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Chapter 708 I have nothing to do and write a side story ()
Ten years have passed since Emperor Guangwu passed away.

The policies implemented by Zhu Boxi basically continued the legacy of the late emperor. He was sympathetic to the people at home, reduced wars externally, and expanded trade dumping and colonial plunder.

In just fourteen years, the Han population in several major capitals, overseas governor's offices, colonies and other territories surged.

Xingping nine years.

The chief minister of the cabinet, Wang Yuan, begged for the body, and the emperor was sure to report it.

The Nanpan Military and Civilian Prefecture in Guangnan and the 800 Military Prefecture Prefecture in Yunnan were successively restructured and merged into the jurisdiction of the two provinces.

In the same year, the Chief Secretary of Seoul officially established the province and named it Zhenfan.

Seoul was promoted to the capital, and the chief envoy of Seoul was promoted to the chief envoy of Zhenfanzuo on the spot, and he began to select middle-level officials from Korean scholars to appease the people of Zhenfan's Korean scholars.

Xingping twelve years.

The Yellow River diversion project, which lasted nearly fifty years, was finally completed.

Sun Jiagan, the former governor of Hedao, died of illness in Hedao in the year when the Supreme Emperor abdicated the throne. He actually lived a few years longer than in history.

Louis XVI, the founding father who sold out aid to the United States, not only sent officers and generals on land to direct and lead the American rebels on how to fight in order to create obstacles for the British. It also further provided these Americans with firearms and weapons to arm the rebel forces in the entire thirteen states.

From now on, the Yellow River will no longer divert the Huai River into the sea, nor will it pose a flood threat to the south of the Yangtze River.

Xingping fourteenth year (1770).

In the same year, the Luzon Governor's Palace sent troops to the imperial court, and the Spanish navy in Cebu attacked Han merchant ships in Luzon.

In November of the same year, merchant ships returning from Yinzhou sent back important news, and the British thirteen colonies in Northern Yinzhou launched a rebellion.

At the same time, the French fleet was also dispatched to the sea to block the landing of the British fleet and help the Americans seize control of the sea.

The cabinet decided to name the temple Zhongzong and the posthumous title Emperor Wen.

Emperor Longchang first issued an edict to rebuke the Governor of Luzon for making his own decisions, and then added official titles and rewards to him, and officially incorporated the South Philippine Islands into the Governor's Palace of Luzon.

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When the Korean army invaded, they were caught off guard. Nearly half of Jeolla Province fell, and several state capitals in the northwest of Gyeongsang Province were annexed.

Li Xun agreed, but only withdrew from Gyeongsang Province, and his land still occupied half of Jeolla Province.

The Governor of Luzon requested the court to rebuke the Governor of Cebu and send troops to punish him.

Governor Yinzhou did not dare to make his own decisions and quickly sent a fast ship back to report the news.

It's June.

Longchang six years.

South Korea's King Lee Sun (Lee Linzuo's nephew) marched into South Korea, and North Korea's King Lee Yeon (who lived to be eighty-one years old) was busy fighting within the party in his later years, and even had his own crown prince die.

In this year, the future French Emperor Napoleon was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.

The emperor issued an order to send troops to conquer Cebu Spain.

Zhu Boqi suddenly vomited three liters of blood while sitting on the dragon chair, and fell into coma in the main hall, which shocked all the officials.

Different from history, Americans in this time and space, in addition to finding Louis XVI, the founding father, also sent envoys to find the Governor of Yinzhou in the Ming Dynasty and the Governor of Spanish Mexico.

They also promised that as long as the Ming Dynasty and Spain helped the United States resist the brutal British rule, they would cede all the trading ports along the coast of the United States to France, the Ming Dynasty, and Spain, and allow the three countries to build factories and plantations here. When you start a company, you don’t have to pay taxes.

The emperor re-enabled eunuchs on the grounds of restoring the ancient system of the pre-Ming Dynasty, but the female official system was not abolished.

