Prince of Chaos

Chapter 669 The Balance of Imperial Power
When the giant ship docked, there were countless waves!
Seeing such huge ships entering Tianjin Port one by one, the huge Tianjin Port was at a loss and could not be dispatched.

But fortunately, when the port was built, Zhu Changluo made clear the status of the port.

Zhu Changluo said: "Tianjin Port will become the first port of Ming Dynasty!"

So, what is number one?

The answer is obvious, that is big!

Therefore, the construction of Tianjin Port has not yet been completed.

On one side is the endless stream of berths at the port, and on the other side is the bustling port construction site.

The waterworkers recruited from the canal have now turned into construction workers and sailors.

Some young ones with certain ship driving experience were specially recruited into the Tianjin Wei Naval Academy as backup pilots.

At the same time, Tianjin Wei Naval Academy also opened a special private sailor training class, as long as you pay a certain fee, you can enter this class to learn ship driving and sea survival skills training, and engage in high-paying jobs!
Because of Tone County, the number of sea caravans from Daming to Wa has increased tremendously. Therefore, as long as they can drive sea ships and are willing to be sea sailors, they have become scarce resources.

Each fleet offers higher salaries than before, recruits new crew members, and new sailors work in their own fleets.

It can be said that a bird root county has invisibly promoted the development of the shipbuilding industry in northern Daming.

Now, the big households in Beizhili are not hiding that they have no maritime business anymore, and now everyone is starting to make their business public.

At that time, they were also willing to put their business on the bright side.

The most important reason is that Zhu Changluo's order to Tianjin Wei City's shipping department is that ships entering the port must be registered uniformly, and the ship's number and name must be clearly visible on the ship. Every ship must be filed, otherwise all Not allowed to enter port.

At the same time, Zhu Changluo also ordered the Zhili navy to patrol the sea to search for smuggled ships, and strictly ordered coastal states and counties to strictly investigate private ports. Once encountering ships of unknown origin and resisting inspection, they will be sunk from a distance after the warning is invalid!
It was under such harsh methods that the Daming Merchant Ships that used to live in the dark sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

This also brings huge customs income to Tianjin Weishi Shipping Division!

Zhu Changluo’s basic customs tax set for Tianjin Weishi Shipping Division starts at 20.00%. If you bring back exotic spices from overseas, you can receive more than 50.00% of the tax!
At the beginning, everyone opposed this purpose unanimously.

However, when the money was continuously sent from Tianjin Wei City Shipping Department to the Taicang Bank of the Ministry of Households, there were no more voices of opposition.

After all, running a country requires money.

Beijing officials who work in Beijing also have to eat. If their salaries can be paid on time, these low-level Beijing officials will not object to this order at all.

And those who opposed this fate were almost all well-to-do southern scholars. In addition, Zhu Changluo asked Sun Siam to fan the flames secretly, which means that the families of these opponents are engaged in smuggling by sea and do not pay taxes to the court. After talking about the generation.

Those children from poor families who were already living in hardship and had to wait for an unknown amount of time to get ahead in the Jinshi Juren examination were suddenly unbalanced.

Without any further stimulation from Zhu Changluo, these people unconditionally became the main public opinion supporting the heavy taxation of the Shipbuilding Department and cracking down on sea smuggling.

At this time, Zhu Changluo also naturally chose to listen and believe, and approved the opinions of these people, and then issued a clear edict requesting that the Shipping Department of Hayden City also implement the same decree as the Shipping Department of Tianjin Wei City.

At the same time, a Zhili navy was also sent to the waters near Hayden County to perform inspections and combat smuggling tasks.

However, the effect is average.

Because the relationship there is really messed up.

Even if Zhu Changluo's order reached there, the officials and gentry there, as well as their intertwined local forces, all coincidentally violated the yin and yang.

As a result, Zhu Changluo's will has not been well implemented and implemented!

Moreover, there are always some daring "pirates" who actively attack the warships of the Zhili Navy at sea.

This made Zhu Changluo furious!Feel the crisis!

However, this moment is not the time to be angry with these moths. Now, focusing on them will only distract one's energy and prevent one from concentrating on other important things.

Therefore, Zhu Changluo did not stop doing two things, and sent another Zhili navy fleet to cruise in the waters near Haideng County. This time, Zhu Changluo only had to strictly order: "As long as there is no obvious ship number and name, the warning is invalid." Ships, regardless of whether they are official or private, are sunk!"

