Daming: I help my wife be the empress

After listening to Zheng Sen's speech, Yuan Jixian got up and asked, "I wonder if His Majesty wants to confer feudal status on Luzon Island?"

Although the conferring of feudal vassals in the Ming Dynasty also needed to be discussed by the ministers, it was mainly based on the emperor's wishes.

Because according to the family theory at this time, the entire Ming Dynasty belonged to the emperor, and the emperor could assign any place to the vassals as fiefdoms.

Ministers can only make suggestions or advise on this matter, but cannot make decisions for the emperor.

That's why Yuan Jixian asked this question.

Aunt Zhu said with a smile: "It has been four or five years since the establishment of the Zongfan School in the first year of Zhaowu, and the vassal kings have been looking forward to the overseas affairs of the vassal for a long time.

Although Luzon Island is not an ideal place for me to confiscate a vassal, I still decided to set aside a fief first as a demonstration of overseas vassal. "

Hearing Aimee Zhu's words, several military ministers thought it was feasible and did not raise any objections.

After that, it was about dividing where into vassal fiefdoms and how to set up prefectures and counties.

After some discussions, it was finally decided to set up River Valley and Luzon on Luzon Island, and the line from Malabang to Dingalan north of Manila in the later generations will be used as the dividing line between the two provinces.

As for the fiefdom of the vassal king, it was chosen in Olongapo, northwest of Manila, the later Philippines.

At this time, Olongapo was just a seaside village where merchant fleets occasionally settled. The Spaniards did not set up a permanent base here, only a temporary base.

But it developed into a good harbor city in later generations.

After discussion at the meeting, it was decided to designate Olongapo Village within a hundred miles (about 2000 square kilometers) as a feudal land.

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During the Spring Festival of the sixth year of Zhaowu, a strange phenomenon occurred in Nanjing's vassal circle.

After finally waiting for the winter vacation of the Zongfan School, none of the princes of Ming Dynasty came out to have fun.

You must know that in the past, even if the vassal school was only on vacation for one day, some vassal kings would find a restaurant to eat and drink, enjoy singing and dancing, or listen to stories.

But this Spring Festival, the princes seem to have disappeared.

In a certain restaurant, several veteran honorable sons who are usually close to the feudal lord are discussing this matter——

"Do you know why the kings don't come out to play?"

"I'm wondering about that too."

"I know the reason for this." One person said with a smile, "Didn't the imperial court confiscate Little Luzon last year? I heard that the higher authorities have decided to set aside a fiefdom for a vassal in Little Luzon."

"You mean, the imperial government's policy of confiscating vassals abroad is finally going to be implemented?"

"I don't think it's considered overseas—the imperial court still wants to set up prefectures and counties in that little Luzon. If this fief is surrounded by prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, it is not much different from being a vassal in the Ming Dynasty."

"Then do you know which feudal lord the higher-ups will choose?"

Hearing this question, the rest of the people looked at the knowledgeable Mr. Xungui.

Because they all know that the vassal king is overseas and has the right to govern the land.That being the case, the vassal king must recruit officials.

For these people, it is difficult to become an official in Daming, but they have to work hard if they become officials.

Therefore, many people look forward to becoming officials in the feudal land of the vassal king.

However, under the gaze of everyone, this person shook his head and said: "How do I know such important news? Just wait, since the imperial court has made a decision, it won't be long before the news will be released."

On the second day of February in the sixth year of Zhaowu, the imperial court really released relevant news in the Di Bao and Da Ming Pao.

The first is to set aside a territory with a radius of hundreds of miles in Luzon Island for the vassal king to become the vassal, the second is to pass the examination to select the vassal king who will become the vassal, and finally affirmed a series of rights and obligations of the vassal king in the fiefdom.

The territory of the vassal king is still the territory of Ming Dynasty, but the vassal king has administrative powers such as personnel rights and financial rights in the territory, and can form a pro-army of no more than 1 people, which is equivalent to more than half of the feudal lords.

If there is a need to expand the number of pro-army, you can apply to the court, and you can expand the army only after obtaining permission.

At the same time, the vassal king has the obligation to defend the territory, that is, he needs to send troops to meet the enemy when foreign enemies invade.

The Ming court had the power to garrison troops and conduct military operations in the territory of the vassal kings, and could also carry out industrial and commercial activities such as mining, opening factories, and building railways, but it was necessary to pay taxes to the vassal kings according to formal procedures.

The vassal king does not have to pay taxes to the Ming court, but he has no right to mint coins and must use the currency specified by the Ming Dynasty.

