Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1440 The unfamiliar white-eyed wolf

"Why did Uncle say that?"

The emperor hurried forward, took Qin Jun's hand, and sat down with him.

"Uncle is not yet fifty this year, so why are you saying to retire? I just took over the government, and now is the time to rely on Uncle's assistance, and I want Uncle to add another burden, and also serve as the prince, teacher, and prince. Zhan Shi, help me teach the prince well from an early age."

"Your Majesty, after the ministers and relatives, they were originally foreign ministers. Later, when they entered the imperial court in Beijing, it happened that the treacherous eunuchs took power, and they raised troops to serve Wang Qingjun in righteous indignation. After the matter was completed, he was supposed to retire. Although he had made a little contribution in the Western Regions these years, It's just doing the duty of a minister, and a minister is only a warrior after all, how can he take on the important task of the chief assistant like Zhong Shuling?"

Li Ye held Qin Jun's hand and kept calling him Uncle.

Lei Gong in the sky, uncle on the ground.

My uncle is closer than my father-in-law. "Uncle, don't misunderstand me. I also know that the grand master was ordered by the holy ancestor to support the ancestor to succeed him. However, the ancestor was very suspicious, but he didn't care about Gu Mingyuanfu." Trust, listen to the villain's slander, so that the grand master was forced to resign and retire to Luzon."

"Whenever I read these daily life notes and historical materials, I can't help sighing. If the ancestors hadn't listened to the slander of the treacherous ministers and villains, and drove the grand master back to Luzon, if the grand master was in charge of the court, how could it be possible? What happened to grandson Wuji and other elders who were innocently purged later? Not to mention the fact that the power of eunuchs and eunuchs was almost arbitrarily supported later, and the chaos in the last few years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty was frequent, which even led to the instability of the country."

"Now that I have just been in power, my uncle is not only a hero who supported the late emperor's decision, but also a hero who supported me. He supported the elders of the two dynasties, guarded the frontier, and has made great military exploits in the country. Why is there suddenly such an honorable official? The idea of ​​retiring? My uncle is not even 50 years old, but you think I can't tolerate people?"

"I tell Uncle the truth, I am not the ancestor of the world, and I will never doubt the meritorious deeds of the elders. From King Zhongwu of Qi, to the present, several generations of the Qin family have fought for the country, expanded the territory, supported the government, worked hard, and were loyal. Every time I read those stories, I am very moved, how can I repay my kindness like the ancestors?"

"Uncle, please understand that I am very grateful!"

"The Qin family has turned the tide and helped the building to collapse several times when the country was in crisis. I have no doubts about such meritorious deeds, and I will never have the slightest doubt."

"Your Majesty, don't you know that the sage is wise and benevolent? It's just that I don't mean it. I just think that although I have made some small achievements in the frontier, it's just something that ordinary generals can do. The position of the chief assistant in the court, It is true that there is no virtue and no ability to match. Your Majesty, if virtue is not worthy, it will lead to disaster. I have been taught by my grand master since I was a child. To be a man, you must be self-aware, let alone greedy."

"The Order of Zhongshu is a national official, an important position in the imperial court. For more than two months, I have felt powerless, and I have lived in the Western Regions for a long time, and I have left many old wounds and diseases on my body. Although I am only about 50 years old now, However, old illnesses have occurred frequently, and the body is overwhelmed, so I want to resign from my post and return to Luzon to take care of me."

The words are also sincere.

"Aren't uncles doing this to make people in the world scold me? People in the world will only think that I am the second in the ancestors, that I am jealous of the country's hero, and have no tolerance for others, but they will not believe that it is uncle who wants to retire."

"I have absolutely no intention of damaging the emperor's reputation. It's just that I have no virtue and incompetence to continue serving as Zhongshuling. Chaozhong Laiheng, Pei Xingjian, and even Master Xu Yu are all virtuous figures in the country and can serve as chief assistants."

"I can't accept it!"

Qin Jun saluted the emperor again.

"In fact, I also have some selfishness. At the end of Kaiyuan, the grand master gave me a pioneering fleet and a group of manpower, and also gave me a chart. In the southeast deep sea of ​​Nanyang, there is a wild island. Grand master Let the ministers explore and conquer, open up the territory for the Tang Dynasty, and let the ministers establish their own family in the future."

"In the past ten years, although I have been guarding and fighting in the Western Regions, with the care of my grand master, I have made some achievements by opening up the barren sea for me with a few useless dogs. Now I have conquered some islands and established some pioneering strongholds. , So I thought that while I was still in good health, I went to finish the things that I couldn't finish in the past, and personally directed the dogs to run this family business, which can be regarded as officially separated from the Qin family in Lusong. The dogs are not capable enough, I still have to lead..."

In the emperor's Yanying Hall, there is the Nanyang Xuanweisi's nautical chart, which was presented by Qin Lang, the grand master of Lu Song Dynasty.

At least no matter whether it is Luzon, Borneo, Sumatra, or the Malay Peninsula, there will never be any situation where the shape is wrong, although in terms of specific proportions, Qin Lang deliberately scaled the proportions of the Nanyang Islands. .

After all, in the real Nanyang Islands, those big islands are really big. The territory of Luzon alone is not small. It starts from Luzon in the north, connects to the east of Borneo in the south, and Sulawesi Island, the Spice Islands in the South Seas, New Guinea and Australia have all been landed and colonized by the Qin family.

