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Chapter 685: The rise of the chaebol

Hao Fenglou's "high moral character" made Zhu Di even more impressed. This was the fat meat in front of him. Not only did Hao Fenglou not want it, but also analyzed it according to facts and revealed the interests of Siam. At this time, Zhu Di was also moved.

At this time, Hao Fenglou said: "Your Majesty, Siam is not as good as Jiaozhi. In my humble opinion, it must not be the same as Siam. Jiaozhi was actually the territory of our Celestial Empire as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties. The people of Jiaozhi spoke Chinese dialect and practiced Chinese characters. All living habits were no different from those of our Ming Dynasty. In the past, the people of Annan were proud to be able to speak a pure Ming Dynasty official language. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty set up chieftains, as long as they were willing to take care of the interests of their aristocratic families, there was no difference between them whether to surrender to the Ming Dynasty or the Annan royal family."

When Zhu Di heard this, he nodded. The Jiaozhi people said it bluntly that they were actually Han people. Although some natives were mixed with them, the vast majority were not different from the Han people. It was not an exaggeration to say that the blood was thicker than water. The reason why the Annan people were different from the Han people was nothing more than that of Annan's former royal family in order to consolidate their rule so as to avoid the influence of Annan's status being affected by the Central Plains dynasty. Now the Ming Dynasty took over Jiaozhi, established provinces, established counties, and enfeoffed chieftains, making the people of the Jiaozhi family depended on. Now there is almost no difference between Annan and Han people, and no one mentioned the word Annan.

Hao Fenglou continued: "But the language and writing of the Siamese people, and even customs, are completely different from our Ming Dynasty. If we rashly follow the precedent of Jiaozhi, it will be inappropriate. Because the humble ministers think that Siamese must never establish a king or send officials to court."

Zhu Di frowned and said, "Oh? Isn't this a contradiction?"

Hao Fenglou said seriously: "If Siam is established as a king, it would be like a great victory for the empress and the soldiers in front of him. In fact, it would be futile. The final result would be that I am sleeping soundly under my bed in the Ming Dynasty? If so, why would the Ming Dynasty conquer Siam?"

Zhu Di nodded. He was a very fond of merit, quite like Emperor Wu of Han. It was extremely important for him to expand his territory. If he established a Siam king, it would mean that all his previous efforts were in vain. Perhaps other emperors were interested in this, but for Zhu Di, he was reluctant to leave.

Hao Fenglou continued: "But on the other hand, the Siamese people are disinterested in the Ming Dynasty. If the court sent appointing officials to the court, the officials of the court would be high and the emperor would be far away, and there would inevitably be some loss of virtue. If someone was interested in inciting this, I am afraid that in a few years, wars would spread everywhere in Siamese again. Siamese is thousands of miles away from the hinterland of our Ming Dynasty. Once an incident occurs, the court will have to send more troops to suppress it. If it goes back and forth, it is really not worth the loss."

Zhu Di also deeply agreed with this. Siam is indeed a little farther away, and it is different from the Jiaozhi people. Everyone is not in the same group at all. If the court forcibly incorporates it, there is a very likely rebound. After all, the mountains and rivers are far away, and the court is far away. Therefore, many ministers will write letters to continue to establish a vassal state and a vassal king. This is also a pity.

Zhu Di said: "This is not on the left, but on the right, so what if it is not on the right?"

Hao Fenglou smiled slightly: "Then it's just not to go left or right. Why not try a brand new method, not to establish a king or a province."

Zhu Di frowned: "If you don't establish a king, you don't set up a province. How to deal with internal and external affairs?"

Hao Fenglou said: "The Chief Executive Office can be set up to allow their officials and merchants to elect themselves."

Zhu Di couldn't help but sneer: "This is too fantasy. Isn't this nonsense? If so, wouldn't it be noisy? When will it end?"

Hao Fenglou laughed awkwardly, scratched his head, and said, "Your Majesty, isn't what I want in Ming Dynasty just a noisy? Let them elect the Minister of Governorship and preside over government affairs on their own. In this regard, they have a channel to influence national affairs. Since those Siamese rich people can exert their influence, why should they risk their lives to fight against my Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Di said: "So, what's the difference between establishing a vassal king? In the end, it's not cheaper for those Siamese people?"

Hao Fenglou shook his head: "But Your Majesty doesn't know that there are 10% of Chinese in Siam, and there are many Chinese in Siam, all of them are rich merchants and tycoons. With the support of my Ming Dynasty, they can naturally have their own influence in this Siam. On the one hand, they need to use the power of their mother country to control the government of Siam, so they will naturally be closely connected with our Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, they have silver and support of my Ming Dynasty, so they can naturally win over a group of ministers and form private parties, and finally control the national affairs of Siam. On the other hand, on the surface, the Ming Dynasty did not interfere too much in Siam, but there are many factions within Siam. My Ming Dynasty borrowed those Chinese giants to implement their will at any time, and at the same time, they sent some military and horses to Siam, and then introduced some refugees to cultivate. Isn't this Siam the world of my Ming Dynasty in the end?"

