I kept talking about the three vassal kings and I really didn’t want to say it anymore. This is the first time I encountered this in my life, and it is really popular!

Emperor Chongzhen kept listening and felt that the three vassal kings had said almost the same thing, so he stopped asking questions freely. Then, he looked at so many vassal kings of all ages below and said: "The vassal kings' vassal kings' vassals are beneficial to the Ming Dynasty and also to the vassal kings. It is a win-win situation! Therefore, I plan to enfeoff all the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty in the next twenty years. Of course, including my son."

Looking at his eyes, he knew what these vassal kings were most concerned about, and continued to say: "As for where the vassal kings were enthroned, it is hard to say for the time being. After all, for the vassal kings' palaces, they are not able to conquer the vassal states at present. Therefore, I decided to follow the model of King Tang, King Fu and others. Do you have any objections to this?"

The emperor was right, and the vassal kings looked at each other and responded in unison: "I have no objection!"

After saying that, these vassal kings wanted to speak but stopped, and looked at the other vassal kings, as if they wanted others to mention it first.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew what they wanted to ask, but he didn't say it immediately. Just nodded and showed two eunuchs pushing a screen to the vassal kings and unfolding it. There was a map hanging on the screen, which was the "Comprehensive Map of Kunyu and Wanguo" drawn by Li Zhizao, the Shaoqing of the former Taipu Temple.

When the vassal kings saw it, they immediately stared at the map. Their eyes turned, looked here, there, and looked at their appearance, as if there was a cake in front of them. These vassal kings were thinking about which piece they would eat!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly thought of something in later textbooks. In the late Qing Dynasty, the great powers of various countries focused on China's map to divide the sphere of influence, and later published a cartoon called "Current Map", which was used to satirize this matter.

Oh, it was really a mistake. Now it has become the territory of the Ming Dynasty who is separated from people. It is a sin, a sin!

Emperor Chongzhen thought in his heart, but his expression had not changed much. Obviously, he didn't care. Or rather, instead of letting others divide their territory, it is better to be stronger now and distinguish people's territory as before!

At least, the Ming Dynasty today is the most powerful country on the earth in any aspect! And now, there are many places on the earth that live in primitive and backward tribes, and they need the Ming Dynasty to liberate!

Hey, it seems that this reason is also used by the great powers of another plane?

After thinking for a while, Emperor Chongzhen didn't think of anything, so he stopped thinking about it. No matter what, he was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and had to be responsible for the people of the Ming Dynasty, that's all!

After all the vassal kings looked at it for a while, he stood up and walked down, came to the front of the screen, and looked at the vassal king who had already taken a few steps back and said: "This world map is probably accurate. Now..."

As he spoke, he began to point it to the princes.

"This is Tang State, this is Fu State, this is Yi State!" Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen pointed to Laos and said, "At present, I have received the people of the Nanzhan begged the Ming Dynasty to enfeoff the vassal kings. Therefore, I decided that the next place to enfeoff the vassal kings would be the Nanzhan."

Hearing this, King Fu was obviously a little disappointed. Before this, he had been making up his mind to see if this place could be merged into Fuguo. This time he came to the capital, he wanted to ask the emperor to see the emperor alone and talk about this matter. However, unexpectedly, the emperor had already spoken out in public, and there was no need to discuss the plan for Nanzhang.

But he didn't know that in principle, the territory of the vassal states that were enfeoffed to the Ming Dynasty should not be too large!

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he saw that many vassal kings' eyes began to shine green, and he said again: "But in the final analysis, the Southern Plate was still the ones sent by the court to fight. The cost of the vassal kings still needs to be paid for by the vassal kings."

After saying that, he pointed to Nanyang again and said: "Next, in order to solve the risks of Yiguo and Fuguo, the court may fight the Western Yi in the South China Sea. In this way, Nanyang should be able to enfeoff a few vassal kings. As for how many, I haven't figured out yet. Then here..."

With this, Emperor Chongzhen pointed to Africa and North and South America and said: "These places are a little far from the Ming Dynasty. But they are all good places. The Western Yi had sent people to conquer the local indigenous tribes decades ago."

