1661, November.

It has been nearly a year since the Battle of Xingyang.

During this year, in addition to organizing the Battle of the Southwest Attack on Sichuan, the Ming Dynasty was generally relatively peaceful in terms of external environment.

The residence of the Regent of Nanjing.

After Zhu Youlang moved to Beijing, the influence of Zhu Ming royal family on the Ming court gradually weakened, and Zhao Ming gradually gained power.

Although it will take some time to make people completely forget the emperor's surname Zhu, at least now, Zhao Minggan has already made the entire Ming Dynasty arbitrary decision.

Now, the emperor is in Beijing, the court and the regent are in Nanjing. The current political structure of the Ming Dynasty is similar to that of Japan next door. There are voices everywhere in Jiangnan, saying that it is actually the Regent era.

At this time, Zhao Ming was the actual controller of the Ming Dynasty, and all state affairs of the Ming Dynasty were decided by Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming did not fulfill his promise when he was the King of Han, restricting the imperial power and delegating power to the cabinet. The imperial power has now been completely locked up by Zhao Ming, but the power is firmly grasped by Zhao Ming, and the cabinet can only assist him in handling government affairs.

The cabinet and the civil servant group must be a little disappointed with this situation, but their dissatisfaction was not dared to show it in front of Zhao Ming. They could only hope to support their younger generations and endure Zhao Ming to death, and look forward to the subsequent regent. Don’t think that Zhao Ming is so strong and so talented.

Of course, if Zhao Ming wants to seize power, he naturally needs to deal with more things. So after returning to Nanjing, in addition to visiting the coal mine in Shou County, there are also the Huainan Railway Tracks laid. Zhao Ming stayed in the Nanjing Regent's Mansion and dealt with various government affairs.

At this time, in the study of the mansion, Zhao Ming was checking with a memorial, and there were several tables in the outer hall, and several staff members were working outside.

In more than ten provinces, thousands of counties, and overseas vassal states, there were five or six hundred memorials sent to the court every day. Zhao Ming did not have time to read all the memorials himself, but although Zhao Ming heard the staff say it, he still held them in his hand and read them carefully.

The memorial was sent from east Sichuan. Xia Wanchun submitted a memorial to the court. Li Dingguo attacked the west in the east and attacked the east of Sichuan. Not only did he respond to the attack of Tang Tong's army in Sichuan, but he also defeated Shang Kexi, chasing Zhou's army for hundreds of miles. General Shang Kexi and Li Guoying surrounded Hezhou.

Now, 300,000 Ming troops have already invaded Sichuan, while only 60,000 people are left in the Zhou army in Sichuan. With the Ming army's supplies and equipment continue to enter Sichuan, it is only a matter of time before we can break Hezhou and take Chengdu.

After reading the memorial, Zhao Ming was in a good mood. He originally thought that the battle to enter Sichuan would be delayed until next year, and it was even difficult to attack Sichuan for a while. Unexpectedly, Li Dingguo not only killed him, but also defeated Shang Kexi.

This made Zhao Ming feel satisfied and thought that he had not used the wrong person.

"Regent!" At this time, an aide came in and saluted Zhao Ming and said, "This is the memorial sent by the cabinet today, and the important ones are here."

Zhao Minggang put down the memorial and was about to relax. After a moment of rest, he couldn't help frowning when he heard the words.

Zhao Ming gets up early in the morning and goes to bed at 3 o'clock every night. He really gets up earlier than a chicken and sleeps later than a dog. He has endless government affairs every day, which makes him lose time for entertainment activities at night.

This made Zhao Ming once suspected that the cabinet and civil servants were slandering him, wanting him to give up handling government affairs, so that the officials below could steal his power.

However, Zhao Ming would not let them go as he wished. Unless he went out of the war, he would not easily hand over the power to his subordinates. As long as he was in Nanjing, he would most likely deal with it himself.

After reading the memorial for a day, Zhao Ming felt a little painful in his eyes, but the damn charm of power made Zhao Ming unwilling to miss anything in this country.

