Chapter 651 The Ming Dynasty will not favor one over the other (the third update, please subscribe)
Liu Chongjiao was naturally grateful for the emperor's magnanimity. How could he not be moved? After all, the Ming Dynasty father had not intended to have him before.
Now that I can return to the arms of Father Ming, it is of course both a pity and a celebration.
He listened to His Majesty speaking while being moved.
"I am very pleased with the three hundred palace maids you sent me, but I am not short of palace maids here. I ordered people to keep ten of them. As for the others, I plan to reward them to meritorious soldiers in the army. If you disagree..."
Without waiting for Emperor Zhu to finish speaking, Liu Chongjiao spoke hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, it is a blessing for three generations for a Korean woman to be able to serve the Ming Dynasty soldiers. How can I not agree with such a great thing?"
What Liu Chongjiao said was from his heart, and even at this moment, he felt superior again. Didn’t Jin Dachuan say last time that Japan would have a great influence on the Ming Dynasty in the future? But the Japanese were rebellious sons, so how could they compare with Korea?
Who do Japanese women marry?
They are just ordinary people, but when our Korean women come here, they marry the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and they have made great contributions. There is an obvious difference in status!
Just like the girls in a brothel, one serves a village barbarian, and the other serves high-ranking officials. Of course, the latter is superior.
Korean women married Ming Dynasty soldiers and officers, and they were meritorious. This clearly shows that Korea's status was far higher than Japan's.
I just felt that Liu Chongjiao was infinitely superior, and after thinking for a while he said again.
"I heard that the Ming Dynasty was founded in a foreign land, and it was not easy. There are more men than women in the country. If Your Majesty does not abandon me, when I return to Korea, I will report to the King and ask the King to allow Korean women to marry into the Ming Dynasty to continue Korea's determination to serve the Great Ming!"
Use women to make friends with the Ming Dynasty!
This is the duty of a big boss!
The only difference is that in the past, Korean women were offered as tribute to the Ming emperor, but now Korean women are married to people from the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, in Liu Chongjiao's view, doing so would not only help improve Ming's perception of Korea, showing that Korea was its own son, but also, through such marriage and friendship, make Ming look at Korea differently in the future!
As for where the woman came from?
Is there still a shortage of women in North Korea? Just pick a few villages and recruit them.
North Korea now has a lot of things but a lot of people. There are so many that they can hardly be fed. There are countless people who can't even get enough to eat. North Korea is full of hungry people. They are definitely willing to send their daughters to the government in exchange for a few buckets of rice and one or two pieces of cloth to support their families.
And this is "marrying", not becoming a slave or servant in the Ming Dynasty, but marrying to the Ming Dynasty. For a Korean to marry a Ming Dynasty person, it is a blessing for several lifetimes.
"Since it's a marriage, there must be a gift!"
Emperor Zhu said directly.
"It is a blessing for a woman from a lower country to be able to marry into the Celestial Empire. How dare she ask for a dowry?"
"Etiquette cannot be abolished!"
Emperor Zhu said directly.
"I heard that the local bride price is two pieces of cloth, right?"
"That's about it."
Liu Chongjiao replied.
"Then let's put it this way. From now on, the bride price will be 5 bolts of cloth per woman!"
Alas, Emperor Zhu has turned himself into the most annoying person. How could he raise prices so arbitrarily? However, this is not to say that prices are raised arbitrarily. After all, the government must also take a cut from it. In the end, if the common people can get one or two pieces of cloth, it is already a favor from the government.
"Five bolts of cloth!"
Liu Chongjiao said hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, this is too much, this is too much, why do you have to do this, why do you have to do this!"
"The Ming Dynasty will never let its own people suffer losses!"
Liu Chongjiao was deeply moved. They really were worthy of being the Celestial Empire, with such extraordinary bearing and generosity!
Such a good deal is rare!
At the same time, Emperor Zhu also thought this was a good deal.
