Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 363: The prince sealed the country, I asked the princes to use the imperial power, Zhu Jianshenmang fought against the heroes of Europe

The emergence of rubber wheels changed the way people travel.

Single-wheel carts, tricycles, and trolleys are widely used in industrial production.

In fact, rubber wheels appeared in the 28th year of Jingtai. Rubber and petroleum were used as raw materials, and the rubber tires produced were first used in carriage tires.

With the popularity of rickshaws, bulky horse-drawn carriages have gradually been eliminated from the market, and travel has been replaced by rickshaws, which are convenient, comfortable and, most importantly, cheap.

As it was inconvenient for the rickshaw drivers to work in long robes, they began to wear cloisonné suits. The rickshaw drivers all over the street wore suits to solicit customers.

Although the emperor wanted to launch a hair revolution, no one in the government or the public supported it, and some stubborn folk scolded the emperor for being unfilial.

But some coolies were so tired all day long that their hair was long and difficult to take care of, and it was extremely hot. Taking advantage of the trend of hair sports, they simply shaved it off and left a haircut. Although they were scolded badly, this trend has emerged, and the coolies The first ones to have their heads shaved were the businessmen walking down the street.

Folk thoughts exploded, and many unique young people took the lead in shaving their long hair and leading the trend.

Therefore, in the 30th year of Jingtai, when I was walking on the streets of the capital, I saw someone combing his hair. There is no need to doubt that he is a monk, and he is also a wise man.

The debate between shaving and not shaving people's heads was also very popular among the people. The emperor actually said one thing: filial piety and unfilial piety do not depend on the hair.

This remark caused an uproar. Countless civil literati accused the emperor of being unfilial and pointed out evidence that he was unfilial to his aunt.

Of course the emperor dived and said nothing. I don't know whether it was because he acquiesced or because he was too lazy to argue. The main reason was that the senior ministers in the court held him back and prevented him from leaving.

With the emperor's support, short hair became more and more popular.

Short hair should be paired with tattoos, otherwise it won’t make you look unique.

For a time, short hair and tattoos became a trend.

The emperor approved of short hair, but hated tattoos and denounced them as barbarians. Tattoos were strictly prohibited for court officials, palace guards, factory guards, and other people who were paid by the public.

Tattoos have been around for two thousand years. Gou Jian was the leader in the tattoo industry with haircut tattoos. The Song Dynasty was the period when tattoos exploded.

However, the Taizu of this dynasty hated tattoos so much that those with tattoos were exiled to the army, so they lost their tattoos.

Zhu Qiyu also hates tattoos.

With the liberalization of civil society, women can be seen in public, which has also caused a lot of scandals. In recent years, the rate of women's cheating has soared, and almost every county government receives such cases every day.

There are some truths and lies in it. Some of them are that if a woman looks at another man, her men will suspect that his wife is cheating.

Some of them really cheated.

Human nature, as long as control is relaxed, there will be nothing left.

In the 29th year of Jingtai, the central government promulgated a policy that if a woman is found to have cheated on her husband, she can be sucked into a brothel to work in a brothel. If a man makes a false accusation, the man will be exiled to the sea of ​​fishing, the couple will be reconciled, and all the family property will belong to the woman.

This reduces the administrative burden on the government.

Zhu Qiyu doesn't care much about this kind of thing. The emperor is in charge of heaven and earth, but he also cares about people's poop and farts?

In the past, family scandals were not allowed to be publicized, so these nonsense things were digested internally and could not be reported to the central government.

Nowadays, the trend of thought is open, and ghosts, ghosts, and snakes have emerged.

Human nature is like this, whoever has no color on his head can live a makeshift life.

Regardless of the emperor, articles praising love appeared among the people. In the past, love was about the peacock flying to the southeast, where parents were short-tempered, and there was also the Luo Shen Fu, where secret love was implicit. Today's love is mainly about romance.

Later generations say that Chinese people do not understand romance. That is because Chinese people have introverted thoughts and write poems about love. They have done so in all dynasties. This is Chinese-style romance.

The most popular articles praising love were written by Crown Princess Yang.

The reason why the prince became popular was because of the crown prince.

After Yang's poems became popular, she called in newspapers to name women, not like Zhu Yang. Women should also have their own names.

She also called on educated women to jointly write a name book so that unlearned people could name themselves according to this book.

This matter was supported by the emperor.

The emperor directly issued an order, and the Hanlin Academy drafted 100,000 nice male and female names, published them in a book, and distributed them to the whole country, so that people all over the country could be named according to the names in the book.

Otherwise, people would rank them in a sequence like Zhang Er and Zhang San, and the women would simply not have names, like Daya and Erya.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven. How can the people of the kingdom have no names?

Not only does it have to have a name, it also has to sound nice.

In particular, gentry families are no longer allowed to have two-character names, which have no distinctive features. Instead, they must give names full of Ming characteristics. Moreover, no scholars with ordinary names will be hired, forcing the people to change their names.

The emperor has encouraged people to use three-character names for twenty-two years!

It has an effect, but not much.

Let's just launch a name campaign this time, and change the names from top to bottom. Newborns should be given names that are nice and nice. They should not only be nice, but also knowledgeable.

In view of the limited folk knowledge, the center will give it to you.

The Crown Princess took the lead in drawing up a list of girls in her boudoir, which was also published.

