Chapter 278 Kneel down and apologize (6200 words long chapter)
"My Majesty, Wang Hongqi, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, reported to His Majesty that Korean social schools should be set up in Goa, and the education of the natives should be given priority. The reason is that the natives should be educated first to prevent them from causing chaos, and the people who settled in Goa during the Ming Dynasty were domestic slaves. As obedient people of the Celestial Empire, there is no need to rush to teach!
However, the people who settled in Goa during the Ming Dynasty complained quite a lot about this, saying that children of native people should give priority to reading and literacy, why should the people of the Chinese dynasty not give priority to reading and literacy! I am worried that public anger may arise due to this, so I am asking your Majesty to give instructions! ”
After Zhu Houzhao read Wang Hong's memorial, he slammed the table angrily: "This Korean! I thought that these upright Neo-Confucian officials could straighten their backs in front of me, the king, and be upright and not afraid of death. They would be more able to stand up for themselves outside. We, the people of the Ming Dynasty, made the decision, but in the end we became the backers who helped the natives oppress the people of the Ming Dynasty!
I and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty have worked hard to reduce rents and burdens, make concessions to the benefit of the people, and send soldiers on thousands-mile expeditions. It is not for the purpose of liberating the natives and letting foreigners be the masters of my people of the Ming Dynasty! They are superior to me, the people of Ming Dynasty! ”
"If it were not to make the people of Ming Dynasty rich and powerful and to achieve great unity as soon as possible, but just to ensure my right to be the master of the people of Ming Dynasty, why would I have to work so hard to sequester the country directly, use the imperial examination to lock the hearts of the world's scholars, and rely on the world's scholars Wouldn’t it be better if you fool the people in the world and then become a ruler who does nothing and only cares about your own enjoyment?”
Zhu Houzhao was really angry. He really didn't expect that some rulers of this era would be so unaware of the nation! Or it can be said that he is so pedantic that he only cares about educating the natives and forgets whose interests he should take care of first.
Xia Yan did not expect that Emperor Zhu Houzhao was so angry, and hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Han Wen may just think that the natives need more education and literacy, and he is the only Confucian scholar in Goa now, so he only was able to open a social school, but he did not expect that the people of the Ming Dynasty and The natives of Goa need more students to enroll than the largest number of educated people in social studies, so they are given priority to receive education. Perhaps he did not mean to belittle the people of the Ming Dynasty! Your Majesty, you should also know that an upright Neo-Confucian scholar like Han Wen should be selfless. ! ”
"But at least he did not consider the feelings of the people of the Ming Dynasty when he established such a rule! Officials have the power to control public resources, but they do not worry about the lack of power but the unevenness of the control. In the long run, he will only cause the natives to be high The phenomenon that the people of Ming Dynasty are superior will cause the natives to become self-righteous, and the people of Ming Dynasty will no longer appreciate our Ming Dynasty! ”
When Zhu Houzhao said this, Xia Yan also nodded and agreed: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty! However, Han Wen and others actually only regarded the natives as the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they meant to make the natives equal to the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”
"If other natives have enough strength to fight against our Ming Dynasty, I can give them equal rights, but I will not give them equal rights, and I can't even think about it! Even the people of our Ming Dynasty don't have the ability and consciousness What qualifications do these natives have to pursue equality! Equality can only be obtained by relying on one’s own abilities and cannot rely on charity from others. This will only make such natives think that we are afraid of them!”
Zhu Houzhao continued: "I don't want to see the natives riding on the heads of the Ming people because of the wishful care of these Neo-Confucian officials. In order to prevent the Ming people from being disappointed with the Ming court, I would rather not educate these natives, but Kill them with a butcher's knife Body! Go and tell Jinyiwei Guo Ronglai! I will give him Han Wen one last chance. If he does not correct his position, I will order all the Neo-Confucian officials who have been demoted overseas to serve in Mobei, and the natives will kill them all!"
