Brother Zhu Youxiao

"left behind?"

"It was left behind... In addition, His Highness seems to intend to prepare for the establishment of Qi Kingdom..."

On April 11, the 23th year of Tianqi, when Zhu Youxiao, who was dealing with the memorials in Dading Palace, paused the ink brush in his hand, and raised his head slightly tangled, Cui Yingyuan, who was kneeling on the ground, also lowered his head and answered his question.

The return of Yang Bingwen brought an uncertain factor to the political struggle of Ming Dynasty, that is, the issue of Zhu Youjian's vassal status.

This problem that has been dragging on since the second year of Tianqi is a problem that Zhu Youxiao has been avoiding all the time, but it is also a problem that Zhu Youjian must implement after thinking that Daming is on the right track.

lead by example...

If Zhu Youjian doesn't want to be a vassal, then don't the future vassal kings also need to be a vassal?

If Zhu Youjian can use Daming's resources to support Qi without authorization, does that mean that future emperors can also help the heirs and vassals he wants to help in the same way.

Only by setting an example by Zhu Youjian can the rules be established.

Regardless of whether it is a tractor or anything else, Prince Qi's Mansion must pay money, even at cost.

This is not a matter of trade, this is a matter of etiquette.

Fortunately, the current Prince Qi's Mansion is the richest vassal mansion in the world. Among other things, according to the reward and punishment system of the Ming Army, Zhu Youjian can get 170% of the reward silver for this Northern Expedition, which is [-] million two silver.

If this money is used for immigration, 34 people can be relocated, and if it is used for buying machinery, it can buy [-] tractors.

This is just a silver reward. You must know that there are several gift lists for the last big wedding in Qi Wang's mansion. The gift lists sent by the ministers and generals on the frontier are as high as more than 400 million taels of silver.

As far as the gold and silver accumulated in the Qi Palace is concerned, it is completely possible to purchase 10,000 tractors to reclaim wasteland in Qi State while relocating [-]+ people.

This kind of financial resources, other feudal palaces do not have.

Therefore, whether it is from silver or from other things, Zhu Youxiao has no way to stop Zhu Youjian.

If he didn't let Zhu Youjian move, that would be destroying the suzerain-vassal system of Ming Dynasty.

Unless Zhu Youxiao is willing to watch the suzerain-vassal system not follow the rules in the future, he has to follow the rules.

He roughly calculated that with his younger brother's salary, the gold and silver he has accumulated now, and the silver rewards for future wars, he can accumulate enough migration silver for 200 million people in at most ten years.

If the 200 million people are all males, and they intermarry with the native women of North America, then within ten years, the population of Qi will reach 500 or even [-] million.

Zhu Youxiao is not afraid of the strength of the Qi State. What he is worried about is that the better the Qi State is built, the sooner his younger brother will become a vassal.

"Long live...Your Highness is also to you..."

"Shut up!"

Cui Yingyuan wanted to comfort Zhu Youxiao, but he didn't want Zhu Youxiao to scold him as soon as he opened his mouth.

Zhu Youjian left Daming, and the person who benefited the most was Zhu Youxiao, because he could start to arrange his own people to come to power after Zhu Youjian left with a large number of officials, and became the leader of Daming after Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and Zhu Youjian. The one with the most control.

He doesn't know this question?He is very clear, and he also knows that the longer Zhu Youjian stays in Daming, the more unfavorable it will be to his rule.

No matter how the government school promotes him as the emperor, as long as the students of the government school graduate, they will know that all the policies that benefit the people are written by King Qi and have nothing to do with the emperor.

Why was the Yanshan faction so obedient at the beginning, but became more and more rebellious in the end?

To put it bluntly, when they found that the emperor and the book were different, and Zhu Youjian was more like the "Apocalyptic Emperor" in the book, most officials were full of contempt for Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao is very clear about these things, and he also knows that Zhu Youjian's departure is a good thing for him, but he is reluctant...

On one side is the only brother, on the other side is the hot power, he wants both sides.

"Where is my brother now..." Zhu Youxiao gritted his teeth and asked, and Cui Yingyuan quickly responded after hearing this: "It should be in Duoyan County."

"Have you found anything about the Hudun Rabbit's invasion?" Zhu Youxiao asked again.

