Chapter 1028

When seeing the Dutch envoy Houtman angrily scolding the English, Gao Zhu Qiyu clearly knew that the cognitive wedge he had buried had already been nailed into Houtman's brain and was playing a role.

Gao Zhu Qiyu was disciplining Houtman; more clearly, he was conducting a war without smoke, which was ideological colonization.

To carry out ideological colonization, the Great Ming must stand on the commanding heights of the Celestial Empire to point fingers, so shaping a villain, an opposite, and a moral depression becomes very important.

It just so happens that England is a very good target; villain, opposite, and moral depression, almost all of them are occupied.

After all, even the two kings of Japan, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, have issued pirate bans more than once, prohibiting Nagasaki pirates from causing trouble; pirates not only tossed the Great Ming and Korea, but also tossed Japan itself.

Houtman's reaction shows that this shaping is quite successful.

As he said to the Emperor, the Maritime Court and the Maritime Trade Law are actually not important at all; what is important is ritual and law, what is important is right and wrong.

For the Great Ming's fair ruling, whether the Dutch recognize it, the ownership of 240 lives on the ship, and the goods worth 500,000, Gao Zhu Qiyu really doesn't care.

He didn't want to manage this matter at all at first; it was in a flash of lightning that he thought of the Maritime Court, thought of the Trade Law, and thought of ideological colonization, so he was willing to put in such great energy to do this.

The fundamental purpose of ideological colonization is to let other people in the world follow the Great Ming's will with a smaller cost, increasing the Great Ming's efficiency in plundering wealth.

We cannot let the Emperor Wanli opening of the seas follow the footsteps of the Yongle opening of the seas, which had to end in a hurry because of low efficiency of plunder due to high morality.

In addition to military victory and political victory, there must also be cultural victory.

The Great Ming's "winning studies" is performance-based winning studies; only winning for real is winning; this can also be considered the construction of the Great Ming's winning studies.

Gao Zhu Qiyu suddenly thought of the Zhuge bronze drums that were constantly captured during the pacification of the southwest.

Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times and pacified the southwest, using Zhuge bronze drums to complete the political victory; without Zhuge bronze drums, even if the power was strong, it could not obtain universal recognition.

And the Zhuge shrines that exist in the southwest and even the entire Dongxu are part of the cultural victory.

He suddenly discovered that what he was doing was not some fresh thing of the Emperor Wanli Reform, but the ancestral law.

The purpose of ideological colonization is naturally to expand the territory from the realistic concepts of actual counties, vassal states, tributary states, and wild lands to the metaphysical invisible territory.

Because of the obstruction of such a huge water body as the ocean, the Great Ming's expansion overseas has limits, and it is relatively slow; except for Nanyang, the Great Ming's control over overseas governor's offices is extremely weak.

It was only after the Nanyang Navy began to be formed that the Great Ming's control over Nanyang was strengthened; before that, it was equally weak.

But ideological and cultural colonization can continuously expand the invisible territory, covering the whole world under the will of the Great Ming, and compared to realistic colonization, ideological colonization will be faster.

And the key to achieving ideological colonization, the biggest cornerstone, is free trade, or: material is the foundation of the spiritual world.

Through free trade, Great Ming goods are brought to every corner of the world; these goods can invisibly change everyone's living habits, change their definitions of truth, goodness, beauty, falsehood, evil, and ugliness, and subtly change the overseas barbarians' cognition of this world.

Through free trade, the Great Ming's wisdom, books, aesthetics, entertainment, and other rituals can be brought to every corner of the world, walking to every corner of the world together with those goods, leaving the Great Ming's brand on the whole world, including on people's thoughts.

Finally, complete the training.

Completing the training of people completes the training of the country, and the "Great Ming is the Celestial Empire" thought steel seal can be engraved in the minds of everyone in the world.

His Majesty calls it remote animal husbandry.

When Ma Liang came to the Great Ming as a saint, His Majesty once said these words to the Minister of Rites Wan Wan Shihe.

Gao Zhu Qiyu handled the dispute of the hijacked sea ships, which was training Houtman and Paulino; training these barbarians, Gao Zhu Qiyu did not have a bit of guilt.

