Emperor Ming Dynasty

Regarding Liao King's request, Zhu Yixi fell into thinking.

King Qin's performance in Annan put a lot of pressure on the princes.

He accompanied the army to the Northern Expedition along the way, even if he did nothing, he could still accumulate supreme prestige.

When Zhu Jing returns to Daming, King Qin will be the most prestigious person in Qin, and will be of great help to the royal power.

Of course, there is no need to stick to this kind of feudal state.

In contrast, it is the state of Qi.

The state of Qi belongs to the type of pioneering and farming, constantly farming, opening up wasteland, and recruiting savages and natives, thereby expanding the country.

At this time, the importance of King Qi is very low.

Because everything develops slowly, Qin State can become a big country with millions of people in a few years, while Qi State, in less than 50 to [-] years, can't even think about breaking through a million people.

At this time, Qi State had at most [-] to [-] citizens.Plus the savage tribe is only about [-].

It is also because of this that King Qi is still learning to govern the country. When he goes to the domain next year, he will directly lead thousands of soldiers and civil servants, and he will be able to pick peaches directly.

On the surface, Qi has only one desert island full of savages, but in fact its foundation is solid, and Guozuo is obviously longer.

And the Qin State, like the Mo Dynasty, Li Dynasty, and Chen Dynasty in Annan's history, disappeared in two or three hundred years and is a part of history.

Qi State is the entire history of the entire island.

"That's it."

Zhu Yixi looked at the pleading expression on King Liao's face, and said casually, "Stop messing around."

"The Bukhara Khanate has [-] soldiers, and it will be defeated in a while. Don't think about it this year. Get married first, and then 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 was found by Li Dingguo.

Its place is divided into two parts, Kokand and its native land.

Only then did he think of the reputation of the Kokand Khanate in the Kokand region. Although this place is small, it is a place of essence, enough to house a country.

This is a land that will be separated in the future, the centrifugal force is too great, it is better to become a country!

The remaining Bukhara mainland is given to the Liao King.

Further north, there is the Khiva Khanate near the Aral Sea, which was once part of the Golden Horde, but because the distance is too far, let the Liao Kingdom annex it.

"The Kazakh Khanate has millions of people, belonging to nomadic tribes. There are three major tribes, big, small, and middle, and it happens to house the three kingdoms."

Zhu Yixi counted the number of vassal states, feeling quite happy in his heart.

The Kazakh region is so huge. Although the population is small at this time, it is due to nomadic tribes. Once it enters the farming society, the future development potential is not small.

Moreover, with such a vast area, if it is only a country with millions of people, it will be extremely difficult for the vassal king, and the cost of ruling is too high.

After all, the Kazakh Khanate is not the Annan region. The Four Books and Five Classics are popular there, and it used to belong to the Ming Dynasty, but the Kazakh Khanate is a nomadic country.

Governance costs and pressures have skyrocketed.

Divide and conquer, but conducive to digestion.

"There are very few high-quality lands like Annan's."

Zhu Yixi sighed.

With a population of several million, the cost of ruling is low, and the area is equivalent to a province in the country, sometimes he even wants to split Annan into two countries.

But then it was rejected again.

Doing so is deliberately creating conflicts, and at the same time, it will distract Qin, which is not cost-effective.

Furthermore, having a powerful vassal state is not a bad thing in a sense.

Weighing in his heart, the emperor once again fell into tenderness.

Throughout the first month, he hardly used his brain, and was in a relaxed state. The lucky concubine was lucky, and the sperm quality was very high.

In the past few years, those old concubines in the harem, such as the noble concubine Miaoxian, etc., no longer kept their seeds. Although they caused a lot of supercilious looks, the emperor was determined.

After all, these concubines have followed him for more than ten years, and the youngest ones are all 35-[-]. If they get pregnant again, they will be old women, which is a terrible job in this era.

Naturally, the one who can get the dragon seed must be a young and pretty newcomer.

The first month of Shaowu's 18th year is memorable.

The King of Liao came to the palace of his mother and concubine, and expressed his thoughts: "It will be too long for my son to go to the Western Regions next year."

"Your father is right, you have to get married before you can go to the feudal clan."

Sun Xuan'er said indifferently: "You are only seventeen, why are you in a hurry, you are not happy to be helped by others?"

