"Since the core of our foreign strategy is to take the interests of our country as the core and foundation, we must first abandon the past diplomatic strategy of overachieving and pretending to be fat."
"The core is to take the interests of our Ming Dynasty as the core and fundamental, and the second is to promote and spread the values of our Chinese civilization. All diplomatic strategies should be implemented around these two points."
"To be specific, it's dates in one hand and a stick in the other."
"One hand with dates and the other with a stick?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but smile.
Liu Jin was often unable to quote scriptures like other ministers and say something that made people feel literary. From time to time, he would come up with some fresh words and phrases, but he could often express some profound truths very simply.
"Yes, dates in one hand and a stick in the other."
"The so-called Zaozi is for those countries that surrender to the Ming Dynasty and are willing to truly become vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, such as North Korea. They are our loyal younger brothers of the Ming Dynasty, so they should be rewarded."
"If North Korea is bullied, I, the Ming Dynasty, will send troops to stand up for it and protect the interests of my younger brother."
"Similarly, overseas, we can also lead North Korea to expand overseas and let them taste some sweetness. This is Zaozi."
"The so-called big stick is that our Ming Dynasty must maintain strong national and military power at all times, and be able to maintain sufficient deterrence against these vassal countries at all times."
"If these vassal states, like Annan, Japan, and Luzon, dare to harm our Ming Dynasty's interests, we will punish them with lightning speed and severity."
"The cession of territory and compensation are the lightest. We want them to know how powerful our Ming Dynasty is. They dare not have any wrong thoughts about our Ming Dynasty in their hearts. They must be my Ming Dynasty's lord clearly and honestly."
A vassal state."
"This is the big stick."
"With dates in one hand and a big stick in the other, only by combining the two can we truly establish a vassal state with our Ming Dynasty as the center, advocating and learning the values of our Chinese civilization."
Liu Jin nodded solemnly and showed off the tricks of later generations of Uncle Sam.
To put it simply, those who follow me will live and those who go against me will perish, and those who follow the royal way are still doing so.
"One hand has dates and the other has a stick~"
"Promote the core values of Chinese civilization~"
"Well, not bad~"
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but nodded.
This is also the same with the so-called emperor's art.
The emperor also needs dates in one hand and a stick in the other.
Officials who listen to themselves and act conscientiously should be rewarded. Officials who obey the rules and act in a submissive manner, and even ambitious ministers should be treated with a big stick.
Without Zaozi, the ministers below will not see the benefits and will not be motivated to help you. Without a big stick, the ministers under you will not be afraid of you. They will just ignore you in everything and fight with you everywhere.
Come.
The former Emperor Hongzhi held dates in both hands, and he was given enough benefits, so he was also a good man.
But a good man is a good man, and Emperor Hongzhi's words did not work. The ministers were not afraid of him, and even thought of restricting the imperial power.
It was difficult for Emperor Hongzhi to do anything he wanted to do. Most of the time, he was a Buddhist emperor. In government affairs, he listened to the civil servants and they had the final say. In life, he was frugal to the extreme. The palace was not willing to repair it, and his wife only had
One, when the emperor can do this, he is probably the only one.
It's different now. Emperor Hongzhi activated factory guards, and it was impossible for his subordinates to hide it from Emperor Hongzhi. He passed several major cases one after another, brutally killed a group of ministers, and then took the military power into his own hands.
After the big stick was beaten hard, the ministers below became more obedient, handled things more efficiently, and no longer dared to do anything to themselves.
Not only that, Emperor Hongzhi's life was much better, and the Ming Dynasty's life was also better. Not only did he step on the people of the northern grasslands, punch the Japanese pirates, but he was also able to roam Southeast Asia.
The gap is obvious and the contrast is perfect. Emperor Hongzhi felt a lot.
"Well said, you have dates in one hand and a stick in the other."
"Hmph, those barbarians, foreigners, they will only surrender to fists and force, just like the prairie people. If they are afraid of them, they will just herd sheep and horses for us, and they will not dare to show us their machetes.
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British Duke Zhang Mao also nodded.
This can be done, he is the representative of the Military General Xungui Group.
In the past, Emperor Hongzhi valued civil service over military affairs, blindly trusted civil servants, and allowed the civil servant group to suppress the general and noble group. As a British prince, he had little say in the government and the public.
Things are different now. Emperor Hongzhi paid equal attention to both civil and military affairs, and the military generals group was also reused. This status was greatly improved. He, Zhang Mao, was also able to attend such small meetings and had the right to speak.
