Chapter 751 The Dilemma of the Echo Wall
The purpose of the Japanese country's brazen invasion of Korea was to drive the samurai to the Korean battlefield and let them find ways to eat on their own, instead of staying in the Japanese country and eating expensive rice. In the Japanese country, it also affected Japanese civilians' farming.
150,000 warriors were sent to North Korea and achieved impressive results. In just over a month, these Japanese pirates swept across North Korea and reached Pyongyang. In the Battle of Pyongyang, the first Once they tasted the power of the line array, the Japanese pirates were completely defeated in this battle.
After Kaesong, the royal city of Goryeo, was recovered by the Ming Dynasty, the battle came to the most critical place, Incheon.
Oda Nobunaga did not send his direct descendants before, but this time for Incheon, Hashiba Hideyoshi led 30,000 troops to aid Incheon. Obviously Oda Nobunaga hoped to be able to win the victory over Pyongyang just like the Ming Dynasty. Won the great victory at Inchon.
Arrange the formation in advance to give the Ming army a head-on attack, and then achieve your goal, consume the samurai's effective strength to the maximum extent, and at the same time be able to divide the river and rule with the Ming Dynasty. The north of the Imjin River will belong to the Ming Dynasty, and the south of the Imjin River will belong to the Japanese country, carving up Korea. .
"But, only firearms can deal with firearms." Zhu Yijun looked at the newspaper and said calmly.
In this place, Incheon, there is no difference whether there are 30,000 Japanese pirates or 60,000 Japanese pirates. This is Zhu Yijun’s favorite part of the fight.
The current situation on the Korean battlefield, in a nutshell, is: Three shots have destroyed Yamato's dream. Sir, I am a Korean.
The combat method of the Daming Jingying Camp has been to cooperate with artillery, bird cannons, flint-haired cannons, and heavy and light cavalry to form a crushing situation against the Japanese pirates who mainly use cold weapons. This is not based on human control. transferred by will.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial College offers wine and invites you to see me." Feng Bao and Xiao Huangmen talked quietly and then reported to Your Majesty.
“What are you here for?” Zhu Yijun looked at his itinerary, but he did not announce the offering.
Feng Bao bowed his head and said: "Some time ago, His Majesty issued an order to ask: The ambition of young people will be the ambition of the country, and the prosperity of young people will be the prosperity of the country. I will entrust the young people of the whole country to the Imperial Academy. Why are there such crazy and rebellious people? "
"That time Zhang Jiejiu caused a lot of anger in the Imperial College My son, I specially dealt with some students who were deliberately instigating, went to the Polytechnic in person, and paid 500 silver to buy a broken mapping telescope from the Polytechnic. This time I came back to save my life."
Hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Explain it."
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was concerned about the follow-up of this matter. Under the premise of the emperor's bias, the Polytechnic Institute did not bully others and insisted on the Imperial College. After all, the students of the Polytechnic Institute beat the supervisors of the Imperial College, which was a bit unfair.
The Imperial Academy offered wine and apologized personally. The dispute between new and old learning was not over, it just came to an end.
In this conflict, the students of the Royal Institute of Technology gained the status of scholar. From then on, they were on an equal footing with those of the Imperial College.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, Long live, Long live Your Majesty." Zhang Wei greeted him very respectfully. He is a typical old scholar in his fifties who concentrates on learning. This time, due to the conflict between the Imperial College and the Polytechnic Institute, Zhang Wei was completely embarrassed!
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Wei, thought for a while and said: "In the first year of Wanli, Zhang Jijiu and Mr. Zhang had disagreements about the implementation of the examination method. The husband advocated for it, but Zhang Jijiu refused to live or die. You I think Mr. If you ask too hastily, you may cause trouble. I want to depose you. My husband said to me: If a minister is deposed because of his uprightness, who is willing to serve the king? I have passed the imperial examination and demoted you to Xuzhou as a co-president. ”
"Mr. Recommended again in the third year of Wanli, you returned to the capital. In the ninth year of Wanli, you were promoted to the position of minister of wine sacrifices and scripture banquets."
