Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Chapter 504: Those who follow the Ming Dynasty will prosper, and those who go against the Ming Dynasty...

The setting sun shines on the Inca City, and the bricks here exude the glory of time.

Although Su Can was full of hypocrisy, the scene where father and son met seemed very warm to outsiders, and Su Ren kept talking non-stop.

In the few years since Su Can left the Ming Dynasty, under the governance of Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youtang, the Ming Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes.

In light industry, cotton cloth has been upgraded to nylon button clothing and so on.

In terms of currency, the imperial court issued an order to abolish silver and officially issued the official currency of the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of taxation, with the end of the nationwide clearing of land, it not only reduces the burden on ordinary people, but also greatly increases national tax revenue.

In terms of education, the imperial court used Guozijian and Jingwei martial arts as the foundation, and gradually expanded to various disciplines to cultivate more and more talents.

In terms of trade, Ming Dynasty relied on its own industrial advantages to exchange with other countries, thereby exchanging a steady stream of resources from each country.

In terms of foreign policy, it not only became a veritable sovereign state, but also stretched its hands longer and longer, and more and more countries surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Militarily, the Ming Dynasty's army fought from the north to the south, not only regaining Jianzhou outside the customs, but also incorporating the three parts of Haixi, North Korea's Shenzhi Island, and Japan's Kyushu Island into its territory. Last year, it even detoured through the Indian Ocean to raid Baigu Kingdom and other countries. .

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It was under the rule of Emperor Hongzhi that not only the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty became better and better, but the national power of the Ming Dynasty became stronger and stronger.

Once the Ming-Burma Highway currently built by the Ming Dynasty is completed, the territory of the Ming Dynasty will be able to reach directly to the Indian Ocean and become a superpower dominating the three oceans.

Of course, Su Ren knew very well that they were in a hostile camp with the Ming Dynasty, so he made some ugliness. For example, the emperor actually appointed Wang Zhi, whom everyone shouted at.

Su Can wanted to get information from it, so he listened very intently.

He did not expect that the young emperor not only severely damaged the aristocratic group and the civil servant group in the capital, but also managed to keep the Jiangnan Group in check.

Although he had already realized that Hongzhi was actually a rare wise emperor, he never thought that the young emperor who succeeded to the throne could achieve this step.

As for the chief minister of the cabinet, Liu Ji was the biological father of Wang Zeng, the horse, and Liu Ji actually dared to plan to support King Xing to ascend to the throne. This was something he had never thought of.

If we say the most valuable thing is that the current Governor of the Americas, Zheng Yong, is actually Zhang Yong, that lunatic from the SHIELD Camp. He was only given a surname by the emperor before he came here this time.

But at this moment, he felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart. Will Zhang Yongzhen, the madman on the battlefield, die in the hands of the traitor whom he coerced and induced to rebel?

Su Can knew that things should not be rushed. The information obtained this time was enough, and he could slowly get it from his son, so he ended the topic.

"Dad, why did you betray the Ming Dynasty?" Su Ren suddenly asked with a sense of grievance after saying so many things.

Su Can felt unhappy. Judging from his son's statement just now, he could clearly feel that his son had a deep sense of pride for Daming.

To be fair, his betrayal of the Ming Dynasty was entirely motivated by ambition, and the throne of the Inca Empire was really too tempting.

Su Can naturally would not blame the problem on himself now, so he stretched out his hand to touch Su Ren's face and said: "You are still young, and there are many things that you will gradually understand when you grow up. Fortunately, I chose to betray the Ming Dynasty!"

"Grandpa, grandma, mother, they... woo woo!" Su Ren immediately understood what Su Can meant, and immediately thought of his loved ones who loved him.

yes! If his father hadn't betrayed Daming, how could they talk about revenge?

Su Can's eyes flashed with a fierce look, he looked up to the northwest and said, "Don't worry, I will make the Ming Emperor pay the price and make him regret this decision for the rest of his life!"

When he said the last four words, he bit hard.

It was true that he betrayed the Ming Dynasty because of greed, but the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty killed his own family because of his uncle's rebellion, so he no longer felt the slightest sense of guilt, and he had a deep hatred.

Now his initial plan is to make the Ming Dynasty have no foothold on this continent. Next, he will unify the continent and even lead his troops to fight back to the Ming Dynasty in the future.

"Dad, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty cares about golden potatoes very much, 伱... you shouldn't trade them for a child!" Su Ren seemed to have thought of something and stopped crying.

The corners of Su Can's mouth raised slightly, and he looked quite proud and said: "Haha... Your father is no longer what he used to be, how can you let them get what they want?"

