The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 103 The Real American Original Stock
After Zhu Jianxuan finished explaining the arrangements for the officers and soldiers, the Ming generals present had different expressions.

For the Ming Expeditionary Force and the ordinary people of the North American Fleet, they will face a choice that is not easy to decide.

Do you want money now or in the future? Do you want money mainly or land mainly?

Staying in North America and becoming a minister of King Wu can benefit from the future development of New York. As the capital of the United States, the land in the suburbs of New York will definitely become more and more expensive.

Even if these officers could not imagine the urban land prices in the international metropolises of the previous life, they could refer to other cities in the Ming Dynasty.

Even if New York's population only increases to 500,000, these suburban lands will be very valuable.

At the same time, you can also get a piece of land on the Great Plains to use as a farm, which will most likely be arranged next to the designated core city of the Great Plains.

There is no mention of gold and silver rewards at present. It is a tradition that when a vassal state is first established, the gold and silver rewards are small.

In the state of armed development, gold and silver are of little use. Food is grown by the legion itself, and other materials are also supplied centrally.

North America is expected to remain in a state of military development for a long time in the future.

This king did not want a normal vassal court in Australia, and he has always been carrying out semi-militarized development in the form of dusi and weisuo.

If he decided to return to the Ming Dynasty, he would give up the rewards in North America and go back to wait for the reward from the Ming Emperor.

There will probably be a lot of financial rewards, because the central court has a lot of money, but it is difficult to obtain land in the core areas of the mainland.

At most, only officers with obvious merits would have the opportunity to obtain a little wasteland in the undeveloped areas of Southeast Asia.

The land is definitely not as much as the one given by the King of Wu, and it will definitely be more difficult to develop.

In North America, you can basically farm the land by simply cutting down the trees and digging up the stumps.

The green deserts in Southeast Asia are much more troublesome, as various tropical diseases can easily kill people.

The officers on the scene were all wondering whether such difficult conditions could satisfy the soldiers below.

There was some silence in the hall for a while.

Zhu Jianxuan did not ask them to answer, but asked them to go back and count the decisions of the officers and soldiers below.

It can be expected that if the families of officers and soldiers themselves are not wealthy in their native country but are just relatively ordinary families, more of them would be willing to stay.

This is an opportunity to gain a legacy that can be passed down to future generations.

However, military officers must also try their best to provide benefits to their subordinates, otherwise it will be difficult to gain support.

At this time, Zhang Beining, the chief of staff of the North American Expeditionary Force, suddenly spoke up and asked a question while also making a suggestion:
"Your Majesty, if the current expeditionary fleet's soldiers decide to return to their homeland, will you allow them to arrange for their sons, nephews, and brothers to inherit the rewards you have given them?"

If this is allowed, the family of the person involved will receive two rewards.

I will go back to collect the reward money given by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and then send a son, nephew or brother to North America to take over the land of King Wu.

They want it all: money and land now, and future development dividends.

This plan is certainly not acceptable in a modern country, but it is not considered excessive in the traditional concepts of the Ming Dynasty.

The imperial court would normally bestow titles on the families of meritorious personnel.

It’s just that normally the person himself gets the most due to his merits, while the income of his children and nephews through inheritance will generally be a level lower.

Zhu Jianxuan thought about it for a few seconds and decided to allow them to take two copies.

Anyway, the land in North America is really not valuable now, and the amount of land that will eventually be given away will not increase.

The officers and soldiers who were originally bound to return to the Ming Dynasty would arrange for their sons, nephews and brothers to come to North America after obtaining permission for the title, which was equivalent to adding another family of immigrants.

Although some of them were originally planning to stay and may decide to return because of this, they will definitely send another immigrant family, and it will be a one-for-one exchange at most.

Therefore, under this plan, the total number of immigrants will only increase, not decrease.

Moreover, allowing me to return to my homeland and my sons and nephews to come to North America can also be regarded as strengthening the ties between the Ming Dynasty and the North American people.

In the future they may visit each other and have the opportunity to bring more new immigrants.

But we can't agree to them directly, there must be restrictions.

We can’t let everyone think about going back to exchange people to get double portions, as that would waste the sea transportation capacity for the round trip, and more importantly, it would make the North American army lose its combat effectiveness.

Zhu Jianxuan said after a moment of hesitation:

“All nephews and brothers of officers and soldiers who come to North America to inherit the title must be at least sixteen years old and married.

“All the official positions in all the current garrisons in North America are real positions, because wars with indigenous tribes may break out at any time.

“The nephews and brothers who inherited the title did not have enough experience and ability to directly take over the affairs that their fathers and brothers were responsible for, and naturally they could not directly inherit their fathers and brothers’ original official positions.

“So when sons, nephews and brothers inherit the title, their ranks and official positions are reduced by two levels at the same time. They study and train as deputy officers, and after three years, they are assigned new positions according to their abilities.

“Correspondingly, when the chief officer or superior officer is demoted because he chooses to let his sons, nephews or brothers inherit the title, the corresponding deputy officers and subordinate officers will be automatically promoted to the vacant position above.

"Whether it is because of the demotion or promotion, the land will be granted according to the rank after the demotion or promotion."

The North American land given by Zhu Jianxuan is indeed worthless now.

