Now it is approved that Prince Zhongshun can establish a vassal state overseas!
The news suddenly spread, causing a sensation throughout the capital, and spread in all directions at an incredible speed.
This is it...
Where did Daqing get its overseas territories?
Could it be that we are crazy now?
Of course, he was not crazy now. Prince Zhongshun jumped out immediately and said that this was the purpose he had achieved after asking for permission from the emperor.
Whether in public or in private, Prince Zhongshun behaved very sincerely, showing no hesitation in his filial piety to the Emperor and his loyalty to the present.
This is puzzling...
What is even more puzzling is that Prince Zhongshun had already established a vassal state and founded a country. Why didn't he take the initiative to leave the capital and become the king?
Also, except for giving Prince Zhongshun a name, there is no other expression at present, which is quite a joke.
It's definitely not a joke!
No matter whether he was facing inquiries from cabinet ministers or Prince Zhongshun was facing inquiries from acquaintances and dignitaries, they all expressed this unanimously.
What a hell...
The dignitaries in the capital were confused and didn't know what to do for a while.
Of course, as time passed and the heat of the incident subsided, Prince Zhongshun still stayed in the capital. There was no further follow-up, and everyone just pretended that this incident had never happened.
As for what happened between him and Prince Zhongshun today, that is an internal matter of the royal family, and it is not easy for foreign ministers to pry and they are not willing to get to the bottom of it.
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On the water of the spacious canal, three official ships formed a long snake formation and were slowly sailing towards the north.
With the reduction of grain transportation, the Grand Canal, which was originally very busy, seems to be more deserted than before.
However, there are still endless shadows of boats on the Grand Canal, and the number of merchant ships and cargo ships has increased sharply. The towns on both sides of the canal have not been greatly affected, and on the contrary, there are signs of greater prosperity.
Such a situation left some courtiers speechless who had clamored that the canal would be completely destroyed and countless people on both sides of the strait would suffer.
However, as it is now clear that local governments will raise funds for canal maintenance in the future, and the court will no longer contribute money, a thick haze has enveloped the governments along the canal.
Once there is a problem somewhere along the canal, the entire government along the canal will be affected. No one wants to lose their money, or even have to pay the painful price of being dismissed from office.
The Governor's Office of Water Transportation, which was originally very prosperous, also fell rapidly in a short period of time.
Most of the nearly 100,000 Caoding previously controlled by the Governor's Yamen of Water Transport were transferred to local garrison forces, as well as the coastal city defense forces that gradually prospered with the development of maritime transportation.
Without this quasi-military force, the Governor's Office of Water Transportation suddenly became a toothless tiger, and was allowed to be rounded and squashed.
From the original command, dispatch, coordination and powerful department with armed forces, it suddenly became a coordination department.
As for the dispatching and commanding power of grain transportation, it has been transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the governor's yamen of each province. It has nothing to do with the grain transportation yamen. At most, it is just an assistance.
I heard that some powerful people who relied on the water transport yamen to suck their blood were extremely sad about this and hated Zhen Yingjia, the guy who took the lead in sea transport, to their bones.
As for the instigators today, they have no guts to fight, so they can only find someone to vent their anger on...
Presumably, this is the main reason why Zhen Yingjia felt that his safety was not guaranteed and wanted to run away. He was not sure whether he would be pushed out and used as a scapegoat to appease some powerful people.
Without further ado, Lin Ruhai and Jia Cong, the son-in-law and son-in-law, were standing together on the deck of the official ship, talking quietly while admiring the scenery along the way.
"When your kid comes to Beijing this time, be careful of how he will deal with you harshly!"
Lin Ruhai worriedly said: "After all, Prince Zhongshun's ambitions that he shouldn't have were all lured out by your boy's novels. Who knows whether he will take action on you today!"
"No, Prince Zhongshun will not agree!"
Jia Cong looked calm and said leisurely: "He is also worried that he will regret it now. He will never allow such a situation to occur. Wouldn't it arouse conflicts within the royal family?"
This time in Beijing, Lin Ruhai was reporting on his work.
After serving as the governor of Huaiyang for more than three years, not only has the entire Huaiyang territory undergone earth-shaking changes, at least it has also undergone considerable improvement.
Lin Ruhai himself is an upright and upright person, and also has skills. He is quite familiar with the officialdom and can easily control the officialdom of Huaiyang.
In fact, a place like Huaiyang can be described as a gathering of people and a developed economy. As long as the government has less intervention and trouble, it will naturally develop very well.
Jia Cong also helped with suggestions, spent a lot of effort building roads and bridges, suppressed bad habits in Huaiyang, and worked hard to improve productivity and efficiency. Whether it was workshops scattered everywhere or a large number of fields, there was something gratifying.
Variety.
It was Jia Cong who came up with some relatively sophisticated but very simple mechanisms and equipment, which were all based on certain scientific theories of modern society and the mechanism techniques of the main world.
