Time flies by, and in a blink of an eye, the New Year is here again.

The climate of the Satsuma family is really pleasant. In the middle of winter, there is no place to freeze, and there is no place to snow. During the Chinese New Year, it is like the late autumn in northern Zhili, with a cool breeze and a cool breeze.

At this moment, the Ming army soldiers were really happy because they happened to take down the entire Satsuma Phantom before the New Year.

Taichang was so comfortable, because the conquest of Japan went too smoothly.

Although it took him nearly three months to win the Three Kingdoms among the 66 countries in Japan, he was very successful in strategy.

The Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp had 400,000 troops, including weapons and equipment, arrived in Japan successfully, Zhenwu City and Dongyang Port had been built, and the walls of Dongyang New City were almost completed. More importantly, they had stockpiled enough food and supplies.

It can be said that the most difficult and dangerous period for the conquest of Japan has passed. They have already gained a firm foothold in Japan, and Japan has no chance!

As for the speed of advancement, there is no need to worry about this.

The so-called sharpening of the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. After everything is well prepared, it will only take a few cuts. If you don’t sharpen the knife and cut it, you will have to cut it for a long time.

Town of Wucheng, Dongyang Governor's Office, and in the meeting hall.

The civil and military officials were very happy. Although the emperor summoned them to discuss matters during the New Year, they were still very happy.

They were really happy because they took down the Three Kingdoms Land without any effort, and Japan was simply vulnerable!

What a territorial territory of the sixty-six countries in Japan, they have decided to expand their territory!

This Chinese New Year Taichang naturally did not call everyone to discuss how to continue to attack other parts of Japan.

No matter what, we have to let everyone have a good New Year holiday.

After the Chinese New Year, he congratulated each other with a group of civil servants and generals, and then smiled and said, "It's the Chinese New Year, and the soldiers have worked hard. In the future, you will find Jiandou to reward this military merit and send it to your soldiers."

Oh, this relationship is so good.

You know, the military merit rewards were not so quickly in the past, especially before the Taichang Dynasty, so the military merit rewards could only be obtained if they had a long life.

Now it was dealt with in less than three days after the war!

The generals quickly stood up and bowed to thank him.

Taichang raised his hand slightly, signaled everyone to sit down, and then smiled and said, "Also, the Beiyang Navy fleet had just transported several ships of delicacies and wine yesterday. You also asked Liqing to pick them up and send them to the soldiers under him to reward them. However, there is one thing you should remember, when fighting outside, you should not drink too much wine, and you must not get drunk. You must explain it carefully."

The generals naturally agreed with great gratitude.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said seriously: "Everyone, you have also taken over the Three Kingdoms Land. The people of Japan should have seen a lot. How are their lives?"

ah!

Why did the emperor suddenly ask about this?

When the civil officials and military generals heard this, they were all stunned.

Everyone was stunned for a while, and then the Minister of War Lu Xiangsheng asked carefully: "Emperor, do we also care about the common people in Japan?"

He said that the Japanese people are not Japanese pirates, but they are also their families. Why do they care about how they are doing?

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "Sure, of course we have to."

Lu Xiangsheng was still confused and said, "Master, do we really need to take care of it?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course, no matter what, can they be hungry and rebelled?"

Uh, this, OK.

If people are so hungry that they will go to extremes, let alone Japanese pirates in Japan.

It seems that no matter these Japanese people, they are really not good.

When Qi Jin heard this, he couldn't help but sighed slightly, "Your Majesty, as what Mo Jiang saw, the people in Japan were not doing well. I felt that they were similar to the victims in the northwest, and they were not covered in clothes and could not fill their stomachs. I guess that even if we didn't fight, they would probably rebel."

This is indeed the truth.

At this moment, the Japanese Warring States Period had just ended, and the Tokugawa Shogunate was busy trying to win over all the princes to control the entire Japanese, and did not care much about the lives and death of the people. Therefore, many Japanese people rebelled during this period of history.

After all, during the Warring States Period, the major princes fought around, and the people were unable to grow food safely. And the Japanese population was so large that it would be strange if the people were not hungry.

Although there has been no war at this moment, this situation has not been relieved, because there are too many princes in Japan, and the fields in Japan have been basically enfeoffed by the Tokugawa Shogunate to princes from all over the country.

