"Long live my lord, you haven't seen it. What kind of prince is he? He's a long-term worker who's going crazy with hunger!"
Zhu Yunxi smiled and leaned back, leaning slightly on the yellow brocade cushion, and said with a smile, "After all, he is also a prince of a country, so don't abuse others! Since the visitor has already arrived in the Ming Dynasty, the etiquette department will arrange it back, and the due etiquette cannot be
Que!" He said, and then said, "You are the Minister of the Lifan Yuan, and you will be responsible for these affairs of the vassal state in the future!"
Li Jinglong's Li Fan Yuan was different from the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites was mostly about literature, while the Li Fan Yuan was about martial arts. In the future, the Ministry of Rites was for internal affairs, while the Li Fan Yuan was for external affairs.
"It is true that the little prince has never seen the world, but he must not despise and ridicule him!" Zhu Yunxi urged again.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I despise them! Didn't you see that I just got off the ship in Fujian and ate a bowl of beef rice noodles? Those two princes wanted to eat the whole bowl! After passing Shandong, they had a meal of braised carp.
The second prince almost got stabbed to death by a fishbone!" Li Jinglong continued to laugh, "The two of us have been walking together, and even our eight eyes are not enough to see!" He said with a smile, "Actually, I would like to say, long live my Lord, you can control the world.
If you manage it well, the splendid country will blind the eyes of those people!"
For a long time, there has been no one around me who can talk like this, and no one can say this. Even though Zhu Yunxi knew that what the other person said was not entirely true, he still listened with a smile.
As I listened, my body relaxed and changed from reclining to half-lying.
"Long live the Lord, you are tired!" Li Jinglong saw Zhu Yunxi leaning half-lying and said quickly, "I didn't dare to say something just now. I have been away for half a year and looked at you when I came back. You are thinner than before!" As he said,
He turned around to look at the pile of memorials on the imperial desk, and said in a low voice, "I am stupid. I am so favored by Lord Long Live, but I can't do anything to help the emperor, and I always make the emperor worry!"
As he spoke, he bent down and knelt at Zhu Yunxi's feet, gently helped Zhu Yunxi pull off his boots, and then gently lifted his feet with both hands and placed them on the soft couch.
"Long live my lord, may I please rub your legs?" Li Jinglong smiled again.
Zhu Yunxi turned sideways to him, bent his knees slightly, and adjusted a comfortable posture, "Eunuchs usually do these things. You are a minister of the country, how can you do the work of an eunuch?" He said, pointing to the soft pillar, "Sit tight.
, I have something to tell you!"
Hearing this, Li Jinglong quickly sat upright.
He looked solemn, but he was complaining in his heart.
"The Emperor suddenly wants to talk to me. Why? Is it because Taibailou said something to me? Or did something else happen when I was not at home?"
With random thoughts in his mind, Zhu Yunxi put his hands behind his head and asked calmly, "What did you gain from going to Luzon this time?"
"Bring back the sweet potato seeds that the Supreme Emperor entrusted to you, as well as the serfs from Xie Jinzhong's manor..." Li Jinglong said, something was wrong immediately, because of Zhu Yunxi's expression
Tell him that the emperor is not interested in these words.
Li Jinglong thought for a while and continued, "Before I went to Luzon, I thought Fanbang Island Country was just like a savage tribe, but after I arrived, it was completely different from what I thought. The people may be poor, but the royal family lives a luxurious life!"
"The island country has green trees all year round and fertile soil. There is endless supply of fresh fruits, sea fish and other food. Although the local natives are poor, they have never had to worry about famine!"
"Besides, the local area is rich in various gems, spices, ivory, rhinoceros horns and other items. In the deep mountains and old forests, there are vast expanse of golden trees, and medicinal materials are all over the mountains and plains."
"I also heard from local Chinese businessmen that there are sand gold in many streams among the mountains of the island!"
Speaking of this, Li Jinglong looked at Zhu Yunxi's face, saw the emperor nodded slightly, and continued, "Although it is poor over there, I think it is a treasure land with great potential. As I heard from the local businessmen, the poorer the place, the better.
The better to do business, because the natives have nothing, so they need everything!"
Zhu Yunxi listened in his ears and kept nodding. This is why he sent Li Jinglong out. Although he is dishonest, there is one thing that others can't compare with. That is, he is not so aloof and arrogant when it comes to interests.
Everyone is pragmatic.
"Then let me ask you again!" Zhu Yunxi was lying down with his legs crossed. "Since you have helped the imperial court find a seaport in Luzon, how will you manage it in the future?"
Li Jinglong sat upright and said, "Before I came back, I built a fort on the high ground next to the harbor, leaving one hundred and sixty soldiers and four artillery pieces stationed there!"
"From this height, you can overlook the entire harbor. In the future, our Ming Dynasty will be filled with soldiers and soldiers here. The fortress can be expanded infinitely, and docks will be set up along the coast to facilitate the berthing of ships. The fields around the harbor will be burned to make way for farming."
"Collect taxes from merchant ships, build cities, and promote the enlightenment of the Celestial Empire!"
After saying that, Li Jinglong looked at Zhu Yunxi's face again and said, "I think the control is only one aspect, the main thing is to make those natives become people of my Ming Dynasty!"
"Oh?" Zhu Yunxi was surprised by this suggestion and said with a smile, "Please tell me carefully!"
"If the Ming Dynasty built a military city and farmed here, within a few years, the King of Manila would be dead in name only." Li Jinglong continued to laugh, "But this place is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, and the cultural customs are different. The local people and the Ming Dynasty have always been separated in their hearts.
layer!"
"So I believe that in order to achieve long-term peace and stability, we should promote the Celestial Dynasty's official script and set up schools to cultivate scholars among the native people. Let them consider themselves as Ming people. If this goes on for decades, this place will be used as the land of the Ming Dynasty!"
What Li Jinglong is talking about is the so-called civilized assimilation.
"I thought you were going to be like others, always talking about massacring the city!" Zhu Yunxi smiled happily, "I didn't expect that you were taking the path of gentle rule!" After saying that, he sat up cross-legged, "I thought so too.
, overseas places should promote the sacred teachings of the Celestial Dynasty."
"The people of those foreign countries are just a piece of blank paper. From now on, we teach them that they are people of the Ming Dynasty, and they are the people of the Ming Dynasty. Teaching them is far better than killing them! Of course, it is better to have the knife in one hand, the book in one hand, and the preparation in both hands.
need!"
"Your Majesty has seen Wanli, and I still had some things that I couldn't figure out in my heart. But after hearing what the Lord Long Live said, I was suddenly enlightened!" Li Jinglong stood up and lowered his hands and said.
"Oh, you flatter me all the time, one idiom after another!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, waved his hand and said, "Sit down, sit down and talk!"
Then, he crossed his legs and swayed twice on the soft couch, "Actually, what you said is not difficult, but what is the most difficult point? Have you ever thought about it?"
"I am stupid!" Li Jinglong said.
"Immigrate!" Zhu Yunxi sighed, "You also said that it is thousands of miles away from the sea, and it is still a wild land. There are wild beasts and savages in the mountains, drinking blood like hair!" He said, sighing slightly, "Don't say it is so far away.
A few days ago, I sent some criminal scholars to Qiongzhou, and some people came to me and cried!"
“If we really immigrate to Luzon, there’s no telling what problems may arise!”