The American Revolutionary War broke out last year. In less than a year, all the colonial forces in the Beiyin region were involved.

In the first year of Longchang, a general amnesty was granted to the whole country.

Zhu Boqi posthumously awarded him the title of Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, and awarded him a large number of honorary titles. He was further promoted to the title of Marquis of Yu, and his descendants were allowed to inherit the title with reduced rank for three generations.

Xingping Emperor Zhu Boqi passed away at the age of 51. He left a succession edict and passed the throne to the third prince Zhu Zhongjin.

Zhu Zhongjin ascended to the throne of emperor and was changed to Yuan Longchang the following year.

Emperor Longchang immediately sent an envoy to mediate and officially canonized Li Xun as King of Korea, but he had to withdraw from Gyeongsang Province and Jeolla Province in South Korea.

Longchang two years.

The American Revolutionary War broke out!
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Longchang three years.

In just six months, the Cebu Spaniards were defeated by Luzon's navy and army, and had no choice but to surrender and negotiate peace.

King Li Xun of Han also sent envoys with him, and also requested the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to grant him a title and offer tribute from his country.

Li Bin hurriedly sent an envoy to ask the Ming Emperor to send troops for rescue.

The Luzon naval fleet raided and captured thousands, who were interrogated for orders from the Spanish governor of Cebu.

The Dutch who occupied the South Philippine Islands were defeated by the Ming army in Cebu. The Dutch navy took the Dutch governor south to escape, and the Ming army completely annexed the South Philippines.

After decades of development and reclamation, the Ming Dynasty's colony in Yinzhou had a population of more than 10,000 people, and it was no longer limited to Boxu Port.

All ministers and officials praised Emperor Longchang for his kindness and love for the people.

After New Year's Day, there is a big court meeting at the beginning of the year.

In the fifth year of Longchang, civil war broke out in South Korea.

After careful consideration, Longchang Emperor Zhu Zhongjin immediately issued an order for Governor Yinzhou to act according to the situation, giving priority to the interests of the Yinzhou Governorate in everything, and giving him wartime autonomy.

Without external intervention, this war would have to be fought for at least another seven years. With the addition of Spain and the Ming Dynasty, which is waiting for an opportunity, it is estimated that it will still be fought.

It may not last a few years. After all, the French were very dissatisfied with Louis XVI's participation in the war.

It was this war that sounded the death knell of the Bourbon dynasty in France.

After all, Yinzhou is too far away from the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Shizu has passed away for more than 20 years, so Yinzhou's colonization will inevitably slow down.

On the contrary, the colonial power of North India, with the support of the Longchang New Deal, began to migrate the population from the interior on a large scale. The second king of Qin secretly fueled the situation and continued to attract local immigrants to Qin.

As long as they go, the kingdom will allocate land and settle down, and also reward Indian slaves.

Qin's power in northern India is slowly developing and expanding, but it is not yet able to threaten the mainland. Even the Governor-General of Bengal maintains peaceful coexistence with it.

The King of Qin also sent some financial slaves from time to time to officials of the Governor-General of Bengal, sometimes called elegant bribes.

Emperor Longchang reigned for thirty-eight years (1808), three years longer than Emperor Shizu. During his reign, he basically completed the colonization of North India, annexed the Ava Dynasty of Myanmar, and incorporated it into the jurisdiction of the Eight Hundred Army Prefecture.

Taking advantage of the change of dynasty in Siam, King Taksin of Thonburi was killed by his brother-in-law, and forcibly sent troops to seize Nihai (Bangkok) in the Kingdom of Siam as a colonial port.

The officials decided on the temple name Gaozong and the posthumous title Emperor Wu.

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The new emperor Zhu Jianfan came to the throne and changed his reign to Yongning.

In the first year of Yongning, a general amnesty was granted to the whole world.

Since then, it has been a tradition for the new emperor to grant amnesty to the whole world. In addition, except for the wedding of the prince and the birth of the prince, the amnesty can be given to the whole world.

