Capital.
"Muto-kun, we have finally arrived at the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The capital of the Ming Dynasty is really magnificent!"
With an excited look on his face, Tada Sakae pointed at the arrow tower and said to Muto Masamune while carrying his Ming-made leather suitcase.
Muto Masamune also replied: "Yes! If you don't come here, you don't know how big the country is! No wonder those people actively want to be citizens of the Ming Kingdom and abandon their own Yamato identity."
"Muto-kun, do you think we can defeat the Ming Kingdom in the future, drive all the Ming Kingdom people out of our Yamato, and regain Nagasaki?"
Tada Rong also asked Masamune Muto about this.
Muto Masamune replied helplessly: "I don't know!"
Then, Masamune Muto continued helplessly: "Historically, during the Toyotomi Hideyoshi era, he tried to challenge the Ming Dynasty once. Although he destroyed Korea that time, he still failed to defeat the Ming Dynasty! Maybe compared with the Ming Dynasty, Yamato is really It's like comparing ants to Kunpeng, but should ants be oppressed by Kunpeng?"
"Muto-kun, sometimes, I think, it would be great if I was really born in the Ming Kingdom, so that I don't have to suffer with you, especially when I came to the Ming Kingdom and saw that the gap between Yamato and Ming Kingdom is so big Finally, I was really desperate!”
"I can also understand why some of our classmates are proud of taking the initiative to become Chinese people and become the people of the Ming Dynasty. They now hate all the cultural symbols related to Yamato in themselves. Isn't this another reaction after despair?"
Tada Sakae said.
Muto Masamune murmured: "One leaf and one Bodhi, one grain of sand and one world."
Then, Masamune Muto turned to ask Tada Sakae: "Do you think that in a certain period of time in another world, our Japanese country would be envied by the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they would feel inferior after seeing everything about our Japanese country? "
"How is that possible!"
Tada Sakae replied without thinking: "From a rational point of view, it should be difficult for us to be worthy of the envy of the Ming Dynasty."
Masamune Muto said "hmm".
He did not have the confidence to refute Tada Ei's answer, so he only changed the topic and said: "I remember it was mentioned in the Ming Dynasty's own information that their capital had a large demand for coal and wood because of its large number of residents, which caused serious ecological damage in the capital. But now it seems , all here are green mountains and green waters, and the scenery is pleasant. It must be that they can have such improvements now because they have used the blood of other countries to nourish their own land!"
"This is also because they are powerful. As you just said, we destroyed North Korea. Presumably we also used North Korea's blood to nourish our own country."
Tada Sakae replied.
"It's not that simple! If the country's strength and prosperity can be achieved by just plundering, then our Japanese country will not be as strong as the Toyotomi Hideyoshi era after destroying Korea! There are deeper problems here."
Muto Masamune replied.
"what is the problem?"
Tada Sakae asked.
"I don't know what the problem is yet, but this is the purpose of my work-study program in Ming Dynasty!"
"I want to know how the Ming Dynasty was able to make everyone rich through plunder. What are the advantages of their system? If it is because their monarch can personally govern, then why can their monarch personally conquer and control the power alone? But our emperor cannot personally govern, and power still falls in the hands of the shogunate!"
"Although the Ming Dynasty did not allow us international students to study their science and engineering, I believe we can find the answers we want from their literature and history!"
Masamune Muto said.
"You're right, I believe we can find it, Muto-kun!"
Tada Rong nodded solemnly and replied.
In an instant, the two of them walked into the capital city of the Ming Dynasty.
"My boss, what are you afraid of? Isn't it just a complaint? If the Metropolitan Procuratorate does not accept it, we will sit in front of the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate until dawn!"
"You bosses, why are you so cowardly! This is your factory. The official of Wanping Branch of Daming Bank asked you for a bribe before he would save you. So why are you putting up with it? Just sue him directly. If you dare not, we will compensate you." If you sue, the worst we can do is live together!"
"My Ming Dynasty allows people to complain to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It is a law decreed by the emperor. No one can stop it!"
At this time, a group of Ming workers pulled a fat man over from Muto Masamune and Tada Sakae.
Masamune Muto and Sakae Tada couldn't help but look at it.
At the same time, the Jin Yiwei who was passing by stopped these workers: "What are you doing with all this yelling?"
"We helped our boss go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to demand justice from the court. He was timid, so we had to support him."
A worker raised his hand to Jin Yiwei and replied.
The Jin Yiwei didn't say anything and walked over directly.
Therefore, Tada Sakae couldn't help but said to Muto Masamune: "Muto-kun, these Ming workers are so bloody! How dare you force your boss to seek justice."
Muto Masamune also nodded: "Maybe we need to transform our citizens."
"Have you noticed that their workers are well dressed?"
Tada Sakae replied.
"I noticed, he is as good as their boss. If you don't know, you would think he is his friend, but it might be boring to be in front of such a boss. Isn't it necessary for people to make money to appear superior to others? It can't be reflected in clothing. , now it seems that the status is not reflected, and the workers can force the boss to file a complaint."