When Su Ren heard this, he couldn't help but look up at his father in surprise.

Su Can smiled mysteriously, but said with absolute certainty: "Whether it's the gold of this continent or the golden potatoes of the Inca City, I want Zhu Youtang to get neither!"

When talking about these two things, he seemed very proud.

This rebel general of the Ming Dynasty finally went to the opposite side of the Ming Dynasty. Not only did he not provide golden potatoes to the Ming Dynasty, but he also wanted to prevent the Ming Dynasty from mining gold mines here.

While war breaks out between various forces here at any time, the dynasty on the other side of the Pacific seems to be thriving.

It's June, and the capital has ushered in a midsummer season.

As national power continues to rise, there is no threat from neighboring countries. The savage Jurchens are slowly becoming Chinese, the four Haixi Jurchens are learning Chinese farming, and the Mandu Hailian sons of Mongolia are being sent to the capital.

Now everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty has restored the national power of the Taizong period, and is even stronger than the Taizong period. At least during the Taizong period, there were no fire cannons that did not need to be ignited.

Under a peaceful environment, the Ming Dynasty ushered in an opportunity for development, and the entire society moved towards the prosperous age described by literati.

The Ming court paid more and more attention to science and technology. In addition to the increasing popularity of cement wells, nylon clothes and briquettes, many new things also appeared.

Although steam trains have not yet come out, human-powered hand-pulled cars have already emerged.

Running on the newly built cement road, today's human-powered hand trucks have become a new fashion, and they are also a means of livelihood for many middle- and lower-class people.

In fact, the biggest change is that education has become more and more popular, and more and more children from poor families have entered schools.

The Imperial College gradually shed its role of cultivating talents for imperial examinations, and instead provided talents from all walks of life to society every year by expanding and adding more colleges year by year.

Although the current Ming Dynasty still only has high-ranking officials in the imperial examinations, they are no longer inferior in everything, and some practical talents are gradually emerging.

In particular, the imperial court is keen to go to the American continent to mine gold. Even people without any fame can get official positions as long as they can serve the fleet.

In fact, the most intuitive reflection is the sudden increase in the capital's population, with a large number of immigrants coming in to study, work or do business here.

Under the rule of the tyrant Hongzhi written by the scholar Qian Ke, although no one mentioned the Hongzhi ZTE, more and more people believed that today was the prosperous age of Hongzhi.

Xiyuan, Yangxin Hall.

Ah!

Zhu Youtang had already grown a beautiful beard and was holding a wolf brush in his hand. He felt the wind blowing from the east and immediately sneezed heavily.

Perhaps sensing something, he glanced thoughtfully to the east, but after all, he was separated by a vast ocean, and in the end he could only sigh heavily.

On the table are memorials from the two capitals and thirteen provinces. Dealing with government affairs every day has become a regular part of life, but it is getting easier and easier to deal with it.

Zhu Youtang's eyes fell on a memorial submitted by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and a flash of loneliness flashed in his eyes.

No matter how society develops, anti-corruption work will always be a major task and even an eternal problem.

The Ming Dynasty is now vigorously developing maritime trade, so the Ming Dynasty needs to strengthen economic exchanges with Indochina to promote political and cultural integration.

The Nanliu River was an important part of the ancient Maritime Silk Road and the link between the Central Plains of China and Southeast Asia. Therefore, after learning that the mouth of the Nanliu River was silted up, the imperial court allocated 100,000 silver dollars to dredge the river.

As a result, after the special funds from the imperial court arrived in Guangdong, the project progressed very slowly.

After months of hard work, construction officials found various reasons to complain to the court, and finally managed to dredge the river, which was navigable by ordinary river boats.

Not to mention that the Nanliu River's responsibility is to serve maritime trade, and the most important Hepu Pier in western Guangdong needs to enter Tokyo Bay from the Nanliu River. As a result, even ordinary river ships were unable to sail within a few months.

Such a shoddy project, or simply a formal project, naturally has problems such as corruption.

Zhu Youtang looked at the latest report submitted by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and felt a little uneasy. After all, the current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was Chen Zheng, the former minister of the Ministry of War, whom he trusted.

Although the governor of Luzon was Zhang Sui, after Chen Zheng was appointed governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he has been quietly providing support for the Luzon gold mine from the rear. If we really want to talk about merit, Chen Zheng was the major contributor to the gold mining in Luzon.

Although he is not solely responsible for the dredging project of the Nanliu River, it is still something that happened in the place where he is in charge. I am afraid that he has been involved in the case.

