The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 804 Overseas Enfeoffment (Part )

At that time, I was homeless and didn’t know when I would die without a burial place. Life was even worse than death.

She was extremely grateful to Xi Yi for this; he was her great benefactor!
Xi Yi's son also followed Yi Guang to Minzhong and was appointed as the General of Minzhong.

Ying Zheng was also very happy about this. To be honest, the number of eighteen princes really made him feel a pain in the ass. Now that they had been divided up, he felt at ease.

The other sons are still young and have yet to gain much experience, so we can wait a few more years to give them some room to grow and build up their own team.

The changes in the government and the country during this period were quite drastic. The opportunity to establish fiefdoms overseas and establish a foundation gave many people hope.

There is always someone in this world who is willing to take risks to seek wealth and fame.

Even if it means risking their lives, enduring hardships, or leaving their homes, there is no shortage of people in this world who are willing to risk their lives to change their fate and the destiny of themselves and their descendants.

When the empire was first established, its territory was vast and opportunities were countless, but getting a chance to truly change one's destiny and move up the social ladder was like a huge struggle.

There is no shortage of smart people in this world. After years of development and unification, the core areas of China have long been stable and social classes have begun to solidify.

The empire is too powerful. It is lucky that it does not attack others. Who dares to touch the dragon's beard of the Qin Empire?

It was precisely because the country was too peaceful that there were almost no opportunities to gain high positions or wealth through military merit.

Although the people live and work in peace and contentment, there are really few opportunities for them to achieve class transition.

Even for high-ranking officials, it is already difficult to maintain their status and position, and they cannot slack off at all.

As for those who come from poor backgrounds and want to rely on their abilities to climb up the official ranks through the imperial examinations or other means, the competition is now extremely fierce.

After all, this is not the time of twenty years ago when wars were frequent and talents were urgently needed.

Now that many princes have established their own countries and founded their own careers, they need a large number of talents and followers. This is the best opportunity!

This is a brand new "track" that is full of risks and opportunities.

For old noble families, it is a basic principle not to put all eggs in one basket.

There must be someone at the central level to maintain the family’s status, and there must be someone at the local level to open up new foundations!
With so many young people in the family, they always need to arrange a way out. Similarly, this is also a kind of investment, investing in potential princes.

The outcome is uncertain and no one knows who will have the last laugh.

Chong'er was safe outside, while Shensheng died inside.

There are few old and powerful people who do not understand this principle. Investing in a vassal king is a way to kill two birds with one stone. It would be a waste not to do it.

They also arranged their second sons and illegitimate sons to serve under the various princes, in order to gain wealth and honor for the family in the border areas, to fight for a stable foundation for future generations, and to avoid the family placing all their hopes in the capital.

Even a large and powerful family cannot afford to live off the land and then suffer setbacks.

The family's wealth and glory have always been a situation of either progress or decline. Although the starting point is high, if you don't fight for it, you will decline very quickly.

Poverty cannot last for more than three generations because the family line will become extinct in three generations, while wealth cannot last for more than three generations because the family line will decline quickly.

If you lose your wealth, you will become poor, and after three generations your race will become extinct.

It is not so easy to pass on wealth from generation to generation. The higher you go, the more intense the competition becomes!

As for those who come from poor backgrounds, peace in the world and a stable life are certainly good things.

But it is more difficult for them to climb up than in troubled times, as there is no chance to risk their lives for wealth on the battlefield. The bottom line of life has become higher, but the upper limit is also more difficult to reach.

For those who come from poor backgrounds but have great ambitions and desire to change their destiny, death is not scary. What is scary is to live in mediocrity and waste a lifetime.

There are many people who are willing to seize this new entrepreneurial opportunity.

It is always easier to succeed by going with the trend than against it. Seizing the opportunities and platforms given by the times is always more important than simple ability.

No matter how hard life is, is there anything more painful than living a life of mediocrity and wasting your life with empty ambitions?

At the call of the empire, many people who wanted to gain wealth and achieve class transition and lay a foundation for future generations actively participated in overseas immigration and went to the fiefdoms of various princes.

Of course, this is also because Ying Zheng gave high treatment, provided good policies, and did a good job in publicity.

Of course, this is also related to the high treatment, good policies and good publicity given by Ying Zheng.

In order to attract talents and immigrants, he offered extremely high conditions, vigorously promoted the opportunities and potential of overseas fiefdoms, and moved people with the prospect of wealth and prosperity.

He even promoted some people who were born in poverty and had talent but were frustrated and had no opportunities in the Central Plains because of their lack of background, allowing them to rise to high positions and become important officials who assisted the princes in expanding the territory.

Use the power of example to further stimulate people's ambitions.

Wealth and fame are attractive to people. Under such temptation, naturally some people are willing to break free from their shackles and go on adventures overseas.

In addition to the sons who went overseas, there were some sons who were conferred the title of princes but stayed in the capital temporarily.

The eldest son Fusu was conferred the title of Prince Lian; the second son Zidu was conferred the title of Prince Cheng; the third son Tianming was conferred the title of Prince Xin; the fourth son Yude was conferred the title of Prince Yi; the eighth son Dayou was conferred the title of Prince Xian; and the ninth son Yunxu was conferred the title of Prince Hui.

They are currently the hot candidates for the throne. Although they have been granted titles of king, they still remain in the Divine Capital to assist in government affairs and have not yet been granted fiefdoms to other places in order to avoid affecting the direction of the issue of succession.

In the ninth year of Emperor Qin Shihuang's reign, overseas expansion continued.

