Dashun Yongchang

Li Xi, who was guarding the prince, was about to step forward to separate the people who came, but he saw a person who moved swiftly from behind the prince and blocked in front of the prince, and then angrily shouted at the people, "Who are you, how dare you be so rude."

The person who came raised his head and shouted: "The servant is Pang Tianshou, the eunuch of the imperial horse. He came to Nanjing for business in the name of the emperor, but unexpectedly, he will never see the emperor again. The servant is incompetent and failed to manage the emperor well." The errand assigned by the master, seeing His Highness forgot for a while, please His Highness punish..."

Standing in front of the prince was Wang Chongru, the eunuch of the East Palace. Although Li Zicheng dismissed a large number of eunuchs and maids after he entered Beijing, and he did not want to bring more eunuchs with him when he went south, the eunuchs of the East Palace refused to abandon the prince. Let's open up.

As the eunuch of the East Palace, Wang Chongru naturally knew Pang Tianshou, the horse eunuch who held great power in the palace. After carefully identifying his appearance, he stepped aside, and then whispered the other party's identity and experience in the prince's ear. Say it again.

The horse eunuch was in charge of the soldiers and horses in the palace, so Zhu Cihong naturally had a face-to-face meeting with Pang Tianshou. When he was learning how to ride a horse, it was a good horse that Pang Tianshou had personally selected for him.So as soon as Wang Chongru said it, he recalled it.Unlike the people in the outer dynasty, Zhu Cihong, who lived with eunuchs and maids since childhood, actually has more trust in these old people in the palace, especially in places far away from Beijing.

Therefore, after confirming the other party's identity, his heart suddenly softened, and he said to Pang Tianshou: "Please, Eunuch Pang, you are not in the palace right now, so you don't need to."

Pang Tianshou immediately sobbed and said: "The slaves are the servants of the emperor. No matter when or where they see the slaves of the master, how can they not serve them? When the servants heard that His Highness is going south, they rushed over immediately, hoping to plead guilty to His Highness." , and implore Your Highness to let the servants continue to serve the master."

Zhu Cilang suddenly felt a little headache, although he felt that Pang Tianshou looked quite kind, but letting him stay by his side was another matter. During the April change in Beijing, there were actually not many eunuchs and maids in the entire palace who still remembered their father and son. When the Shun army invaded Beijing, everyone was busy looting the property in the palace and fleeing.Of course, the ministers of the outer dynasty were even more shameless. Not only did they not go to the court to protect the father, they even refused to let the father pass through the gate of the imperial city guarded by them.

For eunuchs like Pang Tianshou who are out of town, who knows if they are really loyal to their father.In short, it will not be a rumor that Nanjing opened the city gate to welcome Fu Fan.

However, looking at the eyes of the surrounding people watching, Zhu Cihong didn't want to appear too petty, because he said vaguely: "Eunuch Pang, get up first, I don't need too many people to serve me right now, but if you have no place You can go, or you can stay.”

Pang Tianshou kowtowed heavily to Zhu Cihong three times, then got up and wiped away his tears and squeezed behind Zhu Cihong.Ruan Dacheng and Zhou Bi, who were in the crowd, saw Pang Tianshou's change of family in such an aboveboard manner, and for a moment didn't know what to say.This trick is really useful when meeting soft-hearted people like Zhu Cihong, but they can't use it because they are not eunuchs.

However, Pang Tianshou's public statement proved one thing, that is, the identity of the prince could not be truer.Now the Yangzhou gentry looked at the prince even more enthusiastically, because this was a genuine achievement from the dragon.Many people still felt that Dashun might not have the last laugh, and that the worst outcome for Daming would be to rule the river.

Under the eager anticipation of everyone, Zhu Cihong changed to a cruise ship that was more suitable for Baohu Lake and went to Daming Temple Wharf, but Pang Tianshou took the opportunity to squeeze on the boat and left without hesitation.When the crowd began to gradually disperse, Ruan Dacheng, who was standing there, couldn't help but said to Zhou Biao beside him, "What is Eunuch Pang doing? He should be regarded as the representative of that side?"

Zhou Biao glanced at Ruan Dacheng in surprise, and thought silently, "It's better to ask yourself this question. If these three people cross the river, I won't be the only one returning to Nandu, right? Sure enough, the eunuchs are Eunuchs, no one is reliable."

In the Granary and Rice Cang Lane in the north of Tuopanqiao, Zhenjiang, Weng Hanjin was talking with the shopkeeper in the backyard of his grain store. At this moment, a clerk suddenly ran into the backyard and reported to the two people who were talking in the corner of the wall basking in the sun, out of breath. Said: "Boss, shopkeeper, Jiangxi rice has arrived, and now all the grain shops in Zhenjiang have started to cut prices."

Because of Weng Hanjin's presence, the shopkeeper Sheng Kai immediately reprimanded the shopkeeper with a straight face: "Why are you so restless? How do I explain to you? Every major event is calm. How can it be spread like this? Didn’t people make fun of our Weng’s shop? Let’s make it clear first, how much rice came? Who shipped it? Is the Yangtze River waterway fully open? How much has each family dropped?”

Weng Hanjin sat by the side and laughed without saying a word, just letting the shopkeeper teach his clerk a lesson. Sure enough, after being reprimanded, the clerk finally got the hang of it, and replied honestly: "It's the grain transport fleet organized by the Yangzhou government. There are five boats transported to Jingkou, three boats of rice and two boats of rice. The price of rice is about 3 taels a stone. Various grain shops have reduced 2 yuan a stone, and some have reduced three or four yuan a stone, but the price of grain has not broken 2 taels a stone.

The waterway of the Yangtze River is still not completely open. Only ships with the flag of Yangzhou Prefecture can pass. It is said that Yangzhou Prefecture is preparing to organize a large fleet to go directly to Huguang to transport grain. Our Jiangnan ships can also sign up, and Yangzhou Prefecture will replace the ship. The team negotiated with the coastal government, but had to pay some fees.However, the rice grains transported back must be sold to the Yangzhou government first, or sold at a price of no more than 2 taels and 5 yuan per stone. "

Before the shopkeeper could react, Weng Hanjin said thoughtfully: "It seems that although the Marshal's Mansion has not yet sent troops across the river, it has already begun to consider the livelihood of the people in the south of the Yangtze River."

The shopkeeper thought for a while, and then said to Weng Hanjin: "Since the Jiangxi rice has already come down, the rice shops in the grain shops can no longer hoard it. In my opinion, at this time, it is better to return the funds from the shipment, and then bring It is more profitable to go to Huguang to buy a batch of rice with cotton cloth and other miscellaneous goods.”

Weng Hanjin then asked: "Then what level does the shopkeeper think is appropriate?"

The shopkeeper calculated in his mind and said: "The cost of the rice we buy will not exceed 1.5 taels and 1 shi. Since other grain shops have not broken 4 taels, I think we can reduce it to 3 taels and 5 kuai at one time. will come in droves."

Weng Hanjin thought for a while and said: "Since the Zhenjiang Navy can turn a blind eye to the fleet of Yangzhou Prefecture, it can be seen that there should be no war between the north and the south.

In addition, the four towns in Jiangbei are now subordinated to the Marshal's Mansion. From this point of view, no one should be able to stop the attack of the Marshal's Mansion on the south bank of the Yangtze River between Chongming Island and Wuchang.That being the case, the Yangtze River waterway is unimpeded for the Marshal's Mansion.The Nanjing imperial court could control ships from Jiangnan to go to Huguang for business, but it could not control ships from Marshal Du's mansion to go to Huguang.

In my opinion, not only will the prices of grain and timber fall, but our cloth and department stores in Jiangnan will no longer be unsalable.The price of food is going to drop, but it should be even lower. It will be reduced to 2 yuan in one go, so that the people will not wait and see with the money, waiting for the cheaper Huguang rice to come.Those grain shops that want to lower prices slowly will definitely lose money this time. "

The shopkeeper also suddenly came to his senses and said: "Yes, if there is no war and the rice that everyone hoards is put on the market, it will really collapse. Everyone thought that this war must be fought before. Huguang and Jiangxi The rice can’t get by, so I’m desperately hoarding food, if it’s the other way around... I understand, I’ll order the outside to change the price.”

