Chapter 161: Expanding the Imperial Palace
Zheng Chenggong was born in Hizen Hirado, Japan, and was an outstanding military strategist and politician
Parents: Zheng Zhilong, Tagawa (Japanese)
The former dynasty official: Nanming recruited the general, the king of Yanping County, and now I am named the commander of the East China Sea Fleet of the Dahua Empire, the title of the king of Yanping County of the previous dynasty was of course cut by me, the empire only has Wang Jian a prince, and the new prince must be the son of my wife, this system cannot be changed, otherwise it will cause turmoil.
Originally, I wanted to use Zheng Chenggong to start a war with Japan, but now that I think about it carefully, it's still inappropriate, because everyone will have a hometown plot, and Zheng Chenggong, who was born in Japan, will attack his hometown, and he may not be willing, although my original intention was to let him liberate the people, but people are always affectionate, forget it, let him command the South China Sea Fleet. Zheng Chenggong's original name was Zheng Sen, and he also had two younger brothers, one named Zheng Lin and the other Zheng Hai.
Zheng Lin and Zheng Hai were both born in Jiangnan, China, and their two brothers will not have a Japanese plot, especially Zheng Hai, who is talented and intelligent, civil and military all-rounder, and was born in Nanjing, and their three brothers all have great seafaring talents, I must reuse them well and switch their positions.
I thought about it in my mind and ordered: "Zheng Chenggong is the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, Zuo Liangyu is the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, and the deputy commander of the South China Sea Fleet." Zu Dashou remained unchanged as commander of the North Sea Fleet, and Zheng Lin was appointed deputy commander of the North Sea Fleet. The commander of the East China Sea Fleet was personally appointed by me, and Zheng Hai was appointed deputy commander of the East China Sea Fleet. ”
The ministers under the palace were very excited. Because they knew that the Age of Discovery had come. During my absence from the capital, the country was governed by the regent and his cabinet and base camp, and all walks of life grew rapidly. The people live and work in peace and contentment, the officials are diligent and honest, and all state office funds are fully transparent to eliminate corruption.
The Imperial Party newspaper was published throughout the country, and the Emperor's Supreme Decree No. 1 was published on the front page: "All officials who are found to be corrupt* will never be used again, and the embezzled silver shall be fined ten times and punished with a heavy sentence." The best punishment for corrupt officials is to kill their heads......" This decree was enthusiastically supported by the people of the whole country. Because the state silver embezzled by the officials is both the people's fat and people's ointment, killing a corrupt official is equivalent to harming the people one less time, the people's eyes are bright, and the emperor is really good to them. They also love the emperor of the Dahua Empire from the bottom of their hearts and support the party.
I saw that the ministers were all elated, so I asked again: "Everyone, Aiqing, who still has the book to play?" Sima Xiangru took a step forward: "The minister has the book to play," I saw that it was Sima Xiangru, this kid has always followed my heart, I don't know how he should make me happy this time, I immediately agreed: "Quasi-play!" Sima Xiangru was also unpolite: "Emperor Xie, the minister thinks that the imperial palace of the empire is indeed ruthless, and thinks that I am the strongest in the world of the Dahua Empire." At the center of all things, the imperial palace must be broad and profound to show the national image of the empire, so as to shock the barbarians in all directions. In order to make the four seas worship, all nations come to congratulate!"
As soon as I heard this, I immediately came to my senses, isn't this for my wives to add mansions again? My wives are still happy to bloom when they know about it? I am a little impatient: "Then with Aiqing's meaning, how will the current palace be built?" Some of His Royal Highness's ministers began to despise Sima Xiangru again, and said in their hearts, "This Sima Xiangru knows how to pat the emperor's ass." One day I photographed the horse's hooves, what do I see him do?"
These ministers would have wanted to oppose it. But as soon as I saw my happy appearance, I also closed my mouth, Sima Xiangru knew that this matter was about my heart, and smiled slightly: " According to the minister's knowledge, the Tang Imperial Palace is five times larger than the Forbidden City in Beijing, and now the Imperial Palace of the Dahua Empire is as large as the Forbidden City in Beijing, so the minister thinks that the imperial palace of the Dahua Empire is twice as large as the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty, so that it is in line with the majesty of the imperial palace of the Dahua Empire, and the city of Nanjing as an imperial city should be expanded accordingly......"...
"The ministers are opposed, so that the people will be wasted, the country's economy will be dragged down, and the pace of the empire's unification of the world will be slowed down," Wang Jian is a loyal minister who dares to speak outright, speaks mercilessly, has a noble character and serves the people wholeheartedly. Wang Jian took the lead, and several officials such as the governor of the imperial palace began to have the courage to oppose the expansion of the imperial palace with the regent, the reason was nothing more than the fear of labor and money, but they did not oppose the expansion of the imperial city, the reason is actually very simple, because the imperial city expanded, their residential area will also be expanded accordingly, which is something that everyone benefits, so the ministers support the expansion of the imperial city.
At the Jinluan Palace, the ministers all watched with amazement as I finally made up my mind. In the end, I gritted my teeth: "I will take the money for the expansion of the imperial city, and I will take my own private treasury money for the expansion of the palace, right? I will use my own money to expand the palace and erect the image of the country," As soon as my words fell, the ministers shouted in unison: "My emperor is wise, long live my emperor!" The emperor's private treasury silver is actually the emperor's own private land and some real estate outside the palace to rent out the silver, about 200,000 taels of silver a year, but the palace inside and outside more than 2,000 people to feed, except for the canonized and high-grade imperial concubines and other people to take the state, other people's money is counting on the emperor to pay, and so many people's food problems, clothing needs the emperor to solve, and the food in the palace of the Dahua Empire is simply heaven, and the ministers don't understand why their emperor is so rich, if Chongzhen was left behind, he would have gone to the street to beg with his bare buttocks。
How many wives do you have? It depends on whether you have the money to support them, I do have a lot of money, but I can only have four, and this is also the confusion of the ministers of the DPRK and China. Sima Xiangru also proposed that the wood used in the newly expanded imperial palace was all made of small-leaved red sandalwood in the Indian state of the Dahua Empire, which was solemn and purple red, oily and festive, and was already very rare and precious in my time. As long as it is with my private treasury money, no matter how much Sima Xiangru tosses, His Royal Highness's ministers all said that it was good, and there was no objection, even the regent closed his eyes tightly and pretended to sleep, he thought, "The emperor is also my son-in-law, he tosses his own money, and there are no working people, he spends his own money for his daughter to live a better and happy life, that is the matter of their little couple, what other objection can I have?"
Now I can see that as long as the country's money is not moved, there is no opposition from the ministers, and the ministers all regard the country's money as their own, and the eyes are staring at the thieves. And I use private treasury silver, my own money, the ministers no one cares about such idle things, the more I use them, the happier they are, because I spend my own money, but the empire's economy is up, solving the problem of eating for many people, this is doing good things for the people, now the emperor is very strict with corruption, fighting tigers, swatting flies, no one dares to spend their minds on digging the corners of the Dahua Empire to engage in the empire's money, so they all behave well, I hope the emperor can give a little more reward. (To be continued)