Stern cabins.
Zhang Chao was chatting with his old buddy Ke Qing, the former helmsman of the Shadows, who was now retired.
For some time before, he had been busy in his fiefdom in Yunnan, cooperating with the imperial court's attack on Arakan.
"I heard that you also made a war fortune," Zhang Chao said to Ke Qing with a smile.
"It's just a small deal." used to be the helmsman of the Shadow, and has been serving as Zhang Chao's guard commander, Ke Qing is quite keen on intelligence, not to mention that although the Shadow has been split now, his daughter is still the commander of the Flying Cavalry Division, and Ke Xiongfa, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, is also his old department, and he is also the nephew of his own family.
The imperial court was going to use troops in the Arakan country before, and of course he had already grasped the news.
Keqing's fiefdom was just east of Arakan, separated by a Naga mountain range.
War was coming, and it could have been a disaster for his fiefdom.
But Ke Qing took advantage of the news and turned the crisis into an opportunity.
Ke Qing stockpiled a lot of goods and materials in advance, and then sold them to those passing troops after the battlefield began.
He also negotiated an agreement with the Chinese army, cooperated with the army, and bought the booty captured by the army after the capture of Arakan, and the price of these booty purchased from the army was not expensive, although it had to be transported and sold by itself, but the profit was extremely high.
After providing some supplies to the army, Ke Qing would make two trips of money once he came and went.
Not to mention, he also took the opportunity to buy a lot of houses, shops, and fields in Arakan, which were very cheap during the war, and before the situation was uncertain, everyone didn't want to buy them on the battlefield, but Ke Qing bought them.
As he expected, the war ended quickly, and Arakan, which was originally a powerful country, quickly collapsed and perished before the expedition of Dahua.
Ke Qing's investment also paid off greatly, and he resold many of the properties he had bought during the war, and made a lot of money from his hands.
He then bought many captives as slaves and built a road between his fiefdom and Arakan, and applied for a subsidy from the military, because the road was repaired to make it much easier for the military to travel from Yunnan to Arakan.
Ke Qing built several small business towns along this road, and through investment promotion, he rented shops and houses in commercial towns, sold the land next to them, and repaired warehouses, etc., which can be said to have made a lot of money quickly.
"In fact, these small methods of the ministers were all learned when I was with His Majesty, but I only learned some scratches of the surface."
"It's a very clever means, your fiefdom used to be extremely remote, but this time through this war, you not only made war money, accumulated a lot of money, but also took the opportunity to develop your own fiefdom, build roads, and build commercial towns, so that your fiefdom has also become popular, there are more business travelers, more business opportunities, more taxes, and even more population, in just one year, you have even surpassed the development effect of other people's fiefdoms for ten years."
Dahua now has many vassals, and there are more than 10,000 actual vassals registered in the House of Nobles, most of whom are low-level nobles such as barons and viscounts.
Although there are many nobles, although the nobles of Dahua have fiefs, small ten-mile seals, and large thousand-mile seals, there are not many that have really developed.
The fiefs of the vast majority of nobles are in the distant frontier, very remote, even if they have been divided for more than ten years, there are only one or two villages, and even now they are still losing money in them.
A good fief that can be operated is either relatively fertile in the territory, or there are more mineral resources, or it is located on the main transportation routes and trade routes, such as Keqing, which is originally very remote.
But Ke Qing took advantage of a war, and in just one year, he changed the fiefdom greatly.
"How many people are in the fief today" "There are more than 18,000 registered people, and thousands of people are registered as temporary residents.
In addition, since the imperial court conquered Arakan, there are now many military and civilian merchants who have passed through my fiefdom, which has led to rapid development. ” "Your road is well built, but without that road, it will definitely not have the results it has now.
You built a road first, the military gave you some subsidies, and they borrowed this part of your road, saving themselves time and some money, which is a win-win situation.
And this road brings you not only some subsidies, but also brings you a lot of people and business opportunities. ” Who would have thought that Ke Qing, who was once a top assassin, would now become such a shrewd and calculating feudal lord.
"That road was also repaired with gritted teeth, and it cost a lot of money, but it was really worth it.
Through this road, my fiefdom was connected to the main road from Yunnan to Arakan, and over the Naga Mountains, my fief not only went straight to Arakan, but also reached the port of Yongji, which made my fief from a remote and remote place to a place not far from the bustling harbor. ” Speaking of which, Ke Qing is actually quite proud.
After following the emperor for many years, I have been influenced by many things and learned a lot.
These things are not usually obvious, but they have completely changed the way he thinks.
"Sect leader, I'm also very happy to see that your fiefdom has developed so much.
I hope that my courtiers can also have a piece of their own family business, so that their descendants can pass it on from generation to generation.
