Wanli Youming

Chapter 362

Chapter 362

Naturally, it was impossible for Zhu Yijun to be so generous in vain and give a large piece of territory to Siam.

What he is doing now is just to intensify the conflict between Siam and the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar.

After all, Ming has not yet been able to completely swallow the whole of Myanmar. At most, it can only establish some strongholds in places such as Mawlamyine and Dagon, and then colonize and emigrate.

But what is certain is that the Burmese Mang Clan will not let Daming settle down and immigrate, and will definitely drive out those who moved here from Daming after their strength is restored in the future.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun needs to bring Siam in, deliberately allocate a large area of ​​southern Myanmar to Siam, so that Siam has to continue to fight against Myanmar in order to eat this piece of meat, maintain enough troops in Myanmar, and must not Do not seek Ming's support.

"His Majesty!"

"Siam also has limited financial resources and a small population. It may be difficult to rule such a large piece of Myanmar."

"Otherwise, it would not have been the case that the Burmese invaded Siam all the time, and it was not Siam that invaded the Burmese."

Fang Fengshi said at this time.

Zhu Yijun pondered for a moment after hearing this, and said: "What you said is that maybe this is just my wishful thinking. I'm afraid Siam may not be willing to commit such crimes against Myanmar and barbarians. Those who eat the land in the world have always been those who are unwilling to make progress. Is it a phenomenon unique to my Huangming?"

"Your Majesty said yes!"

"Study the ancients well and seek truth from facts. It is the great wisdom of China to make long-distance and close-range attacks. Now we are paying Siam, which is not bordered by the Emperor Ming, and attacking Burma and Yi, which are bordered by the Emperor Ming!"

"So, what Your Majesty is doing now is a wise move. As for the problem that Siam may not be able to rule such a large piece of Myanmar, it is not a problem for the minister! My Celestial Dynasty is not only good at destroying the country, but actually better at enriching the country! "

"In my opinion, since Siam needs to fight against Myanmar and Yi, it should not only be supported in military affairs, but also in the interests of the world and the people. We should send officials and craftsmen who are good at water conservancy to support them. Build water conservancy, and even pass on some valuable but not superb weaving skills and smelting skills to Siam, especially the science of arithmetic, making it like North Korea, another small China in the world."

"As the saying goes, a chess player can't just stick to the chess that will be effective immediately, but also play idle chess to make a long-term plan."

At this time, Shen Shixing put forward his own views on Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun looked at Shen Shixing quite happily: "Master Shen is a man who is good at planning after all, and he understands the principles here."

"Your Majesty is wrong!"

Shen Shixing clapped his hands in a hurry.

Zhu Yijun then waved his hand and said, "According to Master Shen's words, destroy Myanmar and help Siam! Let all the barbarians know that those who follow China will be rich! Those who oppose China will surely perish! Let the cabinet discuss and send a reliable person." Officials went to Siam to negotiate with their kings about funding them to rejuvenate the country, enrich the people and even strengthen the army."

"According to the order!"

It is inevitable to achieve the goal of maximizing foreign interests by strengthening diplomatic strategies.

If you want to swallow the world, you have to adopt some of your own dogs, and even have to raise some of your own dogs.

However, diplomacy is only an auxiliary means, even if it is the rewards and concessions that have to be made, the essence is to be able to devour greater benefits in the future.

Zhu Yijun didn't really want to support a powerful Siamese dynasty.

He just wanted Siam to have the ability to rival Myanmar.

In fact, Zhu Yijun hoped that both Siam and Burmese were Han lands. Even if they could not be directly governed by the central court due to climate and geographical factors, they should still be of the same culture as Ming Dynasty.

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"His Majesty!"

"In my opinion, the imperial court should establish a new ritual as soon as possible."

"Mr. Yu Ge wrote to his ministers after his tour in the south, saying that the old folk rituals have collapsed. Common merchants wear silk, rich and powerful households build houses that violate the etiquette, and prostitutes also wear gold hairpins and silver ornaments. It can be seen everywhere!"

