"Sealing the vassal king overseas? You really dare to think about it." Liu Ji was surprised: "Shen Sheng died inside, but Chong'er was born outside?"
"Just asking you, how do you think about this idea?" Lao Liu proudly asked Lao Liudao: "How is it? Do you feel suddenly enlightened?"
"Hmm." Liu Ji twirled his beard and nodded slowly.
Before, the master and apprentice discussed whether it was too much for the emperor to divide the vassal kings. The answer was that it was indeed too much. Boss Zhu was like an old farmer dividing his family, giving each son except the prince a large piece of family property.
As a result, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Beiping, Huguang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shandong, the core territories of the empire, were all enfeoffed to the kings...
Moreover, there are many princes who have not had time to canonize them.
"The emperor is ferocious and has many descendants. According to the current canonization method, I am afraid that in less than two generations, the emperor will only be left with the capital." Liu Bowen said:
"The power given to the vassal king is too great and the treatment is too high. It is inevitable to reduce the vassal status in the future."
"For us vassals, we have to be stared at by so many pairs of eyes at home. Why are we restrained and not allowed to spread our wings?" Zhu Zhen nodded and said: "So I think being sealed overseas is a way out. No matter how bad the conditions overseas are,
, no matter how unfamiliar the place is, being able to make your own decisions is more important than anything else!"
"Are your brothers willing?" Liu Bowen asked.
"At least my brothers must be dreaming of it!" Zhu Zhen said with certainty.
"Yes." Liu Bowen nodded in agreement and said, "You brothers are indeed not the ones who have been living under others for a long time."
"As long as the brothers take the initiative, the younger brother will have no choice but to follow suit." Zhu Zhen smiled happily, because when he thought about the seventh child being sent to Java, he would probably be so beautiful that his nose would bubble.
Anyway, it is definitely a great achievement to prevent this pervert from harming the fellow Shandong people.
Moreover, since the fourth brother was entrusted overseas, there should be no Jingnan, right?
What is historical contribution? This is called historical contribution!
Finally finding something worth doing made Lao Liu, who had always been confused, wiggle his butt with joy.
"It's awkward, it's so ugly." Liu Bowen poured cold water on him and said: "If the vassal king can be enfeoffed overseas, it will indeed be beneficial and harmless. But the problem is - you have to have a place to entrust it! Even if it is
Gao Li, if you want to seal it off, it’s not that easy!”
"That's right, it all depends on people." Zhu Zhen said still confidently: "No matter what, it is much better than the father and son becoming suspicious and the brothers turning against each other in the future, right? I think at least my brothers are willing to go out and open up a real world.
Belong to your own kingdom instead of being trapped in the country all your life!"
For example, with the ability of Fourth Brother, it would be a pity not to go out to expand the territory in the future, but to just play hide-and-seek with the Mongols in the north.
"Okay..." Liu Bowen suddenly realized from Zhu Zhen that the real king would definitely be willing to choose an entrepreneurial path full of thorns and infinite possibilities, rather than live a life of drunkenness and dreaming, with the end in sight.
But he still felt it was incredible, so he asked Lao Liu: "Are there really so many places that can be sealed?"
"If you don't believe me, let's count them." Zhu Zhen said, skillfully finding the world map that he had drawn for Lao Liu from the bookshelf.
He first drew a diagonal line on it and said: "This is the approximate location of the 400 mm precipitation line. This line goes to the north and is not suitable for farming. It can only be nomadic."
Liu Bowen looked at that line, which was probably the actual line of control between Daming and Beiyuan.
"If my brothers are sealed to the north of this line, they will inevitably turn into barbarians in a few generations, and they will inevitably become border troubles." Zhu Zhen first excluded a large area to the north and said: "We can't trap people, let alone trap them.
The Central Plains, so only the south of this line, outside China, is enfeoffed!"
"Yeah." Liu Bowen nodded, looked at the map, and listened to him continue.
"Then from north to south, the places that can be entrusted are - Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, and Xiao Ryukyu, which has been ours since ancient times, as well as Luzon, Annam, Champa, Chenla, Java, Malacca, Siam,
"Burma..." Zhu Zhen said with a lot of treasures: "You don't have to go too far. In our Chinese cultural circle alone, there are two vast lands as big as the Ming Dynasty, which can be divided into feudal states and established states!"
"Are these places suitable for farming?" Liu Bowen asked with emotion.
"They are all suitable! And from Xiaoliuqiu to the south, rice can be harvested three times a year!" Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "This is only the land within our traditional Chinese influence. If we look further, there are also the South Asian subcontinent and Africa.
, South America, North America, Oceania - the world is really big, the Ming Dynasty is just a corner of the east, only one-tenth of the land conquered by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
"If we are satisfied with the vanity of the Celestial Kingdom, stop pioneering, and regard the lands outside China as barbaric, what difference will we have from the Koreans? It's the same as sitting in a well and looking at the sky! But it's just sitting in a bigger well.
It’s just inside!”
"..." Liu Bowen was speechless for a long time, and then said with a wry smile: "How could you go out and come up with such a shocking strategy?"
"Well, indeed." Zhu Zhen said proudly: "Isn't it amazing?"
"It's awesome. But have you ever thought about it? It's time for the world to recuperate and recuperate. If you follow your approach, the entire national policy will change." Liu Bowen sighed and said, "Your father will definitely not
Agreed."
"I know he won't agree now, because Beiyuan has not been eliminated and Yunnan has not been recovered, so it is impossible to use troops outside." Zhu Zhen said quietly:
"But what happens after the Bei Yuan is eliminated and Yunnan is recovered? The millions of arrogant and capable generals who have nothing to fight against will become the biggest threat to the country. They will kill each other with their old brothers.
; Or continue to expand the territory and give the soldiers the opportunity to make contributions? This is not a difficult choice for my father, right?"
"It's not difficult to choose." Liu Bowen slowly shook his head and said: "But even the giant Tang Dynasty will be brought down by military force."
"Yes, economic accounts must be settled at any time." Zhu Zhen nodded and said: "Only wars can be fought if the benefits exceed the losses. Otherwise, it will be a kind of damage to the country."
"It's good that you know." Liu Bowen paused and then said softly: "Besides, your father also knows this very well. That's why I was able to persuade him when he wanted to send a naval expedition to Japan."
"..." Only then did Zhu Zhen realize that even his master did not support his 'great plan'.
"I know!" But he was not discouraged, and continued loudly: "So before that, we must open the trade routes connecting these places!"
His Royal Highness the King of Chu drew a long route on the map and said with a stubborn look on his face:
"When maritime trade flourishes, you and your father will know that I am not just imagining things!"
ps. I’ll go out to have a dinner with my colleagues and write again when I get back.
