Chapter 823: If a Scholar Wanhu Hou (I)

"It takes thousands of miles to read thousands of books, and a person's achievement is mainly determined by his vision." Chen Xie looked at Xia Yunyi with a smile, and the meaning of his words was very clear. Even if she was reluctant to give up on her child, Xia Yunyi had no choice but to sprinkle her breath on her son, raised her foot and gently touched Xia Wanchun's calf, and sighed: "Ask for hardship, don't complain in the future." ”

Xia Wanchun respectfully saluted his father and said: "The child wants to emulate the sages, for the Ming Dynasty, for Huaxia, for the Xia family, and at the same time, for himself, to earn a million families to come back." As soon as the words fell, Chen Xie smiled and said: "North America is a vast land, with more than 10 million local indigenous people, if you can really make a career, this ten thousand households may not be able to earn it." ”

"Please go to Lingxiao Pavilion, if you are a scholar and a marquis?" I don't know which one in the crowd shouted, and it immediately attracted a sound of conformity. Looking up, a young man in a green shirt was already standing behind Xia Wanchun at some point, and everyone was excited, thinking that it was Xia Wanchun's young classmates.

After the excitement of the Xiaguan Wharf, the next day, Xia Wanchun's article "If a Scholar Wanhu Hou" was published on the front page of "Ming Pao", which lit up the pride and ambition of Jiangnan students to go to foreign lands to expand their territory. The first group of people who went to North America was called the expedition team or advance team, and the second group of people who went to the United States had another title, the "pioneer team" of North America.

The North American colonization plan was initiated by Chen Xie, and the people had not yet begun large-scale publicity. Just like Australia, after the discovery of gold mines, there was no need for much government propaganda at all, and private fleets flocked away.

Taking the opportunity of his trip to Nanjing, Chen Xie accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from Ming Pao and solemnly emphasized. There are already Europeans colonizing the North American continent, and it is a little late for the Ming Dynasty to go now, but it is not too late to make amends. At the same time, it was pointed out that all colonists who went to the United States must submit to the administration of the Governor's Palace, and at the same time could obtain a private territory from the Governor's Palace.

It's up to you to understand it. Smart people will know when they look at the colonization of Nanyang that as long as you have the ability to grab land or resources, the colonial government will recognize and protect them. As for the attitudes of the local natives, who cares? The intelligence services in Java have come up with an approximate figure of about five million local natives who died during the Ming colonization.

The reason why there is such a large-scale death toll of indigenous people is related to a verbal secret military order issued by Chen Xie, "All those who are Chinese." If a natives injure one, they will take the lives of a thousand of them in retaliation. "This military order will not be announced to the public, it is something that belongs to the unspoken rules. However, the garrisons in various localities never dared to violate this article, but if anyone did not act, they would be demoted at the least, dismissed from their official position, and returned home early to retire. What's more, after going to a military court. According to the severity of the punishment, all of them were shot.

Outside the window is a drizzling spring day. The huge government conference room in Huating New District was full of people. The person in the center was naturally Chen Xie, and the meeting was attended by official representatives, five captains of the navy, and more than a dozen non-governmental representatives. As a representative of young students, Xia Wanchun was honored to attend the hearing.

"The Hawaiian side came back with a clipper ship and a message that the advance team had successfully established itself in North America. Regardless of the discovery of gold mines. The coalition must be strongly supported. Since we have arrived in the Americas, we should not have the idea of being guests, but the spirit of ownership. The local indigenous people are very backward in science and technology, and they are still using stone tools and bone weapons extensively. And it was confirmed that there were once Europeans who arrived there. But not much was left behind. We're already a step slower, so pick up the pace. The size of the North American Pioneer Team of the Ming Dynasty, the navy is still escorted by five warships, and the main task is to replace the advance fleet. After the pioneer team and the advance team, they should establish a colonial government in the area as soon as possible. The North American continent has its own peculiarities, so my demand is that all people are soldiers. No one without military training is allowed to set foot on the North American continent. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Xie named Xia Wanchun's name and said: "Cungu, will you shoot?" Xia Wanchun immediately stood up and said: "Back to Grandpa, when the student was studying in Gewu Academy, he received military training and could be proficient in using a new rear-loading rifle. ”

"That's good, you young people, when you go to North America, you have to be local officials, not only to be able to shoot guns, but also to be able to ride horses. If you go out, you can be a general, and if you enter, you can be a phase, this is my requirement for you. In the future, the North American colonies will expand to a certain extent, and those who have accumulated credit to a certain extent will be able to be crowned by the imperial court. "Chen Xie is mentioning the imperial court, not an overseas alliance. This is not empty words, but an agreement was reached with the emperor and the imperial court, and the overseas alliance had a certain number of vassals. Of course, it was bought for money, but from whom? Of course, it's Zhu Cihong, the emperor. However, this number of places is limited, and it does have to be linked to merit. Once you have a knighthood, after quitting the military and political field, you automatically become a member of the upper house. This alone can drive ambitious people crazy. In contrast, no matter how good a person does in the country, it is impossible to get a knighthood, which is a rule written into the constitution and implemented from the date of promulgation of the constitution. Not only military generals, but also those who can open up territory for the Ming Dynasty can be knighted as appropriate.

