Chapter 383 Emperor

The New Year of the fifteenth year of Zheng came soon. The people in the south of the Yangtze River heard several major events. One of them was that Zhang Shicheng married two women, one was Zu Qing from Pingjiang, and the other was the eldest lady of the He family in Yangzhou. It was said that both of them were Zhang Shicheng's virtuous assistants, one was Zhang Shicheng's shipbuilding, and the other It has taken over all Zhang Shicheng's business.

And the second thing, which is more important, is that Zhang Shicheng has become the emperor!

Yes, after several years of development, Zhang Yang's strength is enough to support this title. His territory has been most of the south of the Yangtze River, Gaoyou in the north of the Yangtze River and the eastern part of Yangzhou. Although there are still Yuan generals Ba Sier in Huizhou in the south, and another army is stationed in Ningguo; Chizhou in the west is the seat of Xu Zhenyi; in the southeast there are also The Yuan general Shi Moyi and Sun guarded Chuzhou, Shi Mohou and Sun guarded Wuzhou, and Song Boyan did not guard Quzhou. And these once invincible forces are all in Zhang Shicheng's call to be emperor, and they dare not gasp.

Zhang Shicheng claimed to be the emperor, and all the agreements reached with the north were invalid. Originally, he thought that the title of Zuocheng, a province could be used to fetter him, but his goal was the world!

Zhang Yang knew that the time for him to claim the emperor was finally ripe. After the persuasion of Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang, Shi Nai'an and others, Zhang Yang finally decided to officially show his number plate: claim the emperor!

As early as half a year ago, Liu Bowen and others had already thought of the title of the country: the name of the country is Huaxia, and the name of the year is Shuntian, which symbolizes the meaning of the people of Huaxia, and Shuntian is in line with God's will.

However, under the instruction of Zhang Yang, the name of the country was changed to China, the Chinese Empire. Zhang Yang felt that this title was more appropriate. Not only the Han people, but also China symbolized all the nations. Although it is now playing the banner of resisting the tartars of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Yang knew that these would be a member of the Chinese nation in the future. Member, although we are fighting now, we will still go back and forth and integrate in the future.

Zhang Yang's vision is not limited to the land. He knows that the vast ocean, the opposite side of the sea, is what he pays more attention to. Be a maritime power, let the flag of the Chinese Empire be inserted into every corner of the world, and let the Chinese Empire become an empire!

Now, Europe has not yet begun the ocean action. It is time for its own development.

In China, Zhang Yang claims to be the emperor, which is nothing more than a bolt from the blue. Although many people have claimed to be the emperor, no one is as trembling as Zhang Yang.

He is a figure with absolute strength to win the Central Plains.

Moreover, there is a more sacred thing in Zhang Yang's hand: the national jade seal.

Chuan Guo Yuxi, after losing for so many years, finally appeared in the world again and appeared in the hands of Zhang Shicheng, who claimed to be the emperor. This is absolutely in line with God's will!

Although Zhang Yang accidentally found the Chuanguo jade seal a few years ago, at that time, he did not have the strength to ensure that the Chuanguo jade seal would not be robbed by other forces. Therefore, he chose to endure and sent the most trusted person to guard the murder port all the time, hiding this secret from the world.

Until now, Zhang Yang felt that it was finally the time for him to see the sky again. He was ordered by heaven to live a long life and become the emperor himself. This is in line with God's will. With this auspicious thing of the jade seal, Zhang Yang has a moral advantage.

Since you are the emperor, it is time to establish various government departments and exercise the decree.

Zhang Yang did not set up an official system such as the prime minister, but set up a six direct responsibility system for the emperor in the Ming Dynasty of later generations.

Since ancient times, there has been the position of prime minister to assist the emperor. However, the position of prime minister has too much power. Above one person and under ten thousand people, if the prime minister has a different heart, the consequences will be very serious.

To divide and rule, power must not be concentrated in the hands of others. Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the Prime Minister and concentrated all power on himself. Zhang Yang agrees with this very much.

There are six departments, the Ministry of officials, the Ministry of Household, the Ministry of Ceremonies, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Ministry of Industry.

The Ministry of Officials is the organ that manages civilian officials. It is in charge of the system of selection, the method of examination and depose the examination, the code of policy and reward, and the method of the final system of registration. That is to say, it is an institution that manages officials. The authority is particularly important. It is the head of the six departments. Liu Bowen serves as the minister of the Ministry of Officials, and there are one left and right attendants, and four Qing official departments. Including selection, seal inspection, audit, and merit examination.

The Ministry of Household is in charge of national territory, fields, household registration, taxes, salary and all financial matters. There is one Shangshu, Li Shanchang, and one left and one servant.

The Ministry of Ceremonies is in charge of ceremonial affairs, schools and imperial examinations. Yang Ji, who is Liu Bowen Baoju, is the minister. However, while promoting China's excellent culture, Zhang Yang is also vigorously promoting new types of education, such as various technical jobs, and let some people in the base write a popular science textbook.

The old-style education does not cultivate a large number of useful talents at all. All kinds of technologies are more important. Zhang Yang is deliberately improving their status.

