The emperor and a group of officials worked in the fields outside Yingtian City for a long time.

A lot of harvest.

After removing the dust and impurities, it turned out to be more than ten kilograms of rice.

The common people felt that His Majesty the Emperor had picked it up, so it was naturally possessed of dragon energy and must not enter their own barn.

Both sides declined several times.

In the end, the magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, asked for money from his own pocket and bought back the ten kilograms of rice for ten taels of silver.

The common people thought they were making a lot of money, and hoped that the emperor would bring the prefect who was willing to pay for it every day to pick up the rice scattered in the fields.

The emperor also felt that he had made a lot of money.

The people are still so simple, which makes him feel that his governing ideas for the past thirty years are correct.

The emperor returned with a full load.

However, he never noticed that Magistrate Yingtian, who had followed him and spent more than half a month on food in exchange for only ten kilograms of shelled rice, was still thinking about how to break up with his wife after returning home.

How did I, the prefect of Yingtian, successfully exchange more than ten kilograms of heavy husked rice with ten taels of silver?

In front of all the people gathered at the entrance of the village, the emperor solemnly promised that life in the Ming Dynasty would be better and better, and that every household's rice vat would be filled more and more, and then he drove back to the palace amidst the eager applause of the people.

Leaving Yingtian City.

A whirring sound of steam can be heard in the distance.

People who have lived in Yingtian City for a long time have become accustomed to such sounds.

Either the ore brought by train from Taiping Prefecture outside the city, or the steamships on the river with increasing frequency of experiments.

On Zhongshan Mountain in the northeast corner of the city, among the dense jungle, the dull sound of steam could be heard from time to time.

The Ministry of Industry is very different now.

Steam engines have been used in as many places as possible.

Even in the construction of the Xiaoling Tomb and the Meritorious Tomb on Zhongshan Mountain, steam engines were also used.

People are smart.

Social construction can be carried out in a simpler and less labor-intensive way, and no one will stupidly stick to the original production and construction methods that have not kept up with the times.

"I always feel like I'm in a dream now."

On the way back, the towering walls of Yingtian City were laid out in front of everyone, and Zhu Yuanzhang said something with emotion.

Zou Xueyu, the prefect of Yingtian who lost ten taels of silver in vain today, slowly raised his head and looked at the city wall in the distance. There were steam engines set up in several places to lift the new artillery under the city wall to the city wall.

He also nodded and said: "I hope that I can continue to have such a dream."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced sideways and glanced at this young official who had been serving as the prefect of Yingtian for a full year.

In one year, the Yingtian Magistrate's Office did not actually do many things, but they could be seen everywhere.

The construction of Shangyuanmen Wharf and warehousing and distribution center.

Shangyuanmen is a new waterway connecting Xuanwu Lake.

Centralized workshops outside the city.

Various new institutions in the city.

It is subtly changing the current lifestyle and original way of survival of the people in the capital all the time.

"Yingtian and the 18 prefectures south of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River will set up the Governor's Yamen of Zhili. When you are done with the things at hand during this period, you can go to the Governor's Yamen."

The emperor's voice always comes out at unexpected times.

Zou Xueyu opened his mouth, a little surprised.

The accompanying officials also felt their hearts skip a beat.

As we all know.

Over the years since the beginning of the Republic of China, the Ming Dynasty has had more than ten dynasties, but the capital and surrounding prefectures and counties have never had a centralized superior administrative office.

A long time ago, someone proposed that the capital Yingcheonbu and surrounding prefectures and counties should be collectively classified as Gyeonggi Province.

Such a saying existed in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

But it was not adopted by the emperor at that time.

There are Zhejiang Road, Jiangxi Road, Huguang Road, Henan Road, and Shandong Road around the capital. However, there is a hole around the capital in the middle of these five roads. The local government can often only pass things directly to the court.

After it was not adopted by the emperor, no one in the court said anything more.

In fact, the reason is also very simple.

The administrative system around the capital is really too complicated.

The most striking thing is that most of them are left behind.

The territory of the Zhongdu Remaining Division alone is far greater than the combined total of Yingtian Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Yangzhou Prefecture.

Then, on the territory of Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

There are also administrative yamen that are independent of the local government yamen, such as the Salt Transfer Envoy Department of the Huaidu Capital, the Huining Bingbei Yamen, and the Susong Bingbei Yamen.

Zhili Governor's Office.

As you can tell from the name, this is a government office whose level far exceeds that of the entire Jiangnan and Jiangbei regions.

and.

The officials following the emperor silently glanced at Zou Xueyu, who seemed to be about to become the first direct governor-general of the Ming Dynasty.

Governor Governor.

Zou Xueyu's power will, with the establishment of the Zhili Governor's Office, become a new figure in the court who does not belong to the six ministers.

oh.

He was originally a new member of the court.

In the future, whether it is the left-behind department in Zhongdu, the salt transfer envoy office in Huaidu or Huaining, or the Huining Army Preparatory Office, or the Susong Army Preparatory Office, they will all be under the control and jurisdiction of the Zhili Governor-General's Office.

This is a frontier official standing under the eyes of the imperial court.

The Zhili Governor's Office will be the government office with the largest population and the most money and food in the entire Ming Dynasty.

So what about the official ranks of the governor-general of Zhili?

Such questions couldn't help but arise in everyone's minds.

The prefect of Yingtian Prefecture is already half a level higher than the local prefect.

So will the governor-general of Zhili Province be higher than the local chief envoy?

From this, another question arose in the minds of the officials present.

Will the establishment of the Governor-General's Yamen of Zhili be the same as that of the local Taoist secretariat, where the administrative envoys' Yamen and the inspection envoys' Yamen will be distributed, and they will all direct the envoys' Yamen.

In other words, a Zhili Governor's Office has full authority to manage the entire Zhili region.

"I am terrified."

Zou Xueyu stopped, raised his arms, cupped his fists with both hands, and bent over, his face extremely heavy.

I can't help but feel scared.

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How did you say that?

Zou Xueyu frowned slightly, unable to remember for a while.

But if he was given another choice, he would rather be a prefect somewhere than be an errand in Yingtian Mansion.

Zhili Governor's Office?

Zou Xueyu felt dizzy when he thought about the local government offices that he would have to face in the future, which he might not be able to remember all, and the affairs from above that would probably involve the entire imperial government.

Zhu Yuanzhang just smiled faintly.

"The Grand Scholar of Fengtian Palace of Jin Dynasty, the second rank of the Governor-General of Zhili, and the censor of Zuodu of the Imperial Procuratorate. He is the commander of the capital and the commander of the Imperial Guard, and is awarded the python suit. He is in charge of the political, civil, military, and tax affairs of Zhili, and reports directly to the cabinet.

Walking in the palace."

In front of everyone, the emperor stated his arrangements for the governor-general of Zhili and gave Zou Xueyu a big reassurance.

Zou Xueyu's eyes flickered for a few times, and his breathing gradually became rapid.

Among the officials present, except for the young master Yuan Sutai who always remained calm even when the mountain collapsed, everyone looked strange.

The Governor-General of Zhili will be promoted to the Bachelor of Fengtian Temple. This is what he should do. If he does well in the future, he will directly add the sentence "Join the Cabinet", and he will directly enter the cabinet from the position of Governor-General of Zhili.

, became the cabinet minister of the Ming Dynasty.

The official title of Zheng Erpin is the same as that of the Six Ministers, so that smooth coordination can be achieved between the Zhili Governor's Yamen and the six departments of the court.

The matter of concurrently serving as the imperial censor of the capital procuratorate and the censor of the left capital is also normal.
To be continued...