In the 20th year of Xuanwu's reign, the king of Qi died, and the emperor stayed in court for three days.
As of now, all the first batch of vassal kings created by Emperor Shaowu have died, and there are very few second batches.
However, what worried the court was that Emperor Xuanwu seemed to have great power. He changed his early diligence and began to recruit more people into the harem and expand Yuquan Villa.
In just five years, there were seven princes and eight princesses in the harem, seemingly catching up with Emperor Shizu.
Of course, in the 20th year of Xuanwu, apart from the death of King Qi, the most prestigious vassal king, the most important thing was the vassalage of six princes.
These are the six princes born to Emperor Shizu in his later years. They are at least twenty years younger than Emperor Xuanwu, and even younger than the prince.
Emperor Xuanwu also loved these uncles who were the age of his sons. He received countless rewards, which enabled him to accumulate a lot of private wealth.
Immediately, six imperial uncles were canonized.
The fifty-first emperor's uncle is the king of Jia, the fifty-two emperor's uncle is the king of tai, the fifty-third emperor's uncle is the king of Xiang, the fifty-fourth emperor's uncle is the fallen king, the fifty-fifth emperor's uncle is the king of Huai, and the fifth emperor's uncle is the king of Huai.
The sixteenth emperor's uncle is King Xu.
The cabinet originally adhered to the principle of one city, one country, and provinces where possible, and was granted the title of Hanhai Wasteland again, but when the vassal kings learned about it, they immediately rejected it.
If the eight countries of the North Sea are barely livable and can establish vassal states because they are close to the North Sea, then the rest of the countries are simply uninhabited and are worse than being exiled.
The governor of Beihai even bluntly said that it was uninhabited for thousands of miles and was no place for humans to live.
It is a desolate and uninhabitable place recognized by both the government and the public.
Furthermore, from the beginning, the desert island has been the vassal state of the six of them by default, and now it has suddenly become the vast sea. Who can accept this?
Therefore, the six princes immediately asked to see the prince, and then paid a grand visit to the emperor to tell them their sufferings.
All of them cried bitterly and said that if they were enshrined in the vast sea, they would rather give up the vassal state, live in Beijing, and only rely on the imperial village to live.
Facing all the emperor's uncles who were younger than his own son, Emperor Xuanwu couldn't laugh or cry.
If this continues, the rumor that I treated my uncle harshly must not spread.
At this time, the Queen Mother Zeng sent a ladder to calm the crying uncles.
The seventy-year-old Queen Mother had such high prestige among the government and the public that the emperor did not dare to show any slight.
"Emperor, I heard that there are many places on the desert island, isn't it? The exile of prisoners began during the reign of Emperor Shizu, and the vassal affairs have been settled long ago..."
"Mother--" Emperor Xuanwu looked hesitant upon hearing this.
"I understand!" Mrs. Zeng said with a sudden look on her face: "You want to leave it to your son!"
Emperor Xuanwu was quite embarrassed.
Compared to the vast wasteland, the desert island is not only huge, but also has comfortable and livable coastal areas. Compared to Nanyang, it has no shortcomings at all except that it is farther away.
Such a good place has been built by the imperial court for decades, so of course it has to be advantageous for my son.
"Now the six princes are your uncles. If you treat them harshly, you can suppress them, but it will harm the emperor's reputation."
"Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings." The Queen Mother said casually: "Besides, I heard that the New World, which the Western Yi said is North America, is also vast and can be enfeoffed."
"Of course it's up to you to consider these two places, but the vast wasteland is too desolate, so it's better not to enfeoff it any more. Otherwise, you won't get a barrier, but you will get enemies!"
"It's not good for the court to backtrack!"
Emperor Xuanwu fell into thinking.
Of course he knows about North America and knows it very well.
In the past, Jinshan began to be excavated during the Shaowu period, and many people moved to farm the land and dig gold. Today, there are nearly 100,000 Dingkou.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs can obtain more than 50,000 taels of gold and hundreds of thousands of jins of copper from the land every year. It can be said to be a bumper harvest and a huge source of wealth for the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It is estimated that there are still a large number of mines to be excavated, enough to support internal funds for tens to hundreds of years.
There is no doubt that, apart from being a little deserted, it is a good land in terms of climate and products, much better than the desert island.
"Let the imperial uncles go to Nanyang!"
Emperor Xuanwu was a decisive man and made his decision immediately.
He even compensated six people with a large number of cattle and sheep for their livestock.
In this way, the six imperial uncles were barely satisfied.
By the end of the year, the six kings were escorted by the Nanyang Navy, each carrying thousands of troops and horses, and personally accompanying them, and marched south in a mighty manner.
King Jia is the oldest, born in the forty-fifth year of Shaowu. He is only twenty-five years old now, six years younger than the current prince.
The youngest King Xu has just turned twenty-two years old.
In other words, when King Xu was born, Emperor Zhezong had not yet ascended the throne, and Emperor Shizu was born at the age of seventy-two.
Therefore, King Xu was favored by the royal family since he was a child. After the death of Emperor Shizu, Zhezong and his wife, and even Xuanwu and his wife were pampered and rewarded continuously.
For example, during this trip to the vassal, many princes only allocated 500,000 yuan, while King Xu was secretly given another 500,000 yuan by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, just like Xuanwu's own son.
"This is the desert island?"
Passing by islands one after another, everyone was shocked when they saw the endless grassland in front of them.
"This is the northern part of the desert island. The imperial court did not build a city to immigrate!"
King Jia said calmly: "Although this place is better than Mobei, it still lacks water and has strong winds, so our feudal kingdoms are all in the southeast!"
“It’s just past a rainforest!”
The ship traveled for another day or two and finally arrived at the first city.
Coral City.
This is the first city to be developed, with a population of nearly 20,000. It is the largest city on the desert island, and is also the fiefdom and capital of King Jia.
The other princes were also dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do. The elders and younger ones were in order, which was what King Jia deserved.
From the very beginning, the Desert Island was prepared to house the Sixth Prince, and it was planned to be built more than ten years in advance.
Although the capitals of other vassal states are not as good as Jia Kingdom, they are not inferior by much, and they are basically around 10,000 people.
The population is even more average, around 100,000.
It has been developed for more than 20 years, and it is really a good place.
So this is also the reason why Six Kings took the risk and cried:
This is their land, how can it be replaced at will?
Going south along the desert island, every thousand miles or so, there will be a vassal whose king disembarks.
The fleet of nearly 300 ships continued to shrink, and finally there were 50 ships belonging to King Xu.
Divided in order from this, they are Jiaguo, Taiguo, Xiangguo, Yuguo, Huaiguo and Xuguo.
"Is there a lot of rain here?"
King Xu looked at the drizzle and couldn't help but sigh: "The farther south you go, the more rain there is, and the farther north you go, the drier it becomes. What a strange thing!"
The fourth Prime Minister explained: "Your Highness, too much rain is not a good thing. This place is much worse than the other five countries..."
"I know!" King Xu didn't take it seriously and said arrogantly: "Although the land is a little worse, it can't hold up to the big one!"
"As the emperor requested, the place of thousands of miles to the west belongs to us. Although it is a little barren and desolate, one of us in the Xu Kingdom is worth three."