Chapter 241: Adapting measures to local conditions and obtaining legal reincarnation with the permission of the court

For a Venetian, poaching is one of the best business methods, not to mention the current depression and political chaos in the Eastern Roman Empire. Many educated people have long wanted to escape from this desperate place.

It's just that the Catholic Church in Western Europe is not very friendly to the Orthodox Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire, so these scholars from the Eastern Roman Empire have not fled to Western Europe for a long time.

In the eyes of the Eastern Romans, areas such as Rus' and Bulgaria, which also believed in Orthodox Christianity, were barbaric lands.

Scholars from the Eastern Roman Empire who regarded themselves as civilized people were naturally unwilling to flee to these Orthodox areas.

Therefore, in Luo Liedan's view, it was not easy to recruit Eastern Roman scholars to come to the Ming Dynasty.

For Westerners, the East symbolizes strength, wealth and civilization.

Compared to the dark Europe that was still in the Middle Ages, to the people of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Ming Dynasty in the East was like an ever-bright beacon in the dark night sky.

As long as the economic conditions are slightly preferential, countless scholars from the Eastern Roman Empire can be attracted to go to the Ming Dynasty to explore happiness and truth.

"Your Highness, what kind of treatment do you plan to provide to the scholars of the Eastern Roman Empire?"

Rolidan saw no problem at all in recruiting scholars from the Eastern Roman Empire.

Zhu Han naturally had no clear idea about the salary and benefits in the Eastern Roman Empire and Western Europe. He could only make his own standards based on the treatment in the Ming Dynasty.

"Nowadays, the monthly salary for teaching at the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty is five taels of silver, which is ten silver coins. For advanced teaching, the monthly salary is eighty taels, which is sixteen silver coins. For ordinary professors, it is twenty taels of silver per month...

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Zhu Han carried out drastic reforms in higher education in the Ming Dynasty, which was not only reflected in the courses taught by professors, but also greatly increased the income of the originally meager scholars.

Only by respecting knowledge can we have a future.

Nowadays, the teaching professors in Ming Dynasty are high-paying positions that are envied by the common people.

As soon as Zhu Han finished speaking, Luo Liedan opened his mouth in surprise, his face full of envy and jealousy.

He never thought that these scholars in the Ming Dynasty could receive such high salaries.

"Your Highness, please believe me. These scholars from the Eastern Roman Empire do not need to reach the salary level of scholars from the Ming Dynasty. They only need half of their salary to recruit countless talents!"

The Eastern Roman Empire's finances have been almost exhausted, and there is no money to support scholars. There are no religious restrictions in the Ming Dynasty. It is not easy for these scholars to come to the Ming Dynasty.

"I will leave this matter to you. Whether it is astronomy, physics, mathematics, or other subjects, we will recruit talents to the Ming Dynasty. After this matter is completed, I will consider giving you a title of Ming Dynasty.

!" Zhu Han said with a smile on his face.

"What, the title of Ming Dynasty?!" Luo Liedan suddenly started breathing rapidly.

During these few months in the Ming Dynasty, Luo Liedan knew how noble the title of the Ming Dynasty was.

Even the lowliest founding baron enjoys treatment that is almost better than that of a petty king in Europe.

Moreover, after obtaining the title of Ming Dynasty, he automatically obtained the status of a Ming citizen, which meant that Luo Liedan could freely engage in business and other activities by virtue of his status as a Ming noble. He no longer had to be subject to various restrictions as before because of the various restrictions on his status as a foreigner.

After getting Zhu Han's promise, Luo Liedan immediately put in a lot of effort and formulated a detailed poaching routine for Zhu Han.

Zhu Han was very satisfied with the method proposed by Luo Liedan.

Luo Lidan's method is divided into three steps.

The first step was to use business to establish contact with the Eastern Roman Empire and gain the trust and favor of Emperor John V and the people of the Eastern Roman Empire.

As a Venetian, Luo Lidan was very suitable to help the Ming Dynasty connect with Eastern Rome.

The second step is to penetrate into the Armenian region through the Persian region and support the local Armenian Kingdom.

This will help the Ming Dynasty establish direct contact with the Roman Empire through Armenia, and facilitate the direct transfer of various talents from the Eastern Roman Empire to a safe channel.

Armenia is located on the east coast of the Black Sea, the Eastern Roman Empire is located on the west coast of the Black Sea, and in the middle are several Celestial countries such as Ottoman Turkey.

Armenia is weak, and if it can get support from the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely help transfer immigrants from the Eastern Roman Empire.

As for the third step, after these immigrants arrived in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty court helped them publish various biographies and travel notes. The content was naturally used to record the prosperity, strength, greatness and enlightenment of the Ming Dynasty!

As long as these biographies can be popularized, various talents in the Eastern Roman Empire will regard Ming Dynasty as a paradise on earth.

By that time, Ming Dynasty did not need to spend any effort to proactively recruit talents. It only needed to sit at home and wait for these talents from the Eastern Roman Empire to come to their door.

Zhu Han was very satisfied with Luo Liedan's method, and immediately allocated him 200,000 silver coins, and sent him more than a hundred men and two of the best fast sailing ships to go to Persia as soon as possible to handle the matter.

