Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 289 Chapter 289: The princes were so panicked that they refused to go to Japan to become a vassal!
For a time, all civil and military officials in the dynasty who had some money, except those who held high positions in major departments and were basically impossible to transfer, began to donate military pay to the court!
"You kid can really come up with these weird ideas. You can even use this list to make money!"

After listening to the general situation described by Zhu Yue, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded.

But this is also a good thing. At least it can relieve the tension on the treasury and increase revenue!

"Those officials who are from the nobility, or have some relationship with the nobility, are the ones who have contributed the most!"

"Since the nobles behind them don't want them to go to Japan, they can only spend money to eliminate the disaster!"

Hearing this, Zhu Li chuckled disapprovingly.

Among the current officials in the imperial court, they can be mainly divided into two factions!

One is the royal party, such as the Huaixi Group, and some people who are close to the royal family, including relatives of the emperor, all fall into this category!
And the other category is the gentry faction!
These officials are basically from aristocratic families, or they have become prosperous under the care of aristocratic families!

Their interests are deeply tied to those of these aristocratic families. Basically, they are both prosperous and disadvantaged!
In this case, if these aristocratic families want to maintain the 'convenience' of having people in the court who can do things easily, they can only spend money to keep these officials!

After all, these officials who were relied upon by the wealthy families went to Japan to become officials, so how could they ensure that their businesses in the Ming Dynasty were still profitable?

The twenty-first prince Shen Wang Zhu Mo, the twenty-second prince An Wang Zhu Ying, the twenty-third prince Tang Wang Zhu Huang, the twenty-fourth prince Ying Wang Zhu Dong, and the twenty-fifth prince Yi Wang Zhu have all arrived. Fan's age!

North Korea has become part of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang directly asked King Zhu Song of Korea to rule North Korea!

After all, he couldn't think of any other better way but to send all these officials who were to be promoted to Japan!
Moreover, we will upgrade you to three levels in a row, so you have to be grateful to us!
At least on the surface, you can't betray the emperor, right?

It’s just that the proportion of this group of people is too small!

For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang specially summoned these officials alone in Fengtian Palace. Longyan was so pleased that he all gave them high-ranking officials!

Zhu Yue directly handed over a batch of lists drawn up by Li Xin to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After Zhu Yuanzhang took a look at the officials on the list and the corresponding general information, his expression suddenly became strange!

These 140 officials are all a group of people who have been evaluated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs recently and are ready to be promoted. Without exception!

"The entire dynasty was civil and military, and more than 300 officials could still be selected!"

Zhu Yue roughly explained the next plan, and the first batch of officials to go to Japan to take up their posts were finally confirmed!
After the cabinet announced the final list at the court meeting, naturally some people were happy and some were worried!
Those who were not on the list were naturally relieved for the time being, and those who were willing to take the initiative to serve as officials in Japan were naturally happy!

"It should take at most seven or eight days to arrive!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement.

So I can only give money!
Donating money can help you get a good reputation, and you can also keep the officials you want to keep. At the very least, you can make the emperor look good on you. This way, you won't be exiled to a place like Japan, right?

However, the effects of spending money are indeed visible!
For example, Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed in a good mood now!
After all, there is a lot of money in the account, and most of this money comes from the aristocratic family that he also hates the most!

"Choose some officials who were originally going to be moved, and the impact on the court can be minimized!"

Zhu Li explained seriously.

What about Japan?

Zhu Yue smiled disapprovingly.

In the court, the officials were trembling because of the incident in Japan, and the same was true for the princes in the palace who were still under the vassal status!

Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously.

"Then let these officials set off with their families in three days. I have also prepared a special train for them. I will send them to Beiping Mansion first, and then go out to sea from Tanggu Port and take a steam engine ship to Japan!"

Of course, after Japan is defeated, it is certain to dispatch officials, but that is only one aspect!

"This Li Xin really saves trouble!"

