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    It was related to whether the empire could take root in the Philippines, so Deng Ming did not mind staying in Manila for a while.  Like Sichuan, there are no deep-rooted clans here.  There are many businessmen among the Chinese, and making contracts is no stranger to them, but they never thought that the government would have such a day to sit down and discuss with everyone how the rights and obligations of citizens should be fairly exchanged like a businessman.

    As for the indigenous people in Luzon, Deng Ming also planned to follow Zheng Chenggong's approach. In his previous life, the local indigenous people in Taiwan completely became part of the Chinese people.  If Zheng Chenggong had not landed in Taiwan at that time, or had adopted discriminatory policies after landing, perhaps Taiwan would have become the same as the Spanish and Dutch colonies such as the Philippines and Indonesia.

    "The most important thing is to appoint a criminal officer." Deng Ming introduced his experience in Sichuan to these overseas Chinese in Luzon: "Our government is completely modeled after the trading houses. The trading houses can trust each other because they can rely on the performance of the contract; if someone violates  If the contract signed by everyone is reasonable, it will be reasonable. If there is no way to ensure that the contract is fulfilled, then it will be useless no matter how good it is."

    ¡°In the final analysis, the most important judicial power must be handed over to a small number of judges.  To eradicate the experiences of Yuan Xiang and He Daoning, Deng Ming felt that the best way to do this was to give judges a high social status, make them widely respected, and at the same time give them high salaries and benefits.  However, there must also be strict restrictions on judges. If they bend the law for personal gain, they will be removed.  In this way, there is no need for them to lose their respected rights and well-paid positions for petty profits.  Nowadays, Sichuan's judicial enforcement is pretty good. Deng Ming feels that one of the important reasons is that He Daoning became a rich man after selling his father's land, and he no longer pursues much money.

    When Deng Ming was busy preparing for the Ming Dynasty's Luzon Province and the Luzon Governor's Yamen, Feng Xifan came to say goodbye to him.

    "Bon voyage." Deng Ming felt that since the other party had decided to leave, there was no good way to retain him. He could only tell the other party that he actually valued firearms, and the art of war was unreliable, so it was safest to fight openly and honestly.  But Deng Ming didn¡¯t know if Feng Xifan would listen. Deng Ming felt that he had always failed in promoting military concepts to his allies. Whether it was the Zhejiang Eastern Army or the Kuidong Army, few people took Deng Ming¡¯s military theories seriously.  thing.

    "Prime Minister, I have one more thing to do with my humble position." But Feng Xifan seemed to have come here for more than just saying goodbye. He hesitated as if there was something else he wanted to say.

    "Warrior Feng, please speak." Deng Ming signaled to the other party that he had agreed.  But Feng Xifan looked around, but did not say it immediately in front of Deng Ming's guards.

    Seeing this, Deng Ming took Feng Xifan to a small room at the back, which had just been converted into a study by Deng Ming.

    "Last year my king's legitimate son was born." Now Feng Xifan's expression looked like that of a dog-skin plaster seller on the roadside. He patted his chest and boasted to Deng Ming: "Although the prince is still young, at first glance he looks like a dignified man.  When he was one year old, he had the heroic spirit of the late king."

    "Really?" Deng Ming vaguely guessed what Feng Xifan wanted to say. Although his face remained calm, secretly Deng Ming had already raised his thorns like a hedgehog in preparation for defense.

    "Yes. The king likes the prince very much"

    "Wait a minute, I remember that King Yanping has already established a son." Deng Ming interrupted Feng Xifan: "It seems that he is his eldest son and has been recognized by the court."

    "Yes, but that is a concubine." Feng Xifan said anxiously: "Prime Minister, the rule since ancient times is that there is a direct descendant, and there is no direct descendant. At first, my king was a little impatient, but now that we have a legitimate son, then we will change it.  It¡¯s natural for the prince to do so.¡±

    Deng Ming remained silent.  Zheng Chenggong's eldest son was born to him and the wet nurse, which made Zheng Chenggong so angry that he became ill and even caused Zheng Chenggong to order Zheng Jing to commit suicide. His last will and testament also stated that Taiwan should be left to his younger brother instead of Zheng Jing; after Zheng Chenggong's death  Due to internal strife in Taiwan, half of the army was dispersed, and the Jin and Xia bases were also lost.  Although no one mentioned it on the surface, they secretly regarded Zheng Jing's eldest son as the culprit and an unknown person.

    Zheng Jing is also well aware of this view of the Taiwan military.  But precisely because Zheng Chenggong deprived Zheng Jing of his inheritance rights and even took away his life, Zheng Jing could not give in and must make his eldest son the heir apparent.  After the birth of his legitimate son Zheng Keshuang last year, there was an undercurrent in the Zheng family and the army in Taiwan. Needless to say, Zheng Jing's wife, Zheng Jing's mother also believed that the legitimate son should be crowned the heir apparent; but Zheng Jing firmly refused to agree because he felt  If the eldest son is abolished, it would be equivalent to admitting that he did something wrong in Xiamen.

    Knowing that most people had opinions about the Crown Prince, Zheng Jing gave Chen Yonghua the responsibility of assisting the Crown Prince.  Chen Yonghua is a loyal and honest man. Zheng Jing knows that no matter what other people¡¯s plans are, Chen YonghuaYonghua will definitely obey his orders.

    "What King Yanping did in Xiamen was indeed wrong." Deng Ming said slowly.

    Hearing Deng Ming criticize Zheng Jing, Feng Xifan did not answer, but he obviously agreed in his heart.

    "But the prince is not wrong, and this is King Yanping's family matter, I can't interfere." Deng Ming's next words broke Feng Xifan's fantasy and made it clear that Sichuan would not get involved in this confusing lawsuit.