"I will ask you again today: I will entrust the young people of the whole country to the Queen Mother." Why are there such crazy and rebellious people? ?”
“Your Majesty, I have a message.” Zhang Wei doesn’t need to come back. The bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty are the typical ones who just shout and don’t move. If the emperor’s order is moved, the emperor will do it. Don't be too embarrassed.
Since Zhang Wei is here, he naturally has something to say.
"Submit it." Zhu Yijun took the memorial and read it. After reading it, he nodded and said: "I very much agree with the views in your memorial, but this memorial of yours is not respectful. But I still like it very much.”
"I am guilty." Zhang Wei bowed again. His memorial was a bit bold, and indeed he did not have much reverence.
"No courtesy, please sit down." Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Wei to sit, which meant that in his heart, Zhang Wei was expelled from the rank of a humble Confucian and became a normal minister.
Zhang Wei’s memorial is very interesting. He told a story.
Shaanxi reported that there was a severe drought this year. The Ming Emperor went to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests to repair the province. After the emperor left, the supervisors of the Imperial Academy went to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests to pray for blessings.
Zhang Wei took nearly a hundred supervisors to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. After praying, these supervisors moved around freely. When they arrived at the Echo Wall, the supervisors stood in front of the Imperial Vault Hall and talked. The echo from the echo wall seemed very noisy. The voices of these supervisors became louder and louder, and an interesting phenomenon emerged.
Only the one who speaks loudest can be heard clearly.
Does this supervisor who speaks the loudest really fully represent the opinions of all supervisors? Obviously, it was impossible, but because of his loud voice, everyone slowly accepted his statement.
Zhang Wei found this scene very magical. Although everyone had different opinions, just because this person spoke loudly, he was recognized. This triggered Zhang Wei's thinking.
Zhang Wei calls this the Whispering Wall Dilemma.
Every prison student wears the skin of a Confucian scholar. They are the people inside the mask. This skin of a Confucian scholar firmly imprisons the prison students in the environment of a Confucian scholar. They All the news that I hear and know is the result of the constant discipline of Confucian scholars.
This kind of confinement and lack of freedom has produced a very terrible phenomenon, that is, all Confucian scholars do not actually live in a real world, but live in a world that Confucian scholars, based on their interpretation of classics and history, In the false narrative world constructed.
In this closed environment, all Confucian scholars will invariably fall into an echo wall dilemma.
In a closed environment, some voices with similar opinions will be repeated continuously, and in the process of repetition, these opinions will continue to be distorted, exaggerated, expanded, and extreme. Most people in this closed environment People will gradually converge on this kind of voice that is repeatedly distorted, exaggerated, amplified, and extreme.
The supervisors of the Imperial College fell into the dilemma of this echo wall in the closed environment of the Imperial College.
The students of the Royal Institute of Technology do not eat the rice of the supervisors, but still because of the discipline under this occlusion, the supervisors still believe that the students of the Royal Institute of Technology are despicable, not doing their jobs properly, and those who are clever and obscene. .
In the echo wall of the Imperial College, Xuezheng's voice was obviously the loudest, and the arrogant prejudice of the imperial students was caused by the education of Xuezheng.
"Your Majesty, there is a problem with the education of the Imperial College. We are cultivating a group of absolute and exquisite self-interests. In other words, what we have cultivated are not Confucian scholars, or even one-sided Yang Zhu students. They just say pluck a hair. To benefit the world is not to do anything. Put personal sensory material and interests above all else." Zhang Wei explained his memorial with a solemn expression.
According to the echo wall dilemma, there is a big problem in education in the Ming Dynasty. The schools that cultivated Confucian scholars trained all Yang and Zhu scholars, and they did not mention that they would harm the world by taking a single cent. Ye's self-interested person is not even considered a student of Yang Zhu.
The so-called absolute means that it only benefits oneself, and it benefits oneself at the expense of others.
“The so-called exquisiteness, Your Majesty, needs to be explained in detail.” Zhang Wei summarized many phenomena into the word exquisiteness.
