In this auction of trade rights, many failed merchant groups were unwilling to let the 'Puyang merchant group' gain a family, and many merchant groups used their power in the court to carry out a large-scale attack on the 'Puyang merchant group', saying that the other party had 'many illegal acts' when carrying out commercial activities.

Seeing this situation, Sima Shu of course understood in his heart that this was just a jealousy move by everyone, and in order to appease and raise more money, he decided to engage in another auction of the franchise of trade.

Merchant groups that have previously participated in the auction of the Indian Ocean trade franchise are exempt from paying the entrance fee, while new applicants are required to pay an additional 10,000 silver dollars. As a result, eighty percent of the merchant groups that were defeated last time participated again, while only one new one participated.

This time, Sima Shu did not do anything, and continued to push and auction off the trade franchises of "Western Ocean" (west of the Lion Kingdom, including Persia and all parts of East Africa) and "Ocean Empire" (east and north of the Japanese Kingdom).

In the end, the imperial court made a lot of money just by auctioning off the trade franchises in various places, and basically did not have to worry about the military expenses needed for the westward expedition, and even the reconstruction plan of Jiangdong was also fully funded. In order to support the development of the merchant groups, Sima Shu allowed the major merchant groups to form a certain size of escort fleet or hire the Great Jin navy as needed.

In short, after this redivision of interests, the overseas trade of the Great Jin Dynasty developed rapidly again.

Just when the whole court was rejoicing because of the huge amount of money raised, another news that shook everyone spread: Emperor Sima Shu was preparing to set up a vassal again! The initiative of dividing the seal first came from Yang Xuanzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and just a few days ago, Yang Xuanzhi put on a "Please Divide the Seal": "...... The ministers look at the former dynasty and the country so long-lasting. Mo Ruofeng princes thought that the rock was solid. Qin merged the six countries, dismissed the marquis, and died in the second generation; Han has the world, and the county participates in the construction, and it also has more than 400 years old; Cao Wei abolished it, and it cannot be permanent. The feudal law can be obeyed......"

After Yang Xuan wrote the book, he would normally send it to the ministers of the court and the central government for discussion. Du Xi, who has been appointed as the deputy assistant of the cabinet and the left servant of Shangshu, wrote hard overnight, and Chen Yan was not feasible: "...... If feudal princes. Dr. Zeqing is a good man. It will be thick. In addition, Gyeonggi does not pay much tax, and all the capital outside of Gyeonggi is used to seal the country. Funding is scarce. Again. Yan, Qin, Zhao, and Dai all brought foreign Yi. If there is an emergency, it is difficult to rush to the ...... after the pursuit of troops in the mainland."

Shoufu Zhang Bin even wrote "On Feudalism". Against separation: "...... The royal family was immersed, starting from the feudal screen and turning into enemies. The family is very customary, the country is different, the strong bully the weak, the tyranny and the widow, and there is no peace in the Spring and Autumn Period for 200 years...... The length of Zuo will be in the time of the day, the government or the rise and fall, and the relevant personnel ...... Yun Zuo is short, destined from the sky, Yao, Shun Dasheng, keep it and can't be fixed; Han and Wei were slightly cheap, and they couldn't refuse. Now the descendants of the Xun Qi have the people and the community, after the change of the world, they will be arrogant and arrogant, attack and kill each other, and the harm to the people is especially deep, if it is better to ......live in the same place as if they obey the order."

Zhongshu Ling Jiangtong's attitude is a bit compromised: "...... If you divide the king's sons, don't make it too big, and live in the states and counties, and maintain each other, so that each one can guard its own territory, work together, and support the Beijing room; In order to place the official liao, all the provincial departments are selected, outside the law, it is not allowed to do arbitrary punishment, tributary etiquette, with a pattern. This system must be made, and all generations will be safe......"

The courtiers had different opinions, so Sima Shu gathered some important ministers to discuss in the imperial study, and the opinions of these ministers were almost overwhelmingly opposed.

Ji Shao, who served as the imperial history of the left capital, said: "The minister thinks that the proposal of dividing the feud is absolutely not feasible, and after a hundred years, I am afraid that it will be a disaster, and I pray that Your Majesty will think deeply!" ”

If it was a few years ago, or a year ago, if someone dared to suggest that the feudal domain be re-sealed, Sima Shu would definitely think that the other party had ill intentions and conspiracy. But since the southern tour, Sima Shu's thoughts have been touched a little. Of course, maintaining the county system of mainland China is an established national policy and cannot be changed.

However, for places far away from China such as the South Sea, the Ocean and the West, under the condition that the Great Jin Dynasty is currently unable to implement the county system, maintaining a certain feudal state is definitely a beneficial and harmless measure. The most important thing is that you can also train the children of the royal family through such measures, and even see the ability of the princes.

Seeing that the cabinet ministers were very opposed and Sima Shu was not easy to forcibly suppress, he cautiously said tentatively: "Ladies and gentlemen, the proposal of Lord Shangshu Yang of the Ministry of Rites has some truth. ”

At this time, before a minister could speak, a petty official on duty suddenly said aloud: "Yang Shangshu's proposal seems reasonable, but it is not true!" ”

Seeing this, Pei Wei shouted: "The emperor discussed with the ministers, you are a six-grade petty official, and you dare to make noise?" The one who spoke was Wen Qiao, a household official, who was originally just ordered to do a "secretarial" job.

