Chapter 2322: Sima Lang, the governor of Luzon, conquered the Japanese army in Qin, Wei, Wu and Song
The area of Luzon Island is about 300,000 square kilometers, while Yizhou Island is only 36,000 square kilometers.
In other words, the size of one Luzon Island is equivalent to eight Yizhou Islands.
The reason why Ying Hao proposed to immigrate and develop Luzon was just to plan for the future. He did not want to completely occupy this big island now. He was used to planning everything in advance.
Moreover, the investment in immigrating to Luzon is not large for the current Daqin, and it will not affect the process of unification, and the cost will be recovered soon, and a lot of money can be made.
"But if that's the case, why not immigrate to Yizhou first?"
Xun Yu questioned and said: "Yizhou Island is closer to our country, Daqin, and not far from Nanyang Continent. The cost of relocating people is also lower."
As soon as Xun Yu said this, the officials immediately reacted.
Indeed, compared to immigrating to Luzon, which is thousands of miles away, it is obviously more convenient for Daqin to immigrate to Yizhou Island east of Jiangdong.
"late."
Ying Hao shook his head and explained: "According to the information obtained by Black Ice Platform, Wu State had already discovered Yizhou Island after repelling the Japanese pirates, and Sun Ce also landed on the island not long after, and conquered Aboriginal people and the people from Jiangdong migrated to the island.
Yizhou Island is too close to Jiangdong. Although the Wu Kingdom has not yet completely occupied it, if we, the Qin Dynasty, immigrate to this island, we will definitely break up with the Wu Kingdom and lose this only ally in the south of the Yangtze River. "
Although the invasion of Japanese pirates caused heavy losses to the Wu State, it also brought out Wu's domestic troubles. After the war, the large island of Yizhou was discovered, which was naturally an unexpected surprise for the Wu State.
The power of the local aristocratic families in Jiangdong was extremely powerful, and most of the land was controlled by the aristocratic families. Even Sun Jian did not dare to implement land reform. After all, the resistance was too great. The country's foundation would be in turmoil at the least, and the country would be in danger of subjugation at the worst.
The internal conflicts in Wu State were already very intense. Sun Jian neither dared nor had any solution, but at this time he discovered the big island of Yizhou.
Once Yizhou Island is developed, it can solve the dilemma of Wu State's hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people who have no land to cultivate, and it will naturally be enough to alleviate Wu State's internal conflicts.
Therefore, it was naturally impossible for Sun Jian to ignore the fat piece of Yizhou.
After hearing Ying Hao's explanation, Xun Yu showed a clear look. He finally understood why his Majesty did not choose Yizhou, but instead chose the farther Luzon Island. It turned out that Yizhou had become Wu's favorite dish. Yeah.
"If this is the case, Luzon is indeed more suitable than Yizhou. After all, this is just an undeveloped desert island, and it is not worth the enmity between our Qin and Wu countries." Xun Yu said thoughtfully.
"But Your Majesty, Luzon Island is too far away from Daqin, and we don't know anything about the island. Wouldn't it be a bit hasty to immigrate rashly?" Wang Meng frowned and asked.
Ye Qingmei showed approval. She did not land on Luzon Island during her voyage to the West this time. She did not know the situation on the island. Who knows what kind of forces there are on the island?
Ying Hao smiled and said: "How can you know nothing? Long before the first voyage to the West, I had secretly sent a small fleet of heroines to land on Luzon Island to collect intelligence."
Ye Qingmei was stunned, is this happening? Why don’t I know this myself?
Ye Qingmei was sure that this voyage to the West only passed through four stops and did not send troops to Luzon to explore, but why did Ying Hao say he sent people?
When Ye Qingmei was confused, she found that Ying Hao was blinking at her. She immediately understood that Ying Hao was asking her to help her smooth things over, so she pretended to cough, moistened her throat, and said, "That's right. , His Majesty asked the minister to secretly explore Luzon Island..."
As he spoke, Ye Qingmei told the geography and climate information about the Philippines that he remembered.
Ying Hao naturally knew that Ye Qingmei had never been to Luzon Island, but this did not prevent him from immigrating to Luzon.
You know, it was around the 14th century that local indigenous people began to establish a country in Luzon.
Today's Luzon Island only has some barbarians who drink blood, and the number is not estimated to be too many, only tens or millions at most.
Even if among the hidden figures in the Hundred Calls of Foreign Races, there are local figures from Luzon from later generations who have unified the major tribes in Luzon in advance, they will not be a match for the regular army of Great Qin. Instead, they will only increase the labor force for Great Qin to develop Luzon.
After listening to what Ye Qingmei said, the ministers knew that His Majesty was not unprepared, so they no longer objected. After all, the investment in immigrating to Luzon was indeed nothing to the current Great Qin.
Seeing this, Ying Hao smiled and said: "In that case, the plan to immigrate to develop Luzon should be carried out together with the second voyage to the West.
