The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"System, draw again, 10 points, [Literati] direction..."

"Ding...the 10-level extraction is started, and the extraction direction is [Literati]...the extraction is successful, and 15 Jinshi are awarded..."

"Pick again!"

Yan Song drew 5 times in a row, and only 55 points were consumed after consuming 5 points.

A total of:

There are 10 officials, 30 Jinshi, 20 Juren, and 25 scholars.

Yan Song wrote down the list of all the people, and looked for opportunities to arrange them to be officials in the future, and those who had already been officials looked for opportunities to be promoted, and they would be the backbone of the [Strict Party] in the future.Of course, this is done in secret, and the outside world will not find out that this is a strict party, because Yan Song's current status still needs [Lonely Minister] to protect himself.

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In the imperial study.

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This time, Jiajing did not go to practice Taoism, but stayed in the imperial study.

Lu Bing knelt in front of Jiajing and was reporting to Jiajing the results of the investigation of those maritime groups.Jin Yiwei's investigation of the Maritime Group fell into a predicament from the very beginning, and was secretly obstructed by unknown forces. Many of Jin Yiwei's spies were killed, and three thousand households were also broken into. It can be said that the loss was heavy.

Lu Bing knew that Jiajing attached great importance to this matter, so he wanted to investigate more deeply.

It took more than a month now to finally have a rough result, and this result also surprised Lu Bing.

"You mean, this situation is more serious than what Yan Aiqing said?" Jiajing asked in amazement.

Lu Bing: "Yes, it is several times more serious! Jinyiwei killed more than 100 people. After a thorough investigation of most of the Japanese pirates in recent years, it was found that they were all related to these local wealthy businessmen and officials... As for other overseas trade acquisitions Wealth, as Yan Ge said, is extremely huge, and there are many big families with assets of tens of millions."

Jiajing's face changed, and he asked again for confirmation: "Really?"

Lu Bing: "I guarantee it with my head!"

Jiajing glanced at Huang Jin coldly: "Tell me about your weaving mansion!"

Huang Jin knelt down: "I have already found out that the weaving mansion in the south of the Yangtze River and the weaving mansions in various places are indeed in the name of the emperor, colluding with those maritime merchants and making profits from it!"

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Jiajing directly smashed a beloved blue and white porcelain teacup, his face was full of anger: "Sure! Everyone is a good subject! They keep saying they are loyal to the emperor, but in the end they all do the same things! Moths! Moths!"

Lu Bing and Huang Jin knelt on the ground, not daring to speak.

Jiajing held up a book at this time, which was Yan Song's "On Sea Power - Seeing the World with Open Eyes".

"Lu Bing, you should know this book by Mr. Yan Ge?"

Lu Bing bowed down: "Return to Your Majesty, I know it, and I have read it."

When Lu Bing watched it, he became more and more surprised. He never thought that there is such a powerful country outside of Ming Dynasty, which can span thousands of miles of oceans, and even found a new "continent" in a very, very far away place.

Jiajing: "Then tell me, besides the Ming Dynasty, is there really such a powerful country? So Spain, Portugal~Taoya really found a 'continent', and every time they shipped back a boatload of gold and silver?  … ... I'll talk to you first."

"Your Majesty, I don't know." Huang Jin was just as surprised as Jiajing when he read "On Sea Power Chapter 1". The books he read were all about the history of China and the classics of Confucianism. don't know,

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Lu Bing: "Wei Chen knows a little bit. When he first read this book, Wei Chen was quite skeptical, so he sent Jin Yiwei to Guangdong Shipbuilding Department to investigate and found a few Spaniards described in the book. They were indeed as described in the book. Said that more than 50 years ago, the West discovered a new continent in the distant sea area, where the land was sparsely populated and full of gold and silver..."

Jiajing was silent.

In fact, what he expected more was that this book was a lie. He expected that Daming would be the most powerful country in the world, that the heavens would rise to power, and all nations would come to court. But now, what was said in the book broke his fantasy, There is actually a country as powerful as Ming in the world.

This fact did not appeal to him, an overjoyed emperor.Jiajing is still dreaming of the dream of going to heaven, but now Yan Song and Lu Bing have shattered his dream.

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Huang Jin thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, this trip to the south may be a good opportunity to learn more about it. I feel that although the barbarian country in the west is so small, the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and strong strength, so it will definitely be able to surpass it quickly."

Huang Jin's words touched Jiajing's heart.

Later, Jiajing began to think about what officials should be on the southern tour and left behind.First of all, the prince supervised the country, so naturally he couldn't leave him with powerful ministers, so the ministers took the southern tour as much as possible.Secondly, the main ministers of the Donglin Party and the Chuzhe Party will also be taken away.

Jiajing needs to see if the prince has the courage to poke these partisan hornet's nests.

Jiajing has long been disgusted with those parties, but he has never been able to find an excuse to attack, and now that the prince is a newborn calf, it is a good time to make drastic changes.

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Prince's Mansion.

Gao Gong was teaching the prince Zhu Zaihou.

"The most beneficial situation for the prince during this southern tour is that no important officials will be left in the court, and all will follow His Majesty on the southern tour, so that you can let your hands and feet go, and make drastic reforms to those ills."

The prince nodded: "What the teacher said is very true. Nowadays, there are many abuses and chaos in the court, but the emperor doesn't like diligent government. This king's supervising the country this time is a very good opportunity for actual combat exercises."

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Chapter 184 Too many open and secret fights [5]

Prince Zhu Zaihou repeatedly looked at the "Theory of Sea Power - Seeing the World with Open Eyes" in his hand, with surprise and excitement on his face.

After a long time, Prince Zhu Zaihou finally finished reading the book, put it aside, and sighed: "Although I despise Yan Song for being a man and an official, I have to say that his "On Sea Power" is novel and original. , Broaden horizons, eye-opening! Among them, the evaluation of 'sea power' hits the nail on the head! If I hadn't read this book, I would not have known that besides Ming Dynasty, there were two such powerful countries! I really want to read the next few chapters, what else is there to surprise~yan!"

Gao Gong next to him put down "On Sea Power", and was as impressed as the prince: "Old Yan Ge's vision is really different from that of "Zero Four Three"."