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Chapter 401 Zhu Yili’s good days are completely over! !

Zhu Yijun originally wanted to give Zhang Juzheng a little shock from the imperial power's petty willfulness, but he persisted in executing it.

What he was playing was not a new trick, that is, selling officials and conferring titles, or even granting titles to fiefdoms. To be more clear, it was the enfeoffment system.

Since the Eight Kings Rebellion broke out in the Western Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty has absorbed the lessons of history. Even if it is a king, his enfeoffment does not have any territory. The princes, princes and uncles no longer have actual fiefdoms, but are more of a symbol of social status. , from fiefdom to food fiefdom, is the process of the change of the feudal system in the Central Plains from the feudal system to the county system.

The landmark event of the change from a feudal city to a food city was Shang Yang's Reform. The "Five Doctors" at the ninth level of military merit can obtain 300 tax cities.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly reversed history and allowed the vassal kings to have fiefdoms. This was a decision based on the huge contradiction between the north and the south and the current situation that Hu Yuan had effectively ruled for a hundred years. It was also Zhu Yuanzhang's idea of ​​"family world" manifestation.

After Jingnan, the Chengzu lineage gradually tightened the vassal ban. The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty stayed in the vassal area. Under the vassal ban, they could not even leave the palace.

"Your Majesty, once this side is opened, it will naturally cause endless harm. Now we can clearly distinguish between the inside and outside of the sea. In the future, this boundary will continue to blur. In the end, the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty will be counterattacked."

"Take Xu Jie as an example. He was unable to change from an elected official to a hereditary minister. Instead, he began to seek land, trying to realize his hereditary replacement by occupying land." Zhang Juzheng once again elaborated on the driving force behind the merger of Zheshe households in the Ming Dynasty.

Hereditary, irreplaceable, eternal.

The country will perish but the family will not perish.

Zhang Juzheng was able to obtain the World Voucher for the Dingce Grand Prize because the scope of influence was very small and he could only obtain it by chance.

There is a huge background to the hereditary implementation of fixed-ce title rewards, and that is the doubt of the country, which was only done twice in the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty.

"Sir, what do you mean, sir, in the future, these overseas nobles and fiefdoms will turn against Tiangang?" Zhu Yijun frowned and understood Zhang Juzheng's real worry.

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty have never disappointed people. But if they reveal a little flaw, they can tear out a hole, pretending to be public for private gain, stealing public for private gain.

"Your Majesty, I will definitely do it." Zhang Juzheng replied helplessly.

The domestic title is military merit, while the overseas title is pioneering. This difference was repeatedly explained in Zhu Yijun's imperial edict. There is a very clear and clear boundary between military merit and pioneering, but this boundary will definitely be broken.

If we can tell the difference now, will we be able to tell the difference in the future?

Zhang Juzheng's worries may not be the worries of the officials. The blurring of military merit and pioneering titles will definitely become inevitable. Since the ending is destined to be a tragedy, why start at all.

In fact, the silence of some courtiers and courtiers is also because they are happy to see the results. It is natural for you, the emperor, to sell your father's land and poke a hole in the sky to get some benefits.

"With your great talent, if the New Deal comes to an abrupt end, how far will the Ming Dynasty go?" Zhu Yijun thought for a while, and realized that this was still a question of whether it was worth it or not. When it came to opening up the sea, Zhu Yijun had always been very radical and very persistent.

Having said that, Zhu Yijun still refused to give up.

"No more than a hundred years." Zhang Juzheng looked a little pained, but he had really thought about this issue. Zhang Juzheng, who was very familiar with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, had a rough estimate of the Ming Dynasty. He was more optimistic and could survive for a hundred years. If we are not optimistic, it will be fifty or sixty years.

Few ancient palaces, the palace flowers are lonely and red.

The white-haired palace maid is here, sitting around talking about Xuanzong.

Famous generals are like clouds, capable ministers are like rain, culture is dazzling, and the Tang Dynasty is prosperous. Shangyang Palace, Luoyang Palace in the prosperous age of Kaiyuan, is a palace in the sky. There are 43,000 maids in Shangyang Palace alone, all dressed in colorful clothes. Thousands of palace maids danced, the fish played the sun and the drums were played, and the Anshi Rebellion broke the beauty of this fairyland on earth.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Shangyang Palace became dilapidated and desolate. More than 40,000 palace maids fled in all directions during the war. There was a beauty in the palace who went from being covered with black hair to hiding in white hair. She changed from a beauty to an old woman. The palace maid sat on the original stage, telling the passers-by about the grand occasion of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

Such a powerful Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline as quickly as a boulder rolling down a cliff.

