The Chu army went west to Taihang!

For most Chinese people, they learned the news through the newspaper, and then all kinds of news circulated, no one knew whether it was true or false, but whether it was the news or the audience, they all had one thought - hoping that the Northern Expedition would go well.

After all, for these people who have been enslaved by foreign races, only after experiencing enslavement can they know the value of freedom, and the stone tablet erected near the city gate clearly lists the local atrocities after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, "Tartar Atrocity Monument" and "Han Traitor Monument", which is the characteristic of Jiangbei, which is to warn the world of the brutality of the Tartars, and of course, to inform the world of the faces of those bastards who have forgotten their ancestors and betrayed their ancestors.

Perhaps, for some so-called "experts", this is the "price of great unification", but the 17th century is not the 21st century, if this is the price of great unification, and those who block the "great unification of different races" are no longer national heroes, then why do we need to resist the war of resistance for 13 years? simply surrender directly, and then have a "common prosperity" with the He clan.

Perhaps it is precisely because he has seen the ugly faces of those experts hundreds of years later, so Zhu Mingzhong has always shown no mercy in the punishment of traitors, unless there is a meritorious performance, and it must be "offset by merit and demerit", he will not be punished. And the punishment of traitors also requires a lot of thought.

"Now that the Wannian Basin has basically completed colonization, if you immigrate there, you must colonize to the south, and going south will inevitably cause conflicts with the Dutch, so ......"

Looking at the map on the table, Zhu Mingzhong stared at the area bordering Zhenla under the city of Champa on the map, and drew a circle on it and said.

"Now that the city has been surrendered, we will ...... Make the Mekong River Basin a new penal colony! ”

The Mekong River basin was chosen because in later generations, it was the most prestigious land of fish and rice in Vietnam, but in this era, the area around the mouth of the Mekong River was a wilderness, and only a few Chenla people lived there.

In history, a few years later, Chen Shangchuan, the chief soldier of Gao, Lei and Lian, and the deputy general Chen Anping led more than 3,000 soldiers and families and more than 50 warships to the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam, so this place was called "Ming Township". The people who live there are Mingxiang people, and Mingxiang people are also known as Mingxiang people, which means people from the Ming Dynasty who inherited the incense of the Ming Dynasty. These exiled Ming Dynasty people harbored a strong Han Chinese plot, wore Ming Dynasty costumes, wore Ming Dynasty Confucian scarves, maintained Ming Dynasty characteristics, and emphasized Chinese ancestry. The Han Ming Dynasty perished, but they once again established a "Maritime Ming Dynasty".

It's just that because of the prevalence of local madness, the population of Mingxiang people is very limited for a hundred years. In the end, it was Quang Nam, which later became Vietnam. Now, Zhu Mingzhong naturally will not let go of the opportunity to emigrate there, of course, this kind of colonization is a forced exile type of immigration, after all, there are still many traitors in China who need to be exiled.

"King, this place is so big, I'm afraid there aren't more than 100,000 people, and it takes more than ten years to develop, I'm afraid there is no way."

Gu Yanwu looked at the area on the map and compared it with Taiwan, and immediately had some idea of the size of the region there. Thinking of the expenditure on exile in the past few years when he was developing Taiwan, Gu Yanwu was a big one.

"Moreover, it is further away here, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the pressure on fiscal expenditure will be not small."

"Finances are fine!"

Shaking his head, Zhu Mingzhong said in an affirmative tone.

"Now Wannian Mansion has output, only Shangguantian collects rent every year, no less than 100,000 stone rice grains, as for here, the income will definitely be more, of course, you will definitely lose money at the beginning, but slowly its output can make up for everything, on the whole, it is still profitable. Just like raising a cow, you will definitely lose money at the beginning, but after you can milk it, you will definitely make money. ”

Regarding this metaphor of the king, while just smiling, Gu Yanwu asked with some curiosity.

"I wonder how many people the king plans to exile overseas in the future?"

"Almost a million!"

