For a Venetian, digging up the wall is one of the best business methods, not to mention the depression and political chaos in the Eastern Roman Empire, many learned people have long wanted to escape from this desperate place.

However, the Catholicism of Western Europe was not very friendly to the Orthodox Christians of the Eastern Roman Empire, and these scholars of the Eastern Roman Empire did not leave for a long time to flee to Western Europe.

Regions such as Rus' and Bulgaria, which also profess Orthodox Christianity, were considered wild places by the Eastern Romans.

Naturally, scholars of the Eastern Roman Empire, who professed to be civilized, were reluctant to flee to these Orthodox areas.

Therefore, in Luo Ledan's view, it is not too easy to recruit scholars from Eastern Rome to come to the Ming Dynasty.

For Westerners, the East is a symbol of power, wealth, and civilization.

Compared with the dark Europe that was still in the Middle Ages, for the people of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Ming Dynasty in the East was like a beacon in the dark night sky.

As long as there is a little preferential treatment in economic conditions, it can attract countless scholars of the Eastern Roman Empire to go to the Ming Dynasty to explore happiness and truth.

"Your Royal Highness, what kind of treatment do you plan to give to scholars from the Eastern Roman Empire?"

Loridan felt that there was no problem at all in recruiting scholars from the Eastern Roman Empire.

Zhu Han naturally has no clear concept of the salary treatment of the Eastern Roman Empire and Western Europe, so he can only make his own standards according to the treatment of the Ming Dynasty.

"Now the Ming Taixue is teaching, a month's salary is five taels of silver, that is, ten silver coins, higher education is eight taels of silver a month, that is, sixteen silver coins, and ordinary professors are twenty taels of silver a month.

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Zhu Han carried out a drastic reform of the higher education of the Ming Dynasty, which was not only reflected in the courses he taught, but also increased the income of scholars who were originally meagre and meager.

Respect for knowledge is the only way to have a future.

Now the teaching professors of Daming are all high-paying positions that everyone envy.

As soon as Zhu Han finished speaking, Luo Liedan's mouth opened wide in surprise, and his face was full of envy and jealousy.

He never thought that these scholars of the Ming Dynasty would be able to get such a high salary.

"Your Royal Highness, please believe me, these scholars of the Eastern Roman Empire do not need to reach the salary level of Ming scholars at all, they only need half of them to be able to recruit countless talents!"

The finances of the Eastern Roman Empire have been almost depleted, and there is not much money to support scholars, and there are no religious restrictions here in the Ming Dynasty, so it is not too easy to let these scholars come to the Ming Dynasty.

"I'll leave this matter to you, whether it's astronomy, physics and mathematics, or any other discipline, all of them will dig talents to Daming, after this matter is completed, I will consider giving you a title of Daming!" Zhu Han said with a smile on his face.

"What, Daming's title?!" Luo Liedan's breath suddenly became short.

In the past few months in Daming, Luo Liedan knows how noble Daming's title is.

Even the lowliest founding barons are treated almost more nourishingly in Europe than a small king.

And after obtaining the title of Daming, he automatically obtained the status of a Ming national, which means that Luo Liedan can freely engage in business and other activities by virtue of the status of a Ming nobleman, and there is no need to be the same as before, because the identity of foreigners is subject to various restrictions.

After getting Zhu Han's promise, Luo Liedan immediately took out 120,000 points of spirit and formulated a detailed set of tricks for Zhu Han to dig the wall.

Zhu Han was very satisfied with the set of methods proposed by Luo Liedan.

L'Lorriedan's approach is a three-step process.

The first step was to use commerce to establish ties with the Eastern Roman Empire and gain the trust and favor of the Eastern Roman Emperor John V and the people.

The identity of the Venetian was very suitable for helping the Ming Dynasty to connect with Eastern Rome.

The second step was to infiltrate the Armenian region through the Persian region and support the local Armenian kingdom.

In this way, it could help the Ming to establish a direct connection with the Roman Empire through Armenia, and facilitate the direct transfer of various talents from the Eastern Roman Empire to the safe passage.

Armenia is located on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, and the Eastern Roman Empire is located on the western shore of the Black Sea, with several celestial states such as Ottoman Turkey in the middle.

Armenia is weak, and if it can get the support of the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely actively help transfer immigrants from the Eastern Roman Empire.

As for the third step, after these immigrants arrived in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court helped them issue various biographies and travelogues, the content of which was naturally used to record the prosperity, wealth, greatness and enlightenment of the Ming Dynasty!

