It's April, and Su Tiancheng is even busier.

After occupying Fujian and Zhejiang, Su Tiancheng learned of the arrangements of the imperial court and prepared to mobilize Zuo Liangyu of Wuchang, Huang Degong of Luzhou, and Sun Tai of Nanzhili to gather 300,000 troops to attack him. Hearing this news, Su Tiancheng was not in a hurry, he knew very well that the decisive battle with the imperial court was about to break out, if he could exterminate the 300,000 army, Zhu Youzhen would lose most of his support, and his goal of unifying the Central Plains could also be achieved in the shortest possible time.

Su Tiancheng did not rush to attack Nanzhili, including Huguang, Jiangxi, Guangxi and other places, because he had important things to do, Zhejiang and Fujian must be stabilized, which required a large number of officials, and it was unrealistic to always transfer officials from Shandong.

Zhang Pu arrived in Fujian, Yang Sichang also came to Zhejiang, and Lu Shanji also took office in Jinan, Shandong.

The school built in Dengzhou has become the focus of Su Tiancheng's attention, he asked Zhu Xianxuan to be personally responsible for all matters of the school, no matter how busy he is, he must run this school well, and Su Tiancheng also specifically asked Su Pingyang, who had already been idle, to enter the school and tell all about how he did things when he was the prefect, and Su Pingyang's key public relations object was Xu Eryi.

Fortunately, Su Pingyang is indeed capable, and through many facts, he persuaded Xu Eryi, so that Xu Eryi accepted a lot of concepts, and began to teach the students in the school.

Su Tiancheng pays attention to this school because the students in the school are not ordinary.

Many officials in Zhejiang and Fujian. The reputation among the people is not bad, all of them have gone to this school to study, generally a month to two months, whether they have learned something, whether they have changed some understanding, and the school has the most difficult exams. All those who pass the examination will be arranged to serve as officials in the yamen of Fuzhou County.

Talent is the most important, to be able to use people well is more critical, any of Su Tiancheng's ideas, including any point of view, need to be implemented by local officials, if local officials can not change their thinking, still according to the previous way of thinking to be an official, then Su Tiancheng is to unify the Central Plains. It is also difficult to make a fundamental change in this dynasty.

Including Yang Sichang, Zhang Pu and Lu Shanji, they all went to study in the school for a month.

The second is the business business.

Su Tiancheng attaches great importance to economic development, but he also knows very well that it is necessary to develop the economy, and it is even more necessary to control the unrestricted growth of businessmen, otherwise after the businessmen develop and grow to a certain extent, they will begin to think of controlling the government. Let the officials be their spokesmen, and money can make the devil grind.

Su Tiancheng's thoughts. It is necessary to support businessmen, but there is a limit to support, after the businessmen develop to a certain scale, the government will begin to impose heavy taxes, restricting the unrestricted development of businessmen, as for the industries that involve the national economy and people's livelihood. It must be directly controlled by the government, for example, to prevent land annexation, to control grain prices, and so on, and these things involve the vital interests of the common people. It also involved the stability of the dynasty.

The world is developing, there is no perfect development model, Su Tiancheng knows this very well, what he asks is to do his best, at least he has crossed over from hundreds of years later, and there are many advanced development models in his mind.

The things of the feudal dynasty are not necessarily the things that have declined, the wisdom accumulated a few years ago is the result of the exploration of the predecessors, the development of the times needs to be gradual and gradual, it is impossible to achieve it overnight, Su Tiancheng is very aware of this, so he has always been very cautious, and he has invested a lot of energy in this area.

What caught Su Tiancheng off guard was that Zhu Xianxuan and others wrote a letter, the content of which was very clear, asking Su Tiancheng to ascend the throne and become emperor.

Although Su Tiancheng has already called himself the king of Germany, there is a huge gap between the prince and the emperor, in this era, only the emperor is the one who really holds the power, and it is also a sign of success.

But Su Tiancheng doesn't want to be the emperor for the time being, but he needs to be cautious about this matter.

Zhu Xianxuan wrote this letter, it must have been carefully considered, and to put it bluntly, after Su Tiancheng became emperor, he was not the only one who could get benefits, and there were too many people who could get benefits. People work hard to follow you, not to find an official position, not to glorify their ancestors, this is the psychology of normal people.

There are also key places, Yang Sichang, Fan Jingwen and others, their previous identities are different, Yang Sichang is the former chief assistant of the Daming Cabinet, Fan Jingwen is the current scholar of the Daming Cabinet, they are all top figures, follow you Su Tiancheng, if you don't have a clear identity, it looks nondescript, and after a long time, it's strange that people have no ideas.

is not only Yang Sichang and Fan Jingwen and others, but also Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Shanji, Zhang Pu and others, not to mention Zhu Xianxuan.

