Section 39 set the capital of Nanjing, and Zheng Kezang became king

Today, when there is a great chaos, Kangxi's Qing court, Wu Sangui's Great Zhou Dynasty and Zheng Kezang's Ming Zheng Dynasty are divided into three parts of the world. The Ming Zheng Dynasty, which occupied eight provinces such as Taiwan, FJZJGDGXJXAH and JS, won the heartfelt support of the righteous people who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty in the world, and its momentum faintly overshadowed Wu Sangui's Great Zhou Dynasty, which not only became the biggest henchman of the Qing court, but also the biggest competitor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there was bound to be a war in the future. However, due to Zheng Kezang's many plans before, Kangxi decided that Wu Sangui was his father-killing enemy, and Wu Sangui also thought that he had a grudge against Kangxi to kill his son, and the so-called hatred of killing his father and killing his son was not shared, and the two sides had deep grievances, even if there was a huge threat from the Ming Zheng Dynasty now, it was difficult to stop in a short period of time. The war between the two sides in the two provinces of HNHB in Huguang not only did not mean to stop fighting at all, but the fighting became more and more intense, and it seemed that both sides had made up their minds and vowed not to give up until they took the land of Huguang.

After the local troops stationed in the provinces of the Ming and Zheng Dynasty were stationed in the five new provinces, Zheng Kezang did not return to FJ Province, but led the Jinyi Guard to Nanjing Province, the capital of JS Province. He also urgently recruited Chen Yan'er, Chen Jinnan, Liu Guoxuan, Liu Zhibin, Zhang Wenjie, Dong Yu and Wu Liuqi and other important ministers, as well as the Manchu civil and military to come to Nanjing Mansion to discuss politics. In a few days, all the important ministers, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty rushed to Nanjing Mansion. Zheng Kezang decided that the court meeting would be held in the Forbidden City in Nanjing on the second day. Speaking of the Forbidden City of Nanjing, it was built in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, and the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty was basically completed, and it was built by moving three mountains to fill the Yanque Lake, which was the palace of the three dynasties in the early Ming Dynasty, as long as 54 years.

That night, Zheng Kezang first met with Chen Yan'er, Chen Jinnan, Liu Guoxuan, Liu Zhibin, Zhang Wenjie, Dong Yu and Wu Liuqi and other important ministers to discuss matters and communicate in advance about tomorrow's court meeting. After the subordinates served the fragrant tea and retreated, Zheng Kezang smiled and said: "Everyone, this king wants to be in this Nanjing Mansion, I don't know what your opinion is?" Chen Jinnan muttered: "Nanjing Mansion is the place where the Ming Dynasty expelled Meng Yuan and founded the country, and it is indeed appropriate to set the capital here, but ......" wanted to stop talking.

Zheng Kezang said with a smile: "I have gathered you here today to brainstorm and see if there is anything else that this king has not thought about. You don't have to worry about anything, just say it. After Dong Yu glanced at Chen Jinnan, he said: "The matter of Dingdu is very important, not only does it cost a huge amount of manpower and material resources, but also our dynasty has just occupied the five provinces, and its foothold is not too stable, if we move the capital rashly at this time, I am afraid that the Qing court and Wu Sangui will not let us get our wish." Liu Zhibin shook his head and retorted: "According to Weichen's opinion, although the concerns of the prime minister and Lord Dong are reasonable, they are not hindered. The capital of Nanjing is indeed beneficial to our dynasty without any harm, even if it costs a lot of manpower and material resources, it is worth it. As for the Qing court and Wu Sangui, the battle is currently raging in the land of Huguang, and there is no time for other care, as long as I am properly prepared, I don't think it will cause any great trouble to my court's relocation of the capital. When everyone heard this, they all nodded slightly, agreeing with Liu Zhibin's point of view.