"This... Only a few chief banner officers and captains of the eighth and ninth ranks were found, but when they were found, they had already committed suicide."

"As for the "[-] Enemies" that appeared among the northern captives, in the files of the Ministry of War, all the "[-] Enemies" had already been destroyed in the fourth year of Tianqi. It has been too long, and nothing can be found..."

Cui Yingyuan lowered his head, wishing he could bury his head in his chest.

"That is to say, it can't be found out?" Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, and Cui Yingyuan could only bite the bullet and nodded: "Yes... unless the more than 2000 people involved are tortured to extract a confession, otherwise..."

"Then don't investigate." Zhu Youxiao's face changed when he heard that the frontier soldiers were going to be tortured to extract confessions.

He was already in an awkward situation, and if he lost the morale of ordinary sergeants, he would really be alone.

The calm these days made Zhu Youxiao think clearly about one thing, that is, the matter of Lin Danhan's entry into the bandits was essentially due to his own brother.

With my younger brother around, the mutual attacks of various parties will not stop.

This time he is safe and sound, there are only two possibilities.

The first one is that Lin Danhan did not stop himself because of insufficient preparation for this incident.

The second is that this matter was deliberately insufficiently prepared, so that Lin Danhan did not stop him, the purpose was only to make the relationship between himself and his younger brother tense.

The former must have been done by a small group of people in the Yanshan faction, and the latter must have been done by officials of various parties.

Zhu Youxiao didn't think about continuing to delve into this matter. It wasn't because he was weak, but because he felt that if he took action on this matter, the factional struggle between the imperial power and Prince Qi's mansion would intensify.

Therefore, regardless of whether his younger brother is to blame or not, in order not to aggravate factional struggles, this matter can only be let by his own younger brother.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao took a deep breath, and at the same time, Zhu Youjian, who had already arrived in Duoyan County, also received an urgent memorial.

[Dingmao in April, Sichuan and Yunnan Fudao Railway...]

"The roadbeds in Sichuan and Yunnan have started to be built, the government roads have been repaired, and the road from Kunming to Longchuan is unimpeded. Hong Jinglue is going to ask His Highness if you can prepare to recover Myanmar."

Hang Chi Hang Chi on the carriage on Duoyan County Government Road, when Li Dingguo read out the memorabilia sent by Hong Chengchou, Zhu Youjian stopped the brush in his hand, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"Look at the memorial of the Ministry of Household Affairs, whether there is enough money and food in the Southwest."

"Your Highness, Hong Jinglue said that he has prepared 200 million shimimai and 70 taels of silver in Yunnan. You only need your highness to be popular to defeat the non-officials."

Li Dingguo did not follow what Zhu Youjian said, because he discovered that Hong Chengchou's handwriting was behind the memorial. He opened it and read it, and handed the handwriting to Zhu Youjian.

When Zhu Youjian heard the words, he frowned slightly and took the handwriting, and read the ten lines at a glance.

In general, Hong Chengchou has stockpiled 200 million shimi, 70 taels of silver, and more than 60 catties of gunpowder in Kunming.

Zhu Youjian didn't know what this guy did, but judging from the report of the local Jinyiwei, it was not a search for the people's fat and anointing of the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and other provinces.

Thinking about it carefully, it is estimated that he has saved it over the past few years.

"Since the food and fodder has been prepared, let's circle the red and give him the economic strategy envoy for Ping Burma to restrain the Western Army and the Southern Army in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and the 42 battalions of the four provinces, and immediately mobilize troops to suppress the rebellion."

Zhu Youjian has no reason to refuse a military operation that does not waste the court's money and food. Moreover, the large domestic infrastructure requires a large number of people to act as dangerous blasters.

Putting down the Toungoo Dynasty would open the southwest gate for the Ming Dynasty to go to Sidang, India, and it was only a matter of time before the northern plains of the Ganges River were recovered.

Zhu Youjian thought so, and Li Dingguo also followed Zhu Youjian's words, and used a ink pen to criticize Hong Chengchou's memorial, then turned his head to look at Zhu Youjian who had stopped writing, and asked curiously:

"Your Highness, you haven't even been to North America, planning the place from thousands of miles away, is there something wrong?"

