Chapter 113: Colonization
Colonization is to expand the territory, and now it is certainly to expand the market and expand the sphere of influence. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
But when the colonization is completed, sovereignty will definitely be put on the agenda. Thinking about the colonies lost by the British Empire after World War I and World War II, Zhu Cihong would not have left a mouth at the beginning.
"If that's the case, your majesty can consider colonization. However, it is necessary to ask the higher state to allocate military salaries, food, rice, and armaments. Naturally, it is better to carry out it in the imperial court of our country. Li Hao said calmly, so that Li Yanzong on the side not only looked sideways, as if it was the first time he had seen it.
That's a bit presumptuous.
Zhu Cihong shook his head: "Expansion in the name of the imperial court is war." In the absence of foreign declarations of war in Korea, I did not see the need to mobilize the army. If China's borders are expanded in this way, I am afraid that sooner or later it will lose in the competition between the East and the West. At this point, I have already considered a lot about the ability of the Ming Dynasty and the Korean government, and there is no need to talk about it. ”
With the great geographical discoveries, the Western world has caught up and emerged from the obscurantist Middle Ages. East and West have collided on the southeast coast.
If Zhu Cihong wants to expand his colonization, it is naturally impossible to engage in any peace and development.
War and struggle are the mainstream in this era, and peace is only a temporary respite. Obviously, the balance of terror in nuclear weapons is still far away, and the number of conventional wars will be accompanied by frequent outbreaks of conflicting interests.
However, if it is colonized in the form of the official court, Zhu Cihong is obviously not optimistic. The government is not a for-profit organization, which means that there will be a lot of waste of resources if there is a lot of waste of resources to set up a department to colonize.
This is not the case with corporations. That's an organization that exists for profit through and through. Let them colonize, let them profit from it, so that the colonization activities can continue.
Of course, it was obviously another matter to send customs, police, and garrisons into the colony after it was established.
After listening to Zhu Cihong's explanation, Li Hao stood up suddenly.
Suddenly, it became tense, and everyone looked back and forth on Zhu Cihong and Li Hao.
Li Hao's face was grim, staring at Zhu Cihong, and he was extremely serious: "If Your Majesty treats me like this, what else can you talk about this overseas matter?" ”
After that, Li Hao snorted coldly again, did not salute, and sat down again.
The atmosphere of the scene was extremely tense for a while. Li Kangzong also looked at Li Hao's actions in surprise, obviously this was not his signal.
However, what makes people feel that Li Hao does not have the attention of Li Hui and Li Qianzong on the side.
Everyone was digesting everything Zhu Cihong said.
Naturally, none of the people who came in to participate in the meeting were mediocre people, and none of them were stupid people. Those who can enter here are either the magnates of the empire, or the wise scholars who have studied hard for more than ten years. Those great Confucians are a subset of classics and history, and miscellaneous books have been read.
But no matter how intelligent and knowledgeable a person is, he will also be trapped in the limitations of the old era, and he will not have the insight of a time-traveler like Zhu Cihong.
After all, even if they are in the contemporary era, they cannot stand on the height of history, look down on the changes of the times, and grasp the pulse of the times.
Just like a clear saying in later generations, standing on the tuyere, a pig can fly.
Grasping the pulse of the times can also make a country prosperous and change the fate of millions of people.
Everyone felt the huge amount of information, and in such a formal and lofty atmosphere, everyone was like a sun-dried sponge, hungry and thirsty to absorb it. With His Majesty the Emperor, no one thought that these would be fake.
But......
Regarding Zhu Cihong's judgment, he obviously has different opinions.
At this time, there are two questions, one is whether to colonize, and the other is what form to use if colonization. I'll start with the first question. This question is indeed a very critical point. I am not here today in the name of the Emperor of the Empire, the head of the Chinese League. It is the solution to the governance of the country that I have been trying to figure out all along. Today's theme is the future of this world, what kind of current situation and situation we are facing, and how to deal with it. Zhu Cihong said slowly, and the atmosphere of the scene eased slightly.
Under the stage, Gao Mingheng straightened his body. Those who are familiar with Zhu Cihong understand that the point is coming.
"This is a time of radical change. I take the Ming Dynasty as an example, in the nearly 300 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, if there are Zhang Taiyue's generations who reform the old and make new things and change the law, then the country will cheer up, the three major expeditions, and the successive battles. If you once indulge in the old days, rest on your laurels. Then there was a needy people, and a hungry people rebelled. There are many states outside that are righteous and righteous, forgetting righteousness when they see profit, and separating one place. Zhu Cihong said slowly, and said: "However, since the rebellion of the slave chief Nurhachi, how long has it been since all this? Just thirty years. ”
"Thirty years can make a powerful country that has been nearly 300 years old go from prosperity to decline and collapse. Who ever wondered why? Zhu Cihong said loudly, and there was a lot of discussion in the audience.
"Your Majesty...... That's a big deal. Wu Fu let out a long breath, people often say that family ugliness should not be publicized, but His Majesty the Emperor has said it, which makes the Ming people feel afraid for a while.
The authorities are fascinated, in the original history, before Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, countless gentry felt that the Ming Dynasty could last for tens of millions of years. But who would have thought that such a big country would collapse so vigorously.
And Nanming's performance is even more weak, so rotten that it will shatter at the slightest touch.
Many conscientious North Korean scholars feel guilty about this issue and believe that it is the fault of the North Koreans. It was they who dragged down the Ming Dynasty and consumed the national strength of the Ming Dynasty in the Renchen War, so that the Ming Dynasty was destroyed in the original history.
"Please ask Your Majesty for advice." Li Qianzong spoke.
"I don't dare to talk about advice, just study together." Zhu Cihong was humble for a moment, and said: "The core of all problems lies in survival and development. In today's era, agricultural civilization is the core. Agriculture is the foundation of the country. As long as there is land for the people to cultivate and the people can survive, civil strife can be eliminated. In the face of Jiannu, Daming was not without the power to fight. In fact, internal and external troubles, internal and external entanglement, this is a great drain of vitality. Once the civil strife is calmed down, the external troubles can be eliminated. ”
"And agriculture ...... He faces a knot that he has not been able to break through for thousands of years. The amount of land that can be cultivated is limited, but the number of people who need it to reproduce from generation to generation is far exceeded. No matter how we control it, whether it's trying to equalize the land or giving relief to the victims. None of them can get around this dead knot. Then, once natural and man-made disasters appear, it will be a matter of starving people everywhere and chaos in the world. Only when a riot is over, the people wither, and the land is empty, can it be governed again. This is a cycle of chaos, which has continued from generation to generation for thousands of years. ”
Zhu Cihong fell word by word, deafening, so that everyone on the field listened to Zhu Cihong's words, thought about it for a long time, and suddenly realized.