"Aiqing's eyesight is good," Zhu Youzhen smiled at Li Chunye, "Once the Ming Dynasty has Malacca, it will be connected with Myanmar, and then the Ming Dynasty will have a passage to enter Malacca from the road." ”

Li Chunye's heart was turbulent, compared to Zhu Youzhen's outlook on Daming when he was still the king of letters, now Zhu Youzhen is more calm to deal with the surrounding situation, he knows that Zhu Youzhen does not necessarily value this land, but values Malacca, from now on, Daming can reach Malacca by sea and land, if the cement road in Myanmar is extended to Malacca, Daming no longer has to worry about the safety of Malacca, with Zhu Youzhen's favor for the cement road, there is a complete possibility.

"Your Majesty, is Malacca going to be a province?"

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Li Chunye, and said in his heart, it is better to let the other ministers say this, "If the Ming Dynasty wants to control Malacca, it is natural to establish a province here, but I am a little hesitant, whether to establish a province or two provinces here." ”

The ministers again picked up the map of the South Seas, and compared it with Suvoy Province, the land on both sides of the Malacca waterway was too large, and it was separated by the wide Malacca waterway, so the opinion that the two sides of Malacca should be divided into two provinces prevailed.

"Since all the secretaries think that two provinces should be established, then two," Zhu Youzhen did not want to contradict the ministers on this kind of issue, with the participation of the ministers, it was not his arbitrary decision to establish a province overseas, "As for the names of these two provinces, referring to the opinions of the South China Sea Fleet, north of Malacca, it is called Daiyan Province, and south of Malacca, it is called Shunta Province!" ”

Dai Yan and Shunta were small states established by the later Han people in Nanyang, just like the Republic of Lanfang, which began when the Han people poured into Nanyang in large numbers and died with the colonial powers of the West.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" There was a congratulatory voice in the court.

Zhu Youzhen rejoiced in his heart, after this court meeting, the Ming Dynasty basically controlled the entire South China Sea, the South China Sea, and would become the inner lake of the Ming Dynasty, "Zhong Aiqing, do you think it is appropriate for anyone to serve as the governor of these two provinces?" ”

The court was suddenly silent, although some people coveted the wealth of Ma Liujia, but now the Ming Dynasty, greedy for ink has become a street rat, no matter how much Ma Liujia pays taxes, it can't get into his own pocket, Nanyang is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, high-grade officials, naturally unwilling to go to work, low-grade, it is estimated that Zhu Youzhen can't look down on it.

Zhu Youzhen sighed secretly, the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty are still too nostalgic for the prosperous land of the Central Plains, if they don't really can't live, I'm afraid no one wants to leave their hometown.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go to Malacca to take up his post!" After a long ink, a young official finally came out to participate.

Zhu Youzhen looked up and saw that it was a director of the Ministry of Communications, Cui Wusheng, because he was playing the right role, he was lowering his head, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but Zhu Youzhen knew him, he was a young jinshi, but his writing was not sophisticated enough, and he was admitted to the lower ranking, so he failed to enter the Hanlin Academy, and was sent to the field to be a magistrate.

After Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, the imperial court was completely reformed and six departments of the three courts were established.

Cui Wusheng is only twenty-five years old now, he is too young, and his career is smooth, he is not suitable to serve as a governor at all, too proud and too frustrated, it is easy for people to go to extremes, and only those who have been tempered to a certain extent will become talents.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to wait for it, but a new thought suddenly popped up, "Cui Wusheng, a good name, understand life, but Aiqing's time to understand life is too short, but it is not suitable to serve as the governor for the time being." ”

"Your Majesty......" Cui Wusheng made a fuss, "The minister knows!" ”

"On the east side of the entrance to the Malacca waterway, there is a small island called Temasek, where I plan to set up a government office, and Aiqing can go here to serve as the prefect."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cui Wusheng seemed to be weak, he originally wanted to go to Dai Yan or Shunta to serve as the governor, just like Zhang Ding, but he didn't expect Zhu Youzhen to only let him serve as the prefect.

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, "Aiqing, don't underestimate this Temasek, although the island is not big, I plan to set up a government here to tax all passing ships, but ...... Income tax must be paid in full to the Ministry of Taxation. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister understands."

"You don't understand," Zhu Youzhen shook his head, it seems that he has to be a teacher again, "Although Temasek is barren now, after the Ming Dynasty established a government here and set up a trade port, all ships passing through the Malacca waterway, whether they belong to the Ming Dynasty or other countries, will have to pay navigation tax to the Ming Dynasty, and the tax income is probably not a small amount, and Aiqing must not be unable to control it." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has always regarded money as dung, and he will never fail His Majesty's holy grace."

"That's good," Zhu continued, "Temasek, as a trading port, will allow goods to transit through the border, regardless of who the owner is, as long as they are not sold, and no commercial tax will be levied. ”

"Stopover in transit? Your Majesty ...... "Cui Wusheng was confused by Zhu Youzhen's words, one will be the navigation tax, and the other will be the commercial tax, he really doesn't understand Zhu Youzhen's true meaning."

"Aiqing does not need to be in a hurry, I will send someone to interpret Temasek's status for Aiqing." At today's court meeting, there are a lot of things, and Zhu Youzhen is unwilling to waste time on this professional issue.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Malacca." A director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chi Zhao, stepped forward.

