After seeing their stance, Emperor Chongzhen's face softened a little and said to them: "Okay, in that case, my Jinyi Guard Commander will go to you and tell you something. If it can be done, I will send troops there.
Ryukyu, destroy those Japanese, and station troops in Ryukyu to protect the security of your Ryukyu country!"
Upon hearing this, Jin Yingyuan and others couldn't help but be overjoyed, and quickly agreed. Unexpectedly, they could also get a promise from the Ming Emperor to station troops in Ryukyu, so they no longer have to worry about Japan!
Naturally, they didn’t know that Emperor Chongzhen knew the existence of Naha Port from Liu Weichao’s information and that it was a very important port. During the Japanese occupation of Ryukyu and the subsequent US military occupation of Ryukyu, Naha Port served as a very important port.
A military port exists.
Emperor Chongzhen's ambition was to focus on the development of the navy in the future. As a result, it was very necessary to establish some overseas naval bases. This Naha Port was one of his favorites.
At this time, Jin Yingyuan and others received the final opinion of the Ming Emperor and saw the hope of the Chinese Empire to send troops to Ryukyu. They all thanked them with joy and went back to wait for the commander of the Jinyiwei to come and give orders.
Emperor Chongzhen, on the other hand, looked at his ministers and announced: "From now on, the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty will follow this example. Only those vassal states that are loyal to the Ming Dynasty can be vassal states. If you are a white-eyed wolf, I don't want it! But I remember
, some vassal states over in Nanyang have refused my request to pay tribute of grain. Your Majesty, please sort out the vassal states again!"
He went to an imperial edict to get food from Nanyang, but no one wanted it. If it weren't for Zheng Zhilong's influence, he went to Nanyang to buy food, and Ming Dynasty would never have been able to get food from Nanyang.
Although the current situation in Nanyang is complicated, it may not be because of the unwillingness of the vassal states in Nanyang, but for Emperor Chongzhen, he would not care about so many reasons.
At least his request is very tenable from a theoretical point of view.
Therefore, when all the ministers heard this, no one had any objections and they unanimously accepted the decree.
After the meeting adjourned, Emperor Chongzhen began to deal with government affairs again. In addition to reviewing memorials, he also browsed the reports from Jinyiwei, Dongchang and Xichang on the situation of officials and people's livelihood in various places.
No, at this moment, he was browsing the reports that the factory guard routinely sent to his desk.
Looking at the report, Emperor Chongzhen had a smile on his face at first, but as he looked at it, his smile slowly disappeared, and even later, his brows frowned.
After reading it all, I saw him deep in thought.
According to the report of the factory guard, since the special scientific examination on geophysics last autumn, more and more officials from all over the country have given up their official positions and started to study geophysics. This is especially obvious among young officials.
Regarding this situation, Emperor Chongzhen was actually quite happy when he first saw it. This shows that his study of physical studies was popular, which is a good thing!
However, soon, he thought of something, and this joy disappeared.
As far as the Ming Dynasty is concerned, the number of officials is actually relatively small. Especially after Emperor Chongzhen established the Ming Royal Official Academy, there were even fewer officials who could pass the examination after training.
But it happened that during this period, the Ming Dynasty carried out a large-scale reform of the land, and instead of just appointing chief officials to manage the chieftain's territory as before, officials were sent to take charge of different aspects.
As a result, the demand for young and promising officials suddenly increased.
It happened that Emperor Chongzhen listened to Liu Weichao's suggestion and also prepared to lay out a grassland strategy, which also required many reserve officials just like the reform of the Southwest.
Under such a background, many young officials have given up their official positions and want to engage in physical studies, which is a problem.
The root cause of this situation is also analyzed in the factory guard's report.
The ultimate reason is that the official salary is too low!
In the past, if you were an official, you could take advantage of the privileges of officials and gentry, and most officials could earn some money, so no officials took their salary seriously.
However, since the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen began to rectify the officialdom. The East Factory and Jinyiwei were not enough, so he established the West Factory. In addition, the Metropolitan Procuratorate also appointed the famous Qingliu to lead the team to search the houses.
Things, up and down, cannot be escaped.
In this context, most officials are scared. Although we dare not say that there is no more corruption and bribery, the degree of corruption has definitely been effectively curbed. No one dares to do these things blatantly.
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Under normal circumstances, most of these officials are landlords who have a surplus of food in their families. If they are not corrupt, they can live a more prosperous life by taking advantage of the advantages and exemptions of officials and gentry.
Unexpectedly, last year's large-scale rectification of the local area, starting from the year before last, directly eliminated this source of money.