"Well, let me ask someone to contact Li Dingguo to see if they can get married?"

King Liao was silent at this moment.

Relying on Li Dingguo to conquer 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: "Father and concubine mother are the masters."

Sun Xuan'er glanced sideways at her son, and said with a light smile, "That sentence is correct, you are still young, and your idea is correct, but you have to be obedient, your father will not harm you."

On February [-], the dragon looked up.

The emperor went outside the city and started farming again.

It's just that last year's kings supported, and the princes followed closely behind. The kings stood on one side and watched the performance by the emperor and the prince.

King Qi and King Liao were about the same age, and they stood together and talked:
"Second brother, how is your country of Qi?"

"That's it, farming while opening up wasteland."

The King of Qi sighed: "Although there are many savages on the island, all around Linzi are gone. The population of Qi is over one hundred thousand!"

"Brother, the state of Qin has millions of people!"

Speaking of this, King Qi showed envy and jealousy on his face, which he couldn't hide.

As the fourth child, King Liao was also envious: "Yes, there are millions of people, fertile land, and I heard that even the food and drink are the same as ours, and it can be compared to Guangxi and Guangdong."

"But who made him the boss, who was born earlier than us?"

When King 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 right." King Qi thought about it again, and was very happy: "No matter how big Qin is, it's not as good as that position!"

"However, I told my eldest brother that when he goes north to ascend the dragon, he will come with some of my people."

King Qi showed a smile: "There are at least [-] to [-] people, and I am allowed to recruit immigrants."

After the establishment of the Qin State, it will inevitably deal with some former nobles and courtiers, as well as those resisting forces.

It's not good to kill all these people, it's better to fill the population of Qi.

Living in a foreign country like Qi, I promise to be obedient.

There are many scholars among these people, and scholars are the most precious in this era.

King Qi felt very comfortable thinking that the population of Qi would reach 30 or even 50 within 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: "There are corners and corners, people look different, brown eyes and big noses, just like the color-eyed people in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties."

"It's difficult—"

The language, characters, customs, food and clothing, and even the appearance are all different. It must be extremely difficult to rule the Liao Kingdom in the future. These are also the two major ways for the future vassal state.

Either like King Qi, migrating people to open up new lands, or like King Liao, conquering alien races.

As for the king of Qin being able to choose such a good place as Annan, it is extremely rare.

Of course, it is not impossible, such as destroying North Korea.

But North Korea has a population of 2000 million, and to some extent it is more of a vassal state than a vassal state, so there is no need to choose the clan as a vassal.

The imperial court will not allow tens of millions of silver dollars to be used by the vassal king.

The two brothers chatted about the affairs of the vassal state, while the other princes were envious and jealous.

The gap between the ruler of a country and the prince in Beijing is immeasurable.

After returning to Beijing, the fifth son of the emperor, King Yue, and the sixth son, King Wei, also approached the emperor one after another and asked to choose a vassal for the country.

The sixteenth year of the King of Yue's turn and the fifteenth year of the King of Wei are both the ages of engagement, so it is normal to choose a vassal in advance to enter the country.

In this regard, Zhu Yixi expressed his understanding.

Looking at the entire Kun Yu map, he first looked at Japan.

Today, there are 3000 to [-] million people in Japan. It is not enough to have the Ryukyu Prefecture in the south to contain it, and there must be a vassal state in the north.

Hokkaido--

This place that Japan has neglected for a long time and wants to conquer is the best vassal state.

In addition, Khmer in the west of Saigon, that is, Cambodia, also has millions of people at this time. Although it has been bullied by the Nguyen family and the Mekong Delta will be taken away in the future, it is still an independent country at this time.

Obviously, Khmer and Hokkaido are the two major ways of the vassal state, conquest and development.

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 in a deep voice: "In Khmer, your elder brother can rely on you, but it gets hotter as you go to the south, with more malaria, insects, damp heat, and miasma.

Hokkaido is relatively warm and cool, with comfortable summer and hot springs in winter, and it is close to Heilongjiang General's Mansion, so the future prosperity is foreseeable. "

King Yue and King Wei were lost in thought.

From the point of view of livability, Hokkaido is the most suitable.

As northerners, the two prefer Hokkaido.

