Seeing the emperor asking questions, Zhang Shantang bowed and saluted:

"Reporting to your Majesty, there should be about 60,000 Ming people in Luzon, and more than 8,000 young men. If the court can accept them to join the army, it would be their honor, and no one would refuse."

There are so many wise people in Luzon?

Zhu Cixiang was immediately happy. In his heart, he didn't want the indigenous people to join the army, at least for the time being.

Hearing that there were so many people from the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cixiang immediately smiled on his face. The Luzon security team no longer had to recruit troops from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty.

"Very good, the Ming Dynasty has established the Protectorate in Luzon and transformed Luzon into an overseas province of the Ming Dynasty. From now on, you are the real owners of this land.

I appoint Zhang Shantang and Liu Xiang as captains and deputy captains of the Luzon Public Security Team, seventh-rank officials in the Ming Dynasty.

Starting today, you are responsible for recruiting five thousand security guards. The Ming garrison will train them for three months. After the special training, they will be divided into several groups and sent to various large islands to maintain public security.

After the establishment of the security team, whether the Luzon islands are stable or not depends on your performance. I hope you will enforce the law fairly. Of course, anyone found trying to undermine the stability of Luzon will be killed without mercy!

Remember, the targets of your law enforcement are mainly indigenous people. If someone commits a crime, you have no right to deal with it. You can control them and report it to the Protectorate quickly..."

When the two heard this, they were surprised and happy. They never expected that not only did they escape the siege of the colonists and indigenous people, but they would now become officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Although their official positions are very low, they are still seventh-grade officials. Their status has changed from ordinary people to local managers of Luzon, and they were personally appointed by Emperor Shenwu.

This is Luzon. Officials' salaries and expenses are all borne by Luzon. The Ming Dynasty treasury will not give them a penny. Overseas territories need people to manage them. This is a good method.

Under normal circumstances, in the Ming Dynasty, only those who had passed the exam could become seventh-rank local officials. The four of them were not even scholars. Today, they can become seventh-rank officials only because of the gift of Emperor Shenwu.

Zhang Shantang and Liu Xiang hurriedly bowed down and thanked him:

"Thank you for Your Majesty's grace. I will definitely die with all my heart!"

After appointing Zhang Shantang and Liu Xiang, Zhu Cixiang said to the two family heads Li and Wang:

"The imperial officials stationed in Luzon are not yet in place. You two will follow Zhang Mingzhen to manage Luzon affairs, and your official position will be from the seventh rank.

You two are relatively familiar with Luzon and are mainly responsible for collecting taxes on the islands of Luzon. Remember, the Ming Dynasty was never merciful to corrupt officials. I hope you will strictly restrain yourselves."

With a few words from Zhu Cixiang, these two people were transformed from ordinary people into seventh-rank officials in the Ming Dynasty. They were so excited that tears burst down their faces and they hurriedly knelt down to express their gratitude:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. I will never let you down."

Zhu Cixiang nodded slightly:

"There are some things that I need to remind you of. It's not that I don't believe you. As an official, you have to make choices.

Your family business is all left to your children, and you cannot use your status to seek benefits for the family in the future. There are tens of thousands of wise people here in Luzon, so you must set an example."

"According to the order!"

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will arrange everything within one day and you will never be disappointed."

Zhu Cixiang was very satisfied with their performance and said with a smile:

"Also, the Ming Dynasty is going to open schools in Luzon. One school will be opened in each town. You should choose the teachers to teach Chinese in the schools from the Ming people in Luzon. There will definitely not be enough teachers for the time being. In the future, the court will send more talents to teach.

Aboriginal children in Luzon must go to school to learn Chinese. After three years, all children in Luzon will be able to speak Ming dialect. Aboriginals who refuse to learn Chinese language will be sent to Ceylon to mine.

In the future, the main languages ​​in Nanhai Province, Luzon Province, Malacca, Ceylon and other places will be Ming Dynasty Mandarin, do you understand?"

The four people hurriedly saluted again:

"Replying to your majesty, we understand. Please rest assured, your majesty. We guarantee that in three years' time, all the indigenous children in Luzon will speak Ming dialect and learn Chinese history. I will resign!"

The four masters of the Ming Dynasty in Luzon returned and immediately started operations in accordance with Emperor Shenwu's requirements.

Zhang Shantang and Liu Xiang are responsible for recruiting troops, and the number is about 5,000. Although they are security forces, they will still be trained as regular troops.

After the conscription is over, Zhang Mingzhen, the Ming Dynasty's military governor in Luzon, will definitely send instructors to train them.

These five thousand people must maintain local security, and when foreign enemies invade, they must cooperate with the navy and army to stop the invaders.

Their physical fitness and firearms training will be strengthened, and everyone must be proficient in marksmanship and artillery, and even bayonet fighting.

Their military service period is twenty years, Xiangyin is worth four dragon coins per month, which is equivalent to four taels of silver, and the whole family will be allocated land, and it is tax-free.

This treatment is not low, mainly because they also have to bear relatively high risks.

The Dutch and Spanish will attack Luzon at any time, and there will definitely be resistance from the indigenous people on the surrounding islands...

