Chen Wenhui immediately said: "The minister is grateful to the emperor for entrusting him with a heavy responsibility, but although the minister has the heart to serve the country, he is only eleven years old this year, and it is really difficult to take on such a heavy responsibility. ”

This is to put it mildly, you can accept the position of the city lord of your own city, you can be hereditary like Xinguang City, but you don't want to be the governor of Nanyang. Come to think of it, the four cities of Nanyang are four investors, and even the emperor of Dachu is not easy to manage, how can she be a little girl, the emperor wants to use Chen Wenhui to manage the four cities of Nanyang, but Chen Wenhui saw through it at a glance and politely refused. Moreover, what people say also makes sense, a little girl, only eleven years old, when such a big official position is estimated to be the imperial history does not agree, must be impeached.

The emperor narrowed his eyes, this little girl is not only smart, but also shrewd, it is difficult to use her, is she really a little girl? Looks more shrewd than her father Chen Yuanheng. Their own interests are not relaxed, and they are not greedy if they are not their own.

The emperor said, "What Wen Hui said is very reasonable. Although you are smart, you are still young after all. In this way, let's put down the affairs of the chief manager first. It's just this trip to the South Seas, is Wen Hui confident? ”

Chen Wenhui's heart moved, and said: "The trip to Nanyang, the minister has already thought about it. In fact, speaking of which, the minister still has to give advice. ”

The emperor was a little surprised and asked, "Oh? What advice does Wen Hui have? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Nowadays, the people of Dachu are not living very well, and many people are not well fed and clothed. The fundamental reason is that the people own very little land. Most of them were tenants for landlords. A year of hard work. In addition to the field tax paid, most of the rest had to pay rent to the landlord, and many times, he could not even eat enough, so it was naturally impossible to live a prosperous life. Landlords, merchants, officials, and families have few investment channels. The money you have saved so hard is in vain, and you have to bother building a treasury and spending money to hire a guard to take care of it. It is better to buy land, which can be produced every year, so that the family business can increase day by day, and it is better than putting silver for nothing. However, these wealthy people now also complain, because the population is increasing, everyone is buying land, and land is becoming more and more expensive, and there are often cases where you can't buy suitable land with money. Right now. Because everyone is buying land, more and more people will lose their land. As a result, the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer. The poor are naturally not satisfied, but what about the rich households, who used to be able to buy an acre of land for only five taels of silver, but now it may cost ten taels, and the Gyeonggi area is even more outrageous, there are actually 221 acres or even 321 acres of land. The rich also complained. In the long run, the people's anger will grow and will surely become a great disaster. The minister is a deep boudoir woman, and she doesn't understand any big truths, but she just thinks that if there is more land in Dachu, so that the people can have more land, and the people who lose their land will be less, and the poor will be less, and the disaster will be smaller. And the rich men who put all the money in the treasury and got moldy did not have to complain that they could not buy suitable land, so naturally there were fewer complaints. ”

The emperor nodded and said, "Well, this matter, your father, King Jin, and some officials have all said that they are all in favor of going overseas to open up land, which can alleviate the situation of less and less land in Dachu." I think it makes sense, and I'm already asking people to do it. Haven't you already moved some people to Yizhou Island? ”

Chen Wenhui smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the people who first went to Yizhou Island now have native products in their land, and they don't need to rely on government relief, and in two years, they will be able to gain a firm foothold there." Those people were poor peasants who had no land in Dachu, and they couldn't even fill their stomachs. Now in Yizhou Island, with their own hands, they can not only fill their stomachs, but also put down a piece of industry on Yizhou Island after a few years of hard work, so they are very happy and have brought news to their relatives and friends who are still in Dachu, encouraging them to go to Yizhou Island to live. And those landlords who first went to Yizhou Island to buy land and led the slaves to develop and plant estates, many of the concubines who were not welcomed at home have now become big landlords, and their careers are doing well. Speaking of which, the minister was disrespectful and wanted to use the table in front of the emperor. ”

After speaking, he walked to the table in front of the emperor and stood still, this is a big pear case, and there is just a set of colorful porcelain ladies and tea sets on it. Chen Wenhui picked up the colored porcelain teapot and poured out some tea on the smooth table, and the eunuch next to him couldn't help but let out an "oops", and was about to stop it, when the emperor waved his hand.

