Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 548 Establishment of Central South Protectorate

Surrounded by all the generals, Zhu Youjian stepped on his horse and came to the Malacca Governor's Mansion.

The Governor's Mansion in Malacca is not small, but compared with the headquarters in Batavia, it is still much inferior.

As soon as Zhu Youjian sat down on the governor's seat, all the generals came forward to pay respects:
"See Your Majesty."

Zhu Youjian raised his hands falsely:

"My dearest ministers, please be free from courtesy!"

"Thank Your Majesty Ron"

Looking across the faces of the generals, Zhu Youjian smiled slightly and said:
"You generals have made great contributions to the expansion of the Ming Dynasty, you have worked hard!"

Qi Jiguang and others hastily bowed again and saluted:

"Your Majesty congratulates me. As soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the ministers should devote themselves to the Ming Dynasty and die."

"Haha, all generals, please forgive me, the army of the Ming Dynasty is an invincible army, a mighty army.

I have decided that from today onwards, you will not bow to anyone in the army, including me, and you can just salute in the future. "

Qi Jiguang, Zheng Chenggong and others knew that this was the emperor's prestige for the army, and they were very moved.

In the past, the status of Ming literati was too high, and the status of first-rank generals was not as high as that of second-rank civil officials, which caused the prestige of military commanders to decline.

After Zhu Youjian crossed, this situation has completely changed.

It can be said that apart from Sun Chengzhong and Sun Chuanting, other civil servants have no place in the army at all.

Now the distinction between civil and military is very clear, civil officials govern the world, and military generals straddle horses to fight in the battlefield.

However, seeing His Majesty not saluting at the barracks seemed inappropriate, so they hurried forward to salute:

"Your Majesty, other people can do it, but I still have to pay homage to His Majesty when I see you, otherwise I will be without a monarch!"

Zhu Youjian waved his hand:
"I am the supreme commander in the army, not the emperor. Since ancient times, the army has not been ordered by the emperor outside, so I made this decision, don't say too much."

"obey"

Qi Jiguang, Zheng Chenggong and others immediately clenched their fists with their right hands and put them on their chests. This is the military salute of the Ming Dynasty.

"Zhang Huang said, Li Dingguo, how did you lose in the battle when you captured Malacca with both land and sea armies?"

Zhang Huangyan and Li Dingguo handed over their hands and reported:

"Thanks to His Majesty's blessing, no one was killed in battle, 17 people were injured but not seriously injured, and 200 million taels of gold and silver were confiscated."

Zhu Youjian nodded in satisfaction:
"Leave 20 taels for spare, and give the rest to me. In the future, the supply of the Malacca garrison will be borne locally."

"According to the purpose"

In the future, there will be more and more overseas territories of the Ming Dynasty, and the mainland of the Ming Dynasty will not bear the military expenses and supplies of the garrison. Only the imperial court will pay the military during wartime.

If he won an overseas territory and couldn't even support an army, what use would he have for this territory.

Malacca sits on the Strait of Malacca. In addition to various local products and commercial income on the island, so many merchant ships passing through the Strait are also charged.

This income alone can support a large army, and Zhu Youjian is very clear about this.

The Ming Dynasty entered the great voyage, not only for the purpose of expanding the territory, but also for the colonization.

Some important countries in Southeast Asia and countries that are not friendly to China in later generations must be included in the territory of Ming Dynasty.

Europe, America, Africa and other places can be treated as colonies.

Now that Malacca has been won, Daming not only wants to actually control it, but also to include it in the territory.Zhu Youjian thought for a while and said:
"I have decided that Malacca will be renamed Central South Province, and Central South Province will be established, and Ceylon will be changed to Ceylon Prefecture, which will be under the jurisdiction of Central South Province.

For the time being, Yan Yingyuan and Zhang Huangyan will lead troops to garrison, and when the army returns to the mainland of Daming, I will send an order for King Zhou to replace you. "

Yan Yingyuan and Zhang Huangyan immediately gave Zhu Youjian a military salute:
"Wei Chen obeys!"

