"No courtesy." Zhu Zhen forgot for a moment that the person in front of him was the emperor. He seemed to have returned to the time when Zhu Biao was still alive, and he joked. But then he realized it and said quickly: "Official, I'm rude."
"It doesn't matter," Yunxi said with a smile: "It's just a joke. It's okay to make a few random jokes between uncle and nephew. My nephew won't mind."
Zhu Zhen murmured a few words, then suddenly thought of something, and said again: "The official family, there is still one matter that has not been resolved."
"What's the matter?"
"How to make people from the Central Plains willing to go to the Hanzhou Continent?" Zhu Zhen frowned slightly: "If you want to educate the savages, whether they are descendants of the Yin Shang or not, you need a lot of people. But the Hanzhou Continent is only 20,000 miles away from the Central Plains.
Far away, much farther than the Northeast, the Western Regions, and the Southeast Asia. People from the Central Plains may not be willing to go to the Hanzhou continent. How can we educate them if there are no people there?"
Zhu Zhen was not naive, thinking that he himself had a passion and a few great Confucian scholars who were familiar with Confucian classics could educate those people.
"My nephew has just spoken to Youdou, asking him to write a story about the land of gold, mountains and silver in the Han Continent. After it is written, it will be distributed across the country for troupes to perform." Yunxi said.
"This," Zhu Zhen, like Zhu Youdou, quickly understood what Yun Xi meant and was surprised that he made such a decision. But he thought about it and said: "In the official family, even so, those people picked it
The gold and silver will not stay in the local area, but will be returned to the Ming Dynasty with the gold and silver. In the end, the gold and silver in the Hanzhou continent will be mined, but there will still not be many people left in the local area."
"Moreover, if so many people who are willing to risk drowning in the sea to mine gold on the Hanzhou continent gather together in one place, and they compete for gold and silver, there will be chaos, which is not a blessing to the country."
"Uncle Liu, you are a bit biased in thinking this way." Yunxi said: "How can the gold and silver in Hanzhou continent be mined so easily? Many gold and silver mines are in the hands of local people. It is impossible not to defeat them.
Mining gold and silver.”
"And so many people go to the Hanzhou continent to mine gold and silver, how to solve the problem of food, clothing, housing and transportation? Slowly, smart people will make money by providing food, drink, use, and clothing to the gold miners at high prices. You can do this
There was no way to make big money in the Ming Dynasty. They had no choice but to stay there. There were also those who risked their dreams of getting rich overnight to go to the Hanzhou continent but ended up with nothing, so they had to stay there. In this way, the Hanzhou continent
There will be many more people.”
"As for order. Uncle Liu, in order to occupy the entire Hanzhou Continent as soon as possible, he can only slightly sacrifice order. The vassal king who was granted the title of Hanzhou Continent can only build the city to ensure order near the city, and can only turn a blind eye to other places.
Already." Yunxi looked a little bit in a dilemma at this time.
"My nephew will not only let many people who want to get rich overnight go to Hanzhou Continent, but after the Chinese New Year, when it is still cold in all parts of the country, my nephew will let soldiers from all over the country suppress bandits, eliminate most of them, and leave some
, and were exiled to the Hanzhou Continent. Those who committed crimes and were arrested, as long as their crimes were enough to be exiled, were also exiled to the Hanzhou Continent."
"This." Zhu Zhen lowered his head in thought. Yunxi took the opportunity to lower his head, took out a pen and paper from his waist and wrote a few words. Then he raised his head again and smiled at Yunwen who was sitting on his left and was thinking about something:
"Second brother, what are you thinking about?"
"If the natives of Hanzhou Continent are really descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, then they are descendants of the Chinese Miao. Since they are descendants of the Chinese Miao, as the officials said, people should be sent to re-educate them and return them to Chinese orthodoxy."
"Especially those people who were taken under Uncle Twelve's command. They were probably originally Chinese Miao people, but when they arrived in Hanzhou, they were driven out of the tribe because the local water and soil could not support many people, and later they became savages. It's really pitiful.
Now that I, the Ming Dynasty, have discovered them, we must not allow these Chinese Miao people to still make a living by fishing and hunting." Yun Wen kept talking.
Yun He wanted to laugh a little after hearing Yun Wen's words, but he still held it back, straightened his clothes and said, "My brother is very happy that he has such thoughts."
"Our Chinese civilization is the most advanced civilization in the world. It should be spread to the outside world and educate barbarians and people who are not advanced in civilization."
"However, most of the great Confucian scholars in the world are not interested in this. They only want to bury their heads in piles of paper and study, rather than educate the barbarians. Don't you know that the more scholars who study Confucianism, the more Confucianism will be able to achieve great development?"