Seeing that Chen Jinnan and Dong Yu were still frowning, Chen Yan'er said: "Father and Master Dong are worried about the problem of righteousness? As he spoke, without waiting for the two to answer, he continued: "Nanjing City is the founding place of the former Ming Dynasty, and it is indeed not the place where our dynasty can rashly determine the capital. The prince is now only the title of the county king, and there is still a lot lacking in righteousness. As the saying goes, 'if the name is not right, the word is not good', if our dynasty forcibly fixes the capital of Nanjing, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public. When Liu Guoxuan heard this, he was very unimpressed, and said in a deep voice: "This is also simple, as long as the prince is the king, can't he be justified?" Now that I occupy the land of eight provinces, there are many soldiers and generals, and its strength is not weaker than that of the Qing court and Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui can be called the king of Zhou, how can the prince not? ”

Chen Jinnan shook his head and said: "Guoxuan, you think too simply, Wu Sangui is called the king of Zhou, who in the world recognizes?" Liu Guoxuan said disdainfully: "How can it be the same?" Who is Wu Sangui? It's just a capricious thief. After the prince is King Wu and King Wen, how can he not be called the king if he is the well-deserved leader of the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty today? Seeing that the argument between the two was getting more and more intense, Wu Liuqi interrupted and said with a smile: "What the two of you said is reasonable, but Wei Chen thinks that it is not difficult to solve this matter." Tomorrow's court meeting, we might as well invite the world's anti-Qing righteous people to participate together, and then as long as we jointly invite the prince to be king, we can be justified. As for how to persuade the anti-Qing righteous people in the world, tonight is still a long time, and it should be possible to do it. When they heard this, their eyes lit up, and this was indeed the best way. As a result, everyone did not delay any longer, left one after another, and rushed to the foothold of other anti-Qing forces stationed in Nanjing, lobbying them to participate in the tomorrow's court meeting, and jointly electing Zheng Kezang to be the king.

On the second day, at the court meeting, Prime Minister Chen Jinnan and General Liu Guoxuan took the lead in speaking, counting Zheng Kezang's exploits and asking Zheng Kezang to be king. This proposal of the two was sincerely supported by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and if Zheng Kezang could be the king, they would naturally rise to the top, and there was no reason why they were unwilling. Even if Zheng Kezang didn't want to do the superficial article, he still had to do it, and immediately pretended to resign. Chen Jinnan, Liu Guoxuan and the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu once again respectfully invited, and even the widow of King Wu Zheng Chenggong, the biological mother of King Wen Zheng Jing, and Mrs. Dong, who didn't know what kind of calculations she had, also came forward, but Zheng Kezang still did not allow it. It was not until the third time that the Manchu civil and military forces led by Chen Jinnan and Liu Guoxuan, Mrs. Dong, and even the anti-Qing forces stationed in Nanjing City jointly invited Zheng Kezang to reluctantly agree.

Three days later, Zheng Kezang ascended the altar to worship the sky, called King Zheng, set the capital of Nanjing, and called the Great Zheng Dynasty! The news spreads all over the world, the world shakes, there are those who are worried, there are those who are happy, and there are also those who have mixed feelings in their hearts. Needless to say, this worryer must be the Great Zhou Dynasty of the Qing court and Wu Sangui; Those who are happy, in addition to the original Ming Zheng Dynasty and the current Great Zheng Dynasty, there are also righteous people in the world who are determined to oppose the Qing Dynasty, as well as those people who have suffered from the oppression of the Qing court and the war; Although there is only one word difference between the Ming Zheng Dynasty and the Great Zheng Dynasty, if the shrewd people cannot foresee, even if the Qing court is overthrown, the Ming Dynasty will not be restored, but the new Zheng Dynasty.

At the first court meeting after becoming king, Zheng Kezang made several appointments to ensure the smooth progress of the military and political affairs of the provinces and the relocation of the capital.