You and I will be the kings and ministers, and our children and grandchildren will be kings and ministers from generation to generation. ” The fundamental intention of the sub-sealing system is indeed the same.
The princes divided the frontiers, colonized those remote frontiers, conquered the foreign barbarians, and educated them for the imperial court.
The imperial court gave the most powerful support to the princes and served as their solid backing, so that they could conquer and open up without worry.
In turn, the princes screened the court and guarded the frontier.
Complementing each other, the royal rule of the Central Plains, while the princes are divided into four sides and descend from generation to generation.
This is the ideal state.
It is not easy for the princes to conquer the frontier aliens, manage their fiefdoms well, and even become strong, it may take hundreds of years, and before they have great strength, it can be said that the relationship between the court and the princes will be very harmonious, because they need each other.
What Zhang Chao and his descendants need to do is to prevent some princes from being too strong, strictly prohibit them from attacking and annexing other princes, and even be extremely careful when they are expanding abroad.
The new alien lands opened up to the princes could not be simply handed over to the princes.
The princes had to give most of it to the court, at least two-thirds of the newly conquered lands, and the remaining one-third to themselves.
And this third cannot be given directly to this prince, but this new fief must be divided among his sons other than the eldest son by the law of tuien.
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In this way, his original fief was naturally inherited by his heirs, but the newly developed fief was to be given to other sons, and not just one.
Although the land opened up in this way is still the domain of this prince, it is divided into several fiefs that are not subordinate to each other, and after a few generations, the relationship between these fiefs will definitely not be close together.
Moreover, the imperial court also had to scatter and disrupt the original fiefs of the princes and the newly developed fiefs, and they should be staggered to avoid the fiefdoms of one family being connected together.
At the beginning of the founding of Dahua, there were only 5,000 princes, but now it has exceeded 10,000.
In a few years, the number of princes has doubled, but Zhang Chao is not worried, because although there are many princes, few of them are very strong.
There are only a few princes who have fiefs of more than 100 miles, and these princes, Zhang Chao is still brewing to give them a favor, and after the death of those old cadres, Zhang Chao plans to divide a fief for them and divide a fief into several pieces, although the eldest son can inherit his father's title, but the fief has to be divided into some to other brothers.
Although it is not to divide the brothers equally, but one generation divides a part, and after a few generations, a feudal country of several hundred miles may end up with a hundred or even dozens of miles left, and it will no longer threaten the imperial court.
Zhang Chao didn't want the princes to have too much territory, and as for their money, Zhang Chao wasn't too worried.
The princes had some money and could make the fief richer, but no matter how rich the fief was, if the territory was limited, it would not be able to carry too many people.
Without a population, in fact, it is impossible to comprehensively improve the overall strength, since the beginning of the year it is said that there are few soldiers, less taxes, to say that the resources are less and the strength is small.
The princes are all rich men, in fact, the court is still happy to see it.
"Ke Qing, don't be afraid, you have been with me for many years, you have been by my side for so long, and you know my thoughts.
I don't care if the courtiers make money, as long as you make money in the right way.
Normal on the ability to operate to make money, I support it. ” "This Taiping country is built by everyone together, and I hope everyone will enjoy this wealth and peace together.
If you have money, you can earn it, and if you earn money, you can manage your fiefdoms well, build castles and manors, build some schools and hospitals, build some roads, reclaim wasteland and farm land, guard the border for the court, educate those barbarians, and let them naturalize Dahua, such princes, I can't like it, and I will never care if you do this. ” Some emperors are most afraid of their subordinates doing good deeds, worried that they will buy people's hearts, and even if someone gives a porridge and grain in a disaster year, they may be charged with buying people's hearts and trying to do wrong.
The more meritorious the courtier, the less he dares to have a too good reputation.
In order to protect themselves, some people have to think about self-defilement, embezzlement, forcible occupation of land, and so on, but in fact, they are just self-protection for the sake of self-defilement.
But Zhang Chao wanted to tell Ke Qing that there was no need for this in Dahua.
If you are in a fief, you should manage your fiefdom well, and educate the people of the fiefdom, the better you do, the more you will be loved by the people of the fief, and the happier the emperor will be.
After all, the vassals are managing the frontier on behalf of the Son of Heaven.
And if the vassals do well, of course, the court can also get the support of the people, as for the reputation of the vassals is too good, it will threaten the court, this Zhang Chao is not afraid, only a feudal marquis has that bit of territory, and the people are so little.
On the contrary, the princes managed the frontier fiefdoms for the imperial court, and the imperial court was also free from many hidden dangers.
"Let it go, I hope that the court will be strong, and I also hope that the princes will be rich, the people will live and work in peace and contentment, and the four sides will be peaceful and prosperous." t1706231537: