"The Constitution of Heaven does not grant the husband the right to control his wife! It only grants the cabinet the power to make moral covenants! In addition, once this covenant is made, it is only to boost the morals of the scholarly community. It does not require all people to do this, but to enable the scholar-bureaucrats to do a good job in serving the four people. Set an example! Since you are a cultivated person and have to be fed and supported by the court, you should be thrifty and self-restrained!"
Liu Hongxun replied very seriously.
Many civil servants participating in the court discussion were speechless.
Because none of them expected that Yuan Fu would specifically put shackles on scholar-bureaucrats.
Liu Yuliang therefore replied: "In this case, scholar-bureaucrats are not as free as common people! In this case, what is the use of reading?"
"My servant asked you, why are you studying?"
Liu Hongxun replied.
Liu Yuliang was embarrassed to say at the court meeting that he was studying because there was a golden house in the book, and there was a beauty like jade in the book, so he had to bow his hands to the north and said: "Of course it is to serve the court and create peace for all ages!"
Liu Hongxun first smiled and said: "The Duke has lofty ambitions. Since his ambitions are lofty, he should first correct himself before he can be used by the country!"
Liu Yuliang was speechless.
He had to admit that it was more uncomfortable for a nerd like Liu Hongxun to be the chief minister than for some treacherous ministers to be the chief minister. He always talked about big principles and demanded strict style of scholar-bureaucrats, so that he didn't know how to refute.
Next.
Because the courtiers did not dare to resist the moral covenant that Liu Hongxun wanted to make and anger the Holy One. Moreover, they were all people who wanted to save face and could not expressly say that strengthening moral cultivation was not good. Therefore, the moral covenant that Liu Hongxun wanted to make was still It was implemented.
The official name is the "Convention between Emperors and Ming Dynasties Officials and Gentlemen".
It stipulates a number of rules that officials and gentry need to abide by, as well as corresponding penalties for violating the convention.
Emperor Zhu Youxiao was happy to see this happen.
He naturally supported Liu Hongxun in passing some laws to further restrict the officials and gentry, which would be more conducive to social harmony within the Ming Dynasty.
He also wished that Liu Hongxun would do these things to offend the scholar-bureaucrats so that he could share his firepower.
After that, Liu Hongxun was indeed more hated by vested interest groups than the emperor.
Some people opposed Liu Hongxun's restraint of scholar-bureaucrats and questioned the legality of Liu Hongxun's actions, saying that Liu Hongxun was usurping imperial power and stealing Tai'a.
Zhu Youxiao naturally ignored these voices.
He is now only concerned about his voyages to the West. He hopes to use the benefits gained after his voyages to the West to bribe all classes in the country and even the surrounding Confucian countries to protect his power and prestige.
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At this time, the voyage fleet led by Zhang Shouao had arrived at the city of Muscat on the coast of Oman.
Zhang Shouao's fleet to the West has been named the "Holy Emperor's Fleet" by Zhu Youxiao, which not only represents the Holy Emperor Zhu Youxiao's voyages to the West, but also patrols the West on behalf of the emperor.
Zhang Shouao himself was appointed as General Zhenhai, with full authority over all affairs of the Holy Emperor's fleet.
The scale of the Holy Emperor's fleet is very large.
There are dozens of supply ships transporting supplies alone.
The largest warship is still a steamship warship built to imitate the shape of a treasure ship, which is the "Zheng He".
And it wasn't just the official ships who were ordered to sail to the West to follow.
There were also many private merchant ships who followed the official ships that sailed to the West to do some trade on the way and open up new trade routes.
Therefore, every time the entire fleet arrived, it was like a great roc flying by with its wings, covering the sky and covering the sea.
Shortly after the Holy Emperor's fleet docked in Muscat, it completed a robbery here.
There is an element of instigation by the Portuguese in this.
Because this is a castle occupied by Portugal.
But before the arrival of the Holy Emperor's fleet, the Portuguese staying in Oman were being driven away by the Ariba dynasty.
By the time Zhang Shouao arrived here in the twenty-sixth year of Tianqi, the Portuguese here had been driven to the point where only Muscat and Matola remained.
Therefore, when the Portuguese learned of the arrival of the Holy Emperor's fleet, they established contact with the Holy Emperor's fleet through the Ming merchants who came here to trade, thus expressing their willingness to cooperate with the Holy Emperor's fleet to fight back against the Ariba dynasty.
Zhang Shouao accepted the Portuguese's request for cooperation, and in exchange for taking away all the Portuguese savings in Muscat and Matola, he helped the Portuguese destroy the Ariba dynasty and help them maintain their colonial rule in Oman.
At the same time, Zhang Shouao also left some Ming soldiers to occupy several cities here as a new colonial stronghold for the Ming Dynasty.
Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, Annan, Hirado, Chongzhen and other countries also seized some castles as colonial strongholds in this area based on the number of troops they brought.
Next, the Holy Emperor's fleet continued its voyage to the Western Ocean.
According to the agreement between Portugal and Spain, the entire coast of the Indian peninsula to the east and west coasts of Africa belonged to Portugal's sphere of influence.
So when the Holy Emperor's Fleet was about to continue sailing to the Western Ocean, the Portuguese were very panicked because they were worried that the Holy Emperor's Fleet would seize their colonies.
However, because they were afraid of the force of the Holy Emperor Fleet, the Portuguese did not dare to directly use force to prevent the Holy Emperor Fleet from sailing to the West, so they could only continue to negotiate with the Holy Emperor Fleet.
Because Zhu Youxiao sent the Holy Emperor Fleet to the West this time mainly to target Spain.
Therefore, Zhang Shouao finally promised to respect the Portuguese sovereignty in these places, but the condition was that the Portuguese needed to facilitate the supply and docking of the fleet, and promised to help the Holy Emperor Fleet seize Spanish colonies. In addition, the Portuguese would Goodwill to acquire some colonies occupied by Spain.
Portugal has always had deep conflicts with the Spanish and was engaged in a "War of Restoration" seeking independence. In addition, Portugal had no other better way, so it agreed to Zhang Shouao's conditions.
So, next, with the help of the Portuguese, the Holy Emperor's fleet's entire voyage to the Western Ocean became smoother.
On this day, the Holy Emperor's fleet arrived at the Cape of Good Hope.
Here, the Portuguese prepared sufficient supplies for the Holy Emperor Fleet and asked black slaves to build a temporary camp for the Holy Emperor Fleet.
However, the officers and soldiers of the various vassals of the Holy Emperor's fleet did not behave themselves because of this, and they plundered the slaves and property here wantonly.
The Portuguese did not resist because of this, but just asked Zhang Shouao to reason.
After Zhang Shouao expressed regret that he could not restrain the officers and soldiers of other vassal states who went to the West for the Holy Emperor, the Portuguese could only hold back their anger, because this was better than letting the Holy Emperor's fleet refuse to recognize their colonial rule here. Be strong.
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On the Spanish side, they also learned from their own country's merchants that the Holy Emperor's fleet was sailing to the West with the intention of conquering Spain.
King Felipe IV of Spain was very surprised after hearing this and couldn't help asking: "The fleet from the East came to conquer us just to convict me? Where did I offend them?"
"Because the governor we sent to Manila killed their civilians without permission, the Holy Emperor in the East said that you violated the basic global order stipulated by him, and you need to be taken to their capital, tried, and then convicted. "
replied the Spanish businessman who came back to deliver the news.
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