Many literati among the people were willing to join in the fun and also published books.

The vernacular movement and the name movement collided fiercely among the people and began to change the thinking of the people at the bottom.

Vernacular Chinese can enable children who have only a few years of schooling to understand newspapers, allowing articles to truly enter thousands of households and enter the hearts of billions of people.

Name is everyone's first face.

This name carries a person with him for a lifetime.

In June of the 13000th year of Jingtai, the central government added another fire, promulgating Wanjia surnames, including surnames still used in the Ming Dynasty, and as many as surnames used from ancient times to the present.

The Ming Dynasty re-edited the used surnames and the new surnames of the naturalized ethnic groups and promulgated them to the world.

Let the common people know that there are so many surnames in Ming Dynasty and its history is long.

Subsequently, the central government published Ten Thousand Family Names, the first name reference book in the Ming Dynasty, which included 5 male names and 5 female names.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen volumes were printed by the public, all of which were published by private literati.

After statistics, it is estimated that there are 50 names.

The Hanlin Academy plans to release a revised version three years after Jingtai, which will compile the existing naming books and make it the most complete naming reference book in the Ming Dynasty. It is expected to include 200 million personal names.

Books published by the central hub are stored in the library, and anyone is allowed to borrow, copy, and return them regularly.

In the eleventh year of Jingtai, the Ming Dynasty also opened the Daming Bookstore. There were more than 60,000 Daming Bookstores across the country.

It was not until the 29th year of Jingtai that the balance of payments was achieved in the first year. This year, the emperor planned to sell the stalls and spread them out, and he did not plan to continue to throw money into them.

In fact, Da Ming Bookstore does not lose money, and stores in good locations in big cities still make money. However, for state-owned enterprises, it is a common problem for state-owned enterprises to have many employees but little enthusiasm, and they only hold meetings but do not do anything.

Over the years, the emperor continued to dilute his shares, until the 30th year of Jingtai, when the emperor completely stepped aside.

The emperor did not intend to touch the bookstore business.

It’s thankless and doesn’t make any money.

In the past few years, no one wanted to sell it.

Now is the golden age of print media. Hundreds of private book giants are all making a lot of money. Only the emperor's Daming Bookstore has lost all its underpants.

Last year, the emperor even ordered the book magnates to enter the palace to inquire about their business affairs, which scared the pants off those few book tycoons, and they were eventually forced to take over the books in high positions.

The emperor waved his hands and left.

After working for twenty years, I can’t make any money, it’s really fucking annoying.

He skinned the bookstore manager before he could barely swallow it.

However, Dong Ci came to plead for mercy, saying that the profit of the bookstore is not high, and you have absorbed too much surplus labor for employment. They are already unable to work hard. If you continue to absorb labor, naturally it will not make money.

Besides, bookstores need to be small and sophisticated. The more they open, the bigger the loopholes will become and the more they won’t be able to continue to open.

The emperor's stall is too big, and losses are inevitable, and it really has little to do with senior managers.

This is the limitation of the emperor's business.

The most ridiculous thing is that Daming Bookstore just changed its boss and immediately turned a profit. The emperor's stall is solid and even the real estate is owned by himself. As long as he changes the managers, he can immediately make a profit.

Zhu Qiyu also had to admit defeat.

After this, he was also thinking, what is a businessman?

Businessmen just make a fortune and run away with their buckets. They don't care about the industry's ecology. They start harvesting the wool as soon as they enter the market, and then withdraw after harvesting, leaving the industry with nothing but feathers.

The emperor ran the bookstore because he wanted to run it for hundreds of years and to provide convenience to the people.

This is contrary to the original intention of the businessman.

If you want to do business, don't have a conscience, don't worry about the people's happiness, they are all leeks, just cut them carefully, who cares what the leeks think?

Therefore, bookstores do not make money in the hands of emperors, but they do make money in the hands of businessmen.

Immediately, the emperor issued an order.

Introduce business regulations, eliminate any possibility of taking advantage of loopholes, and punish all businessmen who are profiteering and opportunistic.

When businessmen mocked the emperor with business methods, the emperor would use political methods and kill him with one blow.

As for what is opportunism?

The emperor didn't give specific documents. Anyway, when the Ministry of Finance investigated it, it thought you were opportunistic, so you will be opportunistic.

The license period is promulgated, and businessmen are strictly required to operate in a legal and compliant manner and operate strictly in accordance with the period of time. Unjust behaviors such as making random money, cashing out after making investments, etc. will be strictly cracked down on.

To put it bluntly, it ties a person to an industry.

The emperor does not allow you to move. If you do, you have committed a crime and deserve to be killed.

It also promulgated the strictest offshore law in history. No one with property or family in the country is allowed to leave the country. Once the assets leave the country, they will be executed immediately.

The private merchants cried and howled.

In the past twenty years, the business environment has been extremely tolerant, the emperor supported merchants, and merchants made a lot of money.

Suddenly, the emperor issued the most severe ban.

After a little more understanding, I found out that it was those book giants who annoyed the emperor. Daming Bookstore had been losing money in the emperor's hands, but it made a profit after changing owners.

The emperor was furious and promulgated the law.

The giant private businessmen are now thinking of killing them. You Shabi, why are you provoking the emperor for nothing?

After acquiring Daming Bookstore, you guys can make money, but can't you wait a few years before making a profit? Can't you make the emperor feel better?

