Chapter 373 Returning to China and the New Era of Ming Dynasty
British farmer Jia Xi has now developed the habit of bowing to the portrait of the Supreme Emperor Zhu Houzhao every morning and evening.
Nowadays, in England, many farmers have begun to enshrine Zhu Houzhao's portrait in their homes.
Slightly wealthier peasant families would even build churches to enshrine Zhu Houzhao's portrait.
After all, Zhu Houzhao is now a god in their eyes, the real God, the God who brings them wealth and status.
Thomas and Roger added in the new doctrine that Emperor Zhu Houzhao and King Zhu Zaixun were saints.
Remaining absolutely loyal to the Emperor Zhu Houzhao has become the most correct value among the people of England at this time, and it is the only way for them to repay the love of the Emperor.
"The Emperor is here, pay homage to the Emperor!"
As soon as Zhu Houzhao appeared in London, he attracted countless London people to worship him.
"Let me see the Supreme Emperor, I want to see the Supreme Emperor!"
"The Emperor's appearance as an old man is indeed that of a god, and his smile is full of kindness and kindness!"
The people were all talking about Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao's every move attracted cheers from everyone.
"You kind and pious people in England, I am very happy that you can be so loyal. I hope you can continue to be loyal and continue to carry my expectations to love and warm this world. I will give you happiness. Of!
However, I will also punish crime and bullying! Scotland and France are guilty of their aggression against England and need to be punished. They are unwilling to revere me and believe in me. This is the root cause of their ignorance and barbarism. Now, I want you to fight back against them, to save them, to let them go. They bid farewell to ignorance and barbarism! ”
Zhu Houzhao's purpose is to turn the entire Great Britain into a farming and civilized country, so he will not let Scotland go.
Now England has completed the transformation from a maritime trading country to a land-based small farmer economy. Its more centralized central court and economic model that relies more on farmland naturally make England now in urgent need of expansion.
It can be said that England at this time was the same as when China was founded in the Qin and Han Dynasties. The small population and the development of agricultural production technology made its agricultural production surplus, and the surplus agricultural production would naturally be converted into treasury revenue, and the treasury revenue would be more. If food cannot be used for trade to replace things that the kingdom needs more, it can only be used to expand the army. Expanding the army will naturally lead to foreign wars and territory expansion.
This is the demand of the upper and lower classes in England today, not to mention the emotional factors of Scotland and France invading England.
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao's criticism of Scotland and France naturally aroused the resonance of all the people in England, who all hoped that the Kingdom of England would send troops to punish Scotland and France.
It can be said that Zhu Houzhao is still following the trend and has never violated the wishes of the English farmers. Today, he is still complying with the wishes of the English people and promoting England to eliminate its own bourgeoisie while also eliminating the Scottish bourgeoisie. Until the whole of Great Britain was turned into a closed agricultural country.
Of course, France in the south is no exception, and Zhu Houzhao doesn't know how his second prince Zhu Zaibin's war against France is going.
But Zhu Houzhao believed that with the current strength of the Ming Empire, even his own vassal state could win over France and secede the city to pay compensation. What's more, under his guidance, England secretly harbored a desire to retaliate against France.
Time flies by, and in the blink of an eye, Zhu Houzhao has been in England for three years.
On this day, the first good news about England's dispatch of troops to Scotland reached the palace. Less than three months after Zhu Houzhao had just lived in the new Buckingham Palace, Zhu Houzhao set off to return to his country.
On the day when Zhu Houzhao left England, nearly a million people gathered across England to see him off. Tears almost flooded the city of London. Zhu Houzhao was also very emotional about this. He thought that he would block England's path to capitalism, but instead he gained something from it. loved by the whole people of England.
This made Zhu Houzhao feel very sad, thinking that maybe even if someone told these people the truth now, these people would not think that he, the emperor from the East, had harmed them. Maybe he was the only one who thought that he did so with bad intentions. Well, maybe people want to live in a world of farming and reading, rather than a world full of utilitarianism and exploitation.
Zhu Houzhao went directly to the capital after returning to Ming Dynasty.
In Zhu Houzhao's memory, he has not returned to Beijing for five years.
The entire capital has naturally undergone changes that he could not imagine.
Electrical research at the Ming Academy of Sciences has made rapid progress. A tram has been connected from Yongding Gate in the capital to Daming Gate, but Zhu Houzhao did not take the tram, but took a diesel locomotive into the city.
