The new book "The Rise of Great Powers 1900" seeks collection.

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Temple of Heaven, Beijing.

In the eighth year of Longwu, the cold wind in February could not suppress the heat of everyone, Zhu Cihong wore the clothes of the ancient emperor, and under the guidance of the old ceremonial official of the Confucian family, he carried out the procedures of worshipping the sky in a regular manner.

There were many envoys to watch the ceremony, and among the forces of the Ming Dynasty, Li Dingguo sent his son to come, and Kui Dongjun also sent a group of representatives.

Among the foreign forces, the king of Korea sent his son Li Young, the Japanese sent a big man, the Ryukyus sent a prince, the Vietnamese Nguyen lord Nguyen Phuc Binh also sent a young son, Vietnam Cao Ping Mo sent a prince, Cambodia sent a military general, Siam sent a son, and the Mon and Shan people in Burma all sent people.

Even the Dutch sent a representative to watch the ceremony, but the powerful ministers of the Vietnamese who ordered the princes of the Son of Heaven did not send anyone to come, and the representatives of the Nguyen family, the princes Nguyen Phuc Shun and Cao Binh Mo, all united under the banner of disrespecting the Son of Heaven and demanded that all the princes of the alliance send troops to fight.

The delegates have agreed.

As soon as the banner of respecting the king was raised, some people did not give face like this.

At the same time, the princes have already agreed that in the future, there will be a meeting every three years and an alliance every ten years, which will be used to resolve the contradictions and disputes between countries.

The Koreans raised the issue of Jeju Island, but when Yang Chao occupied Jeju Island, North Korea refused to hand it over on the grounds of loyalty to the Manchus, and the Koreans said that they were forced to do so, and after repeatedly being bruised several times, Yang Chao agreed to come down, and this place could be returned to North Korea, so that the North Koreans could set up officials to manage, but the horse farm that had been enclosed was regarded as private property and was not collected, and the harbor built by the Ming Navy was handed over to the Navy for a hundred years.

Where did the North Koreans dare to disagree, on the contrary, their representatives took this as a great diplomatic victory. I was complacent.

Immediately, the Koreans raised their opposition to the Japanese joining the alliance, for the simple reason that the Japanese did not meet the rule of respecting the king. Because the Japanese king pretended to be the king of heaven, there was only one emperor in China, and there was no emperor in China, and the Japanese were disrespectful to the son of heaven, and the Koreans even proposed to send troops to conscript Japan, a country that was not subject to it.

Yang Chao immediately brought it up. asked the king of Japan to remove the title of emperor and canonize the emperor of Japan by the Chinese emperor instead, but the Japanese refused, so he was directly invited out of the alliance.

It can be said that this was another great political victory for the Koreans, expelling the feuding Japanese from the Chinese world.

Other countries have agreed to join the Chinese world, but the obligation they must undertake is to respect the king, the brocade clothes, and the rites and music, that is, to follow the Chinese system, when there is a need, send troops and change their clothing. For the time being, they were only asked to change their official uniforms, not to disturb the people, and at the same time to formulate a system that was in line with Chinese culture, and Yang Chao was willing to send advisers to help them.

Obviously, these conditions are not a problem for Korea, the Ryukyus and Vietnam, they originally met the requirements, and Korea's proximity to China was basically assimilated except for the language, and they even used Hanzi in their history books, and they used Chinese era names for their year names; For most of its history, Vietnam was directly ruled by the Central Plains Dynasty. It also left a whole set of systems; Basically, the Ryukyus were able to build an organized state by bringing in human resources from China.

But the Mon and Shan ethnic groups in Cambodia, Siam, and Burma, which are influenced by both Indian and Chinese civilizations, or even more by Indian civilizations, are not very advantageous, especially when it comes to sending advisers to help them reform their systems. The impact is huge.

But they agreed after weighing it, just change into official uniforms, everyone is not wearing their own clothes when they go to court, what they don't take into account is that the preferences of the upper class will slowly affect the people. Although the issue of reforming the bureaucratic system is very large, it is likely to provoke a strong backlash. But if you look at the strength of the Ming Dynasty, you will know that reform is also beneficial.

It's just that without benefits, they will never agree to reform, and the benefits they get are the protection of Huaxia, that is, a sense of security.

The countries that join the alliance are not allowed to invade each other, which is actually to restrain the force of the Ming Dynasty.

For Siam, which has always been threatened by Myanmar, and Nguyen and Mo, who have been threatened by the Trung clan in Vietnam, this has a considerable attraction.

The Ryukyus, who have always relied on the protection of the Ming Dynasty, and the Meng and Shan people, who have just been restored, need this security.

That's why these countries agreed.

In fact, Siam has always wanted direct trade with China, and they can export grain, timber, spices and various specialties in exchange for various products of the Ming Dynasty.

Only Japan is a little worried about the outflow of silver, of course, they have not joined the EU, so they have no obligation, but if they dare to ban trade, Yang Chao feels that he should talk to them.