Zhu Youjian went on to say:

"The land policy here is the same as that of Ming Dynasty, and the land is distributed to households as soon as possible, but the tax is different. It is increased by [-]% on the basis of Daming, and the commercial tax is the same.

For those aborigines who have performed well and have a sense of belonging to Ming Dynasty, they can be given the status of citizens of Ming Dynasty, and their taxes can be reduced by [-]%.Daming did not collect poll tax, only land and commercial tax.

In the past, all the local pig farms and shops owned by the Chinese were returned to them, but they also had to pay taxes. The tax was [-]% lower than that of the natives, but [-]% higher than that of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, all mines are owned by Daming, no individual contracts are allowed, and large-scale farms are established with excess land or land manors.

In the future, the aborigines and captured soldiers who made troubles were sent to these places and mines to do coolies for Ming Dynasty for free. "

Yan Yingyuan and Zhang Huangyan hurriedly cupped their fists:

"According to the purpose"

After Zhu Youjian finished explaining, he looked at Zhang Huangyan and said:

"Zhang Huangyan, your fleet will stay with you. Not only will you be responsible for the maritime security of the Central South Province, but you will also collect tolls in the Strait of Malacca."

When Zhu Youjian said this, his tone suddenly became cold:
"Remember my words, no matter who they are, as long as they dare to embezzle and break the law, I want their heads."

Zhu Youjian's tone suddenly became serious, which startled the generals present. They felt that the emperor seemed to be going to kill again.

But thinking about His Majesty never killing good people in vain, they gradually calmed down again.

At this time, Zhang Huangyan remembered something, and hurriedly told:
"Your Majesty, we captured a battleship of unknown nationality on the sea that came to Malacca. It was full of foreign devils, and we also found several million taels of gold and silver. Because we were going to attack Malacca at that time, we did not come to interrogate them. Now they are locked in the cabin of the battleship. , please make it clear, Your Majesty."

Zhu Youjian raised his eyebrows, and a smile appeared on his face, (Who wouldn't be happy to hear that there are so many gold and silver!)
"Oh, there is such a thing. Didn't the battleship fly the national flag?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, no national flag was found on the battleship. I am sure that it is either Dutch or Spanish or Portuguese."

Zhang Huangyan's words almost made everyone laugh out loud, it was as if they hadn't said anything.

Zhu Youjian was also secretly amused, this guy is desperate to fight, but he doesn't speak as sharply as he does in war.

As a time traveler, it is impossible for Zhu Youjian to keep a straight face like Chongzhen all day long, so he deliberately made a joke with Zhang Huangyan:
"Aiqing's words are very good! In the sea area of ​​Nanyang, except for their three countries, they are all English. You said three of the four countries, and you are sure! Haha..."

Don't look at Zhu Youjian's occasional jokes with the soldiers, but it doesn't mean that he has no majesty.

The emperor wants all his subordinates to respect him, not all his subordinates to be afraid of him.

Once the officials below are afraid of the emperor, they will be afraid to do things, which is not what Zhu Youjian needs.

Zhang Huangyan was blushed by the emperor, and hurriedly cupped his fists:

"Your Majesty, I know my mistake!"

Zhu Youjian restrained his smile and said calmly:

"No, you're not wrong. I guess what you said is right. It must be the warships of those three countries. Bring them up for me to interrogate."

"According to the purpose"

Zhang Huangyan exited the hall and immediately called a hundred navy households:
"Go and bring that foreign devil, His Majesty will go through the trial in person, go and come back quickly!"

"Yes"

Baihu led the order to turn around and run away quickly. Looking at the back of Baihu leaving, Zhang Huangyan said something in his mouth:

"Don't be a British guy, otherwise, if you don't even guess the three countries correctly, your colleagues will definitely laugh at me, Zhang Huangyan."

(End of this chapter)