Li You immediately understood that the so-called extraterritorial meaning was the area outside the inherent territory of China. To his surprise, Yizhou and Yazhou were not within this range. According to this statement, the two counties of Jiuzhen Rinan are estimated to be within this range.

"Your Majesty, these places are bitterly cold places, and many places are even uninhabited for thousands of miles. Should the princes be sent over there, should they have some troops, or should they have the right to call up some men? Li You couldn't help but worry.

"At the beginning, a city with a population of five hundred, to what extent it will eventually develop, depends on their ability! I allow them to recruit private soldiers of no more than 3,000 people, but the specific defense of the border still has to be handed over to the Great Chu army! If they can't stand such an environment, they can come back and be a marquis, but the private soldiers must be disbanded, and they will not be qualified to be crowned kings again in this life! Li Ming said solemnly.

"Opening?" Li You couldn't understand this description a little.

"In short, I will build a city for them in their fiefdom to live in and to settle the people under my rule. I'll transfer five hundred people to him. It is up to him to decide how to raise the population, how to develop the economy and agriculture. Yes, including the appointment and training of officials, it is also up to the prince himself. Except for the entire territory after deducting the military power, almost all the others are owned by the king. Govern. Li Ming said with interest.

It's a crazy idea, and it's based on the current state of China. Nowadays, most places in China are still wild lands, and even if they want to develop these places, it may take two or three hundred years. Li Ming didn't have that much money to develop places like the Korean Peninsula, the Indochina Peninsula, the Nanyang Islands, and the islands of Shikoku, so he simply subcontracted out.

However, the biggest bottom line of subcontracting, the first point must only be that one's own heirs have this qualification, and the second point is that they must control the military power. Li Ming did not want these feudal kings to eventually counterattack the Central Plains, nor did he want them to wantonly expand their territory and eventually infringe on the interests of other feudal kings.

"I see, that's ......" Li You probably understood that the conditions for Da Chu's title were very harsh, and the key was Li Ming's intentions.

Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, what kind of king the prince was made depends on how much favor they received. The Great Chu Emperor obviously intended to do the opposite, no matter how favored he was, he had to be crowned king in a foreign land, and the treatment of all feudal kings was actually the same.

The key is to be crowned king, and every prince can consider it before deciding whether to be crowned king. If you don't become a king, you will be a marquis, but you are allowed to go out and join the army, but your identity is not so noble; If you want to be crowned king, your status is noble, but you can't stay in China, the key is that if you mess around in the fiefdom, in the end, everyone will be gone, and it is the king himself who suffers.

Not to mention anything 'young' or 'still a child', and the crown is twenty years old, already an adult. Then the mistakes should be held responsible. But then again, if this kind of kid who only knows how to come and enjoy the hug, I'm afraid that he won't choose to be outside the king's territory, it will be a pain for them at all.

On the contrary, if the fiefdom can still be built under such conditions, then the talent of the king will be highlighted. The key is that this national policy can be implemented, even if these feudal kings make a fuss, or even change the day, at least every emperor is a talented hero.

"The prince's mother's family, can you contribute?" Li You felt that there were some things that still had to be asked, "If you can contribute, I'm afraid that the prince will rely more on the mother clan in the future!" ”

"This is also the most tangled place for me at the moment, Xiaoru, you are a free rider, what do you think?" Li Ming asked rhetorically.

As a parent, you certainly don't want your child to suffer. Where outside the territory he still doesn't know? Don't say anything else, let's just talk about the situation in Jiaozhou, it is still the result of four hundred years of development, and he doesn't even dare to go over to see it in the Nanzhong region!

Not to mention the Indochina Peninsula, the Korean Peninsula and the three northeastern provinces, it is simply a bitter cold place.

But as Li You said, if you let the mother clan join in, then I am afraid that my children will rely on the mother clan very much in the future. The most terrifying thing is that if the officials of the entire fiefdom and the cronies of the feudal king are all from the maternal family, then this feudal king is like a puppet. Even if there is a rebellion, the king may even be pushed out to carry the black pot.

"What mother would be willing to let her child suffer, and she would secretly beg her mother's family, hoping to take care of her grandson. Excluding Concubine Dong (Dong Ji) and the two Concubine Qiao (Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao), the queen, princess, Concubine Peng and Concubine Mi have a lot of net worth, and the Taiyuan Wang family is even more of a big gate, afraid of conquering the general of Peking University, they will secretly help. Li You smiled.

After a pause, he continued: "If the concubines want to help their children secretly, then if Your Majesty wants to intervene, it will destroy the relationship between husband and wife for so many years. If you don't go with the flow, don't support or disagree, let them do it. We will do a good job of supervising and punish those who plan to set up the act of sealing the king. In fact, if the prince can't even control this well, then it's better not to be the king, and come back to be the marquis, didn't Your Majesty also give them the opportunity to come back and be the marquis? ”

"Well, that's all there is to it!" Li Ming nodded, this was obviously a safe way to deal with it.

The matter was settled, and naturally, it soon spread. Sometimes there are really no secrets in the palace, even if Jia Xu and Li You have tried their best to avoid major secrets leaking out. Something that is not very important, or even a little bit of gossip, spreads very quickly.

For example, the system of foreign kings, many people can't help but be surprised when they hear about it. It is said that parents love their children and are eager to leave the best for them. As a result, Li Ming did the opposite, and actually pushed his son to the bitter cold land.

Seeing that secrets are not secrets, Li Ming simply officially announced his decision at the court meeting two days later. The marquis and the king can choose to be a marquis, but the children of the descendants will forever lose the qualification to inherit the throne. When you see the emperor, you can't call you 'imperial brother' or 'imperial uncle', you can only call you 'Your Majesty', and the emperor calls each other 'Aiqing' or 'X Hou'.

The feudal king, which still retains the right of inheritance, is almost semi-autonomous in the feudal state. The problem is that it is too bitterly cold, there is only one city, and there are 500 people. There may be some tribes around, but one can turn into an enemy if you're not careful.

Sealing the king, it turned out that it was so difficult for Da Chu. In contrast, although he has lost his nobility, he can still stay in the Central Plains, have a livelihood, and even become an official or general, which may be more comfortable.

Officials can also understand the deeper meaning. In the past, the Han Emperor sealed the royal family in China, which also had the meaning of defending the imperial family. After all, although the royal family is the largest family in the world, it will also become the target of the world's family valves. If you don't have a few of your own family members to help you, the royal family will have a hard time.

Li Ming is not the king of Huaxia, but he does not restrict the marquis. The royal family is so rich in heritage, it may not become a force to be reckoned with in the military and political circles in the future. If you have to say it, although this identity is gone, but the bloodline is the same, at the critical moment, they will help out, after all, under the nest, there are no eggs?

Of course, the ministers had no meaning for Li Ming's arrangement, after all, this was an internal affair of the royal family, and they were not qualified to object. At most, it's just a matter of helping to improve the regulations and make the system better.

When the news came out, it was the princes who were really entangled, and they began to think about whether they would be crowned kings or marquises.