Zheng Zunqian sent people to quickly deliver the new wheat harvested outside Nanyang City to Tokyo City, but Yingzhou was not yet able to capture it.
“The Tatars don’t keep their word!”
After the morning court, in the Prime Minister's Office, the Prime Minister, the Associate Ministers and the on-duty Attendants and Attendants came to pay their respects and congratulate the Emperor on the birth of a prince.
Zhu Yihai also took out the red-dyed eggs, peanuts and cigarettes that had been prepared in advance and distributed them to everyone.
Wen Anzhi smiled and accepted two red eggs, a handful of red dates, peanuts and longans, and a box of Double Happiness cigarettes. "The Tatars also don't show off their eagles when they see rabbits. They came as envoys a few years ago and gave away gold and silver, as well as ginseng and mink skins, but...
We don’t understand how Yingzhou and Baocheng are under siege, how can they easily trust us, let alone give us another ten thousand taels of gold, one million taels of silver, plus a thousand catties of ginseng and a thousand mink skins as annual tribute.”
Wen Shoufu told the emperor that the Tatars had been in a hurry recently and sent envoys from time to time, hoping that the Ming Dynasty would be true to its word and withdraw its troops as soon as possible to relieve the siege, so that they could withdraw the soldiers and horses from Hubei, Henan and other places as well as the Manchu slaves.
They even accused Ming of not agreeing to a truce but at the same time sending troops to attack Beijing.
Zhu Yihai peeled the red-dyed fried peanuts, which were quite delicious.
"The Tatars are still a little unwilling. Otherwise, if they are smarter and pragmatic, they should directly move the imperial court away from Beijing first. Whether it is moved to Datong, Taiyuan, or outside the Great Wall, it is always safer than Beijing.
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If I could not bear my temper, if I were like Li Zicheng, I would have gone directly to conquer Beijing by now, so why would I bother with him about Yingzhou and Nanyang?"
"Your Majesty can only show his majesty if he can endure it." Second Assistant Wang Zhiren also immediately flattered him.
It should be said that Wang Zhiren was very surprised that he could enter the cabinet and the Prime Minister's Office, let alone become the minister. The young people who originally pretended to be Pijiang and other Donglin Fushe impeached him and wanted to make big news, so he also reported to
The emperor resigned.
But in fact, I was very unconvinced. I felt that he was a distinguished veteran. Not to mention his qualifications and prestige, let’s just say that he fought the battle of Yanzhou. He besieged the city for a long time and finally fought a very beautiful battle of annihilation. Although all the Tartars were slaughtered later, there was no such thing as a war.
Not killing people?
Let alone the Tatars who were killed?
What kind of crime is that?
If the emperor followed the opinions of those Donglin scholar-officials and punished him, even if it was a very slight punishment, he would accept it, but there would definitely be a bump in his heart, and he would be very dissatisfied and resentful.
But the emperor's treatment was unexpected. He first refused to resign, and then reassured him that he would handle it well.
Then the result was that he was not punished at all, not even a word of blame, not even a salary, not even the slightest punishment. Instead, he was given a lot of rewards, and he was directly admitted to the cabinet as a second assistant and one of the ministers in the Prime Minister's Office.
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On the contrary, the impeachment of Mao Pijiang and others was not done in silence.
Instead, they were all sent to Taiwan to serve as Tongzhi. The third-rank officer went to Man Island to serve as a fifth-rank Tongzhi. He became a Sima of the East China Sea. It was said to be a training experience, but who didn't know that this was a serious punishment.
And this time it was not just the four young masters, but thousands of officials were involved, many of whom had been delegated to their posts for the joy of impeaching him.
Wang Zhiren was actually happy at first when the emperor dealt with it this way.
Then he soon became uneasy, and even a little frightened. Although he was grateful that the emperor protected him, he also felt that he had made some mistakes in massacring the city in Yanzhou. Although the mistake was not big, it was still wrong after all.
But now the emperor not only did not deal with him, but also dealt with Dong Lin so harshly for him. This was a bit over-protective and made him uneasy.
In addition to his undying gratitude and loyalty to the emperor, there was only some guilt and uneasiness left in his heart. It was these guilts and uneasiness that made him join the cabinet and the prime minister's office. He worked very hard and worked hard, and even changed his mind.
The domineering attitude he had in the past has completely subsided, and he has become much more humble and courteous to his first assistant, Wen Anzhi, and others such as Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, and Hong Chengchou.
