Chapter 332 The emperor’s heart is itching
Xiyuan Wanshou Palace.
In addition to his daily cultivation of immortality, Emperor Jiajing now also has an additional hobby, which is to subscribe to the monthly "Daming Fenghua" magazine.
This magazine was an anthology of entertaining and critical essays produced by Zhu Zaijing when he was running the Ming Dynasty Bookstore. It was published once a month.
At the beginning, Emperor Jiajing didn't care about the significance of this magazine. He thought it was just a new idea that Zhu Zaijing suddenly came up with.
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing's intention to subscribe to this magazine at the beginning was just to cheer up his son, and he had no other ideas.
After all, in the heart of the emperor, what does it matter no matter how good the world's articles are? In the end, won't we still have to live a lifetime of poverty and work hard to change our future through the imperial examination?
So when Emperor Jiajing first read the articles in the magazine "Daming Fenghua", he didn't care about the so-called depth and intention of these articles. He just saw the excitement.
But after reading the first magazine, Emperor Jiajing's mentality changed.
The actual significance of this magazine has exceeded Emperor Jiajing's psychological expectations. He never expected that the articles in this magazine would open a new door for him to understand the Ming Dynasty.
Especially the essay by Hai Rui introducing the scenery of Qiongzhou in the first issue gave Emperor Jiajing a refreshing feeling, giving him the feeling of getting to know the Ming Dynasty again.
You must know that from ancient times to the present, both the emperor himself and the people of the world regard the emperor as a person who is rich all over the world.
Imagine a person who is rich all over the world. This world is so big. What else do they not know and have not seen?
So, even if they live in the deep palace all year round, they still think that they can understand the world's situation through memorials from all over the world.
Similarly, they will also think that they can manage and guide all parts of the world through imperial edicts.
But it wasn't until he read Hai Rui's essay introducing the customs and customs of his hometown that Emperor Jiajing suddenly realized that the world was so vast, and that he had only seen a small part of it.
In the original understanding of Emperor Jiajing, Qiongzhou was just a barbarian land with strong folk customs and unyielding kings. Although it had been governed by the imperial court for hundreds of years, it still could not change its backwardness and barbarism. the essence of.
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing never had any bad illusions about Qiongzhou, and what he saw in previous memorials were reports on how the Li people in Qiongzhou caused rebellion.
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing naturally felt that Qiongzhou was just a place with poor mountains and harsh waters.
But under Hai Rui's essay, Emperor Jiajing finally saw a different Qiongzhou.
Emperor Jiajing learned that Qiongzhou was a place where it was like summer all year round, and the natural scenery there was extremely magnificent and beautiful, and the products were also rich and colorful.
After reading this essay by Hai Rui, Emperor Jiajing lamented to Huang Jin: "No wonder Su Dongpo still had such a good attitude after being demoted to Qiongzhou. It turned out to be such a good place. It's a pity. It has not been taken seriously in past dynasties, but we will pay more attention to it in the future."
So, after having this mentality, Emperor Jiajing was also re-examining the Annan Governor's Office.
Annan Dutongshi was the old place of Jiaozhi. During the Han Dynasty, it was one of the administrative regions of the Chinese territory.
But later, due to various reasons, and the place was indeed too far away from the central court, once the central dynasty’s national power weakened, such a remote place would naturally not be used by the central government. The dynasty continued to watch and let them fend for themselves.
But once the central dynasty became strong, this neglected land would be taken back by the hero as a merit. For example, Taizong of this dynasty, oh no, is Emperor Chengzu. During the Yongle period of Emperor Chengzu, the talented Emperor Chengzu regained the old land of Jiaozhi and resettled it as the Chief Envoy of Jiaozhi, making it the fourteenth province of the Ming Dynasty.
However, as the situation changed later, and the emperors after Yongle tried to change the tyrannical image of the previous dynasty's militarism, they wanted to stabilize the people of the world through civil rule, which made it clear that the imperial court was no longer willing to use Military warfare rules the world.
So, after a rebellion by the Chief Envoy of Jiaozhi during the Xuande period, Emperor Xuande also lost interest in this land that had too much investment and extremely low use value. Therefore, with the help of the courtiers, , abolished the Chief Envoy of Cochin.
It once again turned into a land of external vassal that appeared to be surrendered.
But this land is destined to be restless. Even without Ming's intervention, the internal struggle is still quite fierce.
The struggle between the Li family and the Mo family continued, and finally they had to ask the Ming Dynasty to arbitrate to resolve the matter.
Therefore, after re-intervening in the land of Annan, Emperor Jiajing also thought that he had accomplished the same feat as Emperor Chengzu.
In the 19th year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing directly issued an edict to cancel the status of Annan as a vassal state, demoted it to the Annan Dutong Envoy Department, and changed its 13th Department to the 13th Xuanfu Department, each with Xuanfu, Tongzhi, deputy envoys, and ministers were all deposed.
Mo's family was appointed as Annan's envoy, rank Cong second rank, hereditary, and paid tribute every three years. In name, the land of Annan re-entered the territory of China.
It can be said that Emperor Jiajing was also complacent in handling this political issue. He felt that he had brought back the Jiaozhi that Emperor Xuanzong had abolished without spending much military force and national power.
Although it is only nominally included, this is also a real political achievement.
After all, not any emperor can obtain the nominal ownership of such a large area of land so easily.
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing always unconsciously compared himself to Emperor Yongle. Even the Jirang under construction in Changping Royal Cemetery, Emperor Jiajing had people build it on a scale second only to Changling. .
This shows that Emperor Jiajing is still very confident in his self-perception.
Now that Emperor Jiajing had learned about Qiongzhou's customs, customs, and rich products through Hai Rui's essays, he naturally thought of the Annan Capital Commandery Department, which was even larger than Qiongzhou.
The climate here is the same as Qiongzhou, and the place is wider. Doesn’t this mean that the potential of this place is greater than that of Qiongzhou?
So, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but feel itchy.
You must know that since the last defense battle in the suburbs of Beijing, his great eldest son has crippled the Tatars in one fell swoop. Without decades of rest and recuperation, the Tatars will not be able to become Ming's confidant again. .
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing naturally had a lot more thoughts.
Now that everything is fine in the north, should we pay more attention to the south?
Such good land is wasted in the hands of a bunch of barbarians who don’t understand management and management. What a waste of natural resources!
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Thanks to the boss of “Fengyu Wufei” for the reward!
Chapter 3 is here! !
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