Chapter 504 If you don’t even buy cotton cloth, why are you being a special envoy!
The case of Wang Xiangu who united the crowd and cut the uterus of 49 pregnant women to collect blood was really shocking, so Zhu Yijun would rather be scolded for not being open and tolerant than let the missionaries preach. On this point, the courtiers generally agreed with His Majesty's view.
The already complex contradictions between man and land, between the central government and the land, between feudal lords, etc., plus a religion, when they come together, I don’t know what kind of outrageous thing they will do, and then they will curse the emperor. Are you confused, or are you scolding yourself for not being able to carry it clearly?
Zhu Yijun told Zhang Juzheng not to worry about the vassal affairs. This was a reassurance for Zhang Juzheng. As long as the emperor made it clear that he would not pursue the matter, the matter would really end here, and few people would even go. Study the fact that the number of registered vassals has dropped sharply from 100,000 to 60,000.
In the mainstream opinions of scholar-bureaucrats, the Ming Dynasty vassals are villains and worms in the court. The huge vassals eat up the court and the local area. The extravagant vassals destroy the simple values of the Ming Dynasty. The rich and powerful compete for extravagance, it is a place that harbors filth and evil, harboring suspects, etc. All the faults are the fault of the feudal king!
Zhang Juzheng's Commentary on Current Affairs also identified the huge expenditures of the vassals as the first of the five diseases of the Ming Dynasty.
However, after detailed verification, Zhang Juzheng found that the clan was not large, with only more than 60,000 people registered in total. Those who receive salary are only 20,000.
Zhang Juzheng once again thanked the emperor for his kindness, and His Majesty kept his promise. Since he had clearly told all the courtiers that he would not pursue the case, there was really no time to settle old scores.
Zhu Yijun leaned on the back of his chair and said cheerfully: "Sir, I heard an interesting thing. It is said that there are 120 censors in the 15th level of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Suiyuan and Liaoning censors and officials The selection is already underway.”
“A few days ago, the water bearer brought sweet water to the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. As a result, the censor Liu Kongyuan got angry and said angrily when he saw the water bearer. ：How can a slut get into the elegant world? ”
"This water bearer is a commoner. How dare he talk back to the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate? He was so embarrassed and angry that he had to leave."
"As soon as this water bearer heard that the water carrier was scolded by the censor, he immediately Immediately drive the water carrier out of Shuiwozi."
"I have never heard of this. The water carrier is a poor man, so why should he be in such trouble?" Zhang Juzheng frowned as he thought of something. Poem, "The Charcoal Seller" by Bai Juyi.
This poem nailed Tang Xianzong to the pillar of shame in history, because Bai Juyi personally made an annotation on this poem: Ku Gong Shi Ye.
The palace is the palace, the city is the market, and the palace market is the palace purchasing. The eunuchs used half a piece of red yarn and a foot of silk to buy the charcoal seller's cart with a thousand kilograms of charcoal.
The water bearer Jianghu is nicknamed Shui Saner, and the well that carries water is called Shuiwozi. Shuiwozi usually has an owner, and this owner is the owner of the well. A sweet water well has two water carriers. Ten people specialized in selling sweet water in the streets and alleys. There were not many sweet water wells in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Drinking too much in the bitter water wells would cause hair loss and baldness.
The incident that Zhu Yijun is talking about is that a Shui San'er delivered sweet water to the gentlemen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but was angrily scolded by a supervisory censor for insulting a bitch to enter the palace of elegance.
Liu Kongyuan didn’t know where he got angry. In fact, he wrote a memorial on state affairs and was scolded by the emperor. Liu Kongyuan felt that his knowledge was extraordinary, but in fact they were just clichés. The emperor asked He watches and studies carefully, and doesn't talk nonsense about things he doesn't understand.
Liu Kongyuan vented his anger on the water carrier.
Zhu Yijun continued: "The interesting thing about this is that the water bearer who was reprimanded can no longer carry water. There is no water bearer in Shuiwozi who is willing to deliver water to the Yamen of the Duchayuan. I would rather not make this money, since I can't make it anyway. If I offend the supervisory censor, I will be asking for trouble. These 119 supervisory censors will have no water to drink, and then they will start to scold Liu Kongyuan angrily, making Liu Kongyuan so embarrassed and angry. I couldn’t stop making noises about becoming an official.”
