At this time, Zhu Yijie said with a stern face: "I am only worried about whether Chang Lu will be the best place overseas, and now it has been given to King Wei, and the entire good land of Chang Lu has been occupied by King Wei. .”
"That's right!"
"I really regret now. I regret that when His Majesty asked us vassals in Nandu who would like to go overseas to become a vassal, I was not the first to stand up and express my willingness to go overseas to become a vassal."
"Yes, if I had known earlier, there are so many fertile fields overseas, I would have gone out at any cost."
Other sects also started talking.
Zhu Yingsui, King of Dong'an, asked at this time: "Then what should we do? Do we really need to help King Wei purchase more Chinese goods so that he can continue to make more money overseas?"
Zhu Yiji couldn't help but smile and said: "Of course I want to help. After all, he is indeed generous in taking action. We won't suffer any loss by helping him. But I don't think it is necessary to go overseas. After all, going overseas is a matter of near death, and not all All the barbarian lands are as good as Changlu Kingdom."
"But I heard that the large ships built by the country are now more and more resistant to strong winds. They have even built steamships that can sail very fast and can better avoid wind and waves. For this reason, the Shipping Administration Bureau under the Central Commercial Bank has also A steam cruise ship was specially built, and some people have begun to take this cruise ship to visit Donglai, Japan and other places."
"In addition, various official newspapers and many people who came back from overseas have repeatedly said that the outside is not entirely a wilderness, and there are indeed many fertile fields in many places. I didn't believe it at first. I was worried that this was the imperial court deliberately luring our vassal. The king only preached like this when he went out, but now that the example of King Wei has been put in front of me, I have to believe it."
King Zhu Yingsui of Dong'an did not expect that Zhu Yijiao was still unmoved, so he said a few more words at this time.
Zhu Yijiao pondered for a moment and said: "But we are the nobles of Tianhuang after all. How can the nobles of Tianhuang be easily involved in danger?"
"After all, going to sea is always an adventure. No matter how good the boat is, people will still die at sea every year. It's okay for ordinary people to die in the belly of a fish, but there is really no need for us to let ourselves, the nobles of the Tian family, die in the belly of a fish. What will happen?"
After Zhu Yijue said this, Zhu Yingsui fell silent.
Because he thought that life was only once, and Zhu Yijiu also said so, Zhu Yingsui said: "Then I will think about it again."
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"Don't think about it!"
"You reply to Yao Changshi of Prince Wei's Palace and say that our Prince Yi's Palace is willing to help him with this business. However, Gu Ye has already planned to go abroad to join the vassal for the country. The memorial has been drafted and is waiting to be submitted, so I'm afraid I can only help him this time."
After Zhu Yijiao returned to Prince Yi's Mansion, he also talked to his son, Crown Prince Zhu Changxu and other nephews about whether he should express his willingness to go overseas to establish a vassal state because King Wei had made a fortune overseas. discussed.
But in his own house, Zhu Yijiu refuted his nephews' suggestion to "let him think about it again. After all, going to sea is quite risky." Instead, he categorically stated that he would go to sea, and said:
"Staying in the middle of the country, with no fiefdom, no army, and too many rules, there is no dignity that Tianhuang nobles should have. It is better to boldly go overseas."
"What's more, now that the emperor needs to encourage vassals to go overseas, he will only give the anointed land overseas as a vassal land, so why should he hesitate?"
"Don't wait until the other sects and sects have finished carving up the overseas sacred lands. If we ask for an order to go out and become a sect, then we will really have no choice but to go to places where birds don't poop!"
"As for the risks, there is no need to be afraid. We can ferry out to sea in batches at different times, so that one of our Prince Yi's Mansion can always reach the vassal territory."
Because Zhu Yijie insisted, his nephews could not say anything more.
Therefore, Zhu Yiji really submitted a letter to Wanli Zhu Yijun, expressing his hope to go overseas to defend the country's borders.
Zhu Yijun first learned from Zhang Jingxiu that the sects and vassals had hosted a banquet for Prince Wei's Chief Shi Yao Shangwen, and even got the contents of their conversation.
"It seems that King Wei's gift this time has moved the hearts of many sects and vassals, and has begun to give many vassal kings the idea of going overseas to join the vassal."
"That's good!"
"I just say that they should not all be people who would rather sit back and watch their level of luxury decline due to a drop in income than take the risk of going overseas."
Zhu Yijun even said these words with a smile.
The transfer of the vassal king overseas was the same as immigrating overseas, which were two major things that Zhu Yijun and his ruling ministers had to do.
It can even be said that since the death of Zhang Juzheng and since Zhu Yijun took office, everything he has done has actually revolved around these two purposes.
In short, it is to transfer people outside.
Now, many scholars and civilians have been exiled in large numbers by exiling criminals, and now only the feudal kings have not been transferred out in large numbers.
However, fortunately, not long after Zhu Yijun said this with a smile, he received a memorial from King Yi Zhu Yijun expressing his hope to go to sea and become a vassal to defend the country's borders.
"According to his wishes."
"According to the original agreement, he was sealed in Xiaye near Changlu and given 30,000 hectares of land."
