"Sir, ahead is the town of Bellary. After passing this town, you can reach the capital in another day's walk."
After listening to the guide's introduction, Wang Chong couldn't help but take out his telescope and ride on horseback to observe carefully.
Among the disciples who followed Wang Yuan to Tianzhu, Wang Chong should have the highest position. He has been the censor of the left deputy capital for three years. As long as he does not make mistakes, he can be promoted to the censor of the right capital after passing the qualifications. By then, his rank will be equivalent to that of the six ministers.
But Wang Chong resigned anyway, firstly to repay his teacher's kindness, and secondly because he felt that staying in Ming Dynasty was boring.
The little emperor made it clear that he wanted to gather power. Although he did not dare to suppress the royal party indiscriminately, he still made some small moves overtly and covertly.
As Wang Yuan's proud disciple, Wang Chong was stuck in the awkward position of left deputy censor of the capital. If he wanted to be promoted smoothly, he had to completely surrender to the emperor, which would be a huge blow to his moral character and reputation.
Would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix, Wang Chong resigned decisively and went to sea.
Of course, there are also family considerations.
Wang Chong was born in the Wang family of Jinhua, a scholarly family and a prominent local family. In recent years, Zhejiang's business has boomed. The Wang family first planted a large number of mulberry and raised silkworms. Then, through Wang Chong's connections, they took the lead in acquiring several steam spinning machines and became one of the best factories in Jinhua.
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The elders of the Wang family were not satisfied with just production. They also pooled their money to buy a seagoing ship and successfully joined the Guangyuan Society, specializing in trade routes between China, Japan and China and North Korea.
The competition between these two routes has become increasingly fierce. The Wang family has set its sights on the newly developed Tianzhu, but is blocked by the Tianzhu Cotton Fair and cannot operate, so they can only transport luxury goods to Gujarat for sale.
Wang Chong resigned from office and went to sea to follow Wang Yuan to Tianzhu, which was equivalent to opening up a new trade route for the Wang family of Jinhua!
Compared with Wang Chong's various thoughts, Qi Jiguang is much simpler, because the Qi family is already too poor to open the pot.
Qi Jiguang was the only son in the family, and his father did not give birth to him until he was fifty-six years old.
When Qi Jiguang came of age, his father was already over seventy years old. How could he keep the land passed down by his ancestors?
Historically, Qi Jiguang inherited the military position at the age of sixteen. Every fish cooked at home would be divided into two meals. At noon, there were only fish heads and tails. He asked his wife where the belly of the fish was, and she replied that she had eaten it. However, during dinner, her wife
Then take out the belly of the fish.
At that time, Qi Jiguang could still inherit the military position, but this time and space was even worse.
Because the military post he was in had been abolished by the imperial court, the hereditary military attache position was bought out at one time. Some of the money spent to buy out the military position was withheld by officials. His father was ill and most of it was spent on funerals. Moreover, he was converted into a private household.
Qi Jiguang was determined to become an official in the imperial examination, and he earned a lot of money from studying.
Until this year, Qi Jiguang finally couldn't bear it anymore and even had to ask his wife to go back to her parents' house to borrow rice for meals.
Hearing that Grand Master Wang Yuan had been granted the title of Tianzhu, and that Wang Chong was recruiting soldiers to go to sea, Qi Jiguang decisively took his wife with him. His parents were both dead, and his family had no money and no children. He only took a poor wife with him, so he left very badly.
Simple and neat.
Wang Chong went to sea this time and brought with him more than a thousand military households and their families, making a total of more than 4,000 immigrants.
When everyone arrived outside the town, they saw a group of cavalry rushing towards them. The officer reined in his horse and clasped his fists, asking: "Are they your Majesty's immigrants?"
Wang Chong replied: "Exactly."
The officer warned: "Go to the town and be on guard. There is a war going on near Nerari Town."
Wang Chong asked: "Is someone making trouble?"
The officer explained: "There are gold, copper, and iron mines in the mountains around the town. The Tianzhu Cotton Association has handed over the gold mines and iron mines to the imperial court, but the owner of the copper mine is a Tianzhu nobleman. This guy is unwilling to hand over the copper.
