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"Your Majesty, the Governor of Luzon sent someone to report that a gold mine was discovered in the Nambawa (Mampawa) Sultanate. The sultan of the country was unable to mine, so he hired dozens of Han people in Brunei and successfully mined gold in one fell swoop. The Han people in Luzon heard that Then, they crossed the sea one after another to mine gold, with at least hundreds of people leaving every month. As a result, the number of Han people on Luzon Island, which was originally small, became less and less due to the Nambawa gold mine."

"Secondly, the Netherlands is also eyeing the Nambawa gold mine. But the Netherlands lacks manpower and must first conquer the Nambawa Sultanate before they can capture the natives to mine the gold mines. At the end of last year, the Netherlands sent 300 troops and was defeated by the Nambawa Sultanate. Repelled. Sultan Nambawa was afraid of its coming again and sought help from the Sultanate of Sanfa, Landak (Pontianak) and Brunei. All countries in Borneo were afraid and requested the Governor of Luzon, our country, to send troops."

"The Nambawa Sultanate, because of its small territory, does not dare to fall to any side. Now that it has been invaded by the Netherlands, it has sent its envoys to Luzon to request that your majesty canonize it as king and that the whole country is willing to surrender to our Datong court."

There are a bunch of sultanates throughout Kalimantan, many of which have become vassals of Datong China.

As for this Nambawa gold mine, it also caused a sensation in history.

The country is a port city-state, with the city as the center, and its territory radiates not far to the surrounding areas. There were no miners available in Sudan, so they had to go to Brunei to find Chinese miners. At that time, China was under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and a large number of landless peasants came from Guangdong. At least 2,000 people arrived every spring, and hundreds of them returned home with gold in the summer.

The news about the gold production in Nambawa spread more and more, and in less than a hundred years, there were more than 100,000 Chinese there. Later, they no longer went to mine gold, but went there to do business and farm with the ties of clan and fellow villagers. The famous "Lanfang Republic" was established based on these Han people.

Nowadays, Fujian and Guangdong provinces have widely divided their fields, and there are no landless farmers at all. Therefore, not many people go to sea to mine gold. There are also one or two hundred people going south every month. They are all unwilling to be lonely and want to make a fortune from gold. But Luzon Island is very embarrassed. Most of the Han people there are adventurers and are losing population at a rate of hundreds per month. The governor of Luzon is already anxious.

Zhao Han said: "Instruct the Ministry of Rites to engrave the gold seal of King Nambawa, and envoys canonize the king and the crown prince. The Luzon army is not to be dispatched for the time being. Please note the Dutch first. Nambawa is a vassal state of China. Once the Netherlands invades Nambawa, Wow, this is tantamount to breaking the contract and starting a war with China. If the Netherlands sends troops, Luzon will not be too late to send troops. Also order the Governor of Palembang to immediately send troops to harass Batavia once war breaks out."

Kalimantan has a tropical rainforest climate, and the number of Han people is small, so development is very slow. Therefore, Zhao Han never thought about occupying the country, but kept recruiting subordinates to recruit vassals. His main energy was devoted to developing Luzon.

Now that something like this has suddenly cropped up, intervention must be done and the Dutch cannot be allowed to interfere with the island.

But there is no need to be too active. Who knows when the Netherlands will come again. It is too expensive to send troops to station for a long time. It would be best to intimidate the Netherlands through diplomacy. If you really can't be frightened, you can go to war. It is best if the Sudan is killed by the Dutch and they take the opportunity to occupy the city-state.

The land in Nambawa Sultanate is fertile and can grow food.

Further south, the alluvial plains of the Landak Sultanate, Pontianak, the capital of the "Lan Fong Republic", are more fertile.

The two places are not far apart and can be occupied together to form one, and the food can also be self-sufficient.

Gold mines and other things are secondary. The main focus is on its sea trade transportation location and the ability to establish the "Palembang-Pontianak-Luzon-Taiwan-Fujian" route.

In addition, it can also form an iron triangle of "Malacca-Palembang-Pontianak". If any one is attacked, the other two can quickly provide support.

