Chapter 568: Chen Yue Yanzhi (II)
Wang Yin has been stumbling for many years after the middle lift, and he has not been admitted to the Jinshi, but it is precisely these years that he has read a lot of books and has been to many places. He served as a staff member for Zhou Yanru, the first assistant at that time, and was friends with Tang Ruowang, a missionary from Xiyi.
Therefore, Wang Yin has seen the whole map of Kunyu Wanguo, and he can understand what Chen Yue said.
With the arrival of missionaries such as Matteo Ricci and John Tong to the Ming Dynasty, and even serving in the imperial court, the Ming Dynasty was not ignorant of the Western world. There are many enlightened people who have opened their eyes to see the world, such as Xu Guangqi, who is obsessed with the study of Taixi culture, proficient in Taixi script, and even translated books such as "Geometric Original", "Taixi Water Law", and "Agricultural Administration".
Unlike the ignorant and backward Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Ming court did not reject the Xiyi culture, but actively absorbed and utilized it, such as the Francophone artillery, such as the red-coated cannon, which were all borrowed from imitation Western artillery.
However, due to various reasons, Daming has been in a situation of internal and external troubles, and it is impossible to go abroad to the world.
And the Ming people still have pride in their hearts, thinking that they are the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and they don't look down on Taixi barbarians, so they said to Chen Yue that in another hundred and ten years, the Ming Dynasty will be completely behind Taixi and will be slaughtered by others, Wang Yin is very disapproving, but he does not refute it.
"What do you mean, Duke Qi?" Wang Yin asked in a deep voice.
"Hengshan Gong has seen the whole map of Kunyu Wanguo, and when he knows that the red-haired ghost is also the Dutch, the Franco, and the hometown of John Tang, Germany, its land area is far less than that of the Ming Dynasty, even if the Europa continent where Tessie is located is all combined, it is not much different from the Ming Dynasty. But these small countries are crazy about occupying land overseas, and the whole of America is about to be occupied by them, and they have crossed the vast ocean to the East, and they have come to the Ming Dynasty to try to occupy the East.
Overseas land is unlimited, but also has endless wealth, relying on the wealth of the seizure, these small countries of Taixi are rich one by one, and their national strength is extremely strong.
On the other hand, my Ming Dynasty, with a population of hundreds of billions and a vast land, was complacent, turning a blind eye to this overseas wealth, and instead implemented the national policy of banning the sea to prevent the people from going to the sea.
As everyone knows, for more than 200 years, with the continuous increase of population, land annexation has become more and more serious, and a large amount of land has been concentrated in the hands of the gentry who do not need to pay taxes. Ninety percent of the people in the world only own less than ten percent of the land, doing business is the privilege of the gentry, and the commercial tax is even few, but this ten percent of the land is responsible for the operation of the entire Ming court, but it supports millions of troops, and the final result is that the people are poor, and the soldiers are like called flowers. When it comes to the year of famine, the people can no longer survive, so they can only take risks.
I have talked to Hengshan Gong before, and we all know that the Ming Dynasty has in fact rotted to the top and is terminally ill, if it does not change, even if it defeats the Mantars, there will inevitably be other incidents.
But how difficult it is to change, the Ming Dynasty is the world of scholars, these gentry are the real masters of the Ming Dynasty, if you want to change, you will inevitably take them, which may push the Ming Dynasty to another abyss.
So I thought, in this case, why not jump out of the shell of Da Ming and look at the outside world.
Overseas has endless hot land, with endless wealth, Dongfan, Luzon, and even further Borneo, are vast and sparsely populated, the climate is humid, two crops and three crops a year, if it is occupied, you can migrate the landless displaced people to go to the reclamation, and the harvested grain can be transported back to the Ming Dynasty for feeding. There is also endless mineral wealth overseas, which can be captured to feed back to the imperial court. In this way, all the problems of my Daming can be solved. ”
Chen Yue talked eloquently and explained his thoughts to Wang Yinhe. Wang Yin was the governor of Hangzhou, and whether he could get his full support was crucial to his future plans.