"Ah? No water to drink?" Zhang Juzheng looked shocked. He blinked and said, "It seems that there is really no way to solve it."
If Shuiwozi does not deliver water, the supervisory censors will not drink it. Is it water?
Yes, no more.
Because the supervisory censor is an official of the imperial court, he is a noble person, and noble people do not live in lowly places. Carrying water here is really insulting to politeness. Even long robes with wide sleeves cannot carry water. Wearing official uniforms to carry water on the street Water, this is not a joke to be poked in the spine.
The rigidity and bloatedness of the Yamen are most vividly reflected at this moment.
There are so many people in the yamen. Although they do nothing but drink tea and read newspapers all day long, they cannot be arranged to carry water. Everyone has their own things to do. It is not within the scope of one's own rights and responsibilities. If you want to put burdens on others, you must have a reason and it must be legitimate. Otherwise, the matter will be kicked around and will never be properly resolved;
If It would be even more troublesome to add one more person, because the Metropolitan Procuratorate wants to leave the staff department.
The supervisory censors were not willing to deal with the officials led by Zhang Juzheng at all. They had to add someone to carry water. They were afraid that if the water carrier was not found, they would be scolded first.
The supervisory censor could actually ask Shuiwozi to deliver water to them, but Shuiwozi was under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture, so he really went to Shuntian Prefecture Prime Minister Shen Guangxi to solve the problem, which made the trouble even bigger.
So in the end, there was such a fuss that the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate had no water to drink tea. The crowd was so angry that they scolded Liu Kongyuan for looking for trouble. Liu Kongyuan went to the imperial court and resigned, without saying why. Zhao Mengyou sent someone to ask, so the emperor found out. Inside story.
Hai Rui and Li Youzi were too lazy to care about these censors. They were busy fighting corruption all day long, and they had no time to worry about whether there was water or not. They had to clean up the drama they had caused.
“A funny and absurd scene.” After Zhu Yijun finished speaking, he was happy. Zhu Yijun was happy, and Zhang Juzheng was also happy, laughing and shaking his head. It was indeed funny and absurd. It can only be said that people who are not involved in production are like this. , the censors who supervise the censors are not from bad backgrounds, have never suffered much in their lives, do not distinguish between grains, and generally have no sympathy for the poor and hardworking people.
Zhu Yijun tried his best to hold back his laughter and continued: "They are used to it! Yesterday, I issued an order to Shen Yiguan that all the water houses in Shuntian Prefecture were not allowed to deliver water to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they had to bear the water themselves! Hai Zongxian finally couldn't stand their nonsense anymore, and ordered that every four people take turns to carry water every day, and Liu Kongyuan, who was scolded, was responsible for supervising the matter. "
"Ah? Really, it's good to do some work. "Zhang Juzheng was slightly confused and then suddenly realized that this Hai Rui is not a good person!
Asking Liu Kongyuan to supervise is to make all the supervisory censors uncomfortable. Liu Kongyuan will continue to be scolded. As long as this matter of taking turns to carry water still exists, Liu Kongyuan will be the instigator. And Liu Kongyuan will definitely be scolded. He must severely embarrass those who scold him! It is the norm in the officialdom to retaliate, because everyone is watching, Liu Kongyuan cannot show favoritism, but the execution is more fair.
So, Hai Rui is not a good person, he keeps things in a delicate balance, and everyone suffers together because of the stupid things he made.
Hai Rui doesn't care about these bad things. In a place where cheap scholars gather, all Hai Rui, a stubborn official, can do is curse a few times. He takes the ministers who are loyal to the emperor and the country, every day If you are running around fighting corruption, how can you find the time to help these people and end this ridiculous lawsuit?
The poor coolies have proven more than once that they can live a good life without the powerful right-wingers, rural sages and gentry who lord it over them. The gentlemen of Fu have never proven that they can live a good life without working as a poor coolie.
Even drinking water seems extremely difficult.
"How do you think this matter will end, sir?" Zhu Yijun was curious about what his teacher and father thought of this matter.
Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said: "Liu Kongyuan will probably have to pay for it himself and hire two people to carry water. This is probably the best way." In Tianfu, Shuiwozi is not allowed to send water to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate can only fetch the water himself!" Upon hearing this, Zhu Yijun immediately slapped the table and said, "We can't let them take advantage of this loophole, absolutely not!"
