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Chapter 487 Prelude to Nanyang Expansion

If a local area is designated for Dan people to live in, many Dan people may still have concerns.Because the deep-rooted thinking of the local people has evolved into discrimination in the bones.

But if it is in Mekong Province, although it sounds a little far away, it is not too far away.Sometimes they go out to sea to fish and transport, and it is not uncommon for them to go for three to five days.No one there knew they were Dan people, so no one discriminated against them.

"Master Li." A clear female voice sounded, and a young woman hid in the crowd and asked, "May I ask if Mekong Province is stable and peaceful?"

Li Guozhu took a look, but he couldn't find the speaker, but he still opened his mouth and explained: "Mekong Province not only has thousands of Ming troops, but also the Daming navy stationed there, and there are tens of thousands of immigrants. Do you think it is stable and peaceful?"

"Have you heard of Champa rice?" Li Guozhu turned his eyes, glanced at the crowd, and said, "In Mekong Province, three crops a year can be produced. Think about it, how much grain will there be? If you don't cultivate, you can still grow rice." Take care of old business. Returning from fishing and transporting, living in a big house on the shore, wouldn’t it be better than sleeping on a boat, sleeping so hard that you can’t even stretch your legs?”

The officer looked at the big box of white silver dollars, and stepped forward to help mobilize, "Master Li will only stay here for two days, and then go to another place to continue recruiting. If you don't seize the opportunity, don't regret it!"

Li Guozhu nodded to Guan almost to express his gratitude.

"If it's true, it's really a good opportunity." The young woman looked at her grandfather expectantly, "Grandpa, let's go ashore to farm, it's too dangerous to make a living on the water."

Looking at his granddaughter's expectant eyes, the old man couldn't help feeling a little soft in his heart. This child's life is miserable, and his parents died at sea. How many years can this old bone of his be adrift on the water?

After Li Guozhu finished his explanation, he was not in a hurry to urge him any more. He just told everyone to hurry up and think about it, and then went to his residence to sign up.Only two days, no expiration date.

For the grace given to the Li family by the emperor, or to the Maritime Chamber of Commerce.Li Guozhu agrees with his adoptive father's idea, this opportunity should not be missed, and he must go all out.

According to the standard set by the emperor, if you mobilize [-] immigrants to Mekong Province, you will be given the official position of Qipin county magistrate; if the number reaches [-], you will be given the prefect.

This seems to be a bit of pulling flags and pulling soldiers. As many people as you pull, you will be given as many officials as you want.

Even though he is working in Mekong Province overseas, it is enough to make many people jealous.However, this grace was only given to the Maritime Chamber of Commerce.

This seems to be a bit of a suspicion of buying and selling officials. Wanzai is so eager to develop Mekong Province that he doesn't even care about his reputation?
Li Guozhu shook his head, throwing away these thoughts, but his steps became more and more brisk.

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For overseas expansion, it is obviously not enough to use national power alone.In other words, the country may not have such abundant financial resources now.

And the special policy given to the Maritime Chamber by the emperor is only limited to one Mekong province?

No one knew that the emperor had set his sights overseas, to such a vast and sparsely populated Nanyang region.

The recruitment of people to officials in Mekong Province is just a pilot project. In the future, whether it is a maritime merchant or a powerful and rich man, you can take people to occupy it, and it is common to confer titles to officials.

The expansion of Ming Dynasty not only depends on the strength of the national army, but also all the people of Ming Dynasty.As long as you have ambitions, as long as you dare to explore overseas, the country will support you.

What the emperor thought of was the example of overseas wanderers establishing the Lanfang Republic. The heart of a child can shine through the sun and the moon, but it was not recognized and accepted by the short-sighted and stupid emperor, and was finally destroyed by the Western colonists in isolation and helplessness.

Confined to the inherent land and not thinking about making progress, don't you know that there will be more and more people, and you can't see the seriousness of land annexation?
Use our swords to win more land for our plows, this is what a famous historical figure said, and the emperor deeply believed it.

But now in this world, the land can be called ownerless.Whoever has the biggest fist, whoever grabs it and can protect it firmly, is his.

In the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, a huge sand table is being built, and it is almost like a globe spread out flat, which will present the whole world.

It's all mine, and it's all Daming's.The emperor often came here, with his arms crossed, hugging his chest, watching with great ambition, reminding himself all the time.

It would be inaccurate to say that no one understood the grand ambitions of the emperor.For example, Li Dan and Yan Siqi, under the secret instruction of the emperor, made a big plan for future development.

"Learn from Afeng Lin?!" Yan Siqi's eyes widened, "That's a rebellion against the court."

