Cutting 1719

Chapter 514
In Fengtian Hall, there is a huge map hanging at this time, almost two feet long and more than one foot high, and the map is painted with very fine patterns, in the center of which is a red land, and it is marked with A big 'chu'.

Almost all the ministers gathered around, staring at the map in front of them, their eyes revealed a bit of curiosity, besides, they whispered from time to time.

"Your Majesty's globe was shocking last time, but seeing it this way is even more shocking!"

"No, this old man thinks that our big Chu is already big enough, but I never thought that there is such a huge land in the world. That...the so-called America is much bigger than ours!"

"Hey, my lord, I heard from those missionaries that the land of America is extremely desolate now, how can it compare to the prosperity of the Chinese Empire?"

"But there is also a lot of land around us. The Myanmar that was fought not long ago seems to be much larger than our Huguang area!"

Ning Yu looked at the crowd whispering below, but with a smile on his face, he was like a shrewd seller, sizing up these potential buyers, and wanted to teach them a good lesson.

"Your Majesty, is it true that the closure of the country is true?" Chief Assistant Ning Zhongjing took the lead. He didn't think about himself. This incident made people panic, so I couldn't help asking a few more questions.

Ning Yu smiled and nodded, "That's right, the closure of the country has been finalized, and the follow-up is just to improve the rules and regulations."

After the emperor confirmed it, almost everyone's faces turned red. They panted heavily and looked at the map in front of them. There was naked greed in their eyes. Obviously, everyone thought that the great Chu Outside, perhaps all of them can be feudal lands.

From Southeast Asia to Australia, from the bitter cold north to the vast land of the Americas, it seems that everyone has become a meal on the plate. What a huge piece of land it is!

"The country has been defeated, and the promises I made to you are almost fulfilled, but you don't want to be disarmed and return to the fields now, and I don't want to just enjoy peace, so let's play chess together!"

Ning Yu laughed loudly. He drew out the long sword hanging from his waist, pointed it at the position of Da Chu, and said loudly: "The land of Da Chu is not limited to the current corner. Let's talk about the north first. The land in the north is sparsely populated, so it should be a strategic barrier for our Great Chu, so it cannot be drawn out." When he said this, he drew a large circle on the north of the map with his sword.

"East of this, North Korea and Japan should be our Great Chu's barriers, not feudal lands."

"From here to the west, Qinghai-Tibet and the Western Regions should be the western barrier of our Great Chu, not the land of the feudal state."

"From here south, Taiwan, Ryukyu, and Manila will all become important places for our Great Chu, and they will not be feudal lands."

Speaking of this, Ning Yu smiled and said: "As for the rest of Asia, the Americas and even the world, they will have the opportunity to be entrusted, establish a country and establish a business, and keep them forever."

After Ning Yu finished speaking, everyone's hearts began to beat faster. They stood in front of the huge map, and they were suffocated when they thought that they had a chance to become the king.

"Your Majesty, if you are the lord of the country, what are the requirements?" A minister asked solemnly.

Ning Yu put his sword back into its sheath, and said lightly: "If you are the lord of a country, it is not without conditions. First, you must be a hero of my great Chu or a hero before you can apply. It is measured by meritorious officials and honors, if there is no meritorious honor, it cannot be a king."

This time, the conditions are limited. If you want to be a king, go to the military to report. First make a few contributions, and then talk about it when you have a title!

Of course, for the princes in the palace, this is naturally not a condition, and even in most of them, they wish the conditions were as high as possible. If everyone can divide the title, wouldn't it be a joke?

Ning Yu looked at the expressions of everyone, and said with a smile: "Since we are going to divide the fiefs, the cost should not be paid by the imperial court. The military expenses used to conquer these places will eventually need to be rewarded by the lords, so anyone who wants to pay for it Those who entrust the monarch must first pay a part of the deposit, and the standard depends on the size of the area and the wealth of the population."

ah!Still have to pay.
The nobles in the palace suddenly felt a little unsteady in their hearts. Although they were all heroes who founded the country and became princes, they really didn't have much money under their hands. Let alone these heroes, even Ning Yu's two concubines Brother, in fact, he doesn't have much money, so that Ning Zhongyuan is already thinking about whether to subsidize it.

