"Millions of displaced people?! Is the matter of Henan so corrupt? ”

"How much food will it cost to relocate millions of displaced people?"

"Moving the people from Henan to Liaodong is ...... Alas! ”

"I think King Qi is crazy, why are you moving so many people?"

"This money and food, the six departments and the five temples can't afford it, the king of Qi himself relies on the imperial horse supervisor to raise it......"

On the 26th of the winter month, when Zhu Youzhen returned to the capital with the news of the relocation of millions of displaced people, and Zhu Youxiao ordered someone to send it back to the cabinet, the Wenchen of Wenhua Hall immediately fried the pot.

The minds of hundreds of officials are chaotic, and some people want to use millions of displaced people to impeach Zhu Youzhen for his ineffective crackdown on bandits.

Some people are wondering if the relocation of so many people will be too laborious and costly, and whether the imperial court will not be able to support it.

Some people are sighing for the people, after all, walking more than 2,000 miles is simply a fatal existence for some old and weak.

Others are prevaricating the source of this money and grain, and they don't want the money and grain to fall on the heads of the five temples and six departments.

However, no matter how much they said, it was useless, and when Ye Xianggao said the final handling of the holy decree, everyone had a headache.

"The Taifu Temple issued 300,000 taels of silver, Guanglu Temple 50,000 taels, Jieshen Treasury 50,000 taels, 600,000 taels of households, and 1.5 million stones of Taicang rice were handed over to Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor."

After Ye Xianggao finished reciting the holy decree, his face became unsightly.

He had always supported the emperor and King Qi in the past, but this time even he felt that King Qi was really a little too tossed.

He knew that the king of Qi was a people who moved for the sake of the army that could have enough people in Liaodong, but he also knew that such a migration would consume the national treasury of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, these people migrated to Liaodong, and it took at least three years to reclaim enough acres of land to support them.

This means that the Ming Dynasty will have to support them for at least three years......

Thinking of this terrifying time, Ye Xianggao couldn't help but have a headache.

Naturally, he knows the benefits of relocating people, but the problem is that this kind of thing should be done at least until the political situation is stable, right?

Now Daming still has nearly half of the expenses spent on side affairs, and counting the Yu Lu of the Wu clan above, what can be used is only about thirty percent.

At this time, it should be to seek stability and keep the people in Henan, even if it is to dismantle the fields of Henan Wei, Ye Xianggao also supports it.

At the very least, the removal of the guards only needs to support these millions of displaced people for one year, but the relocation needs to be raised for three years......

Ye Xianggao will not understand why Zhu Youzhen stubbornly relocated the people, perhaps only Zhu Youzhen, who knows that Henan will experience six consecutive years of drought in ten years, knows that as long as there is an opportunity, he must quickly relocate the people of Shaanxi and Henan.

Reduce the population density of Henan, so that the people of Henan can get more land and have a higher ability to resist risks when the land is divided.

Only Zhu Youzhen knew all this, and if he said it, he could only return ridicule.

So he simply replied simply, there is not enough people in Liaodong, and there are not enough people to pass it by.

Such an approach is naturally dissatisfying, but it can only be honestly obeyed.

Just like now, even if they are reluctant, the six departments and the five temples still have to honestly allocate money and food.

The household department has become completely poor, and can only count on the arrears of the tax arrears of the Kaichun Imperial Horse Supervisor to meet the operation of next year.

Like them, the Imperial Horse Supervisor also began to allocate money and grain under the order of Zhu Youzhen and with the consent of Zhu Youxiao.

In more than two months, grain from most areas such as Shanxi and Beizhili had already been transported to the three major warehouses in Yanshan and Liaodong.

However, fortunately, there are still millions of meters on the way to the north in the south field of the Imperial Horse Prison, so Cao Huachun simply wrote to Wang An and asked the grain ships in the south field of the Imperial Horse Prison to go in two ways.

A road to transport 3.6 million stone grain along the canal north, after entering the Yanzhou Mansion, in the canal section, every ten miles set up a porridge shed with 1,000 stone of grain.

However, after leaving Shandong and entering Zhili, a porridge shed with 20,000 stones of grain was set up every fifty miles.

Another road, transporting 300,000 stone grain, after taking the Yellow River into Henan, in the route from Henan Kou to Luoyang, a porridge shed is arranged on both sides of the Yellow River every ten miles, and 1,000 stone grain and grass are stored.

