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Therefore, after Yu Ming conquered Jiangnan, he issued a reward order, asking fishermen and seafaring merchants to sail eastward as much as possible to explore the unknown continent, and at the same time drew the species patterns of the above two plants. It is said that anyone who can find and bring back the seeds will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan of Zhou Dynasty banknotes.

A few years later, a merchant who discovered Luzon and used it as a base continued his voyage eastward, and finally reached Chile in South America after the year, where he discovered and obtained two plant species: potatoes and corn.

After Yuming received the corn and potato seeds, he immediately rewarded the maritime merchant and immediately gave them to the best farmers to plant and cultivate.

After two trial plantings, the results were finally achieved.

Farmers first successfully tried planting in Jiangnan, and then spread it to Guanzhong, Hedong and Hebei. And it was very popular with local farmers. Because they found that the potatoes and corn yields were much higher than the traditional food crops of rice and wheat, and they didn't need as much fertilizer and water, and they weren't as delicate.

After the initial experience of promotion, the farmers of the Zhou Dynasty naturally had more confidence in their hearts, and since they could be successfully planted in the Loess Plateau like Guanzhong and barren land like Hedong, there was no problem with the prairie.

Herders were worried that the new grain crops brought from the Central Plains would not be able to be grown on a large scale on the prairie. But after a year of trial farming, they found that the yield was very high, and it was more cost-effective than grazing cattle and sheep.

Therefore, after tasting the sweetness, the herdsmen in the various parts of the grassland naturally prefer to cultivate grain rather than grazing cattle and sheep, after all, this life is much more stable.

Under this situation, more and more tribes on the prairie were willing to surrender to the Zhou Dynasty, and all the tribes that surrendered changed their clothes, dressed as Han Chinese, and spoke Chinese. I'm afraid of being killed by those bounty hunters to claim the reward.

Moreover, after settling down, the people of these tribes also felt that this was a way to make money, after all, compared to those foreign bounty hunters, they were more familiar with the terrain of the steppe, and knew where those tribes hostile to the Zhou army lived, and they were more comfortable in ambushing and killing.

Therefore, later, according to the statistics of the border guards, more than seventy percent of the people who came to receive the reward within a year were actually people from the original tribes of the prairie.

Twenty years after such a policy was underway, all the tribes of the steppe that did not submit to the rule of the Zhou dynasty were destroyed. If some people still go to the grassland to do business, the abundant water and grass they see along the way is all an idyllic scenery of men plowing and women planting, and all the people are wearing Hanfu, speaking Chinese, and practicing Chinese customs. Even if some herdsmen occasionally rode horses, they could never see the appearance of the original grassland alien race.

The Zhou Dynasty also gradually began to set up counties and counties in the abundant water and grass of various ethnic groups in the prairie, and managed them, and incorporated this fertile land into the territory of the Central Plains.

Compared to the time taken to annex the steppes, the incorporation of Japan into the territory of the Zhou dynasty was much earlier. After opening the door to Japan and signing the treaty, a large number of merchants from the Central Plains came to Japan to open shops to make a living, and gradually controlled the economic lifeline of Japan.

At this time, Japan was very much admired for the Central Plains. Their customs and characters have not yet been formed. The influx of merchants of the Zhou Dynasty infiltrated the country, and they not only did not resist, but absorbed and accepted it.

Naturally, the emperor of Japan was very dissatisfied with all this, because it already threatened his rule. If this situation is allowed to develop, Japan will be wiped out.

Therefore, he gathered a group of daimyo and mobilized troops to expel the merchants and envoys of the Zhou Dynasty, in an attempt to cut off contact with the Central Plains.

This time, it just gave Yuming an excuse to go to war. He immediately sent a large number of Zhou troops who had retreated from the north to fight in Japan.

At this time, the total number of Japanese troops was only 100,000 troops, while the Zhou army that landed and attacked reached as many as 100,000.

With the Zhou army's naval divisions and cavalry infantry advancing in unison, the Japanese army retreated one after another, and soon retreated to the vicinity of Kyoto. At this time, the Zhou army and sailors bombarded Kyoto from the sea, almost flattening the entire city, and the emperor was also killed.

