I am the king of the dead

This is art, not Tao, and it is not suitable for the Central Plains Dynasty who is used to the great unification.

Zhu Qiyu suddenly thought of Da Qing.

The Qing Dynasty was a dynasty that Zhu Qiyu looked down upon, but even the Qing Dynasty was able to punch the tsar and kick the great powers in the early and mid-term. It lasted until 1840, when the industrialization was completely completed, Daiying finally opened the Qing Dynasty. door.

It is not uncommon for the Thai and Western colonists to use the method Hu Wei mentioned.

On the contrary, from the discovery of America by Columbus in 1492, to Magellan's voyage around the world, until the 21st century, the entire global village is full of colonists.

These colonists, like the idlers in the village, tried every means to force the Central Plains Dynasty to submit.

These are techniques, not Tao.

"There is a fourth type, which is His Majesty's road trip, commodity colonization, commodity colony that plunders production results." Hu Wei said the last method.

The productivity of Ming Dynasty is much higher than the sum of other countries in the known world, which is the confidence that Ming Dynasty can carry out commodity colonization.

Utilize the high productivity of Ming Dynasty to produce commodities that others cannot produce, and use the high added value of commodities to plunder the production results.

Zhu Qiyu didn't answer, he shook his head after thinking for a long time and said, "I've thought about this method, and I'm doing it too."

"For example, Fei Yiying went to the Japanese country to sell cotton cloth and made a lot of money. He also brought the Japanese silver back to Daming, which solved part of the problem of money shortage, promoted the exchange of goods in Daming, and improved the situation caused by the money shortage. Money circulation problem."

"Emperor Taizong Wen did the same thing back then, but what's the point of doing it?"

Hu Wei's eyes were shining brightly, he stood up and said loudly: "Conquering by force, conquest of Tu Tutu into slavery, religious preaching, or plundering of goods are all means."

"Your Majesty, different routes lead to the same goal. The ultimate goal of these methods is to replace! Use Daming's culture to replace their culture, and use Daming's etiquette to replace their etiquette! Finally achieve the goal of becoming king."

"Writing, language, weights and measures, dealing with affairs, habits, etc., Ming culture is our greatest advantage."

"Nigolaoz said that the people of Ming Dynasty are too kind, and this kindness comes from the culture and etiquette of Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Hu Min, his eyes lit up, and it turned out that Hu Min, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, was the one who understood the etiquette best, and he explained the ultimate goal of colonization in one sentence.

Zhu Qiyu stood up, walked back and forth excitedly, suddenly stood still, and asked, "Then what should I do?"

Hu Wei said very precisely: "Your Majesty, there is no need to do anything, the people of Ming Dynasty will finish it by themselves."

"Everything must be done. Your Majesty must ensure that the huge ship Daming will not get lost at sea."

If you don't do anything, there will be results. If you do anything, you have to take action at the critical moment to prevent things from slipping into an uncontrollable direction, and to ensure that Daming's ship does not leak from the top.

Hu Wei simply repeated Nikolaoz's words again, and then said: "Going to the west entrance and moving to Jilong Island is colonization; dumping in Japan is plundering resources; in Ryukyu, it can be regarded as foreign rule. "

Zhu Qiyu immediately interrupted Hu Yan and said, "No, no, it's not considered a foreign rule. Ryukyu and Ming have the same language and the same species. How can there be a foreign rule?"

"The rule over the Tatars and the Miao people in Tibet, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou cannot be regarded as foreign rule. It was a family 500 years ago. It should be called recovery."

"For example, in the Hetao area, Hu Shangshu will subconsciously use the word "recovery". When it comes to Ryukyu, how can Hu Shangshu use the word "foreign race?"

"It's all family."

"I don't like the term alien rule very much. Even if it is a fact, use it as little as possible."

Hu Wei immediately realized the problem, and he hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise and wise, and I am terrified."

He intends to remove the attribute of alien rule from the colonial attribute forever.

Your majesty is a family, which is more conducive to Wanghua.

Daming did not take the Roman colonial road, so naturally the term "foreign race rule" was not used.