Naturally, Zhu Youtang could not tolerate adultery, so he immediately commented on the memorial to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and said: "No matter who is involved, they must be investigated strictly by me!"

Although Chen Zheng was not a minister of the Six Books, he had already commended Chen Zheng's achievements in the past few years, so he received the false title of the second rank.

After going through its own salary reforms, the salaries of senior officials have now increased significantly. If Chen Zheng still can't control his hand and dares to reach out for the project funds, then he will not miss the old relationship.

"Your Majesty, all the ministers are waiting outside the palace gate!" Liu Jin saw Zhu Youtang put down the langhao pen and stepped forward to carefully report the report.

Zhu Youtang stretched himself, then stood up and moved to the imperial study room.

Although he downplayed the formality of the early court and transferred the center of power to Xiyuan, he did not avoid meeting the ministers, but had more contact with them.

Especially on some important state affairs, he would often leave them to all important ministers for discussion at the highest meeting, and he would finally make the final decision.

The imperial study room has become a place that all civil and military officials yearn for.

After receiving the announcement, all the important ministers walked in here one after another, and then bowed politely to the emperor who had not seen the dragon in the attic.

Now the atmosphere in the court is getting better and better, which is inseparable from this supreme meeting. More and more senior officials are able to participate in the country's decision-making.

After years of metabolism, there are more and more young faces among the six ministers, and there are also many new faces at the level of minister.

Chen Kun was smiling like Maitreya Buddha. When he got up from the ground, his whole body stood up like a ball.

At that time, due to his early surrender to Emperor Hongzhi and his professional performance, he was quickly promoted from the Guangdong Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue to the Right Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

In response to the reform of the imperial court's promotion form, he was sent to Jiubian as the governor of Xuanda.

Although he did not have any dazzling military exploits during his tenure, he managed Xuanda with great success over the years, which proved his ability.

After Jia Jun was transferred to the cabinet as an exception, the emperor asked him to come back to take over the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry left by Zhang Shen, becoming one of the traditional six ministers.

It is worth mentioning that since Liu Zhong was changed to Minister of Agriculture, the number of six departments has increased from seven to eight, and now there are ten.

For example, Baihuayuan, run by Emperor Xie Qian, has now been upgraded again and has become a second-level yamen cultural and educational institution, mainly focusing on the country's public opinion and educational institutions.

Chen Kun glanced at Liu Zhong, winking at Liu Zhong next to him, and then sat down in his seat in the work department.

Although Liu Zhong served as minister earlier than him, the Ministry of Agriculture was the first yamen after all, and its importance was obviously lower, so its position was below the traditional six ministers.

On the other hand, the Minister of Industry under his charge is now responsible for the most important Ming-Burma Highway and Beijing-Tianjin Railway projects, but he has frequent contact with the emperor.

Liu Zhong naturally saw Chen Kun's pride and just rolled his eyes silently.

Although he and Chen Kun did not deal with each other, he had to admit that Chen Kun was indeed very suitable to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. During his tenure at the Ministry of Industry, the Ming-Myanmar Highway and Beijing-Tianjin Railway projects were progressing very smoothly.

Guo Yong stood in front of the empty seat below and said according to the process: "Sheng'an! Sirs, please take your seats!"

There are no longer twenty chairs here, but almost double that number.

For example, the Ministry of War has added military ministers, and the current ministers of the Ministry of War include Wu Xun. Some Wu Xun who made contributions to the Ming Dynasty can also come here to participate in national affairs.

"The first topic of this supreme meeting is the issue related to Ryukyu! At the time of the New Year's Day meeting this year, the Ryukyu envoy signed a contract and was willing to donate 5,000 kilograms of pig iron to help the Ming Dynasty build the Beijing-Tianjin Railway. However, half a year has passed. I haven't seen a pound of pig iron so far, and the King of Ryukyu claims that he has no iron to offer. Sir, how should we deal with this matter?"

Due to the excessive demand for pig iron on the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, the imperial court coerced and induced the envoys who came to the Ming Dynasty to ask the surrounding vassal states to provide pig iron to the Ming Dynasty, thereby alleviating the pressure on the pig iron of the Ming Dynasty.

Although there are active younger brothers like North Korea, there are also some die-hards. In particular, Ryukyu went back on its word and already claimed that they had no pig iron, so the original promise was invalid.

Now that Zhu Youtang has brought the matter to the Supreme Council for discussion, it can be said that these important ministers are deciding the life or death of the Ryukyu Kingdom.