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Chapter 285: Empire and Civilization

As the Donglin Party was driven out of the capital, Zhu Youxiao was in a good mood because there were no more messy flies screaming in his ears.&1t;/p>

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At the same time, Sun Chengzong also joined the Han Imperial Party and completely separated from the Donglin Party.&1t;/p>

Sun Chengzong himself was not in a relationship with the corrupt officials of the Donglin Party. With Zhu Youxiao's anti-corruption campaign, many problems of the Donglin Party were exposed. This also made Sun Chengzong abandon the Donglin Party. At this time, the Han Emperor Party put forward the slogan of "building a moderately prosperous society". In addition, the strict party system also gained the recognition of Sun Chengzong.&1t;/p>

In history, after Emperor Tianqi died, Chongzhen ascended the throne and wanted Sun Chengzong to come out several times. However, Sun Chengzong refused again and again, not because he did not want to contribute to the country, but because he knew that he would be useless and would become the executor of the Donglin Party to seize national interests. At that time, not only would he not be able to serve the country, but would also cause disaster to himself.&1t;/p>

Of course, Sun Chengzong is unwilling to do it, which does not mean that others are unwilling to do it, so Yuandudu got on the throne.&1t;/p>

Because of the peace of Liaodong, Sun Chengzong was already the top rank of the Ming Dynasty. Not only was he granted a title, he was still the governor of the Northeast and the imperial rank at this time.&1t;/p>

The expulsion of the Donglin Party did not cause too strong public opinion storm, because the Donglin Party itself was already terrible.&1t;/p>

The people are not blinded by large-scale investigations. Even if you turn black and white into the gentry in the Jiangnan region, it will be useless.&1t;/p>

This bad sign has been abandoned by the Jiangnan gentry and is preparing to change his vest.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao received the book sent by Fang Congzhe entrusted by Shen Qi. Zhu Youxiao was still happy about the gift from this cabinet master, so he moved to the Palace of Yangxin to concentrate on reading the book for a few days.&1t;/p>

In this book "Huainanzi", there are also comments and experiences made by Shen Qing. After reading it, Zhu Youxiao only felt that he benefited a lot. This book collects a hundred academic schools. It contains "worldview, values ​​and methodology" and various examples of argumentation. After reading it, Zhu Youxiao only felt very inspired.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao also appeared. His own way of developing a consortium is still a bit wrong, but it is still relatively easy to correct it. Next, just change the consortium into a state-owned enterprise. At this time, Zhu Youxiao's control over the consortium is still very strong, and the resistance to transformation as soon as possible is not large.&1t;/p>

The reason why the route is wrong is mainly because the capitalist route is not a very favorable thing for a country and nation.&1t;/p>

In other words, the pioneers are prone to problems.&1t;/p>

If we say that the country in the world where capitalism first reached the boundary point of capitalist revolution is bound to be the Ming Dynasty of China. It was earlier than the capital revolution of the British.&1t;/p>

But the so-called lessons from the past are the army of the future.&1t;/p>

The Ming Dynasty had no experience, so it was overthrown and was poached the corner of the country by the merchant class.&1t;/p>

It was right for the British to take the lead in completing the capital revolution, but Britain then managed two world wars, and eventually its national strength weakened and became a second-rate country in the world.&1t;/p>

It is also a lesson from the past.&1t;/p>

Why can China in later generations catch up quickly? This is the advantage.&1t;/p>

Fortunately, as a time traveler, Zhu Youxiao has learned enough lessons. The Ming Dynasty was destroyed by capital, and the British empire that never set was destroyed by Jewish capital. The United States, which had been the world hegemony before, was also weakened by Jewish capital, and the national strength was weakened by Jewish capital and could not balance the rise of China.&1t;/p>

This shows how harmful capitalists who ignore national interests for their own benefit are.&1t;/p>

If the royal consortium becomes a capital force for self-interest in the future, the harm it exposes will definitely put the Ming Dynasty in a huge crisis.&1t;/p>

At this time, Zhu Youxiao was just using a dose of poison to fight poison with poison. Of course, the medicine is basically poisonous. If it is used well, it is a good medicine. If it is not used well, it is a poison, but it depends on its dosage.&1t;/p>

If the consortium can be transformed into state capital, it will be a good medicine.&1t;/p>

After the nationalization of royal capital, if the group of workers under Zhu Youxiao start to poach the country's fences again, state-owned capital will continue to decline, which is also its weakness.&1t;/p>

It is actually a matter of revolving around. If an emperor is smart and diligent enough, it is actually very easy to govern officials.&1t;/p>

But if you encounter an emperor who is not flexible enough, or has no culture, and is lazy and does not like to manage affairs, then the state's administration will soon be relaxed and will be poached by the bureaucratic class. If the wall is thick enough, it can still be poached for decades or hundreds of years.&1t;/p>

