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Chapter 1245 Marriage Letter
For these desperadoes, as long as there are enough benefits, who cares who works for whom!
Emperor Chongzhen knew this very well, so when he heard Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, come back to report, he nodded and confessed: "When they are halfway through learning, you can let them hang out in the capital and let them know about Daming. Prosperous, but at the same time know that money can lead to a better life!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Wang Chengen listened, nodded again and again, and replied respectfully.

Regarding his flattery, Emperor Chongzhen didn't say much, but explained: "During their studies, people watched their every word and deed. I believe that Dongchang should have the vision to see the behavior of these people How do you think. At that time, if I want to use them, I will only use some good ones, understand?"

"Your maidservant complies with the order!" Wang Chengen hurriedly played upon hearing this, "My maidservant must have dispatched elite staff to secretly watch their every move."

Then, seeing that Emperor Chongzhen had nothing to say, he stepped back to arrange things.

And Emperor Chongzhen summoned Liu Xingzuo, the commander of Jinyiwei, and gave him the information confessed by the Spaniards, including the basic situation of the Spaniards, the Pacific and Atlantic routes, and the situation in North and South America, and asked him to study carefully.

In addition, according to the impression of later generations, Emperor Chongzhen told Liu Xingzuo his preliminary ideas. He planned to send a fleet of about [-] warships at one time under the guidance of these Spaniards, and now establish a stronghold on the coastline of North America. Then contact Mexico.

"Your Majesty, are these Spaniards reliable?" Liu Xingzuo did not promise, but put forward his own opinion.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and explained: "It should be almost done. Let them go to the naval base to see how powerful our Daming Navy is, and that's enough!"

Not to mention the number of warships that Ming had already owned at this time, just for the first time across the Pacific, Emperor Chongzhen decided to send fifty warships. Such a scale is rare among the fleets of Europeans leaving their homeland. .Only a huge empire like Daming can have this strength.Seduced by benefits and shocked by strength, if those Spaniards are still rebellious, then they really have a European conscience.

After arranging this matter, Emperor Chongzhen entered the chat group and asked about Qian's wealth.

On the Japanese side, the coalition forces headed by the remnants of Jianlu have already fought vigorously with the Tokugawa shogunate.

After the remnants of Jianlu attacked Honshu, they continued to expand their victories with lightning speed and tried their best to attack Shijian Yinshan.When they reached a place not far from Iwami Yinshan, the Tokugawa shogunate understood the attempt to build up the remnants of the captives, and quickly abandoned the enemies of the four countries, and dispatched troops to surround them.

However, at the beginning, the Tokugawa shogunate's army was still losing streak, unable to withstand the attack of the remnants of the Qing Dynasty.According to Qian Fugui's report, combined with what Emperor Chongzhen himself learned, there are several reasons why the battle situation is like this.

First, these remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were the elite who were used to fighting against the Ming Dynasty. Their brave fighting style and physical advantages gave them a great advantage over the dwarfs of the Japanese country.

Second, the main force of the Wa Kingdom is actually infantry equipped with matchlock guns.However, the remnants of the Manchu Qing had already figured out how to deal with firearms during the war with Ming Dynasty.Therefore, the inefficiency of the matchlock gun did not cause much damage to the remnants of the Qing Dynasty.

Third, because the Tokugawa shogunate is usurping the throne and seizing power, they are afraid that other daimyos will follow suit, so starting from the first generation of Tokugawa Ieyasu, they tried their best to suppress other daimyos.Those powerful daimyos in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's era had almost been weakened by the Tokugawa shogunate by this time.From the Shimabara Rebellion in the original history, we can know that the first time the Tokugawa shogunate sent an army of about [-] to suppress the Catholic rebellion, but they returned in a big defeat. Food is considered a successful suppression.Its fighting power can be seen from this.

Fourth, the army of the Tokugawa shogunate was composed of troops sent by daimyo from all over the country.If the war goes smoothly, there will be no problem.However, once they faced the toughness of the remnants of the Qing Dynasty, the daimyos from all over the world would have to think carefully, and no one wanted to fight to the death by themselves, sacrificing their own strength for the Tokugawa shogunate.

