Chapter 1773 One or two things about the Kunlun slaves and Wendi
All the officials bowed and agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty." Most of them had long been tired of the endless arguments and were relieved to hear His Majesty's conclusion; a few people did not agree with His Majesty's decision, but now Your Majesty also
I won't say it anymore, and I am thinking about writing a brilliant letter to His Majesty after I go to court. However, there are a few people who heard Yun's last words and said in their hearts: 'Sure enough!'
These people discovered very early that His Majesty seemed to be very afraid of the Kunlun slaves. Ever since the establishment of the Shanghai Shipping Department, he had prohibited food merchants from bringing Kunlun slaves in. If someone secretly brought the Kunlun slaves to the Shanghai Shipping Department, even if they were discovered
He will not be punished, but he will be forced to send the Kunlun slaves back or sell them to other merchants who are about to leave the Ming Dynasty. In the thirteenth year of Jianye, envoys from five Fu countries came to the Ming Dynasty and were received by His Majesty. Part of the content of the meeting was later made public.
, there are also words that strictly prohibit the transportation of Kunlun slaves into the Ming Dynasty. In addition to today's words, it can be seen that His Majesty is indeed very jealous of the Kunlun slaves and does not want any Kunlun slaves to enter the Ming Dynasty and the vassal lands.
'The Central Plains is so big and has a large population. Buying Kunlun slaves from overseas is a huge expense. It is far less cost-effective than buying slaves from Nanyang. How many people are willing to buy them? On the contrary, it is a vassal state, especially the vassal state of His Majesty the Seventh Prince.
, is very close to Kunlun Nu's hometown, and His Majesty secretly issued an order to His Majesty the Seventh Prince to massacre all the local natives. There should be many people who want to buy Kunlun Nu as slaves.'
'But why is Your Majesty so afraid of the Kunlun slaves?' These people were puzzled by this: 'Even if the Kunlun slaves are designated as human beings and enslaved, they are just slaves. How much impact will it have?'
'Of course I did this because of the lessons of future generations.' Yun thought in his heart: 'People's ideas are always changing. When all the people of the Ming Dynasty can enjoy a good life in the future, there will definitely be people with good intentions.
Most people would also agree that if there are Kunlun slaves in the territory, they will also become subjects of the Ming Dynasty and be exempted from the status of slaves.'
'Of course there are good Kunlun slaves who can become national elites, but the problem is that their social development level is too low. The level of civilization development of the Kunlun slaves was at least 3,500 years behind China's by the early Ming Dynasty.
They are four thousand years behind the Indians and three thousand four hundred years behind the Beaver people. Even though the intelligence of the Kunlun slaves is no different from that of other ethnic groups, how much effort will it take to make up for the three thousand years of civilization development gap?
?The Nanyang people are about 500 to 1,000 years behind the Chinese people, and they have not caught up after more than 600 years. If you want to make up for the civilization gap of the Kunlun slaves, you don’t know how much it will cost. Eliminate the slaves
Identity is easy, but no country can continue to help millions of Kunlun slaves get rid of their backward social form and civilization development. Most of the liberated slaves will remain backward, causing huge social problems. A few elites
The birth of " will only cover up this problem but not really solve it.'
'In order to avoid this problem, I not only strictly prohibited the enslavement of Kunlun slaves, but also simply defined the Kunlun slaves as non-human beings from the beginning, and prohibited their enslavement from the ideological point of view, so that Kunlun slaves could not enter the Ming Dynasty and the vassal states in large numbers, even if there were a small amount.
If they enter, when civilization develops in the future and the Kunlun slaves become humans again, it will be easier to improve their level of civilization and avoid causing social problems.'
'I must not only ideologically prohibit the enslavement of Kunlun slaves, but also prohibit the development of the Mojia Hunter Continent. Even if the new sea route cannot be concealed in the future, the development of the Mojia Hunter Continent will not be allowed. We can only occupy small pieces of land along the coast for ships to stop on the way.
Let the Moga Hunter Continent maintain its original ecology forever. In the future, when all the people of the Ming Dynasty live a prosperous life, there will be a completely original 'safari park' to visit." Yun thought at the end, with a smile on his face
The smile disappeared quickly.
"Dear ladies, do you have anything else to report?" the waiter shouted again.
"Your Majesty, I have this memorial." Zhuo Jing, the Minister of Rites, came out to report something, but what he proposed was that Wen Di wanted to marry an aristocratic woman as his wife. Zhuo Jing received the order and asked him to prepare for the wedding.
, although the decree did not specify who the woman who was to marry Wen Di was, the matter was not concealed. Zhuo Jing found out as soon as he inquired about it, and naturally objected to the matter, although he knew that even if he went to remonstrate with His Majesty, he would not do so.
He withdrew his decree, but still remonstrated at the court meeting.
He thought that many officials would also speak out to give advice, but unexpectedly, only a few low-ranking officials spoke out to give advice, and most of them stood still and pretended not to hear. Since His Majesty did not hide Wen Di's words,
Most officials have already known about marrying a Buddhist noblewoman as his wife; even if they come out against the prince marrying a Buddhist woman as his wife, your Majesty only needs to take the precedent of King Zhu of Qinmin marrying a Mongolian woman as his wife.
