Zhu Yixi fell into thinking about King Liao's request.
King Qin's performance in Annan put a lot of pressure on the princes.
Along the way, he accompanied the army in the Northern Expedition and accumulated supreme prestige even if he did nothing.
When Zhu Jing returns to the Ming Dynasty, the King of Qin will be the most prestigious person in Qin and will be a great help to the royal power.
Of course, there is no need to stick to this type of establishment of a vassal state.
Comparable to this is the state of Qi.
The Qi State was of the pioneering farming type, constantly farming, opening up wasteland, and recruiting savages and natives to expand its territory.
At this time, the importance of King Qi was very low.
Because all development is slow, Qin State can become a big country with a population of millions in a few years, while Qi State will not have a population of more than one million in less than 30 to 50 years.
At this time, Qi State had at most 20,000 to 30,000 citizens. Including the savage tribe, there were only about 100,000 people.
It can be said that because of this, the King of Qi is still learning to govern the country. When he goes to vassal next year, he can directly lead thousands of soldiers, horses and civil servants, and he can directly pick peaches.
On the surface, Qi State only has a desert island full of savages, but in fact it has a solid foundation, and Guo Zuo is obviously longer.
The Qin State, like the Mo Dynasty, Li Dynasty, and Chen Dynasty in Annan history, disappeared in two or three hundred years and is part of history.
Qi State is the entire history of the entire island.
"That's all."
Zhu Yixi looked at the pleading look on King Liao's face, and he said casually: "Stop messing around."
"The Bukhara Khanate has a hundred thousand soldiers and can be defeated in a short time. Don't think about it this year. Get married first and go next year."
The King of Liao had no choice but to give up.
At this time, the emperor remembered the map of the Bukhara Khanate, which Li Dingguo had found.
The place is divided into two parts, Kokand and the mainland.
Only then did he remember the reputation of the Kokand Khanate in the Kokand region. Although this place was small, it was an elite place that could accommodate a whole country.
This is a land that will be separated in the future. The centrifugal force is too great, so it might as well become one country!
The remaining land of Bukhara will be given to the King of Liao.
Further north, there was the Khiva Khanate near the Aral Sea, which was once part of the Golden Horde, but because it was too far away, it was probably annexed by the Liao Kingdom.
"There are millions of people in the Kazakh Khanate, and they belong to nomadic tribes. There are three major Yuzi, large, small and medium, which are suitable for settling the three countries."
Zhu Yixi was very happy as he counted the number of vassal states.
The Kazakh region is so huge. Although the population is small at this time, it is just because of the nomadic tribes. Once it enters a farming society, its future development potential is not small.
Moreover, with such a vast area, if it were just one country with millions of people, it would be extremely difficult for the vassal king, and the cost of governance would be too high.
After all, the Kazakh Khanate is not the Annan region, where the Four Books and Five Classics are popular and was once under the Ming Dynasty, but the Kazakh Khanate is a nomadic country.
The cost and pressure of governance have increased sharply.
Divide and conquer will actually help digestion.
"There are very few high-quality lands like Annan."
Zhu Yixi sighed.
With a population of millions, low cost of governance, and an area equivalent to a domestic province, sometimes he even wanted to split Annan into two countries.
But then it was rejected.
Doing so would deliberately create conflicts and at the same time alienate Qin, which is not cost-effective.
Furthermore, having a powerful vassal state is not a bad thing in a sense.
Weighing in his mind, the emperor fell into gentleness again.
During the entire first month, he hardly used his brain and was in a relaxed state. The lucky concubine was blessed with great luck and the quality of his sperm was very high.
In recent years, the old concubines in the harem, such as the noble concubine Miaoxian, etc., no longer keep seeds. Although they have attracted a lot of looks, the emperor is determined.
After all, these concubines have been with him for more than ten years, and the youngest one is in her mid-thirties. If she becomes pregnant again, she will be an advanced maternal age, which is a life-threatening job in this era.
Naturally, those who can get the dragon seed must be young and pretty newcomers.
The first month of the eighteenth year of Shaowu's reign is very memorable.
The King of Liao came to his mother's palace and expressed his thoughts: "My son will not be able to go to the Western Regions until next year. It will take too long."
"Your father is right, you must first get married before you can join the feudal clan."
Sun Xuan'er said calmly: "You are only seventeen, why are you so anxious? You are not happy that others are helping you conquer the country?"
"In this case, I'll have someone contact Li Dingguo to see if we can get married?"
The King of Liao was silent at this time.
Relying on Li Dingguo to establish the power of the Liao Kingdom and marrying his daughter, his position will definitely be stable in the future, but the influence of his relatives may be a bit strong.