As for the current Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty in the early years of Wanli, from the Ming Dynasty where the soldiers were fully paid to the Ming Dynasty where the mountains and rivers were broken, the speed of rapid decline is almost the same as the speed of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline.

Zhang Juzheng saw this scene clearly, and he also warned about this scene. He connected Tang Xuanzong and Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, and discussed the difficulty of overcoming the end. He was talking about Emperor Shizong, but he was also talking about the fate of the Ming Dynasty.

For three hundred years, the feudal dynasty of the Central Plains faced an unavoidable obstacle.

The Ming Dynasty is more than two hundred years old, and its end is approaching. Zhang Juzheng found the key to the dynasty cycle from the long river of history, and grasped the main contradiction, that is land. The four words "clear the land and return it to the land" are the words of Zhang Juzheng. The answer to this historical destiny, under the influence of the Great Contemplation under the New Deal in recent years, Zhang Juzheng felt more clearly, is the contradiction in the means of production.

"So, why worry." Zhu Yijun knocked on the table and said with certainty: "Guo Zuo is only a hundred years old, so there is no harm in being bold."

Zhang Juzheng immediately shook his head and said: "But His Majesty is divinely wise, has great perseverance, and has great wisdom. The New Deal is moving forward, and we, the Ming Dynasty, will surely rule for a long time."

Discussing long-term strategies is a very luxurious thing. Being able to discuss long-term strategies means that Zhang Juzheng has full confidence in the future of Ming Dynasty. Your old Zhu family has only been in power for a few decades, and Zhang Juzheng will not stop it. No matter how bad it is, he will still Could it be worse to have mountains and rivers broken?

It was because he saw the bright future and the light before dawn that Zhang Juzheng blocked it like this.

"Your Majesty, this matter is actually not difficult." Qi Jiguang said with great certainty: "From the very beginning, I said that I am here to support Your Majesty. This matter is actually not as complicated as Ming Gong thought. It depends on manpower. Your Majesty Having more children will solve the problem.”

"Have more children?" Zhu Yijun was stunned. This was such a big deal, why did it fall on his shoulders? !

Qi Jiguang further said: "Your Majesty is willing to enfeoff the children and send them overseas, just like the emperor Taizu Gao enfeoffed the kings to guard the country."

"Qi Shuai's method..." Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up, and several courtiers began to whisper and discuss carefully.

Zhu Yijun stood up and walked out of the West Flower Hall. He left ample space for the courtiers to discuss the solution given by Qi Jiguang.

From Qi Jiguang's perspective, the Ming court fell into a thinking trap. They wanted to prevent the emperor from going against the grain and bringing out the feudal system, and were worried about rebelling against Tiangang. However, from the perspective of a martial artist, Qi Jiguang felt that this The matter is very simple, canonizing the palace can perfectly solve the problem.

Wang Jue leading the overseas pioneering knights will form a huge community of interests and prevent Ming scholars from rebelling against Tiangang, because destroying the boundaries between military merit and pioneering knights will directly harm the interests of the vassal kings everywhere - land.

The lordship and the land are completely bound together. Once the boundaries are blurred and the definition of lordship is unclear, the legal principle and centripetal force of the feudal king's overseas rule will be greatly reduced.

Zhang Juzheng, Wang Chonggu and Tan Lun discussed for a long time, and the more they talked, the brighter their eyes became. However, the three of them tacitly avoided a question. Even though His Majesty gave time and space for important ministers to discuss, none of the three of them talked about it. The core issue is that they are foxes who have been together for thousands of years and know each other well.

The core issue is imperial power.

Ever since Prince Yan’s palace was successfully pacified, and since Yongle, the rebellion of the vassal kings has been a topic that cannot be avoided in the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention the fact that the last civil servant was knighted and Wang Yangming pacified the Chenhao Rebellion, it was Prince Ning’s desire to imitate Yan. Wang Jing is in trouble.

This is a battle for imperial power caused by the emperor having no heirs.

For this battle, Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao gathered 60,000 people, claiming to be one hundred thousand. You must know that when the Yan Palace raised troops, they only had 800 people. If not for the proper handling by the governor of Ting and Gansu and the censor of Qiandu Wang Yangming, I am afraid it would have been another human catastrophe. The Chenhao Rebellion that lasted for one month and twelve days seemed to have calmed down quickly, but if not for Wang Yangming's decisiveness, King Ning would have already invaded Nanjing.

