Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

They are simply a jinx. The news that the Western Ocean No. 5 was sunk came back from overseas.

The Ming Dynasty implemented a maritime ban policy in the four oceans, and the vassal states naturally followed it. Some ships that did not listen to the warning were all sunk by the Ming fleet. Now this maritime ban policy has encountered resistance in Western Europe.

The Western European continent is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Being adjacent to the ocean makes them unwilling to farm honestly, and then they cast their greedy eyes on the ocean.

While various countries are engaged in farming in accordance with the rules, they have been vigorously developing shipbuilding and gunpowder guns, trying to live a wealthy life by looting in the East.

Originally, they had overcome many difficulties and found two new routes to the East, fantasizing about looting countless gold and spices from the East where gold is everywhere.

However, when they worked hard to build a fleet and arrived in the East, the Portuguese fleet was first hit hard in the West Indies, and then the Spanish fleet heading to the Indian Ocean was directly sunk.

After that, the Ming fleet continued to sink the Spanish or Portuguese fleets, resulting in no traces of Western European fleets in the Indian Ocean and along the coast of America.

Although the specific situation is unclear now, the two sides have become hostile. The sinking of two Ming merchant ships heading to Western Europe was naturally caused by the Western Europeans.

In the blink of an eye, time came to September.

Seeing that the harvest was imminent, some people actually came to the local county government.

Jiang Er is in his early twenties this year and is an out-and-out farmer.

He looks ordinary, with dark skin and very lush hair on his chest, but his body is very strong, especially his legs are very thick.

The county government originally had six rooms, but in line with the development of the times, the original six rooms have been increased to twelve rooms, and now the Foreign Affairs Room has been added to connect with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the new Tubo Liu Zhang.

Most of the clerks in the county government are locals, and they are more clear about the situation of the local people.

Jiang Sang and Jiang are from the same clan. He looked at Jiang Er who appeared in front of him and said in confusion: "Jiang Er, if you are not bankrupt, why do you come to apply for immigration to the American province?"

"What's wrong with me not going bankrupt? The court's regulations clearly state: Anyone who is a child of the Ming Dynasty and has not committed a serious crime can apply for immigration!" Jiang Er had already understood everything when he came, and he seemed very confident.

Jiang Sang knew that the other party had misunderstood his meaning, but he still asked curiously: "Of course you can apply for immigration, but your family has fields and land, why do you run so far?"

"I am different from your family. I don't need the one acre and three mu of land under my name! As long as immigrants go to the new province in America to open up wasteland, everyone can get at least ten acres of fertile land. Naturally, I will respond to the court's call to go to America to expand the territory of our Ming Dynasty!" Jiang Er patted his strong chest and said with reason and evidence.

Jiang Sang has been familiar with the books of sages since he was a child, but he still cannot understand: "When parents are still alive, don't travel far away!"

"I have six brothers. Instead of staying in the countryside and starving, it's better for me and the sixth brother to go out and make a living! If I can gain a foothold in America, I will bring my parents over to enjoy a peaceful life!" Jiang Er had already made some plans and said optimistically.

Although this immigration is indeed a big adventure, living in the Hongzhi Dynasty for more than ten years, the new policies of the Ming Dynasty court are all for the consideration of their people, so that the lives of ordinary people are getting better and better.

The court initially cracked down on salt prices and cleared the land of the official gentry group to reduce their taxes, then vigorously cracked down on private usury, and then did not hesitate to form a fleet to bring back precious seeds from America, and finally vigorously developed water conservancy and transportation.

All kinds of signs have shown that the Ming Dynasty court really cares about the people sincerely.

Now there are fertile basins in the American continent, so the court launched an immigration policy to open up, which is not only the court's desire to expand its territory, but also the court's search for fertile fields for their people.

The most important thing is that one of their relatives was forced to accept the court's arrangement to go to the northeast to open up wasteland due to the flood that year. Now their relative's life in the northeast is much better than theirs.

That's why the whole family discussed that he and Lao Liu immigrated to America to open up wasteland, especially the one-third acre of land under his name could continue to be managed by several brothers.

Seeing that the other party had made up his mind, Jiang Sang still gave a final warning: "If you immigrate to America, you can't come back within five years. You may die in a foreign land!"