However, Hokkaido needs to be developed, and it will not be effective in ten or eight years. Khmer will directly conquer it, and it will be lonely and lonely in two or three years, which is very comfortable.

King, what insects and snakes are you afraid of?

Seeing that the two sons were entangled, Zhu Yixi did not hesitate, tore a piece of paper directly, and wrote down the words Hokkaido and Khmer.

Then pinch it into a circle and let the two of them draw lots.

"It's all up to God."

The king of Yue was old, he carefully looked at the two balls of paper, and after struggling for a long time, he chose the left side.

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, and you can go to recruit talents, just like the old things 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 small town."

"King Wei, in your case, after the Northern Expedition of King Qin, you can borrow troops and add some points from the court to conquer directly. Wait for another two years!"

After saying that, the two left.

Facing these two ambitious sons, Zhu Yixi felt relieved.

What he likes most is this kind of ambitious.

After making arrangements, the emperor continued to look at Xiang Kun Yutu.

At this time, the Indochina Peninsula, from west to east, is Burma (Dian), Siam, Khmer, Qin, and Annam.

Between Siam and Annan is the country of Laos, that is, Laos.

Don't think about it, if you want to arrange a vassal state, it must be a coastal area, such as Siam and Khmer, not Laos.

That ghost place is too inland, not as convenient for support as coastal ports.

Qin Guo was able to attack the Ruan family in the north, not because he relied on Saigon to continuously transport money, food and materials from Guangdong and Guangxi, without worrying about supplies at all.

The coastal plain is the best place for development.

For the middle piece, let them expand slowly!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yixi was ambitious.

"Ten years later, I will make the entire Indochina Peninsula truly a vassal state of Ming Dynasty."

East Palace.

After the prince learned that the two younger brothers had new destinations, he smiled slightly, all of which was expected.

The princess sighed: "It's not so easy to be a fan. The King of Qin has been away from the capital for two years. I heard that in Annan, you can't even eat pastries or roast duck. Under the sun that can melt people, there is no such thing as iced sour plum soup." Woolen cloth!"

"So, if you ask me, it's better to stay in the capital."

"At least you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, don't you?"

Hearing the words, the prince held his hand, felt the slipperiness in it, shook his head and said: "You don't understand, the real man is the one who holds the power."

"At this moment, I am actually envious of them. They can freely lead troops to fight, govern the country and govern the country. Millions of people are fascinated by it, and tens of thousands of people can be killed with a single word."

"This East Palace is really not easy!"

Thinking of going to join the army, Prince Zhu Cunqu felt as if he was constipated.

Just two months into their marriage, they had to leave.

That's all, leaving Beijing, the political whirlpool and center of power, is very itchy.

The Crown Princess was also full of reluctance, but how dare she disobey the emperor's order, she could only hold on to the handkerchief tangledly: "You have to take care of your health, don't delay your body."

"rest assured."

The prince smiled lightly, suppressing the irritability in his heart.

On February [-], the dragon raised its head, marking the beginning of spring plowing, and it was also the beginning of the prince leaving the palace to join the army.

With dozens of guards, he rode on his horse and went to Tongzhou.

This is the Dongdaying Camp of the Beijing Camp, responsible for guarding Daming's granary.

The Ministry of Households collects grain from all over the world, and [-]% of it is stored here. The hundreds of towering granaries are dizzying.

Fifty thousand Jingying guarded Tongzhou and guarded Beijing's granary.

"Zhu Qu?"

Bringing the documents of the Beijing Camp Commander and the Ministry of War, Zhu Cunqu entered the barracks openly.

The clerk glanced at the young man whose skin was more delicate than a girl's, and sighed for a moment, who is this young master who came to practice?

"That's right." Zhu Cunqu replied loudly.

"It's strange that the team is right."

The clerk led him to a camp: "This is the Tongzhou Seventh Regiment, Yizi Camp."

After a few introductions, Zhu Cunqu saw Yingzheng and his deputy Yingzheng.

After asking about his health and asking for warmth, after digging into the background, he was kind of polite to him.

"Brother Zhu Qu, I will send you to the post."

Yingzheng patted his chest and said: "Since you have come to our camp, you are a brother. If you encounter difficulties in the future, just say, don't be afraid."

"However, judging from your accent, you seem to be from Wanping County?"

"The commander is good at hearing." Zhu Cunqu said with a light smile.