Chapter 141: The Danger of China

After Xiao Tianjian glanced at the ministers in the hall, he immediately felt the resistance of these ministers, so he sneered, put down the book, stood up behind the big case, walked to the center of the hall with his hands behind his back, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "I know what I said today, which makes you very dissatisfied, after all, if I do this, many scholars will be cut off from the way out in the future, and what I have learned will be useless, and it will attract the opposition of scholars all over the world!" Even you, I won't support me! But I dare to say that only in this way can I make my China prosperous and revive in the future!

You may not believe what I say, and think that what I say is alarmist, then well! I'm going to argue with you today!

Let's start with this weapon! You also know how I conquered this world, and in addition to the support of the generals, most of you know that the firearms of our Dazhong Army are extremely sharp!

But how many of you know where the firearms I use come from? Gunpowder was created by us Chinese, this is a well-known thing, and the cannon was also created by the ancient Chinese, and was once shocked by the world as an artifact!

However, since the gunpowder and firecrackers were spread in the foreign domains, the Westerners learned the essence very quickly, carried it forward, and made a sharp musket, which was later introduced to Japan. Later, you created the bird gun you know well! And it is regarded as a sharp weapon!

Later, I built a large number of bird guns and trained a new army, which made me often able to stand in a defeated position when leading troops to fight with the Ming army. At least in terms of muskets, the Western countries have surpassed us! But now we're catching up again!

Furthermore, you all know that the Furlong cannon and the Hongyi cannon are powerful, but where did the Furlong cannon and the Hongyi cannon come from? Isn't it the Portuguese, the Franco, as you call the Franco, who brought me into China? And the cannons cast in the previous dynasties were not as sharp as these Hongyi cannons, why is this? If our things are better than those of Westerners, why should we copy other people's things?

This can at least show that our Chinese nation is losing its creativity, whether it is smelting or casting artillery, it has been surpassed by the Taixi countries! So we have to learn like the Tessie countries!

If it weren't for the fact that for so many years, in addition to training elite soldiers, I also devoted everything I had, trying my best to emulate the West and build muskets and cannons, how could I have overthrown the Ming Dynasty so easily? Yu Jiannu outside the Shanhaiguan? How can we return peace to the world? I'm afraid it won't be long before my China will surrender to the iron hooves and steel knives of Jiannu!

I want to ask you, do you know what the truth is in this world? What is an axiom? You don't have to answer, I can tell you today that the truth is only in the hands of the strong! Truth is only within the range of a cannon! Only when China has mastered stronger force will we not be insulted by foreign countries in the future!

If you don't think that's enough, you must still think that Westerners are just a little more powerful than us, and that's not a big deal! If you still think so, then you are very wrong!

How many of you know where these Francos and Red-Haired people come from? And where is Tessie? I am afraid none of you can say clearly, only that they come from the far West, and even think that they are uncivilized barbarians!

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, many times to implement the seal of the sea, although as early as the Ming Dynasty Chengzu era, once sent the three treasure eunuch Zheng He several times to the South Seas, the Ming Dynasty has created the world, the most powerful sailor, so that countless Yi regard my China as the heavenly kingdom, but it is a pity that after the death of the three treasure eunuch Zheng He, the Ming Dynasty once again closed the country, so that those once glorious giant ships slowly rotted in the bay! It will never be possible to regain its former glory!

Even that Liu Daxia, in order to prevent the emperor from coming again one day, wanted to send an envoy to the South Seas, and even Zheng He's charts that went to the South Seas several times were burned, which is really the biggest crime for our China! This Liu Daxia is simply a sinner of the Chinese nation! I can't wait to dig it up and whip it to relieve my hatred!

You may still disagree with me, but I don't deny that Liu Daxia did this for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, because after all, Zheng He went to the South Seas several times, and the treasure fleet he built alone cost a huge amount, and it was a waste of national strength to do so! So the forbidden sea is also the right way!

Hum! But you guys are wrong again! Because when the Ming Dynasty forbade the sea, the Western countries were heading towards the sea! With their weak national strength, they continue to explore the depths of the sea, not only opening up the east-west route, but also coming to our Chinese doorstep! They even drove the gunboats to the door of our country, and they have already tried to bombard our country with artillery!

Right now, as you often call the Franco, they have taken over a place called Macao in Fujian, making it a window for them to peek into our China!

You've probably heard of Luzon too! It is estimated that some people may not even be able to tell where Luzon is, but they also roughly know that this Luzon has also been a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, and there are many small countries in Nanyang, all of which used to be vassal states of our Celestial Empire, but I can tell you now that Luzon has been forcibly occupied by a Western country called Spain!