Xia Yan couldn't help being greatly shocked after hearing this. He knew that His Majesty made the decision because he was extremely disappointed with the ministers of Neo-Confucianism. He supported Neo-Confucianism as the body and sacred science. Therefore, in his heart, he actually supported the spread of Neo-Confucianism. Go out and educate those natives , but now because the Neo-Confucian officials only care about educating the natives and neglect to take care of the interests of the local scholars and people of the Ming Dynasty, this is contrary to the will of Your Majesty. Although Your Majesty loves the people like a son, he is extremely disgusted with others who do not distinguish between Huayi and Huayi. Ignore the rights and interests of the people of this country.
Therefore, Xia Yan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, as the minister of Nanyang, I have the unshirkable responsibility to deal with this matter. Therefore, I would like to ask your Majesty to let me go to Goa to handle the matter in person. There is no need to use the Jin Yiwei first for the time being. I will definitely give your Majesty a satisfactory answer!”
"Then let Jin Yiwei go with you. If you can't handle it well, I will ask Jin Yiwei to bring him back directly in Korean!"
Zhu Houzhao said that it was not that he had any deep hatred for the natives, nor did he not understand the thoughts of these Neo-Confucian officials. He was not an extreme person who wanted to kill all the natives. He also wanted to see everyone equal, but he It is unacceptable to sacrifice the interests of the people of Ming Dynasty and make the people of Ming Dynasty suffer injustice and grievances to achieve the illusion of equality for all!
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The people of the Ming Dynasty living in Goa were already dissatisfied with the Asan natives who had bullied them with the Folangji people. They finally waited until the Ming fleet captured Goa, and after receiving the support of Governor Wang Hong, they became dissatisfied with these Folangji people. The "Three Days in Goa" visit between the native people and the Asan natives made the Ming people in Goa lift their chests and made the Asan natives feel in awe of the Ming people.
However, the Hanwen-run social school instituted a rule that the Asan natives should be given priority in education, which naturally caused dissatisfaction among the people of the Ming Dynasty.
As a result, there was a conflict between the people of Ming Dynasty and the Asan natives.
However, Han Wen rebuked Governor Wang Hong for his unfavorable control of the people, and in order to protect the safety of the Asan natives who were studying in social studies, he established a rule that "Han people are not allowed to enter."
When Xia Yan came here and saw this rule, his face darkened: "Come here, gather all the Ming people here, and then call Han Wen! By the way, give me this sign that Han people are not allowed to enter." Demolished! ”
Half an hour later.
All the people of the Ming Dynasty gathered in the open space in front of the Goa Society.
At this time, Han Wen also rushed over. When he saw Xia Yan, he just cupped his hands and said, "I wonder what Xia Budang has to say!"
Xia Yan pointed to all the people of the Ming Dynasty opposite him and asked: "Mr. Han, I want to ask you, are you a descendant of Confucius and Mencius?"
"Of course it is! What does Xia Butang mean by this?" Han Wen stroked his beard and asked Xia Yan directly. He was the Secretary of the Household Transfer Department before being demoted to a commoner by Zhu Houzhao. His qualifications are older than Xia Yan's, so naturally he has a lot of qualifications. Afraid of Xia Yan's confidence.
"In this case, the king is the most important, the people are the most important, and the country is the second most important thing! Do you agree with this sentence?" Xia Yan asked.
"Of course I agree, these are the words of a saint!" Han Wen replied.
"In this case, you have insulted the dignity of the king and father and still need to apologize with a big gift. Then you have humiliated the people of Ming Dynasty and put them under the natives. What crime should you do! Kneel down before me! I look down upon you. I, the people of Ming Dynasty, kneel down!”
Xia Yan shouted loudly as he spoke.
"What! Xia Budang, you asked me to kneel down in front of these untouchables?! You, you are simply bullying others too much!"
Han Wen was furious, his beard trembled with anger, and he pointed at Xia Yan and shouted.
"You set up a social school, but gave priority to the natives, and now you are not allowing Han people to enter. It shows that you are not a minister of our Ming Dynasty or a member of the Han family; you are a traitor of the Han Dynasty and a traitor to the country! You have not taken into account the people of our Ming Dynasty. You even humiliated the people of the Ming Dynasty. You want to put the people of the Ming Dynasty below the natives! If you don’t kneel down and apologize, are you going to make the people of the Ming Dynasty admit that what you did is right?”
Xia Yan asked.
"I don't! I don't mean to belittle the people of Ming Dynasty!" Han Wen didn't expect Xia Yan to look at him like this, so he hurriedly replied loudly.
