Daming Yuanfu

Since the New Year's Day is approaching, the Nanning Houfu has been very busy these days.In addition to cleaning up and decorating with lanterns, there are countless gifts that need to be counted, and there are equally as many gifts that need to be sent out.

With a high and pragmatic background and current status, coupled with the fact that he still works in many places and has a history, the gifts he received are naturally varied.

In the east, there are 36 flawless pure black pearls from the Yehe department, a cart of velvet antler from the Hada department, nine complete tiger skins from the Wula department, two carts of ginseng from the left and right departments of Jianzhou, and even There are also red jade ornaments of the twelve zodiac signs sent by the former King of Joseon and the current King Gongsun, Li Yan, who calculated the time in advance.

In the south, there are [-] Arhats sent by Siam with ivory inlaid gold waist pendant, Confucianism and ten sages from Annan, agarwood, a carload of Lingzhi from Nanzhang, Jade Buddha III from Myanmar, and ebony from Cambodia. Twenty carts of furniture, as well as ten carts of bird's nest, sea cucumber, shark fin, and batik sent by the "Xuanwei Division of Old Port".

There are [-] Ujimqin top stallions sent by Hannaji and Zhongjinhatun in the north, and most of the leaders also sent Baogong, BMW, Baosaan and other items. Ordos Taihuhantong and Yin Le Duqi and the others didn't have any other specialties to give away, so they still sent a hundred stallions.

Only the gifts sent by Erdemutu were special. He probably felt that the teacher liked all kinds of minerals, so he sent some blue and transparent stones that he did not know, nor did he know.Later, after Liu Xin's guidance, I realized that it was celestite. With the current level of technology, it is really useless, and I can only play with it.

In addition, Liu Xin estimates that this thing is likely to come from the vicinity of the North Sea - that is, near Lake Baikal in later generations.This place is still the territory of Wai Khalkha, but it is also inaccessible. God knows how Erdemutu got the lapis lazuli.

The most shabby gift is probably from the west. Huo Luochi from Qinghai sent ten catties of Cordyceps sinensis.How to say this?Although Cordyceps is a precious medicine, it is nothing to the high pragmatism of the rich world.But this is not to blame for Huo Luochi's lack of dedication. After all, the development level of Qinghai in this era is too low. What else can there be other than Cordyceps?Even if Kunlun stone is not mined by people who are in the fire, they can't pick it up by luck.

All of the above are gifts outside of the Ming Dynasty, the two capitals and the thirteen provinces, and there are even more in the country, so many that you can list them in a single chapter, so you don’t have to mention them at all.

The so-called courtesy exchanges, the more gifts you receive, the more gifts you receive in return.In the past few days, the secretariat has been revolving around in order to give gifts and return gifts. Outside the gate of Nanning Hou's mansion, there is a continuous stream of traffic, full of gifts coming in and out.

So, when Gao pragmatically returned to Fuzhong, he was almost embarrassed to call the secretaries for a meeting.Fortunately, Liu Xin did not need to be responsible for these common affairs. She herself was quite leisurely. Seeing Gao pragmatically with a heavy face, she took the initiative to ask the reason.

After learning the details, Liu Xin immediately said that it was not too late to discuss the matter and that a meeting must be held immediately, so she quickly sent someone to find everyone who should be present at the meeting.It was only at this time that Gao Pragmatist discovered that there were some terrifying maps of the western region on the eucalyptus of Liu Xin's study.

"Yo, are you preparing for the Western Expedition battle plan in advance?" Gao pragmatically asked.

Liu Xin pursed his lips: "Although it is not known which officer the imperial court will send to the west to expedition, but since you named my brother and asked me to lead the Erdemutu generals, then I will Gotta do some homework ahead of time, right?"

Anyway, it will take some time to wait for the meeting, so Gao Wushi planned to chat with Liu Xin about the Western Expedition, so he asked, "So what do you think now?"

Liu Xin pouted and said, "I can't talk about your experience. Judging from the troops you are planning to mobilize, there is no division. There are two divisions, one is right and the other is odd. The southern line goes along the old Hehuang site and the ancient silk road. This can be called a regular soldier; on the northern front, you can walk on the grasslands, as long as the water and grass are abundant, you can go wherever you want, this can be called an extraordinary soldier.”

