That's right, it was Gao Jingfei who used this little trick to delay time, so that he couldn't respond in time, so that the Zheng family could secretly communicate with various forces in those areas, and at the same time, the local Xia family led by the Chen and Luo families also had a series in private.

Seeing that in addition to the verbal condemnation and delay in reacting, many people with a neutral attitude who originally did not have much hope for joining the Dongning Kingdom and were only preparing to make a proper fuss to make the authorities pay attention to the people and forces they existed, at this time they couldn't help but have some other thoughts in their hearts.

Zheng Jixing said on the side: "Now that Yangkou and Dai Yan have launched the response, except for Shiba's accident, they are all in our plan, when are you going to launch it, big brother?" ”

Zheng Jizong thought for a while and said:

"Everyone is waiting for the attitude of Jindian, after all, although the Lanfang Kingdom has been destroyed for more than a hundred years, many Xia ethnic groups in the Nanyang region still look forward to the Luo family, the former great ruling family. I think it's better to wait a little longer, let people digest it first, let's take down the old land of the Chen family first, and then launch it in one fell swoop! ”

Zheng Jixing has no opinion on Zheng Jizong's decision.

"That's fine, Shiba, who is forced to have no way out, is the purest, and he is determined to defect to our Dongning Kingdom!"

Zheng Zhao Shuyuan nodded and smiled:

"That's right, needless to say, the Chen family is already ready to go all the way with us! The Luo family's side is not a big problem, but the situation in Yangkou is more complicated. As the base camp of the Liu family, although Yangkou has been cleaned up by us and has also divided the Liu family's inheritance with various families, the internal local forces are not small, and I am afraid that there will be some obstacles at that time! ”

Zheng Jizong waved his hand and said:

"We didn't want to swallow so many places at once at the beginning, but that Mrs. M happened to be at the right time, so we had this opportunity, such a rare opportunity, this is what God will not take, but suffer the blame, how much land can be won for the kingdom in the end, in addition to our own efforts, the rest depends on God's arrangement!"

Zheng Zhao Shuyuan also nodded and said:

"This shows the importance of Seba, although the Seba people are helpless to throw themselves to us, but they regard us as saviors and backers, and we Zheng should also make a statement!"

Zheng Zhixuan asked with some uncertainty:

"Won't that further irritate the nerves that grabbed the mud tin?"

Her mother smiled and explained:

"This is also a kind of temptation to the enemy, since Shiba can, then Shalao and Jindian can too, and even Yangkou and Dai Yan can fight for it! If these places are taken, then our Dongning will be the largest country on this Bonizhou Island! ”

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The so-called money buys horse bones, and the Dongning Kingdom must pay enough attention to the existence of Shiba's orthodoxy in the Ming Dynasty, so the Dongning Kingdom responded on the second day, not only the king and the prime minister or the prime minister personally met with the representatives of the visiting Shiba People's Independent and Self-Improvement Committee in Chengtianfu.

In fact, the prime minister here should be officially called "Wenhuadian University Scholar, Prime Minister's Cabinet Assistant", that is, the first assistant to the cabinet in the past Ming Dynasty, referred to as the Prime Minister; There is also a vice prime minister, who is a "scholar of the Wenhuadian University and an auxiliary minister of the Xiangli Cabinet", which is equivalent to the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

These two are permanent positions in the Cabinet.

Unlike the Ming Dynasty, which restricted the cabinet members to the five-rank official position in order to suppress the relative power, the prime minister of the Dongning Kingdom is the only one of the hundred officials of the imperial court.

The reason for this is that as a modern constitutional monarchy, it is natural to give the prime minister and prime minister the corresponding power and status in order to better govern the country.

The deputy prime minister of the cabinet is from the first rank, the other six main hall officials are the second rank, and the main seal official of the Jiuqing Yamen is the third rank.

Other members of the Cabinet also have the "Six Ministers and Acting Cabinet Assistants", that is, the posts of Cabinet Assistants, but they are not official permanent positions in the Cabinet.