Weng Hanjin also stood up and said, "Well, I just happened to visit a friend and see when I can cross the river..."

Weng Hanjin's guess was not bad. With the arrival of several shipments of Jiangxi rice, the price of Zhenjiang rice fell rapidly.Because the newspaper sent from the opposite side of Yangzhou stated that the Marshal's Mansion is urgently dispatching salt to Huguang and other places to exchange rice, and this year Huguang, Jiangxi and other places have good weather, and the price of rice is extremely cheap, and a stone of rice is less than three yuan.

According to the newspaper's estimates, this year the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River can export at least 2000 million shi of rice.With the actual delivery of rice, coupled with the analysis in the newspapers, the rice markets in Zhenjiang, Suzhou and other places suddenly caused earthquakes, but for the people in Jiangnan, this is indeed good news.

Chapter 225 New Deal 40

On Wan'an Mountain in Xiuning, there is an academy hidden among the vegetation on the back mountain. This is the ancient academy established by the Yangming School.Jin Sheng stood at a pavilion in the academy and looked down. A meandering river flowed down the mountain, and a town built along the river was exposed on the valley plain after the harvest. This is the most important town in Huizhou. Water Terminal - Wan'an Town.

Although Xiuning is surrounded by mountains, but because of this river, Xiuning is not closed.If you go down the river, you can reach She County and Hangzhou, and if you go up the river, you can enter the Yangtze River, leading to Anqing and Huguang.Therefore, there are a lot of people in Xiuning who are merchants, and they can always find a place to stay when they walk along the river with the mountain goods collected from Xiuning Mountain.

Just as Jin Sheng was looking at Xiuning's green mountains and green waters, he heard someone behind him respectfully say: "Teacher, I heard that you are looking for me?"

Before Jin Sheng turned around completely, he had already opened his mouth and said, "Aragonite, come up and sit down and talk."

After Jiang Tian saluted the teacher, he walked up to the pavilion and sat opposite the teacher.When he sat down, he glanced at the words on the wooden table, which seemed to be some newspapers published by Jiangbei.

Jin Sheng seemed to have noticed the student's actions, so he pushed the newspaper on the table in front of him and said, "This is the new newspaper I just got yesterday, hehe, it's a newspaper from half a month ago. But Some articles in it are quite interesting, you can also take a look.”

Although Xiuning is not a traffic-blocked place, relying on the news brought back by those businessmen who came back from other places, scholars in Xiuning can still understand what happened in the world, otherwise there will be no students who start to learn The combat skills such as riding and archery came.

The turmoil in the world has made it impossible for this paradise to be alone. Especially after the bad news of the Beijing Change came, many scholars thought that Daming's strength was almost gone.However, the more it was at such a time, the more scholars wanted to understand the changes in the world situation. At this time, just a few words brought back by a few returned merchants could no longer meet their needs for information.

The emergence of newspapers can be said to have greatly satisfied the needs of these scholars.Information is also the most important thing for businessmen. In order to get news from other places as soon as possible, many businessmen even raise pigeons.Therefore, after the Marshal's Mansion launched the newspaper as a news carrier, the first thing they paid attention to was the businessmen, and then the scholars.

Although the Ming Dynasty also had the "Di Bao" issued by the imperial court, and even used movable type printing in the 11th year of Chongzhen, its content mainly included the emperor's daily life, words and deeds, edicts, imperial edicts, edicts, decrees, etc., as well as official records. Information on appointments, promotions, dismissals, rewards and punishments, etc., plus public memorials from ministers and local officials, there is very little social news.

The Dashun Times, on the other hand, contains a large amount of social news, and even the prices of various places and some commentary articles.Simply put, Dashun Times is more interactive, while Di Bao is more like a bulletin.Therefore, the former is more popular with businessmen and ordinary people, because it is not all promotion orders that they cannot understand, but social life that is closely related to them.

For scholars, the Dashun Times is more interesting than the Di Bao, because the commentary articles in the Times help them understand the meaning behind some decrees issued by the Marshal's Mansion.And this is not seen in the "Di Bao", and more importantly, some of the information given by the Times is very timely, not as lagging behind as the "Di Bao".