These are all because he felt that he had caused trouble for the emperor and asked the emperor to take the responsibility for him, so he felt guilty.
Although his son once told him that the emperor actually did this on purpose to show the emperor's machinations and deliberately did not punish him at all, just to make him feel guilty and then show his kindness and make him grateful. It was not unexpected for Wang Zhiren, but he still felt that
The emperor treated him really well.
"Since the Tatars insist on resisting to the end, let's act according to the predetermined plan."
Zhu Yihai had also made many sets of preparations. Now that the Tatars have neither been frightened to evacuate Beijing nor hastily withdrawn their troops from the Central Plains to return reinforcements, they are still huddled and defending various places, so they can only fight a tough battle.
Of course, Zhu Yihai is not in a hurry. Anyway, there are several dead cities.
He also wished that he could fish in some reinforcements, just in time to besiege the city for reinforcements. It was better to lure the enemy to come for reinforcements and fight outside the city than to attack the city and besiege it.
"Qian Sule, the governor of Anhui, reported to me that the imperial court now divides the land formerly known as Southern Zhili into two provinces, with the upper and lower rivers as the boundaries. This division was originally done because the north of the Yangtze River has not been restored.
But now that the world is about to be decided, he believes that it is not appropriate to draw the boundary between the two provinces by using the upper and lower rivers. First, the Yellow River has changed its course, Shandong's water transportation is blocked, maritime transportation has risen, and foreign trade has opened up. As a result, Jiangsu has
The Yangtze River extends from Qiantang Bay to the south and Haizhou Bay to the north. It has thousands of miles of coast, numerous ports, and also occupies the Yangtze River Estuary, as well as Susong and other wealthy lands around Taihu Lake. However, Anhui is located on the upper river, which is obviously very different.
He suggested redrawing the two provinces based on the north and south of the Yangtze River, with the line from the north of the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River being Huainan Province or Huaiyang Province, Jiangbei Province, and the south of the Yangtze River being called Jiangnan Province or Jiangdong Province.
In this way, both provinces have coasts and ports, and Yangzhou and Huai'an, the important towns in the north of the Yangtze River, can also become the leaders of the development of the northern province."
Originally, Anhui was established as a province based on the Shangjiang area of Jiangnan Province. Anqing in the north of the Yangtze River and Huizhou in the south of the Yangtze River were each named after one character. The Chief Envoy was located in Anqing, which was the provincial capital.
Although Anqing is also an important water and land terminal, the most prosperous center in Jiangbei is Yangzhou, and then Huai'an, Xuzhou, etc.
Nowadays, the imperial court is vigorously developing maritime transportation, so the difference between whether there is a sea or not is even greater.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhu Yihai really considered this memorial from Anhui Governor Qian Sule very carefully, and he even wrote a letter to Shen Chenquan, the Governor of Jiangnan and the Governor of Jiangsu.
Shen Chenquan is also the governor of Jiangsu and is stationed in Yingtian. If he is in the position of the governor of Jiangsu, then it is naturally best for Jiangsu Province to occupy Xiajiang and occupy the east coast, starting from Susong in the south and Xuhai in the north.
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However, he was still the governor of Jiangnan and came from a bachelor's degree, so he had a bigger picture.
After comprehensive consideration, he replied to the emperor that Governor Qian's suggestion was good. According to the current classification, it is obvious that the gap between the two provinces will become wider and wider in the future.
"What do you think?"
Wen'an's Way: "Administrative districts change from day to day and are not suitable for development. However, in the long run, if Shangxiajiang is divided into two provinces in the south, there will indeed be a big difference in the future."
Wan Yuanji, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Personnel, said very directly, "I think that there is no need to divide Southern Zhili into two provinces and restore the old system. It would be better to use the six departments of Nanjing to manage the fourteen prefectures and four Zhili prefectures in Southern Zhili."
Zhu Yihai twirled his beard, "Although Nanjing still has six ministries, I think the old system is still unable to adapt to the current and future situations. It is still imperative to divide the provinces into provinces. The main consideration now is how to
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Nanzhili is too wealthy, so it is not suitable for this area to be directly managed by the Six Ministries of Nanjing.
In the past, Southern Zhili was under the jurisdiction of the Six Ministries of Nanjing and was not considered a province because there was no administrative envoy office. Although there were often two or three governors, it was not considered a real province without the administrative envoy office.
After all, the Six Ministries of Nanjing are no better than the governor and governor.
