The French elites, led by the French king and the crown prince, visited the new fleet of the Ming Dynasty and held a grand banquet on the capital ship.

On the morning of the next day, Shen Fu, the representative of the Ming court, and Niu Jian, the personal representative of Zhu Jingyuan, accompanied the French royal family, nobles, and high-ranking officials of the imperial court to return to Paris.

Against the backdrop of the lively news of the visit of the new fleet of the Ming Dynasty, it was at the Palais Royale in Paris instead of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris that the French Crown Prince Louis Charles was officially crowned as the new king.

It was customary for him to be called "Louis XVII" by the French and Ctessi.

Originally, Louis XVII in history was only a nominal king for a few days with the support of his uncle.

And in the current world, he has become a true king with complete authority.

He controlled a lot of resources and wealth, and won the support of most of the middle class and laborers.

Took control of France's main military power and suppressed most of the remaining French traditional aristocracy.

At the same time, there is also friendship and good cooperative relations from the Ming side.

Louis XVII's position and power were very solid.

After the coronation, Louis XVII returned to Le Havre for a grand parade as planned.

The French fleet was arranged at the forefront, and not all the ships participating in the ceremony were the French Navy, but all the elite ships of the French Navy were also put on display.

The two ships at the front are the two battleships that were just commissioned last year, and they are both high-speed cutting-edge battleships completed with the technical support of Daming.

All had a full load displacement of 40,000 tons, a maximum speed of thirty knots, and three triple-mounted 360-mm naval guns.

They were followed by two high-speed battleships designed and built by the French themselves.

All were 38,000 tons of displacement, four twin-mounted 360-mm guns, and a speed of 27 knots.

Then there is the aircraft carrier, which was commissioned only at the end of last year, with a full load displacement of 28,000 tons and a maximum speed of 30 knots.

Early dreadnought battleships of a test nature, as well as modified aircraft carriers of a test nature, were not pulled to show.

The last part of the French reference fleet consisted of the original traditional capital ships and armored cruisers in better condition.

These ships will be phased out as more new ships are launched, but they are still quite large.

Behind the main French fleet was the reference fleet from the Ming Dynasty.

After considering it comprehensively by himself, and then discussing it with Shen Fu and Niu Jian, he decided to invite all the capital ships of the Ming fleet to participate to show his strength, but there was no need to let a large number of cruisers occupy the space.

The scale of the main fleet of the Ming Dynasty can be called huge, larger than the capital fleet of all the countries of Taixi today.

After all, the naval treaties of the Tessian countries stipulate that the tonnage of the capital ships of the Tessian countries shall not exceed 320,000 tons.

At present, even Lucia and Prussia, which are relatively financially well-off, must put into service the last batch of high-speed capital ships that are still under construction in order to use up the 320,000-ton target.

France, Britain and other countries whose financial status is not very good are even slower, and at present, the second batch of two 40,000-ton new battleships of the Ming standard has just started, and the third batch will not start until two or three years later.

It will take at least five years to run out of the target of 320,000 tons.

If you count the aircraft carriers, the tonnage of the capital ships of the Daming fleet has exceeded 320,000 tons, and the aircraft carriers are 280,000 tons.

The Ming fleet has now almost become the protagonist of the parade, and then it soon became the garrison of the entire Taixi continent.

After the parade, the Ming fleet stayed in France for another two days, and then began to visit the countries of Taixi in turn.

Show the new dynamics of the Ming Navy, and give a little reminder to the Taixi countries that have successively completed the construction of new warships, so that they know that no matter how much they toss in the future, they will not be able to bridge the distance with the Ming Navy.

Journalists and politicians from various countries in Taixi couldn't help but sigh that Daming was really invincible.

On the other side of the world, after Zhu Jingyuan arrived at Yingtianfu, he lived directly in the Spring Peace Palace in the Forbidden City.

The biggest difference between the Forbidden City of Yingtianfu and the Forbidden City of Shuntianfu is that the Spring and Palace is still there.

Chunhe Palace was planned and built in the Taizu era, and it was a palace specially for the prince and the grandson's family to live.

In front of the Chunhe Palace is the Wenhua Palace, which was originally an office for the prince to observe the government and regent.

However, since the Zhengde Dynasty, there have been basically no older princes in the Ming Dynasty to participate in politics.

By the time of the Jiajing Dynasty, the Wenhua Hall in the Forbidden City of Shuntianfu completely became the emperor's office hall.

The Forbidden City of Yingtianfu was not actually inhabited by the emperor, and the functions of the Chunhe Palace and the Wenhua Hall remained nominally unchanged.

However, by the time of the Renwu Dynasty, Emperor Shizu had been in charge of Yingtianfu for a long time, and at the same time decided not to appoint a crown prince in the future.

So Emperor Shizu renovated the Chunhe Palace, and changed the palace that originally nominally belonged to the family of the crown prince and grandson into a place for all the young princes to live and study.

