My Daming New Empire

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On the map in front of him, he has already arranged all the tribal spheres of influence marked in Chinese characters.

If these Cuzco people accept his suggestion, everyone will start to learn to speak Chinese, that’s all. If they don’t obey, I will beat him to obey.

To rule a territory, you can't just rely on fighting and killing, but also conquer them culturally and let them move closer.

Viracocha faced more than 4 troops, and they themselves had so many troops, so they were not afraid.

Although he also heard that there were weapons that could make loud noises in the opponent's camp, he didn't take it seriously.

Eighty nobles carried the huge shoulders, on which sat their king, Viracocha.The nobles wore hats made of feathers on their heads, and wore gold and silver on their bodies.

However, when they saw nearly a hundred Ming soldiers on horseback, and the leader was dressed in red and beautiful clothes, they immediately felt that they were too imposing.

Hou Xian raised his right arm, and 72 cavalry rode wildly, and then they aimed at a group of alpacas in the open space in front of them and shot.

After a burst of gunfire, the alpacas that were targeted died one after another.

And the tens of thousands of fighters gathered by the other party immediately dropped their weapons when they saw this scene.

The shoulders carried by the eighty nobles were thrown to the ground, and they also crawled down.

Seeing this scene, Hou smiled. "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. The 20th year of Yongle seems to be a good year!"

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As the new year approaches, Ying Tianfu has entered the busiest time of the year.

On the street, people buying new year's goods stand shoulder to shoulder, playing tricks, acrobatics, and various small theaters, all setting up a stage in the market.

After a peaceful year, the common people will not be stingy with a few coins, and they are having fun together.

Zhu Zhanji returned from the West and brought back a large amount of gold and silver.This year's imperial court has ample finances, and the whole country's expedition to the West must focus on stability, so the exploitation by governments at all levels is much less, and most people can easily live a good year.

In the palace, although the new year is coming, the court affairs are much less, but Zhu Zhanji has become busier recently.

Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, he needs to take care of all kinds of entertainment and sacrifices.

Every day, he was meeting with officials from the Ministry of Rites, Guanglu Temple, Taichang Temple, and Honglu Temple to arrange the meals and ceremonial activities for the New Year.

He doesn't understand many etiquettes, and everything is arranged by officials.

In the past, Zhu Di was the one who came forward for these matters, so he just showed up when necessary.

This year it was his turn to come forward, only to realize that these affairs are more laborious than those political affairs, and there are no shortcuts.

On the 28th day, a banquet was held in the palace for civil servants of the fifth rank and above in Beijing, and on the 29th, military generals and honorable officials in Beijing were entertained.

On the day of the New Year's Eve, he kept spinning.During the day, go to the Tiandi Altar in the morning to offer sacrifices to the Heaven and Earth, and in the afternoon to offer sacrifices to the Sheji Altar at the Sheji Altar.

These etiquette must be strictly followed the procedures, there must be no slack, let alone cheating and cheating.

In the evening, a grand banquet was held in the Hall of Martial Arts, and all the clans in Beijing had a New Year's reunion together.

In Zhu Di's absence, the feudal lords were strictly restricted. They were forbidden to leave their fiefs, and it was even difficult for them to leave the mansion. Local officials guarded against them like thieves.

The main reason for this is that I don't want to add a bunch of unmanageable elders to Zhu Zhanji...

Although Zhu Zhanji supervises the country, he is not the real emperor.These grandparents and uncles came to the capital, and what happened, did Zhu Zhanji take care of it or not?

If a younger generation is strict, it will be bad for his reputation, if he is loose, it will damage Zhu Zhanji's reputation.

So Zhu Di simply told them not to come to the capital.

On the capital side, they are basically the heirs of the various palaces that once went to sea with Zhu Zhanji.Most of them are Zhu Zhanji's peers, even if there are a few uncles, they are all low-key people.

Just for the sake of being able to allocate a good place overseas in the future, no one dared to touch Zhu Zhanji's bad luck at this time.

"On the day of the 24th, I had already arranged for people from all walks of life to engrave the excerpts from "The Country and the Nation" into a newspaper, occupying an entire page on the back. The front page was also according to Zhan Ji, and the headline on the front page was Daming Huan To celebrate the Spring Festival, there are some new policies and regulations implemented by Ming Dynasty this year.”

