Chapter 2315 Meeting with the Emperor


Under this idea, some Dongbai ministers tried their best to resist.

This kind of resistance is obviously meaningless.

Because Ming Dynasty is too powerful compared to them.

And this time the determination is also very strong.

From top to bottom, failure is not allowed at all.

The emperor wanted to make gods, and so did the ministers.

And the soldiers received the military pay saved by the ministers' frugality in food and clothing.

After all, it is impossible to let the horse run without feeding it.

At the end of the dynasty, it is clear that it is going to end, but everyone still doesn’t pay because the organization has collapsed.

Everyone is heartbroken.

He just wants to save his own money and wait until he becomes an official in the new dynasty.

Of course it is not wrong to think so.

After the end of the Ming Dynasty, more than half of the administrators of the Ming Dynasty directly became administrators of the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, after the Qing Dynasty stabilized, harvesting began again.

That's something else.

Landlords and bureaucrats are always short-sighted.

Just see what’s in front of you.

But now, their interests are highly consistent.

That’s the Conferred God.

After becoming a god, you can go to heaven.

Are earthly lands and wealth still useful?

Of course, take it out and put it on the line.

Especially those cabinet bachelors, ministers, and ministers, all of whom have huge fortunes.

They are also older.

Still leaving land for your grandson?

Might as well give it to yourself.

So one by one they secretly donated it to military expenses.

Because they know that if they donate secretly, God can see it but others cannot.

That's it.

In this case, how can they resist, Eastern Ministers?

Under normal circumstances, they would not be able to fight.

There is very little that can be done.

Of course there are still loyal ministers.

After all, this is a dynasty that has been in existence for hundreds of years.

Although the king keeps changing.

These loyal ministers chose to fight their opponents to the end.

Even if you know it is a mantis trying to trick you.

They bravely stood up and exposed Ming's mistakes.

At this time, someone else persuaded them: "Isn't it okay for everyone in the world to be a member of the Ming Dynasty?"

"That's right, why do you have to come out and resist to the death? ?”

"And after becoming a Ming Dynasty citizen, our people's taxes can also be reduced."

These people are right.

In fact, at this time, many people from surrounding small countries.

Their living standards are far inferior to those of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course there are some places that are better than Daming.

That's where there are far more land than people.

Life will be much better than in Ming Dynasty.

But this time was still in modern times, and the West had not yet widened the gap.

And the West is still in its early stages of enlightenment, and many cities are still in bad shape, with diseases prevalent.

Far from being as good as Ming Dynasty’s construction.

At the very least, there was very little feces and urine in Ming cities.

Because agriculture has long developed farmyard fertilizers, which rely on fermentation to obtain fertilizers.

To put it simply, Ming Dynasty’s excrement is an expensive resource.

Only the powerful can monopolize the business.

Feces has a excrement path, and it is known as the "Master of the Path".

Really, that's what it's called historically.

I don’t know how “Taozu” felt after hearing this.

So on the streets, you basically can’t see feces and urine everywhere.

No one is willing to waste it, so they collect it and sell it to the Taoist masters.

This alone is far better than Ouzhou.

At least the Gauls didn't use dung as fertilizer.

So high heels were invented in Gaul, as were skirts.

They are all for men who go out.

It is to prevent excrement and urine.

And on Baoli Street, you have to hold an umbrella when walking.

It's not for elegance, it's to prevent being covered in urine from the second floor.

It was this dirty environment that led to the Black Death that swept across Asia.

I can't help but feel sorry for them.

It can be said that in densely populated places like Dongbai and island countries, their living standards are far inferior to those of the Ming Dynasty.

Especially like the daimyo warriors of the island country, their living standard is not as good as that of a middle-class landowner in the Ming Dynasty.

It's true.

During the Warring States Period, the daimyo’s food, clothing and housing were poor.

Especially in terms of food, eating a piece of fish and a rice dumpling for every meal is a very good meal.

So before modern times, people in island countries were very short.

In fact, it is a nutritional issue.

However, some middle- and above-average landowners in the Ming Dynasty, those with hundreds of acres of land, were well fed.

Of course, famine every year is also normal.

The population is large and the land is averagely small.

Although it has been revived several times, the ministers have also made great efforts to punish powerful powers many times, and they are also very powerful in restraining mergers.

The intensity is much greater than Zhang Juzheng’s ten years of ZTE.

After all, Zhang Ju was able to achieve a temporary victory by using one person's strength and wisdom to fight against the entire bureaucratic group.

As soon as he died, everything was over.

But they are different.

They want to enshrine the gods, and they want to continue.

So there are many measures, such as taxation issues, land inventory issues, and the abolition of the poll tax, whoever has the land collects it.