"Then you just said that the people of Ming Dynasty are untouchables!" Xia Yan shouted loudly.
"I, I just made a slip of the tongue, I, I," Han Wen wanted to quibble, but found that he could not explain it. He also did not expect that he would suddenly and naturally describe the people of the Ming Dynasty as untouchables, and he couldn't help but blush.
"Mr. Han, do you know that you have been demoted to a commoner by His Majesty? If they are untouchables, then you are also an untouchable like them. But although they are untouchables, at least they do not flatter these natives, and you are an untouchable , but you still have to flatter these natives, so if I, the people of Ming Dynasty, are untouchables in your eyes, then you are even more untouchable than them!”
Xia Yan said.
"You are talking nonsense! You are humiliating me! Although I am a commoner, I am also a scholar!" Han Wen's lips turned purple with anger. He did not expect that he would be scolded as a pariah who was treated as a pariah for the sake of being a pariah.
"Forget it, I don't want to talk to you anymore. You are the same as the people of Ming Dynasty in front of me. You are all the people of my Ming Dynasty. There is no distinction between you and me. Even the value they bring to my Ming Dynasty is greater. They pay taxes. Production, and you can only teach people to read a few words. If Ming Dynasty loses them, it will lose the hearts of the people, and if it loses you, you can find another scholar!"
"Therefore, I am here today only to convey His Majesty's instructions. If you, Han Wen, do not kneel down today and kowtow and apologize to the people of Ming Dynasty whom you have humiliated before, then Your Majesty will change your strategy and send you, the officials of Neo-Confucianism who have committed the crime, to Mo Serve in the north! And your Majesty will give up educating the natives through Neo-Confucianism and use the butcher knife to destroy these natives!”
Xia Yan waved his hand as he spoke, and the guards under his command immediately raised their muskets and aimed at the Asan natives behind Han Wen.
"If I don't kneel down today, will Your Majesty abandon Neo-Confucianism? Use a butcher's knife to destroy it instead?"
Han Wen did not expect that what he did would make His Majesty the Emperor have such thoughts, but in any case, just to maintain the status of Neo-Confucianism, at this time he had no choice but to bend his knees and kneel in front of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Han Wen never thought that one day he would kneel in front of a group of common people, although he is also a common person now.
But now, Han Wen also knew that he could only do this, and he began to apologize: "Dear fellow villagers, I made a mistake. I should not have ignored your dignity. I should not have only cared about the natives and ignored you. Please forgive me! I should not have ignored you. All previous regulations will be abolished and Han Chinese will be allowed to enroll.”
"Wrong! What you are receiving now is the salary from the Ming Governor's Palace in Goa City. You now have the obligation to educate the children of the Han people, not whether you allow it or not. In addition, the people of the Ming Dynasty should have priority in enrollment, and should have higher education. In the classrooms and dormitories, these natives are untouchables and are not worthy of being ranked with the people of the Ming Dynasty. Do you understand? Also, there is no need to teach the ideas of Mencius and Xunzi to the natives. The natives are not the people of the Ming Dynasty and are not worthy of learning!"
Xia Yan said.
At this time, the people of Ming Dynasty were still in shock. They did not expect that Mr. Han, who had been a minister, would kneel down and apologize to people like them. Their grievances were suddenly relieved, and they started again. I feel proud because I am a citizen of Ming Dynasty.
Han Wen just stood up with a lonely look on his face and walked towards the social studies dormitory. What Xia Yan forced him to do today deeply touched him. He didn't know how to describe what happened today.
Even now, he didn't know whether he should be angry or lucky, especially when he saw the people of Ming Dynasty beaming with joy because he knelt down, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be very unpopular and not loved by the people.
The Asan natives also didn't understand. They didn't understand why Mr. Han, who taught writing, would kneel down to ordinary Ming people.
