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Ba Pai Yao sent a group of envoys, a total of 32 people.

Twenty-four punches in eight rows, one for each family.

Pan Maiwei from Youling Pai was elected as the interim leader and was received in the lobby of the General Military Mansion.

There are four rows of stools in the lobby, and Pan Maiwei sits in the center of the first row. From time to time, he whispered to the leaders from Nangang Pai and Hengkeng Pai, and after a few words, he looked forward to see if Zhao Tianwang had come.

Suddenly, a young man walked out of the door. These Yao envoys didn't take it seriously, thinking that he was an ordinary official of the General Military Mansion.

An ordinary official, all tall and handsome, is worthy of Zhao Tianwang's mansion, indeed there are a lot of talents!

The young man walked in a few steps, and suddenly said: "Move the chairs into the hall, what does it look like high above?"

Immediately someone took action and moved the chairs from the upper hall to the lower hall, which was at the same height as the seating heights of the Yao envoys.

Pan Maiwei asked the translator in Cantonese: "What did he say?"

The translation is immediately paraphrased.

Pan Maiwei nodded with a smile, and said to the people next to him: "This young man is very nice, and he doesn't look down on us like other Han people. When I see King Zhao Tianwang, I must praise this young man and hope that he will do better in the future. official."

Suddenly, the young man clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I am Zhao Han, the rumored King Zhao. Welcome all Yao brothers to Ji'an as guests."

The translation retells in Cantonese.

King Zhao?

Pan Maiwei was stunned for a moment, and then looked around, the other bosses couldn't believe it either.

Everyone stood up quickly.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Everyone, sit down and talk."

"Meet King Zhao!"

Pan Maiwei took the lead in kneeling, and everyone knelt down in unison. They used to be forced to kneel down by Han officials, but this time they were not forced to kneel down willingly.

Because Zhao Han took the initiative to move the chair down to make it equal to their seats, this small move was enough.

Zhao Han said: "Everyone please hurry up. Under my rule, as long as you abide by the law, there is no distinction between high and low. Han people are equal to Han people, and Han people are equal to Yao people. You and I are brothers."

Hearing these words, Pan Maiwei was a little excited, and at the same time, it seemed to be a slap in the face, and he shouted again: "Greetings, Elder Brother Zhao!"

"Greetings, Elder Brother Zhao!" Everyone shouted in unison.

The translator said: "Chief Town, they are calling you elder brother."

Interesting, Zhao Han couldn't help giving this person a high look with a smile on his face.

As expected of being elected as the leader of the envoys, this guy turned his brains really fast, and he quickly brought the relationship between the two sides closer, and even killed the principle of equality between the Yao people and the Han people.

"Sit down." Zhao Han smiled.

Everyone sat down in unison, very disciplined.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Han asked, "How is the harvest this year?"

Pan Maiwei replied: "This year's harvest was mediocre, but last year's harvest was very bad. The weather was dry and severe, the terraced fields had no water, and life in the row could not go on. The dog officials even came to urge the field tax, and the harvest is getting better every year. Many, but they were all driven away by us."

Zhao Han sighed, "Corrupt officials are so bad, and I was also forced to rebel by corrupt officials. I understand your difficulties."

"If elder brother becomes the emperor, everyone will have a good life in the future." Pan Maiwei flattered.

Zhao Han asked again about the electoral system of Ba Pai Yao, and after listening for a long time, he suddenly asked, "Is this how the Yao people in Guangdong elect their leaders?"

Pan Maiwei shook his head and said: "The Yao people are different from the Yao people. We Ba Pai Yao are close to the Han people, and we have to serve the government as corvee. The Han people sometimes call us 'Ting Zhao Yao' and 'Ting Tiao Yao', just like us It’s like a tamed dog. There are still many mountain Yaos in Guangdong. They don’t know how to grow terraced fields, and they always set fire to the mountains to grow food. Every year or two, they have to change to another mountain. The leader of the mountain Yaos is not elected. .”

"Why do you want to elect a leader?" Zhao Han asked again.

Pan Maiwei replied: "If you don't choose a leader, how will you arrange for the release of water? How will you manage the flushing?"

Zhao Han instantly understood that the terraced fields are the lifeblood of Ba Pai Yao, and the irrigation of the terraced fields requires a high degree of discipline. Whichever family's fields do not obey the management will affect a large area, and the hereditary system of chiefs will inevitably bring about favoritism.

Therefore, their leaders need to be elected to ensure that the terraces of each family can be produced normally.

The Guoshan Yao are different. They have been farming for a long time and are constantly migrating. In this mode of life and production, the leader must not be elected, otherwise there will be countless chaos.

There is no best system, only the most suitable system!

Just like Zhao Han, after the founding of the country, it is absolutely impossible to establish a constitutional monarchy, because China is too big. Once the constitutional monarchy is established and the emperor is 100% empty, the civil service group will start to grow wildly, and then swallow all the interests of the local people, and the common people will be swallowed up to the bone.

Zhao Han asked again: "Ba Pai Yao keeps multiplying, are there enough terraced fields?"

"Not enough," Pan Maiwei shook his head and said, "It used to be possible to reclaim new fields, but now there is no place to open new fields. The clansmen who have no fields can only go down the mountain to be tenants for the Han people, and some people go to the county town to be homeless. There are also some Yao people who have made a fortune outside, and they, like the Han people, have become big landlords who bully others."

After listening to the other party's narration, Zhao Han decided to treat them differently.

Ba Pai Yao, who practiced the electoral system, did not touch their internal structure. Because the selection of Han people to manage it is likely to break the balance and interfere with the normal production and life of the Yao people.

