It is indeed very possible that when the market in the north opens, those grassland nobles will even go west, leading to the Western Regions, where there are more countries, and silk is a good thing that these people have coveted for a long time.
There is even a Silk Road waiting for them!
Shen Rulan, who has just begun to show his nature as a businessman, is eager for Ming Dynasty to gain more territory and have a larger territory. Anyway, the bigger the business, the better.
From a market perspective, this is indeed the case.
But some other people don't have this idea... For example, there are several yamen who feel that the land of Yanyun has been isolated from the Central Plains for a long time. Although the people have some contacts, the situations are very different and the customs are different.
Compared with sending officials to govern, it seems that it is more convenient to rule by restraining officials.
Those who hold this view are mainly from the Ministry of Rites.
Tao Kai, the newly appointed Minister of Rites, believed that it would take twenty years to educate millions of people in Yanyun in order to keep up with the pace of the south.
Before that, it seems that the issues in the north should be considered as appropriate, but I am afraid that the strategy in the south will be difficult to implement in the north.
Tao Kai also took the village community promoted by Zhang Ximeng in the Central Plains as an example.
These village communities work collectively, and within five years, the land will not be equalized. If it were placed further north in Yanyun, wouldn't it take longer?
If a yamen could make Lao Zhu so upset, the Rites Department would definitely do its job, even above the Hu Department.
The corruption in the Ministry of Household Affairs was just serious. Lao Zhu replaced the Minister of Household Affairs several times, separated the Taxation Department, and then planned to establish a special Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
After all this hard work, the household department was finally settled.
But when he came to the Ministry of Rites, even if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was separated, Lao Zhu still couldn't stand the strategies proposed. He was very, very angry and wanted to abolish them.
"Mr. Li, tell us what's going on in the Ministry of Rites? Why don't you serve as the Minister of Rites as well! Why do we feel awkward looking at the things they create?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was very confused. He still couldn't figure it out. He took Qian Yongren to Shandong, and Cui Liang also went home to sell roasted yams.
So many officials in the Ministry of Rites have been replaced, but the result is still like this!
Are there any people in the world who are not afraid of death?
Do you have to queue up to give someone away?
Li Shan has a very dark face. After the Northern Expedition and the restoration of the Northern Expedition, he couldn't keep up with such things as showing his face. As a result, when something happened to his subordinates, he was asked to take the blame. Is our old Li like the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, an iron pot?
This time Li Shanchang simply made it clear.
"Your Majesty, now that the land of Yanyun is restored, among other things, should we open a subject to obtain scholars? Should we build a school? There are many other things, such as arranging officials, collecting taxes, building cities, and organizing households for the people. , sorting out the fish scale album, the yellow album...there are so many things to do!"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, "Mr. Li, aren't you still unwilling to endure hardship? I feel that someone has come to rob them of their benefits. They have the same virtue as Qian Yongren. Why don't we send these people from the Ministry of Rites to Dadu?" never mind."
Li Shanchang immediately said: "The superior is wise, will I go to deliver the order right now?"
Lao Li's smoothness made Zhu Yuanzhang stunned.
"Mr. Li, do you really agree with this?"
Li Shanchang said: "That's true. As long as the superiors give orders, I will do my best without any hesitation."
This moment made Zhu Yuanzhang hesitate, "Mr. Li, with the virtues of these people, if you let them go to the land of Yanyun, can they really manage the place well?"
Li Shanchang was secretly happy. He had already sensed a trace of Zhu Yuanzhang's blood. This emperor was born in the year of the donkey and he had to fight against you.
If you say you can't kill him, he has to do it. But if you agree with him, he might change his mind.
Of course, these are all useful when facing Zhu Yuanzhang alone.
If Zhang Ximeng is here, you should stop thinking nonsense as soon as possible, otherwise the king and his ministers will join forces and act smart, and they will surely die miserably!
When Li Shanchang saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had doubts, he smiled and said: "Since ancient times, isn't it reasonable for the superiors to send corrupt officials to the frontiers? Su Shi was driven to Hainan! Now the land of Yanyun is almost the same.
There seems to be nothing wrong with sending some incompetent officials to the most barbarous place in the world!"
"Of course it's not appropriate!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head decisively and said: "The land of Yanyun has been isolated from the Central Plains for hundreds of years, just like a foreign land. It stands to reason that we should send out elite soldiers and strong generals. Send a bunch of useless officials, with their virtues
, what should we do if we are lazy in government affairs and cause a civil unrest?"
Zhu Yuanzhang solemnly said: "Mr. Li, we think we should choose the one with the best ability."
Li Shanchang's heart moved. Isn't it me who His Majesty is talking about?
But think about it, Zhang Ximeng is not bad, and Zhang Ximeng happens to be in Dadu, so it is not bad to let him take charge.
It would be better if Zhang Ximeng could be kept in Dadu.
It's a pity that Li Shanchang didn't dare to say a word for fear of trapping himself.
"This matter needs to be decided by a higher authority, I really don't know!"
Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, waved his hand, and asked Li Shanchang to retreat.
Then Lao Zhu thought for a long time, picked up his pen, and wrote a letter to Zhang Ximeng.
Lao Zhu has made it very clear in the letter.