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Yingtian Mansion, Imperial Palace.

After Zhu Han told his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang about his plan to recruit talents from the Eastern Roman Empire, Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand this move at first.

Because in the view of my elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty was rich in the world, not only in terms of national strength, but also in all kinds of talents. Why did it have to go thousands of miles away to dig out those barbarians?

It must be said that Zhu Yuanzhang’s view represents the vast majority of people in the Ming Dynasty.

Because of Zhu Han's participation, the development of various technologies in Ming Dynasty can almost be described as rocket-like speed.

As a representative city, Yingtianfu can be said to be changing with each passing day.

When Zhu Yuanzhang and the others saw the changes in Yingtian Mansion, they naturally understood how powerful the Ming Dynasty's technology was.

"Brother, this matter is not only about discovering talents in the Eastern Roman Empire, but also about broadening Ming's horizons in the future!"

"As the saying goes, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi. The Ming Dynasty is now unique in the world, but no one can guarantee whether these barbarian Westerners will one day rise above the Ming Dynasty in the future."

"To be honest, their rise and even catching up with Ming Dynasty are not terrible!"

"The most terrifying thing is that at that time, Ming Dynasty did not realize these changes and was in a state of complacency. That was the real danger!"

"So we should consider tapping external talents as an important source for us to obtain external development information, so that we will not be afraid that Ming will fall behind in the future without knowing it, and avoid the danger of falling behind and being beaten!"

Zhu Han's long speech can be regarded as speaking to Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang was originally a very thoughtful person.

Thinking about things is like playing chess. Ordinary people can look at three or two moves, but they often have to look at ten moves.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang also often thinks about whether some people in future generations will be unable to hold on to this country and end up with a country destroyed and a family destroyed.

Therefore, when he issues various orders and policies, he often wants to achieve long-term effects that will last for hundreds of years.

Now Zhu Han clearly told him that external threats can be prevented and detected early by recruiting these external talents.

This was simply too appealing to Zhu Yuanzhang's taste.

"Okay, great, let's just say that spending 200,000 silver coins on this matter is really a bit petty. Shouldn't we give that Luo Liedan more money so that he can do it faster and better?" Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously thinking.

Very concerned about this matter.

Zhu Hua curled his lips and said with a smile: "These Venetians say they have been doing business for generations, but in fact the capital of each family is not very big. Two hundred thousand Hongwu silver coins is already equivalent to half of the Luo Liedan family's net worth.

, enough for him to go to the Eastern Roman Empire to open up the situation first! If he can do things well, it will not be too late to give him some rewards and more funds!"

Hongwu silver coins are in very good condition and have the highest silver content among all kinds of silver coins.

Two hundred thousand Hongwu silver coins were enough for Luo Lidan to open up a new business in the Eastern Roman Empire.

Brother Zhu Yuanzhang came to Zhu Han today not just to ask about this matter.

But there are more important things to discuss with Zhu Han.

That is, in addition to the four princes born to Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang now has nearly ten other little princes.

These children are growing up one by one, and plans must be made early on how to place them in the future.

"What's the point of discussing this? Of course it's enfeoffment! Allocate them to the new territory of the Ming Dynasty, let them spread their branches there, and consolidate the territory for the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Han said without hesitation.

"It is good to enfeoff, but where should we enfeoff?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty is now extremely vast, far exceeding that of any previous dynasty, and only slightly worse than the Great Mongolia at its peak.

This also brought about a happy trouble, that is, there were too many territories, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not know which places should be allocated to these princes.

"The northwest is not suitable. The location there is too important. It is close to the frontier and will be the future west gate of the Ming Dynasty. It must be under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court!"

"Yunnan in the southwest is a suitable place to entrust one or two princes. It has been separated from the Central Plains court for hundreds of years, and it must make great efforts to Chineseize it! If you rely closely on official posts, you will inevitably have a three- to five-year term.

The bad thing is that once it passes, the policy will be invalidated!"

Hearing Zhu Han's words, elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement.

I immediately picked up a pen and wrote the word Yunnan on the paper.

"What else?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked immediately.

Zhu Han took a leisurely sip of tea, then smacked his lips and said slowly: "The Liaoyang Province in the northeast can also house one or two vassal kings. It can not only effectively Chineseize the place, but also serve as a powerful force.

The power monitors the eastern part of the Mongolian steppe!"

Zhu Han then proposed Nanyang Medan, Dongshengzhou and other places as enfeoffments.

These places all have very small Han populations, and local indigenous people account for the vast majority of the population.

Naturally, we must learn from the feudal world strategy of the Zhou Dynasty.

Use a small number of noble elites to rule and assimilate the local indigenous barbarians.

According to the detailed enfeoffment rule policy formulated by Zhu Han, these princes of the Ming Dynasty will only need to rule for one or two generations after they come of age and go to the fiefdoms to transform all these areas into permanent vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.

Because whether it is the Medan Flood in Southeast Asia or the Dongsheng Prefecture in the New World, the appearance of the local indigenous people is not very different from that of the Central Plains people, and their culture is seriously backward. They are almost equivalent to primitive tribes, and they are very easy to accept the civilized rule of the Ming Dynasty.
To be continued...