Tianjing, the Golden Horde of the Great Khan.

"The Great Khan, the aggressive pace of overseas expansion of the Ming Empire, has greatly undermined the strength-based rules laid down by all the advanced sea powers since the Great Geographical Discoveries. One of the three things that made all the people who love peace and free trade in the world feel the most indignant, one is that the Ming Empire used despicable means to hijack the Spanish galleons that had no hostility to the Ming Dynasty and were completely aimed at peaceful trade. Then he used these galleons to attack the port of Acapulco on the other side of the ocean for no reason, and took it for himself!

The second thing is that the Ming Empire used even more shameless means, under the guise of commercial cooperation, to illegally manage to turn a peaceful island belonging to the Dutch East India Company into a military fortress used by the Ming Empire to block freedom of navigation along the Strait of Malacca.

The third event was that the Ming Empire violently expanded its sphere of influence in East and Southeast Asia, seized the Ryukyus from Japan, forced the two kings of Annam to accept the position of generals canonized by the Ming Dynasty, and sent two other generals of Annam who submitted to the Ming Dynasty to invade the Sultanate of Chenla and Pattani. In addition, it is likely that the Ming Dynasty also instigated the war between Korea and Japan, and used this unreasonable war to infiltrate Japan!

These actions have aroused strong resentment among the European powers, including the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, as well as the Eastern powers including Persia, Hindustani, and Japan. If the Great Mongols and the Chagatai Khanate could also join, then the Ming would face the combined sanctions of the eleven powers of the East and the West, not only economically, but also militarily. On one side are the eleven powers, and the Ming can get at most France and Rakshasa two distant allies who do not have sea power. So what awaits them is only slow decay! ”

It was the envoy of the Kingdom of Spain, Bapol, who was lobbying Kangxi Khan in righteous words. Spinola Doria. If you know a little bit of the history of the Italian countries in the Middle Ages, you will know that this middle-aged foreign devil who connected the surnames of the two major oligarchy families of the Republic of Genoa, Spinola and Doria, must be the unlucky creditor of the Habsburg family - Genoa was originally a "sea country", after the advent of the Age of Discovery, the trade route through the Mediterranean was rerouted, and Genoa's pillar industry gradually changed from maritime trade to financial industry, and it was deeply bound to the Habsburg Dynasty As a result of these decades, As the Habsburg dynasty in Spain went bankrupt again and again, the financial industry of the Republic of Genoa also fell into waves of collapses.

In the past, the "second rich" in Europe (the richest is Venice) was the second hot, and now it is not as good as a year.

Although the future of the Republic of Genoa is already quite promising, as the ruling family of a commercial republic that has prospered for hundreds of years, the ancient Doria family still has an extremely keen insight into the sudden rise of the East Asian world and the Mongolian world, which will surely reconstruct the wealth map of the world.

As a result, Papol, who was originally Spanish ambassador to Germany and also participated in the negotiations for the conclusion of the Treaty of Nayhenmet, which aimed to end the Franco-Dutch War. Spinola Doria volunteered to get a photo from Juan. José seized the opportunity to make an envoy to Central Asia.

And in order to make a good impression on the Mongol Great Khan, he even spent several months studying Mongolian hard, and although he was not able to fully grasp it, he was already able to have a simple conversation with Kangxi in Mongolian.

It was also because of his efforts and background that he became the de facto head of the joint Spanish-Dutch-Portuguese mission to Tianjing. All the negotiations with Kangxi were made by him personally. And the emissaries from Amsterdam and Lisbon were just two foils.

Although he really wanted to be close to this Mongolian Great Khan with a long face of "Emperor Ma" (Louis the Great-style pockmarked face), but no matter how much the Great Khan fooled him, he looked like he was not excited at all - this Great Khan looked quite young, why didn't he have the passion of young people? Doesn't he want to destroy the Ming and swallow the Zhou and unify China?

Thinking of this, the European diplomat who was the most good at loan sharking had no choice but to talk to Kangxi about military affairs across the border, and he said to Kangxi: "Great Khan, of course we know that the strength of the Ming Army is very strong!" Their army was trained and equipped to be close to the most powerful in Europe, most likely aided by French military advisers, and they had an early Romanesque civic system that maximized the fighting spirit of their citizens. But the navy of the Ming Dynasty is very weak compared to the navies of the European sea powers! And the coastline of Daming is very long, once the sea power is lost, then the powerful Spanish Armada can send the expeditionary force to any point of the Daming coastline. They will burn and loot in the richest coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, and do their best to destroy them!

I think, no matter how strong the Ming Navy is, it is impossible to fortify everywhere along the long coastline, right? If they had to fortify themselves everywhere after the coastline had been ravaged, would their army still be enough? The border with the Qing Dynasty and the Great Zhou in the north is also very long, do they still have enough troops to defend? ”

It's kind of interesting!