Li Dingguo's words were a bit presumptuous, at least in the eyes of the people of Daming, but Zhu Youjian did not blame him, but smiled and continued to pick up the brush and paint: "Basically, there will be no mistakes."

Having said that, Zhu Youjian also looked at the map in front of him.

This is a map of North and South America drawn with a brush. It is divided into regions of different colors according to different colors of brushes, and each region is marked with a place where a government can be established.

According to red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple, gray, pink, black, white, brown...Zhu Youjian divided North and South America into 12 yuan areas.

The 12 yuan area is not a province, but the order in which Qi develops local areas.

Red is later Alaska...British Columbia, and Washington, Oregon, California and other regions.

This is the area to be controlled in Qi State's first five-year plan. Among them, Alaska is the most important place. It will be the place where a large number of Yingzhou labor camps will be taken over in the future, and it will also be the bulk of Qi State's finances in the future.

More than 200 million reformed-through-labor workers will mine coal, gold and silver mines here, providing Qi with an annual financial income of nearly one million taels.

Once this place is under control, Ming will continue to control other places, such as the vast northern region of the orange plate and the central Gobi region, then the yellow east coast region, the green Governorate of New Spain, and the southern Melica region of other colors.

The capital of Qi will be placed in the California area for the time being, but after all the above-mentioned places are included in the notice, the capital will be moved south to open up the Panama Canal and establish a sufficient defensive navy.

Before and after, it will take about 50 years. By then, the population of Qi will reach about 4000 million, and the number of troops will remain at 50.

However, even Zhu Youjian can't guarantee that he can live to 50 years later, so he established the basic rule of Qi State in general at most, so that his successors can continue to strengthen it.

Zhu Youjian divided the 12 yuan area into twelve provinces, with ten prefectures and ten counties in each province, and a total of [-] counties.

Of course, such control is relatively weak, so provinces and counties will continue to be divided in the future. In the end, Zhu Youjian estimates that [-] provinces, [-] prefectures, and [-] counties will need to be divided. .

It's just that at this time, the population of Qi is estimated to have exceeded [-] million, and the population of Daming is unpredictable.

The current suzerainty and vassal system of Ming Dynasty is doomed to be a country with a large population export. This will not only stabilize the country of Ming Dynasty, but also allow the vassal state to gain a firm foothold overseas.

According to the current fertility rate of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian estimated that after 100 years, the number of people in Ming Dynasty will reach between 12 billion and [-] billion.

However, if there is no land merger, perhaps this figure will soar to about 16 billion, accounting for [-]% to [-]% of the world's population.

Not surprisingly, Europe will become a dumping ground for Qi and Ming, because it is impossible for them to independently develop their industries under the attack of Qi to the west and Ming to the east.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian also breathed a sigh of relief, and blew on his canvas.

The canvas was dried, and Liu Bingwen, who had been sitting next to him, helped Zhu Youjian put away the canvas, while Zhu Youjian continued to pick up other canvases, and continued to depict the cities and urban constructions that needed to be built in the first five-year plan of the Ming Dynasty. drawing.

Jingzhao Province is Zhu Youjian's name for this province. Here, Qi State needs to establish ten prefectures, one hundred counties, one thousand market towns, and ten thousand villages.

All urban construction is designed according to the population of 2000 million. Although it will take hundreds of years for the local population to reach this scale, Zhu Youjian does not need Huanglong and the others to complete the construction in one go.

These drawings are also the same as the administrative drawings of Qi State, divided according to color and area, using the traditional Han people's square and city structure, and the overall planning is orderly.

Among them, the capital of Qi State must be large enough to accommodate 100 million people, and 100 million people live in one hundred square cities, each with 1 people.

In addition to these residential quarters, there are two major commercial areas in the east and west, namely the foreign trade area in the west, and the commodity area and livestock and grain trade area in the east.

In fact, it still continues the urban construction design style of the Han people, but it is an enlarged version of Beijing City.

For example, the main road in the capital is forty feet, the auxiliary road is ten feet, while the main road in Qiwangjing is sixty feet, the auxiliary road is twenty feet, the street is ten feet, and the laneway is five feet.

Regarding the etiquette system, Zhu Youjian will adapt to the front of the feudal clan. Some etiquette systems that should be changed need to be changed, and it is impossible to affect future urban construction because of the etiquette system.

