I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

On the sixth day, the messenger of King Lu asked again and brought the latest award.

Zhili Governor, Wu Guogong.

Looking at this reward, Wu Changqing was a little surprised.

Wu Guogong is okay, anyway, the title of King Lu is not valuable, and the court has no salary for the time being.

However, this Zhili Governor is amazing. The Governor is the highest administrator of a place and has an overview of military, economic and administrative powers.

To put it simply, the governor is a vassal official, who can open his own government and legally have his own administrative team. As long as Wu Changqing accepts this reward, he can appoint some officials and set taxes in an open and aboveboard manner.

Of course, once a reward is accepted, it is subject to the imperial court in some places. For example, when the Ming Dynasty sent some officials over, he might be able to use their power, but on the surface, they had to recognize their legal status.

Wu Changqing fell into thinking, he was considering whether to accept the reward from King Lu.

Reason told him that he should accept it. Anyway, it was just an official submission to King Lu, and there was no need to go to Shaoxing to kneel down and thank him.

As long as you don't have to kneel, everything else is fine.

If you refuse again, I am afraid that your ambitions will be completely exposed. Given the current situation, it is still too early. If he declares independence now, maybe Daming can join forces with the Manchus to attack him, this is no joke.

In the early days, the Manchu Qing Dynasty invaded and conquered Beijing, but Daming still tried to join forces with them to destroy Li Zicheng's Dashun Army. In the end, the Manchus occupied more and more territory, and it was only when Daming came to his senses that it was too late.

With Daming's various brainless operations, it is entirely possible to join forces with the Qing army to destroy Wu Changqing, who was trying to become independent, in a fit of rage.

In addition to this risk, among his subordinates, there are also some people who are loyal to Daming.

Maybe these people can't shake Wu Changqing's foundation, but they can definitely disgust him in many places.

Considering it comprehensively, it is the best way to temporarily accept the reward first.

Wu Changqing summoned several important generals such as Gu Yanwu and Li Shaobin, told them that he planned to accept the canonization of King Lu, and asked them for their opinions.

Gu Yanwu actually prefers that Wu Changqing can accept the canonization of Emperor Longwu, after all, the Longwu court is the orthodox. But he also knew that this was impossible, and other generals who led troops could not agree.

Emperor Longwu only gave an earl, and King Lu gave a duke. The difference is too big.

Moreover, in terms of practical benefits, it is better to accept King Lu. After all, their territory is bordered by King Lu, but it is hundreds of miles away from the Longwu court in Fuzhou.

Allegiance to Emperor Longwu has to worry about being attacked by King Lu, and he has to send troops to defend.

And if you choose to be loyal to King Lu, you might get some logistical support.

Therefore, Gu Yanwu did not speak out against it, and it is always better to be loyal to King Lu than to have such an unclear identity as a rebel. With a righteous name, doing things can also be much easier.

As for how to resolve the conflict between King Lu and Emperor Longwu in the future, this Gu Yanwu didn't think too much about it. He first recovered the lost ground in Nanjing and Beijing.

Gu Yanwu had no opinion, and so did the other generals. Wu Changqing made a duke, maybe they can get a count or something.

That's a title. Before that, they didn't even want to think that they would be able to become a nobleman one day.

In the past, they were at most small characters with hundreds of households. Now they all become generals, and they still hope to get the title. It can be said that the salted fish has turned around.

The generals had no opinion, and Wu Changqing sent someone to reply to Qiu Zhaojin, saying that he was willing to accept the award.

Hearing this news, the stone hanging in Qiu Zhaojin's heart finally fell.

He knew that King Lu attached great importance to Wu Changqing, and repeatedly asked him to persuade Wu Changqing to support King Lu.

However, Qiu Zhaojin has no status at all in Suzhou, and it is difficult to meet Wu Changqing, so there is no chance to persuade him.

He could only find Liu Hansan, Li Shaobin and others to contact him, and then inquire about Wu Changqing's attitude. Other than that, he really couldn't do anything.

But now, God favored him anyway, Wu Changqing chose to agree inexplicably.

In this way, regardless of whether Qiu Zhaojin has done any important work, the credit must be his.

"Congratulations to Governor Wu, congratulations to Governor Wu, we will all be colleagues in the future, please take care of us."

When Qiu Zhaojin read out the imperial edict, he was very sensible and did not ask Wu Changqing and others to kneel and listen to the decree. He was afraid that something would happen to these big-headed soldiers who didn't understand etiquette, so he just finished reading the edict.

It's a troubled world anyway, and everything can be said simply.

"The Governor of the Left is being polite, it's better to work together."

Wu Changqing said with a smile, the scene was harmonious.

Afterwards, the news that Wu Changqing accepted the award from King Lu and became the governor of Zhili and Wu Guogong spread out, and there were special pen officials to post notices.

The people don't really care about this matter, they can only make a sound at most, and then what to do next.

Few people really know what the official position of the governor is and what it represents. Wu Guogong and the others knew that it was a symbol of aristocracy, and they would kneel when they saw Wu Changqing.

Those who are more concerned about this news are mainly businessmen, scholars and officials.

Wu Changqing accepted the reward, and the merchants were happy, because the Ming Dynasty never collected taxes from merchants, so they could live a good life again.

If Wu Changqing dares to collect taxes indiscriminately, they can also initiate a relationship and ask the bigwigs in the court to restrain Wu Changqing's behavior.

Scholars are more polarized. Some people think that Wu Changqing should be loyal to the Longwu court in Fuzhou, which will help the unification of the Ming Dynasty and can concentrate forces against the Manchu Qing.

Some people think it doesn't matter, as long as they are loyal to Daming, it's fine.

For those officials, they no longer have to worry about not having a staff. As long as Wu Changqing accepts the reward, their official status can also be recognized by the court.

In the Chen family, Zihe trotted all the way to Chen Yuyan to report the news. "Miss, General Wu was appointed by the imperial court as the governor of Zhili, and he was also named Duke of Wu. You will be a noble lady in the future. Maybe you will be named Mrs. Gao Ming soon, and you can enter the palace and chat with the queens and concubines to relieve boredom. already."

Being in a big family, the servant girl Zi He knew a lot of things, and knew that Mrs. Gao Ming could often enter the palace.

"The Governor, seems to be a high-ranking official of the second grade."

When Chen Yuyan said this, there was an uncontrollable smile on his face, a high official like the Governor, no matter how many people worked hard all their lives, they couldn't get to that position.

As for Wu Changqing, he reached the peak of the official position at the age of a teenager. This achievement is truly remarkable.