"220 people have been identified, and there are still 140 people left!"

"That's what I said, but you have to do things after receiving the money. These people must not be on the list!"

"With fame and fortune, at least it can be justified!"

"Okay, let's do it this way and include all the officials who are about to be promoted!"

"Why are they all officials who need to be promoted?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with raised eyebrows.

Some talented people who are well-read in poetry and books and are willing to share the country's worries are also willing to take the initiative to share the country's worries and go to Japan to take office!

Zhu Li nodded and said.

On the other hand, that is the question of which vassal prince Japan will send to guard it!

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs has re-drawn the list of 140 candidates, you can take a look!"

Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yue paid great attention to these officials who were willing to take the initiative to go to Japan!
Most of these officials have read poetry and books, and they have just entered the officialdom. They have not been contaminated by this big dye vat. They are full of passion and ambition to serve the country!
Their grades may not be high, and they are all minor officials!

"This is actually just a disguised form of giving them a little salary increase!"

The remaining four, whether capable or incompetent, are all worried that Zhu Yuanzhang will set their fiefdom in Japan!
But in fact, it is these princes who think too much!

The youngest Yiwang Zhu was twelve years old in the 33rd year of Hongwu. The possibility of letting him go to Japan was the smallest!

"The reason is this. Excluding these people, how many people can you determine first?"

"Then give all these officials three levels of promotion?"

"There is no other way. This is also the best solution. After all, some officials who are in charge of local affairs are doing a good job, but they cannot be moved at will!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, feeling a little helpless at the same time.

Neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Zhu Yue ever thought of letting these princes go to Japan to become vassal kings!
Because if you want to sect, he is also a descendant of Zhu Xiaqiu's lineage!

After all, Zhu Xiaqiu gave birth to a son in his whole life, and this son didn't want to be an emperor, but just wanted to be a vassal king!

Of course, it is still uncertain whether this result can be changed in the future, but at least we have to continue in this direction!

Therefore, even if Japan is defeated, there is a high probability that it will not be possible to directly let the feudal king guard it in a short period of time!
If that doesn't work, just shoot a noble general leading the troops!
To govern the place, there are naturally officials from the imperial court. Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yue would not need to worry so much about sending officials to Japan!

I didn’t originally consider the fact that there would be a vassal king in a short period of time! But what Zhu Li didn't expect was that his brothers would come specifically to find him because of the incident in Japan!

Except for Yi Wangzhu who is not yet old enough, the other four princes and brothers came to find him together!

"Brother Ninth, can you tell your father not to send us to Japan?"

"We heard that after Japan is defeated, the vassal king will have to be sent to seize the vassal!"

"We don't want to go to Japan!"

The little guys began to plead pitifully to Zhu Yue!

"Where did you hear this news from?"

"Brother Ninth doesn't even know that the emperor intends for you to go to Japan to become a vassal state. Why should you worry about it?"

After Zhu Li heard what these brothers said, she couldn't laugh or cry for a while!
But Zhu Yue doesn't have much hope for these younger brothers. They are basically flowers grown in greenhouses. Isn't it a joke to let them guard Japan?
It can also be said that some of the main vassal kings in the middle period of Hongwu were all vassal queens. Zhu Yuanzhang was more tolerant towards the princes who were reborn after they had sons. He did not have high expectations for them, and more likely he just hoped that they would Can live a life of wealth and wealth!
So even if you really want to send a vassal king to Japan, you will only move one of the princes who have already left the vassal, and not these four little guys!

After all, the situation in Japan is not something that these little guys can control!

"Brother Ninth, are you telling the truth?"

"Father really won't send us to Japan?"

When Zhu Yue said this, the eyes of the little guys suddenly lit up, not to mention how happy they were!
"Brother Ninth, can I still lie to you?"

"Stop thinking nonsense, just stay in peace when you go back!"

Zhu Li nodded speechlessly.

When the little guys heard this, they left happily!