The eunuch had no choice but to give up, looking curiously at what Wen Hui was going to do. Chen Wenhui went her own way, didn't care, reached out and dipped the tea on the table to draw a picture, and said while drawing: "The emperor should have seen the sea chart, right?" This place is our Dachu, and the area is vast. There is a small island below Da Chu, which is Yizhou Island. The emperor of Yizhou Island knows that although some people have migrated to the past, and there are many wealthy families who go there to buy land and build manors, the entire island is only developed around Xinguang City, and there is still a lot of room for development. Further south, there is another island a little smaller than Yizhou Island, which is Hainan Island, which is inaccessible, has a lot of land suitable for farming, and the climate is humid and warm, and it can be harvested three times a year. There are just some Nanyi people living there, and the productivity is very low, and it can be regarded as the same origin as our Great Chu, and I believe that as long as our Great Chu people migrate over, they will definitely be able to get along. The development there is also amazing, almost comparable to most of Huzhou Province. Further south is a very large territory, which is almost the area of the entire Great Chu, and this is what we call Nanyang. It is now inhabited only by a few natives, who are not productive. However, they are not of the same origin as us, and if we ignore them in the future and let them develop, maybe one day, they will develop and come to invade us. Now, if we suppress them, it will be equivalent to an additional territory of the area of Dachu, how many people will be able to settle and how much land can be sold. Further south, there is another big island, which is as big as the territory of our Great Chu, and this is Oceania. There are no people here, and there is a lot of land suitable for farming. If this is developed, it will be amazing. If we don't develop this borderless land, it will be a pity that someone else will develop it in the future. Further west, here is a place where tongues seem to stick out, and the area is also the size of our Da Chu, and this is India. It was from here that Buddhism came from. The people here already have a high level of civilization, no less than our Great Chu. It also has a humid climate, vast land, and a large population, which can even compare with the total population of our Dachu. If they develop, it's a big deal. But now, with their country full of small nations, religious chaos, and fighting each other, if we can take advantage of it, we will not only gain a vast land, but also destroy a formidable enemy for the future. Further west are two continents, one is Africa. This place is several times larger than our Dachu, and it is sparsely populated, with black and black natives living there, and the civilization is very low. But in the north, there is a place where civilization is very high, called Egypt. It has a vast area, a large population, and a well-developed agriculture. However, because of the problem of internal rule, the inheritance has also been interrupted many times, and if we can take advantage of it, we can also destroy an enemy for the future. Further north, there is a continent with many small countries, and it is Europe. The people here already have an army, a country, and they are white-looking, and they are tall and large, and they are also vast in territory. These white people are very powerful, very aggressive, and close to Africa, if we don't take Africa first, they will go to Africa, use it as a colony, get the products of Africa, and undoubtedly give them wings, and when the time comes, it will not be that we will invade them, but to see if we can defend against them. Therefore, we must hurry up and take Africa as soon as possible, and strive to take the land of Europe as well, so that the crisis can be strangled in the cradle. These are the west and south sides. Please look at the emperor here, this east is Goguryeo, and there is a small island further east of Silla, the Wa Kingdom. Silla, Goguryeo, the Wa Kingdom, the emperor should be familiar, and I don't need to talk about the national conditions, such a small country is not worth mentioning for us now. However, they also have a characteristic, that is, they are too close to us, and if they are left alone, they will one day become a big problem. There is no room for snoring on the side of the couch, and we should do something to these two places as soon as possible, just in case. Further east, there are two continents, each continent is several times the size of our Great Chu, rich in products, legend is full of gold, and a group of red people live. They are relatively peaceful, but their productivity is low, and they cannot develop these two vast and rich continents, if we can get them, we will definitely be able to make Dachu even richer. Looking at the north of our Great Chu, this emperor is more clear, this is the territory of the barbarians, in fact, the area is also very large, and the barbarians have lived on the grassland for generations. It is our current henchmen, who buckle the border every year, harass our people in Dachu, and we have a feud with them. However, now, thanks to the emperor's Shengming leadership, the barbarians have finally been defeated. However, as long as this vast grassland remains, nomads can be born again, and if the barbarians defeat other races, they will also come to invade our Great Chu when the time comes. These nomads, women and children can ride horses and shoot arrows, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, and they kill a group, and after ten years, they grow up again, which is really annoying. If only there was a way to defeat without a fight and restrain the barbarians forever. Let's not talk about this grassland, what I want to say is that in the north of the grassland where the barbarians live, there is actually a large piece of land, which is larger than the territory of the barbarians, and it is more severe and cold, but it is rich in minerals, and the area there is larger than that of Dachu. If we can take this land as well, the barbarians will be trapped in the middle of us, and it will be easier to deal with than it is now. (To be continued......)