Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Maozi's small group of troops invaded the Outer Northeast, was wiped out by Yue Fei and turned into Jingguan.

The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were also completely suppressed first, and Zhu Youjian exiled their entire family to Mongolia and Liaodong.

The status of these people will change from gentry to herdsmen.

Since they don't cherish their happy life, Zhu Youjian wants these gentry to taste the suffering of the common people.

It can be said that earth-shaking changes have taken place in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty and the situation at home and abroad, and the decaying Ming Empire has been reborn.

Since this turmoil involved a wide range of officials, many officials were involved, and many official positions in the south were empty.

In the court, Zhu Youjian will discuss the appointment of southern officials with all officials.

Fan Jingwen is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Zhu Youjian wants to hear his advice.

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, do you have any candidates for the vacant positions of southern officials?"

Fan Jingwen hastily stepped forward to salute:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, last year's imperial examination candidates were still training, and there is really a shortage of candidates. They can only be promoted from the lower officials."

Hearing that he was promoted from the former official's subordinate, Zhu Youjian shook his head:

"No, all the vacant positions in the past will be cancelled. The background of the officials in the original place is very complicated, and they cannot be given important tasks for the time being. New officials must be transferred from other places."

Fan Jingwen:

"I don't know what His Majesty's plan is, I will listen to you!"

"I have decided to transfer Chen Mingyu from Jiangyin to be the prefect of Suzhou, Feng Houdun from Jiangyin to be the prefect of Wuxi, Chen Zilong to be the prefect of Nanjing, and Xia Yunyi to be the governor of Zhejiang. What do the officials think?"

"Your Majesty, this... I am stupid, please make it clear!"

Fan Jingwen was confused by Zhu Youjian. Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi, Fan Jingwen knew that they were very talented.

One is Xia Wanchun's father, and the other is Xia Wanchun's teacher.

Seeing that Xia Wanchun is already full of talent at such a young age, the two elders must be the same.

But Fan Jingwen had never heard of who Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun were, so how did His Majesty know.

Zhu Youjian smiled slightly:

"Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun both work in Jiangyin. I believe that they can do this job well. After retiring from the court, the Ministry of Officials will immediately arrange for them to take up their posts within a limited time."

"According to the purpose"

The emperor has already made a decision, what else can Fan Jingwen say, just execute it.

Fan Jingwen was not familiar with Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun, nor had he heard of them, which was normal.

History has been rewritten by Zhu Youjian, of course there will be no Jiangyin 81st.

But Zhu Youjian knew very well that the two of them plus Yan Yingyuan.It is the famous Jiangyin Anti-Qing Sangong in history.

These three boys are very powerful, and they rebelled against the Qing Dynasty in order to cut their hair.

In the absence of any reinforcements, he actually led the people in the city to hold on to Jiangyin for 81 days, and they were all killed in the end.

Leading more than 9 ordinary people, facing the captivity of 24 elite soldiers and generals.

He actually killed the three kings and eighteen generals of the Eastern Captives, and more than 7500 soldiers of the Eastern Captives.

This kind of battle can be regarded as a miracle in the history of Chinese and foreign wars.

All civil and military officials agreed with Zhu Youjian's decision, and no official expressed objection.

Now the emperor is far superior to ordinary people in every aspect, how can they question it.

Zhu Youjian waved his hand, and the eunuch who was close to him flicked the whisk in his hand and shouted:

"Play the book early, and leave the court without the book!"

Seeing that no one played the book, Zhu Youjian got up and returned to Qianqing Palace.

Time flies quickly, and two months have passed in a blink of an eye.

It is now March of the 18th year of Chongzhen, and Daming has completely embarked on the road of rapid development.

The Weapons Bureau of the Ministry of Industry is not only able to produce rifled guns in an assembly line, but the technology of grenades and revolvers is also becoming more and more mature. Almost all the troops of the Ming Dynasty have equipped rifled guns.

Shipyards around the world are also working hard to build ships, and five more ironclad warships have been launched and completed sea trials.

During this period of time, some small countries in the surrounding area saw the strength of Ming Dynasty and sent missions to the capital one after another.

I want to be a vassal state of Ming Dynasty again, and continue to maintain suzerain-vassal relationship with Ming Dynasty.

These include Champa, Chenla, Burma, Little Liuqiu, Boni, etc.

Zhu Youjian can understand the early practices of these small countries, knowing that they are sometimes controlled by other countries, and sometimes they are powerless when they want to pay tribute, so he does not blame them.

For example, the Ryukyu Kingdom, although it wants to maintain suzerain-vassal relations with Ming Dynasty, is actually controlled by the Wa Kingdom, so it is difficult to take this step.

Zhu Youjian passed an edict to the Ministry of Rites that as long as they continued to pay tribute, Ming could still maintain suzerain-vassal relations with them.

But the tribute has to be doubled on the original basis, and if it is really difficult, other materials can be used to offset it.

If they think the cost of paying tribute is too high, they don't need to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and it will become a province of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

The province that became Ming is actually very good. North Korea has not had to pay taxes for three years now. The people live a good life and have a sense of belonging to Ming.

The attitude of the officials of the Ministry of Rites towards these small countries that came to pay tribute is still very good, at least much more gentle than Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian.

In order to make the several small countries truly surrender, Fan Jingwen personally took them to visit the Ming army training.

First let them see the new artillery shooting training of the Shenji Battalion, and then let them see the platoon shooting of the new army.

Where have the missions of small countries seen this kind of weapon? They still use swords in their countries.

Seeing rifled guns shoot accurately at targets two hundred paces away, their mouths were so wide open that an egg could be stuffed into them, and they could not close them for a long time.

Before they could react from the power of the rifled guns, they saw the tremendous power of the new artillery bombardment.

Champa has been oppressed by Annan all the year round. Seeing that Daming Firearms are so powerful, the ambassador at that time grabbed Fan Jingwen and asked:

"My lord, can these firearms be taken away? We want to buy some."

Fan Jingwen shook his head and laughed: