"Liu Qing, I know that you have some things that are inconvenient to say in front of everyone, and now there are only you and me, so you don't have to have any scruples."

"Great Khan, the ministers should speak endlessly."

"Okay, do you think the idea of the emperor is feasible?"

"It's possible, but it's not enough."

"Not enough?"

Kublai Khan was sitting on horseback at this time, riding a horse and walking with his confidant Liu Xiaoyuan on the grass of the Schönbrunn Palace hunting ground. Dozens of cowardly Xue and black eunuchs followed far behind, and it was impossible to hear the conversation between the two.

"Why not enough?" Kublai Khan said, "In the past two years, the number of banner people has increased greatly because there are too many concubines. Now that you are no longer allowed to take European women as concubines, the number of people can always be controlled, right? ”

Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile: "Great Khan, with all due respect, this matter is not easy to manage, at most the concubines of other families do not take a share of the flag salary, they will still accept it, and there will still be countless children of mixed race who are born of Qi and Europe." ”

Kublai Khan was stunned for a moment, and when he thought about it, it was the same thing. How many little wives does he, the Great Khan, really have in charge of other people's houses? And he can't manage it if he wants to, now the Mongol Empire is so big, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to Lithuania in the east, how much can Kublai Khan manage?

"Liu Qing, you must have a way, right?" Kublai Khan looked at Liu Xiaoyuan again, and saw that the other party had a confident face, so he laughed, "Say it quickly, my Zhuge Liang, don't sell Guanzi." ”

Liu Xiaoyuan immediately bowed his hand, "The minister obeys the order." Then he paused, and then said slowly, word by word: "The population of the banner people has grown too fast, so that the state is insufficient, and the Great Khan has established a state and county in Europa. There is also the ban on the Europa script, and the war against the countries of Europa. As well as the Ming Dynasty and the English dialect, it is actually a whole. It must be considered and implemented together. will receive the effect of long-term peace and stability. ”

Listen dizzy! Kublai Khan frowned, and just wanted to ask, but Liu Xiaoyuan had already said it to himself.

"These things take together, that is, our country does not have the system that a country should have. It's all just scratching. For example, the Eight Banners system is now only a military system, and there is no way to manage the civil affairs of the Eight Banners, so everything is left to the disposal of each banner. Another example is the designation of provincial capitals, prefectures and counties, and the establishment of yamen at all levels...... It is said that it is said every day, but how are the officials of the yamen at all levels produced? How to supervise and where to recruit the officials and officials did not have a charter yet. There is also the new annex of Europa, which has also been shouting for a long time, but so far there has been no way out. So when all aspects of things are gathered together, it becomes out of control everywhere and can't be managed. In our country, we want money but no money, and we want things but no things. Need...... There are not many people who can really do things. ”

When Kublai Khan heard this, he only nodded slightly. Now it is a grassroots creation of a country, and naturally everything is careless.

Liu Xiaoyuan continued: "There are priorities, and controlling the number of flag men is not a top priority. If the Great Khan felt that the state was insufficient. You can follow the method of King Lianjun (Huang Ebo) to prohibit intermarriage, and at the same time stop the flag salary of European women who vote for concubines. But to really solve the problem. We have to start from the roots. The question of how many people there are in this flag is, in the final analysis, a question of how much interest my Eight Banners intend to occupy in the future country...... The benefits of this country are numerous. If all the children of the Eight Banners belong to them, how can the people of Shengdou make a living? Shengdou Xiaomin has no way to make a living. How can this country be stable? The Great Khan now wants to limit the number of bannermen, in fact, in order to give the Europa a way to live. At the same time, we must also give the Europa people who are willing to give us their lives an upward channel. ”

Kublai Khan smiled: "This is also for us to live, now we are just embarrassed by the knights and priests of Europa, there is no need to force their serfs to a dead end." Otherwise, who will farm the land and who will work? We have worked hard to lay down the land, are we all pastures? ”

Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile: "What the Great Khan said is very true, our people did not come to Europa to graze and farm, but to be masters. Naturally, this lord can't be too much, if the lord is more than the serf, how can the serf afford it? Therefore, the population of the banner people had to be limited. But once the population of the banner people is to be controlled, then we will be a minority. With a minority dominating the majority, the minority cannot be dispersed. We have millions of eight banners, 200,000 strong troops, gathered together is an invincible heavenly soldier, if it is sprinkled everywhere like pepper noodles, once there is a change, it will be a bad thing. ”

"Yes...... too," Kublai Khan frowned, "you have a point...... The master can't be too much, and there is no money to support him if there are too many, but it is difficult to convince the public when there are few people! Alas, what a dilemma! ”

The problems that Kublai Khan encountered in Europa now are about the same as those encountered when the Manchus first entered the Central Plains. To outnumber, to the small number of people to rule the country. Although he could rely on the butcher's knife to fight a temporary obedience, he could not overcome his own weakness - Kublai Khan's Mongol Eight Banners group, like the Manchu ruling group, was a bandit group with all the people in the army!

Kublai Khan had no way to transform this bandit group into a production organization, and the purpose of following him was to conquer a territory and become a master. If Kublai Khan can't fulfill everyone's desire to be the master after getting Europa, the morale of this team will be scattered.

Since everyone wants to be a master, then the number of this master can't be too much, otherwise he can't afford to raise it. And the best way to control the number of lords is, of course, family planning...... Oh, it's the amount of control lord fucking! The old man was born to the old man's mother, if the old man can turn the daughters of the poor middle peasants into his little wife, then soon the little master will surpass the little poor middle peasants, and naturally he will not be able to afford it. When the time comes, not only the poor and middle peasants will not be satisfied, but even the old men will not be satisfied.

Therefore, keeping the master in the minority is an inevitable choice. But as soon as the master is less, the rule will not be very stable, and he can't rely on the master alone, but will use the lackeys to help rule. With lackeys, it is natural to divide some oil and water to the lackeys, and the old man can't eat all the oil and water.

And in order to maintain the military deterrence of the minority masters, it is necessary to concentrate most of the lords to live, and not scatter them all over the place, otherwise there will be no soldiers available once something happens.

Liu Xiaoyuan talked to Kublai Khan one by one about his thoughts, but Kublai Khan couldn't help nodding. Clearly, Kublai Khan was very pleased with Liu Xiaoyuan's analysis. As a matter of fact. The various methods proposed by Liu Xiaoyuan are almost the most feasible.

"First of all. We should concentrate the population of the Eight Banners with Paris as much as possible. Now that the Quartet is not quiet, the soldiers of the Eight Banners still have to fight in all directions. But the families of the Eight Banners are best concentrated in the city of Paris. This is also convenient for the Khan to supervise and supervise, so as not to disobey the people below.

Secondly, we must make good use of flag slaves. The banner slaves were nominally slaves, but in fact they were nobler than the Europas, and they were the intimate servants of the Great Khan, and they should also be concentrated in the vicinity of Paris, like the banner men, and these banner slaves did not have to pay the banner, but they could be errands. They can be arranged to take care of pastures, flag fields, Huangzhuang, and various workshops. The Seine (customs) and the local customs (road checkpoints) can be taken care of for them. If the errand is done well, the flag slave can also carry the flag, can also be an official, and can be reused.

Third, in addition to the flag slaves, we also have to use Europa people as pawns, and we also have to give pawns a way to rise. It can be a imperial examination, it can be a military merit. The Great Khan doesn't have to worry about the Europa man's anti-...... right now"

"Won't there be a rebellion?" Kublai Khan shook his head, skeptical.

"There will be rebellion. But it can't be the climate. ”

"What will be?"

"Because the vast majority of Europa people can survive under our rule, and they are better than before."

Liu Xiaoyuan smiled and said: "This Europa people are also expensive and cheap, and the Europa nobles have been driven away and killed by us." Now it's on our turf. Nine and a half of the ten were original serfs. The Great Khan only had to give the land that had belonged to the lord of Europa to the serfs of Europa, so that they could become yeoman farmers and pay taxes to the imperial court. Their lives will be stable, so why rebel? And for whom will they rebel? This man's heart is always looking for comfort. When the obedient people of the Great Khan can be fed and live in peace, the enemies of the Great Khan have only one way to die! How many people will come out and die for their country while they can live? If there is such a person. How could it be a serf? ”

At present, some parts of Europa under the rule of the Mongols are actually less populous and more land, and as long as the Mongol rulers do not fool around, it is still easy for the poor and middle peasants to have enough to eat. In the words of later generations, this is an era in which slaves are firmly seated.

Rebellion, it's really not the mainstream.

"Reasonable!" Kublai Khan pondered for a moment, "In this way, my Great Mongolia can live in peace and stability in Europa for a long time!" ”

Liu Xiaoyuan said: "That's about it." ”

Kublai Khan laughed and said, "Hehe, I almost forgot that there is an opponent of Da Ming!" ”

In Kublai Khan's view, the only one who could become Mongolia's opponent was the Ming Dynasty. The Holy Roman Empire and the Holy See in the south, but the thieves who defend their homes, are already thankful that they can rely on the Alps and the Pyrenees to protect Italy and Iberia. And England, Sweden, Norway and other countries in the north are also not worth mentioning. If there is no Ming Dynasty to support them, they can only be a vassal of Mongolia.

