"Come on, come on, you'll be shallow, I'll be deep, go to the middle hall, let's get drunk and then rest!"
While Wu Sidao and Guo Youde were talking and the Queen Mother Confucius was working as an ox and a horse for Emperor Zhu, in a large house on the bank of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, Nalan Mingzhu was diligently pouring a bowl of wine for Suo'etu and filling himself with wine. superior.
This residence is under the name of Honglu Temple and is a "small hotel" specially used to receive distinguished guests. Some distinguished guests, such as the Queen Mother Kong, Suo Etu, and Wu Sidao, are not suitable to live in a large hotel. In the post. How embarrassing would it be if the three groups of people had to look up but not look down? Moreover, many secret contracts are not convenient to handle!
So Zhu Heji asked Honglu Temple to arrange separate courtyards for them. They were quite far apart, making it inconvenient for them to communicate with each other. The yard arranged for Suo'etu happened to be near Nalan Xingde's house... So when it was almost noon today, Nalan Xingde's father Nalan Mingzhu brought the A Japanese maid, carrying several boxes of wine and food, limped over to her old friend for a drink.
Suo'etu asked his subordinates to arrange a quiet room for him and Mingzhu, plus the little Japanese maid waiting beside them, there was no one else around.
Seeing Mingzhu getting up to pour the wine, the Japanese maid quickly took it over, poured it for them carefully, and stepped aside with small steps.
Such gentleness and tenderness made Suo'etu's mouth water. Of course, he also had a wife. But those fair-skinned, beautiful and long legs are really not something that the elderly can handle, and they age very quickly, and they will become aunts in a few years. What made Suo'etu even more dissatisfied was that they all had bad tempers and would retaliate even after being scolded. This is still a good thing. In order to be consistent with Kangxi Khan, some Eight Banners nobles married Rakshasa noble girls as their main wives, but they got beaten after they got into an argument over something! Someone wanted to divorce his wife because of this, and was scolded by Sofia...
When Mingzhu saw Suo'etu's greedy look, she smiled and said: "Suo Zhongtang, if you like this Japanese maid, I will ask Xingde to pick a good one for you later... Over there in Yangzhou , there are people who specialize in this business, called Japanese thin horses."
Suo'etu was upset by Mingzhu's words, but he was not embarrassed. Instead, he inquired with a smile: "Japanese thin horses? Are they all Japanese women? Are there any... from North Korea?"
"No," Mingzhu said with a smile, "North Korea has long been a province of the Ming Dynasty, and the people have all become Chinese citizens. The two classes that originally weighed on the people were either moved to the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, or were sent to Nanyang The new vassal states everywhere went to serve as officials and officials, and the people who stayed in their hometowns were all divided into land, and their lives were better. Who would sell their daughters? And the "New Code of the Ming Dynasty" can be written clearly... Han Ji Don't be a slave!" As she spoke, Mingzhu shook her head again: "In comparison, the lives of Japanese citizens are much harder..."
North Korea's Lee On-hee packaged herself and the two groups of nobles below and sold them at a good price! She became a female prince and became Emperor Zhu's favorite concubine, and she was pampered all her life. The two groups of nobles at the bottom took a ride on the Ming Dynasty's expansion into Southeast Asia - those vassal states in Southeast Asia needed a large number of middle- and lower-class civil servants and warriors to kill people. Of course, the warriors to kill people were recruited from Japan, so civil servants could no longer Use Japanese devils, otherwise it would be hard to say whether those vassal states will become Chinese or Japanese in the future. Therefore, Zhu Heji stipulated that all middle and lower-level civil servants in Nanyang vassal states should use Korean yangban.
The reason why Yangban was used instead of Han officials was, firstly, to find a way out for North Korean Yangban; secondly, because North Korean Yangban had many families and a strict hierarchy, it was easy for a large family to drive over to control the situation and take root easily.
Han officials in the Ming Dynasty had many opportunities, and there were still several vassal states waiting for them in North America and the Southern Continent! Those are all "continental" countries, and they are not comparable to the Southeast Asian island countries.
Another reason why the Han people are not interested in islands in Southeast Asia, Siam, Chenla and other places is that the mortality rate of going to Southeast Asia is still too high. Even if cinchona is already available, many people will still die every year - having cinchona and being able to mass-produce cinchona are two different things. After all, the raw material of cinchona is the bark of the cinchona tree, and the cinchona tree is A rather tall tree, it takes some time to grow.
Under such circumstances, if the local Han people in the Ming Dynasty wanted to go overseas to gain wealth, their first choice was the Shang Kingdom. Even if they wanted to go to Southeast Asia, they would always go to the overseas provinces of the Ming Dynasty, the Strait Province, where development was earlier, the conditions were better, and it was easier to survive. , and there are many opportunities to make a fortune. Therefore, on those islands in Southeast Asia, the situation is basically that the Koreans suppress the Japanese, and the Japanese suppress the indigenous people.
