Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

The entire East was filled with jubilation because of Zhang Yong's ascension to the throne. Even on the Mongolian grasslands, Zhang Yong rewarded some herdsmen in order to enhance his prestige.

The Mongolian herdsmen once again expressed their gratitude to Zhang Yong. Over the years, their lives have been getting better and better, and it is all inseparable from Zhang Yong, the emperor of the Daqian Empire.

Without the various bills introduced by the other side and the newly built large-scale livestock farms, they would not have been able to keep so many cattle and sheep decades ago.

When a snowstorm hits the Mongolian grasslands, 1/3 or even 2/3 of the cattle and sheep will freeze to death, but this will not happen now.

The entire bureaucratic system of the Daqian Empire began to take shape slowly under Zhang Yong's supervision. The positions of civil and military officials, including the Shangshu of the six ministries, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, were all distributed.

In order to attract scholars from all over the world, Zhang Yong restarted the special examination across the country and began to recruit officials.

In recent years, Confucianism in the northern region has been slowly forgotten under the attack of Zhang Yong. Now, most of the young students in the north want to develop in an all-round way, rather than reciting poems, studying eight-legged essays, and learning some Confucianism.

After ascending the throne, Zhang Yong was extremely busy, having to deal with a large number of memorials and various state affairs every day.

However, he really did not want to give up the position of prime minister. The power that this position possessed was too great, so Zhang Yong came up with a compromise.

Tao Jie and Shi Tianze were divided by Zhang Yong into the positions of left and right prime ministers, respectively assuming the duties of prime minister to handle some miscellaneous political affairs for him.

This allowed Zhang Yong to have some free time and spend some time with his family and son.

After conferring titles on his queen and concubines in the harem, Zhang Yong tested the scores of his sons.

First, his eldest sons Zhang Dingguan and Zhang Yong were named King of Han, the second son Zhang Dingxia was named King of West, the third son Zhang Dingshu was named King of Yan, the fourth son Zhang Dingchuan was named King of Shu, the fifth son Zhang Dingjin was named King of Chu, the sixth son Zhang Dingzhong was named King of Qi, and the seventh son Zhang Dingnan was named King of Yue.

Zhang Yong's several adult daughters were also conferred the title of princesses, and each princess was granted a fief of 1,000 households. His son, who was conferred the title of king, was granted a fief of 10,000 households.

Other marquises and above at least enjoy fiefs of a thousand households, or two to three thousand people. The number for other titles varies.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Yong began to vigorously develop water transportation in the south, and established connections with the West through sea transportation channels, building two ports in the east and the west.

Vigorously develop shipping and encourage shipbuilders to build bigger and better ships.

"Your Majesty, the largest ship we can build at present can carry more than 150 people and can pull 1,000 stones of cargo. We have already built three elephant ships of this type. And according to your instructions, it is designed to be able to travel on the ocean." The craftsman in charge of shipbuilding knelt in front of Zhang Yong and spoke respectfully.

"Yes! Very good. I am very satisfied with the work attitude of those craftsmen and the ships they built. Let them arrange some maritime affairs.

If it is feasible, these ships will form a fleet for me, and then together with those Western ships, we can load enough goods and sail to their countries for trade." Zhang Yong nodded with great satisfaction.

When I asked the craftsmen before, they said the largest ship would be around 600 to 700 tons, and no larger than 800 tons.

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, they have been able to build large ships that can carry thousands of stones of cargo.

"Your Majesty! A long ocean voyage may take two to three years. It's not easy to find the right person, and there are many things that need to be arranged. Now the whole world lives and works in peace and contentment, and the people don't want to leave." An official from the Ministry of Revenue stood up and said.

In fact, some central government officials did not agree with Zhang Yong's large-scale trade, because in their opinion, doing business with those barbarians would not bring them anything useful.

The only useful things are some spices, but there are plenty of these things in the Kingdom of Tianfang and the Western Regions.

Compared with the barbarians in the west, the iron tools they use and the grains they grow are far inferior to those in the Central Plains.

“Don’t underestimate the people of the world. We still need to maintain the trade routes. All European ships that come to our ports in the future.

As long as they don't cause trouble, local officials are not allowed to make things difficult for them. We want to open up the sea route and vigorously develop maritime transport," Zhang Yong said.

The Han people are good in every aspect, but these days, there are indeed not many who are willing to go out to do business. It has been the idea for hundreds of years that all other things are inferior except for studying!

The Confucian school greatly safeguarded feudal rule and the rule of the emperor and the literati.

It can exploit the common people in a disguised form, making them unwilling to leave their land and their homes, and just become farmers peacefully and work for the country.

It will take time to completely change this kind of thinking, but Zhang Yong has to do it anyway, because he doesn't want the country he founded to become a lamb to be slaughtered by the great powers or a cake to be divided up by the great powers in the future.

