Nalan Mingzhu and Suo Etu Nake are both proficient in old and new Confucianism, when they were studying with Emperor Shunzhi, they had no studies or sciences, and they all crushed Shunzhi to doubt life! Therefore, the things in the "Confucian Classics" are too shallow for them. But the two of them still read it seriously from the beginning, page by page, to the end, and it took nearly an hour to finish reading.

After reading it, the two of them no longer felt that the "Confucian Classics" was shallow, but felt a kind of cleverness!

Tall! It's too high!

A "Confucian Classic", at most 50,000 or 60,000 words, is still in the vernacular, and it has already explained the most practical and profound things of Confucianism, and the writing is quite smooth, and there are no rare words, no idioms and allusions. It can be said that he uses simple words to explain the morality, order, and heavenly principles of Confucianism clearly. As long as you have read a little book, you can understand it and read it through.

What's even more clever is that this "Confucian classic" skillfully combines Confucian morality, order and heavenly principles, and instills in readers the view of the supremacy of heavenly principles and the unity of heaven and man, and it can also justify itself, which is difficult to refute...... At least in the eyes of people of Mingzhu and Suo Etu's level, there is no way to refute it. And how many wise people can there be in the whole world?

However, this is not the most brilliant part of the "Confucian Classic", the most brilliant thing about the "Confucian Classic" is that it can be used to govern the country!

First of all, the moral values emphasized in the Confucian Classics are "loyalty", "kinship" and "benevolence". The so-called loyalty refers to loyalty to the king; The so-called pro refers to kissing his relatives, the father is kind and the son is filial; The so-called benevolence mainly refers to courage and love.

Second, on the basis of the three moral values of "loyalty", "kinship", and "benevolence", the Confucian classics also logically introduced a secular monarchy—and put forward an ideal (in line with heavenly principles) monarchy template.

This template has both centralized power and feudalism, centralization of power in the inside, feudalism in the outside, with the monarch as the core, the construction of a three-level ruling system such as provinces, internal subordinates, and external vassals, which not only strengthens the royal power, but also takes into account the cost of ruling - the establishment of provinces directly under the central government is of course conducive to centralization, but the management cost is too high, and it is certainly good for economically developed and densely populated areas. But if it is used in places where the economy is underdeveloped and the population is relatively small, it will lose money!

So to maintain a large empire or kingdom in ancient times, feudal towns and vassals were essential!

In addition, the establishment of a three-level ruling system of direct provinces, internal subordinates, and external vassals can also take care of the interests of all parties to the greatest extent.

Therefore, this system is not only applicable to the Ming Dynasty, an empire with a long history of centralization, but also to the nomadic tribe of the Jungar Department, which is transforming into a feudal country!

"Good! Good! Good...... I'm Zhunger, no, I'm a Mughal with hope! ”

In the Beiting Protectorate of Chuhe City, the Daming Beiting Metropolitan Protector, and the Huntai Extreme Monk of the Jungger Department has read the "Confucian Sutra" brought by Galdan from beginning to end, and after reading it, of course, it is applauded!

"Great! This Book of Confucianism is so good, it is exactly what we Mughal desperately need! Sixth brother, this time you can be regarded as making a great contribution to our Jungar department...... Sixth brother, sixth brother, what are you thinking? ”

The monk's big face leaned over and shouted a few times. Only then did Galdan find that he was staring intently at his sister-in-law Anukodun for an unknown amount of time, the wine glass in his hand was tilted, and he didn't know that the wine was spilled on his monk's robe. The Pearl Lama and the Three Treasures Lama, who were accompanying him in the lobby, looked at him with their mouths half-open.

And his sister-in-law, Anukodun, was understanding, sat still, smiled, and generously let Galdan admire...... What a good sister-in-law!

"Ah, fifth brother, fifth brother, I, I was thinking that we should establish a state first, and then send troops to attack the Bukhara Khanate."

Of course, I can't say that I am thinking about my sister-in-law! Galdan didn't know what was going on, but he actually fell in love with Anukodun at a sight.

When he was studying in Laoshan Middle School, he saw a lot of beautiful women, but he never felt like this...... Could it be that I have read too much of the "Confucian Classics" recently and read less Buddhist scriptures, and I want to inherit the lineage of the Ross family?

