"The matter of separating and relocating the large clans is currently going smoothly. Zhang Tongchang, the governor-general of India, came to report that due to the relocation of the large clans, the proportion of Han people in the Indian area that the Ming Dynasty has occupied is expected to increase to 60% within three years."
Liu Hongxun reported to Zhu Youxiao.
"In this way, it will be more conducive to promoting the local Sinicization. Maybe in a few years, it will completely become my Chinese place."
Wen Tiren laughed and said something.
"It also has the basis for the complete destruction of the Mughals and other states in India!"
"In the past, when we sent troops to India, we only used Goa and Zhenghe City as the center points, expanding outward and encroaching step by step. The process was not very fast. In the future, we can completely recruit young Han people as soldiers locally to carry out a more comprehensive attack on the Mughals. war!"
Lu Xiangsheng replied.
"Coal, oil, iron ore and other mineral resources, as well as a larger market, are still what the court needs most right now!"
"But it's not enough for the imperial court to organize various government-run industries to expand overseas! More people or forces are needed to participate!"
Just as His Majesty previously allowed Confucian countries such as Japan and Korea to participate in global expansion, in order to speed up the plunder of global resources, can the independent Ming vassal state be allowed to expand or even support its expansion? "
Sun Chuanting, who had always focused on strategy, suddenly made a bold suggestion.
"Support the expansion of the vassal state?"
Liu Hongxun was quite shocked after hearing this. He looked at Zhu Youxiao and asked, "What if this makes the vassal country bigger?"
"This minister has considered it!"
"In fact, before the Ming Dynasty paid attention to overseas places, the countries in these places were also expanding freely!"
"Even now, because the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, the court cannot stop their expansion. After all, the Ming Dynasty is too big. It is not enough to manage domestic affairs, let alone external affairs!"
“So, it’s better to just push the boat forward and support countries with the same civilization as ours to embark on the path of expansion.”
Sun Chuanting said excitedly.
"Inappropriate! Once the vassal state becomes bigger, it will seek independence and threaten the central court!"
Wen Tiren replied.
"But the Ming Dynasty is too big and the management cost is too high. It is difficult to draw out enough power, thereby harming the interests of the world and increasing the wealth of our Ming people! In addition, we do not have enough power to prevent overseas vassals from becoming bigger. !”
Sun Chuanting said.
"In order to save military expenses, expand the trade market, and prefer to use the wealth of the powerful rather than involve the common people in war, I allowed the great powers of Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and other forces to join forces with the Ming Dynasty when competing for global interests with the Western colonists. Divide global interests, and also support clan dignitaries to establish countries overseas! Now it has created a situation where there are many Han countries overseas."
Zhu Youxiao said something at this time, and then said: "And the question before us now is still whether we want the unification of civilization, or do we want to ensure the longevity of the local clan?"
"Of course we want the unification of civilization and the long-term prosperity of the local clan! Moreover, in my opinion, the two are not contradictory!"
Sun Chuanting replied.
"How can I see it?"
Liu Hongxun asked quickly.
"Because we support the expansion of the vassal state, we are supporting our Han civilization expansion plan of the Ming Central Empire, and it is conducive to the unification of civilization!"
"In this process, our Ming Central Empire will continue to obtain their raw materials or their rough-processed goods from these vassal states due to their technological and national strength advantages, reprocess them and sell them to them! And then earn more from them. Much wealth!"
"In this way, the central empire can use more wealth to feed its people, continue to strengthen transportation construction, water conservancy construction, public health construction, and education construction, further reduce the frequency of disasters, improve the quality of the people, and enhance local national strength."
"If the Ming Dynasty is really going to fall in the future, it will definitely not be because of the strong external vassals, but because of the collapse of internal finances and the inability to make ends meet. This will require more wealth to be brought back to the mainland. Therefore, there is no contradiction between the two!"
Sun Chuanting talked eloquently.
"That's true!"
"But even if we support the vassal state's external expansion, we must have more specific requirements:"
"First of all, vassal states with the same civilization must not fight against each other, especially vassal states that have been sealed off by the imperial court!"
"Secondly, Your Majesty, Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, and Annan need to be further transformed. It is even better to destroy them directly and integrate them into China!"
"Because these places are very close to our Middle-earth. If we make it bigger, it will be very harmful!"
"Secondly, there are still independent thoughts in these places, especially Japan, which actually has its own emperor. There are still many domestic scholar-bureaucrats who are trying to return power to the emperor and overthrow the shogunate! Including some daimyo who are unwilling to serve me The Ming Dynasty was a vassal and wanted to be more independent and free, so it also hoped that Japan could be independent!"
Lu Xiangsheng replied.
"This is so true!"
"Japanese pirates are actually bandits. They are like venomous snakes. Although they can be used, they cannot be completely relieved. They need to completely destroy their country and transform their country so that they completely lose their poisonous fangs!"
Zhu Youxiao nodded.
"But this needs to be considered in the long term. There are not enough Confucian countries now, especially those with greater national power like North Korea and Japan, which are still very valuable, so even if they want to be destroyed, they have to be taken step by step and cannibalized step by step! Until more vassal states established by local clan nobles appear and become stronger, it is not appropriate to change our attitude directly."
Wen Tiren said at this time.
"On the Zizhengyuan side, we should first formulate strategies for annexing North Korea, Japan and other countries! On the Imperial Academy and Lifan Temple sides, we should also set up some research projects that will help to eliminate these countries, but they must be kept secret!"
Zhu Youxiao said, "As for Sun Aiqing's suggestion of supporting the expansion of the vassal state established by the local clan nobles, I think it is feasible. I will ask the Zizhengyuan and the Lifan Temple to work out corresponding strategies. I just wait until these are considered After the Han vassal states in the true sense have increased in number and strength enough, it will be time to completely annex Korea, Japan and other countries! As for the big things that the vassal states will do in the future, let them wait for future generations to deal with it. This generation can only do I can’t think of a perfect system that will benefit future generations!”
"That's exactly what it means!"
"I believe that the system cannot be a good government for all generations! It is suitable during this period, but it may not be suitable a hundred years later. For example, the Wei system was suitable at the beginning of the country, but it was not suitable later!"
Wen Tiren replied.
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "The system is indeed time-sensitive! Therefore, we cannot be afraid of reform just because the country is very large and everything is complicated; nor can we go to war just because there is a slight disturbance, because it takes time for the system to take effect!"
"The most important thing is the training of talents! In the future, emperors, ministers, local magistrates, and even ordinary officials must have detailed training plans! Don't be careless!"
"Speaking of this, some royal historians said that the emperor's eldest son killed officials too harshly in Jiangnan to relocate the big clans, and his enforcement methods were too tough among the big clans, which made the local gentry complain a lot about this. I am here Do you want to transfer him back to Beijing for another training?"
Liu Hongxun asked at this time.
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