Emperor Ming Dynasty

The tributary state system, which fully refers to Zhou Li, is an improved and weakened version. Although there are only three things: trade, garrison, and tribute, it has initially taken shape.

As a result, a vast Confucian cultural circle will inevitably emerge.

After the Japanese were included in the tribute system of the Ming Dynasty, the total population of the entire Confucian cultural circle exceeded [-] million.

Among them, the population of Ming Dynasty fell to 50 million due to years of war, North Korea's 20 million, Japan's 20 million, and Annan's 8 million.

What exaggerated number is this?
At this time, the whole of Europe and all the countries combined are less than half.

The territory is even more exaggerated. Except for Russia, the entire Europa is smaller than it.

That's right, compared to the Christian cultural circle in Europe, Zhu Yixi took Confucianism as the core, brewing a spider web, and thus engulfing Asian countries.

The disadvantages of religion are too great, it will be divided and reorganized every now and then, but culture is different, it is easy to remain unchanged for hundreds of years.

Many people criticize Confucianism, which is unreasonable.

Because it is not that Confucianism has fallen, but Confucianism has been forced to adapt to the requirements of the monarch and society and become a ruling tool.

Even after deposing a hundred schools of thought, what remains is Legalism, or Mohism, or Taoism, but after thousands of years of beating by the monarch, he will become another kind of Confucianism.

The greatest advantage of Confucianism is that it regulates others from a condescending morality, rather than relying on laws or religious clauses.

Morality is the yardstick of society, and law is just the bottom line.

Religious prohibitions can be violated, but once people violate moral standards, they will naturally feel guilty.

Even a villain is more willing to associate with a noble person than a villain of the same kind.

The Tao of Confucius and Mencius, and Neo-Confucianism of Cheng and Zhu, have been tampered with, polished, and polished by successive dynasties, and are now the best ruling tools in feudal society.

In history, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism spread throughout East Asia. North Korea and Annan, Japan, have different national conditions, but each adapts to it and enjoys its place. Who doesn’t praise it for its usefulness?
The current emperor has only accelerated the process.

Under the Confucian worldview, Ming Dynasty is like Zhou Tianzi in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. He is the center of the world, the leader of the countries, and the defender of Confucianism.

Besides, to deal with those missionaries, only Confucianism is the most suitable.

Confucianism is not only culture, but the common sense of identity and shaping of the three views.

Worldview: The distinction between Hua and Yi, and the entry of Yi and Di into China.

If the barbarians enter China, they will be in China, and if China enters the barbarians, they will be barbarians.

Values: The Way of Loyalty, Loyalty to the Emperor.

Outlook on life: self-cultivation and family harmony, governing the country and the world.

Apart from Confucianism, Zhu Yixi can't think of anyone who can resist Christianity.

With such a happy mood, Zhu Yixi followed Zhu Jing's suggestion and gave Japan the Edo shogunate a crown, which was fundamentally easy to wear and consistent with China.

You can shrink it slightly, but generally you can’t change it. For example, North Korea just widened its wings and slanted them a little bit.

This is justifiable, after all, this dress is suitable for Ming people, and the body shapes of different countries are different.

After being in a happy mood and full of energy, the concubines in the harem will also be happy.

As a result, when the grass grows and the warbler flies in March, the Mongolian concubine Qi Qige is also pregnant.

After the end of time, the sky gradually darkened, and outside the window covered with clouds, there were gusts of northwest wind blowing, which indicated that the spring rain was about to fall.

The emperor put on a long robe and ordered: "Go to the imperial dining room and see if there is anything delicious?"

"My servant has already gone to see it. There are yellow sheep from Chahar; finless porpoise from Anhui; drunk crabs from Zhejiang..."

"Okay!" The emperor looked out of the window filled with clouds, and sighed slowly: "It's true that spring rain is as expensive as oil!"

"With this heavy rain, the whole north may be more peaceful."

However, a memorial handed over by the cabinet immediately made him lose his mood: the imperial envoy was attacked.

It turned out that a major case occurred in Guizhou, and the relief money was misused.

Afterwards, the looting of prefectures and counties by the natives broke out.

As a result, a major event was triggered: the imperial envoy was attacked by the natives.

In the spring of the sixth year of Shaowu, Guizhou, which has always been warm as spring, was hit by a cold current and a blizzard, causing countless victims.

The same disaster also includes the two provinces of Huguang.

But who made Huguang suffer frequent disasters in recent years, whether it was drought, flood, or military disaster, it has adapted to snow disasters, and the situation is not too serious.

But Guizhou is different. There are fewer people and more people, and it is not as good as the Han people who live in the plains. Many people were frozen to death by a blizzard.

For the sake of the people, the chieftains can only ask for help from the Yamen. In order to prevent the few people from plundering the prefectures and counties and affecting their political achievements, the officials can only ask the court for help.

Under such circumstances, the imperial court naturally couldn't ignore death, and the local people are also people!
Therefore, Yunnan was urgently ordered to send 200,000 stones of grain and grass and 100,000 yuan of silver dollars to Guizhou for disaster relief.

Money and food will be deducted from the summer tax.

According to common sense, these materials are enough to support 200,000 victims for more than half a month. After all, Guizhou is large and sparsely populated, enough to cover a province.

But the officials rejoiced.

Without him, Guizhou is too poor, and there are too few opportunities to earn money.

Such a large amount of supplies is mouth-watering.

So cases of corruption and fraud occur frequently.

The emperor made an exception and sent an imperial envoy to Guizhou to investigate the incident.

Rescuing the people first saves the officials in order to reshape organizational capabilities and complete disaster relief, and disaster relief also requires the administration of officials first.

After all, if the officials are straightened out, the efficiency of disaster relief will be higher.

wow-

The exquisite official kiln porcelain fell to the ground like mud in an instant, and fell into pieces one after another. The crisp sound could not make the emperor vent.

"Order the cabinet ministers to come and see me—"

When the emperor got angry, the atmosphere in the palace turned tens of degrees darker. The faces of the maids and eunuchs turned pale and tense, not daring to show any negligence.

However, Zhu Yixi came from a later life, and has the minimum respect for life, and will not get angry at will, implicating others, and it is only the porcelain that suffers.

So, the four members of the cabinet hurriedly ran from Wenyuan Pavilion, panting for the distance of three hundred steps.

"This happened in Guizhou? It's ridiculous."

Zhu Yixi's face was ashen, staring at the four of them, and he dropped the memorial, and the draft and memorial were scattered in front of several people:

"The natives attacked, fortunately they can say it, it's a slap in the face of the imperial court, and a slap in the face of me."

"What's the use of the cabinet's reprimand? What's the use of disposing of several magistrates?"

Zhao Shu and the others lowered their heads, enduring the emperor's spittle.

The thought of investigating in their hearts has completely dissipated at this time.

Obviously, the cabinet was completely unable to express the emperor's anger.

"I draw up an order to remove the black hat of the governor of Guizhou and let him go home for the elderly—"

"It's not good for Guizhou's general army to suppress bandits. Guan Jiang's first rank is the deputy general, and he will continue to lead the army to suppress bandits..."

"Officials in the whole province of Guizhou, all the officials who pass the exam this year will be the next ones, and Guan Jiang will be retained at the first level—"

ps: drank too much, fell asleep...