Hearing the mention of the "golden vassal state" by Military Advisor Zhuge, Emperor Zhu chuckled and said, "Commander, do you also know about the discovery of gold in Fugui Bay?"
As soon as this question came out, the atmosphere in the map room of Wuying Palace suddenly became lively!
The new Ming Dynasty elders present all showed happy smiles...gold! Everyone is happy to see it!
And this new continental vassal kingdom full of gold came at the right time!
It has been fifteen or sixteen years since the Ming Dynasty reopened, and the second generation of the new Ming Dynasty is almost growing up. Although the population growth of the new Ming Dynasty is still slow, the old heroes of the new Ming Dynasty, including Eunuch Pang and Mr. Yu, all have a lot of sons!
No matter how these sons were born, they, the fathers, have to arrange their futures. Because Emperor Zhu learned the lesson of the previous "failure to raise pigs", he was very tight on titles and hereditary official positions. He would rather reward the meritorious officials below with a little more money and property shares, rather than open the door to hereditary inheritance. Even for those great heroes who have obtained the iron scroll of the Hereditary Alchemy Book, only one son can ascend to the title, and the others are all useless and have to fight on their own! Otherwise, you will be a rich man for the rest of your life.
To be honest, the people below had some opinions on Emperor Zhu's insistence.
It's just that Emperor Zhu Da has a high prestige and has made his subordinates rich, so this opinion can still be suppressed.
In addition to the nephews and nephews of these great heroes, these great heroes also have a large number of disciples and old disciples... The business of the Zhu family and his son was a "partnership" when it was founded, such as Zheng Jing, Qiu Hui, and Chen Shangchuan. Joined with troops and territory. Even Eunuch Pang, Mr. Yu, and Yang Qilong have a large number of subordinates. Even Su Yong and Da Bo Ling, the founding team members of Dananshan, have their own group of people.
Since ancient times, those who have been able to become great heroes are rarely lone ministers. Most of them have a group of good family members and nephews to help them.
Of course, those who are fathers and bosses have to worry about the future of their nephews and disciples.
In addition to their nephews and disciples, most of these veteran heroes also have clans to take care of them. Even Emperor Zhu himself created a Chaozhou Zhu clan.
Although these clans that are closely related to the noble ministers do not have any special privileges, they are living a good life under the care of the noble nobles and their elders, and they have continued to add more and more people in the past ten years. The number of most clans has increased from the original seven or eight hundred to nearly one thousand three hundred, and is still growing.
Although there is still enough land in the Ming Dynasty to be allocated to these feudal clans, according to the land equalization system of the Ming Dynasty, if these clans want to obtain new land, they usually have to demolish and relocate... because these clans Most of the clans are settled in Guangdong and Fujian. Although the populations of these two provinces are not large, they are not as small as those of Sichuan and Liaodong. Moreover, Zhu Heji implemented the land equalization system in these two provinces in one step and did not A lot of land will be reserved for those who have not yet been born.
Therefore, after the land equalization was completed more than ten years ago, there was no additional fertile land that could be distributed to the new population. Even the "quasi-royal clan" such as the Xunchen clan and the Chaozhou Zhu surname are unable to obtain additional land in their own hometown - because the land near their clan settlements belongs to other clans, and everyone is a clan that sticks together for warmth. , internal struggle is one thing, but if the clan next door comes to grab food, it must be unanimous against the outside world. Besides, "equal land and not sell it" was written into the "Ming Dynasty Covenant"!
Therefore, no matter what kind of powerful clan, if they want to get new land, they can only split up the clan and move out... But Chaozhou people and Hokkien people don't really want to go to Sichuan or Liaodong. Sichuan is too isolated for them, and Liaodong is too cold. For Chaozhou people and Hokkien people who like to go overseas to do business and make a lot of money, going to Sichuan and Liaodong is not as good as going to Nanyang.
But Nanyang is also a land of miasma. Although money is easy to make, the probability of death from illness is still a bit high, which is a bit like exchanging life for money. For those clans with some family business, it is not a particularly ideal place.
Even if they want to go, they won't be able to enclose large areas of land. The most they can do is invest some money to develop some projects in a few transportation hubs.
And this big gold mine in Fugui Bay in the New World looks a bit greedy... But the territory in the New World has been divided between the American King and the American Khan. The people below don't know how to ask if they want to share some points. !
Therefore, although the atmosphere in the map room was quite warm, everyone was too embarrassed to speak and just looked at King Zhu Tian.
