The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 370 New World

In fact, Lan Yu guessed it right. The purpose of this division was not to have too strong vassal states around.

Nanyang is close to the Ming Dynasty and is located on a major transportation route, so it can indeed develop better.

But the Ming Dynasty could not allow them to grow.

Let’s put it this way, they benefited from being close to Ming Dynasty, but in the future they will also be restricted because of being close to Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the future of these countries is clear at a glance.

Not only Southeast Asia, but also the Far East, Japan and other places will be split into several small countries in the future.

Based on this consideration, it is naturally impossible to seal the great nobles here.

That would be bad for everyone.

As for the King of Jin and the King of Yan...

The purpose of enfeoffing the King of Jin in Suiyechuan was to enable him to resist the impact from the west.

The subcontinent has a unique geographical environment with vast plains.

No matter who is enfeoffed, they will dream of unifying the subcontinent and establishing a unified dynasty.

By then, the Ming court will not be able to intervene even if it wants to.

If you interfere too much, you might even turn into enemies.

Therefore, Chen Jingke believed that breaking up the fiefdoms was like raising poison and laying mines for oneself.

The Prince of Yan has made great contributions to the country and is ambitious. Giving him the subcontinent can avoid a lot of trouble.

With the Prince of Jin and the Prince of Yan blocking the way, the west and south of the Ming Dynasty can be safe.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty could focus more on the great voyages of discovery.

To be precise, it is focused on developing Australia and America.

These two places are the fiefdoms prepared by Chen Jingke for those top nobles.

As long as you have the ability and ambition, go there and cultivate and manage the land.

How much territory you can conquer and how long your country can survive depends entirely on your own ability.

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty’s goal... or to be more precise, Chen Jingke’s goal... is only one.

Let these two continents become the land of China.

As for Europe, let them continue to fight among themselves.

By the time they realized that the times had changed, the world had already become Chinese.

It must be said that it might not be a good thing that China is the only country in this world.

Culture also needs diversity.

The internal struggles among European countries may give rise to some new ideas.

It would be wonderful if China could select the best ones, digest, absorb and strengthen itself.

As for Africa... digest Australia and America first, those black uncles will never make it big.

Chen Jingke also had no intention of engaging in black slavery.

History has proven that black slavery is only temporary.

You get them out of Africa and in the future they can change the color of your tribe.

When Chen Jingke was alive, he could try to maintain the color of his ethnic group.

But one day he will die, and then things will no longer be up to him.

Therefore, it is better to let the black uncles continue to live in Africa for now.

It won’t be too late to find a way to deal with them after the Ming Dynasty has completely absorbed Australia and America.

Of course, Chen Jingke should have been gone by then.

How to do it is up to future generations.

Now, he really can only trust in the wisdom of future generations.

Of course, Chen Jingke did not tell anyone about this plan. After all, Australia and America had not yet been discovered.

He couldn't just reveal the answer.

His explanation to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao was to send these capable and powerful people to important places to be appointed as officials.

For example, we can seal a few more in Asia Minor in the future.

For example, in Africa, we can block a few more.

In this way, direct competition between the fiefdoms of the powerful and the Ming Dynasty can be avoided.

This statement was also unanimously agreed upon by the father and son. After all, as emperors, their priority was the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

Everything else comes second.

Chen Jingke's plan is most beneficial to the Ming Dynasty no matter how you look at it.
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Although Lan Yu didn't know Chen Jingke's overall plan, he got two pieces of useful information.

First of all, of course, the imperial court will officially begin the large-scale enfeoffment next year.

Second, for some reasons, the top nobles were not included in the list of fiefdoms.

Out of trust in Chen Jingke, he didn't ask too many questions.

In his mind, Zhu Yuanzhang would lie to him, Zhu Biao might also lie to him, but Chen Jingke would not.

Hearing this, he asked, "Can I tell others about the enfeoffment next year?"

Chen Jingke nodded and said, "Okay, but it's best not to make a big fuss about it."

With the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, taking over Southeast Asia is a piece of cake.

Regardless of whether the barbarian forces will take action against the Nanyang clans, the result will not change.

The difference is that when they took action, the Ming Dynasty had a more legitimate reason.

After finishing their business, the two started chatting.

Although they were said to be chatting, they were actually talking about national affairs, and the most talked about topic was military construction.

Considering that his own Great Harmony World was about to come into being, Chen Jingke revealed the next plan for military construction:
The military and the people are one family, and they are as close as fish and water.

"The army is loyal to the emperor and protects the country and the people."

Lan Yu asked doubtfully, "Isn't this something from your Great Harmony Thought?"

Chen Jingke nodded and said, "Yes, it is part of it."

"Only an army guided by correct ideas and fighting for a just cause can unleash the most powerful combat power."

