If a place is designated for the residents to live in the local area, many residents may have concerns. Because the deep-rooted ideas of the locals have evolved into discrimination in their bones.

But if it is in Mekong Province, although it sounds a little far away, it is not particularly far away. Sometimes they go out to sea for fishing and transportation, and it is normal to walk for three or five days. No one there knows that they are gangsters, so no one discriminates against the bamboo.

"Mr. Li." A crisp female voice sounded, and a young woman hid in the crowd and asked, "Do you dare to ask if Mekong Province can stabilize peace?"

Li Guozhu glanced at it and did not find the speaker, but he still explained: "There are not only thousands of Ming troops in Mekong Province, but also the Ming Navy stationed, and there are tens of thousands of immigrants. Do you think it is considered stable and peaceful?"

"Have you heard of Chameng rice?" Li Guozhu turned his eyes away, glanced at everyone, and said, "It's three ripe in Mekong Province a year. Think about it, how much food will be? If you don't farm, you can still manage your old business. After returning from fishing transportation, living in a big house on the shore, isn't it better to be nestled on a boat and sleep without even stretching your legs?"

The official officer looked at the big box of white silver dollars and came forward diligently to help mobilize, "Mr. Li will only stay here for two days and will continue to recruit. If you don't seize the opportunity, don't regret it!"

Li Guozhu almost nodded to the official and expressed his gratitude.

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

The old man looked at his granddaughter's expectant eyes and couldn't help feeling soft. The child's life was miserable and his parents died in a sea. How many years can his old bones wander on the water?

After Li Guozhu finished his explanation, he was not in a hurry to urge him. He just told everyone to hurry up and consider it, and then go to his residence to register. There is only two days, and it will not be possible to expire.

Li Guozhu agreed with the idea of ​​his adoptive father, and he should not miss the opportunity, and he must do his best.

According to the standards set by the emperor, if you mobilize two thousand immigrants to Mekong Province, you will be given the position of the seventh-rank county magistrate; if the number of people reaches 5,000, it will be vague to give it to a prefect.

This seems to be a bit like pulling flags and pulling soldiers. The number of people you can get is the same as the official you want.

Although he was working in Mekong Province overseas, it was enough to make many people jealous. However, this grace was only given to the Maritime Federation.

This seems to be a bit suspicious of buying and selling official positions. Long live is so eager to develop Mekong Province, and he doesn't even care about his reputation?

Lee Kwok-jo shook his head, shook these thoughts away, but his steps became lighter and lighter.

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It is obviously not enough to just use national power to expand overseas. In other words, the country may not have that sufficient financial resources yet.

The emperor's special policies given to the Maritime Merchants Association were limited to a Mekong Province?

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

Going to Mekong Province to recruit people to officials is just a pilot project. In the future, whether it is a maritime businessman or a powerful man, you can take people to occupy it, and it is normal to be granted a marquis and an official position.

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

The emperor thought of an example of the overseas wanderers establishing the Lanfang Republic. His innocent heart could be clear about the sun and the moon, but he did not receive the recognition and acceptance of the short-sighted and stupid emperor. He was finally destroyed by Western colonists in isolation and helplessness.

Limited to the inherent land and not being enterprising, don’t you know that there will be more and more people and you can’t see the seriousness of land annexation?

Using our sword to fight for more land for our plows is what a historical celebrity said, and the emperor deeply agrees.

And now in this world, the land can be called ownerless. Whoever has a big fist, whoever can grab it and protect it firmly is who it belongs to.

In the side hall of the Ganqing Palace, huge sand tables are being built, almost laying the globe to flatten it, which will present the entire world.

It is all my, all from the Ming Dynasty. The emperor often comes here, crossing his hands, holding it in front of his chest, staring at it with ambitiousness, reminding himself at all times.

It is inaccurate to say that no one understands the emperor's ambitions. For example, Li Dan and Yan Siqi formulated a major plan for future development under the emperor's secret instruction.

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

Li Dan almost rolled his eyes behind his head, and he slapped the teacup on the table, saying, "Old Yan, listen to me and finish it. Don't talk nonsense, this will cause a loss of your head."

