At noon the next day after Wu Haogu returned to Tianjin, two ministers, Mi Youren and Zhang Xizai, who were in charge of the Great Zhou Republic, visited with a lot of official documents.

Wu Haogu is not a hand-off manager, but a leader who prefers to do his best.

The Great Zhou Republic actually has a very modern decision-making mechanism, and the domestic class struggle situation is not sharp. The Great Zhou Republic is actually a balance between small military aristocrats and large market capitals.

Military citizens of the level of knights and government soldiers did not have the power to subvert the Republic. Wu Haogu himself was the largest commercial capitalist and could basically control the power of capital.

Therefore, the foundation of the Great Zhou Republic is actually relatively solid, but Wu Haogu still dares not be a beautiful woman all day long and be a leader of the free and illusion.

Because the seemingly stable Great Zhou Republic is a country that subverts tradition! This is a strange change that has not been seen in China for hundreds of years. The Qing Dynasty encountered in later generations. It happened early by Wu Haogu.

While other parts of the world were still happily playing with feudal aristocratic rule, a bourgeois republic appeared on the land of China!

The unified and authoritarian rule of emperors that began in the Qin Dynasty has now been completely subverted by the Great Zhou Republic.

But how can the tradition of more than a thousand years be subverted so easily?

So in the Great Zhou Republic, almost everyone regarded "head of the army" as the nickname of the emperor. Just like the great khan on the grassland, the Jurchens, and the stern soldiers of the Xixia. The names changed, and the meaning was still the same...

The forces that encouraged Wu Haogu to proclaim themselves emperors not only existed, but have always been the mainstream.

From time to time, someone would stir up a wave of persuasion in the newspapers of the Zhou Kingdom. And at the top, whether in the military, political, or business circles, there were "monarchists". All kinds of yellow robes were ready, just waiting to be put on Wu Haogu!

Some people put their hopes of restoring the imperial system on Wu Haogu's sons, especially Wu Yiyong, who was the "Emperor Wen of Zhou" in the eyes of many people, and their sons became emperor with their virtues.

This is the best thing to win the world?

Under such a situation, can Wu Haogu not keep an eye on it? Don’t be careful. It is not completely unacceptable that Washington becomes Napoleon and Napoleon is not allowed. But Wu Haogu cannot be the one himself!

Because the tradition of feudal monarchy for more than a thousand years is too stubborn, if Wu Haogu had put on his yellow robe, the Great Zhou Republic would have become an episode... How many years have the constitutional government of the republic been in operation? Isn't it a yellow robe that smashed the "Derby Yao and Shun" brand?

What should I do after the smash? Let’s use literature to control the military and then start the imperial examination? Now that the people are half-intelligent, there is a military citizen group. It is not easy to go back.

As for constitutionalism and other things, first of all, there is no tradition formed; secondly, Wu Haogu himself is unwilling to hand over power.

Only when Wu Haogu stayed in the position of the head of the Republic for the rest of his life can the foundation of the Republic and constitutionalism be truly solid. Even if someone wants to wear a yellow robe in the future, he can only be a Oriental Napoleon who brought the constitutional system to the entire China. It is impossible to become a traditional wise ruler like Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong.

Of course, Mi Youren and Zhang Xizai didn't know Wu Haogu's thoughts.

They both heard Wu Haogu say "depression is an opportunity" yesterday, and they were very excited after returning. They thought Wu Haogu would be going south and unifying the world!

However, after careful consideration, the two of them gave in a little bit of a retreat. Now Zhou is facing two wars. One is the Goryeo security war that will not know when it will end; the other is the protracted war for fortresses on the grassland. This is a proxy war. It is Xiao Sesse, but the one who paid for money, food, weapons and military consultants was still the Great Zhou.

At the same time, according to Wu Haogu's instructions not long ago, the Senate of the Great Zhou Dynasty also passed a resolution to upgrade Annan Prefecture to Annan Province, and sent administrative and military combinations such as Zhang Zhifeng, Chen Tianli and Xue Ding to Annan.

These three are now recognized talents in the Great Zhou Republic, and they are young and powerful, with rich experience.

Send them to Annan, you must make some moves!

If Nanyang starts another war, it will be three wars at the same time.

Does the Great Zhou still have the ability to support the fourth war?

After this calculation, Mi Youren and Zhang Xizai felt that Wu Haogu would not attack the Song Dynasty immediately.

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"I'll look back at these," Wu Haogu looked at the official documents brought by Mi Youren and Zhang Xizai, nodded, "Let's talk about the marriage with Song State first.

Pan Xiao'an wrote a letter, proposing to marry Mei Niang to Prince Yun Zhao Kai."

"This is a good family, but..." Mi Youren said half of the words. But Wu Haogu also understood the remaining half.

It’s just that it’s not convenient to attack Da Song in the future!

Wu Haogu smiled: "Yuanhui, I want you to go to Kaifeng Prefecture to discuss the marriage between the two countries with the government."

