The Imperial Palace of the capital

In late December, the capital was already full of snowflakes, and after two days of heavy snowfall, the snow in the capital had reached the children's knees.

In the East Warm Pavilion, four or five charcoal stoves were placed around the house, driving away the cold without a trace.

Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing a light and regular clothes, was half leaning back on the chair a little comfortably, and on either side of him were sitting Gu Bingqian, Han Yi, Zhu Guozhen and other three elders.

Zhu Youxiao said leisurely: "The Marquis of Jiang Ning has already taken Taiwan, and he has asked the imperial court to move the people to Taiwan as soon as possible, and send officials to settle in to calm the people's hearts, I don't know what you Aiqing thinks?" ”

Gu Bingqian stroked his beard, but the embarrassed look in the eyes of Zhu Guozhen and Han Yi flashed.

Just a month ago, after the arrival of the so-called Dutch envoys, the court began to blow a sense of truce, and many officials wrote to Zhu Youxiao, stating that the Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and since the envoys have put forward a request, in order to show the etiquette, the Ming should show their demeanor and stop attacking the city of Geranza.

For this reason, Zhu Youxiao also had to send Wen Tiren, Qian Qianyi and Cao Dazhong to bring Yang Feng a vague holy decree.

It's okay now, it's just that the truce has been going on for more than half a month, and Yang Feng has taken down the city of Relan in one go, isn't this a slap in the face?

But the blame is here, although Yang Feng's slap cracked in the faces of many people, but the strange thing is that this time not many people folded the bullet to impeach him, the reason is that everyone understands that in the face of real benefits, the little thing of face is really insignificant.

Seeing the embarrassment flashing in the eyes of the two, a smile flashed on Gu Bingqian's face, and then he said to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, now that the city of Relansha has been taken by the Marquis of Jiangning, and the entire territory of Taiwan has been completely owned by my Daming, it is inevitable to send officials to manage it."

It's just that the establishment of one government mentioned earlier is no longer advisable, and the old minister thought that he could set up two governments first, and temporarily return them to the control of the Fujian governor's yamen, and after a few years when the people of Taiwan are abundant, the imperial court can set up a province in Taiwan. ”

Zhu Youxiao didn't answer immediately, but looked at Zhu Guozhen and Han Yi, "What do the two Qing families think?" ”

"The old minister thinks it's inappropriate." Zhu Guozhen shook his head and said: "Taiwan and Fujian are separated by hundreds of miles of the vast sea, and Taiwan has been initially decided, and everything is complicated.

And the short travel between the two places can be as short as a few days and a half as long as ten days and a half months, so wouldn't it be a big mistake? ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Youxiao nodded noncommittally, "Then what should be according to Zhu Aiqing's opinion?" ”

Zhu Guozhen said without hesitation: "The old minister thinks that the imperial court should directly set Taiwan as a province, set up two prefectures in Bengang and Gelanza respectively, and then forcibly relocate the people from Fujian, Zhejiang and other places, it will not take ten years, and when Taiwan's population exceeds one million, the major event will be decided!" ”

Gu Bingqian frowned and said: "Lord Zhu, now that Taiwan has been decided, it is the time when the people's hearts are unstable. And Jiang Ninghou also said in the excerpt that there are only tens of thousands of people in Taiwan today, and there are cannibals who come and go, if the province is set up with great fanfare from the beginning, wouldn't it be ridiculous and generous? ”

Zhu Guozhen and Han Yi stopped talking, and Gu Bingqian's words are Taiwan's biggest weakness today. In the eyes of the Han people, such a place is simply like Baiyue in the Han Dynasty and Qiongzhou in the Song Dynasty, it is not a good place, it belongs to the poor mountains and bad waters of the exiled prisoners.

If you want to set up a province from the beginning, it is indeed suspected of causing people to laugh.

Zhu Guozhen and Han Yi hesitated, but Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, "Gu Ge Lao is right, today's Taiwan is indeed a poor and remote country, but in my opinion, this is nothing.

In the past, the Jiangnan area was not infested with poisonous insects everywhere, but now? Jiangnan is the richest place in the Ming Dynasty, nearly half of the taxes in the Ming Dynasty come from Jiangnan, and Taiwan can't become the second Jiangnan after a hundred years?

Therefore, in my opinion, it is a matter of time before the province is established, and since it will be established sooner or later, it is better to set it up now. ”

Gu Bingqian and the other three glanced at each other, bowed in unison and said, "Your Majesty is reasonable, and the ministers admire!" ”

Zhu Youxiao glanced at the three of them, and an irrepressible smile appeared on his face.

Thinking that when he first ascended the throne, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was becoming more and more empty, there were Manchu Tartars knocking on the pass, there were threats of displaced people inside, and the treasury was becoming more and more empty, in order to make money he had to reuse Wei Zhongxian, suppress the Donglin Party and raise silver everywhere, although it was also effective, but it also made the contradiction between imperial power and vassal power become more and more acute.

At this time, Yang Feng appeared.

With the appearance of Yang Feng, the situation that was originally endangered by the Great Tomorrow Ship actually became relaxed.

Yang Feng not only led the Jiangning army on several expeditions to Liaodong, but after several major battles, the originally arrogant Manchu Tartars were beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and had to call Daming Dad again, and now he is still hiding in Shengjing to catch his breath.

That's it, Yang Feng also founded the Daming Royal Commercial Bank, gave himself half of the shares, and was able to bring himself three or four million taels of income every year, and the most important thing is that these silver do not need to be entered into the treasury, and belong to the private money of the old Zhu family.

Then Yang Feng copied several wealthy businessmen non-stop, I don't know if I don't copy it, I was startled by a copy, and I got tens of millions of taels of silver after a copy, and I almost didn't eat myself.

Now that Yang Feng has won Taiwan for the Ming Dynasty's expansion of territory, this credit is too great, so big that he is embarrassed not to express it.

After thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao looked at the three pavilion elders in front of him, hesitated for a moment and said: "Several pavilion elders, this time the Marquis of Jiangning has made such a great contribution to the imperial court, I don't know how to reward him, I don't know what charter you have drafted?" ”

"Uh...... This ......"

Gu Bingqian and the three glanced at each other, and Zhu Guozhen coughed lightly before saying, "Because the ministers came in a hurry, they didn't draft the charter. However, the minister thought that the Marquis of Jiangning did have merit, but now he has become a marquis, and he is also the governor of the south and the general army of Nanjing, and it is not good to be promoted again, and His Majesty can issue an order to promote him to the general of the dragon and tiger, and reward some treasures in the palace to show praise. ”

After speaking, Zhu Guozhen looked at Zhu Youxiao with some concern.

Sure enough, Zhu Youxiao's brows immediately furrowed after hearing this, and he said unhappily: "This and that, the merit of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, only promoted to the rank of Dragon and Tiger General, what kind of praise is this, this is simply scolding." ”