. Therefore, Zhu Jishi must also often hold court meetings and listen to the government. According to the custom, the emperor had to attend court hearings every ten days, attend the parliament one day to listen to suggestions, and preside over the meetings of the cabinet, the generalissimo's office, the university scholars' office, the Dali Temple, and the Hongru Academy for five days to listen to reports. The other two days can be arranged freely, which is considered a rest day.

There are two places where the court listens to the government and presides over the "Five Chambers Meeting", namely the Fengtian Hall and the Jinshen Hall in the Forbidden City, as well as the Great Hall and Conference Hall of Fort Maria. Today's Linchao is in the Fengtian Temple, which has roughly restored the appearance of the early Ming Dynasty, with large openings, high and wide columns, and spacious space, and at the same time introduced some new styles, such as the installation of glass windows to increase light transmission. Whale oil lamps were also installed in the main hall for lighting. Make the main hall extra bright.

Zhu Jishi was dressed in the dragon uniform of the Ming Emperor, wearing a crown of good wings, standing on the throne in the palace, looking around at the civil and military officials in red court clothes, how could he feel a little dreamlike. He really became the emperor! has become a generation of heroes in the mouths of 40,000,000 people in the Ming Dynasty, and now he is holy! This feeling is really a bit fluttery!

The Ming Dynasty was revived after 200 years, which is equivalent to reopening the country, and what is borrowed is only the name of the Ming Dynasty. The title is valued by the Chinese scholars of this era, and there is this title. Zhu Jishi's rebellion was justified. Once you have an advantage, it will be much easier to win people's hearts. Therefore, in a very short period of time, the foundation of a country can be firmly established, and people's hearts have also settled down. If you kick off the Ming brand and re-establish a country, there will definitely be a lot more unconvinced people in the world. It is not easy to settle down. The Republic of China in later generations probably became chaotic for a long time because of this, right?

This great president. The surname Sun can be done. The surname Yuan can be used, the surname Li, and the surname Xu can be used. So why can't I? Although this imperial system is a backward system, it is suitable in China in this era. And the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan did not dare to kick the emperor away, probably the same concern, right? Without the title of emperor, no one else will be convinced by whoever is in the central government, and the country of Japan will probably fall apart. However, the Japanese people do not have the revolutionary determination to tear down Taiwan and scatter it in two, their country is small and poor, and if it is twisted into a ball, it can still survive, and if it is dismantled, it will be destroyed. After pondering for a while, he already somewhat understood the attitude of the Tokugawa shogunate towards his marriage to the Emperor. They really wanted to unite with the emperor and settle down the foundation of Japan as a nation.

"Your Majesty, King Yanping sent a letter saying that the Japanese court intends to form a good relationship with His Majesty in the Qin and Jin dynasties, and is willing to use the Ryukyu throne as a dowry.

Zuo Zongtang said that he was always a little confused about foreign affairs, and he did not know much about the West, but he did not know much about Japan at all, so the court meeting raised objections to the issue of the marriage between the Chinese and Japanese royal families at the very beginning.

Wu Chunqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also supported Zuo Zongtang's opinion: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that once His Majesty obtains the throne of the Ryukyus, the Russian-Japanese dispute will turn into a Ming-Russian struggle...... And the current conflict with Russia is not conducive to stabilizing the surrounding situation. ”

"The French Expeditionary Force and the Expeditionary Fleet have now passed through the Strait of Malacca and are docking at the port of Hung Minh (Bandar Seri Bega) to rest, and the battle for Vietnam will start soon, and if there is a conflict with Russia at this time, I am afraid that it will not be conducive to the war against Vietnam."

Liu Jiong, chief of the General Staff, was also reluctant to clash with Russia at this time, because the General Staff had been planning to conquer Vietnam in the past few months, and a large number of troops had already been mobilized to Liangguang, so that they could carve up Vietnam when the French fleet arrived. Due to the floods in the past two years and the relief of the four northern provinces, the price of grain in Daming has risen a lot. And the reclamation of the Northeast will not be effective overnight. Therefore, some people in the imperial court have pinned their hopes on stabilizing grain prices to seize the grain-producing areas in northern Vietnam, and Liu Jiong, who has returned from Britain and has seen the superiority of colonialism, is the giant of the so-called "Zhengyue faction". Moreover, he also opposes the Ming Dynasty's excessive involvement in complicated Japanese internal affairs, so as not to fall into a quagmire.

