The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 658 The formal promotion of the new vassal system

In the spring of the fourteenth year of Yongle, Xie Jin returned to the capital. He discussed with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the imperial court the situation in Champa and Siam and other surrounding areas, and decided to set out again for Champa. During this journey, he brought along some overseas officials, such as Jiang Binzhi and Huang Fu, as well as civil and military officials such as Yang Shiqi in the cabinet, to discuss the new system of the vassal system.

Some scholars in the capital called the Ming Dynasty a country built on railways. Although this was a joke, it hit the nail on the head. The core of Ming Dynasty's development was indeed the construction of railways. As the mileage of inland subway lines continues to increase, the connected cities become wider and wider, and material exchanges become more convenient. This also changes people's lifestyles and prompts changes in the Ming Dynasty's management methods.

The delivery of official documents basically relies on the railway system. Most of the traditional post station functions in the mainland have been eliminated. Only in the border areas, the original inefficient post station system is still retained.

In the Nanyang region, merchant ships started from Champa and conducted trade with various countries.

Including Tereng, Kuala Lumpur, Ketah, Kelantan, Pahang, Mansaka, Pulau Kuala Lumpur, Liukun, Namburi, Riva, Nagli, Sumatra, Panchoer, Aru, Many areas, including Mi Nanggebu, Shunta, Garu, Java, Jili Diman and other places, began to be included in the world map of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di met with powerful leaders or rulers' envoys from various places. This time was different from the famous voyages to the West in history. Due to the limitation of geographical distance, Ming's influence was not as far-reaching as before. However, due to a deeper understanding of this unfamiliar area, Ming Dynasty did not easily seal it as a new country, but considered establishing the Xuanfu Department and the Xuanwei Department to manage it. Only those kingdoms that have existed for a long time will be given the title of kingdom.

"According to the imperial court's deliberations, the vassal system will be divided into five levels: Dusi, Xuanfu Division, Xuanwei Division, close vassal states and foreign vassal states. In addition to these five levels, the Ming Dynasty will not recognize forces and regions. "Xie Jin explained to Zhu Di in detail.

After hearing Xie Jin's explanation, Zhu Di stroked his beard and smiled. He thought of the domineering power of the great man. Could it be that the might of the Ming Dynasty was not as good as that of that era?

Seeing that the emperor did not raise any questions, Xie Jin continued: "The new vassal system will be implemented first in the southeastern region of our country. If the effect is good, we will gradually promote it to the whole world. The currently established capitals include Champa City, Su Ketaidusi, Pattayadusi, Hamgyongdusi, Nuergandusi, Ping'andusi and Zhuzidusi."

“The Xuanfu Department and the Xuanwei Department are distributed in various places, including the Sulu Xuanfu Department, Chiang Rai Xuanfu Department, Chiang Mai Xuanfu Department, Mae Phong Xuanfu Department, Cha Am Xuanwei Department, and Hua Hin Xuanwei Department , Laos Xuanwei Department, Myanmar Xuanwei Department, 800 Burmese Xuanwei Department, Mubang Xuanwei Department, etc.”

"The vassal-affiliated kingdoms include Koryo, Gonu, Northern Ryukyu, Ryukyu, Southern Ryukyu and Siam."

"As for the external vassal states, there are Sumatra, Xintuo, Java, Pahang, Luzon, Japan, Chenla, etc."

The Gonu Kingdom and the Japanese Kingdom are not contemptuous names, but are the names of the ancient RB countries themselves.

With the support of the Ming Dynasty, the Ouchi clan split with the shogunate. The Ming Dynasty was granted the ancient name of the Gonu Kingdom and became a close vassal state, while the Japanese state was still an external vassal state.

Among these areas, the Ming Dynasty brought some areas under the management of the Xuanweisi or Xuanfusi, and granted their leaders or rulers the seal of the Xuanweishi or Xuanfushi instead of the king's seal.

Especially in the peninsula, most of the land fell under the jurisdiction of the Xuanwei Division and Xuanfu Division of the Ming Dynasty.

Even though they had little contact with some strange and distant areas, such as that family and the Manipur people, they had accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. With the implementation of these initiatives, many transactions have become easier to handle.

