Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

Xiao Jin returned to the warship with a gloomy face. After meeting the Ryukyu King Shangwen, he reported to King Shangwen in detail the opinions conveyed by Yang Lin and what he had learned after entering the city.

"What? The Tiandihui, which is against the Qing Dynasty and for the restoration of the Ming Dynasty?" Prince Shangwen asked in confusion.

As early as the Shunzhi period, many former Ming loyalists fled to the Ryukyu Kingdom, many of whom were elites of the Tiandihui who were against the Qing Dynasty and wanted to restore the Ming Dynasty.

The Ryukyu Kingdom was originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but when the Ryukyu King Shangwen saw the decline of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty seized China, he changed his mind and defected to the Qing Dynasty. He actively eradicated the anti-Qing and pro-Ming forces in Ryukyu as a token of his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty.

With the collapse of the anti-Qing and pro-Ming forces in Ryukyu, many anti-Qing heroes were either killed or forced to go up the mountain to become bandits, while some fled to Taiwan Island.

Now, it is really difficult for Prince Shangwen to change his mind when he wants the King of Ryukyu to surrender those people whom he once regarded as captives and mortal enemies!

"If you don't surrender, you will be killed!" This sentence was like a heavy mountain, weighing heavily on the heart of Ryukyu King Shangwen.

His heart was full of contradictions and struggles. If he chose to surrender, then this kingdom that had existed for hundreds of years would have to be handed over to others, and King Shangwen was really unwilling to accept that.

And to give it to the prisoner who was once not even his enemy, the resentment in his heart doubled.

But if they choose to go to war, the combined forces of all parts of Ryukyu would be no more than 10,000 people. They couldn't even defeat the Japanese pirates, so how could they possibly defeat the powerful Tiandi Army that wiped out the entire Japanese pirate army?

Prince Shangwen sat alone on the deck, constantly hitting his head with his hands, racking his brains for ideas on how to break the impasse.

However, the generals Shangwu and Xiao Jin standing below felt like they were in the desert, longing for water. They could only worry and be helpless.

At this time, Jiang Wencheng, the chief blogger of the Hanlin Academy, stepped forward and said to King Shangwen, "Your Majesty, Shuri Castle has been occupied by the Tiandi Army. Let's return to Yaeyama first, and then think about it and find a solution to the problem."

After listening to Jiang Wencheng's suggestion, King Shangwen nodded repeatedly as if he had been enlightened. Then he signaled Shangwu to convey the order to the three warships and prepare to return to Yaeyama.

The warship had just raised anchor and hoisted sails and had not sailed two miles when it heard a thunderous explosion.

But on the artillery platform at the entrance of the alley in the west of the city, more than twenty 220mm caliber red cannons, like a group of angry beasts, opened their bloody mouths and fired at full power.

The ordinary red cannon has a caliber of 110 mm and a maximum range of 3000 meters. It does not fire explosive shells, but solid bullets and iron balls.

The caliber of the coastal defense guns has doubled! However, surprisingly, even so, its maximum range is only 5000 meters. However, this does not affect the type of shells it fires - it is still solid bullets. At this moment, Prince Shang Wen and many civil and military officials standing on the bow were all stunned.

The projectiles fired by the coastal defense guns flew over the three warships like lightning, and then suddenly exploded 10,000 meters ahead. The huge water column that exploded instantly was more than ten feet high! The surging waves caused by the shells made the three warships 20 miles away begin to shake.

It is worth mentioning that these coastal defense guns were installed by Shangwu himself! He could never have imagined that these shells could be fired so far! What's even more incredible is that they can explode! All this is so incredible that even Shangwu himself can't believe it: Is this really fired from the artillery at the entrance of the alley in the west of the city?

Although the explosion took place far away, the towering ten-foot-high water column and the deafening explosion were simply miraculous in this era!

Everyone on the three warships was terrified. They opened their eyes wide, opened their mouths, and their faces were full of astonishment.

Most of the officers and soldiers were shaking uncontrollably, their knees weakened, and they knelt down involuntarily, desperately begging for mercy. After a while, the observation post on the mast shouted loudly: "General, someone on the shore sent a flag signal, asking us to return immediately and dock at the alley in the west of the city, otherwise they will sink us!"

Hearing the news, Wei Xiaobao still stood firmly on the gun platform. He watched the three warships slowly sail back to the alley with a satisfied smile on his face.

Then, he turned to Qiu Daoji and praised him, "Well done, Master Qiu! Although you failed to make bullets, you were the first to develop explosive shells!" Qiu Daoji smiled happily and responded modestly, "Hehe, Master, this is not entirely our credit.

The main reason why the barrel didn't explode was because it was thicker and stronger than the gun barrel. "After hearing this, Wei Xiaobao couldn't help but laugh and scolded, "You guy, you really don't know how to be humble at all!"

Early in the morning of the second day, King Shangwen of Ryukyu sent a negotiation team headed by General Shangwu, General Xiao Jin and President Jiang Wen of the Hanlin Academy to the palace to meet with the leader of the Tiandihui, Wei.