However, this outlet is still too narrow for the more than 20 million Japanese. The division of East and West Japan and the feudal system implemented by East and West Japan have seriously restricted the development of Japan's industry and commerce - East and West Japan are two divided medium-sized markets, and the vassal states below are fragmented. small market. There are many checkpoints in the country, the tax system is chaotic, and production and operation are very difficult. Although some wealthy merchants also emerged, they had to rely on feudal lords after all. Why Osaka's wealthy businessmen were furious and the world's princes were frightened... When Ming Capital broke through the barriers, it was simply a legend.
Although Japan has also developed some industries, such as textiles, lacquerware, whaling, and the mining of gold, silver, and copper. However, these industries are either dependent on Ming Dynasty, or they are simply mining and selling resources, and it is difficult to become bigger and stronger.
At the same time, due to the development of sea trade, the development of Siam, Yanping, and Northeast China in the Ming Dynasty, as well as Japan's founding of the Celestial Empire, a large amount of cheap agricultural products hit the Japanese domestic market, thus exacerbating the hardships of Japanese feudal lords, samurai, and farmers.
The two Japanese countries, East and West, do not have complete sovereignty. It is impossible to establish a unified domestic market, nor to use high tariffs to protect their fragile industry, commerce and agriculture. It is even impossible to ride on the Ming Dynasty like North Korea - Japan's The population is three times larger than that of North Korea, and the folk customs are quite different from those of the Ming Dynasty, making it difficult to digest. Therefore, it will be difficult for Japan to find a good position in the system of the Great Ming Dynasty. Exporting population has become a dominant industry in Japan...
After listening to Mingzhu talk about the tragedy of Japan for a while, Suo'etu looked compassionate, recited a few lines of Amitabha, and looked at Mingzhu's Japanese servant with "sympathy", and then said to Mingzhu: "Duan Fan, I'm old and soft-hearted, and I can't bear to see people suffering... How about letting Rongruo save a few more thin Japanese horses for me. It's easy to talk about money, I have plenty of it! As long as I have this little power and position If you are still here, you won’t have to worry about running out of money.”
Mingzhu stopped her glass and looked at Suo'etu with a smile. Suo'etu sighed softly: "To be honest, the great Mongolia is facing a storm... Twelve elder brothers and Prince Gong all control a banner of soldiers and horses, and Queen Mother Suo also has Tu The Erhut cavalry and Cossack soldiers were also supported by the Hui and Indian Banners. The Queen Mother Kong held more than half of the Confucian Banners, which should not be underestimated. And on the periphery of Great Mongolia were Rakshasa, Persia, Hindustan, Ottoman and Ming Dynasty , there is also a group of Westerners who have gone deep into the Mongolian Ocean, and they are all watching with eager eyes. Once trouble occurs, it will probably destroy the family and the entire clan! Duanfan, can you point me to a clear path for me? "
After listening to Suo'etu's question, Nalan Mingzhu just smiled: "Suo Zhongtang, you are worrying too much... Today's Great Mongolia seems to be full of dangers, but in fact it is very stable. It is almost unified than it was back then." The Qing Dynasty in the world must be stable. How did our Qing Dynasty collapse back then? Does Suo Zhongtang still remember?"
"This..." Suo'etu just smiled bitterly and did not answer the question.
Mingzhu said: "Isn't it that the late emperor and Shizu have no room for people? Shizu can't tolerate the regent, and the late emperor is even worse than Shizu. He can't tolerate Ao Shaobao and the three vassal kings... If he hadn't been diligent, Aobei and When trying to withdraw from San Francisco, can the Grand Duke and the Emperor stand up? But I didn’t expect that after the late emperor arrived in the Western Regions and India, he still couldn’t change his old habits. He actually couldn’t tolerate Tongzhi. As a result, father and son killed each other, and brothers killed each other... But fortunately What's more, father, son and brothers all died together, leaving behind a great Mongolia whose vitality was not seriously injured. Now there are so many brothers in charge of soldiers, and they can still control the two eight banners of Huiyin. The two queen mothers also have strong soldiers in their hands. Does it show that Great Mongolia still has strength? Since Great Mongolia still has strength, as long as these people don’t fight among themselves and find a way to maintain the reputation of Great Mongolia, are they still afraid of losing the wealth of their descendants? To maintain Great Mongolia The Mongolian card doesn't seem too difficult, right? On the top are the Southern Emperor, Northern Khan, and the Queen Mother of the East and West. In the middle is the Eight Banners Council, ruled by the nobles. At the bottom there is a rich India, with more than 100 million a year Ten million silver rupees of oil and water can be scraped!”