This is incorrect!

The correct name of foreign rule in Ming Dynasty should be read as: reforming the land and returning to the natives.

This is a low-level mistake. For a minister of rites like Hu Wei, he has never made such a mistake in his more than forty years of official career.

The reason why he made such a mistake today is because he knows that his match with His Majesty will affect the historical course of Daming for decades.

Zhu Qiyu and Hu Wei had discussed for a long time about the direction of overseas Wanghua. He and Hu Wei discussed the direction, and the specific details still need to be summarized in practice.

"Speaking of kindness, He Zhang from the Metropolitan Procuratorate took office recently, and there are three fires for new officials to take office. Look at this." Zhu Qiyu picked up the memorial on the case table and handed it to Xing'an.

When He Zhang took office, the first fire burned on the heads of the Tatars.

The position of elders in the Senate of the Ming Dynasty, or the core of power, has six ministers, the chief constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the chief assistant of Wenyuan Pavilion, and the eunuch who is the supervisor of rituals and admirals.

The center of absolute power is the Ming Emperor.

In the position of the core of these rights, He Zhang seems out of place, and he has no extraordinary achievements.

Yu Shiyue, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, also guarded Deshengmen for six days without taking off his armor.

Even Chen Yi, the former Chief Procuratorate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, although he made false comments, but Zhang Qiu's water control and Hetao's opening of canals to calm the people were down-to-earth and worked out bit by bit.

He Zhang, without any merit, climbed to the position of the Chief Constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate by virtue of his seniority and the enmity of Hu Wei, the Minister of Rites.

Virtue does not coordinate, like sitting on pins and needles.

Since He Zhang took the position of the chief constitution, he hasn't had a good night's sleep. Not to mention, he has to tell people everywhere, thanking Hu Wei for his recommendation regardless of past suspicions.

Therefore, He Zhang intends to make meritorious service, and he is going to go to Tatar to make great meritorious service by taking advantage of the wind in the middle of the court.

Recently, there has been a lot of opposition from the court and the central government to distributing coins in Gongshi, His Majesty's Xuanfu, because the herdsmen are suffering.

As the Holy Son of Heaven, His Majesty does not collect and burn waste at night, and Gongshi issues silver coins wantonly. If Wala is still in Helin, forget it. The Wala people have all gone to Samarkand, and they are still chasing and fighting like this. It is against heaven with.

After reading He Zhang's memorandum, Hu Wei thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, Ji Duo has returned to Songjiang Shipping Department from Ryukyu, and returned to Beijing in the past few days."

"Ji Duo has been sent as an envoy several times, and he did not disgrace the king's order. I think it is appropriate for Ji Duo to go."

The He Zhang recommended by Hu Wei is a model for His Majesty to demonstrate the methods of civil servants. How could such a good example be missed?

A civil official from the sixth rank, with his strong dog-fighting ability, broke the game that He Zhang wanted to make and the brand he wanted to get, which he had carefully planned for so long, with a few words.

The list of envoys must naturally be discussed by the Ministry of Rites, and Zhu Qiyu also discussed it with Hu Wei in advance.

"Ji Duo is an excellent candidate." Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and said, "But Ji Duo just came back from Ryukyu and went on an envoy to the Monan Tatars. Should Ji Duo be allowed to rest?"

Yuan Bin, Ji Duo, and Yue Qian are an iron triangle, but Yue Qian, Yuan Bin, and Chen Fuyin went to the Japanese country to do their best, leaving Ji Duo alone in Ryukyu.

All the affairs in Ryukyu require one person to return to court.

"Your Majesty, wait for Ji Duo to come back and ask him. If he doesn't want to go, then let Mr. He go." Hu Yan said imperceptibly.

Will Ji Duo get tired of taking the sign?Hu Wei didn't know, would Ji Duo feel tired? If Hu Wei hadn't grown old, such a good thing would have fallen on Ji Duo's head?

His Majesty has cast a net in the Xuan Manor for so long, and it is finally time to reap the harvest.

