I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 652 Imperial Party
Kunlun slaves first appeared on the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong and were brought to China by Arabs. However, after thousands of years, they have never truly taken root in China.

This is not only a commercial "measure" made by the Arabs, but also derived from the wisdom of our ancestors. Don't think that the ancients were too stupid.

Zhu Yijiong just issued an order in advance to make a patch. After all, agricultural tools were almost overflowing in some coastal areas in later generations.

To tell a joke, after Captain America recovered, he found that his old farm tools began to order him to work.

As for those Japanese slaves who took advantage of legal loopholes and were smuggled and traded in coastal areas, Zhu Yijiong did not intend to really ban them. Anyway, as long as they did not engage in Han slaves. Letting the slave trade come over from Japan can also drain Japan's domestic population, and then supplement the immigration border guards in Heilongjiang and Kangzang areas.

The emperor wants to immigrate to Siberia, but the cabinet has more considerations. Since there is a population everywhere, it is natural to immigrate to wherever the environment is bad to guard the border.

Not only in Siberia, but also in the vast area north of Heilongjiang and the plateau environment of the Kangzang Snow Region, the imperial court prioritized the construction of post stations in these places, and then spread immigrants to all directions around the post stations, reclaimed land and built villages.

After deliberations by the cabinet, the imperial document was quickly issued following the imperial edict:

First, Japanese ronin and women employed in the future must register with the government when they arrive at the port. They must also take Chinese names and surnames and abide by Chinese laws. Moreover, the employment contract signed has a minimum of ten years and no upper limit (a disguised encouragement to buy Japanese slaves).

First, Japanese people employed by private individuals or commercial firms with a contract period of more than ten years (including ten years) must learn to communicate in Chinese within three years and are no longer allowed to speak Japanese in public.

Second, Japanese who have no employer and are unwilling to return to Japan will be uniformly registered by the government, and then centralized management will be taken over by the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Household and Honglu Temple.

There are three official documents in total, but the meaning is quite clear. The imperial court is encouraging the private sector to buy and sell slaves from Japan to replenish the immigrant population in major border areas.

There is no need to worry about whether Japanese ancestry can be assimilated. After all, the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty have Japanese ancestry, not only Japanese, but also Koreans and Han people.

Even in the middle period, some Cossacks also joined the Eight Banners. The Manchus felt that the Cossacks were brave, so they rewarded them for carrying the flag. After several generations of intermarriage, the characteristics of the Cossacks were basically no longer visible, and only a few descendants had atavistic mutations in their pupil color.

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Nanjing City.

The rogues and Kunlun slaves in the coastal areas have come to an end, and the rules for selecting concubines for His Royal Highness have been finalized.

The overall rules were the same as those in the previous Ming Dynasty, with only slight differences in details. In the former Ming Dynasty, concubines were only selected from those born in small families, which was said to prevent the harem from interfering in politics.

Zhu Yijiong felt that this was of little use, and the selection was all from the private sector, which also placed a burden on the people. Many women of the right age had to wait for the court draft to end before they could get married normally, and local finances were also a heavy burden.

There was also a major draft case during the Longqing period of the former Ming Dynasty. A eunuch named Zhang Jinchao faked an imperial edict and deceived local officials in Hubei to draft a draft for the emperor. Within half a month, he demanded a bribe of one hundred thousand taels, not including the local officials for the draft. Money spent, time wasted.

Zhu Yijiong read the cabinet charter and wrote directly: "The prince's selection of concubines is a major matter for the country. Women of the country, businesswomen, ladies, and noble ladies can all participate. However, it must be remembered that during the selection of concubines, local officials are not allowed to interfere with civil marriages. Those who violate the law will be dismissed from their posts and investigated in accordance with the law."

The cabinet received Zhu's approval from the emperor and symbolically rejected it on the grounds that it was inconsistent with etiquette.

The emperor kept Zhu Pi unchanged and returned to the cabinet again.

The cabinet can no longer be blocked according to the system, it can only be voted on. One round down.

Votes against: Wang Yuan, Lin Jingyu.

Votes in favor: Zhu Chengxun, Wu Sidao, Chen Ji.

Three against two, cannot be denied.

The edict was issued to Liu Ke, who was quite shocked by this. This was the first prince of the Ming Dynasty.
It is also the concubine selection ceremony for the crown prince of the country.

However, the officials of the Sixth Section are very conscientious. After working in Emperor Zhu's court for so long, even if they are not completely brainwashed by the CPU, they should almost understand the power structure of the court.

Always follow the Cabinet and His Majesty. If the Cabinet has differences with His Majesty, if there is no result, it will follow His Majesty. If there is a result, it will still follow His Majesty.

