Nanjing, Fengtian Hall in the Forbidden City.
"Your Majesty, His Excellency Caballero, the envoy of New Spain, believes that the Ming Dynasty's aggression and expansion against the Champa and Chenla Kingdoms has seriously threatened regional peace and stability, and has also damaged all trade routes in Southeast Asia, including the Spanish Empire. The interests of the country..."
The person who spoke was none other than Qin Tian Jian Tang Ruowang. He has now returned to his post as Qin Tian Jian and continues to observe the sky at night for the Ming Dynasty! In addition to watching the stars, Tang Ruowang was also responsible for managing the Gezhijing School for Emperor Zhu—the original Shixue School, which has now been further developed into a new school that imparts Western scientific knowledge.
The difficulty of spreading Western learning in the Ming Dynasty was much easier than that in the historical Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty was dominated by Neo-Confucianism, and the Qing Dynasty was much more resolute than the Ming Dynasty in defending the "foundation of middle school."
During the Ming Dynasty, especially in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the theory of mind was rising. It only focused on conscience and mind, regardless of natural principles and human desires... Therefore, not only was it unable to stop the spread of Western learning, but there were also many Confucian scholars who were eager to delve into the wonders of the West. Skillful.
The fact that Western missionaries like Tang Ruowang could do so well in the Ming Dynasty was also related to Xin Xue.
As for Emperor Zhu Cixi, he actually did not want the uncontrolled spread of Western learning - Western learning not only included natural philosophy, but also theology!
If Catholicism is allowed to spread, it may not be long before Catholicism can challenge the dominance of Confucianism.
Therefore, what Emperor Zhu wants to do now is not to clean up Confucianism, but to find ways to improve and strengthen Confucianism - don't think that Emperor Zhu can create an idea out of thin air that can counter the three religions of Apocalypse (Catholicism, Judaism, and Tianfang Sect). If you don't have this ability, you don't dare to underestimate the three religions of Tianqi.
Therefore, after Zhu Cihong came to power, he made no special efforts to promote Western learning.
So far, there are only three new government-run schools: Jiangwutang (Army Academy), Naval Academy and Gezhijing Academy.
Another purpose of his "slowly promoting" the spread of Western learning is to cultivate a group of teachers who are well versed in Chinese and Western knowledge - don't think that you can spend money to hire enough scholars who only care about natural philosophy and don't know about religious philosophy. China comes to spread knowledge.
There is no separation between natural philosophy and religious philosophy these days! And...except for Jesuit missionaries, businessmen, and adventurers, there are no Western intellectuals who want to come to China to spread knowledge and truth.
Today, the Jesuit missionary Tang Ruowang is acting as the translator between Zhu Cihong and Sebastian Caballero.
The Manila Justice is now sitting in the Fengtian Temple, talking face to face with Emperor Zhu!
Caballero had obviously been deceived by Van Diemen's smiling tiger from the Netherlands, and was ready to be the first to stop the expansion of the Ming Empire.
And that Dutch profiteer ambassador Van Diemen was much smarter. Not to mention how friendly he was in front of Zhu Cixiang. He was really an old friend of the people of the Ming Dynasty!
But as soon as he turned around, he did all kinds of mischief, and Emperor Zhu was still kept in the dark and didn't know anything.
In fact, Van Diemen's misdeeds were all his personal actions, and the East India Company, the Dutch ruling government, and the Dutch Parliament had no idea at all.
After all, there was no serious conflict between the Netherlands and the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Ming Dynasty expanded to the New World, Spain would be the unlucky one.
"Envoy Caballero," Zhu Cixiang seemed very calm and was not angry because of the Spanish protest and ignored it. "When I sent someone to visit Manila before, I made a request to send five sailing ships to New Spain every year for trade. , you haven’t replied yet, can you tell me your answer now?”
Caballero was shocked. Because Zhu Cixiang had no intention of being angered at all, and he did not show any fear of the Spanish World Empire.
"Your Majesty the Emperor," Caballero replied slowly after Tang Ruowang translated Zhu Cixiang's request into Spanish, "The Governor-General of New Spain is still considering your request... because New Spain does not Open to non-Spanish people, your request puts the Governor’s Palace in a very difficult position.”
"That's right...I know."
Zhu Cixiang was a little disappointed. He knew that his plan to open a Pacific route had been thwarted again!
"It seems that I can only make a request directly to Madrid!" Zhu Cixiang remained unchanged, "I hope that King Philip IV can regard the Ming Empire as a friend of Spain, rather than an opponent."
