"The model camp is progressing rapidly, heading straight into the thieves' lair, and the Japanese country is finally settled..."
Letters of good news arrived in the capital almost every now and then.
Not only Wenyuan Pavilion, but also the Di newspaper published it almost every now and then.
This war against Japan is actually attracting much attention.
For the imperial court, this seemed to be related to the issue of the vassal territories of several emperors and grandchildren.
As for the merchants, the rebellion caused by the Japanese country caused heavy losses to many maritime merchants.
When the Japanese trade surged, many maritime merchants went there one after another to make arrangements. It was really a happy spring breeze!
But along with the rebellion, many rebels not only targeted the Ashikaga family, but many were also in trouble because of the development of maritime trade. Therefore, the Japanese rebels even issued an order to fight against the foreigners.
It's just that the fight against foreigners here is aimed at maritime merchants.
Therefore, almost all merchants were particularly concerned about the imperial court's attack on the Japanese rebels.
At this time...the rapid advance of the model battalion immediately made everyone feel reassured.
The merchant, who was worried before, suddenly had a strange feeling at this moment...
Especially for business newspapers, it is particularly obvious.
In the past, most of the worries about maritime trade in commercial newspapers were related to combating pirates. Many of the news published were about natural disasters suffered by various overseas feudal towns and shortages of goods.
But these days, things have become more and more unusual.
At least in Zhang Anshi's view, the change of things was both within his expectation and beyond his expectation.
Merchants have ‘awakened’.
The market can be expanded. For example, this time the market of Japan suddenly expanded due to Japan's new policies, causing a surge in trade volume.
Expanding the market is also risky. It seems that the New Deal is not a tonic that everyone can take. Ming Dynasty took it to strengthen their health, but for everyone in the world, it may also be a poison to quench their thirst.
This will inevitably lead to chaos once the New Deal is started.
The chaos will inevitably cause a large number of merchants to suffer losses.
So... in this world, is there a way to expand the market so that everyone can earn a lot of money, but at the same time, without having to bear the risks and consequences?
This Ming Dynasty's rebellion seemed to suddenly give many people answers.
If the Ming army could use this to attack the rebellion, wouldn't it be a huge gain? In this way, not only would the Japanese country be wide open, but they would also be able to sit back and relax.
Because of this, the Commercial Daily paid the most attention to this march. Not only did it pay attention, but it also clamored the most fiercely. It could be said that it jumped up and down, praising how the Ming army's attack on the Japanese was reasonable and legal, while at the same time accusing the Japanese pirates of treason.
Military barbarity.
Such remarks obviously have a great influence on the military and civilians of the world.
Many scholars in the Ming Dynasty seemed to have suddenly turned the other way.
In the past, the great Confucians, led by Confucians, who advocated resting with the people, have now disappeared.
As for the scholars who clamored for rebellion in all corners of the world, their articles have almost become mainstream.
It’s not because the words of the great Confucians in the past were unreasonable. Confucianism has gone through thousands of years of theoretical improvement, and their theoretical commitment is obviously much more solid than that of new scholars?
The real reason is that almost all major articles that can be published in newspapers today reject the articles written by Confucian scholars in the past, while they are extremely fond of those articles that advocate fighting against rebellion.
The communication power of newspapers is ten times or even a hundred times that of the previous lecture model. If you clamor for rebellion, you can get generous royalties and gain huge reputation. On the other hand, today's great Confucians have begun to live in poverty and struggle to write articles.
But it is almost rarely spread, and this is evident from the ebb and flow.
And with the emergence of articles one after another, a large number of scholars began to desperately search for theoretical foundations on this basis.
This is just like a great scholar who grew up in the soil of the gentry. Although he shoots arrows first and then paints targets, because the land requires a lot of manpower, and recruiting a large number of soldiers and corvees will inevitably damage agricultural production, and it is unprofitable to fight everywhere.
Therefore, the great Confucians began to gradually abandon the Han Dynasty's view of great revenge, and instead chose patience and no conquest.
And these current scholars are now desperately searching for various remarks of ancient people from various ancient books to enrich their own opinions.
