Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Family and the State (II)
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It's just that not long after, the news of the Battle of the Ryukyus reached the capital again, making the original sensation caused by these people once again stir up the capital after it had just calmed down.
The first major event of destroying 3,000 enemies, beheading 900, capturing the main general, and beheading the deputy general is naturally His Majesty the Emperor; The second merit is that the governor is strategizing and winning thousands of miles away; Gong again is the one who really kills the enemy.
But even this matter is not small, according to the report sent by the governor of Fujian, not to mention the removal of water, the captured Kayama Hidaka is a figure who has appeared in North Korea.
The most important thing is to maintain the tributary system of the Celestial Empire, and if Ryukyu is captured by the Japanese people, it will inevitably be a little unreasonable.
Where could the ministers have thought of such a thing as a monopoly of trade, they do not have this vision. The same thing, different people see differently, it depends on values. It's nothing more than a copy of such a thing as buying a pearl and returning a pearl and not being righteous to jade.
However, the ministers were not pedantic, and although the notes sent to them said that these people admired Wang Hua and the like, the ministers also knew that this was nothing more than a flaunt to obtain a license for trade.
After a little consideration, the cabinet minister Ye Xianggao felt that there was indeed no harm in this matter. In this way, he thought, trade between the group and Japan would be cut off; And since these people are here for trade, as long as they hold the dead hole of trade, they can make these people bow down and obey orders.
In the previous exchange, I also heard that the homeland of these people is tens of thousands of miles away from here, and it is common for them to die of illness along the way, and it is even more common for sailboats to be missing, Ye Xianggao is not worried about these people spying on Sheji, otherwise these people will not send things like muskets...... At least that's what he thought.
Now the southern coast is full of chaos, the rebellion of the Japanese has not been calm, the country is full of famines, the coastal garrison is unbearable, and the guards are deserted...... If you can really borrow the help of a teacher, it is indeed a good thing, and you can have a lot of money and food left every year. Moreover, these people were tens of thousands of miles away and came from trade, Ye Xianggao felt that this was a means that could be used, using trade as a threat to let this group of people guard against the Japanese on the coast.
Basically, these things that Ye Xianggao thinks about have some diplomatic thinking, and he knows how to use external forces or trade relations to achieve some goals. Normally, this choice is undoubtedly correct, and the judgment is also correct, but what I didn't take into account was that Jian Chen was not for the profit of trade, not only was he spying on the society, but he had already begun to prepare.
This is an unexpected and completely incomprehensible mind, and it is normal to be unexpected.
In any case, the First Battle of the Ryukyus also made some of the original opposition voices much smaller. In the general sense, these people are not the kind of rebels and thieves, and if they stand on the righteousness, many people who are stupid in reading will be greatly supported.
After confirming that this was true, the Ministry of Rites had to consider such things as offering prisoners, rewarding those scholars who had submitted their pens in the newspapers, raising the standard of reception, and so on.
The captives can't be sent by Chen Jian, and this little thing is not enough to turn the tribute into a gift, the simple difference between the two words involves ideology, which is the foundation of the country and Taoism, and it must not be changed.
If you really turn the word tribute into a gift, it means that you admit that the Celestial Empire system has collapsed, and it is impossible to change as long as the Dao system is still here.
The only thing that can be changed, that is, some reception etiquette, can be appropriately relaxed, mutual respect can be made, and there is no need to bow three times and bow nine times like in the Ryukyus and North Korea.
The news came and went, and it was not until Chen Jian entered the Bohai Sea and landed in Dengzhou that he received a reaction to the Battle of the Ryukyus.
The people who accompanied the boat had a very pleasant journey, eating and drinking all the way without spending money, and they went along the coast without much wind and waves.
After a short stay in Dengzhou, local officials also came to join in the excitement and held a banquet. Chen Jian used the excuse of not adapting to the water and soil and the tiring boats and boats, and stayed in Dengzhou for a few days and walked around.
Sun Yuanhua, who followed Chen Jian to the north, could not have known at this time that if nothing had changed, this place would be a turning point in his life and the starting point for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to enter the gunpowder age.
Chen Jian stood on the seashore and looked north for a while, but he couldn't see anything, but he knew that the opposite side was Liaodi.
Now Nurhachi is not strong enough to shock the Ming court, at most he sells ginseng mink skin to show off his muscles in order to sell it for a few more money.
Today, there has not been the cannibalistic famine in Dengzhou, and there is no scene of thousands of miles of red land, but it is also fast, three or five years at most.
After watching it for a long time, the people who followed him didn't know what Jian Chen was looking at, so Sun Yuanhua said, "Sir, but look at Penglai Wonderland again?" ”
"No matter how beautiful the fairyland is, it will not be in the world in the end."
One sentence bypassed this topic, called Sun Yuanhua to his side and said, "Chuyang, what can you see when you look north?" ”
"I can't see anything but the sea."
"But in fact, across the sea, there was a Liao that made Song Jie Tan Yuan; Jin who made Song Jing Kang ashamed; Now I hear that the north side is not settled either? ”
"Yes, it's not been a day or two since Liao Chao built a chieftain, but it's hard to become a climate."
