Three embassy delegations entered Beijing one after another, which immediately caused quite a shock.
In particular, the terrifying giant elephants brought by the Six Kings of Central and South China and the coral agate brought to Beijing by the Seven Kings of Nanyang aroused a lot of discussion among the people.
After all, those are extremely rare exotic animals and treasures!
The Ming Dynasty is really becoming more and more prosperous!
At the same time, inside Wenyuan Pavilion.
Zhu Gaosui sat high on the main throne, and there were a total of seventeen overseas vassal kings. Except for King Zhao Zhu Gaosui who could not come back, they all sat here honestly, waiting for the Crown Prince to lecture.
They also understood that the imperial court summoning them to the capital with great fanfare this time was definitely not just to celebrate the birthday of His Majesty the Emperor.
As for the purpose of the imperial court, it all depends on the thought of the prince in front of him.
Zhu Gaoxu also smiled when he looked at the good-looking feudal kings.
"Unconsciously, seven or eight years have passed since the last meeting of kings."
"Looking at the complexions of all the uncle Wang clan members, they all look very good. I must have been living well these years, right?"
Hearing these kind words, all the kings had smiles on their faces.
I have to admit that their days in isolation overseas were indeed quite fruitful.
After all, they, the lords and vassal kings, in overseas feudal states, are the local emperors, and no one is in charge of their heads anymore.
Compared with the past days of being a pig waiting to die in the Ming Dynasty, I don’t know how much better those days were!
Of course, except for a few vassal kings who were willing to fall, the other vassal kings were still eager to make some political achievements and develop their own kingdoms, so they inevitably encountered some difficulties.
"I heard that you all have encountered a lot of problems, so please raise them now!"
"After all, they are all vassal states of my Ming Dynasty, and you are also my clan members, so if you can help me, you will naturally do so."
As soon as these words came out, the kings were overjoyed.
They prepared generous gifts this time and traveled to Beijing day and night. Aren't they just waiting for the prince's words?
For a time, the kings were talking a lot, all talking about the problems in their respective countries.
After Zhu Gaoxu listened quietly, he roughly understood the problems.
The first main reason is that the proportion of Han people in the kingdoms of the kings is too small. The number of indigenous barbarians in some kingdoms even far exceeds the Han people, which inevitably leads to many problems.
For example, the indigenous barbarians often rebelled and had no fear of submission to overseas feudal countries.
Another example is that there is too little labor available, and the indigenous barbarians are not the material for farming at all, which greatly hinders the development of the feudal country.
In summary, the request was still the same. They hoped that the imperial court could move a group of Han people there to serve as the mainstay of the development of overseas feudal states.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded after hearing this.
"This request is not impossible."
"After these years of development, food crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes have been successfully promoted all over the world, and the population of Ming Dynasty has also ushered in an explosive growth."
"But the problem is that if you want to relocate Han people, you have to pay a corresponding price. It's impossible for the court to provide money to support your development, right?"
Hearing this, all the kings were dumbfounded.
Damn, do you still need money for this?
You are really a "Zhu Papi"!
All the kings were a little frustrated.
Because over the years, they haven't even paid off the first debt from the imperial court!
Especially for the six kings of Central and South China, just a few years after the war, their huge debts were already due to the anxiety of the war, so they were several times higher than those of the other vassal kings!
Not to mention paying off the debt, they are struggling just to pay back the annual interest!
Now if we have to bear another huge debt just to migrate people, when will we have to do it? Will we be able to live in a closed country?
The acting king Zhu Gui's face turned green and he spoke with a sneer.
"Your Highness, you also know the situation of the six kings of Zhongnan."
"The previous war lasted four or five years, so the debt we had was already very high."
"Besides, there are no natural resources or earthly treasures in Zhongnan, and it is not as rich as Nanyang. So if we owe another huge sum of money now, we won't be able to repay it even if it takes a hundred years!"
What Zhu Gui said was true. He was really afraid of the debt and did not dare to borrow any more!
Zhu Gaoxu smiled slightly when he heard this, "Who said there are no good things in Zhongnan? Those gold and silver mines can be used to pay off debts!"
"If you want to move people over to develop your feudal state, then use gold and silver mines to pay off your debts. The central court will send engineering teams to mine. Half of the output will belong to your feudal state, and the other half will be used to offset your debts. Wouldn’t that be great?”
Kings: "???"
good?
Hello, uncle!
This Zhu Gaoxu is really not a son of a man!
He directly targeted their gold and silver mines without making any noise!
"Don't refuse in a hurry. Think carefully about Gu's proposal."
"With the current strength of your kingdom, you simply cannot mine those gold and silver mines, so keeping them is of no use to you."
"On the contrary, the imperial court is helping you mine. Not only can it repay your debts, but it can also help people develop their livelihood. Why not?"
The kings were stunned when they heard this and thought about it carefully.
Listening to what he said, it seems that it is indeed acceptable!
Anyway, I can't mine it now, so it's useless to leave it there.
Rather than doing this, it would be better to sell it directly to the central court and leave it to them to mine on their own.
After all, half of the output belongs to oneself, and half is used to offset debts. This is actually equivalent to that the entire output belongs to oneself!
If someone helps you mine gold and silver mines, and all the output belongs to you, then what else is there to be unhappy about?
For a time, all the kings talked about it, and they all felt that this plan was feasible!
There are only a few smart vassal kings whose faces are almost turning green.
This sounds nice, but who knows if the real situation will be like this!
When the imperial engineering teams enter the feudal country, it would be strange if they don't dig all the gold and silver mines!
However, this was the plan proposed by Prince Zhu Gaoxu, and it was also the most reasonable plan at the moment, so all the kings could only accept it with their noses pinched, and did not dare to openly reject it.
The main problem is solved like this.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Wang Zhu Ji raised the problem faced by the seven kings of Nanyang, that is, religious belief!
Zhu Gaoxu frowned after hearing this. Of course he knew the religion of the Seven Nanyang Kingdoms, and it was one of the three major religions.
This is quite a troublesome matter.
After all, religious belief is not something that can be eliminated so easily.
Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu knew that the religious beliefs of the seven Nanyang countries were not particularly deep, and the period of being affected was not very long, so there was still a chance of rescue.
"Let's do this. I will let the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Education go to Nanyang to build local branches, open Confucian colleges, and vigorously promote Confucianism."
"In addition, not only the seven Nanyang countries, but also the five East China Sea countries and the six Central and South China countries send outstanding children to Beijing to take scientific examinations every year. This can promote the development of local Confucianism."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Xi's face turned green.
What does this mean?
I asked you to help me solve the problem, why are you robbing people?
Those outstanding children are rare talents in the feudal country. If they go to Beijing to take the scientific examination and see the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, will they still be willing to return to their own feudal country?
You are robbing me openly!
Not only do you want to rob money, you also want to rob people!
Damn Zhu Papi, he is nothing!
