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There are many foreign scholars who have praised the route of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and after a while, when the deeds of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom reach Europe, I am afraid that they will attract more appreciation and praise.

However, Zhu Jishi knew very well that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was taking a wrong path. Whether it is the religion of worshipping God or the praised "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System", it is not as good as it seems, and it will lead the kingdom of heaven to a dead end in the end. This vigorous peasant uprising, which went astray from the beginning, also determined that they would not become the most victorious in this troubled era.

As for Zhu Jishi's current practice of "middle school first, Western learning for use", although it has also been proven by history to fail. However, the new policies implemented by Zhu Ming now far exceed the Westernization Movement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history, and even exceed the Meiji Restoration in Japan. More importantly, the beginning of Zhu's New Deal was also much earlier than the Westernization Movement in history, and the Western powers did not have time to tie the hands and feet of the Zhu Ming Kingdom with the shackles of unequal treaties. Therefore, Zhu Jishi did not think that the failure of the Manchu Westernization Movement would be repeated in Zhu Ming.

And the question of "fundamentally" and "completely" overthrowing Confucianism and rebuilding the foundation of Chinese thought. Zhu Jishi never thought about it, because he came from later generations, and he didn't know what ideas to use to replace Confucianism. Of course, a certain idea written in the constitution in later generations is very good, but Zhu Jishi's understanding of it is very limited, and he does not know its essence at all, except for the revolutionary struggle tactics such as "political power comes out of the barrel of a gun" and "the countryside surrounds the city". As for Marx's truth, it certainly cannot be applied to the Ming Dynasty that implements the monarchical system.

As for Zhu Jishi's "Jesseism" packaged with the European "nation-state theory" as the core. In fact, a religion, ideology, and culture are also needed as important tools for Chinese national identity. Confucianism is now the religion, thought, and culture that the vast majority of Chinese recognize. If it is destroyed. If there is no substitute for it, there will be no nation-state.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jishi smiled faintly: "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom wants to destroy the Confucian road and replace it with the way of Jesus Christ, and what Hong Yang is doing is the Christian system of the integration of politics and religion, the unity of man and God, and the integration of military and government, which is quite close to the system of the Papal State of Rome...... In Europe. But no one thought that the Pope could lead the rise of Italy. If those foreign devils had seen the various systems of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with their own eyes, they would definitely treat them as barbarians. ”

Of course, Confucianism has all its shortcomings, and it is true that this is one of the reasons for the weakening of China's conservatism. However, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing's worship of God is more advanced than Confucianism?

He waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "King Lone's opinion is the same as Zuo Xiang's, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's destruction of Confucianism and revival of religion is self-defeating!" Now is just the beginning of the rise, everything is attentive, everyone works hard, in order to achieve such an achievement, persevering, will inevitably be revealed. Destroyed by me! ”

Li Hongzhang frowned and thought about it, he already understood that Zhu Jishi was ready to last with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. So he no longer insisted on his own opinion, and said in a loud voice: "The king is wise! In one word, it breaks through the essence of heaven. When His Majesty was in Jinan, he heard that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is now one country and two masters, one religion and two gods, which is really the way to take trouble. ”

Zhu Jishi nodded with a smile, although Hong Renji tried his best to show the unity of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom when he visited before, but the change of Tianjing is such a big pit, how could Zhu Jishi not know the Tao? Now that even Lin Zexu knows that there are one country and two lords within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it seems that Yang Xiuqing's fox tail has long been cocked to the sky.

"Li Qing, tell me what you think." Zhu Jishi smiled approvingly at Li Hongzhang. In fact, he had already made up his mind a long time ago, and now that he saw Li Hongzhang thinking of it with himself, he didn't grab credit with his subordinates. Taking all the credit on yourself is not the way of a king.

