After the rebellion of the royal family headed by Zhu Yihai in Nanjing was quelled by Zhao Ming, Zhao Ming ordered the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, the Censorate, and the clan mansion to try the royal family involved in the rebellion.

He also hinted that the officials in charge of the trial would expand and involve Zhu Ming's main vassals.

After defeating Zhu Yihai's Zhejiang faction and exterminated the remnants of the Tang vassal system, Zhao Ming naturally wanted to consolidate the Warring States Period and completely resolve the vassal issue of the Ming Dynasty.

Since the Regent had an explanation, the officials naturally agreed to his preferences and expanded the case of rebellion, not to mention all the vassals in Nanjing. Even those who were not involved in the rebellion were considered to be funding the rebellion because they gave gifts to Zhu Yihai or Zhu Yuyou and others in a certain month.

In the past three hundred years, Zhu Ming had nearly 200,000 descendants of the royal family, including relatives, no less than one million.

Although the Qing army went south and killed many royal families, the Ming Dynasty's finances collapsed and was unable to bear the salary of the royal family, and restricted the royal family from engaging in various industries, resulting in many lower-level royal families starving to death or even losing their posts, the number of people involved this time is still a huge number.

At present, Zhao Ming did not want the Zhu Ming royal family to become an obstacle to his power control, nor did he want the Ming Dynasty to have such a group of people who do not work in production and have privileges.

That was not much different from the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. At least the Eight Banners were fighting, but the royal family could only occupy social resources.

Regarding this class that only enjoys privileges and does not assume responsibilities or obligations, Zhao Ming felt that the opportunity to deal with the rebellion would be carried out in a more thorough reform.

The Three Laws and the Zongren Mansion abolished most of the royal titles in the Ming Dynasty in one go, leaving only Gui Fan, and found a few others such as Zhou Fan, who stayed there and took the opportunity to abolish the royal salary, and their industries also paid taxes. At the same time, they did not restrict the royal family from engaging in various industries, and could even become officials. In short, they were to make a living in the future.

Of course, they no longer have this opportunity. They can only go overseas if they want to work in all walks of life, because most of the royal family were exiled overseas because of their participation in the rebellion.

The royal family has a huge population. Even if Zhao Ming did not deal with many lower-level royal families, there were still tens of thousands of males who wanted to be exiled, and with their relatives, there were more than 100,000 people.

Zhao Ming was worried that so many people had been exiled to Xinmingzhou and formed another Zhu Ming regime that opposed him.

Therefore, people from Dongzhou gave the royal family an additional place to exile and could achieve scattered resettlement.

The residence of the Regent of Nanjing, in the Qinzheng Hall.

Zhao Ming sat upright in the hall, and Ji Congliang, the chief envoy of the Dongcheng Men's Kingdom, bowed and bowed, "The little minister pays homage to the Regent."

Zhao Mingguan came with some scruples and couldn't help but say, "Have you ever seen you?"

Ji Congliang said happily: "When Your Highness dominated the East China Sea, the minister and the city lord were fortunate to be brave under Your Highness, but they were later kicked out of the army."

Zhao Ming couldn't help asking: "How is Zhang Yida's situation in Dongzhou?"

Ji Congliang felt sad, "Report to Your Highness, the situation in the city lord in Dongzhou is very critical. He finally expanded a piece of land and found a gold mine, but was seized by the Western Barbarians."

"It is indeed not easy to see thousands of miles away, and there are no relatives around you, either barbarians or natives!" Zhao Ming sighed and then said in a deep voice: "Tell me about the current situation in Dongzhou."

At present, in the Central Plains, Zhao Ming is invincible except Wu Sangui.

Zhao Ming thought that he would be able to pacify Wu Sangui in a few years. At that time, he would face the challenges of the entire Western civilization.

This may be an enemy that is more difficult to deal with than all previous enemies.

Therefore, Zhao Ming had already started to do some part of the situation. In the next step, he would establish a foothold on the west coast of the East China continent, drive away the Western barbarians in the South Ocean to the south, and then compete with the Western barbarians to the west for India.

