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Chapter 527 Northern Expedition and Southern Expedition
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""Respect Heaven and Dharma Patriarch, Respect Kings and Fight Barbarians!""

After Yang Chao was granted the title of Daming King, Jiangnan Daily was officially renamed as Daming Daily, and the first issue used the entire page to publish a majestic article.

This piece of text was written by Huang Fengfu, who consulted many old masters who are proficient in Zhou etiquette, and at the same time asked many celebrities to help polish the organization.

This article can be said to be Yang Chao’s governance philosophy. In this article, the first half explains the difference between the emperor and the king, and at the same time clarifies the attitude of Daming (representing Yang Chao) to respect tradition and respect the emperor. Zhu Tianzi broke with Daming.

The article promoted Zhu Tianzi to be the emperor of the whole China, and the concept of China was clearly put forward for the first time:
Said to respect the king and fight against the barbarians, that is China; said brocade clothes and clothes, very Chinese;

The first article proposes to respect the emperor and fight against the barbarians. In fact, it is establishing a world system, telling everyone that respecting the emperor of China is the foundation of becoming a country of China; Culture can only be Chinese if the clothing system of one’s own country is combined with Chinese aesthetics; the third article on rites and music refers not only to etiquette and music, not to classics, but to the system of speaking, only the same system will be recognized .

The ancients attached great importance to the system of clothing and crowns, and raised it to the level of differences between Yi and Xia. From then on, we can understand why shaving hair and changing clothes will cause opposition from the whole people. The reason why Vietnam and other countries claim to be Huaxia is that they wear brocade clothes and Chinese clothes. Poetry and so on.

Huaxia or the two words Zhonghua are still a glamorous gold-lettered signboard in East Asia. Several countries have secretly called them. Yang Chao intends to satisfy the cultural satisfaction in the hearts of these countries and tell them what to do to be Huaxia, and he will be rewarded. With the approval of the emperor, he officially became a member of Huaxia.

Obviously, this is somewhat similar to what the American emperors of later generations did, that is, they played the cultural card (brocade clothes) and the value card (ritual and music articles). Later generations of American emperors played these two hands to make the Celestial Dynasty want to die, not theirs. The culture is so brilliant, not because their values ​​are so universal, but because they have the right to speak, and the power of the Western world for hundreds of years allows them to say what they say.

But now China is in this position. The powerful civilization that has lasted for thousands of years is highly respected in the West. In East Asia, it has penetrated into the spiritual culture of several surrounding countries. Live in vain.

However, in this system, the Son of Heaven has become a symbol and a link connecting the Chinese world. This is the so-called virtual monarch system. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, some literati began to think about it, such as Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi.

The first half of the page is devoted to explaining this truth, and the second half of the page is about how to fight against barbarians.

Yang Chao said that after the autumn harvest, he will make another Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to regain the lost land. At the same time, he will also make an alliance with the princes, so that the princes who respect the emperor will welcome the emperor with righteous soldiers!
As soon as this article came out, many literati began to think about it, because many things in the article were based on the requirements of Zhou Li. History, Yang Chao brought it up again, he had to guess his intentions.

They can't guess Yang Chao's real intentions, but they might as well see something that makes them feel news, that is, Yang Chao doesn't seem to intend to proclaim himself emperor or usurp the throne, even if he accepts the canonization of King Daming, he Not knowing how to be an emperor, which made them feel a little unbelievable, but also sighed secretly.

This time even Liu Zongzhou admitted that Yang Chao had a bit of a conscience, and he hadn't forgotten the kindness of Emperor Lie (Chongzhen).

But some people saw some information that made them panic, that is, Yang Chao seemed to be different from the emperors of all dynasties. , Vietnam does not seem to intend to conservative exchanges, but intends to draw closer to the banner of the Son of Heaven.

What does Yang Chao want to do?Want to invade these countries?Want to expand the territory under the banner of the emperor?
To be honest, the gentry of the Ming Dynasty were the most conservative in all dynasties. As a farming civilization, China is not as conservative as imagined. Before the Song Dynasty, the expansion of the territory was a sign of whether an emperor was a hero. Only an emperor who can expand the territory is qualified Only those who become a generation of enlightened emperors are qualified to enshrine Zen in Mount Tai.

But in the Ming Dynasty, even Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor and a strong figure, set up fifteen non-conquerable countries. After possessing nuclear weapons in later generations, he immediately said that he would not use them first. It was just out of a kind of conservatism mentality.

But there are also young scholars who read it enthusiastically. Young people are always more radical than old masters. This article, which is gradually full of domineering thoughts, can still awaken some young people who have a complex of heaven and earth.

Of course, such an article will definitely cause a fierce collision of ideas, and people from all walks of life have been arguing in newspapers for several months.