As long as these biographies can be popularized, then in the future, all kinds of talents in the Eastern Roman Empire will regard the Ming Dynasty as the kingdom of heaven on earth.

At that time, there is no need for the Ming Dynasty to spend effort to take the initiative to recruit talents, just sit at home and wait for these talents from the Eastern Roman Empire to take the initiative to come to the door.

Zhu Han was very satisfied with Loretdan's method, and immediately allocated him 200,000 silver coins, and sent him more than 100 men and two of the best fast sailing ships to Persia as soon as possible to handle this matter.

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Yingtianfu, the Imperial Palace.

After Zhu Han told his brother Zhu Yuanzhang about poaching talents from the Eastern Roman Empire, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand this move very much at first.

Because in the eyes of the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty is rich in the world, not only the national strength is rich and strong, but also rich in all kinds of talents.

I have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang's point of view represents the vast majority of Ming people.

Because of Zhu Han's participation, Daming's various scientific and technological developments can almost be described as rocket-like speed.

As a representative city, Yingtianfu can be said to be changing with each passing day.

Zhu Yuanzhang and the others saw the changes in Ying Tianfu, and naturally they all understood how strong Daming's technology was.

"Brother, this matter is not only a matter of excavating talents in the Eastern Roman Empire, but also to broaden the horizons of Daming in the future!"

"As the so-called 30 years in the east of the river, 30 years in the west of the river. Daming is now alone in the world, but no one can guarantee that these barbarian Westerners will rise to surpass Daming one day in the future. ”

"To be honest, their rise, even catching up with the Ming Dynasty, these are not terrible!"

"The most terrifying thing is that at that time, Da Ming is not aware of these changes and is in a state of restlessness, that is the real danger!"

"Therefore, we regard the excavation of external talents as an important source for us to obtain external development information, so that we are not afraid that the Ming Dynasty will fall behind in the future without knowing it, and avoid the danger of being beaten backward!"

Zhu Han's tirade can be regarded as speaking to Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang was originally a person with a long mind.

Thinking about things is like playing chess, an ordinary person can see three moves and two moves, but he often has to look at ten steps.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang often thinks about whether there will be some people in the future who will not be able to defend this country and end up with a country ruined and ruined.

Therefore, he now issues various orders and policies, often wanting to achieve the long-term effect of being used for a hundred years.

Now Zhu Han clearly told him that for external threats, he could prevent and detect them early by recruiting these external talents.

This is simply too much appetite for Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Okay, great, let's just say that this matter costs 200,000 silver coins, it's really a bit petty, shouldn't you give that Luo Ledan more money to make him do it faster and better?" Zhu Yuanzhang is obviously very concerned about this matter.

Zhu also pursed his lips and said with a smile: "These Venetians say that they have been doing business for generations, but in fact, the capital of each family is not too big, 200,000 Hongwu silver coins are already equivalent to half of the net worth of the Luo Ledan family, which is enough for him to go to the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire to open up the situation first!" If he does a good job, and gives him some more rewards and more funds, it will not be too late! ”

The Hongwu silver coins are in very good condition, and the silver content is the highest of all silver coins.

200,000 Hongwu silver coins were enough for Loretin to open up the situation in the Eastern Roman Empire.

Brother Zhu Yuanzhang came to Zhu Han today, not simply to ask about this matter.

Instead, there are more important things to discuss with Zhu Han.

That is, now Zhu Yuanzhang, in addition to the four princes born to Queen Ma, there are almost ten other little princes.

These children are growing up one by one, and how they will be placed in the future must be planned in advance.

"What's the need to discuss? Naturally, it's a sub-seal! Divide them all into the new territory of the Ming Dynasty, let them spread out there, and consolidate the territory for the Ming Dynasty! Zhu Han said without hesitation.

"It's good to divide the seal, but where is the seal?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Now the territory of the Ming Dynasty is extremely vast, far exceeding any previous dynasty, and it is only slightly worse than the Great Mongolia in the early stage of its peak.

This also brought a happy trouble, that is, there were too many territories, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know where to divide these princes appropriately.

"The northwest is not suitable, the location there is too important, close to the border front, it is the west gate of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and it must be directly governed by the imperial court!"

"Yunnan in the southwest is a suitable place, you can divide one or two princes, where it has been hundreds of years away from the Central Plains court, and you must make great efforts to sinicize! Closely relying on the flow of officials, it is inevitable that once the three-to-five-year term of office expires, the policy will be invalidated! ”

Hearing Zhu Han's words, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang nodded very approvingly.