Among them, the eastern part of Borneo Island was demarcated by the Shanghai Treaty signed by the Qin family and the Boni Kingdom a few years ago. According to the treaty, the entire Borneo island was demarcated by the mountains and rivers in the middle, and the eastern part belonged to the Qin family.However, according to the boundary line drawn by the two parties, in fact, the eastern part of the Qin family occupies about two-thirds of Borneo.

But for the Boni Kingdom, the place they directly rule is only the northwest part of the big island of Borneo, and the rest of the place is just a declaration of sovereignty in some coastal areas. In the more inland central area, There are mostly primitive jungles there, especially the island is too big, so the interior of the island is very hot and not suitable for production. Only some very backward primitive tribes exist.

When everyone draws the line, no one will care about these savages.

What Boni Kingdom cares about is maintaining a good relationship with the Qin family in order to strengthen trade, take the Qin family's boat, and obtain more sea trade. A node on an important route going south from Luzon, Boni is much stronger than before because of Luzon, and the sea trade has also made a lot of profits. It is not impossible to give up some wild lands.

For the Qin family, when they have the opportunity, most of Borneo will be enclosed. Although there are not many places suitable for development and operation, they should first enclose and take their time.

Small strongholds will always become ports in the future, and inland mining sites can also develop into market towns.

On the big island of Sulawesi, the Qin family also declared their sovereignty, then conquered some indigenous tribes on it, and established several colonial stronghold ports.

On the contrary, it is the Spice Islands. Those small islands are valued by the Qin family because of cloves and other special spices. Now they not only station troops, but also build fortresses, wharves, and spice plantation manors, etc., which have increased the scale and quality of spice planting and processing. The quality is no longer the model that the natives picked casually in the past.

As for the big island of New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia, the Qin family has now declared sovereignty, erected inscriptions on steles, and built several small strongholds.

Australia has also officially become the Qin family's place of exile. Some heinous guys are thrown to that island, where they raise sheep and fish while farming and mining. They must be self-sufficient and create value for the Qin family. Otherwise, if you are driven out of the stronghold, you can only have a pleasant exchange with those native savages or fend for yourself.

The New Guinea assigned to Qin Jun, when Qin Jun was away, Qin Lang also sent people to operate there, and built some strongholds, mainly growing spices, sugar cane, cotton, mining, and logging. For more than ten years, the people there Several strongholds add up to less than 1 people.

The emperor didn't know the specific situation in Nanyang, and he only knew a vague general idea. He knew that there was indeed such an island in the southeast of Luzon, and it didn't seem too small.

But I heard that it is a ghostly place full of primitive jungles, only some cannibal tribes, and I am not interested.

"This island is too remote and backward. It's not worthwhile to run this island, right?"

Qin Jun said, "I just want to leave some family property for my descendants, and have a place to settle down. Although the island is remote and desolate, it is still a place to stand on. Tang added another overseas territory."

"But Dongcao State is much stronger than that, right?"

"Dongcao Prefecture is indeed a fertile oasis in the middle of the river, and it is also close to the Silk Road. Thank you for the gifts of the Queen of Heaven and the Saints. It has developed well over the years. I am really grateful. But the island in the South China Sea was given to me by my father after all. I have also been in business for these years, and I can't give up, and besides, it is relatively close to San Francisco, Luzon, and my father is getting old, so it is convenient for me to take care of him."

This reason is very far-fetched.

But the emperor was not easy to refute.

"I have the guts to ask the sage to formally award this island to my minister and give it to me as my overseas world fiefdom."

The emperor's heart moved, is this an old example from Lu Song?
Datang has conferred many overseas leaders over the years, but none of them have the scale and development of Luzon. An external seal is not worth mentioning. The place is so remote, and it is still thousands of miles away from Guangzhou.

It is estimated that Qin Lang just wanted to draw this island south of Luzon into his own territory.

"It's just a deserted island, it's not worth mentioning, so I officially named this island Dongsheng Prefecture, and gave the Taibao an overseas fiefdom..."

The emperor not only rewarded Qin Jun with the island, but also proposed that Dongsheng Prefecture would be autonomous in the same way as Luzon in the future, and even proposed to include taxation for Dongsheng Prefecture. Because the island is so wild now, and there are not many pioneers now, Therefore, the emperor generously stated that the tax will be exempted for three years first, and then a tax package will be determined according to the actual tax situation.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Qin Jun!"

When Qin Jun left the Hall of Yanying, although the emperor did not accept his resignation, since the emperor had given Dongsheng Prefecture to Qin Lang, it already meant that the emperor agreed to Qin Jun's plan. Three words and three rejections.

Dong Shengshi, who was carrying a saint in his arms, sealed the imperial edict, and Qin Jun left the palace without looking back.

This niece and son-in-law, it sounds good to be hypocritical, but looking at it like this, he is actually very willing to leave Luoyang and go back to the South China Sea.

Hey, it's another white-eyed wolf that I'm not familiar with.

There is no one in the Li family who is grateful, and his father is sure. Although he has not been back to the Central Plains these years, he can still see what kind of heart the young emperor is today from the information.

I don't know if my one-year-old grandson Li Hao will be like this again when he grows up.

(End of this chapter)