Epilogue (8)
Everyone knows in their hearts that Yinxiang is supporting Zhenwu, but his words are not unreasonable, Zhenwu's series of measures have indeed greatly won the hearts of the people, although the farmers of the Qing Dynasty are still struggling for food and clothing, but now everyone has the possibility and hope of prosperity, there is hope, there is hope, there is hope, who will rebel?
Zhang Pengxi has been in the localities for a long time and has seen more thoroughly, these measures are beneficial to the peasants on the surface, but in fact they have invisibly greatly curbed the power of the gentry, and measures such as apportioning the land into the mu, the officials and gentry paying grain in one piece, and the large-scale immigration from overseas have curbed land annexation, lowered land prices, lent money at low interest rates, and lent without interest for disaster relief, which has dealt a serious blow to usury, abolished fire consumption, popularized high-yield and drought-resistant crops, and allowed free movement, which has virtually weakened the peasants' dependence on the gentry.
It is completely foreseeable that in the next ten years, the gentry will gradually decline, at that time, the Qing Dynasty can really be called stable as a rock, as for external worries, he has never considered at all, this master is ambitious, the Qing Dynasty can not have external worries now, on the contrary, the Qing Dynasty is the whole world's worries.
Seeing that no one was silent, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Weichen seconded the proposal, the Qing Dynasty is now rich in people, Shinong and industry and commerce are in their duties, there is no internal trouble, the emperor has reigned for more than 50 years, all of them are lenient, the emperor continues to implement leniency, it is really the blessing of the Qing Dynasty, the blessing of hundreds of millions of people, freedom of speech, academic freedom, freedom of customs, the Qing Dynasty will usher in an unprecedented prosperous era." ”
As soon as I heard Zhang Pengxi point out that leniency is the policy, a group of people couldn't help but be ashamed, didn't we think about it? At the moment, they were busy seconding the proposal.
After everyone stopped, Ma Qi said cautiously: "Your Majesty, in recent years, with the increasing prosperity of Shanghai, Tianjin, Karopa, Guangzhou and other places, countless European merchants, craftsmen and missionaries have poured into the Qing Dynasty every year, and I have not heard of any conflicts or discrimination against Europeans. After a slight pause, he continued: "The slave secretly thinks that there is really no need to provoke the 'Huayi Distinction'. ”
Ma Qi's words can be said to speak everyone's thoughts, is it necessary to provoke Huayi's argument in a good manner? For the Han Chinese, the Eight Banners of Manchuria can be said to be a minority. For the Central Plains. is completely an outsider, this is an indisputable fact, provoking Huayi's discrimination, isn't it because he can't find it himself? It is more likely to undermine the good situation in front of us, which is really unwise.
Yin Yu immediately said: "The minister seconded the proposal, the emperor is now vigorously promoting the marriage between the Manchu and Han, expanding the scale of the Eight Banners, and advocating the integration of all ethnic groups. At this time, the disagreement of Huayi was provoked, and the ministers were worried that the gains outweighed the losses. ”
Xiao Yongzao also followed closely and said: "The minister also seconded the proposal, Huayi's distinction is related to the orthodoxy of the Qing Dynasty, and if there is a slight inappropriateness, it will be limited to the court and unfavorable." The slave prayed to the emperor to think twice. ”
Yinxiang said bluntly: "Your Majesty, although the orthodoxy of the Qing Dynasty is now deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it is an indisputable fact that our Manchurian Eight Banners come from outside the border, and the ministers think that there is no need for debate. ”
Zhang Pengxi also groaned: "Your Majesty, the implementation of the new policy has not yet been completely completed, and the grievances in the hearts of the gentry in various places have not completely dissipated. Wechen was worried that the local gentry would take advantage of the problem. Wantonly attacked the imperial court in order to disturb the audio-visual. ”
See the word "many". They were all opposed, Zhenwu was not annoyed, he smiled slightly, and then he said: "The reason why I want to take the initiative to provoke the Huayi Distinction is to make the orthodoxy of the Great Qing Dynasty more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and also to enhance the cohesion of all ethnic groups in the Great Qing Dynasty and better promote the integration of all ethnic groups.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the distinction of Huayi has been endless, Tang, Song, and Ming have large-scale debates, and the measurement standard of Huayi's distinction can be mainly divided into three stages, blood measurement standard, geographical measurement standard, and cultural measurement standard stage.
It is the cultural standard that occupies the mainstream, and it is only in the face of serious threats such as serious invasions and disasters that the measure of blood and geography is slightly more mainstream. ”
Speaking of this, he glanced at everyone and sighed lightly: "Your reaction is really worrying to me, if you still have such an idea, the gentry of the world will be even more unbearable, this is a thorn buried in the hearts of the gentry of the world, we can't turn a blind eye, let alone deliberately avoid it, we can't throw this burden to our children and grandchildren, we must have the courage to face it, and take the initiative to eliminate this thorn!"
Although the Qing Dynasty was flourishing outside the Guan, since entering the Central Plains, it has established the country with courtesy, governed the country with filial piety, respected Confucianism, and completely inherited and continued the Chinese culture for thousands of years. Why do you always linger on coming from outside the border? As the so-called Yidi enters China, Huaxia enters Yidi, and Huaxia enters Yidi, needless to say, the Qing Dynasty was Yidi at the beginning of the establishment of the country outside the Guan, so what? No one can erase the fact that the Qing Dynasty is now orthodox in China!