Because the cabinet has long been a rubber stamp in the eyes of officials, half of the reputation of today's tyrants comes from the New Deal reforms, and half also comes from the arbitrariness of the leadership. In many cases, they do not give face to civilian officials.

But he said that the crown prince's selection of his concubine would not really begin until the Mobei War was over.

After the New Year's Day in the spring of this year, the Department of Management and Domain was officially established.

The Lifan Department was actually the Lifan Yuan of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It had existed since Nurhaci, but at that time it was still called the Mongolian Yamen. With Shunzhi's entry into the country, the Mongolian Yamen reorganized the Lifan Yuan.

For a long time, the Lifanyuan belonged to the lower-level yamen of the Six Ministries. Although there was a ministerial minister in name, there was no fourth minister. Moreover, ministers were mostly held concurrently by the Ministry of Rites, and the six ministries did not have the right to discuss politics.

Zhu Yijiong did not set up a vassal administration department before, simply because it had nothing to do with the Mongols at that time. The Manchu vassal administration office in the Qing Dynasty was specifically in charge of the Mongols from the beginning, and in the middle and late period, it was also in charge of Tibetan and Western Region affairs.

Nowadays, the new Ming Dynasty is prosperous. The Monan Grassland, Liaodong Sauron, Lingbei Saha, and the snowy areas of Tibet are all surrendered to the Ming army. There are also many overseas vassals and governor-general territories, and all major and minor matters have to be dealt with. The emperor and the cabinet took care of it.

When the Mobei war is over and the Mobei grassland is merged into the Ming Dynasty, there will be more affairs in the grassland vassal.

The Department of Administration is indeed going to be established, not only to share the work pressure of the cabinet and the emperor, but also to clarify the power structure of each department, especially the power of Honglu Temple.

From the beginning of its establishment, the previous Honglu Temple was said to be in charge of diplomatic affairs, but in fact the power structure had huge loopholes to exploit. For example, in the official document sent to the coast this time, the issue of Japanese ronin immigrating to border towns is jointly managed by the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs and Honglu Temple.

It's easy to say that Zhu Yijiong is still alive, but when he dies, within a few generations, Honglu Temple may take advantage of this loophole and act beyond its authority.

It cannot be said to be ultra vires, because it was not clearly stated from the beginning which vassal matters they should control and which ones should not.

With the establishment of the Lifan Department, this situation will never happen again, and if it does happen, there will be laws to follow.

In the future, the Lifan Department will take over the overall responsibility for internal and external vassal affairs, including the grassland and Tibetan areas, the overseas governor's offices, and local military and civilian offices. They will also be merged into the jurisdiction of the Lifan Department. The official rank will be the same as that of each ministry and government affairs will be discussed. power. In the future, Honglu Temple will be fully in charge of foreign affairs, and the vassal rights jointly managed by the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple will also be transferred to the Honglu Temple Yamen.

The Ministry of Lifan was established, and candidates for minister had been selected. Fuhao, the former right minister of the Ministry of Industry, was transferred and promoted.

Fu Hao is forty years old this year. He has grown from a passionate young man to a minister today.

As one of the veterans who started their careers with the emperor in the early days, Zhu Gui never hesitated to promote people. After all, people have selfish motives. As long as these veterans are not really incompetent and can work diligently in political affairs without committing corruption or dereliction of duty, That way you can rise quickly.

Zhu Yijiong directly summoned Fu Hao and said: "The Lifan Department has been established for the first time. Your early responsibilities may be very heavy. You must not only set up the Lifan Department team, but also take over the local health departments and departments from Honglu Temple as soon as possible. The Military and Civilian Office and the Governor-General’s Office have the power to coordinate and handle all matters.”

Fu Ke bowed his hands and said, "I will do my best!"

His words were not just verbal humility. Although the Lifan Department was initially established, it still remains based on the imperial edict, but all the colleagues who should be offended have already been offended.

Especially the Honglu Temple. The power affairs of the guards, military and civilian offices, and governor-general offices in various places were originally in charge of the Honglu Temple. Even the Japanese vassals in coastal areas are now under the joint management of Honglu Temple and the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

As soon as the Lifan Department is established, Honglu Temple will quickly lose these real powers and gradually become a ministry in charge of the foreign affairs of the vassals.

Moreover, not only was the real power lost, but after the establishment of the Ministry of Management, where did its officials come from?
It is too troublesome and time-consuming to cultivate on-site. It is not as fast as directly recruiting people from Honglu Temple.

Anyway, after the power of Honglu Temple shrinks, there is no need for such a huge official system.