In the north and south of the more than 600 miles of river, one hundred and twenty porridge sheds need to be arranged, and then there will be 180,000 stone of grain left.

These 180,000 stone grains are the relief grains that Zhu Youzhen will hand over to the clans in Henan, Shandong and other places.

It was impossible for the clan to go to Liaodong, because Zhu Youzhen's innovation was carried out locally, and it was sent to the clan after recovering the private land of the vassal king.

If Zhu Youzhen asked the clan to also go to Liaodong, then the clan would inevitably not support the reform.

Therefore, this is a concession that Zhu Youzhen has to make......

Under such concessions, Zhu Youzhen began to send orders to all armies to encircle and suppress and appease the rebels.

All rebels, as long as the leader surrenders, the rebellion can be blamed in the past, but they will be sent to Liaodong to reclaim.

When such news came out, Zhu Youzhen had already broken down, and the rebels who had collapsed surrendered without hesitation, and Zhu Youzhen also fulfilled his promise and did not kill these rebel generals.

He treated these people equally, and after the disrupt, they were placed by the Yellow River in Xiangfu County and north of Luoyang County, and set up a porridge field.

By the third day of the lunar month, the rebellion of Wenxiangjiao in Henan and Shandong provinces was completely put down, and the rebellion in Sichuan, Huguang, Zhejiang and other places was also put down by local soldiers and horses because the scale was too small.

However, the rebellion was put down, but it did not mean that Zhu Youzhen could go back.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, Zhu Youxiao issued an order to entitle Zhu Youjian as the temporary governor of Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong provinces, responsible for the aftermath of the military disaster.

So, Zhu Youzhen, who had just arrived in Xiangfu County, took the lead in giving instructions:

"The people of Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong provinces, displaced people, if there are people who are willing to open up Liaodong, they can go to the Yellow River ferry east of Luoyang, receive the disaster victims' card, and go north to Liaodong."

"There are porridge farms along the way, and after arriving in Liaodong, the imperial court distributes farm tools, and provides 120 catties of grain, 30 catties of vegetables, 2 taels of oil, and 3 taels of salt per capita every month."

"Until three years after the autumn harvest of the acres of land, pay 30% of the tax, and the rest will go to the people, and stop distributing grain."

In the carrying hall of the Zhou Palace, Zhu Youzhen sat on one side of the main seat, and on the other side was Zhu Suqin, the old king of Zhou, who dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and next to Zhu Suqin stood Zhu Gongqi and Zhu Shaoyan.

The three of them gritted their teeth, but they didn't dare to have the slightest disrespect, and Zhu Youzhen was like the master of the Zhou Palace, and ordered Lu Wenzhao, who was the first to sit on the left.

Lu Wenzhao is the commander of Tiancewei and Sun Shoufa, Lu Xiu and others, and the people sitting on the right of Zhu Youzhen are the big and small officials in Henan.

They looked down at their noses and noses, and they didn't dare to mix anything, for fear of being convicted by His Royal Highness the King of Qi, who had military power.

However, in the end, Zhu Youzhen still looked at them, but he still said to Lu Wenzhao:

"Officials and officials of the three provinces, if there are those who block the migration of displaced people and ordinary people, they will be confiscated from their homes and sent to Liaodong!"

Hearing the words "......" made the Henan officials feel cold, and the flesh on Zhu Suqin's face also twitched.

"Your Highness, is there anything else you need to add?"

Lu Wenzhao finished writing everything and looked up to ask, but Zhu Youzhen said:

"That's it, Jinyi Wei supervises well, and if you have nothing to do, you can step down......"

"......Retirement of the lowly post (last general)" Seeing Zhu Youzhen say this, Lu Wenzhao and many generals got up, they signaled to retreat.

At the same time, the officials in Henan also got up one after another, laughing awkwardly:

"Your Highness, Henan still has official business, and the lower officials and others will retire first."

Everyone knew that Zhu Youzhen was going to talk to Zhu Suqin about the clan, so they all said that they wanted to leave.

Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly, and the officials left one after another, and in the end, only the three Zhou Fan were left with weak hearts.

After everyone walked away, Zhu Youzhen picked up the teacup and said to Zhu Suqin unhurriedly:

"Uncle Zhou, you should have read all the reform regulations of this domain, right?"

