My Daming New Empire

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In the fifth year of Yongle, Daming conducted a census again.After 30 years of development, the number of households in Daming has increased by less than 1000 million, but the population is nearly 6000 million.

Among them, Jiangxi has the largest population, reaching more than 1000 million, accounting for about a quarter of the country's population.

This is mainly because of the war in the north, which caused the people to flee to Jiangxi in the south.

This is also the reason why most of the Jinshi and No. [-] scholars in the Ming Dynasty came from Jiangxi in the early Ming Dynasty. Where is the population base?

The population in the north has been greatly reduced, mainly in Shanxi, because there are many mountains there, making it easy for people to hide.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also afraid that the people in the north would collude with foreigners, so he moved the people in Shanxi to Huguang.

Compared with the more than one billion people in later generations, today's 6000 million people are just an insignificant number.Much of Daming's land has been abandoned, which is also the main reason why Ming is unwilling to develop a marine policy.

"Your Highness..., Your Highness..."

Zhu Zhanji raised his head, and Ma Huan said in a low voice: "The envoy Tuobu Huahua presents to His Highness two beauties from the Western Regions and two bloody BMWs."

Looking at the envoys under the high platform, Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "My Ming Dynasty and Delhi have a long history. During the Tang Dynasty, Master Xuanzang went to the Nalanda Temple in Delhi to study and translate scriptures. The people-to-people exchanges between the two countries are frequent. Although the two countries are high and far away, there is no communication between the two countries, but the trade between the two countries can complement each other, and we will vigorously expand it in the future. Today, our Ming Dynasty set up a Western Palace in Kochi, and in the future, we will transport a large number of Ming goods here every year. Your country needs us Ming Dynasty specialties can be reported to our internal prison officials.”

Na Tuobuhuahua is a descendant of Mongolian Yuan people, and he speaks fluent Chinese, so communication is not an obstacle.He cupped his fists and said, "Your Highness, although my Delhi is not as prosperous as Daming, it is also rich in gold. There is no shortage of food among the people. Whether it is cloth, silk, porcelain, or tea, our country needs a lot of it. However, the foreign minister heard that Daming now has a firearm that can Hurt people from a distance, I wonder if it can be sold in our country?"

How dare you think about it!Zhu Zhanji smiled, shook his head and said: "Although there is no conflict of interest between my Ming Dynasty and Delhi, muskets are the foundation of our Ming Dynasty, and we will not sell them outside. If it is a barter among the people, it is easy to say anything, and the country is important. Utensils are not included in folk barter."

Now, regardless of whether it is Nanyang or Western, everyone knows the power of muskets.Of course they want to get this kind of weapon, but Zhu Zhanji will never sell the gun, and then let them have a chance to deal with him.

Unless the weapons of Ming Dynasty are upgraded and they have an absolute advantage, they will selectively sell some low-level weapons to let them kill each other.

No matter what the other party said, Zhu Zhanji ignored them, and they had no choice but to leave sadly until it was dark.

"Your Highness, what should we do with the beauties sent by the people of Delhi?"

"Bring it here for me to have a look. If I like it, I will keep it. If I don't like it, I will reward it to the soldiers in the army!"

Women are no longer enjoyment to him, but a burden.

In any case, he couldn't be like the people of this era, who treat women as goods and not as people.

If you accept that woman, you must be responsible for her life.He just collected them in the harem, slept for a while, and then let her grow old and die alone in the harem for the rest of her life, he couldn't bear it.

These two women are Persian women with beautiful faces, which also conform to Zhu Zhanji's aesthetics for women. They are slender and not thick.

However, their looks lacked shocking power to Zhu Zhanji, so he didn't have much interest. "Reward one of them to Liu An and the other to Zhao Yongliang. Tell them not to disclose military secrets."

Both Liu An and Zhao Yongliang are mid-level generals, unlike chief officials like Xue Lu and Zhu Zhen, there will be feudal lords who donate beauties wherever they go.

They don't care if they give it to Xue Lu, but they don't have the right to carry female relatives in the fleet, and they don't necessarily have the ability to keep these beauties.

Zhu Zhanji didn't want to cause conflicts among the soldiers below because of women.

Back in the harem, Zhu Zhanji smelled a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine. He felt tight and asked, "Who is sick?"

Li Liang, who led the way, said: "Your Highness, it's just that the spring is dry recently, Ma Liangyuan and the others got angry and have a sore throat, it's not a serious problem."

