Chapter 67: Abiding by the Law (Part 1)
It is related to whether the empire can establish its roots in the Philippines, so Deng Ming didn't mind staying in Manila for some time. There are no deep-rooted clans here like Sichuan. There are many Chinese businessmen, and it is not unfamiliar to them to make contracts, but they never thought that the government would have such a day, sitting down and discussing with everyone how to exchange the rights and obligations of the people with fair exchanges.
As for the indigenous people of Luzon, Deng Ming also planned to deal with it in accordance with Zheng Chenggong's way. In his previous life, the indigenous people in Taiwan became completely part of the Chinese. If Zheng Chenggong had not landed in Taiwan at that time, or had adopted a discriminatory policy after landing, perhaps Taiwan would have become the same as the colonies of Spain, Indonesia, and the Netherlands.
"The most important thing is the prosecutor." Deng Ming introduced his experience in Sichuan to these Luzon Chinese: "Our government was established completely by imitating commercial banks. Commercial banks can trust each other because they can be fulfilled by contracts; if someone violates the contract signed by everyone, there needs to be a reasonable place. If there is no way to ensure that the contract is fulfilled, no matter how well it is set, it is useless."
In the final analysis, it is necessary to hand over the most important judicial power to the hands of a few judges. Above the experience of Yuan Xiang and He Daoning, Deng Ming thinks the best way to do it is to give the judge a high social status, make him widely respected, and give them high wages and benefits. However, there must be strict restrictions on judges, and if they are favoritism and abused by the law, they will be dismissed. In this way, there is no need for them to lose their respected rights and positions with generous treatment because of small profits. The judicial enforcement of Sichuan is now pretty good. Deng Ming thinks that one of the important reasons is that He Daoning became a rich man after selling his father's territory and has no longer pursued much money.
While Deng Ming was busy preparing for the Luzon province of the Ming Dynasty and the Luzon Governor's Office, Feng Xifan came to say goodbye to him.
"The road is smooth." Deng Ming felt that since the other party had decided to leave, there was no good way to keep it. He could only tell the other party that he actually valued firearms very much, and that the art of war was unreliable, so it was safest to fight openly. However, Deng Ming didn't know if Feng Xifan could listen. In promoting military concepts to his allies, Deng Ming felt that he had always been very failed. Whether it was the Zhejiang East Army or the Kui East Army, few people took Deng Ming's military theory seriously.
"Prime Minister, there is still something to do with humble duties." But Feng Xifan's purpose of this trip seemed to be not just to say goodbye, but hesitantly seemed to have something else to say.
"Please speak with Guardian Feng." Deng Ming signaled that the other party had agreed. Feng Xifan looked around, but did not immediately say it in front of Deng Ming's guard.
Seeing this, Deng Ming took Feng Xifan to a small house behind, which had just been converted into a study by Deng Ming.
"Last year, my king's legitimate son was born." Feng Xifan's expression now looked like a dog-skin plaster sold by the roadside. He patted his chest and boasted to Deng Ming: "Although the prince is still young, he looks like a dignified man and a man. He has the heroic spirit of the former king when he was one year old."
"Is that true?" Deng Ming vaguely guessed what Feng Xifan wanted to say. Although his face was silent, Deng Ming had already raised his thorns like a hedgehog to prepare for defense.
"Yes. The prince likes the prince very much..."
"Wait a minute, I remember that King Yanping has already established a prince." Deng Ming interrupted Feng Xifan: "It seems that he is his eldest son, and he has also been recognized by the court."
"Yes, but that's a concubine's son." Feng Xifan said anxiously: "Prime Minister, since ancient times, the rule is to have a legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legiti
Deng Ming remained silent. Zheng Jing's eldest son was born to him and the wet nurse, which made Zheng Chenggong so angry that he couldn't bear to take ill, and also led to Zheng Chenggong's order to punish him. His will also tell him to leave Taiwan to his younger brother instead of Zheng Chenggong. After Zheng Chenggong's death, Taiwan had internal strife, and half of the army was dispersed, and the gold and Xiamen base were also lost. Although everyone did not mention it on the surface, they secretly regarded Zheng Jing's eldest son as the culprit and were also an unknown person.
Zheng Jing also knew this view of the Taiwan Army. However, because Zheng successfully deprived Zheng Jing of his inheritance rights and even wanted to take away his life, Zheng Jing could not give in and must make his eldest son the crown prince. After the birth of his legitimate son Zheng Kezhen last year, undercurrents in the Zheng family and army in Taiwan were surging. Needless to say, Zheng Jing's wife, even Zheng Jing's mother believed that the legitimate son should be changed to the crown prince. However, Zheng Jing refused to agree because he felt that if the eldest son was abolished, it would be equivalent to admitting that he had done something wrong in Xiamen back then.
Knowing that most people have opinions about the prince, Zheng Jing handed over the responsibility of assisting the prince to Chen Yonghua. Chen Yonghua is a loyal and honest man. Zheng Jing knew that no matter what other people had, Chen Yonghua would definitely follow his fate.
"What King Yanping did in Xiamen was indeed wrong," Deng Ming said slowly.
When Deng Ming criticized Zheng Jing, Feng Xifan did not respond, but he obviously agreed.
"But the prince is not wrong, and this is the family affairs of King Yanping, and I cannot interfere." Deng Ming's words immediately broke Feng Xifan's fantasy and made it clear that Sichuan would not get involved in this confused lawsuit.