Sima Shu waved his hand to prevent Pei Wei from further reprimanding Wen Qiao, but said gently: "If Wen Aiqing wants to say, I will be reasonable with your opportunity, forgive you for being rude, and if you can't say it, you will be punished together." ”

Wen Qiao saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the etiquette of the Zhou metric system in the past has been passed down for hundreds of years, and it is inevitable that the etiquette will collapse, and the princes of the world will be in chaos, which should be a lesson from the past!" ”

"There are lessons from the past, as long as the etiquette system is complete, it can naturally be avoided." Yang Xuanzhi argued.

"When the Zhou metric system was ritualized, wouldn't the people of the time call it complete? However, time has passed, and today's rules may not be implemented a hundred years from now. At the beginning, the Duke of Zhou took the rebellion of Wu Geng, the clan participated, and made rituals to maintain the foundation of King Wen and King Wu, hundreds of years later, but it was the royal road that could not be done, and the Zhou family sank, but he could not get the lord of a city and a city. This Wen Qiao knows some of the principles of "advancing with the times".

When the others heard this, they said, "Lord Wen is right! ”

The Privy Council envoy Zu said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are warriors, and they are not as reasonable as their civil officials." The minister only knows that in recent years, we have made great progress in the world, and one way is to ban the local vassals and implement the county system, so that the treasury is full. That being the case, if we restart the feudal domain, wouldn't it be a repeat of disasters like the Eight Kings Rebellion! ”

And Pei Wei didn't forget to interject: "Your Majesty, don't forget the story of King Zhao!" Pei Wei reminded Sima Shu that when he was still the crown prince, Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, tried to overthrow the rule of Emperor Hui Sima Zhen, and even rebelled on the day of the prince's wedding.

Seeing that the people below were boiling against Yingtian, they all disagreed with the proposal of separation. Sima Shu did not have any dissatisfaction, but was a little happy. He knew that these ministers were thinking about the interests of the imperial court, which was what Sima Shu was most pleased with. I saw Sima Shu smile slightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry, listen to me." The reason why you oppose the feudal domain is because you are worried about the recurrence of the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Central Plains, right? ”

Seeing that everyone nodded to show that Sima Shu was right, he continued: "I really have no intention of re-establishing feudal towns in various parts of the Central Plains. This time, the reason why I took out Yang Aiqing's recital for everyone to discuss was because I thought it was necessary for the imperial court to set up a feudal town in a remote place. ”

"Establishing a feudal town in a remote place? Is Your Majesty saying that in South Asia, Australia, the Americas, the South Seas, etc.? Zhang Bin asked.

"Well, it's these places, as you know, these places are too far away from our homeland, and some places take months to go back and forth at a time, and the imperial court is really powerless to manage them effectively. Therefore, I felt the need to re-establish feudal towns in these places. Sima Shu finally turned over his hole cards.

"Oh, that's right, it's not impossible!"

"Well, Your Majesty has a point!"

Everyone finally understood the true intention of Emperor Sima Shu, and originally wanted to set up a vassal in a remote 'wild' place, so that everyone would not be as fierce as before. The only one who was a little depressed was Yang Xuanzhi, who wanted to fight for his grandson to get a good feudal country in the Central Plains, but he didn't expect that the emperor Sima Shu would transfer it to a remote place.

On June 9, Emperor Sima Shu issued a decree to crown Sima Yu as the Duke of Sakhalin, to receive the Duchy of Sakhalin, and to set up the North Island Prefecture to govern Sakhalin Island and the adjacent islands (present-day Liwen and Okushiri Island); Sima Biao, the prince of Fengyan, was the prince of Jeguo, led the principality of Jeju, centered on Jeju Island, set up Jeju Prefecture, and governed Jeju Island and Tsushima Island;

Sima Yu, the third son of the emperor, was the prince of the Ryukyus Kingdom, led the Ryukyu Principality, set up the Zhongshan Prefecture on the island of Okinawa, and managed the Koryuga Quest to appease the Captain's Mansion (including the Okinawa Islands, Amami Islands, and Osumi Islands in the Ryukyu Islands, but excluding the Sakishima Islands, as well as the Yaku, Seed, Takeshima and other islands);

It's just that because the three princes have not yet graduated from the academy, they have not been able to go to their respective subject country councils in person, and for the time being, they can only be acted by the ministers of each subject country, the governor, and the imperial historian. However, in order to train his sons, Sima Shu specially ordered the princes to go to live in their own subject countries during the holidays. In addition, Sima Shu also crowned the son of his uncle, King Huainan, as the prince of Singapore, responsible for the management of the Nanyang lands.

In the end, Sima Shu moved Sima Rui, the king of Langya, to be the king of Australia, and the former Australian Governor's Office was under his ownership. In order to support Sima Rui's development of Australia, Sima Shu even "recruited more than 20,000 soldiers and civilians to accompany him" and carried out a centralized immigration.

In this way, in the remote "overseas" of the empire, there are five "feudal states" of the imperial family, and if you add several princes who will grow up in the future, I am afraid that there will be more overseas principalities in the future. However, the establishment of these feudal states did not have an impact on public opinion within the Great Jin Dynasty, mainly because these feudal states were all in remote places.

The only thing that surprised everyone was that Sima Rui was reinstated by the emperor so quickly, and he also got such a large fief. Australia is much bigger than Jiangdong, and even Sima Rui himself didn't expect that he would be used again so soon. For this purpose, he went to the palace and kowtowed to thank him.

Emperor Sima Shu encouraged the other party not to have other ideas, to operate well after arriving in Australia, and at the same time to ensure the smooth trade between Australia and China, and most importantly, to ensure that China's interests in Australia could not be damaged. (To be continued......)