"So my brother has always encouraged Confucians to educate the barbarians, but many people regard this as a wrong approach. This really makes me sad."
"Since my brother is willing to civilize the barbarians, I have ordered the establishment of a Department of Education under Lifanyuan. Confucian scholars from all over the world who are willing to educate all peoples will be summoned to this department to study how to civilize the barbarians and personally go to civilize the barbarians. I will temporarily promote this department with my brother.
Temporarily take over the position of doctor."
"Huh?" Yunwen hummed in surprise. He thought that after Yunxi said so much, he would ask him to go to the Hanzhou Continent to educate the barbarians. Although he was a little reluctant to live a superior life in Hangzhou, he was worried that he would not be able to adapt to the Hanzhou Continent.
, he is not willing to stay away from his wife and children, but firstly, he really wants to spread Confucianism widely. Secondly, he also understands that his status is special and different from ordinary princes, and he wants to rule like Yun Zhen.
It is very difficult to be on one side. It is only possible on the Hanzhou Continent which is very far away from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, in order to get the opportunity to govern a place according to one's own ideas, the only choice is to go to the Hanzhou Continent.
But he never expected that he was already ready to go to Hanzhou Continent, but Yunxi asked him to stay in the capital and head the Education and Hua Department.
"Guan family, I am very willing to go to Hanzhou Continent to educate the barbarians. It is better to leave the charge of the Education Department to others. There are so many great scholars in the Ming Dynasty, there must be someone who can take charge of this department."
Yunwen took the initiative to apply. Originally, his desire to educate the barbarians was not strong, and he was worried about how he would arrange his wife and children after establishing a capital city. However, Yunxi did not let him go, but instead aroused his strong desire to go to the Hanzhou continent.
.
"Second brother, although there are many great scholars in the Ming Dynasty, you are the prince. Only by taking charge of this department can you show that the court attaches great importance to this department. So, second brother, you are the most suitable." Yunxi looked a little moved, but
After thinking about it for a while, I still refused.
After that, Yunxi persuaded him a few more times, but Yunxi refused to listen. He was about to persuade him again, but at this time, the program of the Spring Festival Gala had ended, and Yunxi got up and left. He had no choice but to give it up. But he looked at Yunxi's face.
Looking back, he whispered: "I must go to the Hanzhou continent to teach the barbarians. Tomorrow, Yunxi will receive the envoys from the foreign countries during the day, and hold a banquet with the ministers in the evening. It is better not to enter the palace. Wait for the day after tomorrow, and I will start the day after tomorrow.
I go to the palace to see him every day, and I must persuade him to agree to my going to Hanzhou.'
While he was talking to himself, he thought of Yunxi's helpless expression when he was playing with his children and heard that he had entered the palace, and he couldn't help but secretly laugh.
But he didn't know that all his performances, although Yunxi didn't see them, were all expected.
Why did Yunxi suddenly mention Hanzhou today and say that the local barbarians were descendants of the Yin Shang? It was entirely to develop the Hanzhou continent as quickly as possible.
Hanzhou Continent is the last undeveloped fertile land in the world. Whoever occupies it will have the future. But Europe is much closer to Hanzhou Continent than the Ming Dynasty was to Hanzhou Continent. As long as they continue to explore south along the African coastline
, as long as a ship gets lost and is lucky enough not to be wiped out by the waves, the mainland of Hanzhou will be discovered. Then countless fanatics who are persecuted for their beliefs, want to escape punishment for their crimes, and want to get rich will flock to Hanzhou.
Continent, from south to north.
In particular, the distance from Brazil to Europe is roughly the same as the distance from the United States to Europe, and there are ocean currents flowing from Europe to Brazil. At the same time, Brazil is indeed the farthest place from the Ming Dynasty. If it develops step by step, it will not develop even for two to three hundred years.
Once you get to Brazil, Brazil will eventually be occupied by Europeans. Not only Brazil, but the entire south may be conquered by Europeans first.
Yunxi is very greedy. He wants to turn the entire Hanzhou continent into a place for Han people, and he will never tolerate this happening. Therefore, he wants to use the fastest speed to spread Han people all over the Hanzhou continent. For this goal, he can only
Use every method you can think of.
And all he could think of were examples that actually happened in history. Historically, California had experienced great development due to the gold rush, so he encouraged the gold rush; historically, Australia had been populated by exiles, so he brought out the gangsters.
In the past; in history, when a priest went to the New World to preach, he sent Confucian scholars there who were willing to civilize the barbarians.