Then, he briefly introduced the situation of Western barbarians, that is, Europe, as well as the Mughal dynasty, Persian dynasty, etc., and almost told the global situation. Then he turned back to his imperial seat and sat down, looking at the vassal kings below and said, "It's too far away, don't think about it for the time being, and then talk about it when the time is right. For now, it's mainly in the South Ocean, but it can be divided. I have said just now that the first one is the Nanzhang, which is close to the Ming Dynasty and backed to the mother country, can get strong support from the court."

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen does not need to be said of this situation. These vassal kings have eyes. For them, the sooner they are enfeoffed, the sooner they can enjoy the power of the real vassal kings.

In addition, there are many benefits. For example, if the ban is enfeoffed early, more people can be recruited in China, otherwise they will be left over by other vassal states, and the cost will definitely be much higher. Also, if the ban is enfeoffed early, domestic resources can also be utilized earlier, such as if there is any mutual exchange, and the vassal states can flourish as soon as possible.

The most important point is that there are only a few places close to the Ming Dynasty. If it is too late, it will be divided into brigades far away. For example, in North and South America, Africa, etc., these vassal kings were actually unhappy, and they felt like they had gone to the horizon.

Therefore, these vassal kings looked at Emperor Chongzhen with a gaze, hoping that Emperor Chongzhen would give him the title of the Southern Plate.

However, how could Emperor Chongzhen holds this royal meeting without purpose? He heard him say in the head of the previous chapter: "But you are all vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, and I don't like to favor one or the other. It is unfair to directly designate who will come first and who will come later, right?"

When many vassal kings heard this, they were a little disappointed and had to admit that it seemed like this. In the public court, those who are emperors should not be too partial! The royal family is also shameless.

If so, there must be one of the vassal kings who will go there? Who will you choose?

Could it be to draw lots? These vassal kings all guessed in their minds.

However, they guessed wrong again, and then Emperor Chongzhen continued: "I don't hide it from all the ministers. Some things are said, there are two things. The people in the South asked the Ming Dynasty to enfeoff the vassal kings, but in fact they were captured by the imperial army. The ministers should know this in their minds!"

What are the people in the Nanzhan asked the Ming Dynasty to enfeoff the vassal kings? These are actually just an obvious excuse. The people in the Wenhua Palace are not so stupid that they really believe this excuse. When will ordinary people make such a decision?

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen said this, in order to show his elegance or not so naive, the vassal kings all nodded at the same time.

Wen Tiren, Cao Huachun and others who had been watching the situation in the hall looked at each other and knew that these vassal kings had fallen into the emperor's pit.

Sure enough, seeing that all the vassal kings had confirmed, Emperor Chongzhen said seriously: "Don't think that the treasury has more money now. In fact, it is the opposite. Now, there are floods in the south and droughts in the north, and there are still many natural disasters. Moreover, the north has just fought with the Mongols, and the south is still fighting, including the Tang State. I have sent troops to the newly captured Bangladesh province of Tang State to garrison. Also, I also want to implement free compulsory education nationwide for three years so that all children in the Ming Dynasty can study. But all this requires money, and I am short of money!"

Hearing this, many vassal kings had a clear understanding. If it was expected, the emperor would probably make money.

They were not wrong, and Emperor Chongzhen immediately changed the subject: "So, the military expenses of the Nanzhang, the pensions of the soldiers, etc., still need to be paid by the vassal kings. This is also true of the other three vassal states that have been enfeoffed."

When he said this, his voice raised a little, "So, I decided that if any vassal king pays more money, the vassal king will take the vassal south first. Doing so will be worthy of the soldiers fighting on the front line and fighting for the ministers. It is also a fair move for the ministers!"

Hearing this, many vassal kings couldn't help but look at each other. Many people shouted in their hearts: "Your Majesty, we want to draw lots, we would rather draw lots, so that's fair! Your Majesty, we want to draw lots..."

However, in the end, they just thought about this cry in their hearts.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he did not stay in Wenhua Palace. How could the emperor personally take charge of the auction such as price reduction? The chief minister and the eunuch in charge of the seal were there, and they could just watch the vassal kings bid.