Zhu Youjian is not conceited, but he has the ability to change the ritual system.

He said here today that he wants to change the etiquette system, but tomorrow the Yanshan faction will help him change it. Gu Bingqian and other civil officials didn't even have a chance to intervene.

If he doesn't change it, it is estimated that it will be difficult for Daming to produce a person like him who suppresses the civil servants to death, and it is even more impossible to change the etiquette system.

However, to build such a Wang Jing must cost a lot.

The only advantage of the Qi State is that there is no need to worry about the employment of the people at all. The people cultivate the land well in the early stage, and in the middle stage, their children can grow up and study in the government schools of the Qi State and become workers.

Naturally, the workers here cannot be reformed-through-labor workers, but skilled workers, and the early stage of construction can only rely on reform-through-labor workers in Yingzhou.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian also found his own pastime on this boring and long road.

As time passed day by day, he drew up the design drawings of cities one after another. When the carriage was less than ten miles away from Yanshan County, Zhu Youjian had already drawn the structural drawings of 32 county towns and one Wangjing.

The structural drawings are mainly the basic drawings of sewage, floor heating, urban roads, and squares, specifically about how to build houses and how to build the palace...

Zhu Youjian may need to chat with his brother who is good at carpentry about these things.

After all, if my elder brother goes to later generations, he might be able to create several identities of architects and designers.

The design of the three halls is a difficult design task even in the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Youxiao’s design basically has no problems after considering the wood. The three halls of the apocalypse are the same in size as the three halls of the Yongle period, and they are larger than those of later generations. one third.

It is somewhat wasteful to use such a ready-made designer and architect.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian also arrived at the foot of Dading Palace in the northern part of Yanshan County while waiting quietly.

When he got off the carriage, he just looked up and saw Zhu Youxiao walking down the mountain.

Although brotherhood and brotherhood are difficult to achieve politically, Zhu Youxiao's retreat and Zhu Youjian's outward appearance gave this relationship some longevity.

Zhu Youjian looked at the figure, he didn't know how long this feeling could last, but at least it was still there for now.

"younger brother!"

Zhu Youxiao walked all the way down the mountain, and Zhu Youjian also walked to the platform at the foot of the mountain, and reunited with Zhu Youxiao who had been away for more than four months.

"My brother lost weight..."

Seeing Zhu Youjian at close range, Zhu Youxiao's first sentence was that Zhu Youjian had lost weight.

Indeed, before the expedition, Zhu Youjian managed to increase his weight to 160 jin (96kg) after a while of eating and drinking, but after more than a month of running around, he lost weight to 140 jin (84kg).

For his five-foot-nine-inch (188cm) height, this weight is actually about the same, but due to years of exercise, this weight makes him visually a little thinner.

"My brother has gained a lot of weight..." Zhu Youjian looked at the five-foot-five (176cm) Zhu Youxiao with a round figure, and couldn't help but think of his brother when he was still thin.

At that time, he was not handsome, but he could be considered handsome, but now he can only say that his affinity has become higher...

"I've gotten a little fatter lately..." Zhu Youxiao rubbed his stomach, and Zhu Ciran, who was panting next to him, mercilessly dismantled the situation: "Dad was already 150 seven catties (94kg) when we weighed him this morning. "

"Hahahaha..." Zhu Youxiao didn't feel embarrassed, after all, no matter what era he was in, being fat often represented a nourishing life.

"This time when my brother comes back, if I go hunting with him, maybe I can lose weight."

As Zhu Youxiao said, he took Zhu Youjian's hand, ignored Zhu Ciran, and pulled Zhu Youjian towards Dading Palace, but Zhu Ciran didn't care, but found his goal.

When Li Dingguo was swept by Zhu Ciran's eyes, his scalp tingled subconsciously, and he said to Liu Bingwen:

"Brother Bingwen, I need to go home to see how the house is doing, please ask Brother Bingwen to take care of His Highness's daily life."

"Um... okay." Liu Bingwen didn't know why Li Dingguo was so flustered, but he still complied.

"I'll go too!" Hearing that Li Dingguo was going home, Zhu Ciran hurriedly followed.

I don't know why, but yesterday he was still in fear, but after seeing his family Uncle Qi and Li Dingguo today, his heart suddenly settled down.