Circled the location of Saigon, that is, Ho Chi Minh City, on the map, Zhu Mingzhong said to Gu Yanwu.

"My plan is to exile a million people overseas and colonize overseas!"

"A million?"

Gu Yanwu looked at King Huai in surprise, he didn't expect him to exile so many people, and most of the exiles were the scholars and their families.

"Yes, it's a million!"

Zhu Mingzhong nodded and said.

"Actually, it's not easy to get together this million, well, according to the situation we have now, since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it has opened 7 times, and more than 2,700 Jinshi have been taken, according to the rules of the three clans, each family is no more than a few hundred people, and it is estimated that it is not ......easy to make up a million."

Sighing that it was not easy to make up the numbers, Zhu Mingzhong even considered whether he could merge the nine clans, but this thought was just a flash, after all, if the nine clans were really exiled, not to mention what kind of turmoil it would provoke, the exile of millions of people alone would not only lead to a sharp decline in the local population, but more importantly, there was no such capacity or even place for this number of immigrants now.

"Ten years, ten years of exile!"

People always need to set some small goals, and for Zhu Mingzhong, his small goal is to exile those traitors and their families and relatives overseas.

"A Million ......"

Thinking about this number, Gu Yanwu could imagine how many families would have left their hometowns behind this million people, and I don't know how many scholars. Since then, he has left the Central Plains and pioneered the cultivation industry in a foreign land.

Seeing Gu Yanwu's face become unnatural, Zhu Mingzhong knew that he was probably sympathetic to those exiled Jinshi, after all, many of them were from the Jiangnan Shilin clan.

"Ning people, the reason why they were exiled is because of lonely considerations, firstly, it can give them an unforgettable lesson, let them know what will happen if they betray the nation, serve the alien race, and cooperate with the alien race, so as to warn the world, so that future generations will not dare to cooperate with the alien race, and those who cooperate with the alien race, even the powerful must be severely punished, and there will be no mercy! As for the second one......"

Glancing into the distance, thinking of the world named by Westerners in later generations, and thinking of the so-called "English-speaking world" and "French-speaking world" in later generations, Zhu Mingzhong's heart couldn't help but feel a burst of yearning.

"Through such exile, we can establish a number of colonies overseas, these colonies will become our base for overseas expansion, perhaps, now we do not need overseas colonies to disperse the domestic population, but with the increase in population, maybe it only takes another Jiazi, the population of the Ming Dynasty may become saturated again, and what we need is to prepare for the future population saturation as soon as possible, only by dispersing the local population, not only can we make China spread all over the world again, It can also spread Chinese civilization around the world and reconstruct a worldwide Chinese ......"

People always need some dreams, and Zhu Mingzhong's dream is to re-measure the world, to build a new Chinese civilization in the world, this Chinese civilization circle, will be dominated by Chinese, in the future, tens of millions of Chinese will be distributed all over the world, of course, they are no longer as ordinary immigrants to go there, living with the local aborigines, but as the ruler of that region, even if it is a Chinese exile with the lowest status, in the face of the aborigines, it is also high.

"Confucian ......"

Staring into the distance, imagining that new world, Zhu Mingzhong said as if talking to himself.

"The purpose of Confucianism is to educate, and our responsibility is not only to open up the living space for the Chinese people, but also to educate the Quartet, so that the whole world can be bathed in Confucian culture......

This is, of course,...... However, it is always necessary to find an excuse for expansion, and compared with the Westerners who carried out the Age of Discovery, driven by gold, Zhu Mingzhong was more willing to hide everything under the pretext of "indoctrination" and the spread of advanced civilization to backward areas. Of course, this is also the inevitability of human development, and the barbaric conquest of civilization leads to backwardness, but the conquest of barbarism by civilization is not, it is civilization that educates barbarism, and the inevitable result is progress, common progress, isn't it the inevitability of the development of human society?

What's the big deal about enjoying a little "privilege" as their teacher?

Isn't that how it should be?

