Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 406: Kangxi demanded progress, and Kangxi wanted to build a university (please subscribe and vote monthly)
Tianjing, the golden account of the Great Khan.

"Great Khan, the Ming Empire's aggressive overseas expansion has greatly undermined the strength-based rules established by all advanced maritime powers since the Great Discovery. Among them, the most disturbing ones are those who love peace and free trade in the world. There are three things that I feel indignant about. First, the Ming Empire used despicable means to hijack Spanish galleons that had no hostility towards the Ming Dynasty and were purely for peaceful trade. Then they used these galleons to unreasonably attack ships located in the ocean. The port of Acapulco on the other side, and claim it as your own!

The second thing is that the Ming Empire used more shameless methods, under the guise of commercial cooperation, to illegally manage to turn a peaceful island belonging to the Dutch East India Company into the Ming Dynasty on Bintan Island, which is located at the eastern exit of the Malacca Strait. A military fortress used by the empire to block free navigation in the Strait of Malacca.

The third thing was that the Ming Empire violently expanded its sphere of influence in East and Southeast Asia, seized Ryukyu from Japan, forced the two kings of Annan to accept the post of generals conferred by the Ming Dynasty, and sent two other General Annan, who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, invaded Chenla and the Pattani Sultanate. In addition, the Ming Dynasty probably incited a war between Korea and Japan, and used this unreasonable war to infiltrate Japan!
The above actions have aroused strong opposition from European powers including the Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Portugal, Kingdom of Sweden, and the United Provinces of the Netherlands, as well as Eastern powers including Persia, Hindustan, and Japan. dissatisfied.If the Great Mongolia and the Chagatai Khanate can also join in, then the Ming Dynasty will face joint sanctions from the eleven eastern and western powers, not only economically, but also militarily.On one side are the eleven great powers, and the Ming Dynasty can get at most France and Rakshasa, two distant allies that do not have sea power.So all that awaits them is their slow decline! "

It was Pablo Spinola-Doria, the special envoy of the Kingdom of Spain, who was lobbying Kangxi Khan with righteous words.If you know a little about the history of Italy and Italy in the Middle Ages, you will know that this middle-aged foreign devil who linked the surnames of Spinola and Doria, the two major oligarchic families of the Republic of Genoa, must be an unlucky creditor of the Habsburg family. ——Genoa was originally a "sea country". After the advent of the Age of Discovery, the trade routes that originally passed through the Mediterranean were rerouted. Genoa's pillar industry gradually changed from maritime trade to finance, and it was also deeply tied to the Habsburg Dynasty. In the past few decades, as Spain's Habsburg dynasty went bankrupt again and again, the financial industry of the Republic of Genoa also fell into waves of bankruptcies.

In the past, Europe's "second rich" (the richest was Venice) was the hot second, but now it is getting worse every year.

Although the future of the Republic of Genoa is already quite bleak, as the ruling family of a commercial republic that has prospered for hundreds of years, the ancient Doria family still has extremely keen insights and has noticed the sudden rise of the East Asian world and the Mongolian world. It will surely restructure the world’s wealth map.

Therefore, Pablo Spinola-Doria, who originally served as Spain's ambassador to Germany and participated in the negotiations for the Treaty of Naigenme aimed at ending the Franco-Dutch War, stepped forward and won it from Juan Jose. This opportunity to go to Central Asia.

In order to leave a good impression on the Mongol Khan, he even spent several months studying Mongolian diligently. Although he did not fully master it, he could already have simple conversations with Kangxi in Mongolian.

Precisely because of his efforts and background, he also became the de facto leader of the Spanish-Netherlands-Portuguese joint mission that visited Tianjing this time.All negotiations with Kangxi were conducted personally by him.The envoys from Amsterdam and Lisbon are just two foils.

Although he really wanted to get close to the Mongolian Khan who had a "Louis the Great" pockmarked face, but no matter how much he deceived the Mongolian Khan, he never looked excited at all. Appearance - The Great Khan looks quite young, why doesn't he have the passion of a young man?Doesn't he want to destroy the Ming Dynasty, swallow up the Zhou Dynasty, and unify China?

Thinking of this, the European diplomat who was best at loan sharking had no choice but to cross the border and chat with Kangxi about the military. He said to Kangxi: "Great Khan, of course we know that the Ming Army is very powerful! The training and equipment of their army The level is close to the most powerful army in Europe, and it is likely that they received the help of French military advisors. In addition, they also have an early Roman-style citizen system that can maximize the fighting spirit of the people. However, the Ming Dynasty's navy is relatively inferior to European sea power. The navy of a powerful country is very weak! And the Ming Dynasty has a very long coastline. Once it loses sea power, the powerful Spanish Armada can send the expeditionary force to any point on the Ming Dynasty coastline. They will be in the richest part of the Ming Dynasty. Burning, killing, looting, and destructive acts in coastal areas!
I think no matter how powerful the Ming Dynasty's navy is, it can't be fortified everywhere along the long coastline, right?If they have to fortify everywhere after the coastline is ravaged, will their army be enough?The northern border with Qing Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty is also very long. Do they still have enough troops to defend it? "

Interesting!