Therefore, when the coalition forces of the remnants of the Qing Dynasty fought all the way to the vicinity of Iwami Yinshan, the troops of the Tokugawa shogunate were considered to have resisted their offensive and stood their ground.It can be done like this, thanks to the Tokugawa shogunate, which has not yet decayed and adjusted the focus of combat.First, the navy was sent to cut off the strait again, so that the follow-up enemies of Kyushu did not continue to enter Honshu Island.In addition, Tokugawa Iemitsu also became ruthless, rather than possibly losing Iwami Ginzan, it is better to use some of it to intensify the efforts of the daimyos from all over the world!
Of course, at this time, the remnants of the Manchu Dynasty had hit the vicinity of Iwami Yinshan in one breath, and they were also a little tired, so they had to rest.Before fighting so hard, one is to take advantage of the Tokugawa shogunate before it reacts.Another reason is that Dorgon wants to save Dodo on Shikoku Island. Only when he fights hard in Honshu will the Tokugawa shogunate be unable to take care of Dodo in Shikoku, so that Dodo can be safe.

In the current situation in the Wa Kingdom, the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are indeed accustomed to fighting, and they have already gained a certain advantage.

However, one thing was beyond Emperor Chongzhen's expectation. When he asked about Qian Fugui's situation privately, he heard Qian Fugui play back: "Your Majesty, the Tokugawa shogunate has changed tactics in recent days, which has caused Dorgon a bit of a headache." gone."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked curiously, "How to change tactics?"

"The Tokugawa shogunate hoarded heavy troops on the front, but they were not active in fighting." Qian Fugui may have experienced it, and he was able to speak eloquently about the military. Offensive, it appears to be directed against Catholic armies, and some success has been achieved.”

Speaking of this, he thought for a while, and added: "Those Catholic troops are actually farmers, and they can defend the city, but once they go to the wild, they are basically no opponents of the Tokugawa shogunate army. Dorgon is discussing, I want Hauge to come back and protect the flanks!"

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help smiling when he heard this, saying, "Very well, this effect is what we want."

No matter how powerful the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are, their numbers are limited.Although this battle has been victorious, it still consumes personnel.Without the help of the Catholic army, the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty would be nothing more than rootless duckweed, and even if the Japanese kingdom was defeated, they would not be able to rule.

Thinking this way, he told Qian Fugui: "You can use Ishijian Yinshan as a bait to tell Hauge not to compromise, and wait until the Catholic army in the rear has suffered a lot of losses."

"Your Majesty, you don't need to be persuaded by your subordinates. Hauge himself doesn't want to leave." Qian Fugui quickly replied, "Haug's eyes have also been fixed on Shijian Yinshan. When Dorgon asked him to come back for help, he would He has already scolded him, and if he wants to get rid of him because of the benefits, he will not do it!"

"Hehe, that's good, let him torment!" Emperor Chongzhen listened, and ordered with a smile.This Hauge is simply a pig teammate, and he hasn't learned the shrewdness of Huang Taiji at all.It's okay to fight and charge, but if it's about making decisions, it can only be hehe.If he hadn't helped him secretly, he would have been swallowed by Dorgon long ago.

But as far as the moment is concerned, everything is going according to the planned goal on Wa country's side, which is very good!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen shifted his attention again, and turned his gaze to the Tang State.Now Daming's temporary enemies are only these two places.

He clicked on the icon of King Tang, chatted with him privately and asked, "Is there any movement on the side of the Mughal Empire?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is the same as before, just yelling that I have a bad heart, and I gave a sky-high compensation amount, saying that I want to look good to my minister." Tang Wang replied with a smile, "But the minister sent to the Mughal Empire In detail, the main force of the Mughals competed for Kandahar with the Persian Empire in the north, and it seemed to be deadlocked."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said that would be the best.After thinking for a while, he confessed to King Tang: "Bangladesh Province, we should take this opportunity to spend more time on management, and give benefits to those poor people and slaves. As for those who enjoyed the benefits during the Mughal Empire, we Daming can't give more benefits, these people don't have enough sincerity, so they solve it as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty is wise, I think so too." King Tang was overjoyed.

In fact, he did have this idea before, because some of his subordinates had already given him advice.However, he was a little uncertain, and he was afraid that Bangladesh would be in chaos.But now that Emperor Chongzhen is backing him, he will naturally become more courageous, and his worries will be gone, so he agrees immediately.

