Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 633 Set up the South China Sea Province and decide on negotiations!
"Your Majesty, I also believe that Dongfan Island cannot be divided into two prefectures, whether it is divided into two provinces or sub-prefectures, or divided into two prefectures." Chief Assistant Yuan Jixian got up and expressed support for Ye Tinggui's suggestion.

Immediately afterwards, Huang Daozhou, Lu Zhenfei, and Zhu Dadian also expressed this intention, but Li Yan and Ma Shiying did not express their opinions.

Ma Shiying has always been looking forward to Zhu Yuxi.

As for Li Yan——

"Your Majesty, I think it is possible to divide Dongfan Island into the state capital, but it should never be done at this time.

Now Dongfan Island is still dominated by Fan people, our Han family has less than 20 people, and most of the land is wild.Therefore, in the next [-] years, the Dongfan Island will be dominated by immigration, land reclamation, and naturalization.

In addition, Dongfan Island is located at the junction of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and it is an important military base in the southeast sea of ​​our Ming Dynasty.In the future, whether my Ming Dynasty is opening up the Southeast Asia, or if the Westerners cross the Pacific Ocean to go to the American continent, Dongfan Island can be a bridgehead.

Whether it is immigration, land reclamation, governance of Dongfan Island, or from the military point of view, Dongfan will need to integrate the power of the whole island in the next 20 years, how can it be ruled by one area? "

After hearing Li Yan's words, Yuan Jixian, Ye Tinggui and the others couldn't help but frowned slightly in thought, then they looked at each other and stopped speaking.

This is tantamount to acquiescing to Li Yan's thinking and admitting that there was a problem with their previous thinking.

Of course Auntie Zhu will not force several military ministers to admit their mistakes in court.

She smiled slightly and said: "Since Zhuqing has no objection to Li Duli's words, then Dongfan will be established as a mansion first.

In addition, I have decided to separate Qiongzhou Prefecture from Guangdong, and combine it with Dongfan Prefecture and the South China Sea Islands into the South China Sea Province. Chen Jitai was changed from Governor of Nanyang to Governor of South China Sea. "

Hearing this, Lu Zhenfei couldn't help reminding: "Your Majesty, one of the two counties attached to Guoguo in Guangzhou is called Nanhai County."

It means that the names of Nanhai Province and Nanhai County are repeated.

After hearing Hao Guangming's words on the other side, Auntie Zhu said indifferently, "Just change the name of Nanhai County to Yuexiu County.

In addition, Lianzhou in Guangdong is assigned to Guangxi, so that Guangxi has a coastal area and can use the benefits of seaports and maritime trade to develop its economy. What do you think? "

A group of military ministers looked at each other and thought: Today's military meeting is tantamount to crossing out one prefecture and one prefecture in Guangdong. The governor of Guangdong and other major officials may cry when they find out.

However, the current governor of Guangdong, Li Yutian, is a minister of Yuan Cong who has followed Zhu Yuxi since Sichuan, but he has surrendered Li Zicheng earlier, so he has a handle in Zhu Yuxi's hands.

Therefore, even if Li Yutian, as the governor of Guangdong, was unwilling to reduce his jurisdiction by one state and one capital, he would not dare to raise objections.

So, what reason do they have to object?

Besides, His Majesty is determined to open up the sea and compete with the Westerners for the benefits of the sea and the New World. If Guangxi wants to develop, it must have a coastal state capital.

After discussing the establishment of Nanhai Province, Zhu Wei asked all the ministers to discuss the matter of negotiating with the Netherlands.

Although Dongfan Island was recovered by Ming Dynasty and captured many Dutchmen, the matter cannot just end like this.

Because the mainland of the Netherlands is thousands of miles away, it is unlikely that Ming will go to the west to destroy its country and occupy its territory, so it can only obtain more war dividends through negotiations.

"Although Dongfan Island has been recovered, in the past 20 years Heyi oppressed our Ming people on the island and plundered countless resources and money, but they can't let them go for nothing.

Western countries have always had the habit of letting the loser cede territory and pay compensation after a war.Just like in the past when the Northern Song Dynasty was defeated by Liao and Xixia, they gave similar coins to the two countries.

Therefore, I want to send envoys to negotiate with Heyi and ask them to pay compensation. Otherwise, not only will they not be given the opportunity to redeem the captives, but they will also send sailors to Nanyang to attack other merchant houses and fleets of Heyi.

What do you think about this matter? "

After hearing what Aimee Zhu said, Yuan Jixian and several other traditional civil servants couldn't help frowning.

Soon, Yuan Jixian opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty has always treated the barbarians in a kingly way, either destroying their country, occupying their land, or making them bow their heads and proclaim themselves as my vassal state. I have never asked other countries to pay compensation. One said.

The reason for this is because they are worried that the atmosphere of the country will be affected, which will cause the court to resort to military force, which will become the cause of the country's subjugation. "

Aimee Zhu expected that some ministers of military affairs might not agree with this matter, so she made a plan early on.

At this time, she heard the words and looked at Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying got up immediately, glanced at Yuan Jixian, and said loudly: "I don't agree with Yuan Fu's words.