Although the "Di Bao" was managed by the General Secretary, the imperial court did not have any specific rules for the management of the "Di Bao".Therefore, sometimes the memorials that should be published are hidden, and some memorials that should not be published are published, which makes the "Di Bao" lose a lot of authority.

As a result, the Dashun Times, which has a large degree of freedom and time-sensitive news, was quickly accepted by scholars as soon as it came out. Even in Jiangnan, Dashun Times sold better than Jiangbei.As a student of Jin Sheng, Jiang Tianyi will naturally not let go of this opportunity to learn about external news. After all, the teacher must have come to him because of things outside the mountain, so the more he knows about things outside the mountain, the more he can help teacher.

Jiang Tian read the newspaper in his hand at a glance, and then carefully read a few interesting articles. It took him more than a quarter of an hour to put down the newspaper in his hand, raised his head and asked the teacher carefully: "Teacher, are you planning to leave the mountain?"

Although he knew that this disciple was outstanding enough, when Jiang Tian asked such a question, he was still a little surprised and replied: "How did you guess it?"

Jiang Tian turned over the newspaper, pointed to an article and said, "After reading this article, the students know that the teacher must be impatient and must refute such fallacies, so that they can feel at ease."

Jin Sheng looked at it attentively. The title of the article was what made him sleepless last night, "Is the Datong world a world of etiquette? Or a world of justice!".

He sighed and said: "The one who knows me is Aragonite. I just want to go to Yangzhou for this article. If I can't see who this Wu Chuan is, I can't feel at ease."

Jiang Tian looked down at the author's signature at the bottom of the article for a few seconds, and then said to the teacher with a serious expression: "Although this person's remarks are absurd, it can be seen that he is dismissive of the teachings of the Master, and there is no reverence for saints in his sentences. Heart, the disciple is worried that he may not be able to debate with the teacher on an equal footing. Moreover, although this person's remarks are arrogant, they are closely related after careful consideration. It is not a bunch of nonsense.

Li Zicheng used himself to challenge the ethical order. I am afraid that this is not a simple academic dispute. Students worry that once the teacher is caught in this whirlpool, it may be difficult to get out. "

Jin Sheng was not the kind of scholar-bureaucrat who only knew how to read books. When he declined Xu Guangqi's revision of the almanac and Hongguang Emperor's recovery edict, he realized that the Ming Dynasty was hopeless and that no one with great power could support the sky with one hand. This trend of the decline of the Ming Dynasty cannot be changed.

As a scholar-bureaucrat who believes in Yangming Studies, he feels that Daming really needs some changes. Even if this change comes from the change of dynasty, it is better than the common people in the world being buried with Daming. regime change, rather than dying at the hands of foreigners.

Jin Sheng nodded silently, but soon he said: "Since Li Zicheng started his army in the third year of Chongzhen, he has always been known for his perseverance. Compare it with it.

Seeing that he suffered a setback in Shanhaiguan this time and was forced to give up Beijing by Sangui and the Manchus, he was still able to take the remains of the prince and Emperor Daxing southward leisurely.

Such a person, once ready to support a certain academic, will definitely spare no effort.My knowledge of China can now be traced back to the Master. The theory of Buddhism and Taoism is good for self-cultivation, but it is useless for governing the country. Therefore, no matter which kind of learning Li Zicheng chooses, it is actually harmless.In the end, it was nothing more than a koan dispute between several schools of thought.

But this Wu Chuan is completely subverting the academic research of various schools for thousands of years after Confucius. He wants to break the unified theory established by Dong Zi and build a new theory with the skin of Confucius and the bones of axioms.

An emperor can hold power in the world for only 50 years at most. After 50 years, a newcomer will come up, and the righteous way will eventually come back.But if a theory is accepted by the world, it will be passed on for a long time, which is a real disaster for the study of Confucius.

Li Zicheng was born in civilian clothes, although he was similar to the Taizu of this dynasty, but his talent and circumstances were actually far inferior to Taizu.Because of the righteousness of the country in this dynasty, it is second only to Han Gaozu among the previous dynasties.Therefore, no matter how indomitable he is, as long as the world is peaceful, the people will definitely miss this dynasty, because the ethics and order have determined what the people think.