"We poor people are all worthless. Even if I stay in the countryside, I may starve to death one day! I know the danger you mentioned, but there is a governor's office in America, and provinces have been added, and there is our Ming Dynasty court behind us, which are all our backing. I have been brave since I was a child, and I am not afraid of the savages there. This time I have to go! Let me make it clear to you? I can't get a wife in the countryside. This is probably my only hope for Jiang Er to get a wife. No one can stop me!" Jiang Er has seen through everything, but he is very firm.

Seeing that the other party had made up his mind and knowing that the other party's conditions were really not good, Jiang Sang stopped persuading him and handled the immigration procedures for Jiang Er.

This procedure is actually just a process. As long as they are not criminals and there are no major disputes, the local government cannot stop them.

The local county government arranged these people who applied for immigration to the nearest Maritime Customs Office, received simple training from the Maritime Customs Office, and then arranged for sea vessels to send them to the Golden Basin.

It was October in the golden autumn, and the harvest season came from all over the country.

High-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn have been popularized, and the Ming Dynasty's implementation of a tax rate of 30% is really not high, resulting in the joy of harvest for the lower-class people.

Zhao Dadan has been a tenant of the Qian family since his grandfather's generation.

Although the court's tax rate is 30% tax rate, he has to pay 50% of his harvest to Qian Yuanwai, which makes his family's life tight and often needs to borrow grain from others to survive.

Just after the grain was dried, Qian Yuanwai came to collect the money.

After Zhao Dadan gave all the grain to Qian Yuanwai, he also said very seriously: "Qian Heixin, I don't want to be your tenant anymore!"

"Are you going to starve to death if you don't become my tenant?" Qian Yuanwai was not angry about being called a nickname, but sat on a chair sipping tea, sure that Zhao Dadan would not dare to leave him.

Zhao Dadan saw through Qian Yuanwai's thoughts at a glance, and immediately said with a fake smile: "Haha... I'm not afraid to tell you that my immigration application has been approved!"

"What immigration application?" Qian Yuanwai held the teacup and immediately looked up in confusion.

Zhao Dadan sneered, walked forward, and suddenly punched Qian Yuanwai in the cheek.

Qian Yuanwai was hit by this punch and the teacup fell on him and screamed, two streams of blood flowed out of his nose. He immediately covered his nose, his eyes wide open, and shouted loudly: "Zhao Dadan, you dare to hit me!"

Zhao Dadan clapped his hands, and his face showed unprecedented ease and pride: "From now on, I am no longer your tenant! Our whole family has obtained an immigration certificate, and we are going to the Golden Basin to claim dozens of acres of fertile land and live a life with land!"

"Are you crazy? Aren't you afraid that I will sue you at the government?" Qian Yuanwai didn't know what an immigration certificate was at all, and pointed at Zhao Dadan and threatened him.

"Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding!" The housekeeper ran out to stop Zhao Dadan. After comforting Zhao Dadan's situation, he patiently explained the immigration certificate to Qian Yuanwai.

"How can the court... How can the court do this? Give them land for free, then who will cultivate my land?" Qian Yuanwai was like a deflated ball, and he was worried immediately.

His ancestors had used various means to own hundreds of acres of fertile land, and countless people rushed to be tenants for their own families and accept the exploitation of their own Qian family.

But now the court has done this. Now that they agree to go to America to open up wasteland, they will have their own fertile land to cultivate. Then who is willing to be a tenant of his Qian family?

At this moment, he finally realized that the tenants who came to him just now were not to pay taxes on their own initiative, but to settle the grain payment with him in a hurry to go to America.

"Dong Weng, if the wasteland under our name is not cultivated, either sell it as soon as possible, or pay the grain tax at a rate of one-tenth of the tax!" The housekeeper knew that the situation was not optimistic, and immediately analyzed the pros and cons.

Now the grain tax of the imperial court is becoming more and more perfect. It is very tolerant to the people with small land, and tax reduction or even tax exemption is carried out at any time.

However, landlords like them who own hundreds of acres of fertile land have to calculate every grain of tax clearly. If they dare to abandon the land, they will face punishment.

Mr. Qian fell into a chair. He thought that he could live a good life by exploiting the people with a few acres of property, but the situation has become very pessimistic now.

Zhao Dadan saw that the grain rent had been paid off, and he said very comfortably: "If you are reluctant to sell the land, then you can honestly farm it yourself, thinking that you will no longer rely on your ancestral property to exploit our lower-class people!"

Having said that, he no longer paid attention to Mr. Qian, but had already put the whole family on immigration and started a new life.

By the end of the year, the number of immigrants came out, and more than one million people had passed the immigration application.