When Wang Yangming attacked Nanchang, besieged Wei and rescued Zhao, and forced Zhu Chenhao to return to his army, Zhu Chenhao was already attacking Anqing. It took only ten days for him to reach Nanjing on a smooth road. Then Wang Yangming defeated King Ning's army at Huangjiadu and Bazinao, weakening the army. He defeated the strong and burned the camp for a hundred miles, and captured King Ning and others alive.

Zhu Chenhao's defeat was mainly due to his foresight. If he led 60,000 people straight to Nanjing along the waterway and heard that Nanchang had been conquered, it would be a desperate situation, but he returned to Nanchang. The morale of the army was unstable, King Ning's rebellion, and the destruction. Now that Zhu Chenhao is here, he is both good and fun-loving, but isn't Zhu Chenhao so indecisive?

There will inevitably be another Ming Civil War.

The rebellion of the vassal kings was a worry for the Ming Dynasty, so if the vassal kings were sent overseas, there would not be so many concerns and worries.

Zhu Yijun returned to the West Flower Hall. After some discussion, the ministers no longer objected to His Majesty's imperial edict. Even Hai Rui had no objection to it. Politics is about compromise, and politics is also about the exchange of interests. Obviously, this move will bring more benefits than anything else. Disadvantages.

The imperial edict passed through the cabinet, and the next chapter was divided into six parts. In the evening, the postmen of Tongguanyi took the edict with them and sent it to all directions of the Ming Dynasty along the official road of Kowloon.

On the day the imperial edict left the court, another piece of good news came from the palace. Concubine Zhou De, who was favored in the harem, was already pregnant. Although there was no fetal heartbeat yet, it had been confirmed by the medical officials who knew the hospital. The old method still used by great medical officials is to test progesterone by subcutaneous injection of frogs.

Concubine Zhou De's inversion method was still very effective.

As soon as these two pieces of news came out, all the officials in the capital immediately knew clearly that the Ming Emperor had once again won the victory in the negotiations in the Xihua Hall of the Royal Study Room of the Li Palace!

It is reported that Qi Jiguang, the general of the Ming Dynasty’s capital camp, also appeared in the West Flower Hall.

Zhang Juzheng, Wang Chonggu, Tan Lun, Wang Guoguang, and Hai Rui all clearly expressed their objections, and Wan Shihe was the one who made up the numbers.

His Majesty's ability to overcome all opinions was that Qi Jiguang went to the West Flower Hall and supported His Majesty. It is obvious that in this closed-door meeting that was unknown to everyone and not even the Zhongshushe people could attend, Qi Jiguang must have expressed his feelings for Bai Bai. The dissatisfaction of being forced into the palace by officials.

This situation made Ke Dao Yan Guan very painful. In their narrow world, Qi Jiguang really had 100,000 troops in the Beida Camp.

The Kedao officials want to oppose His Majesty's decree and want to subjugate the emperor, but they are also afraid that His Majesty will really unleash the wrath of God and kill people. As a ballast, the Beijing camp has already made its attitude clear. Selling officials and conferring titles is a strategy of subjugating the country. It actually passed the court decision, which was really hard for everyone to accept, as if it was stuck in their throats.

Undercurrents surged under the water, and at the center of the whirlpool, His Majesty the Ming Emperor Zhu Yijun, once again came to the loyal Beida Camp.

Zhu Yijun was extremely serious about the military horse parade. He would watch the soldiers' drills through the telescope in Wuying Building, and then go to the school field to train with the soldiers for an hour. Qi Jiguang called it tasteless horseback shooting. , Zhu Yijun has been able to hit all three arrows.

The Ming Emperor's bravery has gradually changed from the top master in the youth group to the master in the adult group.

"What Qi Shuai said is indeed right. Riding and shooting is really useless, especially when there are more and more firearms." Zhu Yijun got off his horse, took off his dagger, held it in his arms, and said to Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang is right. Riding and shooting is of no use except being handsome, but he is handsome enough, which is enough for Zhu Yijun.

"Your Majesty is mighty!" Qi Jiguang led the Ming Dynasty generals and bowed their heads in greeting.

