Xinshun 1730

Chapter 458

Yiyi Jianxiang said with a wry smile: "Tongjian and various histories are the books of the Tang people after all. The study of emperors, Japan is just picking up the wisdom of others."

"Therefore, there is no way out, but to be a vassal with peace of mind, pray day and night, and the Central Plains will not be in chaos. If Shun dies, Japan will die; if Shun prospers, Japan will survive."

"Or... take a gamble. After Liu Yu dies, try to build a ship and see if Dashun responds. If not, maybe Dashun will come up with a Sima Zhong."

Zhaoren was stunned and said, "What if there is? What if the person dies and the government continues?"

"Gambling always pays a price."

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In the Forbidden City.

"There was a man from Chu who was wading across the river. His sword fell from the boat into the water, and he jumped into the boat and said..."

The same story was told by different people at almost the same time.

Prince Li Wei was sitting next to the emperor, his back was already wet, even the high-quality clothes were still sticking to his body and felt uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to move at this moment.

When the emperor finished telling the last word of this story, Li Wei only felt that the sweat on his back had flowed down his spine and into the groove of his buttocks.The more I thought about it, the more I felt that those few drops of sweat were like a reptile standing there.

The emperor just took out the treaty with Japan that had been drawn up before, and asked the prince what he thought.

Li Wei didn't know the content of the treaty before, seeing his father show it to him, of course he knew that it was really a test for him.

The education in the court is still very strict, and it is not necessary to say everything well to pass the exam.

The crown prince Li Wei couldn't see any other problems, or he didn't know the depth, and didn't know how to say it.

Only staring at the party preparing to sell the Japanese warships and muskets inside, he expressed his opinions that he had learned over the years.

I think it is not correct to do so, just like the previous dynasty’s trade with Mongolia, iron weapons and weapons were not for sale; and in the previous overseas trade, it was strictly prohibited to export medicinal materials, saltpeter, horses, military books, etc.

He talked about it for a long time by citing scriptures, but after finishing speaking, his father told him the story of "carving a boat and seeking a sword".

Clearly, the moral of the story is not praise.

However, Li Gan just told the story, and he was not satisfied with the prince's answer, but he was not disappointed either.

He has just come into contact with some things, and many of Liu Yu's ideas are not too radical, but have no history to rely on.

Liu Yu is not a prophet, and Li Gan also feels that some things may not necessarily be so. Who knows what the consequences will be in the future?
It’s like when Ming Taizu divided the feudal titles, he didn’t expect the battle of Jingnan; Song Taizu drank wine to release his military power, but he didn’t expect Song Neng’s repeated defeats; It is simply the characteristic of Tang Dynasty, which is indispensable.

People are always afraid of unknown possibilities, especially when they are emperors.

But Li Gan thinks that he stands tall, sees far, can taste what others can't, and sees what others don't see. This kind of person has never believed that blue is better than blue, at least he doesn't believe that his sons can surpass him. vision.

But there are some things that are really different from before, Li Gan feels that it is necessary to clarify with the crown prince.

He thinks that he can still work hard for another 30 to [-] years, and do everything that needs to be done. As long as the prince can keep it, he doesn't have to forge ahead. If he goes the wrong way, he may be lost forever.

The reason why I tell this story is to cultivate the prince's vision.

"Before the ban on religion, there were also missionaries in the palace who taught you algebra...uh, algebra and other knowledge. You should also know that there are still great powers in the West. I also asked you to read "The Complete Map of Kunyu Ten Thousand Kingdoms", Yingsuo After Uncle made a new picture, he also asked you to learn it."

"Today's world is vast and mighty, and the inside and outside of the celestial dynasty are completely different."

"In the past, Yi and Di could only buy all kinds of goods from the Celestial Empire. Now, not to mention the Japanese who have long been in contact with the Dutch, even the Junggar tribe has Swedish artillery and engineers."

