Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 763 Daming pursues the kingly way, is friendly and respectful, and can move people's hearts more than swords and guns

The emperor of Ming Dynasty planned to visit the house of his most trusted courtier and best friend,
And in Nanyang, thousands of miles away from Daming, on the island of Java, the vassal land of Ming, Ma Talan was also looking forward to the arrival of merchants from Ming.

As the monarch of Mataram, Lang Sang received 100 billion treasure notes from Daming. According to Daming's aid requirements, at least one-third of the 100 billion treasure notes should be used to buy materials from Daming for the construction of the port.

In fact, Lang Sang spent far more than this figure in buying materials in Daming.

The reason is also very simple. In today's world, if you want to build a complete port, you need materials that Nanyang does not have. They can only import from Daming and buy from Daming.

And Lang Sang doesn't just want to build a Madura, he also wants to build swimming, build Cirebon, and build his royal capital, Pasar Gede.

The construction of these places requires not only manpower, but also sufficient materials.

And some special materials are only available in Daming, and only Daming, which is now striding towards industrialization, can produce so many building materials and have so many sufficient talents.

Lang Sang is full of expectations at the moment, looking forward to Daming coming to help him build Matalan and make Matalan a rich country in Nanyang. He can accomplish his goals and realize the dream in his heart when he has money. .

On the sea, Daming's fleet was already sailing towards Matalam.

A fleet of dozens of merchant ships is heading towards Matalam with a large number of materials, scholars and craftsmen. The big merchants behind these merchant ships attach great importance to the construction of Matalam. This is their first trip to Nanyang. The first step is to lay a good foundation.

There are so many countries in Southeast Asia, such as Mataram, Aceh, Palembang, and Banten.
The merchants of Ming Dynasty divided up the port construction and business of these Nanyang countries. Everyone is full of ambition and plans to make a fortune in Nanyang. After all, Nanyang’s environment and rich resources are there. Like the people of the Netherlands, earning a lot of wealth is impossible for Ming businessmen to refuse.

When Daming's merchant ship appeared on the coast of Matalan, the people in Matalam erupted into cheers.

Obviously, although the Ming forces have left Nanyang for more than a hundred years, people in Nanyang still remember the powerful, wealthy, civilized and friendly dynasty in the east, the dreamlike empire that brought wisdom and wealth.

Now, that dynasty is back again, this time also with friendship and wealth, giving people hope and a future.

Huge lucky boats swayed, like big-bellied whales, and slowly approached Madura, the primitive small port, amidst the exclamation of the Matalan people.

As the main person in charge of the construction of Madura this time and one of the shareholders of Daming Jiangnan Textile Group, Su Mingli is very satisfied with this primitive and simple small port.

Although crude and primitive, it is precisely because of this that it can be built according to the needs of Ming Dynasty. Such a port has more value for improvement than those well-built ports. After all, there is no need to consider any rules and regulations.

"This Madura is a good place. Although the port is a bit rough, the environment and water depth meet the requirements. Once it is built, it must be a prosperous port."

Listening to the evaluation of the old man of the Su family and the old captain Su An, Su Mingli waved his folding fan: "Yes, this port is in our interests."

"Uncle An, get the boat ready to berth, put the small boat on the shore, put the people down first, and build a platform. Right now, this small port can't accommodate so many lucky boats."

Su An nodded, and immediately ordered his subordinates to start working.

Su An is very clear that the development of Nanyang is not done by the masters, at least on the surface, it is the young masters who are directing, not just the Su family, the Wang family, the Li family, the Tian family, the Qian family, and the Huang family.
Every family sends out younger generations to handle Nanyang's business affairs. Because Daming is undergoing transformation, each family has to follow the transformation, so that young people can adapt to this era and the present, so as to support the future family.

He, Su An, is an old man of the Su family. It stands to reason that it is time to retire and live in the Su family. With his qualifications and achievements, the Su family will arrange a good house for him and let his children enter the Su family school. Reading and literacy will take his place in the future.

However, Daming is different now. Datong Academy covers all over the country, and the schools of the major families can no longer keep up with the needs of the times.

In the past, the private schools of these gentry and aristocrats could still be regarded as vocational colleges, but now they are not even counted as vocational colleges, so the gentry send their children to Datong Academy to learn knowledge and make contacts. Now the best school in Ming Dynasty, called Daming University of Political Science and Law, is the first choice to get ahead.

Now that the imperial court popularizes education, although it has not yet reached the south, the wealthy Jiangnan has begun to experiment with the imperial court's model. His Su An's children are now learning professional skills in vocational colleges, and he is doing it to give his children one more choice. , so I came out to fight with the young master at home.

If Su Mingli is the director of the Su family in Nanyang, he is the actual general manager.

Su An directed the sailors and servants to put down the boat and send the workers ashore first. As workers who have undergone short-term training for a month, those who can go to sea with them are naturally skilled workers from various companies.

This proficiency is not only about technology, but the most important thing is loyalty and the mastery of weapons. After all, overseas is no better than Daming's domestic. The power of protection.