The change of heaven hangs over the Great Ming's forehead; holding on to so-called morality and not increasing the efficiency of plunder is just watching the Great Ming collapse under the change of heaven.

Need cultural victory, need ideological colonization of the world; knowing is one thing, and everyone can talk about principles eloquently.

How to turn from thought into reality, from theory into practice, is the moment to reflect ability.

Obviously, Gao Zhu Qiyu does not lack ability; the Maritime Court and Maritime Trade Law he built are important means to achieve ideological colonization.

Thinking of this, his understanding of the theory of contradictions became much deeper.

Phenomenon, problem, cause, method—this is the methodology of the theory of contradictions, the fundamental method to analyze and solve any problem, which is the unity of knowledge and action, which is turning theory into practice.

The proposition of turning theory into practice is the greatest enemy of talking about the mind and nature with hands in sleeves.

As the theory of contradictions is constantly popularized and gradually becomes a prominent study, it has brought about a near-rebirth change to the Great Ming.

Participating in any gathering or poetry meeting, only talking about principles and not talking about practice will be laughed at; who can't talk about it?

Gao Zhu Qiyu's face became very ugly; he armed himself with the Master's theory, completed his promotion with the Master's theory, completed His Majesty's entrustment with the Master's theory, and displayed his ambitions, but was expelled from the Master's gate.

He even forgot what he was thinking at the beginning and for what purpose he came up with that "Shun also ordered Yu" in the Yingtian Prefecture township examination; for this, he had already accepted enough realistic punishment.

But the self-examination, self-reflection, and self-criticism deep in his heart will continue.

Just as Zhao Zhao Mengyou Zhao Zhao Tishuai always says, the criminal actually cannot clearly state the criminal motive and criminal details; human memory is really not that strong, and people will even lie to themselves, constantly beautifying their criminal motives and forgetting those details.

"If the two of you accept the ruling of the Maritime Court, then submit it to the court in the form of a document; if you don't implement it seriously, the Portuguese side can apply for execution, and the Great Ming will act according to its ability," Gao Zhu Qiyu stood up, flicked his sleeves, and chose to leave without waiting for an answer.

Paulino and Houtman looked at each other; the Minister of Rites, who had just made people feel like a spring breeze, suddenly changed his face from sunny to a heavy rain, which was really a bit scary.

"What did you do? Provoked the Heavenly Official?" Paulino asked in a low voice.

Houtman shook his head and said: "I didn't do anything; I expressed approval for the Great Ming's ruling and intended to compensate, but why was the Heavenly Official angry?"

"Is it possible that we wasted too much of the Heavenly Official's time, and the Heavenly Official's patience has been exhausted, so he showed anger?" Paulino found a very reasonable reason.

Houtman nodded solemnly and said: "Maybe, just as you said."

"My captain has been handed over to your Portuguese King; I hope your Portuguese King can handle it properly; perhaps death is inevitable, but please don't humiliate him too much."

Paulino said with a complex expression: "Antonio needs to give an explanation to the citizens; you are willing to hand over the captain to us, which is a result."

"In fact, we should think more about the phenomenon mentioned by Minister Gao: when did maritime trade, where even goods could be redeemed, become as bad as it is today?"

Paulino is on his fourth mission to the Great Ming; he himself is also a shipowner and captain; Gao Zhu Qiyu is right, the maritime trade environment has indeed become much worse.

"Damn English! Damn it!" Houtman stood up abruptly, his face flushed, and cursed a few more times.

When the overall environment becomes bad, people will change with the environment; troubles that could have been avoided are constantly increasing, and the already dangerous ocean becomes even more dangerous.

This may be the purpose of the English, to become more chaotic, which is conducive to England obtaining more benefits in the chaos.

The atmosphere between Paulino and Houtman became less tense because of the Great Ming's ruling; everyone is a captain, so they naturally chatted: "The Spanish envoy to the Great Ming, Li Li Yashi, recently wrote a joke; have you seen it?"

Houtman asked curiously: "It's a pity, he is a very talented person, but he doesn't write jokes anymore; I have seen those jokes of his, they are all written very well, but for many reasons, he no longer has the courage to do these things."