Immediately pick up a pen and write the word Yunnan on paper.

"What else?" Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked.

Zhu Han took a leisurely sip of tea, then smashed his mouth, and said slowly: "Liaoyang Province in the northeast can also place one or two vassal kings, which can not only effectively sinicize the place, but also serve as a powerful force to monitor the eastern part of the Mongolian steppe!" ”

Zhu Han then took Nanyang Medan, Dongshengzhou and other places as suggestions for separation.

All of these places belong to the Han nationality, and the population is very small, and the local indigenous people account for the vast majority of the population.

Naturally, it is necessary to learn the strategy of the feudal world of the Zhou Dynasty.

Take advantage of a small aristocratic elite population to rule and assimilate the local indigenous barbarians.

According to Zhu Han's detailed policy of dividing the feudal rule, these princes of the Ming Dynasty, after they go to the fiefdom as adults in the future, only need to rule for one or two generations, and they can all give these areas to the Ming Dynasty into permanent vassal states.

Because whether it is Medan in the South Seas or Dongshengzhou in the New World, the appearance of the local aborigines is not very different from that of the Central Plains, and the culture is seriously backward, almost equivalent to the primitive tribes, which is very convenient to accept the civilized rule of the Ming Dynasty.

The places that Zhu Han said are very much in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions.

But there was one place that was very unexpected for him.

"Uszang? Is it even going to be sealed here? ”

Zhu Han finally proposed this place, which surprised his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang.

Wusizang is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and since the collapse of the Tibetan Dynasty, the entire plateau has been in a state of chaos.

After the rise of the Mongols, they briefly ruled the Tibetan Plateau, but the harsh climate of the region made it unbearable for the brave and warlike Mongols, and soon put the area under the jurisdiction of the Xuanzheng Yuan, which was equivalent to giving them a high degree of autonomy.

When Chen Youliang occupied Sichuan, he fought a series of fierce battles with the Tibetan tribes in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, inflicting great casualties on them.

After the Ming army occupied the southwest, in the face of the more powerful Ming Dynasty, the Qinghai-Tibet-Tubo tribes took the initiative to surrender in good faith.

The Ming Dynasty opened a wide range of mutual markets in the Xichuan area, and high-quality and low-cost materials quickly poured into the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, alleviating the embarrassment of the serious shortage of various local living materials.

The various tribes of Tibet are more convinced of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the various Central Plains dynasties in history were strictly guarded against the Tubo people, from the salt and tea needed in their daily lives to the iron and metal products, all of which strictly restricted the amount of trade.

The Ming Dynasty has now gradually entered the age of firearms, and the status of the original cold weapons has gradually declined, and the Qinghai-Tibet-Tubo tribe no longer restricts the trade of various metal and iron tools and other materials.

Although the Qingtang in Tibet, that is, the strongest Qingtang armor produced in Qinghai.

But even the strongest Qingtang armor can't stop a musket from the Ming army.

In fact, the vast majority of the Tibetan tribes were not so fierce and warlike, and after receiving the material supply of the Ming Dynasty, their basic survival was guaranteed.

How could they take the initiative to engage the powerful Ming army?

"Now there is no monarch in the Qinghai-Tibet generation, and there is no unified Dharma king, it is the most suitable time to promote the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Han hurriedly said beside him.

At present, the division of the various tribes in Tibet is not only a political division, but also a religious division.

Several schools of Tibetan Buddhism have grown rapidly over the past few hundred years.

Each denomination affects a considerable amount of land and population.

At this time, if the Ming Dynasty sent a vassal king representing the central government, it would be easy to control the various factions in the hands of the imperial court.

"According to what you mean, if you divide this Usizang, do you still have to let him lead the various sects?" Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked.

Zhu Han smiled, the old brother really guessed his mind.

"That's right, that's what I think, the Tibetans believe that the monk King will be reincarnated, so the court will send a vassal king, not only to rule the local education of the people, but also to manage the reincarnation of the monk King in place of the court!"

"Any reincarnation that has not been allowed by the Ming Dynasty is illegal!"

"Since it is illegal, it is impossible to obtain the canonization of the imperial court, and it is not qualified to lead the people!"

"If anyone is reincarnated illegally and dares to preach illegally, then the Ming Dynasty will use his head to strictly enforce the law!"

Zhu Han's strategy has proved to be an effective means in later generations.