Chapter 408 Prohibition of Missionary
As a time traveler, Zhu Youjian must not let the opium disaster spread in the Ming Dynasty, nor should he let the Ming Dynasty follow the footsteps of the Eastern Capture.
In order to ban opium (that is, opium, and to avoid harmony, it is called opium), he will not show mercy to anyone, including the ministers in the court who are sitting.
All the ministers trembled all over and hurriedly stood up to salute:
"Your Majesty, don't worry, we will promulgate the smoking ban laws and regulations all over the world within three days and will never let your expectations down."
Zhu Youjian's face calmed down slightly and waved his hand at them:
"No gifts, I have something to discuss with you, so let's sit down!"
Several officials in the court hurriedly thanked:
"Thank you, my husband, listen carefully."
After the ministers sat down, Zhu Youjian looked at Liu Lishun, the Minister of the Honglu Temple:
"Minister of the Honglu Temple, I heard that there are Western missionaries who preach in our Ming Dynasty, and there are still many believers. What do you think about this? The cabinet will also share your views."
The Minister of the Honglu Temple hurriedly bowed and reported:
"Report to Your Majesty, there are indeed some Western missionaries preaching in the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has never interfered in this regard. If they are not allowed to preach, relevant regulations should be issued, otherwise it will cause diplomatic disputes."
Zhu Youjian nodded slightly:
"Oh, how many countries are there now that have foreign exchanges with the Ming Dynasty? What is the specific situation? I have been busy with internal affairs and have ignored this aspect."
Liu Lishun:
"Report to Your Majesty, there are about twenty countries with diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty. Except for a few vassal states and some small northern countries, the others are all countries that communicate with each other, including Japan, Portugal, Spain, England, the Netherlands, etc.."
Zhu Youjian did not expect that so many countries were ambassadors of the Ming Dynasty now.
If they were allowed to preach in the Ming Dynasty, over time, they would definitely cultivate a group of things that admire foreign countries and fawn on foreign countries, just like the so-called public intellectuals in our current society.
Zhu Youjian wants to seek the opinions of the cabinet:
"These Western countries have missionaries in the Ming Dynasty. Preaching in the Ming Dynasty is actually an invasion of Western culture. What do the cabinet thinks?"
Sun Chuanting stood up and bowed deeply, and said with a righteous spirit:
"Your Majesty, my Chinese civilization has been passed down for five thousand years. For thousands of years, all dynasties have pursued the idea of loyalty and filial piety as the mainstream.
People obey the Three Bonds and Five Constant Persons, the King is the Minister, the Father is the Children, the Husband is the Married Wife, and the Wife is the Married Wife. The Five Constant Persons are benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, and trust.
The family obeys the three obediences and four virtues to fulfill filial piety, and people and the country adhere to loyalty to serve the country. Our vast China is not comparable to those in the West. To be honest, when our China entered civilization, they were still monkeys.
They know what loyalty is and what filial piety is? Their ancestors don’t want it, are they still considered human beings? The cabinet will never allow them to preach in our Ming Dynasty, which is simply a disgrace to my Chinese civilization."
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Before Sun Chuanting finished speaking, applause came from the imperial study room. The leader was Zhu Youjian, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He did not applaud, and no one else dared to act rashly.
Several important officials of the Ming Dynasty nodded frequently, all of which were consistent with Sun Chuanting's idea.
Of course, Zhu Youjian agreed with Sun Chuanting's words even more. Before he traveled through time, there were religious believers around him. Those people never worshiped their ancestors since they believed in religion.
A few years after my grandfather's death, because I couldn't see my parents paying homage to my ancestors for a long time, my grandson didn't know what my grandfather's name was, and I didn't even know that I had my grandfather because my children no longer had the concept of grandfather.
China has thousands of years of inheritance, and Zhu Youjian cannot let his people forget his ancestors.
"Very good. I am very satisfied with the advice of the chief minister of the cabinet, Lord Sun. The people hardly read much, and do not understand the outside world. They are easily bewitched by people with ulterior motives. We need to guide them correctly."
Liu Lishun, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, bowed again to ask for instructions:
"Your Majesty, I need an imperial edict, otherwise it will be difficult to convince those Western missionaries. If a diplomatic dispute arises, it will affect my image of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Youjian laughed:
"Diplomatic disputes? I don't care. Remember my words: A weak country has no diplomacy. As long as you are strong enough, you will be respected by other countries.
If Zheng He had gone to the West in the past to promote his national prestige, then if the Ming Dynasty now goes to the West again, what the Ming Dynasty wants is affordable.
I will give you an imperial edict first. With the permission of our Ming Dynasty, foreign countries can engage in friendly trade with us, but they must withdraw all missionaries within three days. The Ming Dynasty does not allow any country or individual to preach in the Ming Dynasty. Violators will rectify the Dharma on the spot.
Also, if foreigners are found to buy and sell opium in the Ming Dynasty, they will be beheaded and displayed in public, and their country will be prohibited from communicating with the Ming Dynasty, and their country's ships will be prohibited from approaching the waters of the Ming Dynasty."
"Abide by the order"
Liu Lishun was an old minister during the Chongzhen period and had never seen the emperor so domineering and tough.
After the Battle of the Capital, the emperor who was led by the civil servant group was no longer there.
Although the emperor killed many people, even more ministers than Taizu killed, he killed all the officials who were treasonous and corrupt, and he had never killed a good person unjustly.
"Your Majesty, there is an emergency military report."
At this time, the little eunuch Erxi came in, holding a battle report in his hand.
Now the world is peaceful, and the only place where war breaks out is the battle to regain Taiwan.
In the eyes of the ministers, it is almost impossible to completely recover Taiwan from the Dutch.
They all looked nervously at the battle report that Erxi handed to the emperor, worried that the Ming Navy would not be able to go to the right place.
After all, the navy lacked experience in naval battles, and the Ming Dynasty's navy has declined now. It was no longer the time when Zheng He voyages to the West, and he was able to have the strongest fleet in the world.
Of course, Zhu Youjian knew very well that the war had been won. The system not only notified him, but even the rewards had been issued.
Zhu Youjian took the war report and did not open it immediately to check it out, but handed the war report to Sun Chengzong, Minister of War:
"Sun Aiqing, you'd better see it first!"
"Abide by the order"
When Sun Chengzong received the battle report, his hands were trembling obviously. Although he was the Minister of War, he was really not very clear about the combat power of the navy. Zheng Chenggong led the navy.
When Sun Chengzong slowly opened the war report, other ministers stretched their necks and wanted to know the result as soon as possible.
It is not right to say that Zheng Chenggong is. Since Taiwan has recovered, he should send a good news, but he just sent a war report, which kept many people in the dark.
"Speak up to Your Majesty, I led the armored warship to attack Relanzha City during the typhoon night, and wiped out the Red Maiden. After Taiwan was occupied by Red Maiden for more than 30 years, I returned to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty..."
Zheng Chenggong not only reported the situation of the regaining of Taiwan to Zhu Youjian.
He also stated how to defeat the Dutch rescue fleet and let the Taiwan Governor go one by one.
Of course, there was no missed in the Spanish fleet coming to provoke and was hit hard by the Ming army's armored warships.
The ministers had a heart hanging in their original hang. After reading the battle report of the navy's victory in recapturing Taiwan, they finally let it go, and they shouted:
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, our Ming Navy actually recovered Taiwan in a short time. The Ming army is mighty and my emperor is wise..."
Chapter completed!