Chapter 789: Feudal South China Sea
"Stand down, all of you!" Seeing this, Emperor Wanli knew that this method was probably a bit appalling, and it was not appropriate for more people to know, so he repelled the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting left and right, and waited quietly for Li You's method. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that he can emulate the old techniques of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the feudal princes can control these overseas Xinna territories." Li You threw out his plan, "Since it is very difficult for the imperial court to control these overseas territories by itself, it is better to give them to the royal clan, noble relatives, and meritorious ministers, and order them to govern themselves, although these places have great potential, but they are inseparable from the support of my Ming Dynasty in a short period of time, and the imperial court only needs to control them through assistance and commercial contacts, and earn rich benefits for the Ming Dynasty; This move can solve the problem of the increasing number of clans and the increasing pressure on the imperial court to provide for them; second, it can expand financial resources to alleviate the problem of insufficient finances of the imperial court; Third, it can divide the ministers and relieve the pressure on the imperial court when expanding maritime trade; Fourth, we can solve the increasingly serious problem of land annexation in the Ming Dynasty, overseas land far exceeds that of my Ming Dynasty, and the domestic people can go overseas to beg for food even if they have no land, and it is not to the point of uncovering the rod. ”
Emperor Wanli's face suddenly became solemn when he heard this, and he knew the reason why Li You wanted to avoid the eunuchs and palace maids on the left and right, if this plan was leaked out, I am afraid that the hundred officials in the court would make a fuss.
Just when his face was cloudy and carefully considering this plan, Li You threw over another shocking sentence, "Weichen knows that His Majesty has long wanted King Fu to replace the position of the crown prince, but it has not been able to achieve it due to the obstruction of hundreds of officials in the court; If His Majesty takes the lead in canonizing King Fu, the opposition of the officials in the court and China will probably be even smaller; And as long as you choose a rich place for King Fu to develop, if there is something in the Central Plains in the future, King Fu can also return to the teacher to help, and there will be no ...... in the future" This remark is already very bold, and the last few words should not be said after all, but presumably Emperor Wanli has understood the meaning.
"Bold!" Emperor Wanli was also shocked by his words, and he angrily reprimanded Li You, but when he calmed down and carefully pondered Li You's suggestion, he felt that it seemed to be very feasible.
First of all, Li You expanded the feudal extravagance to the royal family, nobles and important ministers of the court, this is a reward for splitting the soil, and many people must be quite tempted, right? In this way, he has to face a lot less pressure, and the territory to be divided is overseas, without the slightest damage to the interests of the Ming Dynasty, but it can solve a lot of troubles for the Ming Dynasty and strive for a lot of benefits, which can be described as a lot of benefits.
Secondly, Emperor Wanli is not worried about the control of these divided lands, when the Ming Dynasty opened the country, the Mu family Yongzhen Yunnan was canonized, and Li You said that the division is not much different, so many years have passed and the Mu family has not seen any trouble.
Expand financial resources, solve the problem of clan support, and let the people displaced by land annexation have a place to go...... These benefits also made the Wanli Emperor quite tempted, these problems have gradually overwhelmed the imperial court, if these problems can be ended, then the Ming Dynasty will usher in Zhongxing, he has no doubt about this.
In the end, although he was reluctant to let King Fu leave his side, but since King Fu now has no way to inherit the throne of Prince Dangshen, it is not a wise choice for him to stay in the Central Plains, maybe it will be better to go overseas, just like what Li You said, if something happens in the Central Plains in the future, maybe the descendants of King Fu can still usher in the opportunity to ascend the throne of the Ninety-Five, which is also a wish of his.
After a few days, Li You was summoned to the palace again and secretly discussed with Emperor Wanli for several days; Later, the Wanli Emperor suddenly issued a holy decree to canonize Li You as the chief soldier of the Nanyang Naval Division, and ordered him to help establish a new naval army, so the long-sealed Liujiagang Shipyard was opened again, and the construction of a new type of warship modeled after Western warships began to start; In addition, various artillery factories, gunpowder factories, ironworks and other factories began to be built in Foshan and other places.
The officials of the imperial court criticized this a lot, but the Wanli Emperor did not have a labor household department for this move, but supported these expenses from the wealth plundered from the Wa State, and they did not have a good way for a while.
Li You transferred capable personnel from the Zheng family army stationed in the Wa State to enrich the skeleton of the Nanyang naval division, and trained an elite army in a short period of time, and immediately launched an attack on Nanyang after the ships were built and the artillery was properly placed.
When the good news came, the Wanli Emperor rarely appeared in the court, and immediately issued an order to canonize this newly occupied land to King Fu, and equipped him with enough troops and staff, and ordered him to rush to Nanyang to take office; When this holy decree was promulgated, the hundreds of officials in the court were suddenly silent, and the British nobles did not say a word, and these noble families had already received the news of the Wanli Emperor, and knew that they also had their share of the separation, so how could they object?
And those civil officials have long been impatient with the competition between King Fu and the crown prince, and now although they feel that this matter is not in harmony with the ancestral system, but when they think of being able to solve the problem of the prince's status once and for all, it is not easy to oppose it for a while, so the matter was reached, except for King Fu's mother who cried to Emperor Wanli a few times, almost no one objected.
Li You did not stop attacking after placing the King of Fu, the islands in the South Seas were attacked by him, and the princes of the clan, the sons and daughters of the nobles were divided into various parts of the South Seas, at the beginning, people also took this as a punishment, but soon after, these people's fiefs gradually found rich reserves of minerals, coupled with the land of three crops a year and the industrious and brave Han people, these places were gradually managed to be impressive, and it became a rare paradise.
At this time, the atmosphere of the imperial court changed greatly, and those civil officials also tried their best to participate in it, wanting to get a piece of territory for their families, more warships were built, and more troops joined the sailors.
However, despite this, the expansion of these Westerners in Asia was also quickly restricted by the Ming Dynasty, and Tianzhu, Jiaozhi, Siam and the Nanyang Islands gradually became the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty.
Not only in Asia, but also in Asia, the Ming Dynasty also assembled a huge fleet and began to explore the way to Australia and the Americas, and the world has changed dramatically.