Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 666 Extra Story ([-]) Sixth Case
"Why arrest us!"

"We are all farming at home honestly, why does Zhang Deyi want to implicate us when he does business in the city and breaks the law!"

"God! This king's law is too unreasonable!"

"Shut up, daddy!"

In late February of the 39th year of the Apocalypse, shortly after Zhu Youjian, Zhu Cihong and others finished talking about the matter, the situation in Ming Dynasty on the other side of the ocean also began to change as he said.

However, Zhu Youjian ultimately underestimated his nephew's determination.

This "bribery case" was not limited to Shandong, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Shanxi in early February, but continued to expand afterwards.

By April, the two capitals and the thirteen provinces of the Central Plains had been severely affected, except Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, which had relatively small populations.

All merchants who had bribed officials were implicated, so that at the end of April, the number of officials and merchants mainly arrested in the "bribery case" exceeded 3.

In June, Zhu Ciran finally stopped the "bribery case".

So far, the number of arrested officials and merchants has reached more than [-].

Later, under the outline of Zhu Ciran's ink brush, this group of people and their nine clans were all sent to the Ganges province, involving more than 79 people. This case was also included in the "Apocalypse Case" by later generations. Known as the "Sixth Case of the Apocalypse".

However, compared with the previous five major cases, many officials in the civil and official circles think that this case is very absurd.

Taking the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" enacted during the reign of King Qi as an example, at most three clans were involved in the "bribery case", but nine clans were involved in the actual handling.

Although less than 1000 people were sentenced to death in the case, its absurdity has been criticized by many people, and there are always a small number of people who can clearly know the real intention behind the case.

In any case, Zhu Ciran solved the problem of the shortage of Han people in the Ganges province.

Since June, trains and ships have been transporting the released prisoners to the Ganges province.

At the same time, due to the continuous popularization and spread of trains, steam ships, tractors and other things, many feudal states also proposed the idea of ​​wanting Ming to support machinery.

For these memorials, Zhu Ciran refused on the grounds that the timing was not ripe.

Such refusal caused many clans to complain, thinking that Zhu Ciran was too harsh on the vassal state, and was not as lenient as Zhu Youjian when he was in charge of the clan's mansion.

In July of the same year, the population of Anxi, Beiting, and Shanyu Provinces exceeded one million, and the population of Ha Tinh Province reached 46.

In August, the Xihe Railway from Jiayuguan via Anxi to Shannan Prefecture in the eastern part of the western province of Thailand was completed.

In the same month, the River Central Railway from Talas to River Central was completed.

With the completion of the two railways, Zhu Ciran ordered the Ministry of Industry to carry out the construction of the old port railway.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the vassal system of the Ming Dynasty and consolidate peripheral trade, the Ministry of Industry will carry out railway plans with Siam and North Korea.

The goal of the plan is to have a direct railway from Kunming to Ayutthaya, the capital of Siam, and a direct railway to Busan from Zhenjiang Prefecture in Liaodong through Pyongyang and Seoul.

As the two countries next to Ming Dynasty, Siam and North Korea disarmed their internal armies very early, only retaining a fortified capital with no more than [-] forbidden troops.

In the past ten years, once a rebellion occurred in the two kingdoms, the imperial army was basically dispatched to suppress it, and there were no border guards.

This is inseparable from the fact that the kings of Siam and North Korea were supported by Zhu Youjian.

Daming opened many factories in the two countries, which solved the employment problem of part of the local population. At the same time, it also allowed the people of the two countries to immigrate to countries under the Ming vassal system to obtain land.

It's just that such a qualification needs to be based on the premise that immigrants can write Chinese characters and speak official Chinese.

In order to cope with future trade, North Korea and Siam accepted the official education of the Ming Dynasty in the 25th and 32nd years of Tianqi respectively, and have been carrying out Sinicization education for many years.

In addition to the two countries, there are Nanzhang and Gan Bozhi on the Indochina Peninsula, Sulu and Boni in Southeast Asia, Mongolia in Eastern Europe and other foreign vassals have successively accepted official schools to settle in and actively accepted Sinicization...

In September, according to Xiao Xiyang’s inspector, the population of Ceylon Prefecture dropped to 270 million, and the proportion of Han Chinese reached [-]% of the local population.

In the winter month, Chen Zizhuang, the supervisor of Nankunlun, made a request to the imperial court to increase the division of supervisory envoys of Nankunlun into five prefectures.

The five prefectures are the original South Kunlun Mansion, East Kunlun Mansion, plus Changning Mansion, Zhangwu Mansion, and Shandan Mansion.

