The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"When it comes to Yan Bandit, you have to say Yan Bandit's henchmen. Back then, Zhao Wenhua was the chief culprit who killed Xiangjun's father. A large part of the reason why Xiangjun fell to this point is because of Yan Bandit."

Yan Song: "..." Actually, I don't want to take the blame for this, because I'm an elder in the court, and I can take care of the shit of a small military officer?

Like other Qingliu, after criticizing corrupt officials, they began to criticize policies, criticize the court's inaction, saying that officials are so corrupt that they don't care about them, and the army is so rotten that they don't care.

"It is rumored that every time the Japanese pirates looted, those officials closed the city one by one, ignored the people outside, and allowed the people to be ravaged by the Japanese pirates. It is really abhorrent! Besides, I have heard that these troops are not only understaffed With no salary, no training, no dare to fight the Japanese pirates, and even after the Japanese pirates left, they did not help the people rebuild their homes, but once again went to search for the people’s money.”

Yan Song was curious: "Then according to Mr. Hou's opinion, how can this matter be improved?"

Hou Fangyu took it for granted: "Naturally, we should eradicate Yan Bandits. Without Yan Bandits, the imperial court must be cleared up, and capable ministers will use their strengths to clarify the administration of officials for the Ming Dynasty, fight corruption, and reorganize the army..."

Yan Song rolled his eyes. This is a typical Qingliu way of thinking. He is a good teammate when he is looking for problems, and a pig teammate when he is solving problems.

Li Xiangjun also frowned a little, feeling that what Hou Fangyu said was a bit unreasonable, it was a bit irresponsible to put all the blame on Yan Song, or it was not comprehensive and too narrow.Especially when she heard from Yan Song yesterday what Yan Ge had done in Beijing and Shandong, it was not as unbearable as Hou Fangyu said.

Hou Fangyu looked at Yan Song's expression: "What? Does this guest have a different opinion?"

Yan Song chuckled: "I have some opinions, so let me just say it briefly... You said that after eradicating Yan Song, all the problems of Daming can be solved, right?"

Hou Fangyu nodded: "Of course."

Yan Song smiled and said, "Then do you know how many parties there are in the imperial court?"

Hou Fangyu shook his head: "There is no party, don't talk nonsense."

Yan Song smiled but said, "When I came to Nanjing yesterday, I heard that Mr. Hou's father is from the Donglin Party. Does Mr. Hou not admit it?"

Hou Fangyu was ashamed and angry: "The Donglin Party is not a party, but a group formed by learning from each other. This is normal."

Yan Song did not expose it, but smiled at Li Xiangjun: "As far as I know, in the current imperial court, there is the Shandong Qi Party headed by the Jiangnan Donglin Party and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Yuan Shijiao. Shang Shuguan Ying Zhen is the head of the Huguang Chu Party...these people all represent the interests of the region, while Yan Song is from Jiangxi, but has not formed a Jiangxi party..."

Hou Fangyu shook his head: "I don't believe it, you made up all of this."

Li Xiangjun was thoughtful.

Yan Song continued: "From the age of 15, the current emperor can overthrow the power suppression headed by Yang with his own power, which shows that he is a very wise emperor. The reason why he uses Yan Song is because Yan Song has no party. The emperor believes that if If Yan Song is gone, the entire imperial court will be controlled by these parties, making him lose control of the imperial court... The plague of pirates in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhejiang is the hardest hit area, and the Zhejiang Party cannot change it. Yan Song, who cannot intervene in Zhejiang affairs, can change it ?”

The rest of Yan Song didn't say anything, and Hou Fangyu didn't understand, this is the limitation of these young masters.

Are Japanese pirates really just because of imperial policy?This kind of thinking is really too naive.

The times are progressing, and sea power will definitely replace the right of way. The famous American book "On Sea Power" describes the rise of sea power in detail. This is the era of navigation. rise...

This is the sentence - the wheel of history is rolling forward, and no one can stop it.

420 Yan Song's heart moved: "Perhaps, when the sea ban is lifted, write "On Sea Power" and guide Ming Dynasty to move forward."

