Liu Jin returned to the post station where he was staying, picked up the pen and began to give Emperor Hongzhi some notes.

The colonial and maritime ages brought not only a lot of wealth, but also many problems and challenges with them.

Slaves are very cool to use, but slowly they may form a dependence on slaves, and eventually it is very likely to form many of the European looks of later generations, and slaves gradually have the meaning of doves occupying magpies' nests.

The introduction of foreign cultures, races, and religions will inevitably have an impact on existing cultures, races, and religions.

The Mongols were almost on the verge of conquering the world, but in the end, the Mongols conquered the world?

Or were the Mongols subjugated by the ideas, culture, and religion of other powerful civilizations?

This is a question worth pondering, and it is also an issue that requires great attention and precautions now.

"Your Majesty, the land of Nanyang, located at the intersection of the East and the West, accompanied by the peak of my Ming Dynasty's national strength, swept all directions, and there are more and more foreigners who gather in Nanyang."

"With the arrival of foreigners, not only their goods and wealth, but also the culture, ideas and religions they brought with them~"

"The rise of the slave trade will inevitably bring more and more people from more distant places, and all kinds of cultures and ideas will continue to collide in our Ming Dynasty, and then have a far-reaching impact."

"I think that the Ming Dynasty should attach great importance to this, learn the lessons of history, and resolutely promote the culture and thought of Chinese Confucianism, and take the essence of foreign culture and thought to eliminate its dross......

"First, the vassal states that are not part of our Ming Dynasty should strictly prohibit them from settling in our Ming Dynasty, buying land and real estate, building temples, spreading religion, etc., and only allowing them to trade in a specific way, limiting the scope and time of their stay."

"Second, establish a sound household registration system, check the population of our Ming Dynasty, and the minister suggested that the tax on people be exempted, so that we can better check the population of our Ming Dynasty."

"At the same time as establishing the household registration system, I, the Ming Dynasty, should distinguish the people under the rule of the Ming Dynasty and divide them into several levels, the highest rank is naturally my descendants of Yan and Huang, and the lowest level is the lowest slave."

"Regarding, slaves, I think that the entry of slaves should be strictly forbidden in the territory of my Ming Dynasty to protect the sacredness of the vast land of my Shenzhou."

"Slaves are only allowed to be implemented and used in provinces outside the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, strict measures should also be taken against slaves, male slaves should be punished by the palace, so as to cut off the future, and NV slaves can appropriately give me the wivesless people of the Ming Dynasty, and encourage them to marry my Ming people, so as to increase the population of my Ming Dynasty."

"Third, vigorously promote the civilization of China, Confucianism and doctrine, especially in overseas places, all the new people of foreign races who have been included in our Ming Dynasty should be vigorously promoted."

"Changing Chinese surnames, learning Chinese characters, wearing Chinese clothes, and speaking official dialect should be appropriately rewarded when they are vigorously implemented, and their level can be appropriately improved."

"Fourth, the number of overseas provinces and commercial ports should not be too large, so as to facilitate the centralized management and control of foreign merchants and slaves."

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Liu Jin picked up the pen and began to write a poem to the Hongzhi Emperor, writing a lot of content, mainly in response to the ideological, cultural and religious influences brought about by slaves and outsiders.

This is a series of policies that Liu Jin came up with for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

Daming and Europe are different, the whole of Europe is about the same size as Daming, but in terms of population, the official population of Daming is 60 million, if you count the hidden population, etc., the population of Daming may exceed 10,000.

But in Europe during this period, all the combined populations were estimated to be less than half of those of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, in the colonial era and the maritime era that followed, the Ming Dynasty's dependence on slaves was much lower, unlike the Europeans' dependence on slaves.

In many colonies, these Europeans would not have been able to operate without slaves.

In the same way, because these European countries are so small and have small populations, they can still be said to be weak even though they have plundered huge wealth from colonies around the world.

In terms of the domination of the global colonies, they could only rely on the colonial strongholds, mainly to plunder wealth, and only with the rise of the industrial revolution did they gradually turn into the plundering of raw materials and the dumping of goods.

But Daming, it's different.

He himself has a large land and population, and has a strong national power.

