Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 619
Wenhua Hall, the meeting hall.

This place that once brought you countless surprises has been silent for a long time.

Originally, Taichang liked to convene trusted ministers to discuss matters here. However, in recent years, Taichang has basically led the army to fight abroad, so he has not summoned trusted ministers to discuss matters here for a long time.

Of course, he used to bring everyone "shock", because he often put forward some unbelievable ideas here.

However, this time Taichang wants to make everyone really happy.

He glanced around slowly, looked at the expressions of his cronies, and then waved decisively: "Zi Ru, Ruo Yu, bring it up."

Serve it?
Is this for wine or food?
Soon, Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou came in with a little eunuch carrying a plate.

This plate is a large plate for serving food and wine, but what is contained inside is not food and wine, but a pile of scrolls.

What is the emperor doing here?

Taichang waved without hesitation: "Send it."

Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou hurriedly led two young eunuchs, one on the left and one on the right, starting from the second position on both sides, and sending them all the way.

The first seats on Taichang's left and right hands are Prince Zhu Youxiao and Xin Wang Zhu Youjian respectively. It seems that this thing is not their share.

What the hell is this?

When everyone opened the developed scrolls, they were all surprised.

It turned out that the scroll that was handed out was the canonized imperial edict!
After the canonization edict was issued, Taichang smiled slightly and said: "This time we will keep a low profile. After all, there are too many dukes and earls canonized this time, and they all have fiefdoms. If we publicize it too much, it may backfire."

This is true, because many of his canonizations this time are his trusted cronies.

Forget about Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing, Sun Yuanhua, Cheng Jiashuo, etc. After all, they have all developed many things that will benefit future generations.

Bi Ziyan, Bi Zisu, Bi Maoliang, Zou Weilian, Wang Xiangchun, Nan Juyi, Li Zhizao and others are different. Logically speaking, these people are not qualified to be named marquises.

However, Taichang still granted them titles, and they were all first-class earls or even first-class marquises, the kind with fiefs.

If it is publicized, it is estimated that someone will jump out and say that it is against the rules.

After all, most of the civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty had no titles or fiefdoms. They had them, but others didn't. Naturally, some people would be jealous.

Just like Li Zhizao, among the chief officials of the Five Temples, has the title and fief. What would the other four think if they knew about it?
No wonder they are not jealous!
This means that everyone will understand it as soon as they hear it.

The emperor is nostalgic for the old days, he will remember all the cronies who have followed him for many years, and he will never forget to share points with everyone if there is a benefit.

All the cronies stood up and bowed their hands again and again, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Many people even had tears in their eyes.

Taichang slightly raised his hand and said: "Okay, let's all sit down and see where your fiefs are, most of your fiefs are near the New Jingzhou Mansion and New Yangzhou Mansion, except for the fiefdoms of Jiandou and Boya. "

He arranged the fiefdom of Lu Xiangsheng, Duke of the State of Wei, in Dongnan Chengxuan Zhengshisi, which was the westernmost part of the original Donghu Dynasty.

This means to let Lu Xiangsheng guard the southwestern border of Ming Dynasty.

As for Baoguo Gongsun Chuanting, he is currently guarding the New Yindu Islands, and the fiefdom he entrusted to Sun Chuanting is also in the Western Yindu Islands.

This means to let Sun Chuanting guard the Atlantic Ocean for Daming!
This time he was indeed generous enough. The fiefdoms of the first-class dukes were more than [-] square kilometers, the fiefdoms of the first-class marquises were about [-] square kilometers, and the fiefdoms of the first-class earls were more than [-] square kilometers.

This is much larger than the dukes and earls who were enshrined after the destruction of Dongpu.

No way, Dongyang Cheng announced that the area of ​​the Political Envoy Division was too small, with a total of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and there was really no place to seal.

Nanfang Cheng announced that the Political Envoy Division is different. All the islands there may not add up to tens of millions of square kilometers. Even if more than 30 dukes and earls were canonized, less than [-]% of the land was confiscated.

Of course, both places have their advantages and disadvantages.

Dongyang Cheng announced that the Political Commissioner is a small place, but has a large population. Even if there is only a few thousand square kilometers of land, there are at least tens of thousands of people.

Nanfang Cheng announced that the Department of Political Envoys is a large place, but the population is small, and it is possible that there is not a single person on a fief of tens of thousands of square kilometers.

Taichang has also considered this issue.

Immediately afterwards, he pointed to the vicinity of New Jingzhou Mansion on the map and said: "There is one thing, I want to explain to everyone in advance, don't think this place is bigger than the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, but, The population here is very small, and if we only count the residents who originally lived there, there are tens of thousands of people at most.”

Ah!
Among these people, apart from Sun Chengzong, Zu Dashou and Li Zhizao who were already familiar with the situation, the others still didn't know much about their territory.

What Taichang said really surprised them.

There is no one in such a large territory!
How to do?
Wang Zheng couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, can we move some people over there, for example, relatives, friends, and folks from our hometown?"

Good question.

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "It's best if you have a way to move the population there, but you can't move too much. Except for Zhisheng, Jiandou and Fuyu, who are the dukes who have the task of guarding , Other duke and earl territories should not move too many people there, the duke’s territory should not exceed [-], the marquis’s territory should not exceed [-], and the earl’s territory should not exceed [-].”

Uh, the population is a bit small, isn't it?
You know, one square kilometer is [-] mu!
It is best not to move more than [-] people in a territory of more than [-] square kilometers. This means that one person has to cultivate one or two thousand acres of land!
Bi Ziyan asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, with such a small population, it may be difficult to develop the fiefdom, right?"

Taichang said without hesitation: "There are actually many ways to develop the fiefdom.

The easiest way is to hire people to do the work. You can negotiate with Western companies and ask them to deliver labor or even tenant farmers to work for you. You just need to pay the wages.

At this moment, Dongyang Cheng announced that although the labor force and tenant farmers of the Political Envoy Division were not much, Nanyang Cheng announced that the Political Envoy Division and various southern countries still had a lot of labor.

It just so happens that these places are relatively close to your fief, and it is convenient to go back and forth. It is no problem for you to hire people to work for a few months a year.

Another way is to use machines to cultivate.

You can order a row plow cultivator from the Ministry of Industry. If this kind of machine can turn over a flat land, it will not be a problem to turn over a thousand acres a day.

However, there is one thing you should pay attention to, try not to leak the technology, the ones who drive this kind of machine must be retired soldiers or your own relatives and friends, and you can’t just let other people drive it. "

This is easy to handle. You can hire people and buy machines. It is very simple to develop the territory.

Those present are all capable people, who are many times stronger than those ignorant vassal kings. As long as they put their minds to it, they can make the territory prosperous.

Seeing that everyone showed eager expressions, Taichang solemnly warned: "Remember, keep a low profile and don't spread it everywhere. As you know, it is impossible for me to confer marquis or land on all officials in the court. "

Everyone knows this.

Many people present were not qualified to be named marquises. The emperor wanted to miss the past and take care of everyone, so everyone had titles and fiefdoms.

Naturally, this kind of thing cannot be publicized everywhere.

Low-key, must be low-key.

(End of this chapter)