Shizu created the female official system, which began to exist in name only. Emperor Yongning liked to use eunuchs. During his reign, he often used eunuchs to announce decrees and summons, and most of his administrative orders were discussed with the cabinet.

In his twenty-one year reign, although he had no great achievements or great chaos, his political achievements were acceptable.

Tibet, the Eight Hundred Army Prefectures, Qinghai, Xiyu, Heilongjiang, Monan, and Yunzhong were all military and civilian prefectures, and provinces were established and governed one after another.

Lingbei Prefecture divided Lingbei Dusi, and Mobei Dusi merged and became the Hanhai Autonomous Province, and was naturalized alongside Dusi Weisi.

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In the twenty-first year of Yongning (1829), the emperor died.

His temple name is Xiaozong and his posthumous title is Emperor De.

The new emperor Zhu Jingjin came to the throne and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Jianzhao.

During the eighteenth year of Emperor Jianzhao's reign, the country was in turmoil, and rebellions broke out in several border provinces.

The national treasury is in short supply and official corruption is a serious problem.

Britain took the opportunity to start a war with the Ming Dynasty, but the battlefield was not at home, but in India.

The King of Qin joined forces with the Governor-General of Bengal, defeated the British, and ceded one-third of South India including the Bombay Colony.

Emperor Jianzhao was overjoyed and rewarded the King of Qin greatly.

The King of Qin began to intend to unite with the Governor-General of Bengal, deceiving the central government and annexing the North Indian colonies.

Some officials secretly reported to the court that Emperor Jianzhao stayed in China and did not make any progress, focusing only on suppressing rebellions at home.

In the eighteenth year of Jianzhao's reign (1847), the emperor died.

During his lifetime, he quelled rebellions in Tibet, Xinjiang, Monan, and Hanhai, and changed the capital of the Eight Hundred Army Prefecture to Myanmar Province. Annexed the entire island of Sumatra, annexed the Sultanate of Johor, made the Sultan of Johor the Duke of Johor and placed Nanjing under house arrest, and colonized Xinmingzhou (Australia) and Kunlun Island (Papua New Guinea).

The temple name is Dezong, and the posthumous title is Emperor Zhang.

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Zhu Di Yi came to the throne and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Jianxing.

During his reign, he was indulgent and indulgent.

After only eight years in power, rebellions and popular uprisings arose in various places, the national treasury was further depleted, and official corruption was rampant.

The cabinet further took power from the emperor, and the chief minister was almost equal to the prime minister.

People at the time joked: I only heard about the chief minister, but not the emperor.

In October of the eighth year of Jianxing (1853), Zhu Di Yi died of illness at the age of 31.

The temple name is Yizong and the posthumous name is Emperor Gong.

The throne was passed to the young prince Zhu Xianyi, and he was renamed Yanxing. He entrusted the solitary chief assistant Zhang Shanyi and four other important ministers.

Zhang Shanyi spent two years to expel the remaining four independent and important ministers from the court or win over his subordinates, and began to imitate the former Ming Dynasty Prime Minister Zhang Juzheng.

Not only does the little emperor call him sir, but he also wants the little emperor to obey his arrangements in every detail. He vigorously attacked dissidents in the court, took the lead in embezzling the national treasury, and extended his hands into the four army and navy governor's offices to install trusted generals and officials.

Everyone in the world denounced the treacherous prime minister, taxes were getting heavier day by day, and the new tax laws of the Shizu Dynasty had completely collapsed.

Thirteen years of Yanxing.

When the young emperor Zhu Xianyi came of age and came into power, he mobilized the army in front of the palace to kill the traitorous Prime Minister Zhang Shanyi.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty's treasury was already in serious deficit, corruption and power-seeking among officials were rampant, rebellions and wars broke out all over the country, and even the overseas governor's offices were not at peace.