In other words, the people in Japan are basically the same as those in the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. They are basically tenants, and the food they grow is not distributed to them themselves. Only when the princes of all sizes and big and small eat enough and have fun can they eat some leftovers.

Cao Wenzhao also nodded slowly and said, "Yes, the emperor, the same is true for what the generals saw. The people of Japan are really no different from the victims in the northwest."

Uh, what's there?

I don't mean to pity them!

Taichang smiled and said, "It doesn't matter what they don't have food. We can sell food for them. It doesn't matter what they don't have clothes. We can sell clothes for them."

Everyone can't understand what they said.

Can people have money to wear clothes without covering their bodies and food without filling their stomachs?

What does the emperor mean?

Yuan Keli couldn't help asking: "Master, do you think they are rich?"

Of course they have no money.

Just don't have money!

Taichang still smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter if they don't have money. We can lend them money. Let's open the Daming Money Bank's semicolon and lend them money to them, right?"

Yuan Keli couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Give usury loans!"

Is this so scared that I will lose all my pants?

They don’t have any money to pay it back!

Taichang said seriously: "What kind of usury is the amount of interest? We are making money, not to force them to death."

Can this make money?

Yuan Keli couldn't help but remind: "Master, they don't have the money to pay it back!"

Taichang still said calmly: "Isn't this simple? We hire them to work and give them wages, so they will have the money to pay it back."

ah?

Hire Japanese pirates to work!

Yuan Keli couldn't help asking, "What are we hiring them for?"

Taichang introduced with his fingers: "We can hire them to dig iron ore in Liaodong, we can also hire them to dig coal mines in Shanxi, we can also hire them to dig land in Dongban, and even after we have their silver ore been knocked down in the future, we can also hire them to dig silver mines."

This, probably, seems to be really good!

Question, can Japanese pirates work honestly?

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng reminded carefully: "Master, what if they do not work hard, and they are specifically thinking about causing trouble or even plotting to rebel?"

This is indeed a must-have.

After all, they are preparing to destroy Japan. How can they not hold grudges?

Taichang still said calmly: "Making trouble? Can we give them the opportunity to cause trouble? We will hire young and strong to work, leaving all the elderly, weak, women and children behind, and see who dares to cause trouble!"

OK, this trick is indeed possible.

However, the civil officials and military generals still didn't understand what the emperor was going to do.

Why did you start thinking about these things before Japan was defeated?

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, is the most important thing now not to conquer Japan? We should consider this now. Is it a bit too early?"

When the civil and military officials heard this, they all nodded slightly.

They really don't understand why the emperor started to consider what happened after he conquered Japan at this time.

You don't understand this.

Taichang said wisely: "With our current strength, it is not difficult to conquer Japan. How to control Japan is rare. We have to find a way to completely control them and let them create benefits for us. This is what the European barbarians call colonization. Do you know? Otherwise, what should we do after conquer Japan? Do we still pay for it every year? The population of Japan is tens of millions, so we can afford it?"

This loss-making business is indeed impossible.

Everyone understands this.

However, no one understands what this colonization means.

What is colonization?

Taichang then explained: "Collection, literally, is to transplant or migrate people.

There is actually a problem with this understanding.

The purpose of colonization is not to migrate the people to newly established territory.

In essence, the purpose of colonization is to capture new territory and control it through various means to gain benefits.

Colonization is divided into many modes. At the beginning, the European barbarians chose the simplest and most brutal mode, which is to plunder by force and directly rob!

This model is not possible, because there are only so many things, and there will always be a day to grab them all.

Moreover, if you keep robbing, others will resist if they can't bear it. Even if they know that they can't beat you, they will fight desperately.

So, we have to try another mode.

For example, this.

We hired them to work and let them mine minerals, cultivate grain, and even produce supplies for us.

In this way, they have food to eat, and we can get more supplies and food."

It turns out that colonization is like this. When a group of civil servants and military generals heard this, they all showed a sudden look.

The colonization method the emperor said was indeed better than robbing directly. The barbarians in the continent were to fish in the pond, while the method the emperor said was like raising chickens and laying eggs.

It goes without saying which of the two methods is better.

When everyone heard this, they bowed and said, "The Emperor is wise."

In fact, this method is not the best way to colonize.
Chapter completed!