Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 785 The long third year
The war between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty is brewing.

The fight on that pen pole certainly cannot be stopped.

Although the literary atmosphere is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, they still follow the trend and write articles about humanity, benevolence and righteousness and frame them in newspapers. Looking at the entire Qing Dynasty, they can always find a suitable audience.

As for the humanity of the largest slavery empire.
There are also slaves who are human and those who are not.

If they were Jurchens, Han, Mongolia and Manchus, even if they were slaves, they would still be considered human beings. Koreans and Japanese would be the second best, but they could still be said to be human beings.

But the Dutch, the Annamites, the dwarf black Luzon natives, most of them can't even speak human language, how can they be regarded as human beings?
humanitarianism.

Always only applies to a subset of humans.

But this does not prevent this banner from being admired and supported by the world.

Once the flag was waved, Ming's reputation, which had been tarnished by the Nanyang Company's rampage overseas, got better.

Besides money and land, what civil servants like most is this.

Especially outsiders and foreign countries took advantage of the trend.

It makes people not want to step down.

This is also the greatest assurance Zhu Youjian can do for the upcoming war.

Raise the bottom line.

So after the publicity in newspapers was in place, the Ming and Qing countries began to negotiate and sign a treaty in the last year of the three-year armistice.

For example, defining the boundaries between the military and civilians during war, ensuring that the armies of the two countries will not launch attacks on civilians at will, ensuring the safety of civilians in war areas, etc. are "humane" provisions that are considered heavenly to those who are familiar with war these days. Big joke.

The army was attached to the people both in the field and in the castle.

If civilians cannot be targeted, the difficulty of annihilating enemy troops and occupying enemy territory will inevitably rise.

More straightforward.

In wartime, if the small soldiers do not kill and loot, how can the captain take it? If the captain does not take it, how can it be taken by the defense, how can it be taken by the guerrillas, and how can it be taken by the general soldiers.

If you don't take the general soldier, how can you make progress?

To say that it is easier to be more restrained towards one's own people, the warlords of the Ming Dynasty also selectively enforced it on their own troops.

But he is also restrained against the enemy?
Like talk?
Guangzhou.

Many Westerners in the hotels in the new city area, which is exclusively for foreigners, were shocked after reading today's newspaper published by the Guangzhou branch of the Daming Newspaper.

"I signed an agreement with the enemy country that the armies of both sides will not kill or injure civilians on both sides even in the event of war. They will not expropriate property unless it is urgent. They must also ensure the basic living supplies of the civilians in the occupied area. Don't I understand the writing of the Ming Empire?"

"Don't look at me, I'm still studying."

The military laws of relatively civilized countries basically have provisions that are beneficial to civilians. Military disciplines are strict and armies that strictly adhere to military laws can be found all over the world and in all eras.

Many nations and civilizations have praised these armies in their histories.

One of the main reasons for praise is that there are too few such armies.

A Western aristocratic young man wearing a wig patted his beautiful legs in stockings: "This is simply the greatest initiative in the world. The emperor of the Ming Empire is the one I have ever seen in my life, and he may be the emperor with the most compassion in the entire history." !”

After saying that, he shook his head again: "It's a pity that the officials here don't seem to be much different from those in Paris."

The similarly dressed companion next to him smiled and said: "We may have thought wrong this time. The livre we sent there this morning was returned. The receptionist said that the governor of Guangzhou Province paid great attention to us, but They had too many foreign envoys to receive.

They have a festival just two months later, when envoys and even kings from all the eastern countries will come to the Ming Empire to pay tribute, and we will just catch up."

As he said that, the man flashed a round coin in his hand: "It may be that our river is not popular." "Is this?"

"Longwu Tongbao, but it is different from the copper coins of our Ming Empire. This is a newly issued silver coin, which is more beautiful than the silver coins of the Qing Empire."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh again: "What we have seen so far is completely worthy of the torment of our journey across the world. Your father, Mr. Pierre, has really admirable foresight and deserves to be the chief of the Supreme Court." spokesman."

The noble young man named Clement Samuel Fermat shook his head and smiled: "Before I came here, I was looking forward to the position of senator, but now, I only hope that my father's manuscripts and research will allow me to enter the Ming Empire." University, now, I am very, very interested in the law and philosophy of the Ming Empire!"

"But the railroad cars were more important, and the factories in Canton, and those huge tools in the fields, and God, maybe the Chinese really do have magic."

Clement smiled and quipped: "There will definitely be some in universities, if they are willing to teach magic."

Teach?

Of course I taught.

Although many "miscellaneous subjects" such as physics, chemistry, and mathematics were not popular in Ming Dynasty, they were available in the research fields and academic circles.

These gadgets are no different from magic in the eyes of ordinary people.

During the autumn harvest every year in the Qing Dynasty, it was indispensable to dance around large agricultural machinery to soothe the spirit of the machine and offer sacrifices to the sky. The same was true in the Ming Dynasty.

In the eyes of outsiders, some knowledgeable people can still see the three flavors.

But most outsiders think that the operation of this agricultural machinery is linked to magic.

It's autumn and winter.

As soon as school is over, the students in the school walk along the field road smelling the smoke of paper money, the wet and sweet smell of new grain, and the fishy smell of soil. Farmers are packing farm machinery in the fields and shouting to their children, guessing that there are still a few days left. If you can finish the work in the fields, how much surplus food will you have left this year after paying the taxes?

The hard-working people have tenacious vitality.

Even in the face of natural and man-made disasters, people can still struggle to survive. Now the Ming Dynasty is running smoothly. After a few years of peaceful life, the production methods have also changed, and people's livelihood has naturally recovered a lot.

I can't say it's too good, but compared to the hellish previous years, life now does have some of the 'prosperous times' scenes promoted in newspapers.

two years.

Not only did the Ming Dynasty take on a new look, after all, the court was still the same court, Donglin was still the same Donglin, and the civil servants still had the ability to control the government.

But there is always some new flesh growing on the decaying flesh.

This new meat allowed the decaying giant of Ming Dynasty to finally stand up again.

"Cat Ba Island has become a concession! Why are we still stationing troops in Tokyo!?"

In Tokyo, the capital of the Li Dynasty, the young king finally couldn't bear it anymore and screamed sharply at the envoys of the Ming Dynasty.

The envoy rolled his sleeves and sneered: "After you usurped power, I, the Ming Dynasty, can give you King Annan now, or I can change it to another one, if you ask me! This should be the Jiaozhou capital!"

The Ming Dynasty began to station troops in the countries of the Indochina Peninsula in the name of its suzerainty, in the name of mediating relations between countries at any time and controlling wars.

This move caused dissatisfaction among various countries.

It also made the Dutch East India Company very happy.

at the same time.

The Qing Empire also fought wars with New Spain and the Indians in America.

The long third year is coming.

(End of this chapter)