In the past, there was the problem of "guilty transfer", that is, land was forcibly allocated to the poor, and the landlords did not occupy the land.

But if you do this, it will be very troublesome if you encounter serious county magistrates or prefects.

Your deceitful message turned into a real message.

The land was really distributed to the poor.

Of course, these things can only be done in those counties and places that are relatively close to the capital and where the government is relatively strong.

Fortunately, these measures are firmly implemented on tens of millions of acres of land around the capital.

Therefore, tens of millions of people around the capital strongly supported the emperor and his ministers.

This is also the basic disk.

In the past, ministers and emperors did not pay attention to this.

Just enjoy it.

Now in order to become a god, we must pay attention to it.

If you don’t pay attention, the people will not contribute, and if you don’t contribute, you will not have great achievements.

Developing side skills is not easy.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty spent all his property and reduced the population by half before killing the Xiongnu and opening up the road to the Western Regions.

This is why I have to punish myself.

And that obviously won't work.

God will not approve it.

What God wants is for the people to live and work in peace and contentment while also developing frontier lands.

This requires the use of border land to resettle the people.

Now they discovered that going west was a dead end.

Because the people cannot be accommodated.

Only to the east and south.

Only the new land that is opened up can be used to resettle refugees and people.

There was no motivation in the past.

Once you lose money, you don’t want to do it anymore.

After all, after losing money, they won't be able to make money.

We still have to work hard to make up for the shortfall.

Soon these people, they choose new ways.

That is, thousands of miles away, sending people to the Ming Dynasty to find the Ming Emperor to cry out.

It was really difficult along the way.

There were many assassinations, provocations, obstructions, ambushes, traps...

Because the important ministers did not want them to pick this matter out.

After all, it would be disgraceful to say this.

They are the kind of people who want both.

They want Dongbai Land and a good reputation.

Now we are working hard to manage it, just to let Dongbai people voluntarily donate their land when the time comes.

And for the feudal kingdom, even if someone offered land overseas, they would not accept it.

Because it is too far away and cannot be managed, it is a loss-making business.

Every year, I have to help out and take care of tribute matters.

Just like the Qing Dynasty, someone established a kingdom overseas and wanted to surrender, but they didn't want it.

They are said to be outsiders and abandoned people.

But now, Ming Dynasty has the hope of becoming a god, so naturally it will not be like this.

In short, after performing a real "Journey to the West", four envoys from Dongbai finally arrived in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. This is also because Dongbai is not too far away from Daming.

If he were as far away as Tianzhu, he would have died long ago.

Even so, there were only four of the 360-member envoys left at this time.

Where did the others go?

Asking means "drifting away".

They drifted over from the sea.

It is also possible to take the sea route.

There is no possibility of traveling by land.

Going around in circles, there are so many bandits in the middle.

On the sea, you can still run faster by relying on a boat.

It’s really impossible to run on land.

After all, the land is full of gateways, and it is extremely easy to cause a fire or poisoning.

There is none of this on the sea.

Just bypass a few patrolling Ming fleets.

You can go all the way west and land directly at Jinmen.

Even so, it still suffered many disasters.

Entering the capital, waiting for the interview is another long process.

Fortunately, after entering the capital, the people of Ming Dynasty are not Japanese pirates, and they still want to be shameless.

I will not openly kill the messenger.

Japanese pirates often do this.

Even when he came out to pay tribute, he even dared to openly draw his sword and kill Ming people for trivial matters.

This is true in history.

What many people don't know is that the Ming Dynasty, which is known as the Kingdom of All Nations, did not hold the other party accountable in order to calm the dispute...

In fact, you can see the weakness of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty had just experienced the Tumubao Revolution.

Martial arts have become useless.

Then Japanese pirates arose.

It just shows the decline of Ming Dynasty.

A few months later.

The imperial court finally accepted the other party’s request.

In the court room.

The envoy of Dongbairen cried:

"Your Majesty, I, the Emperor, have been serving your vassal for hundreds of years, paying tribute and giving gifts year after year."

"As a result, your soldiers refused to leave. Not only did they not drive away the Japanese pirates, but they also Is there any natural reason for wanting to annex our country?”

“Is there any royal law?”

The emperor looked at them coldly.

Not a word.

He thought to himself, I want to go to heaven and become a god, who cares about your laws of heaven and king's laws?

If it were not for fear of God’s wrath, this would be a bit unethical and needs to be decorated morally, so I would not receive you at all.

At this moment, the Minister of Rites came out and said:

“You are such an ignorant messenger.”

“In the past, you were bullied by Japanese pirates, and we sent troops to help you many times. Can you give me some military expenses?”

