There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

October 8th is a good day.

Forbidden City, Huangji Palace.

The day after Lin Feng entered Beijing, the Zen Ceremony of Emperor Chongzhen was held.

This is also the benefit of accepting the surrender of the Ming court. The entire court organization has been basically preserved intact. The Ministry of Rites will undertake this kind of ceremony.

In accordance with Lin Feng's request to keep everything simple, the Ministry of Rites began to prepare for the Zen ceremony.

Several officials from the Ministry of Rites complained at first that the preparation time was too short, that the ceremony could not be simplified, and so on.

Lin Feng ordered two of them to be chopped off on the spot, and the gang immediately became honest. Only then did they realize that the Ming Dynasty was still the Ming Dynasty, but the world no longer had the surname Zhu.

The ceremony that was determined later was very simple. The first step was to offer sacrifices to heaven. Lin Feng couldn't believe this. He had already traveled through time. Wasn't it God's will?
The second step is for Emperor Chongzhen to summarize the history of the first two to three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty. The focus is to review the mistakes of improper governance in the later period and the gradual loss of popular support. Then, in order to inherit the will of God and save the people, he voluntarily abdicated the throne to Lin Feng, and Lin Feng took on the responsibility. It is the important historical task to revitalize the Ming Dynasty and restore the country of the Han people.

The third step is for Lin Feng to take the crown, jade seal and other items that symbolize imperial power presented by Chongzhen, sit on the dragon throne, and ascend the throne as emperor.

The fourth step was for Lin Feng to issue a declaration of proclaiming himself emperor. He first reviewed the glorious experience of the Ming Dynasty's incompetent governance and the collapse of the Han people. In order to save the people from the fire and water, Lin Feng was forced to rebel and established the Zhenming Army to protect the people. He focused on many The history of defeating the Manchus, Mongols and other foreign invasions for the first time comprehensively elaborated on the legitimacy of inheriting the throne and inheriting the throne.

Lin Feng then announced that from now on the name would be changed to Zhenming. From October this year, it would be changed to the first year of Zhenming. From now on, it will be used as the second, third and fourth year of Zhenming. No matter how the emperor changes, the reign name will not be changed.

Lin Feng originally wanted to use the AD era directly, but he estimated that the people's acceptance was not high, and the use of Western history in the AD era would undermine the majesty of our Han people.

Therefore, after consideration, he decided to use the name Zhen Ming, but continued it to reflect the historical heritage of the dynasty.

As for the capital, Lin Feng announced that Beijing would be the temporary capital. In the second year of Zhenming, the capital would be moved to Nanjing. From then on, Beijing would be established as the accompanying capital.

Lin Feng naturally knew that the future would be an ocean world. There was no need to waste resources by establishing Nanjing as the capital. Everything in the palace in Nanjing was ready-made. On the other hand, it was conducive to accessing the ocean through the Yangtze River and achieving effective control over the surrounding world.

Regarding national policies, Lin Feng once again reiterated the three major policies of strictly enforcing judicial justice, cracking down on powerful and evil gentry, integrating government and gentry into paying taxes, reducing the burden on the people, and vigorously developing commerce and promoting economic development.

These major policies were all consistent policies of the Zhenming Army, and coupled with the execution ability of the top brass of the Zhenming Army, they were quickly adopted, leaving the Ming court officials stunned.

No wonder Mingting failed, this efficiency is simply incomparable. If we didn't argue for a few months in the original Ming court, nothing would be settled.

On the second day after he ascended the throne, Lin Feng asked Song Jilie to dispatch a large number of intercepted water grains to Beijing to carry out large-scale sales and stabilize grain prices, causing heavy losses to Beijing grain merchants who were still trying to hoard.

Then, Lin Feng decreed the establishment of a committee for the identification of former Ming court officials, with him as the chairman himself, and Lu Xiangsheng and Guo Zheng as vice-chairmen. The committee would identify the surrendered officials of the sixth rank and above of the former Chongzhen Dynasty one by one, and identify those who had not sincerely surrendered, or who had Anyone who commits acts of collusion with Tatars will be kicked out of the official ranks and severely punished in accordance with the law.

Simultaneously, the Judicial Department of the Government Affairs Council was arranged to clean up the backlog and major cases of the original Ministry of Punishment and the Capital City within the past five years one by one, and to uncover those who committed corruption, pervert the law, and oppressed the people and severely punished them.

In accordance with Lin Feng's principle of only investigating the most serious evildoers and letting off minor mistakes, the rectification of the long-standing and unjust cases is progressing very smoothly, especially the first unjust case in which a former Ming Dynasty hero raped civilian girls and beat and killed civilians was corrected, "Zhen Ming Daily" "After the report, people's enthusiasm for complaining about their grievances was greatly aroused.

Due to reports from the majority of people in the capital, in just a few days, the homes of forty or fifty former Chongzhen Dynasty royal family members, dignitaries and high-ranking officials were confiscated, and more than 20 million taels of silver were confiscated.

Following Lin Feng's imperial edict, hundreds of corrupt officials and bullies were killed, making the officials of the Ming court tremble with fear.