"You must learn from past experience, but you must not cut your feet to fit your shoes. If you don't sell it, will the Japanese people not be able to buy it? The Japanese people can't buy it from you, so they have to think about buying it from Westerners? He bought it for 120 million taels. For old ships, you can use the 120 million taels to build twice as many new ships.”

"But as the saying goes, one moment, another moment. It can be sold today, but it may not be sold tomorrow. Tell me, if it is not sold tomorrow, when will it be?"

Li Wei held back for a long time, but he didn't hold back Ziwu Maoyou, and his heart became more anxious and nervous.

Being a prince is the hardest.

Once the prince loses power and favor, it will be worse than other princes.

When the father asked questions, he had to answer them, and he couldn't answer them wrong.

Even if you don't know it at all, you can't stop talking, making it look like you can't get a fart out of three sticks.

Even if he was sweating all over nervously and flustered, he had to be calm and composed, otherwise the emperor would inevitably think in his heart that this son is really fucking worthless, why is he so useless?

But sometimes, my head is full of novel ideas, and I dare not talk nonsense, because I am afraid that the emperor will feel uncomfortable if I talk too much.

Li Wei thought to himself, I have never learned these things, how should I answer?Besides, isn't there a group of ministers?As long as the time comes, all the ministers will be called for a court meeting. To be an emperor, you only need to know how to choose, why bother to know everything?Who dares to say that he can do everything?
While the emperor was still allowing him to think, he thought that the answer should lie in that story and the things behind the story.

After pondering for a long time, although I still don't understand what's going on, even though I feel guilty, I replied with a lot of spirit: "Returning to the father, my son thinks that whether to sell or not depends on whether the Japanese can buy it from other places. If you can buy it elsewhere, you can sell it; if you can’t buy it elsewhere, you can’t sell it.”

This answer can be said to be ambiguous.

But it can also be said that there is no deep meaning.

Li Gan didn't ask any further questions, but nodded and said, "Of course. If you can buy it elsewhere, you will sell it; if you can't buy it elsewhere, you won't sell it."

Having made it clear, there are some things that Li Gan doesn't want to tell Li Wei first.

When can't I buy it?

Of course, the Dutch, Spaniards, and Portuguese could not buy them after they were expelled from Nanyang.

Why can it be sold now?

On the one hand, the Japanese can buy it from Nanyang, and the coastline of the Japanese country is long and uncontrollable.If you really want to push yourself into a desperate situation, you will definitely do whatever it takes.And the Westerners, especially the Dutch, are already dissatisfied with Dashun because of the immigration of the Chinese from Nanyang. I'm afraid that the Japanese will take risks and hook up with the Westerners.

The second is that it is sold now to use the cash to build ships. In the future, Nanyang will be conquered and Manlajia will be sealed.

Li Gan thought that while he was alive, he would finish what he had to do, and stop here, and then he would just need a successful master.

Therefore, Li Gan did not allow Liu Yu to have too much contact with the prince, because Liu Yu's set of things was not conservative at all.

He has been cultivating Li Bing in the direction of a successful master, but how to be successful, today's affairs are different from the past, whether it is necessary to wait for the rabbit, and to clarify some things that have never been found in the past history books.

To make it clear, nothing more than three things.

First, the new suzerain-vassal system.

Second, the threat to the north brought about by firearms disappeared, the land was reclaimed and the land was expanded to immigrate, and the navy was in hand to allow Nanyang to survive.

The third is the problem of the good family.The things that the good family learned before are marginalized, unable to stand with the scholar-bureaucrats, and the number of them is also small. It is a group of marginal people like eunuchs with penises. They can do nothing except cling to the imperial power. The relationship between the two is almost always disliked by each other, and each thinks that what the other has learned is of little use.

Now it is necessary to promote practical learning in some places. After the rise of practical learning, the marginalized population will expand, and it is impossible to use the balance between good families and scholar-bureaucrats to play the balance between practical school and imperial examination school.

