Chapter 20: The Precursor of Imperialism

It is difficult to say who was right and who was wrong in the first line of King Qin and the crown prince. Although times have changed. It shouldn't be pursued too much. But many things don't exist without being investigated.

Even if Zhu Xiongying showed leniency. I didn't think about giving these vassal kings a good place.

The situation in the Western Regions is that the southern Xinjiang is not as good as the northern Xinjiang. This is true in terms of geographical location, natural endowment, and even development potential.

It can be said that the first line of King Qin was sealed to southern Xinjiang, and if it still exists a few hundred years later, the first line of King Qin is only a city with a population of one or two million at most. Maybe a slice of the future oil resources, but that's about it. It is simply impossible to join the tide of the world of great navigation.

As for the Jin king's lineage, the same is true.

How did King Jin end, it's only been a few years. Who will forget. I met in arms at the beginning.

Now that there is no punishment, it is already settled, and a fief is honestly treated. In the future, just have a bite to eat. As for the rest, don't think about it.

The same is true of King Lu's situation, to be honest, King Lu's son looks good. But King Lu gave a bad impression. King Lu's lineage was also settled in southern Xinjiang.

After the removal of the three veins.

There is also King Jingjiang. Prince of Jingjiang, don't want a fief. However, let him inherit the prince of Jingjiang and inherit it in the imperial court in the future. After all, to put it bluntly, King Jingjiang is not a descendant of Taizu. On top of this, there is something else to intimacy.

After King Jingjiang. It was King Ning, King Min, King Gu, King Han, King Shen, King An, King Tang, and the three sons of the crown prince. There are a total of ten princes to be sealed.

Of course, this does not need to be sealed all at once, but at least it must be determined first, and the imperial court should develop various places in advance.

He Xi thought about it, and it was probably these places, the first of which was the Outer Northeast.

Since Ho Xi opened up Tohoku, the population of Tohoku has been in a state of influx, and a large number of Koreans and Japanese have been assigned to the Outer Tohoku.

And the Outer Northeast, at different times, has different meanings. At least He Xi's definition of the Outer Northeast is not the place occupied by Russia in later generations, but the Heilongjiang River in later generations, which is already north of Heilongjiang.

He Xi knows the fertility of the Northeast, but over the years of operation, he has also understood one thing, that is, it is not easy to operate in the Northeast.

Even if we have the ability to build a railway now, in the future, as long as the railway is built in the northeast. It will be easier to immigrate. But wait a minute, if the people of the Ming Dynasty want to immigrate in the future, they can actually go to Nanyang. Why did they go to this Outer Northeast? It's too cold. Half of the year is winter. After all, the thermal insulation capacity in this era is much higher than before. However, there are still great shortcomings compared to later generations.

And even in later generations, the locals of the Northeast are not too willing to live in the Northeast. Not to mention, the people of this era.

He Xi had a hunch. That is, as far as the land of the Northeast is concerned, in this era, he will probably never be able to better develop than history. Because Daming has more options. It is not necessary to establish the Northeast.

In the future, the Northeast may develop due to the development of the times, but it is probably impossible to have the kind of time when the country is important and those who win the Northeast win the world.

This made He Xi also have some sighs.

But how should the Northeast develop?

He Xi thought about it, and he still sealed a few vassal kings. Let these vassal kings worry about it. In the future, Liaodong will probably be able to develop greatly, while the rest of the Northeast is probably the place of origin and the grain base.

Most of the Northeast Plain was under the jurisdiction of Liaodong Province, and the north of the Songhua River was still enough to seal two or three kings.

Then there is Luzon, the other islands of the South Sea.

The only problem is that most of these places are not ownerless.

There are indigenous people in the South Seas. And now the territory of the king of Zhou, the king of Chu, and the king of Qi is essentially defeated. To seal the rest of the princes, it is necessary to use knives and guns. Of course, He Xi didn't think he would fail.

Even this was a way for the Ming court to announce its return to Nanyang.

However, this is required

Look at what the local forces in Nanyang think.

For example, the Three Kings, such as the Lu family.

In addition to this, there is another place, and that is Annam.

History has inertia.

In history, there were many reasons why Zhu Di fought Annan. But whatever the reason, Annan gave Daming an excellent excuse. That is Annan to kill the messenger of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there may not be such a good thing now.

However, in the internal situation of Annan, there is also room for Daming to make a move. After all, the original Annan royal family has been taken down by the ministers, but they are just a puppet, and the contradictions between the two sides are life and death. As long as the Ming Dynasty supports the King of Annan to restore power. Then the vein of the ministers will inevitably attack and kill the royal family cleanly.