She swept her hair and said, "On the northern front, the main troops must be the Mongolian cavalry from Tumut and Ordos. They have gone on westward expeditions many times. This offensive line is very familiar to them. Nothing can go wrong.

In this way, the firearmed cavalry, mainly our Jinghua musket-equipped cavalry, can hitch a ride, which not only saves the trouble and danger of finding a way, but also saves resources by relying on their supplies..."

"Wait a minute." Gao Wushi interrupted: "Although the Jinghua cavalry can eat supplies from the Mongols on the road, they can't eat and drink for nothing. We must cooperate with Hannaji, Zhongjinhatun, and Taihuhan in advance. Even Bosuo Ketu, Yin Leduqi and others said yes, those who should pay the money should pay, and those who should give the materials should give the materials.

All in all, what I'm saying is that we're not only not being able to scoop their wool in this battle, we're even going to make them feel like the deal is a good deal. "

Liu Xin was stunned for a moment, but she realized it immediately and smiled, "I see, you mean 'If you want to take it, you must give it first', right?"

"No, I didn't 'take what I want'." Gao Wushi decisively shook his head and said, "If I have the intention of 'taking what I want', it means that I always regard them as outsiders.

But you have to know that my long-term goal is to never treat them as outsiders - I don't want Han nationalism, I want 'Chinese nationalism', so in my eyes, Mongolians are not substantially different from Han people. The lifestyle is not the same. "

Liu Xin sighed and said helplessly, "If it weren't for the clear family tree of the old Gao family, I would suspect that you are a Mongolian... This is really like taking a Mongolian standpoint."

"If you say that, then I have an objection." Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "It is precisely because I am a Han Chinese that I can say this in an upright manner and with a clear conscience.

The Han and the Mongols, or the Han and the steppe peoples, have been fighting for thousands of years, but the age of firearms has come, and the steppe peoples are no longer able to gain a strategic advantage.

Suppose that the two sides are still in long-term hostility as in the past, and they are incompatible with each other. In the future, the Han people will definitely slaughter and bloodbath the grassland people.But I want to ask, is this necessary?
The Han people are a farming civilization, not a nomadic civilization, let alone a pirate civilization. Massacre and plunder have never been the background color of farming civilization.The background of farming civilization is to obtain benefits through large-scale production, so it has the most stable economic production mode and social construction, which is conducive to the inheritance of social culture from generation to generation.

Nomadic civilization and pirate civilization are different. The former has a serious shortage of productivity. Once the weather turns cold, it can only plunder everywhere to survive; the latter has productivity between farming and nomadic, so it needs the ocean as a convenient material trading channel to achieve production. balance with consumption. …

During the heyday of the nomadic civilization, when the Mongols built their super empires, they found themselves able to defeat almost all of their opponents and became 'human superiors', so they continued to expand until they collapsed;
After the pirate civilization was interrupted by the Ottoman Empire, it had to open up new routes to maintain the balance of production and consumption, so it looked for a way to the east through the sea.

However, their luck or 'good luck' just happened to arrive. They first discovered that America and Africa were less civilized than them, so they used the two places as their source of raw materials and labor, and completed the accumulation of primitive capital through plunder.

And because of the need for repression and the fierce competition for interests within the pirate civilization, they have been at war for a long time, which in turn has promoted the advancement of technology, especially military technology, and finally made them dominate the world with tyrannical force for hundreds of years.

Westerners in later generations often use various so-called 'advanced' and 'civilization' to whitewash their ancestors. In fact, from the perspective of civilization, pirate civilization is rooted in predatory civilization, and they are most accustomed to it. It will always oppress and plunder other people through conquest by force, rather than attracting others to join itself through the development of productive forces such as farming civilization.

I remember I told you before that, probably during the Zhou Dynasty, concepts such as 'Huaxia' and 'Zhonghua' appeared in China and used to distinguish themselves from the barbarians.

However, unlike the pirate civilization that likes to strictly distinguish itself from the conquered, one of the biggest characteristics of 'Huaxia' is that 'the barbarians enter China, then China's'.

That is to say, our ancestors did not judge advanced and backward by shallow blood, but when someone was willing to implement the same production and living system as ours, we recognized him as one of our members, no different from us To.

