The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 412: The Four Capitals of Dayu
After paying homage to Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the Dayu Dynasty, which Mo Zibu had established somewhat hastily, finally got on the right track.

Throughout the dynasties of China, the construction of systems and rituals after the establishment of a new dynasty was not as easy as Mo Zibu's. He could have simply copied the Ming Dynasty, from the system to the clothing, all in the same way as the Ming Dynasty.

Even the theory of the five virtues can be copied.

Because according to this theory, only when the Han Dynasty overthrew or replaced the previous dynasty would the five virtues counteract each other to determine the virtue of the next dynasty.

Dayu was founded to expel the Qing Dynasty, not to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, so the five virtues must be mutually beneficial, which means it can be inherited.

Then Dayu is the same as Daming, with the virtue of fire and the color red, and all rituals and systems can remain unchanged.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty was also founded to expel the Mongols, so its fire virtue was actually inherited from the Song Dynasty.

In this way, the Song, Ming and Yu dynasties all had the virtue of fire and valued red.

However, the system was not exactly the same. Mo Zibu abolished the Huitongguan, which was responsible for receiving foreigners, and incorporated its functions into the Honglu Temple again. At the same time, the functions of the Zhukesi and Siyiguan were also incorporated into the Honglu Temple.

In addition to these, the Honglu Temple was also responsible for translating Western books, managing international students, and communicating with Western powers, etc.

The reason for doing this is that after Mo Zibu's reforms, the Xia Jun Yi Min system has actually been abolished, because this system was associated with the Hua Yi debate.

Now, according to Mo Zibu's theory of righteousness, loyalty and treachery, Korea, Japan and Annan, which originally belonged to the scraps of Chinese culture, will no longer have the status of vassal states, but will be directly brought under the rule.

Siam, Burma, the Dutch East Indies, and Spanish Luzon were territories that had to be wooed and attacked to become vassal states.

At the same time, the status of the Western powers, specifically Britain, France, Greece, Spain and other countries, will rise. According to Mo Zibu's theory, they will enter the second Warring States period in human history together with China and become the Warring States powers.

Since they had become one of the great powers in the Warring States Period, they naturally could not deal with people in the same way as the Xia monarchs and the Yi people in the Huitong Hall and the Siyi Hall.

In fact, at this time, Europe is not strong enough for any country to be on par with China. At most, Britain and France are barely qualified.

But Mo Zibu just wanted to honor them, because only if the emperor Mo Zibu honored them would it arouse great interest among the domestic gentry class, and indirectly lead them to go out, open their eyes to the world, and enhance exchanges.

However, in doing so, the power of the Ministry of Rites was greatly weakened, so Mo Zibu incorporated the functions of the Lifanyuan, which was responsible for managing ethnic minorities in the Qing Dynasty, into the Ministry of Rites.

From now on, all matters concerning vassal states, chieftains of ethnic minorities, the golden urn lottery system that will be implemented in Qingtang, and vassal states retained by Japan and South Korea, will be managed by the Ministry of Rites.

In addition to the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple, Dayu's enfeoffment system will be completely different from that of the Ming Dynasty. The princes will no longer be enfeoffed in the country. Those who stay in the country can at most be enfeoffed as a prince. Only those who go outside to expand territories and colonize can reach the level of prince.

But in fact, the above are not the biggest difference between Dayu and Daming. The biggest difference between Dayu and Daming is that Dayu’s Internal Secretary (Silijian) is not entirely composed of eunuchs close to the emperor like in Daming.

Because the Ming Dynasty had already used its life to tell Mo Zibu that it would be impossible to defeat the civil service system by relying solely on the eunuchs' Silijian.

Therefore, Mo Zibu prepared to prevent the nobles and military officials from falling into depravity too quickly, and at the same time began to cultivate the emerging industrial bourgeoisie to enter the center of power.

The name of the Internal Secretary was changed to Luantai, and the source of Luantai officials was completely open. Anyone with a Juren or above title did not have to take the imperial examination. As long as they were summoned by the emperor, they could become a member of Luantai.

Of course, the officials of Luantai cannot be called chief eunuchs or writing eunuchs.

Luantai was divided into three offices: the Office of Civil Attendants, the Office of Staff Officers, and the Office of Inner Court Transportation.

The officials were the Shizhong, the General of Staff, and the Supervisor of Transportation. The head of Luantai was the Cardinal Minister, and there were left and right ministers who held the power of approving documents.

The official system and etiquette are basically the same, and the military organization must also be immediately unified.

Originally, Dayu was a system consisting of imperial guards, garrison troops, and temporarily recruited volunteers, but it was transformed into an imperial army with salaries provided by the royal family, a Beijing camp stationed in the capital, and garrison troops stationed in various places.