Among them were people from noble Indian castes such as Brahmins and Kshatriyas. In their view, Mr. Han was responsible for the teaching profession and was a noble race above Kshatriyas. But now he knelt down to apologize to ordinary Ming Dynasty people. What does this mean? Does it mean that these Ming people are nobler than Mr. Han? And this Mr. Han is not from the noble caste of Ming Dynasty? I don’t know what the thinking of this Asan native is, because with this idea, an Asan native of the Brahmin caste may be dissatisfied with the teaching of Confucianism in Korean, so he suddenly wants to pick up a brick and throw it at the New Year. Han Wen, who is over 70 years old, wants to kill this Marist Neo-Confucian who is determined to treat them as equals or even priority as common people of the Ming Dynasty.
Snap!
But at this time, Xia Yan hit the Asan native of the Brahmin caste on the shoulder, causing the brick in the hand of the Asan native who attempted to murder Han Wen to fall to the ground due to shoulder pain.
At this time, Guo Rong, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, came over in person, pulled out his embroidered spring knife, and cut the Asan native in half in an instant, and dropped a few silver coins: "You can buy a cattle with this." Money!”
"Fellow folks, I have received your Majesty's decree from Xia Bu Tang. In Goa, we, the people of Ming Dynasty, are the owners of this land. Your Majesty has granted us the rights. Your Majesty only allows us to cultivate and farm on this land. The right to do business, learn, and even be an official and manage the army! ”
"Furthermore, I will make laws for the city of Goa in accordance with His Majesty's instructions. The purpose of the laws is to take care of your interests and better rule the natives here. However, according to my understanding of the natives of Goa, they originally There are caste differences, so we also respect their caste differences. Now I and you are the real nobles here, and are the first-class nobles. We have the power to spread culture and participate in the management of military affairs;
And their Brahmins have the right to transmit religion, just like our monks on the road, they are Dir and others, no longer nobles, but just educated people among the untouchables; Kshatriyas are the third class, and Vaishyas are the fourth class. , and by analogy, the domestic slaves assigned to you will be promoted as Kshatriyas by the Chief Secretary of the Governor-General's Office. From now on, you can only use the Kshatriya caste as slaves. Those below Kshatriyas are not worthy to be the slaves of our Minghan people! The people of my Ming Dynasty came to the city of Goa and became nobles directly! ”
"And if our people of the Ming Dynasty kill a Brahmin among the Asan natives, they only have to pay for a cow. If they kill a Kshatriya, they only have to pay for a chicken. If they kill a Vaisya, it is his honor. Duoluo, he should reflect on where he offended my noble Ming people!”
Wang Hong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and also the governor of Goa, said.
The people of the Ming Dynasty who were present seemed to understand after hearing this, and they did not know that they had suddenly become nobles, but some of them understood that it meant that they could bully the natives here and let them make money for themselves in the future.
Although the Asan natives did not understand Wang Hong's words, Guo Rong's casual killing of a Brahmin caste also made them realize that these Orientals in front of them were above their own status.
Han Wen only came to his senses now, but what he didn't expect first was that this Asan native would want to kill him. What he didn't expect was that His Majesty the Emperor would want to enslave the natives in this way, and Wang Hong, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, actually Would you admit this in such an escalating manner? The caste system exists. You must know that even in China, there is no distinction between aristocratic families and poor families. If the caste system continues to be recognized here, then these Asan natives will never think about "working as a farmer in the morning and ascending to the emperor's hall in the evening". A phenomenon occurs!
In fact, other officials such as Deputy Inspector Lu Shen also had such doubts. After sending Xia Yan away, he couldn't help but ask: "May I ask, sir, your Majesty has always advocated putting the people first, why do you continue to recognize and strengthen it in Goa?" Such a strict caste hierarchy even allowed the people of the Ming Dynasty to be superior people in Goa? ”
"Because in the final analysis, Your Majesty is still the emperor of our Han people, not the emperor of their native people!
If treating the natives equally affects the interests of the Han people, Your Majesty would rather treat the natives as slaves, because what most of the people of the Ming Dynasty want most at the moment is not people who are equal to themselves, but slaves who can work for them, otherwise You Taiwanese masters will not classify these Asan natives as lowly. People are allowed to buy and sell, and the recognition of their caste system is naturally to allow my Ming Dynasty to better rule here. Once a person has the opportunity to enslave others, they are willing to even make him a second-class master. In the future, these Brahmins and The Kshatriyas will help us suppress the majority of the natives who try to resist! ”
Xia Yan said and turned around and boarded the battleship.