Immediately, Lin Feng issued an imperial edict, allowing officials who had embezzled more than one thousand taels in bribes to atone for their sins by turning over the stolen money.

Anyone who has paid the stolen money will not be held accountable for corruption and bribery in the future, and those who refuse to pay will be dealt with severely once it is found out.

Shocked by the mass killing of corrupt officials in the past few days, former Ming court officials took the initiative to confiscate more than 10 million taels of dirty silver.

Including the 20 million taels obtained from just confiscating the house, Lin Feng raised more than 30 million taels of silver in less than ten days, which exceeded the financial income of the original Ming Dynasty in three years. Lin Feng also knew that in history, Li Zicheng gained more than 70 million taels by roasting and beating all demoted officials when he went to the city, but many of them were the legal property of officials and gentry, and he did not intend to do so.

Moreover, all the money of the rich has been squeezed out. Who will do business and who will consume in the market?
After getting the money, the first thing Lin Feng did was to announce a salary increase for officials. The salary of officers and soldiers of seventh-grade and below would be tripled, the salary of officials of sixth- and fifth-grade officials would be doubled, and the salary of officials of second-grade and below and above fourth-grade would be increased by 1.5 times.

The salary standard set by Zhu Yuanzhang for Ming court officials was indeed too low. They would not be able to live a decent life without corruption and bribery.

However, he was extremely generous to his descendants and vassal kings, with an annual salary of tens of thousands of dan, which forced the Ming Dynasty's finances to collapse.

It was completely a small-scale peasant mentality, treating relatives favorably and treating outsiders harshly, which laid the foundation for the subsequent demise of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the first-grade and superior-grade officials, all were re-examined. The royal relatives and nobles of the original Ming Dynasty were all removed from their titles, those with merit were re-evaluated, and those without merit were demoted to civilians. They were allowed to retain private property and no more than one hundred acres of land per capita. , and the rest of the land occupied will be handed over.

But at the same time, it also lifted the ban on the former emperor's relatives and nobles not to leave the fiefdom without permission or engage in various industries, allowing them to practice freely and participate in official selection. In short, everything in the future depends on your own abilities and actions.

These royal family members were naturally unwilling to hand over their property, but it turned out that most of the Ming vassal kings were killed by the peasant army. This time, a few who resisted were immediately suppressed by the more powerful Zhenming Army. Those who dared to resist All the families were confiscated and beheaded, and these royal family members soon became honest.

With such an adjustment, the imperial court no longer had the vassal prince's salary, which originally had the heaviest burden. Even though officials generally received a salary increase, the total expenditure still dropped.

This adjustment quickly stabilized the former Ming officials, especially the middle and lower-level officials.

After all, their salaries have increased and their lives have become much easier.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Feng issued an order to allocate land to the landless people in Gyeonggi and distribute necessary agricultural tools and seeds.

Porridge stalls for disaster relief were set up all over Gyeonggi Province, and the procuratorate was asked to send a supervision team to inspect the areas. After cutting down dozens of officials who continued to practice corruption during disaster relief, the atmosphere of the officials changed drastically, and the various administrations of the Zhenming Dynasty became extremely smooth.

Ten days later, Prime Minister Li Xiongzhen led the main officials of the royal palace in Xi'an to Beijing and took over the central government affairs.

Regarding the organizational structure of the imperial court, Lin Feng did not make major adjustments. He followed the original framework of the Zhenming Palace and established six departments directly under the Central Secretariat, the General Staff Headquarters, the Fifth Military Governor's Office, the Government Affairs Council, the Inspectorate, and the Intelligence Department.

The Government Affairs Council originally had four departments: Civil Affairs, Judiciary, Construction, and Education. Based on the needs of governing the country, two new departments, Commerce and Public Security, were established after discussion, respectively responsible for promoting commercial development and maintaining social stability.

At the same time, Lin Feng announced that Zhenming Group would be brought under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and become an independent seventh department directly under the central government.

In addition, considering that the world is about to be unified, and that from conquering the world to governing the world, military and political affairs must be separated.

Lin Feng decreed that a cabinet composed of him, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of the Government Affairs Council, Zhong Shuling, and the general manager of Zhenming Group would be responsible for decision-making on civil affairs.

He, the Chief of General Staff, the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Military Command, Zhongshu Ling, and the Director-General of the Intelligence Department jointly formed the Military Aircraft Department, which was responsible for decision-making on major military affairs.

A few days later, Mother Lin led Feng Ziyi, Li Rushi, Wu Yunna, Xiao Qingqing, Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan, Chen Yuanyuan and other women on a large boat to the capital via the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.

During the time when Lin Feng led the Zhenming Army to conquer the world, Li Rushi and Wu Yunna gave birth to a daughter respectively. They are now half a year old, and Lin Feng, who met for the first time, loved them very much.

When he ascended the throne, Lin Feng had already canonized Feng Ziyi as queen, Li Rushi and Wu Yunna as noble concubines, and Xiao Qingqing and other four women as concubines.

The arrival of the family members suddenly made Lin Feng's deserted harem lively.

(End of this chapter)