"These self-interested people, they are eloquent, they are very smart, have good teachers, and are even very educated. Everything they do is reasonable and legal, their manners are impeccable, they are sophisticated, He is seasoned and capable of showing loyalty, telling people what they say and telling ghosts. "
"They know how to use the power of rules to achieve their own goals. This is their exquisiteness."
After Zhang Wei explained the word exquisiteness clearly, His Majesty's Wrath of Thunder, He thought for a long time and expressed his thoughts clearly in extremely concise words.
"What you said seems a bit alarmist. What you say seems to indicate that the Ming Dynasty's education has collapsed." Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial in his hand and said with a strange expression.
Zhang Wei said anxiously: "Your Majesty, this is not alarmist! The current education in the Ming Dynasty is to cultivate absolutely refined self-interested people! Your Majesty, Yuan Fu once said: Those who are not ambitious and perseverant are national traitors. ”
"The various behaviors of the Imperial College students are a true reflection of this sentence!"
"Once they take control of power, the harm to the country and the country will be even greater than the harm to the country by sycophants like Wang Cifu. , Your Majesty, what is the best way to cultivate this kind of refined self-interested person? This is not a dereliction of duty, but a crime!"
"Ahem, Zhang Jijiu, be careful with your words," Zhu Yijun reminded Zhang Wei to speak softly. Wang Cifu heard this. Wang Cifu was eighty years old. The elderly people are afraid that they will have to challenge Zhang Wei, a young man in his fifties.
The human king Chonggu was clearly a rebel, not a sycophant.
"You are right. Since the Wanli Restoration, we have been trying to make changes, but the results are not good." Zhu Yijun talked about the problem mentioned by Zhang Wei.
The Emperor and Yuan Fu of the Ming Dynasty naturally noticed this problem. Zhu Yijun was ten years old and Zhang Juzheng noticed it when he talked about the word "Hongyi". However, in these fourteen years, the Ming Dynasty needed to focus mainly on the words "Zhenwu" and "Fuguo". The reform in culture and education is indeed somewhat lacking.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty." Zhang Wei bowed his head and said.
Faced with this dilemma, Zhang Wei chose an eccentric approach. He copied the emperor's homework. He conducted a comprehensive review of the emperor's growth experience, and finally came up with a solution, which was to plant seeds. land.
This is where Zhang Wei is disrespectful and even audacious.
The emperor is the noblest among the born nobles, the supreme being in heaven. However, the emperor is always born in the deep palace and is better than the hands of women. Except for the kings who founded the country and built their foundation through hard work, most of them Most kings are actually arrogant and extravagant emperors who ruin their country with empty talk.
The reason why the emperor is so wise today is definitely not just because of Zhang Juzheng's teachings.
Zhang Juzheng was actually quite poor at teaching and educating people. Many of his disciples became separated from him as they walked, or even opposed him.
The Ming Dynasty once had the suspicion of being the master of a young country. The Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty also received education from scholar-bureaucrats. If he purely relied on the education of scholar-bureaucrats, he would not become a wise king, and he might even be a faint king.
His Majesty is so wise, which is actually the result of participating in labor and production. This is a conclusion Zhang Wei came to after conducting a comprehensive review of the emperor's growth experience.
“Your Majesty, even His Highness King Lu knows how much rice and coal are, and knows when to plant and when to water. When His Highness King Lu was supervising the country, many of the things His Highness knew, the ministers did not know.” Zhang Wei talked about the demon king Zhu Yili.
Zhu Yili is a demon king who has made a lot of noise in the capital, but many of Zhu Yili's decisions are very down-to-earth rather than wishful thinking.
It is well known that Empress Dowager Li dotes on Prince Lu. Empress Dowager Li herself also knows that a loving mother often fails. Zhu Yili has been following the emperor since he was very young. Therefore, what the emperor knows , King Lu also knew that King Lu’s acting style was very similar to that of the emperor.
Zhang Wei said with a sincere expression: "Your Majesty, how can you understand the world if you don't know the five grains?"