But Yang Chao has already started to put it into practice. The envoys are sent to various places, from Shandong to North Korea, there is no need to wait for the wind, and from North Korea to Japan, and even Vietnam, which is connected to Ming Dynasty by land, does not need it. Sent to these countries, in the name of welcoming the emperor, invited these countries to send envoys to Nanjing to meet and discuss the matter of honoring the king and fighting against barbarians.

Originally, Yang Chao thought he would be welcomed, but these countries were much more cautious than Yang Chao imagined, and they didn't even come to North Korea.

"Well, it seems that benevolence and righteousness are all fake, but fists are real!"

Yang Chao was not so naive as to think that the signboard of Huaxia would make these countries desperate. This is just a banner, and everyone wants it, but it is not worth the risk. It seems that they are willing to promote themselves as a civilized country. Condemn other countries, but if you have to pay real money to help refugees for this, then you will have to argue with each other.

Respecting the king and fighting against the barbarians, while raising the flag and wielding the knife, this is what Guan Zhong and Duke Huan of Qi did back then.

So Yang Chao immediately let the navy set off from Dengzhou, and after arriving at Phi Island, bombarded the coast of North Korea all the way to the south, and finally occupied Jeju Island, the most difficult island in North Korea. What can be done here is to raise horses. It is also suitable for raising horses.

But the attitude of the North Koreans is very puzzling, as if nothing happened, they did not take any action.

What Yang Chao didn't know was that there was already a lot of turmoil in North Korea at this time, and the courtiers were divided into two factions, the pro-Ming faction and the conservative faction.

If there was a choice between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing, no one would choose the Manchu Qing, but the problem is that North Korea has no choice now, and there are still Manchu Qing cavalry stationed in Pyongyang.

The pro-Ming faction is also a radical faction. They strongly demand that the cavalry of the Korean king expel the Tartars and respect the emperor.

But conservatives believe that North Korea is not an opponent of the Manchu Qing at all, and it is better to be patient and not to invite disasters.

But both factions feel that they are wrong. Once the Joseon Dynasty, they always believed that the Ming Dynasty had a great favor for them. Without the Ming Dynasty, North Korea would have been destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi long ago.

The Wanli Emperor helped North Korea to restore the country. This is the great grace of the Confucian classics, the so-called survival of the country, the so-called survival of the country, and the merits of the survival of the world.

North Korea is the country most influenced by Confucianism, so they fully accept this statement. North Korean officials who were educated by Confucian ethics may be more pedantic than Ming Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats. So Yang Chao sent troops to bombard their coast, they even pretended not to know, and dared not have any dissatisfaction.

Seeing that North Korea could not be defeated, Yang Chao gave up, but the Japanese actively came to form an alliance with Yang Chao.

Yang Chao is already the king of Daming, and he can represent Daming to make an alliance with the Japanese. For the Japanese, making an alliance with Daming is such an elevation of political status, but it has never been seen in history, and they don't have to worry about being satisfied. clear threat.

But the two countries, what a fart to make an alliance. Yang Chao said that he will welcome the emperor back, and after the Tartars are expelled, he will make an alliance with the princes.

The Japanese also actively expressed their willingness to go to Burma with Yang Chao to welcome the emperor.

Those few people sent by the Japanese were still those hundreds of cavalry who sang a big show in Shandong.

Knowing that the Japanese want to gain political status, as an island nation's lack of self-confidence, they always want to find a sense of presence, but it is also a place to praise Yang Chao, so Yang Chao let them follow.

At this time, Siam (too much) even sent envoys to Guangdong by sea, and then to Nanjing by land, expressing their willingness to send troops.

Yang Chao did not send an envoy to Siam, because Siam is traditionally not a country in the Chinese cultural circle, they belong to the Indian cultural circle, but he did not expect Siam to be so active, and Yang Chao would not refuse.

The purpose of the Siamese is probably to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to attack Burma. Burma is Siam's sworn enemy. Every time Siam destroyed the country in history, the Burmese did it. It is a bit like the relationship between the Central Plains dynasty and the grassland people.

So the three countries jointly sent troops, Ming sent [-] troops, Siam sent [-] troops, and Japan sent [-] troops.

Because of the presence of the Siamese, Yang Chao gave up the route of going to Yunnan by land, and sent Song Kun from Guangdong to go to Siam by sea. After joining the Siamese army, he first threatened Burma to release them. Therefore, Yang Chao planned to teach them a lesson, and then forget it. It is not Yang Chao's goal to destroy Myanmar, because destroying them will only make countries like Siam cheaper.

Another advantage of letting Song Kun attack from Siam is that Yang Chao can meet with Li Dingguo to attack. Yang Chao will attack from the south, and Li Dingguo will attack from the north. There is no reason why a small country like Siam will not perish.

While heading south, Yang Chao began to prepare for the Northern Expedition. This is the real war.

Yang Chao dispatched 60 troops this time. Li Wuliu and Wang Pu divided into two northern expeditions. They commanded 50 troops, but it was enough, because the strength of the Qing army in Beizhili was less than 30.

(End of this chapter)