Daming 1805

Chapter 100 The vassal state and the emperor's village

Chapter 100 The vassal state and the emperor's village

The treasurer of the Waihuangzhuang in Daming was equivalent to the governor of the colony.

It's just that there is no official status, and it only obeys the emperor and the consortium, not the court.

Therefore, in this negotiation, all the official personnel related to the negotiation are in charge of or in coordination with Shen Fu, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.

All unofficial activities, all places required for personnel life and negotiation, and all services are in charge of Zhu Guangrui, the treasurer of Haijiaohuangzhuang.

Zhu Jingyuan had breakfast in the palace and rested for a while. Shen Fu and Zhu Guangrui, Shaoqings of Honglu Temple, came to visit together.

The 56-year-old Zhu Guangrui, with gray beard and hair, cupped his hands and bowed to Zhu Jingyuan:
"My nephew Guang Rui has seen Uncle Wang..."

Zhu Jingyuan, who came from modern times, was obviously taken aback by being called an uncle by an old man, but he quickly reacted:

"Oh... yes, I remembered, the shopkeeper... Guang Rui is also a clan."

Zhu Guangrui introduced with a smile and said:

"The nephew is from the Zhou family, and his lineage is 'Guang', and he is the same generation as the 'Di' of the Chengzu family."

Zhu Jingyuan had read Zhu Guangrui's information, and now he heard the other person mention it, and the information immediately came to his mind.

Zhu Guangrui is the descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang's fifth son Zhou Wang Zhu Wei, the No. 18 grandson of Zhu Wei, and now he is a very remote clan.

In addition, there are many descendants of the palace last week, and it is the crown of all the palaces of the Ming Dynasty.

From the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the end of Chongzhen, there were a total of twelve Zhou kings after Zhu Chi, but some of them were brothers and sisters twice, so they actually only passed down to ten generations.

But the county king has sealed 76 in total, so on average, each generation of Zhou king is a big family of eight brothers, and there are countless generals and lieutenants under the county king.

Therefore, the ordinary clan of Zhou Wangfu seems to be more remote.

When Zhu Guangrui's ancestor was in the Chongzhen year, he was already a distant branch, and his title was the lowest Lieutenant of Fengguo.

After the Renwu Dynasty, the nobles and nobles of the clan had to be assessed for the title. Zhu Guangrui had a generation of ancestors who were not strong enough, and the title was lost.

However, after Renwu, all clans can enjoy "compulsory education", and there are channels for improvement.

Zhu Guangrui himself also worked very hard. He was admitted to a university specialized in imperial clan all the way. After graduating, he entered the Huangzhuang system, and worked all the way to the head shopkeeper of the overseas Huangzhuang. His actual status is equivalent to that of the governor.

Zhu Guangrui is 56 years old this year, but his seniority is indeed a generation lower than Zhu Jingyuan, so when we meet, we call him uncle.

After greeting, Zhu Guangrui still said with a very enthusiastic smile:
"My uncle doesn't have to see outsiders here, but if you need it, just tell your nephew and keep it for you."

Zhu Jingyuan could only agree with a smile.

Shen Fu waited for Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Guangrui to talk about their relatives before reporting the matter:
"His Royal Highness, the representatives of the vassal states and Huangzhuang have all arrived and are ready to meet the two princes of the imperial court.

"It's not a very formal etiquette, it's just a simple meeting, is your Highness still convenient today?"

Zhu Jingyuan directly agreed:

"It's convenient for me, and I don't have any other arrangements now. It can be this morning or afternoon. You can ask Uncle Jiu if you have time."

Shen Fu nodded lightly, and immediately asked someone to arrange it, and finally set the time at ten o'clock in the morning.

It was almost time for Zhu Jingyuan to wait. He took the carriage prepared by Zhu Guangrui and went to the side hall in the palace, also called Wenhua Hall.

The staff of Haijiaohuangzhuang usually cleans and maintains the palace buildings. These days, they focus on cleaning the palaces that may be used. According to the situation, two chairs are added under the throne of the Wenhua Hall to sit south and north. chair.

Although Shen Fu said that it was not very formal, the representatives of the vassal state and Huangzhuang did not dare to neglect, and they all went to the Wenhua Hall of the palace in advance to wait for the two princes.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the two princes, Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Jianfeng, clearly kept a certain distance and walked into the Wenhua Hall side by side.

The representatives of the feudal state and Huangzhuang immediately bowed and saluted together.

