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Even people under the rule of Buddhism and Brahmanism dare not say that!
Zhu Heqi was silent for a while, seeing Gu Yanwu's brows getting tighter and tighter, seeming to be lost in his own thoughts, so he smiled and said to him: "Mr. Get up. Only when you unite can you become stronger. Only when you become stronger can you protect the world and the country!
The biggest mistake of our Confucianism is that we are too weak!Because it is too weak, it cannot bear the responsibility of defending the clothes of China, so the world will perish...Mr. Tinglin, you once said in "Rizhilu": The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the scholar-bureaucrats; the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of everyone!But if the scholar-bureaucrats and ordinary people are in a state of disunity, how can they undertake the responsibility of protecting the country and the world? "
Gu Yanwu was completely stunned by Zhu Heqi's words—his "Rizhilu" had only just been printed in a single copy, and it was not circulated at all.How did the eldest prince Zhu know the above content?
But what this son said makes sense!
This one is responsible, that one is responsible, it’s all empty talk.The truth is that scholar-bureaucrats and ordinary people cannot bear the responsibility at all... and the main reason why they cannot bear the responsibility is that they are scattered.
And when they were occasionally organized, such as the Battle of Jiangyin, didn't they survive for 81 days under the siege of the army led by the three Manchu princes?
If the scholar-bureaucrats and ordinary people in the whole world were the same as those in Jiangyin, would the world still perish?
Thinking of this, Gu Yanwu finally nodded his head, "What His Royal Highness said is very true... but how real is this real magic? Will it be exposed?"
Hearing Gu Yanwu's words, Zhu Heqi burst out laughing, "How can it be dismantled? Mr. Ting Lin thought Qing Yao was kicked out of Guangdong by something? If this spell is true, Shang Kexi and Tuhai's [-] troops Will it fail so badly?"
"What? Is there really a spell?"
Gu Yanwu was a little shocked. The reason why he didn't believe in spells was that he had never seen "true magic", but only some deceptive tricks.
And the biggest difference between the real method and the fake method... one is a trick to deceive people, and the other is a means of killing people!
"Hearing is believing, seeing is believing!" Zhu Heqi smiled and said to the "little witch" beside him, "Seu, you and Jiaxin make a thunderbolt!"
"Order!"
The "little witch" made a blessing, turned around and went to the "magic room" to prepare sugar medicine and make rockets with Bei Jiaxin.
Seeing Aoi leave, Zhu Heqi said to Gu Yanwu again: "Mr. Tinglin, this true magic is not a fairy law that is not meant for mortals, but a natural law that mortals can explore and master. Everything between heaven and earth , each has its own method, and we mortals can also use some of them, but there is still little knowledge left, so it is difficult to go through the road of investigating things. But how can we, the original Confucianists, retreat when we see difficulties? , to explore the mysteries of the law of nature from generation to generation, and one day you will be able to fully understand the principles of heaven. This is the way to become a sage for our original Confucians!"
Chapter 263 Great Britain, London House, Cambridge Town
Great Britain, London House, Cambridge.
Nicholas Ji Dabao, who was entrusted by Zhu Heqi to come to Europe with Zhu Heqi's personal letter to King Charles II of England, now lives in this small town only fifty miles away from London.
There are two main reasons why he lives here. One is that he bought a big house in Cambridge Town on the advice of his old superior, Charlie Goff... By the way, the old English pronunciation of Cambridge is "" Cambridge", "Bridge" means bridge, so Ji Dabao translated it into "Cambridge".
Because he and Charlie Gough made a lot of money selling "Chinese Magic Essence", Gough suggested that he buy a house in his hometown of Cambridge.
And Ji Dabao is very satisfied with Cambridge's house... This is a school district house!Not far from his house, there is a very good school called Kangqiao Town Academy!
The second reason why Ji Dabao now settles in Cambridge is that he found a job as a scholar in the Academy of Cambridge Town!
He is now an expert in the study of Chinese natural theology in Trinity Hall of Cambridge Academy!
An expert from the Trinity Hall of Cambridge Academy is worth much more than the second shift of the East India Company.The upper class of the UK is free to enter!
In addition, because of a series of "magic events" such as "Chinese Magic Flavor", "Chinese Magic Event" and "Chinese Magic Prince Letter to the King of England", the speculation in Europe is getting hotter and hotter.
Ji Dabao's net worth has also risen accordingly... In the recent social season, many daughters of British noble families have expressed a very high interest in him!
Moreover, he often received personal letters from King Louis XIV of France.In the letter, Louis XIV called him "my dear Nicholas"!He was invited more than once to be a guest at the Palace of Versailles...
