A Timely Wife

To some extent, the fact that Great Chu can stand for thousands of years has a lot to do with a series of edicts promulgated at the beginning of the founding of the Southern Chu. In addition to the imperial decree to establish the emperor's younger brother and not to accept eunuchs, the proposal of the Ministry of Rites to ask for the establishment of a queen was also rejected by Emperor Chu Ming. After that, the queen was suspended for five full years.

As the capital of Southern Chu, Jinghai City once attracted a large number of refugees after the founding of the Southern Chu State. In just three months, the population of Jinghai City surged from 15 to 45, and the surrounding towns became even worse. Needless to say, people are sleeping almost everywhere on the main road.

After discussing with Li Ruosong and others, Xiong Ruoshan decided to open up the road between Jinghai City and Nanjiang Mansion, and moved 40 people to live in Nanjiang Mansion. At the same time, the imperial palace of Nanchu also moved along with him. Well, Jinghai City is still too remote after all. It was a few days before many news reached Jinghai City. In terms of the timeliness of information, it was very unfavorable for the Southern Chu court to make decisions.

To move the capital, preparations in advance are essential. Nanjiang Mansion actually does not meet the conditions that a country’s capital city must have. Considering the consumption of war, Xiong Ruoshan decided not to build a palace in Nanjiang Mansion, but to choose a yard to live in. Just like here in Jinghai City, live in a small house, and find a high-end and elegant place for office.

It's not that no one objected, the problem is that the objection is useless. Emperor Chu Ming looked like a very gentle person, but those who had dealt with him knew that this person was not so easy to talk to, especially what he was determined to do, anyone who objected It's useless, just like the imperial edicts issued after Emperor Ming of Chu ascended the throne, conferring Li Ruosong as General Dingguo, General Zhou as General Protecting the Country, Steward Zhang as Prince Shaobao, and Feng Bao as Minister of the Household Department. The reward for the first two people is okay, but the latter two people are unacceptable to scholars who claim to be masters. These two people are both eunuchs. Emperor Chu Ming didn’t need eunuchs. An eunuch conferred such a high official position, which made them very angry.

I think they have studied hard for decades in the cold window, their heads are hanging on the beams and their buttocks, and they only seek fame and fame. I don’t know how many years of ups and downs in the official career, and they may not be able to reach the position of servant of the household department, but now they are occupied by a ten-year-old eunuch. If they knew that Emperor Chu Ming didn't think that Feng Bao was still young and his seniority was so young that he only gave him a servant of the household department, they would probably overthrow the household department.

However, the result is the same whether the position of Minister of the Ministry of Finance is given or not, because the position of Minister of the Ministry of Finance is assigned to Li Qilai. Li Qi is not young, and he was originally unwilling to accept this appointment, but he could not stand the persuasion of Li Guanshi and Feng Bao. In addition, Emperor Chu Ming also said a lot to Li Qi. Li Qi thought that he could persist for a few more years, so he accepted it as a help for his grandson. Only Li Qi can shoulder the burden of foreign trade and communication.

Li Liang couldn't be idle either, he took an errand as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, this place is a bit thankless, there is nothing to say, once something happens, it is the easiest to blame, but Li Liang likes it very much, Jinghai City He brought people to build the building brick by brick. Whenever new ore was discovered, he was much more excited than Cheng Dong. He liked building bridges, roads and houses from the bottom of his heart.

General Zhou served as Minister of the Ministry of War. One of the Ministers of the Ministry of War was Li Ruosong, and the other was Cheng Dong. Cheng Dong's appointment as Minister of the Ministry of War also caused an uproar in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. Of course, the content of the uproar was a bit different. Everyone who knew Cheng Dong Knowing that this is what Chengdong deserves, they are sincerely happy for Chengdong, but those who don't know Chengdong think it's a child's play. Coupled with the previous appointments, many courtiers think that the emperor is not qualified The emperor, nepotism, right and wrong, black and white.

The Li family has kindness to Emperor Chuming, and is also the mother clan of Emperor Chuming. It cannot be because of this that they are given so many positions as ministers and servants in the six departments. accepted.Li Qi and the others didn't say anything. After all, he was born in the formal imperial examination, and he was still a candidate. They had nothing to question. They couldn't say anything more, but Li Liang and Cheng Dong had something to say. Li Liang had never even participated in the imperial examinations. A place that is valued, but it doesn't mean that they will let a mud-legged person occupy the latrine without shitting, and insist on occupying the position of Shangshu, and there is another Shuang'er, who actually occupies the position of Minister of the Ministry of War. How much ability can you sit in this position.

