The most arrogant in history

Zhuge Hong replied, "Your Majesty, rest assured. I will arrange for a special official to take charge of the reception."

Ye Kun added: "In the future, we can consider setting up a special aboriginal tourism reception bureau. Because the aboriginals from Song Island, Tang Island, and other overseas fiefdoms will also come to meet the emperor in groups. This will require the formation of a long-term system and cost some money, but it can deter those aboriginals and strengthen integration."

It is easy to conquer a country, but it is not easy to keep it.

Only by making the indigenous people of the overseas fiefdoms completely surrender can complete integration be achieved.

The children of the first generation of overseas immigrants have grown up, and it is time to allow those children who grew up overseas to return to their homeland to take a look and strengthen their feelings for their homeland and hometown.

Such activities can increase the second and third generations of overseas immigrants' feelings towards their homeland and their identification with China.

Of course, this will cost a lot of money.

After settling the reception issue for the indigenous tourist groups, Ye Kun went on to investigate the shipyard on Iju Island.

There is also the issue of management of the chain of islands.

To the south of Ishu Island, there is a row of islands leading to the South China Sea.

To the north leads to Donghuachang Island and more islands.

The jurisdiction and ownership of these islands are still unclear, but they all belong to China, and this has been confirmed by stone tablets and monuments.

Garrisons were stationed on the larger islands, and small port towns were built.

However, there are still many islands, which are not small in size, but are unguarded.

Ye Lesheng’s idea is to ignore it for the time being and immigrate there when the population increases in the future.

Ye Kun, however, believed that these islands were prone to breeding pirates and must be controlled; otherwise, if the pirates became powerful, they would become a serious threat.

The father and son studied the matter for two or three days and decided to send someone to conduct a detailed investigation and survey to obtain all the information about these islands before making a decision.

Ye Feng sent another telegram saying that the court's finances were a little tight.

In the past, tribute from the Roman Empire, both silver and gold, flowed into China.

This is no longer possible now. The Roman Empire has been destroyed, and the wealth of the West has simply flowed into China.

Ye Kun thought for a long time and called back Ye Feng and Zhuge Hong:

"In the future, if people want to immigrate to mature overseas regions, they will have to pay for it themselves, and the court will no longer bear the cost. For example, Datang Island, Dasong Island, Jiaozhi Tianzhu and the Mediterranean area, as well as the Oil Peninsula, will all be treated equally.

The South Pacific Equatorial Islands and the West Sea Continent have just been developed and still need strong support. In terms of fiscal expenditure, we can appropriately increase the tax revenue of the Grand Canal and the railway. If that doesn’t work, we can increase the prices of domestic industrial products and absorb wealth from the people.”

If that’s not enough, Ye Kun has one last trick, which is to crack down on corrupt officials and confiscate their properties.

There is also capital in various industries that can be extorted.

Now that people have money, compulsory education can be cancelled and fees can be gradually charged.

In the medical field, it can also be turned into profitability.

For decades, the imperial court has invested a lot of money in healthcare and education. Now that the foundation has been established, it can reduce investment.

Zhuge Hong proposed another idea, that is, Jiaozhi and Tianzhu have now been fully transformed into counties, and the tax-free period promised in the past has also expired, so taxation should be resumed.

If Jiaozhi and Tianzhu resume taxation, all financial problems can be solved.

Ye Kun agreed to Zhuge Hong's proposal and wrote an editorial for him, which was first sent to officials in various places to explain the pros and cons.

Once the publicity is in place, we will start collecting taxes.

Start with less at the beginning to avoid resistance.

After registration is completed and everyone has formed a habit, we will gradually increase taxes until the tax rate is the same as that of China's Kyushu.

Among the kings who were crowned overseas, the richest were Ye Shusheng and Huangfu Lin, as well as Huang Jingzu and Shangguan Lin.

Because such a huge Roman Empire was divided up among just a few of them.

Now they have money and land.

There are not many Han people under his command.

Ye Kun encouraged Ye Shusheng and others: "You have already taken root overseas and own vast and fertile territories. You should pay some money and continue to immigrate. You can bring all your relatives and friends from China. If you don't have enough manpower, pay the money and let the court arrange it."

Huangfu Lin was the first to respond. He sent a ship back and picked up more than 10,000 people to immigrate to the Spanish Peninsula.

All expenses are borne by yourself.

In order to expand his power, Ye Shusheng also began to immigrate crazily.

He sent young Roman men to work on farms in Tianzhu and Jiaozhi in exchange for a certain amount of compensation, and brought back young people who were willing to immigrate from the nine provinces of China.

Although the Roman Empire has fallen, the population of Rome is still large.

Millions of people.

The number of slaves alone was in the tens of millions.

Ye Kun thought about releasing all these slaves and giving them the status of free people.

But no, I can’t arrange it.

The thousands of years of tradition of the Roman Empire is not so easy to change.

If this were done, it would also arouse opposition from Roman slave owners of all sizes.

Ye Shusheng is in charge of Rome, and currently he still has to rely on the help of these slave owners and use them to manage Rome.

If all the slave owners were killed, there would be chaos.

Ye Shusheng selected some young Roman slaves and sent them to Jiaozhi and Tianzhu, which was considered to be helping them.

Because the conditions in Jiaozhi and Tianzhu are good, there is food to eat.

The farmer was replaced by a Chinese who knew what humanistic care was.

Ye Shusheng also knew what his father meant, that the imperial treasury was out of money.

Therefore, he took the initiative to give tens of millions of taels of silver as a tribute to the court.

Ye Feng was very happy when he received this batch of silver. He sent a telegram to his father to discuss the matter. He wanted to establish a regular practice for the major overseas fiefdoms, requiring the overseas kings to pay a fixed amount of gold and silver as tribute every year.

Ye Kun refused and called back:

"The tributes from the kings in various places overseas are enough to pay every year. The resources of the nine provinces of China can guarantee development. What's more, you also have Jiaozhi Tianzhu and the Oil Peninsula. These places do not need investment now, and they have begun to give back to the court.

Your brothers are overseas and it's not easy for them either. As the eldest brother, you have to take care of them. If you really don't have money, you can borrow from them, but you can't force them to share. "

The development of overseas fiefdoms has just begun and is more difficult than that of China.

There are more places to spend money.

Excessive exploitation of overseas kings will lead to two consequences.

First, the overseas fiefdoms failed to develop and were eventually driven out by the indigenous people, or the Chinese immigrants were integrated into the indigenous people.

Second, they proclaimed themselves kings and rebelled, completely disowning the ancestors of the Chinese nation, proclaimed themselves emperors, and from then on established their own regimes, and even became enemies.

These two consequences are what Ye Kun does not want to see.

Ye Kun also knew that it was impossible for the Chinese Han Empire to permanently control such a large area overseas.

The best outcome would be to make them recognize the Chinese ancestors and exist as a vassal state!

Ye Feng received a call back from his father and did not dare to disobey, saying that he would do as his father said.

At the end of October, Ye Kun was training troops on the parade ground.

Tan Jingang came to report: "Grandpa, my grandfather has traveled across the ocean to see you!"

"Is your grandfather here?"

Ye Kun was surprised and delighted, and said with a smile: "Your grandfather is so strong even though he is old. He actually came to see me. Quick, take me to see him!"