After the cabinet deliberated, it was decided to change the name of the South Kunlun Supervisory Commissioner to the Kunlun Supervisory Commissioner, the South Kunlun Mansion to Kunlun Mansion, and the East Kunlun Mansion to Dongping Mansion.

Such a name change originated from the memorabilia of Qi Wang Zhu Youjian, but its content is unknown.

It was only when the memorials were sent back to the Kunlun Supervising Commissioner that the "Daming Daily" added the "historical biography" of the Han people to Levia, Nanzhou, Nanyang, Zhongnan, Hezhong, South, and North America.

At the same time, "Da Ming Pao" officially called Levia Kunlun Continent, Nanyang and Nanzhou as Nanzhou, Asia as Zhongzhou, and South and North Asia as Dongzhou.

Even Europe and Antarctica, which the vassal king has not yet touched, were renamed West Continent and Antarctica.

In the twelfth lunar month, the National News Bureau was promoted to the National News Department. In addition to the "Da Ming Pao", two new newspapers of different types were added, "Humanistic Geography News" and "International Economic News".

The first issue of "Human Geography" started with a detailed introduction to world geography, and at the same time described the respective situations of black people, white people and jade people.

The first issue of "International Economic News" started with the suzerain-vassal system of the Ming Dynasty and the conditions of people's livelihood, economy, and agriculture in Europe.

At the same time, since the chapters on human geography, economy, and people's livelihood were separated, the chapters on international politics in Da Ming Bao began to increase.

The "Da Ming Pao" in the same period has grown to more than 200 issues, and the content of this issue is mainly about the changes in various countries.

For example, Li Hao, King of Joseon in Huangming Dynasty, Zhu Gongfu, King of Zhou Dynasty in Huangming Dynasty, and Zhu Cunji of Qin Dynasty in Huangming Dynasty died.

In addition, Zhu Cihong, king of Zibo County, king of Qi, entered the Chengyun Palace to supervise the country, and the new kings of various countries succeeded to the throne.

Apart from these, Da Ming Pao rarely mentioned the situation in Europe.

For example, Cromwell, the protector of the parliamentary army of Anelia (UK), died of illness, and Monk took over the banner of the parliamentary army.

There are also wars between France (Spain), the Netherlands, Portugal, and Lumi (Ottoman).

As for the wars between France and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as northern and eastern Europe, the National News Department seemed to think that the matter was too small and decided not to report it.

In such a situation, the 39 years of Apocalypse passed smoothly.

When the 40th year of the Apocalypse came, the countries under the vassal system of the Ming Dynasty were still operating step by step.

The Ming Dynasty was consolidating the three provinces of Hezhong, Taixi, and Ganges, the feudal vassals of the Little Western Ocean were suppressing the internal rebellion of the local people, and the feudal lords of Kunlun continued to penetrate the plateau area of ​​central Kunlun.

The state of Qi is undergoing a power alternation, and part of the power in the hands of the king of Qi has begun to transfer to the hands of Zhu Cihong, the king of Zibo County.

The Alliance of Three Kingdoms in West Asia is climbing the technological tree, and at the same time equips the army with flintlock guns, setting up a standing army following the example of Ming Dynasty and Europe.

Mongolia in Eastern Europe is recuperating, and at the same time has normal trade relations with Ming Dynasty.

The Northern War was in full swing, but in April the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth announced that it would give up most of Livonia's possessions on the Baltic Sea coast, and Sweden's power in the Baltic Sea reached its peak.

In May, King Charles I of England died of illness and was succeeded by Charles II.

In June, King Louis XIV of France married Princess Marie Theresa of Spain.

The alliance between France and Spain made King Louis of France, with a population of more than 800 million, the most powerful king in Europe.

In late June, Charles II established the Royal Society, and hoped that the Society would focus on studying some of Ming's technologies.

In July, a naval battle broke out between Sweden and Tsarist Russia in the Baltic Sea. Denmark joined the Northern War and declared war on Sweden.

In August, the cannibal tribe in the Zhulin Prefecture of Qi State launched another attack on the immigrant village, killing 72 villagers and piled their heads on the bank of the Nanjiang (Amazon River).

On August [-]th, Qi Wang Zhu Youjian ordered that Cao Bianjiao, the governor of the Southern Army, command an army of [-] to further encircle and suppress the cannibal tribes in Zhulin Mansion.

On the fifth day of October, Cao Bianjiao led his troops to plow his court, sweep his houses, and behead more than [-] people.

On the tenth day of October, the six cabinets, the governor's mansion of the five armies, and the East Palace Shangshuqian Qing Palace summarized the situation this year.

