"These foolish people who are disloyal to my Romanov dynasty!"
Alexei gritted his teeth and said something, then kicked over the chair in front of him.
"This is indeed something we didn't expect. Logically speaking, the Ming Dynasty is an invader and should only want to seize our land and food. How could they pay attention to the life and death of the people of our Rakshasa Kingdom! Aren't they afraid of spending military rations? Light?!”
Lovesky continued.
Wei Xing asked: "Should we slaughter all the proletarian Rakshasa people first, lest they also be bribed by the Ming army?"
"No!"
Lofsky hurriedly objected and said: "Is there any reason to kill one's own tribe? Besides, if we do this, how many tribesmen will our Rakshasa have? It cannot be that the Ming army did not kill our tribesmen, and we killed them ourselves first." stand up!"
"Well, of course I can't kill them. Maybe from the beginning, I should be kinder to my own people. Don't think they can be bullied and ignore their life and death. I would rather show mercy to the Cossacks and Turguts than show sympathy to them. Instead, they increased their taxes."
Alexei said with some regret.
"In that case, why not order an exemption from the additional taxes to win the hearts and minds of the people?"
Lofsky asked.
"No! We still need a lot of money and food to defend the Ming army. In addition, in my opinion, we still have to continue preparations for the compensation promised to the Ming army in the future, in the hope that if we can defeat the Ming army once, we will express our willingness to continue to pay compensation, and If we collect enough silver, we may be able to make the Ming army retreat and avoid the destruction of our country!"
Weising expressed his objections at this time.
Lofsky replied: "Are we really going to force the Rakshasa people to take the initiative to side with the Ming Dynasty? Besides, the Ming army has already torn up the treaty, why do we still need to raise compensation for it? ! This is too cowardly!"
"Now we can only suffer the common people first. Is it possible that we should suffer the Jin gentry? Or should we suffer His Majesty?"
Wissing said.
"Okay! The compensation must continue to be raised. Even if it is not returned to the Ming army in the future, it can be used for self-improvement! The people should just feel aggrieved first. At worst, let the officials everywhere set up checkpoints to prevent the people from fleeing. And help the Ming army!"
Alexey said.
Having said that, Alexey still couldn't help but sigh: "The Ming army is really hateful! Why do you think they do this and care about the life and death of the people? Are they really here to save the people, not just to annex our Rakshasa country?"
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"There is no need to rush the military offensive. We must first establish a stable rear area. All the Rakshasa people will be ordered to change into Han clothes first, and then receive relief grains. Then, they will be mobilized to pave roads, build bridges, and even build castles and fortresses through work-for-work relief. Use the road as a network and the castle as a point to divide the various places and prevent Rakshasa stragglers from attacking. It will also make it easier for the army to march towards the capital, supplying supplies along the way, and finally, mining and re-cultivation will be done to attract domestic merchants."
"However, the tax reduction order was sent out first to show the kindness of the Holy Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and to tell all Rakshasa people that the taxes increased by the false king Alexei of the Rakshasa Kingdom since he came to the throne will be reduced by half. However, if you can speak Chinese, All increased taxes can be exempted, and only basic taxes will be charged!"
Zhu Cizhuo issued the latest decree in Kazan City.
Not long after his decree came out, many Rakshasa people took the initiative to choose Sinicization.
Many people even took the initiative to revolt to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty's war.
It’s just that this method consumes more food and cloth.
But now the Ming Dynasty is not short of these supplies.
Even because of the improvement of agricultural technology and the reduction of the impact of the Little Glacier climate, the promotion of high-yielding crops and the widespread use of fertilizers, in addition to the seizure of a lot of cultivated land in India and South Asia, and the exemption of agricultural taxes and Corvee labor stimulated farmers' enthusiasm for production, so Ming Dynasty's agricultural output has increased significantly, which has led to a serious downturn in agricultural product prices and even stimulated the prosperity of the wine industry.
But brewing still cannot solve the decline in agricultural product prices.
Now being transferred to the Rakshasa Kingdom as military rations to win over people's hearts, it can also be regarded as a stimulus to the agricultural economy.
Not to mention cloth.
The textile industry in the Ming Dynasty was already very developed, and the surplus of products was more serious than that of agricultural products.
In addition, as the people in the country become more affluent, low-end textiles are seriously unsaleable in the country. Now they can be purchased by the government and used to win people's hearts. This is also a stimulus for the light industrial economy such as the textile industry.
You know, most people in Jiangnan rely on the textile industry for their livelihood.
