"Why haven't I been prompted to complete the second phase of the world mission?"

Wu Yan was a little puzzled, but he didn't care too much. Anyway, Hong Xiuquan had already surrendered, and even dozens of cities were still occupied by the Taiping Army. After Hong Xiuquan's order to surrender arrived, most of them would choose to obey the order.

The remaining stubborn elements either surrendered to the Qing court or were swept by Wu Yan's army, and could not last long.

As for the upcoming expedition, Wu Yan was not prepared to lead the expedition in person, because there was actually no Qing military force south of the Yangtze River that could withstand the Ming army.

With the 50,000 vanguard army led by Shi Dakai, and the 50,000 elite troops selected from Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army, the Pingbei Army, combined with the top scholar camp handed over to them by Wu Yan, was completely enough.

As for the Wugong Army, Jiangbei Army, Pingnan Army, and some of the top battalions, there were more than 50,000 people, they were all left between Tokyo and Nanjing City to prevent the Qing court from going south.

Although there are not many 50,000 people, the 20,000 navy that Li Hongzhang was about to draw from the Taiping Army, and even the original Taiping Army that 50,000 shipbuilding will remain on the coast outside Tokyo City. If the Qing court really suddenly moves south in a large scale, these 70,000 people will be able to fight.

At the grand dynasty meeting in Tokyo City.

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This also strengthened his determination to temporarily move the capital to Nanjing.

After talking about his arrangements for the Southern Expedition and Western War, Wu Yan said: "I want to move the capital to Nanjing City first. Do you have any opinions?"

Zeng Guofan, Minister of Personnel, said first: "I have no objection. Moving the capital to Nanjing can save the construction of the imperial palace, the six ministries and other departments, and can also be closer to the inland, so as to facilitate the transmission of various government orders and military orders."

Qian Jiang, the Minister of Revenue, also said: "I have no objection."

Hua Tong and Zheng Bancheng, as Minister of Works and Minister of Justice, expressed no objection. Minister of War Liu Lichuan had long regarded Wu Yan as the emperor and the gods, and it was even more impossible to have any objections. Minister of Rites was just a big shot, but in fact he had no right to express his opinions.

At present, the six ministers with the highest positions in the Ming Dynasty have no objection, so naturally no one else can have any objection.

So Wu Yan made a decision.

This situation is very rare even in the feudal era of imperial power, because the feudal dynasties in China have always been the emperor and the powerful.

Things like moving the capital will inevitably involve the interests of many powerful people. For example, some powerful people who go to Tokyo to hoard land will suffer great losses after moving the capital.

When Zhu Di moved the capital in the Ming Dynasty, he encountered great obstacles. Although he succeeded in the end, he also spent a lot of time and energy, and he also had to give some benefits to the powerful.

But these situations will not happen in Wu Yan's Ming Empire, because Wu Yan mastered the most powerful force of the Ming Kingdom and the most powerful force in the world.

"As the Ming Dynasty's territory increases, I feel more and more deeply insufficient in the old system." Wu Yan said: "In terms of administrative regions, I want to use prefectures, prefectures, counties, towns, towns and villages as division methods to present the map."

When he heard Wu Yan's words, except for Zeng Guofan and several other important officials who had been informed by Wu Yan in advance, the other ministers were a little surprised.

If the old system is insufficient, then the new system should be changed. Why do you say that there are states and governments?

As a first-level administrative region, the prefecture was changed to "Dao" in the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Taizong of Tang divided the world into 10 roads, and there were 360 ​​states under the road. In the Song Dynasty, the first-level administrative region was changed to "Lu", and in 997 AD, the world was decided to "Lu".

Province appeared in the Yuan Dynasty, and the first-level administrative area was "province". Although it was changed to "Chengxuan Government and Envoy Department" in the Ming Dynasty, it was still called "province". Although there was an administrative division of chieftains during the Qing Dynasty, it was later implemented to change the land and return to the current and implement a unified local administrative system.

But these things are actually not important. Seeing that Wu Yan had someone prepare the map in advance, they would not have any comments.

