Chapter 45: Zhang Cai is going home

Yue Wang Island, which now has established an independent state called the Great Yue Empire, seems to have been chosen by the new prime minister, Kong Yu.

Who would have imagined that the former descendants of Yan Shenggong would transform from the role of mascot to the stage of politics directly. Which king of the past dynasties did not know that the descendants of Confucius were a double-edged blade, which could consolidate direct rule and at the same time easily endanger his own authority.

Therefore, as long as they are not stupid, although the descendants of Yan Shenggong can inherit the name of Yan Shenggong, and they are favored by the emperor in every way and enjoy supreme preferential policies. But in fact, they are not allowed to go out of office, and the Yan Shenggong clan also maintains a very rational consciousness, enjoying the power while never mentioning the affairs of the official. Even appropriately, eulogize the emperor and help him consolidate his authority.

The times have changed in the end, and after Zhang Hongbin came to this era and accelerated the progress of science and technology, the Confucian family had to change.

If it remains unchanged, then the Kong family will change from a sacred family to an ordinary small family, and even after losing the rights, I am afraid that the business workers will not be able to compare with other professionals. The only thing to be thankful for is that you can take the civil service exam, but if you want to have any privileges or priorities in this, you naturally don't even think about it.

Is Confucian learning suitable for being an official? It may be suitable to be an official in the old society, but it is definitely not suitable to be a civil servant in the republic, first of all, professional knowledge is not enough.

But then again, the descendants of Yan Shenggong began to study the doctrines and knowledge of other schools with indignation, but they were afraid that Kong Lao Er would be angry in the spirit of the sky.

In the mainland, the Kong family had nothing to develop, so they simply aimed at Yuewang Island, which was gaining momentum. From here to the east, you can reach the Americas, and to the west is adjacent to the Nanyang Islands, if you continue north, you will reach the Indochina Peninsula, and then the mainland of China.

It can be said that as long as this place is managed well, the East can occupy the Americas and even flee to the Europa continent for refuge. In the west, you can first conquer the Nanyang Islands, and then go north, and if you are lucky, you can lay a foundation on the Chinese mainland, or even replace them.

This is Kong Yu's thoughts, in fact, he didn't know that Zhang Hongbin had intentionally given up the position of the prince to Zhang Cai before, otherwise he wouldn't have done such a stupid thing.

Just let Zhang Cai agree to take the throne, and then sit back and wait for Huaxia to fall into the bowl of the Kong family, that is really sour.

There is no way, the information is asymmetrical, and the descendant of Yan Shenggong made a stupid move......

But now he is also living quite well, and almost the entire Dayue Empire is under the control of their Kong clan, and the top and bottom, including the military and political departments, are filled with their people. The rest, also under the control of the magical 'opioid', are unable to resist at all, unless they enjoy the torture of withdrawal symptoms.

The Dayue Empire began to reorganize according to the old tradition, in fact, according to the cabinet system of the late Ming Dynasty, and at the same time abolished the civil service examination system and replaced it with scientific examination. To put it simply, all those who pass the examination are officials, and officials can hire a certain percentage of small officials, but these small officials are not civil servants, and can only be regarded as temporary workers. According to Kong Yu, only in this way can the nobility of the reader be reflected, otherwise the sentence 'everything is inferior, only reading is high' is still worth a fart?

However, some administrative departments have been retained, and time has proven the value of these departments, so it is impossible not to leave them. Especially now that Yuewang Island is in his own hands, he can't say that if his strength reaches the standard in the future, he can get rid of Zhang Cai's tiger skin and become the emperor himself.

The ancestor Confucius Sage is also known as Emperor Kong, and he is said to be the emperor, which is the spiritual emperor of all scholars, but naturally he is not as good as the real emperor.

When Kong Yu was in private, he would think, if the ancestors knew that their descendants had actually become the real emperor, they would be very pleased, right? Just thinking about it so occasionally, I'm really a little excited in my heart!

He didn't know that all his clansmen on Treasure Island had been killed by the people of the Intelligence Bureau at this moment. This is also something that can't be helped, who made Yuewang Island principle mainland, and it was very inconvenient for information to come and go? Besides, even if it is a high-end and high-grade thing like a communication instrument, it is only owned by Zhang Hongbin alone, and there is no semicolon in other houses.

