"What does Sun Shiyi do for a living! He actually lost his troops and generals like this!"
Snapped!
Emperor Zhu Zhu Daohua slapped his hand on the table hard.
The battle reports from India made him furious.
The reason is that the coalition of Indian princes suffered a defeat in northwest India!
Thousands of soldiers were lost.
This was the biggest loss since the Ming Dynasty's coalition of Indian princes entered India.
"It's rotten! It's rotten! It's rotten too fast!"
Zhu Daohua rubbed his temples with a headache.
Although it was only a small defeat, it at least proved that this coalition of Indian princes had lost its spirit!
The world in 1797 was destined to be a peaceful year.
In the Eastern world, the war has basically ended, with only sporadic confrontations in India.
The Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty were busy digesting the newly occupied territory, and as time passed, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty princes who became Indian masters seemed to have lost their enterprising spirit like many similar feudal armies in history. of vigor.
After all, they got too much.
Emperor Zhu took a deep breath. Fortunately... the situation in India is basically like this.
Lebao's army occupied two large cities in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent to protect itself.
In fact, their biggest opponent was not the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty, but King Pingxi of the Ming Dynasty who entered the Fergana Basin.
The Mughal Empire was basically wiped out by the Ming Dynasty's coalition of Indian princes.
The Maratha Alliance has now begun to disintegrate, turning into small states and vassal states under the protection of the Ming Empire.
The Governor-General of the British Indian Colony has also undergone great shrinkage, and their territory is now the area of Bengal.
All parties have little energy to fight anymore.
"Your Majesty, the British Duke's defeat may have a deeper meaning."
Sitting in front of Emperor Zhu was Yang Yuchun, who had been recalled from the Indian battlefield.
After returning from this trip to India.
Yang Yuchun was promoted to general due to his meritorious service and served as the deputy chief of staff of the generalissimo.
"I understand, it's just that I've caught enough and I don't want to fight anymore."
It's not that Sun Shiyi doesn't want to fight.
Make the people below less want to fight.
So Emperor Zhu had no other option.
"Your Majesty, this is a document from Lin Minghe, the Governor of Jinshan Governor's Mansion."
Seeing Zhu Daohua, he put aside the news from India.
Emperor Zhu's secretary Lin Zexu hurriedly handed over the memorial from the Jinshan Governor's Mansion.
The second migrant boat has returned.
It also brought the latest news from Jinshan Governor's Palace.
Of course it was impossible for Emperor Zhu to cross the ocean and remotely control the actions of the Jinshan Governor's Mansion.
However, the Jinshan Governor's Office is not an absolutely independent vassal, so the establishment of various institutions and the clarity of power are still critical.
Officials from all levels, especially Governor Lin Minghe and Jinshan Military Region Commander Zeng Ada, must report secret information in each issue.
"Intermarriage?!"
Emperor Zhu was stunned for a moment.
Marry an Indian? !
Emperor Zhu touched his chin.
This seems like a genius strategy!
Strengthening ties with indigenous tribes through intermarriage and trade can also better integrate these North American natives into the Ming Dynasty's colonial system.
Since the Warring States Period, the Central Plains Dynasty has begun to "organize households and integrate the people" among the indigenous people in various places, striving to include everyone under the rule of the emperor.
China's stable rule over the southwest, including Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, also began with the Ming Dynasty's policy of "reforming the land and returning it to the locals."
The so-called system of household registration for the people began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
The enfeoffment of the Western Zhou Dynasty was based on the policy of Xia Jun and Yi Min.
The Western Zhou Dynasty was a feudal society with strict upper and lower classes, ranging from princes, nobles, scholar-bureaucrats, Chinese people, slaves, and barbarians.
Savages are people who are not included in the rule, and can be compared to "indigenous people" - if you spread out a map from the Western Zhou Dynasty and mark it according to the actual scope of rule.
In fact, a large part of the entire Central Plains was not ruled by the Xia princes.
The scope of their rule is based on the city and is dotted with dots. In a large area in the wild, there are still a large number of indigenous tribes.
This is the so-called "Xia Jun Yimin".
This situation lasted until a major turning point occurred after King Ping moved eastward.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the vassal states continued to merge and merge. In order to enhance their national strength, the vassal states began to set up a household registration system, mainly to effectively control human resources. All men, women, old and young must be registered in a register called "household registration".
In the "patriarchal system" under the old patriarchal system, the land and people were all owned by the clan, while "household registration and equalization of the people" re-deconstructed and shuffled them out of the strict class system.
After the decline of the nobility, "the fiefs were returned to the public". Countries were diligent in controlling household registration and expanding conscription, so they reorganized the administrative areas. Shang Yang carried out the reform of "gathering small villages and towns into counties" and strengthened the administrative institutions to facilitate management. The original aristocrats' Rights are broken up.
