A teahouse in the capital.

The front door is the auxiliary street, and the back door leads to the main lane.

Men in short coats hurried to go out in twos and threes, women and children in long skirts exchanged heads from time to time, people rode out on mules and horses, and vendors carried their burdens through the streets.

The stone brick house, the corner is the superb craftsmanship of the craftsmen, built sleek, convenient for pedestrians, to avoid injury, unlike later generations, even some people have to block a big stone in the corner of their own wall, for fear that people will not die.

When they meet acquaintances, they will bow their hands, and if they face elders, they will bend down to salute, and women and children mostly use curtsy bows, which belongs to one of the female etiquette - the Ten Thousand Blessings Ceremony.

Blessings, words of prayer.

In ancient times, women met and bowed, and this way of saluting was often called "Wanfu", so it was also called Wanfu Ceremony.

China has been circulating for many years and evolution, the Spring and Autumn Period has been recorded, at that time was not limited to women, the Tang and Song dynasties, the Northern Song Dynasty Su Shi's poems also appeared, the Southern Song Dynasty Luo Dajing's "Crane Forest Yulu" volume five records, Lu Xiangshan family every morning, the parents led the children to pay tribute to the ancestral hall, gathered in the hall, women said ten thousand blessings in the hall.

"Beating around the bush" was originally a term for ancient building techniques, and later evolved into an idiom.

In ancient times, due to the small design of the streets, pedestrians with carts and burdens were easily injured by bumps around corners.

Therefore, the homeowners will ask the craftsmen to remove the corners to make it easier for pedestrians with carts and burdens to pass, which is what it means, reflecting the overall excellent quality and high moral level of the ancient people.

Thinking about others is not a personality defect, but a good sign of social mores.

Society is made up of people, and people are inseparable from society, and a society with a good atmosphere is beneficial to every individual person.

Any foreigner who comes to Daming, in addition to feeling the wealth and strength of Daming, what shocks them the most is the etiquette of Daming, they have never seen such a gentle and moral people, and the three views in their hearts have been subverted.

Therefore, with the 16th century, all kinds of good names of "ideal country" were worn on the head of the Ming Dynasty.

In the description of foreign scholars, Marco Polo can be said to be the first person in Europe to look at the Orient, he introduced Chinese civilization to Europe, although he only saw a little trace of civilization in the Song Dynasty after the war, but this was several centuries more advanced than Europe at that time.

After this passage was translated by domestic scholars, it was noted that it was because the Mongols had not yet accepted Han culture at that time.

Returning to the views of Western scholars, they believe that it is a pity that Marco Polo did not see the traditional Chinese system of selecting officials, the imperial examination.

If Marco Polo had seen it, he would have introduced China's advanced political system in the same way that he introduced China's material civilization.

So in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, another Italian, the missionary Matteo Ricci came to China, and after landing in Macao, he was surprised to find that this ancient and distant country in the East was not only rich in material, but also had a good political system, which was simply the "ideal country" described by Plato.

He told Westerners an important fact: "Their whole country is governed by the intellectual class, which is generally called philosophers." He also took the trouble to tell his fellow Europeans: "The system that finally realizes this principle in China is called the imperial examination system."

The imperial examination system has been criticized by many people in modern China, and in the eyes of the public, it is quite unreasonable for the imperial examination to determine the fate of a person's life by virtue of an eight-strand essay.

For example, the great poets Li Bai, Du Fu, Li He, etc., the famous medical scientist Li Shizhen, the great genius Tang Bohu, the author of "Liao Zhai Zhi Wei" Pu Songling, the author of "The History of Confucianism" Wu Jingzi, etc.,

As a result, there have been growing doubts about the rationality of the imperial examination system.

However, on the contrary, the mainstream view of modern Western scholars is that China's imperial examination system is highly evaluated.

Western scholars in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries highly praised China's imperial examination system, believing that the ancient Chinese talent selection and appointment system was the most advanced, fair, and scientific in the world at that time.