Xie Jin received the support of Zhu Di and began to replace new canonization documents among the Xuanfu and Xuanwei departments in Nanyang and the internal and external vassal states. At the same time, he also put forward some new requirements and regulations.

In some areas, Xie Jin personally conveyed it, and in other areas, other officials went to announce it.

The Xuanwei Secretary in Laos has a bad attitude. The Xuanwei Envoy who was ennobled by Emperor Hongwu has passed away. His son Daolana is now the successor to the Xuanwei Envoy, and his uncle Daotuli assists him in ruling.

The chieftain system of Xuanweisi in Laos still exists, and after the death of Daoxiangui, his position was inherited by his son Daolana, while his uncle Daotuli assisted him in ruling.

This chieftain system is a special administrative system implemented by China in border ethnic areas. This is the case in many areas of Southeast Asia. However, with the decline of the Ming Dynasty's national power, even the demise of the dynasty and the arrival of colonial forces, China's power has continued On the way to fading.

"From today on, Ming characters will be written everywhere, and Chinese characters and languages ​​will be used as the official language. All official documents must use Chinese characters and use Ming measurement and calculation units. Post roads will be built and maintained. Officials will inspect them every year. If they fail, they will be punished. .”

"The flags of the Ming Dynasty are hung on cities everywhere."

"The laws of the Ming Dynasty are enforced everywhere."

Various measures are designed to strengthen the central government's control and management of border areas, and hang the Ming flag on the city to demonstrate the authority and dominance of the Ming court, and implement Ming laws to maintain social order and justice. This is the vassal system. One of the important measures to strengthen the court's external jurisdiction.

As one of the most deferential Xuanwei Divisions, Lao Xuanwei Division has always been obedient to Ming Dynasty.

Including when Zhu Di regained Jiaozhi in history, the Lao Xuanwei Department also contributed and conveyed the news. This is even more true now, personally sending troops to support.

Coupled with the construction of the railway, the Ming Dynasty had a great influence in the local area. There were many Ming Dynasty businessmen. Many Ming Dynasty people settled down in the local area and lived a life of slaves.

The children of Laos were also the first to go to the capital to attend school. Laos did not have much objection to the new decree, because the upper class in Laos had long begun to use Chinese characters and Chinese. Over the years, all the new children could speak fluent Chinese. .

"The powerful Polondoraja lasted less than half a year in the hands of the Ming army. I estimate that the Ming Dynasty will soon launch a railway construction plan throughout Nanyang. By then, the Ming Dynasty will become even more powerful."

Daotuli is already very old. He went to Jiaozhi in Annan in his early years and met Zhu Di, who was still the prince at that time. From that time on, he saw the power of the Ming Dynasty.

Over the years, the Lao Xuanwei Department's obedience to the Ming Dynasty was inseparable from this person's contribution.

Likewise, Ming repaid his family.

Their family's local rule was not affected, and those disobedient tribes could not attack their family because the Ming Dynasty supported their family, and many of their family's children went to the capital to study, and some even served as officials in the capital.

"The imperial court's requirements are becoming more and more detailed, and the management of Nanyang is becoming more and more strict. My nephew believes that in a few years, many traditions will change, and I am afraid that like those in Yunnan, they will eventually change their roots and return to their old ways."

Dao Lan looked at his uncle worriedly.

Daotuli sighed.

"The previous dynasty said that the general trend cannot be violated. Those who obey will prosper and those who rebel will perish. Today's Ming Dynasty is the general trend. Those dissatisfied forces will have a bleak end. Challengers come one by one. You have also seen that the Ming Dynasty has not used many With his strength, he destroyed them easily.”

"So our choice is to obey the Ming Dynasty and seek the best interests of our family under the great changes. Through the Lao Xuanwei Division, our family can join the imperial court and gain a certain status in the imperial court."

Dao Lanna nodded. His uncle had always been like this. Under his uncle's influence over the years, Dao Lanna had no intention of resisting the Ming Dynasty. How to join the Ming Dynasty and gain more benefits became their family's thinking.

"The Ming Dynasty wanted to comprehensively govern Nanyang, which required the contribution of three generations. The road ahead is very long. We are based on the Xuanwei Department of Laos and continue to develop towards the court. No matter how the future changes, we will have a place."

Dao Tuli said something and began to pant, Dao Lan's eyes showed worry.