I originally thought that Li Zicheng might not be able to see this, but I didn't want him to see his own flaws after he withdrew from Beijing, so now he started to rectify his name.If he can succeed, not only will Dashun have the right to exist, but the people of the world will also turn to him, and this dynasty will really be considered dead.

So I have to go, because I can't just watch someone distort Li Zicheng's ideas, otherwise it will be a catastrophe for my Confucianism in the future.I called you here because I hope you can take the rest of this year's courses for me.With your talent, it is enough to replace me in giving these courses to these students. "

Jiang Tianyi agreed with the teacher, but when he looked at the calluses on his hands that hadn't faded away, he felt an impulse in his heart. His heart told him, "If I don't go out of the mountain this time, I'm afraid I will only be old in this life. Home. Since he's in his early 40s, there's really no time to waste."

After crossing such thoughts in his mind, the impulse in his heart finally couldn't be restrained, Jiang Tianyi looked at the teacher and said: "There are still people who can replace the teacher in class, but they can serve the teacher on the road, so that the teacher can complete this trip with peace of mind." Only the students are on the journey. The students want to meet this Wu Chuan with the teacher, and also want to see if Li Zicheng is the same as the rumors."

Jin Sheng looked at his protégé in astonishment, and only after seeing the other party's firm eyes did he realize that this protégé was indeed not young.Although he has outstanding talents, he entered school too late and his family was poor, so he is only a student until now, and he has not even been able to pass the exam. From the current point of view, it is even more hopeless to be a Jinshi.

Although he can take care of each other in the academy, it is difficult for some people in the academy to convince him due to his background.Thinking of this, Jin Sheng finally changed his mind and said: "That's right, I was thinking superficially. You really should go out and meet the market, this time may not be your chance, then you go back and prepare, and come to my house the day after tomorrow..."

Chapter 226 New Deal 41

When Zhu Cihong's ship docked at the Daming Temple Wharf, he boarded the wharf and looked at the cleared square at the foot of the mountain and the hiking trails under construction, and his mood suddenly brightened.

In the past, when he was in the palace, it was difficult to notice any changes around him. It was almost like what the palace was like when he was born, and it was what he was when he left Beijing. After all, his father was the most frugal emperor in the history of Ming Dynasty. Not to mention repairing the palace, even the bronze wares in the palace were melted into copper coins to reward officers and soldiers.

And after following Li Zicheng out of Beijing and going south, he has been feeling the constant changes around him, almost every day is brand new.In his eyes, Li Zicheng and his father are completely two types of people. Although Li Zicheng also talks about frugality, Li Zicheng's frugality is mainly about not wasting, not being mean to himself and others.

As for the strategy of governing the country, the difference between Li Zicheng and his father is as far away as heaven and earth. His father tried his best to maintain the old traditions of the Ming Dynasty, thinking that as long as these old traditions are preserved, everything can be restored to the past In the age of peace and happiness.Li Zicheng, on the other hand, always advocated the breaking of those old outdated traditions, and he believed that we can always build a better world.

Zhu Cihong couldn't tell who was right for a while between the father who missed the glory of the past and the emperor Yongchang who yearned for the future, but he has gradually gotten used to tomorrow being a brand new day.Because in this constant change, he began to feel that there are actually unexpected surprises in life.

When they walked up the mountain path covered by trees, the accompanying scholar of Wenhua Palace finally couldn't help but said: "The world has not yet settled down, and it would be too extravagant to build such a mountain trail."

Zhu Cihong was quite disapproving, but the character he had cultivated since he was a child was not suitable for refuting in person, so he could only pretend not to hear.However, someone refuted the bachelor without giving any face: "This gentleman is one-sided. His Majesty did not take this mountain as his own, so this mountain forest trail must be built for His Majesty. People who travel to and from this mountain Everyone can enjoy this trail.