Zhao Ming’s greatest hope is to turn the Pacific Ocean into an inner lake in his lifetime, and then expand his power westward to India.

If you live long enough, you will have a great war and set a new order in the world. If you die early, you will have to rely on later generations.

Taking a foothold in Dongzhou can restrain the forces of the Western barbarians in Dongzhou and prevent their influence from reaching the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, expanding Dongzhou will be Zhao Ming's next important strategy.

Ji Congliang said: "Your Highness, the land of the East Continent is extremely vast. I have lived in the East Continent for five years and still do not know its boundaries. I only know that to the north, it is a very cold place with few people, and there are life spans. To the south is a vast area occupied by the Western Barbarians, called Mexico. The land in the south is said to be also occupied by the Western Barbarians. The silver from Luzon was produced from this place. To the east is a huge mountain range, and when crossing the mountains, it is a vast plain. The natives here have darker skin colors, which are somewhat similar to us, and are completely different from the Western Barbarians. To the east, they are occupied by several other Western Barbarians."

Zhao Ming nodded slightly and asked, "I heard from the Lifanyuan that you have come this time and brought a ship of gold!"

Ji Congliang saluted and said, "Reported to the Regent, there were three ships, but two ships sank halfway through. This ship was gold, and the little minister presented it to the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the city lord, and asked His Highness to formally enthrone the city lord and send reinforcements to reinforcements."

To explore the East Continent and compete with the Western Barbarians for colonies, we need to make profitable by the court and the people in order to have a steady stream of motivation.

During the reign of Chengzu, Zheng He's seven voyages to the West was a hundred years earlier than the West. Unfortunately, the court lost money and the people did not gain much benefit. In the end, the people died and the government was lost, and the opportunity was missed.

Otherwise, there would be nothing in the world.

Zhao Ming pondered for a moment, "Gouhui sent you a strong helper. However, this ship of gold will be placed in Shanghai first. Gouhui Ling Maritime Bureau will hold a commodity exhibition for you in Xinchengfan. You need to spend all the gold ship of this ship, leaving only a sum of money to entrust the Merchants and Shipping Company to carry out sea transportation."

Ji Congliang couldn't help but be stunned and said in confusion: "But this is the money given to His Highness by the city lord."

Zhao Ming waved his hand slightly, "This money is to be given, but not now."

"What do you want to buy?" Ji Congliang asked.

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "Since you buy whatever you lack in Dongzhou, you can buy whatever you want. Even if you buy guns and cannons, it's okay."

Ji Congliang was excited when he heard that he could buy guns and cannons, and quickly kowtowed and said, "I thanked Your Highness for your kindness."

Zhao Ming then said in a deep voice: "There is something that Gu has tens of thousands of criminals in the court and needs to be exiled to Dongzhou. Gu will hand him over to you. You can use them to mine and farm farms, but you need to pay a wage to the court every year."

The biggest shortcoming of Xincheng Men's Kingdom in Dongzhou is that it does not have enough population. The new population dares not reach the number of people who die of illness every year, and the number of people who die in conflict.

If this continues, it will not take long, and Xincheng Men's Kingdom may destroy the country itself.

"Your Highness, the Regent, Xincheng is willing to contribute 50% of the profit to the Ming Dynasty." Ji Congliang kowtowed excitedly.

Zhao Ming waved his hand and asked him to retreat, and then ordered: "Tell me that Li Chengdong will come and see you."

The strong support Zhao Ming found for Xinchengguo was Li Chengdong.

This guy was the first to attack Nanjing. Although he got a bargain, Zhao Ming couldn't break his promise.

Now, Zhao Ming still doesn't trust Li Chengdong very much, so he simply sent him to Dongzhou.

In this way, Zhao Ming lacked a threat, and Li Chengdong was indeed more capable. When he arrived in Dongzhou, he should be able to deal with the Western barbarians and allow the Ming Dynasty to gain a foothold on the west coast of Dongzhou.

Finally, a few years ago, Zhao Ming exiled many old Zhejiang people to Dongzhou, and now he has exiled tens of thousands of royal families.

Zhao Ming was a little worried about this and sent Li Chengdong over to restrain each other.
Chapter completed!