Also in July 1620, Fuguo, Seoul.

Yes, at this time, Korea had been renamed Fukoku, and it had changed from an overseas vassal state of the Ming Dynasty to the territory of the Zhu family vassal king.

From the time he came to Seoul in October 1619 to now, Zhu Changxun has been in control of North Korea for nine months.

"Your Majesty, through the efforts of the cabinet, the Ministry of Household Affairs, Jinyiwei and other departments, the reconstruction of the Yellow Sea Road in Fuguo has been completed in seven roads. It is expected that the final Yellow Sea Road will be counted before October this year."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Chang Shi."

The ruling institutions of Fuguo were basically copied from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. The outer dynasty consisted of six cabinet ministries, and the inner dynasty consisted of the ceremonial supervisors, Jin Yiwei, etc., but they were obviously much smaller in scale. As for the local institutions, Zhu Changxun wisely did not adjust them for the time being - still

The previous eight roads and the prefectures and counties below the roads have also remained the same.

As for the appointment of officials, Wanli, who was already the Supreme Emperor, was not stingy with his favorite son: the first chief official of Fuguo was Yang Shouqin, who was the number one scholar in Wanli's 32nd year.

He went home to observe filial piety for his mother for three years, and it might not be the turn of Sun Chengzong, who was second in the list that year, to become Zhu Youdong's teacher.

"Your Majesty, this is the duty of your ministers. During this period, Your Majesty's footprints have spread all over the eight roads of our blessed country. During the spring plowing, he even rolled up his trousers and planted rice with the local people. Your Majesty has really worked hard."

"Hahaha, I'm just putting on a show. Our country is newly established, and Chang Shi has to take care of so many chores in the country and appease the original North Korean officials. It's really hard work."

After the monarch and his ministers complimented each other, Zhu Changxun said: "The recent reorganization of the former Korean army has gone smoothly, right?"

"It's basically okay, Your Majesty. Before the Ming Dynasty's reform, the life of the frontier troops was very hard. Many old and weak people could not have enough food and clothing. Equipment and other equipment were rarely replaced for decades. But it turns out that the lives of North Korean soldiers were worse than

The frontier army before the Ming Dynasty was even worse. Therefore, the king purchased a large amount of rice from the Zhou and Tang countries and fed the soldiers. They were grateful to the king and swore absolute loyalty. A few Xiaoxiao surnamed Li could not provoke them at all.

effect."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhu Changxun's eldest companion, Zhang Tong, the new eunuch of the Fuguo Department of Ceremonies, and Zheng Guotai, the commander of the Fuguo Jinyiwei, Zheng Guifei's brother, also said beside him: "The Jinyiwei has cracked down thirteen cases in recent months.

The North Korean royal family and two groups of nobles were preparing to launch a rebellion or assassinate the king. They were reported to the Jinyiwei by soldiers and common people as soon as there were some signs. It can be said that the king distributed the land to the people and caught them.

It captured the hearts of the farmers. The abolition of the two-shift system and the implementation of the imperial examination system for all people captured the hearts of the middle and lower-level scholars. The supplementary salary and adequate food and clothing captured the hearts of the soldiers. A few short nights were no longer a concern.

."

"Hahaha~" After laughing heartily for a while, Zhu Changxun said: "Oh, I used to be a fat pig in captivity in Luoyang. How come I am now here to take charge of my own business? Is it true that I have covered everything and there is no problem at all?

?Chang Shi, my eldest companion, and uncle, you always say nice things to me, but I am getting more and more flustered."

"Your Majesty, when it comes to problems, our blessed country also has a lot of problems. There are two points that need to be solved most urgently at the moment."

"Please tell me the long history."

"First, money. Your Majesty, I shouldn't ask you how much money you brought here from Luoyang. But in the ninth month since the founding of the Fuguo Kingdom, your Majesty has invested more than 8.7 million silver dollars so far, and the national finance is almost losing a dollar a month.