There are hundreds of thousands of people in Yangzhou, and tens of thousands of business people come and go to Yangzhou every year. If the number of tourists accounts for one-tenth of the year, that is 8 to [-] people.It is enough for one person to spend one penny to climb this mountain to build this trail.What's more, this stone trail is enough to be used for decades, and the cost per person is less than a penny.With such a calculation, how can it be said to be extravagant? "

The bachelor who just criticized was naturally very annoyed, but he couldn't think of words to retaliate against the other party, so he could only pretend to be disdainful and said: "When I say extravagance, do I mean spending money? I'm talking about the morality of the king. What on earth do you guys do? Your teacher didn't teach you what it means to prevent the passing of time..."

Hearing the argument between the old and the young behind him, the corners of Zhu Cihong's mouth suddenly curled up. He felt that what the young man said spoke to his heart, and the other old man used his status to oppress others, which is really not the case something.

The Daming Temple is not too high from the foot of the mountain, so the two behind them quarreled a few times, and Zhu Cihong had already seen the mountain gate.He just stopped, turned around and said to the people behind him: "The Buddhist gate is clean, and His Majesty is stationed in the monastery again. You should not bring the quarrel into the mountain gate. If you have any quarrels, just finish the quarrel outside the mountain gate." Come in again."

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he turned around and passed the mountain gate. Pang Tianshou and Wang Chongru behind him hurriedly followed, leaving behind a group of civil servants to peek at each other, but soon King Lu laughed and said, "Your Highness is right. , if you are not at ease, you can calm down outside and then come up, I will accompany His Highness up first."

Looking at King Lu's back, Chen Mingxia didn't want to just walk away. After all, he still needed to win over these officials to support him. As Nanjing got closer, his temper got better and better.There is no way, if the prince wants to replace Hongguang Emperor in Nanjing, without the help of these officials from the north and south, the new court cannot be built.

On the other side, Li Zicheng, who was talking with someone, heard that Zhu Cihong went up the mountain without staying at the foot of the mountain, so he smiled and said to the guard Ma Qi beside him: "Then please come up to Cihong, he will take care of the matter today." Just listen to it."

Zhu Cilang went up to Pingshan hall and saluted Li Zicheng first, and then the guests who were talking with Li Zicheng in the hall also saluted him.Only then did Li Zicheng introduce to Zhu Cihong: "Zhu Shuaicui, Xi Benyi. Since you are here, please sit down and listen. Zhu Shuaicui, go ahead and talk."

After seeing the prince and King Lu looking for seats to sit down, Zhu Shuaicui turned to Li Zicheng and continued to speak: "These days, I and other people have carefully searched through various file files, and finally found two things that are not related to the Korean vassal state. Congratulations.

The first is that in the tenth year of Chongzhen, Cui Mingji, the leader of the North Korean government, wrote "Yie Chen Du Du Gui" to my Ming Dynasty to report in detail the history of Bingzi's chaos, and North Korea was forced to surrender to Jiannu and become a minister.However, in October of the 11th year of Chongzhen, Jiannu used this to accuse North Korea of ​​having an affair with this dynasty. Cui Mingji and other Korean officials who were close to this dynasty were sent by the King of Joseon to Shenyang for interrogation by Jiannu.

The second is that in the 40th year of Wanli, Li Jibin, the pastor of Jeju in North Korea, and Wen Xixian, the judge, killed merchants from our country who had drifted to Jeju Island.This incident is one of the crimes related to Lord Gwanghae in North Korea's memorial to the country.

The above two incidents, plus North Korea's arbitrarily proclaiming its vassals to Jiannu and abandoning China, our country has a reason to reprimand and punish North Korea's monarchs and ministers..."

Li Zicheng turned his head to look at Zhu Cihong and Zhu Yihai who were on the side, and then asked lazily: "Since you are here, you might as well talk about your own opinions on how we should deal with North Korea now. King Lu, tell me first." Speak."

King Lu did not expect that he would have to face such a problem when he accompanied the prince. He thought about it carefully and felt that Li Zicheng mainly wanted to ask the prince, and asking him was just a formality, so he was more casual. He replied: "Our country owes North Korea intermittently, and North Korea not only does not appreciate it, but also slaughters our merchants, which shows that the hearts of the country are broken.