Do you have to destroy the general environment to be willing to do so?

If you don’t want to live, don’t take millions of businessmen to death with you!

In recent years, some people have indeed transferred assets and fled the Ming Dynasty.

After the Ming Dynasty opened up the world, they knew that there were wealthy countries overseas. After making a lot of money, they ran away with their buckets and went to Europe to enjoy their happiness.

But with the implementation of the offshore law, no one can escape.

Don't think that if you escape, the emperor will have nothing to do. That means the emperor doesn't want to pay attention to you.

If the emperor wants to punish you, he will issue an imperial decree to all countries and ask them to send this person back. See if any country dares not to send this person back!

If you dare not send it, the emperor will rob your country's merchant ships and force you to send it.

Now, after Zhu Jianshen captured Cairo, Ming Dynasty opened the road to Europe, forcing the emperor to rush, and the emperor directly sent an army to Europe to find it!

Another emperor probably wouldn't do it. The old businessman knew Emperor Jingtai too well. How many times had he slaughtered businessmen? Which businessman dares to fart?

Emperor Jingtai can do anything. If you push him hard, he can wipe out all the merchants in the country! Trade ban again!

After the decree was promulgated, the book magnate knelt outside the palace for three days and three nights, and one of them died on his knees.

In the end, they did not receive an imperial edict from the emperor, and each of them received a hundred lashes and was driven out of the palace.

Immediately afterwards, news came that these businessmen had committed suicide.

The emperor looked down upon their little money.

Immediately, huge news broke, and the entire Royal Commercial Bank suspended work and production and was under review. Jinyiwei and Dongchang jointly enforced the law, and the Five Law Departments supervised and enforced the law to eliminate the royal trading house.

The emperor believed that the people of the Royal Trading Company were unreliable. He Zhien, who had been in charge of the Royal Trading Company for twenty years, was deposed and all senior officials were investigated.

The summer of Jingtai's 30th year was a cool one.

The central government, which had remained peaceful, suddenly showed its claws. The central government conducted a large-scale search and arrests, and the people began to arrest people.

One by one, the giant rats were captured, their homes confiscated and their clans exterminated.

The princes were frightened.

They always believed that their father was harmless to humans and animals, and governed the country with benevolence, so the monarch and his ministers were in harmony with each other, and the Ming Dynasty was prosperous.

Now I know it's not the case at all.

The emperor's cruel nature was exposed.

The emperor doesn't care about the life and death of businessmen at all. To put it mildly, the emperor will announce a ban on business tomorrow and kill all businessmen to see if it will shake the emperor's position?

After he finished the killing, he encouraged business, and the people became a large swath of leeks.

Whoever dares to challenge the emperor's authority will only die!

The fact that the emperor has not killed people in recent years does not mean that he will not kill people, it is just that he is too lazy to kill people.

"Your Majesty, please don't underestimate your father."

Concubine Hu was not in good health. She had been drinking soup and medicine all these years. She looked at her eldest son with a sad look on her face: "It's only in the past few years that as he gets older, he can't be in a proper shape when he's laughing and joking."

"When your great-grandfather was here, he didn't even dare to joke with the emperor."

"Do you know why?"

Concubine Hu coughed a few times, and Zhu Jianjian helped her smooth her back. Concubine Hu waved her hand: "This throne was created by your majesty with one blow."

"Although he is not the founding king, his power is no less than that of any founding king."

"Because he killed as many people as the founding king!"

Zhu Jianjian's eyes widened.

As long as he could remember, he had almost never seen his father kill anyone. He always thought that the emperor was like this, like an old child.

"Your Majesty, you underestimate your father too much."

"Your father killed more people with his own hands than you imagine."

Before Concubine Hu could finish her words, she started coughing again.

Zhu Jianjian patted her back and asked, "Father, have you ever killed someone with your own hands?"

"Hmph, he personally ripped out people's hearts and lungs, killing people more swiftly than an executioner. Who in the government and the public at that time was not as fearful as a tiger?"

Concubine Hu said coldly: "The Ming Dynasty entered a trough after the Tumubao Incident."

"At that time, the annual fiscal revenue was 6 million, and there were holes all over the place, and we couldn't make ends meet!"

"It was Your Majesty who led the Ming Dynasty to create today's prosperous world."

"What do you think you relied on to get to where you are today?"

"kill!"

"He killed not only courtiers, but also merchants all over the world. How many merchants did he kill? If he had no money, he would ask merchants to raise money, and then ask the gentry to borrow money. Who would dare not to give him money?"

"Humph, even giving him money may not save his life."

Concubine Hu slowly stood up: "Otherwise, why do you think the immigration was so smooth in the early Ming Dynasty? Why did the emperor's words cause the people to run away and break their legs?"

"Have you never thought about the middle reason?"

Zhu Jianjian is a bit stupid. His father was such a kind man, but he was an executioner in his early years?

"Your Majesty killed everyone in the world."

"That's why everything goes smoothly."

"Ask those old people, they don't even dare to think about it."

Concubine Hu sneered: "So, today's little thing is nothing. No one in this world can lie to your father."

"Jian'er, my mother is telling you this because you are going to inherit the clan."

"You pick the hardest place."

"I'm worried about you for my mother. Although you are smart, you are still too naive and do not understand human nature. Although the way of controlling people is the essence of your father, your father is the heir to the throne after all, and you have to do something of the founding monarch.”

