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Chapter 779: Your Majesty, this is a traitor! Traitor!

The emergence of rye made Zhu Yijun breathe a sigh of relief about the extremely severe Little Ice Age. The Han people were very good at farming. As long as this cold-resistant plant was promoted on a large scale, fewer people would starve to death or no people would starve to death, and the Ming Dynasty would be able to survive the severe cold storm.

Zhu Yijun and Xu Zhenming talked for a long time and determined the direction of rye cultivation: one is forage cultivation based mainly on leaf volume, and the other is grain cultivation based mainly on seed yield.

Rye bread tastes bad, but that’s not a problem. No matter how bad it tastes, it’s still better than Guanyin soil.

Zhu Yijun did not want to see the people of the Ming Dynasty starving, so his most radical decree was to impose fines on abandoned land and then confiscate land. This decree had no policy basis and was just wishful thinking. Later, he stopped enforcing it because he found it impossible to enforce. Only Songjiang Prefecture, because its standard for returning land to wasteland was the most radical, implemented the policy of imposing fines on abandoned land and confiscating land.

When the Ming Emperor returned to Tonghe Palace, he received a memorial from Gao Qiyu, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Gao Qiyu had already formulated the general principles for promoting education, which had been approved by the Ministry of Rites and sent to the Cabinet.

"Sir, you actually posted a blank ticket. You really have the temper of a child. It's not a big deal. It's just not being shy." Zhu Yijun looked at the ticket on the memorial. The ticket representing the position of the Prime Minister was blank. Other cabinet ministers gave specific opinions.

The reason why Zhang Juzheng did not forgive Gao Qiyu was very simple. Gao Qiyu could not become a breakthrough for the Wanli Reform. The case at that time could easily be portrayed by those with ulterior motives as Zhang Juzheng's deliberate usurpation of power and deliberate instruction of Gao Qiyu to test public opinion.

There was a regent named Zhu Shao Guoyi once during the Zhengtong period. It was not a big problem. Regent is regent. But if you overstep your authority, undermine the emperor, or even abdicate to replace him, it would be a big problem.

Gao Qiyu's memorial was titled: "Memorial on the Establishment of School System and Request for the Development of Education". The fifteenth year of the Wanli reign was the Dinghai year, which can also be called the Dinghai school system.

"My dear minister Xuan Gao, please come and see me. I will ask him in detail." Zhu Yijun finished reading the long memorial and said solemnly, "It has 15,000 words. I will have to read it carefully."

This memorial is a typical ten thousand word book. It is not a bombardment of useless information. It hides the purpose in the ocean of words. Every word and sentence is important and involves all aspects of the school system. Zhu Yijun took a brief look at it and found many doubts, so he needed to let Gao Qiyu present the memorial in person.

Half an hour later, Gao Qiyu arrived at Tonghe Palace and reported to the emperor before appearing before him.

"Your Majesty, I, Gao Qiyu, pay my respects to you. Long live Your Majesty." Gao Qiyu bowed five times and kowtowed three times during the ceremony.

"No need to be polite." Zhu Yijun motioned Feng Bao to look at the tea, then he said, "I still remember that year when you were waiting for my carriage at Xuanwu Gate, kneeling on the ground to apologize, hoping that you would not implicate me, sir. Fourteen years have passed in a flash. Time flies."

"In the future, when you make private comments, you don't have to perform the five bows and three kowtows to perform the grand ceremony. Just bow and sit down."

"I am deeply grateful for Your Majesty's grace." Gao Qiyu bowed his head again and said hurriedly. Gao Qiyu had heard that one did not have to kneel when visiting the emperor in private, but he did not expect that he would actually enjoy such treatment.

"Nothing. Back then, Gao Gong said in the cabinet that how could a 10-year-old emperor rule the world. He thought I was not good at studying and had no talent. He did not say that I could not rule the world. I should thank him for being lenient." Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "At least today, I can still barely do it."

"Your Majesty is a wise and enlightened ruler, and Duke Xinzheng is very wrong." Gao Qiyu answered this question very clearly. When Gao Gong was alive, he had already admitted that he had made a wrong judgment.

Gao Gong has already died, and the emperor was even merciful enough to give him a posthumous title without being overly fussy about it. But since he, Gao Qiyu, is still alive, he must have a clear answer as to whether Your Majesty has done a good job and is a wise ruler.

"Please tell me about your 15,000-word curriculum." Zhu Yijun sat up straight and began to ask for advice.

