"Tell me!" Tang He pointed at Han Du's nose angrily, "If you can't solve my doubts, please look carefully at your skin."
Han Du didn't expect Tang He's reaction to be so big. Could it be that Lao Zhu really left such a deep shadow in his heart?
"My lord, this place is about to belong to the Ming Dynasty. From your perspective, how should the Ming Dynasty be governed?"
When Tang He heard this, his heart suddenly became calm. Indeed, since this place has been annexed, the Ming Dynasty naturally needs to govern it. Otherwise, if you have the ability to win but not the ability to govern, it will not sound good if word spreads.
But how to govern it? Han Du asked Tang He.
This place is isolated overseas, thousands of miles away from the nearest place to the Ming Dynasty, and even thousands of miles away from the capital. It is not an easy task to manage this place well.
As the saying goes, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. Even the people sent by the court at such a long distance will not be at ease. After all, it was too far away and separated by the sea. Once something happened, it would take too long for the court to respond, and it would be completely beyond its reach. In fact, this is what Zhao Xian and others are worried about.
Moreover, Zhao Xian and others are not economical. Even if the court sends officials here, do you think these people will be obedient? What the court says is what they do? This is simply impossible. Everyone has their own interests, and those who have interests will naturally favor themselves.
Tang He thought about it again and again. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that every idea was unworkable and he didn't know what to do. With all his experience and knowledge, he suddenly ran out of ideas.
But although he didn't know, he knew that Han Du must have a way.
"Speak quickly if you have something to say, and fart if you have any. If you dare to imitate those scholars again and show off your sourness, let's see how I deal with you."
Han Du smiled flatteringly, but felt a little unhappy in his heart. Strictly speaking, I am also a scholar. If I scold a scholar in front of me, wouldn't I be scolding myself as well?
Isn’t this pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey?
Unfortunately, facing Tang He, Han Du could only endure it when he was scolded.
He also wanted to explain to Tang He with a flattering smile, "Master, after all, this place is different from the Ming Dynasty. Do you think this place will become the same as the Ming Dynasty immediately?"
Tang He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and sighed: "I'm afraid not. Even if he becomes the same as Ming Dynasty, it should be something in the future."
"Yes, the boy thinks so too." Han Du slapped his thigh happily, as if his idea and Tang He hit it off immediately. He continued: "Since it is impossible for this place to become the same as the Ming Dynasty, we can only eat food one mouth at a time. I think that even if the imperial court establishes prefectures and counties, it should be based on local conditions and be different from the Ming Dynasty."
"Let's be honest, what do you want to do?" Tang He was too lazy to talk around Han Du.
Han Du did not hesitate and said directly: "First of all, this place is too far away from the Ming Dynasty. Even if there is a navy, it is impossible for the navy to guard here all the time. Moreover, the situation here is complicated, there are natives on the island, and there are many people in the sea. If there are Japanese pirates, a battle may break out at any time. Therefore, even if the imperial court establishes prefectures and counties, military and political power must be decentralized."
"Wait, you mean to set up a feudal town?" Tang He couldn't help but frown.
"Exactly." Han Du admitted with a smile. Not only here, but also on Yaeyama Island, Handu is also preparing to propose the establishment of a feudal town.
The vassal town, or the governor's palace, was Han Du's idea since he went to sea. If the Ming Dynasty wanted to expand to the sea, it was indispensable to establish colonies. Because these colonies were all isolated overseas, too far away from the Ming Dynasty, the situation they faced was very complicated, and they even needed to respond to enemy attacks at any time. Therefore, it is impossible for the yamen to only take care of civil affairs and not military affairs, as was the case in the Ming Dynasty. Military and political affairs must be in charge.
But once the military and political parties take control, a problem will arise. That is separatist rule, listening to the tune but not the propaganda. Therefore, someone must be trusted by the emperor to be in charge of a vassal town. For example, Lao Zhu gave several of his sons fiefdoms, especially the nine frontier kings. Military and political power was concentrated in the hands of the nine kings. These were the nine largest vassal towns in the Ming Dynasty.
"If a vassal town is established here, it will be able to solve the problem that the imperial court cannot reach, but I am afraid that no vassal king will be willing to come overseas.
. Moreover, the emperor was reluctant to drive the kings so far away. "Tang He shook his head with some pity. Han Du's idea is good, and it can solve multiple problems here. But there is only one thing. No vassal king is willing to go so far to guard.
Han Du still had a smile on his face and was not worried at all. Han Du had never thought of letting one of the kings guard this place, not because he looked down on them. It's because it's okay that the Ming Dynasty only has two vassal towns, Yaeshan Island and Luzon. However, with the growth of the navy, vassal towns like this in the Ming Dynasty will inevitably spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain.
Even if Lao Zhu is able to give birth again, can he still give birth to all his sons in the world?
"Master, what if officials are allowed to take charge of this place?"
"Official?" Tang He's eyes suddenly widened and he shouted angrily: "Are you crazy? Why does the emperor let officials guard the feudal town?"
"Why won't the emperor agree?" Han Du had a different idea.
When Tang He heard this, he sneered and said: "Are you really not aware, or are you pretending not to know? You yourself also said that this place is isolated overseas, and the court is beyond the reach of this place. If an official is allowed to take charge of the military and political affairs here, it will be impossible for eight years in ten years. Years later, when he is full-fledged, will he still obey the imperial court? It would be strange if he does not proclaim himself king. This idea of yours is inviting trouble for yourself."
Han Du did not show any sign of remorse, but continued to smile and said: "My father-in-law also said that it will take ten or eight years for them to be fully fledged. What if we only allow them to guard for five years? Within five years, he will gather The military and political power are combined in one person. After five years, he must be transferred back to Beijing or transferred elsewhere."
Han Du set the term of office of these officials as an iron rule through the practice of succession. Once the five years are up, no matter what the reason, you must move elsewhere. But it is simply impossible for one person to build a place like an iron barrel within five years.
Moreover, Han Du prepared more than one backup plan.
"Transfer to another place in five years?" After hearing Han Du's words, Tang He suddenly calmed down and seriously thought about the feasibility of this move. Tang He pondered for a long time and couldn't find any loopholes in this move, but he was still slightly worried.
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