The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"The sage said, no matter how big a country is, it will die if it is warlike! If they gain power for a while and control the world, they will eventually fall apart and even affect their own country. How can we expand our borders and expand our territory now that our country is weak? This is not to put the emperor in Qin Is it the Second Emperor, Sui Yang?"

Qin Minglei said sonorously, which was recognized by many officials.

"I object!" Shen Lian said loudly.

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Chapter 327 The beginning of the colonial revolution [4]

Shen Lian retorted: "National affairs, how can it be compared with being a person? National policy, how can there be any distinction between gentlemen and villains? Our dynasty advocates the way of Confucius and Mencius, and our country adopts [the rise of the West]'s suggestion and implements sea power colonization. What conflict? Yan Ge wrote "The Rise of the West", the original intention was to let us see clearly the situation of the rise of the West and the prosperity of colonization, and did not say that we should follow the example of the West. Our Ming Dynasty can also colonize the world, but what we bring is not only a strong ship Sharp guns, as well as the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, have taught thousands of places. Thinking about China, the reason why I am a great country, the kingdom of the heavens, and the guests from all over the world is not because of the martial arts of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the trade between the Song and Song Dynasties, and the mighty virtue of my Ming Dynasty. ?”

He said in detail: "The West can colonize, and of course our Ming Dynasty can also colonize. It's just that the Western colonization is all about force, purely by killing~killing and guns. But my Ming colonization can use both kindness and power. Like my dynasty The two emperors, Zu and Chengzu, both opened up territories and conquered Mongolia, Liaodong, Annan (Vietnam) and other places successively, and established prefectures and counties as the land of the Ming Dynasty. Control all directions? Why not?"

Shen Lian got Yan Song's advice to mention Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the two ancestors Jiajing most admired for 573, in everything. Sure enough, Jiajing nodded slightly, and his face turned red.

Jiajing also had ambitions, but because he was afraid of trouble and didn't dare to be the first in the world, he had a feeling of resistance to "The Rise of the West". But hearing that our ancestors conquered foreign lands and established state capitals, it is indeed prestigious, why can't I?

In the first match, Shen Lian VS Qin Minglei, Shen Lian won.

Seeing the several great Confucian scholars in the referee group, they couldn't help but be moved by Shen Lian's persuasion, and their expressions were solemn. Zhang Juzheng became even more anxious and gave Li Chunfang a wink.

Li Chunfang snorted coldly: "Leave aside the differences between gentlemen and villains. It's just talking about state affairs. Although it expanded the territory when Chengzu became the ancestor, he also spent a lot of national power. In particular, he sent the three treasure eunuchs to Nanyang seven times and got nothing. How can the other party explain it? How can our country’s national power be compared with Cheng Zu’s today? Once the world is in chaos, how will we deal with it?”

He was also well versed in debating, and when he heard that Emperor Jiajing was impressed by Taizu Chengzu's feats in opening up territories, he hurriedly persuaded Jiajing with the lesson of Chengzu's seven voyages to Nanyang and wasted national power, attacking the shield with the spear of the son.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Chunfang's words, Jiajing's face darkened again, and his smile gradually disappeared.

Wang Xijue had already talked with Yan Song several times, and he was very well prepared for this question. Yan Song's opinion became more and more admirable, and he stood up and said calmly: "Li Zhuangyuan's opinion is correct. I went to Nanyang seven times. It really took a lot of money. Countless, with little effect."

Li Chunfang was overjoyed upon seeing this, and laughed loudly: "The other party also acknowledged Chengzu's lesson, right?"

Wang Xijue said calmly: "It is precisely because of the lessons learned by Cheng Zu that our Fang Shoufu proposed to use Western colonial experience to improve the method of colonization, and wrote this book The Rise of the West! It seems that Li Zhuangyuan has not read the Western literature carefully. Rise!"

Li Chunfang was speechless for a while.

He really hasn't read much about The Rise of the West, because he can't understand it.

Wang Xijue smiled slightly, bowed towards Jiajing and said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Chengzu made seven voyages to Nanyang, but the purpose was not to colonize, but to show the country's prestige and let all nations come to court. Therefore, this kind of overseas activities are essentially political tributes. , it is definitely not colonization. Instead of gaining huge benefits from this kind of tribute, our dynasty has to pay a lot of rewards, costs and expenses. But colonization is completely different!"

