All beginnings are hard.
Except for Emperor Zhu Youxiao, everyone in the Ming Empire was unfamiliar with the new government affairs inside and outside the empire.
In the past, the rulers of the Ming Dynasty only needed to deal with various relationships, which is the so-called adjustment of yin and yang. All the things they encountered could be found in historical books. Therefore, they often did not need to take too much trouble, and sometimes they even did nothing. That is, so that sometimes, as an official of a local government or a government office, he can leave the government affairs to his subordinates and staff, and he can just sing about the wind and the moon. On the contrary, he will gain a reputation for not messing around.
But now, new government affairs are emerging one after another.
Banking management, technical copyright management, statistics and now overseas colony management.
For the officials of the Ming Dynasty who only received Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism education, even if they were as shrewd as foxes, it was difficult for them to understand how to conduct politics properly.
Therefore, it is now difficult for them to provide some constructive suggestions to the emperor. They can only check for the emperor's omissions and fill in the gaps after Zhu Youxiao formulates certain rules.
This has led to Emperor Zhu Youxiao now almost becoming the chief architect of the entire new empire of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, it is Zhu Youxiao himself who first proposes how to manage overseas colonies.
"We asked Japan to cede Nagasaki to us. The main purpose is to garrison troops. However, in addition to garrisoning troops, Nagasaki has always been a trade center for Japan. Therefore, Nagasaki can still be used as a trading area for our Ming Dynasty, but now Nagasaki has just experienced a heavy blow, and the population has dropped sharply, which is not conducive to trade. Therefore, the next step is to immigrate there first. The new refugees will be arranged to go to Nagasaki, as well as criminals. Among the Han people, except for the most heinous crimes, as many as possible Without imposing the death penalty, as many as possible should be exiled to Nagasaki, and as many offending officials as possible should be demoted and exiled to Nagasaki. At the same time, all Japanese writings in Nagasaki must be eradicated, Confucian schools should be built, and great Confucians should be sent there. Educate the surviving Nagasaki aborigines and require everyone in Nagasaki to communicate in Chinese and with Chinese characters."
Zhu Youxiao therefore ordered.
Zhu Youxiao knew that achieving global political unification was unrealistic, especially in this era when communications were not yet developed and the main method of transmitting news relied on animal power.
Therefore, what Zhu Youxiao pursues is cultural unification, allowing Chinese civilization to rule the world, and at least allowing Chinese characters to spread further. This will be more conducive to the exchange of the entire human race and lay some foundation for future global unification.
Because of this, Zhu Youxiao decided to pilot the popularization of Chinese civilization in Nagasaki, the first colony.
You know, Western missionaries in this era have spared no effort and even risked their lives to spread their ideas in Asia.
But most of the Confucian scholars in the Ming Dynasty had not yet thought of going abroad to promote Confucianism.
Now Zhu Youxiao does not expect the Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty to leave on their own initiative, but only plans to use his power as emperor to force these Confucian scholars to leave.
"As for the garrison in Nagasaki, the newly formed Second Battalion of the Guards Navy will be stationed in Huangdao. As for the foreign affairs officers stationed in Edo, a doctor from the Ministry of Rites will be sent as an envoy, and a Jin Yiwei Qianhu will be stationed. The deputy envoy, as well as a number of accompanying officials, are responsible for all matters related to the Ming Dynasty in Japan. The Ministry of Rites will recommend it and report it to the cabinet, and then the cabinet will submit it to the political hall for my personal review and approval!
However, the selected officials must be smart and capable, and should not be led by the shogunate. They must be able to control the shogunate, and even use the shogunate to control the entire Japanese country! Like Wei Aiqing and Shen Aiqing, they must know how to make the shogunate make concessions for the interests of the Ming Dynasty. "
Then, Zhu Youxiao made arrangements for the Nagasaki garrison and foreign affairs officers.