"The Great Ming Emperor is indeed very magnanimous, but the subjects of the Great Ming are not that magnanimous."

"He wrote another one," Paulino shared this joke with Houtman.

The kings of Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and England gathered together to discuss the Great Ming's constantly expanding naval strength.

Spanish King Felipe II said: Listen to me, let's go together! The Great Ming is indeed powerful, but we are not weaker than others!

Portuguese King Antonio said: Why not learn from me, surrender directly, and save hundreds of years of detours; if you can't beat them, join them.

Dutch King Maurice said: How to get the Great Ming's fast sailing ships is the key; this kind of ship is the foundation of the Great Ming's maritime hegemony.

English Queen Elizabeth said: The Great Ming refuses to sell fast sailing ships; why not give the Great Ming the silver for twelve fast sailing ships every year, so the Great Ming will build twelve fewer fast sailing ships; in this way, the dilemma will be solved.

Great Ming Emperor: I know this; it's called "annual tribute"!

This joke is interesting because it is compiled based on the situation of each country; Felipe pursues hegemony, Antonio is content with his lot, the Netherlands is a country of craftsmen and is very interested in the Great Ming's ship manufacturing technology, while England is a troublemaker who likes to take shortcuts and walk on evil paths.

The most interesting thing is the Great Ming Emperor who didn't participate in the discussion suddenly joined the discussion; this actually represents the Great Ming's increasingly powerful intelligence gathering ability; even things as far away as the West, the Great Ming Emperor knows very clearly.

Whether it is the maritime defense patrol water flying within the Great Ming's control, or the Ming halls established in various ports in the name of trade, they are all sources of the Great Ming's intelligence gathering.

"The Great Ming can build twelve fast sailing ships a year; give the Great Ming enough silver, and the Great Ming will build 48 fast sailing ships a year!" Houtman was quite annoyed after hearing it; after finishing, Houtman smiled dumbly; this is the slightly mocking part of this joke; no matter what you do, it seems to be in vain.

This joke is the most brilliant in satirizing the scattered situation of the West and the powerlessness against the intervention of such a huge empire as the Great Ming in maritime expansion.

"There is another one," Paulino said enthusiastically: "Li Li Yashi was thrown into the sky prison because of this joke and stayed for a full twenty days before being released!"

Paulino shared the second joke, which was much more interesting.

Just see Prince Lu at the only exit of the Great Valley of Brother Jinshan Kingdom, Xu Zhenyi Pass, flicking the horse whip in his hand; this horse whip first shook in the sky, then turned into a golden light and rushed straight at the old chief of the Hopi tribe, shouting "Barbarian!"

The old chief secretly cried out, "Bitter!" and was caught.

Prince Lu put the old chief into the alchemy furnace and kept urging his power; in no time, the old chief was refined into a "Longevity Pill."

The Zhang Yuanfu of Brother Jinshan Kingdom, Meng Meng Jinquan, looked at the Longevity Pill in Prince Lu's hand and frowned: "It's a pity that the materials in this Longevity Pill are not fully refined; if it is forcibly presented to the Emperor, the scholar-bureaucrats will know its origin and impeach it wildly, I'm afraid it will invite His Majesty's thunderous anger; what should be done?"

Just see Prince Lu smile slightly: "What's difficult about this? I'll just be the victim."

After saying that, Prince Lu no longer concealed his aura, rushing straight to the nine heavens of hypocrisy; under his powerful aura, a group of barbarians were shocked and speechless, and could only be obediently refined into the Longevity Pill, with no sound left.

"Li Li Yashi was only locked up for twenty days? Wasn't he executed directly? His Majesty is really very magnanimous!" Houtman listened to the excerpt from "Romance of Brother Jinshan Kingdom" and said sincerely.

To edit Prince Lu like this, he was only locked up for twenty days.

Houtman envied the Great Ming even more; it is truly a kingdom of God on earth; the Great Ming is open and inclusive, which makes Houtman yearn for it, and he doesn't even want to leave.

It seems that in the Great Ming, as long as you speak the truth and not slander, even foreigners like Li Li Yashi will not be executed directly; in the West, if you talk nonsense, you will be on the stake!