"Your father's technique of controlling people may not be suitable for you."

Zhu Jianji was slightly startled. He knew that his mother had an extraordinary background and was deeply loved by his father, but he always thought it was because of her appearance.

Now I know that my mother’s knowledge is no worse than that of my father.

His father also said that his way of controlling people was not suitable for the founding king of the country. If Zhu Jianji wanted to be the founding king of the country, he had to learn from Emperor Taizu.

So he wanted Lao Si to be Yu Qian's disciple and learn from Yu Qian how to lead troops.

"Mom, do you have any ideas?"

Concubine Hu watched her son playing tricks and patted him: "I am a woman in a deep palace, so I don't have any clever tricks. If I had any, I would have taught you."

"Mom and your father have discussed it. If you go to the New World and become a feudal lord, the biggest danger is the environment. It's just a little lonely, and there is no danger."

"So Mom is relieved."

"But your father suddenly gave you a choice. You foolishly wanted to be the emperor of Eastern Europe. Although my mother is pleased with your ambition, it is not easy to be the emperor of Eastern Europe."

"You will be the most important part of Ming Dynasty in resisting the Western European countries."

"As for land transportation, you also know that it is difficult for Ming Dynasty to give you the most support."

Concubine Hu smiled bitterly: "So, I can only ask my uncle, your uncle Hu Xi, to help you stabilize the situation."

"Uncle?"

The eyes of the fourth child dimmed again: "My uncle should have joined the cabinet. How can he run around for the children?"

Hu Wei is the emperor's favorite person, and now he is also a representative of the Qingzhuang faction.

He is now in charge of the army in Luzon and is exploring southward.

"This old face can convince your uncle when you leave the house." Concubine Hu and Hu Xiu are about the same age. They grew up together and have a deep relationship.

"Mom is not old at all." Zhu Jianji pleased his mother.

Concubine Hu looked at her talented son and felt sad.

"Mom, it will take a few more years for my son to join the feudal clan, but he can still be his wife." Zhu Jianjian couldn't bear to see his mother cry.

His mother really cared about him. When he left the capital to join the feudal vassal, the one thing he was most reluctant to part with was his mother.

"Son."

"You must learn from your father."

"Your father deliberately provoked this incident and showed it to you. This is called imperial power."

"You have to see every step carefully and thoroughly. If you don't understand anything, just ask your father."

Zhu Jianjian was slightly startled: "Did the father do it on purpose?"

Concubine Hu nodded: "You are going to become a vassal. Your father is worried that you have learned a skill but don't know how to use it. This is to demonstrate to you how to use the imperial power."

Zhu Jianjian suddenly felt that his father was not an old kid who only laughed at jokes, but more like a peerless master who had practiced martial arts to a state of transformation.

Mother and son chatted for a long time.

The princes in each palace were chatting, letting the princes see how their father showed his imperial power.

In the evening, Concubine Hu cooked soup and delivered it herself.

Zhu Qiyu was sitting in the Yangxin Hall, his eyes twinkling.

"Being angry is harmful to your health. You should take good care of your health." Concubine Hu took out the ginseng soup, tried it hot or cold first, and then fed it to the emperor one spoonful at a time.

"I'm not hungry yet." Zhu Qiyu said, still eating.

"Your Majesty is angry because of the Royal Trading Company?"

Zhu Qiyu responded: "The meat is rotten in the pot, and it doesn't matter when you eat it. It's just that some people have the idea of ​​​​leaving the country and want to be rich."

"I plan to issue a decree to all countries not to accept immigrants from the Ming Dynasty."

"The King of Chu conquered a vast territory, mainly by opening up a new channel between the Ming Dynasty and Europe. The European countries were just afraid of the Ming Dynasty and did not dare to confront the Ming Dynasty head-on."

"It's just that in this way, the European countries will definitely become more afraid of the outside world, and then develop technology desperately. Will they unite prematurely and deal with the outside world in unison?"

Zhu Qiyu thinks a lot.

After finishing a bowl of soup, Concubine Hu wiped his mouth.

"You're not in good health, so don't make the soup yourself." Zhu Qiyu patted the back of her hand.

Concubine Hu laughed: "Your Majesty likes to eat, and I feel happy when I cook."

Zhu Qiyu also smiled: "Did you tell the fourth child?"

Concubine Hu nodded: "Your Majesty, I know that now is not a good time to touch the Royal Commercial Bank, but you did it because you wanted to show your children how to use the imperial power."

Zhu Qiyu responded: "They are still too young. When I succeeded to the throne at the age of twenty, I was also full of confusion."

"It took more than ten years before I could use the imperial power."

"And this has a premise, that is, the important officials in the court are teaching me and holding me back."

"When they go to join the vassal, they are not surrounded by important ministers. They need to build their own team, so I am still worried."

Zhu Qiyu actually wanted to send an important minister to help them sort out the government affairs.

Will be transferred back in a few years.

But I was worried that my sons would not be willing to do it, and felt that the central government had too much control, and the important ministers would definitely not want to go to that damn place to take charge, so there were many conflicts inside.

Zhu Qiyu still needs to think about it.

The wonderful use of imperial power is not to release it, but to take it back.

I don’t know how much my sons can learn.

This summer has not been easy at all. Anyone involved in the investment of the Royal Commercial Bank will be inspected by factory guards.

