The island country is barren and cross-sea conquest, and even if there is a silver mountain, the cost of occupation and operation is very high.

At least until the Ming Empire survived the catastrophe, the emperor had no intention of conquering the Wa Kingdom.

Moreover, how to leverage strength, how to seize the opportunity, and achieve the greatest benefits at the lowest cost are still the emperor's first choice.

During the Tokugawa shogunate, was there any turmoil?

The emperor thought for a long time, and remembered that there seemed to be some kind of Amakusa Shiro guy, and the shogunate locked the country.

Well, to start a war, excuses are not a problem. If you lock the country and affect trade, I will sign a treaty with a black ship!

The emperor gently touched the cat's head, and his eyes fell on Wang Tiqian's face, with an inquiring meaning.

Wang Tiqian hurriedly bowed down and said, "Emperor, Meng Hongluo has been invited to see him and is waiting outside the palace. ”

The emperor nodded, turned around and walked towards the main hall, and said, "Xuan." ”

Meng Hongliu was the sixty-seventh grandson of Mencius, and his father Meng Chengguang died while leading the villagers to resist Xu Hongru's rebellion.

The imperial court had already received a pension, but he did not expect that after a few years, the emperor would summon him to Beijing because of this.

Of course, he didn't know what kind of big plan the emperor had in his heart, and if he did, he would probably be too scared to come.

And the emperor has already prepared a reward, in addition to adding the title of prince Shaobao, he will also give the Meng family ten more generations.

You must know that the genealogical typesetting of the Confucius and Meng families was given by the emperor. No matter how bad it is, it must be reported to the emperor for approval before it can be established.

Of course, the emperor also had to discuss with this descendant of Mencius the true meaning of "killing oneself to become benevolent and sacrificing one's life for righteousness".

Although Mencius was a sub-sage and a Confucian doctrine, the emperor still respected it more than Confucius.

can say that "water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn a boat", can put forward the proposition that the people are noble and the monarch is light, and say that "if the monarch has a big mistake, his subordinates will admonish him, and if he does not listen to it, he can change his position", no wonder his status has always been inferior to Confucius.

Zhu Baba, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, compiled the "Mencius Verses", deleting the chapters and sentences in "Mencius", such as "the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light", "the person who is a thief is a husband, and he is a husband who has not heard of killing the king" and so on.

Not only did it be deleted, Taizu also issued an edict to the world saying that many of Mencius's remarks were "not suitable for courtiers", and ordered Mencius to be expelled from the Temple of Literature.

Later, the ministers were relieved, and Taizu reinstated Mencius's treatment in the Temple of Literature. But he also said to his courtiers, "Let this old man be spared today!" ”

It can only be said that Meng Sheng died early, otherwise, he would definitely be killed by Taizu.

And the emperor not only wanted to elevate the Meng family, but also publish and distribute Meng Sheng's theory in an uncensored edition. He wants to build a people-oriented country and society, and the theory that the people are noble and the monarch is the right way.

If the descendants do not fight, the emperor would rather overthrow the dynasty by the people than be exterminated by a foreign race.

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The royal family had money, and this conclusion was increasingly recognized.

The reason is very simple, the gold and silver have not been collected for several years, the Shaoying Academy has been expanded, and the construction of the library has been invested by the royal family.

Of course, whatever the emperor wants to do, there will always be people who will respond enthusiastically and contribute money and efforts.

In the past few years, the most outstanding performance is the major chambers of commerce. Of course, they also benefited from the policies of the imperial court, or the care of the emperor, and earned a lot.

In the same way, the great development of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry also increased the fiscal revenue of commercial taxes, so that the financial transformation implemented by the emperor could be carried out smoothly and achieved great results.

This kind of mutually reinforcing development model is extremely rare in all dynasties. Either it is heavy agriculture and light business, or forced donation, the richer it is, the greater the possibility of being targeted by the imperial court.