Daotuli waved his hand and did not let his nephew support him. He wanted to pave the way for the family's future while he was alive.

No matter how talented a person is, if he makes the wrong choice, all his previous efforts will be in vain, just like Napolondoraja.

He is very smart and knows how to take advantage of situations and hide his strength, but so what? Such a wise man was not wiped out by the Ming Dynasty, which led to the annihilation of his family and power.

The stricter the Ming Dynasty will be in managing Nanyang in the future, the more people will resist. Dao Tuli does not want members of his family to show up, so he tries his best to ask his children to obey the rules of the Ming Dynasty.

One of them requires the Xuanwei envoys and Xuanfu envoys to build roads, which seems to be a difficult request in people's eyes.

There were many tribes in Nanyang, and many tribal forces still existed in later generations. Well, in the current era, due to productivity, not only is it barren, but there are no roads on the ground, only trails walked by people.

Roads are very important, not only for the trade of materials, but also for the management of the court and local officials.

Therefore, in the history of the early Ming Dynasty, the most important requirement of the Hongwu Dynasty for the Usi Zang and other capitals in the west and the Nurgan capitals in the northeast was that local officials from various places build post roads so that the imperial decrees could be transmitted.

Due to the issue of national strength, the order to build post roads was implemented in some areas of Yunnan, but it was not implemented in more areas, including Babai Damian, Chexuanweisi, etc.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty only asked these Xuanweisi to remain respectful and maintain the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

Now building roads has become the Ming Dynasty's assessment of the local officials, which is equivalent to adding new tasks to them, and they are no longer as free as before, which puts pressure on the local officials.

The hereditary native officials have long been accustomed to being domineering in the tribe. The wealth of the entire tribe belongs to them, the population is their slaves, beautiful women serve them, and finally reward the tribal warriors they promote, forming a primitive and rough system. tribal system.

They enjoy rights, but have no obligation to develop productive forces. When a tribe cannot sustain itself, they can only bring their young men to attack and plunder other tribes. Through this method, they can resolve internal conflicts within the tribe and protect themselves. 's rule.

The Lao Xuanwei Department was the first to change the books and recognized the rights granted to them by the Ming Dynasty and the obligations they needed to pay.

During the process of building roads, the Ming Dynasty would give them a certain amount of food compensation, while the Lao Propaganda Envoys needed to organize young and strong local tribesmen to build roads one after another in the deep mountains and old forests.

As for whether Dao Lanna can control the surrounding tribes, that is Dao Lanna's own problem.

The Ming Dynasty wanted to develop Nanyang, promote its economic development, form a stable pattern, and restore China's sphere of influence. Every Xuanfu envoy and Xuanfu envoy needed to make a contribution.

Positions and salaries in Ming Dynasty are no longer easy to obtain.

If the difficulty of building roads in Laos is six points, then the difficulty of building roads in Cheche Xuanwei, Babai Damian Xuanwei, and even Mubang Xuanwei is twice as difficult.

The forces in these areas in later generations are very complicated. Even in the information age of later generations, they are still full of chaos and war. What's more, in today's era, various tribes are fighting each other like dogs.

Today this tribe is gone, tomorrow that tribe is divided.

Xie Jin personally visited the vassal states.

Soon after, the king of Siam was going to Champa to meet the emperor of the suzerain country.

Siam used to have its own vassal state, and the approach of the Sukhothai vassal state was more radical. On the contrary, it did not feel uncomfortable with the new requirements of the suzerain state and was already prepared.

Several shopkeepers and owners of Ming Dynasty trading houses met the king in the palace. One of them had a scarred face and looked particularly fierce, but his words were very gentle, which made people feel at a loss.

"I decided to restore the kingdom's army. The number of soldiers reached 30,000, but there was a lack of food and military pay."

Indraja I was helpless.

The expenditures of the Ming army in Siam required compensation from the Kingdom of Siam. The huge military expenditures emptied the entire royal family. In the next twenty years, the Siamese royal family will need to pay off its debts. Because the kingdom's army was wiped out by the rebels and even joined the rebels, the current King of Siam is in the same situation as the original King of Goryeo Li Bangguo. Amid internal and external troubles, he still has no army.

They also occupied the capital, but the capital was in ruins and there were no objects to loot.

