New Shun 1730

I was so excited that I couldn't help wanting to sing and dance with the sword.

But my hand was about to reach the hilt of the sword, but Kang Budai didn't know what to sing.

If you say that you can sing a song with excitement in your heart, "Song of a Husband" has a great atmosphere, but the song says: "A man should live in the world, establish his reputation, and after establishing his reputation, he will accomplish his kingly work. When his kingly work is accomplished..."

Kang Budai thought about it and felt that he should not waste the word "king". He and Liu Yu were obviously using domineering magic, which really had nothing to do with the kingly way.

But the emotions had already come up and needed to be vented. After a little hesitation, he still drew out the sword and chopped it hard at the ground. He shouted and felt refreshed, and his heart was no longer so swollen.

He took back the sword, and just chopped it so hard, his forehead was already covered with sweat and his face was flushed.

"If you want to do this, I will follow you. But I don't know what I should do when I follow you?"

"See what you see and hear. Record what you see and hear in words and write a history of overseas countries. Choose the strong ones and praise them, choose the bad ones and worry about them. Stir up the world and build momentum for a great struggle. Do not let the knowledgeable people in the world be confined to the world, but look outside the world. Qin needs three things to rule the world. The upper position is to have the remaining power of the six generations and the ambition to swallow up the sea; the internal government will not stop after Shang Yang dies; the external government will be flexible and do not let the six countries join forces. Today is different from the past, but it is necessary to open the eyes of knowledgeable people in the world to see the world, so that the government will not stop even if people die."

Kang Budai nodded in agreement, knowing that Liu Yu did not want to take the orthodox Confucian scholars out. If he took the orthodox Confucian scholars out, it would definitely be a bunch of empty speeches. The focus is similar to that of Arai Shiraishi, bombarding morality, system, and culture, and not seeing through the inner things at all.

The same thing is different in the eyes of different people. And Kang Budai also knew that Liu Yu wanted him, who had continued the tradition and had been with Liu Yu for many years, to describe the outside world.

Confucian scholars are not good, and Liu Yu is not good either. The former has a problem with his focus, and the latter cannot understand his way of thinking without getting along for ten years.

Considering the many things Liu Yu arranged for him to do before, in addition to the very clear identities of retainers, staff, confidants, and housekeepers, the more important thing is that he is like a bridge, connecting the future understood by Liu Yu and the present moment of Dashun.

Or, more like an interpreter, a translator.

They all speak human language, all Chinese pronunciation, but when they are put together without translation, it is difficult to understand.

Just like the simplest word "economy", Kang Budai can understand it and can explain it clearly in the language of the time, but if it is someone else, when they hear the word economy, they will definitely think of managing the world and benefiting the people, governing the country and pacifying the world.

There are two Sima in the Western Han Dynasty, and one Wolong in Nanyang. This economy is not that economy.

There are quite a few people who can understand Liu Yu's way of speaking and thinking. At least the orphans in the adopted charity school can understand him, but the orphans have the same problem as Liu Yu, that is, they can't talk to people outside the circle.

They can only feel comfortable in the circle centered on Liu Yu, and they are marginalized outside the circle.

Therefore, there are only three or five people who can fully understand what Liu Yu is saying and can communicate with people outside the circle without obstacles, and Kang Budai is one of them.

Because Liu Yu needs someone to "translate" the truth he says, and whether he is in the court or going to Japan, he is full of nonsense that he himself does not believe.

Now asking Kang Budai to go to the West with him to see what he sees and hears what he hears, the purpose is self-evident.

See what Liu Yu wants him to see and hear what Liu Yu wants him to hear, but write it down to translate what he sees and hears into what people in the world can hear and see.

This is really difficult. It is much more difficult than fabricating those two books.

Although it is difficult, Kang Budai is confident that he can do it well, but what about the family affairs?

