Great Ming National Teacher

Chapter 101

In terms of institutional structure, Li Yunya further weakened the imperial power, increased the power of the prime minister, made the imperial power and the prime minister's power mutually restrict each other, separated the military from the government, supervised the administration, and established a constitutional monarchy. Let go.

Another reform measure he took was to overhaul the administrative system. The original center of Chinese civilization was in the Guanzhong area. From the Zhou Dynasty to the Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang Dynasties, the country had the largest population density and was the most prosperous. The first place was Guanzhong, but later on, Hebei, Huanghuai, and Jiangnan areas developed one after another. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the eighteen princes fought against Dong, which was the decisive battle between the princes of the Guandong and the princes of Guanzhong. Later, the Li family won the world in the melee at the end of the Sui Dynasty. also the same.

With the development and changes of the times, the Guanzhong area gradually declined. Chang'an was no longer listed as the first choice for the capital in the past dynasties. The Song Dynasty established Kaifeng as the capital. The Ming Dynasty first established Nanjing and then moved the capital to Beijing. The region has gradually declined, foreign invasions, foreign harassment, the northwest has never been peaceful, as for the ancient Silk Road, it has been cut off for a long time.

Li Yunya abolished the original three-division yamen in the Ming Dynasty. The whole country is divided into provinces, provinces are divided into government offices, counties are established under the province, and townships are established under the county. The lowest official is the head of the township, and villages are established in the countryside. Villages are allowed to make their own.

First of all, North Zhili was changed to Hebei Province, South Zhili was changed to Jiangsu Province, and Anhui Province was pulled out to oppose Jiangxi Province. Huguang was split into Hunan and Hubei. The advantage of this is that once the world changes, the South We can’t unite together to fight independently against the north and form a separatist regime. If the north wants to fight to the south, one road will take Xiangyang first, and then go down the river. It's a serious situation. Now that the territory of Ming Dynasty is bigger, and it is necessary to take into account the Mongolian Plateau and Siberia, the constraints on the south seem to be insufficient. Therefore, we must guard against the passing of time and make preparations in advance.

Then there is Shu, because the Sichuan Basin is surrounded by mountains, it is difficult for outsiders to enter after closing the door. To avoid this situation, Hanzhong was divided into Shaanxi Province in the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, which opened the northern gate of the Sichuan Basin. After discussing with Zhu Youjian, Li Yunya decided to go a step further and separate Sichuan and Chongqing from Sichuan and Huguang. After one piece is created, a separate province called Bayu Province will be established, and the west gate of the Sichuan Basin will also be opened, and then the ancient system will continue to be used to carve up and restrict the periphery of Sichuan by using Yunnan and Guizhou.

As a central decision-maker, the most important thing is to put an end to the separatist regimes in various places and avoid the formation of a situation where the branches are weak and the branches are strong. The separatist regimes in the Tang Dynasty drew the painful lessons of more than [-] years of division and war, and must not happen again. , easy to fall apart”, now the territory is twice as large as before, and the population is larger and more complex. Every policy will affect millions of people, so we must plan carefully.

In addition to the administrative division, it is to connect the whole country through roads, railways, water transportation, postal services, telephones and other measures. Two main railways will be built in the north-south direction and the east-west direction will be repaired, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal will be repaired and widened. In each township, Li Yunya also ordered the various ministries to connect in series, such as holding national sports, poetry, song and dance, handicraft, clothing, gardening and other competitions, either organized by the state or by the people, doing everything possible to increase the number of personnel flow and exchange.

Li Yunya’s plan at the internal meeting is that after the Southeast Asian countries are taken down in the future, they will be used as agricultural areas. At that time, China will no longer be short of food. The Central Plains will be an industrial area, the Mongolian Plateau will be a pastoral area, and Siberia will be a mining area. , It is divided into north and south, and east to west. The east is a commercial area, and the west is also an industrial area. He asked Zhu Youjian to send envoys to the countries of Central Asia, all the way to the Ottoman Empire and Italy, to establish diplomatic relations and reopen business. Road, the northwest must not be empty. Once the population all flows to the east, it will cause problems of one kind or another. At that time, the entire northwest region may even be split and independent, or even annexed by other countries.

In terms of people's livelihood, continue to build schools across the country, requiring each township to have at least one primary school, the county to build a middle school, and the government to build a university with at least one college, in order to attract more young people to abandon the Four Books and Five Classics to study For new students, tuition and miscellaneous fees and book fees are exempted, and there is also a lunch subsidy.We also need to build stadiums, libraries, etc., requiring each county to have at least one medium-sized library with a collection of at least [-] books for anyone who wants to read

In terms of finance, Li Yunya proposed to make plastic banknotes. At present, the Academia Sinica has made great progress in the research of petroleum. At present, no one in the world can imitate plastic banknotes. Moreover, this thing is relatively fresh and precious, and it can increase civil society more than banknotes. In the past few years, the implementation of banknotes has not been very smooth. Everyone is reluctant to use waste paper and still likes to use steel coins. If plastic banknotes are issued, there will be no such resistance.

When the Great Court Meeting is over, it will be the end of February, and Li Yunya can finally have some leisure time. Zhu Youjian has put the matter of going to sea on the agenda. He has a small memorial-style notebook, which has been written densely every year and year after year. Take it when you have nothing to do. When I came out to see, I drew a circle on all the things to do that day, and said to Li Yunya: "Can we go to sea now?"

Seeing his expectant face, Li Yunya pinched his face: "Is that why you want to go out?"

"Of course! People say that the emperor is rich all over the world. Under the sky, is it the king's land; on the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers. But I can only nest in the city of Beijing. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't even be able to get out of the Forbidden City." , We have laid down so many sites, we have to go out and have a look! Otherwise, what is the difference between me being an emperor all my life and being a prisoner?"

