The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 257 Landlord

In the blink of an eye, it was November of the second year of Huaxing, the new year was approaching, and good news kept coming. First, the remnants of the Mughal Empire who entered Burma retreated, and the Mughal Empire took the initiative to make peace and release the detained Dahua envoy.

Jiang Tao ignored him directly, he did not declare war, and he did not announce the truce. He just issued an ultimatum to Wu Shifan of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as long as he surrendered unconditionally, he could save his life.

The commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Wang Dashan, also reported good news. After more than a month of fierce fighting, he almost controlled the three major islands of Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan. More than 300 million indigenous people of various ethnic groups in Indonesia died. These three islands originally had a population of 800 million. After this battle, only 500 million remained.

This is mainly due to the contribution of ten ethnic groups with large populations, including the Javanese, Sundanese, Madura, Malay, Minangkabau, Bali, and Batak. These ten ethnic groups account for the entire Indonesian population. 80.00% of the population.

In order to speed up the progress of the empire's occupation of the entire Indonesia, and to facilitate the empire's management of the entire Indonesia, Wang Dashan declared these ten ethnic groups as legal ethnic groups, and allowed and forced them to annex hundreds of other small ethnic groups, but did not allow these ten ethnic groups to fight each other. Those who fail will meet the wrath of the Empire.

There are many ethnic groups on these three islands, and there are many small countries. As a result, the empire has millions of native troops who can fight. There are capable survivors.

As for the Dutch on the island either died or entered the concentration camp, Jiang Tao ordered the navy to send them to Ezo Island, Taiwan Island, Hainan Island and other places in order to ensure the safety of the hostages. Nearly [-] Westerners were captured in this battle, the Dutch were the most, followed by Britain and France.

However, for such a large killing, Wang Dashan aroused the criticism of the ministers of the empire, and Jiang Tao suppressed it. Fortunately, Wang Dashan transported back a large amount of wealth and special products in time, and finally made the ministers silence.

According to statistics, the Imperial Expeditionary Force brought back a total of [-] million worth of real gold and silver, not counting other special products, and also occupied many gold and silver mines.

Through the exaggeration of the major events in the Empire Monthly Report, all the subjects of the Empire were stunned, and the Empire allowed people with titles to have fiefs, but these fiefs were in the next colony that the Empire conquered.

In addition to paying commercial taxes, all the output of the fief belongs to the fief owner, but the empire can obtain one-third of the income from the mining of minerals in the fief.

Among them, a baron can get a fief with a radius of ten miles, a viscount can get a fief with a radius of twenty miles, an earl can get a fief with a radius of fifty miles, a marquis can get a fief with a radius of one hundred miles, a duke can get a fief with a radius of two hundred miles, and a prince can get a fief with a radius of two hundred miles. Five hundred miles of land, but apart from the Mongolian royal family, no one from the Han nationality has been able to obtain the kingship.

Only now did the subjects know what the monarch meant by his words. In fact, soldiers received the most titles at this time. The morale of the soldiers of the empire increased greatly, and the people of the empire looked forward to it. Through the ages, it can still leave a vast fief to future generations.

However, the fiefdom is not permanent, and the usable life of the fiefdom is only a hundred years. If within a hundred years, the descendants of the fiefdom owner cannot obtain the title of the empire, these fiefdoms will be taken back by the empire. If he is a first-class baron, then after a hundred years, his descendants can only get one-fifth of the original land.

Moreover, feudal lords above the earl cannot have more than 50 military armed men, and those below the earl cannot have more than [-] military armed men. These armed men cannot bring their weapons back to the empire.

Servants with imperial nationality are not allowed in the fief, and armed personnel in the fief must be registered. At critical moments, they are the targets of the empire's general mobilization.

The existing colony will become the blood-making tool of the empire, and it will be the place where the empire's products are dumped, so Jiang Tao did not give up, but only used the next colony as a fief allocation, which can also stimulate the enterprising spirit of the empire's citizens.

The natives in the fief will all become slaves of the fiefdom owner, and the fiefdom owner can also buy other slaves, and the fiefdom owner has the right to collect commercial taxes, one-third of the tax collected will be handed over to the empire, and the rest will belong to the fiefdom landlord.

That is to say, the agricultural output belongs to the landlord, and one-third of the commercial tax and mineral tax must be handed over to the empire.

Although Jiang Tao limited the rights of the landowners, Cheng Zhang and others were still worried. Huang Zongxi directly advised: "Your Majesty, there are now thousands of people in the empire who are knighted. Don't talk about the source of the land. This will also cause the loss of the empire's strength. , when the imperial landowners concentrate on managing the fiefs outside the empire, how can they have time to take care of the development of the empire."

"Hehe." Jiang Tao chuckled, and said: "You are not outsiders, I will tell you the truth, if the empire wants to occupy a huge colony, it will be very costly to rely entirely on the power of the empire, but as long as there are benefits, the citizens of the empire will try their best To reclaim the land of other clans, it is really difficult to immigrate in large numbers now, but the citizens of the empire will make the most of these lands by granting them fiefdoms."

"But those armed forces are no small matter. If thousands of small landowners unite and become independent, tens of thousands can be concentrated. If the empire wants to suppress the rebellion, it will cost a lot?" Wei Donglai asked worriedly.

Jiang Tao saw that the cabinet ministers were not thinking about themselves, but worried about the empire. He was very moved and laughed and said: "The first place to allocate fiefdoms is located in the Philippines. The important seaports and cities in this place are under the direct jurisdiction of the empire. To distribute them, first of all, the firearms armed by the feudal landlords were replaced by the empire, and besides the mainland of the empire, heavy industries such as arsenals and steel factories were not allowed to be built, so that the imperial army would have an advantage, and the feudal landlords could also deal with the native slaves If the slave riots are too serious, the imperial army is obliged to protect its citizens, including the landowners. As long as the empire has a powerful navy, they can attack the rebellious landowners at any time. After all, they are not a whole. As long as there is no major disturbance in the empire, The colonies would not be independent, but would be more loyal."