Kangxi finally opened Chrysostom, only to hear him ask expressionlessly: "I want to know how many lives Spain is prepared to pay to ravage the coastline of the Ming Dynasty?" As far as I know, Spain has a population of only a few million, and the population of Daming is ten times more than that of Spain! ”

"Great Khan, Spanish lives are very precious," said Doria with a smile, "so the Dutch and the English will help the Spanish Armada hire the Japanese to attack the coastline of the Ming Dynasty, as far as I know, they are good at it!" ”

Kangxi asked again: "Then how many Japanese are you going to hire to burn and loot in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Hire as much as you need!" "The first batch alone will employ tens of thousands!" ”

Kangxi seemed to be a little interested, and he asked again: "So. What benefits can I get from Greater Mongolia? ”

"Your Majesty," said Doria, laughed, "isn't it in the greatest interest that your army have a chance to destroy the Ming Dynasty and bring all of China under the rule of the Qing Dynasty again?" ”

Kangxi shook his head slightly, and said: "This is not the biggest interest, this is a gamble of the whole country, if Spain, the Netherlands, England and Japan are ready to go to war with Daming on the southeast coast, then it is necessary for me to go to the table and gamble with Daming?"

The Ming navy is limited, and it is impossible to kill the mainland of Spain, the Netherlands, and England, right? And none of your armies dared to land on the beaches of Daming, and if nothing else, this war should last for many years! Didn't I just use this time to cultivate morality, discipline, and win the hearts of the people in order to consolidate the foundation of the Qing Dynasty? ”

"What?" Doria was stunned, what did this Mongol Khan think? Didn't you Mongols fight wherever you rob and kill wherever you go? How did you think of what moral politics, what discipline, and what popular will?

Kangxi saw that this Spanish envoy who looked like a profiteer looked rare and strange, and immediately changed his words and said: "But it's not that I can't send some troops and horses to the north to cooperate with your actions on the southeast coast. As long as the Netherlands and England can show enough sincerity! ”

"Sincerity? What sincerity do you want? Doria thought to herself: This Mongol Khan won't ask for money, will he? If you want money, go to Aurangzeb, he has money!

And Kangxi's next words surprised Doria: "I want to. Two Universities! ”

"What? Running a university? Doria asked, "Why?" ”

"Why?" Kangxi smiled, "No why, it's just that Li Zhongshan has it, and I want it too!" What Li Yat-sen is doing, I also have to learn to do! Ambassador, do you know what Li Yat-sen's top priority has been in the past two years? ”

"Could it be. Is it running a school? Of course Doria guessed.

Kangxi nodded: "That's right, Li Zhongshan's top priority is not to fight with you Spain for the New World, nor with the Netherlands for Malacca, nor with Japan. His number one priority is to run a school!

In fact, he has always attached great importance to running schools, as early as Guangzhou when the Guangdong Customs Road, he set up the Guangdong Lecture Martial Arts Hall and the Guangdong Restoration School, and later came to Nanjing, and then set up the Nanjing Lecture Martial Arts Hall and the Nanjing Restoration School. At the same time, he also organized scribes who were proficient in Latin to translate books on Western natural philosophy collected from the schools of the Church School in Macau. And after the armistice of the Ming, Qing and Zhou states. He began to devote great efforts to compiling textbooks, formulating a graded promotion system, and began to run a large school.

It not only turned the Guangdong Maintenance School and the Nanjing Restoration School into the Guangfu University Hall and the Yingtian University Hall, but also used the students who graduated from the Restoration School and the Jiangwu Hall as teachers to open the so-called new schools such as Jinling Middle School, Jinling Primary School, Nanhai Middle School, and Nanhai Primary School.

Last year, he opened two normal schools in Yingtianfu and Guangfu, preparing to train thousands of teachers, and then he will open universities in various provinces, middle schools in each province, and primary schools in each county. What kind of compulsory education will be implemented in the future, so that all school-age children have books to read, and they must attend at least four years of primary school! ”

"Yes, to let all school-age children read?" Doria was taken aback.

Daming is really a citizens' republic!

Compulsory education for all cannot be done in the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and Daming is already doing it!

Kangxi paused, and then said, "Ambassador Doria, I don't know what is the benefit of Li Yat-sen doing this? But what he has done in the past ten years or so has a profound meaning, which can be said to be the first to open up the atmosphere. So I will learn from him whenever I can! ”

Kangxi deserves to be a scholar!

I learned to copy my homework, and I also copied a very important homework - national compulsory education!

Whether it is industrialization or modernization, national education is the foundation.

And everyone has a relatively equal opportunity to receive education, which is the foundation of a civil state!

Of course, relative equality does not mean that there is no elimination or selection. Education not only cultivates talents, but also selects talents!

In fact, after Li Yat-sen gained a firm foothold in Guangdong, he thought about introducing the "examination-oriented education system" of later generations - this set Li Zhongshan is familiar with!