Moreover, the place was unstable, and the capital still needed the Ming army to garrison, which was a huge expense. Based on this, Indraja I could only choose to win over the Ming merchants, hoping to obtain their financial support.

"There is no need to be sad about the king's worries. We will donate generously to help the king tide over the difficulties." Scarface spoke Chinese and wore a long gown. If it weren't for the difference in complexion, he would be exactly the same as a Ming Dynasty man.

Indraja didn't care so much and was very happy when he heard the merchants' replies.

The merchants helped Indraja I spend military expenses, and Indraja I gave the merchants special privileges. Not only did they obtain land in Siam, but they could also use slaves. Siam itself was a slave system, which started thirty years later in history. The land reform gave land to some slaves and became civilians, which promoted Siam to enter the kingdom civilization.

A large number of refugees were absorbed by the trading houses and became their slaves.

Sugar cane, soybeans, and even coffee were planted in many new estates.

Coffee was first originated in the plateau area of ​​southwest Ethiopia in Africa. Before the 1898th century, coffee cultivation and production were monopolized by Arabs. Historically, it was introduced to Hainan, China in .

Nowadays, with the development of the Ming Dynasty in the seven western provinces, coffee has also entered the attention of businessmen. They tried planting it in many places, but the effect was not great. Finally, they found that Nanyang was very suitable.

The land in the interior of the Ming Dynasty focused on agricultural output, supplemented by cash crops. Although Yunnan was also suitable for growing coffee, due to government control, the area that merchants could plant was limited.

Now that there was a large area of ​​land in Siam, merchants began to cultivate coffee extensively.

Sugar cane can be used to make white sugar, which provides people with a high level of energy. Coffee has become a favorite beverage, as well as soybeans, etc. As people in the country become richer, the demand for oil is getting higher and higher, and there is an increase in livestock and so on.

Businessmen already have mature experience. They communicate with each other domestically and have a broader perspective through the news in newspapers.

Relying on the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, each business firm saw the future prospects of Siam and dared to invest in Siam. Otherwise, when the Nanyang Railway is completed, just like the current Goryeo, latecomers will have to spend ten times the cost to get on this road. A train to wealth.

So in Northern Dusi and Southern Dusi.

Because the north is not stable, the development of the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau is slow, and most of the current energy is invested in the south.

According to domestic instructions, the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau separated from the Nanyang Agricultural Development Bureau. Yan Zhongzheng, the head of the Miyun Division, went south to get an overview of the overall situation and organized the deployment of elite soldiers and generals so that Siam could reach high grain yields as soon as possible and become the key to the Ming Dynasty's development in Nanyang. Food supply base.

Due to the rebellion in Siam, many of the ruling forces that joined the rebels declined and were eliminated. Some of the large number of slaves they controlled were absorbed by the Ming Dynasty Commercial Bank, and some were absorbed by the Nanyang Agricultural Development Bureau.

Siam occupies such a precious land, but the reason why it failed to completely dominate the peninsula is precisely because of its backward civilization and low productivity, which did not play the role of this land.

Siam's geographical advantage is even better than that of Cochin. Of course, the most fertile land is undoubtedly Bonidus, as well as the Srivijaya region and Sumatra across the sea to the east of Bonidus.

It's just that these places are currently too far away, and the Ming Dynasty is really unable to do what it can. It can only win over Siam first and develop Siam as soon as possible before continuing to expand southward.

The royal prestige of Indraja I relied on the support of the Ming Dynasty. Faced with the new vassal system of the Ming Dynasty, Indraja I readily agreed. As for how many slaves needed to be mobilized to build the road, Indraja I did not consider it. , what he values ​​​​is that he is the king.

So in order to show respect, Indraja left the capital and chose to go to Champa in person.

Champa.

Zhu Di personally sent people to greet the arrival of Indraja I. The two sides had a lot of communication. Seeing the Ming Emperor, Indraja I was very excited and regarded himself as a junior.

Siam officially changed its certificate of credence, fully implemented Chinese characters and Chinese language in the country, designated it as the official language, established Taoist temples and Buddhist halls, allowed Ming people to establish social studies, and the royal palace and local officials flew the Ming flag.

The size of the Ming Dynasty's garrison in Siam was 30,000, and Siam would bear the military expenses.

Siam built inn roads.

The two sides will trade together and eliminate all kinds of tariffs.