"Okay, okay, then I'll take you out, but outside, the conditions are naturally not as good as at home, so you can't complain about suffering or being tired."

On a sunny morning, Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian put on plain clothes and went out, taking only Wang Zhengnan and [-] plainclothes guards to protect them secretly, and took a train from Beijing to Tianjin.

In Tianjin Port, Li Yunya took Zhu Youjian to the front of a big ship: "See? That is our ship!"

Li Yunya has long been preparing to go to sea, but he didn't say it out, and asked the Geoje Island Shipyard to design and build a super luxurious giant elephant ship for him, with a total displacement of 24 tons, using a hybrid of sails and steam, because of consideration After the long voyage, coal may not be found in some places, so a super giant sail was installed, stretched like a cloud covering the sky, and there are a total of [-] sets of steam engines inside, all of which are currently the most powerful. A steam engine can travel with sails alone, and it can also sail with a steam engine alone.

The walrus ship only uses an all-steel frame inside, with light steel armor on the outside. It has a total length of more than 120 meters and a third of the double deck at the stern. Six meters, a huge iron box stands on a high place, it can be adjusted to fire at any angle, and 26 large high-explosive incendiary rockets are fired in an instant, and when an idle ship encounters it, it will be dead!

There are also 72 cannons on both sides of the ship's side, and the bow is also installed, but they are not installed on the deck, but installed in the front cabin of the ship's side. It is smaller than the bow cannon of the Yaksha, and there are two on the left and right. They are usually hidden. In the cabin, once a pirate is encountered, the hatch opens and the opponent is immediately beaten to pieces.

There are three high-power generators installed on the ship, whether using sails to make the ship sail, or using heat after stopping, they can generate electricity, command and communicate everywhere, power transmission, all use electricity, and there are electric fans, water heaters, and electric blankets , rice cooker, dishwasher and other household appliances are available.

At the bottom of the cabin, there is a huge area for coal and water, and there is also a warehouse of [-] tons. Li Yunya said to Zhu Youjian: "Should we take a batch of goods out? Earn some money while playing. .”

"Of course!" Zhu Youjian took out the small notebook that he had been tinkering with these days, "Where are we going?"

"Wherever you say to go, we will go there."

"Well, then let's go east. I have long wanted to see what the America you mentioned at the end of the ocean is like." In Chinese mythology, the end of the East China Sea is the place where the sun rises. There are Fusang and Jianmu, At first I thought it was Penglai Island near Shandong, but later I thought it was Japan. After seeing these two places, they are very ordinary, so it can only be America.In fact, Zhu Youjian still has another idea, that is to go straight to the east, to see if he can return to Daming from the west, and to prove whether the ground under his feet is round or not!

The two first went to Dalian first, then to Busan, then to Nagasaki, then went north via Hokkaido to Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka Peninsula, and then crossed the Bering Strait into America.

Li Yunya said: "I have hired [-] retired naval officers and soldiers to wear them, as well as specialized experts in navigation, astronomy, meteorology, geology, and medical treatment, but they can only maintain the most basic navigation. When the whole ship is in operation, we have to hire some sailors, at least two hundred, to do the daily work."

To hire sailors, you have to register with the Maritime Safety Administration. Li Yunya asked Zhu Youjian, "Give our ship a name."

Zhu Youjian couldn't think of a good idea for a while, the two sat on the bench in the lobby of the Maritime Safety Administration and thought, Zhu Youjian wanted to call Fengyuan, Chongxuan, but was rejected by Li Yunya, Li Yunya wanted to call Dragon King No. was rejected by Zhu You, and I was entangled for a long time. The office staff of the Maritime Safety Administration saw that they owned a [-]-ton iron-clad ship that was heard to be the largest at present, and their speech and behavior were not like ordinary people. Give them a pot of tea and let them think about it slowly.

Not long after, the director of the Maritime Affairs Bureau came and gave Li Yunya a military salute when he entered the door. It turned out that the director was the Bai Xiaohu who cut his head and cried when the Li Yunya Military Academy was first built. Now he is 30 years old. , no longer the thin and thin boy at the beginning, but tall and long-legged, very strong and burly, very excited to see Li Yunya: "Meet the chief!"

Li Yunya also remembered him: "It turned out to be you, you are here... Look at your attire, you are the chief of the bureau? The chief of the maritime bureau, you are developing well and have a bright future."

Bai Xiaohu said with some shame: "Back then I was not in good health, and the assessment was repeated. Later, the Maritime Safety Administration was established, and people were drawn from the military academy, so I was assigned here. I have worked for two years, and I am still successful. I respectfully Follow the instructions of the chief, and never dare to be a little sloppy."

Li Yunya picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea: "Is your mother okay?"

"Well, my mother's health is getting better and better these years, her fever has subsided, and her eyes are getting better and better. He always tells me that he wants to meet you and thank you in person. Last year, he made preparations. Some salted duck eggs asked me to send you to Xishan, I thought I couldn't get them out, and you were determined not to give gifts, so I didn't go, because my mother gave me a good fight!" Bai Xiaohu was much more cheerful than before, Love to talk and laugh, "After a few years, when my three sons grow up, I will send them to the military academy!"

"You have three sons already?" Li Yunya recalled the young boy who was crying while being cut off. In a blink of an eye, he had three children. It seemed that he was really old. He took Zhu Youjian next to him Grab your hands and tighten them gently: No wonder you are in a hurry, I always judge by the standards of future generations, 50 or [-] years old is not considered old, but people at this time, once they pass [-], they are old men. Travel around the world with Zanjian and have a good time.