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On the square in front of the Qianqing Palace, Qin Wang, Jin Wang, Chu Wang and other vassal kings and clans are all looking in the direction of the imperial study.

These people know very well that the emperor's decision is only within a few days. If the cabinet elders stand on their side this time, they can't persuade the emperor to let the emperor issue a decree to allow them to be sealed in Nanyang. Then they are afraid that they will not have any chance to go to Nanyang.

It is precisely because they know that this matter is related to their future, so even the family members of the vassal princes who did not take everything to heart in the past are very eager at the moment.

Time passed by little by little. In the past, the important cabinet ministers headed by Wang Yangming entered the imperial study room to discuss and left early. However, this time it was a long time since Wang Yangming and others came out.

I don't know what's going on in the imperial study room now, and whether the cabinet ministers headed by Wang Yangming can persuade the emperor.

King Jin couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said: "Damn Lord Qin, if he hadn't interfered, His Majesty had already promised us to establish a state in Nanyang. How could we not know what the result would be like now!"

"Yes, Li Huan is to blame for everything. Don't let me find an opportunity. If I find an opportunity, I will definitely not spare him."

Qin Wang glanced at several people and said with a sneer: "Okay, what's the use of talking about it now, don't you know how much Li Huan is trusted by the emperor? If the emperor refuses to agree this time, then we will It's still a group of princes with no real power, not to mention taking revenge on Li Huan, I'm afraid Li Huan won't let us go by then."

Hearing what King Qin said, many people couldn't help but think of Li Huan impeaching them earlier.

How much fertile land their respective palaces have embezzled, they can't be more clear in their hearts, it's fine if they don't check it on weekdays, if they really do check it, then they will really have nothing to eat.

Just thinking about this, suddenly someone exclaimed: "Look, everyone, Wang Yangming and the others have come out!"

When everyone heard the words, they raised their heads and looked into the distance. At a glance, they saw a group of people headed by Wang Yangming striding forward, and together with Wang Yangming were Li Huan and other nobles.

When they got closer, a group of vassal kings and clansmen looked at Wang Yangming, with a look of searching in their eyes.

As if sensing the search in the eyes of the princes and relatives, Wang Yangming stroked his beard and smiled slightly, bowed to the clans of the princes and said, "Wang is here to congratulate all the lords, congratulations to all the lords!"

Seeing Wang Yangming's reaction, all the vassal kings, who were still in a state of anxiety at first, couldn't help being stunned for a moment when they heard Wang Yangming's words, and then reacted with incredible expressions on their faces.

Especially King Qin and King Jin looked at Wang Yangming with some surprise and tremblingly said: "Old Wangge, could it be that His Majesty has already agreed?"

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, the family members of the vassal kings are unbelievable. You must know that the emperor has not made a decision for a long time, and even Wang Yangming and other elders have no hope for it. This makes all the vassals Wang Zongqin was influenced and thought that this matter was unlikely to happen.

However, the surprise came so suddenly, just when they hardly reported any hope, Wang Yangming brought them good news.

Wang Yangming nodded slowly to the crowd under the watchful eyes of the vassal princes and relatives.

Almost instantly, the hearts of all the vassal kings and relatives were pleasantly surprised, and some even kowtowed in the direction of the imperial study: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wise!"

On the other hand, Li Huan seemed not used to the clans of the feudal lords, so he snorted coldly, turned around and left.

King Qin, King Jin and the others who had been awakened by the shock were greatly empowered at this moment, seeing Li Huan's angry face, they couldn't help showing excitement on their faces.

Even the King of Chu looked at Li Huan with a bit of disdain and said: "Li Huan, you traitor actually wants to divorce me from my relationship with His Majesty. You are a character, if His Majesty doesn't believe in you, then what are you."

"Hahaha, we are the nobles of Tianhuang, the blood of the Taizu, and the princes and kings who will feudalize the state and build the country in the future. You, Li Huan, are just a duke of the state!"

Seeing Li Huan's figure disappear into the distance, all the vassal princes and relatives who vented their anger didn't care about anything with Li Huan at this time. They were more concerned about how the emperor would arrange them.

