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Exchanging the Chinese floating balloon technology with the members of the French Academy of Sciences is certainly not a good deal, after all, after leaving the obscurantist Middle Ages, any scientist is a treasure of a country. However, for Louis XIV, who was a martyr in his twilight years, it was clearly more important to restore French hegemony in Europe than to scientists who were not yet able to translate the results of scientific research directly into practical benefits. Moreover, at this time, France's national strength was not strong and it was unable to provide more research funds to the academicians of the Academy of Sciences, and France's scientific research level had lagged far behind that of Britain at the same time.

While it may be possible to persuade French scientists to venture out into foreign lands, it may be possible to persuade Spain to sell the Philippines. Although the new King of Spain, Philippe, was the grandson of Louis XIV, the Spanish royal court was not something that the French government could easily control.

The arrogant Spaniards were obviously unwilling to give up their colonies in the East, but fortunately, the official signing of the Treaty of Lingyamen between Portugal and China and the news of the war between Xia and Hehe came one after another, so that the old empire, which was indulged in the glory of the past, woke up. Yes, you can't buy it, won't people grab it directly? With Spain's current strength, how could it send the Grand Fleet to Asia to fight the world's first empire. It was with this realization that the Spaniards began lengthy negotiations with Lu Weijun.

Negotiations can't be bargaining, and they are entangled in the amount of money to sell. The Spaniards seemed to feel that China did not want to interrupt the galleon trade, so they were reluctant to let go. The British and Dutch who heard the news also put pressure on Spain, hoping that Spain could withstand the pressure of Huaxia, and was even willing to form an alliance with Spain to deal with Huaxia. However, Spain's treasury was very empty, and it did not have any money to prepare for the expedition, and the three countries had old enmities with each other, and France provoked them to stir up in it, so the plan of the so-called Triple Alliance was aborted before it could really enter the negotiation stage.

However, the two sides did not negotiate the selling price, so the negotiations dragged on until the news of the defeat and surrender of the Dutch army came the following year, and finally an agreement was reached with the Spanish side backing down. Eventually, Huaxia bought the whole of the Philippines from Spain for a huge sum of three million francs (about 25 million silver coins in half a century) or the equivalent of commodities over four years, but this is a later story.

Just when Lu Weijun was fighting alone in a foreign land, Zheng Kezang, who had been on patrol for more than half a year, returned to Wuchang.

After returning to Wuchang, Zheng Kezhang immediately announced that the Taiping Mansion would be demoted to Jiangnan Province, and the Tongzhou Mansion, which was originally subordinate to Jiangnan, would return to Jianghuai again. As soon as the news came out, the whole province of western Zhejiang was disappointed, but Zheng Kezang's reason was also very sufficient, after all, there were tens of thousands of workers and slaves in Taiping, and only Jiangnan had sufficient troops in the three provinces to monitor and suppress nearby, so it could only be assigned to Jiangnan.

And no matter how the western Zhejiang side feels that the imperial court is unfair, but since the legendary Taiping Mansion has become a reality, then the sale of Taiping Iron Mine and Taiping Iron Smelting Yard is just around the corner, in order to obtain first-hand information, the city of Wuchang Mansion is still full of merchants from all walks of life who drill camps and explore.

In order to quell the commotion in the market, the Chinese Imperial Court followed Zheng Kezang's will and then issued a public announcement, officially announcing that the Taiping Iron Mine and the Taiping Iron Works would be divided and sold to the domestic market.

Among them, the shares of Taiping Iron Smelting Field are valued at 8.5 million yuan, which are sold in three parts:

About 10% of the shares of the iron yard at par price will be sold to the workers of all levels of the iron yard below the Dazuo, the furnace head, and all the workers can buy the corresponding amount of shares according to their respective skill levels and functions, and those who have no money in their hands can use the future interest to offset the purchase on credit, but all the workers are prohibited from selling them to other officials and merchants for ten years; About 30% of the shares held by the Ministry of War, the Department of Planning, and the Inner Court of the Ministry of Planning, except that the Ministry of War is the original owner of the iron smelting yard and does not have to pay any fees, the Department of Planning and the Inner Court have to pay the purchase money at par value to the Ministry of War, but in view of the financial constraints of the Imperial Court, the Accounting Department and the Inner Court also use the proceeds of the next 30 years to offset the purchase price and interest; The remaining 60 percent of the shares are sold to officials, businessmen, and wealthy people all over the world, and this part of the shares is sold at a premium by means of premium subscription, and the final subscription price is a premium of 4,700 yuan per face value, which is almost five times the face value??????

However, for the military department, the income of more than 20 million yuan did not satisfy them, after all, the technicians of the iron-smelting field were priceless, and the regenerative tank blast furnace and coke iron-making in the field were even more secrets in the secret -- sure enough, a few years later, after figuring out the secret of good iron and steel produced in the imperial iron field, the regenerator blast furnace and coke iron-making were quickly promoted to the whole country, greatly improving the quantity and quality of domestic pig iron production, and giving Zheng Kezhang an unexpected surprise??????

After the successful sale of the shares of the iron smelting plant, the Salt and Iron Yamen Industry and Commerce Department also held the first general meeting of shareholders, and formulated a dividend and exhibition system of 13 shares of shareholders' equity and interest, stipulating that those who purchase more than 100,000 shares can be qualified as supervisors, and supervisors can supervise the operation of the iron yard. At the same time, in addition to some supervisors dispatched by the Ministry of War, the Department of Planning and the Inner Court, all the ambassadors and deputy envoys of the Ministry of War stationed in the Taiping Iron Works have been withdrawn, and new field supervisors and directors will be selected by the board of supervisors??????

