Chapter 435: Dividing the Land
Countless heads of Manchurian military aristocrats and Han gentry of the Qing court were loaded onto ships and transported away.
The reason why it was loaded and shipped away was to prepare to be sent to the Qing court-ruled area in various ways.
Of course, it is not that Zhu Youzhen is kind-hearted and wants to let the heads of these Han thieves return to their hometowns for burial, but to build a Jingguan in various ways to achieve the purpose of deterring the Manchus.
Countless people were also tied up in batches and sent to various factories to undergo labor reform.
Countless young people were sent to Dongfan Island.
From a certain point of view, whether it was the victory of the Manchu War or the victory of the rebellion against the vassal king, Zhu Youzhen brought great gains, not only prestige but also these human resources.
The capital industry in the form of trusts in the Ming Dynasty began to enter a stage of rapid development.
Although the age of steam has not yet arrived, it is infinitely closer.
A large number of human resources were assigned here due to the defeat of the war, which gave a great boost to the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty.
Although there are captives who die every day due to various accidents, after all, there are only a few.
After all, although the value of the lives of these laborers is very low, they are also valuable, and the factory will also issue precautions and management rules to reduce the losses of laborers.
After a large number of laborers promoted industry, what Zhu Youjian saw was a significant increase in the output of industrial basic raw materials such as three acids and one alkali in the Ming Dynasty.
The stockpiles of guns, artillery, warships, ammunition and other ordnance and baggage have reached an unprecedented level.
A large number of factories continue to expand.
The factories in the southwest of the entire city of Nanjing extend almost to the area of Taiping Province.
Between Jiangning Town and Jianyangwei, Ma'anshan, which belongs to Taiping Province, has been officially established as the second center of the new industrial zone in the Ming Dynasty.
Almost all basic industries such as the steel industry and the chemical industry have been expanded here.
And there are millions of people concentrated here.
There are officials, academicians, scholars, professors and other professional scholars or craftsmen, as well as a large number of low-level managers and obedience to labor.
The Chongzhen Type 21 flintlock pistol was also able to quickly equip the entire army in large quantities because of this.
The main equipment of the Ming Guards is rapidly being updated.
During this period, after the execution of war criminals was completed, Zhu Youzhen and the first assistant of the cabinet, Gao Hongtu, began to preside over the expansion of the fiefs of the vassal kings.
As soon as they heard that the court was really going to discuss the expansion of the fiefdom, the vassal kings were all excited at first.
On the day when the court meeting officially began, the vassal kings all got up early in the morning.
Although it is now a harsh winter and very cold, they all came to the Qianqing Palace early to wait for the start of the court meeting.
"How do you say Your Majesty will expand our fiefdom, whether to seal us in Hangzhou or Huzhou or Jiazhou or Yangzhou?"
"Look at it alone, I'm afraid it's Nanchang, Wuchang, Ruichang, Shunchang, and Guangchang."
"It doesn't matter what state he is, although the Ming Dynasty is in a safe corner now, but in the end it is going to be peaceful, where can the southern country be free, even if His Majesty gives Qiongzhou to Lone, Lone is also happy!"
Because Zhu Youzhen said that they wanted to expand their fiefdoms and even re-divide them, these vassal kings have been studying the Ming Dynasty and those territories these days.
These vassal kings now have a lot of treasures about the existing prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty, and even if they discuss it now, they can say that several states and several Changlai can be said in one mouth.
"Today's court discussion is not only to expand the fiefs of the vassal kings, but also to discuss the granting of fiefs to the nobles above the earl of the Ming Dynasty."
At the beginning of the court meeting, Gao Hongtu, the first assistant of the cabinet, spoke first.
However, as soon as the words of the cabinet chief assistant Gao Hongtu fell, the vassal kings present were stunned, they did not expect that His Majesty would not only expand their fiefs but also give fiefs to the nobles.
When the vassal kings took a look, they saw Huang Degong, Qin Liangyu, Zhou Yuji, Liu Fangliang, He Xin, Li Banghua, Li Mingrui, Liu Kongzhao, Zheng Zhilong, etc.
They were all surprised, and they were all secretly thinking that His Majesty now really wanted to emulate the former Taizu Great Feudal King and his ministers?
It seems that Da Ming is really going to start over.
Therefore, Gao Hongtu first put forward a sentence: "Before the matter of dividing the feudal matter to the court, the ministers have to say a sentence first, all the princes should understand a sentence, the so-called Putian, is not the king's land, the shore of the land, is not the king's minister, since Your Majesty wants to divide the land of the world into a part of you, although you are noble, you should also abide by the way of the ministers, do not have evil thoughts, the blood of the anti-thief of the Taiping Gate has not dried up, and I hope you can remember!" ”
When the head of the cabinet, Gao Hongtu, said this, the vassal kings and the meritorious heroes and nobles hurriedly got up and responded.
And Zhu Youzhen also stood up and shouted: "Bring the map!" ”
Sure enough, after a while, several members of the cabinet took out a huge map.
The vassal kings and heroes are a map of the world at first glance, and the Ming Dynasty seems to be only a part of it.
"I believe that you and others also know what kind of map this is, this is the whole map of Kunyu Wanguo!
It's just an improved, more accurate map, all the lands in the world we live in are on this, and now the territories that don't have a government on this are all my Ming's!
From now on, I! That is, the Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty officially announced to the world:
These lands are all my Ming territory!
And it was also renamed by my Ming Dynasty, here is called America, here is Oceania, here is Africa, here is Asia, here is named after Antarctica.
These territories are the inherent territories of the Ming Dynasty and must not be violated by anyone!
I have ordered the household department to count the amount of fiefs of the princes and other vassal kings, and the prince will be sealed by ten times, the county king by eight times, and the county king and below by five times; Meritorious Meritorious Honors, the duke is given according to the standard of the house, the marquis is given according to the state, and the earl is given according to the county;
However, the fiefdom should be west of this mountain range (the Ural Mountains), west of the river (the Ural River), west of this lake (the Caspian Sea), and then along this mountain range (the Greater Caucasus Mountains all the way to Uszambi, Manchuria, Sumatra, and beyond the Lesser Orient!).
This mountain range (Ural Mountains) is destined to be the Daming Mountains, this river (Ural River) is destined to be the Daming River, this lake (Caspian Sea) is named the Daming Sea, the entire ocean (Pacific Ocean) is named the Daming Ocean, and the territory in this region is the entire Asia Minor, which is the central territory of the Ming Dynasty!
In addition to this, all the vassal kings and meritorious nobles are free to choose, and now there are many so-called Western powers in this place that will soon be called Europa, of course, if you want to have your own fiefdom here, I will also agree to you, but it will take some time and force to do it.
Do you have any objections to this? ”
When Zhu Youzhen asked this, the vassal kings were dumb.
Naturally, they have objections, but they don't know what to say, and they can't directly say that Your Majesty, you have been playing tricks on us!
On the contrary, it was the heroes and nobles who expressed their attitude first: "The ministers have no objections!" ”
In the past, meritorious heroes and nobles were at most those who received a large number of titles and enjoyed some tax-free privileges, but did not divide the land.
And now that they have been given fiefs, they naturally have no opinion, although these fiefs seem far away and very unreliable, but it is better to have their own land than nothing.
Therefore, the heroes and nobles directly agreed with Zhu Youzhen's decision, and were even very happy, after all, it is indeed a good thing to be given a fief.
(End of chapter)