It was originally thought that the immigration policy of two million might take two or three years to achieve, but the imperial court still underestimated the enthusiasm of the people, and now it is close to the goal.

This is not limited to those who are bankrupt or affected by disasters. Some people who have no land or tenants at home are also like this, which has led to the current situation.

Of course, the most important thing is that after so many years of governance, the Ming Dynasty has already had a very high credibility in the hearts of the people, and they know that the court's immigration policy is a benefit to the people.

As for those people who went bankrupt for various reasons, the bankruptcy order and migration policy are like a timely rain, allowing the people standing on the cliff to see life again.

That's why a large-scale immigration occurred in the 16th year of Hongzhi, and millions of people were going to the American provinces in an orderly manner through ocean-going ships.

The Pacific Ocean to the east of the Ming Dynasty is in full swing, and the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Ming Dynasty is also not calm.

Since the Ming Dynasty built the Ming-Myanmar Highway, Myanmar has become an important springboard for the Ming Dynasty to go west to the Indian Ocean, so Myanmar's strategic position has been greatly improved.

Myanmar Town, the first important town in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty.

In the prosperous Burmese town, a Burmese merchant Daotuo is engaged in cotton cloth trade.

An Arab caravan was certified by the Governor-General's Office of the Indian Ocean and arrived at the port of Myanmar by sea. One of the Arab merchants came to Daotuo's shop and wanted to buy a batch of white cotton cloth from here.

Daotuo greeted the other party, but suddenly straightened his chest and shook his head seriously: "I am not Burmese, I am already a Ming Dynasty person, and Myanmar has always been a part of the Central Plains Dynasty. Now that the Ming Dynasty has unified the world, this land has been incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, there will be no more Myanmar, only the Myanmar Town of the Ming Dynasty!"

The Arab merchants were silent after hearing this. They felt Daotuo's deep sense of belonging and pride, and at the same time felt more clearly the power of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty was clearly an invader and occupied the land that originally belonged to the Baigu Kingdom, but it has only been a few years, and now the Baigu people have completely integrated into the Ming Dynasty.

This cooperation was very smooth. After all, the cotton cloth of the Ming Dynasty was famous for its high quality and low price, and the white cotton cloth was as white as snow and frost. There was no competitor in the world.

Dao Tuo watched the Arab merchants leave, but noticed the dragon flag hanging in the shop, and a sense of pride surged in his heart.

Myanmar is a multi-ethnic country. It was once ruled by the Central Plains Dynasty, but because of the poor roads between the two places, the Central Plains Dynasty could not rule for a long time.

This road traffic is actually an objective factor, and the main problem is the drawbacks of human rule.

After the Central Plains Dynasty occupied Myanmar, it wanted to squeeze benefits from this poor place, which was bound to make the lives of the people of Myanmar worse. How could they not fight back?

It’s just that the situation of the Ming Dynasty occupying Myanmar this time is completely different from the past.

The Ming Dynasty spent a lot of money to build the Ming-Myanmar Highway, which not only allowed the Ming Dynasty to connect to the Indian Ocean, but also strengthened the commercial exchanges between the two places. Due to a large number of migrant workers, many Burmese people have jobs.

On the other hand, the Ming Dynasty invested a lot of water conservancy construction in Myanmar.

The original grain of the Indian Ocean Governor's Office mainly relied on purchasing from Siam or transporting military rations from the country, but this kind of grain transportation is ultimately accompanied by certain risks.

Not long after Tang Bohu, the top scholar, took office, he noticed the potential crisis of the Indian Ocean Governor's Office.

He immediately reported the matter to the court and formulated a plan to set up a town to store grain. The court quickly approved Tang Bohu's plan, so the Burmese town was established from then on.

The Ming Dynasty set up a town to store grain to solve the food problem of the Indian Ocean Governor's Office, but after large-scale water conservancy construction, it won the strong support of a large number of Burmese people.

That's right, after seeing the various benefits brought by the Ming Dynasty, the people of Myanmar were not only not exploited, but their lives were getting better and better. How could they not support the rule of the Ming Dynasty?

In the port of Burma, a fleet with dragon flags flying is ready to go.

"The military rations have been loaded, please give instructions!"

"Let's go, follow Governor Wang's conquest!"

Tang Yin is no longer the romantic and talented scholar, but a far-sighted official of the Ming Dynasty. At this moment, he is wearing a scarlet official uniform and solemnly issued an order. (End of this chapter)