New Shun 1730

In addition to these deep-seated reasons, there is also a superficial reason that prevents them from doing anything excessive in Honolulu.

Because their monopoly and management rights are bounded by the latitude of the Soya Strait between Kuwu and Ezo.

Obviously, Honolulu is south of this latitude.

Although the court cannot control their specific practices in the bitter and cold regions, as long as they pay taxes, they will turn a blind eye.

But this kind of strategic location must be managed.

Monopoly companies are not idle and make themselves uncomfortable. If they are really pulled by the court, it will be all trouble.

Therefore, the court still needs to coordinate this matter, that is, Liu Yu will eventually come forward to coordinate.

The emperor's attitude is also very clear. Even a fool knows that it is a strategic location, but it will be useful in the future, but not now. The court has no money to mess with it now.

In the end, Liu Yu came forward to coordinate the relationship between capital and gentry. Capital pays money, gentry pays justice, and new students pay effort. The three parties use a strange combination to come together before the first war and take a step ahead of other countries.

The First World War was to be fought for a while.

After the war, the world pattern for the next few hundred years was basically determined.

Taking one step at this time is equivalent to taking hundreds of steps in the future. Just like some of the policies when Liu Yu was the Jiedushi of Whale Sea, it took more than ten or twenty years to ferment before it could show its value and significance.

Liu Yu estimated that after the First World War, the number of immigrants in Honolulu increased, and the fact that there was a gold mine in San Francisco was released, so he could directly participate in the affairs of America. It is hard to say whether he will be there or alive at that time, but by then the situation will be complete and it will not be affected by human will.

Companies with the purpose of profit will naturally not pay attention to these messy meanings in their eyes.

For them, the many problems before and the idea of ​​transforming to mining in the future, these islands are of great significance.

First of all, these are islands.

People who come here have nowhere to run.

Unlike in the temperate zone of North America, if they are oppressed a little bit, they will run away, revolt, and run to a distant place to farm and live.

They can't even be caught.

Things like the "fugitive slave law" are useless.

On the island, you can't run far, and there are dense local indigenous people on the island, so most of the time you will die if you run away.

The most critical point is the second point.

Class differentiation has already appeared on the island.

Compared with the Indians in North America, the people on the island are more socially developed.

There are chiefs.

There is a scholar class.

There are civilians.

There are slaves.

Companies generally can't get along well with the Indians in North America. And because the class differentiation is not so serious and the concept of private ownership is not deep, it is more difficult to pull the Indians in North America into capitalist exploitation.

It's different on the island.

There is a very clear slave class on the island, and there is also a very clear scholar-official class, who master medicine, shipbuilding, war, planting, simple calendars, etc.

And the civilian class also has a certain level of farming. Although they use slash-and-burn farming and grow some weird taro, coconuts, etc., they are more suitable for dealing with agricultural civilization than the Indians in North America who live by water and grass.

Is it easy to colonize a region with class differentiation?

Or is it easier to colonize a region with weaker class differentiation?

The expansion in North Asia, the Aleutian Islands, the North American Arctic and other places in recent years has actually given the answer. Those tribes with relatively elementary class differentiation are full of martial virtues and high combat effectiveness, and are difficult to deal with.

On the contrary, it is much easier to deal with tribes that have already appeared class differentiation.

Or, win over the upper class.

Or, please the chief.

Or, take advantage of the tribal wars between the islands, intervene in the internal struggles, support one faction and suppress another.

In short, the more class differentiation has appeared in a place, the more means are available.

In places where class differentiation is weak, if Dashun is not too advantageous, it really can't compete with a group of old ritualists. Their means of pulling those people are much better than Dashun.

In this regard, licking the upper class, it should be said that Confucian scholars are very good at it.

Liu Yu did not shy away from anything and directly quoted a passage from "Historical Records".

"In the past, when Emperor Gao of Han won the world, his ministers did not know the etiquette, so he ordered Shusun Tong to set the etiquette."

"When Emperor Gao of Han left his room in a sedan chair, all officials performed their duties and sounded the alarm. The princes and kings and the officials with a salary of 600 stones and above came to congratulate him. From the princes and kings down, everyone was terrified and respectful. After the ceremony, the legal wine was set again. All the attendants in the hall bowed their heads and stood up in order of seniority to offer birthday wishes. After nine rounds of drinking, the usher said "stop drinking". The censors enforced the law, and those who did not follow the etiquette were immediately sent away. During the whole court, the wine was set up, and no one dared to make a noise or be rude. Then Emperor Gao said: "Today I know how noble it is to be an emperor."

"So, the chief of Honolulu did not know how noble it was to be a prince, nor did he know the etiquette of the ministers. Once he knew, he was like an ant that tasted maltose, I can never go back."

"Now, the states on the island are fighting. When you get to the island, choose a strong one. Use medical skills, songs, drums and music, and planting to get close to him. Teach him earnestly and guide him step by step."

"We provide guns, they provide people, you instigate... uh, no, you educate them. In this way, Honolulu will be unified, and the remaining tribes must be left as vassals to implement the feudal system!"

"Don't you dream of implementing feudalism? Remember, if you really want to do it, you must implement feudalism. Leave some big vassals."

"Do you understand?"

Liu Yu roughly explained the situation over there and talked about the strategic ideas. Meng Songlu was also a person who read a lot of history books, so he naturally understood.

Although, this is obviously also fucking overbearing.

