Liu Jin returned to the inn where he was staying, picked up his pen and began to write some memorials to Emperor Hongzhi.
The colonial era and the age of navigation brought not only rolling wealth, but also many problems and challenges that came with it.
Slaves are very pleasant to use, but slowly they may become dependent on slaves, and eventually it is very likely to lead to many situations in Europe in later generations, where slaves gradually become like doves occupying magpie's nests.
The introduction of foreign culture, race, and religion will inevitably have an impact on the existing culture, race, and religion. The harm may not be seen in a short period of time, but over time, it will inevitably have a profound impact.
The Mongols almost came close to conquering the world back then, but in the end it was the Mongols who conquered the world?
Or were the Mongols conquered by the ideas, culture and religion of other powerful civilizations?
This is a question worth pondering, and it is also an issue that requires high attention and prevention in advance.
"Your Majesty, I, Liu Jin, tell you that the land of Nanyang is located at the intersection of the East and the West. As our Ming Dynasty's national power flourished, it swept across all directions, and more and more foreigners gathered in Nanyang."
"With the arrival of foreigners, there are not only their goods and wealth, but also the culture, ideas and religion they brought with them~"
"The rise of the slave trade will inevitably bring more people from more distant places, and various cultures and ideas will continue to collide in our Ming Dynasty, which will have a profound impact."
"I believe that our Ming Dynasty should attach great importance to this, learn from the lessons of history, resolutely promote our Chinese Confucian culture and ideas, and take the essence of foreign cultures and ideas and discard the dross..."
"First, countries that are not vassal of our Ming Dynasty should be strictly prohibited from settling in our Ming Dynasty, purchasing land and real estate, building temples, spreading religion, etc. They are only allowed to do business in specific trading areas and limit the scope and time of their stay.
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"Second, establish a complete household registration system and conduct an inventory of the population of our Ming Dynasty. I suggest exempting the population tax from this. Only in this way can we better conduct an inventory of the population of our Ming Dynasty."
"While establishing the household registration system, we, the Ming Dynasty, should distinguish the people under the rule of the Ming Dynasty and divide them into several levels. The highest level is naturally our descendants of Yan and Huang, and the lowest level is the lowest slave."
"Concerning slaves, I believe that our homeland of the Ming Dynasty should strictly prohibit the entry of slaves in order to protect the sanctity of our vast land."
"Slaves are only allowed to be promoted and used in provinces other than the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, strict measures should be taken against slaves. Male slaves are castrated to terminate their offspring. Female slaves can be appropriately given to my wifeless wife in the Ming Dynasty.
People? Encourage them to marry people of my Ming Dynasty to increase the population of my Ming Dynasty."
"Third, vigorously promote our Chinese civilization, Confucian thoughts and doctrines, especially in overseas places. All foreign people who have newly been incorporated into our Ming Dynasty should be vigorously promoted."
"Change Chinese surnames, learn Chinese characters, wear Chinese clothes? Speak in Mandarin? When vigorously promoting it, appropriate rewards should be given to appropriately improve its level."
"Fourth, the number of overseas provinces and trading ports should not be too large to facilitate the centralized management and control of foreign merchants and slaves."
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Liu Jin picked up his pen and began to write a memorial to Emperor Hongzhi eloquently. He wrote a lot of content, mainly the policies formulated in response to the many influences brought by slaves and outsiders in terms of thought, culture and religion.
This is a series of policies Liu Jin came up with for the sake of the Ming Dynasty for generations to come.
The Ming Dynasty is different from Europe. The whole of Europe combined is about the same size as the Ming Dynasty. But in terms of population, the official statistics of the population of the Ming Dynasty are 60 million? If you include the concealed population, etc., the population of the Ming Dynasty may exceed 10,000.
Ten thousand.
But the total population of Europe during this period is estimated to be less than half of that of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, in the following colonial era and maritime age, the Ming Dynasty could be much less dependent on slaves, unlike Europeans who were very dependent on slaves.
In many colonies, these Europeans would have no way to operate without their slaves.
Similarly, because these European countries are too small and have small populations, even though they have plundered huge wealth from colonies around the world, they can still be said to be weak in national power.
In order to rule the global colonies, they could only rely on colonial strongholds and mainly plunder wealth. Only with the rise of the industrial revolution did they gradually turn to the plunder of raw materials and the dumping of goods.