But when the thirty-meter-long map was spread out and hung up, a noise appeared in the court.

Because this map is a world map, and it is the most accurate world map in the world at this time.

Wu Yan personally hand-drawn it. According to the relevant knowledge brought by Zora's character card and some confirmed map information that has been found in this era, the map drawn can almost be said to be exactly the same as the world map in later generations.

But it's just like a map, and the divisions of different countries on the map are completely different.

The reason why the courtiers made noise was because they knew for the first time that the territory occupied by the Ming Dynasty and even the Qing court was too small compared to the whole world.

The territory of the Ming Kingdom is not worth mentioning at this time. After all, the areas occupied by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom have not yet surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

The Qing court actually occupied a lot of territory. In the history of China, the Qing Dynasty's land area was 13.16 million square kilometers (1820), which was only a little less than the 13.72 million square kilometers (1330).

The Yuan Dynasty was not the same as the Mongol Empire. At its peak, the Mongol Empire spanned the Eurasian continent and directly led its troops to confront North Africa and Egypt, with an area of ​​more than 33 million square kilometers.

The Yuan Dynasty was established by Kublai Khan, and other descendants of Genghis Khan established the Khon Chakra Khanate, the Ili Khanate, the Chagatai Khanate, and the Ogedei Khanate, respectively, and divided the Mongol Empire.

On the map drawn by Wu Yan at this time, the Qing court and the Ming Dynasty's territory area were only 13.16 million square kilometers. Compared with the land area displayed on the map, it seemed that it was less than one tenth.

In fact, the land area of ​​the whole world is about 149 million square kilometers, and Wu Yan has not drawn some islands, so it seems that the Qing court's territory increased by the Ming Dynasty was not even one-tenth of that in the whole world.

This would have been shocked to the extent that the world was so big that if it weren't for the defeat of the Qing court in the Opium War, and that Western barbarians were all small countries and hadn't heard of it much in the United States, the Chinese would have been shocked to the extent of making noise in front of His Majesty the Emperor at the grand dynasty meeting.

Wu Yan waited until the court officials calmed down and said, "I only set up one state now, that is, the territory currently occupied by the Ming Dynasty. How many states can my Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty have... I have to work together for the Qing family."

"I will definitely die without hesitation."

The court officials at the dynasty meeting were all excited. If the Qing court had only the goal of making achievements, it would not be able to surpass the ancient names and keep them in history. But now they know how big the world is, and the Ming army is invincible, so they will naturally have unprecedented ambitions.

This is what Wu Yan wants.

For ordinary people, food and clothing are the goal of struggle. After food and clothing, power and wealth are the goal of struggle. After having power and wealth, reputation will be kept in history and will become the ultimate goal.

Continuously expanding the territory of the Ming Dynasty not only gives them the opportunity to keep their name in history, but also gives them a lot of power from it.

Because the territory is large, more people always need to manage it. This is power, which will also bring more population, resources, and more wealth.

"I followed the Qin Emperor Ying Zheng's unified weights and measures. The length units of the Ming Dynasty are kilometers, meters, centimeters, one mile is five hundred meters, and one thousand meters is one kilometer. The weight units from small to large are grams, kilograms, tons... The volume is cubic, and the area is square..."

After the administrative division was determined, Wu Yan began to unify the weights and measures. If the Ming Dynasty, which was about to begin the industrial revolution and develop science and technology, continues to use the previous weights and measures, it will lead to the inability to unify the standards.

If it weren't for the lack of manpower now, the territory and population of the Ming Dynasty were not large enough, and education could not be started from children, then Wu Yan would even directly create pinyin, simplified Chinese, and vernacular, which would be of great help to popularize education.

"The military needs to be reformed."

Wu Yan first laid the groundwork for a few times when it was not very important, and finally explained the key points today at the Grand Court meeting.

"From today, all the troops of the Ming Dynasty will be reorganized by troops, divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads."

Before, when Wu Yan was a general in the Qing Dynasty, he had already reformed in this regard, so the court officials were not surprised.