After the Qin and Han dynasties, it advanced to another stage. The Western Han government formally registered landlords, self-cultivated farmers, servants, farm laborers, etc. in the household registration system. After the tax system was implemented, the central government could directly or indirectly interfere with local governments (feudal states). County-based societies gradually became more common. China's The social structure was formally transformed from the feudal city-states of classical vassal states into the centralized society of counties and counties.
The management of common people in the Han Dynasty began with the household registration system implemented during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
In order to ensure the implementation of the tax and servitude system, the Han Dynasty government implemented an extremely strict household registration system.
Individuals with registered households have independent identities and bear state taxes, corvees, and military service based on their assets.
"Juyan Han Slips" once recorded the household registration situation of all households. For example, the head of the household Xu Zong: "Xu Zong, 50 years old in West Daoli of Juyan, has 1 wife. There are 2 male and 2 female children. The house is in one area. It’s worth 3000. A field of 50 acres is worth 5000. A cow of 2 is worth 5000.”
This way.
There is no longer any so-called distinction between Chinese and savages.
Sweeping under the influence of the idea of "total war" during the Warring States Period, the entire population was included in the ruling system.
Hand Lin Minghe's memorial to Peng Jun on the other side.
After reading it, Peng Jun couldn't help but admire: "As Governor Jinshan said, the appearance of the indigenous people in the New World is not much different from the Han people, and the social structure is also very loose, and their level of civilization is the same as in ancient times. The feasibility of being included in the rule is quite high!”
Zhu Daohua also nodded: "In this case, we can win over the two large indigenous tribal alliances, the Sioux and the Al, to deal with the threat of the three parties in the east of the New World."
Emperor Zhu himself didn't care much about whether he could assimilate millions of New World natives.
It’s nothing more than a few million people.
They couldn't assimilate, and it wouldn't take much time to massacre them all - the Ming Emperor's private army, the Japanese Armed Forces, was already very experienced in this regard.
But the key is that Ming's power in the New World is too small, the population is too small, and the pressure to establish a foothold in the early stage is too great.
If the indigenous forces can be won over to the Ming Dynasty, it will certainly be very beneficial to the Ming Dynasty's Jinshan Governor's Office's early foothold in the New World.
Everything is difficult at the beginning.
Even for white people, if they had not been treated kindly by the local indigenous people when they first arrived in the New World, it would have been difficult for them to survive in the New World immediately.
Emperor Zhu wrote several instructions on the memorial.
"In the early stage of the New World, survival is the most important thing. If we can avoid war, make good friends with the indigenous people, and use the indigenous people to deal with the pressure of Europa's forces, it would be a good idea!"
After writing these instructions, Emperor Zhu handed the memorial to Lin Zexu, waiting for the next fleet to leave for the New World.
Emperor Zhu's latest instructions will arrive on the desk of Jinshan Governor Lin Minghe - but this will not be until at least two months later.
After dealing with these things.
Emperor Zhu smiled at several ministers in the imperial office and said, "My lords, that's all for today. If nothing unexpected happens, Concubine Li will give birth to a prince or princess today. I have to go to the Imperial Hospital in advance to check it out."
Emperor Zhu just finished speaking.
A female official from the palace came in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Li gave birth to a prince."
Suddenly.
The ministers in the office congratulated the emperor one after another.
Emperor Zhu also took out the red envelope and distributed it to the ministers with a smile.
Although Emperor Zhu was born in Guangdong, he was generous in giving red envelopes.
After all, he is the richest man in the Ming Dynasty.
Concubine Li is Li Qingyan, the eldest daughter of King Li Zang of the Li Dynasty of North Korea.
She entered the palace as a concubine during the Battle of Liaodong.
I have already given birth to two daughters.
This time, a prince was finally born.
The ministers looked at each other.
They all knew that Concubine Li was beautiful and the emperor's favorite concubine.
But of course Emperor Zhu couldn't do anything because he loved Concubine Li.
The reason why he was so happy that Concubine Li gave birth to a son.
most
He is targeting the position of the King of North Korea.
These six princes are already the king of Japan.
Emperor Zhu sought another North Korean king for his son.
It doesn't seem surprising.
Right Prime Minister Peng Jun's expression changed and he said: "Your Majesty, speaking of North Korea, today the Lifan Yuan sent a memorial. There is also some trouble in North Korea."
"trouble?"
"Someone in North Korea raised troops to rebel!"
"Raise the troops! When will it happen?"
"Half a month ago..."
"It's been half a month? Why did you just report to me?"
Zhu Daohua lowered his voice and couldn't sit still.
All the time. He didn't care much about North Korea, and Jin Yiwei didn't set up a dragnet in North Korea. He only arranged spies in the North Korean capital to monitor the North Korean court and two wealthy families.
But it is too careless to not even know that someone is causing trouble.
"Why didn't Jinyiwei send the report? Are they all blind or deaf?"
