Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 176 The Food Crisis in Daming 【Seeking Monthly Pass】

The four realms of Confucianism and Taoism: self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace.

The corresponding four ways of Confucianism are Tianwen, Shouxin, Cautious Words, and Independent Law.

Among them, the unique method is the poetry of Ping Tianxia. This is the Confucian art that can improve the strength of Confucianism and Taoism. As long as you master it, you can write some familiar articles and endow them with various extraordinary abilities.

For example, Hu Zongxian's best "Song of Righteous Qi", once performed, can turn more than [-] ordinary people into super fighters, without fear of pain and fatigue.

After using Li Bai's "Jiangjinjiu", everyone within the scope of Confucianism can become drunk.

Compared with the strength of the independent method, the remaining three kinds of Confucianism did not improve the strength of the extraordinary person so much.

It can even be said that these three kinds of Confucianism have almost zero improvement in combat power.

But the strength of the extraordinary system of Confucianism and Taoism is not in fighting and killing, but in the transformation of thoughts.

Zhu Yuanzhang is convinced that if these three Confucianisms are used in the right place, their effects will be greater than imagined, even greater than the independent method.

For example, the role of Confucianism Tianwen is to shock people's hearts and make people unable to hide their thoughts.

This is especially useful when targeting uncivilized alien races, because using this Confucianism can quickly understand the true thoughts of the other party's heart, and use this to prepare countermeasures.

Confucianism guarding the heart is just the opposite. It can make your heart stronger and not be disturbed by various external affairs. At the same time, it can resist the Confucianism effect of Tianwen.

This technique seems to have no effect, but there is another small effect of Shouxin, which is to make oneself confident, contagious and friendly.

This allows Confucian scholars who have learned this technique to quickly gain the trust of those alien races instead of hostility.

The last Confucian word of caution can be heard for hundreds of miles, and it can prohibit the spread of all voices within the scope of Confucianism.

This is easy to explain. This corresponds to propaganda, which can allow more aliens to bathe in the profound Chinese culture.

As a small county magistrate of seventh rank, Xu Yuan's cultivation of Confucianism and Taoism has only reached the level of the Qi family.

So what he has mastered are only two kinds of Confucianism, Tianwen and Shouxin.

But only these two spells are enough.

Half a month after landing on this land, after the young general led hundreds of people to defeat tens of thousands of Indian troops, he used Confucianism to win the trust of a large number of Indians in only three days.
Then start teaching.

In just three months, a large number of Indians have learned simple Chinese communication and understood simple Han etiquette.

This is quite exciting news for Xu Yuan.

Now he has fully adapted to life here.

And full of energy.

Of course, he didn't think that it was because he was almost starved to death because he didn't cooperate in the first few days, and he had to bow his head to those warriors whose brains were full of muscles.

He just really found the joy of educating the people, and at the same time gained great benefits from it.

In Daming, there are two ways to improve the realm of Confucianism and Taoism.

The first is to become an official in the court, and shepherd and guard one side for the current sage. The realm of Confucianism and Taoism will increase with the promotion of the official position, and another way to improve is to educate.

As long as you educate enough people, so that more people can understand the law, the realm of Confucianism and Taoism will also be improved.

And isn't what he is doing now just to educate the people?
Although these people are of different races, after transformation, they can also become qualified citizens of Ming Dynasty!
Of course, the level of being a general and a minister is not enough, and it is not necessary at all. Those warriors obviously did not really want to teach these Indians such profound Confucian knowledge, so that they have the ability to participate in the Ming Dynasty imperial examination.

They just need a large number of labor forces who can understand Chinese and have been thoroughly Sinicized.

Xu Yuan didn't care about this, because even if he only taught a little Chinese and let these barbarians understand a little Han etiquette, it would still allow him to improve the realm of Confucianism and Taoism.

In the current Daming territory, he is a small seventh-rank official, and it is simply not his turn to educate the people, but here, he is the most knowledgeable.

Looking at those eyes with a strong thirst for knowledge, Xu Yuan seemed to see the scene after he became a world-renowned Pingtian Confucian.

This gave him endless motivation.

A year passed in the blink of an eye.

During this year, the various armies of the Ming Dynasty who went out to conquer the world reported frequent successes.

The battlefield in the Americas is just a microcosm of the whole world.

Stimulated by Lord Zhu Yuanzhang's land policy, the New Army of the Ming Dynasty showed unparalleled action capabilities.

The era of great exploration in Europe, which had just begun to emerge, was directly crushed by the large ships and cannons of the Royal Navy of Ming Dynasty.

The Americas, Australia, Africa, and even the whole world are all prostrate under the majesty of the Ming Navy.

The Ming Navy conquered most of the world in just one year.

As for the remaining half of the world, it's not because it can't be conquered, but because the manpower is really not enough....

"Your Majesty, it seems that although Confucian and Taoist superhumans are not very powerful personally, my ability to assimilate Chinese Confucian culture has been greatly improved because of this superhuman system."

"If there weren't those Confucian transcendents, I'm afraid it would take a lot of time to conquer those alien races." In Xiyuan, Xu Jie put down the few memorials in his hand, and said with a smile on his face.

