People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 487 The Ming Dynasty wants to unify Annan without unifying it!!
Xia Yuanji was very pleased after listening to the reports from these students, because these students used their expertise to help build the trade transit station here and applied their technology in it.

In particular, a cement mixing technology was used to lock a group of Annan tycoons firmly on the Ming warship.

Xia Yuanji was very pleased, "You all have great potential. The Duke sent you here this time for one, experience, two, knowledge, and three, to have you apply the theories you have learned in practice. Now it seems that you are ready to start your career. If the Duke were here, he would definitely be pleased with what you are doing now."

After hearing Xia Yuanji's words, tears welled up in the eyes of these dozen students.

It was as if after more than ten years of study, they finally received praise from their teacher, which was better than any merit given to them by the court, and made them feel happy.

Over the past year, each of them has used what they have learned to build this place like the Ming Dynasty, without any slackness.

He kept in mind what Chen Han said when they were leaving.

You should apply what you have learned and know in specific practice, and finally record each practice in your work notes and bring them back.

Only in this way can we pass it on to others, and use the method of one teaching ten, and ten teaching a hundred, to consolidate the theoretical knowledge of our Daming Engineering College over and over again, and use the method of practice plus theory to verify what we have learned and felt.

Your trip to Annan this time can not only verify that the knowledge you have learned can be applied in the land of Ming Dynasty, but also in foreign countries. You can even modify it according to local conditions and add your theoretical practice.

Not only do we want to improve your skills, but we also want to increase your understanding so that the theoretical knowledge we impart can be combined with local practices.

In this way, you can completely connect all aspects of theoretical knowledge and apply theoretical knowledge to different local customs and cultures. This is your task.

And now they are putting into practice in the land of Annan, and transforming the theoretical knowledge they have learned according to the local customs and environment. This not only consolidates their theoretical knowledge, but also gives them more insights. This is their real gain this time.

When these students told Xia Yuanji these words, Xia Yuanji listened very seriously and was even more pleased. This was the original intention of the establishment of Daming Engineering College. This was the result they wanted to see, and this was the attitude that every Daming Engineering College student should have.

After listening to their reports, Xia Yuanji stood up and said to the students present, "Dear students, you have understood the purpose of our Daming Engineering College. The reason why we run Daming Engineering College is not to let you learn a skill and only think about using this skill to fill your stomach.

The purpose is to allow you, a group of talented people, to practice and have more fields to experiment, so we distribute you to foreign countries all over the world.

Now, you have learned so much here in just one year and are even able to apply what you have learned to other situations. This is something that the Duke and I had never expected. It proves that our educational method is correct and our direction is correct.

Thank you for helping me and the Duke to practice our educational philosophy. With successful cases like yours, we will make great strides forward on this path in the future."

More than a dozen students bowed at the same time: "Sir, we are honored to be able to embark on this path of loyalty to the court and the world under the guidance of you and the Duke."

Another student said, "We are building here, we are promoting the technology of our Ming Dynasty, and we deeply feel how correct the current reform of our Ming Dynasty is.

If the Ming Dynasty had not carried out reforms, what difference would there be between the current situation in Annan and that in China? It would only be a little more abundant in resources.

But now we have opened a huge gap with them, and from now on we can look down on them.

After coming here, I finally felt how proud I was to be a Ming Dynasty person.

How honored we are to be students of Daming Engineering College."

Some students even said directly, "After coming here, I finally understood the responsibility and duty of students of Daming Engineering College. We must keep forging ahead, constantly improve what we know and learn, and constantly record our insights in our notes and bring them back to share with our junior classmates, so that they can understand the local customs and practices thousands of miles away while sitting in the church. They also know that what we have learned thousands of miles away can still change the local situation. This is the responsibility of students like us at Daming Engineering College."

Even though people like Nankang Hou were just rough warriors, they were deeply impressed after hearing such a conversation.

Then Nankang and the others began to report on their business here. Although they were all military generals, the role played by these young civil servants was also very important. After listening to their reports on business, Xia Yuanji began to put forward his own suggestions.