After the execution of this order, the smuggling ship near Hayden was instantly hit to the point of doubting life.

Some small ship merchants with small family fortunes could only succumb to the "barbarism and unreasonableness" of the Zhili Navy in the end, and honestly went to the Municipal Shipping Department to register their own seagoing ships, and all of them were painted with conspicuous ship numbers. and ship name.

Later, in view of the chaotic management of Haideng County’s shipping department and the opacity of the tax system, these small maritime merchants could only abandon the sea route they had traveled for generations and took the sea route from Southeast Asia to Tianjin Wei.

Otherwise, their family business would not be able to withstand the hustle and bustle of the Hayden County and Municipal Shipping Department.

Therefore, under these multiple governances and comparisons, Tianjin Weishi Shipping Division has naturally become the most prosperous port in Ming Dynasty!It has become the cornucopia of the household department!
Now whether it is the cabinet or the military aircraft department, they can't help drooling when they look at the flow of the household department.

On several occasions, the cabinet directly requested that Liu Pinru, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, be appointed as a cabinet minister.

Unfortunately, it has not been able to do so.

Because Liu Pinru was not a second-class Jinshi, and he was not born in the Imperial Academy, so he naturally lost the opportunity to enter the cabinet due to his status.

What's more, the Military Aircraft Department didn't let people go at all, and even started a lawsuit with the cabinet, accusing the cabinet of being embarrassing and greedy for power and profit.

In the end, the cabinet was also cornered by the Military Aircraft Department.

The cabinet has also scaled up its moves.

The cabinet directly asked Zhu Changluo to request that the Military Aircraft Department, like the cabinet, not allow cabinet ministers and the Minister of Military Aircraft to hold six important positions concurrently.

Now it's poking a hornet's nest again!
None of the four members of the Military Aircraft Department entered the Military Aircraft Department with Shangshu.

Shen Sixiao was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Xing Jie was the minister of the Ministry of War, Dong Qichang was the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Pinru was the minister of the Ministry of Households.

When these four people heard this, they instantly exploded!

To let him give up his authority is comparable to murdering his parents!
It is absolutely irreconcilable!

As a result, a massive internal war within the civil service group, comparable to party struggles, kicked off.

Zhu Changluo watched these fights and didn't care about them. He only ordered Yu Jideng's Metropolitan Procuratorate to do a good job of supervision.

Therefore, this seemingly massive civil war was actually loud and loud, and did not cause substantial damage to the government.

Moreover, it also raised Zhu Changluo's power from the side.

Because, they pinned their hopes on Zhu Changluo's jurisdiction again.

With the right to judge, Zhu Changluo is naturally "sitting in a poor place, sitting and watching the clouds rise".

When it is necessary, they will directly hit [-] boards each to make them all stop and stop.

Of course, Zhu Changluo is also willing to let the ministers of the military aircraft department be full-time military aircraft.

It's a pity that now is not the time, Zhu Changluo needs to directly control the prime minister of the six departments, so in the end, he can only wrong the cabinet and stare at the military aircraft department angrily.

And, began to plan the servant's route.

After all, the cabinet also has a precedent for a minister directly joining the cabinet.

Therefore, the cabinet is trying its best to win over the ministers who agree with the conditions from the fourth department of the Military Aircraft Department.

I want to take the opportunity to ask for an order to supplement the cabinet ministers.

Faced with such shameless poaching by the cabinet, the Military Aircraft Department scolded the cabinet for being shameless!

However, Zhu Changluo felt that it was feasible.

Because this is also a kind of balance, so I acquiesced to the small actions of the cabinet and let them win over as much as they want.

When the final decision is made on who will be recruited into the cabinet and who will not be recruited into the cabinet, isn't this Zhu Changluo's final say?
Therefore, with a good grasp of the judicial power of the imperial power, it is really possible to control these so-called powerful officials to death without any disadvantage.

Back to the topic, back to Tianjin Port itself.

After Chen Zhenlong saw the dragon flag on the pier, he was instantly excited.

Immediately greeted the servants, "Bring me the official uniform of the Marquis!"

Chen Zhenlong was excited, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also in Tianjin Wei.

Chen Zhenlong, who had changed into his official uniform, didn't care about Matteo Ricci's body any longer. He immediately asked Matteo Ricci to explain the etiquette to the Thai and Western people on board again.

