"Then according to you, how can you be forced?"

"All kinds of isms and lofty terms are piled up......"

"Haha! Pull it down! History has proven that the higher the name of this country, the more unworthy it is! According to historical experience, it has always been the ...... that the name of the country often hangs on what the country lacks in the name of the country."

Xu Zhi, who had not spoken, suddenly laughed.

"Brother Xu, this statement is a bit ...... black"

"Brother Xu is also from here......"

"Brother Xu, how do you say this?"

"To name a few examples, the Great Celestial Carthaginian People's Utopian Jamahiriya, how about the name? Tall, right? Also, the Union of Utopian Republics of the Rakshasa People's Congress, oh, by the way, there is one more: the Great Goryeo Myeongist Popular Republic......"

After Xu Zhi finished speaking, he looked at the somewhat confused crowd and smiled:

"How about these names? Why don't we refer to the reference and get one for ourselves? ”

"Okay, okay, you Xiao Xu is talking black again......"

Some old guys hurriedly shook their hands and motioned for Xu Zhi to sit down.

"Hey, as Shelley famously said: Humans are good at coining the best names to cover up their ignorance!"

Sun Lao responded with a smile.

"Yes, if you want me to say, it would be more appropriate to replace the word ignorance with shameless!"

Barrister Li Junming added quietly in the corner at this time.

Seeing that the bigwigs had ambiguous opinions, everyone began to be at a loss.

"I heard that there is something amazing in the name of the country......

"It seems that there is a university question in the name of this country!"

"Forget it, if you want me to say, it's better to have a shorter name, it's easy to call!"

"Yes, I don't read much, so my name is shorter and easier to remember."

"Yes, yes, it's easy to write."

"No matter how bad it is, when you write the ** organization brand in the future, the number of words is less and the brand is shorter, and you can save public money......"

"Yes, yes, yes! It's also eco-friendly! ”

Everyone listened to another burst of noise, and the conference room was in chaos again.

"What the hell are you complaining about? Sometimes I have to admire you guys who are curious and tricky......"

Someone in the crowd finally interrupted the strange people's discussion.

"That's it! Let's call it the Federation, the Commonwealth of Australia ......"

At this time, someone in the crowd chimed in.

Peng Qiang, who was encouraged, stood up at this time and said loudly:

"Our system must be more open, more inclusive, more free, more civilized than Europe and North America.

Someone just said that there is a strong smell of the free world, and that's right! We are here to build a truly free world! We want to declare to the world that the Commonwealth of Australia is a paradise for those who yearn for freedom, equality and fraternity, and there is no emperor, no slave, and no slave.

Everyone here is born equal, enjoy equal basic personal rights, this is the world of fraternity, science, rule of law and reason, people living in this land, as long as they are kind and hardworking, then they will have a good life, please don't laugh at me! ”

Peng Qiang said this, pointing to a few people in the crowd who wanted to refute the problem, and said even more impassionedly:

"The banner of freedom and equality belongs to the progressive human beings of the world, and do not denigrate and mock our desire to build a better society because it feels like a utopia and a fantasy, which is the source of ideas for human society to get rid of darkness and move towards light!"

"Peng Qiang! I find that you always say something amazing that is not appropriate for your age. ”

"Could it be that you are really pierced by a human soul?"

"Don't get excited, touch it, we support you......"

"Hey, the Federation or something, it's not as good as the Empire......"

"Let's talk about the name of the country!"

"Yes, it's still early to go to sea, and we'll talk about it then."

"And this time I went to sea to the southern continent, and even if I met people, I was an indigenous ...... of the Stone Age."

So Peng Qiang was immediately touched and patted on the shoulder by the friends sitting around, his hair was immediately rubbed into a chicken nest again, and he was also blushing and his neck was thick, because he was forced to move on the seat by his friends, and he couldn't continue his impassioned speech.

"I said don't make a fuss! Let's get down to business......"

"Who are you listening to?"

Some people said that the order in the venue was too chaotic and a little confusing, but many people still ignored everything, just continued to laugh and drink water and talk to each other, discussing with the people around them what they were interested in.