If we want to stay advanced, we must create and learn. We must make the common people wealthy and let them dare to go out and fight.

Instead of being honest and guarding one and a half acres of land in the farmland and farming all day long.

"In any case, maritime trade must be developed, and the government can provide some tax subsidies to encourage them to learn from those Western merchants to go out to the ocean and explore new lands.

If anyone can discover new land and make detailed sea maps, it will be equivalent to expanding the empire's territory, and I will reward him generously. "Zhang Yong said.

As long as there are benefits and interests, there will be a lot of people going there. I don't believe that I can't afford to build this Maritime Silk Road even if I spend a lot of money.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Since Your Majesty is determined to start sea and land transportation, then we will naturally do our best."

"Well! In addition to the ports in the south, build some ports for me in Shandong Port, Xingyuan Prefecture, and Tianjin Port in Beijing." Zhang Yong said.

After arranging the court officials, Zhang Yong asked all the officials to leave. He returned to his study and began to review the memorials submitted to him.

All matters reported by officials of all ranks needed to be handled personally by him, the emperor. Of course, Zhang Yong would hand over some less important memorials to his prime minister.

Every day, Zhang Yong would not finish processing the memorials until late at night. Sometimes, he could not finish processing them all and they would pile up and wait until the next day to deal with them.

"Damn it! I didn't have any of that when I was in charge of Guanzhong. Why do I need to be so tired now that I'm the emperor?"

When he just became the King of Guanzhong, Zhang Yong also stated the general development direction, and then formulated a series of strategies and handed them over to his subordinates to implement, and he would conduct some inspections from time to time.

But now, having to manage a huge empire, even though he has civil and military officials to help him manage it, Zhang Yong still feels the pressure has doubled.

It was a leisurely life when the Mongolian Khan took over almost no affairs. All he did every day was eat, drink, sleep, and go hunting everywhere.

Shaking his head, Zhang Yong began to deal with the wrinkles accumulated on his hands. It has been almost half a year since he ascended the throne, but the number of memorials in his hands has not decreased every day.

Zhang Yong flipped through the memorial in his hand and was speechless. What kind of crap is this?

Some officials actually wrote to me, saying that some auspicious signs had appeared in the local area and that some intentions had arisen, and then they congratulated me in various ways, saying that I was wise and powerful.

This was obviously a flattering memorial, and there was something even more ridiculous, asking about his life. How was his life? What did he eat today? They had some specialties here, did they need to send them to His Majesty so that he could taste them?
Anyway, they are all trivial matters, and some of them are even just to flatter oneself, so there is no need to write them into memorials.

Zhang Yong angrily picked out all these trivial matters, as well as some memorials that flattered him and even contained some nonsense.

These officials need to be dealt with properly. They only know how to flatter and fawn all day long and never report anything useful. What I eat for three meals a day is none of your business!
You are meddling too much! Zhang Yong's way of dealing with these officials was to deduct their salaries. If they wrote such useless memorials again, they would be demoted.

"Your Majesty, I feel that you have been much busier since you ascended the throne. You would never work until late at night before! Now you basically have to work until this time every day." Tulanlun walked into Zhang Yong's room holding a piece of pastry and looked at her man with some heartache.

Before he became emperor, didn't he still manage a huge piece of land? He wasn't so busy!
How did he become the emperor? He suddenly became like this, and he couldn't even go back to sleep until late at night.

"There are some problems with the operating mode. It doesn't matter. I will think of a way to deal with it. There are some unimportant matters that do not require my personal attention. I will delegate them." Zhang Yong put down all the memorials in his hand, and then started to eat the pastries that Tulanlun brought in.

It is really tiring, but the country has just been founded and some places have to do things themselves to avoid any chaos.

"You can leave these things to your sons! You have at least seven sons now, and they have all grown up. It's time for them to help you share some of the burden." Tulanlun came behind Zhang Yong and began to massage his man's shoulders.

According to their Mongolian tradition, when children grow up, they naturally help their father share some of the pressure at home. Tulanlun feels that since Zhang Yong has so many sons who have grown up, they can now completely help their father share some of the pressure.

"Haha! If I really let them come to handle state affairs and review memorials, and several sons come together, then the ministers below will probably submit more memorials next time." Zhang Yong said.

Since he ascended the throne, the officials under him began to try their best to maintain their imperial power. The imperial power must be concentrated. If Zhang Yong appointed a crown prince, then the crown prince could naturally handle some government affairs, but if no crown prince was appointed, then other princes would not be able to handle government affairs.

Some ministers even suggested that Zhang Yong send all his sons who had been made kings to their own fiefdoms instead of keeping them in the central government. This could avoid some troubles, but Zhang Yong directly refused.