If the imperial court does not further open up the textile market, the unemployment situation in Jiangnan will turn into turmoil.
Not to mention building roads and castles in Rakshasa country,
This will allow Daming's cement, steel bars and other building materials to continue to increase production capacity while satisfying domestic construction.
Many individual businessmen have begun to bring goods northward, especially small factory owners whose products are not high-end enough or polluting. They have been called by the court to come to the Rakshasa Kingdom to open up their own sales.
What Zhu Youxiao and his ministers are doing now can be said to be in compliance with the current needs of the Ming Dynasty and its people.
Otherwise, Ming Dynasty will have a periodic capitalist crisis because the means of production are only in the hands of Ming Dynasty, but the products produced have to be bought by people all over the world.
"My Ming Dynasty is now like a big businessman who has many goods but cannot sell them. Moreover, there are many people in the family who are waiting to earn money from selling goods to buy rice for cooking. What is rare is that Wei'er thought of this. , he seized the right to build railways in Japan in order to further open up the Japanese market and create a group of consumable railway workers in the local area by building railways. Then he took this opportunity to establish a Chinese night school, making this group The railway workers of the Japanese country directly bypassed the aristocratic bureaucracy of the Japanese country and were directly Chineseized! At the same time, the market was also opened. This must have happened because he served as governor in Jiangnan and really went to the people to understand the serious unemployment of textile workers in Jiangnan. idea."
On the evening of this day, Zhu Youxiao also mentioned to Queen Zhang Yan the need for Ming Dynasty to expand global market demand, and also mentioned the emperor's eldest son Zhu Ciwei.
Zhang Yan smiled slightly after hearing this: "This is also what your Majesty taught you, but I heard that Wei'er also killed many people because of it?"
"There is no one who doesn't kill people when in power. Only by daring to kill can we save more people!"
Zhu Youxiao replied, and then said: "However, what I didn't expect was that just after I appointed him as the governor of Zhili and the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, there was an incident that required him to kill again."
"ah?!"
Zhang Yan made a sound in surprise.
"But it depends on his choice. I hope he can do this. That way he will really put the interests of the Han family first! He is even willing to give up all his false reputation for this."
Zhu Youxiao said.
"These princes were raised by Your Majesty yourself. They will know how to do it."
Zhang Yan said with a smile.
Zhu Youxiao also laughed: "Yes, they will know how to do it, but the nine sons of the dragon are all different. When these princes grow up, they will choose different paths!"
What Zhu Youxiao said about the need for another assassination by the emperor's eldest son Zhu Ciwei was reported to him by Dongchang. Regarding the Japanese overseas students who harbored thoughts about the rise of the nation, they planned to gather a demonstration outside the Metropolitan Procuratorate to take back the railway. The right to transport allowed him, the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, to hear the voices of the Japanese.
After Zhu Youxiao learned about this, he decided to appoint Zhu Ciwei as the governor of Zhili and the governor of Shuntian Prefecture.
His purpose of doing this was naturally to test Zhu Ciwei's ability to handle such incidents.
In Zhu Youxiao's opinion, after the Ming Dynasty, there would be many foreign scholars like this fighting for the rights of their own nation.
"Give me back the right to build the railway!"
"Give me back the right to build the railway!"
"Give me back the right to build the railway!"
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On this day, many Japanese students and workers gathered outside the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Crowds of people.
Half the street was jammed.
Although these Japanese people shouted in Ming Dynasty Mandarin that was not very standard, they wore kimonos to show their rejection of Chineseization.
"If the Celestial Empire really regards us as a sub-state, it should respect our sovereignty! Help us become a normal country, let our country be unified, and let our monarch become the true head of state! Instead of colluding and coercing the Japanese who regard us as The enslaved shogunate and some daimyo came to oppress us and rob us of everything!"
Not long after Muto Masamune arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he has now become the backbone of the Japanese overseas student movement.
At this time, he shouted excitedly to a kind of Japanese students and workers in front of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, waving his fists and saying: "We want the Emperor of Heaven to hear our voice and let them know, We Japanese are bloody and will not sit back and watch our nation perish!"
Because Ming Dynasty is now open-minded and active, its people have a high level of education.
In addition, Emperor Zhu Youxiao felt that he was not an emperor from a minority. Because he wanted to rule a dominant ethnic group, he had to suppress his thoughts. Moreover, he also needed to allow the people to speak for themselves for the future of the nation. place.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao allowed people all over the world to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to complain or speak out, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate must report the voices they heard, and no one could stop them.