Zhang Juzheng just smiled. Your Majesty really likes to watch the excitement. It can be imagined that it is such a rare thing for the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to go to the streets to fetch water. In the streets and alleys of the Ming Dynasty, everyone must point at them. .
"Actually, there is another solution. Let Liu Kongyuan go find the scolded water bearer, bow his head and admit his mistake, and the matter will be over." Zhu Yijun talked about another possibility.
Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "He won't go. He would rather take off his court clothes than go."
"Sir, I can see clearly." Zhu Yijun thought for a while, and it seemed that he did. In this way, Liu Kongyuan is willing to apologize, which is as strange as the sun rising in the west.
"This winter, the Xixin Division will not deliver coal to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, nor will it deliver stoves. Let them move it to the Xixin Division themselves. That's it." Zhu Yijun thought of another thing A fun thing to do is to deliver coal in winter. The Xixin Division is dedicated to delivering coal and firewood to various government agencies. Once Zhu Yijun issued an order to stop the delivery, the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate would have to do their own work.
If the censor impeaches Shen Yiguan and stirs up trouble with Shen Yiguan, Shen Yiguan only needs to use three words to silence him, "There is a purpose."
With these three words, the censor could only be so angry.
Zhu Yijun told Zhang Juzheng this matter as a joke. Zhang Juzheng did not intend to interfere after hearing this. The three words "will" are equally effective for Zhang Juzheng. There must be discussions in the streets and alleys of the Ming Dynasty. Who knows what will happen? How to arrange this kind of thing.
Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng had an in-depth communication about some details about the annihilation of the vassal. It was to annihilate the vassal, not to reduce it. It was to move the royal palaces from various places in the vassal state back to the capital and bind them in the Ten Kings City like the high wall of Fengyang.
Returning the fields is a huge troublesome matter, several times more troublesome than that of Qingzhang. Zhang Juzheng did not want to do it from the beginning, but now that the matter has come to this, he has no need to object. .
Zhang Juzheng judged that there would be no rebellion by the vassal kings.
The main reason is that His Majesty has no biological uncles, not even one. Among the eight sons of Dao Master, only Prince Yu lived to the end. If he is not a biological uncle, the vassal prince will have no power at all if he raises the banner of Qingjun.
Hai Rui returned to the court and denied that Xu Jie had the merit of following the dragon. This was based on the fact that only the late emperor was left among the eight sons of Master Tao. If you don’t pass the throne to King Yu, who will you pass the throne to? King Jing has been married for many years and has not given birth to a single child.
The brutality of the political struggle in the middle and late Jiajing period can be seen.
Both the King of Yan and the King of Han rebelled by their uncles. This is because their uncles are elders and the first-generation princes. They have a certain foundation for rebellion in terms of financial resources and force. Your Majesty's current situation is basically They are all relatives from the fifth server. If you really want to find relatives, you have to go to Ming Xianzong. It has been more than a hundred years and this title is not enough.
Another basis for Zhang Juzheng’s judgment is that the vassal king had no money to rebel.
Rebellion is not about playing house. If you just do something, it will be a huge sum of money. Rebellion is a desperate move that puts the heads of the nine tribes in your belt. Only brave men need heavy rewards. Besides, the imperial court The powerful army had just returned from the crusade against Bansheng, and the Beijing camp was extremely powerful. The Ming Dynasty had also conferred the title of first-class Duke since Tianshun. The reward was even heavier to obtain a brave man.
Due to the fierce wars and dangers during the Jiajing period, the imperial court suffered huge financial losses. Several times in succession, the Taoist priests stopped the salary of the county prince, built the palace, repaired the palace, paid silver for weddings and funerals, and Prince Zheng's palace Most of the palaces have collapsed and have not been repaired. The feudal kings are powerless if they want to rebel.
And no one, the Ming Dynasty has adopted a pig-raising policy for more than 170 years. People with lofty ideals will not follow the vassal king to eat and wait for death. Changshi is the job that the vassal king will only seek after he fails to pass the Jinshi examination. Most of them were surrounded by wine bags and rice bags, and without the wise men to follow them, the feudal king himself could not even write a message of rebellion.
