Sun Zhilan was not familiar with the Ottoman Empire, but the problem was that when it came to political scheming, most of the cabinet members, including Sun Zhilan, had rich experience in struggle.

Sun Zhili looked at Xie Jinglin and said: "Jinglin, we are not familiar with the Ottoman Empire, but Catherine must be familiar with it, Venice has been fighting with the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years, and she knows the Ottoman Empire well......

Cheng Shijie didn't wait for Xie Jinglin's reaction, then rolled his eyes: "It seems that this is really the case." ”

Sun Zhilan asked excitedly, "Where is she now?" ”

"Yongyan, have you forgotten something more important?"

Sun Zhili said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the matter of the enthronement ceremony will definitely not go wrong!" If the Ministry of Rites can't handle this, then there is no need for it to exist! ”

The biggest difference between the Dingxin Dynasty and the Chongzhen Dynasty is that the original department was split, of which the largest split was actually the Ministry of Industry, which had four divisions under its jurisdiction, namely Yingxi, Yuheng, Dushui, and Tuntian. The Ministry of Water Resources was established as the Ministry of Water Resources. The Ministry of Agriculture was established on the basis of the Tuntian Clearance Division. The Ministry of Industry was established to clean up the Officials Division, and the Machinery Department was established to the Yu Heng Officials Division.

The Ministry of Industry still exists, whether it is only equivalent to the previous powers, it is much smaller, similar to the functions of the Industrial Planning Commission, and the same larger division is the Ministry of Rites, based on the Department of Officials of the Host and Guest, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty was established, and the Ministry of Education was established based on the Ministry of Rites.

If the Ministry of Rites does not hold Cheng Shijie's enthronement ceremony, it is estimated that there is no need for the Ministry of Rites to exist, which was originally responsible for the functions of the Ministry of Food, and was partly shared by the Ministry of Education, and part of it was established under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health.

Sun Zhili actually thinks that Cheng Shijie split the six departments into nineteen departments, so far, the Ming Dynasty is as many as twenty-one, and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs has been added, that is, there are a lot more officials, in the past Chongzhen Dynasty, the six Shangshu and the left and right imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, they are all positive two products, and there are usually only eight people at this level. plus the second-grade officials in Nanjing, there are only sixteen people.

After the process of Shijie's reform, the Ming Dynasty now has a total of 21 ministries, and there are 21 Shangshu of the second grade, however, the biggest change is the cabinet members, the original cabinet finished according to the official according to the addition, now do not wait, enter the cabinet, that is, the official residence from a product.

The cabinet members themselves have become Congyipin's official position, and Sun Zhili, the prime minister of the cabinet, is Zhengyipin, the real head of civil and military officials.

As for the directors of the provincial management committees, they are from the second grade, which is the same as the original rank, but the real power is greater. In this way, the Ding Xin Dynasty abolished the Nanjing Sixth Ministry, and since then, although the number of officials has increased, the expenditure has been less than before.

After all, the treatment of officials in the Dingxin Dynasty and the Chongzhen Dynasty is absolutely different, that is, the pension system, in the original Ming Dynasty, no matter how many officials they are, as long as they retire, the court will not pay a penny, but they give the treatment of the officials and gentry, and the privilege of tax exemption.

Ding Xinchao is to give the normal salary of retired officials, such as now Sun Chengzong, he has officially retired, as a free cavalry attendant, you don't have to return to your hometown, you are willing to live in the capital, you live in the capital, you are willing to live in Jinzhou, if the emperor can not make a decision, he will convene the scattered cavalry attendant, the current officials who serve as the casual cavalry attendant are Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, Xu Guangqi and even Cheng Shijie's former boss, the head leader Sun Yuanhua, Sun Yuanhua and Sun Chengzong are different, he is the director of the Zhejiang Management Committee, and the free cavalry attendant.

Sun Chengzong can receive a retirement salary of 1,200 taels of silver every month, including all medical treatment, and he doesn't have to go to work, but Sun Chengzong is unwilling to take Cheng Shijie's salary for nothing, and he and Xu Guangqi participated in the revision of the "History of the Ming Dynasty", which can be regarded as exerting residual heat.

