Daming 1805

Chapter 40 I only have some immature thoughts
In the face of the old emperor's inquiry, Zhu Jingyuan quickly sorted out the information in his memory and pulled out several classic plans:

"I only have some immature ideas, and I was going to discuss them with the Ministry of Accounts alone after I have time to summarize them carefully.

"Since Grandpa Huang is asking now, then I'll give a rough outline first, and ask Grandpa Huang and all the old gentlemen to judge.

"The first thought was to vacate the cage for the bird.

"For example, the natives of Annam, Siam, Burma, Luzon, Malacca, Yingzhou and Damingyang (Pacific) islands were migrated to several islands.

"For example, Mindanao (the island at the southern tip of the Philippines), Sudo (Sulawesi, east of Borneo), the Deciduous Islands (Solomon Islands), etc.

"Take these islands as indigenous reservations, establish new native vassal states on the islands, and arrange for special officials to manage and educate the natives.

"The second idea is to recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors.

"For the black natives in Jiguo and Tiannan, as well as the black natives and slaves in other vassal states, simple political and military training should be given to them.

"Teach them the way of feudal state organization in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and send them to Mexico (Africa) to establish a black primitive feudal kingdom.

"It's too complicated and they may not be able to learn it, and even the feudal kingdom of the Western Zhou Dynasty can be considered an advanced system for the primitive tribes of central and southern Mexico.

"With the advantages of the system and the material support of Daming, their development in Mozhou should be relatively smooth.

"They should be able to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty, and they should also be able to interfere with the occupation of Mozhou by the Western countries.

"The third idea is the homecoming plan.

"The objects of use include native Burma, servants of the Yin people, and the people of the Yin people in the countries of Yinzhou.

"The knowledge they have, the skills and abilities they can learn, are far superior to those of the natives in their home country.

"We can organize them and give them special military and political training, as well as weapons, equipment, and material resources, so that they can return to their hometowns to build a country.

"The operation method is similar to that of recognizing the ancestors and returning to the ancestry, but the complexity is higher, and the classical kingdom of the Sui and Tang Dynasty can be established.

"The Burmese servants can go to the Nanyang reservation, and the Yin people can go deep into Brazil, Peru, Mexico and other places to rebuild Yin Shang (edited), Inca, Aztec and other Yin kingdoms.

"The Fubing Kingdom that we support is an alliance of the small landlord class, and it has no institutional disadvantage compared to the manor-style colonial rule implemented by the Western barbarians in Yinzhou.

"With the support of Daming's weapons, they should be able to fight against the European colonial forces. If there is a main force from Daming, the chance of winning should be not small.

"As for defeating the white ghost bandits led by Boliva and Sun Martin, it should be no problem.

"The fourth idea is the strategy of one servant and two masters.

"In Tianzhu, Dongmo, Nanmo, Yinzhou, Tiannan and other places, the areas within the vassal state where the people of the Ming Dynasty accounted for the absolute majority were separately divided to set up new prefectures, under the joint jurisdiction of the imperial court and the vassal state.

"People of pure Daming blood in the region will receive the same treatment as citizens of Daming native land, and they will be governed by officials arranged by the imperial court.

"People who are not of Ming blood will continue to be treated as ordinary people of the vassal state, and they will be governed by the officials of the vassal state.

"This is equivalent to withdrawing some of the vassal states to which they belonged, granting civil rights to the people of the Ming Dynasty who are dominant in society, inspiring their centripetal force, and making them assist in ruling the natives.

"The fifth idea is to turn the world into summer.

"This is a strategy left by Emperor Sezu and has been implemented, mainly used to educate Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu.

"Nowadays, the upper strata of the people of the three regions are basically descendants of the people of the Daming people, the middle stratum are the mixed descendants of the people of the Daming people and the natives, and only the lower stratum are the original natives.

"But regardless of the upper, middle, and lower levels, they don't know what emperors and generals are, and they use Daming's elegant words. Life is no different from Daming's native land, and it can be merged with the native land.

"The Korean and Japanese slaves who remain in the mainland of Daming should refer to the local slave abolition plan of the Renwu Dynasty, and convert them into the hired labor mode according to the situation.

"The sixth idea is what the feudal dynasty sees.

"Let the vassal king bring his children to the capital to meet His Majesty, and then ask him to stay in the capital, and begin to implement the title examination and succession system.

"Around the new capital of the capital, a place with beautiful scenery was selected, and the vassal kings stationed in Beijing were asked to build a new palace on their own to promote consumption in the capital and reduce the number of unemployed refugees.