Emperor Zhu felt that the King of Hell was easy to meet and the kid was sad... Maybe Philip IV would be easier to talk to?
Caballero asked: "His Majesty the Emperor wants to send an envoy to the Kingdom of Spain?"
"Yes," Zhu Cixi said with a smile, "I will send envoys to Europe. The first batch of envoys will go to Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, France, England, Germany, Sweden and the Rakshasa Kingdom."
Emperor Zhu paused and then said: "I hope His Majesty Philip IV can understand that the Ming Dynasty has no intentions towards Spain's Philippine colony!
However, I heard that there is some discord between the Ming Dynasty and the Spanish in the Philippines recently. If you are willing, I hope to evacuate overseas Chinese from the Philippines to avoid unnecessary conflicts. "
The idea of evacuating overseas Chinese was proposed by Zheng Zhilong. The overseas Chinese in the Philippines are all from Fujian and Guangdong, and most of them are from Fujian. Of course, they have a close relationship with the Zheng family.
Zheng Zhilong also knew that some of them had the idea of expelling the Spanish - before the Spanish conquered Luzon Island, it was a paradise for pirates and merchants from Fujian and Guangdong.
Who would be happy for their paradise to be occupied by Western colonists?
Now that they see that the Ming Dynasty has begun to move toward the sea, and that the Zheng family has become an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, of course they want to use the Zheng family's path to drag the Ming Dynasty into the water, use the power of the Ming Dynasty to expel the Spaniards from Luzon Island, and then bring Luzon Island to Luzon Island. Change back to your original self.
But Zhu Cihong didn't want to start a war with the Spanish World Empire over Luzon Island...because he knew that the Spanish World Empire would not be around for many years. By then, wouldn't the Philippines be a "terrain"?
So don’t be anxious now. First digest the Champa Kingdom, then swallow Chenla’s Kowloon River and Ca Mau Kok, then eat the half-dead Chenla, and then see if there is a chance to get involved in Siam - in Naresuan After the death of the king, the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Siam began the "Renaissance", with culture and art flourishing and military power plummeting.
However, because the Shui Chenla next door and the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar had no ideas of external expansion, Siam could rely on Naresuan's remaining power to maintain peace.
"What? You want to evacuate the overseas Chinese?" Caballero had no idea that Zhu Cihong would make such a request - the Spanish in Manila did not like the overseas Chinese, but they could not live without the overseas Chinese.
Because the natives of the Philippines are too unorganized and do not know how to run a business, the local economy is entirely supported by Ming expatriates.
If there were no overseas Chinese, Fort Santiago would not be able to be repaired in another 100 years (if there were overseas Chinese, it would be completed in another 80 years, when Zhu Cixiang was 100 years old), and the economy of the Philippine colony would probably collapse... ...If the economy collapses, of course it cannot survive!
He also said there was no intention! Caballero said to himself: The Ming Emperor was so cunning, he actually wanted to take over the Philippines without a fight!
"Your Majesty the Emperor," Caballero said loudly, "the Philippine colony is a paradise under the protection of God. As long as everyone abides by the law, everyone can be happy there. Therefore, evacuation is unnecessary and unfriendly!"
disagree?
Zhu Cixi also had a headache. The Spanish had to suppress overseas Chinese every once in a while. Zhu Cihong was not the emperor before, so of course he could pretend not to know.
But what if something like this happens again in the future?
So after much deliberation, Emperor Zhu still felt that it would be better to evacuate the overseas Chinese - to evacuate all the overseas Chinese in the Philippines to the territory of Jing Haijun and Jin Mou Army!
Whether you want to farm or do business, the conditions of Jinghaijun and Jinoujun will not be worse than those in the Philippines. In particular, Jing Haijun's territory had already developed well as early as the Han Dynasty. It needed agriculture and agriculture, and it needed trade routes and trade routes - it was a transit point on the east-west trade route, which was much better than the Philippines!
Zhu Cihong saw Caballero protesting loudly and knew that this matter could not be forced, so he gave in a little and said with a smile: "Envoy Caballero, if you really need Ming expatriates to work and do business in Manila, Then the two countries can sign a treaty on the issue of expatriates. The treaty should fully guarantee the personal and property safety of Ming expatriates in the Philippines, and should agree to the establishment of an embassy by the Ming Dynasty in Manila... Of course, I also welcome New Spain or Spain The Kingdom established embassies in Nanjing and Shanghai.”