"The generals of the Ming army have no rank, only military ranks." Wu Yan said: "The highest is the marshal, followed by generals, officers, lieutenants, non-commissioned officers, generals, officers, and officers, and officers are divided into superiors, middles, and young lieutenants are divided into superiors, middles, and young lieutenants are divided into superiors, middles, and juniors, and non-commissioned officers are divided into one, two, three, and four ranks and uppers, middles and lowers."

When most of the court officials were stunned when they heard this, although most of them were civil officials, and changing the rank of military generals to military ranks had nothing to do with them. But the problem is that if the rank of military generals is reorganized, the rank of civil officials must be reorganized accordingly. Otherwise, if civil officials and military generals are not equal, it will easily lead to a situation where civil officials are weak, or civil officials are weak, which is not conducive to the stability of the court.

However, today Wu Yan is not planning to reorganize civil officials. He still said the same thing. Now it is the time to employ people. Sudden large-scale reform will definitely cause some turmoil.

Only when Zeng Guofan, the Minister of Personnel, successfully prepared for the "constitutional monarchy", could Wu Yan start real reforms, such as separation of powers.

Today's military reform is just a prelude. Compared with the civil servants who have complex compositions, the reform of the military is much simpler.

"Shi Dakai is the commander of the Pioneer Army and the rank of Major General. Zuo Zongtang is the commander of the Pingbei Army and the rank of Major General..."

Although Shi Dakai is not in Tokyo City and is still disarmament in Nanjing City, the official rewards that should be given must be made in the court.

Zuo Zongtang, like Li Hongzhang, saw that the Qing court was about to be finished, so he came to join the Ming Dynasty. Unlike Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang was originally a farmer in Hunan and was closely related to Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army. In the original history, he later joined the Hunan Army.

As a national hero who can recover Xinjiang, his talent is above the level. After Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army was disarmament and became the Pingbei Army, he was led by Zeng Guoquan, Zeng Guobao, Zeng Guohua, Peng Yulin and others, but they were all in charge of some of the soldiers, and Zuo Zongtang later became the nominal supreme commander.

Wu Yan also felt at ease to delegate power.

"In addition to the army, I will change the navy to the navy, and Li Hongzhang will form the Pacific Fleet, with the position as commander-in-chief of the fleet, with the rank of major general..."

Hearing this, many court officials were stunned again, and then looked at Zeng Guofan, who was in the forefront.

Both Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang were from Zeng Guofan, and one of these two commanded the 50,000 army and the other commanded the Ming Navy. With the Ming Dynasty only having more than 100,000 army, it can almost be said that they had mastered the Ming military power.

In addition, Zeng Guofan was also the Minister of Personnel, and many of the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were considered to be from Zeng Guofan's disciples, and they all had great power.

This is already extremely powerful.

If it were not for the Minister of Revenue, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Works, they were all Wu Yan's true confidants, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that Zeng Guofan was inferior to one person and more than ten thousand people.

"Liu Lichuan, Minister of War, has changed his rank to general..."

Liu Lichuan had no objection at all, because he, the Minister of War, was originally a person who could only manage logistics, and all the troops of the Ming Dynasty belonged to Emperor Wu Yan as the supreme commander.

"I am the Grand Marshal and command all the army and navy of the Ming Dynasty."

As long as he gained military power, there would be no problem with Wu Yan's reform. No one in the court opposed him as the position of Grand Marshal.

What the court officials are most concerned about now is actually how they should reform after the military reform, and whether their own interests will be damaged.

However, what they didn't expect was that Wu Yan stopped after talking about the military's reform plan.

"I have a memorial to report, and I will leave the court without any trouble."

Because there were no eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, at least not on the surface, the guards next to him shouted this sentence.

None?

The courtiers were very surprised, but they all breathed a sigh of relief. Not everyone wanted to reform.

No one reported the report and retreated from the court. After a group of ministers left the hall, they almost surrounded Zeng Guofan and flattered.
Chapter completed!