Anyway, as long as you don’t go to Japan and become a feudal lord, everything else is easy to talk about!

After all, for them, Japan is now a war-torn and chaotic place. If they really want them to go to Japan to fight, then the good times are really over!
The situation in Japan is different from that in North Korea!
When Zhu Song went to Korea to declare vassal status, he was confident because Zhu Yue supported him and arranged everything for him!

More importantly, North Korea was not defeated directly, it basically surrendered without a fight!

Coupled with the fact that there are several Se kings from the Ming Dynasty protecting them, there will be no chaos in North Korea, so there is no need to worry at all!

But Japan is different!

Although these little princes have not joined the vassal or left Yingtian, at least they are not stupid and know where is the best place for them!
Zhu Yue could actually understand the mentality of these younger brothers. When he turned around and met Zhu Yuanzhang, he told Zhu Yuanzhang directly about the matter!
"These bastards, can they be scared out of their wits by just a Japanese?"

"Is this still the son of our old Zhu family?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Zhu Yue's story, he was immediately speechless!

But it was also his fault. Zhu Yuanzhang was relatively indulgent towards the sons after Zhu Song and did not put too much pressure on them. It is reasonable for them to have such a mentality!
"Over in North Korea, my 20th brother has also sent back a memorial!"

"This kid is doing well in North Korea. At least he is able to stand on his own and has completely established himself!"

Zhu Li changed the subject and smiled.

"Oh?"

"But it's not surprising that he can do this!"

"Actually, it's you who is helping him behind the scenes. Otherwise, wouldn't we still know what this kid is capable of?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand disapprovingly!
I know that Zhu Song has a good Ninth Brother, so he can treat him differently!

"That's not what I'm saying. He has to have the brains and be willing to learn!"

Zhu Yue also said something to help Zhu Song.

"We are not worried about the current situation in North Korea, we are worried about Japan!"

"It's easier to conquer a country than to defend it!"

"We, the founding emperor, understand the hardships best!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed noncommittally.

The imperial court has just solved the problem of official selection, but this is only the first step in the long march of thousands of miles!

There will be various problems to deal with in the future!
For example, education and people's migration are the most difficult to arrange!

If an official doesn't want to go to Japan, how many ordinary people are willing to go?
And those weak scholars, are they willing to go to places like Japan to teach and spread Chinese culture?

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, if they could become teachers, they would definitely choose to teach there, especially in the northwest, Xi'an Prefecture and Hanzhong are the first choices!
No matter how bad it is, going to Beiping Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture, or even Yingtian Prefecture is better than going to Japan!
Scholars are already weak. How many of them are willing to go to Japan to educate the uncivilized Japanese pirates?
Japanese people, in the minds of Han people, have left a bad impression!
After all, during the Hongwu period, so many Japanese pirates repeatedly invaded our coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil. Aren't these crimes committed by these bloody and cruel Japanese pirates?

Therefore, most scholars are also full of resistance to Japan, let alone letting them go to teach there!

These are all troubles and difficulties that the court currently needs to solve!
"You can't eat a fat man in one bite, so take your time!"

"The Ministry of Revenue has already started preparing for the migration of the first batch of people. It is expected that they will start to migrate to Japan by sea in three months!"

“It’s not too late to move there first and then think about education!”

Zhu Li is not so pessimistic. He feels that as long as you are willing to do some things, there are always more solutions than difficulties!
It all depends on people!
"That's all, you will be dealing with these headaches anyway, so we don't have to worry about it anymore!"

"It's been almost four months since Feng'er arrived in Japan, right?"

"How long do you think it will take to conquer the entire Japan?"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand at this time, and then asked in a different direction.

"It should be soon, right?"

"According to Feng'er's current progress, it is estimated that it will only take two months!"

Zhu Li thought for a while and gave an approximate time.

In other words, it will basically take about half a year to defeat the entire Japan, which is quite different from the original estimate!
(End of this chapter)