"I understand what you mean, Duke Qi, you want to abandon the Ming Dynasty to attack Luzon in the east and stand on your own overseas, right?" Wang Yin's face was a little ugly.
Daming is so difficult now, but Chen Yue doesn't want to contribute to the country, and wants to learn from the bearded guest to stand up overseas, which makes Wang Yin a little disappointed.
"Hengshan Gong, you understand very well that I can't do anything in Daming now, except for leading troops to fight, the civil officials of the imperial court will never let me, a martial artist, intervene in state affairs.
I am not a civil official from Jinshi, and I have no chance to dominate the Ming Dynasty, and in the eyes of the imperial court, I am a martial artist who can fight. And fighting a war requires money, food, weapons and armor, but Your Majesty has now stripped the Four Seas Commercial Company and the Salt Company from my hands, and will use the finances to control the army in the future.
No matter how many ideas I have, I won't be able to use them in Daming, unless I send troops to rebel and replace His Majesty. But that's not what I want, and Yokoyama will definitely not support me in doing so.
Overseas, on the other hand, I can be allowed to gallop across the country, and I can no longer be constrained by any constraints, as long as I can lay a piece of land, all my ideas can be realized there.
I am not for personal ambition, but for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, for the sake of Huaxia to gain a head start, and to find a way for the Ming Dynasty to continue. ”
Chen Yue's tone was very sincere, and the words he said came completely from his own heart, so that Wang Yin had to be moved when he heard it.
And think about it carefully, Chen Yue's current situation in Daming is really difficult, according to Daming's current situation, Chongzhen has every reason to use Chen Yue's affection, but Chongzhen didn't, but let Lu Zhenfei replace Chen Yue to command the encirclement and suppression of the remnants of the Qing army. This is clearly because he is afraid that Chen Yue's power in the army will be too strong, so strong that it will threaten the imperial power.
In such a situation, he was not too resentful of the imperial court, but tirelessly still thinking about finding a way out for the Ming Dynasty, which made Wang Yin very moved, and the little suspicion he had just born disappeared.
"I understand what you mean, you want to conquer Dongfan Island first, and then Luzon. But the Dutch and the Francois are probably not so good, and the road is probably very difficult. Wang Yin shook his head and said.
The battle at sea is not as good as on land, Chen Yue only has 3,000 soldiers left, and most of them are infantry, and he wants to cross the sea to capture Luzon, which is no less than a fantasy. If it were so easy, Zheng Zhilong of Fujian would not have let the Dutch occupy Dongfan Island and threaten the shipping route at all times. After all, the Zheng family has thousands of warships and is the most powerful army in the southeast.
"Although the Dutch are strong, they rely on strong ships and guns, and my Ming warships cannot compete with them at all. According to Antony, a Tatar officer in our army, the total number of Dutch troops on Dongfan Island was less than 1,000, and there were only seven or eight Western warships. If we can build the same ships, it won't be much to drive them out. Chen Yue said confidently.
"Is that the sailboat in the grass house?" Wang Yin suddenly came to his senses.
"The sail warship of Xiyi Galen, that is, the same ship as the Dutch Francoman, I have ordered my men to find a private shipyard for shipbuilding, and it only takes a year to build the same warship as the Dutch!"
It turned out that everything was in Chen Yue's plan, Wang Yin's face eased, if it could really be like Chen Yue said, lay down the eastern Luzon, colonize overseas and transfer domestic contradictions, it would not be a bad way.
"It's a very difficult road, no one has ever walked it, and I need like-minded people to support each other. Yokoyama Gong, would you like to help me? Chen Yue looked at Wang Yin eagerly.
Wang Yin thought about it carefully, and suddenly smiled, "I am willing to serve the Duke of Qi!" ”