Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 764: Tang Lu fights for feudal domain in Yingzhou, the female emperor bestows seven kings with grace!
"Of course I'm going!"

In the Zongfan School, in the classroom of the Prince's class, Lu Wang Zhu Yihai patted the "Da Ming Pao" on the desk and said, with a firm tone.

When the news was released in the Forbidden City a few days ago, the princes of Ming Dynasty didn't dare to believe it, so they could only discuss it in private.

As soon as the "Da Ming Pao" came out today, it used four pages to report on the Yingzhou incident, and the princes naturally discussed it enthusiastically.

In other words, no one in Daming paid more attention to this matter than they did.

It has been seven years since the imperial court proposed the policy of confiscating vassals overseas, and many of them are old.If you don't seize the opportunity to become a feudal clan, I'm afraid you can only retire in the suzerain-vassal school, and give the opportunity to become a feudal clan to your son or grandson.

At this time, in the classroom, the younger princes such as Zhu Yihai, King of Lu, Zhu Youlang, King of Gui, and Zhu Lunkuo, King of Zhou, were all quite excited and excited.

Although the 49-year-old Tang Wang Zhu Yujian looked calmer, his slightly trembling fingers when stroking the newspaper showed that he might be more restless than young people like Zhu Yihai.

Only Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Cizhao stayed out of the matter.

Because Auntie Zhu said that this time the feudal lord does not want the two of them to participate.

So Zhu Cijiong stood aside at this moment, folded his arms, and watched with a smile.

Zhu Cizhao was sitting on the seat, keeping his ears shut and only reading science books.

After Zhu Yihai spoke, the princes were a little quiet.

Zhu Yujian took the opportunity to say: "Judging from the content of the article published in the "Da Ming Pao", Yingzhou should be a good place.

Nearly four-fifths of the land of Ming Dynasty must not be all barren land, right?There must be rich places.What's more, there are many surrounding islands for development.

Therefore, this time I will win the first place in the qualification examination! "

At the end, Zhu Yujian cast his eyes on Zhu Yihai.

Zhu Yujian had the best relationship with Zhu Yihai during the past few years at Zongfan School.Because among the princes (except King Ding and King Yong), the two are the most ambitious and want to fight.

Birds of a feather flock together, and the two often look forward to overseas fiefs together, exchange ideas on developing overseas fiefdoms, and naturally gradually become friends.

Today, however, the two seem to be on the right track.

Because they all want to go to Fanyingzhou.

Zhu Yihai looked at Zhu Yujian without showing any weakness, and said, "Prince Tang, I know you are old, and you are in a hurry to become a vassal. But why am I not in a hurry?
I am 33 years old, and I still have another 20 years to go. It is a good time to fight overseas.If I wait a few more years, I will lose a few years. "

Hearing this, Zhu Yujian suddenly laughed, and said: "I didn't expect you to give in - whoever can get the first qualification to occupy Fanyingzhou, we all have to fight according to our ability."

Although the rest of the princes did not speak, they were all silent, their eyes flickering, and they obviously had the idea of ​​participating in the competition.

Zhu Cijiong saw that the princes who were happily reading newspapers and discussing with each other just now were wary and hostile to each other in a blink of an eye, so he said loudly with a smile: "I said, why should the clansmen be unhappy about this matter? Before the feudal clan of Luzon , Visayas, because the place is too small, the imperial court only seals one at a time.

This Yingzhou is so big, the imperial court will not only seal one at a time, right?

I thought about it, in a wild place as big as Yingzhou, we need to go to more people at a time to stand firm and develop as soon as possible, right? "

After hearing this, the eyes of Zhu Yujian, Zhu Yihai and other princes who were interested in Fanyingzhou all lit up.

Not only because what Zhu Cijiong said made sense, but also because Zhu Cijiong was Aimee Zhu's younger brother, and he might have known some inside information before he said so.

Zhu Yihai immediately came to Zhu Cijiong's side, and asked eagerly, "Did Prince Ding know any other news?"

"I've been in school with you for the past few days. How can I get any other news? It's just a reasonable guess."

After a pause, Zhu Cijiong said again: "Actually, you don't have to look forward to Yingzhou so much, although this place is big, it is far away from our Daming.

You read what the newspaper said, that the Nanyang Squadron would need to travel for three or four months from Quanzhou to travel the relatively short eastern waterway.If we start from Nanjing, I am afraid it will take four or five months. "

After hearing this, Zhu Youlang couldn't help interjecting: "Yingzhou is far away, but do we have a better choice?
We have all learned the knowledge of global geography. We should know that besides Yingzhou, only the Americas are left as unclaimed land.

But to go to the Americas, you have to cross the vast East Ocean, and it takes more time to go there.Moreover, there are still Westerners vying for territory in the Americas—they went 200 years earlier, and we may not be able to compete with them. "

The other princes nodded secretly after hearing this, and they all felt that what Zhu Youlang said was quite reasonable.

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said no more.

In fact, he didn't understand - Yingzhou is already a good place, if Huang Jie doesn't like it, where else can they be sealed?

They can't be forced to choose to stay in Daming, can they?
clang clang clang.

When the class bell rang, the princes hurried back to their seats to avoid being criticized by the teacher.

As early as a few years ago, the princes had completed some courses initially set by the court.Now in addition to increasing their respective elective subjects, it is to learn some new compulsory courses.

For example, the "Global Geography" mentioned by Zhu Youlang just now.

As for this lesson, it was supposed to be "Native People's Naturalization", that is, a course on how to naturalize the fiefdom natives.