Now they succumb to Jiannu, knowing that Jiannu is the great enemy of our country, and they still want to help the tyrants, which shows that North Korea has abandoned China and turned to the barbarians.The king promotes the teacher to defeat the ministers.It is justifiable for our country to send troops to attack North Korea now.However, there are still Jian slaves raging in the north, blocking the passage between our country and North Korea.I thought it would be more appropriate to send someone from the sea to reprimand them, and then see if they have a heart of repentance? "

Seeing that Li Zicheng was noncommittal to King Lu's answer, Zhu Cihong turned to look at himself, and he suddenly became a little flustered.It was impossible for the emperor to ask him about such military matters when he was around in the past, because the emperor felt that what he needed most now was to read and understand, not to participate in political affairs.

After thinking over and over for a few breaths in his heart, Zhu Cihong finally said with some guilt in his heart: "I think what King Lu said is very good. Although North Korea has acted disrespectfully, Jiannu cut off the passage between us and North Korea. Now I want to It may be very difficult to punish them, right? Sending someone to reprimand North Korea and give them a chance to reform themselves seems good..."

Li Zicheng took it back from King Lu and Zhu Cihong, and then looked at the sand table in front of him. On the sand table was a topographic map of East Asia. The Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin Island, the Japanese Islands, and the coast of China were quite detailed.

After staring at the sand table for a while, he opened his mouth and said to the few people in the hall: "Give the North Koreans a chance to return to the Chinese sequence. This is indeed a solution. But we can't think that a reprimand will be enough." Let North Korea wake up.

Jeju Island was originally a horse breeding land in the Yuan Dynasty. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was rewarded to the Korean vassal state. It was originally hoped that the Korean vassal state would help my country intercept Japanese pirates.However, the Koreans turned Jeju Island into a place of exile for prisoners, which allowed Japanese pirates to go south without hindrance and harass the southeast coast of our country. This shows the incompetence of North Korea and the heart of China.

Now that North Korea has succumbed to the barbarians, we should naturally take back the rewards and titles given to North Korea.Therefore, in addition to reprimanding North Korea, it is also necessary to tell North Korea that our country will take back the decision of Jeju Island.If the North Koreans really have a heart of loyalty, they will naturally accept our country's treatment. If they have completely abandoned China, they will inevitably oppose it. Then we don't have to have any illusions about North Korea.

In addition, the sea fish resources in the north of the Korean peninsula are abundant. my country is currently in need of such a fishing ground to accommodate the growing population of seaside fishermen, and also needs more catches to meet the needs of the domestic people.Therefore, we not only need to take back Jeju Island, but also need to open some coastal ports on the Korean Peninsula to provide supplies for our fishing boats and avoid typhoons.

Ganghwa Island, Ulleungdo Island, Incheon, Busan, Wonsan, Jeolla-do Gobu, etc., should allow Chinese ships to dock at any place suitable for docking ships, and the local officials should also give all assistance.In addition, in order to develop the ports and forests in the north, North Korea should also allow our ships to employ local people...

In short, whether North Korea wants to return to the Chinese sequence depends not on what they promise, but on their actual actions.This time, the two of you are going to Japan and North Korea, mainly to see what their reactions are.For Japan, as long as they agree to free trade at present, they will oppress North Korea as much as possible. In short, I want to know whether North Korea, which dare not provoke slavery, dares to express dissatisfaction with China.

A vassal state that refuses to obey our country is naturally an enemy of our country.The development of Jiannu tells us that it is better to erase disrespectful feudal states as soon as possible.Letting them develop half-heartedly will only cause trouble for us.Do you have anything else to say? "

Naturally, King Lu, Zhu Shuaicui, and Xi Benyi would not have any other opinions. At this time, China does not have the strength to tolerate North Korea.On the contrary, Zhu Cihong asked worriedly: "What if the Koreans are persecuted and really turn to Jiannu? Doesn't Jiannu have an extra helper?"

Li Zicheng smiled and said: "Compared with fighting Jiannu, I think many people want to fight the North Koreans. For a country like North Korea, being an enemy is better than being an ally..."

Chapter 227 New Deal 42

Although Zhu Shuaicui and Xi Benyi listened very seriously when King Lu and the crown prince expressed their opinions, when Li Zicheng spoke, they really pricked up their ears and dared not say a word. Leaked.