"Is this why you dragged the prison student to farm?" Zhu Yijun said with a strange expression. . Zhang Wei not only saw the phenomenon of the Whispering Wall dilemma, but also analyzed the problem from the phenomenon. If he continues to be cultivated in this way, all the students of Ming Dynasty will be absolutely refined and self-interested, and they will find the reason from the problem.
After finding out the reason, Zhang Wei also gave specific methods to farm the land.
Zhang Wei said very confidently: "The effect is excellent. Not only will we plant this year, we will plant it next year, and we will plant it in the future."
"These supervisors may want to poke you. My spine was scolded, why did it sound so bad?" Zhu Yijun said with a smile.
Zhang Wei thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, since I went to Shuiwozi to fetch water, I have discovered that these censors no longer like to talk nonsense. "
"It is indeed like this." Zhu Yijun was stunned and found that it was indeed the case.
A major event occurred in the first few days of the Ming Dynasty, which was the increase in taxes. These censors did not complain in writing to oppose it. It was a long time ago when Wang Chonggu set up an official factory and was scolded for recruiting sycophants.
"I am indeed under pressure, so I came to Tonghe Palace." Zhang Wei bowed his head again and stated the purpose of his trip: to take advantage of the situation.
Leverage the emperor's power and the Wanli Reform to carry out his own reform of Ming education.
How to understand the world without knowing the five grains is the general principle of this reform.
"It's easy to say." Zhu Yijun nodded immediately and said: "You want to do something, but you are afraid that it will not be done, so you get yourself involved. This is human nature, but you are willing to come here and ask me for help. , I will leave your memorial for the court meeting, and I will persuade the ministers to pass the court meeting.”
Zhu Yijun was happy to stand up for Zhang Wei, because that's what he, the emperor, did, and he couldn't manage such a huge world by himself.
"I thank you for your kindness." Zhang Wei quickly knelt on the ground to thank him.
Zhu Yijun didn't let Zhang Wei wait too long. He took the memorial to the court meeting the next day. After the ministers' court meeting, it passed smoothly. The Imperial College tried it out and the effect was good. Prefectures, counties and schools all arranged for planting. Suddenly, even if it is just a day or two of symbolic labor, I know that rice does not grow from the shelves of the rice store. This educational effect is also excellent.
Gao Qiyu was promoted to the minister of Honglu Temple, which was a big event for him. Before this, due to old events, there was no guest at home.
Now that Gao Qiyu has been promoted, the crowds are booming. After bidding farewell to the guests who came to congratulate him slightly tiredly, he thought again and again, and went to Quanchu with the prepared ingredients for Qiweiliu and Wuchang fish. Guildhall.
Zhang Juzheng especially likes to eat Wuchang fish with seven flavors. The seven flavors are yellow tea, gorgon seeds, lotus seeds, yam, polygonatum, jujube, and wolfberry. Cut the Wuchang fish into sections, marinate with minced ginger and add cooking wine to remove the smell, and boil the seven flavors in cold water. After the soup is cooked through, the prepared Wuchang fish can be steamed or boiled. However, since the emperor banned chili peppers, Zhang Juzheng can no longer eat spicy food, and the taste has been reduced by half.
Gao Qiyu is Zhang Juzheng's disciple and knows his master's preferences. These things are not expensive and cost only two cents of silver.
"Sir, please put down your things and let people come in." You Shouli knew what Gao Qiyu was mentioning, but Zhang Juzheng refused to accept even this little thing. Ming Dynasty is a humanistic society, and people welcome and send people away. Normally, even Hai Rui would not judge this supplementary material as a bribe and refuse to accept it, just because the friendship between teacher and student was broken.
"Okay." Gao Qiyu looked at the seven-flavor ingredients in his hand, placed them next to the door, and sighed softly. At least he was allowed in now, which was a great benefit to him. information.
Gao Qiyu bowed his head and said: "Teacher."
