Fang Jin was a little puzzled and asked, "Your Highness, didn't you say that that piece of land will be one acre and three points of land in the future of Jinghai Marquis, and it's not good for the minister to give an opinion, right?" ”

Frankly speaking, he is not 100% in favor of Wu Zhen's monopoly on the military and political power of Ryukyu County, but it seems that there is no better way at the moment.

Ryukyu Island is isolated from the sea, and it is a place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

If you want to govern this kind of place efficiently, it is certainly not appropriate to have a rogue official.

Compared with the two, it has become the best policy to let Jinghai Hou rule Ryukyu Island alone, after all, once this place becomes his own territory, even if it is not permanent, he will be extra careful.

After hearing this, Zhu Biao replied: "Old Fang, Gu also considered that if you want those nobles to continue to maintain the enthusiasm of external expansion, it is not okay not to give some benefits, and Ryukyu Island is an attempt after listening to your advice." ”

"But this Ryukyu Island is already the land of the Ming Dynasty after all, although it is fully handed over to the management of Jinghai Hou, but the rules on the surface still have to be established!"

Fang Jin also nodded approvingly after hearing this.

Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince trusts himself so much, he can completely try out the key politics experience that he talked about on the Internet in his previous life, and he is a little excited when he thinks about it.

"Your Highness, the minister needs paper, pen and ink!" Fang Jin replied with a grin.

In his previous life, he was only a national security officer, and after all, he never served as a civilian official.

Zhu Biao nodded lightly, and asked his subordinates to bring up the paper, pen and ink, and he was also curious about what the keyboard warriors from the twenty-first century would have.

"Your Highness, from the perspective of the minister, you must first let the Marquis of Jinghai understand what kind of responsibility the imperial court has to bear when he rewards him with such a treasure island?" Fang Jin said seriously.

"Responsibility? The first task is to suppress the Japanese people, this Ryukyu Islands is an important transit point for the Japanese to go to my Ming Dynasty, and I don't know how many Japanese are hidden? Zhu Biao said.

"That's right!" Fang Jin rubbed his palms, "After the Marquis of Jinghai governs Ryukyu Island, the imperial court must see that the rebellion is visibly lowered with the naked eye!" ”

Zhu Biao also replied with deep contemplation: "Indeed, our plan is to focus on Ryukyu Island and Zhoushan Island to attack the habitat of the Japanese pirates!" ”

"If the effect is not obvious, and the rebellion is still frequent, then I'm sorry, I can only let other nobles take the place of Jinghai Hou."

"And as far as the minister knows, the soil of Ryukyu Island is suitable for growing crops such as sugar cane and vegetables, but the imperial court needs to provide food." Fang Jin continued.

"Lao Fang, according to you, you will have to spend a lot of money every year to support it in the future?"

"Your Highness, the coastal defense of the Ryukyus was almost equal to nothing before, and to establish a strong coastal defense force and guard against the Japanese people, it is indeed necessary for the imperial court to pay money. However, there is a natural excellent port in the Ryukyus, and you can charge berthing fees for ships coming and going! ”

"The price can be set high, and we can treat it differently!"

"How can you tell the difference?" Zhu Biao asked.

"All the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they have been registered with the government, can be appropriately cheaper, if they are not registered and those ships of overseas vassal countries, as long as they are berthed in the port, a certain percentage of the berthing fee will be charged according to the value of the goods!"

Zhu Biao also understands that a prosperous transit port can drive the economic development of the entire region.

In this era, there will be a steady stream of people choosing to go to the sea with huge profits in the sea trade.

"Old Fang, when Jinghai Hou monopolizes power, this oil and water can be too big." Zhu Biao also said intriguingly.

For example, if the goods in a ship are worth more than 100,000 silver, the shipbuilder can reduce the valuation by bribing, and the money will naturally go into the manager's pocket.

The minister also understands this. However, the minister also wants to confirm one thing, is this Ryukyu Island considered a fief of the Marquis of Jinghai? Fang Jin emphasized again.

Zhu Biao stared at the chart and exhaled deeply.

The emperor is far away, and if he doesn't give some benefits, he really can't make people work hard.

If the imperial court took away all the benefits, how could it drive those nobles to have enough motivation to continue to expand outward.

"It can be regarded as the fief of the Marquis of Jinghai, after all, Lone promised that they could be hereditary for two generations. In this way, the imperial court is only responsible for the military salaries of those sailors, and the local governance is the responsibility of Jinghai Hou himself, and the number of public security officials to recruit is determined by himself, and the cost of docking ships at the port is half of the imperial court and Jinghai Hou. ”

"All taxes in Ryukyu Prefecture are handled by him with full authority, and the imperial court does not take a penny!"

Zhu Biao gave an extremely generous condition, which was enough to make the other nobles of the Ming Dynasty blush.

Fang Jin also understood that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's goal was to mobilize the enthusiasm of those nobles.

Let those people think that they are all expanding outward, and they will not have the energy to bully men and women.

"Your Highness, presumably with the huge profits of today's maritime trade, even half of the income of the port is enough to maintain the military salary required by the Daming Naval Division garrisoned in the Ryukyus!" Fang Jin said with a smile.

There were about 2,000 sailors stationed in the Ryukyus in the Ming Dynasty.

It may have been invested in the past few years, but when the ports of the Ryukyus prosper, the expenses of the garrison and the income of the port should be stable.

It is not necessary to make a profit for an empire to have the desire to continue to expand, and it is acceptable to break even or lose a small amount, after all, the increase in land is real.

In comparison, those places in Mobei are much more desolate, and they cannot produce grain, and they have to be on guard against the invasion of the Northern Yuan Dynasty at all times, and the investment in military salaries is like a bottomless pit.

The Hongwu Dynasty or the Yongle Dynasty of the original time and space belonged to the heyday of the dynasty, and it could barely be maintained, but it could go by at any time, and after the subsequent emperors ascended the throne, they were unable to maintain it, and the territory continued to shrink, repeating the mistakes of the previous dynasty.

The later Manchu Qing Dynasty controlled these places through Manchu and Mongolian marriages, but they were also highly autonomous regions.

"Your Highness, it is not appropriate to set up a county on Ryukyu Island, after all, it is different from other county towns in the Ming Dynasty!" Fang Jin thought of this and was a little unsure.

He originally wanted to propose that Wu Zhen be made the governor of the Ryukyus.

But when you think about it, the word governor is a province that governs a province, and the island of Ryukyu is not so big, and the most popular to use this model are the Manchu Qing and the colonies of those European countries.

Ryukyu is a fiefdom model, and now the official position of the Ming Dynasty does not have the word "governor".

Zhu Biao touched his chin and groaned for a while, and the figure of his good fourth brother Zhu Di flashed from his mind.

"Ryukyu is the first consolation department of my Ming Dynasty, and Wu Zhen, Marquis of Jinghai, is the first consolation envoy, and this official position can be hereditary for two generations!" He was quick to give his decision.

Ryukyu Propaganda Division, Propaganda Envoy!

Fang Jin instantly understood, this was against the old Hong Kong Propaganda Department during the Yongle Dynasty in the previous life, and the consolation envoy at that time was Shi Jinqing, which was indeed a hereditary official position.

This is indeed a unique administrative model in the Ming Dynasty's external expansion.

"Your Highness is wise!" He decisively slapped a sycophant.

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