Li Dingguo thought for a while: If it is said that it is a tree individual, does the tree man mean the white bones of the tree? Or maybe it's a tombstone? It's a little scary.

"The minister doesn't know, please ask Your Majesty to solve the minister's doubts."

"This tree man does not refer to a single person, but to change the atmosphere and hearts of the people. In the past, China only had a radius of thousands of miles, and successively obtained Lianghuai, Jiangnan, Huguang, Liangguang, and the Western Regions... Thus there are today's two capitals and thirteen provinces. ”

And the reason why this is so is precisely because the Chinese ancestors knew the tree people from the time of the pre-Qin period. Move its people, change its style, change its customs, and change it with summer. If you stay in Myanmar and its country, the customs remain the same, how can you build people? ”

"North Korea, what about the Ryukyu case? Why did Taizu still establish a country that could not be conquered? ”

"The Korean Ryukyus have been obedient for generations, paying tribute on time, and North Korea even calls itself Little China.

At the mention of Ryukyu, Zhu Youlang's heart chuckled.

By this time, the Ryukyus were already paying tribute on both sides and were de facto under Japanese control. In another 200 years, Japan will completely annex the Ryukyus.

At that time, the king of Ryukyu also sent people to the Qing country to appeal, but the Qing country was indifferent, which is really a sigh.

"If the Ming Dynasty has a comeback, it must be attached to the Ryukyus!" Zhu Youlang thought silently in his heart.

"Does the King of Jin still want to ask me how to treat civil officials like this?"

"Your Majesty is really like a god!" Li Dingguo was hesitating whether to say it.

"This matter, people in the world, nine times out of ten, it is difficult to understand, and it is normal for the King of Jin to be unknown." Zhu Youlang involuntarily put on the style of giving a speech on the stage in college, gesturing his hands, "I asked those who claim to be clear streams in the court, what do you want to do as officials?" What does King Jin think? ”

"As an official, he wants to benefit the people." Li Dingguo didn't know what to do.

"What the King of Jin said is good, but not all officials can directly benefit the people--- only local officials are so. But no matter what you do, you always have to do things. ”

"However, some officials have a vegetarian meal and occupy official positions, and everything is left to the junior officials, or they invite the master. Without the master and the little officials, they won't do anything! On the one hand, he said that the little officials were cunning, and on the other hand, he threw things to the little officials, yes, yes, the bad things are to blame on the little officials, and the good things are all their own. The officials of the six departments are better, and those who are closer to the place are really like clay puppets! ”

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, and the ministers have also seen such phenomena, but after all, such officials do not account for all of them."

"That's why I asked them to take the exam. If you have knowledge in your belly, what's the harm in taking an exam? Do they admit that they are inferior to those petty officials? ”

Li Dingguo thought about it, the officials and old men are not as good as the little officials under them, and they want them to waste the country's food in vain? So he nodded.

"Why can the Manchus be a disaster for the Central Plains?"

Zhu Youlang did not use the disparaging term Dongyu, but used the term Manchu.

For this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not even contemporary history, but current events. This question began in the Apocalypse year, and has been debated until the destruction of Ming Zheng, for more than 60 years, there is no standard answer.

In the end, the problem was resolved with the complete consolidation of Qing rule, and the literati no longer dwelled on it, but sang praises for the Manchus.

Naturally, Li Dingguo was also difficult to answer.

But Zhu Youlang didn't intend to let him answer.

"As far as I know, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has just entered the customs, and just occupying the north can have twice the financial revenue of the Liehuang period, which can be said to be full of treasury compared to the Ming Dynasty. According to the princes of the court, there are so many scholars in the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu barbarians, and the Manchu and Han officials all rely on Qixinlang to communicate, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is regarded as the book of the laity in the Ming Dynasty, is regarded as a guideline by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, why can barbarism defeat civilization? ”

"Some people say that barbarians are simple, and civilized people live well, so barbarism can defeat civilization. Why did King Jin think so? ”

Who is this? According to his theory, aren't the savages in the forest invincible in the world? What else does that man need for words, houses, weapons, farm tools? Joke, such must be the Eagle Dog of the Tartars! ”

"I think so, too, but the Tartars will not admit that they are barbaric, and they even think that North Korea and other countries are barbaric." Zhu Youlang laughed heartily.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, they seemed to have forgotten how they came in, and regarded themselves as Huaxia, and regarded the surrounding remote areas as barbarians, which may also be said to be the victory of Chinese civilization.

In fact, this theory was put forward by Japanese imperial historians such as Naito Hunan and Miyazaki Ichidai during the war of aggression against China. The purpose was to exaggerate the correctness of the war of aggression against China and to find an excuse for those upper-level literati and bureaucrats to defect to Japan.

However, Zhu Youlang didn't expect that in his small court, there would be similar remarks.

"It is not barbarism that triumphs over civilization, but civilization itself that has gone wrong. If it was at the beginning of the country, what were tens of thousands of savages? The million-strong army of the Ming Dynasty could crush him to death with one finger. ”

"What's more, the Manchus were not savages in the forest, since the time of the old slaves, the Manchus have been constantly learning the Han system. When it came to Huangtaiji, there was a literary hall, which was later changed to the inner three courtyards; Obtained firearms craftsmen from rebellious places such as Kong Youde, and the artillery made was better than that of the official army...... In this way, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has changed from a tribe in the mountains and forests to a huge thing in the Central Plains today, and every step is learning from the Han people! ”

"Could it be that Wen Tian and Wu Huan are civilized? Concise and efficient is barbarism? ”

"I think it's the world's definition of civilization that's wrong. Empty poems and songs, four bodies and six, that is not civilization, but the vampire of civilization. ”

"The reason why Huaxia is stronger than the barbarians of the Quartet is because the Huaxia people have advanced weapons, a large food population, and a perfect system that can receive more taxes from all over the country, rather than those things that moan without disease."

If this is heard by a Confucian scholar, he will definitely come up with the set of "not in danger in Germany" to persuade the emperor, but Li Dingguo was originally from the Western Army, which sounds quite reasonable.

"The reason why the father-in-law is interested in the dog... No, the officials and the army can be so devastating, isn't that exactly the case? The officers and soldiers can't even pay their salaries, and the Xiying can at least ensure that everyone is full, even if it is cannon fodder, there are two meals of gruel. ”

Li Dingguo turned around and sighed at the foreign sky.

"If it was at the beginning of the country, the soldiers were well fed, and they were naturally not afraid of the little Dongyu, but now they have fallen one by one;"

"There are many people in the east, strong soldiers, and many financial resources. The Ming Dynasty has few people and weak soldiers, and the treasury can run mice. Who is civilized and who is barbaric? ”

"If the side with few people, weak soldiers, and no wealth in the treasury is civilized, then are the Chinese ancestors barbaric?"

Yes, if barbarism is more advanced than civilization, and barbarism is stronger than civilization. So civilization is still civilization, barbarism is still barbarism?

"The minister doesn't dare to talk about this!" Li Dingguo bowed and bowed.