"Once you leave, will you really leave all these workshops, equipment bureaus, trading companies, etc. alone? You have always known what kind of businessmen are. If you don't care, it's hard to say what they can do. Besides, the court seems to be..."

Liu Yu smiled and said, "These are all small things. In the short term, let them toss and turn, and there will be no big problems. What really matters is the research on steam engines. After moving to the capital in a few days, no one dares to move. As long as they are normal, the rest are small matters."

Thinking for a while, he said, "In the West, there is the story of Prometheus stealing fire; in the Celestial Empire, there is the story of Suiren drilling wood to make fire and becoming the emperor. The steam engine is that ball of fire; the boring machine is the drill in the hands of Suiren Emperor. If there is fire in the world, everything is different, so why should we care about people who have lived in the dark for a long time using the night? Means? Don't worry, do whatever you want. "

Kang Budai thought about what Liu Yu had done in recent years, and saw that Liu Yu compared the steam engine to the emperor's flint fire, which was the pinnacle of metaphor, and couldn't help asking: "Young Master, have you seen the world after fire? Young Master's treatment of Japan, consideration of Southeast Asia, and military power are not concerned, and he has no interest in cultivating confidants, so he has always sought to go out instead of sitting at home waiting for others to send money. Although I can understand and be convinced, I always feel like there is a layer of mist between us, and I can't see it clearly. Young Master seems to just want to pass on the fire. Dealing with Japan is to pass on the fire in the future so that the fire will not be extinguished; going out to sell goods is also to pass on the fire in the future so that the fire will not be extinguished... Young Master is worried that after this fire appears, people who are used to the dark will think it is a ghost and must put it out?"

Liu Yu smiled, thought for a long time, and could only sigh: "Westerners are not stupid. They will not be surprised to trade when they see the Chinese goods are exquisite and cheap. Instead, when they see the Chinese goods are exquisite and cheap, they increase tariffs and ban the purchase. This Fire will always burn people.”

"If a fire breaks out in one province first and does not go out, then aren't the other provinces colonies? And they are colonies without tariffs. What will the court do?"

"You need firewood to light a fire. Who will be the firewood? If you don't have the ability to let thousands of people voluntarily go bankrupt, voluntarily go to work in factories with nothing in the future, and be willing to be firewood without rebelling, then they can only go out to find firewood. I don’t think the imperial court is capable of this. It’s far from it.”

Kang Buyao was puzzled and said: "If you think this thing is Suiren's fire, shouldn't you hope that the sky will burn all over the country? It will eventually burn."

"Hahahaha... That's why I went outside to look for firewood. When the fire burned until no one could extinguish it, I would let the whole country burn. Otherwise, if I didn't go outside to look for firewood, the fire would have just started and I would have soaked in urine. They can all be destroyed.”

"It's easy to make fire, but it's the most troublesome to protect it."

What kind of person was Kang Buzai? He knew that Liu Yu was already a prince, and not many people dared to extinguish the fire he wanted to protect by urinating. The implication is that most of the urine will come from someone in the world. Listening to this vulgar metaphor, Kang Busu couldn't help but laugh.

"Since the young master cares so much about this fire, the rest is indeed just bottles and cans. In this way, I can rest assured. I know all kinds of accounts, public and private, in my mind. I compile them every year and can get them within three days. Come out. I will wait here for news about the young master, and I will not follow you to the capital to finish things here."

"Yeah. Okay." He told Kang Buyao to deal with the matter at hand calmly, and Liu Yu called Mantou over.

"Ziming's matter... the imperial court probably has three arrangements. Either he is transferred to the Privy Council, and he is promoted openly and secretly; if he is sent to Busan to stay at the festival to show his favor, this does not count as a secret promotion, but it also jeopardizes the future; Or go to Fujian and Guangdong to prepare for the Nanyang incident. It's hard to say about these three possibilities now. But if I really go to Fujian and Guangdong, it doesn't matter. I will try my best to do one during this period. thing."

"What's the matter?"