According to the report from the Ministry of Household Affairs, in the 40 years of Tianqi, the annual income of the Ming Dynasty was more than [-] million taels, the agricultural tax accounted for [-]%, and more than [-] million mu of land was newly cultivated.

The population of Daming reached more than 100 million, the number of yamen servants exceeded 80 million, and the number of soldiers and horses exceeded [-].

According to the Ministry of Rites, the population of India's Sidang area has exceeded 4000 million, and Han Chinese account for about [-]%.

The population of the Kunlun area has exceeded 700 million, with Han Chinese accounting for [-]% and immigrants from India and Yingzhou accounting for [-]%.

The population of Qi State exceeded 500 million, and Han people accounted for [-]%.

The total population of North Korea and other foreign domains is about [-] million, of which about [-] million Han people live in the foreign domains.

According to the estimates of the Academy of Military Armaments, the world's population should have exceeded 8000 million, and the Great Ming suzerain-vassal system accounted for about [-] million, accounting for more than [-]% of the world's population...

The Mansion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies reported that the standing army of the Ming Dynasty was about 72, and there was no need to increase or decrease.

There are about 28 standing armies of Indian vassals, 12 standing armies of Kunlun vassals, [-] standing armies of Qi State, and [-] standing armies of foreign vassals.

The combined standing armies of European countries are about 50, and the standing armies of the three countries in West Asia are about 60, but their combat power is low.

According to the memorials of the five armies, the standing armies of each region are dominated by the Ming army and the Qi army, followed by the countries under the vassal system of the Ming Dynasty and the six European countries supported by the Ming Dynasty.

The remaining European countries and the three West Asian countries that have not received support are the lowest in the entire ranking.

Looking at the content of this memorial, the 37-year-old Zhu Ciran nodded slightly, and then put the memorial on the table.

At this moment, he was sitting at the head of the long table in the hall of worship, and the left and right under the head were cabinet officials.

Hong Chengchou, the chief assistant of the cabinet in seven out of sixties, is in good health. He sits at the first place on the left, like a mountain that will not be easily shaken. Opposite him is Jin Xuan, the second assistant of the cabinet.

Under Hong Chengchou are Yang Wenyue, Shen Tingyang, and Lu Xiangsheng, and under Jin Xuan are Yan Yinshao and Li Dingguo.

Lu Xiangsheng joined the cabinet in June this year, but he is over [-] years old this year.

In addition to the seven cabinet ministers, a young man sitting in a corner was also present at the meeting.

The young man was in his early twenties, his skin was slightly dark, and he looked somewhat similar to Zhu Ciran.

For this person, the seven cabinet ministers already knew the identity.

"Today the grandson returned to Beijing, so I called him to discuss matters together."

As soon as Zhu Ciran opened his mouth, Zhu Heyin's identity was exposed.

Compared with Zhu Ciran who came to power at the age of 17, Zhu Heyin's age is already considered late.

Zhu Heyin got up and bowed to the seven cabinet ministers, then sat back to his seat.

The seven cabinet ministers got up to return the salute and sat down together.

Seeing that the greetings had already been made, Zhu Ciran continued to read the content of the memorial, while Zhu Heyin, who had just returned from the Ganges battlefield, looked at the seven cabinet ministers on the table.

Judging from the number of seats, he can roughly understand the situation of the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of age, the oldest in the cabinet is 67-year-old Hong Chengchou, and the youngest is 39-year-old Li Dingguo.

Among these seven people, there is actually no pure civil servant.

Needless to say, the four Hong Chengchou, Li Dingguo, Lu Xiangsheng, and Yang Wenyue all started from the front line. Li Dingguo joined the army as a civilian after joining Enke.

As for Jin Xuan, Yan Yinshao and Shen Tingyang, the three of them seem to have never been on the battlefield, but they have governed overseas.

In the Ming Dynasty, as long as officials involved with overseas, they basically needed to suppress the rebellion of the local natives. As the pioneers, the experience of these three people is naturally needless to say.

Therefore, with only the seven cabinet ministers on this table, it is not difficult to see what the requirements of Ming Dynasty for selecting cabinet ministers are.

It is very difficult for some pure civil servants to enter the pavilion. If they want to enter the pavilion, even if they have no military merits, they must have the experience of suppressing the natives.

"This year, the king of Gaomi County in Qi State is about to become a vassal. How are the preparations going?"

Zhu Ciran put down the memorandum in his hand, but his first sentence was not about state affairs, but about the fourth son of Qi Wang Zhu Youjian, Gaomi County Wang Zhu Cizhen's appointment as a vassal.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the King of Gaomi County has already prepared for the feudal domain, and he can leave at any time."