"Your Majesty, if you are a clean and honest official with empty pockets, there is really no way to pay this deposit."

Everyone raised their eyes, and the person who was crying about being poor was Song Enming, Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and his nose became a little crooked. After you are a rich Song family, how can you have no money?

Just as everyone thought, Song Enming was actually rich. He came from a wealthy family, and his family gave back a large amount of money every year. In addition, he also bought a lot of property. He still had millions of taels of silver, which he had to pay. This deposit is not particularly difficult - the problem is that he has to ask this question, because it is Ning Yu's order.

On this issue, the monarch and his ministers are actually acting as a double act. The purpose is naturally to raise the price without scaring away potential buyers. Therefore, a person is needed to solve the embarrassing situation. .

Ning Yu was slightly happy, and said with a smile: "Song Qing's family is a clean and honest official, so it's normal that they can't get this much money. In fact, I think it's hard for most people to get it, so you can go to the chamber of commerce for support. ah!"

"What? Looking for support from the Chamber of Commerce?" Everyone was taken aback by Ning Yu's words. Isn't this clearly supporting the collusion between government and business?
Even Ning Zhongjing, the chief assistant, couldn't stand it any longer. He frowned and said, "My Majesty, chambers of commerce are often not beneficial. Great harm."

Ning Yu chuckled, and said, "Don't worry, Chief Assistant, you have misunderstood what I meant. In fact, in my opinion, if we want to establish a feudal state, we will have to invest a lot of money at that time. It must be difficult for our heroes to get it out." Yes—but the Chamber of Commerce has money, and they don’t have the name to do it, so the two parties might as well cooperate, and when the time comes, take the closure of the country as a project, as long as it is profitable, the merchants will not have to worry about not being able to pay.”

Everyone understood, and also understood another meaning behind Ning Yu's words, what?Is there no benefit to closing the country?That means that either you are not suitable to be the lord of the country, or this piece of land is not suitable for the country, and no matter what the reason is, it is impossible to support the imperial court to spend money here.

To put it more cruelly, in order to ensure sufficient benefits from the feudal state, all feudal lords must find ways to get money from the feudal state, so they can no longer treat the people of the feudal state as their own, but think Find a way to exploit them and find a way to plunder the local resources. Only in this way can big profits be generated and both the imperial court and the Chamber of Commerce will support the closure of the country.

When Cui Wancai was in the capital, he had already seen the viciousness hidden behind this, so he thought this strategy was difficult to implement.After all, one or two heroes may not be able to be human beings and can do these things without conscience, but it does not mean that all heroes will choose to let go of their conscience.

Ning Zhongjing has been the chief assistant for a long time, so he can naturally see the problems here, and it is even more creepy to savor it carefully. He can't help but sigh deeply. The current Ning Yu is no longer the same as he was at the beginning. Good nephew too.

Ning Yu looked at the crowd indifferently. As long as this person became the emperor, he would no longer pay attention to the moral standards of the world in his heart, let alone use morality as a benchmark to measure ministers and himself.

Only with sufficient interests can everyone willingly unite with him and be driven by him.

"Your Majesty, if you are a king, what else do you need to do?" Some ministers continued to ask, and the rest of the people looked at the emperor in front of him with admiration. In their hearts, such an emperor is The emperor they are always worth following.

Ning Yu smiled slightly and said: "If you can pay enough deposit, the rest will be the affairs of the lords themselves, and all internal affairs will be delegated to the lords, except for the military. Full jurisdiction, when the time comes, the lords can pay military expenses and taxes to the imperial court in proportion, and the Protectorate will provide protection for the feudal country."

As soon as they heard that they had to pay again, everyone frowned tightly, asking for money here, and asking for money there, will they still be able to make money by then, or will they lose money?

