"Why did you arrest us?"

"We are all honest farmers at home, why does he Zhang Deyi implicate us when he breaks the law in the city!"

"Oh my God! This royal law is so unreasonable! ”

"Shut up Lao Tzu!"

In late February of the 39th year of the Apocalypse, not long after Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Cihong and others finished talking about things, the situation in Daming on the other side of the ocean also began to change as he said.

However, Zhu Youzhen finally underestimated his nephew's determination.

This "bribery case" was not limited to Shandong, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Shanxi in early February, but continued to expand since then.

By April, the 13 provinces in the Central Plains, with the exception of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, which were relatively populous, had all been affected by considerable impact.

All businessmen who had bribed officials were implicated, so much so that by the end of April, the number of officials and businessmen arrested in the "bribery case" alone exceeded 30,000.

By June, Zhu Ciran finally stopped the "bribery case".

So far, the number of arrested officials and businessmen has reached more than 34,000.

Subsequently, under the outline of Zhu Ciran's pen, this group of people and their nine tribes were all assigned to the Ganges Province, involving more than 794,000 people, and this case was also compiled into the "Apocalypse Case" by later generations, known as the "Sixth Major Case of the Apocalypse".

However, compared with the previous five major cases, many officials in the civil and official circles think that this case is very absurd.

In the case of the "Da Ming Law" formulated during the reign of King Qi, the "bribery case" involved three clans at most, but in practice, it involved nine clans.

Although less than 1,000 people were sentenced to death in the case, its absurdity has been criticized by many, and the people who can clearly understand the real intention behind the case are always in the minority.

In any case, Zhu Ciran solved the problem of the shortage of Han people in the Ganges Province.

Beginning in June, trains and ships continued to transport the assigned prisoners to the Ganges province.

At the same time, due to the continuous spread and spread of trains, steam engines, boats, tractors, etc., many feudal states also put forward the idea of wanting the Ming Dynasty to support machinery.

For these recitals, Zhu Ciran refused on the grounds that the time was not ripe.

Such a refusal made many clans complain, believing that Zhu Ciran was too harsh on the vassal state, and was not as lenient as Zhu Youzhen when he was in charge of the Zongren Mansion.

In July of the same year, the population of Anxi, Beiting, and Shanyu provinces exceeded one million, and the population of Hezhong Province reached 460,000.

In August, the Xihe Railway, which runs from Jiayuguan through Anxi to Shannan Province in the eastern part of Taixi Province, was completed.

In the same month, the completion of the Trans River Railway from Talas to Hazhong Province was completed.

With the completion of the two railways, Zhu Ciran ordered the Ministry of Industry to carry out the construction of the old port railway.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the system of the Ming Dynasty and consolidate the trade with the neighbors, the Ministry of Industry will carry out railway plans with Siam and Korea.

The goal of the plan is to have a direct railway from Kunming to the capital city of Ayutthaya in Siam, and a direct railway to Pusan through Pyongyang and Seoul in Zhenjiang Province in Liaodong.

As two countries close to the Ming Dynasty, Siam and Korea disarmed their domestically early on, retaining only the forbidden army of no more than 30,000 in the fortified capital.

In the past ten years, once a rebellion broke out in the two kingdoms, the forbidden army was basically dispatched to suppress it, and there were no border troops in the frontier.

This is inseparable from the fact that the kings of Siam and Korea were supported by Zhu Youzhen to ascend to the throne.

The Ming Dynasty opened many factories in the two countries, which solved the employment problem of some of the local population, and also allowed the people of the two countries to immigrate to various countries under the Ming Dynasty system to obtain land.

However, such qualifications require that immigrants can write Chinese characters and speak official dialect orally.

In order to cope with future trade, North Korea and Siam received the Ming official school in the 25th and 32nd years of the Apocalypse respectively, and have been Sinicized for many years.

In addition to the two countries, there are also Nanzhang and Gan Xiaozhi on the Indochina Peninsula, Sulu and Boni in Nanyang, and Mongolia in Eastern Europe and other foreign vassals have successively accepted official schools to settle in and take the initiative to accept sinicization......

In September, according to the Lesser Western Inspectorate, the population of Ceylon fell to 2,760,000, and the proportion of Han Chinese reached 80 percent of the local population.

In the winter month, Chen Zizhuang, the Southern Kunlun Supervision Envoy, played and asked the imperial court to increase the Southern Kunlun Supervision Envoy to five prefectures.

The five prefectures are the original South Kunlun Mansion and East Kunlun Mansion, plus Changning Mansion, Zhangwu Mansion and Shandan Mansion.

