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Chapter 211 Great changes in Jinling! Duke Wei was shocked! Li Dongyang: Your Majesty actually wants to implement the system of two capitals and two cabinets!
"Isn't it?"

"King Xing is Cao Cao! He holds the emperor hostage to order the princes?"

"So, we lost so much money in the treasure money market before, and the culprit is King Xing?"

"Is it also President Xingwang's idea to build this nondescript presidential palace and imitate the cabinet?"

"But...but when the Daming Bank was established, didn't His Majesty show up?"

"Also, during these days of worshiping ancestors in the imperial mausoleum, have you not seen His Majesty being coerced?"

"How come I heard that at the great court meeting, His Majesty asked President Xing Wang to become Cao Cao? King Xing just became Cao Cao according to the order?"

Jiangdongmen Pier.

As cargo ships arrived one after another, the new people and merchants who came to Jinling were shocked by this series of shocking news, and then they quickly raised their questions.

"Haha, you are taking things too superficially!"

"Is there going to be another peace battle!"

Duke Xu of Wei, who finally arrived in Jinling by boat, was also numb.

"Now take a look for yourselves. Are there any signs of war and chaos in Aurous Hill? On the contrary, it has become even more prosperous!"

"Also...he also announced that he will expand the Xiaoling Mausoleum! He will also recruit hundreds of thousands of people! This time, instead of going through the corvee process, King Xing also directly gave Guan Baobao for a month, and he also received a hundred catties. food!"

"But now His Majesty is hunting in the south! Except for important court meetings where King Xing allows him to appear, he is imprisoned in Xiaoling at other times!"

"The previous explanation was still filial piety...but now..."

"The old Zhu family... always likes to take those who have lost power to the Xiaoling Mausoleum! You know, Zhu Wenkui, the son of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen at that time... was directly sent to Fengyang Ancestral Tomb by His Majesty Taizong, where he guarded the tomb all his life!"

"Of course... when Yingzong went hunting in the north, he could at least get some wind and see the sun!"

"The most important point is... in the past few court meetings, Prince Xing, Vice President Huang Bao and others... all praised the name without paying homage, and went to the palace with swords and shoes..."

"Your Majesty, if you are not staying in the capital, why are you here?"

"Haha, look what are you so worried about?"

"Isn't this war about to start again?"

"Then...what should we do...if the south and the north fight, we may not win!"

"Now! He has announced that he will directly expand the army by 100,000! Each person will receive two taels of silver per month and a hundred catties of grain!"

"This...this...is still like this!"

"I think! Next is our opportunity in the south!"

Naturally, many knowledgeable brothers spontaneously acted as tap water and gave them a little analysis of the possibility of Zhu Youqi becoming Cao Cao and usurping the throne.

"But Prince Xing, although he is far away in Hubei, he has been running Jinling for many years!"

As soon as these powerful evidences came out, everyone immediately became nervous.

"Are there any emperors in the past dynasties who like to run to their graves at all times?"

"Your Majesty has been in Jinling for almost three months, and has stayed in Xiaoling for at least two months!"

"Isn't he worse than Ying Zong?!"

Zhu Youqi finally shouldered everything.

"He has money and food! How could he lose!"

"President Xing Wang is not like Cao Cao! He is rich! He made at least tens of millions of silver through the treasure market..."

"Isn't it?"

"Do you know what these things mean?"

"After this great court meeting, they even received rewards such as adding nine tins, entering the court without following, praising and worshiping without name, going to the palace with swords and shoes, etc."

"The most important thing is that His Majesty King Xing is also the fourth child! It is only natural that the fourth child rebels!"

But then he soon discovered that although the situation was urgent...

"Also... Your Majesty is just a sixteen-year-old baby. Do you think that Jinling is speculating on treasures and calling all the vassal kings in the country here in the name of ancestor worship? What a sixteen-year-old baby would think?" Come out?"

"When Cao Cao coerced Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, didn't he still treat Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty as a monarch and a minister? All kinds of government orders were still issued by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty."