But if the person who got two copies did not suffer any loss, it would be unfair to others who could only get one copy.

Indeed, most of the sons and nephews they sent to North America to inherit the title were indeed incapable of directly taking over the positions of their fathers and brothers.

So if you want to get two now, you have to be demoted two levels in North America. Officers and soldiers who are willing to stay have the opportunity to be directly promoted one or two levels, which is equivalent to some extra rewards and can be appeased with actual benefits.

The land allocation between the two levels will differ by at least one-third, and in some stages the difference may be twice as much.

In this way, most of the officers and soldiers who originally wanted to stay would not return to their homeland and send their sons and nephews over just to get two rewards.

It should be able to allow the new garrisons in North America to maintain basic combat effectiveness.

After Zhu Jianxuan finished speaking, the officers on the scene had no objections and felt that this arrangement was reasonable.

The possibility of getting two copies without loss is already very low.

The vassal king Zhu Jianxuan was also a famous wise king and an extremely intelligent inventor.

We will definitely give you a safe arrangement.

The arrangements for the ordinary officers and soldiers remaining in North America have been basically determined, and there is only one thing left that needs to be discussed on the spot.

The things discussed before are actually for ordinary soldiers and low-level officers.

There is actually another possibility for senior military officers.

That means being awarded titles and land based on merit.

If Zhu Jianxuan was very generous, the scale of land they could obtain would increase by an order of magnitude.

Li Anbang, Governor of the North American Expeditionary Force, and Qin Nanxing, Admiral of the North American Fleet, stood up together and each took out a report and handed it to Zhu Jianxuan.

It is a memorial to their former subordinates reporting their merits and requesting rewards.

This kind of memorial should have been submitted directly to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but now Zhu Jianxuan has become their direct superior, so this kind of memorial has to be forwarded by Zhu Jianxuan.

At the same time, Zhu Jianxuan could also write another one and make corresponding adjustments to the two people's suggestions.

Zhu Jianxuan opened the memorial on the spot and took a look at its general content.

The battles in North America were all overwhelming situations with huge advantages, and attacks on important strongholds were mostly resolved by siege.

Therefore, there are very few individuals who perform particularly well.

Asking for merit mainly involves explaining the course of the battle and then requesting an overall title for the entire unit.

Zhu Jianxuan quickly decided not to make any changes to the memorial and waited to send it back to Yingtian for his father to make his own decision.

But if I can keep them all, then my dad won't have to worry about it:

“If the North American Fleet Admiral and the North American Expeditionary Force Governor are willing to stay in North America, their positions can be transferred to the Commander of the U.S. Navy and the Commander of the U.S. Army.

"They are all of the second rank, and have the title of American county marquis, and are granted 500 square kilometers of land in the Great Plains.

“The two chiefs of staff will be transferred to become the chiefs of staff of the U.S. Navy and Army, and the two deputy governors and two deputy admirals will be transferred to deputy army chiefs accordingly.

“The above six generals can all be granted the title of county earl in the United States, and each of them will be granted 300 square kilometers of land in the Great Plains.

“Six division commanders from the navy and army, four key members of the navy and army general staff, and the newly arrived commander of the American Central Guard.

"The above eleven generals can all be granted the title of Earl of the United States and be granted 200 square kilometers of land in the Great Plains.

“A total of twelve deputy division commanders, three division chiefs of staff, and two commanding officers of the American Central Guard.

"The above sixteen generals can all be granted the title of Viscount of the United States and be granted one hundred square kilometers of land in the Great Plains.

“All the following, from the fifth-rank deputy regiment commander, deputy captain, and deputy thousand-householder and above, will have the lowest rank of countryman, and a minimum of ten square kilometers of land granted.

"All current North American military officers who are promoted to corresponding ranks in the next ten years will also be granted titles and lands according to the same standards."

Zhu Jianxuan made a huge profit, as he allowed those Ming Dynasty officers who were willing to stay to become the real "original shareholders" of the American Kingdom.

The minimum they were given was ten square kilometers, equivalent to fifteen thousand acres of land.

The largest area is 500 square kilometers, which is equivalent to 750,000 acres of land, the area of ​​a small county.

Although they are all virgin forests now, as long as the United States continues to develop in the future, their land will only become more and more valuable.

Zhu Jianxuan also treats them as his own real family in the United States.

The senior military officers at the scene, who are able to reach this level, all have a certain pattern and vision.

At the very least, everyone realizes that the land potential of the Great Plains of North America is relatively high in the world.

Even if the Ming Dynasty completely defeats Spain in the future and seizes the land in the plains of South America, it will at most be close to the potential of North America.

It is also very rare for a prince like Zhu Jianxuan, who is particularly favored by the emperor, to be so generous even after becoming a vassal king.

With wise vassal kings to govern and vast fertile land, America's future will naturally not be bad.

As long as you analyze it carefully, you will know that this opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

So Zhu Jianxuan just waited for a few seconds, and the officers at the scene stood up one after another to express their willingness to stay in North America and follow the king.

Zhu Jianxuan was also very happy. These senior officers who already had war experience were the foundation of the future U.S. military:

"You are all the founding fathers of our country. The future of the United States and I need your help."

(End of this chapter)