Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 884: Lifanyuan (2)

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

In the East Warm Pavilion, Zhu Youjian, Liu Hongxun, Liang Zhiyuan and others bowed and saluted. Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, felt some emotion in his heart.

“It’s a big change.”

Zhu Youxiao's deep gaze rested on Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian rushed to Korea as the grandson of the Tang Dynasty prince, and did a lot of things during this period. As the first royal minister selected by Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youjian shouldered heavy responsibilities and burdens.

Although Korea was far away from the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian would submit secret reports to the capital every once in a while. Through the contents of these secret reports, Zhu Youxiao could also detect the changes in Zhu Youjian.

Compared with his initial immaturity, Zhu Youjian is now much more mature.

However, when he saw Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youxiao was still quite emotional. He had become darker, thinner and taller, and the key point was that Zhu Youjian had started to grow a beard.

When Zhu Youjian saw the beard, Zhu Youxiao smiled. He was only in his early twenties, but you have to say, his whole temperament was different with the beard.

"No gifts."

After a long while, Zhu Youxiao finally spoke, and then said to Liu Ruoyu, "Pour tea for Changshou and give him a seat."

"The slaves obey the order."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian felt a warm feeling in his heart. The emperor treated him the same as before. Liu Hongxun, Liang Zhiyuan and his companions also felt sighs and emotion at this moment.

The emperor really had nothing to say about this grandson of the King of Tang.

As far as they knew, the Tang king's grandson returned to Beijing from Korea because the emperor wanted to select a concubine for him. This honor was not available to everyone among the royal family.

Once this is done, and the grandson of the King of Tang holds his wedding in Beijing, there will be no surprises in inheriting the title of King of Tang, and no one can stop him.

"I summoned you back to the capital because I have something to do."

While everyone was thinking, Zhu Youxiao's voice rang out. Zhu Youjian, who was sitting down, knew that the emperor was speaking these words to Liu Hongxun and others, so he listened very tactfully.

Liu Hongxun, Liang Zhiyuan and others had different ideas.

This time they were urgently summoned back to the capital. They had thought about what the emperor was thinking, but after thinking about it, they could not figure out what the emperor wanted to do.

After all, this group of people included those who returned to Beijing from Liaodong and those who returned to Beijing from Korea. What on earth was going on that made the emperor do this?

"I plan to set up a special hospital in Beijing."

Zhu Youxiao said calmly, "From now on, I will be responsible for the governance and interference of external regions, especially the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. In order to prevent similar incidents like Korea from happening again, I think it is necessary to centralize power and control."

"!!!"

Liu Hongxun, Liang Zhiyuan and others were all shocked. Isn't this the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites? Why did the emperor set up a special court to take care of these things?

Liu Hongxun and the others couldn't figure it out.

"The court is called the Lifanyuan."

Seeing the changes in the ministers in front of the emperor, Zhu Youxiao continued, "I set up this department in the hope that it can effectively manage the foreign vassal states under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, instead of being like in the past, where officials would only think of these foreign vassal states when there were tributes or problems. This is not the behavior of a suzerain state."

"In addition, the Ming Dynasty cannot have no unified policy for the various ethnic groups active in Liaodong, the grasslands, the northwest, the snowy areas, etc., and only think about solving problems when they occur. If some border wars or conflicts were intervened at the beginning, they would not have occurred on the borders of the Ming Dynasty."

"I don't want to talk about the past."

“But since the establishment of the Lifan Yuan, you must earnestly perform your duties after taking office in the Lifan Yuan. You must first clarify any conflicting powers with the Ministry of Rites and other departments. Are you willing to take on this burden of the Lifan Yuan, Mr. Liu?” The head of the Lifan Yuan has been appointed! !
Liang Zhiyuan and his group, after hearing what the emperor said, all looked at Liu Hongxun. They knew clearly that they would work under Liu Hongxun from now on.

However, according to what the emperor said, the Lifanyuan has a lot of powers, especially real power. If this were to spread to the court and the public, it would probably cause an uproar.

"I am willing to take on the responsibility!"

As everyone focused their attention, Liu Hongxun stepped forward and bowed.

"I really didn't make a mistake."

Zhu Youxiao smiled faintly.

The establishment of the Lifanyuan announced that the Ming Dynasty had moved from passive acceptance to active intervention and even control in foreign affairs, especially with respect to its vassal states and the various ethnic groups adjacent to the Ming Dynasty. This was an extremely important turning point for the Ming Dynasty.

It is undeniable that the Qing Dynasty's actual control over the border and the influence of various ethnic groups were indeed stronger than those of the Ming Dynasty. The policy of control would eventually be repeated, but the actual control was different.

In order to make distant territories an integral part, there must be corresponding policies and systems, and centralization must have an impact on them.

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Palembang.

These were once extensions of the Ming Dynasty's policies, and they even controlled a lot of territory. But there are reasons why they all became a thing of the past in the end.

"I have drawn up a charter for the powers of the Lifanyuan. You may go and have a look at it first. If you have any ideas, please compile them and present them to the emperor."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu Hongxun and his party, "The establishment of the Lifanyuan was not a whim of mine. The department must shoulder the corresponding responsibilities."

"When the New Year's Eve is over, the office will be open. I have already chosen the location for the Lifan Yuan, and it is almost finished being repaired. You don't have much time left."

"The ministers obey the order."

Liu Hongxun and his entourage immediately bowed and greeted them.

Although Liu Hongxun and his colleagues still had many doubts about the Lifanyuan, everyone knew from the emperor's attitude that the Lifanyuan played an important role.

In fact, it was just as they thought.

In the future, the Lifanyuan will be in charge of more than just the things mentioned by Zhu Youxiao. It will also have to take on an important responsibility, namely, the large number of royal vassal states who have moved overseas, as well as the nobles who are willing to go overseas. These parts will also be under the actual control of the Lifanyuan.

As for the Ming mainland, it was under the jurisdiction of the Clan Court.

At the same time, in order to better manage local nobles, Zhu Youxiao would set up a corresponding government office within the clan house in his later years to manage it.

There are corresponding government offices to manage the corresponding groups, so there will be no loopholes.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty has been passed down to the present day and has spawned so many messes is, in a sense, that there are too many loopholes to exploit.

Zhu Youxiao didn't want to delve into the details of the past.

It doesn't make any sense.

Is it any use talking about something that has already happened?

No!

Therefore, starting from the Tianqi Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will undergo great changes. Zhu Youxiao has to build a perfect closed loop both at home and abroad. At least when encountering corresponding problems, there will be corresponding mechanisms to solve them, rather than without rules to follow.

(End of this chapter)