Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 759, King Ning's goal
Crescent City, the capital of Nanyang Province.

Liu Jin was hurrying in the examination room in a crimson robe.

Looking at the candidates in front of him, Liu Jin couldn't help laughing.

This is perhaps the group of candidates who are least like scholars.

Most of these people were not scholars before, and even if they were scholars, they could only be regarded as wild people. Many of them were accountants, crew members, and so on.

It can only be said that they can read and write, but if they are really asked to do stereotyped essays, they will not know it at all.

In view of this, Liu Jin, the chief examiner, gave a relatively simple subject in the Nanyang provincial imperial examination this time, and there were no requirements.

Anyway, the number of places in the provincial examination is fixed, as long as you are able to qualify for the quota, you can be regarded as a candidate. In places like Jiangxi, Nanzhili, and Beizhili, you may be full of knowledge and talent , but the strong have their own strong hands, it may be difficult for you to pass the exam.

For places like Nanyang Province, it was the first time to take the exam. In Liu Jin's view, as long as someone could write a smooth and reasonable article, they would basically be able to pass the exam.

In fact, this can be regarded as an injustice.

But this is relatively fair.

Perhaps there is no absolute fairness in this world.

Liu Jin thought a lot while being quick.

Before crossing, Liu Jin also took the college entrance examination. Compared with the imperial examination, the college entrance examination is really nothing. The imperial examination is really a single-plank bridge with thousands of troops. Everyone who can pass the exam is very awesome. people.

"Natives?"

Soon Liu Jin's eyes were locked on a row of candidates.

These candidates have dark skin, short stature, hair, face, etc. are very different from Ming people, and they are typical people from the Nanyang region.

But at this moment, they are all like other students, wearing robes and scholar hats, scratching their heads and ears with brushes.

Liu Jin walked over with a smile on his face, eager to see what articles these natives could write.

Daming's rule in Nanyang was very short. Although it has been vigorously promoting the Han culture, but after all, the time is short, and the effect is definitely not ideal.

"Students have seen adults!"

Seeing Liu Jin approaching, Tian Muming quickly stood up and bowed respectfully as a student.

According to the rules of the Imperial Examination of Ming Dynasty, all the students who took the imperial examination were the students of the invigilator, so he also saluted as a student, even though this Tian Muming seemed to be much older than Liu Jin.

"Don't be too polite~"

Liu Jin smiled, looked at his exam paper casually, and didn't communicate too much. This is an exam room, and there have always been many rules.

But just a very casual scan, Liu Jin basically saw his exam paper, which was almost blank, only some crooked words were written at the beginning.

"I don't know if I will be impeached to death if I am elected to these natives."

Liu Jin couldn't help shaking his head in his heart.

Since there are aborigines who come to take the imperial examination, in order to show the favor of the court, Liu Jin must choose a few people as candidates, but if this level is really poor, it is estimated that Liu Jin will definitely be scolded to death.

However, even if you are scolded, you still have to do what you should do.

The stability of the imperial court in the Nanyang region is the most important thing, and it is naturally best for these natives to be obedient.

Now they have begun to change Han surnames on a large scale, respect Confucianism and Taoism, and popularize the Ming Dynasty official language. Compared with some provinces in the Ming Dynasty, it may be more unified here in the future.

Because the Ming Dynasty official dialect is promoted here, the dialect does not exist, and everyone speaks the official dialect.

Exam time was boring, and Liu Jin also started other things.

"Your Majesty actually agreed to allow the vassal king to go to sea, and what's even more incredible is that he allowed the vassal king to establish a country overseas and treat him as a vassal state."

Liu Jin was slightly surprised when he received the news from the capital.

To be honest, it is not surprising that Emperor Hongzhi would agree to the vassal king's going to sea.

Because everyone can know the benefits of the vassal kings going to sea for Da Ming, and then taking this opportunity to get the vassal kings out, Da Ming is tantamount to getting rid of an increasingly heavy burden.

What really surprised Liu Jin was that Emperor Hongzhi would allow these vassal kings to establish a country overseas. This is different. This colony is completely different from a vassal state.

Although they are all similar in essence, a colony is a colony, and a vassal state is a vassal state, with the word country, and the difference is huge.

"This should be to encourage these princes to go to sea."

"Your Majesty must have wanted to solve the problem of the vassal kings a long time ago, and just took this opportunity to encourage these vassal kings to go to sea. It is estimated that the whole world will be established by the descendants of their old Zhu family in the future."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't help laughing.

It is a good thing for the vassal king to go to sea, and it is definitely a great thing for Daming.

As soon as the policy of the vassal princes going to sea comes out, the vassal kings from all over the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be able to sit still.

These vassal kings will definitely go overseas with all their might. Even if they are unwilling to go now, it is estimated that their descendants will definitely go overseas.

