Bury the Qing Dynasty

Ever since the day when the anti-flag was raised, Emperor Zhu has been thinking about the direction of the future, but even though Emperor Zhu racked his brains, he couldn't find a reliable direction.

It is not advisable to continue to use the rule of ritual as in the past dynasties or to fully implement the rule of law as in later generations.

Because the situation of the Ming Dynasty is different from that of previous dynasties, and it is also very different from the situation of later generations.

From the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Da Qing Liang, the central plains have always been dominated by the small-scale peasant economy. Although there are also various workshops, under the premise of the small-scale peasant economy as the main body, the development of the workshop is actually a Restricted, no matter how sprouted, it is just a sprout.

But now the Ming Dynasty is full of workshops, not only the five small industries controlled by the imperial court, but also other industries such as salt and post. The demand for workers far exceeds that of previous dynasties.

One is a small-scale peasant economy and the other is an industrial economy. Not only are the levels of productivity different, but their essence is also very different. It is of course nonsense to continue to use the old rule of law.

How about fully implementing the rule of law like later generations?

It's also bullshit.

Because the later generations experienced the burning of the Old Summer Palace by the barbarians of the Eight Kingdoms, the abdication and restoration of Jianyi, the separatist regimes of warlords in various places, and the invasion of Japan, a large number of intellectuals awakened, and the people wanted to change. Florists.

And what has Daming experienced now?
Even if it has been 50 and [-] years since Jianyi entered the customs, it is still those sages and gentry who have the right to speak. In terms of quantity, it can only be regarded as negligible.

The sages and gentry in the country have never been low in their ability to adapt to the wind.

In addition, it has never experienced the invasion of barbarians from the Eight Kingdoms or the invasion of Japanese slaves. On the contrary, after the cart overturned the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty continued to open up foreign countries, so that the thoughts and arguments of the Heavenly Kingdom have always existed.

In order to fully implement the rule of law under such circumstances, the difficulties we have to face are not ordinary.

More importantly, the rule of ritual that has been passed down for thousands of years is not necessarily all dross and no good.

In fact, the reason why many rules of rites are labeled as dross is not because of their shortcomings, but because of the conflict between the rule of rites and the development of productive forces.

For example, there are a large number of workshops in various places in Ming Dynasty. Some of these workshops are mainly male workers, some are mainly female workers, and some are male and female workers. Compared with when there is no workshop, it is greatly increased.

In this case, once a male worker and a female worker see each other, what should they do?
The rule of etiquette pays attention to the order of parents and the words of matchmakers, while the rule of law pays attention to the protection of the rights of individual natural persons. From the perspective of the rule of law, free love itself is the right that a natural person should have.

Is there a conflict?

This is only the first level of conflict.

The next thing to face is the second layer of conflict - will the workshop owners support the rule of law or the rule of law?

You don't even need to think about this kind of thing. The workshop owners will definitely support the rule of law, and they even jump up and vote with their feet.

Because supporting the rule of courtesy means losing two workers, while supporting the rule of law can save two workers to the greatest extent.

Then there is the third level of conflict—the conflict between clans and natural persons.

This matter is actually obvious, because it is impossible for Emperor Zhu to forcibly cancel or eliminate all clans, even if Emperor Zhu can forcibly replace the patriarchal power and patriarchal law with national law, even if Emperor Zhu and the court officials tried their best to induce the people to divide family, and it is impossible to completely replace the clan's right to speak in the village.

Therefore, the conflict between the clan and the natural person actually represents the conflict between the patriarchal right and the national law.

According to the traditional patriarchal power, a marriage without the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker is elopement. Both the man and the woman are at fault. If one of them is already engaged in marriage, it is an unforgivable big mistake. The pig cage naturally became a matter of course.

But can the national law stipulate this?

Obviously, it is impossible for the national law to stipulate this way at all, because the national law must maintain the stability of the world, and at the same time limit the suzerainty to prevent the patriarchal power from eroding the imperial power and the national law.