"Being loyal to the emperor and protecting the people is the greatest justice."

Lan Yu was skeptical about this. Without military merit, who would join the army unless they wanted to make a name for themselves?
He joined the army because he could not survive, so he followed his brother-in-law Chang Yuchun to join Zhu.

At that time, if a family had ten acres of good land and could live a peaceful life, no one would be willing to join the army.

He immediately expressed his thoughts.

Chen Jingke smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Duke Liang has learned to think about these issues."

Lan Yu was not angry and said, "I can't help it. I'm with you guys every day. I can't help thinking even if I don't want to."

Chen Jingke shook his head and explained: "You are right. When we join the army, the first thing we want is to gain military merit and change our social class."

"But isn't it better if personal pursuits also happen to be in line with justice?"

Lan Yu thought about it and had to admit: "What you said does make sense, so let's do it this way."

"Go find the Governor's Office and ask them to come up with specific regulations. I will be responsible for supervising their implementation."

The new cabinet of the Ming Dynasty has functions similar to those of the Executive Yuan in the previous life, and is only responsible for civil affairs.

The military is still under the jurisdiction of the Five Military Governorates.

The Five Military Commanderies was on the same level as the Cabinet and was directly loyal to the emperor.

In principle, if there was any change that needed to be made, Zhu Biao only had to issue an edict.

As the two were chatting, a servant came to report that Lord Qiu Guangan was here to visit.

Qiu Guangan was also a frequent visitor, so Chen Jingke let him in without giving it much thought.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, he stated his purpose.

The emperor gave the money so readily, did he have some big plan?

Chen Jingke couldn't help but sigh, they were all old foxes, they could detect something was wrong at the slightest abnormality.

Of course, I couldn't tell him about the Great Enfeoffment, so I just said:
"We do have a big plan, but it's hard to say what the details are right now."

The so-called difficult to say is that it cannot be said. Although Qiu Guangan was very curious, he did not ask further questions, but said:

"Is there anything you need my cooperation with? I'll be prepared in advance."

Chen Jingke thought for a moment and said, "This major plan requires the relocation of a large number of people. A rough estimate is that a million people will be relocated."

"Let the Ministry of Revenue prepare in advance, and remember not to let the news leak out."

Lan Yu immediately understood that this was a preparation for the enfeoffment next year.

Each fiefdom has tens of thousands of people, which is enough to build the framework of the country.

With these one million immigrants, assimilation into Southeast Asia is only a matter of time.

Qiu Guangan was somewhat moved. It actually involved the migration of millions of people.

Although the imperial court has been fine-tuning the population structure, there are two directions of adjustment. One is to migrate from places with more people to places with fewer people.

The second is the mutual migration of barbarians and Han people to achieve national integration.

But relocating one million people at once is still a huge project.

He couldn't help but start thinking, where to move to?
Western Regions? Yunnan? Liaodong?

All of these places are possible.

But he knew that it could not be these three places.

Because the court already has detailed plans for these three places, and all they need to do is implement them step by step.

There's no need to make a sudden move.

If it’s not these three places, then where is it?

Unfortunately, there was too little information for him to analyze.

Since he couldn't think of it, he stopped thinking about it and asked:

"Are there any criteria for relocating the people this time?"

Chen Jingke thought about it and said, "All of them must be Han people. We cannot just move people from one place and disperse them to settle them."

At this point, he specifically reminded: "Prepare more doctors and herbal medicines to ensure the health and safety of the migrant people."

Qiu Guangan responded solemnly.

Where can the people be relocated, how to resettle them, etc.

Being prepared ahead of time can save you a lot of trouble.

Especially when it comes to resettling the people, there is much more to consider.

Seeds, farm tools, a certain amount of food, even oxen, medicine, etc.

Failure to do any of the above will lead to serious consequences.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty already had rich experience in population migration.

The losses can be minimized.

After saying this, Chen Jingke took the opportunity to bring up another matter.

"About the year after next, the imperial court will begin building a medical system."

Qiu Guangan asked doubtfully: "Medical system?"

He understood the name, and it should be related to curing diseases and saving lives, but how should this thing be built?

Chen Jingke said: "To put it simply, it means training a large number of doctors, so that at least every village has a doctor."

"What?" Qiu Guangan was a little impatient: "One doctor in each village? Do you know how many villages there are in Daming?"

Lan Yu was a little unhappy when he heard this. I have to support my son's master, so he immediately said:

"I don't know how many villages there are in Daming, but I know there are some things that you will never be able to accomplish unless you do them."

"If it were easy, what would you do?"

Qiu Guangan was speechless, but he knew that he could not argue with Lan Yu, so he just looked at Chen Jingke.

