Wenhua Hall, Convention Hall.

This place that once brought countless surprises to everyone has been silent for a long time.

Originally, Taichang liked to summon trusted ministers to discuss matters here, but in recent years, Taichang has basically led his troops to fight abroad, so it has been a long time since he summoned trusted ministers to discuss matters here.

Of course, he used to bring people mainly "shocking" because he often put forward some incredible ideas here.

However, this time Taichang wants to make everyone really happy.

He slowly glanced around, looked at the expressions of his confidants, and then waved decisively: "Ziru, Ruoyu, bring it up."

Shipping it up?

Is this serving wine or food?

Soon, Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou came in with a small eunuch holding a plate.

This plate is a large plate with wine and food, but it does not contain some wine and food, but a bunch of scrolls.

What is the emperor doing?

Taichang waved without hesitation: "Send it."

Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou hurriedly took two little eunuchs, one left and one right, starting from the second position on both sides, and sending them all the way.

The first positions of Taichang's left and right hands were Prince Zhu Youxiao and King Xin Zhu Youjian. This thing seemed to be less than theirs.

What exactly is this?

Everyone opened the scroll they sent down and looked at it, and they all looked surprised.

It turned out that the scroll issued was the enthronement edict!

After the enthronement edict was issued, Taichang smiled and said, "Let's be low-key this time. After all, there are too many Dukes, Marquis and Earls who have been enthroned this time, and they all have fiefs. If they are widely publicized, it may be counterproductive."

Indeed, because many of the conferencing he enthroned this time were his trusted confidants.

It would be fine if Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing, Sun Yuanhua, Cheng Jiashuo and others, after all, they have developed many things that can benefit future generations.

Bi Ziyan, Bi Zisu, Bi Maoliang, Zou Weilian, Wang Xiangchun, Nan Juyi, Li Zhizao and others are different. These people are not qualified to be granted titles from Marquis.

However, Taichang still gave them a title, and they were all first-class earls or even first-class marquis, with fiefs.

If it is widely publicized, someone will probably jump out and say it is unruly.

After all, most of the civil and military officials in the court have no titles or fiefs. If they have them, but others don’t have them, they will naturally be jealous.

Just like among the five temple chiefs, only Li Zhizao has a title and fiefdom. What would the other four people think if they know it?

It would be strange if they were not jealous!

This is what everyone naturally understands when they hear it.

The emperor is nostalgic. He remembers the trusted people who have followed him for many years. Once there are benefits, he will never forget to give you some points.

All the trusted believers stood up and bowed and said, "Thank you for your grace, the emperor."

Many people even burst into tears.

Taichang raised his hand slightly and said, "Okay, sit down and see where your fiefdom is. Most of your fiefdoms are near Xinjingzhou Prefecture and Xinyangzhou Prefecture, except for the fiefdoms of Jiandou and Boya, etc.."

He arranged the fief of Duke Lu Xiangsheng of the Kingdom of Wei in the southeast, which was the westernmost part of the Eastern Hu Dynasty.

This means let Lu Xiangsheng guard the southwestern border of the Ming Dynasty.

As for Gongsun Chuanting, the Baoguo Gongsun Chuanting is now guarding the Xinyindu Islands. The fief he enfeoffed Sun Chuanting is also in the Western Yindu Islands.

This means let Sun Chuanting guard the Atlantic Ocean for the Ming Dynasty!

This time he was indeed generous. The fiefs of the first-class duke were more than 100,000 square kilometers, the fiefs of the first-class marquis were about 50,000 square kilometers, and the fiefs of the first-class Count were more than 10,000 square kilometers.

This is much larger than the fiefs of Dukes and Earls who were enthroned after destroying Japan.

There is no way. At that time, Dongyang Cheng announced that the Ministry of Political Affairs was too small, with a total of only hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and there was really no place to be enshrined.

It is different for the Southern Cheng-Cheng to announce the Political and Envoy Department. The total number of islands there is probably not tens of millions of square kilometers. Even if more than 30 Dukes, Marquis and Earls are enthroned, less than 20% of the places enthroned are enthroned.

Of course, these two places have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Dongyang Cheng announced that the Ministry of Political Affairs was a small place but a large population. Even if it was only a few thousand square kilometers of fiefdom, there would be at least tens of thousands of people.

Nanfangcheng announced that the Political and Envoy Department was a large place, but the population was small, and it was possible that there was no one on the fiefdom of tens of thousands of square kilometers.

Taichang also considered this issue.

Immediately afterwards, he pointed to the near Xinjingzhou Prefecture on the map and said, "There is something I want to explain to you in advance. Don't look at this place larger than the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, but the population is very small. If you only count the residents who originally lived there, the maximum number of people is only tens of thousands."

ah!

Among these people, except for Sun Chengzong, Zu Dashou and Li Zhizao, who have long been familiar with the situation, others don’t know much about their territory.

Taichang said this really surprised them.

Such a large territory, no one!

what to do?

Wang Zheng couldn't help asking: "Master, can we migrate some people? For example, relatives, friends, and fellow villagers in our hometown."

This question is well asked.

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "It is of course the best for you to have a way to migrate the population, but it is not enough to migrate too much. Except for Zhisheng, Jiandou and Fuyu and others who are responsible for the garrison tasks, other Dukes and Earls' territories cannot migrate too much. The Duke's territory should not exceed 100,000, the Marquis' territory should not exceed 50,000, and the Earl's territory should not exceed 100,000."

Well, this population is a little small?

You know, one square kilometer is 1,500 acres!

It is best not to migrate more than 100,000 square kilometers of territory populations for more than 100,000. This means that one person must cultivate one or two thousand acres of land!

Bi Ziyan asked carefully: "Your Majesty, it may be difficult to develop the fiefdom with such a small population, right?"

Taichang said without hesitation: "There are actually many ways to develop the fiefdom.

The easiest way is to hire someone to work. You can discuss with Western merchants and ask them to transport labor and even tenant farmers to work for you. You can pay the wages.

At this moment, although there were not many laborers and tenants in the General Secretary of the Political Department, Nanyang Cheng announced that there were still many laborers in the General Secretary of the Political Department and various vassal states in the south.

Just so happens that these places are closer to your fiefdom and are convenient to go back and forth. It is completely fine if you hire people for several months a year.

Another way is to use machines to farm.

You can order a plowing and plowing machine from the Ministry of Industry. If this machine is to turn over a flat land, it is not a problem to turn over thousands of acres a day.

However, there is one thing you should be careful about, try not to leak the technology. Those who drive this kind of machine must be old retired soldiers or your own relatives and friends, and they cannot be driven by others at will."

This is easy to deal with. It can hire people and buy machines. It is still very easy to develop the territory.

All those present may be able to make their territory prosperous, and they are many times stronger than those ignorant vassal kings.

Seeing that everyone showed a hint of eagerness to try, Taichang solemnly reminded: "Remember, be low-key and don't spread it everywhere. You know, I can't give all the officials in the court a title, nor can I give all the officials a fief."

This is naturally clear to everyone.

Many people present were not qualified to be granted titles by marquis. The emperor was nostalgic and favored everyone, so everyone had titles and fiefs.

This kind of thing can naturally not be promoted everywhere.
Chapter completed!