Could it be that having such a broad-minded civilization is not the correct direction of historical development, but instead a pirate civilization based on the nature of oppression is the correct direction of historical development?
If there is no Chinese civilization for comparison, even if the pirate civilization develops for 1 years, it must still be a civilization in which a small minority oppresses the majority.Those descendants of the pirate civilization at the top of the pyramid will always think they are superior, and will always engage in all kinds of racial and cultural discrimination.

If they find any so-called 'backward peoples' that are developing so fast that they feel chills, they will surely regard them as the greatest threat in the world, and then unite as much as possible to suppress them as forcefully as possible. This 'subversive' is strangled in its cradle, in its infancy.

Instead of relying on the resilience of civilization to rise or rejuvenate in adversity at that time, why not rapidly expand the scope of this civilization now, and include more civilizations that have been deeply influenced by us in advance, so that we can gain access to the What about the strength of pirate civilization confrontation?
That's why I said, I'm not talking about the Chinese nation from the standpoint of the Mongolians, I'm talking about it from the standpoint of 'China' as a Han Chinese.

I hope that one day, in our China, there will be no Han, Mongolian, Jurchen, or Miao, Tongren, Yao people, etc.I hope that by then, everyone will only have the same answer in their self-knowledge: I am China. "…

Liu Xin quietly listened to Gao pragmatism's long speech, and said with emotion: "I used to wonder for a long time about one thing, that is, you already have such a strong strength, in Shilin civilians and even in the military. You also have a high reputation, but why do you have no intention of rebelling at all?

You said before that you don't want to see a civil war in China, I... how should I put it, as someone who grew up in the same education system as your cub, I can understand this sentence, but I still feel that this is not true. quite adequate.However, after hearing what you just said today, I think I probably understand what you mean.

The biggest threat in your heart has never been the opponent you need to face if you 'rebellion', whether he is the current emperor, a Ming official, or other forces - they are not equal to your opponents in your eyes. , you don't care how they resist, because you have the confidence to solve them.

Your situation is far higher than building a new dynasty, because your opponent is not a dynasty at all, but a civilization, a pirate civilization that should have dominated the world for hundreds of years in history.

The only thing I'm curious about now is why do you think you don't have to create a new dynasty, but just pass some reforms against that pirate civilization? "

Gao Wushi was silent for a while, and suddenly asked, "Have you heard of an English professor named Martin Jacques?"

"Is that the professor who said that 'China is a civilization disguised as a country'? I have some impressions." Obviously, Liu Xin had heard of it, but she might not be very familiar with it.

"Yes, but I'm not talking about the quote you quoted, but another, less dramatic, quote from another speech he made.

I can't remember the original words, it probably means 'they (China) have been one of the most advanced and powerful countries in the world for thousands of years, so we should not be surprised by their rise now, but should Explore what happened in China between 1800 and 1949. '"

Liu Xin thought about it for a while, and was a little puzzled, and said, "Yeah, why? 1800... When was that?"

Gao pragmatically shrugged and said, "The second year of Qianlong's death."

Liu Xin said distressedly: "I have a different major from yours. I don't have much research on history, culture, and civilization. Would you like to tell me the conclusion directly?"

"My conclusion is not necessarily correct, it only represents my opinion... Of course, I admit that now I have a certain ability to correct some things that I think should be corrected according to my understanding."

Liu Xin asked, "For example, through your series of reforms?"

"Of course, this is the main method." Gao pragmatically admitted.

"How much is done now?"

"It's hard to quantify, so it's impossible for me to give you an exact percentage value." Gao Yushi said: "However, I want to say that there is a very important reform that I have been laying the groundwork for for more than 20 years, but it has not yet been implemented. Take a step. Once the canonization of the prince is completed, I will start to act next."

"You mean after you become the chief assistant?" Liu Xin was very curious, and asked with a blink of an eye: "You dare to make drastic reforms on the old and difficult problems of Beijing camp, commercial tax, and feudal ban. What else can you do?" To make you so cautious that you dare not do anything after more than 20 years of laying the groundwork?"

"The foundation of the country..." Gao pragmatically smiled and spread his hands: "The imperial examination."
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I can only say that I will try my best to link the previous article, and also pave the way for the next article, so as to expand the plot reasonably.As for the amount of updates that have fallen in the past few days, you don't have to worry. I should have a credit guarantee at this point. Maybe the delay time is not so fixed, but it will definitely be made up in the end.

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