5 Chapter fifty

Ji Duo returned to the capital. He was sent as an envoy to Nanya in the third year of Jingtai, and he was busy until October of the sixth year of Jingtai before returning to the capital.

He came to Tongzhou Shuimayi to stay, took a bath and freshened up, and was a little surprised when he was told that he would enter the capital through Chaoyang Gate.

Chaoyang Gate is the place where the princes and ministers of the court enter the city. He, a military officer, should enter the city through Desheng Gate.

Deshengmen is the triumphal arch of Ming Dynasty. After returning from victory, they will enter the city through Deshengmen.

At the beginning, King Jili entered the city through Deshengmen, because Deshengmen was a military path. His Majesty lined Tiqi and the Beijing Army on both sides of the street, and held a grand welcome ceremony for King Jili.

The main reason for doing that at the beginning was that they were afraid that the excited people would kill King Jili. After all, there are nearly hundreds of thousands of households in the capital city wearing sackcloth and filial piety.

Ji Duo thought he was going to enter the city through Desheng Gate, but was told to enter through Chaoyang Gate, and the Ministry of Rites informed him.

Ji Duo arrived at Chaoyang Gate wearing court clothes, and immediately felt the big difference in the capital.

When he left, the capital was not as lively as it is now. The houses in the city gate were only about half a mile away from the city gate, but now, the houses outside the Chaoyang Gate stretched for five miles.

Prosperity is Ji Duo's first feeling when he returns to the capital.

In just three years, the capital of Daming was much more prosperous than when he left.

Ji Duo thought of what he had seen and heard in Nanya. In the south, because of the large population of many cities, the cities were crowded. The prefects of many cities had to demolish the city walls to facilitate the activities of the people.

When Ji Duo first arrived in Nanya, he didn't understand this kind of behavior of demolishing the wall, but he spent a little longer in Nanya, but felt that if there were no Japanese infestation, this approach was completely correct.

Of course, the premise of everything is that there is no Japanese plague.

Chaoyang Gate has expanded from the gate of Wufeng Tower to nine gates.

Because of the relationship between the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Shipping Department of Mizhou City, there are far more goods from Tongzhou Water Horse Station to the capital than other city gates, so the expansion of these nine city gates is indeed a last resort.

Xia Heng, Minister of the Taipu Temple, was originally the Governor of Shuntian Prefecture. The current Governor of Shuntian Prefecture, Zhao Cheng, was Xia Heng's former assistant official.

Xia Heng also traveled between the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Households, lobbying repeatedly, and finally managed the nine city gates.

Originally, Xia Heng thought that the Ministry of Rites was the most difficult to deal with, because it was against the law to open nine city gates, and even the Chengtian Gate only had five.

But the Ministry of Rites approved the fastest.

After the Ministry of Industry came up with a plan and the Ministry of Households allocated money, Hu Wei directly proposed and approved the nine-door city gate reconstruction plan of Chaoyang Gate with a sentence of etiquette, which did not bring any benefits to the development of Daming. any hindrance.

Etiquette cannot become a stumbling block on the way forward for the Ming Dynasty. This is the ethos of the Ministry of Rites carried by Hu Wei, the Minister of Rites.

Ji Duo rode his horse and dismounted at Dengshikou, and walked further to Qingqingfang, which was within the range of the imperial road. Except for His Majesty, who could gallop on horseback, everyone else had to ride on their legs. Of course, His Majesty's personal guard, Tiqi, And the commander of the Ministry of War can also ride a horse.

Under Cheng Jing's guidance, Ji Duo entered the imperial palace from Donghua Gate, walked from Zuoshun Gate to Chengtian Gate and waited in front of Fengtian Hall.

His Majesty is in court meeting at Fengtian Hall and wants to meet him in Fengtian Hall.

A small yellow door shouted loudly: "Xuan Da Tong's Commander Ji Duo has an audience."

Ji Duo went up the stairs, crossed the high threshold, walked into the Fengtian Hall, prostrated three times and kowtowed five times, bowed his head and shouted loudly: "Chen Ji Duo returned from his envoy, see Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, Long live, Long live. "

"Pingshen." Zhu Qiyu's voice was very steady, but even Cai Yuji, the supervisor of the seventh rank, could tell that His Majesty was really happy.