With such a status, when Ji Dabao was a comprador in the East, he really couldn't even imagine it!
"Sir, here is your itinerary for tomorrow."
A British butler with a Cambridge accent walked into the study at this time, and handed a copy of the itinerary to Ji Dabao who was writing something on the desk.
Ji Dabao is currently trying to translate a novel about Chinese magical warfare—"Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!
His class at Trinity College of Cambridge Township Academy is sometimes "talking about the Three Kingdoms"...in seventeenth-century old English.
Because what he said was good, several London publishers have contacted him recently, wanting to publish this masterpiece about ancient Chinese magical warfare.
I have to say that Ji Dabao's life during this period was really like a dream!
He also hit the wind, flying higher than a pig!
I took over the itinerary from my butler, glanced at it, and said in a low voice: "Tomorrow morning, I will discuss Chinese natural theology with Professor Newton and Mr. Leibniz. Then I will discuss with Mr. Gough and Mr. Jennings of the British East India Company." Let's have lunch together. In the afternoon .
"Sir, if you are inconvenient, you can postpone the meeting with the publisher from London tomorrow afternoon, or entrust me to meet him."
The butler's name was James, who was recommended by Goff to Ji Dabao, and he was really good at handling things.Knowing what matters must be represented by Mr. Ji himself, what matters can be represented by others.
The discussion with Professor Newton and Leibniz tomorrow morning is a must - this is a very important seminar!
Professor Newton represents the Cambridge Town Academy, and behind the Cambridge Town Academy is the Anglican Church!
Leibniz is the representative of Louis XIV... This Leibniz is a German, originally sent by the Archbishop of Mainz to Paris to lobby Louis XIV to stop the war against the Netherlands.At that time, Gao Fu and Ji Dabao also went to Paris to sell perfume, and as a result, the three became acquainted.It happened that this Leibzny was extremely interested in both Chinese culture and Chinese magic.
The subject name of Chinese natural theology was created with the help of this Leibniz!
Ji Dabao has heard rumors that he is likely to go to China as an envoy of Louis XIV.
The meeting with Goff and Jennings at noon tomorrow is also extremely important.
Because the British East India Company is preparing to expand its investment in China... Although their Great Eastern was "robbed" by Zhu Heqi, Zhu Heqi paid enough compensation afterwards.And there is a lot of magic-related news coming from China these days!
All signs point to...the authenticity of Chinese magic events is quite high!
If there is no real magic, it also shows that the Chinese have mastered some knowledge that Westerners have not yet mastered.
And this knowledge (or maybe magic) has been widely used in military activities.Therefore, even if Britain sends out an expeditionary force with all its strength, it will be difficult to defeat an enemy with magic.
Then...the Kingdom of England can only consider conducting "unfree" but reciprocal trade with the other party.
"James," Ji Dabao suddenly asked after reading his itinerary, "What's the news about Rome and Amsterdam?"
Look, the tone of the comprador who flew up into the air is different!
"Sir," said the butler James, "Mr. Goff's secretary told me this afternoon that the Holy See's Inquisition has sent religious inspectors to the east... but they will not go to Guangzhou, but to Beijing.
The Dutch East India Company decided to continue to support the Qing Dynasty.They will help priests from Rome and Portugal go to Beijing, China, in exchange for sending envoys to Beijing to meet the Qing emperor. "
Going to Beijing or Guangzhou has completely different meanings!
Going to Guangzhou means recognizing that the Guangzhou court represents China, while going to Beijing means continuing to recognize the Qing Dynasty.
The Holy See and the Kingdom of Portugal were reluctant to recognize the Ming court because Zhu Hechi imposed strict restrictions on Catholic activities in Guangdong and Fujian (Zheng Jing's territory).
The Dutch, on the other hand, because Guangzhou Port does not restrict their entry—Guangzhou does not restrict the entry and exit of any foreign or domestic businessmen.So they don't intend to "support" Ming Dynasty, because what they need is "monopoly free trade" instead of "open unfree trade".
The former can only be provided by the Qing Dynasty, while the latter can be enjoyed as long as they pay taxes according to law.
After listening to the housekeeper's report, Ji Dabao pointed to a large pile of manuscripts on the desk and said to him: "James, those are all translations of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", you can show them to the publishers, you can represent I.
But here is only the first half, I may have to go on a long trip recently, so it is too late to translate the second half.However, I will complete the translation work on the way back and forth, and hope to publish the second half after I return from China. "
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When Ji Dabao started to prepare for his trip to China, in Guangzhou tens of thousands of miles away, Zhu Heqi, the heir of the Imperial Regulatory Prince of the Ming Dynasty, had already forgotten all the grievances between himself and the Europeans.
