Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1297 Colonists

The emperor just set some rules for them, but did not rob them by force.To be honest, what the local tyrants like Mr. Shan are not afraid of is the rules. After all, the rules are established and they are treated equally.The old man is nearly 80 years old. When he was born, the Northern Wei just split into the Eastern and Western Weis.

The Jiyin Shan family experienced the rule of the Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, Sui and Li dynasties, and it can be said that they often encountered Ming robbery.Especially every time the dynasty changes, it will be robbed once.

Compared with the little land renter tax that is paid every year, being robbed once can seriously hurt the Shan family's vitality once.After going down several times, it was not easy for the Shan family at the beginning, especially because the upper management changed too frequently, and they often had to be oppressed.Just like Empress Shan was once favored by the Zheng family of Xingyang and the Cui family of Zhengzhou, both wanted to take the opportunity to swallow the property of the Shan family of Jiyin.

Daqin established the rules, and everything was under the rules.

This is really a good opportunity for a local tycoon like the Shan family. They have a good foundation and develop under the protection of rules, which is far stronger than many people.

This is like the current imperial examination system of the imperial court. On the surface, it seems that various preferential treatments have been canceled for the children of the gentry, but in fact, in the imperial examination, the children of the gentry still occupy a great advantage. its superior.

The Shan family has also seen this. Now they are not just buying land, doing business, opening workshops and caravans. They are also starting to let their children learn literature and martial arts. Entering the official career will make the family more influential.

For a tycoon like the Shan family, they don't value money very much anymore, because they have enough money.Their family has even become descendants of foreign relatives, but they are not satisfied with this. They also want to pass the imperial examination and let their children join the army, so that more children can enter the official career and obtain a higher political status.

In the past, local tyrants like the Jiyin Shan clan basically had no hope of crossing their own class ceiling, but now, they have hope.

Luo Cheng knew what these people were thinking.

Can also understand.

Just like when their family was in Zhangqiu back then, the brothers also hoped to become subordinate officials and move up a level.

"Sixth Uncle, I am very happy with what you said. As long as everyone abides by the law and discipline, then under this rule, everyone can make money according to their ability. Whoever earns more is his ability. If you have money, you can earn money in the Central Plains. Yes, you can still go to the frontier to buy land and real estate, you can also buy mules and horses to buy slaves, expand the production of the manor, you can also do business, build workshops and open shops, etc. In short, as long as it is under the rules, the court is happy Seeing that everyone's family business is prosperous, of course, you can't forget to pay taxes."

Luo Cheng encouraged these tyrants to develop the frontier land, and even gave them some discounts. For example, the population of the frontier land is still small, so there are fewer restrictions on buying land there, and they can buy more fields, and even choose good land first. , The purchased land can be formed into pieces, which is more conducive to cultivation.

At the same time, the imperial court encouraged these tyrants to go prospecting in border areas. After discovering minerals, they could be mined first, and even gave them preferential treatment in mining courses.

"The sixth uncle must have heard of Li Shimin, the younger brother of Concubine Li. He originally lived in the south of the Five Ridges because of his crimes. Later, he was appointed as the magistrate of Nantang County because of his assistance in the chaos of the Nanning family in Pingling. Not long ago, he brought many righteous people with him. Flying south across the sea, we raided Lion City, the capital city of Linyi, which was rebelling against the Qin Dynasty. Not only did we break through the enemy’s capital, but we also captured the enemy’s king. The gold and silver seized were worth tens of millions, and tens of thousands of Linyi people were captured as slaves. Li Shimin was named Linyi County Cheng, canonize him as the founding baron of Xianglin County, and reward him and the righteous people under his command with a million coins."

After hearing this, old man Shan's cloudy eyes lit up again.

"Actually, it's not just Li Shimin. As long as the people of our Great Qin can help us conquer the Great Qin, I will reward you heavily for the enemy's territory, wealth and population. Li Shimin built a lion city for me, and I rewarded him A founding baron rewarded them with millions of coins."

Old Master Shan quickly asked, "What do you mean by the sage, if I also let my disciples recruit troops, buy ships, and set sail to lead people to sea, if I conquer the enemy's land, then I can also confer meritorious titles?"

"Of course you can. Even if you don't capture the enemy's cities, as long as you can open up new lands, you will be rewarded. For example, now the country of Wa is my enemy of Great Qin, Linyi is my enemy of Great Qin, and Zhenla is my enemy of Great Qin. If you can On the enemy's territory, build a fortress, as long as it can be defended, the imperial court can designate land and confer titles."

Knighthood, this is very attractive.

Before the Great Qin Dynasty, many princes were enfeoffed, but each prince was awarded the title by virtue of his military merits.Now the world is peaceful, and although there are some wars in the frontier, it is impossible to enfeoff on a large scale.

But now the emperor actually said that there is still such a way to obtain a title, who would not be tempted.

Luo Cheng looked at the hearts of many people present and smiled inwardly.

In fact, he used Li Shimin's story to encourage those tyrants to become colonizers. No matter where you go to a distant place to fight for an enclave, as long as you keep it, the imperial court can protect the enclave you laid down. Draw a small piece of land to make you a fief, and grant you a title.

For the imperial court, it was nothing more than conferring a noble title, but that piece of land could become a colonial bridgehead.If these bridgeheads could not be defended, the conferred titles would naturally be lost. If they were kept, the imperial court would be able to have one more source of slaves, and even become a new foreign trade point of sale in the future.

If this colony is stabilized and developed, maybe it can be designated as a county in the future.

In short, for the court, such a colonial development plan is not harmful to the court. As for the fact that these colonists may become top-notch wealthy families in the future, it is possible, but as long as the central court remains strong enough, there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Sage, can Japan's Wa Kingdom, Tiannan Linyi, and Chenla be colonized and developed?"

"Well, it's fine."

"Other than that, what other places can we do it?" Elder Shan asked seriously, "For example, the Western Mountains and Yunnan, which are still at war, can it be done? For example, the countries in the Western Regions, can it be done? And what about the places in Haidong Mohe? What about Mobei?"

Luo Cheng smiled.

"Great Qin and its loyal vassal states are not allowed to colonize and develop, and the rest are allowed."

A group of people got excited.

"For colonial pioneering areas, the colonists have the priority to mine minerals in the territory. For example, if you colonize a place in Linyi and find a gold mine in the territory, then you have the priority to mine. The mining of minerals, and even give a lot of mining class discounts."

(End of this chapter)