There is no doubt that Li Li Yashi told the truth; Prince Lu's expansion in Brother Jinshan Kingdom is a dazzling achievement for the Great Ming, but it is indeed a disaster for the barbarians who have lived on that land for generations.

This also represents that the Great Ming is putting down some airs and doing some things that it disdained to do in the past.

However, compared to the more violent and bloody Western colonization, the Great Ming's colonization is still extremely gentle and civilized.

In all the silver mines and gold mines of the Great Ming in Brother Jinshan Kingdom, Japan, and Juezhou, the mining methods used are the blowing ash method rather than the amalgam method; using the amalgam method to refine silver and gold, the laborers don't have to talk about eight years, they will die in five years at most.

The Great Ming laborers, even the average survival age of Japanese slaves, exceeded ten years, while the slaves used by Western colonists had an average life expectancy of only six years.

Li Li Yashi's joke cannot deconstruct the Great Ming's narrative of the Celestial Empire, because there is the evil behavior of Western colonists as a reference.

And the Great Ming people also need a little truth; don't take everything for granted; the endless flow of silver, sugarcane, granulated sugar, palm oil, rubber, copper, etc., into the Great Ming is His Majesty bearing these infamies and sins.

And this barbarian Li Li Yashi said that His Majesty was angry and caught Li Li Yashi, so the Great Ming scholar-bureaucrats could no longer use these words to impeach Prince Lu, because His Majesty knew the truth clearly; to impeach Prince Lu again would be to impeach His Majesty.

Using the way of rumors and jokes to release some pressure in advance increases the redundancy of His Majesty the Emperor in governing.

Zhu Zhu Yijun found Zhang Zhang Juzheng and Qi Qi Jiguang at the fishing pond next to the palace; he leaned lazily on the lounge chair, didn't put on bait, and threw the fishing hook directly into the water.

Whether there is fish or not doesn't matter; throwing a rod is the real business.

"The Master is avoiding leisure, but I am busy and dizzy," Zhu Zhu Yijun handed the memorial newly written by Gao Zhu Qiyu to Zhang Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng read the memorial of nearly 10,000 words carefully from beginning to end; the information content of classical Chinese is really large; after reading it, he rubbed his forehead with a headache and asked with some confusion: "What does Gao Zhu Qiyu want to do? Does he want to be the Zhang Yuanfu?"

"A 'Dinghai School System' should have made him famous in history; this 'Overseas Strategy,' if he leaves his name in history in the future, I'm afraid he will be half-praised and half-criticized."

The Dinghai School System is a true benevolent policy, a downward distribution of the thick profits brought by the Great Ming's overseas and productivity improvements; including the newly completed Wang Wensu Pavilion, they are all part of the Dinghai School System and popular education.

Gao Zhu Qiyu's mission to the West, and even as a hero of the eastern expedition, were all eclipsed in front of the Dinghai School System.

But once this "Overseas Strategy Memorial," which speaks his mind and is very direct, comes out, I don't know how much scolding Gao Zhu Qiyu will receive in the future.

Ling Ling Yunyi loved killing people, and even now he is mocked by scholars.

Gao Zhu Qiyu divided colonization into two types: light and heavy; heavy means political domination, economic control, military threats, etc., while light means culture and values, strengthening Great Ming culture, demonstrating the Celestial Empire, forming the Great Ming-centric theory, making the Great Ming a model for everything, and establishing long-term, effective, and extensive overseas rule.

Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Zhang Juzheng sideways and shook his head: "I can't control him; I knock the copper bell every day, telling him not to speak so directly, but he insists on being a lone official; the great achievement of promoting education in the Dinghai School System, he really doesn't have to walk on the path of a lone official."

"But what he said makes sense."

Gao Zhu Qiyu's memorial has only one core point.

Heavy means, hard power's political domination, economic control, military threats, etc., cannot form long and stable rule; having both light and heavy means, using both soft and hard, and achieving complete conquest of reality and thought is the long-term way.

It makes sense, but it's better to turn off the lights for this kind of thing.

"In fact, Gao Zhu Qiyu's memorial is mainly for His Majesty to see; it is naturally better to be more direct and clear, so that His Majesty doesn't have to savor it," Qi Qi Jiguang said from the side; he pulled the fishing rod, and a carp weighing more than a catty was caught.