However, there is no urgency in running education, and it is first necessary to train and select a group of scholars and bureaucrats who can agree with Li Yat-sen's ideas, and this is what the Restoration School does. In the Restoration School, scholars and students can not only delve into "Neo-Confucianism" such as "The Great Treatise of the World" and "Mingyi Waiting for Interviews", but also have access to a large amount of Western and practical knowledge.

After several years of training, Li Yat-sen has some "masters" who have learned both Chinese and Western, and some "middle masters" and "young masters" who are not so proficient.

With these talents, Li Yat-sen was able to turn the two Restoration Schools into universities, and then hang "Attached Middle School" and "Attached Primary School" under the two universities.

In addition, Zheng Jing also learned from Li Yat-sen's method, and changed his own feudal school into Nanyang College, and later opened Nanyang University of Arts and Sciences and Nanyang Primary School.

At the same time, Li Yat-sen gathered a group of "masters" and worked with them to compile textbooks for primary and secondary schools, and set up a phased and upgraded school system. He also began to translate more esoteric books on Western natural philosophy, and hired Western scholars to serve as professors at Guangfu University and Yingtian University with high salaries.

A grass-roots national education system (trial version) was built step by step by Li Yat-sen!

And once this system is fully promoted, the Ming Dynasty. You will be invincible in the world!

However, the progress of such a solid foundation as education is always very slow.

After all, it's a hundred-year-old treeman!

So at this time, the national education system of Daming has not even been fully constructed - there is no pre-school education, there is no vocational education, and the coverage of the national education system is also very small.

This set of education system doesn't seem to have any effect now, and it's not worth learning from at all, but the scholar Kangxi always takes his homework seriously, except for those who really "can't copy", he is copying in the spirit of copying if he can.

The Jingshi University Hall opened under the care of Empress Yang was Yang Xiaomi's work in accordance with Kangxi's will.

But when the university opened, Kangxi knew that he wanted to be simple!

At the turn of the Ming and Qing dynasties, almost all of China's most energetic, broad-minded, and knowledgeable scholars were in these areas.

And Kangxi's side is not good, there is no one available!

In order to run the Beijing Normal University Hall, Empress Yang even sent someone to Qufu, Shandong Province to invite this session of Kong Shenggong to Beijing as the "hall master". But where did Kong Shenggong do this? Not at all!

Empress Yang personally wrote to Li Yat-sen to ask for the "science" textbook, but Kong Shenggong couldn't understand it at all. If Kangxi wants to run a good university, he must ask for foreign aid from the West - Kangxi himself can understand and know what is being taught in Li Yat-sen's university?

After Doria figured out why Kangxi wanted to run an education, she was also a little shocked by the advanced nature of the Ming Dynasty - not to mention Spain, even England and the Netherlands are difficult to compare with others!

Thinking of this, Doria said to Kangxi: "Okay. Your request will certainly be met, and with the strength of England and the Netherlands, it is still possible to send some scholars to your side who can serve as university teachers. And we can also provide some university and secondary school textbooks for His Majesty's reference. ”

Kangxi smiled and nodded: "Then let's discuss the other conditions for Great Mongolia to join the Anti-Ming Alliance!" ”

Still conditional?

Doria was stunned.

Kangxi seemed to see his doubts, so he smiled and said to him: "These are all mutually beneficial conditions, such as concluding a trade agreement that is beneficial to both of us.

For example, I also plan to open an arsenal and a mint in Tianjing City, hoping to get the help of Dutch and English engineers and machines.

For example, I wanted to ask engineers from the Netherlands and England to help me search for gold and silver mines in the Mughal region, but I couldn't find them, even if there were copper mines! ”

Kangxi then put forward several requirements, but they were not very high, most of them were engaged in construction and development in Taiping Valley and Tianjing City.

Obviously, Kangxi really regarded this treasure land as his future home and that of the Qing Dynasty.

For such a request, Doria naturally agreed to it all, and in the end, he just solemnly said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty the Emperor, you can put forward such a condition, which fully shows that you are a monarch who truly loves the people, but I believe that what your people want to hear most is the good news that you conquered the Ming Dynasty and unified China." So, I hope that you will do your best in future wars for yourself and for the people you rule! ”

Kangxi knew that he was not so good, he was just copying homework, but he still nodded and replied: "Of course, of course I will do my best, as long as the Spanish Navy and Japanese mercenaries can bring Li Zhongshan a big enough blow!" After a pause, he added, "I can swear to the Immortal Heavens, and I can make a binding treaty." And I can also recommend you and your envoy to the Prime Minister of the Great Zhou, he is the real ruler of the Great Zhou Kingdom!" ”

"That's great!" Doria smiled, "If Da Zhou can attack Da Ming with you, victory will definitely belong to our Eleven Nations Alliance!"

(End of chapter)