Chapter 422: Ambition

Although the whole territory of India is not yet completely unified at this moment, the remaining problems are only left to time to solve.

Just after Zhu Yunwen left Beijing with the holy decree and the instructions of the General Staff on the compensity of the martyrs who died in the war, Zhu Yunwen convened the cabinet and began to discuss in advance how to deal with India's post-war issues.

However, this meeting was not held in the Jinshen Palace, but in the Wuying Palace, and not only the cabinet members were present, but also Zhu Di and Yan Zhenzhi, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, rushed over.

"Here's the map, take a look at it first."

Zhu Yunwen picked up a brush that licked cinnabar, and began to move south from the Hindu Kush Mountain, Islubao, to the south, and spent a large huge area, even a little larger than the Indian mainland in later generations.

"In the future, this land will be ours."

Looking at everyone, facing this blazing gaze, Zhu Yunwen said with a smile: "And everything in this land." ”

Excited, excited, and restless, except for Zhu Di, who knew in advance, several other people all got up and gathered around excitedly, pointing at the map.

"Place, my Daming son-in-law has already laid down for us, and we have to deal with the rest of the matter."

Arms crossed, Zhu Yunwen looked at the map and sighed: "How to ensure the long-term peace and stability of this land is the top priority of my Ming Dynasty's future foundation."

Tell me what you think. ”

Several people looked at each other and returned to their respective positions with excitement, but as soon as their buttocks sat down, Yang Shiqi opened his mouth.

"The minister suggested that the cabinet should take the lead in all ministries and send a group of capable officials to form a joint working group and rush to Delhi."

"It's a must-do."

Zhu Yunwen bowed slightly, and instructed: "But there is no need to go to all the departments, let me name a few names."

The Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Taxation, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of State-owned Resources will also have some people to take charge of some commercial matters at that time, and at the same time set up banks in Delhi and Mumbai. ”

A few people took out small notebooks and began to take notes.

"I remind you that this land belongs to us, but it doesn't just belong to us, I don't want to be a province, so our officials don't exercise the right to rule after they pass, and I don't need the right to rule, understand?"

Zhu Yunwen was a little worried that the traditional bureaucrats in the cabinet would not be able to carry out the next work, so he reminded him.

"The duty of the household department is to check the number of fields, not the number of Dingkou, and at the same time, the number of fields under the names of the Brahmin and Kshatriya classes in that land should not be carefully checked.

As for the Ministry of Taxation, I have set a tax of seventy percent for them, and you should calculate it according to this standard, and at the same time give it to the governors of the states at that time in proportion, and you cannot monopolize it.

The Ministry of Rites is responsible for dealing with the local ascetic organizations and Brahmin priests, handling the relationship between our Ming and them, and cooperating with them to demolish all the Green Cult Temples and build more temples of their religion.

As for the Ministry of State-owned Resources, it is necessary not only to send officials, but also to select a group of skilled craftsmen with experience in mineral exploration, and at the same time to take over the mining of all proven minerals and hire miners from the local area.

In addition, Delhi has been approved by me as a free trade zone, except for my Ming Dynasty, the six southwestern countries all have the right to trade in the city, without regulation and taxation, this is the reward I have promised to the six southwestern countries, after the Ministry of Taxation arrives, do not put up a stinky show, let alone make things difficult for the merchants of these countries.

At that time, the general meeting will be stationed in the four cities of Islubo, Delhi, Allahabad and Mumbai, and there will be diplomatic consular disputes, so let our people go to the barracks for help, do you understand? ”

Although this large section of instructions made several people not understand Zhu Yunwen's inner thoughts for the time being, but fortunately, they are all dry goods, and they can roughly understand the literal meaning just by looking at the meaning, and there is not too much obscure content.

However, a few people were still trembling in their hearts, and the emperor's heart was too dark, right?

Isn't that more than 20 times that of the Ming Dynasty?

"Your Majesty, there is no objection from other ministers, but this tax ratio."

Yang Shiqi persuaded with a heart for the country's dynasty: "According to seventy percent of the tax, the minister can be said to be unheard of, such a heavy tax, the minister is afraid that there will be anti-people at that time, and it is not good for my Ming Dynasty." ”

"Again?"

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and chuckled, and said with relief, "Yang Ge is old and relaxed, they won't rebel." ”

I can't explain this problem to Yang Shiqi, could it be that the four words 'officials forced the people to rebel' don't apply to the people in that land at all?

"Oh yes."

Looking back at the map, Zhu Yunwen slapped his forehead.

"I almost forgot, the Ministry of Industry is also going to open a dock here."

His finger was pointed at a place called 'Kolkata', not far from Punggara.

"Building a direct road from Delhi to Kolkata, and at the same time along the port of the Ganges River -- the Bay of Bengal, to ensure the smooth flow of shipping in our Ming Dynasty can save a lot of time to and fro, otherwise it will take several months to go back and forth by land."

Leaving the Bay of Bengal and detouring south to Haiphong Port for replenishment, and then from Haiphong Port to Quanzhou, Fuzhou and other places to land, and then to Nanjing, this trip is not even a month.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen's interest rose a lot, and after several cabinet members retired, Zhu Yunwen called Zhu Di to walk to the picture of the world next to him, and added a circle in Kolkata and Mumbai.

"Your Majesty, do you have any new ideas?"

Zhu Di didn't understand the meaning of this, so he listened to Zhu Yunwen talking there alone.

"Quanzhou, Haiphong Port, Kolkata, Mumbai, Arabia, Mediterranean, Iberia, America."

This series of place names in Zhu Yunwen's mouth is a life supply line on the ocean!

The earth is a ball, and it can go all the way east from Daming to the Americas, but everyone knows that it is unrealistic and impossible to achieve at this point in time.

The vastness of the Pacific Ocean, not to mention the tsunami that may be encountered on the sea along the way, just one supply, the Ming fleet will not even reach half, and all of them will starve to death.

But to the west it's different.

The Ming fleet set sail from Quanzhou, supplying along the way, and the Ming only needed to establish an enclave supply depot in Arabia to enter the Mediterranean Sea via North Africa and then reach the Iberian Peninsula.

Daming is just one step away from the American continent.

"Continental Empire, Maritime Empire."

Looking at this map of the whole world in a daze, Zhu Yunwen seemed to be stunned, his fingers went north from Delhi to Samarkand, and then went around to the Golden Horde in the north, and finally went east to Lake Baikal and Sakhalin Island in Moting, and finally went south from Japan to the hundred countries of the South Seas, Ceylon, Mumbai, and finally returned to Delhi.

Zhu Di on the side looked stupid, what a huge circle this is!

What does the emperor want to do?