This is not a big deal!

After all, Daming is a country of etiquette!
When the minister sees the king, if he does not show great courtesy, this is the root cause of a bad country, so we must pay attention to it.

Matteo Ricci never expected that the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty would welcome him in Tianjin Wei, and he felt extremely honored!
Because, the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty had promised him that after he brought back the Western classics with Chen Zhenlong, he would consider his preaching.

Now, the opportunity is at hand, how could Matteo Ricci not be excited?
Therefore, at this moment, Matteo Ricci seemed to be emitting a holy light, and all his ailments seemed to miraculously disappear in an instant.

Matteo Ricci immediately went to Galileo Bruno and others, and seriously explained to them the etiquette of seeing a king in Ming Dynasty.

Galileo didn't know, so Bruno didn't care.

Matteo Ricci was anxious, "This is related to our foundation in the East! Whether the glory of God can be allowed to shine in Daming with the permission of the Emperor Daming Crown Prince, now every step we take is crucial!"

Galileo and Bruno finally paid attention to Matteo Ricci's serious preaching.

Although Galileo was shaken in his belief, God was also the only god he believed in since he was a child. Deep in his heart, he was still full of awe of God.

And Bruno, although Bruno disregarded his own life and death when he was in Tessie, he also preached the heliocentric theory, but this does not really mean that Bruno is a traitor.

It was only because of the persecution of him by the Holy See that Bruno became rebellious towards his belief in God.

However, it doesn't mean that Bruno doesn't have awe in his heart.

Seeing that Galileo, Bruno and the others finally listened to what they said, Matteo Ricci finally breathed a sigh of relief.

For him, this may definitely be the most dazzling moment in his life.

If the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty really agreed to his missionary request, then he is very likely to be canonized by the Holy See during his lifetime!
This temptation to Matteo Ricci is definitely more deadly than going to heaven!
After all, heaven is unreal.And the glory of the world is indeed real.

As a secular person yearning for light, Matteo Ricci still cares more about secular achievements.

After all, this secular achievement is in his heart, which is comparable to the three immortal great achievements of Confucianism.

With these achievements added, his name will surely be passed down from generation to generation. By that time, even if he goes to heaven, he will be the most dazzling angel.

After the boat docked, Chen Zhenlong straightened his clothes, and after making sure that he had not lost his appearance, Chen Zhenlong took a deep breath, then quickly walked down the boat ladder, and walked all the way to the high platform where Zhu Changluo was located.

Chen Zhenlong prostrated and said: "Minister Daming Yuanyang Commander-in-Chief, Yuanyang Marquis Chen Zhenlong pays homage to the Holy Prince!"

Zhu Changluo smiled and said: "Chen Qing is alive, Qing and his party have worked hard for three years."

Just after Zhu Changluo and Chen Zhenlong said a few words briefly.

Matteo Ricci also brought Galileo, Bruno and other Thais on board to bow before Zhu Changluo.

"The minister Matteo Ricci led the Taixi scholars to bow down to the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty!"

Later, the Thai and Westerners also knelt and bowed like Matteo Ricci, the scholar who painted gourds.

Seeing so many Thai and Western people prostrating, Zhu Changluo was overjoyed.

This is the symbol of national strength!

Thinking back in the original historical time and space, at the end of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, Macartney, a visitor from Taixi, didn't pay attention to the etiquette of the Central Plains at all, and insisted on maintaining the dignity of the British nobles with righteous words, and insisted on practicing British etiquette.

This made the "Shiquan old man" who was so happy and a great poet, Emperor Qianlong, very angry.

I think Macartney is extremely rude, but for the sake of the decency of the Celestial Dynasty.

Qianlong did not punish Macartney, and ignored Macartney's request for trade, and directly gave Macartney an imperial decree, asking him to take it back to England and award it to the British king.

Under the historical background at that time, it is understandable that Yelang's arrogant Emperor Qianlong promulgated such a decree. After all, as the supreme ruler of the Eastern Dynasty, he has been the only supreme in the world for thousands of years. Unavoidable psychological problems.

But that's exactly where the problem lies, because times have changed.

Britain has already run on the road of the industrial revolution, and has also accomplished the great achievement of the empire on which the sun never sets. Therefore, the extremely arrogant British will naturally not pay attention to Emperor Qianlong's performance.