"Sit down, Gao Sike, the relationship between master and disciple has been exhausted. From now on, you don't need to be called teacher, just Yuan Fu." Zhang Juzheng put down his tea cup and motioned Gao Qiyu to sit down and talk. He said calmly: "In the future, you can also be called Yuan Fu." You know, please be extremely careful when doing things and speaking. There are countless pairs of eyes staring at your words and deeds, waiting for you to make a mistake."
No matter how ruthless Zhang Juzheng is, Gao Qiyu has climbed to the status of Ming Gong. It is time to remind him that he suffered such a big mistake before. If you fall back and don’t know how to repent, no one can save you.
"I would like to be taught." Gao Qiyu bowed his head again and kept these words in his heart. At least Zhang Juzheng is still willing to talk to him now, isn't he? This is already the best result.
"Mr. Yuan Fu, when I was visiting envoys from other countries, I heard about something. King Felipe of Spain sent envoys everywhere, even to England, hoping to persuade other countries to Convince the princes of various countries to give up driving pirates, pacify pirates in various countries, end disputes, reduce tariffs, exchange supplies, and then compete with the Ming Dynasty's goods."
Zhang Juzheng sat up straight and said: "Oh? Come.”
Gao Qiyu told Zhang Juzheng everything he knew.
This time it was not Legaz’s idea, but Felipe’s own plan. He sent envoys to Portugal, France, England, Denmark, Sweden, and Poland, hoping that all countries could take back their private rights. Grab licenses and create a good business environment together.
The whole of Western Europe has become a mess. It is still difficult for Ming Dynasty goods to reach Western Europe. If the Ming Dynasty continues to open sea, it will not be long before the goods of Ming Dynasty will sweep across Western Europe like a tsunami.
This plan is very feasible, because Spain controls the rich silver mines and controls the largest inflow of silver; and the governorates of Mexico, Peru, Chile, and Brazil provide a steady stream of raw materials; and the Netherlands The area has the largest number of handicraft workshops in Western Thailand, and the handicraft industry is prosperous;
"In order to reach this agreement, Felipe is willing to recognize the justice of the resistance in the Netherlands, open the ports of the Governor's Palace, allow free passage of English merchant ships, recognize Antonio as the king of Portugal, etc., Felipe's promise, It's still very effective in the West," Gao Qiyu said about the price Felipe had to pay.
"This seems to be a very good idea." Zhang Juzheng's expression became serious.
Felipe was actually willing to give up some of his core interests in Europe and the West in exchange for the stability of the maritime trade environment, to recognize the justice of the resistance in the Netherlands, to de facto recognize the independence of the Netherlands, and to provide assistance to the Governor-Generals of various countries. With permission from the port, England's adventurers no longer had to sneak into sea trade.
Abandoning core interests is to safeguard the most core interests, the status of the empire on which the sun never sets.
If this framework can be established, the West will be able to form a loose trade alliance to compete with the goods of the Ming Dynasty. It requires raw materials, workshops, workshops, technology, and silver. .
"It is very feasible. I have to say that Felipe is indeed a hero, but I have a question, where does the food come from?" After Zhang Juzheng calculated the feasibility of this alliance, he discovered The fundamental issue is food.
Food is the basis of everything. Without food, everything is like a mirror. People have entered handicraft workshops and people eat horse chews. It is impossible to live without food. Even with the millions of hectares of fields in the Ming Dynasty, it is still on this scale. It is necessary to raise tariffs to alleviate the problem of insufficient population in the handicraft industry.
“Mr. Yuan Fu, envoys from the Russian state came to the Ming Dynasty twice. Felipe also sent envoys to the Russian state and reached some agreements with the Russian state. For example, Spanish businessmen can go to the Russian state to sell goods. Food, Kiev, the land of Longxing in Russia, has a large area of land to produce food," Gao Qiyu said immediately.
Zhang Juzheng didn’t know much about the Russian country, but he heard that the land in Kiev was extremely fertile. He said solemnly: “Then he really might succeed.”
It’s not wishful thinking. No matter from which angle you look at it, it is possible to realize your fantasy. Felipe has given up too many interests. The pie he drew is really delicious.