As a result, many articles even quoted a large number of words from Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, and Dong Zhongshu. On the surface, the words are still the same, but the right of interpretation has completely changed.
In previous interpretations by the great Confucians, the sage admired the image of governing with an arch and a gentle image.
The new scholars also followed the example of the great Confucians before them, directly excerpting the words of these ancient sages out of context. In an instant, the saints and sages seemed to have transformed into "great revenge" and "great unification".
, the image of 'Vega Siyi'.
Zhang Anshi looked at it and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He now gradually realized that the past era when he pushed the world to implement the New Deal had gradually passed.
But now, it seems that more and more people are beginning to tie themselves and even the entire court together. In order to achieve their own demands, they are beginning to push the court and themselves forward.
This emerging upstart class has begun to have its own consciousness.
And he is becoming more and more skilled at wooing scholars, establishing new theoretical systems, and starting to reap benefits for himself.
Zhang Anshi is precisely at the cusp of such a storm, because a large number of scholars have begun to quote some of Zhang Anshi's previous measures on a large scale to prove their own views.
There are even some words that Zhang Anshi clearly never said, but after being fabricated and artistically processed again and again, they seem to have suddenly become thought-provoking warnings.
So much so that a new commercial newspaper article directly quoted Zhang Anshi's words that barbarians are beasts to demonstrate the idea that the Japanese are inhumane, especially the Japanese who are unwilling to be civilized and hostile to maritime merchants...
This made Zhang Anshi himself feel that some of his remarks were a bit excessive, and he always felt that they were too intense.
But he wanted to jump out and refute the rumors, saying that I, Zhang Anshi, never said it.
But obviously, this is in vain.
In Wenyuan Pavilion, Hu Guang and others seemed to look at Zhang Anshi in strange ways.
They often read newspapers, and they never expected that Zhang Anshi, who was relatively gentle when he was interacting with them, would be so extreme that some of his words would make people shudder.
After all, scholars who have been deeply influenced by Confucianism, even if they abandon Confucianism, still have a gentle side in their hearts. Some excessive remarks always make people shudder.
But Zhang Anshi's eyes were full of grievances, and there was quite a bit of grievances that he could not express his feelings about.
"Telegram, new telegram."
The silence in Wenyuan Pavilion was broken by a new telegram.
Generally, if there is an urgent call, someone will come and report it immediately, and there is no need to notify and handle it.
At this time, almost all the bachelors put aside what they were doing.
"The great general of the rebellion has found the direct bloodline of the Ashikaga family. This son is the youngest son of the Ashikaga Yoshitaka. He actually escaped the killing of the rebels and was carefully taken into hiding by his retainers. The princes...General Zhu Yong, Zhang Fu, please
The imperial court...canonized him as the King of Japan."
Everyone calmed down.
Zhang Anshi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Hey, no matter what, Ashikaga Yoshitaka finally has a son. He has a spirit in heaven, I don't know how happy I am!"
Hu Guang and others do not have as much emotion as Zhang Anshi.
But all of them had sullen faces. Although they were...averse to excessive remarks about killing, they took matters involving the aftermath of the Japanese country very seriously.
So Hu Guang hurriedly asked: "What is this son's name, how old is he, and who is his mother?"
Toneri took the telegraph newspaper and read it carefully, then said: "His name is Ashikaga Yoshimasa, his age... he is three months old, and his mother is a maid of the shogunate."
For a moment, everyone fell into a deathly silence.
After a pause, Hu Guang said: "When did Ashikaga Yoshitaka die?"
"This..." Zhang Anshi said: "Probably, the rebels entered the shogunate four or five months ago..."
Hu Guang raised his eyebrows and said, "That's it..."
Zhang Anshi said: "What do you think of this matter?"
Hu Guang said slightly worriedly: "Is it a bit... difficult to convince the public?"
Jie Jin, who had been watching silently, suddenly smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Song Dynasty has a saying that the barbarians are afraid of power and have no morals. Sometimes you don't need to treat them as human beings, just treat them as animals. Treat animals like animals."
We should use animal methods..."
Zhang Anshi's expression changed, he frowned and looked at Jie Jin and said, "I never said..."
