Seeing the two little brothers looking silly and cheerful, Zhu Cixiang, who was already depressed, became even more depressed now.
These two brothers, one is the Great Khan of Mongolia, and the other is preparing to be the Emperor of Japan... and they both expect Zhu Cihong to fund their big plan, but how much does it cost?
To establish a capital city and reclamation area in a place like the Mongolian Plateau... we also need to immigrate 20,000 households, and build official roads and fortress lines directly leading to Beijing and Lake Baikal. Without an investment of 20 to 30 million, this big Mongolia The country's projects simply cannot be completed.
And even if a Mongolian named Zhu is cast, what will happen? Apart from carrying a subsidy of at least two million per year in exchange for the stability of Mongolia surnamed Zhu, it makes no sense to Ming Dynasty.
If it were the Song Dynasty now, two million a year could be exchanged for the northern grassland forces to stop making trouble, and it would be completely worth it. But this is the 17th century, and flintlocks and bayonets will soon become commonplace. Where is there room for the nomadic cavalry on the grassland to be arrogant?
Although some people in later generations believed that machine guns were needed for infantry to defeat cavalry, Zhu Cixi knew that was nonsense... As long as flintlocks, bayonets and 6-pound bronze cannons that can be deployed mobilely became popular, nomadic cavalry The advantage is gone.
Because the infantry equipped with flintlocks and bayonets can cancel their armor, and the unarmored infantry is not weaker than the nomadic cavalry in terms of strategic mobility. Therefore, it is impossible for the steppe nomadic cavalry to "exhaust" the unarmored infantry by relying on strategic mobility.
Moreover, the battlefield mobility of unarmored infantry is not much worse than that of nomadic cavalry, and their endurance far exceeds that of the latter. As for the firepower, of course it is a complete victory... It is simply a layman's statement that the effective range of bows and arrows exceeds that of flintlocks.
Because the cost of training a warrior who can shoot a hard bow is much higher than the cost of training a sharpshooter who can hit a humanoid target a hundred steps away with a flintlock!
Moreover, under normal circumstances, infantry using flintlock guns work together with mobile artillery and elite cavalry, and are simply not something that the prairie nomadic cavalry can fight against.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty did not need a "Great Mongolia surnamed Zhu" to ensure the security of the northern border.
As for a Japanese emperor with the surname Zhu...it is more meaningful than the Mongolian emperor with the surname Zhu. Because after the development of the New World, the rise of Japan is inevitable!
Before the discovery of the New World, Japan was at the end of the global trade chain, so it was a fairly closed island country and not worth mentioning at all.
But after the rise of the New World, Japan became the hub of trade between the Asian continent and the New World. Its geographical location was extremely advantageous and its strategic value was very prominent. It was indeed a territory that the Ming Dynasty must control.
However, Zhu Youjian wanted Zhu Cijiong to marry Emperor Heimeisha in order to control Japan, which was an extremely difficult task to complete.
Because this means the end of Japanese samurai politics!
And Japan under the governance of Tokugawa Iemitsu was at the pinnacle of samurai politics. How could it be said that it was over? One can only imagine how deep the bottomless pit of conquering Japan is.
Maybe even if the war continues until Emperor Meisho turns into an old lady, it may not end!
But Zhu Cixi knew how deep the pits of Zhu Da Mongolia and Zhu Xiao Japan were, so he could only watch as Ming Dynasty jumped into it!
Moreover, he has to pay for such stupid behavior, which is depressing just thinking about it!
Of course, Zhu Cixiang would not try to stop Emperor Chongzhen's money-burning plan, because the more Emperor Chongzhen burned money, the more stable Zhu Cixiang's position would be. If Emperor Chongzhen really gave up these money-burning projects, even if Zhu Cixiang's position as the foundation of the country was not shaky, he would not have a good life.
In addition, if two good brothers, Zhu Cixuan and Zhu Cijiong, do not fall into a bottomless pit of burning money, how can they be willing to be good brothers honestly?
One of them has 20,000 households, and there is also a royal concubine who controls 20 Mongolian households. One is the nominal eldest son of Emperor Chongzhen... and a feudal lord with 18,000 military households!
