Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 809 Good news from all directions spreads frequently, Zhou Peigong wants to go to sea

On the day when Auntie Zhu convened a military meeting on how to govern North Korea, the Ming army broke through Jingcheng, and the puppet Emperor Dorgon was buried in a sea of ​​fire.

The common people are still happy, but they take it for granted. They are no longer as excited as before when the imperial court regained Liaoxi and Liaodong.

Because there is not a lot of good news about Ming's victory in wars and expansion of territory this year.

One is that in October, Yarkand repented and decided to return the five guards such as Hami and Shazhou that had been embezzled in the past.

Another incident also happened in October—the Nanyang Navy and the South China Sea Garrison pulled out all the strongholds of the Spanish colonists in Mindanao and the Sulu Islands, and Ming thus owned the entire Greater Luzon Islands.

Compared with these good news and the expansion of territory, this year's decision by the imperial court to seal off America has aroused more discussion among the people.

Because compared with Yingzhou, America is not only larger, but also farther away.The native customs and unique products there are even more curious.

What's more, as newspapers such as "Da Ming Pao" have been published for many years, day after day, they have broadened their horizons and instilled knowledge of global geography in the common people. In addition, some people's families have become richer, and more and more people are starting to pursue higher levels. many.

Although being an official in Daming was still the top choice, the requirements for being an official in Daming are really high and it is difficult to be an official.

Therefore, for ordinary wealthy families, the probability of being an official is even lower than going overseas, getting a chance, and getting rich.

As for doing business, it is certainly easy to be a small vendor.But if you want to make a fortune, capital, brains, and contacts are indispensable, and it is not easy to do.

In this way, it is the overseas career that most young people yearn for.

As for going overseas, like the Westerners, there are also people who form a small fleet of people to venture out, but the risk is too great, and it is very likely that there will be no news about it.

The large fleet formed by the imperial court for the vassals and immigrants overseas has a low probability of accidents and high safety. It's just a ship.

Therefore, when the news came out that the imperial court would seal off the Americas next year, the common people continued to discuss this matter.

Hubei, Chengtian Mansion, Jingmen Prefecture City.

Upstairs at Mochiyue, Zhou Chang was sitting in a small cubicle, listening to the discussions in the front and back cubicles as well as outside while eating tea.On the table in front of him, there are several philanthropic documents related to the imperial conquest of America.

He was born in the fifth year of Chongzhen (1632), from Jingmen, with the style name Peigong, so the person he is often known is called Zhou Peigong.

His family was originally well off, with more than [-] mu of fertile land outside the city, and two small shops in the city, and his father was a pawn in the state government.

It's a pity that his father died young and the family situation fell rapidly.When he was ten years old, Li Zicheng led troops to ravage Hubei, and her mother was killed.

Zhou Peigong became lonely and helpless.

Fortunately, as today's internal troubles were quelled and the Tartars were expelled, the world soon became peaceful.

Five years ago, 16-year-old Zhou Peigong became a subordinate official by relying on his father's connections and knowledge in the state government.

Afterwards, relying on his own cleverness and wit, he continued to increase his salary over the past few years, and finally became a state official this year.

Although he has only become a senior official not long ago, Zhou Peigong has already noticed that he is about to touch the ceiling of his official career.

Since the imperial court implemented the policy that officials can be promoted, in the first three to five years, the officials of the former yamen were indeed easily promoted by virtue of their rich experience in handling affairs at the grassroots level.

Coupled with the fact that the imperial court continued to recover lost land, and even expanded its territories, the lack of officials made it easier for officials to be promoted.

At that time, there were indeed a group of officials who turned into officials.

For example, Zhou Peigong is now the Shangguan.

But when Zhou Peigong became an official, it was already difficult for officials who were not from the imperial examination or school to get promoted.

And because those serious scholars with imperial examinations and school backgrounds also have to start as officials, even the promotion of officials has become very complicated.

Zhou Peigong didn't know where the adjective "juan" came from, but it was indeed very vivid.

He felt that, given the current competition among government officials in Jingmen Prefecture, it would take at least three to five years for him to become a high official.If the opportunity is missed in the middle, or even a small mistake is made, this time may be as long as ten years.

As for being promoted from a big official to an official, it is not a matter of how many years it takes, but an opportunity, and more hard work and dedication.

In fact, Zhou Peigong felt that he had probably made a political mistake and was blacklisted by Shangguan who would not be promoted.

Because his mother was killed because of Li Chuang's raging in Hubei, at a gathering of colleagues, when he was slightly drunk, he complained about the appointment of so many generals and even civil servants who were born as thieves.

But he knew that the most trusted Minister of Military Affairs today was Li Yan, who was from the bandit camp.

As for the other thieves who were born as generals and generals in various armies, I don't know how many people there are.

Although he is in the administrative system, it is inevitable that the Shangguan deliberately blocked his promotion because he was afraid of offending some people, or because he wanted to sell well to some people.

In addition, he was not born in the imperial examination, nor did he graduate from school. There is a bottleneck in wanting to be promoted to an official, and the hope of becoming an official in the future is even slimmer.

Zhou Peigong has no great ambition to serve the country. He wants to be an official, but he just wants to gain greater power and wealth, and then enjoy life.

This year, when he learned that the imperial court was going to enshrine the American vassal, he began to think about following a certain vassal king and serving as an official in an overseas vassal king's territory.

Anyway, both of his parents died, and his relationship with his relatives is not good, so he has nothing to worry about.If you go overseas, if you develop well, you don't have to come back.

Therefore, during this period of time, he not only collected various newspapers and periodicals about the imperial court's feudal vassalization in America, but also often came to Wangyue Tower to listen to people talking about this matter, hoping to find out some gossip that was not published in the newspapers.

"I heard that the reason why the imperial court conferred four vassals at a time was because the emperor wanted to find two helpers for his two younger brothers. In addition, King Ding and King Yong were already loved by the emperor. This time, the overseas capital of the vassal It must be extremely strong."

"From what Brother Ni means, you want to sign up for the immigration groups of King Ding and King Yong?"

"Of course, since I, Ni Dahong, are going to venture overseas, I must be with the most promising feudal lord. Maybe I can also be ennobled by the feudal lord in the future.

I heard that the feudal lords over there in Yingzhou have offered real titles in order to attract talents to serve. "

"A real title?"

"Don't you understand? It's like in the ancient Zhou Dynasty. You are given a place and given the title of baron of a vassal king. You are allowed to appoint and remove officials and even organize a certain number of troops. You are justifiably the emperor of the land.

Because there are too many unowned lands overseas, the vassal kings found that it is too slow to occupy and operate by themselves, so it is better to entrust them. "

"Shh, Brother Nee, be careful." The other person seemed to be frightened by the words, and after a reminder, he asked softly, "Is this kind of thing allowed by the court?"

Ni Dahong smiled and said: "The imperial court does not allow it, how dare the vassal kings do this? As long as those vassal kings don't touch the land set by the imperial court, other overseas raw land can be occupied casually.

Because now Westerners are doing a lot of colonization overseas, looting and massacring natives, and immigrants occupying land.

Instead of letting the Westerners mess around, it would be better to let our vassal kings of Ming Dynasty occupy land and manage it. At least they are more kind to the natives than the Westerners. "

Hearing this, Zhou Peigong felt that the topic of this couple had gone too far, so he went to listen to other topics.

However, he already had a faint idea in his heart, and he was going to go to Nanjing to see if he could apply to become an official of Yongwangling or Dingwangling.

It should not be difficult for a senior official who wants to come to his place to work for several years to apply for a feudal official, right?
　First more.

　　Correct the typo later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)