After deliberation by the cabinet, it was decided to change the name of the South Kunlun Supervision Envoy to Kunlun Supervision Mission, the South Kunlun Mansion to Kunlun Mansion, and the East Kunlun Mansion to Dongping Mansion.

Such a name change originated from the recital of Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qi, but the content of it is unknown.

It was only when the song was conveyed back to the Kunlun Supervision Embassy that the "Daming Daily" added the "historical biography" of the Han people to Leviya, Nanzhou, Nanyang, Zhongnan, Hezhong, Nan, and North Asia.

At the same time, the "Daming Daily" officially called Leviya Kunlun, Nanyang and Nanzhou as Nanzhou, the Asian region as Zhongzhou, and the Southern and Northern Asia Melica as Dongzhou.

Even Europe and Antarctica, which had not yet been touched by the vassal kings, were renamed Xizhou and Antarctica.

In addition to the "Daming Daily", two different types of new newspapers and periodicals such as "Human Geography News" and "International Economic News" were added under its command.

The first issue of the Journal of Human Geography begins with a detailed introduction to world geography, and at the same time describes the respective situations of black, white and jade people.

The first issue of the International Economic News began with the Ming Dynasty system and the people's livelihood, economy, and agriculture in Europe.

At the same time, as the pages of human geography, economy, and people's livelihood were divided, the space of "Daming Daily" in international politics began to increase.

During the same period, the "Daming Daily" has developed to more than 200 issues, and the content of this issue is mainly about the changes in various countries.

For example, Li Hao, the king of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gongqi, the king of the Zhou State of the Emperor Ming, and Zhu Cunji of the Qin State of the Emperor Ming died.

In addition, it is the king of Qi, the king of Zibo, the king of Zibo, Zhu Cihong, who entered the palace to supervise the country, and the new kings of various countries succeeded to the throne.

In addition to these, "Daming Bao" rarely mentioned the situation in Europe.

For example, Cromwell, the protector of the Parliamentary Army of Dark Elijah (England), died of illness, and Munch took over the flag of the Parliamentarian Army.

There were also wars between the Francos (Spain), the Netherlands, Portugal and the Rumi Kingdom (Ottoman).

As for the wars in France and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as in Northern and Eastern Europe, the National Press Department seems to have decided not to report on the matter, believing that the matter was too small.

In such a situation, the thirty-nine years of the Apocalypse passed peacefully.

Forty years after the Apocalypse, the countries under the Great Ming Sect system are still running step by step.

The Ming Dynasty was consolidating the three provinces of Hezhong, Taixi, and Ganges, and the small Western vassals were suppressing internal native rebellions, and the Kunlun vassals continued to penetrate deep into the plateau area of central Kunlun.

The state of Qi was undergoing a change of power, and part of the power in the hands of the king of Qi began to transition into the hands of Zhu Cihong, the king of Zibo County.

The Triple Alliance of West Asia was climbing the technology tree, and at the same time equipping the army with flintlock pistols, following the example of the Ming Dynasty and setting up a standing army in Europe.

Mongolia in Eastern Europe was recuperating and recuperating while trading with the Ming Dynasty normally.

The Northern War was in full swing, but in April the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth renounced most of the possessions of Livonia on the Baltic coast, and Sweden's power in the Baltic was at its peak.

In May, King Charles I of England died of illness and was succeeded by Charles II.

In June, King Louis XIV of France and Princess Marie Teresa of Spain were married.

The alliance between France and Spain made King Louis of France, with a population of more than 18 million, the most powerful king in Europe.

In late June, Charles II established the Royal Society, hoping that the society would focus on some of the science and technology of the Ming Dynasty.

In July, a naval battle broke out between Sweden and Tsarist Russia in the Baltic Sea, and Denmark entered the Northern War, declaring war on Sweden.

In August, the cannibal tribes of the Qi state of Zhulin launched another attack on the migrant villages, killing 72 villagers and piling their heads on the banks of the Nanjiang River (Amazon).

On August 17, Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qi, ordered Cao Bianjiao, the governor of the southern army, to command an army of 60,000 to further encircle and suppress the cannibal tribes in Zhulin Mansion.

On the fifth day of the first month of October, Cao Bianjiao led his troops to plow his court, sweep his lu, and behead more than 60,000.

On the 10th day of October, the Cabinet of the Six Ministries, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and the East Palace were cleared up to summarize the situation of this year.

According to the Ministry of Households, in the 40th year of the Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty received more than 124 million taels, the proportion of agricultural taxes reached 60 percent, and more than 52 million mu of newly cultivated fields.