"Da Sikong is still worried that the Emperor is not used to riding in this car. After all, there is no reason for the driver to sit in front of you. However, several academicians of the Academy of Engineering who invented the internal combustion locomotive just can't figure out a way to let the driver operate the steering wheel from behind to drive the car. I had no choice but to ask the Supreme Emperor for instructions first, but I didn’t expect that the Supreme Emperor wouldn’t mind! Now, I still let the old slave sit here, and the old slave really doesn’t dare to make a mistake.”
Chen Hong, the eunuch who served as the Superintendent of Ceremonies, was specially responsible for picking up Zhu Houzhao's imperial concubine. At this time, with Zhu Houzhao's permission, he sat in the passenger seat and explained to Zhu Houzhao the changes in the capital over the years.
Prince Zhu Yihuo was sitting next to Zhu Houzhao. Seeing what Chen Hong said, he just smiled and said: "Old man, now everyone in the world advocates equality for all, and you are still talking about old slaves. The Supreme Emperor has already been far-sighted when he came to the throne. He once proposed the idea that all people are created equal, but now it’s just that the seats are at the back. Do you think the Supreme Emperor would care about it?”
Zhu Yihuan couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao as he spoke: "Grandpa Huang, I wonder if your grandson is right about what you are thinking."
"Yes, yes, that's right. The Ming Dynasty is no better than a vassal state. Here, there is no distinction between superiority and inferiority. When I started promoting education for all, I expected that one day, everyone in the world would become a scholar. Naturally, everyone would become a scholar. I don’t want to be a subordinate, maybe my career is different, my wealth is different, but we are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty and should be like one family!”
Zhu Houzhao looked out the car window as he spoke. On the widened asphalt road, Tianzu girls began to appear. All kinds of people stopped or continued walking according to the red and green signs in the hands of the traffic controllers. There were many more clothing stores in the rows of street shops. The ready-to-wear shops, even the so-called models, and the fact that he, the Supreme Emperor, did not prohibit people from traveling when entering the city, all seemed to tell him that the capital of the Ming Dynasty was really very different from what it was sixty years ago, and there seemed to be no hierarchy. , there is no Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism.
“A warm welcome!”
"A warm welcome!" "A warm welcome!"
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The crowd outside the car window began to make noisy noises, but the dignitary officials responsible for transporting Zhu Houzhao did not panic as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Prince Zhu Yishuo even laughed: "Although Grandpa Huang has not returned to the capital for so many years, the old and young people in the capital I still remember you.”
Zhu Houzhao was a little surprised, thinking to himself that if this had been decades ago, when a top royal family member like himself returned to Beijing, if anyone dared to make such a noise, he would have been caught by the Jin Yiwei and imprisoned. No matter what, he would be killed first. , now it seems that there is indeed a lot less distrust and estrangement between the government and the people.
While he was thinking wildly, Zhu Houzhao saw a banner suddenly fall out from the street on the left. On the banner was a large row of simplified Chinese characters that had emerged after Zhengde's twenty-year arrangement and promotion.
The content in large simplified Chinese characters is "Hello, Mr. Zhu Houzhao! Welcome home!"
Is it treacherous?
Is it disrespectful?
Zhu Houzhao didn't feel any of this. He just felt friendly and couldn't help but touch the long beard under his chin: "I never thought that one day I could be worthy of being called Mr. Old!"
Zhu Houzhao opened the window and waved the long sleeves of the purple Hanfu embroidered with dragon patterns.
The young and old on both sides of the street cheered. An old man in his seventies was secretly wiping away his tears. He still couldn't help but bend down and kneel down to kowtow. However, the young scholars no longer knew what kneeling was. Just jumped up and cheered.
Zhu Houzhao felt very happy about this. He was very happy that he did not insist on being the largest slave owner in the empire. Otherwise, he thought that even if he could see the young people kneeling and worshiping him at this moment, he might not be able to hear the cheers from the heart.
When Zhu Houzhao returned to Beijing, a grand parade was held throughout the capital. Millions of Han people from all walks of life celebrated his return to Beijing in various ways. Even businessmen advertised 50% off sales for three consecutive days. To celebrate the Emperor's return to Beijing.
"I should have come back early. After all, the people in the capital are not just you, but there are so many lovely people!"
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile that he would rather travel across the ocean and go to great lengths to completely transform England than return to Beijing. He simply did not want to intensify the conflict with his emperor's son, but he What I didn't expect was that in the capital of the empire, there were actually many people who really missed him, and there were many, many of them.
The car stopped in front of the Royal West Garden, and only here did Zhu Houzhao meet the core members of the current leadership of the Ming Empire.