Horseback riding and archery are often used to demonstrate one's personal prowess. There were actually not many emperors on horseback in the Ming Dynasty. There were only three emperors in the Ming Dynasty, Gaozu, Chengzu, and Wuzong. It is not easy for His Majesty to train horseback riding and archery to the point where man and horse are one. This thing In fact, it is of little use in governing the country. It is more of an attitude of the emperor to promote military power.

"No gift, no gift." Zhu Yijun handed the douchi to Feng Bao and talked to Qi Jiguang about the military camp.

Eight years ago, the memorials of the generals of the Ming Dynasty were sent to the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, and then the Five Governments handed them over to the Ministry of War. If the gentlemen of the Ministry of War did not like the generals, they would withhold the memorials for a certain period of time. It’s either not withholding it from the cabinet or withholding it. The court situation is like a battlefield, the situation changes very quickly, and one day's deduction can kill the generals.

But now Qi Jiguang can see His Majesty every day.

On weekdays, the situation of strong civil society and weak military forces has not changed, but in wartime, a balance has been reached, which is enough.

Loyalty is not without reason.

"Qi Shuai, my imperial edict, which has caused dissatisfaction among the courtiers, has been issued for three days. I have been waiting for these officials to show up. I have been waiting for so long, but they have not come, which makes me very disappointed." Zhu Yijun entered Wuying Tower. Today's military parade has ended, and he will leave after washing.

"The party leaders didn't let them move, they didn't dare." Qi Jiguang said with a smile.

"That's it." Zhu Yijun was about to go wash up when he suddenly turned around and said, "Shuai Qi, starting from tomorrow, King Lu will continue to follow me to parade the army and horses, and the imperial gate will listen to the government."

"I obey the decree." Of course Qi Jiguang knew that Zhu Yiliu would definitely be entrusted overseas in the future. Even if Empress Dowager Li refused to give up, she would be expelled. Overseas is not as good as at home, and domestic conflicts are complicated, sharp and very serious. If you are not careful, Even when swordsmen meet and resort to force, Zhu Yili cannot be incompetent.

Zhu Yili's good days are completely over! !

Zhu Yijun hesitated to speak, but finally did not say it. He actually wanted to tell Qi Jiguang that when others accuse you of rebelling, you'd better have the strength to rebel, then no one will dare to accuse you.

This time Qi Jiguang appeared in the West Flower Hall to support the emperor's foolish decision. No courtier dared to jump out and say something wrong with Qi Jiguang. None, not even mention it. Zhang Juzheng took all the infamy. Zhang Ju was indeed hereditary. Wuxun, but he does not lead troops.

This phenomenon has also appeared in history. Guo Ziyi's son Guo Nuan got drunk and beat the princess with the help of wine. He also said to the princess: Your father's throne was given to your father because my father didn't want it! Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty did not deal with it, but said: It is true.

There are sequels to this story. Later, Guo Ai's second daughter married Tang Xianzong and became Queen Yi'an. Later, this time she married Tang Muzong. During the five dynasties of Tang Muzong, Jingzong, Wenzong, Wuzong, and Xuanzong, this second daughter was the queen mother of the Five Dynasties. .

Zhu Yixuan sat up suddenly in the morning light, looked at the dark curtain, and suddenly lay down again. He blinked. He was used to getting up early. Even after a month of lazy days, he was still engraved in his heart. The biological clock in his bones still wakes him up every day.

"It's really a great day when you don't have to listen to the government!" Zhu Yili covered himself with the quilt, sealed himself again, and happily planned to go back to sleep.

The biological clock wakes him up, but there is no need to continue to listen to politics, go back to sleep, and don't be too comfortable. He will spend the rest of his life in this comfort.

The two palace maids walked up to the curtain, opened a gap in the curtain, and sprinkled the morning light into the bedroom.

"Your Highness, it's time to get up." The palace maid in gauze sat beside the bed and whispered. The sun shone on the palace maid's body and over her collarbone. Through the thin gauze, it reflected the huge silhouette and The slender waist, the golden morning light shines on the fat-like skin, creating layers of halo.

King Chu loves a slim waist. You can question King Chu's ability, but you must not question King Chu's aesthetics.

"Oh, Your Highness, there is news from the Li Palace, asking Your Highness to go to the imperial gate to listen to the government." The palace maid sighed, lifted up a corner of the quilt, and got in.

Zhu Yili suddenly sat up. He could see whether he could eat or not. That was not enjoyment. He was still young and had promised His Majesty that he would not mess around before the wedding. Zhu Yili could still tell the difference between a full meal and a full meal.