Wu Liuqi was appointed as the governor of Liangguang and took charge of the two provinces of GDGX. Wu Liuqi has a good way to govern the army and can fight well, which borders the Great Zhou Dynasty of Wu Sangui, and Zheng Kezang is very relieved to have him to sit in the town. The reason why Zheng Kezang arranged Wu Liuqi here, in addition to guarding against Wu Sangui, also has another deep meaning, that is, one day, when the time is ripe, Wu Liuqi can act cheaply and directly march to attack Wu Sangui's Great Zhou Dynasty. I believe that with Wu Liuqi's great talent, Zheng Kezang will not be disappointed.

Gu Ren was appointed as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the two provinces of FJZJ were in charge. Gu Ren, the word Nanjin, ZJ Taizhou Prefecture, Taiping County, Songmen people. Contemporary Confucianism, well-versed in government affairs, also has his own unique views on business and trade matters. The land of Fujian and Zhejiang is not bordered by the Qing court or the Great Zhou Dynasty of Wu Sangui, so there is no war disturbed for the time being, and it is adjacent to the sea, which is an important place for the next economic development of the Great Zheng Dynasty, overseas trade, and the enhancement of the Great Zheng Dynasty's finances. Therefore, Zheng Kezang thought about it and decided to leave this place in charge of Gu Ren.

Liu Zhibin was appointed as the governor of Liangjiang and ruled the two provinces of JXAH. Liu Wenjie is Zheng Kezang's confidant and favorite general, Wen Tao Wuluo, is a rare general in the world, it is Zheng Kezang's ability to border this with the Qing court's forces, and for a long time in the next long time, the land of the two rivers that need to be held against the Qing army will be handed over to him to guard. The strategic position of these two rivers is extremely important, and in the entire Great Zheng Dynasty, there are only a handful of people who can bear this heavy responsibility. Chen Jinnan and Liu Guoxuan, one is the prime minister of the current dynasty, and the other is the general of the current dynasty, and they are responsible for the important task of governing the military and political affairs of the Great Zheng Dynasty, so they are obviously not suitable candidates; In this way, the only person who can be entrusted by the land of the two rivers is Liu Zhibin. But because of this, Liu Zhibin, who became a local official, was no longer suitable for the post of deputy commander of Jinyiwei and had to step down from this post.

When it comes to Jinyiwei, it has to be said that after the establishment of the Great Zheng Dynasty, the responsibilities of the wolf guards have changed, and the blood wolf battalion shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting the Forbidden City, protecting Zheng Kezang and Chen Yan'er, and their relatives, that is, the inner guards. As for the remaining eight battalions of wolf guards, they have become 40,000 forbidden troops, which are Zheng Kezang's pro-army, and they only need to be responsible for Zheng Kezang alone, and they no longer need to obey anyone else, including the general's dispatch. At the same time, Zhang Wenjie also took off the post of deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard, and was appointed by Zheng Kezang as the commander of the forbidden army and the head of the internal guard. As for the Eagle Guard of the Fifth Battalion, they will be directly responsible for Chen Yan'er, plus each battalion has a pacification envoy, which operates as usual and supervises the world.

In the end, Zheng Kezang appointed Dong Yu as the ambassador of the relocation of the capital, with full responsibility for all matters related to the relocation of the capital, and temporarily transferred the Dark Eagle, Falcon, and Dark Eagle battalions to him for command. Dong Yu's command is determined, and the major and small affairs are even more hands-on, which took nearly three months and consumed countless manpower and material resources, and finally lived up to expectations and successfully completed the relocation of the capital. During this period, perhaps because both Wu Liuqi, the governor of Liangguang, and Liu Zhibin, the governor of Liangjiang, both Chen Bing strictly prevented Wu Sangui and the Qing court from picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and did not give the two sides any opportunity to take advantage of; Or, the three battalions of eagle guards fulfilled their duties, closely monitored and investigated the movements of all forces in the provinces, and nip in the bud any signs of wrongness, although the process was inevitably bloody, and a lot of murder was created, but it also succeeded in scaring away the different intentions of some people or forces, and finally ensured the smooth progress of the relocation of the capital.