He said loudly: "Wherever the Western colonizers went, they used strong boats and guns to blast open the gates of the local aborigines, and then sent troops to conquer, occupy trade and (bffb) key points, and then turn this place into theirs. Origin of raw materials and origin of labor. With domestic advanced technology, the products produced are then dumped back to the colonies to obtain huge profits. Taking the Spice Islands as an example, the spices that Portugal plunders from the Nanyang Islands every year are trafficked to the West , you can make a profit of several million taels of gold!"

He generously said: "The other party said that our overseas colonization will cause me to collapse early. In fact, on the contrary, the history of China has changed dynasties, and the cycle repeats itself, constantly performing a cycle of prosperity and death. Law, the root cause lies in land annexation!"

Everyone was shocked.

"Why are we discussing [The Rise of the West], and it's getting involved in land annexation?"

"That's right, is there anything to do with it?"

Emperor Jiajing suddenly grasped the armrest, his eyes lit up, and his joints turned white.

As an emperor, he ruled Ming Dynasty for decades, and he was familiar with the 24 histories. How could he not know this cycle of history?

Starting from the Qin Dynasty, the luck of each dynasty does not exceed 300 years at most, which is still a long time.For example, short-lived dynasties perished within a few decades.

Jiajing's first dream is to be himself for thousands of years, and his second dream is of course the great Ming Dynasty.

He is also thinking hard about how to make Daming break through this cycle law.Otherwise, if you succeed in cultivating the Tao, you will really become immortal, but...

Nima Ming Dynasty is gone!

Then what's the point of being immortal even if he is an unlucky guy?

Be a beggar?Do you want 1 years of rice?

Jiajing was deeply attracted by Wang Xijue's speech.

Zhang Juzheng yelled: "Wang Xijue! Note that we are not discussing land annexation, but Ming's overseas colonization!"

Jiajing shouted: "Today the speaker is innocent! Let him speak!"

Regardless of Zhang Juzheng's scolding, Wang Xijue talked eloquently: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, I am talking about land annexation, which is closely related to my Ming's overseas colonization!"

He said indifferently: "Why can there be prosperous times at the beginning of every dynasty? For example, the rule of Wenjing in the Han Dynasty, the rule of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, the prosperity of Kaiyuan, the prosperity of the founding of the Song Dynasty, and the rule of Hongwu and Renxuan in our dynasty ? And in the later period, no matter how hard the emperors try to govern, they will not be able to have a prosperous age, or even maintain the country's destiny? Could it be that the emperors of later generations are useless and cannot directly follow up with their ancestors?"

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Jiajing thought so, and nodded gloomily.

He also often feels a deep, deep sense of powerlessness.

It has been more than 170 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Although Jiajing intends to catch up with his ancestors and create a generation of Jiajing prosperity, his ideals are very rich~man, but the reality is very bone~gan-.

At the beginning of Jiajing's ascension to the throne, he was not the ghost he is now. He always wanted to work hard and create a prosperous world, but the iron-like facts shattered his flower-like dreams time and time again, and slapped him enough in the face.

There is no money in the national treasury, the border is in turmoil, disaster victims are everywhere, Japanese pirates invade, and natural disasters continue.

Jiajing suffered a lot of setbacks, so he gradually became discouraged and hid in the palace. Let me cultivate immortality first.It should be much easier to govern the country after becoming a fairy.

But he never thought about it, what's wrong with it?

Zhang Juzheng sneered and said, "Of course it's because the emperors and ministers of later generations can't imitate the ancestral system, violate the sacred teachings, and act recklessly!"

Wang Xijue said loudly: "Wrong! Even if there are one or two emperors occasionally, they are so desolate, can it be said that all emperors are so unbearable?"

He resolutely said: "It's because of the annexation of the land by the landlords! It's getting worse and worse, seriously eroding the foundation of the country, like the body of a sick person, getting heavier and heavier. Even if the emperor is all Hua Tuo alive, it will be hard to get back, and it is difficult to restore the overall situation! "

"Land annexation is a chronic disease that China cannot overcome. Landlords use their privileges, do not pay food, do not pay taxes, and continue to expand land. In this way, the remaining small people who have no power and power will of course support more and more taxes. The heavier they are, the heavier they will be. When they encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters and cannot survive, a big uprising will break out and the dynasty will change! And the taxation of the court will also decrease day by day with the reduction of the tax-paying land!"