Zhu Di didn't understand the Siam story very well, but the Hao family was really familiar with it. Zhu Di didn't know whether this method was feasible, but what Hao Fenglou said was still like that, so he was a little moved.

As for Hao Fenglou, there is actually a saying that did not tell Zhu Di that once the Ming Dynasty implemented this strategy to Siam, the Hao family would actually benefit the most.

Once the Siam establishes a principal, the major interest groups in China will definitely be divided. This means that everyone has the right to speak in the country on the surface, but in fact, no one can make the decision. The Hao family is not far away from there, and can completely use Chinese merchants and a group of Siam nobles who have benefited from Jiaozhi trade to control everything in Siam. The more chaotic the Siam faction, the greater the influence of the Hao family, and then take the opportunity to penetrate continuously. In less than three years, the Siam will not only be full of Han people, but will soon be controlled by Lang Son and local Chinese merchants.

Most of the land, forests, and minerals, and these people were wearing pairs of pants with the Hao family. After economic control, Chen Xue used this to exert influence and erode culturally. As for politics, the model of the Supervisory Yuan was originally used to serve the control of money. Whoever money was in his hands was the grass-headed king. In this way, even if Hao Fenglou was not the King of Siam, he was the uncrowned king of Siam. His every word, action, and action had much greater impact on Siam than all the Siam people combined.

Ten years later, a large number of Han people moved in. When the Han people accounted for half of the population, assimilation officially began. The Siamese powerful people would soon be completely abandoned by the way of boiling frogs in warm water. By then, even if they had different ambitions, it would be too late.

In a sense, this bold idea is out of Hao Fenglou's confidence in his own strength and also in the Lang Son Chaebol Group. Although this chaebol may not be able to reach the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty and does not have the ability to confront the old landlord and gentry group of Ming Dynasty, it is still easy to crush a mere Siam old aristocratic group.

Now, what Hao Fenglou has to do is to lobby Zhu Di to create the best environment for the chaebol represented by himself, so that Siam can become a breeding ground for the chaebols of Lang Son.

Zhu Di also seemed to think that this so-called "suggestion" was a bit ridiculous, but he was just a little bit ridiculous to Siam and the ministers in the court, even if they were as smart as Xie Jin, they were all blinded. Under such circumstances, it was obvious that the weight of the Hao family was really not low. Moreover, Siam was originally defeated by Hao Fenglou. They were noble and unconventional and did not accept the rewards from the Siam king. If they even rejected this, they would inevitably seem a bit unkind.

After a long time, Zhu Di said: "I will let the cabinet discuss this matter tomorrow. If there is no problem, I will do as you said."

Hao Fenglou said in his heart that in the cabinet, he wanted to be a vassal king, so why would he support this matter easily? If he really discussed it, who would know what would happen?

Thinking of this, Hao Fenglou glanced at Zhu Di deeply and said, "I have something to say, "I don't know if it's said or not."

Zhu Di couldn't help but smile and said, "You guy, you dare to say anything just now, why are you stuttering again now?"

Hao Fenglou said: "I think the cabinet will never agree to this charter."

"How can I see it?" Zhu Di frowned.

Hao Fenglou said: "It's probably because he doesn't want His Majesty to taste the sweetness."

Zhu Di's body shook slightly.

This sentence seemed to be careless and a little confused. But Zhu Di understood it. Not only did he understand it, but his brows were deeply frowned, revealing a bit of disgust.

The so-called sweetness is whether the Ming Dynasty can get benefits from Siam. To put it bluntly, it is actually expanding territory, because once it is done according to Hao Fenglou's constitution, the Ming Dynasty will definitely garrison troops in Siam, and Siam will nominally become the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

This is the sweetness. From ancient times to the present, the emperor wanted to kill all directions and expand territory. Often, the biggest obstacle was not their enemies, but the so-called scholars and officials involved in this place, rather than a dispute of ideas, but rather a dispute of interests.

The so-called concept is a concept that scholars and officials followed, that is, it is better to govern without doing anything than to be a militant force. In fact, an emperor like Zhu Di has criticized a lot. Many people talked about it privately and thought that when Zi was very happy with merit today, how could Zhu Di not know these private rumors? He just pretended not to know.

But now, Hao Fenglou's words inevitably made Zhu Di deeper.

It is easy to understand that I don’t want to let me taste the sweetness, because if the conquest of Siam this time can benefit the court, then many people will inevitably worry that after they taste the sweetness, they will be more interested in this matter. Therefore, they would rather give up Siam and create a situation where this war is futile and cost the people’s efforts. Can this make me feel at peace? (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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