"Actually it is……"
Peng Jun's voice became lower and lower, "At the beginning of this year, Jin Yiwei reported. The news received at that time was that a civil uprising had occurred in Gyeongsang Province, North Korea. Can the Emperor remember that?"
"Oh...of course I remember! Isn't it said that the riots occurred because the two groups of wealthy families oppressed too much and the people were in dire straits? Isn't it just a small-scale riot?"
"It is true that the people are in dire straits. North Korean officials are corrupt and wealthy families are running rampant. It has long been known to everyone. Even the North Korean tribute envoy Zheng Minshi once suggested that the emperor reform North Korean politics. This chaos seems to have something to do with Zheng Minshi..."
Zhu Daohua had some impressions of Zheng Minshi.
He was the North Korean envoy who came to meet Emperor Zhu to request North Korea to claim vassal status when Zhu Daohua personally conquered Liaodong.
Later, he was sent by the Korean court to serve as a tribute envoy to the Ming Dynasty.
But this one didn't feel comfortable being on duty.
Every now and then, he would write out excerpts saying bad things about North Korea's two rich families and corrupt academies, hoping that Zhu Daohua would promote North Korea's political reform in North Korea.
But Emperor Zhu actually didn't really want to carry out any reforms in North Korea.
North Korea has a large population and a small area.
Not much oil and water.
National consciousness has also risen, and it is quite troublesome to rule directly.
As long as he could securely claim the title of vassal, Emperor Zhu didn't bother to care.
Moreover, this envoy Zheng not only spoke ill of the two wealthy families in North Korea.
He also wrote a letter suggesting that Zhu Daohua develop Eastern learning based on the ancient schools of thought and use it to fight Western learning.
However, Emperor Zhu paid little attention to this guy - it would definitely be a super troublesome thing to revive the so-called "hundred schools of thought" that had long been transformed and absorbed by Confucianism, and then integrate Western science and technology into it.
If it is forced to be implemented, the new education that has finally got on track will inevitably be interrupted.
After submitting letters three times, Emperor Zhu ignored him.
This North Korean Confucian scholar Zheng Minshi was still quite temperamental, so he stopped doing it, resigned and returned to North Korea.
"Zheng Minshi? Is he also related to this incident?"
"Your Majesty. Zheng Minshi is quite capable. After returning to North Korea, he established a Dongxue Society, absorbed Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism to create a Dongxue Society. He traveled around, promoted Dongxue thoughts, and developed Many disciples. I am afraid that this turmoil is not an ordinary peasant rebellion, but something caused by this Eastern Society. If so, it will be difficult to extinguish."
Peng Jun shook his head and said.
It was not some illiterate North Korean peasants who joined the East Society.
Instead, they are many educated bastards. Although they do not have many social resources, they can be regarded as knowledgeable and cultured North Korean elites.
"Eastern Learning Party...Eastern Learning Party!"
Zhu Daohua suddenly thought of the Dongxue Party uprising that occurred in North Korea before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894!
Could this Tung Hak Society be the predecessor of the Tung Hak Party?
In fact, many people in North Korea have put forward various opinions when facing the great changes that have taken place in this era.
This little transparent person who was ignored by Emperor Zhu has a population of more than 10 million, and social conflicts are unprecedentedly acute. Two groups of wealthy families have monopolized all resources in North Korea, and the rest of the North Korean people are basically in extreme poverty. and hungry.
in this case.
It is normal for some people to hope to promote social change and resolve or alleviate this extremely acute contradiction.
Peng Jun seemed to have noticed Zhu Daohua's shock, and then suggested: "Your Majesty, this Dongxue Society has caused local chaos in North Korea. Although it will not cause a big deal, it cannot be underestimated."
"What is the opinion of the King of Korea? Does he ask me for troops?"
Zhu Daohua had already put away his surprised expression.
So what if it’s the Donghak Party?
The current Ming Dynasty is not the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history, and even the Manchu Qing Dynasty's tofu army seems to have easily put out the Dongxue Party's uprising.
"Not yet. The North Korean court asked the emperor to support some guns and artillery."
Peng Jun handed the memorial from the King of Joseon to Emperor Zhu.
"Oh, just give me some."
Zhu Daohua took the memorial, opened it and read it, then took the brush and gave a few casual comments before handing it back to Peng Jun.
"Send it to the Generalissimo's Mansion and let Zhao Si and Zhang Hong take care of it."
Peng Jun was startled for a moment, then took the memorial but did not leave immediately: "The emperor means..."
"Let them make trouble. When things get out of hand, it won't be too late for us to take action. The North Korean issue may be finally resolved."
Zhu Daohua thought for a while, then picked up the brush and wrote a hand edict and handed it to Peng Jun. The content of the hand edict asked the Ming army to block the Ming Dynasty's border and take in Korean refugees.
"This order is given to the Liaodong Province and the Liaodong Corps. They will know what to do after reading it."
(End of chapter)
