Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 528
"Patriarch, the Kyushu army is powerful, we have to find a way to check and balance them, and at the same time, we must not offend them, lest they do some irrational behavior." Sakai Tadakatsu was beside Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he also heard the words of the Dongying people who had lived in the Central Plains for a long time. The description of the Kyushu Army, like Tokugawa Iemitsu, judged the Kyushu Army as a more dangerous object.

"They won't act recklessly. It's just that our situation is not optimistic now. Who would have imagined that the Central Plains, which we could still confront with 40 to [-] years ago, has now become a mountain for us to look up to?" Tokugawa Iemitsu said deeply, " This time we have to let go of our useless dignity and face, and do everything possible to narrow the gap with the Central Plains. Even for this selection, we have to send people to learn the advanced culture of the Central Plains. And we have to select the smartest Mr. and warrior."

"Patriarch, you must think carefully. In this way, we are bowing our heads to the Kyushu Army as disciples." Sakai Tadakatsu, Abe Tadaaki and other retainers are aware of the strength of the Kyushu Army, but they also know the courage of Tokugawa Iemitsu. , still unwilling.

Since the Tang Dynasty was sent, Dongying Kingdom began to move towards a strong feudal society, and it always wanted to break away from the influence of the Central Plains and become an existence that sat and stood with the Central Plains.But after a thousand years, the wheel of history not only has not moved forward, but seems to be reincarnating again.

"You don't need to say more, I have made up my mind." Tokugawa Iemitsu said solemnly, making everyone's hearts tremble, "This time we will select the most loyal and talented people to go to the Tokyo Academy for selection, but we must not use The title of our shogunate should be a private one. In this way, my shogunate has no intention of surrendering. When this group of people has learned something, they will come back to help my shogunate catch up with China and revive my grandfather's ambition to deploy martial arts in the world. "

"Yes!" Sakai Tadakatsu and others seemed to see a glimmer of hope in the suffocating despair brought about by the giant Kyushu Army.

After intensive preparations, the public selection for the Tokyo Academy was finally held in Edo Castle, triggering a bustling scene of a large influx of people into Edo Castle since the fall of the curtain.There are also hawkers walking around the streets carrying poles and shouting for business.Some daimyo and people from upper-class families appeared on the streets in kimonos. Even if they didn't participate in this selection, it was regarded as a grand event.They all wanted to see what the selection of the legendary Central Plains was like.

In addition to the eye-catching daimyos, some Banners also used their status as servants of the Tokugawa family to show off their power in Edo Castle, leading a few samurai to disperse the surrounding civilians.Most of the people who arrived were civilians, including the aborigines in Edo Castle and farmers outside Edo Castle. Isn't there a chance to reach the sky in one step?Even if they are students of the Tokyo Academy, they can show off in front of ordinary civilians and even low-level samurai.

Zheng Zhilong watched this scene with satisfaction, there must be some smart people among these people.Of course, being smart is useless, you have to learn how to be a human being.

"Commander, the number of applicants for this selection has increased sharply. There are actually more than 1000 people. Among them are the children of famous families, wandering warriors, farmers and peddlers, and all kinds of religions." The official in charge of registering names wiped his forehead Sweat, report to Zheng Zhilonghui.The large number of people just now made him flustered.

"In Edo City, there are more than a thousand people who signed up. If it is extended to the entire Dongying Kingdom, wouldn't there be tens of thousands of people?" Zheng Zhilong witnessed their frenzy with his own eyes, and was shocked when he really learned the exact number of people who signed up. .

The deputy commander of the Beiyang Fleet, Shi Daxuan, asked from the side: "My subordinates have some doubts. Why do we set up a school in Dongying Kingdom? There are tens of millions of people in the Central Plains who need to be educated, even in southern Liaoning. There are still illiterate children in this land, and there is a shortage of teachers, so why spend resources in this overseas land?"

"Then let me ask you, when we ran across the southeast coast a few years ago, how did we deal with pirates who were vying for territory with us?" Zheng Zhilong put his hands behind his back.

"If the opponent is weaker than us, we will find a way to get rid of their nest, get rid of their boss, annex their troops, and steal their property. If the opponent is stronger than us, we need to unite with other forces to kill them." Shi Daxuan said.

When they traveled across the world before, they were really so ruthless, otherwise they would not have become the largest force in the southeast coast.

"Then do you think we can use the same method to deal with the shogunate? Storm Edo City, wipe out all the people of the shogunate, and then go west to wipe out the fallen allied forces, rob their property and return to the Central Plains?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"Is this not feasible? If we loot all their property, it will never be possible to rise here and become our vassal state forever." Shi Daxuan asked puzzled.

"The premise you said is that our Huaxia will always remain strong and suppress them all the time, and this is impossible. From my experience here in the early years, if we really rob this place, the seeds of hatred will Planted on this land, if the Central Plains falls into division in the future, this place will rise quickly and become a serious problem for us. So instead of adopting barbaric methods, we must assimilate them." Zheng Zhilong said, "The establishment of the school is to To solve the problem fundamentally, this matter should be explained clearly to you by the interim dean of the Tokyo Academy. Mr. Huang, what do you think?"

Zheng Zhilong looked at a young Confucian scholar who was walking beside him. This man was thin, but he had a fighting spirit.

"Your Majesty General is really flattering me. I am just a young Confucian scholar. Thanks to the military leader's respect, I traveled across the ocean to come here to be the dean. I am sincerely afraid." Because of the low status of the young Confucian scholar, he has been with Zheng Zhilong, and they are the masters. Seeing Zheng Zhilong asking his opinion this time, he couldn't help being humble.

This young man joined the Academy of Sciences of the Kyushu Army only after the fall of the Chengnan Ming regime in Nanjing.Even he himself didn't know why Chu Yun trusted him so much, devoted a lot of resources to him, and let a Confucian scholar in his early 20s set up the first school in Dongying Kingdom as the dean.

"But it doesn't matter." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Xiaosheng Huang Zongxi is not talented, so he has a point of view. Writing and language are passed down from generation to generation, which is the most fundamental difference between a country and a family. If we set up schools and spread the word in wild places overseas Chinese culture, over time, everyone will speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, and then imitate Chinese etiquette and learn Confucian classics. Within three generations, there will be Han people everywhere overseas." The young Confucian scholar replied.

(End of this chapter)