Many problems were found.

The Central Committee decided to also investigate state-owned enterprises. As a result, many employees of state-owned enterprises ran away on a large scale and fled the Ming Dynasty.

It’s self-evident how many problems there are.

The Cabinet decided to conduct a top-down strict review.

This is an important minister in the court, teaching the emperor's princes how the future cabinet should handle the government affairs.

The princes' team was selected step by step by the emperor, and they watched and learned while watching.

The emperor still decided to send an important minister to follow him. When the princes matured, he would return to the center and would not send anyone else in the future.

In the blink of an eye, thirty years of Jingtai will pass. In the middle of the year, Ma Wensheng was transferred to Australia and was responsible for the immigration and clearance of savages. Since the discovery of the New World, more than 100,000 people have been relocated.

Throughout the 30 years of Jingtai, a total of 700,000 people moved to the main island of Australia. New Guinea in the north and New Zealand in the east have been discovered.

More than 100,000 people were moved to the two islands respectively.

The total is moved up to one million people.

The main island of Australia was divided into three parts and given to three kings. New Guinea and New Zealand were given one king each.

The five kings have been selected, the second oldest Zhu Jianhu, the third oldest Zhu Jianyu, the fifth oldest Zhu Jianhu, the eighth oldest Zhu Jianyi, and the ninth oldest Zhu Jianzhu.

Zhu Jianluo, the sixth child, went to Sumatra Island opposite Malacca, Zhu Jianlai, the tenth child, went to Java, Zhu Jianhu, the eleventh child, went to Mindanao, and Zhu Jiansi, the twelfth child, went to Sulawesi.

There are also some dotted islands that are granted to the kings of the clan.

For example, there are many small islands near East Timor, which were merged and granted to Zhu Qizhen's son, King De. There are many small islands near Australia, which were granted to the clan.

In the next few years, the vassal king who goes to Australia to succeed the vassal will be able to succeed the vassal.

The Ming Dynasty will continue to provide support, and the support period is thirty years. After thirty years, the feudal country will be self-sufficient.

At the same time, the central government will send important ministers to the feudal country to teach the king how to be a king.

Lao Qi also joined the vassal state. Sri Lanka has been cleaned up and a part of southern India has been given to him, so that he can save himself from being the leader of an island country.

This Spring Festival is the most complete time for Zhu Qiyu's family, and it is also the last time that the whole family has a meal together.

Zhu Qiyu ordered the painter to draw some family portraits. Each palace would send one copy, and the prince of the feudal lord also took one away.

The emperor did not require them to come to court, but only hoped that they could be good emperors in their fiefdom and live a good life at home.

The Ming Dynasty has always been in constant contact with its vassal countries, and people of the Ming Dynasty can travel through the countries at will without any threshold. All taxes within the clan go to the feudal state, and the Ming Dynasty does not collect any.

It is extremely rare for an emperor to do this.

As for what system each feudal country implemented, he didn't worry about it. He let them implement it themselves based on their own political experience.

Just the books, bring them all.

But the cries kept coming from all the palaces.

The older ones, except for the fourth child, were the first to join the feudal clan.

Others became feudal lords one after another.

Zhu Qiyu was not very happy, mainly because there were fewer people to criticize memorials for him. These big ones were all trained by him.

It’s hard to say what kind of ability it is, but it will definitely be useful.

Ten of them were sealed off in one breath, even though they had many sons, they couldn’t resist the sealing.

As a father, how can I have no feelings at all?

After the new year, the day for enthronement was decided, June 17th, which was auspicious and suitable for traveling.

The World Games was really boring. Ming Dynasty won all the games. The emperor asked them to go home and practice hard and earn a gold medal next year.

June is here in a blink of an eye.

The five eldest princes bid farewell to the emperor and set foot on their own kingdoms.

The prince has been in a bad mood these days. After all, he has been his younger brother since childhood. Before leaving, he cried a lot and told his brothers to write if they have any difficulties. If Daming can help, he will not be vague.

This is what the prince should promise. As the eldest brother, he has the obligation to help his younger brother.

The emperor is getting older, and the princes can count on their eldest brother, not their father. Besides, none of the four princes of the same age competed with him for the crown prince position, so he should be snickering.

The emperor stipulated that he would help the vassal country for thirty years.

He sent important ministers to stay in charge for ten years, and his political achievements during this period were included in the political achievements of the Ming Dynasty.

The five princes went to join the feudal vassal, and their families were temporarily left in the Ming Dynasty. The main reason was that the fiefdom was too dangerous and the children were too young, so they were worried about problems if they were brought there.

The emperor equipped them with enough doctors, and the most important thing the fleet carried was books.

They are successors to the vassal, not savages.

The Ming Dynasty had it, and the vassal states also had it.

Zhu Qiyu looked at himself in the mirror: "The feudal clan has been established since my sons left. Am I really old?"

For a whole day, he did not deal with the memorial. He sat there for a long time and fell asleep.

In the heart of a father, he is reluctant to give up after all.

But the Ming prince's enfeoffment of the country was a rule established since Emperor Taizu.

Accompanying him were King De and some of the clans sealed on the island.

The fourth brother said goodbye to his brothers and went to Yu Qian's house to become a disciple, asking Yu Qian to accept him as his successor. He was willing to study hard.

