Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 382 The 14th Year of Qianxi

In the 14th year of Qianxi's reign, it was the second day of March.

The sun is shining brightly, and noon is approaching.

Outside Di'an Gate of the Imperial City, in the main hall and back hall of Zhenwu Temple's second entrance courtyard.

Zhu Di has silver hair and a silver beard, wearing a light blue Taoist robe, sitting cross-legged on the couch, like a blessed immortal.

Opposite him sat Zhu Gaoxu, Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty, who had both white temples.

There was a table between the two of them, with wine, meat, and a stack of peanuts on it.

"Since Zhantang arrived in Beijing yesterday, why didn't I come with you to Zhenwu Temple today to see my grandpa?"

Zhu Di seemed a little sad and asked: "If I remember correctly, the last time he came back to Beijing to see me was two years ago, right?"

"Dad, this morning Zhantang was invited by the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to go to the Shuntianfu Train Improvement Factory."

Zhu Gaoxu explained helplessly: "Among your many direct grandchildren, only Zhantang is the best at craftsmanship. He is even honored as the 'first generation craftsman' by the craftsmen in the crafts world. It is rare for him to return to Beijing. The Ministry of Industry Those craftsmen are so welcoming that it’s hard to turn away.”

Zhu Di was naturally aware of Zhu Zhantang's status in the machine industry. After all, the success of the rail train back then was all due to Zhu Zhantang's drawings of improved and smaller steam engines.

Although Zhu Zhantang returned to Beijing with the order this time, it was because in a few days it would be the tenth anniversary of the death of Queen Renxiao (Queen Xu), and he wanted to attend the ceremony.

But it was not easy for him to return to Beijing, and it was even more difficult for the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to meet him.

Therefore, all the officials from the Ministry of Industry jointly submitted a memorial, requesting Emperor Qianxi to allow His Royal Highness King Mei to visit the Shuntianfu Train Improvement Factory to inspect and instruct the craftsmen on their skills (to exchange technical experience).

As the king of a country, Zhu Gaoxu must put national affairs first, so he had no choice but to reluctantly agree to the request of the Ministry of Works to let the beautiful king Zhu Zhantang be a tool man again.

"I heard that the number of soldiers and civilians under Zhantang's rule has exceeded 60?"

Zhu Di asked with interest.

"Indeed."

Zhu Gaoxu replied respectfully.

In the sixth year of Qianxi, Zhu Zhantang led more than [-] officials and entourage to Fan Wozhou. The following year, he built the royal city and palace in Qianhusuo City, Dongjin.

At the same time, the other seven kings of Fanwozhou also chose places to build royal cities and palaces.

In December of the eighth year of Qianxi's reign, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di decided to start the layout of Wozhou.

From that year on, the Ming Dynasty began to actively support the eight kings of Wozhou in building a city and establishing a country.

The imperial court first put huge steam ships into passenger transport, transporting immigrants to Wozhou more than ten times a year, and each time the mighty steam fleet carried more than [-] people.

Every year, the Ming Dynasty officially sent more than [-] immigrants to Wozhou, and each vassal state received more than [-] immigrants every year.

Among these immigrants are people from all walks of life.

After they arrived in Wozhou, they were able to quickly build a new home and quickly form a new social ecology.

In addition, tens of thousands of failed candidates and various books are sent to Wozhou every year along with hundreds of thousands of immigrants.

Zhu Gaoxu had previously promised the eight kings of Wozhou the "Yongle Dadian". Each of the eight kings not only received a copy, but also received an additional printed copy of hundreds of classics from various schools of thought given by Zhu Gaoxu.

In addition to immigration, there were also various product trades between the imperial court and the eight Wozhou countries.

As the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the vassal states of Wozhou became more and more frequent, people's understanding of Wozhou became deeper and deeper.

Therefore, since the ninth year of Qianxi, people began to apply to the imperial court and take the initiative to move their families to Wozhou to settle.

Although there are not many such people, adding up to tens of thousands every year, fortunately, the voluntary participation of these people has made the Eight Kings of Wozhou even more motivated.

In this way, over the past six years, under the rule of the beautiful king Zhu Zhantang, more than [-] people migrated from the Ming Dynasty alone.

These more than 6 people include more than [-] imperial immigrants, more than [-] private immigrants, and tens of thousands of U.S. royal officials, entourage, family members, and relatives.

In addition, the Department of Rites and Examinations continued to absorb indigenous people from the Wozhou area and turned barbarians into summer. Every year, the number of new Chinese people added to the American Kingdom ranged from twenty to thirty thousand to fifty or sixty thousand.