Without a righteous name, not enough money, not enough manpower, and no strong people to make suggestions, they are the Caotai team.
Should we continue to live in Beijing and wait for death, or should we continue to live precariously in the local area? Or rise up? This in itself is not difficult to choose. "Mr., did you not include the fazong salary in the examination? Did you think of this day?" Zhu Yijun felt more and more strange the more he heard it, no matter how he looked at it, it seemed like it was intentional! It is to deliberately reduce the vassal state and reduce the strength of the vassal king to the extreme in preparation for the destruction of the vassal and the country.
Moving the vassal king to Beijing means destroying the vassal and eradicating the country. Although it sounds nice to say, it is moving the vassal, but after moving back, the country will be eliminated. What is it if it is not annihilation?
This thing is too smooth and smooth, and it seems that it has been planned for a long time.
Zhang Juzheng thought for a long time and sighed: "I never dared to think so far before."
A city of ten kings requires an investment of 3 million silver, and moving to a vassal is even more of a huge undertaking. The financial expenditure, and the salary to support the vassal king in Beijing was also a huge expenditure. How could Zhang Juzheng dare to think about this? When the late emperor passed away, he went through all the money in the yamen of the capital. Together with the internal money, the total amount was 390,000 silver.
Getting money is the top priority in the first ten years of Wanli.
Zhang Juzheng's analysis is very reasonable, because it can be seen from the letters of many princes in Henan that the ten kings' cities were built. The princes' conversation changed from criticizing Zhang Juzheng to praising Zhang Juzheng. They wanted to elevate Zhang Juzheng to the highest level. Mr. Wang is worthy of enjoying the Ancestral Temple through the ages!
Once you arrive in the capital, you can receive your salary.
England's special envoy George finally purchased 500,000 bolts of cotton from the Ming Dynasty. This time he came with one million taels of silver. He originally wanted to buy some silk and follow Felipe II's example of reselling silk to make money. When I heard that Spain had purchased a large amount of cotton cloth, I was immediately frightened and changed the list of goods to cotton cloth.
The Portuguese envoy Marcus purchased a lot of silk. Marcus was not afraid of cotton. Portugal had already reached the point of national collapse before, so there was no need to worry about the impact on the handicraft industry. Feli Felipe II really used cotton cloth to deal with Portugal. King Antonio also wanted to thank Felipe II for giving the Portuguese clothes to wear.
The Shinra envoy was just joining in the fun, and the cardinal’s visit was in vain.
France’s crazy envoy failed to get her wish to marry the Ming Emperor. She didn’t even have money to buy cotton.
"Your Majesty, Rui De, the special envoy of the Goa Governor's Palace, committed suicide." Feng Bao and Xiaohuangmen whispered a few times and hurriedly reported the results.
Rui De is a firm believer. Even when he is hungry and his heart is close to his back, he still does not betray his faith. Zhu Yijun’s deepest impression of Rui De is Rui’s roar. Wenhua Hall.
Suicide is a blasphemous act in any doctrine, and one will go to hell after death. Rui De committed suicide because of despair.
Tang newspapers from the Strait of Malacca reached the capital and immediately caused an uproar, which even drowned out the excitement of the censors carrying water.
The city of Malacca fell, a fortress that had been in operation for sixty years. After the last internal strife in the Goa Governor's Palace, all the bastions on the periphery were pulled out, and an isolated city hung there. The Ming Dynasty's thirty-pound artillery was After taking the position, he blasted open the walls of Malacca Castle and shattered all morale.
The Ming Dynasty completely penetrated the Strait of Malacca, and the vast world of the West once again opened its door to the Ming Dynasty.
And Rui De believed that it was because he acted slowly and did not give his colleagues in the Goa Governor's Palace the last chance to survive, and died together with the city of Malacca.
“Let’s have an official burial.” When Zhu Yijun heard the news, he said to Feng Bao: “From the beginning to the end, Rui was a somewhat stupid and firm believer, fighting for the interests of his country. Warrior. "
Rui is a red-haired fan and a Portuguese. He fights for the interests of his country. Finally, seeing that there is no room for change, he chooses to end his life. This is unwise and not worth it. Advocate, but Zhu Yijun still respects that a soldier falls with dignity.