Li Hongzhang said: "Your Majesty, your subordinates are willing to send an envoy to Luoyang to congratulate King Hong Tian, and discuss with King Hong Tian about the opening of Xiangyang Mutual Market." ”

The internal struggle of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in this time and space is different from that in history, and the Heavenly King and the Eastern King are not together, so it is unlikely that the "Tianjing Incident" will kill each other behind closed doors. The most likely thing to happen is that Yang Xiuqing led his troops back to Luoyang in the name of the Qing monarch's side, forcing Hong Xiuquan to give way. Therefore, Zhu Ming could sell foreign guns and cannons to Hong Xiuquan through the Xiangyang Mutual Market to strengthen his strength to resist Yang Xiuqing.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates feel that you can let Shaoquan escort Concubine Hong back to Luoyang Province." Luo Zenan smiled and suggested, "After all, Hong Xiuquan has a great merit in driving out the Tartars, and he should be ranked as a prince." ”

Treating Sect Master Hong as a prince was Zhu Jishi's previous policy, and now that he is mentioning it again, it is naturally of great significance. If Hong Xiuquan was forced by Yang Xiuqing to flee to Zhu Ming and become Zhu Ming's prince, the belief in worshipping God would naturally be shattered. Without faith and the support of Confucianism, what does Yang Xiuqing use to unite the team and unite people's hearts?

Thinking of the pride in his place, Zhu Jishi nodded heavily: "Just according to what the military advisor said." Hong Xiuquan has the merit of driving out the Tartars, and if they can get along, the lonely king will live up to it. ”

This is true, as long as Sect Master Hong can come, what Japanese Lori, Western, African black girl, keep everything.

"Your Majesty, Counsellor Rodri, HSBC Bank Taipan William and Tang Qiwen ask to see you." Weng Tongyi, the secretary of the imperial study, pushed the door and walked in.

Rod Riggs, Skopel. William and Tang Qiwen are the heads of Zhu Ming's financial work. Zhu Ming's finances were personally controlled by Zhu Jishi, and the three were not cabinet members. Rod Riggs has the guise of an adviser minister, but is actually Zhu Jishi's personal economic adviser. Skopel. William did not have any official position or title, he was purely a professional manager. In addition to serving as the second senior of HSBC, Tong is also the chairman of the newly established Association of Banks and a member of the Constituent Assembly, but he has no formal official position.

"Invite them in." Zhu Jishi smiled at Zuo Zongtang, Luo Zenan and Li Hongzhang, "You all stay and listen, financial matters are not trivial matters in Western countries, we have to grasp it firmly." ”

said that it was us, but in fact, it was in the hands of Zhu Jishi alone, and no one else was allowed to touch it at all, and even the cabinet couldn't control it.

"Sit down and talk."

The three of them walked in and bowed, and Zhu Jishi asked them to sit down next to the desk, and then asked, "How is the Qianzhuang business in Liangjiang?" ”

Of course, the meaning of "rectification" is not "collapse and death", but to take advantage of the opportunity of the Liangjiang financial crisis to rectify and integrate them into the financial system with HSBC's behavior as the core. In this way, Zhu Jishi was able to use HSBC to control the financial affairs of Liangjiang, thereby indirectly controlling the economic lifeline of Liangjiang. This is Zhu Jishi's method of mastering Guangdong's economy, and now he is using it in Liangjiang according to the cat's painting.

As for the significance of manipulating a country's finances, it cannot be overemphasized.

Now that Zhu Ming's territory has suddenly expanded several times, his control over the following is naturally not as strong as when he was only in Guangdong Province. Therefore, the topic of strengthening the rule was placed in front of the Zhu Ming clique. Unlike the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the north, Zhu Ming did not follow the path of overturning and starting over, but gradually improved. It is hoped that without tearing down China's economic and social foundation, China's industrial revolution will be gradually completed and the country will embark on the road of modernization.

In order to achieve this goal, Zhu Ming's current reform is to advance from the military, politics, and economy at the same time. Military reform was the easiest, because Zhu Ming's army was originally a new army, everything started from scratch, and there was no historical baggage of rules and regulations, so from the beginning, it imitated Western standards and built a fully Westernized army with the help of a vote of Western military strategists.

The resistance to political reform is the greatest, because Zhu Jishi has no way to throw away the "middle school" book – and even if he could, Zhu Jishi could not find an ideological thing to replace it. I don't know where the new house is, and of course I can't burn down the old house, so I have to repair it carefully.

The basis of politics is the economy, and the so-called economic base determines the superstructure. The gentry were gentry not only because they were well-versed in the Confucian classics, but because they were both landlords and intellectuals, and many were also engaged in commerce. China's economic lifeline is actually in the hands of these people.

Therefore, Zhu Jishi's first step in reforming Zhu Ming's political economy was to control the core of the economic lifeline - the financial industry. (To be continued......)