"You read it to me!" Zhao Ming closed his eyes and lay on the chair.

The aide showed joy on his face, picked up a memorial and started reading it.

This memorial was submitted by the Chief Envoy of the Han Dynasty, claiming that the activities of Han merchants in Japan were restricted by the Tokugawa Shogunate, and recruited tenants in Japan to expand the South China Sea. It was also interfered by the Tokugawa Shogunate. The Han Dynasty hoped that the court could assist the Han Dynasty to put pressure on the Tokugawa family.

Zhao Ming closed his eyes and asked, "What do the cabinet's opinions!"

"The cabinet's advice is to let the Han Dynasty restrain itself and not to conflict with the Tokugawa family for the time being."

Zhao Ming nodded slightly. The Han Dynasty was in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and could be called a small overlord, but it was still far from Japan. Zhao Ming now had no energy to help the Han Dynasty bully the Tokugawa family, so he nodded and said, "You can use seals. For the time being, according to the cabinet's meaning, see if Japan comes to pay tribute this year. If it doesn't come, we will discuss it again."

The staff nodded and read another book. This book also came from overseas. It was Zheng Sen, the king of Yanping, who reported that the Dutch seized a merchant ship from Yanping, and the Yanping family was forced to fight back and was going to war with the Dutch in Java and Malacca.

Zhao Ming frowned slightly. Zheng Sen was too much. Do I feel that I have never studied, and I am illiterate? This excuse is so obvious. It must be that Zheng Sen has fallen in love with Java and Malacca and has made an excuse to annex the Dutch colonies.

The two overseas powerful vassals, Han State and Yanping, made Zhao Ming feel a little uneasy and a little doubted that his strategy of sealing the vassal will eventually collapse.

Zhao Ming frowned and said, "Issuing an order to Zheng Sen, and he will stop when he sees it. If he dares to kill first and then report it in the future, he will seize the vassal and reduce his title."

The staff hurriedly used a red pen to annotate Zhao Ming's words on the memorial.

At this time, Zhao Ming asked: "Is there any memorial sent by Hebei or Shandong?"

Last year, the Ming Dynasty recovered Hebei and Shandong, and Zhao Ming decided to promote large farms and manor planting to restore the northern economy.

Because of the progress of the recovery in the north, it determined when Zhao Ming launched a general attack on Zhou State.

Now that time has passed, the autumn harvest has passed, and the harvest and inventory of major farms and manors have been completed. Zhao Ming is very concerned about the results.

"Report to the Regent! The memorials from Hebei and Shandong have not been sent yet, but the memorials from the Duge Department in Liaodong have been sent!"

Zhao Ming was stunned when he heard this and couldn't help but sit up straight, "Du Yinxi's memorial?"

Two years ago, Zhao Ming discovered that Zhu Yihai might launch a coup. In order to avoid some of the Longwu faction that Zhao Ming valued, Zhejiang ministers were involved. Zhao Ming sent Du Yinxi to Liaodong to ask him to preside over the imperial court's colonization in the Liaohe Plain and help the Ming army herd horses.

It took more than two years to go there. After Zhu Youlang was sent to Beijing, Du Yinxi from Liao was undoubtedly too close to Beijing and was not his confidant. Zhao Ming then considered whether to recall Du Yinxi and keep it next to him, so it was convenient for surveillance.

The staff nodded, "Register, Duge Department wrote a letter, a group of Rakshasa people entered northern Liaoning along the Wuhuan River, built forts in Aihui and other places, and raided the herdsmen in northern Liaoning. Duge Department believed that this was a barbarian and threatened the court to expand its colonies in Liao territory, and was willing to ask the court to prepare the Three Liaoning Departments to send troops to expel the barbarians."

Zhao Ming was shocked when he heard the word. The Russians actually entered the Northeast. Could it be that the Battle of Nibchu was going to be advanced?

"Where is the memorial?" Zhao Ming said anxiously.
Chapter completed!