As a result, life for the well-behaved officials of the Ming Dynasty became a bit difficult.
However, Emperor Chongzhen had promised to increase the salaries of Ming officials, so they also supported it.
As a result, last fall, after the announcement of the special scientific examination on geophysics, it immediately dealt a heavy blow to the current situation of Ming Dynasty officialdom.
Song Yingxing's annual salary is as high as one hundred thousand taels. Many officials are corrupt and cannot get this much in a year.
This money comes from a fair and open source!
In addition to money, the social status of officials with a background in geophysics is similar to that of officials, and they are also very respected. It is even said that once they obtain a title, it will be much better than being an official.
At least for officials, it is really tiring to be a good official, and the income is so little!
I have to mention here that as far as the salary of today's officials is concerned, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, there is still a discount. This is the so-called discount, which is not to give out money, but to give out some other things, depending on what is in the imperial inventory.
If the amount is too much, then whatever it is will be converted into the official’s salary.
The young officials of the Ming Dynasty also saw that Fang Yizhi gave up his official career and took the special examination for studying physics. He immediately became the number one in the male subject in high school, which further stimulated the young officials of the Ming Dynasty. It made them feel that they should take the examination.
, so can they.
Based on all this, there are now official statistics compiled by the factory guards, that is, young officials in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty gave up their official positions and went to study geophysics. There are many more people preparing to take the special scientific examination on geophysics next year.
If this situation is not reversed, Emperor Chongzhen's planned major policies will be affected in the foreseeable short-term future.
Not to mention, the future predicted by Emperor Chongzhen will not only deal with the southwestern chieftains and the Mongolian tribes in the grasslands, but also the recovery of Liaodong, the capture of North Korea and the Japanese state, and even in the further future, the Ming Dynasty will continue to expand its territory.
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Today's Emperor Chongzhen remembers the lesson he learned when he became an ancestor. If the officials sent to the newly opened territories are incompetent, they will seriously affect the governance of the Ming Dynasty.
Under all these circumstances, facing the current situation of fewer and fewer officials, it would be strange if Emperor Chongzhen didn't frown.
After much consideration, Emperor Chongzhen even contacted Liu Weichao to discuss the matter and finally came up with a solution.
But at this time, it was a bit late. Therefore, he ordered a meeting to be held in Wenhua Hall the next day, and it was an enlarged imperial meeting.
Not only the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Cabinet will be here, but also the generals from the six ministers, the Metropolitan Inspectorate, and the Commander-in-Chief of the three armies.
After receiving this decree, the civil and military officials all knew that the current emperor was probably going to make a big announcement and had something important to announce.
But they couldn't guess what big event the emperor was going to announce?
Out of curiosity, everyone gathered at the Wenhua Hall early and asked each other but couldn't get the point, so they had to wait until the emperor arrived.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't let them wait long, and they arrived soon.
When the ministers saw that he had a good look on his face, they knew that the content of the next discussion was probably a good thing, so they felt relieved one by one, and their voices became louder when they greeted him.
If the emperor had come with a gloomy face, the scene would probably be much gloomier than it is now.
Sure enough, after they finished the ceremony, they heard Emperor Chongzhen look at them with a smile and say: "Today I summon all the ministers, it is time to fulfill my original promise."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the Wenhua Palace was curious, what was the emperor's promise?
Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was so happy, Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department, rushed to ask questions and acted as a ladder for Emperor Chongzhen to speak.
Seeing the curious looks of the ministers below, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "You have forgotten, I said before that I will increase the salary of Ming officials, and now it is time to fulfill my promise.
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Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this. This is a good thing, absolutely a good thing!
The first assistant, He Fengsheng, was afraid that Wang Chengen, a flatterer, would say something that no one wanted to hear, so he blocked the matter in order to flatter the emperor himself, so he quickly responded to Emperor Chongzhen: "There is no wiser person than your Majesty! Old Minister
I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness to all the ministers of the Ming Dynasty!"
After hearing this, other officials followed up and agreed, confirming the matter at once.
Although it is said that if someone stops this matter, he will be cursed by officials all over the world, but he can't stand it because someone may do so to please the emperor. If he doesn't take action quickly, he will regret it if the duck in his mouth flies away.
At this time, they were also very curious, wondering how much more salary the emperor would give them?
Naturally, they didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen had discussed this matter with Liu Weichao. Therefore, this matter of increasing his salary was definitely not something they could have imagined.
In the Wenhua Hall, everything became quiet. All the officials looked at Emperor Chongzhen, expecting him to announce the salary increase soon.