Zhu Zhanji nodded, relieved.The problem of acclimatization is a physical problem of each person.This is unavoidable in future generations, and it is even more common in this era.

During this trip to sea, medicines for treating skin rashes and medicines for extinguishing fires were the most consumed in the army.After arriving in India, it was slightly better. During the period in Nanzhou, more than half of the soldiers had symptoms of acclimatization and burning.

However, Zhu Zhanji's physique is different now, and he has hardly experienced any discomfort, which surprised everyone.

After settling down at night, Zhu Zhanji didn't sleep well all night, thinking about how to deal with this region of India.

It is certain to strengthen the control here in the future, but to what extent and how to implement the intervention, it will take a lot of energy.

Zheng He and the others worked all night, and in the morning of the second day, they neatly transcribed the locations and brief introductions of the countries in West Asia, and marked the locations of the countries on the map.

Although this map is relatively rough, at least Zhu Zhanji can know the approximate location of each country by looking at it.

Although he knew the location of the country, Daming didn't know much about the local specialties.

India is also rich in steel, coal, gold, and there are not many natural saltpeter mines in the world.

The saltpeter mines here are much larger than those in Daming Jiangyou. From the Age of Discovery until the mid-nineteenth century, when Europe invaded the world, most of the saltpeter produced came from India.

It's a pity that Zhu Zhanji didn't know where the saltpeter mine was, and the local people didn't know much about the saltpeter mine.

Today, when going up to the holy mountain to worship, everyone first took a boat, then took a car, and finally climbed the mountain on foot.

There is no dragon chariot today, this car is the size of a big house, and the average road is not as wide as this car.

Zhu Zhanji rode a horse today, and a group of female relatives took a car. After worshiping the holy mountain, they will go directly to the Kezhi Palace as guests.

Countless Indian people along the way scrambled to worship Zhu Zhanji, the grandson of the heavenly kingdom. Seeing the ceremonial guards of the Ming royal family, all of them showed yearning.

Today's curry in various parts of India has not yet become popular, but the fact that it is not hygienic has not changed.

Here, people come to the street no matter whether they are toilets or not. Even if there is a toilet, it is only a space, and there is no shelter at all.

As soon as they entered their town, there was a smell of feces and urine, which made people sick.

Many people see Indian women's beautiful faces in movies, which means that Indians are beautiful. In fact, this is a wrong understanding.

The five major races in India, except for the Aryan race which resembles whites, are almost all black races.Their skin color ranges from dark to light, and only Aryans and East Asians can catch Zhu Zhanji's eyes.

The rest of the three races, either have high cheekbones that make people feel deformed, or black people that make people frightened.

Because their black is not like African blacks, but a pure black.The color of their skin is almost the same as that of the yellow race after death, so it is particularly permeable.

Even in later generations, Zhu Zhanji could not appreciate the beauty of southern Indians. Kezhi is located in southern India, and the people here are even less attractive to Zhu Zhanji.

Bypassing their capital, Ernakulam, they came to the sacred mountain in the southeast.

During Zheng He's third voyage to the West, Zhu Di ordered officials from the Ministry of Industry to accompany him. At this moment, a huge stone tablet was erected, and a Chinese inscription was carved on it for the local natives to worship.

It took several months for craftsmen to complete the 20-meter stele.This stele was carved on the spot using mountain rocks. In addition to the characters, it also carved an oriental dragon. Since the day it was carved, it has become a local sacred object.

After climbing more than 300 steps, Zhu Zhanji climbed up the mountainside.Officials from the Ministry of Rites put down the incense, and all civil and military officials, led by Zhu Zhanji, worshiped the incense together.

Then, Zhu Zhanji carefully browsed the huge stone tablet.

Wang Hua communicates with the heaven and the earth, and those who are contained within and accepted by Zhen Tao embody the benevolence of good fortune.

There are no two principles in the world, no two hearts in life and people, sympathy for sorrow and joy, and the same desire for comfort, warmth and comfort, there is a difference between you and me.

Those who are sent by the monarch and the people should do their best in the way of the people.

"Poetry" says that "the country is thousands of miles away, but the people stop it, and it spreads across the world."

"Book" says, "It spreads to the sea in the east, and is covered in quicksand in the west. Shuonan and Shengjiao end in the four seas."