"It's all spent on our own money!"

"That's our money!"

"Now it's just a matter of promoting my Ming Dynasty's teachings in your land, so that the people can bathe in the holy grace of each other. . ”

“You are so arrogant that you are refusing to leave?”

“It is natural for the soldiers of the king to be stationed wherever they are.”< br>


Well said.

The emperor clapped his hands in his heart.

Considering these words, this minister who is called Confucian but is actually a political strategist and miscellaneous family did not make a mistake in promoting him.

The emperor had already understood it through history books.

Confucianism is only suitable for maintaining order, not for performing meritorious deeds.

Even more unsuitable for becoming a god.

Confucianism can easily fall into decadence and comfort.

No one should change the dignity of superiors and inferiors.

Just stick to the old ways, don’t change them.

That’s why Confucianism could not flourish because the situation in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods changed from time to time.

Only when it becomes stable will it begin to prosper.

Now the land in the west is untouchable.

Because the people have no way to continue to survive there.

And the journey is too far.

That can only be taken from the east and south.

As for the issue of face, who will care in a few hundred years?

But he has become a god, and he will not consider the issue of face.

In the face of longevity, what else do you need to save face?

Anyway, I must have land now.

But you cannot say this to them clearly.

At this time, the messenger was speechless.

I can only kowtow and say: "Please forgive me, His Majesty the Emperor, for my Dongbai people. I will serve you more diligently in the future."

All the administrators were disdainful.

This is a big deal.

If the Ming Dynasty declines, they will definitely seek refuge with others.

So it’s best to eat the meat as soon as possible.

The emperor said: "Okay, I know, I will issue an order to inquire about the truth of the matter."

"Just go back and wait for the news."
< br>Then the messenger didn't want to leave.

Then he was dragged out by the Han general.

"Your Majesty, you can't ignore the majesty of the Ming Dynasty."

The emperor thought, boring, this majesty of the Ming Dynasty, can it be as important as being a god?

Then one year passed and two years passed.

Under the governance of the famous ministers and generals of the Ming Dynasty, the people of Dongbai gradually returned to the Ming Dynasty.

Of course they are insignificant.

Those who can really control them are the gentry.

And those gentry also chose to join the Ming Dynasty.

After all, if you join the Ming Dynasty, your descendants may become gods a few hundred years later.

If descendants become gods, they may be able to trace it back to themselves.

This is of course what the ministers hinted at them.

No one said it clearly.

But let them figure it out for themselves.

So those gentry chose to join the Ming Dynasty.

The only loyal ministers in Dongbai had already felt that something was wrong.

Although they were acting like a fool, they still chose to spread rumors.

He even did not hesitate to kill and plunder his own village, blaming the Ming Dynasty's garrisoned officers and soldiers.

Used to slander the people of Ming Dynasty.

In front of Quan Li, they revealed their true nature.

Although it is good to become a god, it may not be successful.

In contrast, immediate interests are more important.

There are still many people who have this idea.

“They are treating you well now, but they will definitely not be well after you all surrender to the Ming Dynasty.”

“Think about it, their current military expenditures are not provided by the Ming Dynasty people. ”

“So stay in the current state and resolutely disobey Da Ming, and they will always be good to you.”

I have to say that there are many smart people.

But it was too late to say this.

And it was never the common people who decided Dongbai’s ownership.

They have no power to decide these things.

Soon.

A few years later.

After taking control of the surrounding areas, Ming Dynasty sent troops into their capital.

The reason is also very simple.

Because they want to take away the land.

Instead of conquering.

Only by solving the problems of farming below can we truly occupy the city.

Otherwise, it may seem like they are conquered with just one order, but in fact they will rebel as soon as the wind blows.

And they dare not not open the city gate.

Because there are already many troops who have been instigated to rebel and are stationed in the capital.

And they also instigated many ministers to rebel and took control of the court.

Although they knew they were luring the wolf into the house.

But what can be done?

They have been taking advantage of Ming Dynasty and let Ming Dynasty resist Japanese pirates for them.

I don’t know how much money I lost and how many times I resisted.

It can even be said that the Ming Dynasty's national destiny was damaged for at least 30 years because of its resistance to Japanese pirates.

Because in history, after defeating Toyotomi, the famous Qi family army wanted to get back the military pay and reward they deserved. He was tricked into the school field by a civilian official and was booby-trapped without a weapon.

Killed at least half of them.

The remaining half were sent away.

This is what civil servants do.

If you don’t have money to pay the military and you can’t solve the problem, then you’ll solve the people who created the problem.

Of course, with heaven watching now, this kind of thing will definitely not happen.

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