Like Zhu Shuaicui, Xi Benyi is also a person who aspires to stand out. Although he was born in the Xi family, he is a concubine and is not valued at home, so this time the Xi family will send him out for an overseas adventure.Xi Benyi also knew that if he didn't seize this opportunity, at most he would be left by his family in a remote place to be a shopkeeper, and he would not have a share in the core business of the Xi family.

For Li Zicheng, Zhu Shuaicui and Xi Benyi's submissive attitude towards him made him feel that these two people could be used together.Although after he conquered Xi'an, scholar-bureaucrats began to surrender to the Shun army in large numbers, but these people just wanted to keep their own property, and they didn't really want to contribute to Dashun.

The pastoral life pursued by the landlord class also made it difficult for them to support Li Zicheng's foreign expansionary state policy.After all, before the overseas colonial system was established, the risks and benefits of overseas colonization were not directly proportional.The Chinese who have mastered raw silk, tea, porcelain and other economic crops and handmade goods can wait for overseas businessmen to come to buy them without going to sea.

Compared with going to sea to pursue three or four times the profit, but risking your life every time, staying in the safety of your hometown and earning 50% to 100% of the profit is obviously more suitable for these landlords.

Of course, the poor sailing conditions in this era are also deterrent. People who are not desperate will not want to go to sea.Although Europe's navigation technology has surpassed that of the East at this time, the ships traveling between Europe and Asia can only sail three times.So much so that European sailors rushed to board the ships that sailed to and from Europe and Asia for the first time. As for the ships to and from Europe and Asia for the third time, only those novice and desperate sailors would be recruited, because most of the ships sank on the third trip. sailing.

Therefore, if Li Zicheng wants to promote the prosperity of maritime trade, he first needs a large number of people who are willing to take risks at sea. Obviously, these people cannot rely on the maritime merchants in the coastal areas, otherwise they will only further consolidate the monopoly of these maritime merchants on overseas trade.No matter in what era, once an economic monopoly is formed, the circle will stagnate, because as long as the monopolist maintains the monopoly, it is enough to earn high profits, so why does he need to improve technology and expand the market?

Therefore, Li Zicheng needs new blood who are willing to participate in maritime trade, especially people like Zhu Shuaicui and Xi Benyi who have some status but can easily fall from their original class.In order to keep their own class and climb up, they will be more willing to take risks than those landlords who are already satisfied with their existing wealth, and they can also become his real supporters. After all, if they want to make money in overseas trade, no power Group support is unlikely.

Just like how Li Zicheng treats North Korea and Japan differently now, as envoys to the two countries, Zhu Shuaicui and Xi Benyi immediately realized that they had gained a lot of power in it, because Li Zicheng gave them The power to intervene in trade with the two countries.The two people who had been serious before, now showed more respect for Li Zicheng.

As for Zhu Yihai and Zhu Cihong, they don’t have any dislike for Li Zicheng’s decision. Although they feel that North Korea should be given a chance to change, it doesn’t mean that they are opposed to teaching North Korea a lesson. As a result, these Koreans surrendered to Jiannu so easily, which is really disappointing.

After Li Zicheng explained their diplomatic strategy for Japan and North Korea, he was ready to end the conversation, "...under this strategy, you can act cheaply. In short, you can be gentle with Japan, but there is no need to make too many promises. We It is only necessary to strengthen the trade between Japan and my country. At present, for our country, the most important thing is to obtain Japanese copper and sulfur, and the others are secondary.

For North Korea, you just need to figure out the passage from Busan to Seoul and local military capabilities.The two classes of scholar-bureaucrats in the local area can communicate with each other, but it is not necessary to expect them to put pressure on Seoul, find out their political orientation, and provide reference for military operations in the next spring.Therefore, you can return to Busan for Nagasaki after you stay in Seoul until New Year's Day, and someone will meet you in Nagasaki..."

After coming down from Pingshan Hall, seeing that there were no people left and right, Xi Benyi eagerly flattered Zhu Shuaicui and said, "Caomin is just a scholar who knows nothing about business, so I have to rely on Mr. Lieutenant to give me some advice when I go abroad this time." gone."