The two princes sat down on the chairs under the throne, and the representatives of the surrounding feudal kingdoms and Huangzhuang took their seats one after another, and then began to introduce themselves one by one.

Only today did Zhu Jingyuan finally have the opportunity to meet people from all the overseas territories of Daming at the same time, and listen to all the names of the vassal states and Huangzhuang at the same time.

Northeastern China: Ryukyu Kingdom, North Korea, San Francisco, Xianbei, and Japan.

The southern states of Shenzhou: Annan, Nanzhang, Chenla, Burma, Siam, and Malacca.

The eastern states of the Nanyang Islands: Luzon, Medan, Java, Old Port, and Borneo.

The western states of the Nanyang Islands: Makassar (Sulawesi), Merlot (Maru Valley Islands, also known as the Spice Islands), Diwen (Timor and surrounding islands), Irian (Illian Island), Solomon Kingdom (Solomon Islands and Bismarck Islands).

The two domains of Mingyang: Yingzhou (Hawaii Islands and surrounding islands), Fiji (Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and other South Pacific islands).

Tianzhu and the Caliphate vassals: Ceylon, Tianzhu Six Kingdoms, and Caliphate Three Kingdoms.

The states of Mexico: Jizhou (Djibouti), East Mexico (East Africa), Mazhou (Madagascar), and South Mexico (Southeastern Africa).

Northern Yinzhou and Sifang Kingdom (Western United States, Western Canada, Alaga, etc.).

The Seven Kingdoms of Tiannan (Mainland Australia).

A total of 64 vassal states.

Counting the previously removed Xihai Kingdom and the five southwestern prefectures of the Persian Gulf, there were originally seventy vassal states in Daming.

The existing division of these vassal states does not seem very reasonable.

The total area of ​​the Japanese archipelago is 37 square kilometers, and it is divided into four vassal states, each of which is more than 9 square kilometers.

The area of ​​Northern Yinzhou, with a total area of ​​more than 500 million square kilometers, was also split into four vassal states, each with a million square kilometers.

Because the Japanese archipelago has a large population and is close to the mainland, in order to facilitate governance and control, it must be divided into small parts.

The Northern Yinzhou Colony had a small area and a very sparse population at the beginning of its development. The key point was that there were potential competitors.

Therefore, the vassal state should be larger and have enough power to expand and defend against possible enemies.

The situation in other feudal states varies, but mostly falls in between these two situations.

Most of the vassal kings of these vassal states are descendants of Emperor Sejo and his brothers, and a small number of vassal kings are descendants of the heroes of Sejo's re-establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

Before this year, all vassal states were actual vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, directly or indirectly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.

It is a vassal state in the modern sense, not the so-called tributary trading state in the past.

And now, due to Zhu Jingyuan's reform plan of the vassal states, some of these vassal states have now disappeared in name only.

More vassal states have also determined a "timetable for existence in name only" and are waiting to be included in the Ming Dynasty.

Except for a few vassal states in Northern Yinzhou, the colonial territorial disputes with Britain, France, and the West really needed to be discussed at the meeting, and the other vassal states basically came to make up the number.

After the reform of the vassal state, the officials were directly subordinate to the imperial court, and now they are only nominal officials of the vassal state.

I don't know if it was unintentional or artificial. Now, most of the people in the vassal state already know how to withdraw the vassal after decades of efforts have no effect, and how the final decision was determined.

It was directly promoted by the negotiator this time, Zhu Jingyuan, the Prince of Caliphate.

In the name of cooperating with the negotiation, he forced the old gentlemen of the court to accept it.

It was he who asked the emperor to open up the six major industries in exchange for the local dignitaries and elites accepting this decision.

In other words, it was Prince Dashi that directly changed his destiny, turning himself from a vassal official to a Ming official.

Or there is a high probability of being able to become a Ming official in the future.

This is placed in the traditional oriental cultural atmosphere, which is almost the effect of re-creation of kindness.

Therefore, when the representatives from the vassal state came to see Zhu Jingyuan, they were all very excited and very solemn.

Introduced to the two princes, when they solemnly bowed again, they were basically towards Zhu Jingyuan.

Whether it's etiquette or language, it's extraordinarily sincere.

As for the prince Zhu Jianfeng, that was the normal court etiquette, and what he said was standard respectful speech.

After the salute, they basically paid attention to Zhu Jingyuan's side, waiting for Zhu Jingyuan's words.

Of course, Zhu Jianfeng felt this atmosphere, but he didn't care at all, and sat on a chair casually to watch the excitement.