"Wouldn't this mean that he was immediately sent to Prince Xing's door to be used as a puppet?"

"This is real evidence! The brother-in-law next door to my third uncle is Xiaolingwei!"

"Wang Mang's standard! Cao Cao's standard! Sima Yi and others' standard!"

"Your Majesty, what do you have when you come to Jinling? Just a few eunuchs!"

"Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was only a teenager when he was coerced by Cao Cao!"

After a detailed understanding, the common people and businessmen were all panicked. They felt that they were shrouded in the haze of war and Aurous Hill was not safe, and they all became a little numb and panicked.

But the order here at the dock is good, everyone is performing their duties, and there is no sign of chaos.

"The Ming Dynasty is not as good as the situation at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty..."

"How could we in the south lose!"

"On the contrary, if our water transportation is cut off, the north will be without money and food!"

"What's more... Prince Xing has the full support of the Duke of Wei! Duke of Wei, I don't need to tell you! We are the descendants of Xu Da, the Ming God of War!"

"The right time, place, people and people are all on our south side...what can the north do to fight us!"

"Everyone, please feel free to perform your duties. Anyway, their old Zhu family, fighting back and forth, is just changing the emperor. It's not without precedent!"

"In the Battle of Jingnan, only the north was fighting, and it would not affect our side!"

"Everyone, just work with peace of mind and make a fortune!"

Xu Erren was numb again, even though he found that the news spread by this storyteller was very organized and not ordinary people.

But he was suddenly confused by the full support of the Duke of Wei.

"What did you say? The Duke of Wei was also coerced by King Xing?"

He took three steps at a time, squeezed into the crowd, and grabbed the man's collar, wanting to know what role the Duke of Wei played in this.

"Wei Guogong——mansion...maybe he is not being coerced!"

"Otherwise, King Xing would not be able to trust Xu Kuishan to recruit troops and personally lead 100,000 troops..."

The man's pupils shrank, and he seemed to recognize Xu Er, but he changed his words and did not reveal it. Instead, he once again told a piece of bad news that made Xu Er's eyes darken.

No matter how hard it is, hurry up and hurry up... He is just worried that the Duke of Wei will get involved in this dispute.

But I didn't expect that it was still too late.

"Wait a minute...that's not right!"

"If Prince Xing really becomes Cao Cao! The news he gave me..."

Xu Yan also naturally realized that the person in front of him also recognized him, and suddenly he had an idea and combined it with the news that Xu Kuishan had given him via their own route.

"You...this is money! Let's find a place, and how about you quickly tell me about the situation in Jinling these days?"

Xu Yan took out the money on the spot, and then grabbed the man and walked to the side without saying anything.

"Tell me, who are you? Jinyiwei, or Xichang?"

After no one was paying attention, he looked directly at the person with an unkind expression.

"My lord, the younger one is not the Jinyi Guard, nor the Xichang Guard...but the Yun Guard!"

The man looked at Xu Er awkwardly and vomited out an organization that was unfamiliar to Xu Er.

"Yunwei, this...which department is this?" A ray of uneasiness flashed through Xu Yan's heart.

"Ahem... My lord, you... you go back home and see your empress... maybe you will understand."

Yunwei is naturally a new intelligence system controlled by Xu Yunmiao, responsible for guarding financial stability.

Zhu Houzhao is already deliberately splitting up Jin Yiwei, who has too much power.

Yunwei spread news in key places, naturally to maintain the order of Jinling.

"Empress? What empress?" Xu Yan's heart skipped a beat.

"Xu, Empress Xu Yunmiao."

After Yun Wei said the name, he slipped away while Xu Chu was not paying attention.

Yun Miao! Empress!
Xu Erren was stunned on the spot for several minutes. This shock was greater than when he knew that Zhu Youqi was Cao Cao, and even greater than when he knew that the civil war in Ming Dynasty had begun.

Fortunately, he is well-informed after all... He has been shocked enough these days.

He just stood there for a few minutes and then came back to his senses.