In the colonial era and the age of navigation, the Ming not only needed to plunder the wealth of the colony, but more, the Ming could colonize and even swallow the bones.

With enough population, you can migrate out of enough people.

This means that the rule of the colonies can be more solid, and there will not be the same as the Europeans who later did, with the spread of the idea of global national liberation, and the colonies around the world became independent and dismantled their centuries of colonial rule.

This is the fundamental difference between the Ming Dynasty and European countries.

Aware of this, in terms of colonial policy, it is natural that we cannot learn all from the Europeans, and more should be formulated in combination with the situation of the Ming Dynasty itself.

For example, in terms of slaves, the Ming itself has enough population and sufficient labor, so there is no need for so many slaves, and it only needs to liberate the minds that bind the Ming people and make them willing to immigrate overseas.

Naturally, these slaves are not so precious, so indispensable, and these slaves can be castrated completely, so that there will be no embarrassing situation for Europeans in later generations, and there will be a situation where doves occupy the magpie's nest.

Encourage fertility, encourage the Ming people to accept foreign women as concubines, naturally, the population of the Ming Dynasty can grow explosively, with enough sufficient population, there will be enough pulling power to develop the colony.

And Liu Jin is a traverser, naturally he will not let the industrial revolution come slowly, Liu Jin has already made people study the steam engine, I believe that this kind of thing that does not have too much technical content will be studied soon.

Maybe in another ten or twenty years, the industrial revolution will come, and then there will be no need for so many slaves.

What the Ming Dynasty needs is land, and what it needs is a broader living space, as for the population and labor, this is not what the Ming Dynasty urgently needs.

After writing the song, Liu Jin also looked at it carefully again, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

What I saw today also touched Liu Jin a lot.

Hundreds of Persians and Middle Easterners dared to come to the government of Nanyang Province to make trouble and make demands on Wu Yang, and in terms of respect, the Ming people were inferior to these people.

The Ming people have always been obedient and lack the spirit of resistance, which is also true in later generations.

Even though it is a global power, but the people are always bullied in the international community, they may not dare to bully the stick, but they definitely dare to bully you?

What is the reason for this phenomenon?

Da Ming like an elephant?

This doesn't seem to be nonsense.

If you think about it, it is.

Daming is very big and powerful, but like an elephant, everyone is not afraid of it, and even bullies it from time to time.

You will only know how terrible it is when it really angers, when the elephant is really angry.

Lacks a wolf nature.

"The capture of the island of Ceylon by the Western United Firms may be a good thing, which can arouse the wolf nature of the nation, and the wolves will travel thousands of miles to eat meat, and I am afraid that in the future, more and more Firms and people will follow the example of the Western Coalition Firms, setting off an era of private colonization around the world."

Soon, Liu Jin thought of the Western United Commercial Bank and thought of Ceylon.

The Western United Trading House boldly used troops against the island of Ceylon, and was very successful in obtaining huge benefits at a very small cost, and the news must have almost reached the capital.

At that time, more people will inevitably be stimulated to establish more colonies overseas, and the wolf nature will gradually return.

"Perhaps more encouragement should be given, and this island of Ceylon should be regarded as the private land of the Western United Commercial Bank in the future."

"Only in this way can we encourage more people to go overseas and build more colonies."

Liu Jin touched his chin and pondered, thinking of this, he picked up the pen and wrote a letter to Liu Jian and Li Dongyang in the court.

This matter will soon be transmitted back to the Ming Dynasty, and when the time comes, how to deal with this Ceylon Island, there will inevitably be a fierce debate between the government and the opposition.

Liu Jin's attitude was to support the private ownership of Ceylon, the nominal land of the Ming Dynasty, but it belonged to the Western United Commercial Bank, and encouraged everyone to colonize overseas.

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, the big and small princes in the Ming Dynasty will probably not be able to sit still, allowing private ownership and allowing a certain amount of armed forces, and they will definitely want to go overseas to occupy a piece of land and establish their own country, China."

"Maybe when the time comes, you can also sweep out these old Zhu family princes, so as not to be like a bloodsucking worm to absorb Da Ming's body and suck Da Ming's blood."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't help laughing, and the speed of writing was faster.