New Ming Empire mixed in America

"Otherwise let the army..."

Before Li Mingqi finished speaking, Liu Erhe persuaded: "Long live my Lord, the Imperial Guards have started canned dining activities in accordance with your instructions. Two of the three meals are canned beef. We can't also turn breakfast into canned food."

"Otherwise, let's let the National Defense Forces put in more effort. It's really hard for them to fight in the field, and they should eat more canned beef."

Just kidding, now the soldiers almost vomit after eating canned beef. Who likes to eat every meal, every day, every month?

Anyway, Sun Laifu is out now and has not returned, and the officials in the Ministry of War are not as high as Liu Erhe. If we don't take this opportunity to pass the blame on the National Defense Force now, there will be no chance for Sun Laifu when he comes back.

Liu Erhe's words made the civilian officers of the National Defense Forces in the Ministry of War grimace.

When Li Mingqi saw their looks, he straightened his face and said, "Why, I don't even care about canned beef anymore. Others who want to eat it haven't had the chance to eat it yet!"

"Go out and ask those white workers if they like canned beef?"

Seeing Li Mingqi's anger, all the ministers attending the meeting shut their mouths.

Meetings now are not the time when there were two or three kittens in the past.

Now the number of heads and brains in various departments combined is quite large.

At present, the departments have not been integrated. Each department has one minister, and everyone is responsible to Li Mingqi.

When the number of various departments increases in the future, they will definitely need to be integrated together.

Otherwise, even if Li Mingqi has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to do it. He does not want to follow the old path of the previous emperors.

He seems to be rich in the world but is trapped in a palace.

This is why Li Mingqi took the lead in developing wireless telegraphs and telephones, as well as railways and asphalt roads. Not only for military considerations, but also because he did not want the royal family's sight range to be limited to the vicinity of the capital in the future.

Finally, after Li Mingqi had read all the documents, all the ministers sat upright.

There is now such a meeting every week, and all major ministers will sit together and report their work to Li Mingqi.

Li Mingqi sat on a dragon chair half a meter above the ground, while the other ministers sat in two rows.

Li Mingqi did not design a round table conference room or a podium.

After all, he is the emperor now. If he really wants to implement some kind of democratic design, the people below will be able to figure out more things immediately.

For example: Since the conference rooms are all like this, do the rights and other things also need to be redistributed?

It may also be that Li Mingqi has a small structure. Anyway, he believes that it is not advisable for an emperor to personally promote things like democracy by his side.

Take France as an example. There were more than one French emperors who advocated decentralization, such as Louis XVI and Napoleon. Neither of these two French kings could end well.

But what is the reality?

After these monarchs were overthrown, did their people really live a good life?

Let’s ask the people who are now being exploited in factories by the capitalists who brought them to power.

Li Mingqi believed that an emperor's interests should be consistent with those of his people, and he should seek benefits for the people from various interest groups.

If you sit on the side of the capitalists or other interest groups.

That's what the courier brother Li in the past Ming Dynasty did to "eat his mother, drink his mother..." This is the end result.

"Let's talk about the work during this period. Let's start with the immigration issue..."

Li Mingqi put down the documents and moved his wrists a few times to announce the start of the meeting.

"Long live my lord, those small countries that have announced sanctions against us in the past few days want to restart trade with us..."

The first person to speak was Liu Youcai, the chief minister of the empire, and he was talking about diplomatic matters.

"If they want to break off diplomatic relations, they can break off diplomatic relations, if they want to establish diplomatic relations, they can establish diplomatic relations?"

Li Mingqi's face didn't look good, and he said directly: "Inform Song He to send warships and go around these countries from time to time."

"Since they are not going to sell supplies, let them never trade at sea!"

Liu Youcai stood up and persuaded: "Long live Lord, we also need all kinds of raw materials they produce. In this case, isn't it..."

Li Mingqi smiled when he heard this and said: "It's not like we won't buy it. When they pay the price, they will withdraw the warships. This will save others from thinking that our Xinming Empire is easy to bully."

As for what price to pay, that is not a matter of discussion now.

"Your Majesty, regarding the resettlement of white workers, I hope that the visa time can be extended, and it is best to cancel the visa."

An official from the Ministry of Commerce began to speak, and his words were echoed by some business-related officials.

Li Mingqi frowned and looked at the guy who was speaking. His name was Wu Deqing, and he was a former merchant.

"As for the visa issue for white workers, I remember that I have made it very clear and explained every aspect. Why do you still bring this matter up?"

There was no emotion or anger in Li Mingqi's voice, so Wu Deqing couldn't figure out Li Mingqi's attitude for a while, but he still said bravely:

"Your Majesty, there are many factories opened in the country now, and more workers are needed."

"If the visa is only for two years, the skilled workers will leave after the visa expires, and the factory will have to train new people. This is a waste of time."

Li Mingqi suddenly laughed while listening and asked, "What does this have to do with your commercial department?"

"I remember that the current duty of the Empire's Department of Commerce is only to monitor prices in the empire. When did you care so much about the interests of the factory?"