Zhu Jingyuan is now living directly in, of course, it is completely in line with the rules after the Renwu Dynasty.

Although now only one family lives in the entire Spring and Palace......

After resting for a day in the Chunhe Palace, Zhu Jingyuan summoned the main officials of Jianghuai Province in the Wenhua Hall the next day.

Zhu Jingyuan is now the political envoy of Jianghuai Province and the political governor of Jianghuai Province.

After the two sides simply greeted and sat down, Zhu Jingyuan did not wait for the officials here to ask, and directly expressed his attitude:

"You should have heard of the policies I have implemented in the Northwest.

"Don't hesitate and think, and don't think about prevarication and procrastination.

"The implementation must begin as soon as possible throughout the South.

"These include the earliest general education pass system, the later ticket system and purchase restriction policy, and the latest migration and urbanization acceleration policies for residents in remote areas.

"If you have any difficulties, you can ask me as soon as possible.

"If there are no comments, then start implementing them as soon as possible.

"Mr. Lin will record it, and then go back and send the request to the other provinces together."

As for Zhu Jingyuan's attitude toward administration and the reforms and policies implemented by Zhu Jingyuan in other regions, the local officials in Jianghuai Province cannot be said to have heard of them, but can only say that they have thoroughly studied them.

Officials in Jianghuai Province have a very clear understanding of the special status of their own province.

With Zhu Jingyuan's special status, based on his experience in supervising and reforming in the past few years, the target location of the last stage of local governance training is ninety percent of the Jianghuai Province where he is located.

Therefore, the officials who were more well-informed spent a lot of energy studying Zhu Jingyuan's policies and habits.

These officials basically believe that it is not difficult for Zhu Jingyuan to implement all of Zhu Jingyuan's previous policies in Jianghuai Province.

The reason is also very simple, Jianghuai Province is really the most core province of the Ming Dynasty, this is Nanzhili.

There is investment from the royal consortium and Daming Airlines.

There are basically no minorities in the local area who hold the identity of the Ming people, and the general education examination certificate must be issued directly.

Land and housing-related industries were originally mainly controlled by the royal consortium.

In recent years, it has also completed the construction of large-scale government-owned manufacturers.

Although the local private capital force is also the strongest in the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely not make any waves under the suppression of the royal family, the bureaucratic system, the government-owned manufacturers, and the royal consortium.

After the local officials understood Zhu Jingyuan's intentions, they began to cooperate with Zhu Jingyuan before his arrival, and controlled the corresponding market conditions in accordance with Zhu Jingyuan's strategy in advance.

Migration from remote areas to big cities is also not a big problem.

The southern region is generally much richer than the northwest, and the provinces are already rich, and with the cooperation of government-run manufacturers and royal consortia, there should not be any major problems.

Therefore, the crackdown is not worried about Zhu Jingyuan's previous policies.

They just don't know if Zhu Jingyuan has any new plans and new pilot projects for the southern region.

Zhu Jingyuan obtained the general education examination certificate in Mozhou and Xintianfu.

In the Nanyang region, a policy of "absolute freedom" of migration was pursued for the bereaved and overseas sects.

In the Edo area, tickets and purchase restrictions were introduced.

In the northwest, a policy of migrating remote areas to cities has been developed.

It seems that everywhere I go, new ideas are brought out and local officials are asked to cooperate.

So the blow is all about this aspect.

These officials also had an in-depth understanding of Zhu Jingyuan's character, and after honestly responding to Zhu Jingyuan's orders, someone immediately came out directly to ask if there were any other new requirements.

Zhu Jingyuan also said very directly:

"Not yet, after all, our Jianghuai region is the real heart of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the richest place in the Ming Dynasty.

"Most of the problems that exist on the frontier and overseas are not problems with us.

"You are also the highest-level officials in our Ming Dynasty.

"My next two years of practical training in governance may seem like the most difficult, but in fact they may be the easiest I have ever done in years.

"But I can't pack a ticket, I first have to have an in-depth understanding of our local situation, and if I really find a problem that needs to be dealt with, it will also add to your burden.

"So in the next few days, you will start to implement the established policy implementation first, while waiting for the new notice."

Hearing Zhu Jingyuan's response, the surrounding officials were obviously relieved.

Based on their understanding of Zhu Jingyuan's past habits, since Zhu Jingyuan has expressed his position now, it is very likely that there is really no special plan for Jianghuai Province.

As for Zhu Jingyuan's previous policies, the local officials had long known about them, and they were not a big problem.

Zhu Jingyuan continued to chat with these officials for a while, and after a little bit of politeness, he let them go back to their own affairs.

Then Zhu Jingyuan began to think on his own.

Zhu Jingyuan is not without new ideas for the southern region, including Jianghuai.

It's that the idea can't be spoken.

Zhu Jingyuan hoped to weaken the influence of local clans and family forces.