"Baby," the old king, who was already sixty years old, said to his son with a smile at this time, "We all know that Fugui Bay in the New World is full of gold... so much gold. , Fu Gui Zai can’t dig it out by himself, should we let everyone help dig it out together?”
Fu Gui Zai is Zhu Yimei's nickname. He was not that rich at first. After the news of the discovery of a large gold mine in Fu Gui Bay spread back to the Ming Dynasty, the nickname "Fu Gui Zai" came into being.
Although the news of the discovery of gold in Fugui Bay has not been officially released. But those who should know, Zhu Heji, have already let them know through various channels - he doesn't want people to swarm to Fugui Bay, and the Navy and Nanyang Trading Company don't have that much transportation capacity.
And if ordinary people know it, then Westerners will definitely know it too. With gold as motivation, New Spain may be able to send tens of thousands of troops to invade Fugui Bay.
Therefore, the interests of Fuguiwan Gold still belong to "insiders"!
Of course, now only these "insiders" can come up with enough manpower, material resources and force to jointly develop the El Dorado in the New World.
And if the manpower, material resources and force of these "insiders" were all invested in the New World, it would be difficult for them to make waves in the Ming Dynasty... This is a win-win situation!
If the Ming Taizu in history could also have a new continent and send some of the trusted clans under these heroes out to weaken their strength, then there would be no need to kill the heroes.
Even if someone really doesn't like it, just keep yourself away from them.
Emperor Zhu glanced around the map room and took in a panoramic view of the faces of the heroes of the Ming Dynasty who were laughing so hard from ear to ear. Well, they were all quite pleasing to the eye, and they probably wouldn't turn into traitors. ...
Then he laughed himself and said to King Zhu Tian: "Abba, you are right. There is indeed a lot of gold in the New World. Not only is there gold in Fugui Bay, but many surrounding indigenous tribes also gave gold to our people. .....The local aboriginals don't know how to dig for gold. They just pick up gold. They can pick up gold at will, which means that Fugui Bay is right on the gold veins, and there must be huge gold mines underground. !”
A huge gold mine!
The group of heroes below all laughed at the scene.
Emperor Zhu suddenly transformed, as if he had become a real estate developer, and began to vigorously promote New World real estate to the heroes present.
He introduced with a smile: "In addition, the two Mongolian families also discovered a valley that is often flooded to the west of Fugui Bay. It is now called the Flood Valley. There is also a valley several hundred miles long to the north of the Flood Valley. The seemingly fertile river valley was named Futian River Valley. A large seaside grassland with abundant water and grass was also discovered thousands of miles south of Fugui Bay, and was named Dahaizi Grassland.
This nearly three thousand miles of land starts from the Futian River Valley in the north and ends at Dahaizi Grassland in the south. It is all a place with fertile land, abundant water and grass, and a pleasant climate. There may be gold veins hidden under the ground, and they are all on the seaside. The transportation is It's quite convenient...and these good places are ownerless. Only a few indigenous people who can't even make wheels live there. Their weapons are only stones and sticks, which are basically vulnerable! "
At this point in Zhu Heji's words, if you taste it carefully, you will find that the taste has changed a bit.
What does it mean to be vulnerable? What is this for? Want to kill someone?
Before the people below could react, Zhu Heji suddenly said in a serious tone: "Do you intend to open up a manor and build a city on these three thousand fertile lands to build a lasting legacy for future generations?"
To create a lasting legacy for future generations?
What is this for?
Should your descendants be lords or kings?
These loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty were speechless.
"Hahaha, this is a good thing that I could only ask for! I have so many sons, and now they all have a good place to go!"
While all the loyal ministers were remaining silent, Emperor Zhu's father took the lead in speaking.
The old man touched his "Guan Erye" version of the five-locked beard and said with a smile: "Thanks to my ancestors, I have twenty-two sons...except for one who became the emperor, the other sons They all have to be arranged! Even though they have developed Kinshu Tenno Castle, Toshu Tenno Castle, Nagoya Tenno Castle, and Hokkai Tenno Castle, they can only arrange for four sons to be city lords, and there are still 17 sons who cannot leave them without food. Eat! Now it’s great, we have a place to arrange it!”
What?
No food to eat?
Zhu Heji glared at his father angrily...Twenty-two sons! He became the emperor, and another became the king of Tang. The other twenty sons were all county princes. Although they could not be hereditary (the king of Tang could also be hereditary), they would not be without food!
