"Federalism is the source of trouble, don't you know?" Lao Zhu frowned.
"The Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties were divided into feudal states for hundreds of years, and then there was chaos for hundreds of years. It was only when Qin destroyed the six kingdoms that the feudal troubles were completely resolved."
"During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing even caused chaos in the Seven Kingdoms in order to eliminate the trouble of dividing the kingdoms. Even though Emperor Jing reluctantly killed the famous minister Chao Cuo, he was unable to quell the chaos."
"According to what you said, it was also caused by the enfeoffment and reduction of vassals. The peace of the fourth generation will not be restored until another day. We are all considering no longer enfeoffing the kings."
"Why, now you are talking about restarting the enfeoffment?"
Facing Lao Zhu's doubts, Zhu Su explained: "It does not refer to the ordinary enfeoffment implemented by previous dynasties, but the enfeoffment during the Zhou Dynasty."
"The enfeoffment during the Zhou Dynasty?" Lao Zhu was confused. "Isn't that still enfeoffment? What's the difference?"
"It's different." Zhu Su explained. "The enfeoffment at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty laid a foundation for future generations."
"The emperor will allocate the land he conquered to the clan, allowing the clan to establish remote territories and thrive here. The feudal states spread the rituals and music of the Zhou Dynasty and resisted the surrounding barbarians, thus establishing the foundation of China."
"At that time, in this land of China, we were not just the Chinese people. There were Western Barbarians in the west and Northern Barbarians in the north. It was precisely because the clans and feudal states completely eliminated these disasters that we, the Huaxia people, could live in this vast land. Live and work in peace and contentment..."
"We know this too!" Lao Zhu waved his hand impatiently. "We were thinking about enfeoffing you sons everywhere, not just so that your descendants can share the pressure of the boss's branch, just like the clans of the Zhou Dynasty who enfeoffed the country as a vassal vassal."
"But you also said that this feudal kingdom was ended by the fourth generation, and the clan kings were all raised like pigs. Besides emptying the Ming Dynasty, what other purpose does it have?"
"It's easy to prevent the descendants of the feudal lord from eating the Ming Dynasty..." Zhu Su blinked.
"Can't we just let them eat food from outside?"
"Eating outside?" Lao Zhu was stunned.
"Do you still have the map of Kun Yu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms that I gave you?" Zhu Su said.
Lao Zhu came to his senses and immediately shouted: "Two tigers! Two tigers!"
Erhu pushed open the door and came in, then came out after being ordered. After a while, the map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms that originally hung in the East Pavilion was brought. Different from the sketch that Zhu Su drew casually, this map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms was obviously redrawn by a famous artist. Not only the Ming Dynasty was painted in conspicuous red, but other places were also painted in various colors. It is quite close to the world map of later generations.
The countries on it are filled with all kinds of calligraphy based on the foreign historical materials that the Ming Dynasty can find. It seems that in order to verify the authenticity of this picture, Lao Zhu forced the Hanlin Academy to work hard.
"Here." Zhu Su pointed to the border of Japan. "Japanese troubles have existed in this country since ancient times. Our southeastern coast of China has been suffering for a long time. Why didn't you think of replacing it and establishing a vassal and a country?"
Lao Zhu suddenly realized. What Lao Wu means is to continue to expand the territory, just like the Zhou Dynasty, which divided the kings into the barbarian territory of Kaixia!
In this way, the burden of the princes and heirs naturally fell on the vassals in the outer borders and had nothing to do with the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, our Ming culture is the absolute leader among the surrounding countries. All countries admire me, the Ming Dynasty King Hua.
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After years of subtle changes, these places will sooner or later completely become the territory of our Ming people. They will no longer remember what a barbarian country this was before, but will identify with the Ming Dynasty, the suzerain country of the Central Plains, and truly believe that they are descendants of China.
Just like those vassal states entrusted by the Zhou Dynasty in the past!
"This has three benefits: First, this place is rich in gold and silver, and our Ming Dynasty will never be in trouble of silver."
"Two, the ancestral land of the Japanese barbarians was taken away, and there will be no more Japanese troubles in the southeast."
"Third, that country has been heavily engaged in farming for a long time. You can become a serf and enrich the other foreign lands of our Ming Dynasty. As far as I know, the powerful people in that country have never regarded civilians as human beings. Moreover, this country is small and prone to disasters, and the people are afraid of power and do not care about it. Virtue. Even if they are slaves to the Han people, they will be happier than having one-third of an acre of land in that island country.
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"It's a God-given labor base."
Lao Zhu frowned and looked at the Japanese country that Zhu Su was pointing at. He did not ask out his doubts, but raised his chin: "You continue to talk."
"Then I will continue." As he spoke, Zhu Su's finger moved to the south of the Ming Dynasty.
"This land is Annan, and it can also be a farming land, and the grain production is no less than that of our Jiangnan." Zhu Su said. "Furthermore, Dad, you also know. After the Little Glacier begins, it will become colder and colder from north to south, and the land of Annan is located further south of the Ming Dynasty. Even the power of the Little Glacier will hardly affect it."
"If we establish a vassal here, it can relieve our worries about food shortage in the Ming Dynasty."
"Second, we can set up a port here and develop shipping. We can use this as a way to dump our silk, porcelain and other items from the Ming Dynasty to the West and make huge profits."
Lao Zhu's eyes flashed. This is the second time that Lao Wu has said that shipping has huge profits. He didn't ask further questions, but continued to raise his chin. "Anymore?"
"And this place..." This time, Zhu Su moved his finger to the northeast of Ming Dynasty.
"This place is Goryeo, where King Mu has been in power for a long time, and it is located on the northern border. If a close vassal state is established here, if there is a change in Mobei..." Zhu Su drew a line connecting the southeastern coast with Goryeo. area.
"Then, in an instant, we can send troops from here and penetrate the enemy's rear! We can even transport troops by sea and flank the enemy's army invading the Great Wall. With him, he is like a guard dog guarding our gateway to the Central Plains. We can protect the I am safe in the Central Plains."
"Originally, this matter should be completed in this country, but this country has always been at both ends. The nobles are too lazy to enjoy themselves and their fighting power is poor. In this case, why not just enfeoff them and make them my own vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty?"
"And this entire desert..." Zhu Su moved his finger again, and this time, it encompassed the entire northern Xinjiang grassland. Seeing that Zhu Su was getting more and more nonsense, Lao Zhu finally couldn't help but interrupt: "Lao Wu, please stop for a moment..."
"We are not those rotten scholars who think that except for my land in the Central Plains, all other places are barren and barbaric places."
"After what you said last time, we really believe that these places have mountains of gold and silver, as well as fertile farmland."
"But have you ever thought about it? It's easy to trace these places with your fingers, but each one of them is a country that has been rooted for tens or hundreds of years. The people have long recognized it."
"Although they are not big countries, they are not comparable to those barbarian tribes fighting each other during the Zhou Dynasty!"
"In the past, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Korea three times and ruined the entire Sui Dynasty. This was because he was trapped in the quagmire of war and could not escape."
"My Ming Dynasty is still in Northern Yuan Dynasty. It is like a tiger watching beside my bed."
"How can I use weapons like Emperor Yang of Sui without being sure again?"
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