But...but...but this can be considered a variant of Guan Zhong's rejection of the Yi?

As for retaining large vassals, practicing feudalism, and not pursuing unification, Meng Songlu also understood what it meant.

The unified resistance is relatively strong.

Recruiting a bunch of feudal officials is like Dashun dealing with Japan. Only in this way can they prevent them from becoming rebellious.

If the current prince of the chiefdom no longer wants to do it, or if Dashun no longer wants him to do it, he can support the great vassal at any time and get rid of him.

Etiquette and music are what Confucian scholars are all about.

Meng Songlu felt that this matter could be considered a professional counterpart.

When the island was roughly unified and crowned king, no one could resist the temptation that Emperor Han Gaozu felt, "Today, I know how valuable the emperor is."

The palace that is solemn and quiet, with strict status and hierarchy, controlled advancement and retreat, and strict etiquette is indeed very attractive.

As for the difficulty, after thinking about it, Meng Songlu thought it wasn't that big.

The only external forces that the island has access to now are the people from Dashun. This is a first-mover advantage.

On the island before, I also exchanged some handicrafts for coconut taro and other things, and also gave gifts to some chiefs. The people of the surveying and mapping expedition team of the Academy of Sciences also got the permission of the chiefs to walk around the island a few times and also learned how to do it. Learned some simple language and etiquette.

Since it didn't sound too difficult, and Liu Yu also gave guidance and routines on the general direction of the strategy, Meng Songlu said: "Students understand."

"But, how many people are needed to go this time?"

Liu Yudao: "I have already chosen the person. Listen to you, not to them. What they have learned is practical knowledge, and they are not good at this kind of thing."

"You have learned a lot, so you take the lead. There are not many people in the first batch. I selected forty people, all of whom have the ability to be scholars."

“There are those who know how to farm, some who know how to do medicine, and some who know how to raise cattle and horses.”

"After you go, first get close to the chief and learn the language. Within two years, you will become a servant and get a fiefdom and a certain population. This will be considered as completing the initial mission."

"We'll talk about the rest later. The main thing is that your sponsor requires you to establish a good relationship with the chief within two years, get a piece of land and some local people to be your feudal lords."

Meng Songlu's face twitched slightly, but he straightened his back and said, "Please don't use the word 'finance master', Duke Xingguo. Students... students are not doing things for them."

After hearing this, the people in the company laughed secretly in their hearts, saying to be honest, you still don’t like to hear it. If you don’t have money, why don’t you swim there? This transports thirty or forty people. Isn’t this all money for these years’ basic wages, the transported cattle and horses, various gifts, and seeds and farming tools?

No money, no money to do thousands of miles of colonization?

Liu Yu just smiled and did not pay attention to this trivial matter. He avoided this statement and said: "Astronomy tells us that there will be a comet soon. In the 14th year of Duke Wen, a star entered the Beidou. Uncle Shi of the Zhou Dynasty It cannot be said that in seven years, the kings of Song, Qi and Jin will all die in chaos."

"If you are really in trouble, then buy an astronomical almanac and look at the solar and lunar eclipses in it, and then use the prediction of comets to perform witchcraft and wish things closer..."

Meng Songlu couldn't help but sigh, thinking that Duke Xingguo always ridiculed us. This time, we must do what the market says, not steam the steamed buns to gain reputation!

This thing doesn't sound difficult. If I can't even do this within two years, what else is there to say?

Then he said: "My lord, I am at ease. Don't worry, everyone. I have been following my husband for many years. I not only have a thorough knowledge of practical matters, but also understand etiquette, music and laws."

"This matter is beyond my reach."

"Within three years, the students will not only accomplish what the Duke said, but they will also need to compile a dictionary that converts phonetics and structures."

Seeing his strong ambition, Liu Yu smiled and said: "That's the best. If you make it up, it will be worth thousands of gold. By then, your husband will also be spared the hardship of lack of money. Isn't he going to the north to try out the village community? That's right. When you are short of money, if you succeed, bring this dictionary and I will give you the money."

Although it is still ahead of schedule, a penny can stump the heroic man.

The root of the problem in Huainan rural communities now is lack of money. If you had money, how could it be so troublesome to transform now?

Even though he didn't want to give up for five buckets of rice, he no longer had the momentum to correct the word "gold master" just now, so he could only say: "Students, do your best. I just ask you to restrain the sailors and not to cause chaos on the island during this period." Come on. I’ve heard that overseas sailors are all... uh..."

He was not embarrassed to say harsh words. Everyone laughed and felt that there was nothing to avoid.

"Don't worry, the island's transactions will not be messed up by sailors. In two or three years, if you complete it and gain trust, I will send people to deliver guns, steel, and steel to the island."

"If you can unify the princes, you can be regarded as the founding father of the country. As long as you know when the time comes, when there is a conflict between the dynasty and the vassals, sit tight and don't get confused."

"If I really want to make it happen, I will have to ask the Holy One to grant him titles and honors. I will imitate the system of the Han Dynasty. It is because of Jia Sheng. Compared with North Korea and Japan, it is different. Do you understand?"

Since Meng Songlu was a true Confucian scholar, he naturally didn't care about Liu Yu's unlucky metaphor.

He also understands the difference. The prefectures and states were running in parallel, and the Celestial Dynasty appointed the prime ministers of the feudal states. This was naturally different from the vassals such as Korea and Japan at this time.