Zhu Zhanji thought for a while and replied: "In the southern Xinjiang, E Hongda has recently come to news that the war has been progressing very well. The Myanmar Xuanwei Department has been occupied by our army, and tens of thousands of prisoners of war are being reorganized and selected and will be escorted to Yingtian soon. At that time, whether it is digging mountains and digging, making cement, or pouring roads, these prisoners of war can be promoted. The court only needs to provide food to fill hunger and some sheds for wind and rain."

break off both ends.

Most of Zhu Zhanji's words were automatically filtered by everyone.

The only thing they heard was that the construction of this cement road only requires the Southern Xinjiang prisoners of war who are responsible for food and accommodation from beginning to end.

The little money and food that controls food and accommodation is probably just a drizzle for the court.

However, Zhu Zhanji added: "Father, two elders, I am going to promote the construction of cement roads before Yingtian Prefecture and the Jingji area, and at the same time promote it to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Zhongdu, Jiangxi, and Huguang, so as to communicate with the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River in the fastest time.

In addition, the cement road from Yingtian to Peiping is also a top priority. The Riyue Hall was initially designed and the road from Yingtian to Peiping was six meters wide and one foot thick. The two ends were parallel and the middle was started at the same time.

In this way, within five years, the north and south of the Ming Dynasty will communicate thoroughly, and the speed of communication will be at least twice as fast as possible!"

As Zhu Zhanji finished speaking.

Not only the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, but also Song Li and Xia Yuanji couldn't help but frown.

This step seems to be a bit big.

It's easy to get your life...

...

Corvey service.

It is an empire, one of the fundamentals of building a powerful one.

To explain it in modern language, it is the unpaid labor that rulers force civilians to engage in, including but not limited to force, erotic service, military service, etc.

Because it is forcing and because it is free.

Therefore, since ancient times, it has been rejected, with many names and strict methods, which is an existence that cruelly exploits the common people.

Han Feizi·Bie Nei: If there is less labor service, the people will be safe; if the people are safe, the subordinates will have no heavy power; if the subordinates do not have heavy power, the power will be destroyed; if the power is destroyed, the virtue will be superior.

However, without exception, the monarchs of ancient times had to be determined at the beginning of a dynasty.

There is nothing more, the lack of productivity and the lack of material resources.

Zhu Zhanji did not like corvee service, but he could not deny the construction and promotion of corvee service today.

Things always have to be divided into two sides.

It is irresponsible to not use the society with extreme peak productivity and material resources to enter the present.

If the corvee service in the Ming Dynasty is now abolished, I am afraid that the empire will fall apart without waiting for the New Year.

The system of the court was related to the entire Ming Dynasty country. Zhu Zhanji had no intention of impatiently. He stood in the court of Fengtian Hall and shouted a request to depose the empire's corvee service.

That's stupid behavior.

But he had no intention of putting the burden of Ming Dynasty's infrastructure on the shoulders of the Ming people.

That's a cruel act.

Haven't you seen how many bones of people were buried on both sides of Ying Jiang's railway that communicated with the east and west, and how many of them were descendants of the people on the land where Zhu Zhanji stood today.

If you use prisoners of war from southern Xinjiang, you will naturally have no psychological pressure.

The responsibility of the rulers of feudal society is always internal.

It is one of the few wise and wise rulers who have expanded their territory.

There is not much pressure for rulers to use local people to build their own homes.

The original accumulation is bloody and cruel.

Faced with the hesitation of everyone present, Zhu Zhanji was prepared in his heart.

It is obviously impossible for tens of thousands of prisoners of war in southern Xinjiang to undertake all the tasks of building basic roads within the empire.

The prince and the two ministers of the Shangshu were worried that these basic road construction tasks would be attached to the Ming people who already had a labor service.

He spoke softly and gave an explanation and solution: "According to the calculations of Riyue Hall and E Hongda, Zheng He and others on the southern front, through the entire process of the pacification of the Myanmar Xuanwei Department, the Ming Dynasty could obtain more than 100,000 prisoners of war and provide the construction of new cement roads in the Ming Dynasty.

The southern Xinjiang front judged that if the court intends to set up a new Chengxuan Government Office in southern Xinjiang, there will be rebellion in the local area. If the court wants to stabilize the situation and consolidate the rule of southern Xinjiang, it must suppress it vigorously.

This move can also be used to harvest more than 100,000 prisoners from southern Xinjiang and other places."

At least 200,000 yuan was sent to the prince, Song Li and Xia Yuanji for free.

Zhu Gaochi's brows frowned slightly, and 200,000 prisoners were escorted to the Ming Dynasty, although it could solve the basic road construction task.

But in terms of the benevolence, righteousness and morality of the Ming Dynasty, it is always harmful...

However, after a while, the prince's frown slowly dissipated.

Between the Ming people and the prisoners in southern Xinjiang, the Crown Prince could easily make the most correct choice.