Xie Jin still smiled, still looking calm and calm.
In fact, no one cares whether Zhang Anshi said it or not. Anyone who quotes these words is actually trying to explain his or her own opinion. Does it matter whether it was said by A Mao A Gou or Zhang Anshi? Who cares? Or...what the hell.
Something happened!
Xie Jin said: "These words are certainly biased, but... Now I, the Ming Dynasty, can kill bandits and thieves at the snap of a finger, and I have become a powerful warrior. But at the moment, the Japanese people are not attached to them, so I have to confer the title of Japanese king."
Suppressing the Japanese kingdom... Therefore, who should be appointed as the Japanese king is a secondary matter."
After a pause, Xie Jin continued: "I have also read some military reports. Although the Japanese value bloodline, they do not value it very much. They have a tradition of accepting adopted sons and revitalizing their families. So, this is the opposite.
It’s secondary.”
"As for the retainers of Ashikaga Yoshitaka, the reason why they are loyal to the Ashikaga family is that they are afraid that the rebels will completely wipe out the Ashikaga family and make them buried with the Ashikaga family. As for who is the Japanese king, it is not that important.
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Xie Jin thought for a while and continued: "So it doesn't really matter who the Japanese king is. If he is too old, my Ming Dynasty has not yet established a firm foothold in Fusang, and several vassal states have not yet established a firm foothold. Once
This person has other intentions, which would be detrimental to him."
"As for this young king, for our Ming Dynasty, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. As for whether to obey the public or not, on the one hand, he wants to order the army to continue to fight against the rebellion and to continue to hunt down the remnants of the rebels. On the other hand, for Ashikaga Yoshitaka
Those retainers and warriors in the past need to be appeased. As long as these two things are done, what does it matter whether they are convinced or not?"
Yang Rong seemed to nod in acquiescence.
Jin Youzi stroked his long beard, nodded and said, "Jie Gong's words are not unreasonable."
Xie Jin glanced at everyone again, and then said: "I will report to your majesty soon, and I beg your majesty to make a decision."
No one had any objections. So when the report was submitted, Zhu Di soon issued an edict and ordered Wenyuan Pavilion to draft the edict.
A few days later, Zhang Anshi was summoned to the palace.
It's just that today is not for discussion, but a family banquet held by Zhu Di.
Therefore, in addition to Zhang Anshi, those here today also include the crown prince Zhu Gaochi and four imperial grandsons.
Just yesterday, Zhu Di canonized four of the emperor's grandsons. Zhu Zhanquan was canonized as King Zheng, Zhu Zhanyong was canonized as King of Yue, Zhu Zhanyin was canonized as King Qi, and Zhu Zhanyong was canonized as King Xiang.
At this time, their father was still the prince, and he canonized them as princes. Obviously, this was Zhu Di's determination to delegate power.
It is tantamount to telling the world that the current prince is almost the same as the emperor.
In response, Zhu Gaochi hurriedly entered the palace to express his gratitude.
Zhu Di, however, seemed calm. Today's family banquet was actually reasonable. The four emperors and grandsons were canonized at the same time, which also meant that they would secede from the vassal at any time.
Before his four grandchildren left the capital for Fusang, Zhu Di naturally hoped to hold a family dinner to reunite with his four grandchildren for the last time.
When the family banquet began, Zhu Di sat upright and set the tone first: "Today is a family banquet. There is no need to be rigid. You should eat and drink!"
Then his eyes fell on Zhang Anshi's head and said: "Zhang Qing's family... You have done the most great service in conquering the Japanese bandits. My four grandchildren will soon join the Japanese, but they are still too young.
I think about it... As an uncle, I'm afraid you have to worry about something."
Zhang Anshi looked embarrassed and said hurriedly: "I...are in the capital, I'm afraid...that I'm beyond reach."
Zhu Di smiled and said, "Really?"
He paused and then said: "I have given the order to the Ministry of Rites and taught them to prepare."
These words are a bit incomprehensible and make people confused.
Zhang Anshi did not ask further questions, but after many years of getting along with the emperor and his ministers, he vaguely felt that Zhu Di had other plans.
Zhu Di showed his bold side at this time and said: "Okay, okay, don't be nagging, just drink."
