Chapter 386 Viewing from a Development Perspective
Emperor Liu did not hide much about his summons to the Meritorious Court. Such a big news could not be concealed even if he wanted to. Therefore, all kinds of people had already gathered outside the Meritorious Pavilion, with spies from all walks of life trying to pry.
What are the core dignitaries of the Han Dynasty discussing and preparing for possible changes in the political situation.
Quite naturally, Emperor Liu's speech in the Hall of Meritorious Ministers, Ling Ling Zong Zong, spread one after another, from the nobles to the bureaucrats, from the palace to the imperial court, from top to bottom.
Of course, in the process of dissemination, it is inevitable to exaggerate, add fuel to the fire, and even spread lies. As a result, in a short period of time, it created a sensational effect in both the government and the opposition.
The biggest shock is undoubtedly the families of nobles, and more specifically, those non-core, direct descendants of noble families. The direct descendants are used to pass down the family, and their future lies in their official career and their future.
Military administration and frontier settlement were hard and tiring work, and it was impossible for direct descendants to do such dangerous and hard work.
If it goes ahead, those relatives and former disciples who have been attached to various distinguished families for a long time will have a very difficult time in the future. Regarding the imperial court's many publicity on foreign reclamation in the past, it can deceive the poor people at the bottom, and it can also
It confuses some frustrated commoners, but in the end it is difficult to hide it from the powerful disciples who are more accustomed to sucking blood and knocking out marrow.
Compared with the domestic situation, the situation outside the territory is indeed freer, and there are countless wealth resources for them to explore. However, the conditions at home and abroad are very different. For most people, it is like sleeping in gold overseas every day.
Beds and bathing in the Agate River are not as good as in China.
It is human nature to be indolent and indolent. For them, comfort is the first priority. Although many children of noble families have participated in overseas colonization in recent years, these groups are still a minority today.
, and the vast majority of them are only engaged in the basic trade of goods. There are even fewer people who can really let go of themselves and be ruthless enough to go deep into the colonization business.
Those who really sacrificed their lives for it were the navy officers and the hundreds of thousands of poor people who also sacrificed their lives for it. Exceptions are not excluded, but this kind of suffering is really not something that comes with being well-dressed and well-fed.
The children can eat it.
They couldn't understand Emperor Liu's "painstaking efforts". What's more, it was so grandiose, but the fundamental reason was that he didn't want their noble sons to go overseas to conquer the world for the feudal princes...
Of course, Emperor Liu didn't care whether they could understand or what they thought. The idea of driving the nobles out of the country, moving westward and southward, and developing overseas to cause harm was admittedly a bit idealistic, but Emperor Liu didn't have extravagant hopes either.
Able to solve the problem once and for all.
However, since we have opened our doors to the outside world, we can add more restrictions and stricter restrictions internally. From now on, anyone who dares to do evil will be severely punished according to the national law. We cannot blame Emperor Liu for being ruthless.
Even if they are forced, they must also force those powerful people who can't control their hands and feet and can't restrain their desire to exploit and cruelly develop. On the other hand, there are thousands of nobles and nobles in the Han Dynasty. Those who go out to make a living, even if they can make one percent
If an outstanding person can achieve something, he is also contributing to Emperor Liu's development blueprint.
It would be even more important if it could develop and grow and eventually form a new rentier class, a new military and political force, and bring new possibilities to the country.
At the same time, when you go out, you have to come back and collect foreign resources and wealth to feed back the country. This is the ultimate goal. Only in this way can a cycle be formed. Otherwise, can it really be for the purpose of developing overseas, spreading technology, and leading the indigenous people outside the field towards civilization?
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Honorable nobles like to enjoy themselves. This is not wrong in itself. Everyone understands that most people are ordinary people. Emperor Liu never expects them to have high consciousness or ideals. What he cares about is always to provide them with
As for the material source of enjoyment, he doesn't care about the way of enjoyment, and it is difficult for him to interfere.
It is good and appropriate to be in love with your homeland and covet the domestic comfort. You can make enough money outside and then come back. If that is the case, no one will object, and Emperor Liu will even welcome him.
In the past ten or twenty years, the Xuanwei Division has worked so hard to promote this kind of awareness and habits among the powerful officials and the people, but it has been very effective. There are dozens of "poor and white untouchables before going to sea".
, the example of "returning to the country to become a millionaire", returning home in fine clothes, and seeing it with your own eyes has always been more convincing and inspiring than any glitzy propaganda.
Behind each of these typical examples, it also means hundreds of thousands of sacrifices. Foreign development is never tender. It is also the history of blood and tears of those who dare to go to sea to conquer the Han people. Every overseas stronghold, every acre of cultivated land, every building
The mines embody the bitter sweat of the Han merchants and people. Of course, the local indigenous people suffered twice as much, but this was never something that the court and the Han merchants needed to consider. It was too late to take care of themselves, so why bother to do it?
Barbarians.
As the upper ruling class of the Han Dynasty, they had more sources of information and knew the truth about overseas colonization to some extent. Precisely because they understood the hardships involved, even if they knew there were huge profits to be made, there were still not many people who were willing to put down their dignity and practice it.
With the resources at hand, it is enough to eat some meat and drink some soup for free. After all, they are not like those at the bottom of Guizhou who have to fight for their lives to find a smooth path in life, achieve wealth and rise in class.
In fact, those "successful people" in the process of overseas colonization were already on the path expected by Emperor Liu. Overseas gold and silver, grain, spices, wood, pearl agate, and even slaves were all fed back to the country through them and provided for the Han Dynasty.
contribute to its prosperity.
As for the future, there may be some changes. After all, Emperor Liu has promised to divide the feudal states and allow nobles to have their own territories and fiefs under various feudal states. After all, it takes more effort to have your own territory.
But it is conceivable that most of the resources will still be transferred to the country. This is also determined by their status. After all, for honorable nobles, the country is the foundation. Without domestic support, it is impossible to occupy overseas countries.
A large land is nothing more than rootless duckweed.
Perhaps after a long period of operation, the situation will gradually change, the development focus of the nobles will shift, the emphasis on overseas territories will increase, the resources invested will increase, and they will even escape the control of China-Turkmen.
However, before that, the Han Dynasty had already seized enough wealth and resources. This was what Emperor Liu expected, and it would play its role as a reservoir for the internal conflicts of the Han Dynasty to vent. From a historical perspective, even compared to the previous Han Dynasty,
, the extension of Li and Tang’s national destiny for a hundred years is also a kind of progress. However, the relationship between the same ancestor and the same origin exists, and it is almost impossible for overseas territories to completely get rid of China’s influence.
Even if we look at it from the most pessimistic perspective, one day, the Han Dynasty will be subjugated and the Liu family's descendants will no longer be able to secure their position. Those overseas feudal states can also assume the responsibility of continuing the Liu family's incense. It doesn't matter if the country is subjugated, but the species will not be exterminated.
Enfeoff a few more princes and build a few more overseas states. Even if they can't all be defended, even if only one remains, the most basic goal of Emperor Liu will be achieved. Compared with letting China's Liu family last forever, this