In fact, the desire of the Japanese to join the alliance is very strong, as an island country, there has always been a strong sense of isolation psychologically, extremely eager to be recognized by others, so there will be a matter of impersonating China, so that it is directly recognized as the country of China, the opportunity to be included in the Chinese system, they can't ask for it, but let them remove the emperor's name, the impact is too great, it is simply unacceptable, and can only leave the Ming Dynasty with a deep loss.

After the sacrifice of the Son of Heaven, Yang Chao took the representatives of North Korea and other countries to the Temple of Heaven, burned the text, made an oath, and told God that the countries of China are all brothers, the Ming Dynasty is a brother, and the countries are brothers, love each other, and help each other.

The ceremony lasted for three days, after which Zhu Cihong, who was recognized as the emperor of China, moved into the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City in Beijing and the Imperial Palace in Nanjing later belonged to Zhu Tianzi's domain.

As for income, every year each country will pay tribute to the Son of Heaven according to different sizes, the Ming Kingdom is the largest, paying three million taels of silver to the Son of Heaven every year, the Koreans are the second, they pay a tribute of one million taels, Siamese and Nguyen are three, and the tribute is 300,000 taels, and the Mon, Shan, Mo, and Ryukyu are four, and the annual tribute is 100,000 taels.

It can be said that the Son of Heaven will not be too poor.

Moreover, Zhu Cihong obtained a common recognition in front of the princes, and he obtained a talisman, a talisman that would not be killed by Yang Chao, which has never been seen in the change of dynasty in Chinese history.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong is one of the biggest beneficiaries of this alliance.

Of course, it was not he who benefited the most, nor did he achieve the status of a second-class country and drove out Korea, which had a feud with Japan, but the Nguyen lords of Vietnam, who were canonized by the Son of Heaven, obtained the title of the king of South Vietnam in history, and determined the border with the Ming Dynasty. With the Saigon River as the boundary, Saigon Province, which was expanded by the Ming Dynasty on the Mekong River, was not allowed to expand northward.

Other beneficiaries were the Mon and Shan, who established their state, and the Mon restored the Baigu dynasty. He was canonized as the king of Baigu County, and the capital was Baigu (Bago), and the Shan people were the kings of Awa County, with the capital of Ava (Mandalay).

However, some people think that Yang Chao's interests have been infringed, and he has only established the title of King of the Ming Dynasty canonized by Zhu Cihuan. Many pro-Yang Chao forces have spoken in the newspapers, openly saying that the king of the Ming Dynasty (Yang Chao) should call himself the Son of Heaven and accept the dynasty of all countries, rather than succumbing to a king, saying that the king of the Ming Dynasty expelled the Tartars and deserved to win the country, and the Zhu family should give up the country.

But Yang Chao immediately published a statement in the newspaper, saying that he swore to respect the Son of Heaven. The descendants of the Yang family can never be disobeyed.

Just kidding, Yang Chao didn't make a profit?

Yang Chao has gained great benefits.

The first is to complete its own political concept, and initially pull most of the countries of the East into a unified system.

The second solved the domestic ** forces, and during the negotiation, Yang Chao gave Li Dingguo two choices, one was to demote the title, from the king of Jin to the prince of Jin to get a thousand hectares of fiefdom, and the army accepted Yang Chao's incorporation and became a member of Yang Chao; The second is to let him break the soil in northern Myanmar and take charge of the ** Tusi north of the Ava Kingdom.

Li Dingguo accepted the second option. He retained the army, was awarded the title of King of Zhennan County, and became one of the Chinese feudal states, paying an annual tribute of 100,000 silver or local products of equivalent value to the Son of Heaven. And when the Son of Heaven was called, he sent troops to fight.

The Kui Dong Army accepted the incorporation of the army and moved to Sichuan as a whole to settle down, and of course they were also given titles ranging from earls to barons, and enjoyed a certain amount of farmland.

Five years after the Commonwealth Alliance.

Yang Chao never got out of the customs.

Dolgon led the Eight Banners to integrate the south and north of the desert into an iron plate, claiming to control 400,000 strings. Repeatedly tentatively attacked the side wall, but were repelled by the Ming army.

In recent years, the economic situation has become better and better, with the beginning of the alliance, in the five years of China, the financial revenue of the Ming Kingdom reached 80 million taels of silver, and 100 million taels of bonds could also be issued, part of which was used to repay old debts, and part of which was used for financial expenditure.

Various industries have appeared large-scale handicraft workshop-based business model, especially the textile industry, the textile industry is the best cotton spinning industry in Songjiang, Wusong port imports more than 10 million taels of Indian cotton value every year, the most ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty, as long as there is a job, can also add a cotton clothes every year.

The shipbuilding industry is also very developed, with Longjiang Shipyard as the leader, after Yao Jiangtou bought the Dutch shipyard in Taiwan, he also invited many Dutch craftsmen, inherited the standardized shipbuilding methods of the Dutch, and began to be able to compete head-on with the Dutch shipyard in Batavia, and began to snatch orders from the Dutch merchants.