In the past, the six departments in Nanjing during the Ming Dynasty were mainly people who supported the elderly, demoted people, etc., and they were not serious people.
The core part of the empire was under the control of the Six Ministries of Nanjing, and Zhu Yihai was worried.
Shen Youlong, Minister of the Ministry of War and Assistant Minister of the Prime Minister's Office, simply suggested that the emperor make Nanjing the capital. The reason is that Nanjing has always been the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, the emperor also ascended the throne in Nanjing. Moreover, Nanjing is now recovering well.
Especially now that the north is in ruins, while the south of the Yangtze River has stabilized and is even slowly becoming prosperous again.
Therefore, Nanjing was chosen as the capital, which was better than Beijing. Water transportation was also convenient, and the economic center of the empire was also in the south.
If Nanjing is the capital, there is no need to divide the provinces into provinces. Nanjing will still be under the jurisdiction of Southern Zhili and will be directly managed by the imperial court. However, Zhu Yihai believes that, regardless of whether Nanjing should be the capital, even if Nanjing is the capital in the future.
, or Beijing, but he still believed that the northern and southern Zhili provinces should be established as provinces, and then Yingtian and Shuntian prefectures would be separated.
Even if Nanjing is really the capital, Southern Zhili should be divided into two provinces.
Wen Anzhi also saw the emperor's intention. He had no intention of establishing the capital in Nanjing for the time being, and his attitude towards dividing the provinces was very firm. Looking further, the emperor obviously agreed with the opinion of Anhui Governor Qian Sule.
"Since Your Majesty intends to redefine the two provinces of Nanzhi and Nanzhi, I think there is nothing wrong with it. It is not too late to redefine the two provinces before everything has settled down."
Zhu Yihai nodded.
"Then we will use the Yangtze River as the boundary and divide the original Nanzhili into northern and southern provinces. The north will be called Jiangbei Province and the south will be called Jiangdong Province. In addition, I think we can consider assigning Xuzhou to Shandong Province."
"Assign Yingzhou to Henan Province, and Guangzhou from Henan to Jiangbei."
"In addition, due to the diversion of the Yellow River in Henan, several counties on both sides of the new river channel in the southern part of Daming Prefecture in Zhili were assigned to Henan and Shandong provinces. Changyuan, Kaizhou, Qingfeng, and Nanle to the west of the river were all assigned to Henan.
Dongming County, south of the new Yellow River Road in Daming Prefecture, was allocated to Shandong."
The three counties of Puzhou, Guancheng and Fan in Shandong at the junction of the three provinces were assigned to Henan."
Daming City is still bounded by the Wei River to the south, Henan to the southwest, and Shandong to the southeast.
"After the adjustment, the two provinces of Jiangdong and Jiangxi were established as Governor-General of Liangjiang. The Governor of Liangjiang and Governor of Jiangdong was appointed by Shen Chenquan. The former Governor-General and Governor of Jiangxi, Guo Zhenyi, lost the title of Governor and only retained the post of Governor of Jiangxi.
"Henan and Jiangbei provinces have the governorship of Huanghuai, with Chen Qianfu as governor and governor of Henan, and Qian Sule as governor of Jiangbei."
Originally there were three governors in the four provinces, but now it is equivalent to eliminating the governor of Jiangxi and replacing them with the governors of Liangjiang and Huanghuai.
Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Liangjiang, Huguang, Yunnan-Guizhou, Shaanxi-Gansu, Huanghuai, Sichuan, Shandong, Zhili, and Liangliao still retain eleven governors, eight of whom govern two provinces, as well as Sichuan, Shandong,
Beizhi only governs one province.
It is still during the war. If Zhu Yihai really decides to make Beijing the capital in the future, there will actually be no need for governors in Zhili, Shanxi, Shandong and even Henan. The power of the governors is still too great, which is not conducive to centralization. Only governors can be established.
After all, as an actual high-ranking official, it is better to be in charge of one province than to be in charge of two or three provinces as a governor-general.
The ten prime ministers and associate ministers of the Military Aircraft Department had no objection to the emperor's adjustment.
Zhu Yihai nodded, and the matter was settled. The Prime Minister drafted the decree according to the emperor's decree and handed it over to the cabinet or the six ministries for processing. The next step would be more troublesome, such as re-engraving the seal and so on.
However, Zhu Yihai does not need to worry about these things. He is only responsible for decision-making and execution by his subordinates.