Standing up from Cai'er, Zhu Youjian had breakfast in Kunning Palace. He took the comments written last night and sent the eunuch to the interrogation office before returning to the Qing Palace.
Throughout the morning, Zhu Youjian stayed in the Palace of the Qing Dynasty and studied a map for a long time.
On the second day, Zhu Youjian held a special meeting. Officials from the third court and ten branches attended the meeting.
This time the North Korean meeting was quite deserted. Now the officials of the ten ministries are responsible for their respective responsibilities. If they cannot solve the problems, they will be handed over to the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister can’t make a decision, then it will be transferred to Zhu Youjian. Perhaps the regular North Korean meeting is already in the hands of Zhu Youjian. There is no need to hold it.
"Your Majesty, the road from Chengdu, Sichuan to Xi'an, Shaanxi has made great progress. The roadbed has been completed. The concrete pavement is now being poured. According to the plan, it should be passable before the end of next year." Transportation Minister Li Changgeng was not prepared to start. After all, it was only the completion of the roadbed. He was going to report to Zhu Youjian until the road passed. But today, the ministers had nothing to do with the meeting, so he reported the construction of this important road to the emperor.
"Oh, bring the map." When Li Changgeng took out the map he was carrying, Zhu Youjian did not ask the eunuch Zhang Yixian to present it. Instead, he left the dragon chair and went directly to Li Changgeng. Zhang Yixian moved a half-person tall one. The square table, tile the map.
"Please look at your majesty," Li Changgeng pointed with his hand on the map. "Between Chengdu and Xi'an, it is separated by the Jialing River, Fujiang River, and Tuojiang River, and the Qinling Mountains, Daba Mountain, Jianmen Mountain and other mountains are obstructed. The traffic is extremely high. difficult."
"Well, I know that the road of Shu is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky! It needs to build bridges, open mountains, add gully, etc. Li Aiqing has worked hard!" Zhu Youjian also knows that the difficulties of the road of Shu can not be explained in a few words.
At that time, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, relied on the danger of the terrain. When his strength was weak, he would enter Shu to maintain his health. Once the climate was developed, he would send troops from Chencang and eventually establish a strong man. During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei's strength was obviously not as good as Cao Wei, and he was still able to stay in peace with Chengdu. , But also because of the difficulties of the Shu Road.
Because of this, Zhu Youjian took this road in his mind and instructed Li Changgeng to explore and build it as soon as possible. If this cement road is successfully built, Sichuan will be integrated into Guanzhong, which will surely bring about the naturalization and economic development of Sichuan. With a huge boost, Daming can also use this to build a circular concrete avenue that encompasses the core area of Han nationality.
"This is the duty of a minister." Li Changgeng did not expect that Zhu Youjian could also say the difficulties and dangers of the highway construction process, understanding the daily hardships of the road workers, "The section from Xi'an to the west to Fengxiang is your majesty. It was built when I was in Shaanxi, and it was already passable, and then from Fengxiang to the southwest, passing through Lueyang, Yangpingguan, Guangyuan, Zhaohua, Jiange, Qingchuan, Jiangyou, Mianyang, Deyang, and finally to Chengdu."
This should be the general direction of the "Baocheng Railway" of later generations. The road construction in such a mountainous terrain depends entirely on manpower. The casualties are conceivable. Now the roads are all prisoners of war. After the road passes, no one builds a monument for them. However, for the sake of Daming, these prisoners of war paid the price of blood, sweat and even their lives, and Zhu Youjian's face became gloomy.
"Your Majesty?" Li Changgeng noticed the change in Zhu Youzhen's face in time. He didn't understand where he was wrong. In fact, he was very satisfied with the roadbed being built in such a short period of time. As for the prisoners of war, he was completely satisfied. I never cared about them. They were prisoners of war. Daming was already very kind to give them a chance to survive.
"It's nothing," Zhu Youjian knew that it was not time to sympathize with prisoners of war. "Li Aiqing, those prisoners of war who are building roads are also very hard. In the future, they will build roads in other places. Treat them kindly and try to make them live better."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Changgeng knew that Zhu Youjian wanted these prisoners of war to build more roads for Daming.
"By the way, this sword pavilion, but where Jiang Wei fought Deng Ai back then?" Zhu Youjian saw that the atmosphere was a bit solemn, and hurriedly changed the topic.
"Your Majesty, it is here. Back then, Sima Zhao ordered Deng Ai and Zhong Hui to fight against Shu. Deng Ai led Zheng Bing to enter from the Jiange Pavilion. When he encountered Jiang Wei of Shu, he was intercepted. The small road surprise attack, but it is easy to win Chengdu, which shows the danger of Jiange." "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been written for a long time, and Li Changgeng is naturally no stranger.
"Haha, the Jiange that Deng Ai did not conquer back then has been conquered by Li Aiqing's road-building army today. It is gratifying!" Zhu Youjian believes that the key to this road is the roadbed. Once the roadbed is completed, the cement can be poured separately. It shouldn't be too long. Anyway, some of them are prisoners of war. "I also have a map here. You might as well take a look."