Now, there are only a few of these sons who can get things done. The rest cannot manage the region well. If we let them go to their respective allocated lands, it will completely harm the local people.

Zhang Yong did not intend to divide some princes without actual power and let them live in their own homes. Zhang Yong planned to follow Zhu Yuanzhang's example and divide his sons into other border areas of the country, such as Dali, Nanguang, Mongolian grasslands, Xixia, and even Tubo.

Tubo is the most troublesome here. After all, compared with the Mongolian grasslands, the environment in Tubo is bad enough. Sending one of his sons there is simply asking for trouble. The reason why Tubo surrendered to him is that

In addition to the role of Mongolian soldiers, there was also the active surrender of Tubo. Although Tubo nominally submitted to its own Daqian Dynasty, it was actually still in a semi-self-governed state.

Zhang Yong didn't even station many troops in the core area of ​​Tubo, because they really couldn't adapt to the environment there. Only some soldiers from the Mongolian Plateau could adapt, but they couldn't stay there for a long time.

"There's no need for those ministers to interfere in our family affairs. Just let go and let your sons do it. As for the heir, you should naturally choose the best one.

Boss, you are good in some aspects, but I think you are lacking in some aspects. You have to give all your sons a chance. "Tulanlun said.

"Hahaha! You are right. Then I will make arrangements and let them participate in some political affairs." Zhang Yong patted Tulanlun's hand and said.

My eldest wife now has wrinkles on her hands and even some wrinkles on her face. Although she takes good care of herself, Tulanlun is also in her forties like myself.

"The head of the family is wrong, Your Majesty, will our family have the opportunity to go to the Mongolian grasslands or Sichuan in the future? We won't have to stay here for the rest of our lives, right?" Tulanlun asked.

He knew that once the emperor of the Central Plains ascended the throne, he would basically rarely leave his capital, and would even stay in his capital until his death.

"Hahaha! The country has just been established, so I will naturally be a little busy. After the things at hand are dealt with, I will hand over all matters to the ministers. In three or four years at most, I will take you to the south of the Yangtze River for a good trip. After touring the south of the Yangtze River, I can also take you to Sichuan and Shu, and even the Western Regions for a trip." Zhang Yong said.

The country had just been founded, and I haven’t sorted out anything yet. Once I have sorted out everything, I will naturally have time to go out and play.

I am not a workaholic like Emperor Yongzheng. I also need a balance between work and rest. Zhang Yong has been going crazy in the past six months.

"Well! That's good, Your Majesty. I heard that you are going to organize another Western Expedition. When do you plan to carry out this Western Expedition?" Tulanlun picked up a piece of cake, fed it to Zhang Yong's mouth, and asked.

"Well! I have already started preparations. The army will set out in about two and a half or three years." Zhang Yong said.

"Will you participate in person this time?" Tulanlun asked.

“I haven’t thought about it yet. I’m still in good health, but the Western Expedition will take too long, at least four or five years, which is not very beneficial to the development of the country.

I want my sons to go, and I want to send some veterans to follow them. " Zhang Yong said, leaning back in his chair.

Three years later, I should be 46 years old. Considering the modern human body, I am not old. I am even in my prime and have fully fought in the war. But the problem is that my country has just been established.

Wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate to run off to fight at this moment?

It is true that in the West, the emperor would go out on an expedition just a few years after a country was established, but in the East, whether your country can survive is another matter.

Even after the Mongols unified the country, Kublai Khan no longer personally led expeditions.

Some things can be handed over to the generals under your command.

"Although our sons are excellent, Batu and Kublai are not easy to deal with, and I am worried that they will suffer.

Why don't you use your old arms and legs to get rid of them!" Tulanlun said.

After all, my son is still too young. If anything happens, my husband is better at fighting.

"Now my land is not just Guanzhong and Sichuan, but the entire country. If I leave suddenly, the country will be in chaos in five or six years. However, I can sit in the central government and command the overall situation." Zhang Yong said.

While marching westward, Zhang Yong will also arrange warships and wage war against a certain island country, which is a cancer that must be eradicated.

All the large ship fleets have been built, and the navy is now being trained. Even before the Western Expedition, Zhang Yong is going to take action against a certain island country and destroy the Fuso Kingdom.

"If you are going to fight Fuso, Ezo, and Goryeo, you can let the children go, and let them gain some experience and participate in some wars." Tulanlun said.

It would be good to gain some experience before heading west.

"That's possible. The eldest, the third and the fourth have experienced some wars, but the other children have not. We can let them hone their skills." Zhang Yong nodded and agreed to Tulanlun's proposal.

The two chatted about something else and then went back to their room to sleep. The next day, Zhang Yong began to announce some of his decisions, allowing his sons to participate in political affairs to share some of the pressure for him.

He also screened out some unnecessary memorials and asked his left and right prime ministers and other officials to handle them. (End of this chapter)