Because he has a lot to do now!
One is to train officers and troops—the military academy on Huangpu Island has finally opened!A total of six departments including horse, infantry, artillery, engineering, transportation, and sea were opened, and thousands of people were trained as officers.And the instructors who trained them were actually not that high.
As for Zhu Heqi himself, he directly settled a home on Huangpu Island and let Da Boling watch over there. shipyard.
Second, he also has to ask about the university on Haizhu Island!There are no college students, but the teacher has to teach... In fact, he guides them to learn by themselves!Those were all "student masters" selected from the last imperial examination. There were more than a dozen of them in total, all of whom were extremely smart, so Master Zhu gave them textbooks and asked Gu Yanwu to lead them to learn by themselves.
In addition, Zhu Hexi also moved his laboratory in the Shizi Mansion in Guangzhou to Haizhu Island-some experiments are not suitable for conducting at home.
And Zhu Hexi can't always let Bei Jiaxin and Saiwu Aoi be little witches...
The third headache is, of course, the Ten Thousand Races Conference!
What this Ten Thousand Races Conference has to solve are the most difficult problems of equal land, equal tax and equal labor!
Chapter 264 Zhu and Qi are very busy, Wu Sangui is afraid of the cold
"Abba, after discussing with Lord Qi, Da Laohui, Zhuge Junshi, Yang Junshi, Chen Junshi, Guo Shiye, Qu Xueshi, and Chen Taishou, my son decided to divide the land in Guangdong into two parts, one part is clan common land; The other part is official private land..."
In the Prince Ding's Mansion in the city of Guangzhou, Zhu and Qi are talking about the progress of the Ten Thousand Clans Conference with Zhu, the king of heaven who is a little bored.
There are two core issues in the Ten Thousand Races Conference, one is the land issue; the other is the issue of further education.
These two core problems were solved, and almost all of the ten prefectures and one prefecture in one province of Guangdong, with 300 million people, were in the hands of Zhu Heqi.
Now what Zhu Heqizheng and Zhu Tianwang are talking about is the land issue that is the most troublesome of the two core issues.
"The common land of the clan is mainly farmland that can be reclaimed, accounting for about [-]% of the reclaimable land in the province. Where? How to solve the water source? It must be clear. After the division is completed, the land of each ethnic group must be enclosed with ridges. The workload here is incredible! My son plans to do it in batches, first in Guangfu Do it with Chaozhou Prefecture. After these two places are completed, we will transfer competent officials from Guangfu and Chaozhou to other eight prefectures and one prefecture.”
This is the distribution of tens of millions of acres of land, involving more than 200 million people!
Done well, that's great!How much arable land and population there are in the whole province, it is clear!
Moreover, the land has been redistributed according to the population, the property rights are clear, and the responsibilities are also very clear.It is clear who should pay the taxes and who should pay the soldiers, and the burden is relatively even.
"Official and private land is land that can be transferred, including [-]% of the reclamable land in the province, as well as cities, towns, ports, official roads and some land on both sides. There are also forests, mines, tidal flats, etc. in the province. Land that is not easy to reclaim. These lands are either government-owned or privately owned. Some government-owned forests can be used for people to collect firewood for free, and some surrounding land or white land in cities and towns can be used for industrial and commercial development...all must There are plans, and the government has reservations. They cannot all be sold to private individuals, let alone belong to the clan.
In addition, there are still some people in Guangdong who have no clan to rely on, and they must be concentrated in official and private land for resettlement. "
If clan property is a "lower limit" that can protect most people's right to survival, then these official and private land properties are everyone's right to development!
These properties are mainly industrial and commercial land or reserved for industry and commerce - the clan property cannot be divided privately, and some capable people in the clan who want to make a fortune must have a place to display it!
What Zhu Heqi reserved for them was industry and commerce and studying to become officials.
And in order to avoid the "difficulty of demolition", Zhu Heqi also circled some geomantic treasures suitable for the development of metropolises in advance... This is of course a blessing to Oboi and Shang Ke!The two of them emptied out the coastal treasures in Guangdong suitable for the development of big cities.
In the future, Hong Kong and Shenzhen are not even populated!
The city of Guangzhou is empty, and the clans outside the city of Guangzhou have also been massacred. A large area of land has become the private property of the flag land and the "Shangxuan" dog official. Now they are all surnamed Zhu, and they all belong to the Among the public and private land properties, they can be used to develop industry and commerce in the future.