Although Zhu Youxiao has not thought about unifying the world politically, he still has the ambition to assimilate Japan, North Korea and some places in Southeast Asia into one Ming Dynasty in the future. After all, these two places are not very far from the Ming Dynasty, and In the future, some places in South Asia and the Western Regions will be able to rule these places as long as communication technology improves slightly.
Zhu Youxiao hoped that garrisoning troops in Nagasaki would be the beginning of realizing this goal.
As for sending foreign affairs officers to Edo, it was not only to intervene in the internal affairs of Japan now, but also to prepare for sending floating officials to rule Japan in the future.
"The Ministry of Rites has set up a Foreign Languages School, specifically to train interpreters. Scholars from childhood and above can sign up for reference. After entering the Foreign Languages School, they can still take the scientific examination or the normal examination to serve as a reserve for future foreign affairs officers."
Zhu Youxiao also ordered the establishment of a foreign language school.
Although Zhu Youxiao aims to popularize Chinese, at this stage, in order to better control the foreign language, he has to cultivate some translation talents.
However, in Zhu Youxiao's view, in the future, those in the Foreign Languages School may be the last batch of non-Chinese language masters.
"Naito Seiji, Aoyama Tadatsuki and other Japanese lords who slandered our Ming Dynasty and even instigated the shogunate to expel our Ming merchants were all Ling Chi. The reactionary gentry such as Yang Sichang, Chen Shicheng and Wang Fen were also sentenced to Ling Chi for treason! We must not tolerate it!"
Zhu Youxiao also issued a punishment order for the real leader who caused the Ming Dynasty overseas Chinese merchants to be massacred in Nagasaki.
The two great names, Naito Seiji and Aoyama Tadoshi, had never thought before that they would be taken to China to be executed by the Ming Emperor.
At first, neither Naito Kiyoshi nor Aoyama Tadoshi could accept such an arrangement, and complained that it was an insult to their Yamato samurai. His Yamato samurai only had the fate of seppuku and should never be tried, and asked for seppuku.
And now, after receiving Emperor Zhu Youxiao's order to have them Lingchi, Naito Kiyoshi and Aoyama Tadoshi once again asked themselves to commit seppuku.
"Please let us commit seppuku. We refuse Lingchi. I, the Yamato samurai, should never be dealt with by others."
At this time, Naito Kiyoshi shook the prison car and shouted while being taken to the execution ground.
Tadatoshi Aoyama also shouted angrily: "Baga! You are humiliating me, the Yamato samurai!"
Moreover, when Aoyama Tadatsuki discovered that many people had gathered outside to watch their torture, he became even more angry: "Even if I, the Yamato samurai, die, I cannot die in front of these humble civilians!"
Yang Sichang, who was also executed on this day, laughed very bitterly because he heard these two famous names shouting in front of him.
Yang Sichang could not accept such an arrangement. He did not expect that Emperor Zhu Youxiao would really mobilize troops and mobilize people like this just to kill some overseas businessmen. It was not enough to arrest him. He also directly sent troops to the Japanese country to force the shogunate to hand over the mastermind behind it. If he is a famous person, he must be severely punished.
"You Zhu Youxiao are indeed a king with powerful methods and love for the people! Yang has completely lost! I can only lament that my Yang's strategy of attacking from four directions, six corners and ten sides failed to be realized in my hands! I hope Brother Yanyan can realize my strategy, Yang, unless there is really no one in the world who can deal with him, Zhu Youxiao!"
Yang Sichang thought.
"ah!"
At this time, a scream came from Naito Kiyoshi's mouth.
At the same time, Aoyama Tadoshi also howled.
These two Japanese lords were executed first because they were repeat offenders from the Waifan. As a Han Chinese, Yang Sichang also had some privileges. This privilege was that he was 600 swords less than the Waifan and did not have to be punished first.
But when Yang Sichang was tortured, he couldn't help but screamed: "I'm so miserable! Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao, why don't you just wait for me to attack from all sides? Why send the navy to the Japanese country!"
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