Between the prisoner and the king, everyone knows how to choose.

Even if there are inevitably a few of those vassal kings who are obsessed with poetry and books and do not want to do things, as long as they are not short-sighted, they will definitely hope that their sons and their descendants can become the lords of a country.

What's more, Yi Feng is a prince, ostensibly a prince, and it needs to be canonized by the Son of Heaven, but in fact, they all know very well that this canonization is more nominal, that is, the Ming Dynasty to Korea, under the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the vassals, although the Korean monarch is a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, the minister's grade is lower than that of the Ming Dynasty, but what is the difference in Korea?

Becoming the king of a country, and being able to get rid of the life of a prisoner once and for all, is the best choice for the vassal king in any way.

Everyone will make the best choice for themselves!

There is no need to doubt this.

As long as the vassal kings agree, who of the clans of the various feudal clans would dare to make trouble? Besides, the imperial court doesn't mind closing a few troublesome clans, after all, it is always inevitable to kill chickens to show monkeys.

After weighing it repeatedly in his heart, Ma Ziqiang glanced at the map again, and then said.

"Even if all the vassals agreed, but there is still a difficulty, easy to seal as a prince, I need to be easy to seal the princes of more than 20 countries, according to the initial system of my dynasty vassal king needs to build three guards, this will be easy to seal to the South Seas, it is necessary to restore its three guards, these three guards are not only soldiers, but also the people, but also the foundation of the vassal states in Nanyang, how much money does it take to restore the three guards?"

The initial system that Ma Ziqiang refers to is that Hongwu placed the prince in the fifth year to guard and command the envoys, and each palace has three guards. Later, during the Chengzu period, they found reasons and excuses to cut them one by one. And after that, the vassal king had no guards.

"Yes, Zhiyuan, it will take more than 10,000 people to rebuild the three guards, and it will take at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to rebuild the three guards!"

Zhang Juzheng also raised his questions, and Ma Ziqiang said again.

"The re-establishment of the three guards is only one of them, and the second is to escort the princes and subjects, soldiers and their families of these twenty or so countries to the feudal country, one needs at least one million taels of silver, and the twenty or so countries need twenty or thirty million taels of silver. With the current situation, how can this expenditure come out of the feudal princes? Since it is possible to save Zonglu in the future, but at present, every country will cost one million taels, which is absolutely unaffordable in terms of the current financial resources of the imperial court. ”

"Someone has paid for it."

Shi Yiwen said categorically.

"The officials and gentry who are going to be exiled this time are no less than six or seven thousand households, and the income from the seizure of their homes can be said to be astronomical, taking land as an example, I am afraid that there will be no less than five or six million mu, so much land, whether it is collected as official land or a royal village, it is inevitable that someone will fill their pockets in the end, so I think it is better to sell, even if it is sold for a little money, it is better than losing it in vain in the end. My suggestion is that the government distribute the land and sell it to landless or landless peasants. In principle, the land price does not exceed the market price, and the people who undertake it will be amortized in installments within 10 years. The land premium can be paid in cash every two years. In the event of a reduction in production due to natural disasters, measures may be taken to reduce the amount of reimbursement for the current year. If you wish to shorten the repayment period, there are special preferential measures......"

There is no need for Shi Yiwen to explain anything, Zhang Juzheng and Ma Ziqiang can imagine how much benefit those lands will bring to the dynasty.

"But at least half of that land was donated by domestic slaves, that is, nominally belonging to the gentry, but in fact it was for tax evasion, and the master's family was only collecting rent......"

"The masters are all exiled, let alone domestic slaves!"

Without waiting for Ma Ziqiang to finish speaking, Shi Yiwen sneered.

"Since they are willing to be sacrificed as domestic slaves, then they will be exiled together, I think this can at least change the atmosphere of sacrifice in my court, this trend is not stopped, sooner or later the land in the world will still be sacrificed to the gentry by those people, and at that time, there will be fewer and fewer fields that can collect taxes. It is nothing more than dedicating the people to stability and partiality. Like Yan Chong and Xu Jie's case, regardless of the internal reasons, they all regarded the surrender of land as "forcible plunder" and returned to the original owner, so that the surrender is actually a matter without any risk, when the main family is there, they can enjoy tax exemption and tax service, the main family falls, and their land is returned to them, well, let them take advantage of the world, this time, it is just to stop this wind, and to enrich the population of the vassal states! ”

Population!

In overseas colonization, population is the most important, in Shi Yiwen's plan, the so-called "house slaves" have long been in his calculations, five or six thousand households even if there are only nine tribes? There are more than a million people who have broken the sky, but what if they are connected to their house slaves?

I'm afraid it can reach tens of millions of people!

"Even the house slaves, this ...... Will there be too many people involved? ”

After thinking about it, Zhang Juzheng said.

"If you are exiled with the house slaves, I am afraid that there will be no less than 10 million people involved, there are too many people, and it is easy to make trouble, I think this matter can be slowly figured out, and it cannot be rushed......"

"Shousuke is wise."

Taking a deep breath and setting his eyes on Zhang Juzheng and Ma Ziqiang, Shi Yiwen said quite confidently.

"The princes of Yifeng, although it seems that the expenses are huge, but if it is done properly, not only will it not drag down my Ming, but will also stimulate the development of my Ming, such as stimulating the shipbuilding industry, the shipbuilding industry will inevitably drive the development of the logging industry, the iron industry, etc., the imperial court can obtain rich taxes through the collection of customs duties, and the increase of workers will further prosper the local economy. At most, five years, all the vassal kings will be easy to seal Nanyang, when the time comes, the imperial court can save Zonglu 8 million stones every year, in the future, even if there is a new crown prince, it is only a hundred thousand taels of expenses, and the imperial court saves the clan's rice, reward, is not a small amount. No matter how you calculate it, the imperial court has taken a big advantage! And ......"

Shi Yiwen continued.

"After the easy sealing of the South Seas, the vassal royal clans are bound to sell their property, and the landless and landless people can naturally benefit from it, and before the country, they will also buy all kinds of daily necessities, because the ships are limited, and the vassal states are likely to need to go to the South Seas in batches, and it may take five or even ten years for a country to move, which at least guarantees that in the next ten years, not only the maritime trade will flourish, but also the trade in various places will become more and more prosperous, but, in my opinion, millions of people have migrated overseas, The boom in maritime trade must have stimulated the imperial court's customs revenues. ”

"Well, that's possible."

Ma Ziqiang nodded, and after agreeing, he looked at Shi Yiwen, and then asked.

"But how do you open this head that is easy to seal Nanyang?"