"Did the teacher agree?"

Wuhao Ancient Road: "If you have the conditions, Prince Yun must have a fiefdom, not Yunzhou, it should be Haizhou. Even if you can't get the entire Haizhou, you have to grant Jingdong Shang City, Yuzhou Island and Qushan County to Prince Yun."

"What the teacher means is... to break up the Song Dynasty by Prince Yun?" Mi Youren's psychology was too dark and he never thought about it in the better direction.

Zhang Xizai was a little more pure than him, shook his head and said, "The Song Dynasty's official family is only more than 30 years old. It is so prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period that it is impossible to die without twenty or thirty years."

Wu Haogu nodded, "The move of Prince Yun to Haizhou was not to split the Song Dynasty, but to turn Jingdong Shang City into a semi-independent autonomous municipality."

"First of the People, what are the benefits of this for us?" Zhang Xizai asked.

Wu Haogu smiled and said: "It can facilitate the outflow of the population and money of the Song Dynasty, mainly to facilitate the outflow of the Song Dynasty."

Mi Youren asked: "Where is the population loss?"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "It flows to our territory in the Goryeo Peninsula, the Hokkien Island, the Luzon Island, the Ryukyu Zhongshan Island and the Annan Prefecture."

The city is already hard, and with money, the life of men farming and women weaving is getting harder and harder. When life is sad, only when someone runs out! If they are like Yan and Liao, who is willing to travel thousands of miles to find a way out?”

The Great Zhou Kingdom now has sail battleships, so it can naturally enter the era of distant sea colonization.

Although the "Truth Class" is still slower and is not suitable for long-distance voyages. However, it is still enough to dominate the sea east of Malacca!

The new generation of "Soft Sail High-speed Battleship" has also begun to be launched for a long time, and it will definitely be able to sail for the first time within a few years.

The technology of casting cannons is also constantly improving. Not only is the quality of the cannons getting better and better, but the weight is relatively lighter (under the same caliber), but the output is also getting higher and higher.

The total annual output of the two artillery factories exceeded 500 units last year!

With such output, large sail battleships equipped with multi-layer artillery decks are not afraid of no artillery available.

The emergence of the "Soft Sail High-speed Battleship" can not only strengthen the maritime hegemony of Zhou, but also lay the foundation for long-sea exploration and colonial development.

In addition, the plan to use the Bohai Youn surname to explore the Heiyi Island has also achieved initial success.

Gao Yongfu, with thousands of households and about 20,000 to 30,000 Bohai people, was transported to Xiayi Island one after another by sea.

A large bay across the sea from Honshu Island was found in a large bay across the sea from Honshu Island, and a colonial stronghold called the "Bohai Pavilion" was established. It also benefited the abundant timber resources on the Honshu Island and built a large number of wooden forts to resist the attacks of the Honshu people.

Under the escort of Mubao, a large amount of black soil was reclaimed (there are also black soil on the Hokkien Island), a fishing and commercial port called "Whale Port" was established, and a whaling industry was developed.

The Sea of ​​Japan is known as the Sea of ​​Whale. At this time, it has abundant whale resources, which not only allows you to obtain a large amount of meat, but also obtain expensive whale oil.

So there are a few whaling ships run by Han fishing merchants who travel between Busan and Whale Port.

However, the development of the Essay Island ends here! The black soil everywhere on the island, the inexhaustible forest resources and the swarms of whales in the nearby oceans have no way to attract more immigrants.

As for the adventure east of Emi Island, although there have been plans for it under the promotion of Wu Haogu, how valuable can the island explored have? Even if there are fur animals available for hunting everywhere on the island, it may not attract a few hunters.

Even if you go further and discover a new continent, there may not be anyone who is willing to go there to be a colonist, right?

In the warm south, the Zhou navy relied on Annan Prefecture to open up many sub-bases. Staff were established in Luzon, Champo, Borneo and other places.

In addition, the Nanyang Protectorate, which also paid tribute to the Song Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty, has also developed well in recent years.

After years of hard work, most of Java Island has been controlled.

However, the Nanyang Protectorate also encountered the same population crisis. The territory was established, but the Han people were not in large numbers.

Even if I get out of the way, I will give 100 acres of paddy fields for free, and I will not be able to recruit many immigrants.

The reason why not many people are willing to migrate to the distant sea colonies is of course that the current life can continue. If life can continue, who is willing to travel so far?

If it is along the Liao River, it would be fine if it is "cooked" like Goryeo and Annan. There are always people who want to change their lifestyle and are willing to give it a try.

But if you travel across the ocean and go far away, life and death are uncertain!

Businessmen who are interested in getting rich may not be afraid of the distance, but farmers who only seek stability may have no motivation.

So in Wu Haogu's view, the "money causing depression" that has swept across the Central Plains is a good opportunity.
Chapter completed!