"There are eight chapters and eighty-four sections in total. I will explain them one by one to Your Majesty." Gao Qiyu knew the memorials he had written by heart, and he could explain them without even reading them.

The Dinghai school system divided the general education system into kindergartens, primary schools, ordinary middle schools, and high schools.

The Elementary School is for enlightenment, a bit like a kindergarten, where students learn to read and count. The primary school, middle school and high school form the framework of the three-level schools in the Beijing Garrison, the Navy and the government factories.

Students who graduate from high schools can enter schools such as the Imperial Academy, the nine polytechnics, the Craftsmen Industrial School, the Translation Institute, etc.

Unlike the old learning, the new learning teaches mathematics from the beginning to the end, and is not limited to Confucian classics, but rather the classics of various schools of thought that flourished and contended with a hundred schools of thought.

In addition to the school system, normal schools must be established first. Only when there are teachers can there be students. Normal courses must be set up in the nine major polytechnics to train enough teachers. Within five years, normal schools must be established in the capitals of all provinces to ensure sufficient teaching staff.

"We should mainly focus on the three-level schools in government factories, because only government factories can afford these schools. When there are enough normal schools, we will seek to expand the three-level schools from government factories, Beijing garrisons, and the navy to prefectures, states, and counties." Gao Qiyu reminded the emperor not to rush, as this was a delicate job.

These schools were built in a hurry, but when they came to be there were no teachers or students, they could not be maintained and were all abandoned.

There are 84 sections in eight chapters, and Gao Qiyu remembered every section clearly, and explained the connections between them vividly. When he was so thirsty from talking, Feng Bao even specially made two cups of good tea for him.

There is a very interesting chapter in it, which strictly prohibits the use of unnecessary foreign terms, and all must be translated before use in order to preserve the Chinese language and correct the style of scholars.

Here is a typical example. For example, the sect in the West translated their God (Deus) into God, which was conducive to the spread of Catholicism. However, the Ministry of Rites believed that their God should be transliterated according to their names, such as Deus, Badler, Felix and Spirido.

There are many nouns of this type, and schools everywhere are strictly prohibited from using incorrect translations.

"Strictly speaking, any sacrifice that has not been canonized by the court is an obscene sacrifice. The Western gods are not allowed to be spread in the heartland of the Ming Dynasty without being canonized by Your Majesty." As an official of the Ministry of Rites, Gao Qiyu explained to His Majesty in detail the illegality of Western missionary work in the Ming Dynasty.

Obviously, it was impossible for the Roman Catholic Church to accept such an absurd thing that their God was canonized by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

There are many interesting regulations in the entire memorial. For example, no private school or family academy is allowed to teach two military books. These two books are Qi Jiguang's "Jixiao Xinshu" and "Lianbing Shiji". There are no restrictions on other military strategies.

"Why is this? Other military strategies are not banned, so why are General Qi's two books banned?" Zhu Yijun asked with a frown.

Gao Qiyu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is not about promoting culture over military, it's because the two military books are too specific, so they can be taught in the military academy."

"So that's it." Zhu Yijun understood why the two military books were banned. They were too specific and could easily cause trouble.

Gao Qiyu continued, "Chapter 6, Article 17: The schoolmaster is not allowed to stir up trouble, students are not allowed to meddle in state affairs, and they are not allowed to resist changing the rules of the hall."

"The Master said: One should not meddle in politics if he is not in the position to do so. He also said: A gentleman should not think beyond his position."

"Position means foundation and duty. Students should strictly abide by the school rules and concentrate on their studies. This is the duty of students. If you really have a patriotic heart and aspiration to serve the country, you should have high expectations and work hard. When you succeed in your studies in the future, you can be useful to the world and strive to strengthen yourself. Who would not respect and value it?"

"Teng made absurd statements and interfered in state affairs, or gathered people to resist the change of the rules of the hall. Such people who are reckless and make trouble may not be able to achieve great things. All schools should punish them according to the rules and regulations, and must not tolerate them at all, which will lead to corruption."

"Your Majesty, some powerful people are trying to deceive students. Young students are easily impulsive and can be exploited by those people. This rule is for this reason."