Now Liu Jin proposes jujubes in one hand and a big stick in the other. This is also in line with the interests of the generals and noble group.
The big stick does not rely on the Ming Dynasty's army, nor does it rely on their group of generals and nobles.
As long as such a strategy is formulated, then there is no need to worry about the status of the military generals and noble groups, or that they will be completely suppressed by the civil servants group.
As for the civil servants headed by Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others, all of them were silent.
Liu Jin's words are certainly correct. They are all ministers of the imperial court, and each of them has many people under his command. Of course they know how to serve.
I also know that what Liu Jin said is right. Ming Dynasty should implement such a policy externally, with Ming Dynasty's interests as the fundamental and core, with one hand holding dates and the other hand a big stick.
But they are civil servants, and they are deeply influenced by Confucianism. They have always believed in etiquette, justice, integrity, morality and so on. They feel that they should be allowed to govern the country by civil servants like them.
Military generals only know how to fight and kill. How do they know how to govern a country? What's more, they have always believed that war will lead to death, and they resort to militarism and so on.
Under such a strategy, the status of the civil servants group will definitely be shaken. After all, the status and power of the military commanders and nobles group will be further consolidated and deepened. It will be difficult to ride on the heads of the military commanders and nobles in the future.
Silence remains silence, but no one stands up to object.
Because everyone is discerning, they all know that Emperor Hongzhi agrees with Liu Jin's strategy. Liu Jin's deep emperor's heart is deeply respected by Emperor Hongzhi.
This strategy was essentially for the benefit of Ming Dynasty, not for Liu Jin's own benefit.
Liu Jin is just a civil servant, not a military general, otherwise you can still use this to criticize him.
In addition, from the perspective of the personal interests of these civil servants, this is also a good thing, and it should be so.
Everyone has a lot of shares in major commercial banks in Tianjin, and some of them are even established by themselves.
Nanyang's interests are also their interests.
The Nanyang route can provide them with a steady stream of money.
Don’t the sugar cane and rice grown in Nanyang’s plantations smell delicious?
If these things are not guaranteed by strong force, then the countries in Southeast Asia may rob your Ming Dynasty merchant ships, invade your plantations, and kill your Ming Dynasty people.
When the time comes, will you really be able to make them listen to you by writing a beautiful article with pen, ink, paper and inkstone in your hand?
In the final analysis, the strategy proposed by Liu Jin was truly in the interests of Ming Dynasty.
It is not only the interests of the generals and nobles, but also the interests of civil servants like them. There is no reason to object.
There is no use in opposing it. It will only alienate Emperor Hongzhi from him and offend more people. By then, you won’t even be able to go to Nanyang to make a fortune.
"What about countries and regions that are more distant and unfamiliar?"
At this time, Fu Han, the Minister of Rites, thought about it and asked.
He finally remembered Liu Jin's words and knew what he should do next and how he should treat these envoys who came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
"As for the more distant countries and regions, the countries in these regions have never had contact with our Ming Dynasty, and there is no cultural contact between them."
"So we should completely focus on the interests of Ming Dynasty."
"Those who have gold and silver, we will rob them of their gold and silver. If we can't rob them, we will go into business and earn their gold and silver."
"If the land is fertile, the country is weak, and the power is low, we will wipe out these local people and seize their land to relocate our Chinese people."
"Like Golden Continent, the entire Golden Continent is very huge, almost the size of several Ming dynasties."
"There is gold and silver everywhere here. The land here is very fertile, with endless plains and the best pastures in the world."
"As for the indigenous people here, their population is very sparse. The total number of people in the entire Golden Continent is not as large as ours. They are also very backward. They are still tribes and they rarely have their own country."
"For a place like this, it is a treasure land given to us Chinese descendants by God. If we do not occupy it, it will not be long before it will be occupied by others."
"There is also Australia. The situation here is similar to that of the Golden Continent. It is rich in resources, fertile land, vast and sparsely populated. Our Ming Dynasty does not even need many people. An army of tens of thousands is enough to easily sweep through these places and provide China with
The descendants will receive vast and endless land."
"As for places like Europe and the Middle East, their civilization is no worse than ours. They have their own civilization. As our Ming Dynasty expands, there will inevitably be conflicts between civilizations between us and the countries in these places in the future."
"In this regard, on the one hand, we must promote Chinese civilization, and on the other hand, we must be wary of the invasion of foreign civilizations."
"I infer that in the future, our Ming Dynasty's strongest opponents will be in Europe and the Middle East."