"If you really want to talk about the old etiquette, all of these have to be banned! Offenders will even be sent into exile, but if they really want to be banned now, I'm afraid they can't be banned by force. Because of the prosperity of commerce, most of the people in many cities and towns depend on it for a living. It will only hurt the people; the second is that this is conducive to increasing taxes. As long as the court adjusts the tax policy appropriately, in the name of establishing a new ceremony, the people are allowed to pay attention to life, but those who want extravagance need to pay more taxes to the country, instead of just satisfying their selfish desires. Regardless of the country's excessive luxury, the imperial court has no money to strengthen the soldiers and stabilize the people."

"In addition, abandoned babies, foot-binding, and self-eunuchs still exist. If you want to benefit the people and make them respect the common people, these are all indecent!"

"First of all, abandoning babies is not benevolent, and footbinding and self-eunuchs are not filial piety."

"In the construction of new etiquette, first of all, the public should be prohibited from stating that these three are indecent, and they should be strictly prohibited!"

"A country needs more Han people to give birth to children, so as to facilitate the expansion of borders in the future, so abandoning babies needs to be convicted, and the Ministry of Penalties must formulate new laws;"

"The same goes for self-euncation."

"If you really want to give up your filial piety and enter the palace to serve the country and honor your father, you should first ask His Majesty for permission. The most important thing about the new ceremony is that the emperor can only win the love; this will also help prevent traitors from entering the palace."

"As for foot binding, it is inappropriate for domestic mulberry and weaving business, which needs women to work more easily to benefit the family and the country, or domestic industries such as rouge, gouache and gold and silver jewellery, which can bring huge profits, require more women to go out and buy and sell. It is the habit of scholar-bureaucrats to harm filial piety and damage the state."

At this time, Shen Shixing suddenly reported to Zhu Yijun the issue of the construction of new rituals.

Zhu Yijun and the officials around him listened carefully.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun said: "That should be the case! It is strictly forbidden to abandon babies, bind feet, and eunuchs; etiquette should start with respect and end with benevolence. Children should respect their parents and elders, but parents and elders should also treat them with benevolence, which is proper! At the same time, the Ministry of Punishment issued a decree to amend the criminal law, and the parents of abandoned babies, including those who trafficked, should be convicted and punished, and the traffickers who were not parents should be punished more severely, and the parents and parents who prohibited foot-binding should be punished; , other eunuchs will be punished for treason."

"However, governing the country is rewarded and punished in parallel."

"How about this? In order to encourage the people to be willing to raise children, it is clear that in the prosperous dynasty, the increase in taxes should find another way, and no more taxes will be given to those who are troubled! At the same time, the Ministry of Households will discuss it according to the increase in the country's financial resources. Those who have a certain size of Dingkou can be exempted from a certain amount of Dingyin, so that the people are willing to give birth and support."

"For families with natural feet, a certain amount of incentives will be given, and each governor will make a decision according to his local wealth and the annual income of the treasury. In addition, the Ministry of Rites may ask the imperial court to allocate money to some less wealthy families according to the wealth of different places. land, as a reward for encouraging letting go.”

"According to the order!"

After Shen Shixing cupped his hands, he said again: "Your Majesty, in addition to paying respects to the common people, the new ceremony has to rebuild the ritual between the Fanyi and the people. After all, the people are going to be moved to a new place, which involves the relationship between the Han people and the barbarians. Therefore, since the decree should be clear, Han and barbarians should be distinguished, and the king should be transformed."

"The people of my people are the people of the upper country, and the Fanyi are the slaves of the lower country. There is a difference between high and low. Fanyi need to treat the upper country like their parents. By the same token, the Fanyi people need to treat the upper country's people like their parents. The upper country The people can teach them to be immoral!"

"In particular, the superiors of this country can only be dealt with by their own country, and they are not allowed to deal with the superiors. If they are treated, they will be disrespectful to their parents!"

"Order the Ministry of Punishment to formulate a new law on dealing with barbarians in accordance with this."

Zhu Yijun ordered.

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)