Since Gao Qiyu was in charge of promoting education, he would naturally not plant a big bomb for the education administration. Every young student was the future of the Ming Dynasty. If they were exploited by bad people, it would be a huge loss for the Ming Dynasty. Not allowing political activities to enter the school was the bottom line.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "These academicians who talk nonsense in the school must also be severely punished. I still remember that the students of the Imperial College discriminated against the students of the Institute of Science and Technology and broke the mapping telescope."

Gao Qiyu continued to explain his Dinghai school system. He had tried to simplify it as much as possible, but it still took the emperor more than an hour to explain the rules clearly.

"I believe that it takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. This is the long-term strategy for a country." Gao Qiyu concluded that the Dinghai school system was expected to take a hundred years to realize the emperor's ambition. Regardless of their wealth, noble or humble, everyone would have the opportunity to go to school and be literate.

Zhu Yijun asked calmly: "How much?"

"A lot of money." Gao Qiyu took a deep breath and said.

Zhu Yijun smiled and continued to ask: "How much is a lot?"

"Just a lot." Gao Qiyu was silent for a moment, but still answered the question vaguely.

"My dear Minister Gao, you are playing a guessing game with me, right?" Zhu Yijun smiled brightly. It was not that Gao Qiyu wanted to fool the emperor.

Gao Qiyu's idea was very simple and his vision was very beautiful, but the amount of money needed to realize this vision was by no means a small amount. He was afraid that the huge financial budget would scare away the emperor and investors. Would he still be able to carry out this project?
"The investment will increase over the years. It will probably take tens of billions of silver taels to achieve initial results in a hundred years, and nearly 100 million taels of silver will be needed every year to maintain it. This is within the population of 400 million. If the population is larger, it will probably be more." Gao Qiyu closed his eyes for a long time, sighed and said, "It is much more expensive than the navy of the Beijing Camp."

Zhu Yijun said that everyone should have access to education, and Zhang Juzheng said, "Your Majesty, please look at the world map. The British Empire will be easier to achieve."

It is really expensive. The investment is over ten billion taels of silver, and hundreds of millions of taels of silver are needed every year to maintain it. This is a horrible consumption.

"And most importantly, this can only be invested by the imperial court, right? There is almost no support from the people." Zhu Yijun calculated for a moment, shook his head and said: "Popularizing education is a long and arduous task, and the road ahead is long and arduous."

The powerful and wealthy wish they could rule for thousands of years. Education is the biggest class threshold. Let the poor read and become wise. If they read more, the poor will break through the class barriers, and these powerful and wealthy people, local celebrities and gentry will be replaced.

These powerful and wealthy people, local elites and gentry will try every means to destroy the universal education that has been established with great difficulty in order to consolidate their own position.

Korea created the Hunminjeongeum, which firmly controlled Sinology in the hands of both the civil and military classes. This made Korea a chaotic country, and it lasted only a month before being conquered by the Japanese pirates.

"Your plan is excellent." Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Let's follow your plan. The 100-year long-term plan is the long-term vision, and it is determined every five years. What exactly should be done in these five years and how to achieve it is the short-term vision. As for the road, we have to take it step by step."

"It's very expensive." Gao Qiyu said with his fists clenched. He hoped that His Majesty would be prepared because this was a losing deal.

"Education is a good thing. The more I invest, the more talents the Ming will get. Talents can push the Ming to reform and innovate and move forward." Zhu Yijun sat up straight and said, "We have to do it no matter how expensive it is."

The Royal Institute of Technology has proven that this is a losing business. After the students graduated from the institute, the imperial court could not compete with the people for housing. Of the first 1,400 students who graduated, the imperial court only managed to snatch 400 of them.

The emperor made a huge investment, and when the fruits came to fruition, the common people reaped the benefits. In the long run, it was a profit for the Ming Dynasty, but a loss for Your Majesty personally.

Gao Qiyu actually very much agreed with Shen Li's forced assignment. Regardless of whether they received tuition fees or not, they were forced to work for the court for five years.

Under the feudal monarchy, if you are unwilling to work for the emperor, you are not loyal at all!
This contradiction seems familiar. During the Hongwu period, the Ming Dynasty lacked sufficient bureaucrats, and some scholars and officials who missed the Yuan Dynasty would rather cut off their fingers than take up official positions.

Mandatory assignment to serve the court is also considered the ancestral law of the Ming Dynasty. Shen Li is an extreme conservative and has studied the ancestral law. If there is no law, he can make one up. Gao Qiyu looked around and whispered, "Your Majesty, I have an idea. Starting next year, we will open Mingguan in various overseas ports, not limited to the sea borders of the Ming Dynasty. Spain and Portugal are friendly countries, and we can get permission."