Why is there such a big difference in the evaluation of the imperial examination between China and the West?

This is mainly due to the fact that they contrast with different frames of reference.

In modern times, Western civilization has surpassed Eastern civilization in general, and their scholars have higher quality and talent, so in their eyes, China is still an agricultural society.

It is only fair to compare China with the feudal era of Europe and the agricultural era of India, so that China's political system and talent selection mechanism reflect obvious superiority.

At that time, China was the only country in the world that opened the way for civilians to enter the upper class of society and participate in the management of the state, which was not the case before the emergence of modern political systems in the West.

The love and learning turmoil of the ancient Oriental countries was finally guided by the French and became an aristocratic phenomenon in Western countries, and the elites used the goods of the ancient Oriental countries to discuss everything in the ancient Oriental countries, which became the symbol of the upper class.

Until the middle and late Qing Dynasty, people found that the people of this country were very numb and ignorant, and they were not as good as their predecessors said.

Coupled with the rise of German nationalist thought, a high degree of self-confidence, and confrontation with French thought, the domestic opposition to China's advanced theory belongs to one of them, and the Qing Dynasty's war against Britain, not to mention the country-to-country, and even far inferior to the American Native Americans and African tribes against the British, made the world incredible, completely unveiled the true face, and completely changed the Western academic circles.

The world is changing, and so are civilizations. It's not a straight line, and it doesn't go backwards.

Newspapers are available at the tea house.

There is a famous storyteller on the stage, talking about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

At least more than half of the guests who can come to the teahouse are literate, and they could have read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by themselves, but people still like to come to the teahouse, in addition to the storyteller's speech, which is extremely exciting, there are also a lot of observers, they can communicate.

Communication is a human need.

If you don't communicate with the outside world for a long time, you will gradually become ossified, and if you are small enough to be an individual, or a large group, you will degenerate.

Therefore, many people have watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms a few times, which does not prevent them from listening to it with relish in the teahouse.

"See you next time."

Mr. Storyteller left a suspense, the guests in the audience are still unsatisfied, and when Mr. Storyteller packs up his things, he will come to the stage, and when he meets warm guests, he will take the initiative to stay and drink with each other.

In addition to the real kung fu on stage, there is also an indispensable effort off the stage, so that the storyteller can get more rewards.

"Let's talk about a joke."

"Some time ago, a student of a famous Guozijian picked up a box, opened it and saw that it looked like ginseng, and the Guozijian of the Guozijian was also bold and took a bite by himself."

"How's it going?" People asked curiously.

"After sleeping for more than ten hours, I almost scared his classmates to death."

"Ginseng is a great supplement."

Someone explained.

The man shook his head and said with a smile: "Later, the doctor saw it and said that it was not ginseng, it was Shang Lu, and it was also the life of the son of that country, if I ate two more bites, I am afraid I would not wake up." ”

"What is Shang Lu?"

"Shennong's last herb to taste the herbs, also known as the broken intestine grass, is also Shanglu."

"Ah, that's a big deal."

The people in the teahouse discussed the four corners of the world, and talked about the affairs of Goryeo, and the Ming Dynasty was about to fight again, and the guests in the teahouse were not only not afraid of discussing the war, but were full of interest.

People are accustomed to war, because the Ming Dynasty is invincible, and their living standards are getting better and better, and some people even slap the table and shout, "Those who dare to oppose our Ming Dynasty will die." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"The problems of Goryeo, the problems of Bonetus, the problems of Luzon, and the problems of the merchants, they seem to be unrelated, but they are actually related, and they must be treated as a whole."

Inside the Mandarin Palace.

Zhu Gaochi did not support the use of force.

War is a continuation of politics, and war is not an end.

No matter in the layout of industrialization in Beiping, the promotion of the development of social productive forces, or the competition with the capital, Zhu Gaochi did not regard war as the first means, and to this day, war is not Zhu Gaochi's primary solution to the problem.