Yan Song, Gao Gong and others next to him all nodded when they heard the words, quite agreeing with Xu Jie's statement.

They already know the world of the early Ming Dynasty very well, and even Gao Gong and others have been there through the portal.

They knew very well that compared to the warriors of that world, they, the Confucians, were completely incomparable in terms of force.

But they also have their own unique characteristics and abilities, which are the foundation of their future foothold in the political arena.

As Zhu Yuanzhang said, the more they understand, the wider their horizons will be.

Now they are already thinking about what kind of position they and others can occupy after the merger of the two worlds.

As veteran politicians, they naturally understood that the more important the system of Confucianism, Taoism and talent was in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, the better position they would have in the court of Ming Dynasty in the future.

Now that I have the opportunity, I will naturally spare no effort to praise it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was well aware of this, and Xu Jie's words were not exaggerated. .

The extraordinary system of Confucianism and Taoism talent is indeed of great use to Daming.

He has experienced the world war in the late Qing Dynasty.

He deeply understands that it is easy to defeat a nation, but it is almost impossible to completely conquer all the people of this nation.

Bloody suppression alone will not work at all.

But now the extraordinary system of Confucianism, Taoism and talent gave him a perfect solution.

There is no need to conquer these ethnic groups, it is only necessary to assimilate them into a part of the Chinese nation.

"For us now, the most important problem to solve is the serious shortage of Confucian and Taoist superhumans in the army!"

"Xu Da and the others have been asking for people from us all this time. Without enough Confucianism and Taoism transcendentalists, they would not be able to quickly gather a group of local aborigines loyal to Daming for their own use after the military occupied those places. The war can achieve The effect will be greatly reduced.”

"This issue must be resolved as soon as possible."

"Everyone, tell me if there is any good way?" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the many ministers in front of him and asked.

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the words.

These Confucian and Taoist extraordinary people who joined the army were all officials and gentry who obstructed the reform of the New Deal of Ming Dynasty this year.

But after the imperial court's thunderous suppression over the past year, the remaining officials and gentry have become much more honest. If you want to find fault with them and exile them, let them work for the imperial court for free, I am afraid that it will not be possible in a short time.

"How about setting the conditions better and recruiting directly?" Gao Gong said suddenly.

"Now that the imperial court's reforms are deepening, the fundamental interests of those gentry have been touched. Does Mr. Zhongxuan think they will respond to the imperial court's call at this time?" Hai Rui asked.

Hai Rui couldn't be more clear about the temperament of those gentlemen.

It won't be a big deal, but if you let them do bad things, they will be more powerful than one.

"Your Majesty, I have an urgent report here." Suddenly Zhang Juzheng rushed in.

"Let's hear it!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with great interest.

"This year, Henan and Shanxi suffered a severe drought that has never happened in a century. Many people have no crops. I originally wanted to take a batch of grain from the grain merchants as a precautionary measure, but I don't know that the grain on the market is also running out. Many, the food prices in Henan and Shanxi, the two affected provinces, have started to fluctuate upwards..."

"What's more serious is that according to Chen's investigation during this period, not only Henan, but also Shandong, Zhejiang, Nanzhili and other places have insufficient food stocks."

"It seems that overnight, the food in the Daming market suddenly disappeared." Zhang Juzheng said with a serious face.

"But someone is hoarding goods?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Zhang Juzheng shook his head: "That's why things are weird. After investigation by the minister, those grain merchants also have no grain in their hands."

"Hmph, what's so weird about this!"

"It must be the ghost of those big farmers. They hold the grain in their hands and connect with each other instead of selling it. They want to take advantage of this catastrophe to take advantage of our army!" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.

"Did you see it? This is the shortcoming of the imperial court's inability to control the pricing power of grain. Those people don't care about the lives of the people."

"I guess they are waiting to see the court's joke right now?"

"Directly arrest a group of gentry on the charge of hoarding goods and ransack their homes!" Gao Gong shouted angrily.

This is a full-fledged old cynic. Although his family is also a big landlord, he doesn't have the consciousness of a big landlord at all, especially since Zhu Yuanzhang revealed his identity, he has become more and more free in his words.

"No!"

"Your Majesty has always acted in accordance with the Law of the Ming Dynasty. Now those people are just storing their own grain and not selling it. There is nothing wrong with it. If Your Majesty promotes punishment and prisons for this reason, it will completely lose the justice of the Law of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, it will destroy the law of the Ming Dynasty. Lose the hearts of the people of the world." Hai Rui hastily stopped him.

"Don't worry, the Great Ming law is set by us, how can we violate it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly: "This matter is actually very easy to solve. As long as there is enough food, those people's plans will not only be broken without attack, but they will also suffer heavy losses."

"But where is there so much food?"

"Even if all the grain in the Changping warehouse is transferred to the disaster area, it is still stretched. It can only last for half a month at most. After half a month, there will be no food at all." Xu Jie sighed.

"Hehe, there aren't any here, but it doesn't mean there aren't any in the early Ming Dynasty!"

"Last year was a bumper harvest in the early Ming Dynasty, and the grain reserves were enough for ten years."

"Let's see if those people can spend ten years with us." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.

(End of this chapter)