After all, in the Ming Dynasty, the ex-factory price of a piece of cloth was less than 0.2 yuan. Even if it was five pieces of cloth, including the shipping fee, it would only be one Ming yuan.
In other words, a Korean woman only costs one Mingyuan or one dollar.
What can one dollar do in the Ming Dynasty?
Although, one dollar is still very valuable these days, it is almost enough for a person to live in Ming Dynasty for more than half a month. After all, food and drink are very cheap in Ming Dynasty.
But you can buy a wife for one dollar!
In the Ming Dynasty, even the lowest paid workers earned 17 or 18 yuan a month, which is enough to buy more than a dozen!
Of course, the Ming Dynasty was a civilized country, how could it possibly objectify women?
This one dollar is the bride price.
Even if these Korean women arrived in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would not sell them. After physical examinations and immigration education, they would go to factories or military dependents' factories to freely fall in love with Ming Dynasty officers, soldiers and workers.
As for that dollar...just deduct it from their salary in the future.
Of course, this will also help the Ming Dynasty's textile industry. After all, all countries are now in the midst of an economic crisis. Not to mention the sluggish market, the textile industry has been in recession for almost ten years.
Using surplus cloth to exchange for women is a good business!
"Liu Chongjiao."
"I am here."
"In fact, in addition to marrying women to the Ming Dynasty, we can also send laborers. North Korea is a small country with poor land, and the people's harvest is not enough to make a living. The Ming Dynasty is ambitious, and both the mainland and the colonies need a large number of laborers. The Ming Dynasty treats the laborers very well, basically providing food and accommodation, and eight silver dollars a month. If North Korea can have 100,000 or 200,000 laborers, the remittances alone will be millions of silver dollars a month. In a year, it will still be tens of millions, which will also help North Korea!"
Why should we recognize North Korea as our son?
In the final analysis, isn't it all for those imperial consumables? North Korea has a population of over 10 million, and those North Koreans who are starving on the Korean Peninsula are the best imperial consumables.
Since there are consumables, of course we should make the best use of them. Even if we use those consumables, we should do it in the name of good for them.
Just like in another world, when Americans brought Koreans to the battlefield in Vietnam, Koreans were also there constantly saying "escaping poverty with blood". Even if they became consumables of the big country, they were grateful.
The development of Ming Dynasty now also requires these consumables.
What is a real dad!
This is my biological father!
Liu Chongjiao almost knelt down again. This was the grace that a father showed to his son. Such a gift had never been seen before.
North Korea has a lot of things but a lot of people and little land. Farmers without land or with little land are themselves unstable factors. Now, the Ming father has taken the initiative to help North Korea get rid of this trouble and let North Korea profit from it. This is something only a real father would think of!
Seeing Liu Chongjiao's moved expression, Emperor Zhu didn't think there was anything wrong.
As for the empire's consumables, the more the better. Not to mention that Africa needs tens or even millions of consumables, even the Chenggong Islands require hundreds of thousands of consumables. The reclamation of the tropical rainforest and the work on the plantations there require a large amount of consumables. While the empire's consumables are using their lives to turn the wilderness into fertile fields, the Ming people can avoid using their lives to fight against the harsh environment. After all, the risk of developing mature areas is very low.
Of course, Daming treats the consumables well too, paying them eight yuan a month and giving them one day off every seven days. How could they not cherish such good treatment?
In fact, Emperor Zhu treated both Korea and Japan equally and would never favor one over the other. In the end, Emperor Zhu even took the initiative to suggest that Korea send students to study in the Ming Dynasty.
If the sons do not want to learn modern science, then the fathers should make the decision for them and let them learn it! However, just like with Japan, what does the Ming Dynasty need?
Of course, it is to cultivate a "China admirer" who worships the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of his heart. Only in this way can the Ming Dynasty realize its grand plan in the future - to turn Korea and Japan into the Ming Dynasty's territories since ancient times!
Korea and Japan, they both belong to the Ming Dynasty!
(End of this chapter)
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