When Jianxing was under house arrest, there must be turmoil within the Qing court, which is naturally certain. However, according to Prince Yong's decisive view, he had already made some plans. In addition, the Qing army in Guanzhong and Shanxi has retreated. From this, it is judged that Prince Yong is confident.

But this does not mean that it would be useless to pass the news. You should know that although the Qing court retreated westward, it still had a lot of military power in Yunnan. Especially in addition to Beihe Nuo's tribe, Prince Cheng's tribe is also in Yunnan. Prince Cheng is a hard-core brother of Jianxing. Once he learns that something happened to Jianxing, he will never sit idly by.

Furthermore, Jianxing sent Prince Guo over in the Western Regions before, and now that the Qing court moved westward, the Western Regions will definitely be the place where the Qing court relies on for survival in the future. Prince Guo is like Prince Cheng, and is also a die-hard brother of Jianxing. Once he learns about the situation in Jianxing, there will inevitably be chaos within the Qing court.

It’s a pity that the Ming Dynasty’s hands are not so far away, so it’s fine in Yunnan, but it’s easy to pass the news through the Jinyiwei channel. However, when Zhu Yicheng thought of this, he shook his head helplessly. Although the Jinyiwei was everywhere, it was only limited to the Ming Dynasty or the area controlled by the Qing court before. As for the special situation in the Western Regions, the Jinyiwei was beyond the reach of it.

As for the public affairs office, it is still focused on Nanyang and Xinming, and there is no way to reach the Western Regions, so it is impossible to directly transmit the news to the Western Regions. Moreover, from a distance, it is probably too late to wait until the news can really be transmitted.

In addition to these, Wang Fan's words today also emerged in Zhu Yicheng's mind. Wang Fan's actions are obviously to solve the problems of the court, but in fact they also have deep meanings. Zhu Yicheng also knew this deep meaning very well. As several military ministers from the Military Affairs Office are about to take office, Wang Fan will retreat soon. If nothing unexpected happens, Zeng Yishu should be the one who will succeed him.

Speaking of which, when Wang Fan was brought to this position and entrusted with important tasks, it was related to the fact that Zhu Yicheng had no talents under him back then. But now, as the Ming Dynasty has now become the lord of China, the Ming Dynasty is not short of talents.

Of course, Wang Fan was trembling. He did a good job in both the head of the Ministry of Revenue or the military aircraft. Moreover, when the Ming Dynasty was in trouble at first, if Wang Fan had not tried his best to raise funds for Zhu Yicheng and dispatch food and grass, the Ming Dynasty would not have developed as smoothly later.

Wang Fan has made great contributions over the years, and no matter who is it, it must admit this. Even Jiang Jin, who has never dealt with Wang Fan and even looked down on him as a businessman, also admitted it. If there was no accident, although Wang Fan no longer had the previous rights after withdrawing from the military plane, Zhu Yicheng would never treat him unfairly. It goes without saying that the title would be given to him in the court.

However, with Wang Fan's withdrawal from the military, the balance within the Military Affairs Office will also be broken. This balance was specially set by Zhu Yicheng at the time. Liao Huanzhi represented traditional literati and surrender forces, Dong Dashan and Wang Dong represented the old team of the rebel army and the military forces. Wu Sidao or later Shi Yizhi represented the right path for the imperial examinations of Qingliu and the Ming Dynasty to restore the country. From this point of view, Wang Fan represented another emerging force in the Military Affairs Office, that is, the merchant class.

Since the revival of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yicheng directly broke the previous division of the four people, and then carried out business activities by providing merchant status, especially the development of maritime trade. With the rise of maritime trade, the commercial atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty reached an unprecedented level. In addition, the Ming Dynasty vigorously developed the navy and used the benefits of maritime trade to extend its tentacles beyond China, which led to the current atmosphere.

Although Zhu Yicheng's motivation was added, it was also necessary to admit that Wang Fan had put a lot of efforts in it. In other words, it was precisely because of Wang Fan's support in the court that Zhu Yicheng's idea was promoted, thus giving the Ming Dynasty a current appearance.