Colonization - this kind of criminal and bloody expansion has always been shameful for the Chinese, and in the future, China will bring developed civilization, education and civilization to backward regions.

"Well, there is also religion, Buddhism...... No, it should be Confucianism, we must spread Confucianism again, and we must use Confucianism to educate people's hearts......"

Compared with Buddhism and other religions, Zhu Mingzhong hopes to turn Confucianism into Confucianism, for thousands of years, Confucianism has long formed a religion, affecting all aspects of the people, although it does not have the name of religion, but there is a religious reality, restricting the morality and behavior of the people, just like "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, loyalty, filial piety, forgiveness, courage" as the basic principle of human beings. And historical experience tells Zhu Mingzhong that before there is nothing suitable to replace it, the so-called destruction is just a joke, and furthermore, civilization, what is Chinese civilization? If Confucianism is not Chinese civilization, then what is Chinese civilization, overthrowing Confucianism, like later generations, the ethics and morality of the whole society are slipping in the direction of deformity, why are many media and even officials preaching about moral issues, only when something is missing, and when it reaches the limit, people will appeal.

Confucianism may not be the best, but at least, for China, there is no matter that can replace it, and overthrowing Confucianism is equivalent to overthrowing China's moral bottom line, because for thousands of years, Confucianism has long penetrated into all aspects of the Chinese people and has long been integrated with Chinese civilization. Confucianism has long been engraved in people's bones, and all that is needed now is to make Confucianism develop in another direction – to make it truly a religion, a religious belief, a civilizational belief, just as the West professed Christendom.

As for what is the so-called backwardness of China is caused by Confucianism, it is just some ignorant people barking there, they don't understand Confucianism at all, how do they explain the Tang and Song dynasties, when Chinese civilization was the most prosperous, did the Chinese people in that era not believe in Confucianism? Confucianism, no matter how dark it is, is not as dark as Christianity suppressed technology in the European Middle Ages. Compared with Christianity's rejection of science, the Ming generation, Confucian scholars have always taken the initiative to learn advanced Western science and technology culture, and they have a frenzy of learning from top to bottom, and have never had the arrogance of "China is leading the world", only in the Qing Dynasty, under the deliberate distortion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, people have that kind of arrogance.

Confucianism has led to the backwardness of China in modern times, and this pot should not be carried by Confucianism!

Moreover, what Zhu Mingzhong needs is Confucianism! Confucianism in a religious sense. The purpose of making Confucianism a religion was not to rule the state, but to base it on the need of moral beliefs. Even based on the need for overseas expansion.

The power of religion is intangible, just like in Africa, South America and other places in later generations, perhaps they can reject colonial rule, but they cannot get rid of the influence of religion, and of course, in the process, the original religion of the indigenous people also disappears. With the help of secular power, religion spread faster than you can imagine, and religious fanaticism will also drive overseas expansion. Missionary work played a pivotal role in the colonial expansion of the European powers. Missionaries are dedicated to expanding the territory of Christendom and are committed to maintaining imperial colonization, missionaries are actually a special kind of colonizers, they use relatively peaceful means to support colonization, engage in colonization, basic religion for missionary colonization, weave a set of discourse system, equate Christianity with civilization, vice versa, barbaric, uncivilized.

"Religion plays an extremely important role in Europe's overseas expansion, Ningren, you also reach out to some missionaries, tell me, what drove them to China?"

Facing the king's inquiry, Gu Yanwu's brows furrowed slightly.

"For the sake of a mission?"

Gu Yanwu was no stranger to foreign missionaries, and in the past, he was also exposed to Western culture through missionary channels, but now he couldn't help but be secretly vigilant when he heard the king combine expansion and mission. In the past, it seemed to him that there was no difference between those missionaries and monks and Taoist priests, but now, when he looked at it this way, especially after the king said all this nakedly, he couldn't help but wonder about the motives of those missionaries, who came to China just to preach.

"I'm afraid it's not just about preaching!"