The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 751
After finishing talking about her strategic arrangements for the outside of the Great Wall, Zhu Linmei said to Song Yingxing: "Song Ge Department, for the laying plan of the wooden track, you will discuss it with me after you discuss it. By the way, the corresponding track vehicles should also be built in advance. .”

"Sir, lead the order."

"As for the specific deployment of troops and horses outside the customs, the Ministry of War will convene a meeting of the staff department tomorrow, and the wars in Shanxi and Henan will also be deployed together."

Yu Xin, Zhang Jiayu and the others bowed together and said, "The last general leads the decree."

Then the ministers began to report on the specific government affairs.Yang Tinglin, who also served as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, now Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Beizhili and other places have been initially decided, and my ministers and cabinet colleagues have roughly discussed a charter for the appointment of local officials. Please also The Holy One has a look."

As he spoke, he presented a roster to Ma Wensheng.

Zhu Linmi looked through it roughly, and saw that his arrangement was considered appropriate, but she put the booklet aside, and said, "For the time being, let's appoint people recommended by Mr. Yang Ge, after all, the place can't be left alone for a long time. , but all the eighth-rank and above officials are labeled as "temporary generation", and I will make adjustments at any time."

These newly recovered places are really lacking in large areas, and the Gezhike exam will start soon. Zhu Linmi's move is to reserve places for the Gezhike students, so as to gradually balance the "liberal arts" in the court. Health" forces.

Yang Tinglin bowed and said yes, and continued: "Your Majesty, there is another newly developed land in New Guinea. Although there are less than a thousand Ming people, I think that this place is rich in products and will become more and more prosperous in the future. It is advisable to set up an official."

Zhu Linmin nodded, "What Yang Ge said is very true. Australia is also progressing very fast. It is necessary to arrange how to manage it earlier. However, these overseas places are mainly used to supply Ming Dynasty products and resources, and the localities are mostly uncivilized. Natives should not copy the state and government models of the Central Plains.

"Temporarily appoint a governor as the head to take charge of the land, and set up two divisions of soldiers and merchants to assist the governor. The governance is still based on the self-care of the local people, so as not to drag too much energy on the court. How to set up the upper and lower levels of specific officials, the book The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Commerce will discuss together, and then report to me."

"Sir, lead the order."

Yang Tinglin bowed his hands and retreated, Zhang Canghai immediately stepped forward and talked about the planting conditions of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the newly restored land in the north of the Yangtze River. It is suitable for planting jade and wheat, so I prepared some seeds, I wonder if it is possible..."

Yumai?Zhu Linmi was very puzzled, and asked carefully, and finally figured out from Mr. Zhang's description that he should be talking about corn.

This thing has been planted in Daming, but the scope is extremely small.Zhang Canghai was promoted step by step because of his meritorious service in the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes, so he was very concerned about new crops. Knowing that the yield of jade and wheat in the north was very high, he recommended it to the emperor without hesitation.

Zhu Linmi was also very happy, corn is also a treasure!Not only can it be used as daily rations, but it is also an excellent fodder for military horses. Of course, it is used to improve the physique of horses under special circumstances.

He immediately made a decision, "This is a good thing. Now that Zhang Butang has made preparations, he can promote it with confidence. By the way," he turned his head and asked Feng Kang, "How is the land measurement in Huangzhuang in Shandong?"

Eunuch Feng hurriedly said: "Going back to the emperor, the time is really too short at this time. I only had time to collect the land and unowned land of the captive officials. The detailed number of acres has not yet been compiled. However, the servants were worried that they would miss the spring plowing, so they arranged The contractors are called first, the contract is signed, seeds and agricultural tools are given to them to cultivate, and when the specific place is measured, the land size on the contract is made up."

The eunuch knew how to be flexible, Zhu Linmi was quite satisfied, and ordered: "If there is any land in Huangzhuang that has not been sown, you can plant some jade and wheat."

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought, isn't corn very suitable for interplanting?Interplanting is a powerful tool that can increase yield and reduce pests and diseases. How can you not try it? !

Potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn plus interplanting, the "golden fingers" in agriculture will all appear in Daming soon, and even in the Little Ice Age in the future, there will be no serious famine in China's land again!

Of course, Zhu Linming only knew about interplanting, but didn't know anything about the specific operation.But he believed that with the practical ability of the people of Ming Dynasty, as long as they knew this concept, they would be able to figure out a feasible solution soon.

So he looked at Zhang Canghai, "You stay in the Qianqing Palace later, and I will teach you the method of interplanting. It is planting jade wheat and soybeans together, and the yield is much higher than that of single species."

Then the courtiers reported the important affairs of the court one after another.

The Ministry of Punishment handed over the roster of captured captives, a total of more than 300 people. Except for more than a hundred who caused great disasters, they were sentenced to execution or beheaded, and the rest were all exiled with their families.

They were said to be in exile, but in fact they were sent to Taiwan, Guinea, Australia and other places to do coolies. However, just now the emperor made a strategy outside the Great Wall, and these people have a new place to go-to repair wooden tracks.With the labor and medical conditions of this era, no matter where they go, they basically end up working to death.

Then, the Ministry of Rites reported that the two North Korean envoys both requested the canonization of Ming Dynasty, and made it clear who was the North Korean Zhengtong.

Right now there is the Zhongzheng Battalion, ah, the [-] troops that should be called the Daming Overseas Garrison are now stationed in North Korea, Li Yu and Li Ying dare not act rashly, they just scold each other across the Ming army camp.

Zhu Linming was not in a hurry, this situation was most beneficial to Daming, and in the future it would depend on who was more submissive to Daming.

After that, the Ministry of Propaganda reports on the construction of the missionary office in Jiangbei...

The Ministry of Commerce reports on the reconstruction of Laizhou Port as a commercial port...

The Ministry of War reported the recruitment of recruits and the equipment of new infantry guns...

After more than 20 years of ravages by Jianlu in the Ming Dynasty, the country had just been restored at this time, and it was the time when a thousand things were waiting to be done. Zhu Lin, who had just returned to Nanjing to listen to the government, was busy until Youshi. Only then did I finish the important matter with the courtiers.

After the others were silent, Xu Erlu stepped forward and bowed to him: "Your Majesty, three days later will be the day when I will start the first examination of the imperial court. Your Majesty was busy with military affairs before, and the examination questions have not yet been prepared." batch."

As he spoke, he nodded to Yang Tinglin, Song Yingxing and others, and an official came with a small wooden box under the protection of the imperial army.

Three people from the cabinet, plus two people from the Ministry of Rites and Song Yingxing, used all six keys before and after to open the box.

Xu Erlu took out more than ten pages of paper from the box, and respectfully presented them to the emperor, "Your Majesty, the exam questions are based on the textbooks of Gezhi Academy, written by the Song Ge Department, with the help of ministers and Fang Shilang from the Ministry of Industry, so that His Majesty can choose them."

(End of this chapter)