Muto Masamune replied.
"Tell me, how did Mingguo do it?"
Tada Sakae asked.
"This is the reason why we come here to study. However, I think it may have something to do with their monarch, and also with the people of the Ming Dynasty themselves. I have noticed that their cultural level is generally higher than that of us Japanese."
Muto Masamune replied.
"Freedom is something more noble than life. Since we Han people are the people of the heaven, the most important right we should have is the right to freedom!"
“But now the imperial court keeps putting tight restrictions on us, not allowing us to trade freely or create wealth freely. Sometimes it is said to be for national interests, sometimes it is said to be for environmental protection, and sometimes it is said to be for our health! "
"We are like a giant baby, a doll that has not grown up. The court is always worried about us, but we want to say that we have grown up, but you say yes or no!"
"Nonsense! You are very dissatisfied with you. Can I take your life freely? I only talk about rights, not obligations. Don't think that I don't know the evil intentions of you liberal scholars. It's nothing more than free trade in land. , can open mines within the customs, and even reopen brothels! After all, it is still more troublesome to go overseas outside the customs, and the facilities there are not as good as here! But don’t forget, once a person is so selfish that he only wants to satisfy his own desires, then he will Not far from destruction!”
And when Muto Masamune and Tada Ei came to the most prosperous Qipan Street in the capital, they actually saw many scholars gathered here to speak or debate with each other, and they even listened for a while.
"Muto-kun, this Ming Dynasty is indeed a place with a great academic atmosphere. There are so many scholars speaking impassionedly on the street about their views! Did you hear it? They are already arguing about freedom, rights, and obligations. I can't hear very much. I understand, but I know that most of our scholars are still arguing about how to restore sovereignty and how to end the split, and they are already arguing about ideological matters!"
"And I found that they have a lot of scholars! It feels like they are all over the street."
Tada Rong said at this time.
Muto Masamune said: "I have seen the data produced by the Hanlin Academy. The student enrollment rate in the Ming Dynasty has reached 3%. In other words, there are nearly ten million scholars with higher education, and the number of literate people is even more terrifying. This This should be the reason why they are so strong. What they are arguing about is not just the survival of a nation, but a deeper theory. We will definitely learn something when we come here!"
"The first thing we need to learn is how their king did this. As far as I know, they are planning to increase the intensity of free education, increase the age of free education, and even legislate to require Children of school age must study! You think, can such a country not be strong? Sadly, people in Yamato are still suffering from hunger."
"You know so much."
Tada Sakae replied.
"If we want to save our own country, we must understand the Ming Dynasty in detail and do enough homework!"
"According to my analysis of various data, the great changes in their Ming Dynasty began after the current emperor Tianqi came to the throne, and it should have entered a period of decline before. But in just about forty years, this iron-blooded emperor made His empire has been transformed!"
"Although I don't know exactly what he said and did, and even according to some literati's notes, he also did a lot of bad things, but I think there must be something we don't know about him bringing the Ming Dynasty to this point. reason."
Masamune Muto said, "Come here, we must figure it out!"
"You are not the only one who thinks this way. Many scholars in the Japanese country think this way, but many of them think that the first thing we need to do is to fully Sinicize. All failures are due to insufficient Sinicization."
Tada Sakae replied.
"Not necessarily! The prosperity of the Ming Kingdom must have a lot to do with the Ming Holy Emperor who is secretly called a tyrant by his own countrymen."
Masamune Muto said.
Before Muto Masamune and Tada Ei came to the Ming Dynasty, the principal of their school wrote a recommendation letter to Teng Ye, a Japanese scholar who first came to study in the Ming Dynasty, asking him to take care of him, and also gave them Teng Ye's address in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the two found Teng Ye according to the address given to them by the principal.
"Hello, Senior Brother Tengye, we are Confucian students at Edo Zhuzi Academy. My name is Wu Zhengzong and his name is Taei."
After seeing Teng Ye, Muto Masamune first introduced himself and also introduced Tada Sakae.
Tada Eiya immediately stretched out his arms, folded his hands in front of him, and performed a Chinese salute: "Hello, senior brother!"
After Teng Ye returned the gift, he nodded and asked, "Why do you want to study in China?"
"I want to know the way to save my Yamato here!"
Muto Masamune replied.
"Uh-huh!"
Tada Ei also nodded.
"Come with me."
Teng Ye led the two of them to the Normal School of the Ming Dynasty and said: "If we want to save Yamato, we, Yamato, must first completely Chineseize it! This is the only way! The reason why I, Yamato, cannot be consistent with China, The reason is that after the great transformation of the Tang Dynasty, when we stepped from barbarism to civilization, we were not completely Chineseized. First of all, we only learned Buddhism and Confucianism, but missed the Tao! This is my thought after studying in the Ming Dynasty for many years. , you will know why I think so in the future."
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