Zhu Zhanji nodded, and said to Zhu Youdun: "Nowadays, the cost of printing newspapers is high. Although four bottom corners are left to advertise the steam engines and buggies of the inner prison, it is still difficult to maintain capital. However, in After the transportation costs are calculated in the future, it is necessary to calculate how many pages the newspaper should promote to be the most cost-effective.”

Zhu Youdun asked in surprise: "Nowadays, the most expensive cost of newspapers is paper. The more you print, the more you lose money?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "It can't be calculated in this way. When the operating cost is stable, we must find a way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure to maintain a balance of revenue and expenditure. Don't underestimate the role of advertising. You must know that the royal newspaper is facing the entire The common people of Ming Dynasty. Once you advertise in the newspaper, it means that everyone in Ming Dynasty can see it. Try it a few times, and then you will know that those merchants will be willing to pay a lot of money to advertise."

Seeing Zhu Zhanji's smiling face, Zhu Youdun hesitated and said, "Speaking of this, I really encountered a strange thing. I wonder if Zhanji still remembers Chen Wu from the Third Fleet?"

Chen Wu was a general Zhu Zhanji met during his Eastern Expedition to Dongying. He is from Quanzhou and has been in charge of Ming Dynasty's garrison and immigration to Dongfan in recent years.

Dongfan is also the Taiwan of later generations, because Zhu Yuanzhang once moved all the Han people on the island back, leaving the entire island barren.

In the past few years, the Third Fleet has established two naval guards in Dongfan and relocated more than 20 people. However, compared to such a large island, a few hundred thousand people are far from enough.

Today's Dongfan Island is not self-sufficient because it lags behind in attracting natives, and can only maintain the lives of two military guards.

The two military guards, one in the south and one in the north, can supply and maintain the imperial court's Nanyang trade fleet.

Not only Dongfan, but every country in the world that is currently trading with Daming is inferior to Daming's heritage and technology.

However, it is precisely because of this dependence that Daming can bring continuous trade profits.

Chen Wu, as the highest official of Dongfan Island today, also came to the capital to perform his duties during the Chinese New Year, and Zhu Zhanji also received him once.

"What's the matter with Chen Wu?"

"He came to me a few days ago and asked about the cost of advertising in newspapers. I said that he would need two thousand silver coins at a time. Such a high price didn't seem to frighten him, but he was very interested.

I was wondering why he, a general in the garrison, paid attention to the advertisement in the newspaper.After asking him, I found out that he also wanted to advertise in newspapers, hoping to attract more people to immigrate to Dongfan Island. "

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect Chen Wu to be so clever.However, it can also be seen from this incident that the influence of newspapers among officials is not small.Although the newspaper has not even published a single issue, smart people have seen the role of the newspaper.

"Did he say how to raise the money?"

Although two thousand silver coins is not a large sum, it is definitely not a lot.It doesn't matter if he wants to advertise, but if he dares to use military expenses, then Zhu Zhanji will settle accounts with him.

After he asked clearly about the cost of the advertisement, he mentioned it casually.It is said that a Dongfan Association has been established in Fujian, and this Dongfan Association is willing to pay this money for the development of Dongfan. "

Another Dong Fanhui was pulled out, which attracted Zhu Zhanji's attention. He waved, and Liu Wan hurriedly came to his side.

"You ask Sun Lin to come over and bring information about the East Fanhui."

When Liu Wan went, Zhu Youdun asked: "I know a little about this Dongfan Association, but it is a mutual aid association established by some small businessmen, who pool their financial and material resources to develop Dongfan. There are mutual aid associations like this in Daming already. There are quite a few, especially in Ningbo, where there are countless chambers of commerce.”

Zhu Zhanji smiled, but didn't answer, a trace of vigilance welled up in his heart.

Zhu Youdun could not see the threat of this kind of chamber of commerce, but Zhu Zhanji would not be careless.

Ming's trade is in full swing. Although internal control controls the import and export rights of most of the trade, production and transportation still rely on private forces.