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When the Ming people in Luzon learned that the Ming Dynasty was recruiting troops, they were very enthusiastic about joining the army.

On the first day, more than 10,000 people participated in the interview, and more than 1,000 indigenous people came. They all expressed their willingness to loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

Although they knew that everyone in Ming Dynasty wanted to join the army, seeing so many people applying enthusiastically, Zhang Shantang and Liu Xiang were still happy from ear to ear.

It's good to have more people, and more choices. Young people with better physical fitness can be selected from among them to join the army.

The two people discussed it and finally decided to recruit 5,000 Ming soldiers and 200 indigenous soldiers. These people knelt there and said that they would be the loyal dogs of the Ming Dynasty. If they did not accept them, they would be unable to kneel down. In the end, they accepted 200 people...

Recruiting these indigenous people can make it easier to manage the indigenous people, and it can also make more indigenous people feel that their status has been improved, which is conducive to assimilation.

Of course, Zhang Shantang and others had asked Emperor Shenwu for permission before recruiting indigenous soldiers, otherwise they would not have dared to recruit indigenous soldiers.

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The task of the head of the Li family is to collect agricultural taxes according to the system established by Emperor Shenwu. Commercial taxes are collected by the Ming Customs.

The cost team is responsible for counting the population of Luzon and responsible for the construction of schools.

These things are not simple. There will be Ming troops and people to help him, and Zhang Shantang and the others are responsible for security...

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After the Luzon Protectorate was established, many talented Ming people joined the Protectorate under the recommendation of the four major families.

Whether it is recruiting soldiers, collecting taxes, counting the population, or building schools, etc., because of their changes in status, these people are doing their best to do things for the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, they could only do business to make money and could not hold any positions in the Governor's Mansion, but that is different now.

Now they have become the masters of Luzon. Their status is supreme among the Luzon race and they must set an example.

Under the leadership of the four masters and Mingren, all aspects of Luzon were quickly on track.

The construction of coastal defenses and bunkers is also proceeding in an orderly manner.

Especially in the construction of the bunker, the workers are mainly Ming people, and the indigenous people have not been allowed to participate for the time being.

Emperor Shenwu would not let the aboriginals know the internal structure of the bunker to prevent the information from being leaked. Even if the aboriginals joined, they would be cleaned up afterwards...

In order to keep it secret, the cement formula is in the hands of a few people such as Shi Lang and Zhang Mingzhen, and cannot be accessed by outsiders.

Zhu Cixiang was not idle during this period. He personally led the generals to inspect various departments and construction sites in Luzon and found nothing wrong.

It has been about two months since we arrived in Nanyang, and the day of the army's triumphant victory is also on the agenda.

On this day, I returned to the Governor's Mansion from Mindanao. Not long after I sat down at the Marshal's Mansion, Yue Yang came in and reported:

"Your Majesty, someone from the capital is here. They just arrived at the naval base."

Yue Yang also just received a report that the capital sent people to Luzon, but he didn't know who they were.

Zhu Cixiang felt that something big might happen in the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the capital would not send people here, so he immediately summoned people from the capital.

"Quick, let them come to see me quickly."

"According to the order!"

Yue Yang accepted the order and quickly went to the naval base to pick him up.

After Yue Yang left, Zhu Cihong couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. It had been more than two months since the emperor had been on the expedition in person. Could it be that there was unrest in the capital during this period?

Then Zhu Cixi shook his head again, it was almost impossible for this kind of thing to happen.

Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng were in charge of the capital, and there was no possibility of their betrayal.

Sun Yingyuan and Zhou Yuji are both in the capital, and most of the four National Protective Army units are there. Who can shake the well-equipped National Protective Army?

There are Yang Guozhu and others guarding the northeast, and there is the Hu Dawei tribe in Mongolia.

In the northwest, there are Herenlong and others who led their troops to guard it, and in the western region, Xinjiang has generals from the national defense army guarding it.

There was Feng Houdun in Korea, the King of Tang and the Ming army in Japan, the Duke of Guizhou Mu Tianbo in the southwest, and the white-poled soldiers in Sichuan. It was impossible for these people to rebel.

After about a stick of incense, Yue Yang came in and reported:

"Your Majesty, the British Duke has come from the capital and is waiting for orders outside at this time!"

"Summon quickly!"

"According to the order!"

After a while, Zhang Shize walked into the handsome hall:

"Your Majesty, Zhang Shize, comes to see you!"

The British Duke's reputation and status were quite prominent in the Ming Dynasty. During the glorious period, they had three titles in one family.

Of course, these were all obtained with their military exploits. Even Wei Zhongxian, who could dominate the world with one hand, was afraid of their family.

Zhang Shize was the last British prince in the Ming Dynasty. He made no great contribution to the Ming Dynasty, nor did he surrender to the enemy and betray his country for glory when the Ming Dynasty was in danger.

Less than a year after the hereditary British Duke, Li Zicheng conquered the capital and Zhang Shize died in battle. He was also the most unlucky British Duke.

Seeing that Zhang Shize was tired from work, his face was dark, and his clothes were a little disheveled, it seemed that he had suffered a lot along the way.
To be continued...