It is said that Su Tiancheng will not cause any huge repercussions when he is called the emperor, on the contrary, if he does so, he can make his conquest seem logical, and the emperor Taiji of Houjin is called the emperor, occupying such a small piece of barren land, and he Su Tiancheng cannot be compared.

But Su Tiancheng has his own considerations, mainly because he is a little overwhelmed in his heart.

It can be said that rebellion is not Su Tiancheng's original intention, nor is it an inevitable choice, when he chose to take this road, he felt that the Ming Dynasty did not have much hope, the roots were rotten, and the superficial changes could not have much effect, and they must start from the roots, and with the gradual growth of the force, the people who followed were more and more right, and they must give these henchmen a way out, otherwise they would lose confidence, under the prompting of a variety of circumstances, Su Tiancheng finally rebelled, and not long after the rebellion, he proclaimed himself the king of Germany, expressed disobedience to the leadership of the Ming court.

But the relationship between Su Tiancheng and Zhu Youzhen is not very bad, Zhu Youzhen is a person, it is okay to be a friend, but the ability to be an emperor is obviously not enough.

People are sometimes very strange, they are occupied by a thought, and they can't turn it around for a while, even Su Tiancheng, who is wise enough, has encountered such a problem.

Just when Su Tiancheng was about to reply to Zhu Xianxuan, Qu Qingze also came to the door.

Qu Qingze is Su Tiancheng's most important confidant.

Seeing Qu Qingze coming, a wry smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face, and he didn't wait for Qu Qingze to speak, he spoke first.

"Lao Qu, did you also come to persuade me to be the emperor?"

Qu Qingze's attitude was very respectful, and from this respectful attitude, Su Tiancheng felt the meaning of this.

"Your Highness, the minister is here to make suggestions, His Royal Highness has occupied Shandong, Fujian and Zhejiang, and then he will control the entire south, as the saying goes, the name can be said to be good, the court has always slandered the lord as a thief, the ministers are uncomfortable, and I hope that His Highness can correct his name, so that the ministers can also raise their heads."

Su Tiancheng sighed softly, saying that the emperor could not avoid it, but not now.

But he couldn't directly refuse Qu Qingze's request, otherwise it would hurt everyone's hearts, and he had to find a suitable reason to come out.

"The King of Jin also wrote a letter, asking me to be called the emperor, this question, I have thought about it carefully, it is a matter of time before the emperor is called, it must be carried out, but the emperor is not a trivial matter, there must be a grand ceremony, so that everyone can see it, and it can also stimulate the fighting spirit, but the situation in front of you is not suitable, don't you realize it."

Looking at Qu Qingze's somewhat puzzled eyes, Su Tiancheng smiled.

"Calling the emperor means the matter of the capital, we occupied Shandong, Zhejiang and Fujian, including Taiwan, Fuzhou, Gaizhou and Xuanzhou and other places, but these places are not good, from the geographical location of the Central Plains, these places are by no means the center, my ideal capital, is three places, one is Beijing, this is needless to say, the second is Nanjing, the third is Wuchang, Beijing and Nanjing are needless to say, the location of Wuchang is just in the middle, easy to coordinate up and down."

"Of course, I don't mean that you must occupy Beijing before you become emperor, and after you become emperor, you can set up a temporary capital, but in any case, the temporary capital must also be in a suitable place, and we can't waste the people and money."

"After being called the emperor, there is always a court, there are hundreds of officials, there is always a place to do things, these palaces are indispensable, rebuilding is too wasteful, not to mention that we still have a lot of things, and there are a lot of places that need to spend silver, so my consideration, after taking Nanzhili and occupying Nanjing, you can consider the matter of being called the emperor, at that time, we have a ready-made palace."

This time it was Qu Qingze's turn to cry and laugh, it was indeed a big deal to call the emperor, but Su Tiancheng was not called the emperor for the time being because he was considering the affairs of the palace and the capital, and he was too cautious, after being called the emperor, Dengzhou could be used as a temporary capital, there was absolutely no problem, as for the palace, it was completely okay to temporarily change the governor's mansion into the palace.

However, Su Tiancheng said that after occupying Nanzhili, he will be called the emperor, it doesn't matter, according to the current development, at most three months, he will be able to completely occupy Nanzhili, and it is okay to be called emperor at that time.

Qu Qingze felt relieved that Su Tiancheng attached great importance to the matter of being the emperor, not as everyone feared, the more Su Tiancheng attached importance to the matter of becoming the emperor, the more he would consider everything very carefully.

"Okay, Lao Qu, don't talk about the matter of being the emperor for the time being, in the recent past, you and Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and others, have a good discussion, and see how to face the 300,000 troops sent by the imperial court, this is probably a problem we need to focus on, and the 60,000 or so sergeants surrendered under Liu Zeqing, the selection work must be intensified, and the unqualified ones must not be wanted, as for the eliminated sergeants, just be honest and be the people." (To be continued......)