My Daming New Empire

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Nanzhou (Australia), Nanyang (Southeast Asia), Xiyang (South Asia), Xizhou (Africa), Europa, these are all names officially determined by Ming Dynasty.

While the Ming people in these places are called Daming, they must be called native.

The area of ​​this continent is a bit large, with the Arctic Ocean in the north, the Ural Mountains in the northwest, Daqing Lake (Lake Balkhash) in the west, and the Himalayas in the southwest.

Although it is currently bounded by Daqing Lake, which is still the boundary between Yilibali and Timur Kingdom for the time being, but from Zhu Di's inclusion of the Ural Mountains in Daming, we can also know that Daming's ambitions are far more than this.

If it weren't for the fact that Europe is too far away and the people are too mixed, Zhu Di would like to round up the whole earth.

He insisted on fighting the Timur Kingdom, and his purpose was also to fight the western boundary of Daming all the way to the Caspian Sea.He has always wanted to reproduce the glory of the Tang Dynasty.

As for how to manage it after it is defeated, he doesn't care.

After chatting with Xu Chai Lao for a few words to make him less nervous, Zhu Zhanji asked about the current situation in Luzon.

The development of Luzon was actually beyond Zhu Zhanji's expectations. In his mind, even if Najib became Daming's granary in the future, it would take more than ten years.

However, after Xu Chailao was named the governor of Luzon by Zheng He in the three years since Yongle, the place has actually entered a healthy development.

In the past, Xu Chai Lao relied on his own ability to develop the local area.Although he taught the local natives to reclaim wasteland, grow grain and tea, and build boats and pottery.

But his personal strength is too weak to meet the needs of the entire Luzon.

Moreover, the natives of Luzon are too lazy, they can fill their stomachs by picking the fruits from the trees, so why do they have to work so hard?

Good-looking clothes are so expensive, they will be worn out after a while, why should I wear clothes?What's more, Luzon doesn't need to wear clothes at all!

Therefore, although Xu Chai Lao has developed in the local area for more than ten years, he has not driven the development of the entire Luzon.

But when Zhu Zhanji discovered Nanzhou, a large gold mine was discovered on it, and the news was sent back to Daming, everything was different.

What's more, there are also large gold mines on Luzon Island.

The distance between Luzon and Yingtianfu is actually closer than that of Jiaozhi, but there is no mainland connected.

Now, Luzon has become the bridgehead for Ming to develop Nanzhou, so the attention it receives is naturally different.

The original sea ban in Fujian had already existed in name only when the water village was re-established in Dongfan Island.

Today, under the propaganda of the government, a large number of farmers without land are sent to Luzon in batches under the carriage of the navy and the internal surveillance fleet.

They brought back food from Nanyang, and brought people from Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas with a lot of people and little land, so that the boats would not be empty back and forth.

The mobilization of the government is completely different from the sneaky private development. A large number of people are transported to Luzon, and the land there can be developed at will.

The government can not only borrow seeds and tools, but also enjoy a five-year tax exemption.More importantly, the unfinished food can be sold to the government.

Although life is slightly inconvenient, the trade fleet of the Inner Supervisor can deliver salt, cloth, tools, and even cattle brought back from the West (India) every once in a while.

From ancient times to the present, India has been the largest cattle farm in the world. In later generations, they have [-] million cattle. Although there is no statistics now, the number will not be less than [-] million.

This is a very astonishing number. The key reason is that in India, cattle are sacred objects and cannot be killed.

Hinduism has a history of 2000 years. In the past 2000 years, apart from natural old age, very few cattle in India have been killed.

This kind of reproduction has caused the flooding of Indian cattle.

The inner eunuchs do business with the Indians. In the past, cloth, porcelain, and tea, besides gold and silver, were brought back with the largest number of cattle.

These cattle were sold to farmers at a low price, and as long as they could live for three years, they could pay half of the money if they returned a calf to the government.

