Under the leadership of the great six emperors, the empire was finally fully unified in June of the second year of the Restoration.

Li Shiyao, the governor of Liangguang, Yade, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Euning, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, the Ili general Sonomu Tsering, the Uriya Sutai general Chenggon Zabu, the Kobdo counselor, Zalafenga, the Kulun minister, and Hui Ling, the Xining minister, jointly issued a telegram to respond to the Restoration, obey the unified command of the imperial court, and immediately dismantle the armies of the provinces under the supervision of the imperial court.

In July, the Restoration government telegraphed to the military and civilians throughout the country to change the name of the country to the Chinese Empire.

As a descendant of Chongzhen, Emperor Zhu Boge, a descendant of Ming Taizu, did not restore the name of the country to Ming, mainly because of the advice of Ji Yun, the prime minister and vice minister of the cabinet, saying that if the name of the former Ming country is used, the emperor and his descendants will be the lord of the later Ming in the future.

It's not good, and it's unpleasant.

Such as the front swallow, the back swallow; Pre-Qin, Post-Qin; Former Zhao, Later Zhao.

His father-in-law, Prime Minister Bo Qing'e, also said that if the former Ming country was restored, it would not be conducive to uniting the Manchurian Eight Banners, and the problem of liquidation would easily occur later, which would be detrimental to the stability of the country.

The Sixth Emperor of Jia Zhu Boge thought so, and gave up restoring the name of the former Ming Dynasty and replaced it with the authentic name of the country that he should have adopted - the Chinese Empire.

Without it, Shikai also.

After the founding of the Chinese Empire, the great powers led by Burma, Annam, Gurkha and other countries sent congratulatory messages one after another.

France, England, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries also congratulated the nascent Restoration Empire through their spokesmen in the East.

In October of this year, Jia Liu, who had just returned to Beijing from Nanjing after worshipping the Tomb of Filial Piety, received news that his cousin of Pope Clement XIV, who was thousands of miles away, had been collectively boycotted by Western countries.

The reason is that the Jesuit activities under the control of the Holy See are too large and too influential, so they are strongly resented by European countries.

The Church in Spain and France, under the influence of secular regimes, was the first to declare its secession from the Holy See.

In view of the danger of the situation and the irreversibility of the move, the great cousin of Clement XIV intended to declare the dissolution and closure of the Society of Jesus forever.

This news was revealed by Cleric Wang Dahong, who was appointed vice minister of foreign affairs by the new government.

So far, there are 34 "foreign officials" serving in the imperial court and local governments of the Restoration, and in addition to Wang Dahong, vice minister of foreign affairs, the largest official post is He Qingtai, assistant minister of science, Pa Xing, vice minister of trade and trade, and Jiang Youren, chief of staff of the Ministry of the Navy.

There are more than 300 Westerners serving in the military, most of whom are instructors, trainees, and technicians, but many of them have been awarded the rank of major general or colonel.

With the help of these friendly people from the West, all aspects of the empire were progressing as the Six Emperors had hoped.

It has evolved from a purely agricultural country to a semi-agricultural and semi-industrial power.

In addition, a Belgian priest named Hao Huihua served as the personal painter of the Six Emperors.

Not to teach the Six Emperors to draw, but to paint for the Six Emperors.

There are many idlers outside who say that this Master Hao painted an unsightly picture for the emperor, which is called "The Restoration Emperor Picks the Successor to Fujin".

It is said that this Yan Fujin, who was picked by the Six Emperors, is the wife of Yongzhen, the thirteenth son of the former Qing Emperor, whose father is Fu Heng, a university scholar, and his brothers are Fu Ling'an, Fu Long'an, Fu Kang'an, Fu Chang'an, and another sister is the brother-in-law of the Six Emperors, Chun Ying Fu Jin Shu Shu.

If this is true, then the Six Emperors and Chun Ying are close to each other.

Of course, such palace forbidden secrets have always been blocked by the royal family, and outsiders do not know what the truth is.

Wang Dahong's excerpt attracted Jia Liu's attention, and he personally summoned the relevant personnel of the Jesuit Society in China, and in the talks, he clearly stated that the Chinese Empire had friendly relations with the Church in history, and this history can be traced back to the pre-Ming dynasty.