He hesitated for a long time about which vassal kings to choose to go to the New World, and finally chose Zhu Zhen, King of Chu, and Zhu Yunwen, King of Wu. Zhu Zhen and Zhu Bai had always been on good terms. They had led troops into many battles and were good at fighting. They were also more knowledgeable about Taoism than they were about Taoism.
He was interested in Buddhism, and his performance after coming to the capital was enough to prove that he was interested in Hanzhou continent, so he was chosen.
Choosing Zhu Yunwen is even easier. Zhu Yunwen has a special status. He has to bother to monitor him if he stays with him. It would be better to throw him to the Hanzhou continent. Moreover, he is also willing to civilize the barbarians.
But precisely because of his special status, if he blocks Zhu Yunwen as casually as he did to Zhu Zhen, it will definitely arouse public discussion and affect his reputation. For the sake of his own reputation, he must let Zhu Yunwen take the initiative to request, and he must
I had to refuse a few times, and finally agreed like I had no choice.
‘In a few days, Yunwen will come to me and ask me to go to Hanzhou Continent. I will refuse him three more times, and then I will agree to him after the fourth time.’ Yunxi thought.
"Historically, the first people in Europe to go to the north of the New World were hooligans, bandits and Puritans. I didn't expect that I would also embark on this path." Yunxi smiled at himself: "It seems that the development of things has its own internal laws. If you are willing to do it on a large scale,
The only people who want to develop the New World are those who can't survive on the old roads.'
"The bandits and criminals captured alive during the suppression of bandits are the same as the bandits and criminals in Europe. Those who dream of getting rich overnight and going to the New World are equivalent to hooligans, Confucianists, and Puritans. No, historically the Puritans were persecuted and had to go to the New World, but Confucianists were not persecuted.
, cannot be equated with the Puritans. What can be equated with the Puritans is..."
Yunxi thought as he walked to his seat. At this time, all the clan members had stood up and planned to go back. The people who had just performed had already left, and many eunuchs were dismantling the stage.
Yunxi clapped his hands and asked everyone to turn their attention to him, and then said: "Uncles and brothers, you should have heard that I ordered all the officials attending the banquet tomorrow to learn a musical instrument and play it during the banquet.
People who can’t play instruments dance in front of the table.”
"Since I have such requirements for all officials, the royal family naturally has to set an example. So in the next half hour, my uncle or brother who can play instruments came to my side to play instruments, and the rest of the people danced below."
"Not only here, but also over there, I have ordered the queen to lead everyone in music and dancing."
"Ah!" Everyone suddenly exclaimed in surprise. Although many people thought about whether he would ask them to do this after hearing the news that Yunxi ordered the officials to play music and dance during the banquet, he did not ask them after that.
When I mentioned this matter, I felt relieved, thinking that Yunxi would not ask them like this, but who knew that he would make a surprise attack during the New Year's Eve banquet!
Yunxi completely ignored the objections below and continued: "Since I mentioned this matter, I will set an example by playing a song first and then dancing with all the brothers."
"Yunxi, you are not yet fifteen years old this year. I won't let you dance this time. I will take all my brothers and nephews who are under fifteen years old and sit aside to watch my uncle and elder brother play music and dance." He said to Yunxi again.
Xi said. Yunxi nodded hurriedly, and then called the children beside him to step back to the side.
After that, Yunxi sat down by himself and took a harp from Wang Xi. The musicians also came over quickly, bowed to him and sat in front of him.
Yunxi plucked the harp twice. He began to practice the instrument after this idea came to his mind. In a few months, although his level was still not high, he was finally able to play two complete pieces of music.
Seeing that Yunxi had put on this posture, everyone knew that it was inevitable. Those who knew how to play musical instruments, such as Zhu Youdou, also hurried over and asked Wang Xi for the instruments they were good at, and then sat next to Yunxi and prepared to play.
; Standing in the audience who did not know how to play an instrument, although he secretly regretted that he should not return to Beijing this year, he could only prepare to dance.
"La!" As the sound of the erhu sounded, the musicians began to play, and Yunxi and others quickly followed. Everyone in the venue had to twist.
Yunxi looked to the side again. There was a room with dark windows, and two painters who were very good at painting were hiding inside, painting for everyone present. On the side of the female guests, there was also such a dark room and
Two painters.
While playing the harp, Yunxi looked at the people who were dancing awkwardly in the field and couldn't help but laugh out loud. Thinking of the picture that was about to be painted, he thought to himself: "Even if the artist's level is not high, this painting will be like this for future generations."
It should be very expensive. After all, people at that time would have thought that this was the starting point of the Ming Renaissance.'