Zhu Cixuan was very happy to see someone willing to explore the path to the Americas, and even had already found a route for this North American pioneer fleet. In recent years, the Ming fleet, which traveled between Europe and East Asia, has also accumulated ocean experience and a group of reliable ocean talents. Considering that Europeans are developing colonies on the East Coast of North America and South America, the Ming Dynasty just filled the gap on the west coast of America.

As for later places such as Alaska and Canada, it will take at least two hundred years to set up residential areas by European immigrants. Now it is a waste to throw a stone tablet.

The Ming Dynasty suffered some geographical disadvantages. The west coast of North America is mostly forested, and further east is the desert Gobi. The central and western regions, which are most suitable for farming, are actually closer to the eastern region. However, even the central and western American agricultural reclamation areas were only developed more than a hundred years later, so there is still time for the Ming Dynasty.

As the world's largest population country, it has more advantages in immigration development than Europe.

Zhu He finally insisted that there was no relationship between him and Queen Christina that transcends official duties, and insisted that he went to America to explore a new world and expand territory for the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cixuan was really worried that Zhu Hezhi was impulsive. Seeing that he was so stubborn, he let go. It was always more reliable to have a prince personally participate in this big project.

"All the unowned land found in the new world belongs to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, which is my own." Zhu Cilang made a conclusion first.

Zhu Hezhi hurriedly said: "All the king's land is in the world, without exception."

"The production of land can be divided into one tenth, the imperial family takes five tenth, and the imperial court takes four tenth." Zhu Cilang made the distribution: "Your tenth can be dealt with at will, and I will not interfere. The four tenth the court takes is because the cost of leaving the ship and leaving the people is in it."

"Thank you for your kindness," Zhu He said.

"As for me, I'm not taking you for nothing." Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "You will know in the future."

Zhu Hezhi didn't think there was any problem with the emperor's "free use". He didn't look forward to what he would know in the future. However, in just three days, his clothes had not been sorted out, and a tide had already surged in the court. Many ministers even came to their door in person, hoping to find a ticket for their clan relatives.

Zhu Hezhi was quite confused. After striking, he realized that the recent newspapers, big and small, were deciphering the origin of the marine silver. In these newspapers, silver was in his hometown, like the iron ore in the Ming Dynasty, and it was everywhere. You could dig a vein by simply digging a piece of land.

This is certainly inconsistent with the facts. For the rational Ming officials and businessmen, they will never be deceived by this propaganda offensive.

What really attracted them was the vast uninhabited land of America.

Especially the news came from the cabinet. His Majesty the Emperor hoped to use this new continent to reward all civil and military officials who contributed to the national crisis. As long as those who participated in the exploration, they could get land for free.

If such a generous and good emperor, of course, there must be stingy cabinet ministers to drag him back. This "gate of land grant" was finally stopped by the cabinet and was not issued, but a strange imperial edict was sent from the Ministry of Rites to the Confucius tribe of Feng Shishi. He was given a martyrdom during the national transformation and was named Zhong Jing.

The incident of Feng Shikong humiliating the Crown Prince had long been spreading among the public, especially in Shaanxi. He was regarded as a loyal and loyal minister and did not allow the young crown prince to be deceived by villains to do stupid things. Although everyone consciously labeled the respected person and did not dare to place the crown prince against Feng Shikong, the court never gave Feng Shikong a mourning honor, which was always a statement that he did not like this person.

Although Zhongjing is not a good posthumous title for civil officials, it is not a bad posthumous title. The most important thing is that the court recognizes him. With the award of the posthumous title, thousands of acres of land were also given. Only the Feng family members need to go to the Americas to receive it and resettle more than ten people to cultivate it can be passed on forever.

Even Feng Shikong was treated like this. Will those civil and military ministers who truly made contributions to calm the country and make contributions to the country's transformation be treated unfairly?

As expected, after Feng Shikong, all the civil servants and military generals who died for the Ming Dynasty received appropriate honors and received thousands of acres of American land without exception.

The most eye-catching one is Lu Xiangsheng and his posthumous title. He is the best posthumous title considered by civil officials. At the same time, he was appointed as the clan to adopt his descendants and inherited the incense of the country. He was granted tens of millions of land in the United States.

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From the second year of Chongzhen to the seventeenth year of the country's rebellion, there were quite a few civil and military officials who died in the country during this period. The Ministry of Rites could only review and agree on posthumous titles in batches. Even if there were any omissions, they had to face the cry of their tribes, and the progress was really impossible. However, everyone believed that the dead were the most important, and when these dead things were properly settled, it would inevitably be the turn of the living.

Now the problem is here.

