Chapter 30: The Name of the Country (Page 1/1)

In Manila Bay, the port warships loaded and unloaded the baggage, and the Ming flag was erected every 100 steps, during which the Ming army with the flag on its back commanded the recruitment of people to carry the baggage, and the cart that was made rushed to transport a cart of baggage and ordnance into the royal city under construction.

There is a castle in the northwest corner of the royal city, and the fortress is heavily guarded, although the fort gate is closed during the day, and people only know that the commander and his staff are inside, but they do not know what to do inside.

"There are some things I don't say, you may not think. The prison army reads history, right? Looking at the dynasties of various countries, when is a country the most vibrant? I think it's a chaotic time, not a chaotic time, it's a chaotic time. Chen Mu raised his hand and patted it on the tea table, "It's internal and external troubles, it's the inequality between the rich and the poor, it's that after these problems happen, a saint is born, and people of insight in the world are exhausted." ”

"If you are poor, you will think of the rich, and if you are weak, you will think of the strong, everyone wants to change and survive, and the court is exactly like this."

"The south and the north have been disturbed for decades, and this year I have paid tribute and expeditioned to the South Seas, which is solved; A border city was opened in the north, and the treasury was just able to retain a surplus at the end of the year; Courtiers don't have to be tied up anymore, they can go to change, if Chen jumps out at this time, what am I? ”

"I just don't think it's enough, this time I went abroad, you should be able to feel that the imperial court is not comparing with itself, there are still many countries in this world. They are forging ahead, and our fleet cannot reach their country, but their fleet can slip up to our gates, kick and fire two shots, like an ignorant child. ”

"Don't be deceived by the harmless outside of these children, they are stronger than us, they use their fleets all the way east and finally return to their own country, proving that the world is round, and they know how many countries in the world can pose a threat to them. We don't know anything about the changes that happened to the Three Treasure Eunuchs in other places after they went to the South Seas from Malacca in the west to Japan in the east. ”

"The nature of the world is contention, and this is true of people, and of nations made up of people, because everything in the world is limited. We have two catties of rice, and if I eat one catty, you can only eat one catty together, and my strength will be greater than yours. This is the case in the middle of the country, Yangzhou Dajia can throw the gold leaf from the top of the mountain to fly farther than anyone, and the people at the foot of the mountain will starve to death. ”

"The fact that the impoverished people lost in this battle is not necessarily the fault of the merchants, not every official is corrupt and perverts the law, and not every merchant is cunning, but they take more by virtue of their wisdom and deceit, in my eyes."

"The court owns the world, and the ancestors formulated similar rules, relying on this set of rules to distribute the food, money, and other messy things in the world to everyone in the country, even if everyone has the same amount at the beginning, there will be more and less later, there will always be more and less, and those who take more may not be bad people, and those who take less may not be good people."

"There is a problem with this set of rules, how to change it, I can't help, so I advocate the southern expedition. I know that the Southern Expedition is useless in your eyes, and maybe it is useless in the eyes of Gao Ge Lao, Zhang Ge Lao, and even the emperor, but I think I am too tired of being noisy all day long, and I raise my foot and kick me far away, just don't make trouble for them. ”

"But only at this time can Chen's wish be fulfilled! When there is stability and peace, such as Chen, who jumps off the beam, can he rise up to the southern expedition? This is to take advantage of the failure of the court ministers to solve the accumulated shortcomings, and the right to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, at least they feel that Chen has a set of wealth and land in his life, and the southern expedition will definitely not lose money. ”

"Otherwise, even if the imperial court really prospers, what can the army do with Yu and Qi Nanzheng?"

Chen Mu's face was deflated, and he clapped his hands, "Hit the Iberian Peninsula, let their king come out to kowtow, and pay tribute every year after that, and the army will come back to farm." This is what we normal people think, how much gold and silver can we earn? It's better to pull the goods to Yuegang and let others buy them, we can collect the money while we sit, and what are we going to do when we run out? ”

Chen Mu's words made Chen Ju and Zhao Shizhen think deeply, what can Manila do? Another 20,000 farmers were recruited to come and farm, and the grain planted was just enough for 40,000 people to eat.

"Chen doesn't value money, two things, the supervising army is a soldier, is it useful to build the rudimentary fortress wall outside?"

Chen Ju nodded, in fact, he didn't know much about soldiers, at most he was a little more curious about military affairs than most eunuchs in the deep palace, but even so he could see that the biggest advantage of this thing was that it didn't matter where you came from, there were three walls or even more defenders fighting you at the same time.

"But the walls are low, and they are still sloping walls, covered with earth and grass, and it is too easy to climb once the city is attacked."

"If it's short, it's not easy for the artillery to hit, and there are cannons and bird guns on it, how can people climb, the normal city wall is high, and if it's high, it's easy to be shelled. It doesn't matter, you know it's useful; Mr. Xu translated the Xiyi Navy Soldier's Book, is it useful? ”

Xu Weikut sat for a long time, originally wanted to ask Chen Mu what he was trying to do here, and he also looked like he wanted to live in a tug-of-war for a long time, but since Chen Ju opened his mouth, he kept silent, and at the same time, he decided to stay away from him in the future.

He didn't suspect that Chen Mu was going to rebel.

At this time, when he heard Chen Mu's question, he got up and arched his hand and said: "The Xiyi naval battle is fierce, all because of this book, and it is no less exquisite than the Qi family's military book. ”

"That's right, this is cultural exchange, because we won, so how much we communicate, we have the final say; They have been doing this, if we don't go to sea, we can't do it, in the war, learn the good things of others and integrate them with our good things, which is much faster than the Ming Dynasty himself improved for decades. ”

"The progress of technology depends on the demand, and the silk weaving in the south of the Yangtze River is developed, so there are pedal reeling cars and even water to large spinning wheels, this is because the demand is reached, and the technology has progressed; What is the use of technological progress if no one buys silk? ”

"How can demand expand? The market, Manila is now our market, and the more cotton cloth and cotton looms will be produced, the progress will be made; Produce more weapons, and the construction of weapons will progress; The more battles are fought, the better the art of war will be. ”

"But demand alone is not enough, the Ming Dynasty is too big, it is difficult for people to make a shortage of manpower, and make people think hard to improve technology, unlike those small countries, they only need to colonize to get gold and silver, manpower, raw materials and markets, they can make a huge change, we can't."

Chen Mu shook his head, not worried, but this was the reality he needed to face: "No matter how much gold and silver you have, you can't fill the Ming Dynasty; No matter how much manpower there is, it is not as good as the Ming itself; No matter how many raw materials we have, we can't compare to our own output; No matter how big the market is, it is difficult to compare with the entire Ming Dynasty. ”

"Therefore, my gold and silver, in addition to handing over to the emperor and sending down the soldiers, will all the surplus money be invested in Guangzhou and even Guangdong, so that Guangzhou will lack manpower, force it to concentrate production, dump production and dump everywhere, and then issue a reward to encourage technological progress, ten years and eight years, this will always change. We are doing a very great thing, filial piety has clouds: standing up and doing the way, making a name for the future generations, showing parents and ending up with filial piety. ”

"We will stand up and walk the way and raise the name of the country to future generations!"

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