Sun Seung-jong retired from the cabinet as a first-class official, and if it was a member of the cabinet, except for the prime minister, everyone else would enjoy the same treatment, but the first level was lower than the first level.

The pension treatment includes not only officials at all levels, but also enterprise employees, and the retirement income can reach about 80% of the normal salary level, which is a great financial pressure.

But the problem is that the Ming Dynasty now has a lot of extra income, such as the silver from the Iwami Silver Mountain stolen from the small book, as well as the seizures from the Mughals, Ceylon and Indochina, and the vast area controlled by the Ming Dynasty to support the entire Ming Dynasty's retired workers, which is the confidence and strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Catherine and Francesco Erizzo were summoned to the cabinet court by Sun Zhili for questioning, and Francesco Erizzo hurriedly complained to Sun Zhili: "Your Excellency, now the barbarian Western Europeans and Ottomans covet the wealth of Venice, and they have gathered a large army to attack Venice and try to destroy Venice!" Please Your Excellency the Prime Minister for the sake of the friendship between the two countries to lend a helping hand and help Venice through this difficult time, if the Ming is not willing to help us, our Venetian city-state will disappear from the world! ”

Sun Zhilan's brows tightened even tighter: "The friendship between your country and the Ming Dynasty has always been remembered, and I am also deeply sympathetic to what is happening to your country today, but it's just ...... Europe is too far away, even if the Ming Dynasty has the heart to take care of it, I'm afraid it won't be able to reach it......"

Although Sun Zhili has reached an agreement with the cabinet, he will not sit idly by, as Cheng Shijie said, the city-state of Venice is the first European country to establish diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty and have the best relationship with the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to be a brotherly state, if the Ming Dynasty sits back and watches the destruction of the Venetian city-state, then the prestige of the Ming Dynasty in Europe will be severely defeated, I am afraid that the Europeans will no longer take the Ming Dynasty seriously, which is extremely unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty.

But the problem is that Sun Zhili will definitely not let Francesco Erizzo feel that Daming is very willing to help the Venetians, this help is too easy, and it will definitely not be cherished by the Venetians.

Through the communication between Cheng Shijie and Sun Zhixi, he has understood the relationship and grievances between European countries, such as the Netherlands, which was originally a subject country of the Spanish Empire, but because of its skyrocketing strength, it began to provoke Spain, and together with outsiders, it dealt with Spain, the former master.

For Sun Zhilan, who has always paid attention to the concept of loyalty, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands is a two-five boy, Portugal is not a good thing, as for the United Kingdom, France, are extremely barbaric, aggressive goods, now their strength is still relatively weak, not obvious, when their strength is strong enough, it will definitely overthrow the Netherlands and Spain, set off a bloody storm in the world, I am afraid that even the Ming Dynasty will not escape their claws!

Instead of sitting back and watching them grow and develop, it is better to strike first and nip them in the bud and never suffer in the future!

Sun Zhilan whetted Francesco Erizzo's appetite, and at the same time signed the "Supplementary Agreement between the Ming and Venice Alliance", in which Venice officially became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and declared itself a vassal state to the Ming Dynasty.

The Republic of Venice enjoyed a certain degree of autonomy and was bilingual, with the official language of the Republic of Venice becoming Chinese, and all written and state documents had to be written in the Ming language.

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty gave textbooks such as the Four, Five, and Five Classics to the Republic of the Venice City-State, and established Confucianism in the Republic of the Venice City-State, with no less than five primary schools, no less than one middle school, and no less than one university.

At the same time, Venice is allowed to send 150 public students to the Ming Dynasty every year, and at the same time, no less than 300 self-financed students are added, and Venetians are allowed to live and settle in the state capitals of the Ming Dynasty, but they must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty and must not do anything harmful to the feelings of the Ming people.

Traditional festivals in the Ming Dynasty, such as the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Qingming Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc., Venetians give everyone a holiday and let them participate in festival activities.

At the same time, the northern section of Crete was formally ceded, with a total of about 3,400 square kilometers of land, as a military port for the Ming garrison, and an area of about 6 kilometers long and 18 kilometers wide was carved out on the Adriatic Sea in Venice as the Ming station. The Ming army stationed in Venice consisted of naval and army units respectively.