This can also be regarded as the restoration and development of the system stipulated in Zhu Yuanzhang's "Da Gao" that the people can lock up corrupt officials and bring them to Beijing to complain.
It can be regarded as a kind of public supervision of the bureaucracy.
Therefore, gradually, it became a place where many scholars expressed their political demands.
Of course, there are also many workers and farmers who really come to complain.
Especially workers. Many workers in Ming Dynasty are highly educated and have a strong sense of struggle. They have done a lot to fight for their own rights.
These Japanese students and workers who came to demonstrate for their right to build railways were also affected by this.
However, the emperor allowed his Han people to speak out in order to listen and understand, to avoid being blinded by his own bureaucracy, and also to know the true situation among the people. However, it did not mean that he allowed the Japanese people to speak out.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao had long ago asked Dongchang to report this matter to Zhu Ciwei, the governor of Zhili and the governor of Shuntian Prefecture.
Zhu Ciwei had arranged the troops and horses of the patrol camp in the capital in advance, waiting for these Japanese students and workers to appear.
In order to strengthen public security management and clarify powers, Zhu Youxiao ordered the withdrawal of the Five City Military and Horse Divisions and the establishment of Jinyiwei patrol battalions. That is to say, the officers and soldiers of these patrol battalions in the capital were all Jinyiwei.
And these Jinyi guards are not ordinary Jinyi guards, they are all recruited from the veterans of the Imperial City Guards.
They are all loyal and have strong fighting ability.
At that time, when Masamune Muto was passionately shouting with other Japanese people to ask the Ming Dynasty to return their railway construction rights and even respect all the sovereignty of the Japanese country, suddenly, dense footsteps sounded, and a large number of people wearing drag strips appeared on both sides of the street. The royal guards all held new firearms.
The scene was like a group of royal guards holding 98k.
The Japanese people present were all shocked by this scene, and they all became quiet.
"What should we do? They won't shoot at us."
A Japanese foreign student named Gu Chunjun who came with Masamune Muto couldn't help but ask Masamune Muto.
Muto Masamune resolutely walked forward: "What are you afraid of! If they really shoot at us, they can let the Chinese people know their true colors! See clearly, they are the culprits who caused the suffering of our Japanese people! Maybe it is true It takes blood to awaken us Japanese, so let me be the first one to bleed!"
Muto Masamune was still very brave. He clenched his fists and squeezed forward as he walked, and squeezed to the front.
At this time, Zhu Ciwei, who was riding behind the Jin Yiwei, didn't say much. He just ordered: "Raise the gun!"
As if a flat piece of cloth was suddenly lifted up, the uniformed guards of the patrol camp raised their guns in unison.
"Wait!"
But just when Zhu Cizhuo was about to order a shot to directly suppress the Japanese, Zhu Cizhan's voice came.
"Your Highness!"
"It's His Royal Highness!"
Some Japanese overseas students present who had some friendship with Zhu Cican became excited, as if they had met a savior.
Zhu Ciwei therefore turned back to look at Zhu Cican: "Second brother, what are you doing here?"
"I happened to pass by and heard that many Japanese people here were calling for the right to take back the railway construction rights, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect that, brother, you would act so fast."
Zhu Cican replied.
"This matter has nothing to do with you. These Japanese are ungrateful and dare to cause trouble for no reason. They are simply an obstacle to my Ming Dynasty's salvation of all mankind!"
Zhu Ciwei said: "I have decided not to keep any of them as a warning to others!"
"Don't leave any of them behind? Brother, do you know what kind of family background these people have in the Japanese country? How important are they to our Ming Dynasty? If you deal with them all today, it will only chill the hearts of the Japanese scholars! It will also chill their hearts towards the Ming Dynasty. !”
As Zhu Cican spoke, he cupped his hands and said, "Brother, please stop! They are just shouting, they are not really going to do anything treacherous!"
"After all, His Highness is generous and does not look down on us just because we are Japanese."
"This is the true Confucian!"
"That's right, His Highness is the one who truly behaves like a king of a great country!"
These Japanese people even praised Zhu Cican for this.
Some Japanese people stood up directly and asked loudly: "Your Highness is right, we didn't do anything treacherous, we just came to the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to express our feelings, what's wrong with this! In the capital Isn’t it true that your country has always allowed the Procuratorate to speak out?! And we have always believed that your country is a free country and free for the people. I dare to ask His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the emperor, now that your country is doing this, is it still the same person we know? A free heaven?!"
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