In the study of Emperor Hongzhi of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongzhi was discussing the affairs of the two provinces of Jiaozhi and Xianglin with several important ministers.

Liu Jin and Zhang Mao had a very good fight, and they still had to wipe the rest of the matter.

"Your Majesty, there are not enough people, the two provinces of Jiaozhi and Xianglin add up to more than 30 prefectures and more than 100 counties, and almost a thousand officials are needed."

Wang Wei, the secretary of the ministry, said helplessly to Emperor Hongzhi that in the past, it was necessary to stay up to be an official, especially those who raised people, if they could not pass the Jinshi examination, they might not be an official for the rest of their lives.

But now the situation seems to be a bit special, because the expansion of Daming's side is too fast, coupled with this year's tax reform, a large number of officials are needed, so that now there is no one available.

"Didn't you gather a lot of people to be officials during the Chinese New Year?"

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a moment and asked.

"Your Majesty, those have been assigned to the Ryukyus, Nanyang Province and the tax yamen in various places, and now there are no more people waiting for grace here in the capital."

Wang Wei hurriedly replied.

"That's not good, Jiaozhi and Xianglin are the new places where my Ming Dynasty enters, and the hearts of the people here are fluctuating, and my Ming must send officials over as soon as possible, so as to be able to calm the hearts of the people and consolidate the rule of my Ming here."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we might as well transfer local officials from the four provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Guangdong to serve in Jiaozhi and neighboring provinces, and promote them slightly."

"These provinces are relatively close to Jiaozhi and Xianglin, and they can be reached faster, and they may also be more adapted to the situation in these places, which can better consolidate our Ming rule in these two places."

At this time, Liu Jian stood up and thought about it.

"This plan is very good~"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately quickly patted his leg and said: "Just follow this method and transfer officials from Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Guangdong to Jiaozhi and Xianglin." ”

"But these two places, I have few people, and if I want to rule here for a long time, what is the best plan for Zhong Aiqing?"

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, everyone couldn't help but ponder for a moment.

This expansion is too fast, it's really not a good thing, these places are far away from Daming, there are few people, even if they are defeated by force, it is not easy to rule here.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's better to immigrate in the old way."

"Hundreds of thousands of people were migrated from the Central Plains, and then vigorously popularized the civilization of our China in this Xianglin and Jiaozhi, which is the so-called Yidi, and those who are Chinese are Chinese; Those who are in China and Yi Di are Yi Di. ”

"As long as we insist on long-term education, in a few dozens, in a hundred years, this place will definitely become the same land of China as the Central Plains, and the people here will also become the people of China."

Li Dongyang thought for a while and said.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi also nodded slightly after hearing this, at present, it seems that there are only two ways, one is to change the population structure of these two places, increase the number of Ming people, and the other is to continue to educate and turn them into my Ming people.

The other ministers also nodded after hearing this, and then Xie Qian thought about it and said, "It's just that it's not easy to emigrate hundreds of thousands of people to Jiaozhi and Xianglin." ”

"This year, 500,000 people will be relocated to Liaodong, if you relocate to these two places, I am afraid that the expenses of the imperial court will increase greatly, and the treasury will be empty by then......"

"This Duke Xie, please rest assured, at present, my Ming treasury is full enough to support large-scale immigration."

Hearing Xie Qian's words, Hubu Shangshu Tong Zhong stood up and said with his head held high.

Isn't it just silver, now the Ming treasury is silver, after Liu Jin's tax reform, now every month to the treasury of more than 7 million taels of tax silver, which makes the Ming financial situation suddenly reversed, greatly improved.

Now Tong Zhong is very confident in speaking, the silver, a lot, some are, all the yamen are much more happy to ask him for silver, he is a little worried now, how to spend this silver.

"Uh..."

Xie Qian was slightly stunned for a moment, and then he didn't know what to say.

In the past, if Emperor Hongzhi wanted to do anything, if he objected, he would almost habitually say that the treasury was empty and the court had no silver, but now, the Ming court was very rich.

That's a lot of silver.

A month's tax of millions of taels of silver, this is just tax silver, but also the local tax yamen collected from the tax in kind, etc., now the imperial court not only raises the salaries of officials, but also does not issue the same treasure money as paper, to give in kind, to silver, in short, the life of some honest officials is indeed much better.

"Although silver is not a problem, it may not be easy for people to immigrate to Cochin and Xianglin."

After thinking about it, Xie Qian could only say so embarrassedly.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that you can refer to Nanyang Province, a person who immigrates to these two provinces, can reward 100 acres of land, and then exempt them from three years of field tax, forced labor, etc., we are responsible for building houses for them, I think there should still be people who are willing to immigrate."

Liu Jian thought about it and suggested, now immigrants must have preferential policies, give land to land, tax exemption and forced labor, anyway, just get people over.