However, Zhu Cixiang, the emperor's nephew, did not have his own feudal household and village. If he could no longer use money to choke Chongzhen and his two brothers, how could he survive?
Thinking of this, Zhu Cixiang patted his chest and assured his two brothers: "Second brother and third child, don't worry, as long as your brother sets up the Salt Merchant Bank, you won't be left without money!"
"Okay! Then let me thank you first!"
"Boss, how much does it cost for me to return to Japan..."
Zhu Cixiang patted his chest, "It's all covered by my brother!"
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"Did he really say that?"
"Yes, Father, the boss really said that... the expenses for the child's entry into Japan are all covered by him!"
"He also paid for my son to go to Mongolia to become the Great Khan...Father, do you think he can really afford that much money?"
"Hehe, your big brother's ability to make money is beyond your imagination!"
After Zhu Cixuan and Zhu Cijiong, two filial sons, left Duanben Palace, they went straight to Xiyuan to have dinner with Zhu Youjian. At this moment, the father and son were discussing how to cheat Zhu Cixiang's money!
While Zhu Youjian was praising Zhu Cihong's ability to make money, he murmured in his heart: If the treacherous son was not so good at making money, the position of the foundation of the Ming Dynasty would have been given to the "three filial sons"...
Zhu Youjian paused, and then said: "Since your eldest brother has given the guarantee, you should stop staying in Beijing and go back to rectify Xunzhuang!
Second brother, when Chongzhen's 19th year is over, your kingdom will be conquered. You will first separate 10,000 households from your Xunzhuang and bring them to the banks of the Orkhon River to rebuild Helin City. The remaining 10,000 households will wait until Helin City is built before choosing an opportunity to move. "
Zhu Cixuan was overjoyed when he heard this. He stood up and saluted and said, "My son, I accept the decree!"
According to the "Great Feudal Plan" designed by Zhu Youjian for his sons, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were able to seal their kingdoms in several steps. They first had to be outside the Great Wall, in the mountains in the southwest, or among the islands in the southeast. Go up to the Xunzhuang and recruit military households (it can also be allocated from military households directly under the imperial court). After running Xunzhuang and commanding military households for several years, if the prince performs well and manages the business well, Zhu Youjian will allow his country to become a vassal.
The so-called country-to-vassal means that the vassal king led most or all of his feudal households, with the help of the Ming Dynasty court, to move to designated areas outside the Ming Dynasty's territory to establish his own vassal state.
The Xunzhuang located within the territory of the Ming Dynasty that originally belonged to the vassal king will be taken over in whole or in part by the Ming court after the vassal king becomes a vassal. If the vassal king has no extra heirs to inherit the Xunzhuang within the Ming Dynasty, Then all these villages must be returned to the court. If the princes of the vassal have many heirs, one or a few of them can be left to take over some of the royal villages in the Ming Dynasty. However, the titles that these princes who stayed in the Ming Dynasty to inherit the imperial estate could have depended entirely on the number of feudal households they had. The Ming court would not grant them additional feudal households or rewards, so they could only draw from their father's feudal households. Get your own account.
In addition, those villages that have lost their feudal households will be taken back by the Ministry of War, and new military households will be arranged to move in or be granted to other meritorious officials or princes.
Zhu Cixuan is not married yet and naturally has no heirs, so all his 20,000 households will be moved to the grassland.
Zhu Youjian then said to Zhu Cijiong: "Third brother, you go to Jeolla Province in North Korea first, and the territory that Li Xin recovered from the Japanese will be sealed to you... I plan to establish a Korean kingdom there, You first become the King of Korea and move all your 18,000 households there. All the subjects in the Kingdom of Korea will also belong to you. When you firmly control the Kingdom of Korea, I will cross the sea to Korea and preside over the personal campaign to conquer Japan! "
"I thank my father!" Zhu Cijiong also stood up and saluted Zhu Youjian with great joy.
The "Third Prince" who was so famous in his previous life is only 13 years old this year. He is just a half-grown child. He has no idea how difficult it is to conquer Japan. He thought that as soon as his father Chongzhen sent out his troops, the eldest sister of Japan, the Emperor, would immediately agree. Marry him!