The Deputy Inspector Lu Shen bowed his bow and bowed. He didn’t know how to describe what he was doing for the Ming Dynasty, but he knew that on his way to benefit the people of the Ming Dynasty, he was destined to be infected with more natives. But he also knew that if the people of the Ming Dynasty were to change with the natives, these natives would treat him like the people of the Ming Dynasty in the same way.
In fact.
As Xia Yan expected, the Brahmins and Kshatriyas did not resist because they were subordinate to the people of the Ming Dynasty. After all, they still had low-caste people to exploit and enslave.
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"Exceptor Lu, I heard that you have bought dozens of acres of land to grow mulberry and make raw silk. Do you still need manpower? We sell two-legged labor here. We have Kunlun slaves, Goan slaves, and Baipi slaves, all in their prime!"
In the Ming Dynasty, with the rise of capitalism, the demand for labor increased significantly, which also stimulated the emergence of the human trafficking industry.
"Kunlun slaves are too lazy, Guoan slaves are very clumsy, and white leather slaves smell bad. I want to buy them but don't want to," said Lu Yuanwai.
"Look what you said, you are lazy, you are just a slapper, you are clumsy, just give it a few more hits and everything will be fine. It smells bad, just don't let it leave Zhuangtian, I will give it a cheaper price for you, head office!" ”
"Okay, then tell me the price!"
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Zhu Houzhao also knew that this phenomenon of human trafficking existed, but he did not stop it. In the early days of imperial colonization, it was inevitable that some non-residents would sacrifice themselves.
Zhu Houzhao knew it was time for him to go home, and the cement road construction project from Fucheng, Guangzhou to Haojing was officially launched.
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at this time.
In a ruins on the cement road from Fucheng to Haojing City in Guangzhou, a pair of government servants came over, drew a large circle on the wall of a house, and then wrote " The word "dismantle"!
Then, when the people here saw that their homes were going to be demolished, they were overjoyed and rushed to tell each other, knowing that their homes would be transformed and they would become rich and powerful people.
"My house is going to be demolished, but now I will be rich, and my children will be able to get wives!"
"My house is going to be demolished too! Now I can live in a house like Jieyuanfang!"
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When Zhu Houzhao passed by here in a light vehicle, all he heard were the people's stories about demolition.
Zhu Houzhao had to admit that from ancient times to the present, if you want the people who want to relocate to their homeland to take the initiative to migrate and actively cooperate with the government, you cannot rely on coercion. Sometimes you have to rely on the temptation of benefits.
"Isn't that the Emperor? I saw the Emperor at the Royal Exposition many years ago in Beijing. Isn't that the Emperor?"
An older civilian from the market town said and walked towards Zhu Houzhao.
and.
"That's the Emperor, that's the Emperor!"
The civilian said excitedly as he walked.
At this time, the guards around Zhu Houzhao hurriedly raised their guns, but Zhu Houzhao stopped him and ordered: "Wait a moment and see what the people want to do?"
Not long after Zhu Houzhao said this, all these people suddenly came towards Zhu Houzhao, knelt down, and kept shouting "Long live the emperor!" Countless people knelt down under Wu Ya.
Zhu Houzhao was also quite surprised. He hurriedly sent someone to bring a villager to inquire.
The villager replied: "We don't know how many lifetimes we have been blessed. Now we have such a good emperor like you. Not only have taxes been reduced, but corvees are also exempted. Now even if we are demolished, we will still be compensated." Give us a lot of money so that we can live a better life than before, so now that I see you, I want to kowtow to you!”
As the villager spoke, he kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao again.
There are also people in the crowd outside who can't help but kowtow.
Zhu Houzhao was both moved and helpless now. What moved him was that the people of the Ming Dynasty were so simple. But what was helpless was that the people of the Ming Dynasty basically only attributed their ability to live such a life to being a good emperor and did not realize that he was a good emperor. Because of their own hard work, everything is possible today.
After all, Zhu Houzhao helped the people live a better life by compensating them for demolition money. In fact, he was essentially spending part of the money they earned on themselves.
But Zhu Houzhao couldn't blame them now. He only said: "Let them all be equal. I, the people of the Ming Dynasty, cannot kneel down and worship casually!"
(End of chapter)