Only then did Ji Duo stand up slowly, and handed a memorial to the waiting little Huangmen, bowed his head and said: "I will not disgrace the king's order, and return to the imperial court as an envoy to Ryukyu."

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Going out on a boat a few times to communicate with the Songjiang prefecture and the Ryukyu Islands. The journey is not only hard and hard. I know that Ryukyu is stable because of your loyalty and courage. I am very pleased."

"Look at the reward!"

Xing'an took out an imperial decree that had been prepared long ago, and said loudly, "Yue spit out the green mountains and lean on the ship tower, and cross the fairy boat for King Chi."

"Chu Suibo looks forward to today, and Fusang will be late autumn after the rain."

"The clouds and flying stars outside the cabin are about to move, and the waves in the ocean are rising and the ground is floating."

"You know that the road to the sky should be far away, remember what Jun Ping said about bullfighting!"

"When I went to the country of Shufang thousands of miles away, the great man of the Ming Dynasty was full of spirits, Ji Duo, Yue Qian, Yuan Bin, and Chen Fuyin worked tirelessly and were not afraid..."

After Xing'an finished reading the imperial decree loudly, Cheng Jing came to Ji Duo with a miraculous merit card.

The Qigong card, the merit of opening up the frontier, naturally must be given the Qigong card.

Ji Duo and Yue Qian communicated constantly at sea, and Yuan Bin and Chen Fuyin fought desperately against Japanese pirates on Ryukyu Island. This credit belongs to all of them and to each of them.

Zhu Qiyu stood up from the dragon chair, walked in front of Ji Duo, gave Ji Duo a miracle card, patted Ji Duo's arm vigorously and said: "Okay, very good, very good, give me a face , Give Daming a boost!"

Ji Duo chuckled, he looked at his miraculous achievement card, grinning to the base of his ears, if it wasn't for the fact that Fengtian Temple is the state's official treasure, he might have laughed wildly.

He never expected that His Majesty would give him a miracle card. He thought that Chen Fuyin would be given the merit of opening the frontier, but His Majesty actually gave each of the four of them a piece.

If Yue Qian and Yuan Bin knew that Ji Duo was receiving an honor in Fengtian Hall, they would regret it.

Wa country is fun, but how can one stand in the court hall to receive honors and shine on the lintel?

Zhu Qiyu picked up another thing, on which were mounted poems.

It's the one that Xing'an read just now, it's not that Zhu Qiyu entrusted others to write it, Xiao Si of Tar Qing likes to find someone to write it for him, Zhu Qiyu doesn't have this habit.

He smiled and said: "I don't have any poetic style, whether it's escort or battle, I don't have the talent, I just write it on the spur of the moment, a poem, I give it to you."

Ji Duo hurriedly took His Majesty's imperial pen and put it in his sleeve. This reward is unique to him!

It is absolutely impossible for His Majesty to copy four copies. The three people who left him to deal with the aftermath will have to borrow from him if they want to read it!

Then Ji Duo will show them only if they ask for it!

As for the grid of poems, Ji Duo is also a vulgar person, how can he understand that?

"Thank you for your majesty's grace, I will be so heartbroken to repay your majesty's kindness." Ji Duo took a step back, just about to kneel, but then he thought that his majesty didn't like Ming Wufu kneeling down, so he bowed his head and said.

Zhu Qiyu patted Ji Duo's arm again before heading towards the platform, and said after sitting down, "Commander Ji, go back to work first."

"Continue to say what you just said."

He Zhang bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the pain of the herdsmen is shared by all the neighbors. I went to Xuan Mansion a few days ago, and the Tatars starved to death everywhere, surrounded by wolves."

"Since I went to the Taizu Taizong and cultivated literature and virtue, I sent envoys to explain it. He will be afraid of power and virtue, and he will not fail to obey him."

"The minister asked for an order to go to the Tatar Ministry to appease the Tatars, and Yongan border troubles."