He did not go home immediately. Instead, he followed the news and went directly to the recruitment office outside Jinling City... and saw a long queue of people signing up to be soldiers.

Xu Kuishan is impressively listed.

Some soldiers are already being drilled.

These soldiers no longer hold swords and guns in their hands.

But...burn a fire stick! Matchlock! A Vulcan gun without ammunition.

He did not bother, but took the opportunity to visit Jinling. He also saw that there were many civilians on the Purple Mountain side who had signed up to participate in the construction of Xiaoling Mausoleum. There were more people than those outside the city who signed up to be soldiers.

He also saw [Cao Cao] Zhu Youqian who showed up at Xiaoling.

Zhu Youqi also personally arranged to recruit migrant workers.

Is there such a Cao Cao who coerces the emperor to order the princes?
At the same time, he also found many Yunwei who spoke clearly and coherently in various places in the city, pretending to be storytellers, and kept spreading and repeating the rhetoric at the dock.

therefore.

Although Jinling is at the center of the storm, under the influence of these three-pronged approach.

The people of Jinling were no different from usual except that they had more things to talk about.

This situation is obviously extremely wrong.

Xu Yan went to the rice shop again and asked about the price of grain... and found that the price of grain, not only did not increase, but dropped a lot.

At the same time, people no longer need cash when buying and selling, but directly use Yongle banknotes.

Here, he had already discovered it.

After being successfully recruited, Xu Kuishan and the others were directly given one month's worth of banknotes and food first.

At the same time, the migrant workers summoned to build Xiaoling Mausoleum also announced that they would use treasure money to make daily settlements.

He had been away from Jinling for two or three months, but when he came back this time, he found that he didn't seem to recognize Jinling anymore. It was almost evening before he finally returned to the Duke of Wei's mansion.

"Chunmei, how many Yongle banknotes were distributed to Xiaoling workers yesterday? Bring this data to me later."

"Xia He, how many Yongle treasures did the Ministry of War receive yesterday..."

Returning to the Duke of Wei's mansion, Xu Rudu found that there were many strange women, and his housekeeper and the like were all missing.

However, some servants recognized him, but he did not seek justice.

Instead, I followed the busy crowd, and finally found the busy Xu Yunmiao making arrangements in an orderly manner in Xu Yunmiao's yard.

"Um...Dad! Are you back?"

Finally, Xu Yunmiao, who was busy, took time to take a look and discovered Xu Yan.

"Yunmiao, you... what are you doing?"

Xu Yan opened his mouth and asked.

"Dad... I don't have time to talk to you in detail now. You go to the meeting hall and wait for me for about an hour."

"Then who, Dongmei, take my father to the meeting hall."

However, Xu Yunmiao ignored him. Instead, she treated him like an outsider and arranged for others to entertain him.

A row of question marks appeared on Xu Yan's forehead, and he was a little doubtful whether he had gone to the wrong door or whether this was the Duke of Wei's mansion.

……

Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

"Your Majesty, I really don't understand why you want to make this matter bigger and bigger?"

"This will really cause the displacement of countless people, which will be a disaster for the people. I don't know how many people will die."

After the court meeting was over, Li Dongyang waited until evening before being summoned by Zhu Houzhao.

After several months, the master and apprentice finally had the opportunity to formally meet alone.

For this reason, Zhu Houzhao directly arranged other more urgent matters first, prepared a table of dishes in the imperial study room, and entertained Li Dongyang.

"Teacher, you must be hungry too. Eat first. Don't be in a hurry to question me right away. Wait for me. Please add some food first and fill your stomach before talking."

Zhu Houzhao did not answer, but buried himself in his rice.

He was really busy today. He met with everyone from the Eight Departments and arranged some important things.

There is almost no rest, there is no way to arrange some things, and it is also very tiring.

Li Dongyang had no appetite, but looking at Zhu Houzhao devouring his food regardless of his image, he also discovered——

Zhu Houzhao has really changed and no longer holds it in such a special way.

Even though he had taught Zhu Houzhao dining etiquette before, Zhu Houzhao seemed to have forgotten all that after coming to Jinling.

He didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. Anyway, now, he couldn't see what Zhu Houzhao was thinking.

"Teacher, do you really not want to eat something?"

After some supplementation, Zhu Houzhao's energy was replenished, and he talked while eating.

"Your Majesty, I have no appetite." Li Dongyang shook his head.

"Then I won't care about you..."

Zhu Houzhao didn't mind either, and said while eating: "Teacher, do you know why I summoned you alone now?"

"I don't know."

Li Dongyang shook his head.

"Actually, I encountered some problems before, and I really wanted to get guidance from the teacher. However, later I discovered that the road is walked by myself. If I don't walk by myself, I won't know the bumps and stumbling blocks on this road. I don't know this road. "

Zhu Houzhao started chatting, and Li Dongyang listened.

"And teacher, do you know? In the capital, I can't even be sure which way I want to go, and I can't take the path I want to take. Instead, I need your guidance. You have indeed done a good job and planned a good path for me. They even reminded me in advance that there were rocks on the road and helped me clear them out in advance.”

"You guys are really good to me."

Zhu Houzhao wiped his mouth and looked at Li Dongyang sincerely: "My father is indeed wise in choosing you as ministers to take care of life, and it is indeed all for my own good."

Is this a final decision?
Li Dongyang heard other meanings in Zhu Houzhao's words.

This may also be the final evaluation of Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and him.

Good, indeed good.

But, that's not what the emperor wants.

The emperor has grown up and wants to take the path he wants. He does not need support or guidance from others.

"Your Majesty, you really don't need us anymore."

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's sincere look, Li Dongyang couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little relieved and a little uncomfortable. They were indeed old and couldn't keep up with the thinking of young people.

"No! Teacher, you are wrong again!"

Zhu Houzhao shook his head, corrected Li Dongyang's statement, and returned to the topic: "I still need you, just as I asked you to form the Ming Dynasty Parliament to supervise the Jinling Presidential Palace. Do you understand the meaning of supervision?"

"That's it... you, the Ming Dynasty Council, are completely responsible for me as a third party, equivalent to another organization besides Jinyiwei and Xichang. However, your rights and responsibilities are to supervise the work of the Jinling Presidential Palace and a series of officials who govern the Ming Dynasty. If they don’t do their job well, or there are any deviations, I need you to remind them and impeach them.”

"Huh?" Li Dongyang still showed doubts: "Your Majesty, doesn't this overlap with the functions of the Inspectorate and the Jinyiwei?"

Li Dongyang naturally understood and felt that Zhu Houzhao, the Ming Council, was unnecessary.

"No, no, no, teacher, you don't understand!"

Zhu Houzhao corrected again: "Let me give another example, taking Jinling's current four-year work as an example."

"In the next four years, I need the Jinling Presidential Palace to do the following things: 1. Military. The first stage is to win the north. The second stage is to win the Mongolian invasion. The third stage is to take back the homeland. Chapter The four stages are to completely eliminate the northern threat.”

"Wait! Four years? Your Majesty, do you want to take this opportunity to eliminate the threat from the north?" Only then did Li Dongyang understand Zhu Houzhao's outrageous strategy and was immediately shocked.

"Teacher, we'll talk after this. You first listen to me finish explaining the work responsibilities of your Ming Council."

Zhu Houzhao did not explain, but brought back the topic again: "Military aspect is the work of these four years. The second task is people's livelihood. They need to rebuild the north in the next four years, restore people's livelihood in the north, and even It is possible to redistribute the land in the north.”

Li Dongyang suppressed his shock. Upon hearing this, he seemed to feel the true intention of the Ming Council that Zhu Houzhao asked him to use.

"The third thing is to go to the Western Ocean! In four years, suppose I need them to go to the Western Ocean ten times."

"The fourth thing is to conquer Japan! In four years, I need them to conquer Japan and let Japan provide us with a certain amount of food, minerals, etc."

"The fifth thing is to build a railway. Build a section of a thousand-mile railway in four years..."

