In the blink of an eye, it was December of the twenty-sixth year of Chongzhen.

Overseas tiger armies are rapidly expanding their territories on all continents, but in the power center of one town and nine provinces, there are fewer and fewer official documents in the Qinzheng Yuan of the Qi Palace.

The reason is very simple, because Li Zhi transferred Zheng Kaicheng, who was stationed in Japan, back and established the Overseas Affairs Department of one town and nine provinces. This ministry is responsible for immigration in South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and North America.

There were basically no Han immigrants on these newly established territories, and the local indigenous population was also small, and there was basically no tax revenue, which was designated by Li Zhi as "overseas territories". As for overseas territories, Li Zhi's policy was to rule the Huben army, and at the same time, a large number of immigrants from inland provinces gradually allowed the Han Chinese to occupy these new territories.

If the population density of the Han Chinese in these areas exceeded three people per square kilometer, these provinces could be converted into formal territories and local governments could be established in the form of provinces.

Of course, this demographic target is extremely difficult to achieve in the short term. Three people per square kilometre is the population density of later generations of white Australians, which means that there will be 25 million people in Australia. The total Han Chinese population of Li Zhi in Tianjin, Shandong, Henan, and Jianghuai provinces was only 40 million.

In 100 years, I am afraid that there will not be 25 million Han Chinese in Australia. It was not enough to move half of Li Zhi's people to Australia.

Therefore, the military administration of overseas territories is still very long.

Because it is a military administration, the actual managers of the local area are all soldiers and officers. Ordinary civil officials can't handle these soldiers with guns in their hands, so Li Zhi specially transferred Zheng Kaicheng to be the head of this ministry.

Zheng Kaicheng, as one of the four division commanders of the Tiger Army, is very prestigious in the military system. It is only when the overseas department where he sits is established that the orders issued can be forbidden.

After Zheng Kaicheng began to deal with overseas affairs, Li Zhi immediately became much more relaxed. Every day, he only went to the Qinzheng Yuan to sit for an hour and a half to deal with official documents, and sometimes he could come once every three days.

But today, Li Zhi sat in the Qinzheng Courtyard and greeted Li Xing, who rushed back from Nanjing for the New Year.

Li Zhi poured a cup of oolong tea for his younger brother and said with a smile: "How is the situation in the south?" ”

Li Xing took a sip of tea and said, "Okay, it's good!" ”

Li Zhi didn't say anything when he heard this.

After a long time, Li Zhicai asked, "How many days do you hunt?" ”

Li Xing's face froze, knowing that he had been seen through by his brother, and said with a smile: "Once every five days." ”

Li Zhi frowned, but still didn't speak.

Li Xing coughed, knowing that it was impossible to deceive Li Zhi, and said, "It's once every two days in Nanjing." ”

Li Zhi sneered and said, "You're so idle? ”

Li Xing Zhengse said: "Big brother, it's really nothing. Our Tiger Ben Army stationed in Nanjing is to deter the southern crumbs, and we have not taken over the government affairs of Nanjing! Nanjing's Liubu Shangshu was very afraid of me, and at the beginning, he came to report to me every three days about the affairs of Nanzhili, but later I was blasted out. ”

"Now the relationship between us and the Son of Heaven is very tense, and if we interfere in the affairs of the south again, I am afraid that we will have to give someone a handle. So I don't care about politics. So there's really nothing going on in Nanjing. ”

Li Zhi was choked by Li Xing and said, "You are quite good at speaking." ”

Li Xing smiled and took a sip of tea.

Li Zhi thought for a while and asked, "Then what else do you do besides hunting?" ”

Li Xing said: "In addition to hunting, I will train soldiers!" The GIs were exhausted by me. There is also a trip to Jianghuai Province in Jiangbei every half a month to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the major ancestral halls. ”

Li Zhi was stunned and asked, "What ancestral hall?" ”

Li Xing smiled: "Big brother, don't you know? Now Jianghuai Province is getting richer day by day, and it has also been driven by the people of Shandong Province, and the ancestral hall dedicated to your immortal tablet has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Now basically the ancestral hall has been built to the township level, and each township has a shrine dedicated to your tablet. ”

"But this ordinary small ancestral hall doesn't move me, and the big ancestral hall dares to invite me to go. Last month, a 16-acre ancestral hall in a place in Yangzhou was completed, and I was invited to unveil it. At that time, the south of Yangzhou City was crowded with people..."

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Didn't I not let the local cultivator shrine go to the temple?" ”

Li Xing smiled and didn't speak for a long time.

seemed to hesitate for a while, but he still said bluntly: "Big brother, you don't understand this, now the local people really worship you." It is said that you are the white tiger who is the main star of the West, and you are here to lead the Han people to open up the Quartet. Although the magistrate knows that you have a policy not to allow it to be built, who dares to resist public opinion and forcibly demolish the ancestral hall built by the common people? ”

"If you provoke a popular uprising, isn't that to lose your office?"

"Only the people of Tianjin Acropolis and Fanjiazhuang are well-informed, and they know that the eldest brother will not let you build the ancestral hall yourself. And the officials of these two cities have to forcefully suppress the construction of the ancestral hall under your nose. In other places, especially in Shandong, Taiwan and Liaodong, the ancestral halls are more gorgeous than the other, and each is bigger than the other. ”

"Han Jinxin probably also thinks that this matter is not clear, it is estimated that he thinks it is a good thing for the people to give you the Ancestral Hall, and he thinks that reporting this matter to you is forcing the eldest brother to demolish your own ancestral hall, so he simply doesn't say it."

"Now many people don't go to the temple to ask for monks when they are sick, and they all go to your home to set up your immortal tablet, and it is said that kowtowing twice a day in the morning and evening can get rid of all diseases."

When Li Zhi heard this, he didn't speak for a long time.

Li Zhi didn't expect that his image was no longer an excellent manager or an engineer among the people, but he had become a half-immortal.

Li Zhi took a breath and was about to speak, when Gao Ligong, the governor of Tianjin Town, suddenly stumbled in and said, "Lord Wang, something happened." ”

Li Zhi frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Although Li Zhi did not advocate kneeling, Gao Ligong still subconsciously knelt in front of Li Zhi at this time and said: "The locals of Jinghai County and the foreigners from Shanxi who came to Jinghai County to work fought with each other, and the two sides fought fiercely, and more than 30 people died at once. ”

Li Zhi was stunned, and his face darkened.

"Why are you fighting?"

Gao Ligong couldn't help but tremble when he heard Li Zhi's stern tone, and looked up at Li Zhi's face.

Last time, more than 30 lives were killed in Li Zhenpin's factory, and Li Zhi finally killed Li Zhenpin and Li Yousheng. Jinghai County is the jurisdiction of Gao Ligong, so many people died at once, will Li Zhi deal with himself?

It took him a long time before he mustered up the courage to say: "A pair of brothers from Shanxi destroyed the clay statue of the prince at the entrance of the county yamen in Jinghai County, and the people of Jinghai County were excited to kill the two brothers. The two brothers hid in the gathering area of the Shanxi workers, and the Shanxi workers united to save the lives of the two brothers. The people of Jinghai County took out their swords and stormed the workers' gathering area in Shanxi, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

It was a long time before he slapped his hand on the table with a snap.

"What a mess!"

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