In fact, Felipe felt keenly that if the Ming Dynasty continued to open up the sea like this, the status of the empire on which the sun never sets would sooner or later fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Felipe had to judge whether this was just the case for Taixi. There are opportunities to prevent Ming from becoming an empire on which the sun never sets.
"But Felipe failed." Gao Qiyu said with emotion: "The grain from the Kiev granary cannot be transported to various countries in Europe and America cheaply."
"The cheapest way is undoubtedly sea transportation. , but the Ottomans occupied Constantinople, and the Rus and Spain were all enemies of the Ottomans. , the Ottoman Sultan, it is impossible for grain ships to enter the Mediterranean from the Black Sea under any circumstances.”
It has been more than 140 years since Constantinople was renamed Istanbul, but the Thai and Western countries still insist on calling it this place. It is a castle because of religious conflicts and geographical location. The Black Sea Strait is really important.
The Crusades were a war between sects, but in the end, this throat was still firmly controlled by Islam.
Zhang Juzheng's expression changed from solemn to relaxed and he said: "This is indeed a big problem. Take the Ming Dynasty as an example. The cost of land transportation is unbearable, so the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was built. But even if In this way, the price of river canals is still a huge burden for the Ming Dynasty. Since the Yongle period, it has been trying to replace it with sea canals. ”
"Can't the problem of the Black Sea Strait be solved through diplomatic relations?"
Even if the problem is solved through diplomacy, if the European and European countries do not take back the castle, this trade alliance will always be strangled. When the Ottomans want money, just use some force, and the European countries will roll their eyes.
Gao Qiyu replied: "Felipe sent people to negotiate, and the Ottoman Sultan killed Felipe's envoy and sent his head back to Madrid."
"Uh... Zhang Juzheng said somewhat incomprehensibly: "Osman Don’t you want to make money, the Sultan? How can you be so rude, just refuse to agree, and then kill the envoy?”
Gao Qiyu also said with a troubled face: “Maybe there is religion in Taixi. The contradiction will become more acute.”
This is a cultural difference. For the Ming Dynasty, such a good trade framework could not be established simply because of religious conflicts.
But envoys such as Legaz, Pedro, and Ivan all told the officials of Honglu Temple that in Western Europe, religious wars are bigger than heaven.
Gao Qiyu continued: "Except for the Ottomans, there are Sweden and Poland. For Sweden and Poland, it is impossible for them to let Russia join this trade alliance."
"Sweden People directly told Felipe II’s envoy: Without Sweden’s permission, the enemy of the Russian state , No piece of wood can be put into the sea. In the name of God, Russia will never be able to trade freely in the Baltic Sea. "
The logic of Sweden and Poland is that they will refuse to participate in anything that is beneficial to Russia. They firmly support any action taken by the Russian state and help the situation no matter what.
"So, there is no food." Zhang Juzheng still thinks that this trade framework is feasible. If there is no food, the worst case scenario is to engage in land enclosure movement. Anyway, England has been doing it for hundreds of years, and there are no big problems. Poor people and coolies are everywhere. It's part of the price.
"But England disagrees. England does not need a united West." Gao Qiyu gave the result, and Felipe II's attempt failed again.
England has its own national policy, a united Europe and the West, and the English should not be able to sleep.
This is what England is like. As long as the war between the West and the West continues and there is no unity, England can continue to make profits. This is the reason why they are willing to implement privateering licenses and completely muddy the water. The more chaotic the better, too. their way of survival.
“It’s such a pity that such a good idea cannot be realized.” Upon hearing this, Zhang Juzheng knew that this trade alliance was impossible to achieve, so he said with a smile.
Is it a pity? Not a pity at all!
If Felipe really did it, Daming would have to face a powerful enemy.
"Yes, it's a pity." Gao Qiyu also expressed his regrets quite calmly. He said with a serious face: "The Ming Dynasty has its own England, which is the Japanese country."
"What you said makes sense." Zhang Juzheng agreed.
Gao Qiyu is the new Minister of Honglu Temple. He wants to tell Yuan Fu about his foreign policy as Minister of Honglu Temple.
(End of this chapter)