No one wants to be kept in a small place and raised like a pig.

What's more, Emperor Hongzhi made it clear that he wanted them to go out. If you are willing to go out, he will find a way to force you out.

The large and small vassal kings going to sea will inevitably drive a wave of people to go to sea, which will greatly speed up the development of colonization, which is a great thing for all aspects of Ming Dynasty.

Just when Liu Jin was thinking that all parts of the world would be Daming's vassal states, someone came over and said to Liu Jin, "My lord, King Ning sent someone here, hoping to borrow [-] million taels of silver from the First Bank of Daming." .”

"Borrow ten million taels of silver?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he was slightly taken aback.

Ten million taels of silver is not a small amount, it is an extremely huge amount of money. One must know that Daming's current treasury revenue is about [-] million taels a year.

This King Ning opened his mouth to borrow ten million taels of silver, he really dared to speak.

"Yes, the matter is too big, and the people in the bank can't decide, so King Ning sent someone to Nanyang to find you, young master."

The visitor nodded and said.

"Ning Wang acted so fast. He came to borrow money just after the news came out. It seems that he has been preparing for a long time."

"What is he pledging?"

After thinking about it, Liu Jin also asked.

"Returning to the son, King Ning said that he used the minerals and taxes of the vassal states he established overseas as mortgages."

"Minerals, taxes?"

"Where is he going to establish a vassal state?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he laughed immediately. This King Ning is really a talent. He even knows how to take out things that have no shadows as collateral to borrow money. This is a typical empty-handed white wolf. on the head.

"Africa!"

"Africa?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately laughed, thought for a while and said, "King Ning really has a big appetite."

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Prince Ning's Mansion in Nanchang.

"My lord, I don't know if Liu Jin will agree to lend us a loan?"

"Only relying on the financial resources of our palace, I am afraid that we will only be able to buy more than [-] ships at that time, and there is no way to transport people to Africa at one time."

Liu Yangzheng, Li Shishi, and Zhu Chenhao are studying a world map non-stop.

Emperor Hongzhi and His Majesty allowed them to go overseas to establish a vassal state, which made them as excited as if they had beaten chicken blood, and the entire Prince Ning Mansion began to get busy.

"As much as possible should be loaned to us. We don't need too many boats. If we don't have enough, we can rent or hire them. The key is to bring more people and supplies there."

"This Africa is far away from my Ming Dynasty, and it is extremely inconvenient to travel. Even though the sea transportation is developed now, and there are a large number of businessmen traveling to the West, it is still too difficult to travel once."

Liu Yangzheng thought for a while and said.

"Mr. Liu's words are justified. Contact as many commercial firms as possible and ask them to help transport people and goods. The money can be owed first. We have limited funds, so we should try to save as much as possible."

Zhu Chenhao nodded solemnly. He was very energetic. Looking at the map of Africa, he imagined the scene of occupying the whole of Africa in his mind.

He has great ambitions, and naturally he is not satisfied with occupying only a small place. He has set his sights on Africa.

"My lord, I have already distributed the news to all places in Jiangxi and Huguang. Anyone who is willing to go to sea with the lord will be rewarded with a thousand acres of fertile land and a hundred slaves."

"Soldiers and soldiers who are willing to fight for the prince in Africa, high-ranking officials and generous salaries, tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and countless slaves."

Li Shishi also reported to King Ning Zhu Chenhaohui.

Obviously, this is another bad check. King Ning doesn't even have a piece of land, yet he dares to call out such a generous reward. It's really amazing to write a bad check.

"How many people have you recruited?"

Zhu Chenhao nodded in satisfaction, if you don't write a bad check, who would want to go overseas with you, life is going well tomorrow, I don't know what will happen when I go overseas.

"Three thousand strong men and fifteen thousand followers have been recruited. There are still many people who are willing to follow the prince to Africa."

Li Shishi quickly said that strong men are naturally used to fight in Africa, and their followers are ordinary people, who follow them to Africa for construction and immigration.

"Okay~ Continue to recruit, the more people the better, it is best to be able to recruit some skilled people, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, etc. When we arrive in Africa, we must build ships, guns, etc. by ourselves, so that we can Self-sufficient instead of relying on Daming for everything.”

When Zhu Chenhao heard this, he immediately said happily.

"Yes, my lord~"

"I have always focused on recruiting these craftsmen, and I also privately promised these craftsmen high officials and generous salaries."

Li Shishi nodded quickly.

"It's okay, as long as people go to Africa, it doesn't matter if they are high-ranking officials. In the future, the new dynasty will need talents in various fields. As long as they have the ability, I will give them high-ranking officials and generous salaries."

Looking at the huge map of Africa, Zhu Chenhao said very generously.

　King Ning dared to rebel, he should be considered a talent, right?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)