"For global trade caravans, all ports of call can set up Mingguan. These Mingguan are small-scale customs offices that sell all kinds of goods from the Ming Dynasty. They do small business and make more money."

Education is so expensive, and Your Majesty still wants to invest in it, so you have to find ways to suck blood. Draining the world to provide for it is the only solution Gao Qiyu can think of.

"Just a little business?" Zhu Yijun frowned. Gao Qiyu was also a scholar. Was the suggestion he made in front of the emperor really for the purpose of doing some business?
Gao Qiyu said with great confidence: "It's just a small business to replace it."

"Your suggestion is very good, but the Ming officials and merchants stationed in the Mingguan may be in great danger." Zhu Yijun nodded, realizing that Gao Qiyu's small business was actually aimed at snatching away other people's colonies.

Gao Qiyu then said, "Your Majesty, there are risks, of course, but if we cooperate with Governor Wang's special trade license, there may be unexpected gains. The stronger the Ming Dynasty is, the safer the overseas personnel will be, and vice versa."

Nowadays, everyone is traveling around with swords. If the Ming Dynasty is strong, others will be cautious and dare not make things difficult for them. Moreover, these Mingguans are actually outposts for collecting intelligence. By collecting local intelligence bit by bit, the trade licenses will come in handy.

Mingguan is the outpost.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Your idea is very good. When Commander Liu Ji returns to Beijing, I will discuss this matter with him in detail."

"Your Majesty, I think we can let the followers of the Great Light Church come to the Ming Dynasty for pilgrimage regularly." Gao Qiyu continued: "Sometimes, only religion can replace religion."

The emperor was very opposed to the Great Light Church, but the Ming Dynasty had the conditions to prevent religion from becoming a part of the country's construction. However, in foreign countries, those barbarians still believed in this. If the Ming Dynasty expanded overseas, it would need this kind of power to maintain the stability of the colonies.

These colonized coolies need something for psychological comfort, otherwise they will have wild thoughts and it will be detrimental to production.

"That's fine. Overseas countries have their own ways. It's not easy for me to handle the affairs of the Ming Dynasty. Since it is necessary, let's allow them to make a pilgrimage." Zhu Yijun agreed with Gao Qiyu's statement. He gave up some of the arrogance of the Ming Dynasty. What works for the Ming Dynasty may not work for other places. Colonization must also be adapted to local conditions.

"Your Majesty..." A eunuch rushed in, fell down at the door, and quickly got up. He handed a newspaper to Feng Bao and said, "Your Majesty, there is a demon book circulating in the capital, and the imperial guards have gone to ban it."

The eunuch was specially trained to fall down, roll smoothly and then submit the documents, which represented the urgency of the situation, but the eunuch fell hard, obviously the incident caught him off guard.

Zhu Yijun took the thin paper from Feng Bao, looked at it for a long time, handed it to Feng Bao and said with a smile: "Show it to Lord Gao."

Gao Qiyu read a few lines of words, stood up suddenly, stretched out a hand and said: "Your Majesty, this is a traitor! Traitor!"

"Please be patient, I am not angry. Sit down, sit down, sit down. The talents of science and engineering have not risen, and these retro-minded scholars have been mumbling all day long. It is really annoying." Zhu Yijun took the magic book and said to the eunuch: "Tell Zhao Mengyou to withdraw all the imperial guards. Send them out if you want."

"If I am scolded twice, I won't lose much meat. If I am scolded, the officials who are doing their work will also be scolded less."

Gao Qiyu's breathing became rapid, and his scalp was numb. He really wanted to know who wrote this article. It was so bold that he dared to directly scold the emperor. Was he writing this kind of article to test the bond between the nine clans? !
The name of the evil book is "On the Rise and Fall of the World", and its content directly points to the emperor himself.

Looking at the dynasties, their rise was rapid, and their fall was sudden. Why? They were all focused on one thing.
At the beginning of each dynasty, a country would rise suddenly, but within a few years, corruption would inevitably come. Corruption would inevitably lead to corruption, and corruption would inevitably lead to failure. The rise and fall of the world is nothing more than this. Why? It is all because of one person's monopoly.