In the past, the balance between good families and scholar-bureaucrats was not called party struggle, but the balance between imperial power and a few marginalized people and scholar-bureaucrats.

In the future, the School of Practical Learning will definitely rise. It will no longer be a small number of marginalized people, but may be a large number of practical scholars under the new imperial examination system. something to consider.

These three things are all unprecedented situations.

It’s not impossible to learn from history, because history books can always find a solution, but the problem is that the prince is afraid that he will only learn superficially, draw gourds in the same way, and make jokes about seeking swords without understanding the essence of history books.

This third point, Li Gan himself was still thinking about it, and decided to take advantage of the fact that he had 30 to [-] years to live, to study it carefully, and if he really couldn't find a way to control it, he would put it out before he died.

He realized the horror of practical learning, and he was a little reluctant to give up.But if it is really out of control in the future, between the stability of the dynasty and the prosperity of the country, he can only choose the former.

The remaining two points are to teach the prince well.

Today, through the peace talks of the Wa Kingdom, we are talking about the future vassal issue.In the past, it could not be taken seriously, but Dashun is very different from the previous dynasties, that is, the lesson of the late Ming Dynasty, the land of feudal vassals is likely to cause major events, and snakes can swallow elephants, so we must pay attention to it.

Before Liu Yu insisted on going to war, Li Gan also felt that Japan was still quite powerful, at least it seemed to be stronger than the Zhunbu, which could only gather 5 to [-] people.

I never thought that after starting the fight, it was much simpler than the quasi-bu.The money spent is not as good as the grain and rice spent by the Ministry of Examination and Approval for a month.

But after all, the population and foundation are there. Now it is different from the past. In the past, at most, I was worried about the threat from the north. Now that the navy has appeared, the Wa country, which could have been regarded as non-existent before, needs to be taken seriously.

"The feudal vassals are different. If there is North Korea, it can be a familiar feudal vassal with its own system; if it is like the Japanese state, it should be divided and ruled, neither to make it unified nor to make it chaotic."

The sweat behind Li Wei has gradually disappeared. According to past experience, I knew that when my father said this, I should ask, so I asked: "My son is stupid. The kingdom of Japan is divided, why not let the kingdom of Japan repeat the disaster of division and chaos and war?" ? Why not make it unified and not make it chaotic?"

Li Gan laughed and said, "In the past, Emperor Taizong once said that great chaos can lead to great order."

"After the Jiashen period, those who saved China, the righteous soldiers who eradicated violence in the world, could not be changed and ruled by the Ming Dynasty."

"The same is true for the Japanese country. If the Japanese country is not in chaos, it cannot be governed. Chaos may last for a hundred years, or it may be ruled. But if the chaos is followed by great governance, this is the enemy of China."

"If the country of Japan is not chaotic, the vassals and warriors are just like the gentry and corrupt officials in the late Ming Dynasty."

"If it is chaotic, the dust may be swept away. Liu Zongyuan's "On Feudalism" must be read."

"If the Japanese kingdom is not chaotic and unified, each will settle down to his old orders and follow his old affairs. If he trains troops, where will the food come from? Where will the money come from? Why should the warriors protect him if they take the profits from the warriors of the various vassals?"

"The lessons of the previous dynasty and the founding of this dynasty are all examples that can be used for reference. Emperor Taizu was exempted from food in the same field. After entering Beijing, he still tortured and plundered corrupt officials, so he enshrined the marquis and shaved his hair on the table, and the gentry knelt down to welcome the captives from the east."

"But in addition to this lesson, there is another thing, that is, the chaos of the seven kingdoms of Wu and Chu in the Han Dynasty. When the seven kingdoms were in chaos, the power of the world would all belong to the central government. This is the method of extending grace, and later Emperor Wu's great martial arts."

"That's why, to protect the shogunate, we must also protect the feudal clans."