"Shaanzi, how long will you have to do these things?" Heavenly King Zhu frowned when he heard his son talking about "internal affairs". ...It is impossible to straighten things out without a year or a half!"
In fact, it would be great if it can be straightened out in a year and a half!
That is to say, there are fewer people and more land now, and since Shang Kexi and Aobai are the villains, Zhu and Qi don't need to deprive anyone of their land.What he is doing now is almost to divide the land among the various clans clearly and register carefully.
Of course, before Zhu Hexi and the others occupied Guangdong, although there were fewer people and more land in Guangdong, it did not mean that there was no tenancy or serfdom!
It's just that in the case of fewer people and more land, it is not possible to be a real landlord class just by owning land.Because you can't let go of the rent at all!
Under the current circumstances, to be a big landlord, one must be able to control the peasants and turn them into serfs!
Therefore, those who can be big landlords here in Guangdong are basically either warlords or bureaucrats, and now they are either running away or being wiped out.
Therefore, the land in Guangdong is now dominated by the clan.
"Father," Zhu Heqian looked anxiously at the king of heaven, Zhu, and said with a smile, "You also brought up the matter of equalizing the fields... You said that there are fewer people and more land in the world now, and it happens that the fields are evenly distributed. Put aside the average field, It won’t be easy to merge again in the future. Our rejuvenated Ming Dynasty can last a little longer.”
The significance of equalizing land in a situation where there are fewer people and more land is not about equalization, but about restraining future mergers.
Because the land after equalization, the property rights will become clan common ownership, and transfer is prohibited!
If Zhu and Qi can turn [-]% of the country's land into clan public ownership and prohibit transfer, it will be very difficult for anyone who wants to merge in the future.
In Zhu Heyi's memory, until the land reform in his hometown of Chaozhou, a large amount of land was still held by the clan.Many of these clans began to develop in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and they have been able to keep their land for hundreds of years, which shows that the clans have a strong ability to resist mergers.
"Shanzi, now the three families are vying for the throne together!" Seeing his son's calm look, Zhu Tianwang became a little anxious, "Wu Sangui, an old man, claims to be some kind of president, and he clearly doesn't want to serve us as master!
Geng Jingzhong's [-]-year-old boy was not at ease, he was probably plotting to seize Nanjing, and he also wanted to be the emperor himself.If we were half a beat late in robbing Nanjing, we would be smothered to death in Guangdong in the future! "
"I can't get bored," Zhu Heqi waved his hands, "Father, I plan to train a group of officers while we are engaged in land equalization, and then we will reorganize our six factories such as the southeast, northwest, and other domestic ships, as well as the Foshan side. I have to take a trip too.
I am not familiar with iron and steel making, but I still have a little knowledge of coking, slag removal and firing of refractory bricks.Recently, a small iron factory on Huangpu Island has produced a batch of usable bauxite bricks, which are being tested..."
With limited technical means these days, it is difficult to analyze the composition of steel, and it is impossible to figure out the metallographic structure.
But Zhu Hechi still knew how to make coke and remove slag—that is, to remove impurities in iron ore, mainly sulfur and phosphorus.
Zhu Heqi had someone set up a small iron factory next to the shipyard on Huangpu Island. These days, they are trying to smelt coke and burn bauxite bricks—Zhangzhou, which was just recovered by Zheng Jing, is a treasure land for coastal ceramics and jade. Zhu Hechi I remember that bauxite is also produced there, which is an important raw material for firing refractory bricks.
If the major problems of coke, bauxite bricks, alkaline furnace and slag removal agent can be solved, then the iron smelting industry in Foshan will be able to advance by leaps and bounds.
In addition, Zhu Heqi also knows the secret of "bone china", which can be used to enhance the competitiveness of Guangdong and Fujian's ceramic industries...so he is really busy now, and he has no time to go to the Northern Expedition to grab territory.
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"Mr. Xue, do you know what Zhu and Qi are busy with now? It seems that it is April 46 of Chongzhen, why is he still squinting in Guangdong?"
Inside Changsha's presidential palace, Wu Sangui was looking at the military report sent by his son Wu Yingqi from Yuezhou and his son-in-law Xia Guoxiang from Songzi, while asking about Zhu and Qi's movements.
"Back to the President, Zhu and Qi are busy making revolutions and have no time for the Northern Expedition."
Xue Zhang did well with Wu Sangui, became an important staff member of the President, and was also called "Military Master Xue" by Wu Sangui, which seemed to be of great use.
The tasks Wu Sangui assigned to Xue Zhang were first to collect information from Guangdong and second to contact Liu Jinzhong from Ganzhou Prefecture.