My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 843 Racial Issues

"Your Highness, the natives from the Southeast Chief Envoy and the Ganges Chief Envoy have all moved to the north for resettlement. The free land is enough to accommodate this immigration!"

In the Han Dynasty's Zhanshi Mansion in Xijing, Li Qi was reporting the immigration resettlement matters to Zhu Zhanhe.

This time the locust plague in the north of the Ming Dynasty was too serious. It is initially estimated that at least one million victims will move to the Ming Dynasty. With so many immigrants, just settling them will require a large amount of land. You must know the Han Dynasty's policy of allocating land to immigrants. But it has never changed.

Now that the population of the Han Dynasty has doubled, there is no longer enough land in the country to allocate to the new immigrants, so Li Qi turned his attention to the natives. Half of the land in the Han Dynasty was occupied by the natives. This time Li Qi simply gave some The natives moved to the north and settled together, which made it easier to manage and freed up large fields.

"Everything is focused on resettling immigrants. You have done a good job in this matter!"

Zhu Zhanhe raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but he praised that the Han people were the foundation of the Han Dynasty. As for the natives, they were not considered by the Han Dynasty. Although they were a little cruel, there was no way. Their fate was destined to be the same as that of the Americas in later generations. Just like the natives on the mainland, they were eventually ruthlessly eliminated.

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness!"

When Li Qi heard Zhu Zhanhe's praise, he was convinced and immediately said excitedly.

The matter of relocating native people to centralized management was also very controversial in the court. Some officials even accused Li Qi of being too cruel and violating the saint's benevolence and righteousness. Therefore, Li Qi was also worried that Zhu Zhanhe would blame him, but he did not expect that the other party would be very cruel. Agreeing with his approach finally gave him reassurance.

"I have also heard about some of the controversies in the court. You don't have to argue with those voices. Just remember that everything is based on the interests of the Han Dynasty. As for other things, they are not important at all!"

Zhu Zhanhe once again hinted to Li Qi in a subtle way that some things can be done, but the words cannot be said clearly.

"Thank you, Your Highness, I understand!"

Li Qi said excitedly again, but when he said this, he suddenly hesitated for a moment, and then said again.

"Your Highness, although a large area of ​​land has been vacated after the migration of the natives, with the current population growth of our Han Dynasty, I am afraid that the land will become very tense again in ten or twenty years. Will we still have to..."

Li Qi didn't say anything more until the end, but his meaning was already very clear.

With the immigration of a large number of Han people and the policy of encouraging childbirth in the Han Dynasty, the number of Han people in the Han Dynasty has increased linearly. The population has doubled several times before. If it takes another ten or twenty years, the Han people in the Han Dynasty will probably have a population explosion. At that time, the living space of the natives will inevitably be squeezed again.

However, the natives have been concentrated and resettled now. If they are squeezed again in the future, no matter how docile the natives are, conflicts may break out. In fact, conflicts have broken out between Han people and natives before, so this matter must be guarded against.

Regarding this matter, Zhu Zhanhe smiled calmly and said: "I have also considered this issue. Now that we have opened the Suez Canal and the navy has entered the Mediterranean, in addition to the direction of the Mediterranean, there is another key development direction."

“Where else but the Mediterranean?”

Li Qi was also stunned when he heard this. As far as he knew, the main forces of the Han Dynasty were now concentrated in the Mediterranean, making full preparations for dominating the Mediterranean in the future. Apart from that, he had not heard about where the Han Dynasty would use its troops?

"Africa, the land there is fertile and suitable for the development of some large-scale plantations, so next I am going to let people land on the coast of Africa, open up some land there, and encourage the people of the Han Dynasty to go to Africa to farm, and the natives can also move there Some of them can work and help us rule Africa."

Zhu Zhanhe said as he reached out and tapped the globe on the table. That was where Africa was.

Africa is known as the origin of mankind in later generations. Not only is it rich in various minerals, but the land is also very fertile. Coupled with the hot climate, it is very suitable for growing some cash crops. Like in the colonial era in later generations, many countries have opened plantations in Africa. , and even South Africa is close to becoming a developed country, which shows the potential of Africa.

"I understand, His Highness wants the natives of Tianzhu to become like the Jiaozhi people and be used by us!"

Li Qi also showed a surprised expression when he heard this. In order to manage the natives, the Han Dynasty introduced many Jiaozhi people to manage the natives on behalf of the Han Dynasty. This method had excellent results. First, it helped the Han Dynasty save manpower, and secondly, it eliminated the hatred of the natives. transferred from the Han people to the Cochin people.

This time Zhu Zhanhe obviously wanted to repeat his old plan, but replaced the Jiaozhi people with Tianzhu natives and used them to manage the African natives.

"This is just one of them. In addition, the large-scale migration of Tianzhu natives will also free up more natives and reduce the conflicts between the natives and us."

Zhu Zhanhe also said seriously at this time.