After they came out, everyone had nothing to say and it was useless to give advice, so no one came out. Yun also easily dismissed Zhuo Jing and others.
But then another official proposed that since the seventh son of the emperor was about to become the king of a vassal, he should be given a title and a country name. This matter really needed to be considered. Yun himself had been thinking about other things these days, so he decided to put this matter aside.
An oversight. However, this cannot be discussed at the court meeting. Yun decided to discuss it after the court meeting.
After saying this, several officials reported a few minor matters, but no one reported the matter again, and the waiter announced his withdrawal from the court.
After all the officials turned around and left Fengtian Palace, Yun Ye quickly left here and returned to Qianqing Palace. On the way, he told Lu Yi: "Go and call Wen Di. I have something to tell him."
"Yes, official." Lu Yi agreed, turned around and left.
Not long after Yun returned to Qianqing Palace, Wen Di rushed over and said to Yun after all the servants had left: "Dad, why did you call your son here?"
"You're not big or small." Yun scolded with a smile and said, "Originally, my father had two things to say to you, but just now someone mentioned another thing when I went to court. Now I have three things to say to you.
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"My father is indeed negligent. I forgot that I have not given you a title. Especially since you have already mentioned that you claimed to be a Grand Duke in Egypt. My father should have given you a title and a title at that time, but you forgot that this was not my father's fault."
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"The son thought that his father was going to formally confer the title on him before he left the capital, but he didn't expect that his father was negligent. But it doesn't matter. Anyway, the son doesn't have to conduct diplomacy with the country in the capital. It doesn't matter whether he has a title or not.
." Wen Di smiled.
"This is different. You will get married in more than half a month. If you have been crowned king, the prince's ceremony can be used at the wedding, which is more beautiful than the prince's ceremony alone." Yun said.
"Father plans to crown his son king?" Wen Di asked sharply.
"Of course you won't be crowned a king. Although your eldest brother was initially crowned a duke, he was promoted to a county king after capturing Bengal. Naturally, you will also be crowned a county king." Yun said with a smile.
"When you didn't come just now, my father looked at the classics from the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, Egypt was called the Kingdom of Wusili. My father took the pronunciation of "Wu" and named you King Wu. The name of the country was Wusili.
country." He added.
"My father's name is well chosen." Wen Di immediately praised: "It is based on the classics of the previous dynasties, and the title and country title are also very nice. It is really good. My father is a great talent."
"Stop flattering your father!" Yun laughed and scolded again: "I went to Egypt and became even more slick. I don't know who taught you. If you talk slickly in front of me again, I will give you a slap and even ask Leo.
Noel came to watch the execution."
"Dad, my son doesn't dare to do that anymore." Wen Di immediately said exaggeratedly, and was naturally laughed at and scolded by Yun again.
The father and son chatted and laughed for a while, and then Yun ordered a scholar from Zhongshu to come in and formulate a decree to confer Wen Di as King Wu. It was expected that the emperor's seventh son would be crowned king, and the scholar was not surprised, so he drafted a plan that was full of literary talent.
After reading the imperial edict, Yun stamped it with a jade seal.
After that, he asked Shiren to step aside and continued to tell Wen Di the second and third things. "The second thing is that my father wants to meet Miura Tomozhen, so you can introduce me to him; the third thing is that my father wants to meet with you."
If you want to summon Zhang Tan, please explain in detail how you discovered Zhang Tan."
"Father, when you meet a minister, why do you need your son's recommendation?" Wen Di asked.
"Why don't you need an introduction? My father has never seen this person before. Not only has he never met him, he has never even heard of it. It would be great if someone could introduce him." Yun said.
"Yes, father." Although Wen Di still felt that no introduction was needed, he did not argue with his father and bowed in agreement.
At this time, Yun picked up the tea cup and took a sip. Wen Di felt that his father had nothing to say to him for the time being, so he waited for the two men to come. After taking a drink of water, he explained in detail how he discovered Zhang Tan.
He only found out about Zhang Tan when his father and son were chatting in Zhongcui Palace one day and remembered Zhang Tan's mention. Yun was very surprised at the time, but did not ask in detail.
But just when he was about to speak, Lu Yi walked in and said softly: "The official, Qilangjun, Miura Youzhen, a minister of the Bohan vassal, and Zhang Tan, the envoy to the west, want to see your majesty."
"It turns out that my father sent someone to announce their visit a long time ago, and my son thought he only sent someone to announce their visit after the court came down," Wen Di said with a smile.
"My father's time is so precious, how can I waste it waiting for my ministers?" Yun Ye said with a smile: "Of course I have to send someone to announce these two people before going to court." He then said to Lu Yi: "Announce Sanpu Friends.
See you in Zhenjing, let Zhang Tan wait for a while in Jinshen Hall."
Lu Yi agreed and stepped back. After a while, a stalwart man wearing a fifth-grade official uniform came in. He knelt down facing Yun who was wearing an imperial robe and said, "I am guarding Qianhu Island in the east of Bofan."
, I have met your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"
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