"Your Majesty, at present, the eight provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have implemented constitutional government, the people's hearts are stable, and all industries are beginning to flourish, but the situation in the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, aristocracy, and Guangxi is still unstable. Dali Du Wenxiu repeatedly refused to enter the court, his heart was unpredictable, and the court was wary of changes. In addition, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom entrenched in Gansu and Shaanxi, and forcibly promoted the worship of God and the "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System", which caused the people in the northwest to boil, and there were faint signs of chaos. The time may have come to recover Gansu. ”

Liu Jiong reported a bunch of troublesome things in the local area, and Zhu Jishi also listened to it a lot, why did the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cause public resentment to boil again?

"Jinyi Weishan West Division reported that it was found that some Jin merchants colluded with the Tartars to export iron and gunpowder to the Mongolian steppe, and the amount was extremely huge! The Bohai State appears to be stockpiling war supplies. "The commander of the Jinyi Guard, Wei Shaoguang, reported another incident at this time.

The relationship between the Jin merchants and the Manchu court is well known, and it is no secret that they colluded with the Tatars. It's just that these eight imperial merchants were also fat sheep to be slaughtered in the eyes of the Manchu court, and by the time Zhu Jishi restored the Ming Dynasty, they had all decayed and gone bankrupt. There is no longer even a confiscated object of the raid. I didn't expect that there were still Jin merchants following the old path, but the current Ming court did not prohibit iron and gunpowder from going to Bohai Kingdom.

"Just let Zeng Guofan keep a close eye on the Bohai Kingdom." Zhu Jishi shook his head, "My proposition is to put the south first and then the north, and the east and then the west...... The Bohai State is only continuing to exert its strength now, and it will not oppose it for the time being, even if Yixin wants to oppose it, Russia will not agree. As for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, let them make trouble first, Ganxi and Shaanxi are all meat in a bowl, and they can't run away, Xinjiang and Mongolia are meat on the plate, and sooner or later they will also be Ming. The colonial development of the Northeast is urgent, and it is good to increase the population of the Northeast to 5 million in the 6th year of the liberation.

However, the meat in the south has not yet entered the pot, and we are not the only diners, so we must start as soon as possible! The Secretary of the Navy ......"

Emperor Zhu looked at Wang Dehu, his sister was now pregnant with Zhu Jishi's species, and this Admiral Wang was also proud. Hearing Zhu Jishi shouting his name, he hurriedly bowed out and said, "Your Majesty, you call me?" ”

"Hurry up and find the map of Zhang Shilu's boundary, and see what territory in the south is not favored by Westerners, let's not care if there is oil and water, let's find a way to occupy it first, even if we don't have the strength to occupy it all, we will stretch out one foot to enter." Don't be afraid to spend money, it's worth building even a few fewer battleships. ”

"Obey." Of course, Wang Dehu was reluctant to build fewer battleships, but Emperor Zhu couldn't help but listen to his words.

Zhu Jishi said in his heart, the kind of sail battleship of the navy will be eliminated sooner or later. In the future, it will be the world of steam ironclads, so let's build a few fewer sail battleships. He just wanted to open his mouth to ask if the design and manufacture of the river gunboats (that is, Zhu Jishi drew a sketch for Nanyang Xing to build) had begun. A staff officer of the Admiralty hurried into the court and stuffed a copy of a telegram to Wang Dehu. Wang Dehu glanced at it, and his face suddenly changed greatly.

"Your Majesty, the Russian fleet has left the Ryukyus and headed northeast, and the destination may be the south of Kyushu Island!"

Zhu Jishi's eyebrows furrowed: "Went to fight the Japanese mainland?" Hum! I really treat me as transparent, Wu Qing, I ordered you to go to Japan as a special envoy and give a dowry to the Emperor. The bride price was 10,000 Besemai rifles, 100 cannons, and 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition. I'll send another regiment of guards to escort you along the way! (To be continued......)