"Only by knowing shame, knowing shame, honor and disgrace, self-respect, self-respect and self-love can we be free." Zhu Yijun finally commented on Rui's life.
Rui's funeral was very simple. Except for people from the Ming Dynasty, no one came to see him off. Because Antonio, as the King of Portugal, had returned the governance of the Straits of Malacca to the Ming Dynasty, Marcus had no reason to see him off. As a result, The resistance of the Governor's Mansion was due to disobedience to the king's orders, and others were too lazy to pay attention.
A lonely tomb with an inscription on it. The Ming Dynasty did not know Rui De very well, so he engraved his two missions on the tombstone.
"Take it for tea." Shah Maimaiti appeared in front of the Tonghe Palace. He threw the silver bag high in his hand and fell into the hands of the Han general, and then walked in Into Tonghe palace.
Tiqi and the Han generals can accept this money bag. This is a special order from His Majesty to respect the culture and elegance of Shah's envoy.
"Greetings to your Majesty, long live your Majesty, Holy Peace." Shah Maimaiti saluted.
"No courtesy, sit down and talk." Zhu Yijun tried to imitate Shah Maimaiti's action of throwing silver bags for a few times, but it was always a bit unnatural and not smooth, which may have something to do with Zhu Yijun's stinginess.
Shah Maimaiti sat very upright and said seriously: "Your Majesty, it is good news that the Strait of Malacca is completely connected. Such a vast Mughal Congress will provide sufficient cotton and salty sand for the Ming Dynasty. , Oh, no, it should be called saltpeter now. "
He didn't do any serious errands when he came to Daming. He mainly listened to storytelling in the Qianmen building and occasionally received the food sent by Emperor Akbar. The Persian beauty can be regarded as maintaining the relationship with the Ming Emperor.
"The Shah envoy may have to go back to the Mughal Kingdom to confirm the details of these trades. The Ming Dynasty really needs enough cotton to weave." Zhu Yijun answered this question seriously.
Shah asked curiously: "I wonder how much cotton will be needed next year?"
Zhu Yijun said very confidently: "As much as you need, Songjiang Prefecture can weave 1,500 cotton a year. Ten thousand pieces of cloth, Ming Dynasty can weave nearly 300 million pieces of cloth a year, and it also needs about 300 million pieces of cotton, so it depends on what you have.”
“Da Ming’s appetite is really too big. It’s impossible for us to satisfy Ming’s appetite.” When Shah Maimaiti heard this, he immediately fainted!
A standard piece of cloth requires four kilograms of cotton, and a small piece of cloth requires three kilograms of cotton. Three hundred million pieces of cotton, even if it is a small cloth, still requires nine hundred million kilograms of cotton. Even with the Ming Dynasty's intensive farming, one mu The amount of cotton produced in real estate only amounts to 100 to 150 jins, which requires 9 million acres of land to cultivate. Adding rotational cultivation, that is 18 million acres of land to cultivate cotton.
The cotton spinning center of the Ming Dynasty is in Songjiang, and the planting center is in Shandong. Because cotton’s habit is long sunshine, during the cotton growth period, rain is not conducive to the growth of cotton. The root system of cotton generally does not exceed three feet. If the soil is too Humidity will cause the cotton to fail to take root. Songjiang Prefecture is a place that loves rain.
Zhu Yijun is the real master of Baoqisi. He knows the habits of cotton very well. Cotton from the north goes south, and cotton from Shandong is sent to Songjiang Prefecture for manufacturing.
"Your Majesty thinks too highly of our Mughal country..." Shah Maimaiti waved his hands and said: "Your Majesty, we don't even know how many acres we have. We can only try our best to provide it."
"The more, the better. "Okay." Zhu Yijun did not require how much cotton should be harvested in the early stages of the trade, just as much as possible.
In fact, Zhu Yijun has always been worried that the vibrant traditional cotton manufacturing industry in the Ming Dynasty has made mechanized manufacturing more difficult. That is, the cost of machinery is much higher than that of manpower, which has led to the owners of various handicraft workshops being more inclined to use manpower. , rather than machinery.
Millions of farmers produce cotton for their own use or for nearby markets. Merchants do not have to bother with large-scale manufacturing. It is enough to directly purchase the cotton produced by farmers.