After a few glasses of water and wine, Zhu Di's face was red, but when he saw his four grandchildren, they were very restrained, so he said to Zhu Zhanquan: "Zhanquan, you are the longest among the brothers. I am here to ask you, what are you doing?"
If we decide on a vassal, how will we manage the vassal town?"
Zhu Zhanquan hurriedly put down his wine glass and said seriously: "When Sun Chen becomes a vassal, he must imitate the emperor and treat the soldiers and civilians well..."
However, Zhu Di seemed dissatisfied and glared: "Be kind to a bird, and there will be many people scolding me in the world."
Zhu Zhanjuan suddenly showed a look of panic, and he was confused for a moment, not knowing how to respond.
Zhu Di was a little unhappy when he saw him like this, but after all, his grandson was about to leave, so he was not angry. Instead, he said earnestly and sincerely: "When you arrive in a feudal town, you are both the head of a country and the head of a family. Don't be afraid when you govern a place.
People say that you have to have your own ideas in your heart, and don’t follow this today or that tomorrow. Is it you who followed me?"
"A few days ago, Zhang Qing was still saying that we should adapt measures to the times, local conditions, and people. What a great truth this is, but you have never thought about these words carefully, but you said these high-sounding words in front of me?"
Zhu Zhanjuan quickly wanted to apologize.
Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "Okay, sit tight and listen. You should indeed set an example. After all, you are the eldest. When you arrive at Fusang, you four brothers, as flesh and blood, have to support each other! Because of this, you
This brother needs to have more of his own ideas to support your three brothers."
Zhu Zhanquan hurriedly said obediently: "Sun Chen has all written it down."
Zhu Di pursed his lips and said: "For this canonization, I will give you the most money, food and bodyguards. This is also the purpose. I hope you can protect your brothers. After all, they are still too young."
Zhu Di said and sighed. Among these four grandchildren, Zhu Zhanquan is considered to be a complete adult, while the other three, although they can barely be called adults, in Zhu Di's opinion, are indeed still too young. He
There is always a little bit of worry in my heart.
However, the law is here. As a member of the royal family, he enjoys this honor. Some roads are difficult to walk, but he has to walk. Furthermore, this is also for the sake of the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. For Zhu Di, although he has some feelings in his heart
It hurts, but he understands better than anyone else that this is something he has to do.
Zhu Di closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then slowly opened his eyes and said: "As far as the vassal territory is concerned, your vassal territory has the largest land. I have also checked that the Japanese population you have there is not a small number. You want to
Make a show so that you can set an example to your brothers."
Zhu Zhanquan obediently stopped training seriously and said yes again and again.
After Zhu Di said this, he then looked at the youngest Zhu Zhanyong and said: "Zhanyong, you kid, don't continue to be naughty. When you get to Fusang, you must stay calm and behave yourself. Don't think that there is something that I don't know about."
After hearing this, Zhu Zhanyong's expression changed. He suddenly felt like a ray of light on his back and a chill on his neck. He was so frightened that he glanced at his uncle Zhang Anshi and said hurriedly: "Sun Chen usually follows the rules and obeys the rules."
Uncle teaches by words and deeds..."
"Ahem..." Zhang Anshi coughed desperately, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face quickly.
Zhu Di glanced at Zhang Anshi, twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "What, do you have lung disease? Are you coughing like this?"
Zhang Anshi then smiled and said: "Children are ignorant and like to talk nonsense. Your Majesty, I am very busy with official duties and neglect to discipline the emperors and grandchildren. I really deserve to die."
As he said that, Zhang Anshi showed a bit of sadness: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince raised me with so much care. I am really not a human being. But now I can't imitate the Crown Prince and set an example in front of my nephews..."
Zhu Di waved his hand impatiently and said: "If you have this intention, it's the best. I called you here today not only for the whole family to have a meal. Secondly, I also entrust these grandchildren to
On your body, Zhang Anshi."
After a pause, he sighed and said: "Is there any father in the world who doesn't love his grandchildren? How can they succeed if they are so young and weak without anyone to teach them? Zhang Qing's family, do you think..."