Song Li, the Minister of Works, began to calculate, create, produce, and build. If Zhu Zhanji's plan, how many people should be needed and how to allocate them.

Xia Yuanji was a little worried, but he didn't hide it. He immediately asked: "Hundreds of thousands of prisoners entering the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the damage that may bring to the Ming Dynasty's hinterland. Even in southern Xinjiang, it may cause a series of rebounds and confrontations... If so, southern Xinjiang cannot say that it will become a quagmire that will make the Ming Dynasty deeply trapped and unable to withdraw."

He was worried that if he plundered the population of southern Xinjiang on a large scale, it would put southern Xinjiang into a long-term environment and atmosphere of resisting the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

This is a very mature political issue.

According to past experience, all newly collected places must be treated well, tax exemptions, etc., in order to calm the people's hearts.

But from Zhu Zhanji's mouth, he did not hear any meaning of appeaseing the hearts of the indigenous peoples in the southern border.

If this is the case, tens of thousands of troops in southern Xinjiang will definitely not be allowed to withdraw and need to suppress the local area at all times.

This will bring heavy economic pressure to the court.

Zhu Zhanji smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Xia knows that from the very beginning, the southern Xinjiang plan is just that piece of land."

Just that piece of land in southern Xinjiang!

As soon as this said, it was Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi who immediately looked over.

Because this sentence, if extended, can also be explained as the population in southern Xinjiang is not left behind!

This is a huge thing.

No matter how many people the Ming Dynasty killed on the battlefield, there was no problem.

Because of local resistance, no matter how many people are suppressed, there is no problem.

If all the indigenous people in the southern border were killed, this would be a huge problem.

Looking at the three of them, I wish I could open my head and confirm that I was still not my own.

Zhu Zhanji quickly spoke: "Father, you all were wrong. How many people in the southern border are now? One million? Five million? It is probably not much. Among them, how many people cannot participate in military affairs and produce? It is probably 30 to 40% of them, and the remaining 60% are the population that can be used for production and military affairs."

"Today, Riyuetang and I are drafting a plan. The "Draft Plan for the Use of Indigenous Population in New Conquered Lands in Southern Xinjiang" was formed to form a slave army in the southern Xinjiang to conquer the Ganges Plain even west. Suppress the captives and rebels to use them for infrastructure construction within the Ming Dynasty, and win over the surrenders to use them for local construction and production in southern Xinjiang."

"In order to stabilize the hearts of the people in southern Xinjiang, there is also a "Draft of the Hierarchy of the Population in Southern Xinjiang" in the process of drafting. Anyone who surrenders to the Ming Dynasty will be divided into certain systems and become people of different hierarchies. The higher the hierarchy, the more you enjoy. In this way, southern Xinjiang can basically achieve the most basic ruling behavior of the native natives instead of the Ming Dynasty."

A naked Ming version of the colonial rule plan.

At this moment, it was promoted by Zhu Zhanji.

At this moment, the entire southern Xinjiang was arranged clearly by Zhu Zhanji.

The prince couldn't help but look deeply at his eldest son.

He wanted to be sure whether his education over the years has been successful.

If you don’t succeed, you’re afraid that you can’t do these things if you change someone.

If it is successful.

seem……

Something went wrong...

Song Li and Xia Yuanji were on the side and looked at each other silently.

In the end, Xia Yuanji spoke: "If this is the case, then what is the legal status of the Ming Dynasty in southern Xinjiang? What is the intention of obedience to the Ming Dynasty's submission and obedience? How can the people in southern Xinjiang be naturalized?"

After all, Xia Yuanji still has a worry.

The Ming Dynasty was able to rule the southern border physically and with its military strength. However, for the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty and the stability of the imperial state, it was necessary to make the southern border natives recognize it from the bottom of their hearts, and naturalization of the Ming Dynasty was the way to go.

Zhu Zhanji did not think about it and said the plan he had already thought of: "National School now has thousands of scholars studying every year, and many scholars also drop out every year.

However, the imperial examinations in the court cannot be settled in all circles. After studying hard for decades, I think they are also determined to plan for the Ming Dynasty.

In this case, scholars who have no hope of career will go to southern Xinjiang and the imperial court will establish schools. All children in southern Xinjiang, both men and women, need to enter school, follow the scholars of the Ming Dynasty and learn the literature of sages. In this way, only two generations will be needed, and the southern Xinjiang is the southern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty!"

Good guy!

This person has been thinking about those scholars since he was a freshman!

Xia Yuanji's eyes rolled and he had already made a conclusion in his mind.

If so, how can two generations be needed?

As long as those underage children in southern Xinjiang are adults, southern Xinjiang can completely naturalize the Ming Dynasty.

You know, when this generation grows up, I am afraid that there will not be many older people in southern Xinjiang.
To be continued...