"More than 60,000 acres of cultivated land in the Zhou Palace, except for the Yulu field, how about the Imperial Horse Supervisor buy it for 20 taels of silver per mu?"

Because the fief of the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty did not actually occupy the land, but the part of the land on the fief was retained in the local area and issued to the vassal king as Zonglu.

In addition, the actual distribution after Yongle was 30% of the quota during the Hongwu period, and the actual distribution after the 44th year of Jiajing's feudal regulations was an average of 20%, and the remaining part was recorded but never cashed.

Therefore, the capital that Zhou Fan has accumulated for more than 200 years is actually only more than 60,000 acres of land with land deeds.

These fields are currently being cultivated by nearly 20,000 clans from the Zhou Domain, and Zhu Suqin no longer has any expenses except for feeding these 20,000 people.

At present, Zhu Youzhen is willing to buy land with money, rather than buying it by force, which makes Zhu Suqin feel relieved.

At least after these fields were sold, Zhou Fan could still accumulate millions of taels of silver.

Coupled with the annual salary, you can also live comfortably.

However, looking at the appearance of his eldest nephew, it is obvious that he is not allowed to let the vassal king buy any more land, which makes Zhu Suqin have a headache......

"Uncle Zhou, my nephew has a business, I don't know if you want to do it......"

Zhu Youzhen suddenly smiled and spoke, this smile made Zhu Suqin and the three of them feel furious, and Zhu Suqin coughed and squeezed out a smile, pretending to be kind like an elder:

"What can the nephew of King Qi say directly......"

"Don't worry, I said that I could show Uncle Zhou something first." Zhu Youzhen smiled and took a scroll of scrolls from the table next to him, then unfolded the scroll, handed it to Zhu Gongzhen and said:

"Please ask Brother Wang to help lay it on the ground."

"Uh...... Good ......" Zhu Gongqi glanced at Zhu Suqin, and then laid the scroll on the ground, and as soon as the scroll was laid, a map of the world came into the eyes of the four people.

"It's ...... Kunyu Wanguo full map? No, it seems to be more precise. ”

"Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" is a world map drawn by Li Zhizao and Matteo Ricci and others, and clearly depicts all places in the world except Antarctica and Oceania.

Because of the comprehensiveness of the map, it was recognized and loved by the Wanli Emperor, and let the palace painters begin to copy this map and present it to the prince and the emperor's relatives.

Since then, "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" has spread to Korea, Japan and other Ming Dynasty vassal states, and it is not surprising that Zhu Suqin can recognize it.

However, what surprised Zhu Suqin was that this map was much more detailed than the "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu", which made people intuitively feel how big the world was and how big the "territory" of the Ming Dynasty was.

It's just that for Zhu Suqin, no matter how big the world is, it has nothing to do with him, but when he saw that the territory directly under the Ming Dynasty was so small, he was a little unconvinced.

"...... is this the nephew of King Qi" Zhu Suqin asked with an embarrassed smile, but Zhu Youzhen took out a three-foot-long, thumb-thin pear blossom wooden stick from the side and handed it to Zhu Suqin:

"My nephew thinks that this world is too big, and there are too many vassal kings, such a big world, if Uncle Wang is willing, he can give money in exchange for overseas vassals."

"On this map, except for the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, Uncle Wang can ask the price wherever he sees it......

Zhu Youzhen's words made Zhu Suqin want to scold.

For the feudal domains of this era, or for the whole world, the Ming Dynasty is the most civilized, clean, and wealthy place.

The so-called plundering and colonization of the New World can obtain 2,120,000 taels of gold and more than 9,000,000 taels of silver every year.

However, one-third of this gold and silver flows into the Ming Dynasty every year, and what the Ming Dynasty pays for is nothing more than some goods.

If the Ming Dynasty's business was big enough, for example, Zhu Youzhen's imperial store could trade between the East and the West, and the number of ships was twice that of European ships, all this gold and silver would go into the Ming Dynasty's pockets.

It can be said that as long as the Ming Dynasty maintains its armaments, it will be able to pocket all the gold and silver plundered by the Europeans, and this is the trade surplus.

Such a trade surplus also means that the same one or two silvers, purchasing power in Europe and in the Ming Dynasty are simply two worlds.

In the Ming Dynasty, the price of a white cloth is 200 Wen, but when you go to Europe, you need 1 or 2 taels of silver.