"When the feudal king and his children get used to the prosperity and liveliness of the new capital of the capital, they should no longer miss the remote feudal country.

"At the same time, the outer vassal was changed to the inner vassal. Now the inner vassal is no different from the governor of the direct province, and the change of the outer vassal to the inner vassal is actually the withdrawal of the vassal.

"The vassal kings and vassal states still exist in name, but they have returned to the traditional state of 'ranking lords without visiting the people, dividing vassals without tin soil'.

"At that time, these vassal states will actually cease to exist, and they can be officially abolished gradually in the next few decades, or they can continue to retain their names as needed.

"The above six strategies can be overlapped and used, and should be able to eliminate the authority and influence of the feudal lord, merge the most suitable colonies as the homeland, and then expand the ruling base of the empire...

"Of course, these are just some immature ideas. Whether to adopt and implement them, and how to implement them, have to be discussed and decided by the emperor and the old gentlemen."

Zhu Jingyuan paused temporarily when he said this, and then bowed his hands to the emperor and ministers, signaling that he was done talking, and he could ask any questions.

Wang Shangshu and the other ministers looked at Zhu Jingyuan in astonishment, and were speechless for a while.

The previous ominous hunch came true, and the child actually gave a solution again.

And this time the plan is not just a simple and rude problem, but a complex and flexible level.

Even Wang Shangshu subconsciously felt that the combination of these solutions seemed to be able to solve most of the problems of withdrawing the feudal lords.

Especially to solve the trouble of abolition, at least it can be delayed and avoided, this is really the best operation.

But - is this what you call "immature" thinking?
Immature ideas are all in this form, so what are mature ideas?
The specific operation plan of each feudal state is directly made into a guidance document and sent down, so let us do it directly?

Although many times with emotion, everyone could not help but ask back in their hearts:
Is this really something a 15 year old should be thinking about?

The Wenhua Hall was quiet for a few seconds again.

Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Household, as the person who asked the question and the person who knew the most about household registration, vassal states, and servants, was the first to relax:
"I dare to ask Your Highness, why don't the servants of Korea and Japan use the strategy of one servant and two masters, or the strategy of vacating the cage for the bird, and continue to retain the vassal state and the existing servants?"

Since Wang Niansun raised this question, he obviously accepted these "strategies" of Zhu Jingyuan, but he had a different opinion on the scope of application.

Zhu Jingyuan had expected this for a long time, and at this time he directly replied:

"The three places are too important to Daming's homeland, and they should be absorbed into the homeland as soon as possible, and their people will become the people of Daming. There may be losses in the short term, but long-term profits will not be lost.

"The key is that slavery must be completely abolished sooner or later. I suggest starting from the most suitable North Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu."

Wang Niansun subconsciously wanted to continue to ask, but the old emperor spoke directly:

"Jingyuan, North Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu are indeed important, and abolition of slavery is indeed a necessary policy, but it must not be impatient.

"We must not allow unemployed slaves and unemployed refugees to converge, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.

"After the peace talks are over, the domestic situation has basically stabilized, and the refugees have basically become workers, then the abolition policy will be gradually promoted.

"However, you can prepare in advance. The Ministry of Households and relevant government offices will tighten relevant industries and markets, remind relevant industry personnel to change careers, and put pressure on the entire industry.

"The same is true for the withdrawal of the vassal. It cannot be withdrawn all at once. Where it is not suitable to withdraw the vassal, and where the withdrawal of the vassal is not necessary, do not forcefully withdraw it.

"Like the abolition of slavery, the withdrawal of feudal feudalism is also a long-term policy, and in the future, according to the actual situation of the feudal country, the withdrawal of feudal feudalism will be gradually promoted at any time.

"The Ministry of Households will lead, and other departments will assist. For the time being, according to the six strategies proposed by Jingyuan, we will withdraw the feudal lords from the easy to the difficult, and come up with a timetable to announce it as soon as possible.

"Jingyuan, from now on, don't take care of other government affairs recently, concentrate on planning the new battleship design, and don't bother others."

Before Zhu Jingyuan and his ministers quarreled about the abolition of slavery, the old emperor came out and gave every compromise.

The old emperor made no compromises in spending money to build ships, but he took the initiative to choose a compromise in politics and reform.

But this choice is also very effective. After this order was issued, all the courtiers immediately got up and bowed in response:

"I will obey your orders."

Zhu Jingyuan could only helplessly agree.

(End of this chapter)