Plane Travel Guide

"The Japanese archipelago is divided into 66 countries, and their 'countries' are similar to Ming's 'counties'. There are 66 countries in Japan, and my Ming Dynasty has 1387 counties. In terms of land area, Japan is actually not that big.

"However, the small area of ​​the Japanese archipelago supports tens of millions of people, and the human resources are very rich. Although Japan is isolated overseas, it is not far from the mainland of Ming Dynasty.

"When enfeoffing the vassal states at such a short distance, the security interests of the imperial court must be considered. There are even folk sayings that if you jump into the sea with a piece of wood from Japan, you can float to Daming or North Korea.

"The vassal kingdoms that His Majesty assigns now need long-term consideration for thousands of years. In the past, all the vassals entrusted by the emperor of Zhou were royal family members, but later generations caused chaos in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

"That is to say, it is true that the relationship between the center and the vassal states is very close, but decades or even hundreds of years later, the blood relationship between the two parties has already weakened, and anything is possible." Plane Travel Guide 1640

After listening to Tang Shaozhe's remonstrance, Zhu Di really thought about it, and after thinking about it, he said slowly: "What the national teacher said is very true, and this matter really has to be guarded against. The center of the imperial court should have a certain place to stay in Japan. Otherwise, there will be many dangers in the vast sea.”

"Your Majesty is right! In fact, this is only one of them. After all, there are only four enfeoffments this time. Your Majesty took the Japanese archipelago to go out. Isn't this the basis for enfeoffing princes in the future? The world is vast, but It can't stand such a division. What's more, the power of enfeoffing the vassal states is too strong, and it will definitely pose a threat to the local center of the imperial court in the future."

"Isn't that right? No matter how powerful the vassal state is, it is much worse than the power controlled by the local center!"

"Hehe, it's hard to say this, I'm afraid that some people think they are powerful and have thoughts that they shouldn't have!"

"Well, what the national teacher said is a bit alarmist. The center of the court is much stronger than the princes, who would be so stupid?"

"Your Majesty, don't laugh, who can tell clearly the strength of the world? It may change at any time and be reversed."

"Huh?" Zhu Di was startled when he heard the words, and then he remembered his battle of Jingnan.

In the beginning, everyone could see how powerful the imperial court was, and how weak King Yan was compared to the imperial court.Even the imperial court still has the title of righteousness, no matter how the king of Yan plays the banner, the name is not justified.

But in the end it was King Yan who won the battle of Jingnan. If not, how could Zhu Di sit in the Forbidden City and ascend to the throne?

What's more, after decades or even hundreds of years, the blood relationship between the imperial court center and the local princes and states will be weak, and the relationship will definitely gradually become estranged. Anything is possible.

After thinking about it like this, Zhu Di already had a decision in his mind: "Well, what Master Guoshi said is reasonable, do you have any specific plans for me?"

Tang Shaozhe was overjoyed in his heart, what he was waiting for was this opportunity - never let Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui have an easy time.

"Please look, Your Majesty, this is a map of the Japanese archipelago. First of all, His Royal Highness Zhao, you can entrust the territories of Mutsu and Dewa to him to build a country. These two countries are located in the northeast of Japan. They have a vast area and produce horses. very suitable."

Of course, Tang Shaozhe did not say that Mutsu and Dewa are both sparsely populated mountainous areas, and the weather conditions are very harsh, but it seems that the territory is really not small.In addition to the large area, there is no advantage.

Zhu Di just nodded and didn't comment, so he asked Master Guoshi to continue: "What's next?"

"Look, Your Majesty, this small island belongs to the four countries, surrounded by sea water. In terms of area, it can be entrusted to Xu Jingchang, the duke of the state, and Xu Zengshou's descendants have not been wronged."

Just looking at the area, this place is indeed smaller than the place allocated to Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui just now.However, anyone who entrusts a completely independent island like Shikoku to establish a country will receive endless welcome-there is no hostile threat on the surrounding land.

Ming Chengzu still refused to give an opinion, and after nodding, he asked Tang Shaozhe to continue to give his opinion.

"This is the two countries of Okuma and Hyuga on Kyushu Island. They are rich in produce. Although the area is a bit small, it is enough for King Jingjiang to display his talent and pass it on to future generations. The late emperor can rest assured of his love for his brother." Plane Travel Guide 1640

Zhu Di nodded again after reading it, and continued: "Then how do you plan to arrange the placement of the national teacher for King Runhuai?"

Although Zhu Di didn't express his opinion on the distribution plan of the first three companies, he was actually very satisfied with it.It has almost matched the identities and achievements of these people as much as possible, as well as the distance of their emotional relationship with him.

Tang Shaozhe also knew that the last remaining one was the most troublesome one. Zhu Wengui, king of Runhuai, was regarded as the second son of Emperor Jianwen. It was very important in terms of its existence, so it was the most troublesome to deal with.

But he was not in a hurry. For Zhu Wengui's arrangement, Tang Shaozhe prepared two plans: "Your Majesty, please see, this is Sado Island. The area is small and there is no production. Why don't you entrust King Runhuai here?"