After six years of accumulation, there are more than 20 new Chinese people.As a result, after the development of the United States Kingdom to this day, if the number of citizens cannot exceed 60, then damn it.

However, as of March this year, the total number of people under the rule of the Eight Domains of Wozhou was only a mere three million.

Among them, Mei Fan accounts for one-fifth!

In other words, Mei Fan has become the most powerful feudal state in Wozhou!

"Why don't any of the seven vassals of Shen, Li, Mo, etc. have a military and civilian population exceeding 60, but the population of the American vassal governed by Pianzhantang has exceeded 60? Gao Xu, you won't deceive me, will you?"

Zhu Di always felt that the development speed of the American Kingdom was a bit extraordinary. In just six or seven years, the American Kingdom became the most powerful vassal in Wozhou with a population of more than 60.

"How dare your son dare to deceive you? Among the eight vassals of Wozhou, only the American vassal attaches the most importance to the strategy of absorbing the indigenous people and turning the barbarians into summer. The ceremonial office of the ceremonial vassal of the American vassal is the first of its six government affairs offices, and the industries under the ceremonial office are even more important. There are hundreds of them.”

Zhu Gaoxu then said: "Father, you have a sharp eye, and I, the grandson, will never escape from the palm of your Tathagata."

"Hahaha, that's Sun Monkey with his fiery eyes and golden eyes."

Zhu Di stroked his beard and laughed.

Zhu Gaoxu also smiled.

Although Wu Chengen has not yet been born, the drama "Journey to the West" has been circulated from the Yuan Dynasty to the present.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu talked about Sun Wukong and Tathagata Buddha.

"How many capital guards does the imperial court have in Wozhou now?"

Zhu Di paused and asked again.

"As of last month, the Ming Dynasty had six Jidudusi in Wozhou, with 53 Jidudus under its jurisdiction, four direct-administration divisions, 22 solid guards, and [-] thousand-household guards. .”

Zhu Gaoxu replied.

The Guarding Thousand Households Station is a special establishment in the guard system. It is not affiliated with the Guard, but is directly under the command of the capital. Like the regular Thousand Households Station, it has ten hundred household stations under its jurisdiction.

The number of officials in this type of Qianhu office is the same as that of ordinary Qianhu offices. There is one person for the Chief Thousand Household, the fifth rank, two Deputy Thousand Households, the fifth rank, and two governors and governors, the sixth rank.

After hearing this, Zhu Di thought for a moment and had a rough understanding of Ming Dynasty's power in Wozhou.

Leaving aside Jisidusi, the four actual Tudusi under the direct control of the imperial court are fully calculated based on the 600 people per guard and the 1000 or 30 people per [-]-household unit, which amounts to a total of more than [-] regular guardsmen.

But in fact, Wozhou is far away from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible for all the soldiers in the guard station to be fully staffed. It is already very good to complete one-third of the theoretical number, which is more than [-] regular soldiers.

If we include the family members, remaining members, relatives, etc. who accompany the army, the number of soldiers and civilians under the control of the four real Tudus, including the elderly and the weak, is roughly more than 100 million, and the number will not exceed 200 million even if they are strong.

In other words, leaving aside the Chinese people under the rule of the Eight Domains of Wozhou, the military and civilian population under the direct control of the Ming Dynasty in Wozhou is less than one-fifth of the current Zhili population!
Even if we include the more than 300 million soldiers and civilians under the rule of the eight vassals of Wozhou, although it exceeds the current population of Yunnan Province in the Ming Dynasty, it is still less than one-third of the population of Jiangdong Province (formerly Zhejiang) in the Ming Dynasty.

Because the current population of Jiangdong Province has reached more than 680 million, ranking first among the provinces of the Ming Dynasty, more than 500 million more than Zhili.

Of course, compared to Guizhou Province, which currently has a population of more than two million, the total population under the rule of Wozhou Si Dusi and Ba Fei is a little larger than that of the two Guizhou provinces.

Looking at it this way, the imperial court's efforts in the past seven or eight years have been extremely effective in developing and assimilating Wozhou.

When Zhu Di thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh slightly: "A fertile continent, a fertile continent!"

He looked up at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Meat rotting in your own pot is better than being stolen by a thief!"

Zhu Di's words are actually not difficult to understand. "Rou" refers to "Wozhou", "Jijia" refers to the "Eight Domains of Wozhou", and "thief" refers to the Western countries.

In other words, even if one day the imperial court is unable to control the new continent of Wozhou, the eight Ming vassals entrusted to Wozhou should inherit and rule this continent, instead of being secretly occupied by the Western countries.

"Dad is right, my son knows what to do."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded solemnly.

PS: Thank you everyone for not giving up!grateful!

(End of this chapter)