For ordinary people, clan and family culture are certainly not completely devoid of benefits.

It may even be that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, otherwise it would not have lasted for thousands of years.

But for the rulers, it probably does more harm than good.

Clan forces are essentially small groups, primitive parties built up by blood ties.

The initial party struggle was based on regional and clan relations.

In times of social instability, such local groups can provide a certain level of security for their members.

When society is stable, clan kinship is the bond for them to establish a community of interests and help each other obtain benefits.

The rulers, of course, did not like the existence of such small groups.

However, in the traditional cultural system of China, it is politically incorrect to destroy clan relations......

Before the Renwu Dynasty, local officials usually asked the clan to find their own way to deal with and mediate ordinary local affairs and conflicts.

Even if there is no mediation within the clan, and in the case of a confrontation in court, the officials will often judge by maintaining the harmony of relations within the clan.

In many cases, the verdict may even be contrary to the law.

The clans and gentry were in fact part of the traditional system of local self-government in the East.

Even when it came to the Renmu Dynasty, Emperor Sejo corrected the situation, but he was still very restrained.

A more basic management and law enforcement system has been established, while judicial independence has been achieved, and judicial judges are required to adjudicate in strict accordance with the law, without regard to factors unrelated to the case itself, and to strictly prohibit any form of lynching.

However, Emperor Shizu never said that he wanted to reduce the influence of the clan, nor did he openly encourage ordinary people to leave the clan.

Because of the public demand to weaken the power of the family and the clan, can it be understood as weakening the family relationship?

It may even be extended to oppose "filial piety".

So it's something that can be done but can't be said, and it's not even possible to do it blatantly.

So what exactly should be done?

In fact, the direction is also simple, that is, relying on the various reforms that Zhu Jingyuan has done before.

First, the household registration will be gradually replaced by a general examination certificate that represents only individuals, as a common identity document for local people, and free movement of the population will be encouraged.

This is followed by active and larger-scale industrialization and urbanization.

The countryside is where the clan is most powerful.

Even after the complete annexation of land in the countryside, the main employees of the farmer are often his own kindred.

The clan power of factories and cities would have been much weaker.

The large cities with concentrated populations in the north and south of the world, and the life of prosperous, complex and rich modern industrial cities are all good solvents for diluting the power of the clan.

At the same time, sending a large number of sparse people from remote areas to cities in wealthy areas is also a process of diluting the original local clan system.

Then vigorously build a government-owned manufacturer and a royal foundation.

There are a large number of small and medium-sized towns in the Gangnam area, and there are also a large number of local manufacturers, as well as a large number of family-owned factories and trading houses.

It is very common to use people from your own family and clan as management and key workers, regardless of the country.

In such places, clan power is actually shifting from the countryside to the city, or directly turning the countryside into a city.

To deal with this kind of family business, Zhu Jingyuan's thinking is to rely on state-owned manufacturers and royal consortia.

If a person is not taken care of in the family, but will be oppressed by the powerful families in the clan, and can get a better life after leaving the family community, then the clan power will definitely gradually weaken.

But in the same way, if a member of a certain family has obtained a high status in the royal foundation or the government-run foundation, it is also very troublesome to use his position to draw other members of the clan into the group.

Therefore, it is very important to refer to the specifications of the system of corrupting officials and the system of avoiding suspicion.

Locals cannot be in the management of local government-owned manufacturers, and people from the same family cannot work in the same department.

At the same time, efforts were made to improve and control the management level of government-owned manufacturers and royal consortia, and to compete with traditional private family businesses in various industries, forcing them to hire professional managers to join.

Finally, it is necessary to gradually implement compulsory education, vigorously expand high-level schools, raise the cultural level of the entire society, and continue to improve and strengthen the relevant policies on judicial independence and judicial fairness.

Collective education in the new era and culture in the industrial age are also important solvents for diluting the influence of traditional clan culture.

The more ordinary young people want independence and freedom, the more they will feel the restrictions from their clan.

The obviously correct thinking of the pursuit of fairness and justice is also an important basis for the natural rebellion against clan restrictions.

The goal of judicial independence and impartiality would naturally prohibit the clan from resolving internal conflicts on its own.

Without the power of the clan elders to deter and deal with the unstable elements in the clan, the influence of the clan will also weaken at the same time.

All of these goals and plans are policies and demands that seem completely unrelated to weakening the power of the clan, but they are also genuinely fair and just policies.

Of course, no one can directly oppose these rightful goals and plans.

However, Zhu Jingyuan also understands that it is impossible for him to truly and completely eliminate the influence of clan-related traditions among the people.

After all, it is a very important basic part of China's traditional culture.

In the absence of large-scale social turmoil in China, and without the absolutely strong foreign cultural shock, the power of this tradition will definitely continue to exist very tenaciously.

Zhu Jingyuan can only weaken the part of the rule of disinterest for the benefit of the imperial family......

(End of chapter)