The twenty-first son of the emperor, Guimei, the son of the Moon Goddess, and the twenty-second son of the emperor, Yuanheng, the second son of Mi Yun, led four thousand elite troops and five thousand immigrants, boarded a large boat, and crossed the sea to the distant Japanese archipelago, landing on Kyushu Island.

Then began the conquest of the Japanese archipelago. The process was like a crushing victory, invincible, and wherever he went, all the people surrendered.

Today, the gap in civilization between the indigenous people of the Japanese archipelago and that of the Qin Dynasty is too great. Whether in terms of system, technology, culture or personal ability, the Qin Dynasty has an all-round crushing advantage over the Japanese archipelago.

Not to mention the differences in civilization, wisdom, strategy, tools, equipment, armor and other material aspects, even the height and physique of ordinary Qin people are much taller and stronger than the local natives, not to mention that the Qin Dynasty also has highly skilled martial arts masters.

Guimei and Yuanheng were the best among men, both civil and military, with extraordinary intelligence. In the eyes of the local natives, their cultivation was like that of gods.

In addition, Ying Zheng temporarily gave them a giant mechanical statue to show their power and subdue the local natives. In addition, they mined gold and silver mines and used the benefits of gold and silver to help them build.

With the strong support of manpower and material resources from Ying Zheng, it was easy for them to conquer the present-day Japanese archipelago, as easy as taking candy from a bag.

The problem that Xu Fu was able to solve when he led 300 boys and girls can now be solved with just his eyes closed with an immigrant group of this size.

Even though some Warring States immigrants had established small forces in the Japanese archipelago, they had no intention of resisting and surrendered on the spot.

These immigrants from the Warring States Period understood better the strength of the Central Plains, which was not something these poor and backward islanders could resist. Resisting the Qin Dynasty was like trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm.

Anyone who sees that thirty-meter-tall behemoth that's as big as a mountain will feel their legs go weak and their heart and liver break. How can they dare to resist?
The Japanese archipelago was also completely incorporated into the territory of the Qin Dynasty and was divided into four counties in the north and south.

The two counties of Yingzhou and Fuso were the Kingdom of Dongying, and Guimei was the King of Dongying.

The two counties of Donglai and Xuantu were the Kingdom of Fuso, and Yuanheng was the King of Fuso.

(The above two names are the names of the Japanese archipelago in ancient times.)
In the eleventh year of Emperor Qin Shihuang's reign, the Qin Dynasty continued to expand southwards.

The emperor's twenty-third son, Yifeng, the son of Nongyu, was canonized as King of Nanhai and given the Nanhai County as his fief.

The 27th son of the emperor, Xunsui, the son of Xia Yue, led 1,500 elite soldiers and brought 2,000 immigrants through Yunnan into the Indochina Peninsula and settled in the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River. He was named King of Annan and founded the Kingdom of Annan.

This also opened up a land trade route with the Maurya Empire in the Sindhu region, and at the same time established an important bridgehead for the Maurya Empire's future expansion into Sindhu.

The 30th son of the emperor was Jie Zheng, the son of Wang Ni, a beautiful woman from the Great Qin Dynasty. He settled in the lower reaches of the Red River, established the Kingdom of Henei, and named him the King of Henei.

In the 13th year of Emperor Qin Shihuang's reign, the 28th son of the emperor, the son of Han Lei, the saint of Shushan, gathered together and led 1,500 elite soldiers and 2,000 immigrants through Yunnan into the Indochina Peninsula, settled in the middle reaches of the Chao Phraya River, established the Indochina Kingdom, and was named the King of Indochina.

The emperor's thirty-second son, Xun Xiang, the son of Li Wu, was canonized as King of Wen and given the title of Wentan County.

The emperor's thirty-third son, Mingzhu's son Huanju, was canonized as the Elephant King and granted the Guoxiang County.

In the 15th year of Emperor Qin Shihuang's reign, Yide, the 34th son of the emperor and the son of Hanlu, led a thousand elite soldiers and brought 3,000 immigrants through Yunnan into the Indochina Peninsula, settled in the lower reaches of the Mekong River, established the Kingdom of Funan, and was named the King of Funan.

In addition, there were several princes whose maternal families were of foreign origin (such as the Xiongnu and Donghu, as well as beauties from the Western Regions). These princes, whose maternal families were relatively humble, were enfeoffed in the Hexi Corridor and various places in the Western Regions. They were all at the level of princes of counties or counties, and gradually eroded and absorbed the countries in the Western Regions.

After so many years of cultural infiltration and economic absorption like boiling a frog in warm water, the living customs of the countries in the Western Regions are almost the same as those of the Qin Dynasty.

They spoke Qin language, wrote Qin characters, used Qin coins, followed Qin systems, and had a strong sense of identity with the Great Qin.

Now, as long as they are willing to accept them as Qin people and give them equal status, many people can't wait to become part of this powerful empire.

Daqin is the beacon of the world!
It is a place longed for by all people who yearn for stability, civilization and strength!

Given a choice, who wouldn't want to be a citizen of a big, strong, advanced and civilized country?

Who wouldn't want to be a subject of the true God, the Son of Heaven? To be protected by the Son of Heaven and share the glory of the empire?
In the eighteenth year of Emperor Qin Shihuang's reign, sad news came.

Chunhua's only son, the fifth prince whom Ying Zheng had high hopes for, Prince Yi Qianzhong, died of illness in the distant fiefdom of Yiming State.

(End of this chapter)