The recovery of Yanyun is obviously a very good thing. The whole world celebrates it and the people are happy.
But there is a group of people who feel that by winning Yanyun, there will be a bunch of more people to share the benefits. In addition, there are Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu... almost doubled!
How can this be done?
Even if these places were to be taken over, northerners would not be allowed to enter the court for twenty years.
"Enjoying the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid of disturbing their pie... This is the virtue of courtiers, we are eager to kill them all immediately!"
Zhu Yuanzhang wrote all his anger in the letter. Zhang Ximeng could feel Lao Zhu's anger coming from two thousand miles away.
Are these officials too confused?
Why do you have to fight one after another and keep angering Tianyan?
Wouldn’t they obey Lao Zhu?
It seems that judging from history, it really doesn't happen... After all, so many people have been killed before and after, and corrupt officials are still killed repeatedly!
Zhang Ximeng looked at the letter and thought in his heart. Gradually, he understood.
If I have to put it into words, it seems that the Ministry of Rites was really wronged.
Don't get me wrong, Zhang Ximeng has no intention of defending them... With the recovery of Yanyun, the Ming Dynasty's territory is getting larger and larger. How to rule the new territory does require a strategy.
The Ministry of Rites was originally responsible for rules and regulations, but now it is also responsible for establishing education and education, so it is natural for them to come out and come up with countermeasures.
The other ministries encouraged and pushed the Ministry of Rites forward.
The Ministry of Rites is still a bunch of old ministers.
The foreign affairs department has gone out and got a new head. But nothing else has been changed.
According to the habits of this group of people, it is simply unjustifiable not to suppress Yan Yun!
Zhang Ximeng could even guess that the theory of twenty years of enlightenment was something they took their time and deleted several times. If their original proposal had been their original suggestion, they would probably have continued to make the northern Han people slaves and maids, working like cattle and horses!
"Sir, the Ministry of Etiquette is so abominable, or else it should be abolished altogether. I think the responsibility of education should be reserved solely, and they should not be involved in other matters."
Zhang Ximeng laughed and said, "Good advice, Madam...but we should also learn from others and be famous!"
"The teacher is famous?" Jiang Nan was puzzled, but she found Zhang Ximeng picked up the brush.
"Is it possible that the master wants to write something?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and nodded, "It has been brewing for a long time, and I finally got the chance to write it."
As he spoke, Zhang Ximeng wrote three words on the paper without hesitation: Great Unification!
Jiang Nan frowned slightly and looked carefully, what on earth did her husband want to write?
Zhang Ximeng held his breath and concentrated, and started writing with his pen as fast as flying... Ever since the First Emperor swept across Liuhe and unified the land of China, he established the rules of writing with the same text and cars with the same track, and unified the weights and measures of writing.
From then on, the world was united and known as the Great Unification.
Is this great unification enough?
Writing, track gauge, weights and measures, and the system of prefectures and counties... these formed the basis for governing the country after Qin.
But can these alone eliminate differences and truly unite people's hearts?
It seems not enough.
After all, over the years, civil and military differences and conflicts between regions have become widespread. In the beginning, a Fudan school aroused dissatisfaction among many people.
Now that Yanyun Land is restored, it will have a greater impact on the entire court.
It is understandable that some people are dissatisfied.
Just how do you eliminate these misconceptions?
It is necessary to come up with new theories.
Zhang Ximeng wrote with pen, inherit and develop the spirit of great unification, and build a new situation of greater unification at a higher level!
The new unification must include a common code of conduct, a common cultural identity, eliminate regional distinctions, and establish a market covering the entire Ming Dynasty to facilitate the exchange of goods and personnel.
The so-called new unification means that within the Ming Dynasty, everyone must be treated fairly. This has already been said on the issue of men and women, and it is also the same when it comes to the north and the south.
Any contempt for other areas is undesirable.
Treat everyone fairly, promote education, establish a common memory, bring the whole country together, and make everyone ideologically unified.
In addition, those various checkpoints, tax cards, and local forces collude together to blindly xenophobia, restrict foreign goods, and even bully outsiders... are absolutely not allowed.
A smooth national market must be established to ensure the smooth flow of goods.
The unification of books, documents, and carriages on the same track is only a rudimentary unification at the level of tools and utensils.
Unification of civilizations and unity of mind is a further step towards unification.
Smooth exchanges between merchants and personnel, as well as close exchanges and cooperation with each other, are the material guarantees of unity.
All in all, if today's Ming Dynasty needs to surpass the Han and Tang Dynasties, it needs to make a fuss about unification.
The reason why Zhao Song could not deserve the title of great unification was because Zhao Song had not recovered Yanyun and the nine states were incomplete.
The Yuan Dynasty swept the world and its territory was unprecedentedly vast. Can it really be called a great unification?
The Yuan Dynasty treated the people differently, favored Mongolians and Semu people, and regarded the people in the south as cattle and horses. It was not fair and reasonable internally, and it was not unified.
True unification requires both a vast territory and fair and reasonable treatment of everyone within the territory.
Only in this way can we achieve true unification!
Zhang Ximeng finished writing the article, checked it several times, sealed it decisively, and sent someone to Yingtian overnight...