Just like in the early and mid-Ming Dynasty, the social atmosphere was simple, and those businessmen had been digging for many years after the rise of the country before they dug down the wall.&1t;/p>

But once the momentum of poaching is formed, the mediocre emperor will be unable to turn the situation around and can only watch an empire move towards destruction step by step.&1t;/p>

"There is indeed no eternal empire in this world." Zhu Youxiao finally realized this truth. Since an empire cannot be eternal, what is relatively eternal?&1t;/p>

After thinking about it, only the word "civilization" is left.&1t;/p>

Compared with the eternal empire, eternal civilization is more reliable.&1t;/p>

In order to shape a civilization that will last forever, ancient sages have done a good job in this regard. As the most civilized nation in the world, the Chinese nation has fallen to the freezing point of history, but its profound culture allows China to rise again.&1t;/p>

As a time traveler, it is obvious that whether the Zhu family dynasty will not force it. As the saying goes, three generations of virtue accumulate and king, whether the Zhu family dynasty can continue depends mainly on whether it can accumulate virtue.&1t;/p>

If Zhu Youxiao's ability turns the tide, saves the building and protects the people of the world, he will have great merits, and the Zhu family dynasty can continue. Whether it can continue later depends on whether the later emperor can continue to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. Zhu Youxiao can only spend more time in educating the eldest son to let him understand these principles.&1t;/p>

In addition to saving the building, if you can promote education, enlighten the people, strengthen Chinese civilization, and let Chinese civilization "for generations" be a great merit.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao feels that he should correct his external expansion policy.&1t;/p>

External expansion must continue, but when treating natives, you should not be too cruel and incorruptible, so as not to damage your good deeds.&1t;/p>

When the Spanish and British colonized the world, they did not accumulate good deeds, so what in the end?&1t;/p>

In the past, the Qin Dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms, and Genghis Khan swept Asia and Europe, what was the result?&1t;/p>

Unprepared virtue, even if the territory is vast, it will be just a flash in the pan and not a long-term way. If the Ming Dynasty wants to expand externally, the means of plunder should be as gentle as possible.&1t;/p>

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has the most powerful manufacturing industry in the world. The Ming Dynasty had enough goods to trade, and there was no need to rely on force to plunder. External resources can be earned through export of goods. There is no need to maintain trade by selling opium like the British.&1t;/p>

The Ming Dynasty could not perform in accordance with the robber mode of the Westerners. The robber mode was really good. If you robbed directly, you would get rich. But the harm was also very severe. The British plundered global wealth and fought all the best in the two world wars. If the United States had not supported it after the war, it would have become a third-rate country.&1t;/p>

When the United States was the world hegemon, it also cut the wool all over the world, and even openly called out the model of Chinese production and American consumption. It is really good to absorb the blood and sweat of the Chinese people, and it can be consumed without labor. What is the result? The industry is hollowed out and the manufacturing industry is basically done.&1t;/p>

Everything in this world is a dependence on good and bad luck. Delicious and attractive candies can make people lose their teeth. Therefore, the means of external plunder must be as gentle as possible and cannot follow the old path of rough colonization of the world like Westerners.&1t;/p>

At this time, the Ming Dynasty had already embarked on the trajectory of continuous expansion.&1t;/p>

After the beginning of the fifth year of the Tianqi period, a gold rush occurred in the Heilongjiang River Basin because a large amount of gold sand appeared in the basin, which immediately attracted many people to go to the Heilongjiang River Basin to hunt for gold.&1t;/p>

Sun Chengzong submitted the reported news to the court. This morning, you discussed this issue in the court.&1t;/p>

"Report to Your Majesty, gold is a thing that prohibits private procurement by the people. The court should stop it immediately. He will send personnel to preside over the mining." Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, made a list and suggested. Guo Yunhou is a relatively upright official and a vanguard against the Donglin Party. After the Donglin Party was expelled from the capital, Guo Yunhou was also promoted by Zhu Youxiao to the Minister of Revenue to manage the national finance.&1t;/p>

Gold mining can definitely make money, so Guo Yunhou advocates national mining.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao said: "What I said is very consistent with my wishes. However, although this golden sand and gold mines are only in the Heilongjiang River basin in the northeast, the more gold mines it goes north, the more gold mines it goes. The colder the climate is. I think it is better to set up a special department to be responsible for gold mining in the northeast and the outside of the northeast."&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, if you go deep into the barbarian and barbarian areas to mine gold, it is not a good job for ordinary departments." Shen Qing stepped out and said, "Those who have the ability are the factory guards and the army."&1t;/p>

"Then set up a gold force! It is specially designed for the court to explore and mine gold. The personnel will be selected from the Jinyiwei, the Dongchang, and the army." Zhu Youxiao made the decision to directly follow the methods of later generations of China and mine gold in the form of troops.&1t;/p>

The gold reserves in the northeastern region were very rich. Later, Tsarist Russia continued to expand eastward, and it dug a large amount of gold from the northeastern region.&1t;/p>