Sometimes, scholar-bureaucrats speak too vaguely, and His Majesty has to savor the deep meaning of the memorial, consuming too much of His Majesty's brainpower and enthusiasm; after savoring for a long time, he naturally gets tired of it.

Qi Qi Jiguang felt that Gao Zhu Qiyu doing this was having a submissive heart.

"If he is not afraid of being scolded, let him do it," Zhang Zhang Juzheng read the key content again and returned the memorial to His Majesty.

His Majesty gave him the memorial, which was to let him, the head of the conservative faction, check it; as a conservative, Zhang Zhang Juzheng felt that Gao Zhu Qiyu's work was fine, but his words were too clear, losing some of the cultivation of self-restraint.

"Shen Shen Shixing did subtraction for the 'Kao Cheng Fa'," Zhu Zhu Yijun took out another memorial and talked about the situation in the capital.

Ling Ling Yunyi stayed in the capital to deter the villains; his reputation for loving to kill people became even more terrifying after the Emperor left; the capital was very stable, and even the Hanlin scholars who liked to chatter closed their mouths during this period.

The demon king Zhu Zhu Yijun liked to humiliate people, but Ling Ling Yunyi wanted to kill people; being humiliated and losing face is one thing, but being killed is death.

During this period, Shen Shen Shixing carried out drastic reforms on the "Kao Cheng Fa," delegating the planning work to the Six Ministries, but supervision still belonged to the Ministry of Personnel and the Cabinet.

In this way, Shen Shen Shixing, the successor to the "Kao Cheng Fa," had a greatly reduced workload, and at the same time, his power did not fall to others, and the efficiency of the "Kao Cheng Fa" was greatly improved.

"His subtraction is just right, not too much, not too little, just like him, seeking thoroughness in everything," Zhang Zhang Juzheng studied it and approved of Shen Shen Shixing's actions.

The "Kao Cheng Fa" had been implemented for 21 years; because too much addition was done, not only was Zhang Zhang Juzheng, the host, tired, but the people doing things below were also tired; many things had become a mountain of documents and a sea of meetings, and the "Kao Cheng Fa" not only failed to increase efficiency in some matters, but had side effects.

No decree can remain unchanged for all ages; it must be modified at any time to adapt to the environment.

This subtraction was done just right.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng admitted that his era had passed; the Great Ming now needed a Zhang Yuanfu who was not so authoritarian; the decrees of the Emperor Wanli Reform needed to be modified in combination with lessons and experience.

This is a good thing for the Great Ming, representing that the Great Ming has completely gotten rid of the past situation of danger, passed the most dangerous time, and is no longer sliding toward destruction; the Great Ming can move forward more calmly.

It is also a good thing for Zhang Zhang Juzheng; he doesn't need to be the Great Ming's weightlifting champion anymore, doesn't need to carry the country and society to seek a way out; the four words "country and society" are really too heavy.

Now, more people have carried this country and society and carried the expectations of the people.

"Do the Master and the General eat this for lunch?" Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at the small kitchen busy preparing lunch; the dishes were quite rich, but the taste was really not very good; almost no oil was put in, and there was not much salt, so the taste was too bland.

Qi Qi Jiguang showed a bitter expression, looked at the small kitchen, and said with an extremely complex expression: "This is because His Majesty came, so a few meat dishes were added at noon; the Great Physician set a limit of at most one qian three fen (5g) of salt a day, and at most one liang (30g) of oil, and that includes the oil in the meat; it can only be this much."

"Not full."

When Qi Qi Jiguang said he was not full, a rare emotion appeared, which was grievance.

In the Battle of Cengang, where he made contributions and was allowed to atone for his crimes, Qi Qi Jiguang did not show a trace of grievance.

Because of his "three more and one less" sugar poisoning symptoms, even for the lunch he ate the most, he was given at most eight liang (300g) of rice; he was a martial general, eating so little, simply hungry from morning to night.

But he hadn't lost weight in the past year, his body was very healthy, his spear was still dancing with wind, and his spirit and sleep were much better than before; it can be seen that the recipe tailored for him by the Great Physicians was really for his own good.