It was organized into a reinforced regiment and had a fleet of 12 Sea Wolf-class, 6 Sea Shark-class, and 4 Giant Shark-class, plus supply ships, for a total of 25 warships and armed merchant ships.

The army unit has three infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, and one cavalry battalion, with a total of more than 3,800 troops in the regiment, and more than 6,000 in addition to the navy.

This Ming army was stationed in the Venetians and was responsible for protecting the security of Venice, and Venice needed to provide the Ming garrison expenses with fodder, supplies and subsidies for more than 6,000 horses every year.

With the signing of the supplementary agreement, Francesco Erizzo finally breathed a sigh of relief, with Daming as Venice's backer, to see who would dare to peek into Venice's wealth.

Sun Zhilan pointed to the signed agreement and said: "Venice is a small country, with a population of only one million, and its territory is only equivalent to a prefecture of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Useful, very useful!"

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "Of course, Crete is very good, only three hundred kilometers away from the African continent, in the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Aegean Sea, Crete is mountainous, only the north is a coastal plain, growing olives, grapes, citrus, etc. The birthplace of the ancient Aegean culture, with well-developed farms, a fine harbor on the Mediterranean coast, and a colony base carefully built by the Venetians for centuries! ”

To be sure, Crete is not as natural as the larger islands of Luzon and Mindanao, but the problem is that it is a tentacle that juts out into the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

"Since this is so good, we should drive the Venetians away, or the Ming will not be able to have the whole of Crete." Sun Zhilan is now tasting the benefits of foreign expansion, and he has long coveted Europe and the African continent, which is understandable, precisely because the Ming Dynasty has always known relatively little about the world.

With the advent of the Age of Discovery, the Ming Dynasty understands the whole world more and more, and all the Ming people have found that the whole world is bigger than imagined, and the Ming Dynasty is not the center of the world, but only a corner of the world.

Crete is blessed with unique natural conditions, and the Ming must be in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yongyan, you have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to do things one by one!"

Cheng Shijie said lightly: "After all, Venice is every country in Europe that is subject to our Ming Dynasty, we can't be too ugly for Venice, a vassal country, if it is too ugly, then who wants to become our Ming vassal country?" ”

"Okay, the minister admits that the minister is a little anxious about this matter!"

Sun Zhili smiled bitterly: "However, this matter is not difficult to do, as long as it is done because it is secretive......"

"Remember, don't be paralyzed by this, and remember, don't let people grab the handle."

Cheng Shijie is not worried about the resistance of the Venetians, the human nature of the whole world is common, this is the sorrow of the small country and the widows, there is no need to compare with the Netherlands, even compared with North Korea, even if the Ming Dynasty is taken out alone, it is stronger than Venice.

Even if Portugal and Spain are only local, relative to the Ming Dynasty, they can be described as a projectile land, so the Venetians become the Ming people, this is a matter of course, the only suspense is how much time this assimilation will take to complete.

In terms of "cultural export", there were too many professional personnel in the Ming Dynasty, and almost every Confucian scholar was an expert.

Putting aside the worries in his heart, when visiting the city of Beijing, Francesco Erizzo's mood was completely different, he was dressed in a traditional round-necked robe, combed the temples of the Ming Dynasty, and began to visit the city of Beijing under the protection of several Ming soldiers.

Since Cheng Shijie's enthronement ceremony was about to be held, there were so many people and businessmen from all over the world who went to Beijing, so it can be said that Francesco Erizzo could not have seen so many people in Europe.

"This is the meteorology of a great country!"

Francesco Erizzo sighed from the bottom of his heart: "It's worth it, it's really worth it!" ”

Catherine looked at His Excellency the Consul, not knowing what to say, if Francesco Erizzo was just an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would definitely become a spy of Venice and betray the interests of the Venetian city-state republic.

Several Portuguese were arguing with a Ming peddler, and the two sides were arguing.

Francesco Erizzo stepped forward and said, "Friend, you are not too polite to us Ming people!" ”

"What kind of Ming are you?"

"Our Venetian city-state republic has officially become the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the Venetians are naturally the Ming people!"

Francesco Erizzo said proudly: "You are polite to us Ming people!" (End of chapter)