Regarding Qi Fan's matters, Jin Xuan was basically the one who contacted him, so naturally he was the one to answer.

Seeing his answer, Zhu Ciran nodded slightly, and then he also talked about his two younger brothers.

"Yongwang and Dingwang are not a few years younger than Gu. Long live summoned me on Saturn Day and asked me to prepare for the affairs of Yongwang and Dingwang."

"What I'm thinking is to place Yong Wangxuan's vassal land in Mafa on the Dashi Peninsula (Arabian Peninsula), and place Ding Wangjiong in Kazan in the northwest of Thailand."

Once Zhu Ciran's words were spoken, the seven cabinet ministers frowned.

Mafa is the Oman region in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and Kazan is a territory controlled by Tsarist Russia.

What Zhu Ciran meant was nothing more than to start a war against Mafa and Tsarist Russia.

The former is okay to say, after all, the Mafa country in this era only has a population of 10,000+, and even if Zhu Ciran needs it, the Ming army can also destroy Jabri Germany, which is close to Mafa.

The combined population of these two small countries is less than 100 million, and the army does not exceed 5. They are still using matchlock guns and cold weapons.

Only one battalion of troops is needed, and Daming can take it down.

It was the latter. Although Ming and Tsarist Russia had no peace negotiations, the two sides did not go to war.

If you really want to take the Kazan region, it will undoubtedly ignite the flames of war in the north again.

"Your Highness, most of the territory of Mafa Kingdom is a desert. Will it be possible to arrange King Yong here..."

Yan Yinshao once passed through Mafa country, and he clearly remembered that Mafa country only had part of the coastal plain, and the rest were either sand dunes or Gobi Desert.

In his opinion, putting Zhu Cixuan here as a feudal vassal is a bit of a bully.

"You can't look at it that way..."

Li Dingguo refuted Yan Yinshao's words, he frowned and said:
"The internal combustion engine of the Military Armament Academy has reached the last few steps, and it may be researched at any time."

"If there is an internal combustion engine, then the country of Mava, which has oil, is a country sitting on a golden mountain."

"It is beneficial to the country to let Yongwang live in the local area, and then continue to immigrate."

"If it's just that the king will rule Kazan, the country will undoubtedly go to war with the Raksha country."

"Currently, there are less than one million immigrants in Taixi, and less than 500 million acres of arable land."

"If war is really going to happen, the Northern Army Governor's Mansion will invest at most two battalions of soldiers and horses."

"Besides, if the king decides to rule Kazan, wouldn't he be competing with Taixi Province for immigrants?"

Li Dingguo treated Zhu Cijiong very well, and Zhu Cijiong also regarded him as his brother.

But personal emotions cannot be brought to the country. If Zhu Cijiong's Dingguo is really established in Kazan, then it will inevitably have a competitive relationship with Taixi Province.

Daming has not yet developed one-fifth of Taixi, and the local land resources are enough to feed millions of people.

Now that the immigration of Taixi is not saturated, a new vassal state will be canonized in a place adjacent to it, and this will definitely slow down the development of Taixi.

However, Li Dingguo also knew that the expansion of Daming had reached its limit at the moment, so the only way to expand its territory was to seal off the vassal.

Where Yongwang Zhu Cixuan and Dingwang Zhu Cijiong's Yongguo and Dingguo are canonized, it shows the direction of the Ming Dynasty's territory development.

Apparently, Zhu Ciran was planning to explore Eastern Europe and the Arabian Peninsula.

"Mava can recover, but Kazan still needs to wait."

"It just so happens that King Yong is one and a half years older than King Ding, how about a year and a half delay?"

Hong Chengchou sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and made a proposal that could be delayed.

Facing this proposal, Jin Xuan looked at Zhu Ciran, apparently he also thought the proposal was good.

Although a year and a half is short, 30 to [-] people can immigrate.

"..." Seeing that the cabinet ministers didn't want to confer Dingguo right now, Zhu Ciran felt a little uncomfortable, but he also knew that this was the result of their analysis from the perspective of Daming.

The cabinet ministers all thought so, it was impossible for him to insist on continuing as a supervisor of the country.

Therefore, he could only agree: "Just do it like this."

As he said that, Zhu Ciran looked at Li Dingguo: "The captain of the navy, Huang Fei, is going to take back Mafa and Jabrid."

Zhu Ciran expanded the war to Jabrid, which can be regarded as a disguised response to the consequences of the compromise with the cabinet ministers.

It was just Jabrid, and Hong Chengchou and the others didn't pay attention to it, and clapped their hands to express their approval.

So far, Yongguo's founding problem has been solved...

(End of this chapter)