Yu Qian was optimistic about Lao Si, so he naturally responded to his requests.

The point is that he is getting older. He doesn't know if he will open his eyes tomorrow if he closes his eyes today. He also wants to do his last for the Ming Dynasty.

And in Europa.

After Chen Jiayou traveled around the countries, he learned that the countries were seriously afraid of the Ming Dynasty, and they all believed that the Ming Dynasty was too ambitious.

Because the Ming Dynasty invaded their goods dumping place, India.

India had no power to resist the Ming Dynasty.

And because a large number of slaves were sold to the Ming Dynasty, India was short of labor and army, and was beaten to a pulp by the Ming Dynasty.

But this time the Ming Dynasty did not massacre the city, but instead captured slaves on a large scale, repaired roads, and transported them to Wushen.

Some Indian politicians went to the Safavid Empire and lobbied the Safavid Empire to participate in the anti-Ming Dynasty, and some traveled across the ocean to Europe, jumping up and down, spreading anti-Ming Dynasty theories.

With the defeat of the Ottoman Empire.

The Ming Dynasty's goods were once again dumped in Europe, and massive amounts of gold and silver were stolen by the Ming Dynasty. This made the European royal family very dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty used porcelain, silk, and tea to make Europe's wealth, but now it is even more profitable.

For Europa's domestic products, they will acquire them. If they cannot acquire them, they will join forces with the Daming brand to carry out a precise attack on the industry and ultimately achieve market monopoly.

Although the European aristocrats are making money, people with insight have begun to call for support for national products and domestic products.

But such people are often attacked in newspapers.

The newspapers promoted the Ming people as the first people created by God, so they were the best. Europa was the second group of people created by God. Like the Ming Dynasty, they were all products of God. The others were created after God fell asleep. People who jump out of the mud should not exist.

These newspapers control the direction of public opinion in Europe because the owners of these newspapers are all Ming businessmen.

Promoting Akito and belittling Europa are everywhere.

Look, this building is a replica of the Ming Dynasty; that cup is made by the Ming Dynasty. Their cups are beautiful and of good quality, while the ones made in France are rubbish; the ceramic tiles purchased for our house are made by the Ming Dynasty...

Throughout Europe, the idea that Ming people are superior to others spreads.

This kind of thinking has penetrated deeply into the people, and many people have begun to actively dwarf themselves, thinking that they have committed crimes since they were born, and that the most perfect person in the world is Akito.

There are many Ming people doing business in Europe. They flaunt themselves as gentlemen, nobles among nobles, and upper class people.

Europa was also created by God, but he was a second-class person slightly lower than Akito, so they were not born gentlemen or nobles.

Look at the exquisite products created by the Ming Dynasty. If these things were not given by God, how could the people of Ming Dynasty do it?

This trend is sweeping across Europe.

With the construction of the canal project, this trend of thought became more and more powerful.

In the past, before the Ming-Ao War broke out, this trend of thought would only make the powerful people in Europe yearn for the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty where gold was everywhere.

Now, the Ming-Ao War has ended with a great victory for the Ming Dynasty. The Jews, Ottomans, and Indians are good at dancing, and the fear of Ming theory has exploded.

There were also British people causing trouble. The Dutch wanted to dig a canal with the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Jianshen refused.

The huge collision between the two trends of thought is changing Europeans.

However, after the canal was dug, the winds in Europe changed.

Those newspapers that advocated Ming people were suspended and the newspaper owners were beaten to death. Instead, the fear of Ming people was used to exaggerate the entire Europe.

There is even a kind of literature appearing in Europe, which imagines that a great figure like Alexander or Genghis Khan will appear in Europe, conquer the Ming Dynasty, and beat the shit out of the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of literature has a very wide audience, and once it appeared, it swept through major newspapers and periodicals.

It is called YY literature.

Instead, European dignitaries believed that this kind of literature could increase their people's confidence in the Ming Dynasty and encourage the development of literature.

The shoddy YY literature everywhere is brainwashing Europe. Is this a natural dwarfing of self?

During this period, Liu Ning captured Tunisia and made Tunisia his capital.

Change Tunisia to Yingdu and Yingjing.

The Chu State followed the Ming Dynasty and implemented the two-capital system. Zhu Jianshen designated Tunisia as the Xijing and built a palace here. He lived here all year round.

Cairo was designated as Kaijing and Tokyo, and a palace was also set up.

As the most important transit point between the Ming Dynasty and Europa, Chu Zongguo knew all the news about Europa.

When he learned that YY literature was popular in Europe, he knew that the opportunity had come.

Immediately sent envoys to issue an ultimatum to Italy, asking Italy to stop spreading negative remarks against the Ming Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, the toes of Tunisia and Italy are facing each other.

If Zhu Jianshen has no ideas, then he is not Zhu Jianshen.

The emperor put Zhu Jianshen here not to cooperate with Europa, but to squeeze Europa's political environment and block them in a tight space.

Therefore, Zhu Jianshen directly pointed his sword at Italy.

Liu Ning's troops moved westward and captured all the oases in the north of the Sahara Desert and the territory on the south coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

But when they reached the Strait of Gibraltar, they were warned by Spain.

Spain will never allow anyone to control this strait.

Even the British came out to be a troublemaker, further propagating the fear of Ming Dynasty, and even threatened Zhu Jianshen that Britain would declare war with Chu.