As for the Yao landlords and Yao tenants, how to divide the land, how to divide the land!

However, Ba Pai Yao had to build a school. Let ordinary Yao people also learn to speak Chinese and learn various cultural knowledge, and those with excellent grades can come out to take the exam and become officials.

There are also those Yaos who have passed through the mountains, alas, let’s educate them a little bit, first teach them how to farm.

Primitive tribes can also be educated. Wang Yangming was demoted to Longchangyi, and the nearby Miao people were slash-and-burn. Wang Yangming has a good relationship with those seedlings. The Miao brothers also helped Wang Yangming build a thatched cottage, and the first "Longgang Academy" was born. Miao children can also read and write in the academy.

Suddenly, Pan Maiwei clasped his hands and said: "Brother Zhao, please marry the most beautiful sister Sha Yao in Ba Pai Yao. Then we will become a family."

The translator explained: "An unmarried man is called Brother Agui, and an unmarried woman is called Sha Yaomei."

"I need to discuss this matter." Zhao Han didn't immediately agree.

The envoys of the Yao ethnic group were somewhat disappointed, but Zhao Han finally did not refuse directly.

After sending these envoys back to their residences, Zhao Han called the ministers of the General Military Mansion to discuss.

Li Banghua was the first to speak: "Na Yiyao girl, if you can order Ba Pai Yao, then you should accept her. Please the chief town put the country's affairs first."

"It's time to get more concubines." Pang Chunlai said with emotion, he hoped that Zhao Han would marry more and have more sons as soon as possible.

The rest of the ministers also advised them one after another.

Zhao Han wondered, "Don't you discriminate against Yao women?"

"Why do you want to discriminate?" Li Banghua asked back, and then said, "Ba Pai Yao is a familiar Yao, and many Yao people who have gone down the mountain have long been no different from Han people."

Local officials do discriminate against ethnic minorities, but when it comes to intermarriage, no one cares.

Emperor Zhengde's own grandmother was probably of barbarian origin, and it was said that she was the daughter of a native official in Guangxi. Zhu Jianshen sent troops to conquer the barbarians in Guangxi and brought back a group of children who had lost their parents. One of the girls grew up and gave birth to Emperor Xiaozong.

Back in the inner house, Zhao Han discussed with Fei Rulan.

Fei Rulan sighed and said: "If my husband doesn't accept concubines again, the whole Ji'an mansion will tell me that I am jealous."

Fei Rulan was also very anxious. After giving birth to her son, she was still not pregnant two years later. A well-known doctor was called for a diagnosis, and they said that the meridians were blocked due to the last delivery, and they prescribed a prescription for it. Fei Rulan had been taking it for more than half a year.

Zhao Han said: "Once I take a concubine, countless officials will follow suit, and the atmosphere will be ruined."

Fei Rulan said: "Since my husband started the incident, the people have always treated concubines and prostitutes without prosecuting. Even if my husband doesn't take a concubine, those who want to take a concubine will secretly take a concubine."

Zhao Han was speechless, it seemed that his acceptance of marrying a concubine had become something that all people were looking forward to.

Not only those with vested interests, but even the gentry who hated him felt that Zhao Han should have more sons. Otherwise, if the only son dies young and Zhao Han is also in an accident, Jiangxi will inevitably be in chaos again, and I don't know how many people will die in the military disaster.

Before Zhao Han became emperor, countless people were staring at the affairs of the inner house.

One day he becomes emperor, the harem will no longer be a home, it will become purely a political subsidiary.

Zhao Han is not against taking concubines, he is also a normal man, and it is reasonable to be greedy for women. But he has always been very cautious about this, or in other words, Zhao Han has been very cautious in doing everything since he started his army.

So cautious that the expansion speed was extremely slow, the officials and soldiers couldn't stand it anymore, and kept pushing Zhao Han to speed up the expansion.

He is a nautical helmsman who must lead the crew to avoid wind and waves.

Alas, no matter what, if you take a concubine, you can take a concubine, anyway, it will be a matter of time.

Zhao Han chatted with Fei Rulan for a few more words, and then went to the study to write the "Patent Law" by himself. This thing was unprecedented, and Zhao Han had to make it himself, and no one else knew how to do it.

In the Song and Ming dynasties, there was also a monopoly system, but it was fundamentally different from the patent system.

The monopoly system focuses on the control of the state, such as the monopoly of salt, iron, tea, alum and other commodities. Among them, there is a small amount of technology monopoly, which is relatively close to patents.

The patent system focuses on encouraging research and development and ensuring the interests of technology developers.

First, a patent office must be set up in the Department of Public Works.

It is also necessary to formulate examination standards, that is, how to judge patents, and you can't just take something and stamp it.

These things have to be explored slowly, so the hydraulic spinning machine is used as a test product, and adjustments are made slowly during the patent implementation process.

Zhao Han decided to set up two patent protection periods, and patent holders can choose by themselves.

The first type is valid for ten years from the date of patent approval.

The second type is valid for five years from the date of obtaining benefits from the patent.

After completing the drafting of the "Patent Law", Zhao Han finally gave the Yao people an answer, agreeing to marry a Yao woman as a concubine after a few days.

At this moment, Zhao Han received a letter from Fei Ruhe.

Fei Ruhe had already stationed troops in Guangzhou, but the merchants there were too powerful, so he didn't dare to deal with them lightly, for fear of causing a series of unknown reactions.

Thinking of Macau, Zhao Han decided to go to Guangzhou himself.

Not only to deal with Guangzhou merchants, but also to meet the Portuguese and Zheng Zhilong.