It turned out that the head teacher brought Zheng Sen over and said that Zheng Sen would take this class.

It wasn't the first time Zheng Sen came to teach Zong Fan, so he didn't have any stage fright.

He stood on the podium, saluted with a smile, and said: "Your Highness, I am following your Majesty's oral order to convey to you some knowledge about Yingzhou from the emperor."

After speaking, Zheng Sen hung a map of Yingzhou (Australia) in the middle of the blackboard.

This map was given by Hao Guangming. It is mainly a topographic map. The place names of later generations have been erased, and the number of strongholds has been directly replaced.

Seeing this map, Zhu Yujian, Zhu Yihai and other princes' eyes lit up immediately, eager to come up and snatch the map away.

Zheng Sen had a feeling, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be greedy for this map of Yingzhou - if you can obtain the qualifications to occupy Yingzhou, the imperial court will give you the relevant map."

Then Zheng Sen began to give a lecture.

"Yingzhou is a wild place with a vast land and few people. If you go from Nanjing, it will take more than three months even if you take a steam ship; if you take a sailing ship, it will take nearly five months!
With such a long distance, if you want to rely on emigrating from Daming to enrich the population of the fief, it will not work, and the imperial court will not allow you to migrate too many people there.

Therefore, after you go to Yingzhou to become a vassal, if you want to have enough labor in the fiefdom, you have to try to naturalize the local people.

According to the emperor, there are 80 million or even more native people in Yingzhou.Most of them are in the uncivilized tribal era, and some are even matrilineal societies, which is the rumored daughter country.

Therefore, as long as you are willing to naturalize the native people with your heart, you can get a lot of labor.

Of course, how to use the local people depends on the choice of your Highness..."

Although the squadron that explored Yingzhou has not yet returned in Nanyang, Daming has already begun preparations for the closure of Yingzhou.

After Zheng Sen taught the "Yingzhou" class to the princes for more than half a month, the Zongfan School held a selection exam for the qualifications of the vassal at the end of June.

Only one day later, that is, on July [-], the exam results were announced at the Zongfan School.

When the list was posted, many princes didn't care about their identities, and gathered around the school's bulletin board to watch it.

Before the list was posted, many people saw No.1.

"Zhu Lunkui, king of Zhou?!"

After seeing clearly who No.1 was, many people were surprised.

It is true that Zhu Lunkui is usually too low-key, and has never shown such a strong willingness to become a vassal overseas, so he was ignored by the princes.

In addition, in the previous two qualifying examinations, Julunkui's ranking has always been in the top ten, which is only in the middle.

No one expected that he would come out on top this time!
Zhu Yujian's eyes were dull and his face was pale.

He entered the Zongfan School for six or seven years, regardless of his age and gray hair, he studied hard.This time, he tried his best in the exam, and he felt that he did well in several subjects in the literary exam. He thought he would definitely win the first prize.

Who would have thought that the first name would be taken away by this kid Zhu Lunzhuo!
Seeing that his name was ranked second, a few points behind the first, Zhu Yujian really couldn't accept it.

Zhu Yihai's face was also ugly, because he was only ranked third, far behind No.1.

The rest of the princes who wanted to win the first place and were the first to be conferred on Yingzhou also sighed in disappointment and showed no will.

King Zhou's face was flushed with joy.

More than a dozen vassal kings who did not expect to seal Yingzhou this time came to congratulate with a smile——

"Congratulations to King Zhou for winning the first prize, and we will conquer Fanyingzhou!"

"If King Zhou doesn't sing, he's already a blockbuster."

"King Zhou, Yingzhou is such a great place, you should be the first to go there and don't miss out on the benefits."

"···"

Zhu Lunkui was the concubine grandson of Zhu Gonghao (beside the wooden character) of the previous king of Zhou. Because both his father and Zhu Gonghao died after Li Zicheng broke Kaifeng, he became the king of Zhou in the Hongguang period.

He was born in 1624 and is now 27 years old. He is not very good at communication. Although he is happy at this time, he is a bit at a loss when responding to the congratulations of the princes.

But he still noticed the pale-faced King Tang and the ugly-faced King Lu, and sighed in his heart: Hey, I'm afraid these two will bear a grudge against me.

At this moment, the eunuch Lu Jiude came over.

He took out a bright yellow imperial decree, unfolded it and read it: "The emperor is in charge of the sky, and the imperial edict says: Yingzhou is vast, rich in products, and it is a barren land. I have also heard that many princes have hopes to settle in Yingzhou. Therefore, this time, the number of vassals will be increased, and seven princes will be named in Yingzhou..."

Seal seven vassal kings in Yingzhou? !
Hearing this sentence, Zhu Yujian could no longer hear the following words, and his heart was instantly filled with surprise.

His pale face also instantly turned red, and then he became dizzy for a while.

"Your Highness? Your Highness, are you alright?" The eunuch who was accompanying him hurriedly helped him and asked anxiously.

"Gu's all right!" Zhu Yujian shook his head and stood firm, and said with a smile, "Gu still has to go to Yingzhou to show his career, there's no way something will happen!"

On the other side, Zhu Yihai also laughed out of composure.

"Seven people are going to be sealed this time? Great, great!"

Amidst the loud laughter, Zhu Yihai and the equally excited and excited Zhu Yujian met their eyes, and there was no previous wariness or hostility.

Just at this time when Lu Jiude finished reading the imperial decree, the two of them prostrated themselves in the direction of the Forbidden City together with other princes, shouting loudly: "Thank you for the grace of my emperor! Long live, long live, long live!!"

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(End of this chapter)