Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 205 The Daily Life of His Royal Highness ([-])

In the winter of the 16th year of Yongli (1662), Bai Mingxiu lived in Jiangnan.This year he went to Australia, returned to Guangzhou, launched the Southwest War, and occupied Jiangnan by sea. It seems that he has done many things.In November, Bai Mingxiu returned to Shanghai from Nanjing, and the Council of Liberal Affairs had already moved to Shanghai long before.

Although the Guangzhou government is still somewhat reluctant and disappointed by the relocation of the imperial court, after all, even the people of Guangzhou know that Guangzhou has never been qualified as a capital city. South is not suitable to be the capital of a country.Everyone in the Ming Dynasty knew that Nanjing should become the new administrative capital after the Crown Prince regained it, but Bai Mingxiu did not give Nanjing the real capital status, but called it the old capital, and changed Jiangning to respond to Tianfu.

Speaking of which, since Yongli is still in Xitian Mansion, Xitian Mansion can be regarded as the capital to some extent.It's just that people in the Ming Dynasty now pragmatically only know that the prince supervises the country, not that there is an emperor, and almost subconsciously ignore the existence of Yongli.After all, since Yongli's ascension to the throne, the emperor has always run away and failed without listening to him, without any real achievements.But the 15-year-old prince was different. He not only integrated various anti-Qing forces, subdued Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong and other vassals, but also won consecutive battles and won the situation of Nanming today. He is the undisputed hero.

Bai Mingxiu's main consideration for staying in Shanghai was not political matters, but his main consideration was to take advantage of Shanghai's advantages to further develop Jiangnan's economy and trade.The Lizhengyuan also naturally created a new situation. Not only did it bring a group of newly trained officials from Guangdong, but Bai Mingxiu also added a large number of administrative talents recruited from the system.

Many things in Guangdong have already taken shape, and the provincial government, which has completely taken over administrative functions from the Legislative Yuan, has taken shape from governance to economic development.In the past few months, Guangdong has started to build a large number of public and private light and heavy industries based on the five small industries, and the results are quite gratifying.In order to allow the Jiangnan industry to develop, a group of employees from various state-owned enterprises in Guangdong were seconded to Shanghai to assist in the construction.

This set is completely in the history of the new China's "one game of chess" and "concentrate forces to do big things" approach. Bai Mingxiu uses it very skillfully, and he also benefits from the support of a group of talented people in his hands.

Bai Mingxiu's desk is now full of various official documents, many of which do not need to be handled by him personally, but are just reports. If Bai Mingxiu has any opinions, he will give some instructions, which is the same as the original Ming Dynasty. The approval of the cabinet is similar.

Under the administrative system of the Legislative Yuan, the power of the cabinet is still very large. Basically, it is the cabinet officials led by Tang Beilu who actually handle government affairs.As the crown prince in charge of the country, Bai Mingxiu is not likely to go beyond the cabinet to directly and arbitrarily modify any government affairs. He is more likely to make some demands on the military or some major economic matters.

Bai Mingxiu held a piece of letter paper in his hand, this was a reply letter from his cheap father Yongli.Basically, every once in a while, Bai Mingxiu would write a letter to His Majesty the real emperor very "modestly", introducing his recent achievements, and by the way, falsely expressing how much he misses his father, queen and queen.Yongli's reply is also in a similar rhythm, praise my son's ability, the Ming Dynasty's revival is all due to my son, and then write some words about the king and queen losing weight because they missed their son.

From the reading between the lines, it can be seen that Yongli is quite happy in Australia. After all, Yongli's first half of his body is basically spent on the run. After escaping from the chasing and killing of the Qing army, he managed to escape to a place where no one would hunt and kill. The sky is vast and the land is vast, and there is a group of people waiting for him. Yongli relaxed and even gained a lot of weight.

In the letter to Bai Mingxiu, Yongli praised himself for being obsessed with hunting, and his marksmanship was getting better and better. He asked someone to bring a leather jacket to Bai Mingxiu, saying that after he hunted a crocodile, he asked the cobbler to make it. of clothes.

Bai Mingxiu felt relieved when he saw that Yongli was playing with things and lost his mind, and he didn't have the mind to do anything serious.After all, Yongli is still the real emperor now. If he repeatedly proposes to return to his homeland, or even take back his power as the crown prince to supervise the country, he will be very troubled, even if Bai Mingxiu knows that Yongli will not achieve any effect even if he does so .The Ming Dynasty Restoration Army now only recognizes him, and the officials of the Lizhengyuan are also his faction.Even in Australia, Yongli was watched by Bai Mingxiu's people, and there was nothing he could do.

Bai Mingxiu wrote a little casually, and signed a note, ordering the supervisor of ceremonies to get some curios, good tea, etc., for Beichen Palace to enjoy.The supervisor of ceremonies in Bai Mingxiu's hands is completely different from the supervisor of ceremonies who used to be eunuchs. When Bai Mingxiu was in Australia, he abolished the tradition of eunuchs. Originally, there were twelve prisons in the Ming Dynasty and 24 yamen in the inner palace. After Bai Mingxiu strictly simplified the relevant institutions, he only set up a supervisor of etiquette.

The Supervisor of Ceremonies is also different from the powerful eunuch organization that can approve redemption on behalf of the emperor. Its main function is somewhat similar to that of a "royal housekeeper". Services, responsible for daily living and eating, cleaning the official residence, arranging itineraries, and more importantly, responsible for the operation and management of the royal family's assets.

The assets of the royal family are completely separated from the government. As the crown prince in charge of the country, Bai Mingxiu and even the Emperor Yongli in Australia do not take a penny from the government.However, since Bai Mingxiu had already got rid of the members of the Daming clan, it was not too difficult for the emperor to support his family.

Bai Mingxiu got a lot of money from the system before and after, and the relationship between the Supervisor of Rites and the Ministry of Finance of the Lizhengyuan is somewhat similar to the bank account and company account of a private boss.Bai Mingxiu did not withdraw money from the treasury, but basically transferred it from his personal account to the company account.

The assets of the royal family managed by the Supervisor of Lili are about 20 Mingliang, which is not a lot. They invest in the portfolio in a very modern way, buying land properties, company shares, and even major shareholders of some companies.Since Bai Mingxiu returned to his homeland, he has never seized an acre of land. All the land belonging to the royal family was purchased by the Supervisor of Rites from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission at market prices.

Compared with the excessive extortion and extortion of the European royal families at the same time, the current asset situation of the Ming royal family is horribly clean.

(End of this chapter)