Xia Yuanji said, "When I was in the capital, I worked with the Duke. At that time, the Duke proposed an idea. Whether we are colonizing abroad or building trade transit stations, the most important goal is not only to transform local resources into commodities and sell them to our Ming Dynasty, but more importantly, to spread our culture to the locals and make them identify with us more."

Everyone was confused and they didn't understand what Xia Yuanji was saying.

Xia Yuanji then broke it down and explained to them, "For example, the people of our Ming Dynasty have always revered gods, such as the Jade Emperor, Zhang Tianshi, the God of Wealth, Guan Gong, and so on.

Wherever the people of the Ming Dynasty go, they believe that these gods are watching over us from heaven. This is the belief and culture of the people of the Ming Dynasty. How can we make the local people believe in us? This requires us to continue to spread the word. "

Nankang Hou and his men were still confused. After all, they were military commanders and had no idea how to spread these things. Only the civil officials seemed to be listening.

Xia Yuanji asked again: "How did you come into contact with the Jade Emperor when you were young? Is Zhang Tian the God of Wealth, Guan Gong and the others?"

Nankang Hou was the first to reply, "I have been listening to stories about Guan Gong from my elders since I was a child. Guan Gong is loyal and righteous, capable, righteous and loyal.

People like Guan Gong are role models for us military commanders. We believe in Guan Gong, we want to learn from him, and we want to be like him, capable, loyal, and righteous. "

Some civil servants mentioned that they read historical records, while others said that they learned the stories of these characters through operas.

After listening to it, they felt it was so moving that it even affected their purpose in life.

Everyone wants to be like Guan Gong, who is capable, loyal and righteous.

Even when people mention someone who is loyal, upright and righteous, they will say that you are like Lord Guan.

This is a cultural imprint that has been imprinted on every citizen for thousands of years.

Xia Yuanji laughed after hearing this. "This is what I mean by assimilating the people of Annan. How to assimilate them? If you have read the history books, you will know that Annan was once called Jiaozhi County. It was the land of our Central Plains Dynasty. But why did it become an independent country now?

There is a saying that the Central Plains Dynasty was too far away from Annan and it was out of reach. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Annan began to cause chaos. When the Song Dynasty was weak, Annan took the opportunity to establish a country and was no longer under the jurisdiction of our Central Plains Dynasty. "

The students and generals of Daming Engineering College were extremely angry. They did not expect that Annan was once the land of the Central Plains Dynasty, but now it has established an independent country. It was really shameful.

Xia Yuanji said: "The reason I just gave is just a superficial excuse. In fact, deep down, our Central Plains Dynasty is too far away from the culture of the people in Annan.

Even though there was a unified writing system, the customs were so different that the people of the two places were incompatible. Even after the military conquest, the officials stationed here did not take the people's land, but regarded it as the land and people of the Central Plains Dynasty, and abused and exploited them at will. This caused the local people to alienate themselves from the Central Plains Dynasty several times.

This is the sin of our own Central Plains Dynasty, we cannot blame others."

After Xia Yuanji finished speaking, many people lowered their heads, feeling a little ashamed, because some of the generals here were actually no different from the officials who were stationed here before.

Deep down in their hearts, they do not recognize the local people and land of Annan.

There is even a thought: why should we be nice to them? We should just conquer them with force. If they refuse to submit, we should kill them until they submit.

However, after listening to Xia Yuanji's words, they finally understood.

The Central Plains dynasty did the same thing in the past, but the Kingdom of Annan has not yet been established.

The Kingdom of Annan was getting further and further away from the Ming Dynasty, which shows that military conquest may not always be useful.

After Xia Yuanji saw that the people below were willing to listen to him, he raised his voice again and said, "So when we return to Annan this time, we must not repeat the same mistakes.

There is one thing that is actually beneficial to our Ming Dynasty now, that is, even though the local customs are very different from those of the Central Plains dynasty, the writing is the same.

The respect for Confucianism is the same, the relationship between ruler and subject, father and son is the same, the difference lies in the ordinary people. "

After Xia Yuanji said this, officials, generals, and even students of Daming Engineering College all agreed with what Xia Yuanji said.