In Europe, one tael of silver can only buy twelve kilograms of wheat, and the same silver in Daming, even Liaodong, which has the highest grain price at the moment, can buy hundreds of kilograms of rice.

Food was still basic, such as brown sugar, porcelain, tea, and all kinds of goods.

When a pound of sucrose was cheap in the Ming Dynasty, it was only a dozen yuan a pound, and it was more than 20 times the price when it was shipped to Europe.

Even the living standards and material prices of the civilized kingdoms in Europe are so difficult, it is no wonder that Zhu Suqin wants to scold.

It's like telling a future generation to throw him into the Amazon rainforest and then give him a state.

Without a good life, just a title, who would want to go to that kind of overseas ghost place.

Zhu Suqin is now wondering if Zhu Youzhen exiled himself in the name of being a vassal overseas.

However, Zhu Youzhen can be said to understand his concerns very well, so he said to him:

"Naturally, I won't throw Uncle Wang into a wild place, and I won't let Uncle Wang go to the domain alone."

After that, Zhu Youzhen pointed to Nanya Road:

"Uncle Wang, this place is called ......"

Zhu Youzhen introduced to Zhu Suqin and others the eastern coastal areas of South Asia, from history to geography, to customs and customs, and then to the local land yield, which he described vividly.

After depicting, Zhu Youzhen spoke:

"If Uncle Wang is willing, he can give money and go out with the three guards of the navy army to lay down a rich land with acres of land for Uncle Huang, and build a country in this place or other places that have been developed."

"If Uncle Wang thinks that they are all foreigners and dislikes them, then he can recruit people from Daming."

Zhu Youzhen showed a smile like a profiteer, and finally said:

"To relocate a common people, Uncle Wang needs to give the court ten taels of silver ...... for migration"

"You're robbing money?!" Zhu Suqin's eyes widened, after all, if he really wanted what Zhu Youzhen said, he needed to pay silver for the three guards of the navy army to build a country for him to build a country with hundreds of miles.

After the founding of the country, he also had to move the people from the Ming Dynasty to the vassal state, provide food to the people for the first year, divide the land for the people to cultivate locally, and finally give the court ten taels of silver.

Ten taels for a person, what is this concept?

Even if you don't count the cost of supporting the people's reclamation, the migration of silver alone is a sky-high price.

If there were no loyal subjects who spoke the same language and used the same language, the kingdom would not have been established for long and would have been destroyed.

Zhu Suqin's head went through it, even if he only moved 100,000 young adults and craftsmen, he still needed to pay his eldest nephew one million taels of silver.

That's a million taels! The devil knows how much it will cost to conquer the territory......

Zhu Suqin's face ached, although freedom is precious, he was not willing to waste the silver, so he asked tentatively:

"If Lone agrees to go overseas, how much will it cost to ask for the silver of the navy Sanwei......

"Depending on the length of stay of the soldiers." A hint of cunning flashed in Zhu Youzhen's eyes, and he continued:

"Hiring a soldier and horse of the three guards of the navy army needs to pay five taels of silver every month, and asking for 10,000 is fifty thousand taels a month."

"But Uncle Wang can rest assured, with the strength of the three guards of the water army, he can conquer several cities in a month."

"After that, if Uncle Wang wants to, then you can ask Gongwei to defend the vassal country and train for Uncle Wang, and the nephew is also willing to sell firearms and armor."

"The cost of stationing in the Gongwei camp is three taels of silver a month."

"One battalion to defend the battalion is enough to fight against tens of thousands of barbarians here."

"If Uncle Wang is willing, he can also exchange the cultivated land under his command for overseas domains, and he can send people to follow him to the west and slowly choose the territory."

Zhu Youzhen was drawing a big cake for Zhu Suqin, a big cake that he couldn't refuse.

If what Zhu Youzhen said was true, then Zhu Suqin could directly establish a small country with a territory of hundreds of miles with the silver taels at hand.

And because the mountains are high and the roads are far away, the Son of Heaven can't control him at all, in other words, he is the Son of Heaven of the vassal country!

This temptation was difficult for the feudal lord who was imprisoned in the domain to refuse.

The only thing to pay attention to is whether you will be deceived into going to a wild place where birds don't.

But Zhu Youzhen also said that he could send someone to follow, choose a place, and exchange the cultivated land in his hand for territory.