Zhu Di only glanced at it, and immediately began to shake his head: "Not right, not right. This island is isolated overseas, and the transportation is inconvenient. I am not at ease about the safety of King Runhuai. If there are strong people, even if some disasters happen, I don't want to worry about it." It's too late to save."

Of course Tang Shaozhe knew that Zhu Di was not at all worried about letting Zhu Wengui's sub-country be too far away from him, so as not to cause trouble in the future.Although he promised to pardon Zhu Wengui, in fact he was still a little worried about Jianwen's lineage.

Although the area of ​​Sado Island is already very small, it is even the most pitiful object among the four people entrusted.But just because the small island is far away from the main island of Japan, it is not convenient to be empty, Zhu Di does not intend to approve it.

Of course, he still doesn't know that the first plan is Tang Shaozhe's compensation for Zhu Wengui. Anyway, he killed his father!It's no secret that gold is produced on Sado Island.

But now that Zhu Di disagrees, he has no choice but to change the plan: "Your Majesty, please see, this is the Bungo Kingdom on Kyushu Island. It must be very good if this land is entrusted to King Runhuai."

Zhu Di raised his head again to look at the range Tang Shaozhe was referring to. It turned out to be the distribution of the surrounding situation: the upper and left sides are the territories directly under the imperial court, while the back is the enfeoffment kingdom of Jingjiang King Zhu Zuojing. contiguous.

Whether it's the loyalty of Zhu Zuojing from the old Zhu family or Xu Jingchang's lineage, Zhu Di doesn't need to doubt it at all.

With these people around, as long as the local court team can share some pressure properly, there will be no problem at all.

Even in the future, the remnants of Jianwen still want to write some articles.Emperor Yongle was no longer worried that there would be an unmanageable situation.The current general situation in the world cannot be compared with the situation in the early years of Yongle just after the end of Jingnan.

After thinking carefully for a long time with his eyes closed, Zhu Di finally nodded after washing, and approved Tang Shaozhe's entire proposal: "Okay, let's follow this arrangement! As for the specific details, we only need to discuss with the cabinet."

After looking at the view of the four fiefdoms on the map again, Zhu Di finally made up his mind, which basically met his wish.

"Your Majesty, in other places, the imperial court needs to send officials to go there and return them to the central management. If there are suitable enfeoffment objects in the future, they can still be allocated land on the Japanese archipelago."

After listening to Tang Shaozhe's explanation, Zhu Di had already fully understood that it would be no problem to continue enfeoffing princes on the Japanese island in the future. He only needed to control some key areas on the island to achieve the strategic layout of the imperial court.

Therefore, it is very in line with Zhu Di's wishes to collect part of the land and hand it over to the central vertical management.

So when he thought about it, the more he felt that Tang Shaozhe's proposal was really in line with his thoughts, and the clichés of those in the cabinet really got annoying after hearing too much.

"What the national teacher said is in line with my intentions, so let's do this. Hehe, I have already understood what happened today. I would like to invite the national teacher to go to the Old Summer Palace tomorrow. How about getting drunk with me?"

Ever since Tang Shaozhe spent a day and a night building the Old Summer Palace for Zhu Di, Zhu Di visited it almost every time he had free time. No matter how you look at it, there are all kinds of rare and magical places in it.

Now that I invite you, I want to relax for a while again.Except for Tang Shaozhe, there is no one in the world who dares to associate with him on an equal footing and enjoy life.Ming Chengzu, who was getting older and older, missed the life of having friends more and more.Plane Travel Guide 1640

He had had enough of being alone, and it was a great enjoyment to be able to find an equal friend to entertain with.

Anyway, Zhu Di thinks that he is old and should enjoy the life of an emperor.Model workers have lived for decades, but they are still bored after all.Now, except for the truly critical events, almost all the daily government affairs are handed over to Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi and the cabinet.

So he has a lot of free time to spare, and he can be regarded as a leisurely life in his later years.

Tang Shaozhe, however, did not immediately agree.During this period of time, he also accompanied Zhu Di to the Old Summer Palace to play a few times, but he couldn't arouse much interest at all.

The standard of this Yuanmingyuan is indeed unspeakable, far surpassing the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens built in three generations in the Qing Dynasty.

The various technologies contained in it were brought back directly from the interstellar plane by Tang Shaozhe.With the current level of technology in the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to see any mystery in it.

Apart from being filled with shock after seeing it, there is absolutely no way to find any possibility.

Although all kinds of fun facilities may not be as complete as Tianjie, Tang Shaozhe still built one for the zoo under Zhu Di's repeated request.The animals in it were also captured by the National Teacher after spending time.

Even if it is the support of the zoo, it is a puppet specially sent by the National Teacher's Office to carry out daily operation and management.

Zhu Di is really fond of the zoo, and every time he goes to Yuanmingyuan, he must go to the zoo.But Tang Shaozhe was really not interested in eating and drinking tea with a group of animals, so he didn't want to go for a long time.

Seeing that Zhu Di brought up this matter again, he immediately changed the subject: "Your Majesty, don't be busy with eating and drinking. I have one more thing to discuss with Your Majesty."

"Oh? Please tell the teacher!" Zhu Di was about to withdraw, but when he heard such a request, he turned and stopped.