Li Dan's eyes almost turned to the back of his head, he thumped his teacup on the table, and said, "Lao Yan, listen to me. Don't talk nonsense, this will kill your head."

Oh, Yan Siqi looked around and saw that there was no one else, so he was relieved and stared at Li Dan with big eyes.

Li Dan took another sip from his teacup, calmed down, and then said slowly: "Long live wants to open up territories in Nanyang, which is basically certain. It's just that Liaodong is not peaceful, and we can't spare all our strength. But Wan live encourages everyone Ming Zimin immigrated overseas, you know that too, right?"

"Clear, I understand." Yan Siqi nodded and said, "Isn't Mekong Province just that? Didn't you send people around to recruit people to help Li Guozhu get a real official?"

"Mekong Province is just the beginning." Li Dan waved his hand and said, "Nanyang is a vast area, many of which are desolate and uninhabited. If ordinary people immigrate overseas, they will have to start from scratch and work hard alone. What about us—— —”

Yan Siqi blinked his eyes, and if he realized something, he said: "We are different. Hundreds of boats and thousands of people can still be organized. When it comes to a desolate and uninhabited land, then we will be the boss."

"What boss, you're talking nonsense." Li Dan glared at Yan Siqi, and said, "Let's learn from Lin Afeng to occupy land and develop it, but not to become king by occupying land. We want to ask the imperial court to take over management, appoint officials and confer titles; we must be loyal to Long Live , the heart of a child can show the sun and the moon.”

Yan Siqi scratched his head, and said with a smile: "Understood, fully understood. It is much better to be appointed as an official and given a title than this private title."

Li Dan smiled and said: "Without the court's support, Lin Afeng will end up."

Lin Afeng, also known as Lin Feng, first joined the sea green Lintai old man's team, and later inherited the old man's maritime career, defeated another big pirate Lin Daoqian and became the overlord of the sea. At its peak, there were more than [-] ships. More than [-] people.

Although Lin Feng had a lot of people on board, his fate was not good, and he caught up with Grandpa Qi who was sweeping away the Japanese pirates.In the battle with Grandpa Qi, Lin Feng's fleet was greatly damaged, and he was lucky enough to save his life from Grandpa Qi's knife.

In the second year of Wanli, Lin Feng took 62 warships and more than [-] people, set sail to the border of Luzon, captured Miyan, and beat the Spaniards powerlessly.

Afterwards, Lin Feng went straight to Manila and attacked with all his strength. Although he reached the governor's mansion, he had to temporarily give up attacking the governor's mansion because of the long turbulence on the boat and his lack of physical strength.

After two days of rest, Lin Feng attacked again, but still failed to capture Manila.After two defeats, Lin Feng took a boat and retreated to Hawksbill Harbor, established the capital in Panshilan, and declared himself king, with the country name "Han".

The Spaniards were unable to destroy Lin Feng, so they asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops.The Ming Dynasty learned that Lin Feng had established a country abroad and proclaimed himself emperor, so he sent elite troops to encircle and suppress Lin Feng.

Lin Feng was defeated by the Ming Dynasty and the Spaniards. He broke out from the hawksbill port with his boat and people. Some of his subordinates surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Lin Feng finally disappeared at sea, and no one knew his whereabouts.

Yan Siqi took what Li Dan said deeply. No matter how large the maritime merchant fleet is, no matter how many people there are, without the support and recognition of the imperial court, it will be isolated and helpless when expanding overseas. It is difficult to persist for a long time and resist those Western barbarians and Indigenous invasion.

"Are you still thinking about avenging Lu Song?" Yan Siqi raised his eyebrows and said, "Little Frang is not easy to fight, you need the court navy to do it."

Li Dan lowered his eyes and said lightly: "I know. But how long do you think the little Frang robot can be rampant? Long live ordered us to collect news and intelligence about Nanyang, and the picture is only a Mekong province?"

Yan Siqi thought for a while, then nodded his head and said: "Although what Wan Sui thinks is beyond our ability to guess, what you said is very reasonable. Let's talk about what you are optimistic about, and count it as a certain share."

Li Dan pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Boluo is also called Boni. The land there is fertile, arable and grazing, and the local Sudan and Tu people are weak. It's really a good place."

Yan Siqi nodded, and said, "How about playing Long Live and getting permission first?"

"It should be so." Li Dan stroked his beard under his chin and said, "How dare you act rashly on such a big matter? I wrote a letter to Long Live a long time ago, and it must have been sent to the capital."

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"My lord, Le Hu of the Jiaofang Division bowed and kowtowed outside the palace, weeping bitterly, thank you for your kindness!" Wang Tiqian entered the palace with the memorial in his arms, and told the emperor with a flattering smile.

The emperor smiled and said: "Send a palace servant to let him (her) go away, let's live a good life!"