"Moreover, the empire can set up laws to prohibit feudal lords from arbitrarily killing slaves. As long as slaves can speak and write Chinese and are loyal to the empire's rule, they can also be promoted to civilians. There are many Chinese in the Philippines, and these will be the main body of civilians. They are not under the jurisdiction of the fiefdom."

Hearing the emperor's words was very relaxing, Cheng Zhang sighed: "Your Majesty, what will happen if the empire is weakened after a hundred years?"

"First of all, the mainland of the empire is the foundation of the landowners. If they concentrate on managing the land and ignore the government, they will be taken back by the empire sooner or later. After a hundred years, if the empire is weak and unable to stop the independence of the colonies, then it can only be said that the successors are incompetent, and if they lose it, they will lose it." There is nothing to regret, anyway, this place should be mainly Chinese." Jiang Tao said as he sat upright.

All the cabinet ministers think about it too, who can tell what will happen a hundred years later?They are not trying to persuade them at all. In fact, as long as the empire has decades of accumulation, the strength of the empire will far exceed that of other countries. If it cannot put down the rebellion by then, it will be really incompetent.

But then, Wang Fuzhi raised a question: "Your Majesty, where do the armed men of the fiefdom come from? If these armed men are not elite, it may be difficult to guarantee the stability of the fiefdom."

Jiang Tao frowned. This is very important. Thinking of the strong atmosphere of martial arts nowadays, there are many martial arts masters. Although they can't fly over walls, they can still strengthen their bodies.

Jiang Tao thought for a while, and decided to combine martial arts training with mercenaries: "First, to promote the people's health and fitness, a special martial arts school can be established, directly managed by the empire, to train martial arts talents, learn martial arts, military knowledge and shooting, and be excellent. Those who enter the imperial military academy for further study, and those who are second can be hired by the feudal lords, the empire must select folk martial arts masters as the coaches of the martial arts academy, and all the academies of the empire will add the martial arts course, which lasts half a day a week."

Everyone was carefully recording the emperor's orders, but unexpectedly the emperor hesitated all of a sudden. It turned out that Jiang Tao thought that his blood sword technique was extremely fierce and could greatly improve his physical fitness. At this time, Bagua boxing and Tai Chi were more famous Boxing, tan legs, etc., can only be practiced for ten or eight years. Ordinary people are no match at all. Heroes use martial arts to break the ban. I vigorously advocate martial arts. Is it right or wrong?

However, Jiang Tao was not willing to advocate it, and secretly said: "With the power of the current revolver rifle, even a master like myself can't dodge the continuous fire of six-way bullets, and firearms are still developing, no matter how high the martial arts are in front of the army It is also a floating cloud, and besides, the best of them all become the empire's thugs. As long as the empire guides them well, there should be no troubles. In other countries, the benefits are long-lasting, even when fighting with bayonets, you must know that bayonets will still be used hundreds of years later.”

Jiang Tao came to his senses, and said resolutely: "Secondly, the empire can hold a martial arts tournament every three years, and the top three empires every year will be awarded the title of baron, the title of martial arts champion, and special gold medals. In May of next year, the empire's first martial arts tournament will be held, and a permanent arena will be built outside Beijing, which can accommodate at least ten thousand people to visit."

"However, martial arts masters who have won gold medals will not be allowed to participate next time."

Jiang Tao established the country with martial arts, and all the cabinet ministers were not willing to spoil the emperor's happiness, so they all nodded in agreement. After all, the construction of this arena cost only a few million silver dollars. Except for Emperor Chongzhen, Jiang Tao was the most economical.

Jiang Tao thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Thirdly, all soldiers over 30 years old can apply for retirement, and those who are interested in holding guns or martial arts people can form a mercenary group, but it must be organized in cooperation with the royal family. Mercenaries who can become feudal lords must sign employment contracts under the supervision of the imperial court, and purchase guns and ammunition, etc., all of which must be legal, and all of these must be paid by the feudal lord."

Jiang Tao laughed secretly when he said this, worrying that Mielu blunderbuss and Mieqing firearms could not be sold. In fact, they can be sold to other countries, but Jiang Tao does not want to increase the military strength of other countries. As for money, Jiang Tao now has enough money, after selling arsenals, etc. The shares, the income from colonial wars and the income from overseas trade, the empire is now rich again, and the empire has not only repaid all its debts, but also has more than 9 million silver dollars left.

"In this way, the empire will recruit another 20 new recruits." Wei Donglai interjected.

"Well, we must do a good job in the propaganda work of recruiting new soldiers. I believe that with the good news of the fief, some people will join the army." Jiang Tao nodded and ended this cabinet meeting.

After all, the most likely way for ordinary people to obtain titles is to obtain military exploits.

However, no one expected that this martial spirit meeting would have a long-term impact on the Dahua Empire.

Decades later until the next few centuries, the army of the empire has always been the most powerful army in the world. No country dared to go to war with the Dahua Empire. Even in the era of nuclear weapons, no country dared to provoke because of nuclear weapons There are not many countries in the country, and the territory of the Dahua Empire is the largest in the world. If you dare to project a few nuclear warheads on the Dahua Empire, you will end up destroying the country and genocide.

The most important thing is actually the physical fitness of the people. Almost all the Olympic Games are sung by the big Chinese, and other countries can only stare blankly. Of course, this is only one of them, and it is a later story...

(End of this chapter)