And King Zhu Tian is very good at making money!
The "brand" of Tianwang City has been established, and now it has been opened into a "chain city"... This is the largest real estate developer in the world today!
There is also the Penglai Bank that is developing very well. It is now the third largest bank in the Ming Dynasty after Dongchang Guan Bank and Nanyang Bank!
With real estate on one hand and finance on the other, King Zhu Tian has almost become the God of Wealth. Now he is actually worried that his sons will starve to death... What a father's love!
King Zhu Tian is a good father, and Zhu Heji must be a good brother. He immediately patted his chest and said: "Everyone has made arrangements to go to the New World! Dad, don't worry. I, the older brother, will definitely make good arrangements for the younger brothers. They moved to a good place with a gold mine."
King Zhu Tian smiled and waved his hand and said: "Forget about the gold mine, we can't let our whole family take possession of this good thing... There should be many places to build ports and commercial ports on the three thousand miles of coastline. As a father, we can't let our whole family take advantage of it." Let people build a few Heavenly Kings cities, and then send the Penglai Silver Ship there."
King Zhu Tian is getting better and better at doing business!
No matter how good the business of digging for gold is, it is not as good as building cities and opening banks on the west coast of the New World!
The gold dug out by others was either remitted back to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty through banks, or properties were purchased in cities in the New World... Isn't this all Zhu Tianwang's business?
Zhu Tianwang paused, and then said to his son: "Azai, my father is going to go to Nagoya Tenno Castle to take charge... With Nagoya Tenno Castle supporting the logistics of the New World, the speed of opening up the New World will definitely be accelerated. Times!"
"Okay!" Zhu Heji nodded solemnly, "With my father in charge of Nagoya, I can rest assured that the logistics of opening up the new world will be worry-free! I will send Anu to Beijing when I turn around, and sit in the Shunyi Palace, and try my best to mobilize all the Mongolian immigrants, cattle, sheep and horses. !”
At this time, Zheng Jing immediately patted his chest and said: "Your Majesty, our Nanyang Trading Company can help us with the transportation of immigrants, horses, cattle and sheep. I turned around and ordered people to prepare fifty, no, a hundred large ships, specifically for the New World. route!"
Zhu Heji smiled and nodded and said: "King Yanping, both your father and son have made great contributions to the country. This wave of overseas expansion should also have your family... Champa Kingdom and Champa City since Although the land of Jiulong River in the south has an owner, the owner is incompetent and virtuous and cannot defend the country, so why not just call it Yanping Kingdom?"
As soon as Zheng Jing heard this, he knelt down in front of Zhu Heji without saying a word, with a look of gratitude on his face: "Your Majesty, I will never forget your great kindness, Zheng Jing!
Your Majesty, since we, the Yanping Kingdom, have obtained the territory of Champa and the Jiulong River to establish our country, then the territories of the Yanping Palace in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Taiwan should be returned immediately..."
Zhu Heji just laughed, then stretched out his two palms and gestured, "Ten years... I will give you ten years of Yanping Palace. After the ten years are over, the imperial court will take back the three palaces' editions. At that time, You, Zheng Jing, are the king of Yanping!"
Zheng Jing breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that Zhu Heji would cut off his vassal immediately, but he didn't expect that he would be given a ten-year buffer. It seemed that the Zheng family's honor was still there.
So Zheng Jing kowtowed to Zhu He and said: "I thank the Lord for your kindness!"
Seeing Zheng Jing thanking him, Zhu Heji bent down, smiled and helped his confidant who was more than ten years older than him, and said to him with a smile: "King Yanping, you don't have to go." Just let the people below do the work of opening up the wild land of Jiulong River. You can enjoy yourself in Nanjing... We, the monarchs and ministers, can also get together from time to time." As he spoke, he lowered his voice and asked: " I heard that the Nanyang Company recently entered the country from the Crimean Khanate and invited a group of dancing girls from the Western Regions?"
Zheng Jing said with a smile: "I really can't hide it from the Lord... Nanyang Company did invite a group of dancers from the Crimean Khanate. Haha, there are several Golden Retrievers among them, especially graceful!"
Zhu Heji patted Zheng Jing on the shoulder and asked him to stop talking, and then said to the ministers present: "The opportunity to dig for gold in the New World is available to everyone who is a marquis and above. You go back and make a good calculation. , that’s it for today. King Yanping, please stay for a while, I want to learn about the customs and customs of the Crimean Khanate with you!"
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