However, Wei Xiaobao was tired of dealing with these people and was unwilling to meet them in person.

Therefore, he only sent Yang Lin and Mao Shiba to deal with the situation, and specifically asked Mao Shiba to bring along his resourceful scholar Sun Xiucai so that he could get more experience.

Over the past two days, Wei Xiaobao has already understood the key to the smooth implementation of the rent reduction and crop replacement policy, and the biggest contributor is the brilliant idea proposed by Sun Xiucai.

He felt that Sun Xiucai was smart and quick-witted, and was indeed a man of great potential. If he was tempered and polished, he would become a great man and play an important role in the future.

At this moment, the negotiation hall was filled with people, all parties were arguing, and the noise was one after another, just like a noisy vegetable market...

"Retain the title of Ryukyu Kingdom..."

"This is pending!"

"Keep the title of King..."

“This is also pending!”

"Retain the powers of the six ministries..."

"This is absolutely impossible!"

"Why is it impossible?"

"The sect leader said that the truth lies within the cannon. Do you understand the truth?"

"Return the fiefs of the royal nobles..."

"That's fine, but you can only charge a maximum of 30% of the farmland rent!"

"I want 70%!"

"Well, then pay another 40% of the farmland rental tax!"

"What if I don't hand it in?"

"Humph! Those who resist taxes will be imprisoned or even beheaded!"

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For a moment, the two sides were on the verge of a fight and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

A day later, Wei Xiaobao learned what they were talking about. It turned out that these topics had nothing to do with the national system and were just some insignificant trivial matters.

While watching the countdown of the system, he was under tremendous pressure from the system - this system would actually randomly kill his relatives!

Despite this, Wei Xiaobao gritted his teeth and persevered. For two whole days, he worked day and night to outline a general framework for the future national system, and handed it over to them for discussion during the negotiations.

The whole situation was tense and harmonious, but at the same time it was also under the cover of artillery fire.

After more than ten days of difficult negotiations day and night, they finally achieved results: the Tiandihui formally established the Tiandi Federal Government.

The members of this federal government include the sovereign state, vassal states and various tribal groups with independent autonomy.

In addition, the federal government has promulgated the Federal Constitution, requiring all federal member states to strictly abide by and implement the treaty provisions in the Constitution.

The constitution clearly states that each member state must jointly form a parliament and elect the supreme commander of the federal government through elections.

In addition, the Constitution also stipulates that no federal member state may establish an army, and that the decision-making power over foreign affairs belongs to the federal central government.

At the same time, the Constitution stipulates that, except for strategic mineral resources that should be developed by the federal central government, other resources that are conducive to improving people's livelihood and promoting people's prosperity belong to the federal member states.

The Constitution also stipulates that the federal central government is responsible for formulating a series of basic laws such as the Civil Code, Criminal Code, and Tax Code, and each member state needs to further formulate and implement specific laws and regulations on this basis, combined with local customs, religious beliefs and other factors.

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The overall framework has been initially established, but the specific content still needs to be gradually improved. Wei Xiaobao then ordered Sun Xiucai to find several quick-thinking scholars, lock them in a room, and teach these scholars who have been reading sage books since childhood a lot of social system knowledge from later generations.

After completing these tasks, Sun Xiucai was given an official position as the director of the Legal Research Office, a fifth-rank official. Other scholars were appointed as sixth-rank officials.

This Legal Research Office is directly under the leadership of Wei Xiaobao of the Central Government, and can be said to be a close minister around the commander-in-chief. Although the official position is not high, the power is very great, and ordinary people dare not offend them easily.

After conquering a country, it is no longer just a gang, and the previous organizational structure of the Tiandihui also needs to be adjusted to keep pace with the times.

As a result, Honghu Hall was renamed the Ministry of State Affairs; Hongwu Hall was renamed the Ministry of National Defense; Hongqi Hall was renamed the Ministry of Industry; and Hongshun Hall was renamed the Ministry of State Assets. Each hall master was honored to be promoted to minister and enjoy the treatment of a second-rank prime minister.

Suddenly, many high-ranking officials emerged in the small Shuri Castle, and each of them had a happy expression on his face.

These people were just bandits not long ago, but now they have transformed into legal officials.

As the saying goes, "A prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold," after these former villains returned to their hometown, they immediately demonstrated their official power. Every household was filled with a festive atmosphere, and every village and hamlet began to raise their glasses to celebrate.

Those bandits who used to eat and drink for free on the streets, rape women, and beat passers-by for no reason, now wear official uniforms and become more and more complacent, and some of them have even forgotten their duties.

At this moment, Shuang'er came to Wei Xiaobao's study carrying an official who had been knocked unconscious.

It turned out that this official dared to tease Shuang'er in the street, which made Wei Xiaobao furious!

He decided to launch an investigation immediately, not only to investigate corruption, but also to rectify bad practices and severely punish those who committed crimes...