Mine, actually summoned the people to resist stubbornly, I will go and kill this beast as soon as possible!"
The cavalry rode away, and Wang Chong led the immigrants to the outside of the town, where they set up camp and prepared to light a fire for cooking.
The Han immigrants were ordered not to move around, so Qi Jiguang and his wife Wang Ying had their own errands. Qi Jiguang helped set up camp, while Wang Ying and other women set up a stove to cook a big pot of rice, and some women organized a group to wash clothes by the river.
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After setting up camp, it was almost dark.
Qi Jiguang looked towards the town and vaguely noticed that many Han people were dressed in very cheap coolie clothes (Ming Dynasty version of denim clothes).
Although night had fallen at this time, the town was filled with flames and the sound of knocking could be heard from time to time.
This town is densely populated by mines and is almost occupied by wealthy businessmen from Foshan. It is the largest iron smelting base under Wang Yuan's rule. There is also a gold shop, which mainly smelts gold and also makes a small amount of gold jewelry part-time.
The gold mines here have been mined for hundreds of years and are almost exhausted, otherwise the Tianzhu Cotton Association would definitely not be willing to let them go.
Of course, there are gold mines nearby, but they have not been discovered yet.
As for the largest gold mine in India, it is in Kolar (near Bangalore), located halfway from Malang Port to Peiyang City. It has a history of two thousand years of gold mining. There are not just one or two mines, but a 6,000-meter-long mine.
, a gold mining belt four kilometers wide. In another time and space, with the advancement of mining technology, after the open-pit gold mines were mined, they were mined underground. There were gold mines at the deepest point of 3,200 meters underground.
The gold mines in the Kolar area were originally occupied by local nobles. One person occupied two or three mines and mined gold using the most primitive methods.
After being discovered by the shareholders of the Cotton Society, several shareholders went through the land purchase procedures without telling the Cotton Society. Then several private soldiers formed an army and fought for half a year before they finally succeeded and successfully seized several gold mines.
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The Tianzhu Cotton Conference realized it later, but it was too late. The gold mine was actually occupied by a few ordinary shareholders, and the other parties had gone through legal procedures at the Cotton Conference in advance!
Therefore, the Tianzhu Cotton Association held a shareholders' meeting and collectively forced the mine owners to pay taxes, stipulating that 20% of the gold mined each year should be handed over to the Cotton Association as protection fees.
Wang Yuan already knew about this, but it was a bit far away from the capital, so he couldn't spare any time to deal with it for the time being.
The solution is actually very simple. The country's gold, silver and copper mines are declared state-owned, and only iron ores are allowed to be mined privately. The reason for opening up the iron ore mines is to stimulate the development of iron smelting and industry and commerce.
"Boom boom boom!"
Qi Jiguang was eating by the light of the campfire when he suddenly heard the sound of cannons in the distance.
Wang Chong also stood up and then sat down again.
The cavalry carried a small cannon and actually attacked all night. It may be a feint attack, intending to tire the enemy at night and launch a real attack the next day.
The whole night was silent and we continued on the road the next day.
Arriving in Peiyang in the afternoon, Qi Jiguang and other thousands of immigrants were temporarily placed outside the city to rest.
At this moment, Wu Chengen and other disciples of the Jishi Sect were conducting an inventory of land and population in the Gyeonggi area.
The land in Gyeonggi was either bought by the shareholders of the Cotton Society, or distributed to the Han army and the indigenous servant army. Now that the soldiers have been transferred out by Wang Yuan, they can safely and boldly clear the fields. It will probably be cleared by the time the army returns to Beijing.
It's just a bit of a headache to make the household registration. The names of the indigenous people are all transliterated, and there are no transliteration standards. Just looking at them makes your head spin.
"Zhongde, you are finally here." Wang Yuan said happily.
Wang Chong said: "Your Majesty, the first batch of military households and their families only brought more than 5,000 people."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "It's okay, take your time. Now that you're here, call everyone together to discuss matters."
