Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 96
"Fondoffage is the source of disaster, don't you know?" Old Zhu frowned.

"East and West have been separated for hundreds of years, and they have been in chaos for hundreds of years. It was not until Qin destroyed the six kingdoms that the problem of separation was completely resolved."

"In the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing caused the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in order to get rid of the troubles of enfeoffment among the states. Emperor Jing killed the famous official Chao Cuo with pain, but he could not put down the disaster."

"According to what you said, it was also because of the enfeoffment and cutting of the vassals that caused the old four to be in trouble. The world was not restored until another day. We are all considering not to enfeoff the kings anymore."

"Why, what are you talking about to restart enfeoffment?"

Faced with Lao Zhu's doubts, Zhu Su explained: "It does not refer to the ordinary enfeoffment implemented in previous dynasties, but the enfeoffment in the Zhou Dynasty."

"The enfeoffment in the Zhou Dynasty?" Old Zhu was at a loss. "Isn't that still enfeoffment? What's the difference?"

"It's different." Zhu Su explained. "The enfeoffment at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty laid the foundation for future generations."

"The emperor distributed the land he had conquered to the clan, so that the clan could open up remote areas and thrive here. The feudal states spread the rituals and music of the Zhou Dynasty and resisted the surrounding barbarians, so that the foundation of China was established."

"At that time, my Huaxia clan was not the only one in this land of Shenzhou. There were Ximan in the west and Beibei in the north. It was the clans who sealed off the country and completely eliminated these scourges. Live and work in peace and contentment..."

"We know this too!" Lao Zhu waved his hand impatiently. "Before we thought about entrusting our sons everywhere, didn't we just want to let the descendants of you people share a burden for the boss, just like the clan of the Zhou Dynasty enfeoffed the country as Ping Fan."

"But you also said that this feudal kingdom will be cut off in the fourth generation, and the clan and vassal kings will all be raised as pigs. Besides eating up the Ming Dynasty, what other use is there?"

"It's easy to let the descendants of the vassal king not eat the Ming Dynasty..." Zhu Su blinked.

"Isn't it enough to let them eat outside?"

"Eat outside?" Lao Zhu was stunned.

"Do you still have the map of Kun Yu Wan Guo that I gave you?" Zhu Su said.

Lao Zhu came back to his senses, and immediately shouted: "Two tigers! Two tigers!"

The two tigers pushed open the door and entered, and then came out under orders.After a while, he brought the map of Kun Yu Wan Guo that was hanging in the East Pavilion.Different from the sketch drawn by Zhu Su casually, this map of Kunyu and Wanguo was obviously redrawn by a famous artist. Not only the land of Ming Dynasty was painted in conspicuous red, but other places were also painted in different colors, which is already quite Close to the world map of later generations.

The countries on it are filled with all kinds of petty lowercase scripts based on the foreign historical materials that Daming can find.It seems that in order to verify the authenticity of this picture, Lao Zhu often forced the Hanlins of the Imperial Academy to work hard.

"Here." Zhu Su pointed to the border of the Wa Kingdom. "The Japanese plague in this country has existed since ancient times. I have suffered for a long time along the southeast coast of China. Why didn't you think of replacing it and establishing a vassal state?"

Lao Zhu suddenly realized.What Lao Wu meant was to continue to expand the territory, just like the Zhou Dynasty, enfeoffing the kings in the barbarian territory opened up!

In this way, the burden of the princes and heirs naturally fell on the vassals in the outer borders, and had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty.Moreover, my Ming culture is already the absolute leader among the surrounding countries.All countries admire me, King Hua of Ming Dynasty.

After years of subtle influence, sooner or later, these places will completely become the territory of our Ming people.They will no longer remember what barbarian country it was before, but will have a sense of identification with Daming, the suzerain country of the Central Plains, and truly believe that they are descendants of China.

Just like the vassal states that were enfeoffed by the Zhou Dynasty in the past!
"In this way, there are three advantages: First, this place is rich in gold and silver, and our Ming Dynasty will never suffer from a lack of silver."

"Second, the ancestral land of the Japanese barbarians has been seized, and there will be no Japanese plagues in the southeast."

"Third, that country has been focusing on farming for a long time, so they can serve as serfs and enrich our other outer borders of Ming Dynasty. As far as I know, the dignitaries of that country have never regarded civilians as people, and this place is small and disaster-prone, and many people are afraid of power and do not worry about it." Germany. Even if they are slaves to our Han people, they will be happier than having one-third of an acre of land in that island country.”

"It's a godsend labor base."

Old Zhu frowned, looked at the place Zhu Su was pointing at, and did not express any doubts in his heart, but raised his chin: "Go on."

"The minister will continue there." As he spoke, Zhu Su's fingers moved to the south of Daming.

"This is Annan, and it can also be cultivated, and the grain production is no less than that of Jiangnan." Zhu Su said. "Furthermore, Dad, you already know. After the Little Ice River starts, it will become colder and colder from north to south, and the land of Annan is located further south of Ming Dynasty. Even the power of the Little Ice River will hardly affect it."

"If we build a vassal here, one, it will solve my worries about food shortages in the interior of the Ming Dynasty."

"Second, we can set up a port here to develop shipping. Use this as a way to dump my silk, porcelain, etc. from the Ming Dynasty to the West. Make huge profits."

Old Zhu's eyes flashed.This is the second time that Lao Wu said that shipping has huge profits.He didn't press the question, but continued to raise his chin. "Anymore?"

"And here..." This time, Zhu Su moved his finger to the northeast of Daming.

"This place is Koryo. Its King Mu has been transformed for a long time, and it is located on the border of the northern border. If you set up a close vassal state here, if there is a change in Mobei..." Zhu Su drew a line connecting the southeast coast with Koryo area.

"Then, in an instant, troops can be dispatched from now on and go straight into the enemy's rear! They can also transport troops by sea to pinch the enemy's army invading the Great Wall. With him, it is like a watchdog guarding the gate of our Central Plains. I have no worries in the Central Plains."

"Originally, this country should complete this matter, but this country has always had two ends. The nobles are lazy about enjoying themselves, and their combat power is poor. If this is the case, why don't we just entrust him as my own vassal king?"

"And this whole desert..." Zhu Su moved his finger again, and this time, he even surrounded the entire northern Xinjiang grassland.Seeing that Zhu Su's words became more and more out of line, Lao Zhu finally couldn't help but interrupted: "Old Wu, please stop for a while..."

"We are not those rotten scholars who think that apart from my land in the Central Plains, other places are barren lands where birds don't shit."

"After what you said last time, we really believe that these places have mountains of gold and silver, as well as arable land and fertile fields."

"But have you ever thought about it, these places are easy for you to draw with your fingers, but any one of them is a country that has taken root for tens of hundreds of years. The people have long recognized it."

"Although they are not big countries, they are not comparable to those barbarian tribes fighting on their own in the Zhou Dynasty!"

"In the past, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Korea three times and ruined the entire foundation of the Sui Dynasty. It was because he was caught in the quagmire of war and could not get out."

"My Ming Dynasty still has Beiyuan Weijing, so it's like a tiger watching by the side of the couch."

"How can we recklessly use swords like Emperor Sui Yang did when we are not sure?"

(End of this chapter)