The relocated people were recruited in Youzhou and Qingbei. The first batch of people was initially designated as 50,000 people, mostly strong and strong. "
Immigration and development of a deserted island is a very troublesome matter. First, you have to choose an area on the seaside to build a port, and then you have to build a city in a plain area, as well as open up wasteland for farming, etc., which all require a lot of labor.
If the people who immigrated were old and frail, they would obviously not be able to withstand such high-intensity labor.
"Your Majesty, the common people of Da Qin basically have fields to cultivate, so I am afraid they may not be willing to go to other places and start from scratch to open up wasteland," Han Fei said.
Ying Hao was startled when he heard this, and then he realized that refugees leave their hometowns only when they can't survive. As long as there is still a little way to survive, who is willing to leave their hometown and embark on a road where life or death is unknown.
Under Da Qin's policy of benefiting the people, the people's lives are getting better and better now. Obviously not many people would be willing to leave their homes and go to a desert island to open up wasteland.
"That's a problem."
After Ying Hao pondered for a moment, he said, "You can promise to give the people twice as much land as the local land to attract the people.
If so many people cannot be recruited, prisoners from various counties in the Nine Provinces will be sent to Luzon to serve as labor force.
By the way, during your first voyage to the West, didn’t you buy back tens of thousands of female slaves? Female slaves can be used as attractions.
People who are willing to go to Luzon for development will directly send a Nanyang female slave to attract those poor people who cannot afford a wife to go to Luzon to open up wasteland.
From now on, slaves traded with Southeast Asian countries no longer need to be transported to the mainland, but can be sent directly to Luzon to serve as laborers.
In addition, the natives of Luzon can also be captured and used as laborers at a time. "
In a few words, Ying Hao has provided five strategies for Luzon's population problem, namely: attracting land, distributing prisoners, attracting female slaves, trading slaves, and conquering the natives.
These five strategies can completely solve the problem of labor shortage in Luzon in one fell swoop.
Regarding the issue of immigration and land reclamation, Prime Minister Wang Meng had the most say. He originally wanted to speak out, but Ying Hao said everything he wanted to say, even better than he imagined, so he did not speak out again. .
After thinking for a while, Wang Meng felt that as the prime minister, it would be bad if he didn't say anything, so he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, there are many things to do when immigrating to open up wasteland. Moreover, Luzon is isolated overseas and difficult to rule, so it needs to be dispatched." Only a loyal and capable officer can shoulder this important task."
"What the Prime Minister said is reasonable. I plan to set up Luzon County first and use the prefect to manage Luzon affairs. I wonder if the Prime Minister can recommend someone?" Ying Hao asked.
Wang Meng fell silent when he heard this, and he almost wanted to slap himself in the face.
Tell you to talk too much!
He would naturally be happy to recommend other governors, but Luzon was alone overseas and serving as the governor of such a barbaric area was tantamount to being demoted in the eyes of most people.
Recommending this governor is an offending job. The other party may not only not be grateful, but may even regard Wang Meng as an enemy who will ruin his official career.
Wang Meng naturally didn't want to do such an offending thing, but the emperor asked him to recommend talents, and he couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb. After some thought, he gritted his teeth and said, "My uncle Wang Jian may be able to take on this important task."
As soon as these words came out, all the officials looked at Wang Meng and changed their eyes. Would you recommend your brother to serve as the governor of a desert island overseas? Is there any grudge between their brothers?
Ying Hao was startled, then smiled and said: "The Prime Minister is very righteous, but I have other important uses for Prefect Wang Jian, so I'd better choose someone else."
Let the famous general Wang Jian go to the island to open up wasteland? Ying Hao hadn't gone too far, how could he make such a stupid decision.
Wang Meng secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Naturally, he didn't want his brother to go to Luzon. Now that His Majesty has actively refused, it can be regarded as giving him a step down.
Just when Ying Hao was at his wits' end, Sima Lang walked out of the crowd and took the initiative to ask for his orders: "Your Majesty, I am willing to take on the responsibility of all of you."
The ministers were stunned when they heard this. After all, going to Luzon was obviously a hard job. They didn't expect someone to take the initiative to ask for help, but when they saw it was Sima Lang, they were not surprised at all.
Speaking of this, the Sima family was also miserable. It was supposed to have a brilliant future, but it was ruined by its own disciples.
The head of the Sima family, Sima Fang, was a minister of the Supreme Emperor and one of the elders of the Jin Dynasty. However, his son Sima Yi betrayed Da Qin, which also made the Sima family's position in Da Qin become embarrassing. Even if Sima Fang later Even if you kill yourself and apologize, you still can't change it.
The children of the Sima family who entered the Qin Dynasty, including Sima Lang, Sima Cuo, Sima Fu and others, without exception, all had their careers greatly affected.
Sima Lang originally received an order to be promoted to prefect, but after his younger brother Sima Yi rebelled, not only did his position as prefect disappear, but he was also idle afterwards.