This also mobilized the enthusiasm of the common people for raising cattle. Now Daming not only has a large number of horses, but also the number of cattle has increased rapidly.

It is in this environment that Luzon has entered a period of rapid development.In just over three years, Luzon has added 30 Han Chinese, and more than 200 million mu of land has been developed. In addition to the original 300 million mu of land, today's grain output can reach more than 2000 million shi.

Four stones of grain can be produced from one mu of land, not because the land is fertile, but because there are three crops a year.

In fact, the common people there are much more relaxed than those in Daming. They don't need intensive farming at all, and almost don't have any investment except weeding.

When the news from Luzon gradually spread back to Ming Dynasty, the common people of Ming Dynasty became more immigrant.

It was also because of the increase of so many people in Luzon, so when Zhu Di arrived in Luzon, Xu Chai Lao proposed to set up a chief secretary in Luzon, because a magistrate cannot manage so many territories and so many people.

But Zhu Di shifted the responsibility to Zhu Zhanji. He is now focused on fighting the Timur Kingdom, so he doesn't care about Luzon's affairs.

Xu Chai Lao had the intention to come to the capital to pay his allegiance to Zhu Zhanji, so he was naturally very happy.After serving Zhu Di away, he made all the preparations and came to Yingtian Mansion.

Zhu Zhanji has a better understanding of the situation in Luzon, and also knows that it is difficult to manage a 11-square-kilometer island with just one prefect.

It is imperative to set up a chief secretary in Luzon, but the arrangement of the chief envoy is a troublesome matter.

According to the logic, Xu Chai Lao should be allowed to continue to serve as the chief envoy. After all, Luzon developed under his leadership, and no one has as high prestige as him there.

However, not only did he not come from a major, but so far he couldn't even read the Four Books and Five Classics fluently.That is to say, after he developed, he followed the scholar to learn to read, and now he can barely understand the official documents of the court.

A magistrate in a remote area is nothing, but a chief envoy is a provincial official of later generations!

At this time, of course most people will not agree.

Therefore, in front of Xu Chai Lao, Zhu Zhanji did not discuss the candidate for the chief envoy, but only agreed with his proposal, and agreed to arrange his two young sons into the Habayashi Guard School.

As for Xu Chai Lao's daughter, Zhu Zhanji has already passed the stage of hunting for beauty. His current women are all unevenly distributed, so how can he still be willing to provoke the minister's daughter.

This is not a "gift", you can play it and throw it aside, and go to have a good time when you think of it.

Therefore, Xu Chai Lao was slightly disappointed when he was happy, but when he was leaving, Zhu Zhanji gave him another surprise.

Because he sent his two sons to study in the capital, Zhu Zhanji gave him an empty house in Taipingfang.

This house was originally occupied by an elderly servant from the household department, but it was vacated because he retired from his old age and returned to his hometown.

Xu Chailao was overjoyed. It was not that he came to the capital without the intention of buying a property, but he did not expect to be "assigned" to such a house.

Because this is not just a house, but also a status symbol.

Moreover, letting him live in the servant's mansion as a magistrate also means that Zhu Zhan basically intends to let him sit in the position of chief minister.

Others have also seen this, so after Xu Chai Lao left, they persuaded Zhu Zhanji one after another.

Their reason is nothing more than that Xu Chai is ignorant and incompetent, and he really does not conform to the system as a second and third rank official.

The magistrates of Ming Dynasty are basically of the fourth rank, and there are only a few places, such as Yingtian Fu Yin, who is of the third rank.

But the chief envoy can start from the third rank at least. If the chief secretary hangs a declaration on the front, then he can start from the second rank.

Zhu Zhanji said: "I can be the earl of Xu Linsan and his wife, and I can make Xu Xungui expand overseas and expand the interests of foreign countries. This Xu Chai will turn a piece of Jiangsu the size of my Ming Dynasty into a place without costing me a single soldier. Territory, how can we not make an exception?"

In this way, others immediately knew that Zhu Zhanji had made up his mind.