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Chapter 870 Persuasion
"Buy a Caesar?"

After Zhao Shizhen came back, Chen Mu heard him talk about buying a Caesar with great interest. At that time, he covered his stomach and laughed for a long time, while waving his hands and said: "It's not suitable, Chen is a dignified emperor of the Ming Dynasty. , What kind of Caesar is a place where birds don’t lay eggs, and seven or eight million taels of silver, what’s wrong with that money?”

The mechanical unit is pretty easy to think about, and I plan to spend money to buy myself a Caesar... Chen Mu thought, isn't that the chief among the seven tribal chiefs?
"That's their emperor!"

Zhao Shizhen's eyes lit up: "If the general is their Caesar, wouldn't it be easier to control them?"

"That's the emperor, and our emperor should do it. Besides...have you ever seen an emperor who was conferred by the abbot of the temple?"

"If this matter is reported to the cabinet, Chen will be drowned in the next saliva from the speaker, Zou Zhixian." Chen Mu raised his chin: "Do you think so?"

"Ah?" Zou Yuanbiao nodded instinctively while his mind was wandering, "Yes, yes, what did the commander just say?"

Seeing Chen Mu ignoring him, he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Just now, the lower official was thinking about governing the affairs of the county, but he didn't listen carefully. What Caesar?"

Chen Mu rolled his eyes angrily.

Zou Yuanbiao is really tired. There are endless things in the county. It has only been a few months since the villages have self-government. There are a large number of people who are too lazy to farm and sell their land to others and go to the county for pleasure. This time he went to the military mansion The yamen came to ask Chen Mu what to do.

He has a solution. Land annexation is not a bad thing in Asia, but it needs the permission of the military government office to reorganize these idle people, march to the unowned land in the north, continue to recruit more aborigines, and reclaim more land.

It’s not that everyone who sells their land is greedy for pleasure. Some people are simply not content with the status quo. People are the same everywhere, and there will be such people, but the proportion of these people among Asian immigrants is higher.

Some immigrants have learned how to line up in the village for two months and know how to shoot the blunderbuss, so their minds can't be idle.

No one in Ming Dynasty was more positive than the Beiyang Army. They were surrounded by vivid examples of changing their destiny. This kind of enthusiasm also affected a considerable proportion of immigrants.

Chen Mu moved his finger, and Zhao Shizhen knowingly relayed the news he got from Fu Geer to Zou Yuanbiao again.

In the process of Zhao Shizhen's narration, it can be found that Zou Tuzi's face has changed again and again.

"The commander-in-chief just asked, if the commander-in-chief sends such a letter to the court, and the military government tries to give the title to the emperor concurrently, what will be the court's reaction?"

Zou Yuanbiao's expression was very solemn, and he even stood up from the chair in the military government office, buttoned his black gauze hat upright, turned sideways and bowed his hands to the west where the court was, and then raised his head and chest and said: "Zou is in the middle of the court. He is soft-spoken, and he was only in the Ministry of Punishment to observe government affairs before, and he didn't understand the affairs of the court."

"I don't know how the court adults will answer, but I don't know about this matter. From the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, to the Qin Dynasty, the Yuxi Seal of the Kingdom passed on the letter "Ordered by heaven, and longevity is eternal", and in the early Han Dynasty, there was a saying of "Heaven and Man Response". Said, His Majesty called 'Son of Heaven' to respect the heaven, and the current three officials probably don't believe in God."

As soon as Zou Yuanbiao finished speaking, Chen Mu and Zhao Shizhen said in unison, "You don't believe it either?"

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and I am the Son of Heaven's people. My ancestors said that Heaven's actions are permanent. It neither survives for Yao nor perishes for Jie. On the contrary, it is the humane way, and it is used to control the destiny. What does God have to do with it?" Zou Yuanbiao As he spoke, he cupped his hands to Chen Mugong and said, "How many gods has the commander-in-chief made?"

Chen Mu quickly waved his hand: "I don't have any, don't talk nonsense. I wrote to the cabinet, and the cabinet reported it to His Majesty. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and whoever says he is a god is a god."

"Heh...heh...heh!"

Zhao Shizhen made a very perfunctory smirk, if it was all sealed by His Majesty, it would be very hard to seal hundreds of gods.

Zou Yuanbiao was noncommittal to Chen Mu's words. He felt that maybe it was because he was far away from the rivers and lakes. He had never been close to a real court official, and he had no experience in local politics. He has almost no fear of the court.

And the ethos of the Ming Dynasty was almost extraordinarily tolerant towards civil servants, saying that Mr. Jiajing's confused Mr. Hai is still alive, what is there to be afraid of?

"The 'Caesar' mentioned by Mr. Zhao is just a joke, and his selection is like a leader, not to mention that there are leaders who can be bought with money in this world? It's just a leader. How can He De be named as your majesty as a title? ?”

The more Bald Zou spoke, the more impassioned he became, and he even used gestures later.

"If the commander-in-chief sends this book back to the country, it will be a great insult to the country. Even if others don't say it, I will wait for the five gentlemen to..."

Chen Muduan sat on the chair and listened attentively. The ice wall of the yamen had just been replaced with new ice and it was still a bit cold. He was covered with a thin blanket from the aborigines. With his elbows propped on the armrest of the chair as a fulcrum, he folded his palms together and rubbed slowly. He stopped moving his hands, raised his head and said, "How are you five gentlemen?"

The atmosphere is a bit dignified.

Zou Yuanbiao stopped his movements unnaturally, closed his mouth and stared, and slowly retracted his outstretched arms and put his fists together in front of him: "I'm saying, I'm waiting for the five gentlemen, and I also want to warn the commander in chief!"

Chen Mu was very satisfied with this answer. It seemed that Zhixian Zou was not only bald, but also became stronger.

It wasn't that Baldy Zou was intimidated, but he suddenly remembered that although the world is big, there seems to be no place to stand except for the Dongyang Military Mansion - he doesn't want to be re-elected magistrate.

"I thought you were going to impeach me, okay, you will deal more and more with Europeans in the future, don't think about these things for Chen, what Caesar and king are useless names, if Chen is greedy for fame, go to sea I asked Your Majesty to designate me as the Invincible Grand Marshal of the Universe."

To be honest, Chen Mu himself was surprised that he didn't feel ashamed at all when he said such a silly word.

Zhao Shizhen, Zou Yuanbiao:? ? ?
Zou Yuanbiao asked: "Marshal, this marshal is a military officer of the second or third rank, what do you want to seal this thing?"

In the early Ming Dynasty, there were marshals, and under the Privy Council, the Zhuyi Marshal's Mansion was set up, but later it was changed to the governor of Chengdu.

Zhao Shizhen's reaction was very interesting. He first wrinkled his nose as if smelling something stinky, and then curled his lips and said, "It doesn't sound like an official position, it's like a cannon name."

General Zhenshuo, Marshal Invincible, sounds pretty good.

Zhao Shizhen said: "Marshal, when we develop a new artillery, let's call it this."

Chen Mu nodded noncommittally. The naming of the artillery is empty talk now. In the next few decades, there may be no real progress in the artillery, and small improvements cannot be called replacements. Zhao Shizhen can let him think about whatever he likes.

"However, you should write down this elector and the elector leader Caesar that Zou Zhixian just mentioned. When the overall situation in Asia is initially determined, it is time for Daming to find his own position in Europa. This elector leader is very interesting."

When Chen Mu said this, it was Zhao Shizhen's turn to be dazed, and he asked, "Isn't the commander-in-chief not planning to let the emperor take this title?"

"Of course, whoever wants to do it will do it. Next, we can consider getting the right of canonization for His Majesty."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)