Zhu Youxiao's hot gaze swept over the crowd in the main hall, and finally stopped on Gu Bingqian and a few other elders: "A few Aiqing, I don't know what you think of what Jiang Ninghou said?" ”

Gu Bingqian took a long breath, and then said with a solemn expression: "If it is really as Jiang Ninghou said, Taiwan is indeed a treasure land, and from the perspective of the ministers, at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of people can be accommodated, as for Luzon Island and other Nanyang islands, the ministers dare not speak falsely." ”

Zhu Guozhen also stood up and said cautiously: "The minister also seconded the proposal, if the land of Taiwan can really be ripened three times a year, it must be a rare treasure land, so it seems that our army should be stationed in the local area for a long time, not only that, but the imperial court should also send officials to the local area as soon as possible, so as to quickly calm the people's hearts." ”

Seeing that Gu Bingqian and Zhu Guozhen both voted in favor, Zhu Youxiao set his eyes on Han Yi again, "Han Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

After the buffer of this time, Han Yi's mood has stabilized a lot, and he only said briefly after being silent for a while: "The old minister has no opinion." ”

"Good!" Seeing that the three cabinet elders all agreed, Zhu Youxiao's eyes flashed with joy: "Since the cabinet has no objections, then give me a charter as soon as possible, and after I read it, there will be no problem and it will be made clear to the world, but a few Aiqing think how to equip Taiwan with what level of officials?" ”

At this time, many of the officials in the hall had a glint in their eyes, what is the greatest ideal of Chinese scholars since ancient times? There is no doubt that of course it is to be an official, but the official position of the Ming Dynasty is so much, it can be described as a radish and a pit, the yamen of the Ministry of Officials does not know how many Jinshi over the years are waiting for the upper position, and now the Ming Dynasty suddenly has an extra place, so it must be equipped with a group of officials, so that there will be an additional number of officials?

Gu Bingqian and the other three are also a little embarrassed at this time, this problem is really related to the "job" of many officials, I am afraid that the official position will be ridiculed if it is small, and it will not work if the official position is large, after all, now that Taiwan has been decided, at best, it is just a benzene port and tens of thousands of people, and it is not appropriate for you to send a prefect over.

It was Gu Bingqian who reacted the fastest, only to see him quickly say: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Bengang was the first to be beaten down by the Marquis of Jiangning, and it is better to ask his opinion on this matter." ”

"Huh?"

Yang Feng, who was standing in the class watching the excitement, saw that Gu Bingqian actually changed hands and threw this problem to himself, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, he was a little caught off guard by this pot.

It stands to reason that this kind of thing is definitely within the purview of cabinet officials and civilian officials, and it has nothing to do with a military general like him, but Gu Bingqian is good, and he threw the pot to him without saying a word, and he threw it so skillfully.

Thinking of this, Yang Feng, who was a little angry in his heart, said casually: "What else is there to say, Taiwan has a very large area, and although it is only occupying the area of Bon Hong Kong, we must focus on the future."

The imperial court can first set up a government in Ben Hong Kong, first set up a few counties, and then the imperial court can migrate the people from Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places on a large scale, and wait for the last few years, my Ming Dynasty occupies the entire territory of Taiwan, and after the immigrant people reach one million, they can set up political envoys in Taiwan, according to the inspection envoy and many other yamen, so as not to show goodwill? ”

"Set up a government?"

When Gu Bingqian and the others heard this, their brows immediately furrowed.

Sure enough, Han Yi took the lead in objecting: "Jiang Ninghou also said just now, now there are only tens of thousands of Zheng Zhilong's people who have migrated over the years in Ben Gang, and it is already reluctant to set up a county, if it is to set up a government, wouldn't it be a joke?" ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the administrative system of the imperial court was set up as provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties.

The population of a county in the north is generally about 10 to 200,000, while the population of a county in densely populated places in the south is about 300,000 or 400,000, so what Han Yi said is indeed not wrong. In modern society, tens of thousands of people would be a town at best.

In the face of Han Yi's opposition, Yang Feng shook his head, "What Han Ge said is true, but the so-called extraordinary times do extraordinary things, now that Ben Hong Kong has just been recovered, it is at a time when the people are in a panic, if it is just to set up a county in Ben Port, how can it show the determination of the imperial court to govern Taiwan?"

If Elder Han Ge still has any objections, you can ask all the adults present to see what they think. Ladies and gentlemen, do you think it would be better to have a county or a prefecture? ”

Yang Feng's last sentence was said to the civil and military officials in the hall, in Han Yi's opinion, Yang Feng's sentence is really a bit ridiculous, who doesn't know that Yang Feng's relationship with the civil official group is almost the same as water and fire, his proposal Those civil officials don't scold people, how can there be any reason to agree.

But things in the world are so weird, as soon as Yang Feng's words came out, the hall was silent for a while, and it took a long time before an official said: "What Jiang Ninghou said seems to have some truth, and the lower officials think that it is indeed better to set up a government than to set up a county." ”

"Well, this official also thinks that it is indeed more appropriate to set up a government, if the official position is too small, how can it show the determination of the imperial court."

Someone started, and someone immediately picked up, and everyone voted in favor of Yang Feng's proposal.

Han Yi was taken aback at first, but he was also an old fritter who had been floating in the sea for most of his life, and he understood the reason with a slight turn of his mind. At the end of the day, it's the butt that decides the head.

Officials are very realistic creatures, if only one county is set up in Taiwan, how many officials can be stuffed? But if it is to set up a government, it will be different, there is only one prefect of the four products, and there are all kinds of officials below who are the same knowledge, general judgment, pusher, experience, Zhaoma, prison, governor, judge, magistrate, county, etc., at least dozens or even hundreds of official positions, such a large amount of resources simply fell from the sky, what a good thing, they only objected to it.

Seeing such a situation, Han Yi, Gu Bingxian, and Zhu Guozhen glanced at each other, and sighed lightly, although they are the first assistant of the cabinet, they can be said to be above 10,000 people under one person, but even so they don't dare to go against the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, don't you see that the Donglin Party who hates Yang Feng the most are all dumb? Whoever opposes such a thing is the enemy of all scholars.

After today's court meeting, watching the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military retreat in twos and threes, although he really wanted to go home immediately to see Zheng Toniang and the master and servant of the line girl who had not seen him for a long time, but the big boss insisted on keeping him, and he could only postpone the time to go home.