Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 576 Developing the Americas
This time Zhang Dai did not win either.

It was Yang Tinglin who eventually became the second chief assistant.

Under the instruction of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty, Gu Meisheng, Gong Yonggu, Bi Maoshi and other royal capital agents chose to vote for Yang Tinglin, making Yang Tinglin defeat Zhang Dai by a narrow margin and become the new chief assistant of the cabinet.

At this time, the entire upper political circle of Ming Dynasty suddenly realized that it was His Majesty the current Emperor who had been deciding the election results all along.

But they can only secretly complain that His Majesty is too black-bellied, and he clearly does not interfere with the selection of the cabinet chief and assistant, and even hides in a place where everyone is missing, but they did not expect the decision of the cabinet chief and assistant But it is a group of housekeepers he trained himself.

However, what was even more surprising was that Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, took the initiative to publish a congratulatory message to Yang Tinglin in the "Daming Daily".

In the congratulatory speech, he spoke highly of Yang Tinglin's contribution to Daming before he became the first assistant, and explained his previous career experience, and believed that Yang Tinglin was qualified for the post of first assistant and would be able to cooperate well with himself as the first assistant. The emperor, and has the ability to make Daming stronger.

Everyone could see that His Majesty Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, was clearly congratulating Yang Tinglin, but he was actually telling the world why he chose Yang Tinglin.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, Yang Tinglin served in the army, managed a ministry in the central government, served in the cabinet, even served as the governor of the newly occupied areas, and served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, where the economy and trade are most developed. He has a lot of experience, and he is clear about all aspects of Ming Dynasty, so he is qualified for the post of chief assistant.

Zhu Youxiao's reasons are sufficient, and his resume is indeed richer than Zhang Dai's, but it still makes many people sigh helplessly while excited, after all, the final decision is still in the hands of His Majesty.

However, now that Yang Tinglin has become the de facto chief assistant, no one can deny it.

Yang Tinglin became the second chief minister of the cabinet elected by the whole people after Yang Sichang. Because he had the same surname as Yang Sichang, later history books called this period "the era of big and small Yang". It was Yang Tinglin.

The era of Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang was the period when Ming conquered the whole of Eurasia and built it for several years, while the era of Xiao Yang was the era when Ming continued to enter the Americas.

According to the new rules, Yang Tinglin's succession as the new chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty needs to re-recommend the officials and cabinet members of various ministries and cabinet members to His Majesty Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which is the so-called cabinet formation. This is the power of the new chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty generally would not reject the candidates recommended by the new Chief Assistant, after all, this would be conducive to the implementation of the policy of the new Chief Assistant.

Therefore, after Yang Tinglin became the chief assistant of the cabinet, it can be said that there were a lot of people visiting Yang Tinglin, and the phenomenon of Yang Tinglin becoming the most powerful minister of the imperial court was vividly interpreted.

However, Yang Tinglin can also do things, directly avoiding these people, and the first thing after taking office is to express his respect and gratitude to His Majesty Zhu Youxiao through the "Daming Daily", and express that he will try his best to be loyal to His Majesty Daming and serve Daming. He worked so hard, and even proposed a series of goals. The development of the Americas was mentioned at the forefront, and he even said that he would further increase the investment in the medical care and pension benefits of the citizens of the empire.

For a while, the people were overjoyed when they heard it, and Zhu Youxiao was also quite satisfied with it, but after a closer look, it was found that what the new chief assistant said was just general words, and in fact it could satisfy How many people's interests and needs are still unknown.

When Yang Tinglin was running for the cabinet chief assistant, he had already secretly planned to let those high-ranking ministers stay in office and which ones should be replaced. So when he became the new chief minister and needed to form a cabinet, it didn't take long, almost a decade I handed over the list within a short time, and began to work overtime to accumulate urgent tasks.

Zhu Youxiao saw that the people in his recommendation list were all reliable and satisfied, so he passed it directly, but still said with a smile: "My Min'er, if you want to be a cabinet member, you can't rely on Zhang Dai. You have to rely on me, your husband, understand, no, Yang Tinglin will not let you into his cabinet just because you are my woman."

Saying that, Zhu Youxiao looked at the name of the prince Zhu Cirong a few more times.

After Yang Sichang became the first minister of the cabinet, he directly recommended Zhu Cirong as the minister of the household department, and let the crown prince serve as the official of the department. This caused an uproar at the time, but Zhu Youxiao supported it very much, thinking that Yang Sichang was an old-fashioned move to seek the country. It is a move to allow the prince to experience government affairs more personally.

Today's Yang Tinglin has also continued this rule, and also recommended the crown prince Zhu Cirong to be the Minister of the Ministry of Education. In Yang Tinglin's view, investing in economic construction and education will be the great plan of the Ming Dynasty, and as the crown prince, he should pay more attention to it. Put it on these things, so that I can pay more attention to this aspect after I ascend the throne in the future.

This can also be regarded as a privilege of the chief minister of the cabinet, which can influence the political aspirations of the future prince in this way.

Yang Tinglin began to prepare funds and manpower to start the plan to reclaim the Americas after his second year as chief assistant.

Now that Ming's rule in the Eurasian continent has stabilized, there is basically no need to worry about rebellions in various places, so the time is ripe to develop the Americas.

For a time, the shipbuilding industry of the entire Ming Dynasty once again entered a prosperous era. According to Yang Tinglin's initial plan, it was to build a larger navy to meet the purpose of establishing military bases in the Americas in advance.

Originally, Yang Tinglin's purpose was to develop North America, but after being told by His Majesty that South America also needs to be taken care of, he changed his plan and planned to build the Panama Canal.

According to Yang Tinglin's plan, the first stage of developing the Americas is to first send the navy and army to America to expand the control area, and then the second stage is to move some people, mainly first- and second-class citizens, to reclaim wasteland and build farms in batches. And other workshops, the next three stages are to move a large number of scholars, especially the former Donglin and Fushe members who are still exiled in the southwest region to America to continue to burn their passion.

According to the plan submitted by Yang Tinglin to Zhu Youxiao, the entire America would become the second industrial raw material collection place and commodity grain base in Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youxiao basically agreed directly, but Zhu Youxiao did not agree to Yang Tinglin’s establishment of timber in the Amazon Plain of South America. For the processing base, he even issued a strict decree, ordering future generations no matter who they are, they cannot mine the trees in the Amazon forest. After all, this is the lungs of the earth, and there are many places where Ming can build industrial bases, so there is no need to destroy this one. Oxygen.

(End of this chapter)