For example, water-powered spinning wheels, water-powered looms, water-powered mills and other devices that rely on water power have formed large-scale and standardized manufacturing.
There are also farmland water conservancy and three-dimensional ecological development models, which Jia Cong deliberately tried with the help of Lin Ruhai, and achieved good results.
I have to say that the novel "The Best Farm" written by Jia Cong played a big role.
Inside, there are all kinds of easy-to-understand knowledge about mechanisms, as well as some methods for making simple mechanisms. As long as you don't have a brain problem, you can basically make some of these mechanisms.
In addition, the construction model of farmland water conservancy projects, farmland production increase, and the maintenance and output model of the three-dimensional ecological circle are all described in detail and vividly.
As long as you read this novel carefully, you can basically become an agricultural expert in this era.
For this reason, Jia Cong's reputation is definitely not small in Huaiyang countryside, and he is even more famous among the industrial, commercial and agricultural groups.
The level of industry and commerce as well as agricultural production in Huaiyang have been significantly improved.
Doing this only improves Huaiyang's economic strength. To be honest, it only benefits the landlords and businessmen. It has no obvious benefits for ordinary people, unless they are homesteaders.
But in the Huaiyang area where land annexation is serious, how many farmers are there?
So, he encouraged Lin Ruhai to do something that greatly offended the lower-level officials and set up a grain station!
When it came time to collect taxes, at Jia Cong's instigation, Lin Ruhai would recruit students from the official school, as well as some college students who actively cooperated, and disperse them to towns under the county towns in Huaiyang to directly set up institutions to receive tax grains in the name of practice.
grain station.
At the same time, a large number of salesmen who traveled from village to village were organized by the government for intensive training and immediately spread throughout Huaiyang villages, promoting the benefits of actively going to grain stations to pay for grain, and encouraging villagers to take the initiative to go to grain stations to avoid losses.
For a moment, the entire Huaiyang countryside was shaken...
Don't underestimate the fact that it is just a small measure like setting up a grain station, but it can help villagers avoid double exploitation by tax collectors and village chiefs.
After most of the rural farmers figured out the pros and cons, they took the initiative to go to the grain station to pay taxes and grains honestly, eliminating the need for continued exploitation by low-level government officials and rural local tyrants. Their families quickly had surplus grain, and they also had surplus money in their hands.
As for those villagers who want to take advantage and are unwilling to take the initiative to pay the grain at the grain station, the tax collectors, whose eyes are red with fear, will take the initiative to urge them to pay.
Since they were supervised by government school students, these tax collectors did not dare to trouble other villagers who took the initiative to go to the grain station to pay taxes, so they had no choice but to find dishonest people and kill them.
Moreover, these guys who are unwilling to take the initiative to pay taxes are basically local tyrants in the village. In the past, their taxes and rations were apportioned by the entire village or the entire clan.
But this time the government used the grain station method, which basically eliminated the excuse for these rural tycoons to fool the villagers or tribesmen to pay for them.
As a result, the rural tycoons who originally had a good relationship with the tax collectors at the bottom of the government and had colluded with them for a long time were in great misfortune.
Since there was no way to take advantage of the majority of village farmers, we had no choice but to feel sorry for these friends in the past. As a result, we caused a lot of troubles and even lost a few lives.
Some rural-level wealthy people are really stingy and would rather give up their lives than take out a grain of food.
There's nothing to say about it. You can only blame yourself for being punished, and the government won't pay attention to it even if your life is saved.
Because of this, after the turmoil in the first year, in the next two years, the whole of Huaiyang even experienced a "great governance" scene.
There is no other way, even the poorest villagers have surplus grain and wealth in their hands, and Jia Cong secretly instigates and instigates the expansion plan of elementary school education, so that all the rural children at the bottom of Huaiyang have something to look forward to.
Life is getting better, you can still read and write, and even learn a trade. As long as you are not really lazy, you will basically have enough food and clothing. It will be damned if the outlook of the entire society does not improve dramatically.
It can be said that, apart from some stumblings in the first year after taking office, in the next two years or so, the whole of Huaiyang was a prosperous scene.
Both the upper-class dignitaries and the lower-class civilians have received a lot of benefits, so they naturally praise Lin Ruhai as the governor.
Under such circumstances, it is even inappropriate to use ordinary official evaluations to evaluate Lin Ruhai.
If he is allowed to serve as governor of Huaiyang for another term, with Lin Ruhai's achievements, he may be able to create a powerful trend and directly promote him to enter the cabinet, and he can also occupy a quite prominent position.
Neither the current nor the cabinet bosses have any intention of letting Lin Ruhai rise quickly and become the top boss of the Daqing Dynasty.
There is no other choice but to transfer Lin Ruhai away from Huaiyang. As for the follow-up arrangements, there is no news yet. Obviously, both the current and the cabinet bosses are having a headache.
If someone with outstanding political achievements like Lin Ruhai cannot be properly placed, the prestige of the court will be greatly affected. This is absolutely unacceptable to the current and cabinet bosses...