He is even more unaware that his limit is coming.

As usual, he still came to the newly established court and paid homage to His Majesty the Emperor with other ministers. This child, who is only in his teens, but shows amazing wisdom, is definitely not to be underestimated, but he is still too young, and he always has a curiosity about unfamiliar things, so he can let them succeed. Now that he has been controlled by 'opium', no matter how smart he is, it doesn't make much sense, so he can only obediently act as an image ambassador for more 'opium'.

"Your Majesty, now that the navy has been prepared, it is ready to set off at any time. We are an island country, and we must open up the situation in order to achieve development. So I decided to send a part of my troops to the Americas first, and to get the resources we needed with the help of the Europa people in South America, through guò trade. At the same time, launch an offensive to the west and seize the resource-rich islands of Nanyang, so that you can expand your territory and increase your population! After Kong Yu finished paying his respect, he gave priority to getting up and making a report.

But everyone could hear that this was not a report at all, but a decision was made directly, at most he almost didn't say: "That's my opinion, your majesty, use the seal!" ”

"Our navy only has three ironclad ships, the others are wooden ships, and the supply of artillery shells is also slightly insufficient, for the sake of the continuation of the war, it must take three months before the attack can be launched, this you should understand Kong Xiangye." Zhang Cai sat on the throne and replied casually.

Probably remembered something again, and continued: "Also, the enemy's Nanyang fleet has ten ironclad ships, and considering the sneak attack factor, we don't have the upper hand!" ”

"Your Majesty, the South Sea is so big, in the vast sea, who can know where we passed from and where we left? We're going to grab as many people and resources as we can, destroying their fortifications and cities, and the longer we go, the harder it will be for them to find us! "Kong Yu has already thought about it.

"Okay, three months, can you wait?" Zhang Cai was not very hopeful.

"A month, I can't wait!" Kong Yu shook his head.

"That's it, now prepare for war, the whole country will start to enter wartime mode, a month's time!" Zhang Cai stood up and waved his big hand.

In his heart, he secretly said: A month's time, father, are you ready?

With a heavy heart, Zhang Cai didn't have much heart to govern, in fact, now all the qiē in Yuewang Island are in the hands of Kong Yu, and he is not qualified to control it. After hastily resolving today's court meeting, Zhang Cai locked himself in the study.

I didn't understand why my father always liked to lock himself in the study, but now I understand that secrets should be done in secret. Shut yourself in the study, don't allow anyone to come close, and then do something in secret, always feel safer.

I just wanted to take out the new communication device sent by the intelligence department not long ago, but I didn't want a black shadow to shake out.

"Who...... Well?! Zhang Cai quickly spotted the other party, but before he could scream, he was covered in the mouth.

"Your Highness, it's me!" The shadow whispered.

Zhang Cai is naturally no stranger to this voice, and the owner of this voice only met with him yesterday. So he didn't resist, and the other party let go of his hand when he saw this.

"Father, but the Emperor has new instructions?" Zhang Cai asked a little expectantly.

"His Majesty has already made arrangements, and he will start dealing with Kong Yu today. He had already sent someone to Treasure Island before, and directly destroyed Kong Yu's family left there. By the way, this is sent by the people from the intelligence department of His Majesty, saying that it is the antidote to 'opioids', which can help Your Highness to become addicted to drugs and will not relapse in the future! The intelligence officer reported very sincerely, and finally took out the antidote suit and handed it to Zhang Cai.

"My father was so kind to me...... I ...... "Zhang Cai wants to cry so much, after all, he is only a teenager this year."

"Your Highness, you are the flesh and blood of His Majesty, who is good for you?" The intelligence officer reassured.

"I suddenly felt a little homesick...... After the matter of Yuewang Island is resolved, it will be taken over by the state...... What kind of vassal king, I won't do it, I'd rather go back and be an ordinary gentleman! Zhang Cai said with a little crying.

For the head of the intelligence officer, this was beyond his expectations, but he never expected that this master actually planned to give up the throne and return to China to be a filial son.

However, this may also be a good ending......