In that case, it's like Emperor Han Xian suddenly has alien technology and can do whatever he wants, and the first thing he does is to destroy the Cao family.

There will be no second outcome.

From Annam to Champa and even Siam, they are all places that can be attacked. It's also a great place to grow food.

In addition, there is also the outer Yunnan region.

There are some problems here. But it can be settled.

It's just that this is not only an internal problem of Daming, but also the beginning of a new round of multi-external expansion. This made He Xi a little helpless.

He Xi also knew that since he set a new vassal policy, he should understand one thing, in the future, the Ming Dynasty will be a continuous war machine, without him, no emperor will have a son.

In order to crown his son as king, the emperor had to go to war with foreign countries. And foreign conquest is an important link between the Ming royal family and the feudal kings below.

The power of the imperial family will inevitably be usurped by the cabinet in the future, and the vassal king is a sword used by the emperor to balance the ministers. The more this is the case, the more we have to fight abroad.

Secondly, there is the question of the relations of production.

He Xi faced a huge fiscal deficit and overproduction in weapons.

He Xi not only has the weapons inventory of the Northern Army, but also the weapons inventory of the Southern Army. Together, there is no problem in rearming an army of one or two hundred. However, the war is over.

Even if you change your outfit and expand your army, you won't be able to consume so many weapons. What's more, there are factories in production. It's not that He Xi doesn't want to stop, but changing production is a very complicated thing.

Before that's done, it's better to let them produce some weapons.

After all, weapons are a special commodity.

As a result, He Xi has to face a surplus of weapons.

And the surplus of weapons is only one of the structural overproduction on the part of Beijing. After all, when there is a war, many factories in Beijing can bury their heads in production, and they don't need to look at the market at all. The army is all packaged. Otherwise, what is the use of such a high deficit of the imperial court.

This is no longer the case. What they produce is simply not something that anyone can afford to pay for.

If He Xi does not intervene, it is very likely that there will be a big problem. For example, some factories have collapsed.

He Xi is naturally not afraid of the death of some factories, but He Xi also knows that this may cause a chain reaction, after all, in order to win this battle, He Xi has certain fiscal policies that cannot be said to be healthy.

This has left a sequelae. What's more, the south was so badly destroyed by Nanjing's new banknotes, and it was even more shocking. Once something happens. The scope of the spillover is too large. But it's not easy.

He Xi thought about it, and he could only pass on the risk.

It is to attack other nations and use their wealth to fill their own holes. For example, Annan. As a small powerhouse in Southeast Asia, the strength is quite good. Naturally, a lot of wealth has also been accumulated within the country.

Moreover, after these feudal kings gained a firm foothold, the imperial court did not have appropriations. For the sake of their vassal state, they will definitely want to make loans, and they will also arm themselves.

It is equivalent to the vassal king lending money to the imperial court to take over.

After all, the weapons that the vassal king borrowed money to buy were all bought from under the imperial court. And the money from the transaction, the imperial court will also collect taxes. Not to mention that it will affect the development of more enterprises.

Convert the deficit of the imperial court into the deficit of the vassal king himself.

This is a good thing for the Ming court.

Of course, He Xi couldn't just expect these feudal kings to convert a lot of deficit. But for such things, the more the merrier.

It's just that there is still some shame and anxiety in He Xi's heart.

Because he knows that he has actually set a very bad paradigm for many people in later generations.

Standing on the long river of history, it is obvious that the history of this time and space will be divided into two completely different eras from the two era names of Hongwu and Longwu.

As the founder of the new era, many of his things will actually be observed, studied, and emulated by future generations.

He is a means of transforming internal contradictions at home into contradictions at outside. Many people will naturally see it in the future. It is even foreseeable that the future capitalism of the Ming Dynasty must be imperialism.

It's a wild beast.

He will continue to expand and exploit, filling the mouth of the Ming Dynasty's industrialization with the flesh and blood of other countries in the world. Until this one gluttonous eats the whole world and rules the whole world.

He began to eat himself.

When the time comes, perhaps the time for revolution has come.

It was precisely when he saw these that He Xi felt uneasy and ashamed. It wasn't what he wanted. But it was something he couldn't avoid. The development of history has its own laws.

There are a lot of things that can't be skipped.

History has changed, but imperialism has returned. It's just that from a Western power, it has become an evil Ming imperialism. And those who died in imperialism were from everyone else except Western Europe. evolved into someone other than the Ming Empire.

This kind of change, although He Xi is a little dark. But he also had to think that the stronger imperialism was, the more difficult it would be to overthrow. Will what he is doing now become an insurmountable mountain for future revolutionaries?

This is also the deep worry in He Xi's heart.

It's just that he can't travel back to a hundred or two hundred years from now to see it.