Regarding the speech of the new hawk in the Huotang Club just now, everyone is watching a play, and they are used to this kind of situation where they start with small things, and then things get farther and farther, and the topic is getting bigger and bigger.

After all, this is the standard ending of a firepit club-style discussion.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was talking dryly, and many people began to drink water in a daze, Zhu Beiguo smiled in the corner:

"Okay, are you done? Now let me pick up where I left off......"

"Ouch! I forgot that tonight's main thing is to listen to Brother Zhu tell us about the world situation, don't take the lead in the noise! ”

"That's right, the situation on the mainland side is related to our trade strategy, and we must study it clearly! Don't go far, listen to Brother Zhu first! ”

Everyone suddenly thought that the theme of the current meeting was to listen to Dr. Zhu talk about the current situation, so their attention began to shift to Zhu Beiguo, and the conference room finally gradually quieted down.

"The situation about the sea relocation order is like this, Kangxi twenty-three years, well, it was 1684, after Shi Lang conquered Taiwan, the Kangxi Emperor learned from the Zheng family about the many benefits of foreign trade, especially to Japanese trade, so the Qing ** in 1685 officially abolished the "sea relocation order" and promulgated the "exhibition sea order".

That is, allowing the people to go to sea to do business, which was one of the enlightened policies of the early Kangxi Dynasty, so there was overseas trade known as the "Tang ship trade" in history**.

Of course, the trade in Tang ships was mainly to Japan, and during that time, the number of Chinese ships arriving in Nagasaki every year increased by more than three or four times compared to the past, and the prosperity of the mutual market was unprecedented.

However, in the same year, the Japanese shogunate promulgated the "Shodai Decree", stipulating that the total amount of trade to Nagasaki each year should not exceed 6,000 kan of silver for Chinese ships and 3,000 kan for Dutch ships. When the total amount of trade exceeded 6,000 pieces of silver, trade was prohibited and the goods were ordered to be returned.

As a result, many Chinese merchant ships who missed the opportunity were often forbidden to enter the port, and those honest maritime merchants had to sail back to the mainland, but it was obvious that a trip to the sea and air was unacceptable to many maritime merchants, so the smuggling trade along the coast of Japan was very prosperous.

In the 27th year of Kangxi's reign, that is, in 1688, more than 110 Tang ships went to Japan, of which more than 20 were engaged in smuggling trade. Obviously, this is only a very limited, penalized record, and the reality is much more abundant than these official figures.

So much so that in the second year, the Japanese shogunate began to directly limit the number of Tang ships to trade in Japan to eighty. It was not until 1715 that the shogunate promulgated the "Shotoku New Decree", limiting the number of Tang ships to Japan to 30 per year. The shogunate's apparent reason for doing this was to prevent the outflow of raw materials for copper produced in Japan.

However, the actual reason is that overseas trade has led to changes in the living conditions of the people in Japan at home, which has challenged traditional thinking and traditional lifestyles. In particular, the rise of "Lanxue" began to challenge traditional Confucianism more or less ideologically, and at the same time, overseas trade also led to domestic economic fluctuations, such as the outflow of copper and the bankruptcy of some industrial and commercial and handicraft workshops due to commercial competition.

In modern language, this "Zhengde New Order" is actually a reaction of the traditional forces against "reform and opening up", which is the reaction of the rulers of any country when they encounter great historical changes, and it is considered a normal situation.

I think that the Qing Dynasty wanted to engage in the Westernization Movement, and there were many opposing voices, if it was not for the fact that it could not defeat the foreigners, and also because foreign goods were indeed superior to local goods, this Westernization would not have been able to be carried out.

Well, I'm also far away, anyway, since the "Zhengde New Order", fewer and fewer Tang ships have arrived in Nagasaki, and the Tang ship trade has declined like this.

Of course, the decline was mainly due to the restrictions of the Japanese shogunate's new order of Zhengde, rather than Kangxi's later ban on the sea.

But in any case, for a long time, we will probably not be able to do business with the mainland, where we may only be able to look forward to the ocean, although there is a market for raw materials, and there is labor. ”