Without the emperor's explanation, Lu Mengzheng also understood what the emperor asked him to write. He immediately wrote a letter and asked Liu An a question and chose a few new places of exile.
The emperor is really popular. Don’t you want to be demoted to the outside world to become an official by fighting?
OK, I am as you wish.
After the letter was sent out, Kou Zhun said: "Officials, I think that the Japanese island cannot be a place of exile. Although the Japanese island is not as good as the city, it is also a good place now. Huizhou Merchant Alliance sent 1,000 tenants to go there last year. This year, Hangzhou Merchant Alliance and Jinling Merchant Alliance sent 1,700 more households. Now every household has maids, servants, and slaves. The poorest ones also have families known as three thousand jin of raw silk. Generally speaking, those who have been there for more than one year will have no shame to meet their fellow villagers."
Three thousand kilograms of raw silk, this is actually money in the Song Dynasty.
Ten thousand kilograms of raw silk can be bought for a small private courtyard even if it is placed in Bianliang.
The emperor nodded, he was indeed rich. It seemed that the exile of the Japanese island was to send these hateful guys to enjoy the happiness. So where is the right place? The emperor believed that Liu An must have suggestions.
Whether within the territory of the Song Dynasty or outside the territory of the Song Dynasty, no one can match the geography of Liu An.
Liu An was also scratching his head when he received the letter.
Liu An remembers that there were four famous places of exile in history books.
The first one is Yazhou.
This place has a good name called Tianya Haijiao, but now there are hundreds of miles of salt fields and tens of millions of mu of drying grounds. This is no longer a sparsely populated island.
Although it is not as good as later generations, Yazhou is a place facing the sea and spring flowers blooming. Countless people run towards Yazhou all year round. The expensive seafood and hotels cannot stop people's fanaticism.
But now, many people hope to be exiled to Yazhou.
After one year of official career in Yazhou and having a little investment from his family, his income can be as high as ten years of official career in Bianliang. This is still a legal income.
There is another place called the imperial exile, Fang County.
Now this is a good place, and it is an important channel from the waterway to the Yangtze River in Guanzhong.
Then there is Lingnan.
Qinzhou in Guangxi was not allowed to exile all the officials in Beijing. They needed people, officials, and those who needed to manage the affairs needed to come here to develop Qinzhou like Leizhou.
The last one is the Braid to the holy place of exile, Yili.
At this time, this is an important node in the Western Regions Commercial Road. Opening a small restaurant only sells the simplest food, and the annual income is at least twice as high as that of a thousand-foot restaurant in Bianliang City.
Liu An thought of Dayizhou again.
It is obviously not suitable here. Since Quanzhou has been developed, Dayizhou has also been developed on the side of the Strait.
And someone found Wang Qinruo who broke his hand and made a fuss. Even such criminals arranged to manage the dock. Although Wang Qinruo was a criminal, he was once a second-rank official and had outstanding abilities.
Where?
Liu An thought for a full hour, and it was not until the emperor sent two people to urge him that Liu An wrote four places.
Besides, Liu An’s reply finally arrived in the court.
Lu Mengzheng took over and said, "The first one is Tsushima Island. It is located in front of the Japanese Island and the Koryo Peninsula. It is suitable for exiles at the throat. The maximum number of officials is the fifth rank."
More than 70% of the officials in the court are confused about this place.
It was still understood that after drawing a rough map, the officials realized that the place was there.
Lu Mengzheng continued to recite: "The second place can be exiled to the highest second-rank important officials. This place is called Temasek, which is pronounced in Javanese Haicheng. This place is the first throat of the world's sea transportation. If you get stuck here, you will be in control of the world's sea transportation. Dashi, the must-pass place between Rome and the Song Dynasty. If you don't pass by here, you will have a 20,000-mile journey around the sea. It is about 4,500 miles away from Yazhou."
"Good place." The emperor liked this place when he heard it.
If you control the shipping, you will have the money bag. It is definitely a very happy thing to collect taxes there.
Lu Mengzheng reminisced again: "The official family is the third place. It is two thousand three hundred miles southeast of Yazhou. This place is a natural good harbor. The gold mines on the island are ten times the total of the Song Dynasty gold mines. It has not been explored, occupied, and not named. This island is the largest island among the Thousand Islands. It has sent envoys to Guangzhou in the middle of the Thousand Islands. This year, it will definitely come to Bianliang."
The emperor immediately asked, "So, is the place Liu An mentioned the land of Puduan Kingdom?"
"I think it's not. They arrived in Guangzhou last year and reported that they only occupied several islands, and there was no North Island on the map."
The emperor stood up: "Transfer my will, and ordered the Korean government to send people to explore the way, to set up ports, and to erect monuments."
Lu Mengzheng took a step forward: "Officials, I think they should go first as envoys. If there is no country, only barbarians can set up ports and erect monuments. Otherwise, they should interact with state rituals. Although there are countless gold mines there, our heavenly dynasty takes etiquette first."
"Let's do it." The emperor became more and more fascinated by money.
Gold Mine!!!
Lu Mengzheng sighed slightly in his heart and continued to recite: "The last place, the North Port of Borneo Prefecture, has not been explored and occupied. This place was recorded in the Jin Dynasty, but it has been recorded that there has been no country or country for six hundred years. There have been mentioned in ancient books that this place is a treasure land of the South China Sea, with sufficient rain, dense forests and countless rivers. It is mentioned in the letter of Anping Hou that this place is the best sugarcane production place."
The emperor asked: "What is sugarcane?"
Lu Mengzheng replied: "In the Tang Dynasty, sugar was taken from sugarcane."
The emperor didn't say anything this time, just looked at Lu Mengzheng.
What else can Lu Mengzheng do? He had to say: "I will issue a formal document and ask the Korean government to send a ship to see it. I will send someone to bring a scepter and go there with courtesy."
The emperor's expression then calmed down.
Suddenly the emperor discovered that the territory of the Song Dynasty was expanding, tax revenues were increasing, and money was increasing.
This made the emperor very happy. The emperor felt that he seemed to have taken another step forward from Mount Tai Fengshan. This feeling was really good.
It's wrong.
The civil and military officials of the court took in their eyes.
The emperor is no longer the same emperor as before, especially Lu Mengzheng, who is most touched.
The emperor who used to remember the most was literature. It can cultivate one's own self-cultivation and cultivate one's nature. There is a golden house in the book and a beautiful woman in the book.
During the palace examination, someone danced a sword in the golden palace and was repatriated to his original hometown.
Once a military officer went out of the city to kill the enemy, demoted the official and exiled.
Now, the emperor has begun to hint at Lu Mengzheng, please write a document and send someone to occupy the territory. If you don’t say the word “kill” or kill”, is there anyone who doesn’t want to occupy the territory?
Bring a stone tablet!
What is a stone tablet?
Since the monument is a territory, there is no bloodshed in the dispute over territory.
Liu An, it was Liu An who led the emperor in a wrong way.
But, it's pretty good.
Chapter completed!