The map that Zhu Youjian took out only marked the Nanyang region. Everyone was puzzled. Only when Li Chunye saw Luzon Province in the upper right corner could he know its approximate location, "Your Majesty, but the Nanyang War is over?"
"Li Aiqing is right. Zheng Zhilong did win a big victory in Nanyang." Zhu Youjian made no secret of his joy. "Zheng Zhilong defeated Portugal in Malacca, and with the victory, he is negotiating with the Dutch. It should be very good. The final message will come soon."
Portugal is completely defeated and Daming’s control of the Malacca Waterway is a certainty. Zhu Youjian has already sent a message to Zheng Zhilong, agreeing to establish Daming Autonomous Province. The peace talks with the Dutch should end soon, so that the South China Sea Fleet will be established. From Xiamen and Guangzhou, to Taiwan Province, Subic in Luzon Province, Kuching in Lanzhu Province, to the naval base in Malacca City, Daming will formally control Nanyang.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the South China Sea Fleet has opened up for Daming again!"
"His Majesty!"
Ministers have become accustomed to the victory of the Ming army, from Liaodong, to Tibet, to Luzon, to Burma, and until now Malacca. Since Zhu Youjian ascended the throne, Ming’s foreign war has been completely victorious, and the territory has been expanded to a great extent. It's unbelievable.
Huang Liji, Li Chunye, and others estimate that Zhu Youjian's meeting today is probably about the establishment of a new province.
"Zhongqing look at this map." Zhu Youjian asked the chief officials of the third academy and ten departments to surround him, while the low-level officials could only stay behind and crane their necks desperately, but they could only see On the back of the head of the person in front, all the officials were as quiet as they were waiting for the verdict of their own destiny, "This is the Luzon Province of Ming Dynasty."
"To the south is the newly regained land of the South China Sea Fleet. Sulawesi and the Spice Islands. To the southwest of them, there is a huge island called Borneo. The classics of Ming Dynasty were also called Bo Ni, which will become Ming Dynasty. An autonomous province, and this place, called Malacca, was the place where Zheng He went to the West when he was stationed in the West. It was also the only passage for the Daming ships to enter the West. It was later occupied by the Portuguese. Now, it has finally returned to Daming's embrace... "
In order to prevent the ministers from being too surprised, Zhu Youjian secretly changed a lot of concepts. For example, in the Malacca waterway, Zheng He only built a trading warehouse in the li. To prevent pirate harassment, some soldiers were stationed, but this time passed. Spurs Canada agreed to pay a site fee. In fact, it is not even a military base, let alone Daming's land.
For example, in Borneo, in different periods, Ming’s classic titles were different, because different countries were established on the island. Although these influential countries were all vassal states of Ming, the merchants and soldiers of Ming were basically I didn't get involved with these islands, but the country on the island sent envoys to Beijing to pay tribute. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty probably didn't even know where these islands were.
And Sulawesi and Spice Islands were named after Xiyi came here. As for what they were called before, Zhu Youjian didn’t know. The ministers of the Third Academy and the Ten Departments had never heard of them. Not even Daming's vassal territory, eight poles can't make a relationship.
"Your Majesty, should Nanyang establish provinces? If a province is established, the ministers should prepare first." The Minister of Personnel Wang Yongguang is not very interested in these islands. He is already making preparations. Once a new province is established, New officials are inevitably needed. Since Zhu Youjian became the throne, Daming has established too many new provinces in the frontier, and some officials in the DPRK are not enough.
Zhu Youjian did not answer Wang Yongguang’s question. Instead, he let the map go through the hands of the ministers. The three pieces of land circled in red on the map are very eye-catching, but there is no scale on the map, and no one knows exactly what these three pieces of land are. How big is it.
After all the officials had read it again, Zhu Youzhen coughed and stopped the court's discussion, "Since we are back to Daming, of course we have to set up a province." Zhu Youzhen used the word "Hui" to dispel the ministers. Doubts.
"Your Majesty, how many provinces do you need to set up? If you set up a province, the distance between these islands seems too far..." Li Chunye understands Zhu Youjian's thoughts best. When Zhu Youjian was still the King of Letters, he was right. He looked forward to Daming's future, and is now moving toward these goals step by step, and some goals have been fully achieved.
As Zhu Youjian said, when Daming realized these goals, he did not leave the treasury empty and the people displaced because of the war. On the contrary, every foreign war, Daming can obtain huge economic benefits. Transform into funds needed for domestic construction.
In other words, every foreign war can not only open up frontiers, but also promote the prosperity and progress of the country.
"First of all, Sulawesi and Spice Islands." Zhu Youjian originally planned to include these places in Luzon Province. Later, considering that it is too far from Luzon and not connected by land, the management is mostly unchanged, and Luzon Province The naturalization work itself is far from complete, and there is no power to start Sinicization on the newly regained land. It is still appropriate to set up a separate province. "You should not look at the shape of the island, but the area of the land can be compared. The entire Hebei Province."
"The entire Hebei Province?" Someone whispered something, and someone picked up the map again, wishing to put all their eyes on the map.
"I intend to establish a new province here," Zhu Youzhen said with a serious tone, "Wang Aiqing, is there a suitable person to take charge of this new province?"