"Contact the Netherlands and Portugal to exterminate the pirates. Firstly, it trains troops, secondly, it is used to familiarize them with their methods, and thirdly, it is a gesture of goodwill to paralyze them. If we want to go out in the future, the existence of pirates will be of no benefit. The South Ocean is not the Atlantic Ocean, In the future, we will treat it as a back garden. There is no need for pirates in the back garden, and there is no need for pirates in the Chinese dynasty. Plundering ships, I have never heard of those who desire free trade starting a bunch of privateers. Otherwise, if there are any remaining pirates in the South Seas in the future, the Dutch will have to support them, not only the Netherlands, but also other countries in the South Seas, if they want to do so in the future. Those who plan a strategy must recruit pirates to help them. Before planning a strategy, they must first clear up Nanyang."

Steamed Bun agreed and asked again: "Sir, do you want no pirates? Or is it just for us to practice?"

"The difference is not big. It's not as good as before. In the past, the navy might not be as good as the pirates. Now with such a wild man, the money to recruit is enough to train another one. It's useless to ask for pirates in Nanyang. Only you can be sure Pirates are used only in places that cannot be completely controlled. Since they want to treat Nanyang as their back garden, pirates are of no use at all. "

This is telling the truth. The value of pirates to a country lies in the sea areas that it cannot fully control.

Just like the Atlantic Ocean, European countries actually have a lot of pirates or privateer owners. Because they competed with each other in trade, they robbed each other's merchant ships after a real war.

This is not applicable in Nanyang.

There is no competitive relationship between Dashun and the Western European countries trading in Southeast Asia, but a relationship between buyers and sellers.

On the contrary, just as the Dutch supported Zheng Zhilong and the Spanish supported Li Dan's son, the two sides had a competitive relationship and supported each other's pirates. As for Dashun, who switched trades, whoever he robbed would be at odds with Dashun.

When the British were unable to dominate the Seven Seas, they supported the pirates. Once they can dominate the seven seas, it will be the British who will do the most to send pirates to the gallows.

When the British were unable to trade freely, they were able to fight the Netherlands for more than a hundred years to close the country off. When you have the ability to trade freely, you should immediately stand up and shout for free trade.

Since Dashun now wants to hold high the banner of pretending to be free trade, the anti-piracy convention must be signed under the leadership of Dashun.

For Dashun, the condition for the existence of pirates, and even the existence of privateers, is that Dashun treats Nanyang as its back garden. Dashun's goods compete with those of Western countries, and they need to issue privateer licenses to rob each other. ship, thereby increasing the other party's freight costs - for example, the Dutch supported Zheng Zhilong to attack Chinese merchant ships bound for Manila, thus forcing the Chinese merchant ships to consider the cost of being hijacked and would rather earn less than trade in Batavia.

But looking at it now, there is really no competition between the Western countries and Dashun in the trade in Nanyang. Of course, the premise is to get rid of the Dutch. Otherwise, the Dutch, who are shouting "free trade and abolition of the Navigation Regulations" in Europe at this time, will teach Dashun what high tariffs, bans on port entry, and ship seizures and inspections under the slogan of free trade mean. Monsoon and other small actions; what is the criticism of the weapons of forts and warships, which is better than the criticism of free trade weapons.

The Dutch have a way of supporting pirates. The Jewish Zion pirates of the West India Company are also nightmares of the two countries, much stronger than British pirates. Moreover, they also had a history of supporting pirates in the late Ming Dynasty, so we must be on guard.

Pirates have no morals, they will go with whoever pays more. If the Vietnamese pay more, they can go with the Vietnamese; if the Dutch pay more, they can go with the Dutch.

While pretending to give concessions to the Dutch and pretending to maintain friendly trade between China and the Netherlands, they can take the opportunity to unite with the Netherlands and Portugal to get rid of the pirates in Southeast Asia first.

In the future, if the Dutch are driven away, they will not be able to find anyone to support in a short period of time.