Zhu Jianshen could only endure it, and the top priority was to open the canal.

As long as the Ming army continues to send energy into the Mediterranean, the Chu State will remain standing.

Seeing that the Chu State was weak, Britain, Spain, and Portugal climbed up the ladder and demanded that they open the canal together with the Chu State, and each party would hold a certain share.

Zhu Jianshen originally refused.

However, the British seduced Zhu Jianshen and were willing to cede Sardinia to Zhu Jianshen.

They knew Ming's thoughts very well. Didn't they just want to enter Europe and get a stronghold in Europe to facilitate better trade?

The British are also bad. They take other people's things and give them to Ming Dynasty, and he benefits from them.

This makes Spain jump.

Sardinia is Spanish!

Yes, this island is not Italian now, it is also a kingdom, but this kingdom is a bit miserable. It has been colonized and is now occupied by Spain.

Spain wants to send the British Isles to Zhu Jianshen.

Zhu Jianshen refused directly. Who wants a place where birds don't poop?

The British guy turned green after hearing this.

After much deliberation, they finally decided to sell the Kingdom of Naples, the island of Sicily, the tip of Italy's boot.

As long as the Ming Dynasty is willing to share the canal, then Sicily will be given to the Ming Dynasty free of charge.

Zhu Jianshen hates and loves Africa.

North Africa is great. It is located on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It has a pleasant climate and borders the richest place in the world. It is enough to survive even if there is nothing to do.

But a Sahara desert made him completely lose his temper.

He came to North Africa to succeed the vassal, not to see the sand, but to establish the Great Chu Empire. Who knew that the shitty desert would extinguish his ambition.

He didn't doubt the emperor, because he knew about the desert when he became a vassal, but according to the intelligence, the desert was not that big.

Only when he came did he realize that he couldn't get out at all!

His dream of an empire was ruined.

Either go north and tear off a piece of meat from Europe, or go south and occupy Central Africa.

Of course, heading north.

Central Africa is not suitable for sowing crops. He doesn't want to have to work hard to cultivate the land. How about exchanging a fiefdom with the emperor? Let's leave that bad place to other kings.

Simply, expand northward and enter Europe.

Learn from Ottoman.

There are two biggest soft persimmons in the whole of Europe, Italy, which is composed of several kingdoms, and Greece, which has been destroyed.

If these two weak persimmons can tear off a piece of flesh, a big empire will not be a dream.

The North African base will not be given up, so it will bite Italy and turn Italy into the Chu Zongguo and the Great Chu Empire in the future.

And this requires the emperor's support.

He specially wrote a letter to the emperor, and the emperor replied telling him that his troops would go north, sweep across Italy, and establish the Great Chu Empire.

That's right, the emperor chose this path for him.

Don't worry, young man, I will be your firm support behind you.

After some deliberation, the four countries signed an agreement, and the Ming, Britain, Spain, and Portugal established the Cairo Canal Company. The Ming Dynasty held 40% of the shares, and the other three countries each held 20%.

In return, Sicily was ceded to the Ming Dynasty.

No one asked whether the Kingdom of Naples agreed. Just like when the Ottoman Empire ceded North Africa to the Ming Dynasty, no one asked whether the people of North Africa agreed!

With the assistance of the Three Kingdoms, there will naturally be more slaves and the excavation speed will be accelerated.

but.

As soon as the agreement was signed, something went wrong in Spain.

Spain believes that the size of the canal should not be too large, and the height of the ships should be strictly controlled to maintain peace in the Mediterranean.

It is the Ming Dynasty treasure ship that is guarded against.

Prevent treasure ships from entering the Mediterranean.

At this point, the three countries advanced and retreated together, and using 60% of the equity, they had the absolute right to speak and made a direct decision.

Zhu Jian was confused, you are doing this business, right?

Immediately, tear up the agreement.

He made a posture of attacking Sardinia and confronted the Spanish fleet in the Mediterranean.

Ottoman and Hungary are eating melon.

In the end, France came forward to adjust, but it required 10% of the equity in the canal. This made Zhu Jianshen very unhappy. Do you really think that I am a soft persimmon?

Liu Ning led his army to attack the Strait of Gibraltar.

There is a big intention of merging with Spain. At worst, I, Zhu Jianshen, will retreat back to the Red Sea.

Britain has started to watch the show, and Portugal has nothing to do with it. They all hope that Ming Dynasty will go to war with Spain, and they will take advantage when the time comes.

The Strait of Gibraltar is so important.

It was the passage for European countries to go to sea.

Only Britain doesn't need it.

But Britain also wants to curb the ambitions of European countries by controlling this strait.

Zhu Jianshen is not stupid. This strait cannot be moved. Once it is moved, the Ming Dynasty will be the target of public criticism.

He just wanted to scare Spain and make Spain bow its head.

As long as he takes 20% of Spain's shares, he will have absolute say. The canal must be excavated on a large scale and treasure ships must be allowed to pass.

Spain would not dare to gamble.

Spain's occupation of this strait has aroused strong dissatisfaction among European countries, and they all believe that this strait should be shared.

Once Ming Dynasty really fights, it is estimated that the entire Europe will support Ming Dynasty.

That's right, during this period, Zhu Jianshen met with many envoys from various countries, all of whom supported the Ming Dynasty's war.

Zhu Jianshen didn't want to be the first person.