"I'm not afraid of raising troops, war is not a bad thing, but if you can't use it, when there is a better way, then the military must obey the overall situation."

Zhu Gaochi said calmly.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the pace of war has never stopped.

If the Hongwu Dynasty still needed a period of three or five years of recuperation, since the Yan Wang father and son entered Beijing, the war of more than 100,000 people has been eased for two or three years, then the war of less than 100,000 people has not stopped.

The current territory of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the coming of all countries, has completely ended the Hongwu Dynasty, prohibiting non-governmental maritime trade, using the tributary system, and establishing the system of suzerain.

The name of the instrument is the name of the device, and the name is in front.

Even when the Spaniards deceived and killed the Inca emperor, the missionaries deliberately dropped the Bible on the ground beforehand to accuse the other side of the Inca emperor, who was blinded and unsuspecting, and who was warmly welcoming guests from afar, as a heretic.

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty in history, relying on domestic productivity, as well as foreign demand for Ming goods, monopolized maritime trade, prohibiting private trade, and any country needed to recognize the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, in order to carry out tributary trade, which made an important contribution to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty system.

It is an extremely excellent political means other than military conquest, so later senior officials in the United States will say that later generations want to restore the tributary trade system of the Ming Dynasty and restore the influence of Southeast Asia.

Jin Zhong, Xu Huizu, Chen Heng and other military officials, as well as the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and even the cabinet ministers, looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in astonishment.

They sometimes can't keep up with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's train of thought.

Zhu Gaochi sighed inwardly.

I didn't expect that I would become a conservative one day, and conservatives are not a compliment in the public opinion of later generations.

Today's Ming Dynasty is full of ideas about using force to solve problems.

Because force is more efficient.

However, what Zhu Gaochi wants is demand, bottom-up appeal, not top-down thinking, otherwise after his death, will the Ming Dynasty change, Zhu Gaochi has no confidence.

The land area of the Ming Dynasty is too large, and it has been an unprecedentedly huge country throughout history, including later generations, so in comparison, demand is the core driving force to ensure the continued expansion of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gaochi explained in detail to the officials.

"The development of productive forces has promoted the prosperity of the shipbuilding industry, and the scale of private material trade has given shipping the transportation capacity of industrial needs, so I have no objection to the Daming Commercial Bank in Goryeo."

"Daming needs more energy, but I don't want to hollow out Daming's domestic resources, and obtaining energy from the outside is a supplement to Daming's long-term national fortunes.

There are many merchants of the Ming Dynasty overseas, why is it that only the power of the Ming merchants in Goryeo has developed, and even began to impact the power of private trading houses in the country.

In addition to the distance between Goryeo and the Ming Dynasty, there is also a high degree of Confucian culture and environment in Goryeo, which reassures businessmen.

They dare to buy real estate and set up factories in Goryeo, but they dare not go to Nanyang, of course, this is relatively speaking, there are still a large number of Ming merchants in Nanyang, but they will only send goods, and then return to China with ships.

So the phenomenon of Goryeo is inevitable.

"However, I don't want Goryeo to promote local productivity with the development of commerce, although I am not afraid to catch up with the footsteps of the Ming Dynasty, but I can't allow others to snore on the side of the couch."

"There is no contradiction between supporting overseas businessmen and restraining them."

"If this problem is solved, then through the energy of Goryeo, plus part of the domestic energy, the industrial development of Daming will be promoted, the economic level will be improved, and the development of business and trade exchanges will bring higher maritime transportation capacity."

"Then with the Daming Industry Bureau as the fist, in Luzon, Boni, Sulu and other places, the imperial court funded the construction of cities for immigrants, the expansion of wasteland, and the provision of a lot of material and financial resources, as well as organizational capabilities."

"In this way, a good cycle can be formed, within five years, profits, profits, there is demand, then this model can be replicated, and the country will also have the desire to explore more unknown places overseas."