"Neither can the feudal vassals be brought down to cause great chaos; nor can the shogunate be allowed to cut down the vassals and centralize power."

"If one day Japan abolishes enfeoffment, opens imperial examinations, runs schools in the same way as the three generations, and recruits soldiers, it can be seen that warriors will rebel. If so, it is necessary to support warriors."

"If one day the Japanese people are unbearable, they rise up and the world is in chaos. It can be seen that the samurai will suppress it. If so, we must still support the samurai."

"Just remember one sentence, whoever stands with the samurai feudalism in the Japanese country will support him; whoever wants to abolish feudalism and open imperial examinations in the Japanese country will suppress whoever."

Li Wei seemed to have realized something, nodded and said: "Your minister is educated. Then Zhao Baiquan, the doctor of the Li government, played about the affairs of the Korean state, shouldn't your minister do the same?"

"Whoever supports the Liangban and the slavery system must support it; whoever rises up will suppress it? If there is chaos, there will be changes?"

Li Gan laughed loudly and said, "Yes, and no."

"Yes, it is a vassal."

"No, it will be counted as a county."

"Among the choices, my son decides for himself. Who knows what North Korea will look like decades later?"

"Take history as a mirror, and remember to cut a boat and seek a sword, let alone cut your feet to fit your shoes."

"The Han and Tang dynasties conquered the Western Regions, and this dynasty, taking history as a mirror, also wanted to conquer the Western Regions. However, where is the Western Regions of this dynasty? It is not in the northwest."

"There were clans of Liu in the Han Dynasty, and there were many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty. Those who did it were sacrificed. However, there is no real seal in this dynasty, and it cannot be sealed. However, we must find another way. The clan is not sealed but sealed."

"Go back and think about it, what does it mean to seal without sealing. It can avoid the chaos of the Seven Kings and the battle of Jingnan; it can also have Guangwu Zhongxing and Kangwang's continuation."

With this question in mind, Li Wei, who couldn't figure it out for a while, left after worshiping, knowing that this question was the real test of today.I was dripping with cold sweat before, and I didn't leave any bad impression under the background of the great victory over the Wa Kingdom, but this matter cannot be delayed, and I need to think it through as soon as possible.

After Li Wei left, Li Gan asked his confidant eunuch to fetch a picture book with a row of small characters written on it.

"Navy is indestructible", "Immigration and land reclamation", "Huanghuai canal water transportation and sea transportation", "Japanese suzerainty", "Nanyang skyline", "Western regions are self-sufficient", "Snow mountains are controllable", "Practical academic examinations", "Real frontiers" Whale Sea Prepares Rakshasa", "Abolish Ding and Reform Taxes"...

Li Gan took out a pen and erased the small characters of the Japanese suzerains and vassals, and wrote them again in "Nanyang Tianbian", "Huanghuai Canal Water Transport and Sea Transport", "Immigration and Land Reclamation", "Shibian Whale and Sea Preparation". Rakshasa" was heavily circled on the four lines of small characters.

In his mind, together with the suzerain and vassal of the Wa Kingdom, these five items should be drawn together.The country of Japan is not a subject, and Nanyang is uncertain, so we dare not do it if we abolish the water and change it to the sea;

It is really difficult to move the whole body with one hair.But if you think about it carefully, it is still a question of money, but even if Liu Yu got tens of millions of taels of silver from the Wa Kingdom, most of them would be thrown into the navy.I silently read a few words of warning to myself all the time: don't be anxious, don't be in a hurry.But I was still thinking about it in my heart, and I didn't know how many things I could finish before I died.

After calculating the date, he guessed that Liu Yu should have almost finished negotiating the contract with the Japanese, so he put away the album and devoted himself to the thick memorial.

Although the Japanese pilgrimage is an honor and can be fun, it is nothing but a trivial matter.

After the war, rewards for meritorious service, the splitting of the navy, the stationing of new troops, and the balance of land and sea are the real major events.

(End of this chapter)