So there is a third layer of conflict.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of conflicts encountered in the development of Ming Dynasty.

There is another problem hidden under the iceberg that is obviously more troublesome than this problem.

As we all know, the development of industrialization will increase productivity, and the increase in productivity will also accelerate the circulation of wealth. In this process, not only will a large number of rich people be born, but also many workshop owners and wealthy businessmen will emerge Different thoughts.

Because workshop owners and wealthy businessmen are still businessmen in essence, and businessmen value profits—what is the biggest profit?
The biggest benefit is not how much money the Ming court can make them, but how much power they can hold and how much power they can guarantee their own money.

For example, during Zhu Yuanzhang’s period, he vigorously promoted sociology. On the surface, it was for the welfare of the people of the world, so that children from poor families had the opportunity to study and become officials. Isn’t that true?

However, what many people don't expect is that those who smeared Zhu Yuanzhang the most and opposed the promotion of sociology were precisely those officials from poor families who got grades and then became officials.

This matter is easy to understand-whether it is a family or a clan who has worked hard to support an official, they naturally hope to turn over and change their class and get rewarded, so that more children from poor families can study and become officials Doesn't it mean that there are more competitors, which will easily affect their interests?

The same problem is also the conflict between the old sages and gentry and the new honored ministers, relatives, officials and lords.

For example, a famous saying of a degenerate literati: Why should the hard work of several generations of my family lose to your ten-year cold window?

In short, there are a lot of messy problems. Daming is only relying on super-high-speed development to forcibly suppress these problems, but it doesn't mean that these problems don't exist.

Thinking of these messy questions, Emperor Zhu couldn't help sighing slightly.

Ruling the world is far more difficult than defeating the world!
Some people may say, since you, Emperor Zhu, copied the rabbit's tricks, why didn't you copy them more thoroughly?If you copy the rabbit directly and completely, I am afraid that there will be no such messy problems.

In fact, this involves the dark forest and the question of whether it can be copied or not.

If Emperor Zhu wanted to copy Rabbit's story completely, it would mean that the Meng Lianggu rebel group at that time had to make movies not only with the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, but also with the sages and gentry in the countryside.

According to the urgency of Ning and Youbang in the Qing Dynasty, maybe they will have a film with the foreign reinforcements invited by the Qing Dynasty.

Although there is no doubt about the final victory, this style of fighting against the whole world will definitely cause the Central Plains to suffer a great loss of vitality in the process of fighting the world.

If you have to find a more vivid statement, it is to perform a whole-body blood exchange on a patient who is not yet completely terminally ill. Regardless of how adaptable the blood is, the weak period after the blood exchange is not something that Emperor Zhu casually You can decide whether to change or not.

Because since the age of great voyages, the whole of Europa has been developing rapidly, but the Qing Dynasty has played a closed-door policy, defending against Han is better than defending against barbarians, whether it is military, industry, navigation, physics, chemistry, medicine or astronomy, Mathematics, geography and other aspects have been overtaken by Europa.

If Emperor Zhu first gives Zhongyuan Tangkou a big change, it basically means that Zhongyuan Tangkou will be weak for a long period of time, and Europa can also achieve greater development.

In the end, it was Zhongyuan Tangkou who suffered the most.

On the contrary, it is a small amount of blood exchange, copying some of the benefits, and discarding some unsuitable rules and regulations, which is more suitable for Daming's current situation.

The more I thought about these messy things, the more headache I got. Emperor Zhu simply shook his head slightly, and told his classmate Zhu Jianying: "Let the Tianzi dock at the port first, and let's go to Osman first."

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Port Mukalla has been caught in blood and fire.

Although Ottoman's army is not up to the mark, and the defenders of Mukalla Port have lost effective command, but with the support of Mukalla Port and many reinforcements behind it, coupled with insufficient troops, the land battle of the Tianzi fleet There was no way for the troops to take down Mukalla immediately, so they could only move forward little by little.

