According to Zhu Youxiao's instructions, after delineating the sphere of influence, the people who settled wherever they settled would be ruled by that country.
Therefore, the Han people and natives living in Manila became Zhu Youjian's subjects.
The establishment of a country begins with the establishment of an administrative system and a taxation system.
Regarding the administrative system, Zhu Youjian directly copied the official system left by Zhu Yuanzhang to the vassal king to show his noble status as the vassal king of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty.
As for taxes, Zhu Youjian did not set them too high.
In this life, he is not Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.
There are no serious internal or external troubles.
In addition, in this life, he is no longer a vassal king who only grew up in the court, but a vassal king who has been an official in local places and has seen the suffering of the people.
What's more, because he was the biological brother of the Ming Holy Emperor, other countries did not dare to offend his Chongzhen Kingdom.
Therefore, Zhu Youjian did not consider the people as he had done in history by imposing various taxes, so he set the taxes very low.
Even so, there are still voices of opposition.
"His Royal Highness King Xin! We are all Han people. Can we tax the Han people or the scholars? After all, the scholars are the leaders of the four peoples. If you win the hearts of the scholars, you can win the hearts of the people in the world. In this way, your highness, your vassal state can last long, isn't it? ?"
Ma Xuan therefore deceived Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian replied: "Scholars should indeed set an example for the people! They should take the initiative to pay taxes! This is the Holy Emperor's edict to the scholars. The existence of tax exemption can only be based on the amount of wealth, not the amount of education. .”
Seeing that Zhu Youjian had not been successfully deceived by him, Ma Xuan had no choice but to leave.
After returning to his home, Ma Xuan asked his servant Sweeping the Moon, "How did you find out? What is the taxation system of other countries on the island like? Are there any preferential treatment for Confucian scholars?"
"Sir, yes!"
"Tell me in detail!"
"North Korea treats Confucian scholars preferentially. It is said that Confucian scholars among the Han people can obtain casual officials in North Korea based on their reputation in the Ming Dynasty. Among them, students and supervising students are ranked seventh grade, elected people are ranked fifth, Jinshi is directly ranked third, and outstanding ones can be directly hired as ministers. Shangguan, go to Seoul to assist the king, and those who have official status are exempt from taxes and corvees."
"In addition, the Japanese shogunate and Satsuma domain exempted all Han people from taxes and corvee! It is said that it was to have more Han people under their rule, so as to bring more and better handicrafts and theoretical ideas."
Saoyue replied.
In this era, North Korea indeed respected Confucianism, and was also governed by literati. It also admired Chinese culture the most. Therefore, it was naturally particularly respectful to the literati of the Ming Dynasty, and was willing to use various high-ranking officials and generous salaries to recruit more Han literati.
The same goes for the Japanese shogunate and the Satsuma clan, but their rulers were several Ming lords who were determined to innovate in this era. They were not only willing to recruit more Han scholars who could bring Chinese culture, but were also willing to recruit ordinary people. Han people.
Because they knew that among ordinary Han people, many craftsmen possessed advanced handicraft technologies that their country did not have, so they treated all Han people specially in an attempt to attract more Han people.
However, as a judge, Ma Xuan was very dissatisfied with the Japanese shogunate and Satsuma clan's behavior of treating Han people and civilians together, so he said: "How can the Japanese shogunate and Satsuma clan treat the Confucian scholars and civilians among the Han people? Civilians are treated equally! They are far less civilized than North Korea. Now it seems that the real Confucianism is actually in North Korea. Tell your family to close the spice shop in Manila and move your family to the administrative area of the Kingdom of Korea to serve the people!"
"King Xin wants us to pay taxes? No way!"
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"What are you talking about? Many Han Chinese in Manila moved away with their families just because this king imposed taxes? That's too much!"
"They can tolerate the high taxes imposed by the Folangji people, but they can't accept the small taxes imposed by my king?!"
"If it weren't for the generosity of the imperial brother, who did not hesitate to make concessions to foreign vassals in order to save them, they would have become the dead souls of the Fo Langji people! Now they betrayed the vassal state that truly inherited the Ming Dynasty and left for not paying taxes. Countries like North Korea are not a real ethnic group for the people! How can they be so selfish and have no sense of shame and gratitude!"
Zhu Youjian was quite angry when he learned about this situation.
"Your Highness, please calm down! It's human nature. It's better to report this matter to the Holy Emperor. We don't have anything to do. We just want to benefit the people who stay. I just don't know how the central court views this phenomenon."
The long history of Zhu Youxiao was equivalent to the prime minister of Chongzhen Kingdom. Liu Lishun persuaded Zhu Youjian to come.
Zhu Youjian therefore wrote a book to Zhu Youxiao and reported this phenomenon.
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After receiving Zhu Youjian's report, Zhu Youxiao just smiled, and then said to Bi Ziyan and others: "Since the emergence of Yangming's theory of mind, scholars began to pay attention to their hearts, and thus began to have their own independent thoughts. Some are more restrained, get rid of the shackles of all desires, are willing to sacrifice themselves for their ideals, and are great and selfless; while others become extremely self-interested and will betray and abandon anything to satisfy their own desires, even abandoning their country and home. No matter what, people like Ma Xuan are this kind of people, which is why they moved to places like Manila, and even though they were outnumbered, they were still ruled and even killed arbitrarily by the Francois, because they were unwilling to sacrifice themselves."
"What does your Majesty mean?"
Bi Ziyan asked at this time.
"Leave these egoists alone!"
"It's useless to kill them. In the end, new ones will grow. Dragons give birth to nine sons, all of them are different. This is inevitable."
"Don't most of them admire the way of benevolence and forgiveness? It just so happens that after they go to Korea and Japan, they can take advantage of the special treatment and respect given to them by Korea and Japan, so that they can better promote these ideas. Make these countries more Confucian and therefore less aggressive."
Zhu Youxiao said.
Liu Hongxun said with some annoyance at this time: "But if it weren't for the strength of the Ming Dynasty and the emphasis on protecting the dignity of the Han people, North Korea and Japan would not treat them so politely! They would not understand the truth behind this, but they still would not appreciate the emperor's kindness. ! It’s really a waste of reading poetry!”
"Let's not talk about them anymore. The only serious thing is to benefit the people under our rule!"
"These extreme egoists who seek advantages and avoid disadvantages will come back when they see the benefits, but whether they come back or not is not important to us!"
Next, North Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, etc. will immigrate to Luzon Island, and Zhu Youjian and Zhu Yousong will also recruit people in their own vassal states. In this way, the market of Luzon Island will only be affected by the Folangji It will grow stronger with the disappearance of people, but will not disappear because of the disappearance of the Flemish people. This is beneficial to our Ming Dynasty in selling goods. "
Zhu Youxiao said.
"Your Majesty is right, but the problem now is that our previous business of exporting goods to Europa through the Flemish people has been interrupted by the Confucian Alliance's dispatch of troops to Luzon Island."
Bi Ziyan said.
"Without Butcher Zhang, do we have to eat pigs with hair on them? If the French merchants can come to our country in the Ming Dynasty, we can't go to the West? I still want to make him, the King of Spain, pay the price for his officials' unauthorized massacre of China. ! By the way, let them understand the rules. If trade is necessary, trade, and don’t engage in massacre. If we really massacre, they will not be the winners!"
Zhu Youxiao said.
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