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Chapter 532 Huaxia Alliance
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Beijing Temple of Heaven.

In the eighth year of Longwu, the bitter cold wind in February could not dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd at all. Zhu Cihong was wearing the clothes of the ancient emperor, and under the guidance of the old ritual officer of the Confucius family, he carried out the procedure of offering sacrifices to heaven in an orderly manner.

There were many envoys watching the ceremony. Among the forces of Ming Dynasty, Li Dingguo sent his son, and the Kuidong Army also sent a group of representatives.

Among the foreign powers, the king of Korea sent his eldest son Li Wei, the Japanese sent a big brother, Ryukyu sent his eldest son, Vietnam's Nguyen Lord Nguyen Phuc Bin also sent his young son, and Vietnam's Gaoping Mo family sent a prince Come, Cambodia sent a military general, Siam sent a prince, and the Mon and Shan peoples of Burma sent people.

Even the Dutch sent a representative to watch the ceremony, but the Vietnamese minister Zheng, who was holding the emperor to order the princes, did not send anyone. The princes of the alliance sent troops to crusade.

The delegates have agreed.

As soon as the banner of respecting the king and fighting the barbarians was raised, some people were so disrespectful.

At the same time, the princes have already agreed that in the next three years, an alliance will be held, and ten years will be an alliance, which will be used to resolve conflicts and disputes between countries. In normal times, emergencies can be resolved by calling an emergency alliance meeting with the emperor.

During the first meeting of the alliance, various countries raised many questions. The Koreans raised the issue of Jeju Island, but Yang Chao refused to hand it over on the grounds that when Jeju Island was occupied, North Korea was still loyal to the Manchu Qing. The Koreans said They had no choice but to do so. Yang Chao finally agreed after repeated injuries. The place can be returned to the North Koreans and let the North Koreans set up officials to manage it. 100 years of naval management.

How dare the North Koreans disagree, on the contrary, their representatives took this as a great diplomatic victory, and they were very proud of themselves.

Immediately, the Koreans proposed that they opposed the Japanese joining the alliance. The reason was very simple. The Japanese did not comply with the rule of respecting the king and expelling barbarians, because the Japanese king pretended to be the king of heaven, and China had only one emperor. Disrespectful, the Koreans even proposed to send troops to subjugate Japan, a disobedient country.

Yang Chao immediately proposed that the king of Japan should remove the title of emperor and be canonized as king of Japan by Hua Xiazi, but the Japanese refused, so he was directly invited out of the alliance.

It can be said that this was another major political victory for the Koreans, expelling the feuding Japanese from the Chinese world.

Other countries have agreed to join the Huaxia World, but the obligation they must undertake is to respect the king and fight against the barbarians, to wear brocade clothes, and to ceremonial and music articles. That is to say, they must follow the Huaxia system, send troops when necessary, and change their costumes. They changed their official uniforms without disturbing the people, and at the same time formulated a system in line with Chinese culture. Yang Chao was willing to send consultants to help them.

Obviously, these conditions are not a problem for North Korea, Ryukyu, and Vietnam. They already meet the requirements. North Korea is close to China and basically assimilated except for the language. They even use Hanzi in their history books, and use Chinese era names. ; Vietnam was directly ruled by the Central Plains dynasty for most of the time in history, and it left a whole set of systems; Ryukyu basically relied on the introduction of talents from China to establish an organized country.

However, the Mon and Shan people in Cambodia, Siam, and Myanmar, which are double-influenced by Indian and Chinese civilizations, and even more influenced by Indian civilizations, are not very beneficial, especially when sending consultants to help them reform the system. It has a great influence.

But after weighing it, they still agreed, it was just a change of official uniforms, and everyone didn't wear their own clothes when they went to court. What they didn't consider was that the preferences of the upper class would gradually affect the folks.Although the reform of the official system is a big problem and may cause strong backlash, but looking at the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, we know that the reform is also beneficial.

It's just that they will never agree to reform without benefits. The benefits they get are China's protection, that is, a sense of security.

The countries that joined the alliance are not allowed to invade each other, in fact, they are restricting the military power of Ming Dynasty.

This is quite attractive to Siam, which has always been threatened by Myanmar, and the Nguyen and Mo clans, which have been threatened by the Vietnamese Trinh clan.

The Ryukyu, which has always relied on the protection of Ming Dynasty to survive, and the newly restored Mon and Shan people need this security even more.

That's why these countries agreed.

At the same time, the responsibility that should be borne is that the countries of China should communicate with each other and not interfere with the free exchange of people, that is, the issue of trade. In fact, small countries such as Siam have always hoped to trade directly with China. They can export grain, timber, spices and All kinds of specialties can be exchanged for various products of Daming, what one could wish for.

Only Japan is a little worried about the outflow of silver. Of course, they have not joined the alliance, so they have no such obligation, but if they dare to ban trade, Yang Chao feels that he should talk to them.