"That's it for now. Let those three people come in." Zhao Han said.

Yan Ruochu, who was disqualified from the imperial examination, Yan Yuan, the first Jinshi in the second class, and Tang Zhen, the seventh Jinshi in the second class, were taken to the main hall by the female officer.

After the adjustment of the new Jinshi policy, the top three and Shujishi can already be released from the seventh grade. But you must first observe the government in the cabinet. After the internship period is over, you can be released to work as a seventh-rank official.

From the seventh-grade official level, there are not only county magistrates (chief officials of small counties), but also other yamen officials at all levels. For example, the governor and deputy manager of a provincial government office, the chief registrar of a local horse breeding institution, the experience and deputy promotion of a local salt office, the state judge of a directly governed state, etc. These are all positions that require you to handle actual government affairs and exercise your ability to do things.

The top candidates, second place winners, top picks, and sage generals in each imperial examination first served as interns at the cabinet center, and then were sent to local areas for training at the seventh level, and then were promoted to become county magistrates. The promotion route in the first few years was designed in this way.

The second rank Jinshi can be ranked as the eighth rank.

There are more official positions at this level, and the more famous one is county magistrate. There are also governors of provincial yamen, experiences of prefecture-level yamen, metropolitan officials in minority areas, etc.

Those who are ranked as Jinshi in the third rank can be released from the eighth rank.

After this adjustment, Jinshi was distinguished in detail, otherwise the second and third rankings were almost the same.

Yan Yuan is the first on the second list and is currently waiting for an internship. His internship unit is the Ministry of Household Affairs. When there are vacancies in the local area, he can be released to work as a county magistrate or other official positions. If you do well, you can be promoted to the seventh rank in three years and become the county magistrate in six years. It is true that if he has excellent political performance, he may become the county magistrate in three years.

"Why don't you take the shujishi exam?" Zhao Han asked.

The Shujishi of the new Datong Dynasty could not be trained as prime ministers, but they had the opportunity to intern in the cabinet. There are 15 places for Shujishi every three years, and all new scholars can take the exam. Once they pass the exam, the focus is on cultivating cadres.

Yan Yuan replied: "I am waiting for your Majesty's summons."

Zhao Han took out the memorial: "Who wrote this?"

Yan Ruocha cupped her hands and said, "The common people are not talented."

Zhao Han asked: "Your father was exiled to Heilongjiang, and you were also disqualified from the imperial examination. Do you have any complaints in your heart?"

Yan Ruochu replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, my father broke the law in doing business and broke the court rules. The common people have no complaints in their hearts. However, the common people are enthusiastic about serving the country. Although they cannot be elected as officials, they still want to contribute to the country and the people. Therefore, there is this I am writing this memorial, and I beg your Majesty to give me another chance."

"You are only seventeen years old, how can you have such knowledge? It's not Huang Zongxi who did it for you, right?" Zhao Han said with a smile.

"That's absolutely not the case." Yan Ruoyu quickly defended.

Zhao Han did not speak anymore, but re-read the memorial in front of him.

After all, Yan Ruoqi is still young, and as an ancient person, her vision is limited by the times. In Zhao Han's eyes, this memorial has greater significance and has already implicated China's future industrialization development route.

The first is the traditional European and American industrialization route. Industry is mainly concentrated in cities, absorbing the country's population, money, and resources, and forming a location advantage for large-scale production.

The second is to adopt an evolved version of China's rural economy, with industries distributed in large and small towns, laid out like a goddess scattering flowers. Population, money and resources are concentrated in cities and towns, driving surrounding farmers to develop together.

Both routes have pros and cons.

The second route is not conducive to large-scale industrial production and will only create a bunch of small towns and villages. But in the end, different paths will lead to the same goal, and towns with prosperous industry and commerce will gradually evolve into new cities.

However, there must be a premise, that is, China takes the lead in carrying out the industrial revolution and has enough time to carry out urban industrial development. If Europe takes the lead in completing the industrial revolution, this route will not be conducive to competition and will force China to follow the previous route.