"Your Majesty, these four directions are barbaric and poor, no better than the fertile land of Dachu. I'm afraid they won't be able to collect too much tax. What is the imperial court's set price?" Song Enming jumped out again.

Ning Yu smiled, "I won't set too high a number for you. In fact, this tax will exist as a condition for being a king. For example, in this place, if you all want to be a king, then At that time, an auction will be held, and whoever pays the higher total tax will be able to become the local feudal monarch—if the target fails to reach 60.00% for three consecutive years, or fails to reach the target of [-]% for five consecutive years, the feudal monarch will be cancelled. qualifications."

"The total amount of taxes set is a promise you made with me and the imperial court. As for how much tax you can collect from the fief, it is your own business. No matter how much you toss, the imperial court will not take care of it—even if Some people rebelled, and some of the Protectorate sent troops to quell it."

The big guy stared dumbfounded at the money-hungry emperor in front of him, how could there be such a bad person in this world?Did you hear that, what does it mean to toss until the common people rebel?Isn't this encouraging the big guys to go to the fiefdom to collect more taxes?

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, wouldn't it violate the court's principles of benevolence and righteousness?"

Soon, some ignorant Confucianism jumped out, and began to stand on the moral high ground, despise Ning Yu severely, and teach Ning Yu some "inner cruelty and outer tolerance" by the way, so that Emperor Ning will spread the rain and dew to the outside world up.

Ning Yu snorted coldly, stared at the great Confucianist and said, "Since Mr. Zheng believes that the way of benevolence and righteousness is feasible, why not go to Myanmar to teach and spread the essence of Confucianism to Myanmar, how about it?"

"This. Minister. Damn it"

After cleaning up the duplicity Confucianism, Ning Yu sighed and said: "It's definitely not that I don't want to practice the so-called benevolence and righteousness, but you have to understand that I am the emperor of Great Chu, and you are the officials of Great Chu. We are responsible for it." Only the people of my Great Chu, and only if they live a good life, can we be considered benevolent—"

"As for the life and death of other people, what does it matter to me?"

When everyone heard this sentence, they couldn't help being deeply astonished, and then they saluted and said in unison: "Your Majesty's words are very true, I am so stupid that I can't appreciate your majesty's good intentions."

I have to say that before this, many ministers wanted to equate Ning Yu with those violent kings in history, but after Ning Yu's words, everyone couldn't help thinking deeply, but found that Ning Yu What Yu said was very reasonable.

Because in this world, only the people of Ningchu are truly their own people, and the others are just neighbors who belong to the scope of "even though they are far away", that's all. If China is strong enough, the big guys can naturally live together happily, but once China starts decline, these friendly nations began to sharpen their claws and prepare to eat meat.

Treating them benevolently and righteously on weekdays, but in the end what they get in return is killing and looting. What is the meaning of such benevolence and righteousness?
On the contrary, Ning Yu's statement made many people really understand that only by treating their own people as their own people can they be regarded as true saints who govern the country and the world. As for other countries, how do they see it? Does it matter how the people evaluate it?

His enemy is my hero.

When the moral problems were completely wiped out, the big guy quickly prepared his psychological construction, and was ready to try to prepare for being a king—of course, only Myanmar can do it right now, so naturally he will focus on it. in Myanmar.

"Your Majesty, what should we do with the land of Burma?" Chief Assistant Ning Zhongyi followed suit and began to ask. After all, the army is still in Burma right now, so it won't be a problem in the long run.

Ning Yu originally had other ideas about Myanmar, but now that everyone is so enthusiastic, there are some changes, and he said with a smile: "Myanmar is still quite big now, and I plan to set up the Annan Protectorate in Myanmar. You can also just set up a feudal state, and all noble families can apply for registration, as long as they can pass the review, I will approve it."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Everyone happily replied, as for some people, they have already started to think about which place to want. After all, Myanmar is a real big fat right now. If it is operated properly, it may be possible to make huge profits in Myanmar.

(End of this chapter)