For a moment, Kong Zhende thought he had met a comrade hidden deep in the enemy camp. But that's not the case. Minamoto Yoshitsune is just a contact, influence and sympathizer of new ideas, and his thoughts have not yet risen to that level.
"This is a book I accidentally got when I was studying in Mutsu Province a few years ago. I learned that it was written by His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. I was very interested in it and read it in full dozens of times. Each time I had a different story. Feelings.”
Minamoto Yoshitsune smiled and said: "Although I have never seen what the Ming Dynasty looked like with my own eyes, I feel that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is still a great man of his generation. The fact that the Ming Dynasty is so powerful probably has a lot to do with this book. This book was originally It doesn't belong to me, so I hope the general can return it to its original owner."
Kong Zhende was silent for a while and looked at Minamoto Yoshitsune with a complicated expression.
"Have you ever heard of the Skynet Army or the Renaissance?"
"Um?"
Minamoto Yoshitsune wondered: "What is this?"
Seeing that he didn't seem to be faking it, Kong Zhende pursed his lips and shook his head.
"Forget it if you don't know... It's rare for a person of your status to read Hongwu's political treatise dozens of times."
Minamoto Yoshitsune smiled bitterly.
"What kind of identity do I have? My family has been ruined since I was a child, and I am just trying to survive in Mutsu Country. Since I was a child, I have been full of revenge. In the end, I found that I have never done anything, and I have never even lived a good life. .
On the contrary, when I read this book, I felt like I had seen a different kind of life. I never thought that a person would have such courage and be able to accomplish such earth-shattering things, so I knew that we could not defeat the Ming Dynasty. "
After hearing this, Kong Zhende walked up to Minamoto no Yoshitsune and returned the book to Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
"You said you have never lived a good life, so have you ever thought about living for yourself and your ideals without worrying about anything else?"
Minamoto Yoshitsune was stunned for a moment.
"what do you mean?"
"What I mean is, have you ever thought that maybe suicide is not the only way for you?"
Kong Zhende smiled slightly and said: "If I said that you can try to take a new path, what would you think? Would you like to see what the Ming Dynasty looks like with your own eyes?"
Minamoto Yoshitsune instantly understood what Kong Zhende meant.
Then his face suddenly became a little embarrassed.
"I...I am a defeated general. I betrayed my brother and Japan. I...I don't deserve to live."
"Since I have read this book dozens of times, I think it is not so easy for you to die for your brother and this country."
Kong Zhende sighed and said slowly: "You can beg for mercy for your subordinates and think about their suffering. I think this is what makes you and your brother completely different. As for this country... apart from oppression And exploitation, what else?
Is a country that has never brought you anything, a country that you have to do your best to survive, a country that will not do anything for you when you need it, worth dying for? "
Minamoto Yoshitsune lowered his head, his eyes falling on the ground at his feet, and he could not speak for a long time.
It was really hard for him to accept the fact that he believed from the bottom of his heart that what Su Yonglin said was right.
Traditional thoughts and new thoughts coexisted in his body. He saw the suffering of the people and the extravagance of the nobles. He sympathized with the suffering of the people, but lacked the motivation and execution ability to change the status quo.
So he was in a lot of pain.
Facing the Ming army's massive attack, on the one hand he wanted to do something for his brother, but on the other hand, after seeing the Ming army's formation, he felt that this was a meaningless war.
So he wanted to use death to gain relief and avoid such pain.
However, Kong Zhende's words shook his will to die.
Can he be reborn?
Is he eligible to pursue a new life?
"The Ming Dynasty has a clear plan for Japan after the war."
Kong Zhende whispered: "The living environment in Japan is difficult, and most of it is indeed not suitable for development and survival. The Ming Dynasty did not have that much effort (this chapter is not finished!)
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In order to rectify this place, it was decided to move most of the Japanese population to the Liaodong and northwest regions of the Ming Dynasty to cultivate wasteland.
The remaining population of about one million people will remain in Japan, mainly concentrated in the mines, ports and the Great Plains near Heianjing needed by the Ming Dynasty to develop mining, commerce and agriculture. Japan will be a functional country in the future Ming Dynasty. The positioning of the province.
The main population will live in the Liaodong region and the northwest region. They will obtain land, houses, and farming tools and become citizens of the Ming Dynasty. They will receive education and be literate in reading. They will be taught that they are the alchemists Xu Fu and San of the Qin State. The descendants of thousands of boys and girls are not outsiders, they are our own people. "
Minamoto Yoshitsune was stunned for a while.
The amount of information in these sentences was too great, and he didn't react for a while.
After a while, he came to his senses and grasped the most important part.
"They'll also get an education?"
"Didn't you read Hongwu's political treatise?"
Kong Zhende nodded and said: "Let the people receive education, open up their wisdom, cultivate their independent spirit, and make them have the consciousness of independent citizens instead of being slaves of the imperial court. This is an important part of the Ming Dynasty's revolutionary education.
There is no doubt that the Japanese citizens are now a group of slaves, which makes it easier for the Ming Dynasty to move them to a bitter and cold place where the Ming Dynasty citizens are unwilling to go. Of course, they will also become Ming Dynasty citizens in the future, and they will also be eligible to receive education. "
“Educating millions of people?”
Minamoto Yoshitsune was quite amazed and said: "This is a huge expense. So how much will Ming Dynasty spend?"
"Compared with the taxes and other benefits they can provide to Ming Dynasty after they become talented, this investment in education is not much."
Kong Zhende smiled and said: "And don't underestimate the financial resources of Ming Dynasty. After clearing out all the exploiters, Ming Dynasty is very rich, especially rich. The education problem of Ming Dynasty's 180 million people has basically been solved. Let's go to Millions, so what?”
Minamoto no Yoshitsune was speechless.
"Are all the contents in Hongwu's political treatise true? Has everything His Majesty the Ming Emperor said become a fact?"
"If you suspect it's fake, why not go and see for yourself?"
Kong Zhende pointed to the west: "If you are willing, you can go to Ming Dynasty with these people to see how the people of Ming Dynasty live and work, and what kind of life they have. I can say, They live like human beings.”
After hearing this, Minamoto Yoshitsune no longer knew what to say. He just felt that no amount of words could compare to seeing it with his own eyes.
However, as a betrayer, is he really qualified to live and gain a new life?
he does not know.
But it seems that living for such a reason is much better than dying for the boring reason before.
Minamoto Yoshitsune was shaken violently.
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