Thinking of this, Zhu Suqin's heart moved, but he still asked vigilantly:

"60,000 acres of land, how much territory can be exchanged for ......"

"60,000 acres of land can be exchanged for a territory of 6 million acres, which is so big." Zhu Youzhen drew a small piece of the pear flower stick in his hand and explained:

"It's almost a county......"

"A county land? It's too small! Zhu Suqin's voice couldn't help but get louder, it seemed that he had taken on the role, and Zhu Youzhen also showed a triumphant smile and said:

"If Uncle Wang is willing to give out silver, he only needs one million taels of silver, and he can let the three guards of the navy fight for Uncle Wang for a year."

"With the strength of the three guards of the navy, it is not surprising to conquer a province."

"A million taels ......" Zhu Suqin gritted his teeth and said:

"This is not right, my 60,000 acres of land are also worth one million taels of silver, that is, 60,000 acres of land can be exchanged for a provincial land!"

"That's not bad...... Zhu Youzhen smiled heartily:

"For the sake of Uncle Zhou Wang being so good at talking, if Uncle Zhou Wang is willing, after recovering Liaodong next year, his nephew will recuperate for a period of time, and then pacify the Hongmaoyi and Da Fran Jiren in Nanyang within three years."

"At that time, we will organize the children of the feudal clans to go to the West, and after witnessing the Western Ocean, if they are still interested in returning home, then we will talk about this overseas vassal......

Zhu Youzhen stood up as he spoke, and Zhu Suqin unconsciously stood up.

"Uncle Wang doesn't need to give it away, these 60,000 acres of land, or my nephew will buy it first with silver and give it to the children of Zhou Fan for the time being."

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Zhu Suqin meaningfully, and when Zhu Suqin saw this, he also gritted his teeth and said:

"60,000 acres of land, Gu can be temporarily handed over to 20,000 clan children to cultivate, but thirty percent of the land will be returned to the palace until it goes to the West."

"If it is not feasible overseas, the nephew of the king of Qi can give more silver, if it is feasible, I will use these 60,000 acres of land in exchange for a province!"

"Good!" Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "Uncle Wang is so courageous, but please rest assured, Uncle Wang will not be disappointed in the matter of overseas vassals." ”

"If Uncle Wang doesn't dislike it now, he can train his children within five suits in advance, and prepare to go to sea in three years."

After that, Zhu Youzhen walked out of the carrying hall of the Zhou Palace, and left the Zhou Palace, with a smile on his face.

It was only after his figure completely disappeared that Zhu Gongyu, the son of King Zhou, said:

"Father really believes this Zhu Youzhen's words?"

"It's a gamble!" Zhu Suqin was unwilling to say:

"This kid definitely wants to innovate, rather than continue to be locked up in the domain after the reform, it is better to see if it is feasible to establish a domain overseas."

"Biao'er, are you willing to be locked up in a domain for the rest of your life instead of going overseas to control the power of a country?"

"Father, I ......" Zhu Gongyu couldn't deceive himself, and the hesitation on his face also made Zhu Suqin understand his thoughts.

Zhu Gongfang patted him and said, "Even if there are no children in the fifth suit, with children within the third suit, my Zhou Fan still has thousands of people. ”

"If it is feasible to establish a vassal overseas, move more than 100,000 people to the vassal country, buy some weapons at that time, and then ask Zhu Youzhen's kid's arch guard battalion to train for a year and a half, and then you will be able to lay down a big territory!"

Zhu Suqin, who is almost sixty years old, is full of enthusiasm for entrepreneurship in the elderly, but Zhu Gongqi knows that the gap is wrong:

"Father, if it is feasible to have a vassal overseas, then I am afraid that more than 20 vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty and hundreds of county kings will ......"

"......" Zhu Suqin's face darkened suddenly, because he knew that if it was really feasible to have an overseas domain, then Zhou Fan would have to face many opponents.

However, as soon as he thought of the silver and food in his hand, he instantly raised his confidence, and said to Zhu Gongyu:

"My Zhou clan is the largest clan in the world, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to compete for them?"

"Wait, Xiao'er, no matter whether it works out or not, you and I, father and son, will always have a chance!"

Zhu Suqin's self-confidence was mentioned again, and even inspired Zhu Gongqi and Zhu Shaoyan.

If there is a chance to be a king and hegemon, who would want to be locked up in a domain as a pig......

(End of chapter)