After the long winter, the spring of the thirteenth year of innovation was ushered in, and in the past year, there has been a surging dark tide under the surface of the peace, although there is only a slight ripple on the water, but some people have already felt a little turmoil.

Ning Yu flipped through a notebook in his hand, but his fingers kept tapping lightly on the table, which was a habitual action he had been doing for a long time, which meant that he was entering a long stage of thinking.

Since receiving the letter from Ning Zuyi last winter, Ning Yu has actually been planning a very important thing, that is, to spread Confucianism to other Asian countries, which is not only a key step in the subsequent integration of the whole of Asia, but also can build rules by holding high this banner.

Only a country that can truly accept the Chinese civilization will be able to become Zhuxia in the future, and will not become a barbarian.

Don't think that this is just a nominal thing, in fact, it is also a standard for Dachu to measure Zhuxia externally, that is, to distinguish which are the barbarians who need to be resolutely eliminated through thought, and which are the Zhuxia that can be accepted for transformation - if it is a barbarian, then it will become a slave in the future, and if it is Zhuxia, then it can be united in a quasi-alliance circle centered on Chinese civilization.

If this theory is based on this, then among the current Asian countries, North Korea has realized the co-monarchy system and basically completely disarmed, and all national defense and security are under the control of Dachu, so North Korea is the country closest to China, and Dachu's attitude towards it is also the most friendly.

Other countries are different, such as Japan and Annan, although they are also deeply influenced by the idea of sinicization, but they are not committed to integrating into the Chinese civilization, but are constantly resisting this process, trying to form their own cultural core, in order to survive.

Therefore, in order to be able to further understand the situation of these countries, Ning Yu sent many investigators to these countries through the military intelligence department and shadows a few years ago, and they were not engaged in the investigation of real secret intelligence, but only understood one thing - that is, they needed to understand whether the ordinary people of these countries had a high sense of identity with their own culture, and the results of this report would also become the focus of Da Chu's future decision-making.

Ning Yu gently put the fold in his hand on the table, the development of the situation was not so good, but it was not as bad as he imagined, but he was sure that if the time dragged on for another few decades, then all this would change.

"Cui Qing, I thought it was fortunate that I conducted this investigation early, otherwise it would have been too late for some things."

In fact, the things described in the twists and turns are not so shocking, and it proves one point through various materials, that is, these countries are subconsciously creating a variant of their own on the basis of China, simply put, they want to get rid of the restrictions of China and form their own world view.

In order to achieve this goal, these countries have begun to deliberately come into contact with the ideas and technologies spread by the West, and they will be more active than China.

Of course, this kind of change in the field of thought does not seem too violent, after all, the beginning of the eighteenth century was a relatively stable era after all, if it were at the end of the eighteenth century and the nineteenth century, then the whole world would have undergone violent turmoil and changes, and all the earth-shattering changes that occurred in the period of modern history were essentially already brewing at the beginning of the eighteenth century.

Cui Wancai naturally read this recital, but he quite agreed: "In terms of Yixia's theory, three generations ago, only China had an edification ear, and the rest of the countries were affected by the wind of China in different ways because of the distance, but now the west wind is gradual, and the cultures of all countries have similarities and differences. ”

Ning Yu nodded, in fact, often a country or a nation, when they are invaded, they are not necessarily conquered by force, this kind of invasion of culture and thinking itself is also ubiquitous, but because of its enough secrecy, it can take deep roots.

In the original history, since the Western thought entered the East with strong ships and cannons, the results achieved are very remarkable - even Japan, as the most sinicized country, has been clamoring to leave Asia and join Europe, and other small countries have followed suit, and even later, even China itself has lost its cultural self-confidence.

It was a decades-long road of self-help and introspection, and the mottled blood and tears in it were simply incomprehensible and impossible for people in this era to understand.

As for how to solve this problem, it is simple to say, but it is also complicated to say that it is complicated.

The simple reason is that as long as Dachu continues to develop, it will inevitably attract these countries to change their minds in the future, and even spread Chinese culture to the world, so that all people can compete to learn Chinese and learn Confucius and Mencius, and the complexity is because it is not a one-time achievement to achieve this, and it may be said that greater strategic patience is required.

"To put it simply, in addition to having swords and muskets, we also need pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, with the superiority of Chinese culture, to achieve this, Cui Qing also needs to mention more in this matter."

Cui Wancai nodded and sighed in a low voice: "In the past, Xiucai was often called useless, but as long as you can do this well, then the value created will be worth countless amounts. ”

Ning Yu smiled, "Ning Zhongquan, the secretary of the Ministry of Education, will join the cabinet next year, and I will let him be in charge of this matter, and some Confucian masters will be selected to go to other countries for exchanges, and it is best to establish some Confucius and Mencius academies in other countries, and then we can better promote the spread of Confucius and Mencius." ”

"Yes, the minister wrote it down."

Just when Cui Wancai was about to go down to draft the edict, Lin Tai, who was the director of the chamberlain, walked in hurriedly, holding a letter in his hand, and his face was slightly solemn.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the Military Intelligence Department that a great change has just occurred in Japan, and the mysterious death of Emperor Keihito of the Middle Imperial Gate seems to be related to the shogunate Tokugawa Yoshimune, please take a look."

"What? When did Kyungin die? ”

Ning Yu did not take the letter, and in fact this incident was not so surprising, because from the previous incident of the Satsuma Domain, we could see the open and secret struggle between the emperor and the shogun, and in the past few years, the contradictions between the two sides have even worsened, and it is only a matter of time before there is a conflict.

Lin Tai said in a low voice: "At all, the news given by our people seems to be at the end of last month, but it has not been released. ”

Ning Yu sighed lightly, he still took the letter, read it carefully, but couldn't help but sigh, the matter in Japan is already more serious than he imagined!