"Theory of Sea Power" was published in 1890, and attracted attention as soon as it was published. The United States, Japan, Germany, and the former Soviet Union successively used it as a direction guide for formulating national development strategies, and it was hailed as the foundation of modern sea power theory.

A slight modification is very in line with the current situation of Daming.

"Well... I can start writing while I'm free during this time..."

Hou Fangyu didn't know what Yan Song was thinking. At this time, he was ashamed and angry. Originally, he thought that he could crush the man in front of him by relying on his ability to speak up for many years, so that Li Xiangjun could further realize his talent.

In the end...it actually lost, and it was a complete loss.

A small rebuttal from the other party made him powerless to fight back.

"Hmph! It's just the quickness of the tongue!"

Feeling that he couldn't stay any longer, Hou Fangyu shook his sleeves and left.

A trace of disappointment flashed in Li Xiangjun's eyes.

Yan Song shook his head and laughed: "Don't worry about him, his experience is too little."

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Chapter 142 Yan Song's version of the historical work "On Sea Power"! 【4】

In Meixianglou, Yan Song wrote one word after another on the paper.

Yan Song is an activist. When he wanted to write "On Sea Power", he couldn't help but do it immediately.

"Preface—"

"The so-called sea power refers to everything that can make a nation a great nation by virtue of the sea or through the sea, including maritime military power and non-military power. The former includes fleets owned, including affiliated bases, ports and other facilities, and the latter includes The latter includes overseas trade as the core, and ocean-related subsidiary institutions and their capabilities, that is, the sum of the country's ocean economic power."

"Before the book begins, I need to introduce a word I invented [The Age of Discovery]."

"The Age of Discovery, I also call it the Great Geographical Discovery. It was 200 to 100 years ago when Europeans opened up a new route across the Atlantic to reach America, bypass the southern tip of Africa to reach India, and the success of the first global voyage. It seems that this great voyage around the world is one of the most important histories in the entire process of human civilization."

"Its appearance proves once again that the land under our feet is not a round sky, but a sphere."

As Yan Song wrote, he thought that Daming was still at the center of the world and that the heavens ruled over the country, and even most people still believed that the sky was round and the earth was not a single earth.

So Yan Song had to add some more advanced ideas into this book to open the eyes of people in Ming Dynasty.Fortunately, Yan Song is the elder of the pavilion, and Jiajing has been exploited by him, so no one can deal with him. If he is an ordinary person, he will probably be ransacked and wiped out.

"300 years ago, Marco Polo, a European, came to the East, lived and served as an official for 17 years, returned to Europe 250 years ago, and wrote a book "Marco Polo's Travels" (also known as "Oriental Experience Records", the book It describes the palace walls, walls and ceilings of Beijing covered with gold and silver. This book is widely circulated, making Western Europeans salivate, and determined to cross the ocean and come to the rich east''.

"200 years ago, due to the development of the commodity money economy, the demand for money increased greatly. Money is not only a medium of commodity exchange, but also a symbol of wealth and power. With it, there is everything. The precious metal gold and silver is the ideal currency. .In Western Europe in the Middle Ages, the silver standard system was first implemented. From 200 years to the present, it has gradually transitioned to the gold standard system. Gold and silver are both the means of payment for defense trade. Therefore, the kings, nobles and merchants of Western Europe are chasing gold and silver everywhere like crazy. Form a precious metal fever."

The original text of "On Sea Power" was too long-winded, and most of it was an analysis of Europe, which did not conform to the current reality of Ming Dynasty. Yan Song could only take the core ideas of "On Sea Power" and greatly simplified it, deleting some European countries. A description of the Americas, and a brief description of the origins of the Age of Discovery.

On the issue of Daming, he is going to expand the length to discuss, and he is confident that his writing will be more profound and thorough than the original author.

Yan Song originally decided to add some private goods at the end of the book, explaining China's future development path from the perspective of China's history, culture, and geography, which is equivalent to "The Rise of Great Powers and the Rise of Ming Dynasty".