After returning from the lake, Zhu Jishi, who returned to the imperial city of Hanoi, was talking to Luo Zenan while drinking tea slowly, saying that it was an imperial city, and the luxury was probably inferior to a Hou Mansion in the Ming Dynasty. And all the palaces are low, as if they are shrunken dwarven palaces.

These days, he still stayed in Hanoi and did not leave in order to sit in the town, not because of the war with the Nguyen Dynasty, the Nguyen Dynasty was vulnerable, no matter how much trickery he played, it was useless, and he could only be crushed in the face of absolute strength. However, there is one thing that he must personally supervise, and that is the unprecedented mass migration. If he didn't personally stare at this matter, nine times out of ten it would be yellow. The way he is engaged in Beiqi is militaristic fascism! If it was the Japanese emperor and Tokugawa shogun, of course there would be no problem with this, and the following group of samurai would definitely come up with red eyes for half a load and half a load to kill people and set fires.

But the problem is that the Ming court is full of Confucian scholars and doctors who talk about conscience, and Emperor Zhu's current behavior seems to some of them to be magical! The exhortation flew to Hanoi like snowflakes and was placed on Emperor Zhu's desk, part of which was to persuade him to be gentle and gentle, and to use etiquette to educate the Yue people.

In fact, there is nothing to educate, Vietnam was originally a country ruled by Confucianism, but Vietnam's Confucian Loyal Nguyen Dynasty and loyal to the Southern Empire.

Historically, since the Song Dynasty, the Central Plains regime has been suffering losses in Vietnam, and in the eyes of the gentry and officials in the north, occupying Hanoi is not equivalent to winning the war. Because it is easy to take Hanoi, it is difficult to control the situation in the whole of Beiqi, unless the Ming army will always guard the 100,000-strong army here, and spend a large amount of money and grain in Vietnam year after year.

And to this day. Another military report from Da Nang arrived. 6,000 Chinese and French troops have occupied Hue. Emperor Nguyen Phuc Thi committed suicide in the palace of Hue royal family. Now the French are looking for a suitable candidate to succeed to the throne. Their first choice was none other than Nguyen Phuc Anh Nh, the son of Nguyen Phuc Nh Jong, who had become a fool in Nam Dinh (he was also at the Hung Dao Wat Temple, so he was shot).

"Strategist, what about the candidates proposed by the French?" Zhu Jishi put down the teacup and looked at Luo Zenan.

Luo Zenan gently shook the folding fan, and when he heard the question, he snorted softly: "Don't ask, it's definitely not good for us." This Nguyen Phuc Anh Ru is still young, but his mother is still there. The emperor made the family widowed at a young age, can people not hate? ”

Saying that, he shook his head again: "But whether you hate or not is that, what the emperor did in Beiqi, can you still expect the Yue people to be grateful?" ”

"Alright, so be it...... If the French want to buy people's hearts, let them take it, we only need the territory, and everything will be good when we get the territory. ”

Zhu Jishi paused and said, "By the way, there is one more thing...... Zheng Shi's father died, and it was her uncle who took the throne in April. Military Division. Why don't you go to Bangkok with Duke Pakon and pay my respects to King Rama III. There may also be some Siamese students to bring back. ”

"Siamese students?" Luo Zenan seemed a little puzzled, "Is it to enter Jishi University?" Now there are only four universities in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Yingtian in the country, and our own students can't get in. ”

The start of the new type of education was very difficult, and it was only in 1872, the fourth year after the Meiji Restoration, that the "School System Order" was promulgated, and the new education pilot was started, and the plan was to establish eight universities across the country. However, it was not until 1877 that Japan's first university, the University of Tokyo, was established. Although the Ming Dynasty is much richer than Japan after the Meiji Restoration, the knowledge of Western studies among its subjects is far inferior to that of the Japanese, and the talents who can be used as teachers of new schools are even rarer. Almost all of the teachers in universities and even academies (equivalent to middle schools) are foreigners, and as for the primary school, it cannot be opened because there are no teachers, and only one Huangcheng Public School under construction includes a new primary school curriculum.