In the early days of New China's reform and opening up, that is, in the 1980s, China's private industry spontaneously embarked on the second path. At that time, even inland provinces began to set up a large number of factories. There was no longer one factory per town, but in some places there was even one factory per village. However, there is too much pressure from external competition, and there is no future for this approach. It can only shrink the loans of township and village enterprises and restrict the channels for township and village enterprises to obtain resources, thus leading to the bankruptcy of most township and village enterprises.

Zhao Han's expression became friendly, he smiled at the three people and praised, "You have good ideas. You should think more and do more."

All three people were happy and thanked the emperor for the compliment.

Zhao Han has already made a choice, which is to relax the industrial land grant in various towns.

Emperor Zhao does not have diode thinking. He does not think that the European industrial development model is necessarily the best, nor does he think that the local industrial model is better. Children only choose one of the two, and of course adults want both.

Urban industry can be developed, and township industry can also be developed, both at the same time.

Urban industry has better location advantages, while township industry is supported by the small farmer economy. For a long period of time, there will be no winner or loser, or even no need to tell the winner. The two can coexist for a long time.

Of course, the diversion of population, money and resources by township industry will definitely hinder the rapid development of urban industry and even delay the completion of the industrial revolution. However, it is more conducive to a smooth transition, and the small-scale peasant economy will not be quickly destroyed, which is conducive to the stability of the country and society in the long run.

Yan Ruochu said: "Your Majesty, I can go to more provinces to investigate."

"No need," Zhao Han said, "Yan Yuan and Tang Zhen, although you missed the election, you can be specially recruited as Shujishi. You will first serve as an intern in the cabinet for political observation. After the period of political observation is over, you will be released outside. Become a local official."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yan Yuan and Tang Zhen were excited to express their gratitude. The important thing was not that they were concubines, but that they were remembered by the emperor.

Zhao Han looked at Yan Ruoquan again: "You have made great contributions in giving advice, and your qualifications for the imperial examination will be reinstated. I hope you will have a good life and contribute to the country in the future."

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Yan Ruochu was so excited that she forgot the rules and immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

The three bowed and exited the hall, their joy beyond words. As for the imperial court's wanton arrest of literati, they didn't bother to pay attention. Who of those who want to be officials in the future will deal with the poor and poor scholars among the people.

The arrest lasted for more than half a month, and the operations inside and outside Nanjing were finally stopped by the emperor. Together with their wives and children, more than 2,100 people were exiled to Heilongjiang. The reason for such a large number is that there are too many "Beijing drifters". Many wealthy intellectuals who cannot be officials come to Nanjing to mingle in the cultural and entertainment circles.

However, the arrest operation in Jinling Prefecture is still ongoing, and bookstores in surrounding counties are no longer able to operate normally.

Everyone was in danger, and many people ran away. Some even crossed the sea to Japan and North Korea. It is better to settle in Japan and North Korea than to be exiled in Heilongjiang. Heilongjiang during the Little Ice Age was really too cold. There are also those who change their names and go to Luzon, and they can still spend money to become landlords in Luzon.

The imperial court's orders are being implemented one after another in all provinces, and civilian scholars are being put in danger.

Zhao Han's evaluation in the minds of literati is falling off a cliff. But the effect is obvious, and too obvious, and the literary creation and publishing industries have suffered a very serious blow. Even some academic factions no longer dare to talk nonsense. The prosperous cultural and ideological world seems to have suddenly encountered a cold winter.

Regarding this phenomenon, Zhao Han could only ask "Datong Monthly" to take action.

First, officially reprinting Chen Que's article not only encourages and supports related ideas, but also shows that it will not indiscriminately attack academic discussions. As long as we don't criticize Tian Zheng, as long as we don't confuse right and wrong, academic circles can continue to debate.

Second, publish a commentator's article to clarify the reasons for the establishment of the prison. Let’s list the bad deeds of the novel author Shen Lu. She confuses right and wrong in her works, slanders them randomly, and uses other people’s heroic and heroic actions to put gold in her own family’s face. And once again reiterated that Tianzheng cannot be criticized, Tianzheng is the foundation of the new Datong Dynasty.