Emperor Chongzhen closed the private chat with King Tang, checked Yang Sichang's side, but did not contact him.

On the other side of the Tianshan Mountains, the army that had previously chased the remnants of Mobei had returned.Now the entire surrounding area of ​​Tianshan Mountain belongs to Daming.It was guarded by Yang Sichang, and Mangui led the army. While reorganizing the Oirat tribes, they built the city.There will be no war for the time being.

In this way, the next focus should be to manage the country well!When Daming's comprehensive strength reaches a higher level, it can expand again.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, so he opened the space of the chat group and looked at the situation of editing household registration in various places.

Under the household registration folder, there are multiple folders by province, and there are subfolders such as state capital, county, and township under the province.Within each folder, there are specific subdivisions and a summary report document.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen clicked on it to read these summarized documents.

Before doing this, the registered population of Daming had been around 5000 million.Now, when Emperor Chongzhen saw the summed up numbers, there are more than 1000 million registered, which is about doubled.

However, judging from the assessment, there should be about 5000 million unregistered ones.Most of these unregistered people fled in the mountains and forests, and a small number of them hid in foreign countries.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a while, and then ordered to set up the Wenhua Palace to invite cabinet ministers to discuss matters.

It didn't take long for all the cabinet ministers in Beijing to arrive at the Wenhua Palace.

Generally speaking, this is the only way to discuss matters if there are important matters.Therefore, Wen Tiren and the others were a little curious, wondering what else could happen?
After seeing the ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to them: "My dear friends, I have thought about it, and now I am taking advantage of the implementation of the new household registration system in Ming Dynasty, and I plan to standardize marriage. From now on, the marriage status of the common people in Ming Dynasty will also be registered in the Under the new household registration. Anyone who gets married must report to the government and issue a marriage certificate to prove it. Only in this way can they be protected by the laws of Ming Dynasty. Private contracts will not be recognized!"

These ministers of the cabinet never imagined that the emperor would say such a thing even after thinking about it.

The "Law of the Ming Dynasty" stipulates that when a man and a woman get engaged, they need to "follow each other's wishes, write a marriage certificate, and marry according to rites."

And the "Minghui Code" also stipulates: "Every marriage shall be officiated by grandparents and parents. If there are no grandparents or parents, the marriage shall be officiated by other relatives."

These are actually decided by the families of both men and women, even if it is official.Corresponding to this, there is another kind of private contract, which refers to knowing that the man has the feelings of being old, young, disabled, supporting, and concubine, but the woman's family is willing to enter into marriage. Men and women engage in marriage on their own without the order of their parents.This kind of private agreement is not allowed by the government.

But no matter which one it is, it has not been certified by the government, which means it has nothing to do with the government.In the original history, the earliest marriage certificate issued by the government in China was the dragon and phoenix post in the Qing Dynasty.

That is, within seven to ten days after the engagement, both men and women should go to the local county government office to receive the official letter of dragon and phoenix and pay taxes.The content on the post includes: the name and age of the betrothed person, the names of the parents of both parties, the officiant and the matchmaker, and all of them need to be signed and stamped to show solemnity.Approved by the government and affixed with a big seal, it proves that the marriage has obtained legal procedures.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen raised this matter at this time, not to collect taxes.

The chief assistant, Wen Tiren, was a little puzzled, and said to Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, is it because of escaping marriage?"

Just like the previous marriage, there were drawbacks.Because after the marriage contract is signed, the relatives have to be greeted, and this is the whole process.If the man runs away before welcoming the bride, the woman will have to wait stupidly.Things like this are not uncommon.For this reason, in the Yuan Dynasty, there was a regulation, similar to this, it would become invalid if it was not married for five years.But in this way, the woman's five years of youth were wasted.

In fact, not only Wen Tiren was puzzled, but the other ministers were also puzzled.

The emperor is the king of the Ninth Five-Year Plan. There are so many things in the world. Suddenly, just for such a small matter, and then mobilize the cabinet ministers to talk about it. They feel that this is too much to make a fuss about.With this time, it is better to deal with the official business at hand!

Your majesty is good, you didn't work as diligently as the shopkeeper in the two years when you first took the throne.But, we are busy!We are busier!
Seeing their expressions, Emperor Chongzhen knew that they had misunderstood him like Wen Tiren, so he smiled slightly.

(End of this chapter)