On December 3, the first year of Chongzhen, after careful discussion.
It was finally decided that after the Spring Festival, immigration to Liaodong would officially begin.
The main targets of this immigration are the 500,000 Shaanxi disaster victims gathered around the capital.
The reason why we chose the disaster victims in Shaanxi is that most of the victims in Shaanxi brought their families with them, and resettling them all there can effectively prevent the victims from escaping because they miss their hometown.
Secondly, Shaanxi was once again called the land of Qin. The people of Shaanxi have always been an excellent choice of soldiers. According to the new guard system, the stability of Liaodong and other places can be effectively guaranteed.
At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of immigrants, Zhu Youjian decided to divide the immigration team into an immigration team of 500,000 people, and at the same time, 30,000 elite soldiers would be deployed for protection.
Place soldiers.
Firstly, it can protect the safety of immigrant people, and secondly, it can deter people with different intentions.
Avoid those who have bad intentions and incite the people.
There are two important reasons why I chose to immigrate after the Chinese New Year. In addition to the Spring Festival being the most important festival for the Chinese nation, there are also two important reasons.
On the one hand, it is because after the Chinese New Year, the temperature in Liaodong will increase. After immigrating to Liaodong, they can invest in land reclamation after simple repairs.
Secondly, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway is about to be completed, and it is time to show the charm of the railway.
Zhu Youjian did not forget that when he proposed to build the railway, how many officials and people said openly and secretly that Zhu Youjian was a prodigal emperor.
Although Zhu Youjian didn't say anything at the time, Zhu Youjian's temper was not as big as expected.
Those officials who lack understanding, and the people must be made deeply aware of how short-sighted they are!
"Have there been any changes in the slave establishment in North Korea and other places? Are there many pirates who have surrendered in Fujian and other places?"
"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence of our Jin Yiwei, there is no abnormal movement of slaves in North Korea and other places. In Fujian and other places, as of yesterday, 30,000 pirates have joined the Ming Navy." Li Zhongdao.
As time goes by, there are more and more carrier pigeons in the Ming Dynasty. In order to ensure the speed of message transmission, Zhu Youjian approved a batch of carrier pigeons for Jinyiwei. Otherwise, even if it is 800 miles to rush from Fujian to the capital, it will be too fast. It will take ten days and a half to arrive.
"Thanks for your hard work!"
"It's not hard to do things for His Majesty."
"The next immigration needs to be closely supervised by the Jin Yiwei. As long as it is done well, a count cannot escape."
"Your Majesty, please withdraw your order. The Ming Dynasty can only establish titles based on military merit. Your Majesty cannot break the rules."
To be honest, who wouldn’t want to be knighted? Of course Li Zhong thought so too, but His Majesty's actions this year were all conspiracy.
The most important reason why Ming Dynasty can be guaranteed to be stable is because everything Zhu Youjian does is operating in accordance with the rules.
In this way, even if it infringes on the interests of many people, within the rules, no one will let His Majesty fight to the death. But now, His Majesty directly jumps out of the rules, which will definitely cause panic to many people, especially at the front end. Almost all the nobles of the Ming Dynasty were offended, and such a move would definitely cause dissatisfaction among many people.
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"Don't worry, I can make up my mind on this matter."
The so-called rules are nothing more than regulations and regulations that all members of the group abide by.
The reason why those high-level officials abide by the rules is not a matter of profound righteousness. To put it bluntly, it is for their own interests.
If he wants to add a rule, as long as it is in the interests of the majority of people, Zhu Youjian doesn't believe that anyone will object.
Zhu Youjian, on the other hand, planned to add a new rule to the Ming Dynasty.
That is, anyone who has made enough contributions to the Ming Dynasty can be knighted.
It is understandable that soldiers protect the country with their own flesh and blood and are awarded titles for their meritorious service.
But do the same craftsmen who promote social and technological progress and those who devote their lives to the stability of the Ming Dynasty have less credit than soldiers?
The national interest is more important than anything else. For the national interest, it is not just a few titles that cannot be hereditary. Zhu Youjian is not so stingy.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take care of you..."
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The first batch of 500,000 is just the beginning.
The main reason why we only chose 500,000, apart from the sporadic bandit forces in Liaodong and other places, is because Ming Dynasty is controlled by Ming Dynasty's transportation system.
In the first two years of land reclamation, especially the first year of land reclamation, the food, clothing, housing and transportation of all personnel were all the responsibility of the court.
Even though in order to save expenses, most of the first batch of immigrants were placed on the beach, and there were even plans to equip them with fishing boats to reduce the pressure on the court, but the food, clothing, housing and transportation of 500,000 people was not a small amount.
If it weren't for Zhu Dinghai, who made a fortune from Japan, Zhu Youjian would really not dare to recruit 500,000 people at once.
Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other places will be the next focus of immigration.
Taiwan, the largest island in China and China’s treasure island, covers an area of 36,000 square kilometers.
It is an integral part of the Ming Dynasty. It is located in the southeastern waters of mainland China, facing the Pacific Ocean to the east, facing Fujian Province across the Taiwan Strait to the west, and facing the Philippine Islands across the Bashi Strait to the south.
The geographical location is extremely important.
Taiwan’s agricultural area accounts for about a quarter of its land area. That is 9,000 square kilometers. According to 1 square kilometer = 1,500 acres, Taiwan’s cultivated land area is as high as 13.5 million acres.
Taiwan is rich in rice, which is mostly grown in the plains of the west. It can be harvested two to three times a year.
Developing Taiwan can resettle a large number of disaster victims and turn Taiwan into a granary for the Ming Dynasty.
It is extremely beneficial to Ming Dynasty.
However, before that, the Western base areas in Taiwan must be cleared. At the same time, it must be ensured that the surrounding areas of Daming are within the scope of influence of Daming Navy.
In the 4th year of the Apocalypse (1624), Dutch colonists belonging to the Dutch East India Company invaded southern Taiwan in order to establish a stronghold for trade with China and Japan. In the 6th year of Tianqi (1626), Spanish colonists also invaded northern Taiwan.
Ignoring the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch built Relandja City (today's Anping Castle) and Prominzha City (today's Chikan Tower) in Taiwan as centers of colonial rule, and recruited residents from coastal Fujian and Penghu to move there in order to increase the production of rice, sugar and other crops. Reclamation in Taiwan.
In addition, the Dutch colonists implemented coercive rule, appropriated the land, forced the people to pay various taxes, plundered Taiwan's rice and sugar, and re-exported the Chinese raw silk, sugar and porcelain they acquired through Taiwan to other countries to make high profits. amount of profit.
It’s time to clean up the forces that ignore the great power of tomorrow.
It’s time for Taiwan to return to the embrace of Ming Dynasty.
"The Western Barbarians occupy the territory and humiliate our people of the Ming Dynasty. I order Zhu Dinghai to take the main warships southward and must recover Taiwan and expel the red barbarians.
Governments in various places must unconditionally comply with Zhu Dinghai's orders, and those who violate Zhu Dinghai can be executed first and then punished. "
After several sneak attacks, most of the Japanese navy's warships were either destroyed or intercepted by Zhu Dinghai. Now Zhu Dinghai has more than 800 warships under his command. There are countless transport ships of all kinds.
Within three to five years, unless the Japanese cheat, it is unlikely to have an impact on the northern coast of the Ming Dynasty.
If not for this, Zhu Youjian would really not dare to let Zhu Dinghai go south.