In the future, this matter will be customized.

When the court sends troops to capture a certain place, if they want to enfeoff the vassal kings, the vassal kings will bid for the vassal kings. The higher the price will be obtained, and the court will then conduct training on governing the country.

This training includes governing vassal states, handling the relationship between the people of the Ming Dynasty and the indigenous people, and developing the economy of vassal states (of course, this must be guided by the court based on actual conditions), how to communicate with the mother country, how to deal with the relationship with the mother country, etc.

At least during the period of Emperor Chongzhen's reign, the vassal states that were enfeoffed must be unified and regulated by the Ming Dynasty, and no matter what aspects, they are tangible and intangible in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. As for what happens after death, anyway, this foundation is laid here, and the descendants are incompetent, and there is nothing we can do about it.

As a person who has traveled through time from later generations, he will not be so naive that he thinks that a certain system can last for thousands of years!

It lasted for about two hours before Cao Huachun returned to the palace to report to Emperor Chongzhen that the auction had a result, and the highest bid was the King of Zhou who was enfeoffed in Kaifeng.

The King of Zhou among the Ming Dynasty's vassal kings was an old vassal king. The first King of Zhou was Zhu Yuanzhang's fifth son. After so many generations of accumulation, his wealth was naturally one of the most powerful people among all the vassal kings.

Of course, there is not only the Zhou king of old vassal kings. However, this Zhou king Zhu Gongye was not a stingy person.

In the original history, Kaifeng was attacked by the King of Chuang several times. Zhu Gongzi took out his own silver as military pay. According to historical records, Zhu Gongzi personally took out 500,000 yuan in treasury funds, and the soldiers who guarded the guards were given a reward grid, killing a thief and giving fifty gold. He also invested himself to build Kaifeng City to defend against the bandits. It is precisely because the King of Chuang could not defeat Kaifeng several times, and finally got crazy, digging the Yellow River and flooding Kaifeng City, which was considered "fighting".

Of course, this is all about another plane. On this plane, Li Zicheng did not become the King of Chuang. He surrendered to the court when he was still in the general and volunteered to go to the far north. Xuanwei and Ming Dynasty killed and killed many Tsarist Russians. Now, he is escorting the trophy of Mobei back to Huacheng.

For the vassal kings, although they could still mortgage valuable things from the vassal state to the Ming Construction Bank for loans when they were in the vassal state, they would have to pay interest in the end. Therefore, some of their money would have to be kept in the vassal state as startup funds, and it was impossible to spend all the money when bidding.

But no matter this, you can still get the most money by using this auction method.

As Emperor Chongzhen said, he was indeed short of money. Compulsory education alone is now just because of the illegal funds of the service house, which only benefited a small number of people. If you want to truly realize compulsory education for children across the country, the money you need is too much, and it is far from too much.

If you have three years of compulsory education, then four, five, and six years will be... Anyway, the Ming Dynasty's reading and literacy and popularization of scientific and technological knowledge must be as much as possible!

The next day, the King of Tang hurriedly submitted a resignation, and he wanted to rush back to Tang State. Before leaving, he even requested a special meeting.

"Your Majesty, what should we do with Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire?" The King of Tang was unsure and confirmed to Emperor Chongzhen when he was resigning.

Emperor Chongzhen heard this and didn't care. He immediately replied: "Then Shah Jahan must be unable to send troops to take back Bangladesh, at least not at the moment, so please rest assured."

Speaking of this, he pondered for a while and continued, "Just sending troops to Tang State, just an excuse to expose him by being bewitched by King Long, that would be too cheap. You can reply and ask Shah Jahan for compensation. As for the amount, even if you ask for it, you will find a reason for it yourself, such as casualties of soldiers, farmland damage, etc., whatever, it is just an excuse. Just remember that the amount is so large that Shah Jahan cannot take out the money. In this way, if he does not compensate first, why should he let the Ming Dynasty retreat?"

Hearing this, King Tang opened his mouth slightly, and it turned out that this could be done!

He was thinking that Emperor Chongzhen had explained again.
Chapter completed!