To use all the wealth in the world to serve oneself, to take all the benefits in the world for oneself, to use the vastness of the four seas to satisfy the needs of one man, all these are single-mindedness;

To squeeze out the marrow of the world, to transfer all the harm of the world to others, to separate the children of the world to gain the property of one person, is all one-sided;

The meaning is very clear. The emperor himself is responsible for the corruption in the world, because the emperor does not exist for the country. On the contrary, the country is a family dynasty that exists for the emperor. Under the framework of the family dynasty, the emperor must bear the overall responsibility for the corruption in the world.

"This evil book is really interesting. There is a Happy Stele Forest outside Chaoyang Gate. I have done my best to deal with so many corrupt officials. Didn't I appoint Hai Rui to take responsibility for this corruption? General Hai is so old, and he works hard all day to fight corruption." Zhu Yijun said with a smile, "He blames me later. I don't understand. All the wealth in the world belongs to me."

"What he meant was that the imperial court's finances can only last until March. Building the tomb of the previous emperor cost a total of 500,000 silver coins, and we still owe the Ming imperial court 110,000 silver coins. Is this extorting money from the people?"

"Is it still the same old story that the Yongshou Palace budgeted 2 million silvers, but only spent 200,000 silvers in the end, and burned them down not long after they were repaired?"

The Ming Emperor was really poor, and Zhu Yijun was also very poor. He couldn't even afford to invest in the Dinghai school system.

Gao Qiyu looked at the approved "Memorial on the Establishment of Schools" in his hand. The Dinghai school system was a huge expense that might very likely cost the emperor and the court their lives. His Majesty agreed, and the first phase of the Kowloon University was already on the way.

That’s 20 million silver coins. After it’s repaired, it will require a huge investment of nearly 2 million silver coins every year!
Gao Qiyu sighed and said, "This evil book talks about the monopoly of government factories, highways, coal, coke, steel, and tobacco. It is a means of accumulating wealth from all over the world."

"I admit this." Zhu Yijun said very confidently: "I want to make this money, use it to open up the sea, build government factories, invest in plantations, build highways, and promote education. I plan to build many schools so that children can go to school."

"The evil book says that all the wealth in the world is gathered to make a fortune for me. I ask myself, I am frugal and I really didn't spend much money. The annual expenditure of Tonghe Palace is only 500,000 silver coins, most of which are security expenses."

"Your Majesty, I think the right thing to do is to seal the nine gates immediately, dig out this beast who gossips behind my back, and parade this disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust person through the streets!" Feng Bao was furious. He watched his majesty grow from the age of ten to twenty-five.

Your Majesty has worked so hard for the Ming Dynasty to be great again in the past fifteen years! If Hai Rui could pick on one more upright official, he would be very satisfied with your Majesty. These cheap scholars who randomly draw targets and shoot arrows deserve to die!

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "Feng Daban, this is the purpose of the evil book, to irritate me and make me lose my mind."

"I will not allow the bureaucrats to double the execution, but once I take the bait, everyone can openly double it. Everyone may be labeled as disloyal and unfilial, fighting each other endlessly, everyone is suspected, everything is controlled, the harm of party imprisonment is the danger to the world, fighting for the sake of fighting is unwise."

"When I saw this evil book, I was not angry, but rather found it somewhat amusing. Lord Gao, please take this evil book back to the Ministry of Rites and have the Grand Master of the Imperial Clan publish it in the official newspaper and circulate it throughout the country."

"Everyone has a scale in their heart to weigh what is right and what is wrong."

If Zhu Yijun was said to be stingy, he might have locked the person up in the Northern Pacification Office for ten days, after all, that was true. But when it came to such random accusations, Zhu Yijun was too lazy to even pay attention to them.

"I dare not. Such treasonous words are disloyal to me." Gao Qiyu bowed his head and said, "I will leave."

Gao Qiyu now has serious things to do. The Dinghai school system is still waiting for him to implement. His Majesty has given 20 million silver coins to build Kowloon University in the first five years. This is a major event to establish the dynasty and cannot be taken lightly.

"Submit the memorial to the Ministry of Rites?" Zhu Yijun handed the evil book to Feng Bao and asked for Feng Bao's opinion.

Feng Bao waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I dare not do that either. Your Majesty, are you really not going to arrest anyone?"

"It's a waste of Tiqi's energy. There's no need to catch him. He dares to scold me. He won't leave any clues." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I think about Gao Qiyu's Mingguan. This method is good, but the affairs of overseas personnel must be guaranteed, otherwise no one will fight for me."

