Chapter 371
The room suddenly became silent.
Shen Xingshi looked at the young man in front of him in surprise. What did he say?
"You, you want to save them!"
Is this possible?
"That's right!"
Shi Yiwen certainly disdained that deceiving Shenxingshi had become a prisoner and had been killed. In fact, when they made that decision in Shenxingshi, he had a special mood for these people, although he had always regarded the Jiangnan gentry group as his enemy, from opening textile factories to growing cotton, everything was to regain money from the south.
Even in the assassination case, he thought about taking the opportunity to completely disintegrate the gentry group of Jiangnan and exiled them to Nanyang, so that they could no longer resist the reform and allow the reform of the Ming Dynasty to continue.
But for Shi Yiwen, he was definitely not just trying to destroy them. In fact, for Shi Yiwen, he hoped to use those people or make the Jiangnan Gentlemen Group too selfish, but they also had another purpose - to spread Chinese culture. The expansion of Chinese civilization cannot be separated from these people, even if their thoughts are not necessarily what they need, but it is just right to educate the natives.
Pleasing the barbarians and returning to Xia!
Only by bringing these gentry to Nanyang and allowing them to promote education can Nanyang slowly become a part of Chinese civilization in the next hundred years, like Yunnan and other places.
Although they deviate from the original plan now, they are generally following the plan he envisioned. With the involvement of the rebellious case, the seemingly huge Jiangnan gentry group has been disintegrated. In the next few years, thousands of Jiangnan clans will be exiled to the various vassal states in the South China Sea. They will take root in the South China Sea and reproduce there. Whether they are willing or not, just like the southbound passing of history, they will take root in the South China Sea. Chinese civilization will usher in another major expansion. Perhaps this will be the last time, but with this major expansion, Chinese civilization will definitely usher in a new peak. At this time, there is no need for too many conspiracies. Too many conspiracies will be added and will only backfire.
What is the real strategy?
It is an open conspiracy, and what is called a kind of general trend is actually to create a general trend. When the general trend has been formed, as long as it follows it, the goal will be achieved. Anyone who dares to go against the trend will definitely be crushed by this general trend.
The trend!
And now this trend has emerged, and it has even been delivered to you by others.
Whether it is the implicated gentry of Jiangnan or the royal family of the vassal kings who are about to face great disasters, they have been trapped in this trend without realizing it. Whether they are willing or not, they will be trapped in it and cannot extricate themselves.
Although he knew that the current trend was just formed, Shi Yiwen was not in a hurry. After all, the current form was very clear - both the emperor and the prime minister needed to throw the vassal kings and the Jiangnan gentry group to the South Ocean. Although these more than 6,000 gentry and their nine tribes were almost no less than one million people, it would take three or four years to exile them to the South Ocean. During these three or four years, the Ming Dynasty and the vassal states would establish a huge fleet.
Five years!
This may be the entire time required. Shi Yiwen believes that within five years at most, dozens of vassal states enfeoffed by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty will appear in various parts of the Southeast Asian country. They may be in the Malay Peninsula, in Khmer, in Borneo, in Luzon, and of course in Sumadala, in Java... Perhaps at the beginning, the princes were just small kings with tens of thousands of nationals in one city, but then hundreds of thousands and millions of Ming people flocked to the Southeast Asian country every year.
Just like the other world's voyage to the South China Ocean, in just a few decades, tens of millions of Chinese have flocked to the South China Ocean, and in this era, only more people have flocked to the South China Ocean. After all, when the Little Ice Age arrives, the extreme weather in the north and even to the south of the Yangtze River will make people make new choices. Nanyang is the best choice!
Of course, as the Jiangnan gentry group was exiled, their property would be confiscated, and the money could be used to easily enfeoff the vassal kings and used as expenses for exile. The land obtained by these families through various means would be confiscated into officials and sold to tenants. That was tens of millions of acres of high-quality fertile land, both the court and the government could benefit from it.
After all this, the Ming Dynasty will surely usher in a new development opportunity!
Even if Zhang Juzheng only has two years, without the constraints of the Jiangnan Gentleman Group, his reforms can be implemented in all aspects. Therefore, even if he leaves, Shi Yiwen can leave with confidence. He even doesn't need to consider the political development here. After all, Zhang Juzheng only has two years of life. The successor Lu Diaoyang will continue to promote reforms and continue to exile those people. After all, for him, those people are also his political enemies. And he... is also old!
Ten years later, when the reform was successful, when Zhang Juzheng and Lu Diaoyang died one after another, who else could challenge the emperor's prestige in the Ming Dynasty?
At that time, the emperor can take charge of the rule!
As for the powerful ministers... it is absolutely impossible to appear.
Shi Yiwen doesn't even need to implement the plan step by step. All he needs is to wait for all this to happen. Of course, the only problem is himself. This is also the most annoying thing. This problem is actually his own future!
What should I do after I made the vassal king Yi a vassal state?
For Shi Yiwen, who has decided to avoid the chaos of the chaotic court, the Nantianmen Xuanwei Office was the retreat he had found for himself and the foundation for the Shi family's inheritance for a hundred years in the future. However, with the emergence of the vassal states, the Nantianmen Xuanwei Office is likely to become the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in Nanyang, and to support the princes and intimidate the princes. Under such circumstances, will the Ming Dynasty still tolerate the Nantianmen Shi?
Shi Yiwen did not have an accurate answer in his mind, but the current trend was also unstoppable.
Of course, Shen Xingshi was not clear about all this, nor did he understand it. He looked at Shi Yiwen in surprise, with only one question in his heart.
"How are you going to save them?"
"Exile to Nanyang!"
At this time, Shen Xingshi might be a prisoner, but Shi Yiwen needed some of his suggestions.
"Exile to Nanyang? Haha..."
When Shen Xing was about to laugh suddenly, tears flowed out of his eyes.
"Miao Ce! Miao Ce! Shi Zhiyuan, I finally know why you have been doing this. You still reveal your true face after all! What is for the country and the people, and why for them, haha, you are clearly for yourself and to return to your old port..."
While staring at Shen Xing who was laughing, Shi Yiwen said coldly:
Chapter completed!