Although he has taken the capital and gained a firm foothold, he is still far from controlling the huge empire. In addition to the original territory, the area controlled by Zhang Ke only added Beizhili, Henan, Shanxi and other places, and almost the Yellow River Valley was included.

Even if these areas fall into the hands, there are still a large number of rogues and bandits, and the local heroes and powers exist, which are basically power vacuums and urgently need to be replenished.

After discussions with Prime Minister Wang Huazhen and others, the policy of going hand in hand was decided. First, the military will eliminate local forces, and at the same time, new officials will be dispatched to rebuild a new system of local administration.

The character of the high-ranking officials selected by Zhang Ke may be uneven, but the ability is top-notch, especially the new dynasty grass-cauched, everyone has common interests, all of them are of one heart and one mind, and the plan made is very perfect, Zhang Ke has nothing to modify, after he read it, he just added one.

"In all the areas under control, according to the way of the monks and monks of the Shinong, industry and commerce, each industry selects and sends highly respected figures, three to five hundred from each province, to enter Beijing together."

Everyone didn't understand what Zhang Ke meant, only Cui Chengxiu blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the enthronement ceremony should be grander, and these people should be invited to watch the ceremony." I think I have called the kings of those vassal countries over and let them see the majesty of China, and the Heavenly Empire has returned! ”

is worthy of being an overseas governor, Cui Chengxiu's international vision is first-class, and he never forgets to declare his heavenly might. But Zhang Ke shook his head, obviously he didn't guess right.

"I have sent these people to Beijing so that they can participate in the drafting of the Chinese Charter, and as the supreme law of the empire, including me, they must also abide by the law and manage affairs within the scope of the legal system."

Zhang Ke had already sworn to be a different emperor, not to listen to the mandate of heaven, but to listen to everyone's ears. It was only Zhang Ke's idea and statement, but he didn't expect him to play real.

It sounds like this Chinese charter is similar to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, but when you think about it, it is completely different. The so-called ancestral system was set by Zhu Yuanzhang alone, and the descendants of the Zhu family must abide by the laws of their ancestors out of filial piety. And this charter was formulated by representatives of the people from all walks of life, which means that it is more binding on the people of the world and more representative. Even Zhang Ke has to accept the constraints of the charter, which shows the authority of the charter and the importance of this matter!

Zhang Zongheng pondered for a while. He bowed down and stood up.

"Your Majesty, the people may let it be, but not know it. The decree was made by His Majesty and negotiated by the important ministers of the court, so how could Tai'a hold it upside down and delegate authority to those uneducated farmers? ”

"That's right, the old minister also thinks it's inappropriate." Li Zhizao said: "Scholars, students participate in the drafting of the charter. It is still negotiable, but it is a businessman, a farmer, a soldier. How can I participate? ”

Before he finished his words, Lu Xiangsheng and Bao Shiqing, the business book, all stood up.

"Li Xiang. Our soldiers were born and died, and without our efforts to kill the enemy, we would have today's country. Why can't we participate? ”

"That's right! Your Majesty has long said that there is no distinction between high and low, and half of the fiscal revenue comes from industry and commerce, if we are not allowed to participate in the drafting of the charter, how can we convince the big guys? Bao Shiqing also retorted.

Li Zhizao, the old Jianghu, was not afraid of them, and said with a smile: "Two, I don't let you participate because businessmen value profit over righteousness, and soldiers don't understand government affairs." But rest assured, you don't have to worry about the interests of merchants and military men when we draw up our decrees. ”

"That's not going to work!"

This time it was Sun Yuanhua, the secretary of the Ministry of Munitions, who stood up, first bowed his hand to Zhang Ke, and then said proudly: "Your Majesty advocates pragmatism, take the military industry under my rule as an example, the craftsmen's technological innovation, invention and creation, all have patents. It's just that these patents are only useful in the military industrial system, and when they are used by the people, they don't have to bear the cost, isn't it a strange thing! All these and so on, how can scholars and bureaucrats alone draw up decrees take care of all aspects, and how can a group of high-ranking people understand the real cry below? ”

Sun Yuanhua has been focusing on the production of military merits over the years, and he has made a lot of contributions, and Cui Chengxiu couldn't help but stand up with his statement.

"Your Majesty, the minister also has the courage to speak out, overseas interests are getting bigger and bigger, but we don't have a decree to manage overseas, those immigrants have been worried that they will become outcasts of the Celestial Empire, and the minister thinks that this matter cannot be ignored."

The civil and military forces present all joined the debate, and every word you said to me was almost about to bulge up the roof, but Zhang Ke liked fair debates very much, so that everyone could speak openly and honestly.

But now that time is pressing, the quarrel is always going on, and the big thing is delayed. Zhang Ke coughed twice, and immediately everyone quieted down.