Jin Zhong and Xu Huizu pondered.

Chen Heng was a little dazed.

"I see." Jin Zhong finally came to his senses.

No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is reluctant to move troops against Goryeo, he needs the stability of Goryeo, a stable and not rich Goryeo, in order to meet the needs of the Ming Dynasty and provide a steady stream of blood transfusions for the Ming Dynasty.

"But the Goryeo Right Army Temperance Envoy is afraid that he will not be satisfied with the status quo, he has been prepared, if he can't stabilize the northern part of Goryeo as soon as possible, I'm afraid he will take the opportunity to send troops, and then our Ming will face greater trouble."

Kim Zhong pointed out the key.

The attitude of the northern king of Goryeo, as well as Xie Gui's thoughts, and more importantly, the three thousand assistant defenders, too many factors have led to the complicated situation in northern Goryeo.

Some people think that it is better to fight early than late, and to solve the problem in northern Goryeo as soon as possible, so as not to give the southern king of Goryeo a chance and suppress his ambitions.

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

This is the advantage of a strong country, in addition to having more choices, it also has the background of waiting and making the situation clearer.

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The famous Honnoji Temple in Japanese history, tens of thousands of soldiers surrounded the Honnoji Temple, their generals said that the enemy was in the Honnoji Temple, so the soldiers bravely entered the temple, and later they learned that the person they killed was their shogun Oda Nobunaga, who changed the situation of Japan.

The Auxiliary Corps is a product of the times.

In the perennial military reform, some traditional guards were sent to Goryeo, at first just to protect the safety of the second king of Goryeo, with the stability of Seoul, the second king and Seoul were no longer satisfied with the control of the imperial city by the assistant defenders.

So the first 1,000 soldiers left Seoul and were stationed outside the city, and the treatment became worse and worse, until Xie Gui arrived.

Xie Gui is a group of generals who founded the country, with high qualifications and dare to do things.

After coming to Goryeo, the situation of the soldiers of the Auxiliary Garrison Corps was changed, and although they left Seoul, the number of the Auxiliary Garrison Corps also expanded from more than 1,000 to 3,000, and they were given their own camps and territory.

The wealth of the Ming Dynasty has grown from one to one hundred.

The Ming merchants who came to Goryeo combined with the local partially enlightened two classes, and the domestic economy and trade, and the wealth also expanded hugely, and in this process, they could not do without Xie Gui's support.

Xie Gui is a traditional general, an old man from the previous dynasty, and his style is not very good.

There are a lot of servants in the general army's mansion.

Considering Xie Gui's age, the nephew arranged for his uncle eight young and beautiful maids from Goryeo to take turns warming the bed every night, sleeping at the end of the bed, holding Xie Gui's feet to keep Xie Gui warm.

Countless treasures were sent to the General Military Mansion by his nephew.

It is rumored that the jewels of the General Military Mansion can be spread all over the street.

Batch after batch of Goryeo women went to Daming, hoping to have a full stomach in Daming, and Zhu Gaochi released the restrictions and allowed Goryeo female workers to enter to make up for the shortage of military labor under the Katajing system.

Most of those maids lived a better life than in their own country, and their influence was huge, and over the years, countless Goryeo men also wanted to go to Daming.

However, it was not allowed by the Ming Dynasty, only the mission, or qualified merchants and craftsmen, scholars and magnates could go to the Ming Dynasty, and ordinary people abroad would not be allowed to go.

The soldiers of the co-defending corps, relying on this road, everyone made a lot of money.

On such a day, everyone is very happy.

It was not until the picket action set off in the ninth year of Yongle that it gradually expanded to Shandong, and then from Shandong to Goryeo, which aroused people's sense of crisis.

When it comes to overseas, the Metropolitan Procuratorate does not dare to investigate.

Jin Yiwei didn't dare to check.