He just threatens Spain.

He has been in the palace since he was a child, and he knows how deep the water is here. Even if he were killed, he would not dare to touch the Strait of Gibraltar.

After forty days of confrontation, Spain surrendered and signed a secret agreement with the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty's forces could not cross Colma, and the two countries used this to divide the border.

Colmar is still far away from the Strait of Gibraltar, and this is because they are worried about the Ming Dynasty raiding the strait.

This was the result of long-term negotiations. At first, Spain wanted to restrict the Ming Dynasty to Algiers, but Zhu Jianshen firmly opposed it, and finally settled on Colma.

Correspondingly, Spain agreed to support Ming's position on the canal,

Agreement signed.

The Ming army withdrew, which made everyone in Europa sigh and shout that they had missed a good opportunity.

Zhu Jianshen took back the decision-making power on the canal and discussed with Britain and Portugal again. In order to put pressure on the two countries, Zhu Jianshen gave 5% of his shares to France.

Eventually Britain and Portugal gave in.

The Canal Company changed from a Four-Nation Alliance to a Five-Nation Alliance.

For the first time, Zhu Jianshen saw the level of European politicians, they were a bunch of unscrupulous bastards.

He is not afraid either. As long as the canal is opened and treasure ships are brought over, he really is not afraid of anyone.

The five countries have joined forces to speed up the construction of the canal, and it is expected to be successfully constructed within five years.

At this time, Chen Jiayou sent a letter to Zhu Jianshen, telling Zhu Jianshen that Europa was afraid of serious thoughts and asked him to be prepared.

In fact, Europa is very exclusive.

For Akito with an oriental face, he doesn't say it, but he actually hates it in his heart.

This kind of xenophobia has existed since ancient times. When the Turks left the Tang Dynasty and came here, it was because they were severely xenophobic that they had to give up their original appearance and become the current Turkish appearance.

But so far Turkey has never integrated into Europe.

Europa calls them bastards.

Even though Osman is so powerful, everyone in Europe is dismissive of him. They are very particular about blood and skin color.

After Zhu Jianshen read it, he was even more eager to open the canal. The opening of the canal will allow you, Europe, to exchange blood and see whether I, the Ming Dynasty, will be stronger, or you, the countries of Europe, will be stronger together!

It can be seen that Chen Jiayou's plan to recruit talented people this time did not go smoothly.

Zhu Jianshen had some talents from Egypt and North Africa. He hesitated and decided to ship them to the Ming Dynasty.

There are many reasons.

The point is, he is a foreigner, and if he wants to ensure the purity of his bloodline, he must be careful to prevent foreign blood from invading their ethnic group.

There are still few Ming people here. If you marry a local, your descendants will become mixed-race.

Over time, Akito's bloodline will become less and less.

It can be mixed appropriately, but never on a large scale.

He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of sending talented people to the Ming Dynasty to ask the emperor to send one million women, and men should be sent in a steady stream.

With its current land area, it can accommodate three to five million people.

This is not our native land, so to maintain the purity of our bloodline, we have to send people over from the country.

He first wrote a reply letter to Chen Jiayou.

Then organize the talents and send them back to Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Jianshen believes that foreign vassals and the Ming Dynasty must communicate frequently in order to learn the advanced local technology of the Ming Dynasty and maintain an unbeaten position in international competition.

The vassal state cannot break away from the Ming Dynasty. It will not take a few generations to either be assimilated by the local area or be driven out and exterminated.

He had great foresight on this point.

Although he is not the emperor's biological child, he was raised by the emperor. This relationship must always be maintained.

As for the prince, he was not worried, because he had given up the position of prince on his own initiative. Zhu Jianqi would never forget this great favor.

With the affection of two generations of monarchs, he was sure to gain a foothold in North Africa. By relying on constant domestic contacts, he could consolidate the foundation of Chu.

A hundred years from now, Chu will be the Great Chu Empire.

His grandson no longer needs to pretend to be a grandson, he is a real emperor.

Thinking of this, he was very motivated.

He wanted to write another letter to the emperor, telling him about the construction of the canal, the process of confrontation between him and the Spanish countries, etc. He wanted to report everything to the emperor in detail, and asked the emperor for his opinion, and asked the emperor to send him a Several generals, it is best to send an important minister to help him stabilize the situation in the court.

He also thought deeply about this.

The framework is the most difficult to build. He has recruited many grassroots talents, but high-level talents are scarce. It is best to introduce them from Ming Dynasty.

Because the vassal state and the mainland are not separated.

Even when he moved forward, the emperor gave him instructions and asked him to establish the Great Chu Empire. The emperor agreed, and even allowed him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

As long as we always maintain good international relations with Ming Dynasty, Chu will always be a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty and Chu will always be friends.

On this point, Zhu Jianshen admired the emperor the most. The emperor really didn't value those false reputations.

But he was not sure about asking important ministers to take charge, because the central government also lacked important ministers, especially the kind of ministers who would make the final decision. The emperor was reluctant to let him come to Africa.

He had to think of a way. It was best to choose one of the young men. They would serve as governors in the local area, but when they came to Chu State, they could become the chief minister of the cabinet.

Stay for a few years and then return to serve in the center, perfect.

He wrote everything that happened, his opinions, etc. in detail, and sent it to the center for the Holy Eyes to read.

(End of this chapter)