Since the second half of last year, Yongli has established the court.

It has been peaceful for a year and a half within the Ming Dynasty.

This allowed the Ming army, which had almost been fighting continuously, to rest and restore and develop local areas.

Yangzhou was once the richest city in the world. During the Qing army's journey south, the city was completely destroyed.

Now, as the Regent set up the palace and stock exchange in Yangzhou, Yangzhou City quickly gained the position of political and economic centers, and the city is becoming increasingly prosperous.

Zhao Ming was not willing to stay in Nanjing. Although Yongli obeyed his advice, Zhao Ming always thought that there was an emperor above him, and ministers would often think of the emperor in the palace.

Therefore, Zhao Ming did not stay in Nanjing earlier. After October, he was even more prepared to conquer Yangzhou for his refusal to surrender.

Now that the national treasury is full, Zhao Ming gathers the imperial guards in Jiangbei, empty Nanjing, and holds the military power firmly in his hands.

In this way, Zhao Ming was not worried about any changes in Nanjing.

At this time, with Zhao Ming and hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in Yangzhou, Yangzhou gradually flourished, and merchants from all over the country settled here, making Yangzhou gradually become the commercial center of Jiangbei.

In the past year, big businessmen from all over the world have come to hear the news and bought land and opened shops in Yangzhou City. Stores quickly rose up in the city.

A large number of merchants moved to Yangzhou to trade salt, cotton and coal, creating a prosperous situation. With Zhao Ming stationed in Yangzhou, gentry and wealthy families from all over the country also began to build large-scale construction and houses in order to get as close to the power center as possible.

This made the court make another million taels of money just by selling Yangzhou land.

Since the Ming Taizu ascended the throne and formulated the national policy of vassals, garrisons, and polities to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce, the central government of the Ming Dynasty has been trapped by money for more than 200 years, and has been one of the poorest courts in history.

In recent decades, the court has not even been able to pay its salary.

But since the regent was in power, money seemed to be no problem. In less than two years, the treasury became increasingly full.

Zhao Ming sold land, developed real estate in Yangzhou, and harvested a wave, which increased the land price of Yangzhou by ten times, which made the court officials even more amazed and admired.

The Regent not only uses troops like a god, but also has a powerful army, but also has super wealth-making ability.

The army and money and food were in hand, which not only made the gentry and tribes within the Ming Dynasty realize that the Regent would be the regent to unify the world, but also many merchants and gentry and tribes in the Zhou Kingdom and the Eastern Qing Dynasty also realized that the person who captured the world would be Zhao Ming, not Wu Sangui, nor Ajige.

Driven by this consciousness, Zhao Ming was in Yangzhou, and the climax of buying land and building houses emerged. The gentry and businessmen from all over the country hoped to own a house in the center of power.

This has caused a large number of ordinary people and craftsmen to pour in. Yangzhou seems to have become a large construction site, with new houses rising from all over the world. Accents from all over the world can be heard everywhere on Yangzhou Street, quickly regaining the prosperity of Yangzhou.

After the Ming Dynasty issued letters to neighboring countries, from November, envoys sent by vassals and Linguo rushed to Yangzhou.

The first one to arrive in Yangzhou was the Ryukyu Kingdom, and then the envoy of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan.

The Han Dynasty annexed Korea caused the King of Ryukyu and Japan to feel a great threat, so they sent envoys to come.

Zhao Ming cordially received the King of Ryukyu and said that the Ming Dynasty vassals were strictly prohibited from civil wars. The court would not allow the vassals to start a war without permission for annexation, but there would be no problem with annexation of other countries, and it was also supported by the court.

The situation in North Korea is quite special. First, during the Chongzhen period, North Korea betrayed the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. It has been removed from its vassal states. Second, the Korean royal family directly extincted its descendants, so the court allowed the Han Dynasty to annex Korea.

Zhao Ming appeased the King of Ryukyu. As long as the Kingdom of Ryukyu is loyal to the court, he will ensure his safety.

Originally, Zhao Ming wanted to propose the matter of paying membership fees by the vassal states, but considering that they were here for the first time and Zhao Ming had not yet achieved anything, Dongqing and Wu Sangui, so they did not mention this.

From next year, the Han Dynasty and the Longwu vassals will pay at least 30% of the taxes to the court. In the future, the vassal states such as Ryukyu and Annan will also pay protection fees.

When the Tokugawa family of Japan sent envoys to come, they mainly conducted temptations and peeked at the reality of the Ming Dynasty.

Now the Ming Dynasty has close trade with Japan, especially the Han merchants who have entered Japan and have already mastered a great influence.

This made the Tokugawa family collect a lot of extra taxes on the one hand, and on the other hand, they feel the influence of the Ming Dynasty on Japan, which makes them feel deeply uneasy.

In response, Zhao Ming could only take the Tokugawa shogunate people to visit the Jiangbei Imperial Guard camp and show off his military power, hoping to influence the Tokugawa family and allow Japan to become a vassal as soon as possible.

At noon that day, a fleet came along the Jiangxi River and docked at the south of Yangzhou City, Guazhou Du.

This is the Zhou delegation from Chang'an. The leader is Sun Kewang, the left prime minister of Zhou.

After fleeing to the west of the Mo, Elinchen, the prince of Ordos County, lobbies Zhungeertaiji Sengge to help him recover the Hetao pasture and try his best to persuade Sengge. Now that the Central Plains are in chaos, he suggests that Sengge raises troops to attack Zhou State, revive Mongolia, and enter the Central Plains.

Judging from the information obtained by Brother Zhou, Junggartaiji was already tempted and tried to persuade Huite and other troops to invade Zhou State together.

This forced the Zhou Kingdom to deal with the Mongols and was unable to fight against the Ming Dynasty at the same time.

In view of this, the Zhou State sent a luxurious delegation headed by Sun Kewang to leave Chang'an, take Shangluo Road to Longju Village, and then take a merchant ship to buy cloth and tea in Qin Shang, enter the Han River from Danshui, arrive in Wuchang, and then along the river eastward, first arrive in Nanjing, and after learning that the court was in Yangzhou, he arrives in Yangzhou.

At this time, at Guazhou Wharf, Wang Fuzhi, the head of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, was already waiting here.

When he received Sun Kewang and his party, he accompanied Sun Kewang to the inn and explained the scenery of Yangzhou as he walked.

"There is the stock exchange! Half of his contribution to Yangzhou's revival of today's prosperity!" Wang Fuzhi pointed to a three-story blue brick mansion in the distance. "The merchants in the world have returned to Yangzhou because of it, and nearly a thousand people traded with this every day."

Wang Fuzhi pointed to a bustling street in the north and smiled: "That is Bu Street, which specializes in cotton cloth trading. Many Guanzhong merchants also come here to purchase."

Since Sun Kewang arrived in Wuchang, he has been shocked by the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Sun Kewang just responded with the sound and seemed very absent-minded.

Sun Kewang has always been extremely ambitious and never accepts anyone, but along the way, he had to admit that Zhao Ming was very powerful and was an unbearable opponent.

This time, he shouldered the mission and didn't know if he could hold Zhao Ming down on the condition of his reverence and avoid the war between the two fronts of Zhou and the State.

"I don't know, when will I see the Regent?" Sun Kewang didn't have the heart to enjoy the scenery of Yangzhou.

Wang Fuzhi did not answer directly, but smiled faintly: "I don't know this! Please wait patiently for Prime Minister Sun to wait for the meaning of your king, and the Ministry of Rites will find an opportunity to accept the regent. Please rest assured by Prime Minister Sun!"
Chapter completed!