My father is Jiajing

Chapter 332 The Emperor's Heart Itches

Xiyuan Wanshou Palace.

In addition to his daily cultivation, Emperor Jiajing now has a new hobby, which is subscribing to the monthly magazine "Da Ming Feng Hua".

This magazine was created by Zhu Zaigui when he was running Daming Bookstore. It is a collection of essays with a certain degree of entertainment and commentary, published once a month.

At the beginning, Emperor Jiajing did not care about the meaning of this magazine. He thought it was just a new idea that Zhu Zaigui came up with on a whim.

Therefore, when Emperor Jiajing first subscribed to this magazine, his intention was simply to support his son and he had no other thoughts.

After all, in the emperor's mind, no matter how good the article is, in the end, won't one still have to study hard all his life and work hard for the imperial examination to have a better future?
Therefore, when Emperor Jiajing first read the articles in "Da Ming Feng Hua" magazine, he did not care about the so-called depth and intention of these articles. He just read them for fun.

But after reading the first magazine, Emperor Jiajing's attitude changed.

The actual significance of this magazine has exceeded Emperor Jiajing's psychological expectations. He never expected that the articles in this magazine would open a new door for him to understand the Ming Dynasty.

Especially the essay by Hai Rui in the first issue introducing the scenery of Qiongzhou, which gave Emperor Jiajing a refreshing feeling and made him feel like he had a new understanding of the Ming Dynasty.

You must know that from ancient times to the present, both the emperor himself and the people of the world have regarded the emperor as a wealthy man.

Imagine a person who is wealthy enough to cover the world. In this vast world, is there anything that they don’t know or have not seen?
Therefore, even though they lived in the deep palace all year round, they still believed that they could understand the situation in the world through memorials from all over the country.

Similarly, they also believed that they could manage and guide all parts of the world through imperial edicts.

However, it was not until he read Hai Rui's essay introducing the customs and folkways of his hometown that Emperor Jiajing suddenly realized how big the world was and that he had only seen a small corner of it.

Originally, in the inherent cognition of Emperor Jiajing, Qiongzhou was just a barbaric land with fierce folks who refused to obey the king. Although it had been governed by the court for hundreds of years, it still could not change its backward and barbaric nature.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing never had any beautiful illusions about Qiongzhou, and what he had seen in previous memorials were all reports on how the Li people in Qiongzhou were causing chaos.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing naturally thought that Qiongzhou was just a poor and barren place.

But after reading Hai Rui's essay, Emperor Jiajing finally saw a different Qiongzhou.

Emperor Jiajing learned that Qiongzhou was a place where it was summer all year round, and the natural scenery there was incomparably magnificent and beautiful, and the products were also abundant and varied.

After reading Hai Rui's essay, Emperor Jiajing said to Huang Jin: "No wonder Su Dongpo was able to maintain such a positive attitude after being demoted to Qiongzhou. It turns out this is a good place. It's a pity that no one has paid attention to it in the past dynasties. We need to pay more attention to it in the future."

Therefore, after having this mentality, Emperor Jiajing also re-examined the Annan Military Commission.

The Annan Dutongshisi was the old land of Jiaozhi. During the Han Dynasty, it was one of the administrative regions of the Chinese territory.

However, due to various reasons, and the fact that the place was indeed too far away from the central court, once the central dynasty weakened, remote places like these would naturally no longer be taken seriously by the central dynasty, and they would be left to fend for themselves.

But once the central dynasty became strong, this neglected land would be taken back by the powerful ruler as a merit. For example, Emperor Taizong of this dynasty, oh no, it was Emperor Chengzu. During the Yongle reign of Emperor Chengzu, the wise and capable Emperor Chengzu recovered the old land of Jiaozhi and re-established it as the Jiaozhi Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office, the 14th province of the Ming Dynasty.

However, as the situation changed later, and the emperors after Yongle sought to change the previous dynasty's image of warmongering and overbearing, they wanted to use civil governance to stabilize the people's hearts and minds, and show that the court was no longer willing to rule the world with weapons.

Therefore, after a rebellion in Jiaozhi Provincial Administration during the Xuande period, Emperor Xuande lost interest in this land that had been overinvested and had very low utilization value. Therefore, with the instigation of court officials, the Jiaozhi Provincial Administration was abolished.

It once again turned into a vassal state that superficially submitted.

But this land was destined to be restless. Even without the intervention of the Ming Dynasty, the internal struggle would be quite fierce.

There was constant fighting between the Li and Mo families, and finally they had to ask the Ming Dynasty to arbitrate.

Therefore, after re-intervening in Annan, Emperor Jiajing also believed that he had accomplished the same feat as Emperor Chengzu.

In the 19th year of the Jiajing reign, Emperor Jiajing directly issued an edict to abolish Annan's vassal status, demoted it to the Annan Dutong Envoyship, and changed its thirteen circuits into thirteen Xuanfu Si, each with a Xuanfu, Tongzhi, Deputy Envoy, and Qianshi, and was subject to the demotion and promotion of the Dutong.

The Mo family was appointed as the governor of Annan, with a rank of second rank, hereditary, and tribute every three years. In name, the land of Annan was included in the territory of China again.

It can be said that Emperor Jiajing was also very complacent in handling this political issue. He felt that he had not spent much manpower and national strength to regain Jiaozhi that had been abolished by Emperor Xuanzong.

Although it is only nominally included, it is also a real political achievement.

After all, not every emperor can easily obtain the nominal ownership of such a large piece of land.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing always unconsciously compared himself with Emperor Yongle. Even when the auspicious land under construction in the Changping Royal Cemetery was being built, Emperor Jiajing ordered it to be built on a scale second only to that of Changling.

From this we can see that Emperor Jiajing was still very confident in his self-perception.

Now that Emperor Jiajing had learned about the customs and rich products of Qiongzhou through Hai Rui's essays, he naturally thought of the Annan Military Commission, which was even larger than Qiongzhou.

The climate here is the same as that of Qiongzhou, and the area is more vast. Doesn't this mean that the potential of this place is greater than that of Qiongzhou?
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but feel itchy in his heart.

You must know that since the last defense of the suburbs of Beijing, his eldest son has crippled the Tatars in one fell swoop. Without a few decades of rest and recuperation, the Tatars will never again become a serious threat to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing naturally had a lot more thoughts.

Now that the north is fine, shouldn’t we pay more attention to the south?

It is such a waste of resources to waste such good land in the hands of a bunch of barbarians who don't know how to manage and operate it!
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Thanks to the big boss “Feng Yu Wu Fei” for the reward!

Chapter 3 is here!!
(End of this chapter)