Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 1026: New Geopolitical Outlook (2)

When it comes to opening up the sea to the outside world, Zhu Youxiao has a clear plan. The attack on Eastern Japan is more like a rehearsal. Once the Ming Dynasty has a dominant advantage over Eastern Japan, the southward movement led by the Ming central government can be pushed forward.

In view of the overall situation in the South China Sea, the different situations of various countries in different regions, and the distribution of maritime forces of European countries, they seek to gradually control the entire South China Sea in the shortest possible time.

All the expenses in this process, including a large part of the military expenditure, will be solved through Eastern Japan in order to alleviate the actual needs of the Ming Dynasty's central finances.

Of course, this will lead to the continued weakening of the Eastern Japanese foundation, but this is exactly what Zhu Youxiao wants to see. In the future, this piece of land isolated on the sea will become the supplier of raw materials for the Ming Dynasty. In addition to minerals such as gold, silver, and copper, food and other necessities will also account for the majority. As for other things, they are not something they can get involved in.

Zhu Youxiao would need two or three generations to completely destroy the cultural system of East Japan. By then, this land would only speak one language, write one script, and wear one type of clothing...

"Royal brother, if we really do this, won't the pressure on the clan office be too great?" Zhu Youjian said worriedly when he heard this.

"After all, the Imperial Clan Bureau is now in charge of customs affairs. In addition to the northern border grassland trade, there is also the tea-horse ancient road trade in the southwest. This year, a business organization for Southeast Asia was established to exchange land owned by the clans and vassals in various places in the form of stocks. Many clans and vassals are paying attention to this matter."

"Prince Ji, you answer Prince Xin's question."

Zhu Youxiao smiled, stretched out his hand and said to Zhu Youdong.

"Yes."

Zhu Youdong smiled first, then looked at Zhu Youjian and said, "Prince Xin, your worry is completely unnecessary, because you don't know how many talents there are in the clan school affiliated to the Zongrenfu."

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Zhu Youjian showed a puzzled expression.

"Let me tell you this."

Zhu Youdong smiled and said, "For the companies established in Nanyang, one main body is in Songjiang and the other is in Xin'an. The money raised through stocks will allow the two companies to purchase land in Dongfan and build corresponding industries."

“This matter should have been planned gradually in the ninth year of Tianqi.”

"But because there have been too many clan members graduating from the clan school in recent years, this matter must be brought forward, otherwise the clan office will not be able to accommodate so many people."

Zhu Youjian showed a look of surprise.

No wonder Zhu Youjian would be like this.

Although there were already a group of royal ministers in the central government of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao arranged them to be in charge of various fields in order to reduce their own pressure and promote the development of these fields.

This caused quite a stir in the Ming Dynasty.

However, among the larger lower-level royal family members, except for the Emperor Mingzong's army, there are very few remaining in the Ming mainland. It is not that Zhu Youxiao does not want to resettle them, but once this is done, it will inevitably disrupt the political landscape of the Ming Dynasty.

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Zhu Youxiao felt that it was a waste to arrange these lower-level clan members to the Ming mainland one by one. After all, these lower-level clan members recruited by the clan school had experienced a lot, and some were even worse than the lower-level groups, so they were more eager for opportunities.

Even among a hundred people, only one can stand out on his own.

But in recent years, the clan schools under the jurisdiction of the Zongrenfu have successively enrolled tens of thousands of people. In the end, only a few hundred people have been trained and become independent. Is it better to stay in the country? Or is it better to be active overseas?

The answer is self-evident.

Among these hundreds of people, many will inherit the titles of prince and duke of their branch in order to achieve the goal of moving their fiefdom overseas.

For those who cannot inherit directly, Zhu Youxiao will also confer titles on them, but when this is done, some of the above groups will be moved to fiefdoms outside the Strait of Malacca.

This is an ongoing program with a step-by-step approach.

"Royal brother, don't use the past thinking to consider the present Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Youxiao lifted his sleeves and said, "The Imperial Clan Bureau is not as fragile as you think. In addition to the various matters that are being promoted today, the Imperial Clan Bureau has selected several batches of personnel and sent them to the Governor-General's Office in Korea and Ryukyu without the knowledge of the central government."

"These people will participate in the plan to conquer East Japan in the future. At the same time, they will also explore and summarize how to improve the system of governors-general in the domains, especially the various details of the transition between peacetime and wartime."

"Once the East Japan conquest strategy is successfully implemented, the Ming Dynasty will have a certain advantage in East Japan, and the system of resident governors in various parts of the South Sea countries will be established one after another in various parts of the South Sea."

"The Ming Dynasty's opponent has never been the small East Japan, nor the relatively vast South Seas. The real opponent is actually the Ming Dynasty itself."

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This was the first time Zhu Youjian had heard of such a novel idea.

"Prince Xin, there are enough land and sea areas outside of the Ming Dynasty for the Ming Dynasty to explore and explore, but there is a prerequisite, that is, the Ming Dynasty is willing to go out."

Zhu Youdong said at this moment: "In the past, the thought trend in the Ming Dynasty believed that the land outside the Ming Dynasty was barren and uncivilized, so it was not worth the Ming Dynasty's attention."

"Time has proven that this is clearly wrong. Of course, there are some people behind this, but it is more about a lack of consensus in thought."

"This is also the reason why Prince Lu went to take charge of provincial, prefectural, state, and county schools. What Prince Lu did was not only for the subsequent reform of the imperial examination system, but also for a deeper level, which was to let everyone in the Ming Dynasty know what the Ming Dynasty is like and what the situation outside the Ming Dynasty is like."

Zhu Youjian was even more surprised.

Because he was in charge of supervision, Zhu Youjian actually focused more of his energy and time on supervision.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian only had a superficial understanding of how big the changes were in the areas under the charge of other royal ministers during this period, and what impacts they had.

By the same token, no matter how great the changes were in the supervision under Zhu Youjian's charge, the status of other royal ministers was actually similar to that of Zhu Youjian.

However, Zhu Youxiao knew exactly how big the changes had been in the areas they were in charge of and what impacts they had produced.

After all, this was actively promoted by Zhu Youxiao.

"In a word, the geopolitical situation of the Ming Dynasty has quietly changed in the past." Looking at the two people in front of him, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and said: "Now that the changes have occurred, the Ming Dynasty can only move forward unswervingly without any pause or retreat, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will encounter a great crisis. Therefore, what you each do is extremely important to the Ming Dynasty and to me. "

(End of this chapter)