Prince of Chaos

Chapter 466 The Difference Between North and South
Since the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Sima Clan.

The grassland Hu tribe took the opportunity to rise.In order to avoid military disasters, the scholars of the Jin Dynasty traveled southward in their clothes, which made the center of gravity of Chinese civilization gradually move southward.

For thousands of years, although the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties established their capitals in the north, except for the Ming Dynasty, these three dynasties all rose among alien races.

Tang inherited the Sui Dynasty, and Sui inherited the Northern Dynasty.

Those in the Northern Dynasties were also the regime of the Hu people.

Although there is a policy of filial piety and sinicization, it is still difficult to get rid of the smell of the grassland when it comes to its inheritance.

Then in the Song Dynasty, the country was not right. In order to prevent rebellion, he favored scholars, alienated military officials, and cut off his arms.

In the 400 years of Zhao and Song Dynasties, although there is a name of orthodoxy, there is no reality of orthodoxy.The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun have been infested with mutton for 455 years!
Although the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty unified the universe, its civilization was not as good as that of the Northern Dynasties.

Later, Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, rose strongly, expelled the Tartars, and restored China. Only then did our Han people dominate the world again.

However, even the talented and generous Emperor Hongwu could not reverse the trend of the Han regime being strong in the south and weak in the north in just 30 years.

The reason for this is that the foundation of the traditional gentry has grown deeper and deeper in the south during these thousands of years.

Under the management of the traditional gentry, the power in the south is intertwined, and the interests are increasingly dense.

However, the north is close to the grassland, and the barbarian people who have gone south in the past dynasties, and the soldiers pointed at them, have made the old place of the Han people in the traditional sense full of smell.

Therefore, it also caused the mental state of the southern literati to despise the "untouchables" in the north.

However, these gentry have forgotten that their ancestors were also from the North, and it was precisely because of their ancestors' struggle for power and ruthless abandonment that the former prosperous North land was captured!It makes the northern Qianshou difficult day by day!Gradually forget the glory of the Northland!
Therefore, the difference between the north and the south is even worse in the Ming Dynasty!

After Jianwen, Emperor Yongle moved his capital to the north. Although he had private intentions to return to the north to consolidate power, he also had the ambition to set imperial power to the north and expel the Tartars.

Only in this way can the newly born Ming Dynasty completely unify the Central Plains and unify the North and South.

Otherwise, the Ming regime has been in the land of fireworks in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, and the barren north is not profitable in the eyes of the gentry.

In less than a hundred years, the Ming Dynasty will surely fall into the confrontation between the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Therefore, in Zhu Changluo's view, it was an extremely wise decision for Emperor Yongle to move his capital to Beijing.

It is precisely because of this decision that the Han people ruled from north to south, dominating the Central Plains.

However, the feudal society based on ethics and small peasant economy still had its drawbacks.

Although Emperor Yongle solved the political problem.

However, economic problems have never been resolved.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, it has been more than 200 years since Yongle moved the capital.

The situation where the south is strong and the north is weak is always unsolvable.

The supply of the capital still depends on the ancient canal that Emperor Sui Yang drove thousands of years ago to barely maintain its operation.

This kind of structure is very unhealthy in Zhu Changluo's view.

The longer the time, the more the South will belittle the North.

If things go on like this, the great confrontation between the North and the South will lead to catastrophe!

And this disaster has indeed been staged in the original historical time and space.

After Chongzhen Beihang Meishan, it is reasonable to say that Nanjing, as one of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, also has a relatively mature court team, which should be able to support the situation, and at the worst, it can last a hundred years of confrontation between the North and the South. Potential.

However, the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty could not hold on, and was completely wiped out by the Qing Dynasty in just a few decades.

Of course, this is in addition to Nanming's own internal turmoil.

The biggest reason is that the northerners are poor. When they faced the overwhelming alien cavalry, they chose to lie flat.

Because, in their view, everyone in this world is the same, as long as they can survive, it doesn't matter.

Therefore, the Manchu army fought more and more, and the Nanming's territory became smaller and smaller.

The fundamental reason is that there are too many differences between the north and the south, and the lack of favor from the top to the bottom. The people at the bottom will only instinctively fear the power, but they don't have the noble consciousness to stand up for the destruction of the country.

Therefore, it is also a historical necessity for Nanming to perish in the midst of destruction.

Looking at the Tianjin Wei Dagukou Wharf covered in banners and flags, Zhu Changluo withdrew his wandering thoughts.

What he has to do now is to restore the gap between the North and the South in terms of economic development.

Chen Zhenlong is about to set off again.

The mission and purpose of his departure this time are different again.

When the national debt notes were issued, Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi came to Xishan Huangzhuang to look for Zhu Changluo.

When Xu Guangqi saw Zhu Changluo, he understood everything instantly.

It turns out that Zhu Zhengshou with extraordinary temperament is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
Zhu Changluo received Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci in an approachable manner.

In the communication with Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci, Zhu Changluo also showed Xu Guangqi the current scientific and technological achievements of Xishan Huangzhuang.

Xu Guangqi, who is interested in mathematics and science and technology itself, was immediately attracted by Zhu Changluo.

If it weren't for the fact that he was going to take the imperial examination next year, he would have been able to devote himself to Zhu Changluo and Xishan Institute of Technology or Xishan Institute of Physics as a researcher immediately.

And Matteo Ricci was also shocked by everything in front of him. He really didn't expect that there was such a special crown prince in the ancient East, and he actually valued the development of science and technology so much.