After finishing speaking, Li Mingqi picked up the documents that he had specially put aside and said with a smile:

“It has only been less than three years since we had enough food, and some people have begun to propose opening up the naturalization of white workers and canceling the conditions for white workers to learn Chinese...”

Having said this, Li Mingqi glanced around the crowd, suddenly turned his face and shouted:

"Some people also talk about making the Xinming Empire a country of immigrants, saying that immigration from the Puppet Qing Dynasty will take too long, and propose using white immigrants to replace immigrants from the Puppet Qing Dynasty..."

"Don't you have the concept of country in your mind? Is there only the word "interest"?"

"I order Jin Yiwei to intervene in the investigation. All officials and factory owners involved in this incident, no matter who they are, will be investigated carefully by me."

After finishing speaking, he threw out the pile of documents in his hand.

"I have long heard that the immigrants who came from the Puppet Clearance during this period were all wealthy people, and they were not even interested in the loans offered by the Royal Bank."

"As soon as we arrived in the Xinming Empire, we started to build factories and hire workers in large numbers. Ha, the plan is not small."

"The Customs Department, the Commerce Department, the Immigration Bureau, they all count. As long as they get involved in this matter, don't blame me for being cruel."

After Li Mingqi finished speaking, he announced that the meeting was adjourned and then walked away angrily.

Jin Yiwei had long been aware of the issue of immigration during this period. After all, the first thing he did after getting off the ship was not to receive the land but to inquire about the factory. It was surprising enough.

Not to mention that all of them were well-dressed, and they even agreed to pay the pigtail tax without blinking an eye.

All this shows that those brought back by these two immigration ships were not serious immigrants, but businessmen.

The idea is to attack the Xinming Empire. I really don’t know who gave these businessmen the courage.

During this period of time, merchants in the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty could make a fortune. And they were still in the coastal areas. After getting rich, they would go to sea and come to the New Ming Empire.

Li Mingqi can guarantee that none of them are good.

Either he is inextricably linked to foreign companies, or he has reaped the dividends of smoking.

Originally, Li Mingqi was prepared to investigate slowly, but now that these people have infiltrated the officials, he had no choice but to act harshly.

Therefore, Li Mingqi has only one method of punishment for these people, and that is to kill!

Do you think that by coming to the Xinming Empire, you can wash away the filth on your body?

Do you really think that the Xinming Empire doesn't care how they tortured their own compatriots during the Qing Dynasty?

Li Mingqi can responsibly say that it was just a dream.

What's more, immigrants are Li Mingqi's opponent, whoever touches him will die.

If they weren't busy dealing with the matter of leading the British expedition fleet, these guys would have been picked out to scare the monkeys.

“Let’s start with the Immigration Bureau. This doesn’t seem like an accident. There have been problems with the last two immigrations, which means the Immigration Bureau really has a problem!”

After receiving Li Mingqi's order, Lu Weiming immediately took action.

During this period, Jinyiwei focused its attention on neighboring countries.

There is less attention paid to the country. After all, the matter of joint armies of various countries is a big deal.

But now that the matter is almost settled, it’s time to deal with domestic bed bugs.

Sometimes Jin Yiwei allows certain things to continue to spread, not because Jin Yiwei is incompetent, but because they are fishing.

Moreover, these matters were all requested, otherwise Jin Yiwei would not dare to make such a plan.

But now that Li Mingqi has spoken, the net must be closed.

Anyway, all the big fish in China are in the net. The big fish on the fake side are too far away and it takes time to process.

As for some restless people abroad, Jin Yiwei will also seek instructions and take revenge.

What happened this time was a large-scale fishing law enforcement activity led by Li Mingqi. The participants included Liu Erhe's Imperial Guards, Liu Youcai's silence, and Jin Yiwei's secret observation.

By the way, Zhao Zhen, the annoying guy, recorded all of this.

Because this is the first time something like this has happened in the Xinming Empire, it must be taken seriously.

This also leaves an ancestral system for future generations of Li Mingqi's descendants, so that they can have a reference when facing this kind of thing.

So this time a large number of people are destined to lose their heads.

"I really didn't expect that these guys would let these officials test me. They have only had enough to eat for a few years."

After leaving the conference room, Li Mingqi is still a little depressed.

"Long live my lord, this is already good." Liu Youcai advised from the side:

"It has been almost three years since those pseudo-Qing merchants thought of coming to the Xinming Empire. This can be considered as the Imperial Guards have done their duty."

Li Mingqi originally had an indifferent attitude towards these merchants who were going to do business in the Xinming Empire, but these guys should never use the same tactics they used on the pseudo-Qing officials on the Xinming Empire.

If you want to do business, do it well. It's disgusting to do such crooked things.

It seems to be a request to extend the visa period of the white workers, but if there is no foreign handiwork in it, Li Mingqi will never believe it.

Later, what the Ministry of Commerce official named Wu Deqing proposed made Li Mingqi even more certain.

These guys who later pretended to be immigrants and came to the Xinming Empire definitely came from the concession area of ​​the Puppet Qing Dynasty.

You must know that those foreign companies established in the concession areas have the shadow of the European government behind them.