"Like the Hitachi system, the governor must discuss major military and political matters in the field with the feudal king and cannot act on his own initiative."
Therefore, Zhu Yijun immediately agreed to Zhu Yijun's proposal and gave him the same power as King Wei.
The reason why the vassal king can work with the governor to decide the military and political affairs of the land is naturally to check and balance the governor. Just as the vassal king is not allowed to directly manage the local military affairs, it is also to allow the governor to check and balance the vassal king.
After all, overseas lands are too far away from China. If there is only one governor or governor, it is easy for a governor or governor to become a local emperor, and even end up having to cede territory to stand on his own. Having a vassal king to check and balance him is an extra layer. Be on guard.
Zhu Yijiu soon received the imperial edict for him to step down from the feudal vassal.
Zhu Yijie was very happy because of this. After receiving the imperial edict and returning to the palace, he smiled and said to his nephews:
"Although it's not as good as the first 50,000 hectares of farmland given to King Wei who stood up and offered to join the vassal, 30,000 hectares is still a lot, and it's still in the lower fields near Hitachi, so it shouldn't be a barren land."
"The emperor's grace is truly magnificent!"
After Zhu Yijie said this, he bowed in the direction of the emperor's residence.
His nephews also bowed to him at this time.
"Now hurry up and prepare for going overseas to establish a feudal clan. Try to bring as much merchandise as cotton, silk, tea, etc. so that you can sell it easily when you go there!"
"In addition, we will spend a lot of money to hire some old miners who have retired from government-run trading houses and let them go with us. I heard that mining can be done overseas, and there are many gold and silver mines in Dongyi. By then, even if the big mines are mined by the imperial court , but maybe we can also increase the income of the palace by mining some small mines."
Zhu Yiji then gave instructions to his nephews.
His nephews and nephews hurriedly said yes.
During this time.
The news that Zhu Yijie was going to cross the sea to join the feudal clan in Honshu soon spread like wildfire.
This also made Dong'an King Zhu Yingsui furious. He slapped the table on the spot and glared:
"How could he, King Yi, be so hypocritical! He said in front of us that the vassal vassal was a nobleman of Tianhuang after all, and it was not appropriate to risk crossing the sea. However, he himself quietly wrote a book and asked to go overseas to join the vassal!"
"Yes, he is obviously worried that we will get ahead of him and ask for vassal status overseas, leaving all the good land to us."
"This King Yi is so despicable!"
Shen Wang Zhu Jueyi also complained.
Zhu Yingsui nodded, thought for a while and then said: "Such a shameless person is really a descendant of my Zhu family! He is greedy for power and profit. For this reason, he does not hesitate to tell lies and deceive his brothers in the same clan. He does not hesitate to betray his ancestors and learn from that. It is truly unfilial for King Wei to go overseas!"
"I'm ashamed of myself!"
"I would rather die of poverty and starvation in China in the future than abandon my ancestors and go overseas somewhere at the risk of being buried in the belly of a fish!"
Zhu Yingsui started talking again at this time, and then spat again, then looked at Zhu Peiji and said:
"Prince Shen, I know you are not such a person. You should insist on staying in China. Even if you don't have a fief, even if you can't hold power, you will still stay in China and guard the tombs of your ancestors, right?"
Because kings often represent the head of a vassal state, although kings like King Shen who stayed in China did not have a kingdom, they often referred to his family as "noble country". In history, the prince's family was also called "noble country". A situation commensurate with that of a “big country”.
Back to the topic.
After Zhu Yingsui said this, King Shen nodded: "Of course! How can filial piety be violated?!"
"We might as well persuade other sects and vassals to show them our righteousness and prevent them from imitating King Yi and doing things that betray their ancestors and fail to observe filial piety."
Zhu Yingsui then said something else.
King Shen agreed with this and actually followed Zhu Yingsui's instructions.
And because of this, quite a few sects and vassals in Beijing expressed that they would not ask to go overseas to become a vassal because of power and economic benefits.
But not long after that, Zhu Yingsui immediately took up the book and expressed his willingness to go to sea to join the vassal and protect the sea territory for the emperor.
Zhu Yijun also approved this and sealed him in Musashi Covered Bridge City.
"Why not Guanlin City, which is closer to King Wei?"
"Didn't you say that even the northeastern part of Kankan can be granted to vassals other than His Majesty's direct descendants?"
Zhu Yingsui was very disappointed with this.
Because he had done research before writing this book, and based on the status of King Wei and King Yi being entrusted, he deduced that he would most likely go to Guanlin City, which was rumored to be more prosperous. However, the imperial edict actually asked him to go to Langqiao City to become a vassal. , so this made him quite confused, so he asked Wang Shizhen, the eunuch who announced the decree.
Wang Shizhen replied: "It's like this. His Royal Highness Prince Shen has submitted the document before you. Therefore, the ministers and ministers have requested that His Royal Highness Prince Shen go to Guanlin City to join the vassal state first."
Having said this, Wang Shizhen said with a smile: "If His Highness really wants to go to Guanlin City, I'm afraid he will have to hope that His Highness Shen will make some big mistake in the future and be expelled from the knighthood. In that case, he might be transferred to Guanlin City." Just the feudal lord."
(End of chapter)