Kangxi finally opened his mouth, only to hear him ask expressionlessly: "I want to know how many lives Spain is prepared to pay to ravage the coastline of the Ming Dynasty? As far as I know, Spain only has a population of a few million, and the population of the Ming Dynasty is larger than Spain has ten times more!”

"Great Khan, Spanish life is very precious," Doria said with a smile, "So the Dutch and English will help the Spanish Armada hire the Japanese to attack the Ming Dynasty's coastline. As far as I know, they are good at this!"

Kangxi asked again: "Then how many Japanese are you going to hire to burn, kill, and loot in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Hire as many as you need!" Doria said, "Just the first batch will employ tens of thousands of people!"

Kangxi seemed to be a little interested, and he asked again: "So, what benefits can I, Mongolia, get?"

"Your Majesty the Great Khan," Doria said with a smile, "if your army has the opportunity to destroy the Ming Dynasty and put the whole of China under the rule of the Qing Dynasty again, isn't it the best interest?"

Kangxi shook his head slightly and said: "This is not the best interest. This is a gamble that will cost the country. If Spain, the Netherlands, England and Japan are preparing to go to war with the Ming Dynasty on the southeast coast, then do I still need to go to the table and gamble with the Ming Dynasty?"
The Ming Dynasty's naval strength is limited, and it is impossible to reach the mainland of Spain, the Netherlands and England, right?And your army doesn't dare to land on Daming's beaches. If nothing else happens, this war should last for many years!Didn’t the Qing Dynasty just use this period of time to cultivate moral governance, strengthen discipline and win the hearts of the people, so as to consolidate the Qing Dynasty’s national foundation? "

"What?" Doria was stunned. What did the Mongol Khan think?Didn’t you Mongolians fight, rob, and kill wherever you went?Why do you think about moral governance, discipline, and people's support?

Kangxi saw the unusual and strange appearance of this Spanish envoy who looked like a profiteer, and immediately changed the topic and said: "But it's not that I can't send some troops to the north to cooperate with your actions on the southeast coast. .As long as the Netherlands and England can show enough sincerity!"

"Sincerity? What kind of sincerity do you want?" Doria thought: This Mongolian Khan doesn't want money, does he?If you want money, go to Aurangzeb, he has plenty of money!
What Kangxi said next surprised Doria: "I want two universities!"

"What? Start a university?" Doria asked, "Why?"

"Why?" Kangxi smiled, "No reason, it's just that I want what Li Zhongshan has! What Li Zhongshan is doing, I also want to learn to do! Ambassador, do you know what Li Zhongshan's top priority has been in the past two years? ?”

"Could it be a school?" Doria naturally guessed.

Kangxi nodded: "Yes, Li Zhongshan's top priority is not to compete with Spain for the New World, nor to compete with the Netherlands for Malacca, nor to compete with Japan for any territory. His top priority is to run schools!

In fact, he has always attached great importance to running schools. As early as when he was the Guangdong Customs Road in Guangzhou, he established the Guangdong Lecture Hall and the Guangdong Reform School. Later, when he came to Nanjing, he opened the Nanjing Lecture Hall and the Nanjing Reform School.While running the school, he also organized scribes who were proficient in Latin to translate books on Western natural philosophy collected from the Macau Mission School.After the armistice between the Ming, Qing and Three Kingdoms.He began to put great effort into writing textbooks, formulating a staged education system, and started to open a large school.

Not only did Guangdong Maintenance School and Nanjing Reform School become Guangfu University Hall and Yingtian University School, but they also used students who graduated from Reform School and Jiangwu Hall as teachers to open Jinling Middle School, Jinling Primary School, Nanhai Middle School, Nanhai Primary School, etc. The so-called new school.

Last year, he opened two more normal schools in Yingtianfu and Guangfu, preparing to train tens of thousands of teachers. Next, he will open universities in each province, middle schools in each prefecture, and primary schools in each county. What else will be implemented in the future? Compulsory education requires all children of school age to have books to read, and they must attend primary school for at least four years! "

"You want all school-age children to study?" Doria was so surprised.

Ming Dynasty is indeed a republic of citizens!Compulsory education for all is something that even the Federal Republic of the Netherlands cannot achieve, but Ming Dynasty is already doing so!
Kangxi paused and then said: "Ambassador Doria, I don't know what the benefits are of Li Zhongshan doing this? But what he has done in the past ten years has profound meaning, and he can be said to be a pioneer. So. Whenever possible, I will learn from him!"

Kangxi is indeed a top scholar!
I have learned how to copy homework, and I also copied a very important homework - National Compulsory Education!
Whether it is industrialization or modernization, national education is the foundation.

And everyone has relatively equal opportunities to receive education, which is the foundation of a civil country!