The reason why he sat up was not because the softness made him overreact, but because he was surprised to hear those four words, Yumen listens to politics!

This must be an auditory hallucination!

"Mother said it! I don't need to go to the royal gate to listen to politics anymore!" Zhu Yili turned around stiffly, looked at the three maids and said blankly.

"Well, that's what the Queen Mother said, saying that one month of confinement is enough. Your Highness, it's time to go to the Wenhua Palace." The maids didn't understand what this meant, so they told His Highness Prince Lu that the will was His Majesty's will, and it was also the Queen Mother's. the will of.

"It's noisy!!" Zhu Yili wailed, rolled around with the quilt in his arms, rolled the facial cleanser vigorously a few times, and then started to take a shower and change clothes.

Zhu Yijun was waiting beside the railway and saw Zhu Yijun who had "I'm very angry" written all over his face.

"You kid, you still want to take some time off?" Zhu Yijun saw Zhu Yili with a deflated look on his face and said cheerfully: "The confinement is over. The imperial gate listens to government affairs, parades military horses, and gives banquets. It starts again. The exams will be taken on the 29th of every month. School, if you don’t pass the test, it means twenty laps of the school field, every day.”

"Brother Imperial! There is something unclear about my brother! Why, my nephew has been born! And he weighs seven pounds and six taels. What's the matter with my brother?" Zhu Yili took a step back, bowed his head in greeting, and asked quite solemnly.

"I knew you did it on purpose!" Zhu Yijun remembered the reason why Empress Dowager Li was banned. Zhu Yijun didn't act up early or late, but it happened when the emperor's eldest son was born.

"Brother, it's not necessary. What's the use of my brother's success or not?" Zhu Yili did not refute or quibble. He found a place for everyone to step down. You will be your mill donkey and I will be my pleasure king. The water in the well does not interfere with the river. He is twelve years old this year. It is meaningless to receive the emperor's education and continue to train him. What difference does it make to the vassal king whether he is successful or not?

The Ming Dynasty's vassal ban was to raise pigs, and Zhu Yili was already prepared to enjoy people's lives for the rest of his life.

"Qi Shuai found a way out for you. You are useless. In the future, when you go overseas, you will either be killed by rebellious officials or traitors, or the local natives will break into the city and twist off your head and use it as a ball. So, you will continue to suffer. Take a good look. , study hard, listen well, for your own life." Zhu Yijun helped Zhu Yili tidy up his clothes.

"Ah? No, this, I don't want to become a weapon!" Zhu Yili was stunned. He finally saw what the sinister human heart is!

Why do you bring a twelve-year-old child into your game in the court? He is only twelve years old, is this what he should bear?

Zhu Yijun is not actually worried about Zhu Yili. This child is very smart and also very perseverant. At the age of twelve, he is already capable of doing some bad things. However, all the women in Prince Lu's palace are perfect, and Zhu Yili is obviously a perseverant person. , otherwise you would have been in trouble long ago if you couldn’t persist.

People who can quit smoking are extremely cruel to themselves, let alone resist the impact of hormones on their sanity?

To see whether a person can be successful, Zhang Juzheng once taught Zhu Yijun, just look at two words: Hongyi.

Hong refers to whether one has the world in mind; Yi refers to whether one gives up halfway. Zhu Yili took the initiative to give in and had no ambitions for the throne. It was because he had the world in mind and did not want the world to fall into crisis due to the internal struggle for imperial power. This was Hong; but to hold back his inner desires and not do whatever he wanted as a born nobleman was Yi.

Therefore, Zhu Yixi has a promising future.

"Let's go!" Zhu Yijun got into the car and motioned for his brother to get in the car.

"Are the beauties from all over the world that the emperor has promised still counted?!" Zhu Yiliu stood under the car and asked loudly with his fists clenched. This is His Majesty's only promise. He is grounded, does not go to the imperial gate to listen to politics, and does not have to hold banquets. It was Empress Dowager Li's decision, not His Majesty's promise.

"Twice. Before the wedding, there will be six beauties every year. After the wedding, there will be at least twelve beauties every year." Zhu Yijun promised Zhu Yiluo to change brides every month.

"Brother keeps his promise! When he said to go east, I will never go west! Let's go." Zhu Yili immediately jumped into the car and followed the emperor happily.

"It's strange, why are you so obsessed with beauties from all over the world?"