"Fang Cai Sun Shangshu mentioned the word pragmatism, I think it's very good. Taking Daming as an example, the ancestral family law left by Zhu Yuanzhang is becoming more and more out of date, and has become a shackle around Daming's neck. As for the decrees made by the imperial court, most of them are empty and difficult to implement. ”

Zhang Ke said with a smile: "I ask myself, not a saint, neither are you here, only by brainstorming and taking care of the interests of all parties can we ensure that the decree can be implemented." Such a convention would be held every 10 years to come, called the Constituent Assembly! In response to the deficiencies in the laws and regulations, new problems have emerged, and the laws and regulations have been revised. Just like the regulations in the army, you have to keep pace with the times! ”

When these words were heard, many people nodded frequently, and those who opposed them gradually defected. It's just that Wang Huazhen's face is solemn.

"Prime Minister, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks your statement is very reasonable. However, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and it is the most taboo to turn it, if it is changed every ten years, how can we ensure the smooth flow of government decrees? ”

Zhang Ke nodded and said with a smile: "Prime Minister, the number of people in the Constituent Assembly should be as many as several thousand, from all walks of life and all regions. If the discussion is opened, I am afraid that there will be nothing to argue about in a year. My idea is that the cabinet and the ministries should make more efforts, delineate the agenda before the meeting, and then build a consensus, and if there is a basic agreement, it will be passed, and if there is a big controversy, it will continue to be studied. The Constituent Assembly has the heaviest powers, and its use must also be strictly regulated. ”

None of the people present were idiots, and the big guy gradually understood Zhang Ke's intentions.

Convened from all over the world and from all walks of life, the authority and representativeness of the Constituent Assembly cannot be questioned. To some extent, it replaced the previous emperors, and it was extremely sacred.

Just as the gods cannot manifest their spirits every day, the Constituent Assembly can only have consensus. And absolute certainty before making a decision. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, the authority of the Constituent Assembly will be strongly questioned.

Some people saw the cleverness of this design, and some people saw Zhang Ke's off-string sound.

From ancient times to the present, it has been emphasized that kings and scholars rule the world together, and in all fairness, no emperor has achieved this level.

However, Zhang Ke has taken a bigger step than anyone else, not only scholars, but also other industries can participate. With this channel of appeal, the people's grievances will be alleviated. It can greatly curb the impulse of the people to rebel.

Take the present as an example, those scholars in the opposition, the local heroes, heard that they could participate in the Constituent Assembly, and the emperor had to abide by what they came out, and these people would join in when they broke their heads, who still had the heart to oppose Zhang Ke.

After figuring it out, the high-ranking officials present only had to stick out their thumbs. Praise constantly.

Zhang Ke was able to come up with a plan that satisfied everyone, and everyone obediently danced with his baton. Some people have to ask, where is the position of the emperor in the future? Is it just an ornament, of course not. Lao Tzu said well, the outside of the body exists, and the body comes first.

Successive emperors have been able to mediate the interests of all parties with a detached attitude. As the final arbiter of this order. Compared to having to do things personally, tired to death, it is definitely a hundred times more clever control method.

The Imperial Council finally approved Zhang Ke's proposal. The order for the selection of delegates to the Constituent Assembly was quickly transmitted, and at the same time, Zhang Ke also promulgated three military arrangements.

Zhang Feng crowned the king of Jin and led his troops to guard the front line of Xuanda Jiliao to defend against the Mongols. Before leaving Beijing, Zhang Ke also gave his eldest brother a secret order to eliminate Lin Dan Khan at the right time, and push the territory northward as much as possible, the farther away the better. Even if you can't control it for the time being, you have to send an expedition team and nail down the wooden card.

This is called since ancient times - god-level killers!

The other two groups of men, Wu Boyan was appointed as the deputy envoy of the privy council, and was ordered to lead 50,000 men and horses from Shanxi into Shaanxi, sweep away the liukou, and expand the territory. As for the other way, it was led by Qiao Fu, who went south along the canal from the capital and approached the south of the Yangtze River.

Just when Zhang Ke was changing the dynasty in a big way, there were already changes in the south.

The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, how can the huge Ming Dynasty easily withdraw from the stage. Unlike the north, which was destroyed by the shock and people's minds changed, there are still huge conservative forces in the south.

After hearing that Chongzhen had died, after a short period of chaos, the hundred officials of Nanjing supported the enthronement of Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, with the year name Longwu.

Tang King Zhu Yujian is not a descendant of Zhu Di, he is a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang's twenty-third son, Tang King Zhu Huan. Speaking of Zhu Yujian, unlike the vassal king who ate and waited for death, he was also a little bloody, and during the siege of his fiefdom Nanyang, Zhu Yujian personally led his men and horses to defend and repel the attack of the Liukou.

He also led his troops north to King Qin, but according to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, the vassal king was not allowed to leave the fiefdom without permission, which provoked Chongzhen to be angry and abolished him, and the throne fell into the hands of his brother.