After crushing the resistance of the Japanese army, the Zhou army began to disperse into various cities in Japan. The officials of the Zhou Dynasty, who had already been prepared, were also sent to various parts of Japan one after another to take on the task of restraining the Japanese civilians and establishing new local powers.

This kind of work of governing foreign places can be said to be familiar with the work of Changsun Wuji and Song Jingang, who already have sufficient experience.

They ordered the whole of Japan to be divided into prefecture and prefecture administrative districts according to the tradition of the Central Plains. The prefect was located in Kyoto, and the prefectural

However, these Japanese who served as local governors were all Japanese traitors who intermarried with Han Chinese in their families, or grew up in the Central Plains since childhood, could speak fluent Chinese, and had a heart for the Zhou Dynasty. However, the position of staying behind, which really had a deterrent effect on the locality, was held by the garrison officers of the Zhou army.

At the same time, the eldest grandson Wuji also saw that the major Japanese territories were not pleasing to each other due to the previous civil war, and he also moved the methods used in Silla and Ji. The retainer who surrendered to the former Hojo family was deliberately sent to serve as the prefectural commander of the former Asami family's domain, and the head of the Mori family was sent to serve as the local official of the Oda family.

In this way, the two sides naturally have many contradictions, and when the contradictions intensify to a critical point, the eldest grandson Wuji will replace the local officials who have aroused the anger of the people with the officials appointed by himself. Let the local civilians deeply feel that the officials sent by the Celestial Empire love the people and are amiable, and even the land rent and taxes collected are much less.

When the situation in Japan began to stabilize, Yu Ming began to implement his reform plan, ordering the establishment of schools at all levels in various prefectures of Japan, following the model of the Central Plains, and all children who had reached the age of six should enter the school to learn Chinese, and teach them to get used to the customs of the Han people and consider themselves Han Chinese.

At the same time, Yuming also vigorously encouraged the Japanese to learn Chinese and abide by the customs of the Han people. All Japanese who can speak Chinese are given special care in business, mining, joining the army, and serving as officials.

The Japanese originally admired the Central Plains Dynasty very much, and after seeing the powerful military force and advanced technology of the Zhou Dynasty, they were even more eager to absorb the knowledge of the Central Plains.

In less than 15 years, walking on the streets of Kyoto makes me feel the same as in Jiangdu, Dongdu, and Chang'an. The pedestrians on the street are all dressed in Hanfu, speaking Chinese, and writing Chinese characters. Completely became a part of the Great Zhou.

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Time flies, time flies, and ten years have passed. At this time, Yu Ming, who was close to the age of six, had abdicated as the emperor and gave the emperor to himself and Yu Ling, the son of Shu Mengsheng.

Although Yu Ling was still very young, only twenty-five years old, he showed extraordinary ability and personal charm in all aspects, and was deeply liked by the ministers and the people, and his succession was undisputed. Yuming also believed that letting Er take over this powerful empire as soon as possible would be more conducive to the stability of the Zhou Dynasty.

The steppe, Japan, and Tibet have all officially become the territory of the Zhou Dynasty. And the people of the Western Regions and Nanyang, after seeing the affluent life of the Zhou Dynasty, unanimously asked for it to be attached, so that Yuming effortlessly incorporated the fertile lands of Southeast Asia and Central Asia into his territory.

There are also more and more settlements in Australia and the Americas, and the pioneers of the Great Zhou are colonizing India, Arabia, and Africa. The ocean-going fleet of the Zhou Dynasty had arrived in Europe and met the Pope.

However, this Christian pope enthusiastically suggested to the envoys of the Zhou Dynasty to attack the common enemy of both sides.

"Da Shi is indeed my biggest enemy in Da Zhou now. However, how to deal with this great enemy is not a matter of concern to me! After all, I can't finish the whole world, I have to leave something for my children and grandchildren to do! Yu Ming sat in the imperial garden of the palace, looking at the eight wives and dozens of children and grandchildren around him, his heart was full of sweetness......

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