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

Li Dan picked up the teacup and took a sip. After calming down, he said slowly: "Long live to expand territory to the Southeast Asian countries. This is basically certain. However, Liaodong has not yet settled, and he cannot draw all his strength. But Long live to encourage the Ming people to immigrate overseas, do you know that?"

"Clear, understand." Yan Siqi nodded and said, "Isn't it just that Mekong Province? You are sending people to recruit people everywhere and want to win a real official position for Li Guozhu?"

"Mekong Province is just the beginning." Li Dan waved his hand and said, "The Nanyang area is thousands of miles away, and many of them are desolate and unparalleled lands. If ordinary people immigrate overseas, they will naturally start from scratch and work hard alone. Where are we-"

Yan Siqi blinked his eyes, and said as if he had some insight, "We are different. Hundreds of ships and thousands of people can still be organized. When we arrive in a desolate and uninhabited land, we are the bosses."

"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, but not from him to occupy land and become king. We should ask the court to accept management and grant officials and titles; long live loyalty, and be innocent and innocent, and show the sun and the moon."

Yan Siqi scratched his head and smiled, "I understand, I understand everything. The title of officials is much better than this civilian title."

Li Dan smiled and said, "Without the support of the court, it will be Lin Afeng's fate."

Lin Afeng, also known as Lin Feng, first joined the team of the old man on the sea, and then inherited the old man's maritime career, defeating another big pirate, Lin Daogan, and became the overlord of the sea. At its peak, there were more than 300 ships and more than 40,000 people.

Although Lin Feng had many ships and many people, his life was not good. As Grandpa Qi was sweeping the Japanese pirates. After fighting with Grandpa Qi, Lin Feng's fleet suffered a great loss and he was lucky enough to save his life from Grandpa Qi's knife.

In the second year of Wanli, Lin Feng, with 62 warships and more than 5,500 men, set sail to the border of Luzon, captured Miyan, and made the Spanish unable to resist.

Afterwards, Lin Feng headed straight to Manila and fought hard. Although he hit the Governor's Mansion, because the boat was bumpy for too long and had to give up the attack on the Governor's Mansion for a while.

After two days of rest, Lin Feng attacked again but still failed to occupy Manila. After two defeats, Lin Feng took his men to retreat to Daimao Port on a boat, established the capital in Banshilan, and established himself as the king, with the country's name "Han".

The Spaniards were unable to destroy Lin Feng, so they asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops. When the Ming Dynasty learned that Lin Feng was founded and proclaimed emperor abroad, they sent elite troops to encircle Lin Feng.

Lin Feng was defeated by the Ming Dynasty and the Spaniards, and broke through the siege with a boat and a man. Some of his subordinates surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Lin Feng eventually disappeared on the sea, and no one knew his whereabouts.

Yan Siqi deeply agreed with what Li Dan said. No matter how large the maritime merchant fleet or the number of personnel, it will not receive support and recognition from the court. If you expand your territory overseas, you will be isolated and helpless, and it will be difficult to persist for a long time and resist the invasion of the Western barbarians and indigenous peoples.

"Are you still thinking about avenging Luzon?" Yan Siqi raised his eyebrows and said, "Little Franchise is not easy to fight, so it must be a navy in the court."

Li Dan lowered his eyes and said lightly: "I know. But when do you think the little Franchise man can be rampant? Long live our lives and we collect information and information from Nanyang. The only thing we can do is to find out is Mekong Province?"

Yan Siqi thought for a while and said, "Long live what we think, although what we think is not something we can guess, but what you said makes sense. Let's talk about it, what you think is a certain part."

Li Dan smiled with a pursed lips and said, "Bara, also known as Boni. The land there is fertile, arable and pastoral, and the local Sudan and Tu tribes have weak power. It is a really good place."

Yan Siqi nodded and said, "Long live the message first, get permission, what should I do?"

"Should you do this." Li Dan stroked his beard under his jaw and said, "How dare you act like this big thing? I have already written a letter to long live, and I guess I have also sent it to the capital."