    "If there are no rules, how can we establish a concubine instead of a direct descendant?" Feng Xifan became anxious when he heard this: "The prime minister must uphold justice."

    "The crown prince has the permission of the emperor," Deng Ming also knew that this reason was not very convincing.  Because of Yang Zai's plan, Emperor Yongli is still living in southern Myanmar.  If it weren't for the fact that Ma Jixiang was no longer a threat and was Yang Zai's father-in-law after all, it is estimated that Ma Shoufu would have to continue to accompany the emperor in Yangon: "Besides, it is useless for me to speak. I am an outsider dictating the family affairs of Prince Yanping. This is  Are you minding your own business?"

    "I heard that the prime minister got a daughter the year before last," Feng Xifan said cautiously: "The age is very suitable for the prince. The relationship between the prime minister and the late king is so good"

    Deng Ming sighed in his heart: "This is indeed the case."

    Now Deng Ming has a son and a daughter.  The son was okay, as no general or high-ranking official came to sell his daughter to Deng Ming - because according to the Ming Dynasty's tradition, this was a very inappropriate thing. The prince should marry the daughter of a family with no prominent status and background.  Although Deng Ming did not admit that he was a royal, everyone always regarded his son as a prince.

    ¡°But after my daughter was born, there was an endless stream of people coming to marry her.  Needless to say, Major General Zhao and the other four brigadier generals, regardless of whether they had sons or not, tried to preemptively marry the baby; there were also the generals in Kuidong, the prince of Jin, and the eldest grandson of Governor Wen Deng Ming was completely unfazed by this kind of temptation.  Pretending not to understand.  The only one who didn't bother him was Li Laiheng, probably because Li Siming wasn't married yet.  Moreover, Li Laiheng always suspected that Deng Ming was his cousin. The lack of testing showed that Li Laiheng still held this suspicion, and he didn't know how Gong Yan brainwashed him.

    Feng Xifan inquired in advance and found out that Deng Ming¡¯s daughter was already two years old and had not yet been betrothed. This probably meant that Deng Ming felt that there were no suitable marriage candidates around him.

    Why is it inappropriate to sell your daughter to a prince?  If the prince's in-law's family is already very powerful, then they can rely on becoming the heir to further suppress dissidents and create a situation where one family is the only one. This may arouse the emperor's suspicion; and once he marries a certain prince, that person will  There is no room for ministers to remain neutral.  Once the prince is deposed, the emperor will not trust the powerful ministers, and the ministers' families will often be implicated - so powerful ministers are not willing to take this kind of gamble unless they have determined a goal that they will support to the end.

    But the emperor¡¯s daughter is completely different. No matter which prince succeeds to the throne in the future, the emperor will always take care of his brother-in-law or brother-in-law for the sake of his sister.  And even if Zheng Jing thought that the crown prince's issue was related to his face, as long as his legitimate son became Deng Ming's son-in-law, Zheng Jing would definitely choose his legitimate son as his successor, and he would be happy to change his son to crown prince.

    "Why does it sound like there's going to be internal strife?" Deng Ming thought to himself.  From Feng Xifan's words, it seems that there has been a fierce struggle between Taiwan's eldest son faction and the eldest son faction, and many important ministers in Taiwan have begun to place their bets and choose sides.  It sounds like Zheng Jing's attitude is also ambiguous. Many heirs believe that Zheng Jing is just out of face, and Zheng Jing's determination is not very firm. It is only a matter of time before he changes his son.  Now Deng Ming feels the same way. If Zheng Jing is firm enough on this issue and makes it clear to the civil and military ministers of the Yanping County Palace that his legitimate son will not have any chance, then close ministers like Feng Xifan will not  The treasure rests on the body of the legitimate son.

    In Deng Ming¡¯s previous life, Zheng Jing asked his eldest son to marry Chen Yonghua¡¯s daughter and his legitimate son to marry Feng Xifan¡¯s daughter.  This is not a big deal in modern society. It is best for three old friends to become relatives. But in a feudal vassal country, this is simply a fear of chaos.  Zheng Jing, like his father, died suddenly at the age of thirty-nine. At that time, his legitimate son was still young, so establishing an elder was the only feasible option, which would also give Ming Zheng more chances to survive.  However, Feng Xifan, who could no longer get away from his legitimate son, had no room for maneuver in changing the family, so he desperately launched an internal strife coup, mercenary Zheng Jing's eldest son, and allowed the twelve-year-old Zheng Keshuang to succeed to the throne.

    Although Zheng Jing has not yet pointed out Feng Xifan's daughter to his legitimate son, Feng Xifan has begun to bet on his legitimate son. If he can broker a marriage contract with Deng Ming's daughter, he will definitely be the chief hero of the legitimate son sect in the future.

    ¡°Chen Yonghua in literature and Feng Xifan in military affairs were Zheng Jing¡¯s right-hand men, and he promoted them single-handedly.His two most loyal confidants.  But now the conflict between the two people is so deep. If they fight openly and covertly for a few years, it will be okay.  " Along the way, Feng Xifan occasionally revealed some dissatisfaction with Chen Yonghua. At that time, Deng Ming was still a little strange, because if he accidentally revealed it in front of outsiders, it showed that the prejudice was deep. Now Deng Ming finally understands the root cause. In his heart  He muttered: "Is this some kind of imperial trick that Zheng Jing is playing, wanting his subordinates to fight each other so that he can control it more easily?  But this is a situation where the generals are at odds with each other, and there is absolutely no room for compromise and a fight to the death.  If he were to play the emperor's mind, he would be playing with fire and burning himself, right?  "

    Thinking of this, Deng Ming became even more certain that he could never be dragged into the chaotic factional disputes in the Yanping County Prince's Mansion.
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