The monk didn't expect that his brother was admiring his wife just now, Galdan became a monk when he was a child, and that was a monk who was empty of the four majors!

Moreover, the monk also received reports more than once from the "long-lived lama" who "accompanied the study" that Galdan had no interest in women, but was quite close to the eldest son of the Ming Emperor......

"Master Mingzhu, Master Sanbao, what do you two think?" The Sangha also solicited two more meanings of "virtuous lamas".

"What Hutuketu said is very good! It should be built first! Mingzhu said.

"Yes," echoed the Three Treasures Lama, Suo Etu, "without the establishment of a state, there would be no discipline, and there would be no way to establish provinces, internal subordinates, and outer vassals according to the methods of the Confucian Classics, and there would be no way to control the richest areas of the Bukhara Khanate." ”

The monk then asked, "What kind of state should we build?" Where do you start? ”

After all, the "Confucian Classic" is only tens of thousands of words, and it is impossible to say it in detail. However, Galdan had already thought of a way for his brother, and he said: "Fifth brother, the country we built according to the Confucian Classics must be the outer vassal of the Celestial Empire...... Over the years, the Celestial Empire has always wanted us to establish a vassal state, so we might as well push the boat down the river and build one. ”

"But the Celestial Empire wants us to cede some land to establish a new Beiting military town!" The monk frowned.

"Then cut it!" Galdan said, "What we want to establish is the Dzungar Kingdom, not the Warat Khanate, and we should drive out the Heshute tribe, let the Ozirtu Khan own the land between the eastern Ili River Valley and the Tien Shan Mountains and the Altai Mountains, and serve as the protector of the Northern Court."

We occupy the western part of the Ili River Valley, the Great Yuz, the Middle Yuz, and the grasslands bordering the Rakshasa Kingdom in the north. Only by concentrating on the south-west and eating the land of the Syr Darya and Ferghana of the Bukhara Khanate.

After that, we will move the royal court from the Chu River to the upper reaches of the Syr Darya River and occupy this rich land suitable for herding and farming. Finally, in accordance with the method of the "Confucian Classics", we can establish our own direct provinces, internal subordinates, and foreign vassals in the land of Syr Darya, the land of the Seven Rivers, the land of the Great Yuz, and the land of the Middle Yuz.

In this way, the kingdom of our Dzungar tribe can be established! ”

......

"Good! That's great! This "Confucian Sutra" is exactly what my Tokugawa family urgently needs! ”

Almost at the same time, under Edo Castle, which is more than 10,000 miles away from Chu River City, there was also a person who was applauding the "Confucian Classics", and this person was Tokugawa Mitsukuni, one of the two elders of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

After the revival of the Toyotomi family, the Tokugawa shogunate also began to centralize power and prepare for war - if you want to start a war, of course you have to centralize power!

And the current ruling Ben Gongfang could not lead the shogunate at all, so he could only set up a big elder above the elders. There were two elders, namely Masayuki Hoshina, who was in charge at the front, and Mitsukuni Tokugawa, who was in Edo, in the rear.

"Elder, you said that the Confucian Book was urgently needed by the shogunate?" The old and frail Nakamatudaira Nobutsuna was also in the Mito Mansion of Guangguo at this time, discussing with him, and when he heard Guangguo's words, his brows tightened, "Now that the war situation on the front line is tight, what the shogunate needs should be military funds and guns, what is the use of the "Confucian Classic"?" ”

"Mamoru Izu," Mitsukuni said with a smile, "no matter how tight the front line is, the shogunate will be in danger...... Because what can really decide the outcome of the war is not military spending and guns, but the Celestial Empire! Now the Celestial Empire has organized a new army of 10,000 samurai in Nagasaki, and it will soon launch an attack on the rear of the Shimazu army. ”

"But we have to work hard, too! You can't just rely on the Celestial Empire......"

Guangguo nodded: "Yes, our efforts should start with the reform of the shogunate!" ”

"How to reform?"

"Of course, it is reformed according to the Confucian Classics!"

"According to the Confucian Classics?"

"Provinces, internal subordinates, and external vassals!" "The shogunate did not have a real direct province, so it was difficult to effectively control the internal subordinates. ”

"So how should a province be established?"

"Of course it's with a stream official!"

"Where did the rogue come from?"

Tokugawa Mitsukuni smiled: "Of course it's an exam!" ”