In fact, there are many things like gold on the surface of the earth. In the past, China was also like the Americas, and gold was easily found on the surface.&1t;/p>

However, with the activities and mining of humans in history, gold that is easy to mine has been mined. In addition, in Chinese history, the kings, princes, generals and ministers used gold to be buried with each other after their deaths, which led to the fact that China now seems to be not much gold. However, the amount of gold among the people is actually quite large.&1t;/p>

But the national reserves are pitifully small.&1t;/p>

In the past few years, Zhu Youxiao has saved more than a dozen tons of gold.&1t;/p>

In Siberia, where people are rarely visited, there are more gold. Of course, it is unlikely that you can pick up gold here as you walk, because although there are few people here, there are still nomadic people who hunt ethnic groups, and the gold they can pick up is basically picked up by them. However, the gold that needs to be mined has not been opened, so gold mining in the northeast region is very promising.&1t;/p>

It’s just that the climate there is cold, supply is not convenient, and mining is even more inconvenient. To mine gold under that condition, you must use an army.&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty's wiseness."&1t;/p>

The ministers agreed directly, but no one came out to oppose or argue, and the efficiency of the government was more than one level higher!&1t;/p>

"Report to Your Majesty, Mongolia withdrew from the area south of the Yinshan Mountains of Hetao a few days ago and informed us of the Ming Dynasty through the embassy. The court should take over it as soon as possible."&1t;/p>

"Can the cabinet have a plan?" Zhu Youxiao asked.&1t;/p>

"Please take a look." The cabinet immediately presented the plan to take over Hetao. While watching, Shen Qing explained: "After discussing, the cabinet believes that the Yinshan Mountains and the Yellow River should be used as barriers to set up a defense line to prevent the Mongols from robbing. Four to five cities will be built in the area to ensure that the Ming Dynasty can occupy Hetao for a long time."&1t;/p>

The area south of Yinshan Mountain, that is, Baotou in later generations, is the first line of **. This area is rich in water and grass, which can not only be grazed, but also cultivated.&1t;/p>

As the saying goes, the Yellow River is only beneficial, and it is no problem to develop irrigated agriculture in Hetao area.&1t;/p>

"Trial according to this plan." Zhu Youxiao immediately passed this plan. As long as the city can be built, the Ming Dynasty can occupy Hetao for a long time. At the same time, the Mongols may come to plunder, so a defense system is also needed. The construction of the defense system in the Hetao area is a problem of the Supreme Command, so it will not be discussed in the court.&1t;/p>

Another government affairs were solved, and then the Ministry of Revenue submitted a memorial to the clerk, reporting that the Mongolian tribal herders who defected to the Ming Dynasty had all been assigned to the grassland.&1t;/p>

"Since the grassland has been divided, the court's support policy for herdsmen can also be implemented next. The most important thing on the grassland is to keep warm in the sheep pen in winter, and strive to be popularized within three years." Zhu Youxiao ordered.&1t;/p>

"Yes, Your Majesty."&1t;/p>

The main policy for support for herdsmen is to build facilities. As long as the herdsmen put forward construction needs, the court will provide them with loans and partial subsidies, and the construction projects will be registered in a unified manner, and then bid for the enterprise for construction.&1t;/p>

This requires coordination in many aspects, on the one hand, mining, on the other hand, construction, and banks that provide funds. Ensuring that the herdsmen’s cattle and sheep are not frozen to death in winter can make the herdsmen stable, have a stable income and have a full stomach.&1t;/p>

After the beginning of the spring of the fifth year of the Tianqi period, the imperial court had already begun to build cities on the grasslands. However, it was not just about eating into a fat man in one breath, but it was carried out in separate labor periods.&1t;/p>

The city is not very big, just to allow the Han people to have a place on the grassland that can resist nomadic peoples, so as to set up government agencies to manage the grassland areas, station troops in the city, and hoard materials.&1t;/p>

Such a city is not very expensive with the current productivity of the Ming Dynasty. Just build the city and then install cannons.&1t;/p>

The grasslands occupied by the Ming Dynasty were all north of Yinshan Mountain. The largest grasslands in later generations were also included in the management area of ​​the Ming Dynasty. However, it is close to Mongolia in the north of Mobei, so it took the lead in building a defense system. At the same time, there is a cavalry division stationed there to prevent some tribes in Mongolia in the north of Mobei to fight the autumn wind.&1t;/p>

After all, these Mongolian tribes that surrendered to the Ming Dynasty were relatively scattered and had to have permanent troops to protect. However, when Mongolian tribes came to fight Qiufeng, it would take a long time to directly rob a large number of cattle and sheep. During this time, the Ming Dynasty was enough to mobilize the ruled Mongolian men, cooperate with the cavalry to attack the incoming Mongolian cavalry, or even carry out counter-sweeping. (To be continued.)&1t;/p>
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