When the relocation of the capital and the establishment of the capital were completed, Zheng Kezang was very open-minded and immediately issued a decree to exempt the eight provinces from taxes for ten years. When the decree reached the provincial and county capitals, the people cheered and the people's hearts were first attached. As for that, where will the financial income of the Great Zheng Dynasty come from in the next ten years? In this era, taxes are the main source of a country's finances. In his planning for the national policy, not only in the next ten years, but even in the longer future, the main source of finance of the Great Zheng Dynasty is no longer taxes, but gradually guided to commerce and trade and trade taxes. This not only required the Great Zheng Dynasty itself to pay more attention to commerce and trade, and even overseas commerce, but also to encourage the commercial and trade industries under its rule.

In order to encourage the commercial and trade industry, the first problem that Zheng Kezang had to solve was the status of merchants. The so-called scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants have existed since ancient times, and the status of merchants has always been the lowest, and they are the least valued by the world. Even now, although the position of businessmen has eased, it has not solved the fundamental problem. Fortunately, in the current chaos in the world, Zheng Kezang in the Great Zheng Dynasty can be described as a dictatorship, although the implementation of this matter is still hindered by traditional concepts, but it is not too difficult. After many discussions with Chen Yan'er, Chen Jinnan, Dong Yu and other important ministers, the matter was handed over to the new Ministry of Commerce squire Dong Yu was fully responsible, and Chen Jinnan and the six ministries under his command fully supported.

Time flies, two years have passed in a blink of an eye, and in the fifteenth year of Kangxi, after two years of hard work, the Great Zheng Dynasty has changed with each passing day, not only the government decree is smooth, and the people in the governance live and work in peace and contentment; In terms of the army, the Jinyi Guard was removed, and the army was also expanded by more than 300,000, including 100,000 troops in the land of Liangguang, 100,000 soldiers in the land of the two rivers, 50,000 Chen soldiers in JS Province, and the remaining 50,000 in the remaining provinces; The trade that Zheng Kezang attaches the most importance to has also undergone earth-shaking changes, and the trade industry under his rule is developed, and the financial contribution this year is more than several times that of the previous one, which is also an important cornerstone of the rapid development of the Great Zheng Dynasty. Today, the status of businessmen has been greatly improved, and they are on an equal footing with peasants and workers, and there is no longer any situation in which they are looked down upon by the world.

In the same year, the situation in the world also underwent new changes, and it was an important turning point in the military situation between the Qing court and Wu Sangui's Great Zhou Dynasty.

Wu Sangui raised troops for more than four years, especially in the past two years with the Qing court in the perennial war in the land of Huguang, although he finally won the land of Huguang, but also suffered heavy losses, and felt that the troops and financial resources were seriously insufficient, and he was unable to go further. Under his rule, Wu Sangui's henchmen in various places also began to deviate from morality, Gao Dejie of GS, Li Benshen of SC, Li Bo of HN, and Wang Pingfan of HB all had their own plans and colluded with each other, and gradually began to disobey Wu Sangui's orders. Among them, Li Bo worshiped Li Benshen as his father-in-law, with the two forces of the old and the new as the center, and the four provinces colluded closely, so that Wu Sangui did not dare to act rashly. Therefore, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Wu Sangui really controlled only the two provinces of YNGZ.

As for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, although it temporarily lost the battle for Huguang with Wu Sangui, it instead shrank its forces in the two provinces of SXHN and clenched it into two heavy fists, coupled with the background behind him, which was by no means comparable to Wu Sangui. I believe that when these two heavy punches of the Qing court are swung again, they will be strong and powerful, and it will be difficult to return in vain, not only Wu Sangui, but even Zheng Kezang also attaches great importance to it.