The Imperial Guards were numbered as the Imperial Guards, and some were given special names, such as the current Yulin Guards, Longxiang Guards, etc.

The Imperial Guards currently maintain a strength of 15,000 people, divided into five regiments, each with 3,000 people, using the European regiment-company model.

The system of twelve regiments in the capital of the Ming Dynasty was restored. These twelve regiments were composed of the original garrison troops. The numbers of each regiment were cancelled and the naming method of four martial arts, four bravery and four power of the Ming Dynasty was adopted.

However, the regiment and camp were renamed as the army and given the title of Xing Tang.

Each army consists of 10,000 people and has a general commander, who is divided into three regiments and a standard-bearing battalion.

In addition, the local areas were divided into garrison troops and garrison troops. This was because the garrison troops of the Ming Dynasty were actually tied to the household registration system. It was impossible for Dayu to adopt the household registration system like that of Zhu Yuanzhang and Hongwu, so the garrison troops could not be deployed on the mainland at all.

So Mo Zibu established the Zhenjun Army on the mainland following the Qing Dynasty's Green Camp system, with the same official positions and organization as the Green Camp soldiers.

Guangnan and the four Nanyang provinces had enough land to implement the military farming system. The immigrant cooperatives could be said to be a disguised military household system, so these five provinces did not set up garrison troops, but directly established garrison troops.

After this set of military reforms, the main force of Dayu will be the twelve Xingtang armies in the capital and the 15,000 guards, while the local forces will be a mixture of the Green Camp and the garrison troops.

All these changes are based on reality. The original organization of the Xing Tang Army was largely learned from the European army.

Because at that time, Xing Tang, like many European countries, had a small population, the navy was very important, and the army was relatively small.

Therefore, we directly use the regiment-company level to ensure the vertical command of the monarch or commander-in-chief, without considering large-scale troop operations.

This is no longer possible. During the Battle of Beihe, there were shortcomings such as poor command and overlapping responsibilities, so the old Ming system had to be followed to a certain extent. Although the Ming Dynasty had basically lost its ability to fight large-scale troops after the Battle of Tumu, the framework was adaptable.

February 1779, 2. The fifth day of the first lunar month in the third year of the Guangzhong reign of the Great Yu Dynasty and the forty-fourth year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty.

Just after the New Year's Eve, Mo Zibu summoned all officials for a grand court meeting. In addition to enthroning a group of meritorious officials, Mo Zibu also announced the official setup of Dayu.

Mo Zibu restored the old name of Nanjing City, calling it Jingshi Yingtian Prefecture, changed Guangzhou to Nanjing, called Nanjing Chengtian Prefecture, and established the Nanjing Garrison Office in Guangzhou.

At this time, it was difficult for Dayu to choose a capital because the interests in Southeast Asia were too great.

Before the emergence of steam paddle wheels, steam locomotives and telegraphs, it would have been difficult to respond promptly to events in Southeast Asia even if the capital had been established in Yingtian Prefecture, so a smaller version of the government had to be retained in Guangzhou.

At the same time, if you want to take over the north, or even protect and develop the north, you cannot lose Beijing.

Although the nomadic people at this time had little ability to resist the upcoming machine guns and artillery, human hearts are something that is very difficult to control.

The emperor lived in the south for a long time, the economic center was also in the south, and he basically employed people from the south. This easily gave the northerners the feeling that the emperor did not value them at all and that it didn't matter much whether they were there or not.

If we really ignore the north for a long time, once this impression is formed, the Han people in the northwest will be greened, the independence intentions of the Han people in the north will definitely continue to grow, and they will be even less willing to develop the northeast.

Moreover, if they continue to rely on the South and ignore the North, once capitalism develops, Mo Zibu believes that the first step of these capitals will definitely not be to expand the sales market, but to try to turn the North into a colony.

It's like the American Civil War, except the direction has changed.

Therefore, after Mo Zibu chose to change Nanjing into the capital Yingtian Prefecture and Guangzhou into Nanjing Chengtian Prefecture, he also announced that Beijing would be officially named Beijing Shuntian Prefecture and began to establish the Shuntian Prefecture garrison office.

Moreover, in Mo Zibu's mind, in order to manage the Western Regions and project power to Central Asia in the future, it is very likely that Xijing Fengtian Prefecture will be established in Xi'an or Lanzhou.

The emperor would also declare one of the four capitals as his temporary residence at any time to handle state affairs.

In this era, the country's territory is too vast, and the remaining military and political powers are in one person's hands. There is a potential concern that the power is too great, so a Republican Parliament is needed to check and balance it. This is also an important reason why Mo Zibu started the Republican Parliament from the very beginning.