This is a ruined country. Not only is the royal palace dilapidated, but there is no official government office. In the past, the Tianzhu Cotton Association occupied private houses and temples to work.
In addition to Wang Chong, the people discussing the matter also included Fang Lingxi and other physics disciples, Wu Rulin and other members of the Wang family, and the military generals were not present because they had missions.
Wang Yuan handed out the printed pamphlet and said with a smile: "There is no rule without rules. The founding of the country has its own regulations. Let's take a look first."
Wang Chong took the pamphlet and looked at it. On the cover was "Outline of the Imperial Constitution of Tianzhu".
Xian, this word has many meanings, namely: law, model, calendar, method, imitation, thinking.
Everyone immediately understood that this was something similar to the "Ancestor Instructions of the Emperor Ming".
Wang Chong opened the book and read only the preface, and his expression immediately became serious.
Why can a country become a country?
Why can a king have legal authority?
The first eight words of the "Outline of the Imperial Constitution of the Kingdom of Tianzhu" read: "We are born with all nations, and we think of China."
Heaven is the creator of everything, and the people of Heaven are the Chinese nation.
"Three emperors and five emperors created China. King Wu of Zhou and Qin determined the world."
The origin of our civilization was created by the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Our national concept was established by King Wu of Zhou and Qin Shihuang.
"How big is the world? In ancient times, there was only the Central Plains. The sages of hundreds of generations have traced the road to Qin, Jin, Qilu, Jingchu, Bashu, Wuyue, Yunnan and Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi, Hetao, the Western Regions, and the Northeast. Today's world has four seas and no seas.
The Chinese people live there. Today, in the Ming Dynasty, China is prosperous, and the people have multiplied by billions. The land is small and there are many people. How can the Chinese people live? The overseas land is a gift from God!"
A country needs to have national consciousness.
A nation needs a national consensus.
Otherwise, it will be at a loss, it will be difficult for people to reunite, and the country will lose its legal authority.
The emperor of China does not need to think too much, because the national consensus has long been formed. It is nothing more than the innate imperial power. The emperor is the son of heaven and is ordered by heaven to rule the people. Therefore, the place where the emperor and officials go to court is called "Fengtian Hall".
The emperor is called the "Emperor of Fengtian Chengyun". The collective consensus of the people is to "respect the heaven and ancestors", fear God and respect their ancestors.
In the United States of another time and space, its national consensus is as follows: God gave the land of America to the Puritans, America is the land of God's promise, and the United States is the country of God's promise.
Therefore, no matter how many bad things the early immigrants of the United States did in North America, they were all allowed by God and encouraged by God. The United States dominates the world and causes trouble everywhere, which is also God's will. Because the United States is God's favorite, Americans
The spirit of freedom and democracy needs to be spread to every corner of the world.
Wang Yuan recruited a group of people to come to Tianzhu to found the country, but he needed legal rule and a national consciousness, otherwise he would have won the country unfairly. Even his ministers believed in their hearts that they were the people of Ming Dynasty, not the people of Tianzhu who were struggling.
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Therefore, Wang Yuan must obtain the rationality for founding the country.
That is to say, all peoples were born, and the Chinese nation was born. The Chinese nation should have owned the world.
In ancient times, there were only nine states in the Central Plains. With the hard work of the sages of the past generations, the world expanded to include Bashu, Jingchu, Wuyue, Yunnan and Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi, the Western Regions, the grasslands and the Northeast. Now, the population of the Ming Dynasty has exploded, and China cannot accommodate so many days.
As a result, people discovered the earth, and all overseas lands were given by God.
From now on, the country of origin of the Chinese nation is China, and the Chinese emperor is the emperor. However, the emperor can only govern China, and the rest of the people have the obligation to create more territories for China, establish more countries, and let the people of heaven have a real world.
This was Wang Yuan's original intention in founding the country, and it was also the legal basis for Wang Yuan's founding of the country.
If the name is not right, then the words will not be right. Wang Yuan must first make his name right, and at the same time give his people a goal and collective consciousness!