Perhaps the Qing Dynasty had a period of barbarian rule at the beginning of its entry into the Central Plains, but now it has changed, not only changed, but also done better than the previous dynasties! Dolgon's chaotic government, Ao worshipping the country without power, Emperor Shizuzhang and Emperor Taishang set things right, these do not need to be hidden, the criticism of criticism, the praise of praise, only frank and unrestrained, can win the hearts of the people.
Since the Qin Dynasty, in order to maintain and consolidate the rule, which dynasty has not been killed in a river of blood? Which dynasty didn't do the tricks? The Qing Dynasty is more shaved and easy to wear, and now I have also decreed that it has been abolished, and the literary prison, the Emperor Taishang has also abolished it, and now it is advocating freedom of speech, academic freedom, and freedom of customs.
I believe that now is the best time to vigorously provoke Huayi's discernment and remove this thorn buried in the hearts of the gentry of the world. ”
Dolgon, who listened to everyone's chaotic government, worshiped the unauthorized power and harmed the country, and couldn't help but secretly applaud in his heart, it is the most ideal to let these two people carry the black pot, and these two people are indeed the actual rulers at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty's entry into the Central Plains, this idea is really wonderful!
Yin Yu hurriedly bowed down and said: "The emperor's reprimand is extreme, and the ministers are really ashamed of themselves. ”
Without waiting for everyone to answer, Zhenwu waved his hand to stop everyone's praise, and continued: "The distinction of Huayi has been around for a long time, and I believe that Qu Taisu and Wang Fuzhi of the former Ming Dynasty have very incisive opinions on the distinction of Huayi, and the distinction of Huayi is not the distinction between countries, nations, and regions, but the distinction between civilization and barbarism!"
In this debate, the views of all dynasties and dynasties must be introduced in detail, and of course, the background of each viewpoint must also be introduced one by one, and it is important not to take words out of context, not only to maintain the orthodoxy of the Qing Dynasty, but also to integrate all ethnic groups and enhance the cohesion of various ethnic groups.
The Qing Dynasty has a vast territory, many ethnic groups, different languages and customs, and very serious ethnic and regional views, which look extremely powerful on the outside, but are actually scattered on the inside.
Only by tightly uniting all the people under the rule of the Qing Dynasty into one and working with one heart and one mind can the Qing Dynasty be called the true Heavenly Empire, so this debate must mobilize the extensive participation of all officials and gentry from both the government and the opposition. ”
At this point, everyone naturally didn't say anything more, and bowed down to obey the order.
Zhenwu said this for a long time, his mouth was also dry, he took a sip of tea, glanced at everyone, and then he said with a smile: "In addition, since West Africa has been firmly controlled, the division of the east coast of South America should also be put on the agenda, Yinzhi informed the brothers to prepare, and at the end of the year, they can set off to South America to investigate." ”
As soon as he heard this, Yinzhi couldn't help but be greatly excited, and hurriedly got up and knelt down and said, "Wait for the emperor to thank the emperor." ”
Zhenwu nodded, and said: "Now that the implementation of the silver dollar has unified the silver coin, the currency of the Qing Dynasty has been completely unified, the fly in the ointment is the language, the pronunciation of the official dialect in various places is very different, which is not conducive to communication, nor is it conducive to eliminating the estrangement of various places, and promoting the integration of various ethnic groups, I found that European missionaries have created a set of letters that can accurately mark the pronunciation of Chinese characters, let's call it Hanyu Pinyin for the time being."
Hanyu Pinyin can unify the pronunciation of Chinese characters throughout the country, and it should be fully implemented in all schools in the Qing Dynasty, so that more than ten years later, the Qing Dynasty will be able to have a language that is convenient for communication and throughout the country. ”
Unify the pronunciation of Chinese characters across the country, and use the official dialect of Jingshi as the standard official dialect of the whole country! This is really beneficial to the country and the people, at least to deal with the local gentry and officials for officials in different places, and there is no need to worry about the situation of chickens and ducks talking, Yinzhi hurriedly bowed down and said: "The ministers respect the holy oracle, and they will definitely promote it vigorously." ”
"Yes." Zhenwu bowed his head slightly and said: "Yinxi, Yinxiang, Zhang Pengxi, and Ma Qi stay, and the others will kneel down." ”
After everyone withdrew, Zhen Wucai glanced at the four of them and said with a smile: "Letter from Fuhan, South Africa has discovered a huge gold mine. ”
Huge gold deposits discovered in South Africa! Gold Mine! What's that concept? The four of them couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and the eighth and thirteenth brothers were shocked, South Africa really has a super large gold mine, seeing a few people stunned, Zhang Pengxi, who knew the significance of the discovery of a super gold mine in South Africa, hurriedly bowed down and said: "Congratulations to the emperor." ”
Several people reacted and hurriedly bowed and said, "Congratulations to the emperor." ”
Zhenwu smiled slightly, and said: "Don't disclose the news of the discovery of gold mines in South Africa, inform you, it is to make you feel at ease, and inform Nian Qianyao that a large number of craftsmen and miners who have mined and smelted gold and silver ore in the Wa Kingdom will be sent to Karopa, and 5,000 new Janissaries will be sent to South Africa from the Shunyi battalion. ”
"Obey." Yinxiang hurriedly bowed and said, but he smiled secretly in his heart, Nian Qianyao will not solicit it, most of it is forcibly begging, I have long heard that the kid is rampant in the Japanese country, and he is bigger than the shogunate's generals. (To be continued.) )