Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 241 Adapting measures to local conditions, legal reincarnation with the permission of the court
For a Venetian, poaching is one of the best business methods, not to mention the current depression and political chaos in the Eastern Roman Empire. Many educated people have already wanted to escape this desperate place.

It's just that the Catholicism in Western Europe is not very friendly to the Orthodox Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire, and these scholars in the Eastern Roman Empire have not fled to Western Europe for a long time.

And areas such as Rus and Bulgaria, which also believed in the Orthodox Church, were wild lands in the eyes of the Eastern Romans.

Scholars of the Eastern Roman Empire, who claimed to be civilized people, were naturally unwilling to flee to these Orthodox areas.

Therefore, in Luo Lidan's view, recruiting scholars from Eastern Rome to Daming is not easy at all.

For Westerners, the East is a symbol of power, wealth and civilization.

Compared with the dark Europe that was still in the middle ages, for the people of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Eastern Ming Dynasty was like an ever-bright lighthouse in the dark night sky.

As long as there is a little preferential treatment in terms of economic conditions, countless scholars from the Eastern Roman Empire can be attracted to Ming Dynasty to explore happiness and truth.

"His Royal Highness, what kind of treatment do you plan to offer scholars from the Eastern Roman Empire?"

Roledan saw no problem at all in recruiting scholars from the Eastern Roman Empire.

Zhu Han naturally didn't have a clear idea of ​​the salary and treatment in the Eastern Roman Empire and Western Europe, so he could only set his own standards according to the treatment of Ming Dynasty.

"At present, the salary for teaching at the Taixue University in the Ming Dynasty is five taels of silver a month, that is, ten silver coins; for advanced teaching, it is eight taels of silver a month, that is, sixteen silver coins; for ordinary professors, it is 20 taels of silver a month... .”

Zhu Han carried out drastic reforms to Ming Dynasty's higher education, not only reflected in the courses taught, but also greatly increased the income of scholars who were originally poor and meager.

Only by respecting knowledge can we have a future.

Now the teaching and professors in Ming Dynasty are all high-paying positions that are envied by the common people.

As soon as Zhu Han finished speaking, Luo Liedan opened his mouth wide in surprise, his face full of envy and jealousy.

He never thought that these scholars of Ming Dynasty could get such a high salary.

"Your Highness, please believe me, these scholars from the Eastern Roman Empire don't need to reach the salary level of Ming scholars at all, they only need half of their salary, and they can recruit countless talents!"

The finances of the Eastern Roman Empire were almost exhausted, and there was no money to support scholars. There were no religious restrictions in Ming Dynasty, so it was not easy for these scholars to come to Ming Dynasty.

"I'll leave this matter to you. Whether it's astronomy, physics, mathematics, or any other disciplines, all of them will recruit talents to Daming. After this matter is completed, I will consider giving you the title of Daming." !” Zhu Han said with a smile on his face.

"What, Daming's title?!" Luo Lidan suddenly became short of breath.

In the past few months in Daming, Luo Liedan knew how honorable the title of Daming was.

Even the lowest founding baron received more treatment than a little king in Europe.

Moreover, after obtaining the title of Daming, he automatically obtained the status of a Ming citizen, that is to say, Luo Liedan can freely engage in business and other activities with his status as a nobleman of the Ming, and he no longer needs to be like before, because the status of a foreigner is subject to various restrictions.

After getting Zhu Han's promise, Luo Liedan immediately put out 12 points of energy and worked out a set of detailed poaching routines for Zhu Han.

Zhu Han was very satisfied with the set of methods proposed by Luo Lidan.

Roledin's method is divided into three steps.

The first step is to use business to establish a connection with the Eastern Roman Empire and gain the trust and favor of Emperor John V of the Eastern Roman Empire and the people.

Luo Lidan's identity as a Venetian is very suitable for helping Daming to build a bridge with Eastern Rome.

The second step is to infiltrate the Armenian region through the Persian region and support the local Armenian kingdom.

This will help Ming to establish a direct connection with the Roman Empire through Armenia, and facilitate the direct transfer of various talents from the Eastern Roman Empire to safe passages.

Armenia is located on the east coast of the Black Sea, the Eastern Roman Empire is located on the west coast of the Black Sea, and in the middle are Ottoman Turkey and other countries of the Celestial Church.

Armenia is weak, and if it can get the support of Ming Dynasty, it will definitely actively help transfer the immigrants from the Eastern Roman Empire.