And the latecomers, the Dutch, that is, the red-haired people you call them, came to our door again, and a few years ago they first tried to occupy Penghu off the coast of Fujian, and now they have occupied the Great Ryukyu, which is known as Dongfan!

I'm afraid that few people here remember that in the sixth year of Chongzhen, in Liuluo Bay, outside Jinmen in Fujian, the Ming army also fought a big battle with the red-haired people, fortunately we Chinese won that time, but few people know that in fact, it is not easy for us Chinese to win, our ships are nearly ten times more than the red-haired people, and we won that battle by relying on the strength of the people!

Why? Just because the Ming Dynasty closed the sea and closed the country for a long time, it has made our Chinese warships far inferior to the warships of the Taixi people, and some people once recorded the warships of the Taixi people, saying that their warships, the ships are strong and the guns are sharp, and they see the sea surging, and they are in trouble. Yizhou is strong, cannons can poison people ten miles away, and my boat deserves to be shattered. That is, there are 100,000 water rhinos, and there is nothing to do.

The red-haired man said: The sailing ship is only equipped with small iron firearms, and there are no copper firearms, and the gunpowder is also very bad...... The Chinese arquebuses were of inferior quality, and the projectiles could not penetrate even ordinary breast armor, especially since they did not know how to aim. Their weapons were mainly bamboo spears and spears, some equipped with iron spearheads, others were hardened with fire, short and blunt scimitars, and the cuirass was made of iron tin. It doesn't take as much effort as people say to subdue China, because they are weak and vulnerable. Frequents and captains said that the Indian governor, who had led dozens of ships to conquer Malacca, would have taken all parts of the Chinese coast without much effort

What does this mean? It shows that we are already lagging behind, the Westerners have looked down on us, and our Chinese warships can no longer confront them, so they dare to be so arrogant!

Even Shu can tell you that in fact, the ships they sent to our Chinese coast are not even warships, at best they are armed merchant ships, and they have gunboats that are far larger, stronger, and more loaded with cannons than these ships, and our current Chinese warships cannot fight against them at all!

Over the years, these Taixi countries have repeatedly tried to invade Daming, although Daming also resisted, but did not see the crisis, let alone realize the backwardness of our Chinese, now please do not forget, although Daming is dead, but our Dazhong Dynasty is still there, this China is our Chinese! How can they be so arrogant?

Come! Bring up what I have prepared! Xiao Tianjian stood in the middle of the Fengtian Palace, and said to the ministers in the hall in a rare stern voice, so frightened that the ministers didn't dare to sit anymore, and got up and knelt on the ground one after another.

Especially like Lu Weiqi, Ding Qirui, Sun Chuanting and other members of the former dynasty, as important ministers of the previous dynasty, of course, they know much more things than many people, and they also know a little more about the coastal affairs of Fujian and Guangzhou, and they may even know more than Xiao Tianjian, but they didn't pay much attention to these things before, thinking that these Fanyi people are just ringworm scabies, so they don't need to worry! But when Xiao Tianjian said today that these Franji and red-haired people drove the warship to the gate of the Chinese, these people began to realize that things may not be as simple as they thought, when did Luzon and the Nanyang countries have actually been occupied by these Taixi people? If so, then the problem is serious! After all, in their eyes, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the current Dazhong Dynasty, they should all be the upper states of the Celestial Empire, and the Nanyang countries should be the vassal states of the Celestial Empire, how could they be occupied by these Taixi people without a sound?

In addition, Xiao Tianjian focused on Macau and the Great Ryukyu, needless to say, Macau must be the territory of the Ming Dynasty, although the Great Ryukyu is not the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but after all, it is also the place at the doorstep! Penghu is at least the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and sooner or later these places will also be the territory of their Dazhong Dynasty, how dare these red-haired people just occupy it? This Tessie is also too deceitful!

Military generals like Li Xin, Liu Yaoben, and Liu Jiang, after hearing this, immediately became angry, their eyes widened, and they just jumped up and begged for their lives, and sent troops to recruit these Taixi people who dared to offend their Heavenly Empire.

At this time, Xiao Tianjian suddenly asked someone to carry things up, and all the ministers in the court and the central government suddenly became curious, not knowing what rare things Xiao Tianjian was going to make and give them insight, so the ministers immediately looked towards the door of the main hall.

After a while, I saw a group of Yulin guards, from outside the main hall, carried in a large round ball on a wooden frame, and put it in the middle of the main hall.

The ministers in the main hall had never seen this object, and they didn't know what it was, so they knelt on the ground and looked curiously at this strange big round ball, but if the people of later generations saw this thing, I am afraid that they would be able to call the name of this thing immediately, isn't this a large globe!