If the feudal king needs it, he can also ask the local garrison for paid help.

Finally, when the feudal king's territory is adjacent to the land of no man, he can expand the territory by himself after applying to the court!
In the end, Emperor Zhaowu made it clear that those who have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty have the opportunity to be named kings with different surnames, and kings with different surnames can also obtain overseas fiefdoms like vassal kings!
It can be said that with the publication of this issue of the Mansion Newspaper and the Great Ming Newspaper, the entire Ming Dynasty was in a state of excitement, especially the honorable class and civil and military officials.

The vassal kings never thought that they would have the opportunity to build up, expand their army, and expand their territory overseas!

The nobles and officials did not expect that they would have the chance to be crowned kings and fiefs alive!
It can only be said that Emperor Zhaowu is worthy of being a heavenly maiden, with a broad mind, and he is not afraid that these vassal kings and nobles will threaten the rule of Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there are also voices of opposition, but they are only a few, which are easily drowned out by the fanatical voices of support from all walks of life.

In the sixth year of Zhaowu, on February 29th, 30 princes currently registered in the Ming Dynasty, as well as Prince Jingjiang (replaced by the prince) whose status is actually equal to the prince, a total of [-] people, participated in the feudal examination.

Before the exam, Zhu Yuxi specially called Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Cizhen to the Forbidden City.

Looking at the two younger brothers who were one year older, Auntie Zhu asked: "A few days ago, I gave you materials to study, how are you doing?"

Zhu Cizhao replied honestly: "I will report back to the emperor, and my younger brothers have all recited it seriously."

"I've memorized it too." Zhu Cijiong said so first, and then he couldn't help but test: "The ones given by Sister Huang must not be the answers to the exam, right?"

"What are you thinking about?" Aimee Zhu couldn't help but want to give Zhu Cijiong a chestnut, "Is your imperial sister like that?"

"Then why did Miss Huang ask us to recite those materials?"

Auntie Zhu said: "Although those materials are not the answers to the exam, they are also the materials for the exam topic selection, and at the same time, they are also really useful knowledge for you in the future.

In short, you have memorized it carefully, and it will definitely be useful in the future.

In addition, I hope that you will go all out for this exam and strive to come out on top.

Because this vassal fiefdom should be regarded as the closest to the mainland of Daming in the future. Although it is a bit small, it is easy to develop the territory, and its safety is also guaranteed. "

"But it can't expand the soil." Zhu Cijiong whispered.

"You still want to expand the land?" Aunt Zhu smiled, "Do you know how difficult it is to govern the territory? You may not be able to develop a land of hundreds of miles in your lifetime, and you still want to expand the land."

Zhu Cijiong didn't say anything more, but he thought in his heart that he must not be the first in the exam this time.

Although Zhu Cizhao next to him looked quiet and honest, he thought the same in his heart - he didn't like this fiefdom with limited potential.

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Because of the small number of people, thirty vassal kings passed the exam in just one day.

After another day of work, the examiner corrected the examination paper.

Immediately, all [-] examination papers were posted in the Zongfan school to show justice.

On the day when the results were released, thirty feudal lords and hundreds of princes and heirs of Zhu Ming County all came to watch, and found out that the results of the exam were a big upset.

"No.1 turned out to be King Lu? Isn't it fake?"

"The test papers are all posted, so how could there be fake ones? But it's really surprising that King Lu got the first place in the test - I heard that the old man's academic performance in the Prince's class is very average, and he has never been in the top ten."

"This time Lu Wang's test scores are not high. Both civil and military subjects are 100 points each. He scored 73 points in the liberal arts test and only 65 points in the martial arts test."

"Lu Wang's score is not high. The problem is that other people's test scores are lower than him."

"Is this test paper difficult?"

"It doesn't seem too difficult..."

While the princes and heirs of the county were discussing around the examination paper display column, the princes all surrounded Zhu Changhao to congratulate.

"Uncle Lu, congratulations on winning the championship."

"Brother Lu Wang always said that he would stay in Daming and be an idle vassal king, but he did not expect to become the first vassal overseas. It was beyond my expectation."

"Luzon is a good place. I heard that it is rich in gold and there are fruits to eat all year round. King Lu went there, but he no longer has to worry about running out of money."

"Lu Wang, you have to invite us to Deyuelou to have a good meal!"

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Hearing the compliments from the vassals around him, Zhu Changhao just felt uncomfortable and wanted to cry (_).

He really didn't want to win the title.

He didn't even think of going overseas to settle down.

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