But at this moment, Wang Yangming chuckled and said, "Your Majesty's will!"

While speaking, he saw Wang Yangming holding an imperial decree in his hand, and all the vassal kings were overjoyed and bowed down immediately.

As Wang Yangming read out the emperor's will to enshrine the clansmen of the vassals in the Nanyang province, allowing them to enshrine the state and build a country, the hearts of the vassals completely fell.

It is said that the Son of Heaven keeps his promises, and now that the imperial decree has been issued, they naturally no longer worry about anything.

After receiving the imperial edict, all the vassal kings stood up, surrounded Wang Yangming and others, and asked how the imperial court would arrange them.

The Nanyang Province is quite vast. Since the imperial court wants to move them to the Nanyang Province, they cannot help but care about the division of their fiefdoms.

Although it is said that Nanyang is rich, even if it is a rich place, there are advantages and disadvantages. If the imperial court gave them a bad fief with a swipe of a pen, wouldn't they suffer too much.

It is very clear in the imperial decree that the emperor has handed over the matter to the cabinet, which means that the cabinet ministers will determine the location of their respective fiefdoms. If different cabinet ministers handle the relationship well at this time, their reactions Also too dull.

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In a spacious hall, a group of cabinet ministers headed by Wang Yangming sat upright. In addition to the cabinet ministers, there were also a group of vassal princes and clan members who had been summoned.

Because there are not a few vassal kings and clans who are eligible to feud the state and establish a country this time, even this spacious hall seems a bit crowded.

But at this moment, what everyone is concerned about is not the issue of crowding or not, but everyone's eyes are on the huge map hanging in the hall.

Thousands of islands, large and small, are densely marked on this map. These islands are large and small. It is a detailed map produced by the imperial court during the past few years to investigate the Nanyang Province.

Although there are thousands of islands marked on this map, there are too many islands in the South Seas, and these marked islands are less than one-tenth of them. The map is not detailed enough, but if it is used to entrust the clans of the vassal kings, it is enough.

It can be said that Wang Yangming and others just pointed at the map casually, and it may be the future enfeoffment land of a feudal lord, so at this time, all the vassal kings and relatives are looking at the map with nervousness and concern.

Wang Yangming exchanged glances with Yang Tinghe, Liu Yu and the others. Regarding the enfeoffment of these feudal lords and their relatives, it seemed that the cabinet assigned them, but in fact it was the emperor who made the decision.

As early as not long ago, including Li Huan, the emperor had already discussed with the cabinet the whereabouts of these princes and relatives.

There are many islands in the South Seas, it can be said that there are tens of thousands of them, but with so many islands, almost [-]% of them are just some small deserted islands. These deserted islands are almost worthless in this era, and it is impossible As a place of enfeoffment for the clans of the vassal kings.

Those who can really entrust a group of vassal kings and relatives must be at least the size of a county, and there must be enough land on the island. Otherwise, if these vassal kings are really entrusted to the past, I am afraid that these vassal kings will be taken. life.

The imperial court didn't want to put these vassals to death, but really wanted to use these vassals to guard the Nanyang province, use the power of these vassals to develop Nanyang, and completely integrate the land of Nanyang into the Chinese territory.

To develop Nanyang with the power of the imperial court alone, to be honest, the imperial court's finances are sufficient now, otherwise, the imperial court really can't handle it. Even so, it will take a long time for the imperial court to control Nanyang.

If it is possible to use the power of these vassal princes and clansmen, it will definitely speed up the process of the imperial court's control of Nanyang.

After all, although these vassal kings and clans said that they did not have any military and political power, they were all local emperors, and the population they controlled was a force that could not be ignored.

The household registration of these tenants who are attached to the clans of the princes is not even in the hands of the imperial court. That is to say, the imperial court does not know exactly how many tenants are subordinate to each royal palace.

The former imperial court implemented the new policy to check the land and hidden households in the world, which has indeed achieved great results. However, for these vassal kings and clansmen, it is really difficult to implement the imperial court's decrees thoroughly. It is also difficult for local officials who implement the New Deal to deal with these vassal kings.