Zhu Xianyi could only take it one step at a time, giving priority to rectifying the Forbidden City. In the name of cracking down on the traitor Zhang Shanyi and his associates, he dismissed high-level officials in batches and appointed new deputies.

There is no such thing as innocent people. Zhang Shanyi has been in power for nearly twenty years, and the upper echelons of the court are almost rotten. Even if they are all removed, they still cannot be cleaned out.

We can only do a little inventory first, and wait until the core cabinet and privy council departments can do something a little better, and then send out a large army to quell the rebellion.

After several battles, the Central Army of the imperial court was tainted by Zhang Shanyi, but it was not ruined and still had fighting capacity.

The rebels were quickly defeated one by one, and then local corruption was investigated and New Deal reforms were implemented.

Although it is said to be a New Deal, it is actually a restoration of the land tax law policy of the Shizu Dynasty. Although the current policy is still the original, it has long existed in name only, and various loopholes and corruption have emerged in an endless stream.

For example, the imperial court did not allow slaves, so the people signed employment contracts for ninety years, and the contracts were for real money, and the local gentry and the government took advantage of them.

As for the land tax, it was even simpler. The imperial court distributed land to the people, but did not allow gentry to own more than 300 acres of land.

Then don't buy the land, just lease it for 300 years at a time. It's legal and compliant, and it's no different from selling land.

The local government and the gentry teamed up to first increase taxes to force the common people to lose their homes, and then leased the land to the gentry. After a 300-year lease, the taxes on the land still fell on the common people.

The powerful gentry wantonly annexed land, and rebellions occurred one after another in various places.

After Zhu Xianyi's suppression of the rebellion was over, he began to conduct an inventory. Any land lease exceeding five years would not be recognized.

Those who dissatisfied will be cut down. Anyway, the army sent out is just a group of Qiuba warriors. In addition, it is normal for many gentry to die in local rebellion.

Relying on this reform model of counterinsurgency and killing, Zhu Xianxing's Yanxing New Deal was implemented quite smoothly.

Any officials who obstructed the New Deal would be exiled at least, or have their families confiscated and exterminated at worst.

In troubled times, we should use heavy rules, and tolerance is only needed in prosperous times.

Zhu Xianyi reigned for forty-eight years. He inherited the mess left by his father's indulgence. However, during the forty-eight years, he first killed powerful officials and traitors, suppressed local rebellions, and implemented New Deal reforms.

After the domestic problems were resolved, the navy was dispatched to overseas to deter the governor-general offices and eliminate the hidden dangers of separatist and independent overseas governor-general offices.

For the more distant Beiyinzhou colony, a policy of appeasement was adopted, taxes were reduced in Beiyinzhou, and many policies were issued to benefit the people and business.

Finally, in the Honolulu Islands, the second prince was canonized as King of Han, and used force to deter Beiyinzhou, which can be said to be a two-pronged approach.

However, Emperor Yanxing worked conscientiously during his reign, but most of the new policies he implemented were not fully effective...

In the forty-eighth year of Yanxing (1901), Zhu Xianyi became ill due to overwork and died in the palace.

His temple name was Wenzong, and his posthumous title was Emperor Zhe.

Later history books called it "Yanxing Zhongxing", also known as "the last afterglow of the Later Ming Dynasty (history book classification)".

The fourth prince Zhu Youqin ascended to the throne and established Yuanhe.

In the later years of Yanxing, internal combustion engines, airplanes, electric lights, etc. came out one after another. Stocks, banks, and stock exchanges also appeared in cities along the coast like a hundred schools of thought contending.

Capitalism in the Ming and New Dynasties has matured, and various new overseas ideas, especially voices that abandon imperial power and pursue democratic power, have begun to emerge in coastal cities.

Emperor Yanxing Zhu Xianyi often worried about this in his later years.

When Zhu Youqin came to power, local officials captured an illegal collective on the coast, which contained a large number of illegal and illegal books.

The local officials reported to the emperor, and Zhu Youqin ordered a thorough investigation.

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