"Perhaps. If one day those people on the other side really become Liao and Jin, they will be a choke point under their feet. As long as the navy is strong, it can make them exhausted. It's just that I'm an outsider after all, and now I'm a gentleman who gives you a ride, and I also hope that you can use the skills you have learned where they should be used. ”
Sun Yuanhua smiled and said: "Sir, with all due respect, it is said that Mr. is not of my race, why should Mr. think about these things?" ”
"For the sake of fewer deaths. You know I'm soft-hearted. The war is chaotic and the wife is separated, which is a bad thing after all. In addition, the land to the north is sparsely populated, and those corn, soybeans, and sorghum can be planted in the north, so how many people can survive? ”
"In a bitter cold place, I'm afraid it's difficult."
"It's always okay to summarize the methods and improve the seeds. Besides, even if there is fishing and hunting, deep mountains and old forests, there are many fish and fat beasts, and they will not starve to death for a while. You also read the books I showed you the other day. In the so-called 300-year cycle of chaos, where can the rate of land increase keep up with the growth of population? Where is the way out? ”
Consciously taught some knowledge of scientific analysis, Sun Yuanhua accepted it quickly, and the logical thinking exercised in geometry and algebra allowed him to accept some new things.
Thinking of some things that Chen Jian seemed to have inadvertently instilled before, Sun Yuanhua thought for a moment and said: "Mr. is right, if you ask for a way out, I'm afraid there is only one way to reclaim the wasteland." Just going to sea is a crime, and moving without permission is also a big crime, this ...... This ......"
There are some things he doesn't dare to say yet, and he still can't turn this corner in his heart. It is said that Huayi argues, and those who go to sea are considered Hua or Yi? But if he didn't go to sea and didn't reclaim the famine, the things he learned before that made his heart beat might really be repeated again: Sun Yuanhua accepted the concept that after each war and disaster, the population would decrease, and then the per capita land would increase, ushering in a prosperous era. With the annexation of land and the increase in population...... It seems that there is only one way left for the world to be in turmoil.
However, at this time, there are very few people who think of these things. And what Sun Yuanhua was shocked was that he originally believed in the loss of morality and the change of ownership of the world, but in front of these truths, he became naked.
It can be explained by the immorality and the fact that the artifact is easier to use and the number of days has changed. It can also be explained by a more brutal and straightforward truth.
And what he has to do is to choose one of these two interpretations to believe. It's just that the latter is too easy to convince people, especially some people who have the ability to think logically, Sun Yuanhua doesn't want to admit it, but the tendency in his heart is already obvious.
Teach students according to their aptitude, use the concept of struggle and resistance for those who are bitter and hateful, guide those who have the world in their hearts, and use ideals to lure those who are free and romantic.
In any case, the truth is the truth after all, and when there is a disagreement between the current truth and the previous truth, even if it is just when you start to consider which is right, in fact, people's hearts have quietly changed, but they don't know it yet.
If it was in the past, if it was usual, if it was someone else, Chen Jian would have been able to kill himself with a sentence of three hundred years of chaos cycle, and at least this trip to the capital would not have been successful. But now that he said this sentence seemingly unintentionally, Sun Yuanhua didn't realize how much of a crime this was, but began to think about the future from this unforgivable sentence.
Chen Jian observed silently, and was secretly happy to see that Sun Yuanhua did not immediately raise objections or refutes his words of cursing the imperial court.
After a while, he said: "Chuyang, I hope you can read the sage book again and go to the imperial examination, don't you have a saying that if you reach the world, you will help the world?" That's it. It's just that you have to figure out what the hell is in the world. ”
"Sir, this is hard to think of."
"yes, it's hard to think. Are the victims of the disaster in Fujian part of the world? The answer I thought was not the same as the answer I saw. It is said that the world is the world, what is this world? ”
Sun Yuanhua bowed his head and said silently, and Chen Jian said again: "One day, if you are an official, you will be a shepherd." It is the food of the king, the loyalty of the king, that is what the gentleman does. However, where did Jun Zhilu come from? It didn't fall from the sky, did it? ”
"Sir, of course I know this, it's all taxes for tens of millions of people."
"That's a surprise. I've only heard of parents, so could it be that this parent wants to take food from the baby's hand? Who are the parents? Who is a baby? ”
"Sir, what you say is getting more and more frightening."
"Is it a fear of illness? Or are you afraid of doctors? I'm not Bian Que, but you're Cai Huangong. If you want me to say, it's a matter of eating the country and being loyal to the country. I just asked you what the world is, and now I ask you what your country is. ”
Sun Yuanhua recalled these two words that seemed to be similar, but when he thought about them carefully, they were not very similar, and he became more and more puzzled.
"What is the country? What is the world? Monarch...... Father...... ...... days"
He muttered for a long time, and seemed to see some eyebrows, but they quickly disappeared. Those strange thoughts, which made Sun Yuanhua suddenly feel fear, were like bells and wheat, growing wildly, and they looked no different from wheat. tillered, flowered, grouted...... It wasn't until the time it turned out that it was no longer the original wheat field.