As for the third step, after these immigrants arrived in Daming, the Ming court helped them publish various biographies and travel notes, and the content was naturally used to describe the prosperity, strength, greatness and enlightenment of Ming!
As long as these biographies can be popularized, all kinds of talents in the Eastern Roman Empire will regard Ming Dynasty as a paradise on earth.

At that time, there is no need for Da Ming to expend energy to actively recruit talents. He only needs to sit at home and wait for these talents from the Eastern Roman Empire to come to his door.

Zhu Han was very satisfied with Luo Liedan's method, and immediately allocated him 20 silver coins, and sent him more than 100 men and two best fast sailing ships to Persia to handle the matter as soon as possible.

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Yingtianfu, the imperial palace.

After Zhu Han told his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang about poaching talents from the Eastern Roman Empire, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't quite understand this move at first.

Because in the eyes of my elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty was rich in the world, not only because of its national power and strength, but also because it was rich in all kinds of talents. Is it worthwhile to go thousands of miles away to find those barbarians?

It has to be said that Zhu Yuanzhang's view represents the vast majority of Ming people.

Because of Zhu Han's participation, Daming's various technological developments can almost be described as rocket-like speed.

As a representative city, Yingtianfu can be said to be changing with each passing day.

Seeing the changes in Ying Tianfu, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others naturally understood how strong Ming's technology was.

"Brother, this matter is not only about finding talents in the Eastern Roman Empire, but also for broadening Daming's horizons in the future!"

"As the saying goes, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi. Daming is now unrivaled in the world, but no one can guarantee whether these barbarian Westerners will rise and surpass Daming one day in the future."

"To be honest, their rise, even catching up with Daming, these are not terrible!"

"The most frightening thing is that at that time, Da Ming has not realized these changes, and is in a state of self-sufficiency. That is the real danger!"

"So we regard digging out external talents as an important source of external development information for us, so that we will not be afraid that Ming will fall behind in the future without knowing it, and avoid the danger of falling behind and being beaten!"

Zhu Han's long speech can be regarded as reaching Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang was originally a very thoughtful person.

Thinking about things is like playing chess. Ordinary people can see three moves and two moves, but he often has to look at ten moves.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang also often thinks about whether some people in future generations will not be able to hold on to this country and end up with the end of a country's ruin and family destruction.

Therefore, when he issues various orders and policies now, he often wants to achieve long-term effects that can be used for a hundred years.

Now Zhu Han told him clearly that external threats can be prevented and detected in advance by recruiting these external talents.

This is simply too much for Zhu Yuanzhang's appetite.

"Okay, that's great. Let's just say that this matter costs 20 silver coins. It's a bit petty. Should I give that Luo Liedan more money so that he can do it faster and better?" Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously very concerned. It's a matter of my heart.

Zhu Huan curled his lips and said with a smile: "These Venetians say they have been in business for generations, but in fact, the capital of each household is not too large. The 20 Hongwu silver coins are already equivalent to half the net worth of the Luo Lidan family. It is enough for him to go to the Eastern Roman Empire to open up the situation first! If he is able to do things well, and give him some rewards and more funds, it will not be too late!"

The appearance of Hongwu silver coins is very good, and the silver content is also the highest among all kinds of silver coins.

20 Hongwu silver coins are enough for Luo Lidan to open up the situation in the Eastern Roman Empire.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang came to Zhu Han today not simply because he wanted to ask about this matter.

Instead, there are more important things to discuss with Zhu Han.

That is, besides the four princes born to Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang now has nearly ten other little princes.

These children are growing up one by one, and how to arrange them in the future must be planned early.

"What's the point of negotiating? Naturally, it's enfeoffment! Allocate them to Daming's new territory, let them flourish there, and consolidate the territory for Daming!" Zhu Han said without hesitation.

"It's good to be entrusted, but where should it go?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Now the territory of the Ming Dynasty is extremely vast, far surpassing any previous dynasty, and it is only slightly worse than the Great Mongolian Kingdom at its peak.

This also brought a happy trouble, that is, there are too many territories, and Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't know where to entrust these princes.

"Northwest is not suitable. The location there is too important. It is close to the front line of the border. It is the future west gate of Ming Dynasty and must be directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court!"

"Yunnan in the southwest is a suitable place. You can entrust one or two princes. It has been separated from the Central Plains court for hundreds of years, and you must make great efforts to Sinicize it! If you rely closely on officials, you will inevitably have a term of three to five years. Once passed, the disadvantage of the policy being invalidated!"