"Well, just do what Liu Aiqing said."

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it and nodded in agreement, there is no way, now the Ming Dynasty is expanding too fast, Liaodong wants to immigrate, Ryukyu and Nanyang want to immigrate, Xianglin and Jiaozhi want to immigrate, and now the news has also come back, and the Australian route has been opened.

Australia is vast and sparsely populated, and some people are also going to migrate here, and they always feel that people are needed everywhere, but the people of the Ming Dynasty are all inseparable from their homeland, and they only want to die in their hometown, and it is too difficult to let them immigrate.

In many cases, only administrative orders can be used to force immigration, and all kinds of preferential policies are more preferential than one another, which can be described as heartbreaking.

"Your Majesty's Autumn Luncai Ceremony this year, the officials of Nanyang Province said that Nanyang is a new entry to my Ming Dynasty, although Nanyang students are diligent and studious, but after all, time is limited, and I am afraid that they will not be good at studying, so I ask Your Majesty to give some grace."

After talking about Xianglin and Jiaozhi, Wang Wei, the secretary of the ministry, talked about the triennial Luncai ceremony, which was a first-class event for the imperial court.

Especially this year, Daming has added several provinces one after another, so the situation is a bit special.

"Well, then give them more places, and when they take the spring next year, no matter how well they take the exam, they will be given a few jinshi places for them."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately smiled and nodded in agreement.

This kind of thing is that Emperor Hongzhi has always been very generous.

"Your Majesty, not only the Nanyang Province, but also the Liaodong region, the minister thinks that a new province should also be established, and the corresponding quota should be given according to the provinces in the Guannai."

"In addition, in the grasslands of the north, the minister thinks that a certain number of places should also be given, no matter what the studies of the grassland students are, how many places will be given, and then these grassland-born students can be transferred to other places."

"This is like the two provinces of Xianglin and Jiaozhi, the new entry into my Ming Dynasty, the people's hearts are floating, Your Majesty can also take this opportunity to open the imperial examination, win the hearts of the people, in the two provinces of Xianglin and Jiaozhi, it is also the same as the provinces of the Central Plains."

Speaking of this, Wang Wei immediately mentioned Liaodong, grassland, elephant forest, and Jiaozhi.

As soon as everyone heard this, their heads immediately became bigger, and there were several more places at once, and the key was that these places were not yet good for education, but they couldn't ignore it.

After all, this triennial talent ceremony is a big event in the Ming Dynasty.

"At this time, we should do what Aiqing said, and next year's Spring Festival should also be arranged as soon as possible, and all localities should be notified as soon as possible, so that students from all over the country can catch up on time."

"There will also be a corresponding increase in the number of Jinshi next year, and the new entry into my Ming province will be given proper care."

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it and said.

"Yes~"

"It's just Your Majesty, how should the students of these provinces distinguish between the north and the south?"

Wang Wei nodded solemnly, thought about it and said.

As soon as everyone heard this, they suddenly had a big head, and the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty itself had been divided into the north and south lists, according to geography, the Nanyang Province, Jiaozhi, and Xianglin Province should belong to the South List, and Liaodong and Grassland should belong to the North List.

"Your Majesty, I think that we might as well set up another list of overseas provinces, and in the future, all the places where I enter the Ming Dynasty will belong to the list of overseas provinces."

Li Dongyang thought about it and proposed.

"Overseas province list?"

As soon as everyone heard this, they couldn't help but twitch slightly, this north-south list is not enough, and now they have to add an overseas province list.

"It's a good thing to add another list, it shows that my Ming Dynasty is prosperous and strong, but it's not very nice to call it the list of overseas provinces, how about calling it the East List?"

Liu Jian thought for a while and said.

"Each other, the minister thinks that what Li Gong and Liu Gong said is very true, the new entry into my Ming Dynasty is still lacking in education, and the students in these places must be shallow in their studies, and it is a good policy to make a separate list."

Wang Wei thought about it and expressed his support, which is the same reason as the division of the north and south lists at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning, the students in the south were very good, but the northerners couldn't pass the test at all, so that there was a thing of southern students dominating the list, which made the students in the north extremely dissatisfied.

Later, in order to consider the importance of the reunification of the north and the south, Zhu Yuanzhang also separated the students from the north and the south, and divided the north and south lists, so that everyone had nothing to say.

Now it is just referring to the north-south list, and then setting up an east list, and these new provinces in the Ming Dynasty will be included in the east list.

"This policy is good, so we will handle it accordingly, and include Nanyang Province, Liaodong, grassland, elephant forest, and Jiaozhi into the East List."

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Great Victory~Great Victory~"

At this time, a small yellow door came panting, and the person shouted before he arrived.