After they arrived in Aneng Country, they found that the same characters were everywhere in the streets and alleys. They might not be able to understand all the words, but they were all written in the same way.

So for a long time, there was no need to find a translator to communicate with the Annamese people. We could just write by hand and everyone would understand what the other person meant.

The difference lies in the local people, those who are illiterate are difficult to deal with.

Xia Yuanji continued, "What we need to deal with now is that these ordinary people are the same as the people of the Ming Dynasty. The people here also need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, and they also hope to have a wise leader.

They don't care who is the king above them, they only care about who feeds them. The Ming Dynasty now has a very good foundation in Annan.

We built roads for them, we bought their food, we purchased their local specialties, and they recognized the Ming Dynasty. But this is not enough, we need to talk about the Ming Dynasty's loyalty, righteousness, gratitude and other concepts in depth, and go deep into their people.

How to do it?

Just as we discussed just now, since it cannot be spread through writing, it can be spread through opera and storytelling.

You can even use some tricks.

For example, in the process of doing business with merchants from Annan, those merchants who took the initiative to learn the Ming official language were treated better and given an additional 10% profit as a lure.

In this way, people who want to learn the Great Ming Mandarin will flock to it, and the Great Ming Mandarin will become a metaphysical consciousness in Annan. "

Otherwise, why do people say that Xia Yuanji is a politician? People who are involved in this kind of thing know very well how to spread their ideas.

It’s not that grand, it just starts with eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.

The goal is to allow a fixed concept to penetrate into the minds of a certain group of people.

Let him subconsciously believe in life that things from the Ming Dynasty are good, all products from the Ming Dynasty are good, and any technology from the Ming Dynasty is more advanced than that in China. He should even feel that the moon in the Ming Dynasty is rounder than theirs.

I don’t know which powerful figure said that to disintegrate a nation, one must first disintegrate its culture.

Although Xia Yuanji did not understand these theories at that time, he knew the methods.

Especially after discussing it with Chen Han, he suddenly understood.

The officials, marquises, earls, and students of the Daming Engineering College all felt enlightened after listening to Xia Yuanji's words.

Awesome, this is a real master.

Xia Yuanji continued, "This is the aspect of speaking, and the other aspect is the aspect of dressing.

We have to let the people of Annan know that if they wear the same clothes as we do in the Ming Dynasty, they are superior.

How to reflect it?
It's also very simple. On the one hand, we lure people with benefits, and on the other hand, we set an example ourselves.

The etiquette and laws of our Ming Dynasty are quite complete, and you must take the lead here.

A general should act like a general, and the soldiers should hold their heads high and chests out. They should have the military might of the Ming Dynasty. You should take our Ming Dynasty soldiers with you to the outskirts of the town for a short period of time, and you can even invite local people to watch your training.

Use cannons and muskets to intimidate the people of Annam with military might and let them see that soldiers should behave like Ming Dynasty soldiers.

Officials should be polite, dress neatly and uniformly, be clean and tidy, and be meticulous, serious and solemn.

In daily life, especially in front of the Annamites, students should be friendly to their brothers and respectful to their teachers.

Let your words and actions influence them, and let the people of Annan see the majesty, etiquette, and manners of the Ming Dynasty.

We need to create a gap between them and make the locals feel that they are barbarians compared to the Ming Dynasty in their daily lives.

In trade exchanges, merchants and officials who were willing to learn Ming Dynasty Mandarin and Ming Dynasty etiquette were often treated with courtesy.

At the same time, I will discuss with the Duke and send a large number of our Ming Dynasty opera troupes, storytelling troupes, and variety show troupes to Annan to perform.

We must quietly spread the gods, Lord Guan, and God of Wealth that are well known to the people of our Ming Dynasty to the local people, and adopt multiple measures to send out both culture and force. In this way, within three to five years, Annan will inevitably become more and more like Ming Dynasty. By then, Ming Dynasty can achieve its goal of unifying Annan without unifying it. "

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(End of this chapter)