Deniz, who was temporarily elected as Mukalla's defensive commander, panicked.

Unlike the generals of the Ottoman Janissaries who claimed to be the Sultan Guard but actually killed the Sultan, repeatedly set off rebellions, and always thought they were the best in the world, Deniz knew exactly what kind of army he was facing. The army knew better that it was impossible for Mukalla to persist for too long under the attack of the Ming army.

The only thing Deniz can count on now is that the courier can rush to Istanbul as quickly as possible, and tell Mustafa Pasha the news that Mahazand II Sultan and a large number of generals of the Janissaries have died. Then Mustafa Pasha's reinforcements could arrive at Mukalla before Ming's massive attack.

Of course, the most important thing is that Mustafa Pasha can quickly send someone to take over his command—although it feels great to control the entire Mukalla, Deniz is also very clear in his heart that no matter how cool it feels, it has to be The feeling of life is fine, and what you can enjoy after death is endless darkness.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Deniz kept turning around in the room, looking anxiously at the Ottoman generals around him: "Now, besides asking for help from Mustafa Pasha and the nearby army Besides, do you have any other options?"

All the Ottoman generals in the room did not answer Deniz's question, but lowered their heads instead.

It’s not that these Ottomans told you not to answer Deniz’s question, but that you really don’t know how to answer it—the manpower that can be mobilized in Mukalla Port has basically been mobilized, and even the ordinary civilians who can be recruited have all been recruited. Conscripting, Deniz's current military strength has even reached an unprecedented 2 people, but what's the use of this?Wouldn't it still be oppressed and beaten by Ming's army of only 3000 people?
Moreover, it is not that Deniz has never tried to encircle and suppress the Ming army with only 3000 people by relying on superior forces, but the final result made Deniz and a group of Ottoman generals despair.

Yes, it is true that the Ming army only had 3000 troops for the landing operations, and it is true that Deniz can mobilize [-] troops. However, the [-] troops of the Ming Dynasty only occupied the port of Mukalla, and the Ottoman army With an advantage in military strength, the Ming army can also rely on the fleet at sea to gain an advantage in firepower.

The [-] "army" under Deniz suffered serious setbacks just after launching the first wave of charge. A large number of Ottoman civilians who were recruited were either bombarded by the Ming Fleet's artillery, or simply dropped their weapons and ran away. The Ottoman army, which has grown to over [-], now has only about [-] left, and can only rely on the rounding algorithm to forcibly call it an army of [-].

Deniz also tried to send people to contact the generals of the Ming army, but no matter what conditions Deniz proposed, the generals of the Ming army on the opposite side had only one answer: no peace or surrender, if you The Ottoman soldiers still know how to lose face, so they will fight to the end!
It is precisely because of this answer that Deniz and the Ottoman generals are even more desperate.

As for running away...

Deniz and a group of Ottoman generals didn't have this idea at all.

It's not about how loyal Deniz and the others are to Ottoman, nor how fearless they are to death, but because Deniz and the others also know in their hearts that the army twisted together can delay the time of defeat to some extent. If you spread out...

What I and others have to face is not only the pursuit of the Ming army, but also the pursuit of Mustafa Pasha who abandoned Mukalla, and more importantly, the pursuit of ordinary Ottoman civilians. .

Hunting and killing rout soldiers, whether it is the Tangkou of the Central Plains, the Ottomans, or the nobles, squires, and commoners of Europa, all like to do it, because the cost is low and the benefits are large.

Therefore, the situation facing Deniz and the Ottoman generals is that they can't fight and fight, they can't surrender and they can't surrender, and they can't run. The reinforcements can arrive sooner.

Of course, the premise is that the courier can rush back to Istanbul alive, and the speed must be fast enough...

Seeing that none of the generals answered his question, Deniz simply gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, angrily said: "Since you have no solution, you might as well listen to my solution!"

When the generals looked up, Deniz snorted again and said, "There are many businessmen from other countries in Mukalla City, arrest them all, no matter which country they are from!"