Of course, relative equality does not mean no elimination or screening.Education not only cultivates talents, but also screens them!
In fact, after Li Zhongshan established a foothold in Guangdong, he thought about introducing the "examination-oriented education system" of later generations - Li Zhongshan was familiar with this!
But there is no need to rush into education. We must first cultivate and select a group of scholars and bureaucrats who can agree with Li Yat-sen's ideas. This is what the Reform School does.In the reform schools, scholars and students not only delved into "New Confucianism" such as "Tian Xia Da Gong Lun" and "Ming Yi Wei Lu", but also had access to a large amount of Western learning and practical knowledge.

After several years of training, Li Yat-sen had at his disposal some "masters" who were well versed in both Chinese and Western studies, and some "middle school teachers" and "young teachers" who were less sophisticated.

With these talents, Li Yat-sen was able to convert two reform schools into universities, and then put "Affiliated Middle School" and "Affiliated Primary School" under the two universities.

In addition, Zheng Jing also followed Li Yat-sen's example and changed his vassal school into Nanyang Academy, and later opened Nanyang University of Arts and Sciences and Nanyang Primary School.

At the same time, Li Yat-sen convened a group of "masters" and worked with them to compile textbooks for primary and secondary schools and set up a phased upgrade of the education system.He also began to translate more esoteric books on Western natural philosophy, and hired Western scholars with high salaries to serve as professors at Guangfu University and Yingtian University.
A primitive national education system (trial version) was built step by step by Li Zhongshan!
Once this system is fully promoted, Ming Dynasty will be invincible!

However, in matters such as education, which lays a solid foundation, progress is always very slow.

After all, it is a century-old tree!

So at this moment, the national education system of the Ming Dynasty has not even been fully established - there is no preschool education, no vocational education, and the coverage of the national education system is also very small.

This education system seems useless now and is not worth learning from. However, Kangxi, a top student, always took his homework seriously. Except for those that he really "couldn't copy", he always copied what he could. My thoughts are copying.

The Capital University was opened under the care of Empress Yang, and it was Yang Xiaomi who was doing things in accordance with Kangxi's orders.

But when the university opened, Kangxi realized that he wanted to keep things simple!

His schooling conditions were simply not comparable to those of Li Zhongshan, who "acquired" scholars from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Fujian. At the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, almost all of China's most energetic, broad-minded, and knowledgeable scholars in these areas.

But Kangxi's side couldn't do it, there was no one available!

In order to establish the Capital University Hall, Empress Yang even sent people to Qufu, Shandong Province to invite this year's Kong Shenggong to Beijing to be the "master".But how could Kong Shenggong do this?Not at all!

Empress Yang personally wrote a letter to Li Zhongshan asking for the "science" textbook, but Kong Shenggong couldn't understand it at all.If Kangxi wanted to run a successful university, he would have to invite Western foreign aid - could Kangxi understand it himself and know what Li Zhongshan's university was teaching?
After Doria figured out why Kangxi wanted to set up education, he was a little shocked by the advanced nature of the Ming Dynasty - not to mention Spain, even England and the Netherlands were hard to compare with others!
Thinking of this, Doria said to Kangxi: "Okay. Your request will definitely be met. With the power of England and the Netherlands, it is possible to send you some scholars who can serve as university teachers. And it can be done. And We can also provide some university and secondary school textbooks for His Majesty’s reference.”

Kangxi smiled and nodded: "Then let's discuss other conditions for Mongolia to join the Anti-Ming Alliance!"

Are there conditions?

Doria was stunned.

Kangxi seemed to see his doubts and smiled and said to him: "These are some mutually beneficial conditions, such as the conclusion of a trade agreement that is beneficial to both of us.
For another example, I also plan to open an arsenal and mint in Tianjing City, hoping to get help from Dutch and English engineers and machines.

For another example, I want to ask engineers from the Netherlands and England to help search for gold and silver mines in the Mughal area. I really can't find them. There are copper mines that will do! "

Kangxi then made several more demands, none of which were very high. Most of them were for construction and development in Taiping Valley and Tianjing City.

Obviously, Kangxi really regarded this treasure land as the future home of himself and the Qing Dynasty.

To such a request, Doria naturally agreed in full. In the end, he just solemnly said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, the fact that you can put forward such a condition fully shows that you are a monarch who truly cares for the people. But I believe that, What your people want to hear most is the good news that you conquered the Ming Dynasty and unified China. Therefore, I hope you can do your best in future wars for yourself and the people you rule!"

Kangxi knew that he was not that good and that he was just copying homework, but he still nodded and replied: "Of course, of course I will go all out as long as the Spanish navy and Japanese mercenaries can give Li Zhongshan a big enough blow!" "He paused and then added, "I can swear an oath to the Immortal Heaven, and I can also sign a binding treaty. And I can also recommend you and your envoy to the Prime Minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He is the ruler of the Great Zhou Kingdom. The true ruler!"

"That would be great!" Doria smiled, "If Zhou Dynasty can attack the Ming Dynasty with you, victory will definitely belong to our Eleven-Nation Alliance!"

(End of this chapter)