Perhaps influenced by the new ideas of the new era, Zhu Houzhao found that the system of ministers he had established had changed.
Because, he found that his emperor's son, who was older than him, actually stood in a row with these ministers wearing beam crowns and jade belts to welcome him, the most respected old man in the empire, back to the capital. The emperor's son just stood in the middle.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at these top officials and found that on the left and right of his son Zhu Zailei were Xu Jie and Yang Bo, then Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong, Tan Lun and Zhang Han.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask Zhu Zailei: "Where are Gongjin, Fenyi and Zhifu?"
"Back to my father, all the gentlemen you asked about have passed away." Zhu Zailei answered Zhu Houzhao personally, with a sad look in his eyes. He couldn't elaborate on what kind of struggle happened between him and Xia Yan. It’s hard to say that I will eventually pass. After deposing Xia Yan and appointing Yan Song, he began to require each vassal state to receive money from the Ming Central Empire and adopted Yan Song's advice to lend money to each vassal state without repaying it. Naturally, he did not mention that this led to many naval battles between the Ming Central Empire and various vassals. thing.
Zhu Houzhao didn't want to ask more about political matters, and just sighed: "It's a pity that we haven't been able to meet each other. Fortunately, our Ming Dynasty is full of talents. I also know these people wearing python suits. You can also be considered to be able to use people, but You have to remember that between countries, who is close and who is distant must still consider the similarities and differences of civilizations. ”
Zhu Houzhao said this to remind Zhu Zailei that although Zhu Zailei did not take the initiative to mention the military and political affairs of the Ming Central Empire in recent years, he had also heard about some important events and knew that the Ming Central Empire and some clans had There were several wars in the noble vassal state.
This kind of thing is inevitable for Zhu Houzhao. After all, the resources of the earth are constant. If the Ming Central Empire wants to become richer, it will inevitably deprive other countries of their interests. But Zhu Houzhao does not want countries that are also in the Chinese cultural circle. Infighting and friction occurred earlier.
"After all, there are still some barbarians who are different from us in the Western Region and the North. The Ming Central Empire itself occupies the most interests and wealth, and it has the obligation to maintain and expand our own civilization! I am going to England this time to help you forty My brother has made some changes, and the effect is still very obvious. You can send someone to study it. In the future, the Central Empire of the Ming Dynasty will have to do this. I decided to give you the military power of the Marine Corps first, and you will be responsible for using this army. Attack the forces in non-Chinese cultural circles! ”
Hearing that Zhu Houzhao wanted to return part of the military power to himself, Zhu Zailei was naturally happy. He hurriedly raised his hands and said: "I obey my father's instructions! My father is tired from traveling all the way. He should rest early. He knows that his father likes Japanese girls. I have already ordered people to go to Japan to ask for a hundred from General Ashikaga Yoshiki. Now they are in the Imperial West Garden, and my father can use them as much as he can.”
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and laughed: "Do you expect Nai's father to die of exhaustion soon! I don't know what your dealings with the shogunate of the Japanese country are, but I must get the Japanese country!"
Zhu Houzhao said and entered the Royal West Garden impatiently.
I couldn't sleep well for a hundred days.
In late winter, the overtired Zhu Houzhao fell ill again. Fortunately, Ming Dynasty's medical technology had improved a lot, such as the discovery of antibiotics. Because he had a good foundation when he was young, and he was in a good mood in the past few years, he had to have a specialist in the room. With proper guidance, things got better after the first month.
People say that old health suffers from colds in spring and autumn, but Zhu Houzhao is getting stronger and stronger. He can still walk ten thousand steps a day. Chen Hong also asked Chen Hong to send someone to teach him how to drive a new Ming Dynasty car.
However, just when Zhu Houzhao was full of energy, the Jin Yiwei of the Ming Dynasty reported to him a piece of news, a piece of news about the assassination of the Japanese shogunate Ashikaga Yoshiki. This made Zhu Houzhao very happy, because it meant that the Japanese country would once again fall into Japanese rebellion, and this is undoubtedly the best time for the Ming Dynasty to destroy the Japanese country.
Otherwise, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the Japanese country, the Ming Dynasty would pay a greater price for destroying the Japanese country.
But now he is no longer the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although he has military power, this kind of war to destroy the country naturally involves more than just military affairs. Therefore, as the Supreme Emperor, Zhu Houzhao has to order his emperor's son to follow his wishes and start it as soon as possible. The battle against the Japanese pirates to destroy the country.
(End of chapter)