The reason for the development of the shipbuilding industry is the development of the transportation industry, after the opening of the sea ban, the maritime merchants of Jiangnan, Fujian and Guangdong became active, with the maritime merchants of Fujian being the most powerful, from Nanyang to Japan they accounted for more than 60% of the trade volume, the maritime merchants of Guangdong were mainly engaged in the trade of the South Seas, and the maritime merchants of Jiangnan were mainly engaged in the trade of Korea and Japan.

The Dutch also greatly strengthened the development of the eastern route, and the fleet of the Dutch East India Company engaged in the triangular trade from India to China and Japan rapidly expanded from hundreds to thousands.

Because of the vigorous management of the Dutch, they almost monopolized the entrepot trade between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, whether it was Chinese maritime merchants or Western companies, they could not compete with them, the British never opened the situation, became a pirate of opportunity, and as a result, they were strangled by the Ming and the Dutch, and even their strongholds in India were pulled out one by one, so that the British completely lost their foothold in the East.

Maritime trade has grown in five years, and the import and export trade volume of China has reached 50 million taels in five years, mainly with the internal trade of China, and the domestic trade of the Ming Dynasty has exceeded this number, and the domestic trade volume in the coastal areas has reached 100 million taels every year.

However, Daming's trade is still in a surplus state, with an annual surplus of 10 million taels of silver, and Yang Chao has begun to consider whether to restrict silver imports, because Daming Bank's deposit has reached 100 million taels, and the credit is extremely strong. It doesn't seem to take much silver.

The economy of Jiangnan and the coastal areas has been transformed, and the urban population has begun to increase dramatically, and it is not uncommon for large cities such as Suzhou, Nanjing, and Yangzhou to have a population of more than one million, and even cities such as Songjiangfu, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou have also become million-dollar cities. It seems to herald an unstoppable tide.

The economy of the interior has returned to its original prosperity, and Huguang has once again become the granary of the Ming Dynasty, and Huguang is rich in the world, because of the grain support of Huguang, as well as more than 20 million quintals of grain imported by overseas colonies and allies such as Burma, Siam, and Vietnam. The income from the cultivation of grain by the common people in the south of the Yangtze River was really not cost-effective, so it contributed to their influx into the cities, and at the same time, the cultivation of cash crops such as silkworms and cotton began in the countryside.

Henan, Shaanxi and even Yunnan-Guizhou and other places have come out of the haze of war, and the land of Beizhili and Shanxi has also been distributed to the local people who were used as coats in the past.

However, Sichuan is still slowly recovering, and the shortage of labor will not be solved in a while, and the population of Sichuan is less than 2 million, and even the Chengdu Plain is not satisfied. A large number of areas are still wild, and the damage caused by the war to this place is particularly serious, and it is difficult to heal the scars without ten or twenty years.

Politically, Yang Chao has solved all kinds of discordant problems, and the new generation of officials who have grown up are accustomed to high salaries and integrity, and at the same time, they have not slackened their suppression, and the continuous improvement of the regulatory system has also ensured that this atmosphere of honesty continues, and a large number of officials with scholarly backgrounds who have served in the military naturally have a vigorous and resolute style of doing things. The operation of the government is very efficient, and it can basically meet Yang Chao's requirement that a government decree be issued within ten days.

Under the circumstance that the government is in harmony, the conditions for the Northern Expedition to the grassland are finally ripe.

The railway from Nanjing to the north and south of the eye south to Guangzhou, and the north has been repaired to Beijing. And it extends out of Zhangjiakou.

Building a railway was an idea that suddenly came to Yang Chao when he returned to Jiangnan after the failure of the Northern Expedition in the sixth year of Longwu.

At that time, he saw the two gun carriage roads laid by the soldiers with wooden planks in the mud, and it suddenly dawned on him that he said that there could be no railroad without a steam engine.

The efficiency brought by the track greatly increases the transport capacity.

On the tracks, a woman or a child can pull a wagon carrying a thousand, and a horse can do the work of twenty horses on an ordinary road.

But building a railway is not an easy task. Yang Chao put forward the concept and made a lot of suggestions himself, but it took Song Sanjin a year to build a mature rail and vehicle system, and after putting it into construction, it took another three years to start mastering the construction skills.

In the first year, it took less than 30 miles to start from Nanjing, but this year, it was possible to repair 3 miles in one day.

It is said that the speed record of the Chinese building railways in the United States is 10 kilometers a day, and Yang Chao does not seek to reach this speed, and when he arrives at the grassland, he hopes that on the flat land, his construction workers can build 10 miles a day.

Building a fortress with a capacity of 100 people every 100 miles and stationing cavalry is enough to maintain the safety of this section of the railway.

The army will follow the extension of the railroad and will go all the way to the horizon.

Standing on the tower of Zhangjiakou, looking at the army slowly moving along the railway line and the casual mile-long convoy, Yang Chao felt that what was being pushed on the railway was not a wagon, but an empire!

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