The National Republican Parliament located in Yingtian Prefecture in the capital may not be launched immediately, but the Republican Parliament can be piloted in Nanjing Chengtian Guangzhou Prefecture.

After that, Mo Zibu announced the official appointments. Li Xianwen, Marquis of Yinchuan, was appointed as the chief minister and grand secretary of Zhongji Palace, Lin Tong, Marquis of Enping, was appointed as the second minister and grand secretary of Jianji Palace, Lin Qiaoyin, Marquis of Houguan, was appointed as grand secretary of Wenhua Palace, Chen Taili, Marquis of Xiangcha, was appointed as grand secretary of Wuying Palace, and Qian Daxin was adjusted to be the grand secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Liang Guozhi was appointed as the Left Minister of Luantai Cardinal, and Wei Changle, the nephew of Mo Zibu's sworn brother Wei Rikun, was appointed as the Right Minister of Luantai Cardinal.

Wu Shixiu was appointed as the Grand Commander of the Five Military Commandery and the General Manager of the Twelve Armies of the Beijing Camp.

Zheng Qing, Marquis of Yanping, was the Governor and Admiral of Fujian, Yin Chengfang was the Governor of Jiangxi, Zhao Yi was the Governor of Jiangnan, Min Eyuan was the Governor of Anhui, and Qian Dazhao was the Governor of Zhejiang.

At this point, the political framework of the Dayu Dynasty under Mo Zibu was basically established, and he ordered that a special imperial examination be held in March. The topic was very simple, which was to let the scholars of the world summarize and discuss the lessons of the Ming Dynasty's fall.

In Jiading, at the home of Qian Daxin, Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion and Minister of Rites, he watched his children and grandchildren studying hard. Qian Daxin, who didn't have to go to work officially yet because the Ghost Festival hadn't passed, smiled bitterly and said to his younger brother, Qian Dazhao, the Governor of Zhejiang:

"There are many lessons to be learned from the fall of the Ming Dynasty, but in your Majesty's eyes, there is only one reason: the civil officials in Jiangnan intercepted the taxes that the court was entitled to. The Ming Dynasty first collapsed financially, and then collapsed overall."

Qian Dazhao also laughed bitterly, "That's not without reason. I heard a few days ago that His Majesty was very dissatisfied with the tomb of the five people."

The Tomb of Five People refers to the public unrest that occurred in Suzhou that year. Zhang Pu also wrote an epitaph for the five people, which caused a sensation at the time.

"In the eyes of the emperor, the inscription on the five tombstones is naturally very detrimental to his rule." Qian Daxin sighed.

“However, the fact that such an incident happened back then was actually due to the excessive exploitation of Jiangnan by the Ming Dynasty.

Suzhou and Songjiang had the highest tax rate in the country, and Shaanxi in the north suffered the most. Other provinces could not provide much money or grain to the court because there were a large number of tax-exempt Jinshi, Juren, and Xiucai.

In this way, the country could barely function during the peaceful period. However, from the end of the Wanli period to the Jiashen period, the court was exhausted and could only desperately squeeze Suzhou, Songjiang and Shaanxi.

So we formed the Donglin Party, which, under the banner of justice, was actually opposing the court's continuous bloodletting from Suzhou, Songjiang and even Jiangnan.

In Shaanxi, the Great Shun King and the Great Western King emerged, drawing their swords and completely turning the world into a mess."

When Qian Dazhao heard his brother say this, his eyes widened. "Brother, you are not going to help His Majesty implement the policy of making all gentry pay taxes and serve as officials, are you? Even the Tartars dare not force this."

Qian Daxin was silent for a moment. "You have earned His Majesty's trust, and you have also made great contributions in capturing Suzhou. The day after tomorrow, you will go with me to meet His Majesty. I will help you understand His Majesty's specific intentions. The Dayu Dynasty has just been established, so we can't afford to make trouble!"

When Qian Dazhao heard this, he knew that the emperor had leaked the news to his brother, so he immediately agreed. However, he was still a little worried and asked his brother hesitantly.

"If Your Majesty insists on having officials and gentry serve and pay taxes together, what should we do?"

Qian Daxin smiled bitterly again, "My Qian family has received such a great benefit from Your Majesty. I am a Grand Secretary and Minister of Rites, and you, with the honor of being a Juren, have become the Governor of Zhejiang and concurrently the Commander-in-Chief of the Zhejiang Garrison Army. With such a great favor, how can we retreat?

So I'm going to take you with me. If His Majesty makes up his mind, we can only think about how to prevent this from harming the country."

　I had a bad cold. I took some medicine and slept like crazy. I didn't feel any better until noon. I might feel better later tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)