In addition, as the "Minister of Foreign Affairs", Honglu Temple, one of the nine secretaries of the important minister, was also added to the position of acting cabinet assistant, after all, modern diplomacy is a very important department, often dealing with the international needs to communicate with the cabinet, and the ancient Honglu Temple was not taken seriously.

Although the six Jiuqing Yamen of the Dongning Kingdom are all retro names, they actually correspond to modern intelligence. Moreover, it adopts the division system of six departments and nine qing, rather than the setting of the big nine and small nine qing in the Ming Dynasty.

Needless to say, the Ministry of Rites (Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture and Propaganda), Ministry of Officials (Organization Department and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security), Ministry of Household Affairs (Ministry of Finance, Taxation Bureau), Ministry of War (General Armament Department and Logistics Department), Ministry of Industry (Ministry of Industry and Construction), and Ministry of Criminal Justice (Ministry of Public Security) all have corresponding modern state departments.

The same is true of Jiuqing, for example, the Inspectorate is the modern procuratorate, the Dali Temple is the modern Supreme Law, and the Honglu Temple is the modern Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Guanglu Temple in ancient times was in charge of banquets and feasts, distinguishing its style, and auditing its funds, which was the modern Ministry of Health and the State Food and Drug Administration in Dongning.

In ancient times, Taifu Temple was in charge of the country's chariots and horses, and was responsible for raising and training horses and traveling for the emperor, which is the function of the Ministry of Communications in modern times.

In ancient times, Taichang Temple was the department in charge of sacrifices and offerings, and in the Kingdom of Dongning, it was the department in charge of national religious affairs.

The general secretary of the government, the official office, is in charge of the transfer, the refutation of internal and external chapters, and the introduction of the words and deeds of the subjects, and participates in the major political and prison meetings and the meeting of the military officials, the modern Dongning that is the telecommunications department, information and communication related functions.

Sinong Temple, that is, the Yuanma Temple in the Ming Dynasty, is in charge of the various pastoral supervisors and the horse administration of each garden, and listens to the military department, and is regarded as the modern agricultural department in the Dongning Kingdom.

The last Jiuqing Yamen is the Dazong Zheng Temple, which is in charge of the main functions of the royal family affairs and the replacement of lords and titles in ancient times, and is also in charge of national statistics, intellectual property rights, etc.

These six ministries and the yamen of Jiuqing encompass almost all the functions of modern state departments, except for the independent departments such as the Metropolitan Governor's Office and the intelligence department, which are equivalent to the Military Commission.

In addition to the king who is the symbol of the state and the supreme military leader, the cabinet of the Kingdom of Dongning has the largest position and power among all departments, and has important functions such as formulating policies, managing internal affairs, appointing officials, and presiding over the parliament.

For being received by the king and the prime minister, the country's No. 1 and No. 2 figures, the representative of Seba was absolutely terrified, but he was also moved and had full confidence.

The reason why Zheng Jizong and Mao Zhisheng, the first prime minister of the Dongning Kingdom, received the representatives of Shiba with special courtesy, of course, was also because they wanted to establish the attitude of the Dongning Kingdom.

According to Mao Zhisheng's idea, as long as the Xia descendants of Nanyang defect to Dongning, Dongning can make decisions for them, which is to carry the banner of the leaders of the Xia descendants of Nanyang, so that they can have a backbone, so that they can unite all forces to fight against the enemy.

I have to say that this descendant of Mao Wenlong, the former governor of the Ming Dynasty and the chief military officer of Pingliao, although he does not have the bravery of his ancestor Mao Dashuai, the hero of the anti-Jin Dynasty, is absolutely worthy of the position of prime minister in terms of political and strategic vision.

Mao Zhisheng's ancestors were rehabilitated in the late Ming Dynasty because Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Dudu, and it was inevitable that he would complain about the imperial court, so although he was still interested in the Ming Dynasty, he did not go to the Southern Ming Dynasty and Emperor Longwu, Emperor Yongli, etc., but chose to invest in the Dongning Kingdom of Ming Zheng, and was accepted by Zheng Jingshu's eldest son and supervisor Zheng Kezang at that time, and after Zheng Kezang's brothers lost the competition, they also loyally followed Zheng Kezang to Nanyang incognito and secretly developed.