"Without rules, no order, how can one become a commoner without a rule? "Feng Xifan was anxious when he heard this: "The Prime Minister must not be fair."
"The prince was approved by the emperor," Deng Ming also knew that this reason was not very convincing. Because of Yang Zai's plan, the Emperor Yongli was still living in southern Myanmar. If it weren't for the fact that Ma Jixiang had no threat and was Yang Zai's father-in-law, it would have been probably Mr. Ma's assistant to continue to accompany the emperor in Yangon: "It's useless to say that I'm talking. An outsider, I'm just a little bitch about the family affairs of Prince Yanping. Is this meddling in other people's business?"
"I heard that the Prime Minister got a daughter the next year," Feng Xifan said carefully: "I am very compatible with the prince. The relationship between the Prime Minister and the former king is so good..."
Deng Ming sighed in his heart: "It's true that this is the case."
Deng Ming now has one son and one daughter. It’s okay for his son, but no general or senior official has sold his daughter to Deng Ming. Because according to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, this is very inappropriate. The prince should marry the daughter of a family without a prominent identity and background. Although Deng Ming does not admit that he is a royal family, everyone always treats his son as a prince.
But after his daughter was born, there were endless people coming to get married. Needless to say, Major General Zhao and the other four brigade generals, they tried to take the initiative to give the baby a kiss, whether they had or not; there were also Kuidong generals, the prince of Jin, and the eldest grandson of the Wen Governor... Deng Ming pretended not to understand this kind of temptation. The only thing that didn't bother him was Li Laiheng, probably because Li Siming had not married yet. Moreover, Li Laiheng always suspected that Deng Ming was his cousin. If he didn't come to test, it means that Li Laiheng still held this suspicion, and he didn't know how Gong Yan washed his brain.
Feng Xifan had inquired in advance that Deng Ming's daughter was two years old and had not been betrothed yet, which probably meant that Deng Ming felt that there was no suitable candidate for a relative around him.
Why is it inappropriate to sell your daughter to the prince? If the prince's family is already very powerful, then they can rely on becoming the father-in-law to further suppress dissidents and form a situation where the family is dominant - this may arouse the suspicion of the emperor; and once they marry a certain prince, the minister will have no room for neutrality. Once the prince is deposed, the emperor will not be assured that the ministers who hold great power will often be implicated - so powerful ministers are not willing to engage in such gambling unless they have determined the goal of supporting the end.
But the emperor's daughter is completely different. No matter which prince succeeds to the throne in the future, it doesn't matter. The emperor always takes care of his brother-in-law and brother-in-law for the sake of his sister or sister. Moreover, even if Zheng Jing believes that the problem of the prince is related to his face, as long as the legitimate son becomes Deng Ming's son-in-law, Zheng Jing will definitely choose the legitimate son as his heir, and will happily change the prince.
"Why does it sound like it's about internal strife?" Deng Ming thought to himself. From Feng Xifan's words, it seems that Taiwan's legitimate son sect and the eldest son sect have already had a fierce struggle, and many Taiwan's important officials have begun to bet on the side. It sounds like Zheng Jing's attitude seems to be ambiguous. Many legitimate son sects think that Zheng Jing is just for face, and Zheng Jing's determination is not very firm, and it is only a matter of time to change the prince. Deng Ming's feeling is the same now. If Zheng Jing is firm enough on this issue, the civil and military ministers of the Prince's Mansion of Yanping clearly know that the legitimate son will not have any chance, then a confidant minister like Feng Xifan will not put his treasure on the legitimate son.
In Deng Ming's previous life, Zheng Jing asked his eldest son to marry Chen Yonghua's daughter and let his legitimate son marry Feng Xifan's daughter. This is no big deal in modern society. It is best for three old friends to become relatives. But in feudal vassal states, this is simply afraid that the world will not be in chaos. Zheng Jing suddenly died at the age of 39 like his father. At that time, the legitimate son was still young, and establishing a eldest son was the only feasible choice, which could also give Ming Zheng more opportunities to survive. However, Feng Xifan, who could no longer withdraw from the legitimate son, had no room for maneuver to change the family, so he launched an internal strife coup desperately, repelling Zheng Jing's eldest son, and allowing the twelve-year-old Zheng Kezhan to succeed the throne.
Although Zheng Jing has not pointed out Feng Xifan's daughter to the legitimate son, Feng Xifan has already started to bet on the legitimate son. If he facilitates a engagement with Deng Ming's daughter, he will definitely be the chief hero of the legitimate son's sect in the future.
"There are Chen Yonghua in literature and Feng Xifan in martial arts. These two people are Zheng Jing's right-hand man, and he promoted them to him. They are the two most loyal confidants. But now the conflict between the two is so deep. If they fight openly and secretly for a few years, it will be great. Can't they be in the same power as the fire?" Along the way, Feng Xifan occasionally showed some dissatisfaction with Chen Yonghua. Deng Ming was a little strange at that time, because it was possible to accidentally reveal it in front of outsiders. Now Deng Ming finally understood the root cause, and he muttered in his heart: "Is this Zheng Jing playing with some emperor's mind and trying to let his subordinates fight each other so that he can control it? But this is a disagreement between generals and ministers, and there is no room for compromise, and he will never stop. If he is playing with emperor's mind, it will be almost the same as playing with fire and burning himself?"
Chapter completed!