Some of his colleagues who became officials at the same time as Sima Lang have been promoted to state-level officials, but he is the only one who has been sitting on the bench until now.
In the eyes of outsiders, going to Luzon to open up wasteland is a chore, but in Sima Lang's eyes, it is an opportunity.
Everyone else regarded it as an errand, but he, Sima Lang, took the initiative to show loyalty, share the emperor's worries, and develop Luzon well, which might change the emperor's bad impression of the Sima family.
As the new head of the Sima family, Sima Lang must find a way to change the Sima family's predicament and make Da Qin accept the Sima family again.
Ying Hao did not expect that Sima Lang would take the initiative to stand up, so while looking at Sima Lang, he mentally ordered the system: detect Sima Lang's attributes.
[Sima Lang: Commander 78, Force 65, Intelligence 83, Politics 94, Charisma 86;]
That's enough. Ying Hao thought to himself.
For the Sima family, except for Sima Yi's lineage, the rest of the family did not have much disgust with Ying Hao.
Now that Sima Yi's lineage has been separated from the Sima family, and the punishment the Sima family has endured has been severe enough, other members of the Sima family can also be used.
Ying Hao was originally planning to use Sima Lang again, but now that he has offered to take up a post in Luzon, Ying Hao naturally has no reason to refuse.
"Okay, since Sima Aiqing has this awareness and takes the initiative to share your worries, I am very relieved. In this case, I will make Aiqing the prefect of Lu Song." Ying Hao said with a smile.
Hearing Ying Hao's words, Sima Lang almost cried.
Thunder, rain and dew are all due to the king's kindness. Naturally, he did not dare to resent Ying Haodi's suppression by the Sima family, so he could only transfer this resentment to Sima Yi.
Now, after several years, he, who should have become the prefect long ago, finally sat on the position of becoming the prefect, but it was a pity that he was an overseas prefect.
"Sima Lang will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust."
Sima Lang thanked him and said, "That's so humiliating." All the ministers felt inexplicably sad.
After Sima Lang retreated, Han Fei stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, our Great Qin will start a war against the Japanese in the near future, and the navy will be the main force in the war against the Japanese. This war has been prepared for a year. , but at this critical juncture, we have to dispatch 10,000 elite sailors to carry out the second voyage to the West and immigrate to Luzon. Isn't this a bit too underestimated?"
"Yes, a lion fights a rabbit with all his strength. Wei Chen believes that the voyage to the West can be postponed until the Japanese navy is defeated." Liu Ye agreed.
"It makes sense, it makes sense..."
Some ministers also echoed.
Ying Hao laughed when he heard this: "Haha, dear friends, do you think I underestimate the enemy? In fact, on the contrary, I attach great importance to the war against Japan as never before."
"Then why..."
Before Han Fei finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ying Hao: "Ai Qing doesn't know something. The preparations for the second voyage to the West and immigration to Luzon will take at least two months.
The navy of the three kingdoms of Qin, Wu and Song jointly sent troops to conquer the Japanese island this time. Two months was enough to defeat the Japanese navy. "
Han Fei looked astonished. He was not good at military affairs and thought that His Majesty was underestimating the enemy.
Da Qin had already started preparing for the conquest of Japan before Ye Qingmei came back.
At present, the food and grass are in place, and the 50,000-strong infantry and cavalry army for landing is also being mobilized to Beihai, including Zhao Yun's dragon cavalry army and Gao Shun's trap camp.
In order to deal with the Japanese country, Ying Hao used two elite elite battalions, which shows that he attaches great importance to conquering the Japanese country this time.
As for the general to conquer Japan this time, Ying Hao already had a candidate in mind.
"The decree is to order Zhou Yu, the commander-in-chief of the navy, to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army. He will be responsible for commanding 40,000 navy, 45,000 infantry, and 5,000 cavalry to attack the Japanese country in Japan."
The Japanese island is indeed a good place to gain experience for Bai Qi, but Bai Qi is now the general of Da Qin, responsible for leading the country's troops.
To deal with a mere Japanese country, if Bai Qi was to be deployed, it would be like using cannons to swat mosquitoes.
It is more than enough for a disciple like Zhou Yu to take charge, supported by a few famous generals.
In addition to Qin, the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu were also ready for war.
The State of Qin only gave the Three Kingdoms 50,000 landing quotas. However, the Three Kingdoms fought for a year and still failed to come up with a solution. No one was willing to give up their share.
Seeing this, Ying Hao increased the total number of troops sent by the three kingdoms to 70,000, with Song and Wei 20,000 each, and Wu 30,000.
Although this plan still does not satisfy all three countries, it can only be reluctantly accepted when there is no other way.
The four countries agreed to send troops to the Japanese island on March 15, the second year of Shenwu.
The Liaison Army of the Four Kingdoms divided its troops into two groups to conquer the Japanese. Qin and Wei formed one army, and Song and Wu formed one group.
(End of chapter)