After all, it involves the royal family, and these vassal kings will act like rogues one by one, unless the emperor personally orders to supervise.

Now, once these vassal kings are enfeoffed in the land of Nanyang to establish a state, they will definitely take some people to their respective fiefs. In fact, this is also encouraged by the imperial court.

As long as these vassals have the ability to take people to Nanyang, the imperial court will never stop them.

In the anticipation of all the vassals, Wang Yangming stood up slowly, glanced at the crowd and said: "Your lords, with your Majesty's trust, let us handle the matter of entrusting you. We have already selected the land on the map. These are all islands that are at least the size of a county. It can be said that as long as the princes can bring the people to the fief and develop the people's livelihood with heart, based on the situation of the fiefdom , it won’t be long before it will show a prosperous appearance.”

"Old Wang Ge, we already know this, and now the big guys are concerned about where our respective fiefs are."

A vassal king spoke impatiently.

Wang Yangming stroked his beard and smiled lightly, and nodded slightly to an official next to him, and then he saw the official come forward and presented a silk book to Wang Yangming.

Wang Yangming took the silk book, glanced at everyone before slowly opening his mouth and said: "King Qin's fiefdom, Qixing Island, is located forty miles southeast of Java, with an area of ​​about [-] hectares, excluding forests and minerals!"

King Qin couldn't help frowning when he heard the words. The imperial court entrusted him with an independent island. The area of ​​this island is about 500 hectares, which is roughly equivalent to the size of [-] million mu of land. Looking at it this way, the area is already quite large. Yes, it is much larger than most of the county governments in the Central Plains.

But if you consider the area of ​​an island, if you leave out the woodland, reefs, ponds, etc., it is not bad that there are 300 million acres of land that can be cultivated.

If one family owns 50 to [-] mu of land, it is almost the limit to be able to support about [-] households. That is to say, an island can have a population of [-] million people, which is more than what a county in Daming owns. The population is not bad either.

In this way, such an island is enough to establish a state. If there is no ambition, life in a county with a population of 10 to support a prince is definitely much better than in the Central Plains.

King Qin, who had already done this work in advance, flashed such an idea in his mind almost instantly, stepped forward to Wang Yangming and bowed to Wang Yangming without hesitation, and said, "The Palace of King Qin will move the people there in the shortest possible time. Seven Star Island, established as a state, guarded one side for Daming."

Wang Yangming nodded with a smile, his eyes fell on King Jin and he said: "Plum Blossom Island, which King Jin entrusted, is located [-] miles northwest of Surabaya, with an area of ​​about [-] hectares. There are countless peach groves on the island, not counting fertile land and minerals."

Hearing that the area of ​​the island sealed by him was a bit larger than that of the king of Qin, the king of Jin couldn't help showing a smile on his face, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The mansion of the king of Jin will hand over the fertile land under the mansion to the court as soon as possible, and complete the migration of the people. I am guarding one side."

As Wang Yangming revealed the fiefdoms of a famous vassal king, the islands acquired by these vassal kings vary in size, but generally speaking, the values ​​of these islands are actually quite different. The larger the area, the worse the natural conditions , more mountainous land than fertile and fertile land, so under Wang Yangming's explanation, at least a group of vassal kings are quite satisfied with the imperial court's entrustment on the surface.

Among the family members of the Daming vassal princes, the most honorable ones are naturally dozens of princes, but apart from the princes, there are also county kings, generals of the town, generals of the auxiliary country, etc., all the way to the lieutenant of Fengguo, even the worst lieutenant of Fengguo There is an annual offering of two hundred stones. Over the past hundred years, the clan of the Ming Dynasty has multiplied to tens of thousands. It is conceivable how much money and food the imperial court spends just to support these clans.

Except for the dozens of princes who spend the most money, the Son of Heaven naturally has arrangements for the rest of the clan. The county kings under the princes also give them the right to feudal states and build a country, but these county kings are not as unique as the princes. The treatment of an island is that more than a dozen county kings share the land of an island together, and each divides its own area. Therefore, only dozens of large and small islands are divided, and the problem of handling the county king is solved.