But it was different in Ming Dynasty.
He itself has a huge land and population, and has strong national power.
In the colonial era and the navigation era, Ming Dynasty not only needed to plunder the wealth of the colonies, but more importantly, Ming Dynasty could even swallow the bones of the colonies.
With enough population, enough people can be relocated.
This means that the rule of the colonies can be more solid, and it will not happen like that of later Europeans. With the spread of global national liberation ideas, colonies around the world became independent one after another, disintegrating their centuries-old colonial rule.
This is the fundamental difference between the Ming Dynasty and European countries.
Realizing this, naturally we cannot all learn from Europeans in terms of colonial policy, and more should be formulated based on the Ming Dynasty's own situation.
For example, in terms of slaves, the Ming Dynasty has a sufficient population and a sufficient labor force, so it does not need so many slaves. It only needs to liberate the minds of the people of the Ming Dynasty and make them willing to immigrate overseas.
Naturally, these slaves are not so precious and indispensable. These slaves can be castrated completely, so as not to cause the embarrassing situation of later Europeans, where doves occupy the magpie's nest.
Encourage births and encourage Ming people to take foreign women as concubines. Naturally, the population of Ming Dynasty can grow explosively. With a sufficient population, there will be enough pulling power to develop colonies.
Moreover, Liu Jin is a time traveler, so he will not let the industrial revolution come slowly. Liu Jin has already asked people to study steam engines. I believe that this kind of thing without much technical content will be developed soon.
Perhaps in a dozen or twenty years, the industrial revolution will come, and then there will be no need for so many slaves.
What Ming Dynasty needs is land and a wider living space. As for population and labor force, these are not what Ming Dynasty urgently needs.
After writing the memorial, Liu Jin looked at it carefully again and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
What he saw today also touched Liu Jin a lot.
Hundreds of Persians and Middle Easterners dared to come to the government offices of Nanyang Province to make trouble and make demands to Wu Yang. In terms of aspects, the people of Ming Dynasty were inferior to these people.
People in the Ming Dynasty have always paid attention to accepting things and lacked the spirit of resistance. This is also true in later generations.
Even though it is a global power, its citizens are always bullied internationally. They may not dare to bully the stick, but they will definitely dare to bully you?
What is the reason for this phenomenon?
Does Ming Dynasty look like an elephant?
This doesn't seem to be nonsense.
If you think about it carefully, it is indeed the case.
Ming Dynasty is very big and powerful, but it is like an elephant. People are not afraid of it, and even bully it from time to time.
Only when you really piss it off, when the elephant is truly angry, will you know how scary it is.
It lacks a wolfish nature.
"The United Western Trading Company captured the island of Ceylon. This may be a good thing. It can arouse the wolf nature of the nation. The wolf travels thousands of miles to eat meat. I am afraid that more and more trading houses and people will imitate the Western Trading Company and set off private riots around the world.
Colonial Era.”
Soon, Liu Jin thought of the Western United Trading Company and Ceylon Island.
The United Western Trading Company boldly used troops on the island of Ceylon and was very successful in obtaining huge profits at a very small cost. The news must have almost reached the capital.
At that time, more people will inevitably be stimulated to go overseas to establish more colonies, and the wolf nature will gradually return.
"Perhaps more encouragement should be given. From now on, Ceylon Island should be regarded as the private land of the Western United Trading Company."
"Only in this way can we encourage more people to go overseas and build more colonies."
Liu Jin touched his chin and began to think deeply. Thinking of this, he picked up the pen and wrote a letter to Liu Jian and Li Dongyang in the court.
This matter will soon be reported back to the Ming Dynasty. At that time, there will be a fierce debate between the government and the public about how to deal with Ceylon Island.
Liu Jin's attitude was to support private ownership of the island of Ceylon. It was nominally the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but it was owned by the Western United Trading Company, and he encouraged everyone to colonize overseas.
"I'm afraid that by then, the princes, big and small, in the Ming Dynasty will no longer be able to sit still. They are allowed to be privately owned and have a certain amount of armed forces. They will definitely want to go overseas to occupy a piece of land and establish their own country, China.
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"Perhaps we can also sweep out these princes of the old Zhu family at that time, so that they will not be like blood-sucking insects attached to Da Ming's body and suck his blood."
Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't help but laugh and started writing faster.