One million. And the king also said that this year the country will be exempted from taxes, next year the agricultural tax will be 30 to 1, and the commercial tax will be 1 to 10. The year after that, it will return to 15 to 1 and 5 to 1. I estimate according to the king's strategy

After thinking about it, if Fu Guo wants to balance its income and expenditure, it will have to suffer losses for at least the first half of the year or even nine months. I wonder where the remaining six million silver dollars will come from?"

"Tsk!" Speaking of money, Zhu Changxun's head started to hurt.

The former Fu clan was still rich. When he first conquered Luoyang, Wanli gave him a large amount of land and rewards out of compensation.

However, Fu Fan is a new vassal after all, unlike Tang Fan and Zhou Fan who have accumulated wealth for more than ten generations. In other words, he lacks foundation. Therefore, if Zhu Changxun really wants to spend 10 million silver dollars at one time, he will

It can't be taken out.

When he came to the Korean Peninsula this time, Zhu Changxun sold off all the rare treasures, shop fronts, and various factories under the palace (Wang Tian was automatically nationalized), and then withdrew all the working capital.

, even so, it was only four to five million. And coupled with Concubine Zheng's full support, Zhu Changxun only brought a total of ten million silver dollars when he came to North Korea to join the country. As a result, nine months later, this money would be needed.

Bottomed out.

"Well, Chang Shi, when will the autumn harvest of our blessed country be possible?"

"Your Majesty, our blessed country stretches three thousand miles from north to south, and the autumn harvest time varies greatly from place to place. In some places in the south, the autumn harvest has been completed, but in the north it is estimated that it will still take some time to start. But Your Majesty, even if it is the autumn harvest, because you

When we landed at the mouth of the Han River, we already announced that we would be exempt from taxes this year. Therefore, after the autumn harvest, the relief work for the common people may be stopped, but the soldiers' rations cannot be saved. We still have to continue to purchase grain from Zhou and Tang."

"Hmph! Prince Zhou and Prince Tang are two profiteers! It is said that they purchased grain in China at the price of six stones of grain and one silver dollar, and then sold it to us for three stones of grain and one silver dollar. Not only did they make double the profit, but they still want us.

I'll be responsible for the transportation myself... But these two guys are senior to me, and I... Hey! I'm so pissed off."

"Your Majesty, there is nothing we can do about this. The Zhou and Tang dynasties have been allocated good areas. It is said that the land there generally has two or even three crops a year, and the natural food is cheap. For example, in our country of Fu, we can only harvest one crop a year.

, Ping'an Road and Huanghaidao in the north can only grow wheat... The two countries are not the same in agriculture. In addition, the Ming Dynasty itself and the Gui Kingdom in the east are now purchasing large quantities of grain. This week, the Tang Dynasty

There is nothing we can do about them raising prices on the ground."

"That's all, it's money. I'll have the audacity to go to the Supreme Emperor and ask for it. No, I'm borrowing it. I have to pay it back later. In short, Chang Shi, the relief that should be provided cannot be stopped. These 100,000 soldiers have to be temporarily

Keep it. Of course, our country, Fugu, has passed the yellow list and has a population of only 10 million or so. In addition, behind it is the mainland of Ming Dynasty, and across the sea is Gui State. So it is really a waste to raise an army of 100,000.

After the yellow list is cleared, we will find ways to arrange for the demobilization of some soldiers. At that time, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs will come up with a plan. In short, I think it is enough to keep a standing army of 30,000 in the country."

"Yes, I accept your order. Your Majesty, there is one more thing that needs to be done quickly."

"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the six major newspapers in the Ming Dynasty have been attacking Neo-Confucianism in a series of articles recently. It is obvious what the emperor's thoughts are. We, Fuguo, should also express our position as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Tang, Zhou, and Gui are allowed to go ahead of us,

I'm afraid it will cause the Emperor's displeasure."

"Ah! What Chang Shi reminds me of is that I was negligent."

It can be said that although he has only been a powerful king for nine months, he has been at the top of a country for a long time. Therefore, Zhu Changxun actually saw Zhu Youdong's various measures very clearly.