The Ministry of War is in charge of the military force of the whole country, and Shi Nai'an is appointed as the minister, which is also a key department second only to the Ministry of Div. Shi Nai'an has been taking on the role of a military division since he followed Zhang Yang. This position is very suitable for him.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice is composed of selfless Gao Qi, who is responsible for examining various laws, reviewing criminal cases sent to the Ministry in various places, and hearing the death penalty of "presitor" and cases in conjunction with Jiuqing, as well as directly hearing cases waiting for crimes in the capital region.

The Ministry of Industry is the organ that manages the national engineering affairs, civil engineering and water conservancy engineering, machine manufacturing engineering such as military equipment, arms, military utensils, etc., mining, textile and other official industries, and is in charge of part of the financial currency and unified measurement. Served by Zu Xingzhi.

Zu Xingzhi originally wanted to enjoy Qingfu, but when he saw that Zu Qing had done so well, his old heart suddenly became young. He also wanted to do his own efforts. As a result, he got this position.

Zhang Yang originally wanted Jiao Yu and others to be, but they were all interested in technical problems, but they didn't care about being officials. Zhang Yang also knew that letting technicians be officials was also a waste of talents. Later, he found Zu Xingzhi, who was idle. Anyway, this position will also be left to Zu Qing in the future.

In addition to the six departments, Zhang Yang also established an intelligence department directly responsible for him. Luo Guanzhong is responsible for collecting various combat intelligence from the outside world and monitoring the ministers internally, which is a little similar to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. The only difference is that they only collect information, and the action is still carried out by the army of Zhang Yang's base camp. In this way, it avoids the kind of things in the Ming Dynasty that the brocade guards were so high that even the officials did not dare to provoke.

Above the six departments, there are three princes (including Taishi, Taifu, Taibao) and Sangu (including young master, Shaofu, Shaobao). They are the auxiliary officers of the emperor. The position is lofty, but there is no fixed staff and no special responsibility. In fact, it is a false title.

Locally, Henan Hebei Province has now been established, which is also the first territory occupied by Zhang Yang. There are several provinces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south, Huguang Province in the west, and Jiangxi Province in the southwest. In the future, with the military victory, more and more sites will be occupied, and the province will naturally be expanded by Liu Bowen. Zhang Yang was selected as an official.

In the military, it is the top priority.

Now, Zhang Yang has about 200,000 troops, and each battalion has been expanded to more than 10,000.

The base camp has become the main force of Gongwei Jingji, that is, the temporary Hangzhou, and has expanded to 20,000 people. This army has become Zhang Yang's guard.

And the others, Tang He of the Second Battalion and Mo Tianyou of the Fifth Battalion are stationed in Jiangbei, Tanghe Shougao Post Office, and Mo Tianyou guard the eastern part of Yangzhou. They are directly facing the forces of the Tatars in the north, so there are 15,000 people in each battalion.

In the south of the Yangtze River, Shiyi of the first battalion guarded the southern part of Hebei Province in Henan Province, that is, the area of Pingjiang, Lv Zhen of the third battalion, Zhao Zixiong of the sixth battalion, Xu Yi of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, the seventh battalion, Huguang Province, Zhang Tianqi of the eighth battalion, and Jiangxi Province.

Each of these camps has 10,000 horses.

In addition to these forces, there are also 50,000 troops of Chang Yuchun, which is a reading army, and another 50,000 people have come in. Zhang Yang is asking him to step up training and prepare for the attack on the north at any time.

The rest is Bian Yuanheng's fourth battalion, that is, the navy. Of all the services, the navy is a kind of arms that Zhang Yang takes priority care of. Now, they have 70 new small treasure ships, which is already an unprecedented naval force.

In addition to these, the shipyard in Pingjiang has started the construction of a new medium-sized treasure ship. If the small treasure ship can adapt to the wind and waves near the sea, then the medium-sized treasure ship is completely prepared for the ocean.

Bian Yuanheng's reading navy has grown to 40,000 people, far exceeding the major battalions. Moreover, Bian Yuanheng also likes steam engines very much. He likes the scene of all the cannons firing together.

Corresponding to medium-sized treasure ships, the number of artillery is more, and the distribution is more reasonable. More importantly, Jiao Yu has also developed many novel types of bullets for naval warfare. For example, there are chain bullets specializing in hitting enemy masts. When the shells fall, they will become two small shells, with an iron chain in the middle, breaking the pair. Fang's sail is easy.

In addition to military use, ships have also begun to be sold in small batches to merchants, such as Shen Wansan, who has applied to order five small treasure ships without weapons for travel between Nanyang and Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The Chinese Empire was finally born on the map of the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Its birth completely shattered the illusion of the Mongols to continue to rule the Central Plains. The era of the four people is destined to become the past!

The New Year of the fifteenth year, no, should be called the first year of Shuntian. In the Chinese Empire, there is a jubilant scene everywhere, and the new empire is full of vitality.

And the Yuan Dynasty in the north was already at the end of the road.

(to be continued)