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"The emperor, the musicians of the Jiaofangsi knelt outside the palace and kowtowed and burst into tears. Thank you for your gratitude for being absent from the clerk!" Wang Tiqian entered the palace with a memorial and reported to the emperor with a flattering smile.

The emperor smiled and said, "Send a palace servant to let him (they) leave and live a good life!"

Being a bad person is a good person, starting from the capital, it can be regarded as a way to make a move for various places.

Jiaofangsi picked up the brand, and although it became history, they were allowed to live temporarily until they found their place of return. Moreover, according to the years of Jiaofangsi, the full salary was paid in accordance with the palace maids.

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

At the same time, the emperor also asked Xu Ji to take the lead in organizing a singing and dancing troupe to manage the teaching and performance of court customs and music.

Although it is still a song and dance entertainment, it is no longer a musical and untouchable person. It is completely different in nature, and it is a way to stay and leave.

After all, many people in the Jiafangsi do not know other skills. They only play music and sing in elementary school, forcibly drive into society, may have to beg or even starve to death.

Since the Jiaofangsi no longer exists, the performance is not only for officials and the royal family. The emperor also explained this meaning, allowing the singing and dancing troupes to perform outside and collect rewards.

In fact, this is also a transition. When the singing and dancing troupe can support themselves, the emperor is no longer ready to support them.

From the perspective of saving money, a large number of palace maids were released before, but now the Jiaofangsi was abolished, which indeed saved a lot of royal expenses.

There are East and West Courts in Beijing and the 14th floor in Nanjing. The abolition of Jiaofangsi and the exaggeration of the Lehu as a good person is indeed a big deal. For the people of Jiaofangsi, it is even more of a great joy.

Who wants to be labeled as a pariah, who wants to endure discrimination and insults from others, who doesn’t want to be a dignified person? Who doesn’t want future generations to be promising, able to read and read, and even become an official in the imperial examination?

Now, the reduction of the registration and improvement has been solved. Although the traditional concept is still there, discrimination will still occur. However, in law, it is the same as the good people.

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

An imperial edict has changed the fate of many people, and has made the people cry and grateful for it.

He picked up the memorial and read it, but there was nothing urgent. The Liaodong Military Newspaper was delivered at any time, and the emperor was a little anxious.

Huh? The emperor saw the question book of different colors, which was a sign of the book in the chamber of commerce. Obviously, he was very interested in it, so he reached out to take it and read it.

Wang Tigan looked at the emperor's face and gradually smiled, obviously very satisfied.

After all, Li Dan really guessed what I thought after having rich experience and wandered around the sea.

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

Although Liaodong was not pacified, just like the exemption of untouchables, the emperor was not prepared to wait any longer, but gradually promulgated and implemented the planned policies and measures.

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

Of course, given that the power of the navy is not particularly strong, the emperor is not ready to go to war with the Western Barbarians. It should be a good choice to use the civilian power to make arrangements in Southeast Asia first.

Think about the Lanfang Republic, it should have happened in history for decades or hundreds of years later! It was OK at that time, but now the power of the Western Barbarians is not that strong, so there is no problem.

The emperor pondered for a while and picked up his pen to write a reply to Li Dan.

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

In later generations, the definition of a company was definite, which was a commercial nature. But at that time, it was a group organization with political colors.

The Western Yi had East India Company, and the Ming Dynasty also had "Nanhua" Company, which means "Chinese in Nanyang".

According to Li Dan's description, there are many Chinese people in Southeast Asia who make a living. Because Chinese are good at doing business, many people engaged in trade are respected by local chiefs.

Not only should one be respected, but one must also have its own armed forces. The emperor knew that the Western barbarians attacked the invasion of the South Oceanic natives also posed a threat to the local sultans and chiefs.

The Lanfang Republic in history gradually became an armed political force from a trade group.

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

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

But he also reminded Li Dan not to show his fangs too early to arouse the vigilance of the natives and Western barbarians. The Ming army navy may not have the strength to dominate the South China Sea in two or three years.

In order to pacify Liao and to quell the rebellion, the emperor occupied most of the resources. The navy did not get much, and the speed of development was also restricted.
Chapter completed!