"Just because I don't like the style of all nations, doesn't mean others don't like it."

"The emperor doesn't like it either. I have given so many beauties from all over the world. It would be better for him to spend all day in the Royal Garden."

"I'm pretty sure it's not me who's abnormal."

"Be brave and criticize Chengyu!"

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Zhu Yijun brought Zhu Yili to the Wenhua Palace. Empress Dowager Li, Empress Dowager Chen, and Empress Wang carried the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Changzhi, who was full moon. Circle, we have met.

The etiquette of the Ming Dynasty is very strict. It stands to reason that on the eighteenth day and the full moon, a banquet should be given at the Ten Kings Palace to allow the children to meet the courtiers, especially the eldest son of the emperor. However, because the banquet is very expensive, we just skip it. The banquet is not expensive, but the reward is expensive. Ma Ziqiang, the Minister of Rites, was so worried that his hair was almost scratched.

The child is healthy, smiles when he sees people, and even wants to reach out to scratch Zhang Juzheng's beard. The air in the Wenhua Hall is full of joy.

The emperor's eldest son has no congenital deficiencies, and His Majesty has carefully moved to the Li Palace. So it is worth pondering that Prince Zhu Yili of Lu will continue to follow the emperor's imperial court and listen to politics. The courtiers can climb to the position of Wenhua Palace, all of them are quick-thinking. People who think about it can appreciate the profound meaning with a little thought.

It will be obvious where King Lu's fiefdom will be in the future.

The imperial edict of the Ming Emperor caused an uproar in the court, and at the same time, it also stirred up a thousand waves among the people. The thoughts and concerns of the Zheshe households were completely different from others. The first thing that the Zheshe households thought of was to complete the , it’s finished.

Because of the continuous investment in Kaihai, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty must have been so poor that he had to use his money as a trousers. His majesty, who was so poor that he was so poor, has already begun to openly sell his official positions. According to the previous path of dependence, his majesty must find a few rich people to replenish his money. !

All the Zheshe households hunkered down and told their book publishers and writers not to talk nonsense, for fear that the emperor would look at them.

Luo Bingliang, dean of the Tax Inspection Institute, commander of Nanzhen Fusi, and Nanjing Tishuai, found that this year's tax audit work was really easy to do. There was no need to pay taxes that needed to be paid before. The luxury households had already done it. Tax stamps and even rubbings were sent to the Tax Inspection Institute to prevent misunderstandings.

Luo Bingliang thought about it and felt a little helpless. I'm afraid it would be difficult to achieve this year's target. It was all Zhang Juzheng's fault. Look at these luxury households. Now they are all as smart as ghosts and they are all very cautious.

Sun Kehong, the general manager of Songjiang Ocean Trading Company, was pushed to the trading house by a maid to read the imperial edict of Kuaijue. Sun Kehong could already recite it backwards and forwards, but he still took the copied imperial edict and read it repeatedly.

The opening of the sea is a wave, and Sun Kehong is the wave leader. He is at the forefront. As the general manager of Songjiang Ocean Trading Company, he smells a completely different flavor. This is a huge opportunity. If he can seize it, Hereditary succession is by no means an unattainable dream. This is not selling an official position, but an extremely important step in His Majesty's maritime development.

This is your Majesty's promise and gift to those who pioneer. Encouraging the opening of the sea is not only for the sake of stabilizing the imperial power, but also for the great plan of the world.

Selling an official position and getting a title? Your Majesty is short of this money? Others may think so, but Sun Kehong definitely does not. As the chief merchant of Ocean Trading Company, he knows very well that His Majesty is really powerful and will become richer and richer.

"The country of a thousand islands - Yuanxu Islands." Sun Kehong looked at the chart in front of him and muttered to himself.

The Country of Thousand Islands, east of Borneo and south of Luzon and Mindanao, there is a vast sea area with thousands of islands. A ship got lost in the equatorial windless zone and then broke into the Country of Thousand Islands. During his exploration, he discovered a huge island, which was boundless and shaped like a turtle, so it was named Yuanxu.

The country of Thousand Islands has no other advantage, except that it is suitable for farming.

(Country of Thousand Islands - Yuanxu Islands Range)

　During the Jiajing New Deal, why didn’t Taoist masters strengthen their military power? In fact, there was no money. After Xiaozong's filial piety, the Ming Dynasty only had more than 400 million hectares of land, and there was another factor in hiding the land, that is, the poll tax could not be collected. Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

　　

　

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