This means that the power has been taken away and people have been poached. If Fu Hao does not go all out, not only will the emperor be disappointed, Honglu Temple will definitely take the opportunity to catch his mistakes.

Although the new administration prohibits party strife and strife, it does impeach other officials for dereliction of duty and corruption. As long as it is not based on rumors and there is no evidence, the emperor will not blame it, but will praise it.

It can only be said that it is not easy to be a good minister in this new ministry.

Zhu Yijiong also knew Fuhao's difficulties. After all, he was the cause of the difficulties. He just raised his hand and said, "You don't have to be too anxious. The administrative department has been established for the first time. There is no need to rush to take over all the affairs of Honglu Temple immediately. Just do it step by step." Just come. You have been the magistrate of Ryukyu before, so I feel at ease with you, so there is no need to put too much pressure on you."

Although the Ryukyu magistrate is only from the sixth rank (the overseas magistrate is one level higher), his power is greater than that of the inland magistrate.

The Ryukyu County Magistrate has the power to mobilize troops, and he is not in charge of Ryukyu as a whole, including trade with the Satsuma Domain of Japan, as well as the sea trade routes connecting Taiwan Prefecture and Luwei Governor's Mansion, all of which need to be done personally by the Ryukyu Magistrate. Ask and worry.

And this is another reason why Fuhao was promoted to the position of Minister of the Lifanbu. As the first Ryukyu magistrate in the Ming Dynasty, this guy managed the entire Ryukyus in an orderly manner, and also established good trade relations with the Satsuma Domain of Japan. Guanxi, it can be said that his political achievements have been outstanding.

Even if Zhu Yijiong wants to promote a veteran minister, it is certainly impossible for him to let a layman take charge of the vassal management department.

"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty!" Fu Hao was quite moved.

"Okay, no need to salute anymore."

Zhu Yijiong raised his hand and said: "You have been promoted to minister all the way, relying on your own political achievements and abilities. Even in terms of seniority and age, you are enough. Just do your own thing well. There is no need to be in such a hurry to worship someone. ”

"Yes."

Fu Hao quickly calmed down his emotions, lowered his head, and his palms were sweating.

Since Wang Li and Liang Wenxuan resigned, the factions in the DPRK and China have undergone a major reshuffle, and the alignment of the cabinet and ministries has begun to become somewhat chaotic.

The major ministries began to raise their heads one by one. Although they had not yet openly competed with the cabinet for power, the weight of the ministers of each ministry was getting heavier and heavier.

Zhu Chengxun is over forty this year, but as the chief minister of the cabinet, he is still too young, and the second minister Wang Yuan, like him, is an old minister from Taiwan and a former disciple of the prime minister.

Civil servants respectfully address the chief minister of the cabinet as "Xiang". This tradition existed in the Ming Dynasty and continued for a period of time in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

Wang Yuan entered the cabinet as the second assistant, and most of the time he did not oppose Zhu Chengxun, and the two sides were relatively harmonious.

But no matter how harmonious it is, there will still be some conflicting factions, but this is just the beginning of the founding of the country. In the prosperous times, all problems can be temporarily covered up. In addition, the emperor did not like party strife, and Zhu Chengxun represented the military and the emperor's will to expand territory, so he only maintained the status quo.

Today's cabinet factions have actually affected various ministries and institutions.

The Privy Council, the Ordnance Bureau, and the Propaganda Department were actually in charge of Zhu Chengxun's group.

The Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Justice sided with the faction of the Second Assistant Minister Wang Yuan.

Although Chen Ji and Lin Jingyu lacked qualifications and prestige, they still had some influence in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites formed a small circle around Lin Jingyu, and officials from the Ministry of Revenue formed a small circle around Chen Ji.

In comparison, Dali Temple, Duchayuan, Honglu Temple, Ministry of Agriculture, and Ministry of Commerce all lined up with cabinet minister Wu Sidao. Because only Wu Sidao was like a tumbler in the cabinet, neither fighting for power nor forming factions.

This is the case so far. It is still a healthy competition. Even if they are divided into small groups, no one openly opposes the chief assistant.

When Fu Hao was promoted to Minister of Lifan this time, he went to worship Prime Minister Zhu on the mountaintop. However, the emperor found out about it and reprimanded him face to face.

By the time he exited the palace, Fu Hao's back was already wet with sweat, and he was becoming increasingly vigilant. From now on, he was not allowed to stand in line at will.

The only way to do it is to join the imperial party. After all, how can it be combined with other ministries for important vassal affairs?

(Ah ah ah! My QQ is blocked, who is the idiot to report it)
(End of this chapter)