This meeting was actually an elaboration of a plan, which was personally directed and formulated by Chen Xie, which was unconditionally implemented by the military and joined voluntarily by the people. The general principle is a word, if you want the land of North America, you will grab it yourself. If the looted area is large enough to pay a certain amount of tax revenue to local governments each year, the Governor General of North America will naturally report to the Union headquarters. This merit is measured not only by military merit and taxes, but also by the Governor's Office's evaluation of the competence of officials.

All in all, the Overseas Alliance had its own evaluation system, but it was also recognized by the Ming Emperor. Because of the emergence of a new political system, even if the cabinet has an opinion about the emperor's knighthood, it cannot say anything to stop it. The current emperor cannot interfere with the ruling power of the cabinet, which is called constitutionalism. But the emperor could make his voice heard through propaganda management, and through the nobility of the upper house, put forward his own political ideas. This is the constitutional model that will only appear in the freak of the Ming Dynasty, although the imperial power cannot dictate the regime, but the cabinet cannot be like in Longqing and Wanli, requiring the emperor to be raised as a pig. The parliament has become a wrestling ground between the imperial power, the political power, and the legal system, while the military department and the military have their own systems, and the annual military expenditure has to be approved by the parliament. Fortunately, the military department and the military of the Ming Dynasty do not have to worry about the expenses of the navy for the time being, otherwise they will be poor to death.

The scale of the plan is much larger than the size of the advance team, and it is planned to recruit a civilian team of twenty armed merchant ships, and the civilian team will raise its own funds and recruit personnel. After arriving in North America, they can develop on their own and form a small local government. Roughly speaking, a group of people who assume to be armed merchant ships, after arriving in North America, the people of this ship can go and grab the land on their own, and after snatching it, they can set up a town government or the like, and after the governor's palace determines the territory, the legitimacy of the government is recognized.

The essence of this rule is to encourage private careerists to pay their own money, take a group of people to North America, and then grab money, grain, and land, and live a "brother is the mayor" addiction. If you accidentally get mixed with a county magistrate and the registered population under your rule reaches 100,000, then congratulations, you can report to the governor's palace and apply for the lowest level of baron.

The people in the advance team still don't know about this new rule, and after the pioneer team brings the news, everyone will have a goal. As far as the governor Li Heng is concerned, if the population is 100,000, he can get a baron, 500,000 can be named viscount, 1 million people can be made earl, 5 million people can be made marquis, if it reaches 10 million, congratulations, the duke is in hand. Of course, this is only one of the assessment options, and the local government's tax revenue must meet a standard, and if it does not meet the standard, even if the population under the rule reaches the threshold, it will not be approved by the Union Parliament.

For a young man like Xia Wanchun, his blood was already boiling after listening to a general rule. When he came out of the venue in a daze, he only reacted to his companions, and then after saying what he remembered, the more than 100 young people outside the venue were all red-faced. Knight, who wouldn't want to.

"Why don't you take a hook with you!" Someone in the crowd shouted again! Immediately resonated and shouted in unison with everyone: "Why don't the men take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures." Please go to Lingxiao Pavilion, if you are a scholar and a marquis? ”

The young people who can enter the Gewu Academy and graduate smoothly are all handsome in the land of Jiangnan. And these people's net worth is not bad, more than 100 people get together, each bring a suitable servant, and an armed merchant ship carries the personnel. A group of young people were enthusiastic and discussed until midnight, and the initiator Xia Wanchun was naturally elected by everyone, and asked him to take the lead, and tomorrow they would go to Ningyuan together to see Chen Xie and ask for the name of a team to come back.

Early the next morning, everyone gathered together and arrived at Ningyuan by carriage, Chen Xie had just gotten up. When he was still freshening up, the next person reported it, and Chen Xie thought for a while when he heard the news and ordered: "Let people go to the restaurant to order some breakfast, and the young people must not have eaten breakfast." After the explanation, Chen Xie came out and met everyone.

The excited Xia Wanchun stood in front of the crowd, bowed and said, "Grandpa, Wanchun is not talented, and the princes will not give up endorsement." I beg my grandfather to choose a name for our team. As soon as Chen Xie heard this, he secretly complained, he has never been good at this kind of thing.

Immediately said: "Young people must be down-to-earth and not opportunistic." One sentence first crooked the building, and after everyone who said it was red-faced, then the conversation changed and said: "I can't help you get a name, lest someone say that you are a fox and a fake tiger." In this way, in order to commend you young people for your courage to be the first in the world, this father has specially approved a batch of arms for you. ”

When everyone was depressed, they turned around. There was a cheer all of a sudden, the name was nothing, and the arms were a solid benefit. A group of people jumped and jumped excitedly, Chen Xie smiled and looked at it for a while before raising his hands and said, "Everyone, listen to me, this batch of arms is not easy to take for nothing." (To be continued......)