The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 85 Should the land in North America be divided among other vassal kings?
After the first day of formal talks, Zhu Jianxuan took a hastily drawn colonial distribution map to the Qianqing Palace to report to his emperor father.

Spreading the map on the desk in front of the emperor, Zhu Jianxuan roughly explained the distribution and exchange plan of the colonies based on the lines drawn on the map.

After listening to this, Emperor Zhu Zhonglin of the Ming Dynasty nodded slightly:
“Well, North America has a pretty good foundation now.

“I will find a suitable opportunity later to fight the Spanish and seize the Great Plains west of the Mississippi River.

"Then North America would have the foundation for a great power."

Zhu Jianxuan listened to his father talking about "a great country" and asked a question with some uncertainty in his heart:

"Father, which of these places in North America can be given to America? Which can be given to me?
"Should I form a separate country for my son's part, or should I merge it directly with the United States?"

Zhu Jianxuan certainly wanted to get all the land that was recaptured this time, but he also naturally thought of the fact that he had more than a dozen brothers.

These lands in North America are much better than Australia. The large inland plains are fertile and there is enough rainfall for use.

It was a natural choice for his father to take out a part of the money to build another country and then divide it among other brothers.

The emperor waved his hand indifferently:
"These are all earned specifically for you, you can arrange them however you want.

"If you want to merge with the United States, then merge; if you want to establish a separate country, then establish a separate country.

“Anyway, according to the results of your negotiations with the Americans, the country has been divided into several different regions, each with a completely different system.

"Free States, Dominions, Kingdom Provinces, Crown Demesnes, they all fit in."

Zhu Jianxuan was obviously a little surprised by his father's response:
"Well... Father, I already have Australia and the Pacific Islands, and I will get the throne of America in the future.

"Now if we take all the lands gained in the American War, will the other brothers have any objections?"

Ming Emperor Zhu Zhonglin shook his head when he heard this, and then consoled and educated his youngest son:

"You care about Australia and North America and think Australia and North America are valuable.

"So you think you've gotten so much that you're starting to feel guilty about it.

“But your idea is totally unnecessary.

“You probably don’t realize that of all your brothers, you are the only one most interested in overseas affairs.

“Only if you are willing to look overseas and have the talent to solve overseas affairs.

"And what about your brothers? Some of them just want to eat, drink and have fun, while others are keen on domestic and surrounding political affairs, including your eldest brother.

"To a place like Australia, even if the emperor asked your brothers to go, they would not go.

“Some people in North America do consider it, but it’s just a consideration.

“They don’t have your abilities and achievements, but the key is that they certainly can’t stand the so-called constitutional restrictions. Naturally, it’s hard for them to be accepted by American businessmen, and they don’t want to be the king of a group of barbarians.

“If I only give them a few uninhabited wild lands, they probably won’t be in the mood to slowly build them.

“Perhaps I won’t visit the fiefdom in person for the next fifty years.

“Compared to being an honorary king in the United States, they would rather go to Japan to occupy a piece of land and be king, because Japan has a large enough population.

"But Japan is much harder to control than Australia. The key is that Japan's gold and silver mines have almost been mined out, and now only the most desperate poor are left.

"Japan's only value is its large population, but the Ming has more people, so Japan is just a piece of stinky, hard bone with no value.

"Since there are so many vulnerable people out there, it is impossible for Father to bite the bone of Japan for them."

After listening to his father's explanation, Zhu Jianxuan finally understood his own misunderstandings.

I look at the world based on my past life experience, and I attach special importance to North America, a chosen place.

But now it is 1781, and the world's recognized good "territory" is located in the central and southern part of Shenzhou and the central and western part of Europe.

Not to mention Australia, which is recognized as a barren land, even the "Jiangnan" and "Central Plains" in North and South America can now be considered a barren world.

They are all exile places on the far edge of the civilized world.

It is one thing for everyone to know that a place has great development potential, but whether or not they are willing to develop these wastelands themselves is another.

In the absence of clear mineral resources, the most important wealth on the land is actually the population, and there are not many people on the Great Plains of North America. Even ordinary immigrants at the bottom of society mostly consider going to the New World because they can no longer survive in the Old World.

Not to mention the princes who can become wealthy princes in their own country.

Most of the Ming Dynasty's development in Southeast Asia was completed during the Chongzhen period, which was carried out under the pressure of the Qing Dynasty in the north.

After the country's national strength regained its advantage over the Qing Dynasty, the court's expansion into the south slowed down.

Although they drove away the Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch in Southeast Asia, they did not chase them directly to India.

In the past few decades, the main driving force for the imperial court and the local governors to continue to develop Southeast Asia was to send away local peasants who were causing trouble or had lost their land.

Although quinine was available, the mortality rate in the tropics was still very high, and most princes did not want to go to Southeast Asia to be monarchs.

If Zhu Jianxuan had really taken Zhejiang as his fiefdom, his brothers would have been jealous to the point of red-eyed.

Now that Zhu Jianxuan has obtained a large amount of land in North America, his brothers certainly cannot say that they are not envious at all, but they are not to the point of jealousy either.

If I have to say I am jealous, it is because Zhu Jianxuan is more valued by his father, the emperor, and more importantly, he also has a lot of patent income.

After Zhu Jianxuan understood all this, he felt relieved about the things in North America.

Finally, when I heard the emperor talking about Japan, I subconsciously proposed a typical plan of a time traveler:

"We can recruit poor Japanese to go to Africa to grab territory, and at the same time fight the Egyptians, Omanis, and Ottomans.

“Seize the Red Sea and Egypt and build a canal to connect the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

"The Muslim countries in these areas have a certain level of combat capability. If we use our Ming army and civilians to conquer them directly, the casualties may be relatively high.

"Using the fierce Japanese to fight, seizing these territories and consuming the Japanese can be considered killing two birds with one stone.

“After the war, we can build a feudal state in Africa to settle the surviving Japanese.

"Give them some of the lowest-level vassal titles, and give them some farmland and Kunlun slaves."

When Zhu Zhonglin heard this proposal, he patted Zhu Jianxuan on the shoulder again with great emotion:

"As expected, the Ming Dynasty's overseas affairs still depend on you. Others don't have so many ideas.

"You can boldly occupy any place you want to occupy and run any business you want to run.

"If any of your brothers really want to venture overseas, I will send them to your side to help you.

"If you judge that they are really capable of standing on their own, you can decide what position to assign them.

“Or you can find a place you think is suitable and allocate a piece of land for them to run the business themselves.

"But you can't just hang around outside all the time. You have to come back to see your parents when you have time..."

Zhu Jianxuan roughly understood that his father wanted to hand over all overseas affairs to him, like a larger-scale enfeoffment.

Give the local ones to the prince and give the overseas ones to myself.

This is both a kind of respect for oneself and a kind of compensation.

In his heart, he may really believe that he is more suitable to be the next emperor.

But the constraints of reality prevented him from making such a decision.

He should have completely given up the idea of ​​deposing the eldest son and enthroning the youngest son as the heir by now. After all, he is already sixty-three years old.

In this era, elderly people of this age may die at any time, and it may be too late to adjust their affairs after death.

At the same time, he should be quite satisfied with his elder brother, the eldest and legitimate crown prince.

Suppressing the crown prince should just be an instinctive decision because people don't want him to share power.

Zhu Jianxuan felt deeply moved and nodded seriously, saying:
"I will remember your father's teachings. When the construction in Australia and North America is finished, I will come back to visit you."

I'm so sorry, I just realized that my scheduled post is now scheduled for tomorrow.

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(End of this chapter)