"Making money is more important. A hole worth tens of billions of silver is waiting for me. I want to make more money!"

Zhu Yijun looked at the evil book again, put it aside, and warned him: "Feng Daban, don't take it away secretly. I need to read it often to remind myself that I am the emperor and father of the people of the Ming Dynasty. I shoulder the sun and the moon, and I am tied to the country. I have to work hard."

"What he said about the one-man rule is wrong. What about floating tickets, red robes, court discussions, and the six departments of the cabinet and the Censorate? There is no such thing as one-man rule. The emperor really doesn't do whatever he wants."

There is a very interesting statement in the evil book, which means that in the Ming Dynasty, only the emperor is free, and everyone else, including the prime minister, is the emperor's slaves. It is said: Zhang Taiyue is extremely powerful, and although he is the prime minister in name, he is actually just an old slave of the Zhu family.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty really did not have much energy to pay attention to the remarks of such despicable Confucian scholars. He picked up the memorials and began to polish them. There were a lot of memorials, and they had to be submitted no later than one day in order to maintain the efficiency of the Ming Dynasty's bureaucratic system.

It was not until dusk that Zhao Mengyou returned to the imperial study in Tonghe Palace. He said with fatigue and helplessness: "Your Majesty, I have been tracking for a long time and traced it to a house outside Tongzhou. It turned out that the house was burned down last night. There is no clue at the scene. I am incompetent."

"No need to be polite." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "Since he dared to do it, he must have prepared all the escape routes long ago. How could you catch him so easily?"

If Zhu Yijun had the Sky Eye system, it would be easy to find someone. Now he can only ask the Ti cavalry to look for a needle in a haystack. If they hadn't done that, the culprit would have already disappeared without a trace.

Zhu Yijun stretched his body and told Zhao Mengyou not to waste too much energy on the investigation. If there were clues, he could investigate. If there were no clues, then just leave it as it is.

Zhu Yijun's reaction was very calm, but the reaction of the Ming officialdom was not calm at all. The most restless among them was Hai Rui. After hearing about the evil book, he went out of his way to find it and read it. After reading a small paragraph, he became furious and wanted to write an article to refute it.

Shen Li read it for a long time and said, "The accusations in this evil book are all biased and miss the point. They are worse than the jokes written by Li Yashi."

"In terms of word choice and sentence structure, it is not like what the Ming Dynasty scholars said. This article, On the Rise and Fall of the World, uses a lot of parallel sentences, four-character or six-character parallelisms, which were only used in the Tang Dynasty. However, the Ming Dynasty emphasized the use of literature to clarify the truth and did not advocate the piling up of words."

The literati of the Ming Dynasty generally opposed parallel prose, which was the pedantic behavior of piling up words, antithesis, and excessive quotations of allusions. Instead, they pursued plain and simple prose to make things clear and understandable.

"What does Grand Master of the Clan mean?" Zhang Juzheng also took the evil book and looked at it for a long time, then asked in confusion.

Shen Li said solemnly, "It's not just the Ming Dynasty that uses Chinese. I'm afraid this is something the Japanese pirates did, hoping to muddy the waters of the Ming Dynasty so as to gain some advantages on the front lines. Look at this sentence, killing the livers and brains of the world, provoking conflicts and summoning soldiers thousands of miles away, all to honor the achievements of one person, all of which are one-sided."

"Let's put aside other things. Right now, is there a single war that Your Majesty is fighting that is provoking a war? Is it the Ming Dynasty that is lightly starting a war?"

"Japanese pirates?" The more Hai Rui read it, the more he felt something was wrong. As the top troll in the Ming Dynasty, Hai Rui criticized Emperor Jiajing for specific things instead of being so vague. The more he read it, the more weird it felt like someone speaking fluent classical Chinese was trying to communicate with the people of the Ming Dynasty.

If Shen Li hadn't mentioned it, Hai Rui really wouldn't have noticed it.

Hai Rui frowned and said, "But your majesty has killed all the Japanese merchants in Ming. If the Japanese pirates want to spread the evil book in the capital of Ming, they should not be able to do that."

"The former Minister of Civil Affairs of Japan, Shinichi Kanda, was the tough guy who advocated that Japan print its own money to fight against the Ming Dynasty's overseas circulation of banknotes." Shen Li reminded the gentlemen that there was another tough guy, Shinichi Kanda, the son of Oda Ichi and Oda Nobunaga, in the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)