Nanyue has been a territory of my country since ancient times. During the Han Dynasty, it was called Jiaozhi and was one of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a province with fifteen prefectures, forty-one states, and two hundred and ten counties.

Therefore, Chen Gu was not wrong to regard Annan as a province at that time and promise a high-ranking position to Nguyen Phuc Anh.

It is definitely impossible to seal off the country. The reason why Chen Gu gave Nguyen Phuc Anh a high-ranking official position was because he was now constrained by the Qing court and had no time to spare, so he made a compromise.

Its meaning is similar to that of Guangdong and Fujian here. It just so happens that the area of ​​Annan is almost the same as that of Guangdong and Fujian combined. Since Chen Gu can temporarily allow Guangdong and Fujian to be autonomous, he can naturally allow Annan to be autonomous temporarily as well.

However, the status must be clearly defined. Annan is not a country, but only a province of China.

Chen Gu's dominance made Zheng Huaide and Li Guangding feel embarrassed. They had never expected that Annan had a history of more than a hundred years. Why was Chen Gu still obsessed with Annan being a province, especially during the critical period of the war with the Qing Dynasty?

To put it bluntly, Chen Gui has not yet conquered the world, and it has been only more than two years since he started the rebellion and more than a year since he left Sichuan, yet he was so powerful that he appointed Nguyen Phuc Anh to a high official.

The two men did not dare to refute Chen Gu to his face, so they could only say that they could not make the decision and needed to go back and ask the king for instructions before making a decision.

However, the two had already planned to go to Peking. Originally, Nguyen Phuc Anh meant that if they could obtain Chen Gu's imperial decree, there would be no need to go to Peking.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can now see that although Chen Gu's rebellion was not long ago, he has already completely suppressed the Qing court, so if nothing unexpected happens, the world will definitely belong to Chen Gu.

Even if the Qing Dynasty turned the tables in the end, they could say that the envoys they sent were killed by Chen Gu. Anyway, the Qing Dynasty had never paid much attention to Annan, so if they showed more respect at that time, the Qing court would not pursue the matter.

But now it is different. Chen Gu does not recognize that Annan is a country. He only says that Annan is a province. He also does not recognize Nguyen Phuc Anh as the ruler of a country. He can only settle for the second best and hope to be canonized by the Qing Dynasty, which can be regarded as an explanation to Nguyen Phuc Anh.

Chen Gu did not make things difficult for Zheng Huaide and the other man. If they wanted to go to Beiping, they could go. I would not recognize you anyway. If you were to be conferred an honor by the Qing Dynasty, I would have a reason to beat you.

After the two men left, Chen Gu picked up the summary of political affairs and began to read it. Chen Gu was not familiar with political affairs, so he usually did not ask about them. However, as the leader of the Huaxia Department, the officials of each department would send a summary to Chen Gu for his review.

There are also excerpts from the records of the Sour Scholar and excerpts from the military reports of the General Staff.

At this time, Chen Gu had a summary from the Organization Department in his hand. Han Yuanxiao suggested holding a large-scale imperial examination in the Jiangnan region to select talented people.

Chen Gu nodded, picked up a cinnabar pen and drew a circle in front of this suggestion to show his strong agreement.

The second summary was from the Ministry of Taxation. Deputy Minister Jiang Huai believed that the agricultural tax could be appropriately increased to supplement national funds instead of spending money on purchasing grain.

Chen Gu frowned and sneered, picked up a black ink pen and made a cross. After thinking for a while, he commented: The country does not rely on the few grains of food in the hands of ordinary people.

The reason why it was Vice Minister Jiang Huai's suggestion is that it was just a test.

In fact, they can handle these matters on their own, whether it is to conduct imperial examinations to select virtuous talents to fill the official posts, or to increase taxes, in principle, they do not need to seek Chen Gu's consent. Of course, the premise is that they are willing to bear the consequences of the matter. The imperial examination is still easy to say. Han Yuanxiao's intention is actually to say hello to Chen Gu in order to get the cooperation of the military.

But raising taxes is not that simple. If the Ministry of Taxation dares to raise taxes rashly without the consent of Chen Ke, especially raising agricultural taxes, it will definitely be criticized by the people and may even be reported to the Ministry of Justice.

At that time, the Jiang family will have to hand over someone to take the blame.

After reading the summary of the Taxation Department, Chen Gu was somewhat angry. Ordinary people were the foundation of the Huaxia Ministry. Not to mention that the Huaxia Ministry now had plenty of money and grain, even if there was really not enough money, Chen Gu would not easily allow a tax increase.

The entire area south of the Yangtze River is a wealthy place, not to mention the land of fish and rice like Jiangnan. Over the past year or so, money and grain have been shipped back to Sichuan every day, so there is no way it is not enough.

The third book is a summary of the Ministry of Justice. Some people suggested that Chen Guan should issue a general amnesty to appease the people. The so-called general amnesty actually means reducing the sentence or even directly releasing the prisoners.

Chen the executioner picked up the black ink pen without thinking, and hesitated when he was about to cross it out. After thinking for a while, he switched to a red pen and annotated: Fixed-term imprisonment can be appropriately reduced based on the prisoner's performance, but it should not be excessive. Life imprisonment is unforgivable.

There is no death penalty in the Huaxia Department, and the maximum sentence is fifty years. That is to say, those who are sentenced to life imprisonment must be extremely evil. If such people are given a reduced sentence, then what is the use of the law? The reason why they were sentenced to life imprisonment is that Chen the Executor never thought of letting them leave the mining area alive.

It doesn’t matter if they are exhausted to death. If they are cruel enough to commit suicide, then Chen Gu can still respect them as real men.

After reading two political summaries that he didn't like, Chen Gu couldn't help but lose interest, so he picked up a military newspaper summary beside him and started reading it.

The first one was about Sanlang in Guangyuan County. The imperial court sent 50,000 additional troops to Shaanxi. However, because of the defense of Jiange, although Sanlang only had 10,000 main forces and 10,000 joint defense teams, his defense was still impregnable.

After all, in the era of cold weapons, people could still sacrifice human lives when facing dangerous terrain, but when facing guns and cannons, sacrificing human lives would not be very meaningful.

The second military report was about Dajianlu. Xing Honghai reported that the troops on the plateau were making some moves, and the tribes of Jinchuan and Xiaojinchuan were also gathering troops to prepare for a response. The specific situation was still being investigated.

There are many tribes on the plateau, and civil wars are common.

However, Chen Gu smelled something different. Ever since the Huaxia tribe occupied Dajianlu, the plateau has been relatively stable for such a long time. Why would they be tempted to move at this time?
The General Staff meant to ignore it and wait for the Jinchuan tribes to ask for help before providing appropriate support.

Chen Gu thought for a moment, picked up a red pen and wrote: "We can discuss with the leaders of the Jinchuan tribes to organize one or more joint military exercises.

Show all your military strength except for the weapons that need to be kept secret. At the same time, you can sell some arms to the tribes in Jinchuan to enhance their strength. "

Chen Gu thought about it and added another 5,000 main troops and 10,000 joint defense troops to Xing Honghai, and told him to be on high alert.

(End of this chapter)