The tributary state system was completely based on the Zhou rites and was an improved and weakened version of it. Although it only had trade, military garrison, and tribute, it was initially formed.
This will inevitably create a geographically vast Confucian cultural circle.
After the Japanese were incorporated into the Ming Dynasty's tribute system, the total population of the entire Confucian cultural circle exceeded 200 million.
Among them, the population of the Ming Dynasty dropped to 150 million due to years of war, North Korea had 20 million, Japan had 20 million, and Annan had about 8 million.
What an exaggerated figure this is?
At this time, the whole of Europe, all the countries put together, is less than half.
The territorial aspect is even more exaggerated. Except for Russia, the entire Europe is smaller than it.
That's right, compared to the Christian cultural circle in Europe, Zhu Yixi used Confucianism as the core to create a cobweb that encompassed Asian countries.
The disadvantages of religion are too great. It will split and reorganize every now and then. However, culture is different and can easily remain unchanged for hundreds of years.
Many people criticize Confucianism, which is unreasonable.
Because it was not that Confucianism degenerated, but that Confucianism was forced to adapt to the requirements of the monarch and society and became a tool of rule.
Even after deposing hundreds of schools of thought, what remains will be Legalism, Mohism, or Taoism, but after thousands of years of being beaten by the monarch, he will become another kind of Confucianism.
The greatest advantage of Confucianism is that it regulates others from a moral condescension rather than relying on laws or religious provisions.
Morality is the criterion of society, and the law is only the bottom line.
Religious prohibitions can be violated, but once people violate moral standards, they will naturally feel guilty.
Even bad guys prefer to associate with noble people rather than the same bad guys.
The Tao of Confucius and Mencius, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, have been tampered with, polished and polished by successive dynasties, and are now the best ruling tools in feudal society.
The historical Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism spread throughout East Asia, Korea, and Annan, Japan, with different national conditions, but they adapted to each and were happy with it. Who wouldn't praise it for its usefulness?
The current emperor has only accelerated this process.
Under the Confucian worldview, the Ming Dynasty was just like the Emperor of Zhou during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. He was the center of the world, the leader of all countries, and the defender of Confucianism.
Besides, only Confucianism is the most suitable to deal with those missionaries.
Confucianism is not just a culture, but a common sense of identity and shaping of three views.
World view: the distinction between Hua and Yi, and the entry of Yi and Di into China.
If the barbarians invade China, they will be conquered by China. If the barbarians invade China, they will be conquered by the barbarians.
Values: The way of loyalty and justice, loyalty to the emperor comes first.
Outlook on life: Cultivate oneself, manage the family, govern the country and bring peace to the world.
Apart from Confucianism, Zhu Yixi could not think of anyone who could resist Christianity.
With such a happy mood, Zhu Yixi followed Zhu Jing's suggestion and gave Japan the ceremonial crown of the Edo shogunate, which fundamentally made it more uniform and consistent with China.
You can shrink it slightly, but you can't change it in general. For example, North Korea just made its wings wider and more slanted.
This is understandable, after all, this dress is suitable for people from the Ming Dynasty, and the body shapes of different countries are different.
After being in a happy mood and full of energy, the concubines in the harem will also be happy.
As a result, in March, when the grass was growing and the orioles were flying, the Mongolian concubine Qiqige became pregnant.
After a while, the sky gradually darkened, and outside the window covered with thick clouds, a northwest wind blew, indicating that the spring rain was about to fall.
The emperor put on a robe and ordered: "Go to the imperial kitchen and see if there is anything delicious?"
"I have already gone to see the yellow sheep from Chahar; the finless porpoise from Anhui; the drunken crab from Zhejiang..."
"Okay!" The emperor looked out the window covered with clouds and sighed slowly: "Spring rain is really as precious as oil!"
"With this heavy rain, the whole north will probably feel a lot better."
But then a memorandum from the cabinet put him in a bad mood: the imperial envoy was attacked.
It turns out that a major case occurred in Guizhou, and the disaster relief funds were misused.
Subsequently, local people looted prefectures and counties.
This triggered a major incident: the imperial envoy was attacked by natives.
In the spring of the sixth year of Shaowu's reign, Guizhou, which had always been as warm as spring, was hit by a cold wave and heavy snowfall, causing countless victims.
Also affected by the disaster were Huguang and Huguang provinces.
However, Huguang has suffered from frequent disasters in recent years, either droughts, floods, or military disasters. It has adapted to snow disasters, and the situation is not too serious.
Guizhou is different. It has a small population and a large number of people. It is not as good as the Han people who live in the plains. Many people were frozen to death by a snowstorm.
For the sake of their people, the chieftains had no choice but to ask for help from the Yamen. In order to prevent the few people from plundering the prefectures and counties and affecting their political performance, the officials could only ask the court for help.
Under such circumstances, the court naturally cannot ignore death and save the country, as local people are also people!
Therefore, Yunnan was urgently ordered to transport 200,000 stones of grain and grass and 100,000 silver coins to Guizhou for disaster relief.
Money and food will be deducted from the summer tax.
According to common sense, these supplies are enough to support the 200,000 victims for more than half a month. After all, Guizhou is vast and sparsely populated, enough to cover an entire province.
But the officials rejoiced.
Without him, Guizhou is too poor and there are too few opportunities to make money.
Such a large amount of supplies is mouth-watering.
Therefore, cases of corruption and fraud occur frequently.
The emperor made an exception and sent an imperial envoy to Guizhou to investigate the matter.
The purpose of rescuing the people before rescuing officials is to reshape organizational capabilities and complete disaster relief, and disaster relief also requires rescuing officials first.
After all, if officials get things straightened out, disaster relief will be more efficient.
Wow——
The exquisite official kiln porcelain fell to the ground like dirt in an instant, breaking into pieces. The crisp sound could not make the emperor vent his anger.
"Order the cabinet ministers to come to see me——"
When the emperor was angry, the atmosphere in the palace turned pale. The maids and eunuchs turned pale and tensed, not daring to be careless in any way.
However, Zhu Yixi came from later generations and had the most basic respect for life. He would not get angry at will and implicate others. Only the porcelain would suffer.
So, the four members of the cabinet hurriedly ran from Wenyuan Pavilion, running a distance of about 300 steps until they were out of breath.
"This happened in Guizhou? It's really ridiculous."
Zhu Yixi had a livid face and stared at the four people. He dropped the memorial casually, and the tickets and memorials were scattered in front of a few people:
"The natives attacked, but fortunately they could speak out. This is a slap in the face of the imperial court and a slap in my face."
"What's the use of reprimanding the cabinet? What's the use of punishing a few magistrates?"
Zhao and Shu lowered their heads and endured the emperor's spit.
All thoughts of investigation had completely dissipated in their minds at this time.
Apparently, the cabinet was completely unable to express the emperor's anger.
"Draw up a decree to remove the governor of Guizhou from his hat and let me go home and retire -"
"The General Soldier of Guizhou is not doing well in suppressing the bandits. Guan Jiang is the deputy commander-in-chief and will continue to lead the troops in suppressing the bandits..."
"All the officials in Guizhou Province who passed the examination this year will be ranked as low, and the official level of Guanjiang will be retained——"
ps: I drank too much and fell asleep...