After hesitating for a moment, he said: "My father and my mother and concubine make the decision."
Sun Xuan'er glanced sideways at her son and chuckled: "That's right. You are still young and your idea is right. But you must be obedient. Your father will not harm you."
On February 2, the dragon raises its head.
The emperor went outside the city and started farming again.
However, the kings from last year supported and supported the prince, and the princes followed closely. The kings stood aside and watched the performance by the emperor and the prince.
The King of Qi and the King of Liao were similar in age. They stood together and talked:
"Second brother, how is your country of Qi?"
"Just like that, we are clearing up wasteland and farming at the same time."
King Qi sighed: "Although there are many savages on the island, there are none near Linzi. The population of Qi is over one hundred thousand!"
"Brother, the Qin State has millions of people!"
Speaking of this, King Qi showed envy and jealousy on his face, which he couldn't hide.
The King of Liao, as the fourth child, was equally envious: "Yeah, millions of people, fertile land, I heard that even the food and drink are the same as us, and it can be compared with Guangxi and Guangdong."
"But who lets someone be the eldest and be born earlier than us?"
When the King of Liao said this, he said in a low voice: "In my heart, I may be thinking about that position. Father, this is compensation!"
"That's true." King Qi thought about it and became more cheerful: "No matter how big the Qin State is, it can't reach that position!"
"However, I told my elder brother that after his northern expedition to Shenglong, some of my people will come over."
King Qi showed a smile: "There are at least 70,000 to 80,000 people, and they also allow me to recruit immigrants."
After the establishment of the Qin State, some nobles and ministers of the previous dynasty, as well as those who resisted, would inevitably be dealt with.
It would not be good to kill all these people. It would be better to fill the population of Qi State.
If you live in a foreign country like Qi, I promise you will behave well.
There are many scholars among these people, and scholars are the most precious in this era.
King Qi felt very comfortable when he thought that Qi's population would reach 300,000 or even 500,000 in three to five years.
After all, no matter how good Annan is, it is not his country.
"My Liao Kingdom is in the Western Regions." The King of Liao sighed: "The horns are very small, and the people look different. They have brown eyes and big noses. They are the colorful people from the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties."
"It's difficult——"
The language, writing, customs, food, clothing, and even appearance are different. The future rule of the Liao Kingdom must be extremely difficult. These are also the two main ways for the future vassal state.
Either be like the king of Qi and migrate the people to open up new lands, or be like the king of Liao and conquer foreign tribes.
As for the King of Qin being able to choose a place as good as Annan, it was extremely rare.
Of course it is not impossible, for example, destroying North Korea.
But with a population of 20 million, North Korea was more of a vassal than a vassal to a certain extent, so there was no need to choose a clan to become a vassal.
The imperial court would not allow tens of millions of silver coins to be spent to win the vassal for the vassal king.
The two brothers talked about the affairs of the vassal state, while the other princes were envious and jealous.
The difference between the head of a country and the prince in Beijing is incalculable.
After returning to Beijing, the fifth son of the emperor, King Yue, and the sixth son of the emperor, King Wei, also approached the emperor one after another and asked to choose a vassal to join the country.
The king of Yue turned the 16th year of the New Year, and the king of Wei turned 15, which were both the ages for engagement. It was normal to choose a vassal state in advance.
Zhu Yixi expressed his understanding of this.
After looking at the entire Kun map, I first looked at Japan.
Nowadays, there are 20 to 30 million people in Japan. The Ryukyu Prefecture in the south is not enough to contain them, but there are also vassal states to guard them in the north.
Hokkaido--
This place that Japan has long ignored and wants to conquer is the best vassal state.
In addition, the Khmer people west of Saigon, that is, Cambodia, also had millions of people at this time. Although they had been bullied by the Nguyen family and the Mekong Delta was taken away in the future, they were still independent countries at this time.
Obviously, Khmer and Hokkaido are the two main ways of conquering and developing the vassal state.
The former is dangerous and difficult, while the latter is simple but takes a long time.
"Khmer, Hokkaido, choose one of the two."
The emperor looked at his two sons and said solemnly: "In Khmer, your eldest brother can be relied on, but the farther south you go, the hotter it gets, and there are more malaria, insects, snakes, humidity, and miasma.
Hokkaido is relatively warm and cool, with comfortable summers and hot springs in winter. It is also close to Heilongjiang General Mansion, so its future prosperity is foreseeable."
King Yue and King Wei fell into thinking.
From the perspective of livability, Hokkaido is the most suitable.
As northerners, the two prefer Hokkaido.
