My Daming New Empire

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But for the Ministry of Industry, whose development direction has been pointed out by Zhu Zhanji, many people are full of confidence and believe that they can solve these problems.

Returning to the water stronghold, the ship made a dangerous hard landing with the efforts of hundreds of sailors.This also strengthened Zhu Zhanji's idea of ​​getting rubber sooner.

"Your Highness, all the generals have been summoned, why don't we meet with the previous one."

Zheng He served as the director of the navy and was in charge of the power, which did not arouse the disgust of the naval soldiers.Five voyages to the west, plus his achievements in the eastward expedition to Japan, his prestige is even higher than in his previous life.

Zhu Zhanji nodded, looked at Yang Dao, the commander of the warship, and said, "Mr. Yang Qian, as a general trained by the Habayashi Guard, you have a broader vision and knowledge than other soldiers. This time you go to Dongzhou, In addition to collecting agricultural products and rubber from all over the world to exchange for gold and silver, the more important thing is to pass on the knowledge you learned at Habayashi School to more soldiers, so that my Ming navy can enhance its combat power."

Yang Dao bowed and cupped his fists and said, "I will live up to your Highness's trust."

Zhu Zhanji patted him on the shoulder before leaving, and praised him: "I know that you are successful in your studies at Habayashi School, and now you can endure loneliness, not afraid of hardships and dangers, and inspire the world for me. It's very good!"

Many officials behind Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Dao with warm eyes.

Yang Dao is the only son of Yang Shiqi. Although Yang Shiqi has lost his power and can only accompany the prince to take care of him in the hot spring courtyard, his reputation among civil servants is still very high.

Yang Dao has this convenient condition, and even married the daughter of Xiejia's family. Now the grandson doesn't care that his father is on the wrong team, and praises him very much.

In addition, he was a classmate with a large group of honored children at Habayashi Guard School, and had a wide range of friends.

No matter in the eyes of civil servants, nobles, or grandchildren, this Yang Dao has potential, and his future development will be unlimited.

If you gather him under the tent, you can also form a good relationship.

It's a pity, he's going to sea tomorrow, and he doesn't know when he will be able to come back after this trip, and it's too late to make a relationship.

In the face of soldiers and generals, Zhu Zhanji always has a greater tolerance.Because in this day and age, the treatment of soldiers is much worse than that of civil servants.

Before Zhu Zhanji reorganized the navy, the navy was the same as the army. Soldiers not only had to train, but also had to farm the land, and also had to undertake a lot of labor work.

The reason why there was a situation of desertion in the Ming Dynasty later was because the soldiers were treated better than civil servants in name, but in fact the difference was very far.

Taking ordinary soldiers in Ming Dynasty as an example, their monthly salary is about two taels of silver.

But these two taels of silver are only in name, because most of the salary has been offset by the family land.

Although soldiers do not need to pay taxes for farming, they will not receive this part of their salary, and this part of the tax deduction is much less than the money they can receive.

Farming is worth more than half of their salary, and they must obey unconditionally every time the imperial court enlists labor.

And their income, apart from farming, is only spring and autumn equipment fees, expedition subsidies, etc. When there is no war, they may not even be able to afford oil and salt.

Many soldiers have been soldiers for several years, but they may not be able to save two taels of silver.

As Zhu Zhanji's pro-army, the First Fleet is naturally treated the best, but the cash they can receive every month will not exceed one or two taels of silver.

Although the income of civil servants is low, there is no restriction on military status. They can collect attached land, and the income from these tax-free fields alone will far exceed that of soldiers.

What's more, they have various other incomes, and their actual lives are much more nourished, and they don't have to endure hardships and take risks.

Take Yi Xin, the commander-in-chief of the Second Fleet as an example. Before the Eastern Expedition to Japan, he was one of the most outstanding admirals of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong.

However, Liaodong is bitterly cold and does not produce much. Even if he has [-] acres of tax-free land, the actual harvest is not much.

If he hadn't been able to drink some soldiers' blood, he wouldn't even be able to support a few soldiers.

Therefore, after receiving the share of the gold mine harvest on Zuodu Island, he will focus most of his energy on the construction of Zhonglian Island and the construction of Zhonglianbofu.

This is completely poor people getting rich, and they can't find north and south.