What is militarism?If the imperial court only engages in wars to make other countries bow their heads and proclaim their vassals, and after spending huge amounts of money and food, has nothing to gain except a little face, causing the country's financial constraints and people's livelihood to decline, then it is militarism.

Therefore, in this battle against Heyi, if I, Daming, just let Heyi bow his head and profess his vassal as before, and the money captured can't make up for the money and food consumed by the imperial court in this battle, then it would be truly militaristic.

On the contrary, if the Dutch and barbarians can be made to pay compensation, in addition to making up for the money and food consumed by our Ming Dynasty in this war, we can also get surplus profits, and then use the profits to build the country, this war is a war that benefits the country and the people.

The old minister believes that it is a wise move for His Majesty to ask He Yi to pay compensation, and he should choose the appropriate officials to do it properly.

In addition, Naheyi occupies many islands in the South China Sea, such as the Spice Islands, Batavia, Malacca, etc., which are either extremely rich or important sea transportation routes.

Now that He Yi has been defeated by my Ming Dynasty, and the fleet has been lost by nearly half, I am afraid that they are unable to occupy these many good places.

Therefore, if I, Daming, negotiate with him, we will not only ask him to pay compensation, but also let him cede land! "

Li Yan also got up at this time and said: "I also think that the only way for the Ming government and the people is to let He Yi cede the land and pay compensation.

He Yi occupied Dongfan Island, just like the bandits on the mountain sent people down the mountain to occupy the people's fertile land.

The robbers can't use the good land to take over the dealers for more than [-] years, so we just drive away the robbers, right?

If possible, destroy the bandit's lair, cut it down and destroy it.If you can't break the bandit's lair, you have to let the bandit spit out some of the gains from occupying the fertile land for many years to make up for the losses of the people. "

After Li Yan finished speaking, Lu Zhenfei also stood up.

Lu Zhenfei is a traditional civil servant, Yuan Jixian thought that Lu Zhenfei wanted to support him, so he gave him a grateful look.

Who knows-

"Your Majesty, I also support letting He Yi cede land for compensation—now that I am short of money when I want to build a railway in Ming Dynasty, how can I spend money and food to regain Dongfan and not seek profit but only fame?"

Hearing this, Yuan Jixian felt as if he had been stabbed in the back by a friend of his own, and almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

But think about it, as the secretary of the Ministry of Communications, it is reasonable for Lu Zhenfei to say these words.

Yuan Jixian looked at Huang Daozhou, Zhu Dadian, and Ye Tinggui, who also had the same opinion on the administrative division of Dongfan Island.

However, at this moment, the three of them nodded slightly, apparently convinced by what Ma Shiying, Li Yan, and Lu Zhenfei said.

Seeing this, Yuan Jixian could only sigh secretly and sat down.

Aimee Zhu showed a smile, and said: "In that case, let Chen Jitai and Kuang Lu be in charge of negotiating with He Yi. As for the negotiating requirements, you can discuss it now."

Then, Aunt Zhu asked Lian Qiao to take the palace servants to set up a screen to hang a map of Nanyang that had been prepared long ago.

This map was drawn by Hao Guangming after he asked people to collect information on various forces in Nanyang in the mid-[-]th century on the Internet, and then he downloaded it and printed it in color.

It cannot be said that this map is very accurate, but it is definitely more accurate than the current maps of various countries on Nanyang.

After discussing for an hour, the ministers of military and aircraft finally came up with a more suitable request for the victor.

After the meeting adjourned, Aunt Zhu asked the Telecommunications Office to pass this request to Chen Jitai's telecommunications team.

He also ordered the Nanyang Navy and the garrison troops of the four towns of Fujian and Guangdong to send representatives to go north to Nanjing by sea boat to participate in the prisoner offering ceremony.

The prisoner offering ceremony, also known as the Taimiao prisoner offering ceremony, is listed as the two honor ceremonies of the ancient emperors of China, together with Mount Tai Fengchan.

However, since the Taishan Fengzen ceremony was broken by the emperor of the Song Dynasty, there was no emperor to do it in Daming.

As a result, offering prisoners in the Taimiao has become a very high ceremony.

Zhu Yuxi had defeated the Qing captives twice before, and held a ceremony of "offering captives to the Taimiao" after the Northern Expedition.

Although the threat of the Netherlands to Ming is far less than that of the Qing captives, it is of great significance to Ming's stepping into the world stage, so it is also qualified to hold a ceremony of presenting captives in the Taimiao.

By the way, the officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Four Towns, mainly the former Zheng Family Navy, and the garrison soldiers of Fujian and Guangdong provinces can get the honor they deserve, have a greater sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty, and be more loyal to the central court.

At the same time, it can also let the people of Nanjing and the gentry see Heyi and enhance the sense of honor of the people.

There is no reason for Zhu Yuxi not to do such things that accomplish multiple things with one stone.

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Negotiations between the two countries were not an easy task. Even though the battle of Dongfan Island was a crushing victory for Ming to the Netherlands, it was not easy to obtain as many benefits as possible through negotiations.

This negotiation is destined to be a time-consuming tug-of-war.

However, the Nanyang Navy and the soldiers of the Fujian and Guangdong garrison went north to offer captives quite quickly.

　First more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)