In fact, the desire of the Japanese to join the alliance is very strong. As an island country, there is always a strong sense of isolation psychologically, and they are extremely eager to be recognized by others. That's why they pretend to be China, so they are directly recognized as the country of China. They couldn't wait for the opportunity to be included in the Huaxia system, but the impact of letting them remove the name of the emperor would be too great, and they couldn't accept it at all. They could only leave Daming with deep disappointment.

After the offering to the Son of Heaven, Yang Chao took the representatives of North Korea and other countries to the Temple of Heaven, burned the inscriptions, made an oath, and told God that all the countries of China are brothers.

The ceremony of the alliance lasted for three days, after which Zhu Cihong, who was recognized as the son of Huaxia, lived in the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City in Beijing and the Imperial Palace in Nanjing will all belong to Zhu Tianzi's territory in the future.

As for the income, each country will pay tribute to the emperor according to the size of the country. The Ming Dynasty is the largest, and it pays 300 million taels of silver to the emperor every year. The Koreans rank second, and they pay 100 million taels. Two, four for the Mon, Shan, Mo and Ryukyu, paying 30 taels a year.

It can be said that the emperor will not be too poor.

Moreover, Zhu Cihong obtained the common recognition in front of the princes. He was equivalent to obtaining an amulet, an amulet that would not be killed by Yang Chao, which had never happened before in the history of China.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong is one of the biggest beneficiaries of this alliance.

Of course, it is not him who has gained the most, nor has he achieved the status of a second-class country, and has driven away the North Korea who has hated Japan, but the Vietnamese Lord Ruan. Title, and established a border with Ming, with the Saigon River as the border, the Saigon Mansion that Ming expanded on the Mekong River is not allowed to expand northward.

Other beneficiaries include the Mon and Shan people, who established the existence of their country. The Mon people restored the Baigu Dynasty and were canonized as the king of Baigu County, with their capital Baigu (Bagu), and the Shan people were the king of Ava County. , the capital of Ava (Mandalay).

However, some people think that Yang Chao’s interests have been violated, and it’s just that Zhu Cihuan’s canonized title of King of Ming Dynasty has been established. Many pro-Yang Chao forces have spoken in newspapers, expressing aboveboard that the King of Ming Dynasty (Yang Chao) should call himself the most The Son of Heaven, accepting all nations to come to court, instead of subjugating to one king, said that the Ming king expelled the Tartars and deserved to win the country, and the Zhu family should give up the country.

But Yang Chao immediately published a statement in the newspaper, saying that he swore to respect the emperor, and Yang's descendants would never disobey him.

Just kidding, Yang Chao didn't make a profit?
Yang Chao has benefited greatly.

The first is to complete its own political concept, initially pulling most countries in the East into a unified system.

The second is to solve the independent forces in the country. During the negotiation, Yang Chao gave Li Dingguo two choices. One is to downgrade the title. One of Chao's subordinates; the second is to let him crack the soil in the northern part of Burma and rule over the independent chieftains in the north of the Ava Kingdom.

Li Dingguo accepted the second option, retained the army, was granted the title of King of Zhennan County, and became one of the Huaxia vassal states. He paid [-] silver or local products of the same value to the emperor every year, and sent troops to fight when the emperor called.

Kuidong Army accepted the incorporation of the army, and moved to the Sichuan sub-district as a whole to settle down. Of course, they were also granted titles ranging from earl to baron, and enjoyed a certain amount of land.

Five years after Tianxia Huimeng.

Yang Chao never left the customs.

With the power of the Eight Banners, Dorgon integrated Monan and Mobei into a single piece of iron, claiming to control 40 strings, and tried to attack the side wall many times, but they were all repelled by the Ming army.

In the past few years, the economic situation has become better and better. In the year starting with the League, in the five years of Huaxia, the fiscal revenue of the Daming Kingdom reached 8000 million taels of silver, and [-] million taels of bonds can be issued, part of which is used to repay old debts, and part of which is used to repay old debts. for financial expenses.

The business model dominated by large handicraft workshops has emerged in various industries, especially the textile industry. Among the textile industries, Songjiang’s cotton spinning industry is the best. The value of Indian cotton imported by Wusong Port exceeds 1000 million taels every year. The most common cotton in Ming Dynasty Common people, as long as they have a job, can add a piece of cotton clothes every year.

The shipbuilding industry is also very developed. With the Longjiang Shipyard as the leader, Yao Jiangtou bought the Dutch shipyard in Taiwan and invited many Dutch craftsmen to inherit the Dutch standardized shipbuilding method. It was able to compete head-on with the Dutch shipyard in Batavia, and began to snatch orders from Ming merchants from the Dutch.