However, hunger is really hunger; sometimes, when Qi Qi Jiguang caught a fish, he wanted to eat it raw.

The Great Physician Pang Zhang Xian said with great emotion: "That is because the General and the Zhang Yuanfu have perseverance far beyond ordinary people; we Great Physicians set the recipe, but the General and the Zhang Yuanfu refused to follow it, and we had no way."

As long as Qi Qi Jiguang and Zhang Zhang Juzheng are still alive, the ambitious people with ulterior motives will not dare to act rashly.

The longer the Emperor Wanli Reform lasts, the greater the inertia.

The Great Ming needs them to live; even if they don't manage things, as long as they are still there, the Dinghai God Needle is still there.

Pang Zhang Xian was not talking nonsense; it was indeed superhuman perseverance.

Since the Di Bao published the symptoms of sugar poisoning, the Great Physicians have conducted long-term follow-up diagnosis and treatment for 500 rich merchants and powerful families who met the symptoms; the patients who could hold on to their appetite with great perseverance were only less than 15 people.

After Great Physician Pang Zhang Xian finished speaking, he looked at His Majesty again; in fact, His Majesty's recipe was similar to that of Qi Qi Jiguang and Zhang Zhang Juzheng, but because His Majesty had to inspect the troops, the amount was slightly larger, and the salt and oil were given a little more, but each time it was only 70% full, and he would be hungry before the meal time.

The Great Physicians were all very impressed; these three giants were not powerful, they were power itself.

In the world, no one could limit their behavior, but the three still used perseverance to violate their instincts and keep their character and integrity.

The Great Ming in the hands of these three is really reassuring.

After lunch, Zhu Zhu Yijun was going to inspect the troops; he just ran over to be lazy and had half a day of leisure.

"This is the shoes of the Mingyi Shoe Store; they are indeed done well," Zhu Zhu Yijun gave two gifts, two pairs of shoes, before leaving.

The shoes Zhu Zhu Yijun ordered at the Songjiang Mingyi Shoe Store were indeed good; the vulcanized rubber sole had a layer of hard wood inserted in the middle, achieving a very contradictory effect, both soft and hard.

Rubber without vulcanization is called raw rubber; vulcanized is cooked rubber.

Raw rubber becomes soft when heated, becomes hard and brittle when cold, is not easy to shape, is not durable, and is easy to wear; using sulfur to treat rubber can change these shortcomings; the amount of sulfur, the temperature of the sulfur material, and the length of time all affect the final performance of the cooked rubber.

Obviously, the shoe soles made by the Mingyi Shoe Store have their own secrets; Zhu Zhu Yijun didn't grab it and refine it instantly, but gave the shoe store the data of his feet and let the shoe store tailor shoes for himself, Qi Qi Jiguang, and Zhang Zhang Juzheng.

Zhu Zhu Yijun didn't ask for it in the name of tribute; he paid for it, and the shoes were very expensive, costing more than 3 silver a pair.

The Mingyi Shoe Store was flattered and sent their own formula to the Imperial Court, thanking the Emperor for rewarding them with food!

The Emperor wore them and said they were good!

This is a gold-lettered signboard; are they still worried that the shoes won't sell? The Emperor's strictly selected tribute, this gold-lettered signboard is hit, and the shoes will be sold out.

Gao Zhu Qiyu handled several trade disputes in a vigorous yet comprehensive manner, winning the praise of many envoys.

In fact, if you break down many cases, there is no need to fight to the death, but there is a lack of someone to mediate, or rather, a lack of a place to argue; contradictions continue to intensify, conflicts continue to escalate, and finally they fight with weapons.

Because Gao Zhu Qiyu handled things fairly, impartially, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and comprehensively took care of almost all parties involved, it was natural to win praise.

Under these circumstances, the Maritime Court was quickly widely recognized, and the framework was initially established.

What is special is that the Southern Yamen of the Maritime Court is not in Shuri Prefecture, Ryukyu, but next to the Shanghai County Southern Yamen.

The Ministry of Rites believes that diplomatic affairs are one of the inviolable imperial powers, and it is not appropriate to place them in Ryukyu; it is better to place them under His Majesty's eyes.