Therefore, this edict was also collected in the British Museum and became the laughing stock of the ages!
However, it is different now!
The current Ming Dynasty is still the mysterious east worshiped by the Western and Thai countries, so before they have achieved the achievement of conquering the world, they will still involuntarily submit to the glory of the Ming Dynasty.

If so, the times have been developing for 300 years, and the Ming Dynasty is still standing still, but they have embarked on the road of the industrial revolution and completed the exploration of the world.

To imagine that they can kneel in front of him in complete convincing, that is just a dream!
It can be said that timing is really important.

I just checked the time of more than 200 years, and the attitude of the Westerners towards the Orientals is completely different.

Their fantasies about the East still remain in the silk legends of the Roman era more than 2000 years ago, Marco Polo's travel novels hundreds of years ago, and Zheng He's powerful armada that shook the world.

Therefore, their attitude towards Daming was considered humble, and they did not dare to show their individuality too much.

Zhu Changluo smiled and said: "Pingshen, all the ministers who come from afar are all lonely guests, so I naturally treat them with courtesy."

Zhu Changluo's words were translated loudly by the Fan language scholars present.

After hearing Zhu Changluo's words, Matteo Ricci and the Thai and Western scholars behind him stood up proudly, and then all stared at the luxuriously dressed man in front of them with extremely warm eyes.

After Zhu Changluo unilaterally said some greetings to these Western and Western scholars, he arranged them for Honglu Temple and the Fanyu scholars who had been standing by for a long time.

After connecting Honghe Temple with the Fanyu scholars, these Thai and Western scholars were not very lively.

This time, Fan Wenqi was even more excited, this time his face was really too long.

It has been hundreds of years since Guochao had so many envoys from foreign domains come to Beijing to pay homage.

Although these people are all from Taixi, according to Fan Wenqi's homework, Taixi is still in an era similar to that of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, where countless small countries were divided.

And these people in front of him are all from small countries in Thailand and the West, so Fan Wenqi naturally regarded these people as envoys of the corresponding countries.

Can Fan Wenqi not be excited to receive envoys from so many countries at once?

This is also a day that will be remembered in history.

And as the Minister of Honglu Temple, he naturally has the hope of leaving his name in the vast and long history.

For many people, this is also an incomparable temptation!

After all, life is nothing but fame and fortune.

It is human nature to seek fame when seeking benefits is not available.

Therefore, Fan Wenqi is quite enthusiastic, and arranges these Thai and Western people clearly, without any demeanor of falling into the sky.

Zhu Changluo looked at Chen Zhenlong and asked, "Chen Qing, where's Taixi's classics?"

Chen Zhenlong immediately replied: "Your Highness, they are all on these ships. I have brought back a total of 500 million Thai and Western books. The time span of these books is as large as 3000 years! Compared with the classics of the pre-Qin period, it is true. It is a supreme treasure!"

Zhu Changluo smiled and said, "Good job. Take Gu to have a look."

Zhu Changluo couldn't wait to read the voluminous Thai and Western books.

After all, these books are the crystallization of the wisdom of the great sages on the other side of the earth!

Therefore, with an attitude of respecting culture and knowledge, Zhu Changluo did not show any contempt for these books that represent the essence of Thai and Western civilization.

Walking on the boat and looking at the boxes of books sealed layer by layer on the boat, Zhu Changluo was extremely excited.

With these cultural supplements, why can't Eastern culture make another leap like it did during the Han and Tang Dynasties?
The reason why the culture of the Han and Tang Dynasties is brilliant is that the culture of the Han and Tang Dynasties has the grace of being tolerant to all rivers and rivers!

The Han and Tang Dynasties not only sublimated their own culture, but also worked hard to absorb various civilizations from Tianzhu and the Western Regions.

Therefore, this is one of the reasons for the splendid Han and Tang Dynasties!

If, blindly only looking at military achievements and ignoring the progress of cultural level, then even in a great empire, it will be hard to escape the fate of a flash in the pan.

The root cause of the continuity of Chinese civilization lies in the tenacious vitality of Chinese culture and the unique inclusiveness of Chinese culture.

As long as it is a culture that echoes the needs of Chinese civilization, people of insight since ancient times will not reject these cultures. They will be extremely enthusiastic about research and grafting, making it an inseparable part of Chinese culture.

Therefore, this is the secret of China's 5000-year-old prosperity!
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