The reason for the development of the shipbuilding industry is the development of the transportation industry. After the maritime ban was lifted, the maritime merchants in Jiangnan, Fujian, and Guangdong became active. The maritime merchants in Fujian were the most powerful. They accounted for more than [-]% of the trade volume from Nanyang to Japan. Guangdong The maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River were mainly engaged in trade in Southeast Asia, while the maritime merchants in Jiangnan were mainly engaged in trade in Korea and Japan.

The Dutch also greatly strengthened the development of eastern routes. The fleet size of the Dutch East India Company engaged in the triangular trade from India to China and Japan has rapidly expanded from a few hundred to thousands of ships. For this reason, the Dutch East India Company issued 1000 more ships in Amsterdam Ten thousand guilders of the company's shares turned out to be subscribed to North Korea, and one share was hard to find.

Because of the vigorous management of the Dutch, they have almost monopolized the entrepot trade between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Neither Chinese maritime merchants nor Western companies can compete with them. In the end, they were strangled by Ming and the Dutch, and even their strongholds in India were pulled out one by one, causing the British to completely lose their foothold in the East.

In this way, ocean trade has doubled over the past five years. China's five-year import and export trade volume has reached 5000 million taels, of which it is mainly trade with China. The domestic trade of Ming Dynasty has exceeded this figure. The annual domestic trade volume of coastal areas One hundred million taels of scale.

However, Daming’s trade is still in surplus, and the annual surplus has reached 1000 million taels of silver. Yang Chao has already begun to consider whether to restrict silver imports, because the deposit of silver in Daming Bank has reached [-] million taels, and its credit is extremely strong. In the case of credit issuance of national debt to increase currency, it seems that much silver is not needed.

The economy in the south of the Yangtze River and the coastal areas has shown signs of transformation, and the urban population has begun to increase rapidly. It is not uncommon for large cities such as Suzhou, Nanjing, and Yangzhou to have a population of more than one million. Even cities such as Songjiang Prefecture, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou have become million-dollar cities. , seems to indicate an unstoppable tide.

The inland economy has returned to its original prosperity, and Huguang has once again become the granary of Ming Dynasty. Huguang is abundant in the world, because of the food support of Huguang, and the overseas colonies, as well as Burma, Siam, Vietnam and other allies imported more than 2000 million tons of For food, the income from planting food for ordinary people in the south of the Yangtze River is really not worthwhile, which has led to a large influx of them into the cities, and at the same time, the cultivation of economic crops such as silkworms and cotton began in the countryside.

Henan, Shaanxi and even Yunnan and Guizhou have come out of the haze of war, and the land in Northern Zhili and Shanxi has also been distributed to the local people who were used as coats in the past. Although they have not recovered to the previous level, they are still There is a scene of ample food and clothing, at least everyone can eat and drink without worrying about it.

Only Sichuan is still recovering slowly. The shortage of labor force will not be solved in a short period of time. The population of Sichuan is less than 200 million, and even the Chengdu Plain is not enough. A large number of areas are still barren. The damage to this place is particularly serious due to the war. , it is difficult to heal the scars without ten or twenty years.

Politically, Yang Chao has solved all kinds of discordant problems. The new generation of officials who have grown up are used to high salaries and integrity. Officials with a scholarly background naturally have a vigorous and vigorous style of work, and the government operates very efficiently, which can basically meet Yang Chao's requirements for a decree to be issued to the end within ten days.

With good government and harmonious people, the conditions for the Northern Expedition to the Grasslands were finally ripe.

The railway from Nanjing to the north and south reaches Guangzhou in the south, Beijing in the north, and extends out of Zhangjiakou.

Building the railway was an idea that popped up on Yang Chao's mind when he returned to Jiangnan after the failure of the Northern Expedition in the sixth year of Longwu.

At that time, he saw the two gun carriage roads laid by the soldiers in the mud with wooden boards, and suddenly realized that there would be no railway without steam engines.

The efficiencies brought about by rails have greatly increased transport capacity.

On the tracks a woman or a child can pull a wagon carrying a thousand loads, and a horse can do what twenty horses do on ordinary roads.

But building a railway is not such an easy task. It is not an idea or a concept. Yang Chao proposed the concept and made a lot of suggestions at the same time. It took Song Sanjin a year to create mature rails and vehicles. After the system was put into construction, it took another three years to begin to master the construction skills.

In the first year, it was only less than [-] miles from Nanjing, but this year, it can cover three miles in one day.

It is said that the speed record of the Chinese in building railways in the United States is ten kilometers a day. Yang Chao does not want to reach this speed. When he reaches the grassland, he hopes that his construction workers can repair ten kilometers a day on that kind of flat land.

Build a fortress accommodating [-] people every [-] miles, and garrison cavalry, which is enough to maintain the safety of this section of the railway.

The army will follow the extension of the railway, and it will go all the way to the horizon.

Standing on the tower of Zhangjiakou, looking at the army marching slowly along the railway line, and the convoy that stretched for several miles casually, Yang Chao felt that what was moving on the railway was not individual trucks, but an empire!
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