"The sixth thing is taxation! Currently, my Ming Dynasty's tax revenue is 20 million taels a year... Within four years, I need to let them use normal means to increase the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue to 30 million taels. Pure silver, no need for those physical items to fill the amount. ”

"Anyway, it's almost all these big and important things..."

"What your Ming Council wants to supervise are the important matters that I have arranged for them that are related to the true strength of Ming Dynasty. If they compromise on this, then the Presidential Office or the Cabinet will be collectively begging for bones. The South If the cabinet doesn’t work, then I will change to the Northern Cabinet to continue doing these important things!”

"Of course, if it is replaced by the northern cabinet, the southern cabinet will directly enter the Ming Parliament and continue to supervise the northern cabinet!"

Zhu Houzhao finally showed off the two-cabinet system. Now, he no longer needs to hide it.

"Wait! Your Majesty, you are going to implement the system of two capitals and two cabinets!"

"This...how is this possible!?"

"This... this is an unprecedented design in history!"

"In that case... then, then, then the Ming Dynasty... no, this kind of Ming Dynasty is like the Qin and Chu countries during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, which became stronger because of the threat of war."

"But our Ming Dynasty is already strong enough!"

"It's not the time when heroes compete for hegemony at the end of the dynasty..."

"In this case, it is the people who are hurt!"

Li Dongyang was completely shocked, and he suddenly understood that under the effect of the two capitals and two cabinets system, in terms of these specific affairs indicators, Ming Dynasty would really become stronger and stronger.

I almost couldn't find any examples of this model for a while, but I soon felt that it was like the countries in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was also the development model of the world's princes competing for hegemony at the end of the dynasty.

This kind of design is not unprecedented, it is unprecedented.

In the land of China, when the princes compete for hegemony, this involution mode will automatically start.

In Li Dongyang's eyes, Ming Dynasty is no longer needed.

There is no need for this kind of development model that puts military hegemony first. The Ming Dynasty has defeated all the invincible opponents in the world. With this involution model, how strong will the Ming Dynasty be?

Likewise... how will the common people be squeezed!
This is bound to be a gap in concepts.

This idea is basically the same as Zhu Houzhao's previous idea.

"Teacher, do you think our Ming Dynasty is really powerful?"

Zhu Houzhao expected that Li Dongyang would say this, so he asked instead.

"Isn't it? Your Majesty... Although there is a threat from Mongolia, we are indeed strong enough." Li Dongyang also asked, and even knew that there would be some threats from the Mongolian ministries.

"No, teacher...the Ming Dynasty that I want is powerful, that's not what it looks like."

Zhu Houzhao was also glad that he had broadened his horizons: "Let me give you an example. Do you think our Ming Dynasty is powerful..."

"But... can it be done so that all children in the Ming Dynasty between the ages of six and sixteen can receive education? Our Ming Dynasty provides them with free tuition and food for their studies."

"Your Majesty, we cannot."

Li Dongyang did not expect that Zhu Houzhao could move to this level, and said bitterly: "Not even the Song Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty could achieve this level."

"So... can our Ming Dynasty be called powerful?"

Zhu Houzhao once again gave an example: "Teacher, do you think... let the people of our Ming Dynasty eat these dishes in front of me... No, even if it is one tenth or one percent, can we do it in the current Ming Dynasty?"

It's getting more and more outrageous. Li Dongyang didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao had a deep meaning in arranging the meal.

"cannot!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

He shook his head simply, and at the same time he looked at Zhu Houzhao strangely. He did not expect that Zhu Houzhao would become like this.

"So! The Ming Dynasty I want is so powerful! Let children study for free! Let all the people of Ming Dynasty eat 1% of the royal meal that I can eat, and even try not to let anyone starve to death! "

"Teacher, what do you think! How far behind is our Ming Dynasty?"

Li Dongyang was silent. Regardless of whether Zhu Houzhao was telling the truth or not, he felt Zhu Houzhao's great ambition.

He also gradually understood... what kind of road Zhu Houzhao said this was.

A road that Ming Dynasty never imagined!

(End of this chapter)