The population of the Ming Dynasty reached more than 268 million, the number of government servants exceeded 1 million, and the number of soldiers and horses exceeded 800,000.

The Ministry of Rites played the Ministry of Rites, and the population of the Indian area exceeded 40 million, and the Han people accounted for about 30%.

The population of Kunlun exceeded 7 million, with Han Chinese accounting for 90% and Indian and Yingzhou immigrants accounting for 10%.

The population of Qi exceeded 35 million, and Han Chinese accounted for 30%.

The total population of the Korean and other foreign feudal domains was about 28 million, of which about 2 million Han Chinese lived in the foreign domains.

According to the estimates of the Armaments Institute, the world's population should have exceeded 500 million, and the Ming Dynasty system accounted for about 380 million, accounting for more than 70% of the world's population......

The five armies are all in the governor's mansion, and the standing army of the Ming Dynasty is about 720,000, and there is no need to increase or decrease.

The standing army of the Indian feudal domains is about 280,000, the standing army of the Kunlun feudal lords is about 120,000, the standing army of the Qi state is about 100,000, and the standing army of the foreign feudal domains is about 70,000.

The European countries have a total standing army of about 500,000, and the standing armies of the three West Asian countries are about 600,000, but their combat effectiveness is low.

In the performance of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the combat effectiveness of the standing armies in each region was superior to the Ming Army and the Qi Army, followed by the countries under the Ming Dynasty system and the six European countries supported by the Ming Dynasty.

The remaining European countries and the three West Asian countries that have not received support are the lowest in the overall ranking.

Looking at the content of this recital, Zhu Ciran, who was already thirty-seven years old, bowed slightly, and then put the recital on the table.

At this moment, he sat at the long table in the main hall, and below the main seat were the cabinet officials.

Hong Seungchou, the first assistant of the cabinet of six out of six, is in good health, he sits in the first place on the left, like a mountain that will not be easily shaken, and opposite him is Kim Hyun, the second assistant of the cabinet.

Under Hong Chengchou are Yang Wenyue, Shen Tingyang, and Lu Xiangsheng, and under Jin Xuan, Yan Yinshao and Li Dingguo.

Lu Xiangsheng joined the cabinet in June this year, but he is already in his sixties this year.

In addition to the seven cabinet ministers, the meeting was attended by a young man sitting in the corner.

The young man was in his early twenties, with slightly dark skin, and looked a little similar to Zhu Ciran.

For this person, the seven ministers already knew the identity.

"Today, the grandson returned to Beijing, and Lone summoned him to discuss it together."

As soon as Zhu Ciran spoke, Zhu Heyin's identity was exposed.

Compared with Zhu Ciran, who began to govern at the age of seventeen, Zhu Heyin's age is already late.

Zhu Heyin got up and saluted the seven ministers, and then sat back in his seat.

The seven ministers got up and saluted in return and sat down together.

Seeing that the greeting had already been called, Zhu Ciran continued to look at the content of the recital, while Zhu Heyin, who had just returned from the Ganges battlefield, looked at the seven ministers on the table.

Judging from the seats, he can roughly understand a situation in the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of age, the oldest in the cabinet is 67-year-old Hong Chengchou, and the youngest is 39-year-old Li Dingguo.

Of these seven people, there are actually no pure civil officials.

Needless to say, Hong Chengchou, Li Dingguo, Lu Xiangsheng, and Yang Wenyue were originally people who started from the front line, and Li Dingguo even enlisted in the army as a civilian official after participating in Enke.

As for Kim Hyun, Yan Yinshao and Shen Tingyang, the three of them do not seem to have been on the battlefield, but they have been ruling overseas.

In the Ming Dynasty, as long as there were officials involved overseas, they basically needed to suppress the rebellion of the local natives.

Therefore, with only the seven cabinet ministers on this table, it is not difficult to see what the requirements for the selection of cabinet ministers in the Ming Dynasty are.

It is difficult for some pure civil servants to ascend to the cabinet, and if they want to ascend the cabinet, even if they have no military merits, they must have the experience of suppressing the local people.

"This year, the Gaomi County King of Qi State is going to be a vassal, how are things prepared?"

Zhu Ciran put down his hand, but his first sentence was not a state affair, but about the fourth son of Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qi, and Zhu Cizhi, the king of Gaomi County.

"Back to Your Highness, the matter of the King of Gaomi County is ready, and he can set off at any time."

Regarding Qi Fan's affairs, Jin Xuan was basically contacted, so naturally he also answered.