Hearing Zhu Han's words, elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement.

Immediately pick up a pen and write down the word Yunnan on the paper.

"What else?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked immediately.

Zhu Han took a sip of tea leisurely, then smacked his mouth, and said slowly: "The Liaoyang Province in the northeast can also place one or two vassal kings, which can not only effectively Sinicize the place, but also serve as a powerful force. The power to monitor the eastern part of the Mongolian steppe!"

Zhu Han then proposed Nanyang Medanlao and Dongshengzhou as enfeoffment proposals.

All these places belong to the Han nationality with a very small population, and the local indigenous people occupy the vast majority of the population.

Naturally, it is necessary to learn the strategy of the feudal world of the Zhou Dynasty.

Utilize a small population of noble elites to rule and assimilate the local native barbarians.

According to the detailed enfeoffment rule policy formulated by Zhu Han, these princes of Ming Dynasty will only need to rule for one or two generations after they go to the fief as adults in the future, and they will be able to educate all these areas into permanent vassal states of Ming Dynasty.

Because whether it is Medanlao in Southeast Asia or Dongsheng Prefecture in the New World, the local aborigines are not very different in appearance from the Central Plains people, and their culture is seriously backward, almost equivalent to primitive tribes, so it is very easy to accept the civilized rule of Ming Dynasty.

The places Zhu Han mentioned are very in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's wishes.

But there was one thing that was beyond his expectation.

"Uzang? Do you want to enfeoff even here?"

Zhu Han finally proposed this place, which surprised his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang.

Uzang is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Since the collapse of the Tubo Dynasty, the entire plateau has been in a state of chaos.

After the rise of Mongolia, it briefly ruled the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, but the harsh local climate made the brave Mongols unbearable, and soon put the local area under the jurisdiction of the Xuanzheng Yuan, which was equivalent to giving them a high degree of autonomy.

When Chen Youliang occupied Sichuan, he fought fierce battles with the Tubo tribes in the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, inflicting great damage on them.

After the Ming army occupied the southwest, facing the more powerful Ming Dynasty, the various ministries of Qinghai-Tibet and Tubo took the initiative to surrender in good faith.

The Ming Dynasty opened a wide range of mutual markets in the Xichuan area, and high-quality and cheap materials quickly poured into the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, alleviating the severe shortage of local daily necessities.

The various tribes in Tubo are even more convinced by Daming.

After all, all the Central Plains dynasties in history took strict precautions against the Tubo people, ranging from salt and tea needed in daily life to iron and metal products, all of which strictly limited the quantity of transactions.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has gradually entered the age of firearms, the original status of cold weapons has gradually declined, and there are no restrictions on the trading of various metals and irons for the Qinghai-Tibet and Tubo tribes.

Although Qingtang in Tubo, that is, Qinghai area produces the strongest Qingtang armor.

But no matter how strong the Qingtang armor is, it can't stop a musket from the Ming army.

In fact, the vast majority of Tubo tribes are not so fierce and warlike, and after receiving supplies from Daming, their basic survival is guaranteed.

How could they take the initiative to fight against the powerful Ming army?

"The Qinghai-Tibet generation does not have a single monarch, nor does it have a unified dharma king. It is the most suitable time to promote the teachings of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Han hurriedly said beside him.

Now the division of various tribes in Tubo is not only a political division, but also a religious division.

Several sects of Tibetan Buddhism have grown rapidly over the past few hundred years.

Each sect affects a considerable amount of land and population.

At this time, if Ming Dynasty sent a vassal king representing the central government, he could easily control the various factions in the hands of the court.

"According to what you want, if you entrust this Uzang, do you still have to let him lead the various sects?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked immediately.

Zhu Han smiled, the elder brother really guessed his mind correctly.

"That's right, that's what I think. Tibetans in Uzbekistan believe that the eminent monk Dharma king will be reincarnated, so the court will send a vassal king to not only rule the place to educate the people, but also manage the reincarnation of the eminent monk Dharma king instead of the court!"

"Any reincarnation that is not permitted by the Ming court is illegal!"

"Since it is illegal, it is impossible to obtain the canonization of the court, and it is not qualified to lead the people!"

"If anyone is illegally reincarnated and dares to preach illegally, then Daming will use his head to testify against the law!"

Zhu Han's strategy has proved to be an effective method in later generations.

(End of this chapter)