After these workers went ashore, the next batch to go ashore were craftsmen. After both groups went ashore, they began to expand and repair the port to accommodate more ships to berth.

The highest official of the Matalan Kingdom in Madura is a local elder. For the arrival of the Ming people, the elder expressed his sincere welcome and offered to help.

Su Mingli had a conversation with this elder. Although this elder has unique Nanyang beliefs, he is obviously a learned person. He is proficient in Central Plains culture, can write and speak Chinese, and has a certain understanding of Ming Dynasty.

As an elder, it is normal to have this kind of wisdom. After all, Matalam is also a normal feudal country. It implements the most common residence address in Nanyang. Governed by local noble lords.

As the first port to be opened in the Kingdom of Mataram, although Madura is governed by a lord, the lord is indeed a loyal subject of Lang San.

This is not a bad thing. It is a good thing for Su Mingli and Daming. After all, the most important thing to invest in a place is stability. A lord who is loyal to the lord is very important to Daming. At least it can guarantee that nothing will happen. A moth.

With the elder's assistance, Su Mingli and the others quickly completed the mooring of the ship, and the next step was the highlight of the port construction.

The big blessing boats unloaded the boatloads of materials, and Su Mingli hired the residents of Madura to carry the materials, and at the same time asked the workers of the Su family to start building the camp.

Residents of Madura looked in amazement at everything that the Ming people brought, those square steel monsters, strange existences called machines, those bags of raw materials, those prefabricated raw materials, etc. All of which amaze the residents of Madura.

What surprised the residents of Madura the most was Ming's attitude.

The Ming people are very kind to the curious residents of Madura. These Ming people do not come from the so-called civilized world, the arrogance and arrogance of a powerful country. They communicate with the residents of Madura in a soft voice and are very willing to teach Residents of Madura learn Chinese characters and Chinese.

The merchants of Ming Dynasty did not show off their power because of their wealth and power. On the contrary, the polite Su Mingli used money to hire the residents of Madura and gave them respect and equal treatment.

Ming people are completely different from Dutch people.

There is no Dutch arrogance and disdain for local residents, no superficial hypocrisy and contempt, and treat everyone with sincerity and friendliness. It is clear that people are sincere, friendly, and come with good intentions. They clearly It has powerful force, but it doesn't use guns to coerce others like the Dutch.

This will not cause the residents of Madura to despise him, on the contrary, it will make the Madura people respect him even more.

Although it has great power, it treats others kindly and equally. Such a polite and powerful country is a truly civilized country and a beacon that convinces people.

There are still many changes that the Ming merchants brought to Madura.

The businessmen of the Ming Dynasty not only hired the residents of Madura to work and brought wealth to the residents of Madura, but the merchants of the Ming Dynasty also brought several teachers and established a school in Madura to teach the residents of Madura free of charge. Reading and literacy.

The active and friendly dissemination of civilization and knowledge made Madura people respect Daming immensely.

Daming did not contemptuously treat the Madura people as natives like the Netherlands did, and only knew to use swords and guns to oppress and coerce, in the name of bringing the baptism of civilization; on the contrary, Daming brought friendship and Here comes school and books, and this is true civilization, true wisdom.

Even the lord of Madura looked at Su Mingli with admiration and thanked Su Mingli for everything he had brought to Madura.

The Ming people did not use guns, swords, or bloodshed. They got everything that the Dutch people got in Madura, and they also got the respect of the Madura people. They can't figure it out, or they can't figure it out at all.

The port of Madura was built very quickly. The people of Madura cooperated with Da Ming's actions and offered to help by moving the goods. The raw materials from Da Ming and the rich experience and guidance of the workers made the port take shape. Su Mingli is very satisfied with the construction speed of the port. He can reply to the family and speed up the progress here.

In the Shuntian Mansion in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Cui Chengxiu, who initially got the news of the construction of Nanyang, reported the good news to Zhang Haogu: "Yuanfu, the construction of Madura is going well, and the port will be put into use in a short time."

Zhang Haogu nodded when he heard it: "Good news, this means that the management of the Matalan country can be accelerated. I remember that the person in charge of the Matalan country is Jiangnan, right?"

Cui Chengxiu said: "Yes, the main person in charge is the Su family."

Zhang Haogu nodded thoughtfully: "The Su family, you did a good job."

Cui Chengxiu said with a smile: "Who says it's not? Now Madura respects me very much, Daming. They are very cooperative with our actions in Madura, but they have helped a lot."

"Those Dutch people haven't subdued the Madura people all these years, and I, Da Ming, managed to make them obedient with ease."

Listening to Cui Chengxiu's words, Zhang Haogu smiled slightly: "Yes, what the Dutch people think is that they are always stronger and more advanced than the Madura people, so they will never treat the Madura people equally. Only thinking of plundering and squeezing."

"If they can't learn politeness and friendliness, how can they make the people of Madura obey? Hatred and blood will only bring temporary obedience. Benefits and kindness are more convincing than these."