In Zhu Changxun's view, Zhu Youdong's series of major ideological and cultural moves in the past six months are actually pursuing four things. One is to integrate the equality of rights and obligations into the national core values. The second is to correct the "rule of virtue",

Promote the "rule of law". Third, completely abolish the "influence of heaven and man" on the basis of the first two articles. Fourth, promote science on the basis of the third article.

Zhu Changxun has no objection to the first article: The requirements of this article for the emperor and the king are nothing more than that the people are loyal to the monarch and the monarch protects the people - this is what the Ming royal family has been doing. For hundreds of years, the emperor has worked hard

By suppressing land annexation, aren't we protecting the people?

In fact, the fundamental purpose of proposing this article is to draw a line for officials: from now on, you are not officials of herdsmen, but public servants who enjoy the people's anointing and serve the people!

This article must be in place first, and then the administration of officials can be rectified.

How to rectify the administration of officials? Replace virtue with law. Zhu Changxun keenly discovered a problem in the numerous reports in the six major newspapers: Although the theories of various schools of thought are included in the six major newspapers, it is obvious that the official is promoting Legalism

some ideas, as well as legal ideas in the West, especially ancient Rome.

Zhu Changxun fully agreed with this point: His Royal Highness Prince Fu was completely ruined by the Donglin Party's group of hypocrites who talked about morals and shut up about saints during the dispute over the country in his early years. He knew very well that the emperor did not want to

Completely denying Confucianism does not mean completely denying the role of morality in the national system. On the contrary, the emperor just wants to lower the moral standard so that everyone can achieve it relatively easily in daily life. Instead of lowering morality as in the past

The standards were raised infinitely, eventually turning the people of the country into hypocrites.

As for the issue of the Confucius family, Zhu Changxun certainly knew that this family was the biggest hypocrite in the Ming Dynasty, so it must be defeated. Only by knocking down the benchmark of the Confucius family can we truly and effectively fulfill the emperor's two obligations.

After overthrowing the biggest hypocrite in the country, the theory of "influence between heaven and man" can naturally be abolished.

Zhu Changxun also supports this. When His Royal Highness Prince Fu was studying in the early years, he saw that Yao Chong, a famous prime minister in the Tang Dynasty, took many concrete measures to eliminate locusts. As a result, after he did so, many people did not understand him and even dismissed him.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Shi even wrote a poem to mock Yao Chong, saying that after the locust plague broke out, the important thing was not to destroy the locusts but to cultivate virtue. When Zhu Changxun saw this paragraph, he was instantly disillusioned with Su Shi's image.

In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has dominated East Asia, and there have been frequent exchanges of personnel from various countries in East Asia. His Highness King Fu has long known that in a country like Japan, earthquakes happen all the time. If we talk about the induction of heaven and man, this country will not be able to operate normally.

In a country like Siam, there are rainy season and dry season in a year. According to God's guidance, the four seasons are not divided, which is a state-owned disaster. But in other places, rice is harvested three times a year, so where is the disaster?

After the shackles of heavenly induction were broken, the greatest means used by the scholar-officials to suppress the emperor was gone. In the same way, the scholars of various kingdoms could not use this to suppress the king. Of course Zhu Changxun also supported it.

As for the last one, promoting science. His Royal Highness Prince Fu even agreed with both hands: At present, because the steam engine has not been fully promoted in the Ming Dynasty, the industrial revolution has not yet obvious damage to the country's agriculture. With the support of high-yielding crops in America, as long as it does not suffer a major famine,

The overall food supply in the country is still sufficient, so the new rice cultivated by the Shu vassal in the Ming Dynasty is only slowly advancing. But for the Fu State under the governance of His Highness King Fu, they have already planted new rice seeds in this spring.

A bumper harvest has been achieved on both sides of the Han River. We are also preparing to fully promote new rice varieties in the Eight Roads of Fuguo next year - His Royal Highness King Fu is also very interested in science.

"If I understand, then I'll ask the top scholar of the long history to write an eloquent article. After I review it, I will publish it in the "Hanjiang Daily" to express our attitude of blessing the country."
Chapter completed!