But Hokkaido needs to be opened up, and if it doesn't take ten or eight years, no results will be seen. The Khmer conquered it directly, and in two or three years it would be considered a lonely island, and it would be very comfortable.
King, what insects and snakes are you afraid of?
Seeing that her two sons were entangled, Zhu Yixi did not hesitate and directly tore up a piece of paper and wrote the words Hokkaido and Khmer.
Then shape it into a circle and let the two of them draw lots.
"Everything depends on God's will."
The King of Yue was older. He looked at the two pieces of paper carefully and struggled for a long time before choosing the left one.
King Wei took the right side directly.
King Yue: "Hokkaido?"
King Wei: "Khmer——"
After the selection, the emperor said directly: "The results have been divided, you can go and recruit talents, just like the old affairs of King Qi and King Qin."
"King Yue, before the end of the year, you need to send people to Hokkaido to build a port and a town."
"King Wei, if you say it, after King Qin's Northern Expedition, we can borrow troops, and with the help of the imperial court, we can conquer directly. Just wait another two years!"
After saying this, the two of them left.
Facing these two ambitious sons, Zhu Yixi always felt comforted.
What he likes most is this kind of ambition.
After the arrangements were made, the emperor continued to look at the map of Xiang Kun.
At this time, the Indochina Peninsula, from west to east, consisted of Burma (Dian Kingdom), Siam, Khmer, Qin Kingdom, and Annan.
Between Siam and Annam is Laos, also known as Laos.
Needless to say, if we want to arrange vassal states, they must be in coastal areas, such as Siam and Khmer, not Laos.
That damn place is too inland and doesn't have as convenient support as coastal ports.
The Qin State was able to conquer the Ruan family in the north because it relied on Saigon to continuously transport money, food and supplies from Guangdong and Guangxi, so it did not have to worry about supplies at all.
The coastal plain is the best place for development.
Let them expand slowly in the middle area!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yixi became ambitious.
"Ten years later, I want to make the entire Indochina Peninsula truly a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty."
East Palace.
After the prince learned that his two younger brothers had new places to go, he smiled slightly. All this was expected.
The Crown Princess sighed: "It's not that easy to become a vassal. King Qin has been away from Beijing for two years. I heard that in Annan, you can't even eat cakes and roast duck. You can't even get ice-cold sour plum soup under the sun that can melt you."
Woolen cloth!"
"In this case, I would rather stay in the capital."
"At least you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, right?"
Hearing this, the prince held his hand, feeling the smoothness in it, and shook his head: "You don't understand, a real man is a man who holds great power."
"At this time, I actually envy them. They can lead troops in wars and govern the country freely. Millions of people are attracted by them. One word can kill tens of thousands of people."
"This East Palace is really not easy!"
Thinking of joining the army, Prince Zhu Cunqu felt as if he was constipated.
Just two months into their marriage, they had to leave.
That's all. It's unbearable to leave Beijing, the political whirlpool and center of power.
The Crown Princess also had a look of dismay on her face, but how dare she disobey the emperor's order, so she could only hold onto the handkerchief tangledly: "You must take care of yourself and don't waste your time."
"rest assured."
The prince smiled lightly, suppressing the irritability in his heart.
On February 2, the dragon raises its head, marking the beginning of spring plowing and the beginning of the prince leaving the palace to train for the army.
He took dozens of guards and rode towards Tongzhou.
This is the Dong Daying of the Beijing Camp, responsible for guarding the granary of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ministry of Revenue collected grain from all over the world and stored 50% of it here. Hundreds of towering granaries made it dizzying to see.
Fifty thousand Beijing troops guard Tongzhou and protect the granaries of Beijing.
"Zhu Qu?"
Carrying the documents from the Beijing Camp Commanding Envoy and the Ministry of War, Zhu Cunqu entered the military camp in a generous manner.
The clerk glanced at this young man whose skin was even more delicate than that of a little girl, and sighed for a moment, which young master is here to practice?
"That's right." Zhu Cunqu responded loudly.
"It's quite unusual for an eighteen-year-old team leader."
The clerk led him to a camp: "This is the 7th Tongzhou Regiment, Yzi Camp."
After a few introductions, Zhu Cunqu met Ying Zheng and Deputy Ying Zheng.
After some greetings and digging into his background, I was somewhat polite to him.
"Brother Zhu Qu, I will send you to take office."
Ying Zheng patted his chest and said, "Since you have come to our camp, we are brothers. When you encounter difficulties in the future, just say, don't be afraid."
"However, from your accent, it sounds like you are from Wanping County?"
"The commander has a good ear." Zhu Cunqu chuckled.