"Haha, today is the court meeting for the directors to show their talents," Zhu Youzhen glanced at Chi Zhao, knowing that this person is nearly forty years old, is in the prime of life, and has a certain amount of experience, and is quite upright as an official, but he has always held a false position, and has not experienced the real test, and he will strengthen supervision in the future, "Aiqing is in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, familiar with Nanyang affairs, and willing to share my worries, I will entitle you as the governor of Daiyan Province." ”

Zhu Youzhen's criteria for appointing officials are honesty, loyalty, talent, and morality, and taking advantage of the lack of officials in the border provinces to break the practice of moving up from level to level; otherwise, when they reach ministers and prime ministers, they will all be in their seventies and eighties, and even taking care of themselves is a problem.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Although Zhu Youzhen has not yet officially drafted the decree, Chi Zhao still kowtowed and thanked him, and the oracle was also a holy decree.

"Chi Aiqing, I will also give you the treatment of Suwei Province, you don't have to pay taxes within five years, but the navigation tax of the Malacca waterway must be paid, and the three thousand soldiers from Huguang will be turned into police officers to maintain law and order in the future."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

"However, with the assistance of the South China Sea Fleet, the people of Dai Yan Province have already returned to their hearts, and Aiqing strives to open prefectures and counties in various places as soon as possible to complete the demarcation of the border with Myanmar Province." Zhu Youzhen thought to himself, after getting Nanyang, the army of the Ming Dynasty can rest for a while, and now that the crisis between the north and the south has basically been eliminated, it is time for domestic construction.

"The minister must keep in mind His Majesty's teachings and let Dai Yan Province and Myanmar Province be connected as soon as possible." Chi Zhao stood up and retreated to the back of the courtiers, the Ministry of Personnel has not yet written, and his rank has not yet been officially raised.

Zhu Youzhen was about to choose the governor of Shunta Province when the dynasty was about to elect him, and Qiao Yunsheng went out again to play: "Your Majesty, the minister has a word. ”

"Qiao Aiqing can say anything directly!" Zhu Youzhen looked at Qiao Yunsheng's posture, it should be another persuasion, so his tone was much colder.

Qiao Yunsheng arched his hand to Zhu Youzhen, which is regarded as a salute before the soldiers, "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty has indeed achieved unprecedented results in foreign wars, the north exterminated Jiannu, the southwest stabilized the two Tibets, and now a large area of land has been laid in the South Seas, in terms of martial arts, Your Majesty can be called the first Ming monarch in history." ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that Qiao Yunsheng only highlighted martial arts, and he couldn't help but be unconvinced, isn't Lao Tzu's cultural rule the first? The development of industry and commerce, the implementation of compulsory education, throughout the ages, which Ming Jun has such a big deal? However, it is useless to just boast, the key is the approval of the ministers, "Qiao Aiqing, between you and me, these false courtesies are not needed, what do you want to say?" ”

"Your Majesty," Qiao Yunsheng didn't look at Zhu Youzhen's face, and continued to bow his head and said: "But the minister doesn't understand, the bigger the land, the more difficult it is to govern, does Daming really need these lands?" If this development continues, how far will Daming develop? ”

Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly, "Aiqing has anything else to say, just go on." ”

Qiao Yunsheng let it go, "Your Majesty, is it really better to get bigger land?" Now in Guanwai and Nanyang provinces, the Ming Dynasty is no longer able to immigrate, which shows that the Ming Dynasty does not lack these lands at all. ”

Huang Liji and Li Chunye came out of work and were about to speak, when Zhu Youzhen stretched out his hand to stop them, "Qiao Aiqing is right, the Ming Dynasty really can't expand the land indefinitely-if it can't be effective, the land that the soldiers have worked so hard to build will be lost sooner or later." ”

Huang Liji and Li Chunye looked at each other, especially Li Chunye, he understood that Zhu Youzhen was just to enrich the strategic fulcrum of the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Youzhen admitted his mistake when he was in power, this is the first time, how will he expand his territory in the future?

"For a country, the bigger the land, the better, but I have made several expeditions, all of which are forced to do so, the Northern Expedition to Jiannu and Mongolia, that is because this is the national disaster of the Ming Dynasty, and there were large-scale Northern Expeditions during the Taizu and Chengzu years, so as to ensure the stability of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years."

"The minister understands that the minister has no intention of opposing His Majesty's Northern Expedition." Qiao Yunsheng thought that Zhu Youzhen wanted to avoid the important and light.

"There was a bloody incident against the Han people in the two Tibetan regions, and I was forced to raise troops to march south, this time Nanyang, it is a Western expedition to the door of the Ming Dynasty, if the Ming Dynasty can not resist the enemy and the South Sea, Xiyi will land in Guangdong and Fujian sooner or later, and it will inevitably be a war at that time."

“……”

Zhu Youzhen's face was cold, but his mouth was unhurried, "I also understand that there will always be an end to the war, and the key is the development of the Ming mainland. ”

"Your Majesty can think like this, it is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty and the blessing of the common people." Seeing that Zhu Youzhen completely agreed with his opinion, Qiao Yunsheng also accepted it when he saw it.

"But the Ming can't be anticlimactic in the South Seas, and the deployment must be completed," Zhu Youzhen really wanted to thank Qiao Yunsheng, with Qiao Yunsheng's opposition, his plan was easier to implement, "There is also a huge island in the South Seas, called Borneo, which is also called Bo Ni in the classics of the Ming Dynasty." ”