What is more special is the two feudal kingdoms in the Dashi area.

The two river states in the two river basins were established on the land occupied in the course of this war.

For the time being, there are vassal states but no vassal kings, and even no courtiers. In the future, there may never be vassal kings and courtiers.

The representatives who are here now are filled by the local garrison, so they have no feelings for Zhu Jingyuan people.

Then there is Zhu Jingyuan's food country.

The Caliphate was formed by the merger of the countries in the southwest of the Persian Gulf, and the subjects of the vassal states were all pieced together from the original vassal states.

Most of the officials of the original vassal state have returned or are returning to the mainland of Ming Dynasty.

Some continued to follow the princes who were withdrawing from the vassal as staff, and some went to the Ministry of Officials as a scholar, preparing to re-enter the official career in Daming.

More simply quit the officialdom and went to other areas to make a living.

Now the officials of the Caliphate are theoretically all staying voluntarily, but in fact they are likely to be the "wronged seeds" of various palaces.

It seems to be bitter now.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at his theoretical chief of the palace, a thin middle-aged official in his 30s, and felt that he could see the word "bitter" on his face.

However, this kind of mood is understandable. In the eyes of ordinary people in Daming and the whole world, the piece of land in the southwest corner of the Persian Gulf is nothing but sand.

To be an official in that kind of place passively, to be an official of the vassal state under the vassal king who pushed for the withdrawal of the vassal, and to almost never see the subject of the vassal king, this kind of feeling is never experienced by other officials.

No idea what the future will hold.

After Zhu Jingyuan was going to meet today, he would find a chance to have a good chat with him.

My mother is already preparing personnel and technology, and will dig for black gold (oil) when the peace talks are over.

When the time comes, keep the other party's music blooming.

The other party will understand when the time comes that the suffering now is worth it.

After the introduction of the representatives of the feudal countries, the personnel of each Huangzhuang began to line up in sequence.

Huangzhuang around Shenzhou: South Old Port, West Java, Lion City, Bangkok, North Borneo, East Bengal, Andaman, Sulu (Palawan), Ambuna (Natuna Islands).

Waihai Ocean Royal Village: West Ocean Cape (Cape of Good Hope), Rain Island (Vancouver Island), Jinshan (San Francisco), Baiyun Islands (New Zealand), Nantianfu (Tasmania).

Finally, there are the sixteen imperial villages of Xintianfu in Nanyinzhou.

The Ming Dynasty had no vassal state in Nanyinzhou, and the land of more than 500 million square kilometers was divided into sixteen Huangzhuang of different sizes.

This is most likely an instruction left by Emperor Sejo.

Because Zhu Jingyuan knew that among the overseas lands currently occupied by Daming, Nan Yinzhou was almost the best piece of land.

The scope is probably later generations of Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and southern Brazil.

Because it looks like an inverted triangle on the map, it is collectively referred to as the "South Cone" in modern times.

In Daming, it is called "Xintianfu". This name has two meanings. First, it is the new country of Tianfu, and then it is the "Xintian" palace similar to Yingtianfu, Shuntianfu, Chengtianfu, etc.

There is fertile black land here, and the area of ​​arable land that can be developed is very vast, possibly more than the entire Ming Dynasty.

In terms of resources, there is everything except a slight shortage of coal, and the Antarctic Peninsula on the opposite side is also rich in resources.

In addition to no coal mines, the natural conditions are no worse than North America, and there is no cold wave that runs through North America.

If the Chinese monarchs above the middle level were managed in the classical era, a great empire could definitely be developed here.

In the early industrial era, it was difficult to develop due to the lack of coal mines.

But selling mines can also make a fortune, and there is absolutely no shortage of food.

After the second industrial revolution, as long as it is managed well, it can definitely take off.

It’s just that in real history, this piece of land has been abandoned by Latin American countries.

The biggest disadvantage of the southern cone is that it is located in the southern hemisphere, or the southernmost tip of the new continent far from the mainland island.

Far away from other major birthplaces of human civilization, far away from major industrialized developed countries.

more isolated than the United States in North America.

Zhu Jingyuan felt that the meaning of the name Xintianfu might be that Emperor Shizu was going to use it as a retreat for the Zhu Ming royal family.

If you are killed in the mainland, you will run to "Xintianfu" to continue your life.

Zhu Jingyuan felt that this plan could be considered.

The second industrial revolution has just begun, and the new Tianfu development plan can be formulated.

(End of this chapter)

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