It's easy to investigate, but if something goes wrong and the situation in Goryeo deteriorates, no one can afford to take this responsibility, so the Shandong case has been so far, and more than a year has passed, and Jiang Binzhi has appeared, which can be regarded as extremely inefficient.

Jiang Bin knew that he had arrived in Seoul, but he made the General Military Mansion, which was far away in Ping'an Dongdao, sensitive.

Xie Gui is very old.

In China, it has already passed the stage of Zhishi, one is that Xie Gui is unwilling to let go, and the other is that there are many things in the imperial court and the complicated situation in Goryeo, so it has been delayed.

"Uncle, what are we going to do?"

The middle-aged man with a big belly said worriedly.

Looking at his nephew's posture, Xie Gui sighed in his heart, the nephew back then was also a talent, how many years has it been, and he has become like this.

"Let's see."

Hearing his uncle's negative statement, the middle-aged man became anxious.

This was not the case with my former uncle.

Not only his uncle's wealth, but also his own wealth, over the years, middle-aged people have been thinking of ways to transfer back to China.

Since ancient times.

For example, the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty established a lot of capital protectorates, and the military towns in the Western Regions wanted to bring the money back to China, and the biggest enemy was the first pass, and it was not so easy to clear the customs.

The same is true today.

Whether by land or sea, the inspection is very strict, and the general entrainment is not impossible, but their wealth is too much, and hundreds of cars cannot be transported.

Not only the middle-aged people were anxious, but also the soldiers of the Auxiliary Garrison Corps were also worried.

All kinds of rumors have made this originally the most powerful army in Goryeo lose their fighting spirit, and people are thinking about how to keep their wealth and return home.

The soldiers will also make money.

Most of the people in the pass turned a blind eye, but the soldiers of the co-defending corps made too much money, and it was all the wealth brought by smugglers, and everyone was discussing how to pass the pass.

Some people even came up with the idea of melting gold and silver and making spear heads, and as for other treasures, they began to sell them in the market.

"What kind of battle can such an army fight?"

Xie Gui smiled at his nephew.

Hearing his uncle's words, the nephew looked at his uncle inexplicably, as if he didn't know the old man in front of him, did the uncle really give up and hand over his fate to someone else.

Until one day.

The swallow flag of the Ming Dynasty suddenly appeared at the station of the co-garrison corps.

The soldiers saw the swallow flag in their impression, and their hearts were suddenly hit hard.

"Da Ming."

An officer subconsciously shouted.

"Mighty!"

The soldiers shouted loudly, the marching salute of the brush, each soldier stood straight, accepted the review of the Ming envoy, and Xie Gui, who saw all this, closed his eyes proudly.

June of the tenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty.

General Xie Gui, the general of the Ming Dynasty stationed in Goryeo, died of a sudden illness.

Daming is mighty.

The appearance of the swallow flag, like the lid of the pot, so easily extinguished the fire in the oil pot.

Everything is silent.

Unexpected and not unexpected.

The merchants got what they wanted, even if it wasn't perfect, for example, the price they originally thought was very low by the Ming Dynasty, and in the eyes of many people, the imperial court ate their profits.

The high tariffs imposed by the customs made many businessmen regret.

The domestic coal miners were not very satisfied, they did not get what they wanted in Goryeo, but the coal mines of the Goryeo merchants did not affect them, so they pinched their noses and accepted it.

A large number of Goryeo ministers of the two classes were promised by Jiang Binzhi that their wealth in Daming would be protected.

New troops were re-stationed in Goryeo.

The former Cooperative Garrison Corps was disbanded.

The king of the north of Goryeo officially submitted the attached recital, and the king of Goryeo did not object, and the king of the south of Goryeo was furious and weakly threw the Ming porcelain to the ground in his own house.

Jiang Binzhi did it.

One mouth is worth 100,000 soldiers.

After returning to China, Jiang Binzhi was very low-key, and often said, "Daming is mighty, not in the end." ”

The modest Jiang Binzhi was rewarded by him.

The first governor of Goryeo. (End of chapter)