Zhu Youxiao laughed after receiving the report from Kang Qingchun.
He naturally remembers the impact that England had on China in history.
And this life.
Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to treat others in his own way.
Ming Dynasty did not really value the small benefits brought by smuggling black incense to England.
Even the entire English commodity market.
Even Daming didn't like it.
But since he wants to unify the world, Zhu Youxiao cannot allow any local force to go against the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Youxiao must give the soldiers of the empire more opportunities to make meritorious deeds.
"The majesty of the empire cannot be violated. Since the British and barbarians are ignorant of flattery and have double standards. They strictly ban smoking in their own country, but they do not prohibit or even encourage the smuggling of cigarettes to our Ming Dynasty. They need to be dealt with."
After Zhu Youxiao said this to his ministers, he asked Zhang Tongchang, who was in charge of the Privy Council: "How is the navy and army transferred to the Netherlands going to conquer the British? When can a battle against the British be organized at the earliest?" war?"
Zhang Tongchang replied: "Five steam warships have been transferred! About 20,000 land and sea officers and soldiers. General Liu Zhaoji, who is in charge of the British expedition, has arrived in St. Petersburg and is estimated to have gone to the Netherlands."
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment and said: "Tell Liu Zhaoji that the Yingyi king Charles II must be captured! I want to deal with it severely. He dared to smuggle black incense to the Ming Dynasty! He was not punished severely. I am sorry for those who were harmed by the Yingyi. Compatriots!"
"This Charles II has been keen to accept Confucianism over the years, and almost all power has been handed over to their parliament. As a result, he has not carried out reforms like Louis XIV, so he has lost many colonies in America, and his domestic situation has not been good. What is a big improvement? The land enclosure movement is still serious and the number of landless farmers is increasing. But now it is the first time that he has spared Congress and directly enacted a bill."
Lu Xiangsheng started talking at this time.
Wen Tiren followed up and said: "In other words, once our army defeats England and forces the king to be taken back to the country for execution, then the king behind him will only be afraid of thinking that Charles II will behave like this just because he bypassed the Congress once. I’m afraid of what will happen, I won’t dare to bypass Congress and act arbitrarily.”
"This forced the British king to be more like a puppet, and it also followed the ideas of some British and foreign liberals who wanted to limit the monarch's power."
Zhu Youxiao also said with a smile.
Wen Tiren put away his face at this time and said: "But Your Majesty, speaking of liberals, I have an issue that comes to mind. We have to pay attention to it. Many scholar-bureaucrats in the country who want to limit the power of the monarch have defected to these places. As far as I know, , the person who is spreading Confucianism to Charles II now is a Han named Xu Qianxue."
"It's nothing to take seriously. It's good that they can go out and spread Confucianism for my Ming Dynasty. I hope they can turn all the foreign monarchs who have not been annexed by my Ming Dynasty into benevolent monarchs and sages who have given up force. In this case, it will be convenient. My Ming Dynasty will completely unify the world."
Zhu Youxiao replied accordingly.
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"This time, I have to bypass Congress. The harm of Wu Xiang is obvious. I believe that Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty also mobilized his most powerful troops to suppress this matter because he knew the harm of Wu Xiang."
Charles II took the initiative to explain to Xu Qianxue why he spared Congress this time and directly promulgated the bill. As a king, he naturally did not need to explain to Xu Qianxue, and the reason why he did this was naturally because he himself did not He likes to do this himself, so he takes the initiative to teach Xu Qian these things.
Xu Qianxue naturally understood, and could also sense that Charles II was really willing to be a monarch as Confucianism required.
Therefore, Xu Qianxue respected Charles II even more in his heart, so he comforted Charles II and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. My son-in-law understands this matter! My son-in-law also knows that your Majesty is sincerely trying to be a good and benevolent person." The unparalleled virtuous master and wise king, but he had no choice but to understand that the barbarians were evil, and the traitors in the court were causing trouble, so good governance had to be promulgated according to the king's decree! But my son-in-law believes that as long as your majesty is close to the virtuous ministers and far away from the treacherous sycophants, the country's government will eventually be ruined. Give it a new look and avoid the current situation!”
After hearing this, Charles II couldn't help asking: "How can we tell who is a virtuous minister and who is a traitor?"
"Naturally, those who are virtuous enough to be a gentleman can be a virtuous minister."
Xu Qianxue replied.
Charles II nodded.
Xu Qianxue now really feels that Charles II is his ideal king.
Because, in his opinion, it is really rare for a king to be upset for making a decision alone. He has never seen Emperor Tianqi of the Ming Dynasty blame himself for making a decision alone.
Based on this alone, Xu Qianxue felt that Charles II was more worthy of his loyalty than Emperor Tianqi.
Then I thought about how I could freely annex fields in England, enclose the public fields into my own fields, and then drive away the farmers and force them to become my serfs or workers in my factories, and even if I defaulted on taxes, There will be no national tax collection agency like Xichang to strictly enforce taxes. Xu Qianxue feels that this place is really free and beautiful.
Xu Qianxue already had many friends here who were also members of the nobility.
His gentle and courteous character, which resulted from years of studying Confucianism, made him very popular among British gentlemen.
Therefore, not only King Charles II, but many British nobles were also influenced by the Confucian Neo-Confucian culture brought by Xu Qianxue. When they began to practice elegance, they considered themselves a modest gentleman and a model of morality.
What's more, in history, Xu Qianxue was good at speculation and social interaction. He became friends with many nobles from the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty who entered the customs, and became his best friend. He was promoted to the Minister of Punishment, and even Kangxi himself was lenient to him. In the extreme, even if there is clear evidence that he committed suicide for the sake of wealth, he was only ordered to return to his hometown and enjoy the treatment of a high official.
Therefore, Xu Qianxue is also good at forming parties in Britain now.
Under his influence, the British gentry became ten times worse than before, and they also developed various means of tax avoidance and evasion such as flying and sending money.
After all, what Xu Qianxue brought was the practical and effective means accumulated by Chinese scholar-officials for thousands of years.
The Anglo-Saxons, who had just entered the era of absolute monarchy from the primitive state, did not have much experience in being both responsible and independent. Naturally, after learning something from Xu Qianxue, they were naturally shocked.
But because of this, England's national power is declining day by day. Although it has a lot of trade income by virtue of being at the center of the Atlantic trade line, most of the income has gone into the private treasury of England's great nobles, and has turned into annexation of land and The capital of raising slaves, therefore, England's treasury income is increasingly insufficient.
Even the navy's military expenditures gradually became insufficient, and in the end only half of them could be allocated.
Against this background, the Ming Dynasty's army had begun to cross the North Sea between England and the Netherlands, heading towards England.