If it was a civil servant, Zhu Zhanji would definitely cut him off and transfer him mercilessly, but knowing that he had suffered in the past, Zhu Zhanji softened his heart and gave him another chance.

Such a somewhat wrong general will work harder than ordinary generals because he wants to atone for his crimes.

In the meeting hall of the Shuizhai, Zhu Zhanji sat at the top, and at the bottom of him sat nearly a hundred generals above the rank of Qianzong.

"It is said that on the archipelago in the northeast of Dongzhou, there are descendants of sailors who fled there during the Southern Song Dynasty. If you go to Dongzhou, you will be the first to contact them. They have lived there for more than a hundred years. Aboriginal people do not have language barriers, which is a very important force that needs to be won over."

This is not Zhu Zhanji's nonsense, because the aborigines living on the Queen Charlotte Islands off the west coast of Vancouver in later generations are indeed descendants of the Southern Song Dynasty Navy and the Meng Yuan Navy.

Because they were all men, they slaughtered many small tribes and took their women as their own after being exiled here.

Since then, they have multiplied locally, but because there are not many sailors who know how to write, there are very few documents left behind.

However, there is a lot of evidence that clearly confirms that these people are indeed descendants of the Southern Song and Mongolian Yuan people.

In fact, in various parts of the Americas, many tribes have evidence that they arrived in America during the Shang Dynasty, and they have the same hieroglyphs as China, oracle bone inscriptions.

But because the culture of those tribes is almost cut off, most of them have no evidence.

However, the natives living on the Queens Islands, the preserved Chinese books and military symbols and other cultural relics are the most authentic evidence.

Regardless of the surprise of the generals, Zhu Zhanji continued: "Although the land of Dongzhou is slightly smaller than Zhongzhou, it is also vast. And unlike Zhongzhou, they are long from north to south and narrow from east to west. Because of this terrain, the climate is not Same, so they can't be like middle earth, the same species can be grown in different areas.

Moreover, they don't know how to make wheels, and everything has to be carried by hand on their shoulders, so their range of motion is pitifully small.

However, they have the most fertile farmland. The total area of ​​farmland in the north and south of Dongzhou can be larger than the entire border of my Ming Dynasty.

It is impossible for such a large territory to be developed entirely by us Daming people, unless our population is more than ten times larger.

Therefore, we need to control the local aborigines to serve our Daming people, help us farm, help us herd, and even help us raise children.

Controlling Dongzhou is different from controlling Nanyang, because the Nanyang region already has its own civilization, so we use control and containment methods.But in Dongzhou, those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish.Those who are obedient will have wine and meat to eat, and those who are disobedient can be exterminated directly, leaving only women.

However, we can't kill people for the sake of killing people. It's best for us to keep their lives and help us work.do you understand? "

Everyone shouted in unison: "Observe the order!"

Zhu Zhanji said again: "What you have to do now is to help me turn Dongzhou into the territory of Ming Dynasty, and help me become the master of Dongzhou forever in the future.

This time when you come back from exploring the Eastern Continent, His Majesty must have returned from the Western Expedition. By then, I, Ming, will fully develop the Eastern Continent, Southern Continent, and Western Continent.

The land of Dongzhou is thousands of miles long, and gold mines are everywhere. Everyone who is here today, as long as they make great contributions, may become a noble person in the future, and take my place in Dongzhou forever.

At that time, you will be some of the most honorable people in this country, and your descendants will also become the key training targets of my Ming Dynasty because of your efforts.As long as my Ming Dynasty survives, I will protect your family forever! "

People in this era are still very simple. Zhu Zhanji's words may be nothing but pastiche in later generations, but now the effect of boosting morale is very obvious.

This time, there were more than [-] warships and cargo ships heading to Dongzhou, with more than [-] manpower.

In addition to the soldiers of the navy and the army, the fleet also included various doctors, Confucian scholars, officials of the inner prison, as well as craftsmen and [-] experienced farmers drawn from all over the country by the agricultural department.

These farmers were rarely specially arranged in the past, but this time, in order to recruit various farmers from different places in the north and south, Zhu Zhanji would rather let the fleet wait for another half a month.

But Zhu Zhanji felt it was worth it.

The land in Australia is desolate, and there are not many products. The land in Africa is still fertile, but the development of agriculture cannot be mentioned at all, and the products are not rare for Daming.