It's good to be good, starting from the capital, it can be regarded as an example for all places.

The Secretary of Jiaofang took off the sign, and although it became history, they were still allowed to live temporarily until they found their homes.Moreover, according to the year in the Jiaofang Division, all salaries will be paid in accordance with the palace maid rules.

If you want to change your career, you can go to a weaving workshop, or you can find your own way out.

At the same time, the emperor asked Xu Ji to take the lead in organizing a song and dance troupe to manage the teaching and performance of court folk music.

Although he still entertains people with singing and dancing, he is no longer a pariah of music.The nature is completely different, and it is up to you to stay.

After all, many people in the Jiaofang Division do not know other skills. They have played, played and sang since elementary school. They were forcibly driven into the society, and they might have to beg or even starve to death.

Now that the Jiaofang Division no longer exists, the performance is not just for officials and royals.The emperor also explained this meaning, allowing the song and dance troupe to perform outside and receive remuneration.

In fact, this is also a transition. When the song and dance troupe can support itself, the emperor is not going to support them anymore.

From the perspective of saving funds, a large number of court ladies were released before, and now the Jiaofang Division has been abolished, which has indeed saved a lot of expenses for the royal family.

Beijing has the East and West Second Courtyard, and Nanjing has the Fourteenth Floor. The abolition of the Jiaofang Division and the replacement of Lehu for goodness are indeed a major event.For the people in the Jiaofang Division, it is a great joy.

Who wants to bear the label of a pariah, who wants to bear the discrimination and insult of others, who doesn't want to be a human being with dignity?Who doesn't want future generations to be promising, able to read and write, and even be able to take the imperial examination to be an official?
Now, the reduction of membership and improvement has all been resolved.Although traditional concepts persist, discrimination will still exist.But legally, he is already the same as a good citizen.

The emperor pretended to be reserved, but he was very happy in his heart.

An imperial decree has changed the fate of many people, good governance and good deeds have made the people cry and be grateful for it.

I took the memorial and flipped through it, but there was nothing urgent.The Liaodong Army News was delivered at any time, and the emperor was a little impatient.

Huh?The emperor saw title books of different colors, which was a sign of the Chamber of Commerce's submission.Obviously, he was quite interested in it, so he reached for it and began to read it.

Looking at the emperor's face, Wang Tiqian gradually broke into a smile, obviously very satisfied.

In the end, Li Dan really guessed what I was thinking, because he lived a life of wandering at sea with rich experience.

Zhu Youxiao put down the question book, tapped the armrest of the dragon chair lightly with his fingers, thinking about how to answer.

Although Liaodong was not peaceful, the emperor did not intend to wait any longer, just like exempting the untouchables, but gradually promulgated and implemented the planned policy measures.

The expansion in Nanyang is one of them, and the intensified development of Mekong Province is only part of the plan.

Of course, in view of the fact that the navy is not particularly powerful and the emperor is not planning to go to war with Xiyi, it should be a good choice to deploy in Nanyang first with the help of private forces.

Think about the Lanfang Republic, it should be decades or hundreds of years later in history!It was fine at that time, but now that Xiyi's power is not that strong, it's even less of a problem.

The emperor pondered for a while, then took up a pen to write a reply to Li Dan.

Drawing on the experience of the Lanfang Republic and the routines of Xiyi, the emperor wrote down the word "company".

In later generations, the definition of a company is certain, that is, its commercial nature.But at the time, it was a group organization with political overtones.

Xiyi has the East India Company, and Ming Dynasty also has the "Nanhua" Company, which means "Chinese in Nanyang".

According to Li Dan's description, there are many Chinese living in Nanyang.Because the Chinese are good at doing business, many people engaged in trade are respected by the local chiefs.

Not only to be respected, but also to have their own armed forces.The emperor knew that Xiyi's invasion of Nanyang natives had also posed a threat to the local sultans and chiefs.

The Lanfang Republic in history has gradually evolved from a trading group to an armed political force.

Based on this, the emperor gave Li Dan some suggestions, asking him to send people to take root first, unite the local Chinese, and then recruit from the mainland to expand.

As for weapons, the emperor agreed to sell some of the standard equipment of the Ming army to Li Dan.

But he also reminded Li Dan not to show his fangs too early and arouse the vigilance of the aborigines and Western Yi. It may take two or three years for the navy of the Ming army to have the strength to dominate Nanyang.

In order to suppress the Liao Dynasty and the rebellion, the emperor occupied most of the resources.The navy did not get much, and the speed of development was also restricted.

There is no way, the emperor is facing not only enemies, but also natural disasters. He must make overall plans, prioritize and solve them one by one.

(End of this chapter)