During his more than ten years of career in China, Matteo Ricci actually knew the details of this huge empire long ago.

Although this seemingly huge empire has a splendid civilization and a prosperous culture.

However, their awe of nature is only on the surface, and they have no desire to explore nature.

On the contrary, their culture has been suppressing people's thirst for knowledge.For some inventions and creations, they also dismiss them, calling them ingenious skills.

And those who do this kind of work are also at the bottom of society.

However, now he actually saw a different world in the crown prince's manor.

This surprised Matteo Ricci.

He believed that His Royal Highness the crown prince must be an extremely enlightened monarch, and he would definitely allow the holy light of God to shine on this ancient oriental land.

Therefore, he admired Zhu Changluo extremely, and never thought that Zhu Changluo actually wanted to use him.

Just like now, on the fleet that Chen Zhenlong is about to set off, Matteo Ricci was appointed by Zhu Changluo as an honorable navigator, and was also awarded a seventh-rank civilian official, who was hung under the Honglu Temple.

Moreover, Zhu Changluo also encouraged him with the story of Xuanzang's acquisition of the Western Scriptures, and asked him to be a Tang monk once, leading Chen Zhenlong's fleet to the distant Taixi, and taking the "truth" of Taixi to Daming.

Regarding Zhu Changluo's appointment, Matteo Ricci suddenly felt extremely honored.

He thought that as long as he could go back to Taixi to retrieve the Taixi scriptures this time, his mission would be considered complete.

Maybe one day in the future the Pope of the Vatican will canonize him!
"Mr. Chen, I'll leave it to you alone."

Zhu Changluo toasted Chen Zhenlong with a glass of wine.

When Chen Zhenlong saw the crown prince toasting in person, he hurriedly stepped aside and replied: "I dare not. I will definitely live up to your highness's expectations and bring the civilization of Taixi to my Daming."

Zhu Changluo said: "Taixi civilization is very different from our Ming civilization. Although Taixi is a small country with few people, we can't take it lightly. There is a saying in the Book of Songs: Stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade. Taixi has developed in some aspects, and my Ming Dynasty still has to be open-minded. Learning. This time, when you go to Taixi, I don’t ask you to bring any new treasures. But as many books on natural science as Taixi, as well as scholars and craftsmen, the better.”

"These are the essence of Taixi. As for other matters, you can do as you see fit. If there is anything that needs to be negotiated, you can boldly let Matteo Ricci negotiate. After all, after Nanyang, the businessmen of Taixi It gradually increased, and he could save a lot of things by negotiating and mediating."

"Remember not to feel sorry for silver. If you can use silver to do things, use silver to do it. If money can't do it, use cannons to do it. These cannons that I give you are long-range cannons. I dare not say that they are invincible , but it is definitely amazingly powerful, and it can keep you safe at sea."

Zhu Changluo did not forget to explain to Chen Zhenlong at the end. He hoped that Chen Zhenlong could live up to his expectations and move the essence of Taixi civilization to Daming this time.

Therefore, this time Zhu Changluo also paid a lot of money. This time Zhu Changluo was under tremendous pressure and allocated all the largest ships in the Zhili Navy to Chen Zhenlong.

So far, the scale of Chen Zhenlong's ocean-going fleet has reached the largest ocean-going fleet since Zheng He, with more than [-] people!
But even so, if you want to compare with Zheng He, it is still a lot worse. After all, when Zheng He's fleet sailed to the West, there were more than 6000 sailors alone, 48 large ships, and small ships.

And Chen Zhenlong only managed to gather around 2000 ships this time. Of course, compared with Zheng He's treasure ships, these ships are not a bit worse.However, the number of people can reach [-], which is not a small scale.

Moreover, these ships are also filled with porcelain, tea, silk and other things.

These things may not be worth much money in Daming, but it is different overseas.

Therefore, this time Chen Zhenlong went to Haitaixi, no matter what happened in the end, he would definitely be able to earn a lot of money back.

However, Zhu Changluo also explained to him that money is second, the key is Taixi's books, scholars, craftsmen and Taixi's giant ship!
Now, the Western shipbuilding industry has completely surpassed Ming Dynasty.They have all been able to build Galen ships with a displacement of thousands of tons.

Although this kind of ship is also a wooden structure ship, it is still a ship driven by traditional power such as sails, but it is undeniable that this kind of ship was indeed the most advanced ship in the world at that time.

Therefore, in this era of stagnant shipbuilding in Ming Dynasty, if Chen Zhenlong can get this huge ship back this time, it will definitely be a great achievement!
At that time, it would be a good idea to make him a marquis duke based on this merit!

So, this time to make Chen Zhenlong more motivated.

Zhu Changluo still specially asked for an imperial edict to appoint Chen Zhenlong as the commander-in-chief of the ocean, allowing him to mobilize all naval forces along the coast of Daming.

But, even then, these are limited.

Because, as soon as he crosses Guangdong and enters the South China Sea, the strength of the Daming Navy will be gone.

The rest is up to him.

Therefore, Zhu Changluo also granted him the right to act cheaply at the same time, as a show of favor!
Faced with Zhu Changluo's kindness and courtesy, Chen Zhenlong was very grateful.

After all, these appointments are ones of grace and trust.

We must know that when Chengzu was born, the chief envoy and deputy envoy who went to sea were both internal officials.

Now, not only did Zhu Changluo not send any internal officials to accompany the ship, but he also appointed Chen Zhenlong as the commander-in-chief of the ocean. This honor alone is enough to make people sacrifice their lives to repay their kindness.

(End of this chapter)