In order to reward Indraja I, Zhu Di personally promised to protect the Indraja royal family forever and retire with the Ming Dynasty. He got the answer he wanted most, and Indraja I returned satisfied.

The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds.

The education system in the Ming Dynasty expanded, absorbing more young people and allowing the more talented to attend higher education institutions. The competition was more intense than traditional education, and the children of the squire did not have many advantages.

If in the past, nine out of ten scholars were children of country gentry, then among the ten princes who entered the Imperial College now, there may be only five, or even less than five, children of country gentlemen.

The interests of domestic land are getting smaller and smaller. Compared with industry, people are beginning to focus on commerce. Coupled with the fierce competition for official careers, many landlords have begun to transform.

They had no advantage at home, so they went abroad and became the main source of overseas businessmen.

In contrast.

Being able to live like a gentleman overseas has attracted many civilians; they are unwilling to struggle or work, and there will always be a shortage of people who just want to live a good life without putting in any hard work.

With the support of officials from the Overseas Capital Division and the Xuanwei Division and the Xuanfu Division, they continued to attract domestic people and provided the soil for businessmen to take root overseas.

For only fifty yuan, you can buy a hundred acres of mature land in Siam. The average price of an acre of land is only fifty cents. And there are a large number of slaves available there. You don't have to do anything. You can just instruct the slaves to farm the land.

By selling food and cash crops to the court or merchants, you can buy more land and slaves.

The new cooperation model has attracted countless civilians in the country.

As long as civilians go to Nanyang, they can get help from the Nanyang Agricultural Development Bureau and loans from the Agricultural Development Bank without even having to pay any capital. The Ming Dynasty Commercial Bank also needs civilians to build manors one by one to supplement their lack of productivity.

Of course.

People who are willing to go to Siam can also cultivate acres of land with their own hard-working hands. As much land as they can cultivate will be theirs. However, for those who do not have this choice, the vast majority choose the former.

As a result, Siam formed a situation where it was divided into large and small forces.

Here is the farm or manor of the Ming people, and not far away is the tribal land, intertwined with each other. Under the maintenance of the Ming army, the two sides do not interfere with the river, then it is time for the merchants to take advantage of it.

They brought countless exquisite goods to trade with tribal leaders.

Exquisite jewelry, bright dyes, huge feather hats, thick tents, flints for fires, beautiful porcelain, pottery for cooking, white salt, spices, pepper, daggers... etc. There are always products that people like.

They brought chess, Go, books, picture books of villains, and even books with titles of Ping Mei and pictures.

There is always a hobby that makes people addicted.

With desire comes the motivation to consume, and with the motivation to consume, one begins to pursue interests. For profits, the indigenous leaders sell everything around them, including the population.

The women of the leaders, wearing beautiful dresses and exaggerated makeup, embellished the colors of the tribe, which opened the eyes of the leaders, and their eager desires made their lives more colorful.

far away.

Pieces of jungle were reclaimed, with dense rivers and fertile land. There was no need to build a large number of water conservancy ditches inland. Advanced equipment and tools were distributed to the slaves.

The manor owners and farmers, like the landowners in their hometown, lovingly taught the slaves how to use and cherish the tools in their hands.

Many people are burdened with loans, and their biggest hobby throughout the day is nothing else but watching their own manors being built day by day, and the crops bearing abundant fruits.

The climate here is so good, the land is so fertile, and labor is easier than in the south of the country.

Not only is the yield high, but the quality of the rice grown is also good.

They organized a banquet with the surrounding leaders. Under the light of the bonfire, everyone's face was filled with smiles. The indigenous leaders were very happy, and the manor owners were also very happy.

The young and beautiful women of the tribe, dressed in thin and delicate clothes, danced distinctive dances, surrounding their leaders and guests from a foreign land, exuding an exotic flavor.

The people who attended the banquet were very satisfied. They were living a life they had never imagined.

The two sides were very harmonious and friendly and gave each other gifts.

The merchants of Ming Dynasty were also smiling from ear to ear.

The southern and central regions are developing rapidly, and the conflicts in the northern region are getting bigger and bigger. The smoke of tribal wars cannot affect them. In the same region, there are two completely different life styles.

The Ming Dynasty had a vast territory, and every corner was unique.

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