Suo'etu frowned slightly as he listened to Mingzhu's words, as if he was thoughtful. After Mingzhu finished speaking, after a while, he slowly said: "I understand everything...the great emperor wants to It’s a big but chaotic, chaotic but weak, weak but rich Mongolia, right?”
Mingzhu smiled and said, "Isn't this good? The country is large but weak but rich, and the nobles share the power of the world. Wouldn't the wealth of the Suo Zhongtang family be preserved from generation to generation?"
Suo'etu smiled bitterly: "We will protect it until the country is weak and dies, right?"
Mingzhu said: "On this day, Suo Zhongtang will definitely not be able to see...I am afraid that even your grandson will not be able to see Suo Zhongtang! Then what is there to worry about?"
Suo'etu raised his glass and drank it down: "That's right. I won't worry about my grandson or great-grandson... just take care of the present!"
...
Nanjing, Forbidden City, Ninth Five-Year Flying Dragon Hall.
Today is already the tenth and last day that the Queen Mother of the Qing Dynasty stayed in this building... After all, she had to go back to Mongolia to become the Queen Mother of the West, so she couldn't stay in the Ming Dynasty all the time!
And there is still a great progressive cause waiting for the Queen Mother to promote!
Outside the Nine-Five Feilong Hall, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who was holding the Queen Mother in flag-dress who was "dressed in filial piety", seemed a little reluctant to part with her.
Queen Mother Kong, on the other hand, simply dropped her tears like broken pearls.
The two "couples" were just like a couple about to part ways, looking at each other affectionately in the yard outside the Ninth Five Feilong Hall.
I don’t know how long they looked at each other before Zhu Heji finally spoke: “Amin, in the past few days, I have been thinking about you, the Queen Mother of the West, and I feel that the upcoming Eight Banners Conference is a great opportunity for you and Confucianism to become famous. Opportunity. If you make good use of it, maybe you can leave your name in history!"
"Your Majesty, I don't want to leave my name in the history of history..."
Queen Mother Kong was speaking from her heart! Just for the ten days she spent with Emperor Pei Zhu, Qingshi would not say anything good about her...
"Even if you don't want to leave a name in Qingshi, you still have to think about the country of Anxi, right?"
Anxi Yiguo refers to the area centered on Suiye Mansion. Zhu Heji did not want Empress Dowager Kong to continue to use the name of the Western Qing Dynasty, so he suggested that she use the name "Anxi" after the historical Anxi Protectorate.
From now on, the Lord of Suiye will be called "King Anxi", and Suiye Mansion can also be called Anxi Kingdom.
"Your Majesty, you are really considerate of my concubine..." Queen Mother Kong looked at Zhu Heji with tears in her eyes, not to mention how grateful she was to the old man in front of her.
Zhu Heji felt a little embarrassed by the grateful look in the little widow's eyes. How could he be thinking about Queen Mother Kong? He is digging a hole for the great Frankish country in the west where "I am the country"!
As far as he knew, in that corner of Europe, people with some ideas were obsessed with democracy and were very disgusted with the absolute monarchy of Louis XIV. So Zhu Heji wanted to set two examples, one big and one small, for future thinkers in the Frank Empire, such as Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot and others.
The big example is of course the Eight Banners democracy and the co-governance of the Four Giants in Great Mongolia... It looks very good and progressive, but in fact it is of no use. Because in general, Great Mongolia is a country where three million nationalities exercise colonial rule over 80 million Asans. If this fundamental principle does not change, it will not get better no matter what.
As for the small role model, Anxi is the country. Although it is located in the "center of Eurasia" where no one has shit, it has a small population, a high proportion of nationalities, and the support of the Ming Dynasty. It can suck blood from India, and can also cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and the Communist Party. With the support of the Free Trade Association, the Green Gang, Confucianism and other forces, it developed into a center of the banking industry. If the financial transactions between Europe and Asia did not take the sea route, but were escorted by the Confucian Eight Banners warriors and transported by land, the Anxi Kingdom would happen to be located Center, so if we really want to do it, we can do it.
Such a small country with a small population, blood-sucking people, and people's protection, and it can also rely on East-West trade for finance, can certainly develop the Eight Banners democracy very well... If it is done well, it will not only give Voltaire, Rousseau, and Di Dro and the others look at it, and it is also conducive to stability. A small country engaged in banking industry must not cause chaos.
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji took out a big bag of tips and handed it to Queen Mother Kong, smiling and saying: "Amin, this is the bag of tips I gave you... Take your time and look at it carefully on the way. Take a closer look, and if you think it's feasible, just send me a reply, and someone will naturally help you get it started."
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