However, the traditional power is still strong. Even if Zhu Yicheng has improved the status of a merchant, changed the imperial examinations, and added two subjects of Ming Sutra and Ming Fa in addition to the Jinshi exam to reduce the influence of traditional scholars on the Ming Dynasty. However, this has only changed partly. Judging from the deep-rooted thoughts in the hearts of the Chinese people, everything is inferior, and only high school is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even if a family of great merchants is also proud to cultivate future generations into scholars in the issue of cultivating future generations, they are proud to have got rid of the identity of merchants and join the ranks of scholars.

This was better before, but as the Ming Dynasty gradually restored China, the people's views began to tilt more and more towards this aspect. Instead, they were different from the local area overseas. This is also because overseas areas have special reasons and cannot be discussed together.

The reason why Wang Fan made such suggestions was precisely because Wang Fan knew Zhu Yicheng's idea very well. In fact, for all military ministers, including important officials in the court, Liao Huanzhi is the highest in terms of status, Dong Dashan is the oldest in terms of qualifications, and Zeng Yishu is the most brilliant in terms of futures, but the real person who really talks about the confidants is the exception of Wu Sidao, who had long since retired from military affairs and did not care about political affairs, but was just the Grand Tutor, he was probably Wang Fan.

Speaking of which, Wang Fan is a minister, but in fact he is Zhu Yicheng's slave. Since Wang Fan was the first family to surrender to Zhu Yicheng in Ningbo, he has stood with the royal family. Zhu Yicheng is not only an emperor, but also a master. This is also the main reason why Zhu Yicheng has always trusted Wang Fan and promoted him to such a position.

To be honest, Zhu Yicheng actually did not intend to let Wang Fan leave the Military Affairs Office, because the balanced power of all parties he had created before was broken. However, the rules were set by himself, but Zhu Yicheng could not break his own rules because he knew very well that once this rule was broken, the rules would naturally no longer become rules, and would have extremely bad effects on future generations.

From this point of view, it is a foregone conclusion that Wang Fan withdraws from the military aircraft, but after Wang Fan withdraws, the Military Service Department will no longer represent the interests of merchants, which is extremely unfavorable for Zhu Yicheng's promotion of the future direction of the Ming Dynasty. It is not that Zhu Yicheng pays attention to merchants or has a great favor for merchants. In fact, in Zhu Yicheng's view, although the business group has people who are trustworthy and valued, there are also many people who only care about interests and selfishness.

The old saying goes well: no businessman is not traitor, no profit is not affordable. Zhu Yicheng's promotion of the status of a businessman was nothing more than political considerations. Otherwise, as Wang Fan, who represents the interests of a businessman, withdrew, the court would gradually be occupied by traditional forces and the military. Over time, it would evolve into a battle between the noble class and the literati class, and wouldn't it eventually go to the old path of the previous Ming Dynasty?

This is something Zhu Yicheng absolutely did not want to see. What he wanted to build was a thousand-year empire, a new dynasty that could completely get rid of the repetitive circles of Chinese dynasties. Therefore, gradually shifting the Ming Dynasty from the initial feudalism to capital, coupled with a strong central government, was the result that Zhu Yicheng was willing to see.

It was precisely because Wang Fan saw something that he made the previous suggestions. He planned to use this method to further enhance the status of the merchant class and at the same time open up a businessman's active participation in politics. Zhu Yicheng understood his intentions. Although this method was not the most appropriate, Zhu Yicheng still agreed. At the same time, he had long considered this issue in his mind, thinking about how to make a better and smooth transition.

"Eunuch Jiang..."

A eunuch called Xiao Jiangzi softly, and Xiao Jiangzi immediately turned around and glanced at him coldly, scaring the eunuch so much that he quickly lowered his head.

"What's the matter?" Although Xiao Jiangzi's voice was soft, he was stern.

"It's getting late, the emperor should have a meal, but..." the eunuch replied softly, but did not dare to continue speaking, but looked into the distance.

For an entire afternoon, Zhu Yicheng was in the place behind the hall. Xiao Jiangzi served him from afar, but because Zhu Yicheng did not allow anyone to get close, he could only stand in the distance.

At the beginning, Zhu Yicheng slowly walked under the ancient trees, as if he was thinking about something, but after a while, Zhu Yicheng sat down directly on the stone bench under the tree, staring at one place with his eyes focused, not knowing what issues were being considered.

Xiao Jiangzi was guarding far away, not daring to slack off at all, and time passed by minute by minute. Even Xiao Jiangzi didn't notice that the sky was gradually setting, and the sun was about to set in half an hour.
Chapter completed!