However, it is gratifying that with the opening of the Ming Dynasty and the emergence of a large number of new commercial houses and factories. The demand for new talents in the Ming society has stimulated the interest of some scholars in learning new learning, and the enrollment situation of colleges and universities is much better than a few years ago. That's why Luo Zenan asked.

Zhu Jishi smiled and said, "Not only to recruit students from Siam, but also to run schools in Siam." ”

"Oh?" Luo Zenan looked at Zhu Jishi suspiciously, obviously wanting to hear what Zhu Jishi was fighting to harm the Siamese people.

Zhu Jishi said: "Military advisor, Siam is a country where Buddhism is prosperous, everyone believes in Buddhism there, and all men have to become monks. In Siam, the status of Buddhism is similar to that of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty. But I want to turn Siam into a country where both Buddhism and Confucianism are important.

In the coming decades, tens of millions of Ming expatriates will move to Siam, the vast majority of whom will be poor peasants who have not read much. I don't want them to lose their true character as the descendants of Yan and Huang if they believe in Buddhism like the Siamese people and take pride in becoming monks. He asked them to read some sage books, and asked them to always remember that they were Chinese and subjects of the Daming. Moreover, I also wanted to send the brilliant people of the Zheng family in Siam to China to study the Confucian classics and Western practical learning, and train them to be pro-Ming and Confucian. ”

Luo Zenan frowned and said: "Confucianism may not be pro-Ming, isn't Confucianism flourishing in Vietnam?" ”

Zhu Jishi smiled slightly and said: "Isn't it good that Confucianism is flourishing in Vietnam? If it weren't for the Confucian students of Vietnam, how could I have been able to go to Hanoi? ”

Luo Zenan smiled bitterly: "The emperor is saying that it is useless for us to wait for Confucianism......"

Zhu Jishi smiled: "I advocate that middle school is the foundation, and Western learning is used." Confucianism can be based on it, but it is not a practical study that can be applied to the world. Vietnam's defeat lies in the abandonment of Western learning for use, rather than adhering to the roots of Confucianism. ”

He looked at Luo Zenan seriously: "I have always advocated the promotion of Confucianism, but promoting it is not the same as superstition, Confucianism is a great principle, an idea, not a practical science. The Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Ly Dynasty of Korea, and the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam all regarded Confucianism as practical learning, and Western learning of the world as a trick and trick. Now that both the Manchu and Li dynasties have perished, and the Nguyen dynasty has actually died, isn't this a profound lesson? ”

Luo Zenan nodded: "The minister understands the emperor's hard work." ”

Seeing the defeat of Confucianism in Vietnam, Luo Zenan already knew that the use of Taoism and Western learning could not be abandoned, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would be another Vietnam. He thought for a moment and then said, "Could it be that the emperor wants to practice Buddhism and Confucianism in Siam?" ”

Zhu Jishi shook his head: "The Buddha is still Confucian, Confucianism or Western, all in Siam and not I can force it, I just do my best." I should not only promote Confucianism in Siam, but also in Lanfang, in Malaya, in Burma, in the Dutch East Indies, in the Philippines, in Australia, and in the United States. Because only in this way will the Chinese always be Chinese and the people of my Ming Dynasty. If they do not study Confucianism but believe in Christianity and Slavism, then it is difficult to say whether they are still Chinese or not subjects of Shu. For example, the Siamese Zheng clan, although they also call themselves the Chinese Zheng Xin, but they believe in Buddhism and do not worship Confucianism, and they are no longer Chinese.

In the final analysis, this Confucianism is used to unite all Chinese, the principles and ideas of all Daming subjects, just like Turkey's Y Slanism, like Western Catholicism, Christianity, Judaism, and Siamese Buddhism. ”

Luo Zenan looked at Zhu Jishi, he felt that he had fully understood the thoughts of this Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven seemed to want to read Confucianism as a Buddhist scripture. There is no problem in chanting Buddha and burning incense, but whoever wants to govern the country in strict accordance with the principles of the Buddhist scriptures, even if this country does not die, it is a weak country that is half dead, and even strong countries such as Mongolia and Tibet have been fooled by Buddhism. However, countries such as China and Japan, which believe in Buddhism without using Buddhism and have no intention of reciting sutras, can still be mixed. (To be continued......)