It was this move that unintentionally saved Zhu Yujian. When Qiao Fu led the troops into Henan, he let his subordinates pretend to be rogues and capture the Tang Palace, but Zhu Yujian, who did not have the throne, escaped, he knew that the north was a chaotic army, and there was absolutely no hope, so he relied on begging for food to go south, all the way to Nanjing, and only ate a few days to eat.

Who knew that luck would not be able to stop it, Chongzhen and several princes were killed by Zhang Ke, and the throne suddenly had no heir. It just so happened that King Fu, King Zhou, and King Lu all died, and the descendants of Zhu Di's family almost died, and there was a Gui King Zhu Youlang who was far away in Guangxi and couldn't quench his thirst.

The officials of Nanzhili quarreled for a few days, and finally elected the Tang King who had nothing to the throne, and the newly baked Emperor Longwu was very ambitious, and the first thing he did when he came to power was to transfer troops to the Northern Expedition to avenge the death of Emperor Chongzhen.

Among the ministers who supported the accession of King Tang, Ma Shiying was the oldest qualified, he had served as the governor of Fengyang, and his mind was relatively sober. If you want to take revenge on the Northern Expedition, you can shout it as a slogan, but if you take it seriously, it's purely two or five boys.

The best situation is to be able to hold the Yangtze River, rule across the river with Zhang Ke, and learn from the Southern Song Dynasty, which is also good.

It's just that if you want to be in the southeast, it's not so simple. Since Songjiang opened up the city, the governor of Susong fell into the hands of Zhang Ke's brother-in-law Deng Wentong, and the two richest prefectures in Suzhou and Songjiang were under Zhang Ke's control, plus Hangzhou and other places, half of the wealth in Jiangnan was given to Zhang Ke.

If you want to hold the Yangtze River, you must have money and soldiers, and the two prefectures of Susong must be in the hands of the sword.

Ma Shiying persuaded Emperor Longwu to agree to his battle plan. The ship was broken and there were still 3,000 nails, and now there were still four towns in the southeast.

Including Gao Jie, who was originally a liukou and later surrendered, Huang Degong, the general soldier of Luzhou, Liu Liangzuo, the defeated general of Liaodong, and Liu Zeqing, the former general of Shandong.

There are many and few people under the command of these four people, among which Huang Degong has the strongest combat effectiveness, the largest number of people is Huang Degong, almost 20,000 troops, and the four towns have a total of 60,000 or 70,000 people.

When they heard that Suzhou and Songjiang were going to be attacked, these four people were overjoyed.

Although the Yizhou soldiers are extremely powerful, they are inevitably afraid, but now Su Song has no generals at all, only Zhang Ke's brother-in-law Deng Wentong is alone, and he is not familiar with military affairs at all, and the defenders are only in their early 10,000s.

There is a huge disparity in troops, how can it not win!

At the thought of a chance to win, they couldn't sit still. Just kidding, Suzhou and Songjiang, what is that place? The richest place in the world is full of gold, and the money is flooded with feet, no matter how much you occupy it for a few days, you can still earn enough money for the rest of your life. By the way, the brothers can have a fat year.

No matter how it is calculated, it is cost-effective, and the four towns unanimously agreed to send troops. More than 60,000 horses, plus auxiliary soldiers and people, mighty, 200,000 horses set off from Jinling, passed through Zhenjiang, and went straight to Suzhou.

"What to do, what can I do?"

When the news reached Songjiang, Deng Wentong was having breakfast, and a small bowl of japonica rice porridge fell to the ground, splashing all over the corners of his clothes.

"Hey, it's all my fault!"

Deng Wentong didn't expect that a Tang King would emerge, quickly ending the chaos, and the three fires of the new emperor's accession to the throne directly burned him.

As soon as he thought of the other party's 200,000 army, Deng Wentong spun around, he suddenly remembered something, hurriedly got up, walked in a hurry, and arrived at the cross-courtyard. In the courtyard, a teenager was holding a sword, and his head was covered with beads of sweat.

"Your Highness, something is wrong."

The young man put away his sword and said with a smile: "It's my uncle who is here, what do you command?" ”

"Hey, my Highness, those pig heads in Nanjing don't know what crazy they are, and they want to attack Suzhou. I am currently short of major generals, and the son of a daughter can't sit down, so you listen to my arrangement and immediately take a boat north to ask for help. ”

The young man is Zhang Yan, he has long heard that Jiangnan is prosperous, and begged his grandmother Shen to run to Jiangnan, who knows that the next sudden change in the situation and Zhang Ke rebelled, and he stayed in Suzhou.

"Uncle, isn't the current situation very bad?" Zhang Yan asked quietly.

Deng Wentong frowned deeply, and said: "As long as it can be blocked for a few days, reinforcements from the sea, as well as people and horses from Shandong, will come, and the most difficult thing is these few days." ”

"Okay, leave it to me!" Zhang Yanjian raised his eyebrows, patted his chest and said. (To be continued......)