After knowing the thoughts of the people below, Emperor Chu Ming smiled slightly, and asked people to tell Li Liang and Cheng Dong what they had done in the past few years. It's over, and not many people have made the right appointments for these two people.

Since the decision to move the capital, Jinghai City has successively sent 5 people to Nanjiang Prefecture to carry out the work of building the city, of which 3 people are responsible for road repairs, and the other 2 people are responsible for urban construction. Most of them were destroyed. Emperor Chu Ming meant to build Nanjiang Mansion completely according to the urban layout of Jinghai City. Naturally, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry would not object, because this construction method is very simple, and it saves money and saves money. A fool would object to saving tens of millions of taels of silver by not building the palace, not to mention that the houses in Jinghai City are all made of improved reinforced concrete, no matter in terms of time or labor. It is much easier than building a garden.

The Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry did not object, and the Ministry of War certainly did not object. The other three departments wanted to join forces, but their own internal opinions were not in agreement. The imperial approval was passed, and these people had no choice but to watch Li Liang send someone over.

The road from Jinghai City to Nanjiang Mansion is very spacious. It is an eight-lane road that is not common in later generations. Due to the use of explosives and vehicles, the flat and spacious road was quickly repaired. It took more than 3 engineers and soldiers two months to repair the road to the gate of Nanjiang Mansion. The high efficiency left those old officials stunned. When I went to Nanjiang Mansion, I was so entangled with that feeling, that I was happy with these new things, but also worried that I would be squeezed by the Li family in the future and have no place to stand.

The construction of Nanjiang Mansion is also very fast. According to the city plan, Nanjiang Mansion must first expand outwards and be divided into four districts, the east, the south, and the north. The east is the closest to Jinghai City and is used as a political district. The meeting building is also in the east area, the south is the commercial area, all businesses are concentrated in the south, merchants also live here, the north is the military area, barracks, military academy, military compound and military training base are all placed in the north, this The side is also the place closest to the Chu River. Once the northern army overwhelms the border, as the first line of defense for Southern Chu, they will have to fight to the death and not retreat. Of course, the navy stationed in the north is also convenient for dispatching at any time. I don't know how long it will take to rush from the south to the north. If there is a war, there will be no delay.

The west side is the civilian area. Relatively speaking, the houses are relatively simple, but it is many times better than the days when there was no food and clothing. All kinds of factories are basically concentrated in the north area. Of course, the west side is used as an industrial area. The reason also lies in an underground river diverted from here. Chengdong decided to use this underground river as the main part of the sewer system. Without this underground river, he wanted to make Nanjiang Mansion into the second Jinghai City. Still pretty big.

For more than three months of urban construction, one month was spent in the construction of the underground tunnel. There is no way, after all, it is working underground. According to the current technical level, it is already extremely good to be able to do it. Not bad.

After the reconstruction of Nanjiang Mansion was completed, Emperor Chu Ming took the lead to board the steam car bound for Nanjiang Mansion. Since the steam car came out, Cheng Dong and the people from the scientific research institute have successively made large buses like this. God, a car can hold at least 80 people, and can accommodate more than 130 people at most. Although there are many people in Jinghai City, they can be transported to and fro several times. General Zhou arranged to go to Nanjiang Mansion early in the morning. Of the garrison troops, one regiment stayed in Jinghai Mansion, and the other four regiments all went to Nanjiang Mansion, which is the first line of fighting against Dahe. Nanjiang Mansion and Chujing are just two cities separated by a river. The most likely way for Dahe to send his troops to the south is to go straight to Nanjiang Mansion. Only by doing something in Nanjiang Mansion can he wash away the shame of the previous two thousand cavalry being wiped out.

Just because he understood this, General Zhou put a lot of thought into the defense of Nanjiang Mansion. All kinds of cannons are indispensable. Those old cannons on the city wall were taken down and replaced with new mortars and red guns. In addition to clothing cannons, many guns were also equipped for the defenders.

Anyway, they don't have many other things now, but they have a lot of inventory, and several warehouses are piled up to the brim. I'm afraid they won't be able to use them up and pile them there, but I'm not afraid that they will use them up too fast. After all, the time for storing these guns and ammunition It will still rust if it grows long. If it is forced to be scrapped because of rust, Cheng Dong would rather equip these people first.