As he said that, Zhang Haogu was quite emotional: "Those Dutch people, or those Taixi people, don't know how to use their own advantages at all. They may be able to occupy an advantage for a while, but they will never be able to turn their advantages into victory. "

"Whether the Madura people or others are considered as natives, uncivilized, barbarians, or even human beings, they can oppress, exploit, and train them with guns with peace of mind. It’s like training animals. But the Madura people also have their own language, civilization and wisdom, and every country and every race in the South Seas has their own culture.”

"Da Ming is not the Angsa people in Taixi. They choose to use warships and artillery to knock down other people's homes, and use scimitars and gunpowder to plunder other people's wealth. They may get a lot of wealth in a short time, but this is not a long-term solution. No People will be willing to be oppressed by others, and no race will be oppressed by other races, when resistance comes, they will get nothing, only a mess and an unmanageable mess."

"Taixi people use artillery to open the way, but I, Da Ming, use civilization to open the way. Friendliness can move people's hearts as much as guns. Da Ming can bring them friendship, knowledge, wealth and the future, which is stronger than swords. Convincing people. Plundering is not as good as working together. The benefit of guns wins for a while, and friendship and mutual assistance can last a lifetime; everyone can benefit and develop together to bring peace and usher in long-term stability."

"Lao Tzu said, the best kindness is like water, and it can be said that the benevolent is invincible."

Zhang Haogu narrated softly, and Cui Chengxiu listened silently. This was a rare opportunity to hear Zhang Haogu, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, narrate his political ideas and core ideas.

Although what Zhang Haogu said may only be part of it, Cui Chengxiu benefited a lot from just listening to it.

What Datong Academy has always preached is Datong in the world.

What is Datong under heaven?

Everyone, every stage has a different understanding.

Now Cui Chengxiu at least knows what Zhang Haogu understood at this stage of the great harmony of the world: all countries work together to develop together.

In fact, what Zhang Haogu thinks now, specifically, should be that a big country should not bully the world with power, nor threaten the people with swords. War is only a means, not an end; a big country should implement benevolent governance at home, and spread kindness to others. , with cultural thoughts as the link, everyone seeks benefits together to usher in peace.

Undoubtedly, this is the most traditional Confucian understanding of "benevolence", and it is the great harmony of the world that Zhang Haogu thought of.

After Cui Chengxiu left, Zhang Haogu said: "It's too aggressive, please help me and ask Zhou Kui to come."

Soon, Zhou Kui was invited by Huang Zongxi.

This father-in-law Xin Wang, who has been getting more and more valuable in the spring breeze of the industrial development of the Ming Dynasty, is now very proud of the spring breeze.

"Yuansuke, are you looking for me?"

Seeing Zhou Kui coming, Zhang Haogu smiled and asked him to sit down, and poured tea: "Well, here I am, I still want to discuss something with you."

Zhou Kui said very proudly: "Yuanfu, what you said is what you said. It is thanks to you that I am today. If you have any orders, just say so, and I will never refuse if I can do it."

Zhang Haogu nodded and said: "You also know that the imperial court and the people are now developing Nanyang, and Nanyang is an important development area for the imperial court in the future."

Zhou Kui sounded refreshed: "Yuanfu, do you want me to develop in Nanyang?"

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Yes, and no."

"I want you to open a steel mill in Batavia."

"Open a steel plant in Batavia?" Zhou Kui was stunned. If he wanted to open a steel plant, he should also open it in Aceh, Johor, Sanfa, or simply in Jiaozhi. Why did he open it in Batavia?
Zhang Haogu tapped his finger on the table: "Batavia is the residence of Nanyang Development Company, which is the core of the future imperial court in Nanyang. It can be said bluntly that the imperial court can abandon Matalam, Johor, and Sanyang. Fa, give up Sulu, but definitely not give up Batavia."

"The imperial court's soldiers in the three towns in Nanyang will be withdrawn in a short time. It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to deploy a division of the imperial court in Nanyang. Therefore, Governor Qian needs to recruit his own manpower to form the Nanyang Development Company's own team."

"In this way, Nanyang Development Company needs a qualified factory to manufacture armor, swords, guns, and even repair warships and artillery."

"This factory, on the surface, will also undertake the steel needs of Southeast Asian countries to meet the construction and development of Southeast Asian countries."

"This will be the largest steel plant in Nanyang in the future. I hope you will run this steel plant."

Zhou Kui's expression became extremely serious: "I understand, please rest assured Yuanfu, this steel factory must be under the control of the imperial court."

Zhang Haogu shook his head: "The imperial court will not give you a penny of capital injection. This steel plant belongs to your Zhili Steel Company. Whether it can make a profit and how much it can earn depends entirely on you. Whether you have this technology and The ability to meet the needs of Nanyang Development Corporation and Nanyang also depends on your ability."

"If you can't do it, I won't blame you."

Zhou Kui thought for a moment, and then said: "Yuanfu, if our Zhili Iron and Steel Company cannot do it, then other private iron and steel factories will not be able to do it. What steel factories need most is talents, and our Zhili Iron and Steel Company A company has a lot of qualified workers.”

"Don't worry, the largest steel plant in Nanyang must belong to us!"

(End of this chapter)