Therefore, the emperor himself hoped that friendly relations with the Church would be maintained and that he would be able to build on the previous level of goodness.

After the meeting, Jia Liu wrote a letter to his cousin in a private capacity, saying that the Pope and the Holy See could move to China if necessary.

"The West doesn't shine brightly, the East shines."

The letter reminded the eldest cousin not to act hastily and to persevere, because if the eldest cousin announces the dissolution of the Society of Jesus, it will not only completely wipe out the influence of the Holy See in Western countries, but also cause divisions within the Church. ”

Finally, Jia Liu sincerely expressed to his eldest cousin that if the Western governments refused to pull back from the precipice and insisted on going their own way, the Chinese Empire, as a friendly supporter of the Holy See in the East, would take all measures to maintain and safeguard the authority of the Pope.

This includes all measures: force.

If necessary, it is not excluded that the Chinese Empire will send a powerful expeditionary force to the West.

After the letter was written, it was sent to the Holy See by the Jesuits in China, and after inspecting the Beiyang Shipyard in Tianjin and cutting the ribbon for the inauguration of the "China Steam Engine Factory," Jia Liu returned to Beijing and participated in the vigorous urban sanitation improvement campaign.

After a torrential rain this summer, the major rivers in Beijing overflowed with sewage, and all kinds of stinky cats, dogs, garbage and floating objects poured directly into people's homes, not only smelling bad, hindering traffic, but also accompanied by the possibility of plague.

For this reason, Jia Liu had to put forward a proposal to the cabinet to rectify the environment in Beijing.

After a field trip by a research team led by the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Shuntian Prefecture, the six-month renovation project of Beijing Normal University was put on the government's agenda.

The renovation project required a total of 1.58 million taels of silver, of which 1 million taels were borne by the Ministry of Households, 500,000 taels were borne by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the remaining 80,000 taels were donated by the gentry and military and civilians of the Beijing Division.

When he returned to Beijing, the project had already started, and Jia Liu, who was supposed to rest in the palace for a while, ignored the persuasion of his ministers, and took people to the largest stinky ditch in Beijing to start participating in the dredging project the next day after returning to Beijing.

Doing it himself, carrying a shovel on his shoulder, carrying a dung bag, wearing a triangular scarf on his head, and wearing straw sandals on his feet, everywhere he went, he attracted the attention of the military and civilians, and the sound of long live was endless.

After being interviewed by a joint group of reporters, Jia Liuming dispersed the guard of honor and only brought a few security personnel to participate in the labor in plain clothes.

Like the people who go to work, they drink a bowl of pickle soup with steamed buns at noon, and spend the whole afternoon there picking up garbage and dredging channels.

It wasn't until the evening, when his shoulders were frayed and his hands were blistered, that he tiredly put down his tools and quietly returned to Miyagi in the crowd.

On the way, when I passed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I saw two women kneeling not far from the east gate of the Yamen, holding up the word of injustice in their hands, but they did not dare to say a word to the people around them.

Jia Liu naturally stopped, and instructed the imperial minister who was working with him, Master Zhuzhu: "Go and ask what's going on?" ”

Zhu Zhu hurriedly asked, and came back after a while to tell the young master that the two women were sisters, from Kaifeng, Henan, and that they had come to Beijing to avenge their younger brother's grievances.

It is said that his younger brother was brought into the yamen and beaten to death because of a quarrel with the people of the county yamen, and then pushed into the well by the yamen, saying that he fell into the well and died.

The two sisters had been suing in the local area for more than a year, but there was no official to investigate the case in detail for them, so they had no choice but to come to Beijing to file a complaint.

As a result, I didn't know where to go to complain, and finally came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate had already left work at this time, and the two sisters knelt outside the door with a bitter heart.

"Did you get off work?"

Jia Liu looked up at the sky, estimated that it was six o'clock, thought about it, and walked up to the two sisters and said, "Tomorrow morning, the two of you will still come here, and I will help you ask what the situation is." ”

(End of chapter)