It seemed that with these two people present, he would not be afraid even if a hundred thousand troops besieged Dading Palace.

"Prince, you..."

"Okay, okay, I'm going!"

Some eunuchs nearby wanted to prevent Zhu Ciran and Li Dingguo from going home, but Zhu Ciran grinned at the eunuchs forcefully, so that the eunuchs did not dare to provoke them, so they had to quickly arrange soldiers and luggage to escort them to Li Dingguo's parents' home.

Zhu Youxiao did not obstruct the whole process. It can even be said that he focused on Zhu Youjian and talked to him about various things along the way, but he did not talk about Lin Danhan's entry into the bandits.

The two walked into the Dading Palace all the way, during which Wei Zhongxian followed closely, his eyes kept rolling, as if wondering why the two of them didn't talk about business.

Wei Zhongxian gritted his teeth with hatred when he thought that he almost left without spending all the money.

He knew that he was a slave, but the person who organized this matter was also a slave. The slave made an idea to hit the master, so why don't you give them some color?
Therefore, Wei Zhongxian was very interested to hear how the two brothers dealt with those who organized this matter.

However, when he followed him to the Summer Palace, Zhu Youxiao turned around and said, "You guys just stay here, and let someone prepare a meal by the way."

After all, Zhu Youxiao smiled at Zhu Youjian: "The fresh fish in Wulie River is delicious, my brother can taste it."

"Hmm..." Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, and Wei Zhongxian and the others could only agree aggrievedly, and sent someone to prepare meals.

But when they were preparing the meal, Zhu Youjian who entered the side hall saw that there was no one else, and Dang even said calmly with a sullen face:

"This matter, no matter who it is, can take action against the Yanshan faction and the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion."

"The matter can't be made too big. What I mean is that, with Huang Long as the leader, separate the five army commanders who are responsible for this case, and send them to the Qi State."

Zhu Youjian didn't want to kill people by mistake, and he didn't want to panic the people of Yanshan faction and the governor's mansion of the five armies.

Sending the people involved in this case to Qi State was the most palliative method he could think of.

After this group of people were sent away, except for the position of naval commander who needed to be reserved for Huang Fei to appease Huang Long, the other positions of generals, prefects, and county magistrates could be given to local students who had participated in Enke.

That is, a new force will come to power, but they will be weak.

Most of the students participating in Enke, who can also serve as generals, prefects, and county magistrates, are local officials of Enke in the fifth and sixth years of Tianqi.

At that time, most of the officials who participated in Enke were poor students and had no place to support them. Therefore, they belonged to the neutral faction between the various parties and the Yanshan faction.

It is precisely because they are neutral, so they can only fall to the emperor.

Such an arrangement, in disguise, is saying that Zhu Youjian is already going to support the imperial party.

However, the term imperial party is a false proposition, because when the interest demands start to differ, the imperial party will quickly transform into other parties, such as the King Qi Party back then, and the Gu Party now.

"This matter, my brother can figure it out, but it's just a pain for my brother..."

Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment, and could only speak apologetically, but Zhu Youjian returned the gift indifferently, and then talked about the "business" in his opinion.

"I need my brother's help for some things about Qi, mainly the construction of King Qi's capital and prefectures."

"Also, I thought about it, maybe my brother will need these things when he governs Daming in the future, so..."

As he said that, Zhu Youjian spread out some drawings that he had been holding all the time on Zhu Youxiao's dragon case.

"What..." Zhu Youxiao followed and watched, but as the drawings were spread out, his gaze immediately changed from absent-minded to intent.

"Of course I will get these things!" Seeing Zhu Youjian's neatly planned drawings, Zhu Youxiao couldn't put it down and squeezed Zhu Youjian away, picked up the drawings to observe carefully, and said "chuck" from time to time exclamation.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Youjian smiled helplessly, but then pointed out what he needed to improve, and went to the side to grind ink himself, preparing to draw the architectural style he wanted.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao retorted that there was something wrong with his style, and at the same time happily admitted the rigor of the central heating and sewage systems.

At the end, the two put down the drawing, and started to hold a brush to discuss the architectural style on the white paper, so that Wei Zhongxian was very confused when he brought people into the hall with dishes.

"Shouldn't we be discussing those rebels? Why are you painting..."

The second is around [-]:[-] p.m.