After the successful sale of the Taiping Iron Works, the Huaxia Imperial Court adjusted the operation of the Taiping Iron Mine and the Huainan Coal Mine, and adopted contract operations, that is, the method of obtaining remuneration for small group outputs, to implement labor autonomy to avoid conflicts between the government and the miners directly sending labor to capital.

In addition, in order to avoid the adverse effects of frequent accidents on the nearby Chinese people, the Taiping Iron Mine and the Huainan Coal Mine began to fully use foreign indentured slaves instead of Chinese laborers; As for the poor Chinese who had taken the risk of mining to make a living, all the land granted to the border counties by the imperial court for compulsory resettlement, while the Qing army prisoners and the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners who were originally used for mining work in various places were transferred to the reconstruction of the Zhengguo Canal project and the construction sites of the coastal seas of Jianghuai, Haixi, and Shandong??????

The Qing court in the north has been driven to the territory of the Russians, the Dutch in the south has also been driven out of the Chinese sphere of influence, the Tusi in the southwest has also been very peaceful, and the economic recovery of various places is also on the right track, but Zheng Kezhang is still sullen - since the first month of this year, four former veterans and important ministers have died of illness, and now he has received the news that Zheng Keshuang is critically ill.

"Qin She, don't worry, take care of it slowly, and your body and bones will get better." Zheng Kezang, who came to Zheng Keshuang's mansion, could only comfort his terminally ill younger brother like this, looking at the other party's skinny appearance, the events of decades ago resurfaced in front of his eyes like a film that never faded. "You're still young??????"

Zheng Kezang's comfort sounded incoherent and incomprehensible to outsiders, so Zheng Keshuang, who barely opened his eyes, smiled and said: "Brother Huang, there is no need to comfort Qin She, I know my body, but it is not done." ”

"Nonsense, come on," Zheng Kezhang ordered to the attendant with some vigour. "Pass the decree, crown the king of Yuyang County as the king of Yan, and then order the palace of the world to pray for the blessing and longevity of the king of Yan."

Zheng Kezang's sealing at this time is just the so-called Chongxi, as for praying for blessings and longevity, it is just a matter of doing his best, Zheng Keshuang, who knows this, shook his head: "Brother Huang, there is no need to mobilize the people, in fact, I have already lived a lot, if the imperial brother did not leave his hand when Feng Xifan was liquidated back then, I am afraid that I would have been dry bones in the cave long ago, and I would have been content." ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Keshuang couldn't support it anymore, he said half-asleep: "Some people say that if Feng Xifan had succeeded back then, the country would be mine now, but I know that if I am the lord of Dongning, how can I lead the Zheng family to today." Therefore, the royal brother does not let me do politics, does not let me do business, I am not wronged, I see my aunt, father, mother, I, I am so ??????"

"In October of the sixteenth year, Yihai, Xia Yanwen Wang Zheng Keshuang, the emperor mourned, and mourned for three days" - "Xia Taizu Benji"

"Spread the word," watching Zheng Keshuang's coffin, which was six years younger than him, being transported to Dongning for burial on a spirit ship, Zheng Kezhang, who was full of emotion, felt that he should consider his absence, there are too many stories of people dying in China and resting, so he must make some preparations. "I searched all over the place, investigated the pros and cons of the trial of the meritorious people's association, and today I can say that it is good, so I told the world that Wucheng was fully implemented in all counties and state capitals in the seventeenth year."

It is only Zheng Kezang's first step to let the meritorious people, who only have the right of supervision and part of the power of impeachment, become an emerging force in the Chinese government and the opposition, and then set up a more extensive township sage association with the same level as the meritorious people's association, complete the structure of the two-level parliament, and then hand over part of the legislative power and financial supervision power to the parliament is Zheng Kezang's real purpose, however, the matter is not urgent, and it must be carried out step by step, so as not to shake the Chinese national policy of the meritorious people's system.

After promulgating the edict establishing the Gongmin Association in its entirety, Zheng Kezhang redefined the internal vassal system and formally established the criteria for the division of principalities, marquis, counties, and metropolitan governors. In the future, county men can obtain hereditary capital governorships within a radius of 100 to 200 (summer) overseas; The county can obtain the hereditary capital governor territory within a radius of two hundred to three hundred (summer); The overseas territories of county counties and county counts can be called earls (counties), with an area of more than 300 (summer) miles and less than 500 (summer) miles; The territory of the county marquis and the county marquis is called the marquis (lord) country, with an area of more than 500 (summer) miles and less than 1,000 summers; The territory of the county duke, the county duke, and the state duke is called the duke (duke) country, with an area of more than 1,000 li (summer); Do not set up a royal (jue) kingdom, so as not to end up with the Zheng family cannibalism.

According to the new internal vassal system, Hong Jun, the son of Hong Lei, Ke Shiliang, the son of Ke Ping, Chen Qiong, the son of Chen Shenwu, and Yang Wenjie, the son of Yang Ying, respectively obtained the territories of North Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara Islands, the Southeast Islands and part of the former Dutch Irian Jaya to establish the Hou State, and Hong Gongzhu, Zheng Guofen, the son of Zheng Yingping, and Cai Bolun, the son of Lin Sheng and Cai Hanxiang, also waited for the Northern Sulawesi and part of the territory of the Dutch Irian Jaya to establish the Bo State??????