Chen Jingke suppressed his laughter and said, "Duke Liang's words are very kind. We can't not do it just because it's difficult."

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. If we cannot accomplish this in one year, we will have to do it in ten or a hundred years. One day, we will achieve full medical coverage.”

Qiu Guangan took a deep breath and said, "It's easy to say. You are a miracle doctor yourself, so how can you not know how difficult it is to train a qualified doctor?"

“This plan may not be completed even in a hundred years.”

"Besides, people tend to go to higher places and water tends to flow to lower places. Will those doctors who have medical skills be willing to stay in the village?"

"I'm afraid it won't be long before they settle down in the city."

Chen Jingke knew that his concerns were correct and explained:

"The problem you mentioned does exist, so village doctors don't need to have advanced medical skills."

"King Zhou is compiling a manual for the treatment of common diseases. Those people can just follow the prescriptions and take the medicine."

With poor medical skills, he won't be able to survive outside the village, so naturally he won't be too ambitious.

What? What do you say if poor medical skills lead to someone killing someone?
Let’s resolve any issues first, quality is a matter for later.

"Of course, there must be other institutional safeguards."

"For example, they could distribute land in the village, or grant one of their descendants the title of scholar."

Although the status of a scholar is not valuable nowadays and there are no privileges.

But after all, it is a respectable status. Many scholars waste their entire lives and may still be just a scholar.

For ordinary people, this identity is still very attractive.

"A doctor like this only needs one year or even half a year of intensive training."

"Once a dedicated training institution is established, the plan can be completed in a dozen years."

Qiu Guangan was very surprised. He didn't expect things could be done this way.

If we follow this plan, it will be possible to equip each village with a doctor.

but……

"Even if the doctor is ready, where are the herbs?"

"To realize your plan, the amount of medicinal materials required is an astronomical number."

Chen Jingke said: "We just need to solve the common medicinal materials."

"Some medicinal herbs can already be cultivated artificially by the people. The imperial court only needs to vigorously promote them."

"There are still some medicinal herbs. King Zhou is leading people to study how to grow them. I believe there will be results soon."

Although artificially cultivated medicinal herbs are not as effective as wild ones.

But the same thing applies, first solve the problem whether there is one or not, then talk about other things.

"Planting medicinal herbs artificially is also a way to get rich. At least the profit is much greater than growing crops."

"Especially in mountainous and hilly areas, the yield of growing food is very low and it will also cause soil erosion."

"It is most suitable for growing herbs."

If it were in the past, Qiu Guangan would definitely object.

If the land is not used to grow food, there will be punishment from God.

But now, no one talks about growing crops.

In the development of Indochina and Southeast Asia, the thing that the Ming Dynasty had no shortage of was food.

In fact, China has rarely lacked food from ancient times to the present.

The problem is not that there is not enough food, the real problem lies in the distribution.

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.

That’s the best answer to this question.

There is no problem with the distribution in Daming Dynasty now, and there is really no shortage of food.

Otherwise, the cultivation of cash crops such as cotton, mulberry, and tea would not have been vigorously promoted.

There is absolutely no problem in growing herbs now.

Chen Jingke continued, "As for the cost, the only thing that really requires the court to invest is the initial start-up."

"Once the medical system is on track, the government won't need to invest a penny."

The imperial court only needed to train the village doctors and arrange jobs for them.

Later, the farmers grow the herbs, merchants come to purchase them, and then they are transported to medicinal material markets all over the world for sale.

The village doctor purchases medicinal materials according to the needs of the village.

The money for buying medicine naturally comes from the villagers’ usual medical expenses.

During this process, the court actually did not need to spend any money.

After hearing this, Qiu Guangan had to admit that this plan was indeed feasible.

He stopped objecting and said:

"It's worth a try. If we can really build the medical system you mentioned, it will be a great achievement."

Chen Jingke thought, is it all just a try? Then what I said would be in vain.

"How about it, are you interested in taking charge of this? This is an unprecedented achievement."

Qiu Guangan was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "You really are...Where is King Zhou? Shouldn't he be responsible for this matter?"

Chen Jingke said: "King Zhou is not interested in this. He is only responsible for researching medical skills and training doctors. He doesn't want to take care of anything else."

Qiu Guangan did not agree directly, but said: "I need to think about it."

Chen Jingke did not force him and said:
"There's no rush now. It's estimated that it won't officially start until the year after next. You have plenty of time to think about it."

The business came to an end here, and the three of them started chatting.

After a while, the servant announced that it was time to eat, and the three of them left after eating and drinking their fill.
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Seven days later, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma suddenly returned to Luoyang and brought back a shocking news:

"A giant island was discovered in the southeast of the South China Sea, which is suspected to be a new continent."

(End of this chapter)