No one in the Ming Dynasty has been to America, and even the name America has been confirmed recently. All information about this New World is learned from missionaries, and no one knows where the land is good or where the land is inferior. This gift of thousands of acres is given to the indicators. Without a land number, it has to wait for people to actually pass, demarcate the land, review it by the civil affairs officer, and then mark it with the land number, which is considered an eternal cause.

Everyone knows that good land can reach ten acres of land per mu, and no one wants to receive a very high gift, and in the end only the wasteland is left.

As the saying goes, there must be loyal and brave people within the ten rooms. As long as the whole family is not martyred and died, who can’t find a few loyal servants? Of course, we must first go to America in the first batch, select a good place, and occupy the location.

As for those heroes who have not yet made their turn, there will definitely be rewards. Who wouldn’t want to go over and choose the land earlier?

When Zhu Hezhi saw this tide coming, he realized what His Majesty the Emperor said, "It's useless to take it."

In August of the third year of Longjing, Zhu Hezhi arrived at Tsushima Island.

The reason I went to Tsushima is because the Japanese have experience taking the Pacific route to the Americas.

Of course, the Japanese did not discover the route to America for no reason.

Their guide was the Spanish.

In the 16th century, the Spanish Andres de Urdaneta (a) discovered a route from Luzon to Mexico. Since then, Spain began shipping across the Pacific Ocean, which is why Luzon belonged to the governor of New Spain.

Because Spanish merchant ships often crashed near the coast of Japan due to bad weather, the two countries began to contact. The Spanish wanted to develop Catholic faith in Japan, but this effort was strongly resisted by the Jesuits, who had been preaching in Japan since 1549. In addition, Portugal and the Netherlands did not want Spain to participate in trade with Japan.

The turning point was in 1609, in the 37th year of Wanli, the Spanish large sailboat San Francisco encountered bad weather on the way from Manila to Acapulco and crashed near Edo. The crew members were rescued and warmly treated, and the captain was received by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

On November 29 that year, the two sides signed a treaty. The treaty stipulated that the Spaniards could establish factories in eastern Japan and introduce mining experts from New Spain. Spanish merchant ships were allowed to visit Japan if necessary, and the Japanese side would send an envoy to the Spanish royal family.

The original Japanese envoy was Sotiero, a monk who preached in Edo. He represented the shogun to New Spain (Mexico) and met the Governor Veraco. The Governor of New Spain sent explorers to Japan and searched for the legendary "Treasure Island".

The explorer's diplomatic work was not going well, and he returned to Japan with serious injuries due to a shipwreck while searching for Treasure Island. So the Tokugawa shogunate decided to build a large ship and send the explorer back to Spain.

This task fell on the head of the Sendai vassal Daimai Masato, who ordered his retainer Toshikakura to take charge of the task.

It took Chikura Tsukakuen for 45 days to complete the ocean-going sailing ship called "Idamura Maru" by the Japanese, with the 800 shipbuilders, 700 blacksmiths and 3,000 carpenters provided by the shogunate, and completed the ocean-going sailing ship called "Idamura Maru". The ship was later renamed the San Juan Bautista by the Spanish. After completing the voyage mission, it was summoned by the Spanish army in Luzon to fight against the Dutch.

Shikura Toru took ten shogunate samurai, twelve Sendai samurai, one hundred and twenty Japanese merchants, crew members and entourage, as well as more than forty Spanish and Portuguese, and began the first Asian journey across the Pacific Ocean. Three months later, he arrived in New Spain safely, then went to Europe, went on a mission to the Spanish royal family, and even went to Rome to meet the pope, and was baptized.

When Tokura Kazunaga set off, the Tokugawa shogunate had not issued a lockdown order, but when he returned to Japan through the Pacific route again, Japan had completely changed. As for whether he was eventually executed or gave up his faith, it also became a historical mystery.

Thirty years later, it is no longer possible for the Ming Dynasty to find sailors of that year in Japan. However, Japan is also a country with grammar and can still find enough navigation and ship information to provide technical reference for the Ming Dynasty to build ocean-going ships.

Thanks to the social system of the son inheriting his father's business, many Japanese craftsmen who participated in the construction of Ida Village Maru were also found, but Chen De bought it at a high price - a total of two Type 17 cannons were spent.

"Is the court going to build a new ship when I find so many shipbuilders?" Zhu Hezhi asked Chen De. He said he was the initiator, but it was more like an errand. What's more tragic is that the loan provided to him by the royal family must be repaid, so he had long given up on his idea of ​​building a ship, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor could lend him two ships.

Chen De just smiled and shook his head when facing the prince, saying, "The military orders I have received are limited to this, and I dare not ask about other matters. Please be careful, please be careful, and there will be news from the court."

Zhu Hezhi could only wait for the news, but he didn't know that the Grand Governor's Office had requested the Ministry of War to transfer Wang Yi's tank division to the Mowen River Guard. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!