The natives of Tianzhu have always been a worry for Zhu Zhanhe. Nowadays, although the Han people and the natives live on the same land, they are actually isolated from each other, and even the living areas are separated.

The biggest intersection may be that some Han men will take some native women as concubines, but this behavior is actually despised by others, and the mixed-race children they give birth to have a low status and have been ridiculed since childhood.

In addition, Zhu Zhanhe knew very well that the racial issue was a potential thunderbolt. It was as powerful as the United States in later generations. When the racial issue broke out, it also caused huge divisions in society and even caused social unrest.

Zhu Zhanhe did not want the Han people to follow the path of the United States, so for these natives, his idea was to move them out little by little. It happened that Africa was next to it, and the land there was fertile. At the same time, these natives could also be used to start farming. Gardening can be said to be a way to achieve several goals with one stone.

"I see, His Highness the Crown Prince has foresight and foresight, I admire you!"

Li Qi saluted again. "When will the first batch of victims arrive, or will they land at Beizheng Port?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again at this time.

"We will arrive soon, only in the next few days, but not at Beizheng Port, but at Chennai Port on the east coast. The natives there have already moved away, and the immigrants will be placed there directly."

Li Qi replied again.

"Okay, I'll leave you with the immigration issue. After so many years of immigration, it will probably take a long time to settle."

Zhu Zhanhe nodded with satisfaction, and then the two chatted a few more details about immigration before Li Qi said goodbye and left.

After Li Qi left, Zhu Zhanhe fell into deep thought again.

After this immigration, the population of the Han Dynasty will skyrocket again. In the future, population will no longer be one of the factors restricting the development of the Han Dynasty. This has also laid a solid foundation for the Han Dynasty to colonize all over the world.

However, as the strength of the Han Dynasty increased, the Ming Dynasty's national power declined. The great locust plague that swept the entire north had a blow to the Ming Dynasty that would probably not be relieved within a few years.

In addition, Zhu Zhanhe also knew that the coming Little Ice Age would cause continuous natural disasters in the Ming Dynasty, and the threat from the northern grasslands would intensify again, because the grassland people could not survive under the threat of natural disasters, so they had no choice but to go south to plunder, and Every time it gets crazier.

Thinking of the situation in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanhe also frowned. After a while, he suddenly raised his head and ordered: "Call Liu Ke in!"

The people below agreed and immediately ran to pass the news. Soon they saw Liu Ke striding into the palace and saluting: "Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"No need to be polite, is there any new news from Daming, especially about the victims?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked directly, Zhu Zhanji would definitely know that so many victims went to sea, so he wanted to know the other party's attitude towards this matter?

"Your Highness, Li Shangshu asked us to help them organize the victims last time. We did our best to mobilize a lot of power and helped many businessmen who voluntarily went to the Ming Dynasty to enter the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, our recent Our energy is mainly focused on the victims.”

Liu Ke paused for a moment before continuing.

"As for the fact that the victims of the disaster left the country one after another, the Ming Dynasty court also had mixed reactions. Some people felt that the victims should not be allowed to leave the country because it would weaken the national power of the Ming Dynasty, but some people agreed with the departure of the victims. After all, if the victims could not survive, they would probably A bigger commotion will break out, and people from both factions have their own reasons, so they will continue to argue."

"Where is my cousin? Is he still on his way to patrol the border?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again.

Last time, Zhu Zhanji ignored the domestic disaster and led civil and military officials to patrol the border again. Although he had the intention of frightening the grassland people, it seemed more like he was showing off his national power to the Han Dynasty.

"The Emperor of Ming Dynasty has returned to Beijing. He did not express any opinions on the matter of the victims, nor did he prevent the victims from leaving the country. It seems that he acquiesced in this matter. After all, Ming Dynasty is currently suffering from internal and external troubles. If he really wants to be tough If we leave the victims behind, there's no telling what trouble will happen."

Liu Ke said again.

"No matter what his intentions were, he did something good."

Zhu Zhanhe breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing this.

"Your Highness, although the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty acquiesced in allowing the victims to leave the country, he sent additional guards to vigorously pursue the spies we sent. Now that several clues have been exposed, I have to order them to withdraw."

Liu Ke suddenly reported again at this time.

Zhu Zhanji suddenly ordered to track down the Han spies this time, which also caused great losses to the Jinyiwei. Especially in order to help the victims go to sea, the Jinyiwei made great efforts, but it was precisely because of this that some people were exposed, and they were killed by Zhu Zhanji. Zhanji seized the opportunity.

"You guys have been in frequent contact with some powerful people some time ago. It's true that you were a bit too showy. It will naturally attract the attention of Ming Dynasty. No matter how hard you are hit this time, you can turn some things from light to dark. Try not to leave any clues to others!"

Zhu Zhanhe was silent for a moment before speaking.

"Your Highness is teaching you a lesson, and I will definitely pay attention to it in the future!"

Liu Ke made no excuses and immediately nodded to accept the lesson.

(End of this chapter)