"We should still use the current method, let the domestic dignitaries who have ideas apply to fund the recruitment of troops, and the other is to let the few vassals who regard me as the Holy Emperor fund and send troops. The imperial court can also draw a small number of elites to form an alliance army and go to the West. !”
Zhu Youxiao had long had the intention of returning to the West, but there were too many more important things to do and he would not have time to take action in the future.
What's more, the early stage of Western investment does require a lot of costs.
Zhu Youxiao knew that if Ming Dynasty wanted to sail to the West again, it would have to accumulate more national power. After all, this voyage would not only reach the Red Sea coast like in history, but also pass through the Cape of Good Hope, Gibraltar, and go to Europe. , it would be better to cross the Atlantic and go to America.
Therefore, his idea of going to the West has been postponed until now.
But now, Zhu Youxiao has figured out a new method, that is, in the name of promoting Confucian civilization, he mobilizes all the Confucian countries in the East, and uses the bait of allowing them to establish their own vassal states to get domestic dignitaries to invest in going to the West together, and then share the burden Instead of the Ming court having to bear the costs of the voyages alone, it was naturally possible to carry out the voyages to the West in advance.
"yes!"
The auxiliary ministers did not object. After all, the imperial court really needed to go to the West to seize trade routes, so that it could further dominate the global commodity market.
Bi Ziyan also took the initiative to suggest: "It just so happens that the fleet that was ordered to go to Australia has now returned to Haojing. After a period of rest, we can take charge of the voyage to the West."
"allow!"
Therefore, about a year later, under the orders of the Holy Emperor Zhu Youxiao, the fleets from all sides for the voyage to the West were assembled here, and under the leadership of the Ming Dynasty general Shen Shouyao, the military operation to the voyage to the West was officially launched.
Although the purpose of this voyage to the West was to maintain existing trade routes, apprehend the King of Spain, and make Spain pay the price for this matter, it would work with other European countries and the people sent by the Ming Dynasty to establish global trade and human rights rules, thus reducing the number of Massacre to achieve the progress of world civilization, but in essence, it is to seize some areas as colonies of Eastern countries such as the Ming Dynasty. After all, trade lines cannot only be controlled by Westerners.
Now everyone knows how much profit this route from places like Ming Dynasty, Japan, and India to Europa can bring.
Therefore, after Zhu Youxiao ordered the vassal states to form a fleet to sail to the Western Ocean together with the Ming Dynasty, these vassal states responded positively.
In particular, some Japanese lords, after seeing the benefits gained from Satsuma's participation in the Luzon Island civilization transformation plan, were very willing to compete with the Ming Empire for global interests.
Many Japanese lords no longer worship the Emperor as their king, but instead regard the Ming Emperor as their king.
There are also many daimyo who, due to practical interests, should also regard the Emperor of Ming as their king while declaring themselves emperor.
Even the shogunate now regards the Emperor as its king, and while relying on the Emperor to command many famous names, it also regards the Ming Emperor as its king.
And it is convenient to follow Ming to seize global interests.
The civilization transformation plan of Luzon Island has entered the second step.
The Koreans, Japanese, etc. all began to build Confucian civilization within their own spheres of influence, erecting statues of Confucian saints, building Confucian temples, establishing the imperial examination system, and establishing the hierarchical order of scholars, farmers, industry, and commerce.
The reason why the Koreans and Japanese did this is related to Ma Xuan and other Confucian scholars who took refuge in the past. They took advantage of the admiration of the Ming Dynasty and the respect for Chinese culture of the officials sent by these countries to rule here, and deceived these officials into returning to China. It is engraved with a reduced version of the Ming Dynasty before Zhu Youxiao came to the throne. To be precise, it is a reduced version of the Song Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty had Jinyiwei and Dongchang, etc., while the ruling systems established by the Koreans and Japanese within their own spheres of influence did not have Jinyiwei. and Dongchang.
Why were North Korean and Japanese officials who ruled their respective spheres of influence successfully deceived by Ma Xuan and other Confucian scholars in Luzon Island?
The reason is very simple. These officials are also scholar-bureaucrats in their countries, and their butts are also sitting on the side of the scholar-bureaucrats. They are very willing to accept this system that only respects Confucian scholars, and only those who are inferior in everything are good at reading.
For this reason, Confucian scholars such as Ma Xuan were very popular in the spheres of influence in Korea, Japan, etc., and had almost become the number two figures in these places.
However, this does not mean that this will make North Korea, Japan, etc. respect the Ming Dynasty more.
On the contrary, the existence of these people has caused North Korea, Japan and other countries to have a declining sense of respect for the Ming Dynasty.
Because these Confucian scholars are more hostile than the Koreans and Japanese, and the Ming Dynasty has begun to have equality between the scholars and the people except the emperor.
Therefore, these Confucian scholars would keep waiting to criticize the Ming Dynasty in front of Korean and Japanese officials, believing that the true orthodoxy of China had been brought to Korea and Japan by them, and that the Ming Dynasty and the vassal states that implemented the existing institutional model of the Ming Dynasty were no longer purely ceremonial. State, let’s say that the Ming Dynasty is now dominated by treacherous ministers and cowardly kings.
Of course, based on the strong national power of the Ming Dynasty, countries such as North Korea and Japan still have a sense of awe towards the Ming Dynasty and do not dare to neglect or despise it.
However, for the Chongzhen Kingdom established by Zhu Youjian, because Zhu Youjian was deeply influenced by Zhu Youxiao, and it was a replica of the current Ming Dynasty, and it was a relatively small vassal state, Ma Xuan and others defected to North Korea. Or Japanese Confucian scholars have crazy contempt, and can even be said to be hatred. They wish that Chongzhen Kingdom would disappear from the earth even more than North Korea, Japan and others.
It's not surprising that people who don't love their hometown often hate their hometown more than foreigners.
Zhu Youjian established the Chongzhen Kingdom in Manila without erecting statues of Confucian saints or tax exemptions for the gentry. Influenced by Zhu Youxiao, he believed that Chinese civilization originated from the Bagua Yin and Yang created by Fuxi, so he initially used the taxes collected Later, he built a water conservancy project. The project conformed to the Bagua technique to conform to nature and make use of nature. He divided the land among the people, encouraged the people to reclaim wasteland, and established a mutual aid society so that each family with different farming tools could complement each other. It also promoted education. Popularize Chinese and mathematics, provide technical and military training to young people, and establish a complete industrial system and education system. The statues erected are only the statues of Zhu Youxiao, Yanhuang, and Zheng He.
The biggest difference between this and the governance model of countries such as North Korea and Japan in the sphere of influence of Luzon Island is that because the gentry is not exempt from tax, although the tax income is higher than that of North Korea and Japan, the tax burden on civilians is relatively low. Moreover, more tax revenue has been used to promote people's livelihood, which has greatly improved the living conditions of civilians here.
Although it only lasted one year, the living conditions of both Han and native people were much better than when the Spanish colonists were in power.
However, the life of civilians in countries such as Korea and Japan is much worse than when the Spanish colonists were in power, because the Koreans, Japanese, and the Confucian scholars and Han people who defected to them all had to exploit and suppress the natives, so that the local natives had to Flee to Chongzhen Kingdom.
For this reason, local governments in North Korea, Japan and other countries have promulgated desertion laws, which impose very severe penalties on natives who escape to Manila. Those who escape will be killed!
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