Seeing him answer, Zhu Ciran bowed slightly, and then he also said something about his two younger brothers.

"King Yong and King Ding are not a few years younger than Gu, long live on the day of Tuyao to summon me and ask me to prepare King Yong and King Ding for the affairs of the domain."

"What I want is to place the domain of Yongwangji in the country of Mava on the Dashi Peninsula (Arabian Peninsula), and place Dingwangjiong in Kazan in northwestern Thailand."

As soon as Zhu Ciran's words were spoken, the seven ministers frowned.

The Mavar Kingdom was the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, while Kazan was a territory controlled by Tsarist Russia.

Zhu Ciran's meaning was nothing more than to start a war against Ma Fa and Tsarist Russia.

The former is easy to say, after all, the Mava country in this era only has a population of more than 200,000, and even if Zhu Ciran needs it, the Ming army can also destroy the neighboring Mava in Jibri Germany.

The combined population of these two small countries is not more than a million, the army does not exceed 50,000, and they still use arquebuses and cold weapons.

Only a battalion of soldiers and horses is needed, and the Ming can take it down.

On the contrary, although the Ming Dynasty and Tsarist Russia have not negotiated peace, the two sides have not completely gone to war.

If the Kazan region is really to be taken, it will undoubtedly be to ignite the flames of war in the north.

"Your Highness, most of the territory of the Mavar Kingdom is a desert, will it be ...... to arrange the Yongwang here?"

Yan Yinshao had passed by the country of Mava, and he clearly remembered that there was only part of the coastal plain in the country of Mava, and the rest of the country was either sand dunes or the Gobi desert.

In his opinion, putting Zhu Ciyan here is somewhat bullying.

"You can't look at it that way......"

Li Dingguo opened his mouth to refute Yan Yinshao's words, he frowned and said:

"The internal combustion engine of the Armaments Institute has reached the last few steps, and it may be studied at some point."

"If there is an internal combustion engine, then the country with oil is the country that sits on the mountain of gold."

"Let King Yong settle in the territory, and then continue to immigrate, which is beneficial to the dynasty."

"It's just that if the king is in Kazan, the dynasty will undoubtedly go to war with the Rakshasa country."

"At present, there are less than one million immigrants in Taixi, and less than five million acres of arable land."

"If there is really going to be a war, the Northern Army Governor's Mansion will invest at most two battalions of soldiers and horses."

"Besides, if King Ding's domain is Kazan, won't he have to compete with Taixi Province for immigration?"

Li Dingguo was very good to Zhu Cijiong, and Zhu Cijiong also regarded him as his brother.

But personal emotions cannot be brought to the country, if Zhu Cijiong's Dingguo is really established in Kazan, then it will inevitably compete with Taixi Province.

Daming has not yet developed a fifth of Taixi, and the local land resources are enough to feed millions of people.

Now that Tessie's immigration is not saturated, he will have to canonize a new vassal in the vicinity, which will definitely slow down Tessie's development.

However, Li Dingguo also knew that the expansion of the Ming Dynasty had reached its limit, so he could only use the method of feudal domain to expand the territory.

Where the Yongguo and Dingguo of Yongwang Zhu Cijiong and Dingwang Zhu Cijiong are canonized, it shows where the direction of the Ming Dynasty's territory development is.

Obviously, Zhu Ciran was ready to open up Eastern Europe and the Arabian Peninsula.

"The horses can be recovered, but Kazan needs to wait a little longer."

"It just so happens that King Yong is one and a half years older than King Ding, how about delaying it for a year and a half?"

Hong Chengchou sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and made a proposal that could be delayed.

Faced with this proposal, Jin Hyun looked at Zhu Ciran, obviously he also thought this proposal was good.

Although a year and a half is short, it can also immigrate two or three hundred thousand.

......Seeing that the ministers didn't want to canonize the country now, Zhu Ciran felt a little uncomfortable, but he also knew that this was the result of their analysis from the perspective of the Ming Dynasty.

The ministers all thought so, and it was impossible for him to continue his stubborn demands as a prisoner.

Therefore, he could only agree: "Just do it." ”

Saying that, Zhu Ciran looked at Li Dingguo: "The naval governor Huang Fei is preparing to recover Ma Fa and Jabrid. ”

Zhu Ciran expanded the war to Jabrid, which was a disguised response to the consequences of compromising with the ministers.

It's just a Jabrid, and Hong Chengchou didn't pay attention to it, and they all slapped the case with their hands to show that they passed.

At this point, the question of the founding of Yongguo has been resolved......

(End of chapter)