"Is there any progress in contacting Daming?" Kublai Khan asked in a deep voice.

"There has been some progress," Liu Xiaoyuan said, "Chen's family has contacted Chen Dexing's black eunuch." ”

"Chen Dexing's black eunuch?" Kublai Khan was stunned, "How could such a person come to Europa?" Can you be sure? ”

Liu Xiaoyuan said: "This black eunuch's name is Selassie. Solomon, whose public identity is the vice president of the Daming Atlantic Chartered Trade Chamber of Commerce, was sent by Chen Dexing to manage Atlantic trade. ”

I don't know what kind of brain Liu Xiaoyuan's family has, when he sees a black man with a little power, he treats him as a eunuch.

"Atlantic trade?"

"Without the consent of this chamber of commerce, no one is allowed to trade through the Atlantic!"

"Domineering?"

"That's right."

"It's Chen Dexing's approach." Kublai Khan paused, "This black eunuch is here to make money for Chen Dexing, right?" ”

"And buying white slaves," Liu Xiaoyuan replied. "It's from us."

"White slave?" Kublai Khan was stunned, "What do they want white slaves to do?" ”

Liu Xiaoyuan shrugged, "I don't know about this...... However, Great Khan, we have goods in our hands, we have arrested a lot in the past two years, and after a while, we will ban the Europa script, and we will have to arrest them, and there is no money to take them if we kill them, so it is better to sell them all to that black eunuch. ”

Kublai Khan waved his hand and said, "It's all a small matter, you can do it yourself." ”

……

The sailboat sailed slowly on the Seine, and I don't know how long it went, but on both sides of the river were farmstead, and the golden waves of wheat gently rose and fell with the sea breeze blowing on the English Channel, indicating that the harvest season was approaching.

The Europa villages are dotted in the middle of this golden sea of wheat, and as dusk approaches, the smoke of the cooking stove rises, giving Laifu a sense of déjà vu standing at the bow of the boat - as if he has returned to his hometown in Taizhou, running a farm with his father and younger brother.

"Official, official, it's time to eat." The sweet voice sounded in his ears, pulling him back to reality, this is not Taizhou, and he is not a farmer. It is the Atlantic Chartered Trade Chamber in Rouen, and the commercial superintendent of the Atlantic Governor's Office in Rouen! The former position is on behalf of the Chartered Trade Chamber of Commerce, while the latter is a diplomat of the Ming Empire!

Yes, Reifer has gone up now, too. He is a dignified official of the Ming Empire! And the level is actually not low. According to the Ming bureaucracy, the governor was subordinate to the first-rank administrative officer, while the Atlantic Governor's Office, which had diplomatic powers, could send consuls and commercial overseers. The former is a four-grade administrative officer, and the latter is a four-grade administrative officer.

After learning about Selassie. Solomon had reached an agreement with the secret envoy of the Mongol magistrate Liu Xiaoyuan to go to Rouen to meet with him. Chen Chongguan immediately put Selassie. Solomon and Lai Fu were recruited to the Governor's Palace, and Lai Fu was given an official photo, appointing him as the overseer of the four products of commerce!

It looks like a bit of a child's play, but the Ming official system is like this! Administrative appointees do not have to be senior, nor do they need to be promoted at the first level. As long as it is required by government and appointed or approved by the emperor, parliament or plenipotentiary governor, he can take office immediately. However, as soon as the term of office of the administrative appointee expires, he immediately takes off his official hat. Their kind of officials are not like affairs officials, they have iron jobs to hold, and they can be promoted step by step, and it is difficult to be promoted and demoted, and it is even more difficult to demote - if Lai Fu is from the fourth grade affairs officer, then he is almost the top bureaucrat of the Ming Empire, and from the fourth rank affairs officer, he is almost the head of the departments and bureaus under the cabinet office (the officer is also a affairs officer in theory, but it is two lines with the civilian affairs officer).

Although the official hat is not very reliable, Lai Fu must be an official this time, and he will also represent the Daming Atlantic Governor's Mansion to meet with the Grand Judge of Mongolia! It's really a bit of a monkey and a crown, and even Lai Fu himself is a little foggy. All the way was in a daze, and his wife called him several times and told him to go to dinner, and he just reacted. (To be continued.) )