The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 258 is all about the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xiong Ying then pointed westward: "The Yuan Dynasty once marched westward all the way to this place."

There used to be a very powerful Roman Empire here. After Rome disintegrated, it was divided into several small states.

In terms of strength, these small countries are even more fragmented than the states of our Spring and Autumn Period, and they have virtually no fighting power.

However, the climate here is suitable and the land is fertile.

However, the people who occupied this place were a bunch of barbarians.

Currently, their fighting strength is much weaker than that of the Ming Dynasty.

"If we could reclaim that place, we could feed even more people of the Ming Dynasty!"

"If you go southeast from this direction, you will reach the Arabian and Persian regions. The Gulf here contains a large amount of oil, which is an extremely precious fuel."

"Perhaps we don't need it now, but I believe we will need it sooner or later. Our Great Ming can do without it, but we cannot be without it, so we must seize this place!"

Then Zhu Xiong Ying pointed to all the places and explained them to Zhu Yuanzhang, who was extremely surprised.

They never imagined there were so many wonderful places in the world; they had no idea before.

I used to think I was the richest person in the world, but now it seems I'm more like a poor person.

There are so many good things in this world, it's such a waste to leave them in those people's hands. We should take them all down. Shouldn't these things belong to our Great Ming?
His crown prince, Zhu Biao, frowned. "Could it be that the fiefdoms you mentioned for the vassal kings are these places?"

Zhu Xiong Ying smiled and nodded, "That is indeed my idea. These places are too far away from our Great Ming, and the people there have not yet developed them."

It is not easy for our Great Ming to conquer these places and permanently occupy them. It would be better to let the princes of our Great Ming garrison them for generations.

This will not only solve the problem of the vassal kings' lands, but also allow us to further expand the influence of our Great Ming Dynasty!

The two nodded in agreement; it was indeed a good idea, but they shouldn't rush into it.

Indeed, conquering such a vast land is no easy task, and the Ming Dynasty does not yet possess the national strength to do so.

At this moment, Zhu Xiong Ying turned his attention to the Liaodong area.

In this battle, we have conquered Liaodong and the northern grasslands.

However, completely conquering the northern grasslands is not so easy.

Therefore, I thought of establishing Xinghan Prefecture in the north.

In the future, it can also serve as a bridgehead for our continued northward expeditions or for managing the northern herders.

What we should really focus on developing is the Liaodong region.

Upon hearing about the Liaodong region, everyone was filled with doubt.

In their view, the Liaodong region was a wild and undeveloped land with little value, and even if these places were developed, they would not be of much use.

It's just a waste of national resources.

These places are currently undeveloped and have little use, but things will be different in the future.

In every dynasty and generation, the problem of land annexation was extremely serious, and the most important problem at the end of each dynasty was that the peasants had no land.

Therefore, developing the land in the Liaodong region is extremely important.

“Grandfather, Father, the Liaodong region is not as poor as we imagine. On the contrary, these places are treasure lands.”

The land in Liaodong is all black soil, which is used to grow grains, and the harvest is much greater than in other places.

But all this black soil is buried deep beneath the grassland. It's an undeveloped treasure trove; if we abandon this land, how much less grain will our Great Ming Dynasty lose each year!

Zhu Xiong Ying and Zhu Biao both looked incredulous. If this place was really that good, why hadn't the people before discovered it?
"In fact, most of the Liaodong region was occupied by northern nomadic peoples, and agricultural civilization was not very developed there."

Even if someone dared to cultivate the land here, they would definitely not have a stable life.

So over time, very few people chose to cultivate this land.

Such a large area of ​​black soil remained unknown to most people!

Crown Prince Zhu Biao pointed to this place and said.

If the Liaodong region is really as good as Xiong Ying described, then no matter the cost, we must develop this place.

If necessary, we can even relocate people from various places to Liaodong, thus completely taking control of this region.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. He originally thought that after the Ming Dynasty was unified, there would not be so many things to do, and he would only need to maintain the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Who would have thought the world was so vast? It seems the battle will continue.

It's a pity. Back then, we had many capable generals under our command. If we had known there were so many good places, we would have taken them all in one fell swoop.

It's a pity about those old brothers from Huaixi now.

Alas, it’s okay not to mention it.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was extremely ugly. This trip to Fengyang Prefecture, coupled with what his old brothers from Huaixi had done after his return, made him grit his teeth in anger.

If these guys had done even a little bit of good, I wouldn't be so angry.

Zhu Xiong Ying shook his head and said, "Among these people, apart from a few individuals who are capable of maintaining their integrity, I will not use the others."

Moreover, our Great Ming Dynasty has never lacked talented generals for fighting battles.

Even today, our Great Ming Dynasty still has many capable and brave generals.

Duke of Wei, Xu Da; Duke of Cao, Li Wenzhong; Duke of Zheng, Chang Mao; Marquis of Xiping, Mu Ying; Marquis of Changxing, Geng Bingwen; Marquis of Yingchuan, Fu Youde; Marquis of Huai'an, Hua Yunlong; Marquis of Dingyuan, Wang Bi; Marquis of Zhulu, Zhu Shou, etc.

The younger generation includes Chang Sheng, Chang Sen, Ping An, Qu Neng, Tang Yi, Deng Zhen, Xu Yungong, and others.

He also had Zhang Yu, Chen Heng, Qiu Fu, Xu Zengshou, Sheng Yong, Tie Xuan, Zhu Neng, Li Jinglong, and others under his command.

Unfortunately, I don't know much about the civil service group. I can only say that Zhu Yuanzhang killed too many civil officials in history, so many of them didn't even leave their names.

However, given Crown Prince Zhu Biao's prestige, recruiting some scholars shouldn't be too much of a problem!

Soon, the three generations of the Zhu family discussed and decided on their next course of action.

The first step to the Great Wall is to climb it; you can't get fat in one bite.

During the court assembly, many officials began to impeach the land tax reform system implemented in the Fengyang Prefecture area, arguing that such a system was detrimental to the landlord and gentry class.

Many local prominent families even left Fengyang Prefecture with their entire households.

Seeing these people making such a fuss, Zhu Yuanzhang felt no anger at all; on the contrary, he was somewhat pleased.

These troublemakers can be relocated to Liaodong and allowed to develop the Liaodong region.

After these people finished arguing, some officials were quite puzzled.

(End of this chapter)