Shen Shixing answered His Majesty’s doubts. There are already signs of large-scale centralized production of cotton cloth in the Ming Dynasty. Sufficient raw materials are only needed to promote the further realization of mechanical manufacturing. What the Ming court should worry about is that the weak The production capacity of the steam engine could not satisfy the Ming Dynasty's appetite, and the negative impact of large-scale production on the small-scale peasant economy of men farming and women weaving, bankrupting farmers was a problem that the Ming Dynasty had to consider.
The entire Songjiang Prefecture has 57 large-scale cotton spinning handicraft factories, employing more than 126,015 weavers and weavers. Including the official textile manufacturing of the Ming Dynasty, there are approximately more than 250,000 practitioners. .
So Ming’s immediate priority is the supply of raw materials.
"Can the Ming Dynasty sell some cotton cloth cheaply to our Mughal Kingdom?" Shah Maimaiti asked in a low voice: "The price of a big piece of cloth is as high as two silver, which is really too expensive."
"Of course, I wonder what price the Shah envoy thinks is appropriate?" Zhu Yijun's smile was bright, but he didn't look very happy, the kind of businessman who keeps smiling after being exposed in person. Not happy.
"How about one silver per piece, of course it is a big cloth, forty feet long." Shah Maimaiti directly offered the dragon-slaying sword and bargained for half.
When Zhu Yijun heard this, he immediately brightened up and nodded and said: "Of course, the Ming Dynasty and the Mughal Kingdom are old friends. At the price of one silver, everyone can guarantee sufficient profits."
Shah Maimai Of course, the cotton cloth that Ti bought back was not for civilian use. He mainly worked as a second-rate dealer and sold it to the Persian countries.
Zhu Yijun naturally has to give some room for profit in the wholesaler's price. The two banks are sure that the Sauron ship will follow the monsoon when it arrives at the port. Time is tight, and of course a good meal is needed, but one bank The price profit has also been very generous.
Shah Maimaiti just doesn't want to bother. If he buys it from a merchant who is willing to go through the trouble, the price can be even lower.
“That’s really great!” Shahamaimaiti said very happily. Anyway, given the situation in the Mughal Kingdom, letting Sudras and untouchables grow cotton would not cause any trouble. , Shudras and untouchables firmly believe that as long as they are reincarnated, they can become Brahmins.
In this way, the Ming Emperor and the upper-level structures of the Mughal Kingdom reached an agreement to severely expropriate the Sudras and untouchables. If they grow cotton, they cannot grow food, and they will starve to death. The Mughal Kingdom could handle the matter, which seemed unbelievable to the Ming Dynasty, but in that magical land, it was reasonable.
Cooperating with the conquerors and stripping slaves has been the long-standing survival pattern of that land. No matter who conquers it, they can achieve the same effect.
In early July of the tenth year of Wanli, Gao Qiyu, the young minister of Honglu Temple, sent away the special envoy who came to Beijing. The French envoy still wanted to make trouble, so he was directly tied onto a ship and sent back to the West, without even buying cotton. , what kind of special envoy!
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty rewarded the Marquis of Surabaya Yin Zhengmao and the Marquis of Yingyang Zhang Yuanxun with the imperial edict and followed the sea route to Manila. Zhu Yijun originally planned to ennoble himself, but Zhang Juzheng stopped him. The Ming Dynasty just moved the Governor's Palace of Goa to the Strait of Malacca All the strongholds have been pulled out, and the Goa Governor's Palace still exists with residual power, so it is not suitable to make a prince. If the rewards and punishments are unclear, everything will not be accomplished.
Zhu Yijun did not have a final decision this time, but believed that what Zhang Juzheng said was reasonable, but the reward was extremely generous. Zhu Yijun gave a batch of silver to Zhang Yuanxun to build the Yingyang Marquis Mansion in the Xuanwei Department of Old Port As for the specifications, Zhu Yijun has not determined it. Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. As long as the palace is not built, Zhang Yuanxun will do whatever he wants.
Shi Maohua, the governor of Shaanxi, sent a memorial to the DPRK, which caused a lot of discussion in the DPRK. Shi Maohua reported that he would upgrade the Xingdu Division of Shaanxi to the Chief Secretary of Xuanwei and become the first-level administrative region of the Ming Dynasty, and move the Xingdu Division of Shaanxi to Qiwei in Guanxi.
(End of this chapter)