As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

"Uh... this matter shouldn't be too stupid..."

(Just a transitional chapter, but I couldn’t fall asleep after being ridiculed. You guys are really good. The [-]-word chapter will be presented first)

444. Those who are not of my race must have a different heart

Hua Manlou thinks that he is really not an asshole when he was in the country of Japan—well, he is not an asshole for what he did to the country of Japan, but he was a bit of an asshole for forging imperial edicts, but...

Didn't Zhao Ren do that?

After thinking about it, Hua Manlou felt that there was nothing wrong, so he cleared his throat and said, "Father, do you remember that my son said that there is a Shimane County in Wa Country, and there is Mount Iwami in the county, and that mountain is a silver mine?"

Emperor Guangxing frowned: "I remember, so you..."

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Since last month, this mountain has been named Zhao."

"...cough cough cough cough..." Emperor Guangxing was stunned for a while, and then coughed heart-piercingly again: "You...cough cough cough...you..."

Hua Manlou hastily stepped forward to pat him on the back, and waited until Emperor Guangxing stopped coughing before saying, "Father, don't get excited, don't get excited..."

Emperor Guangxing grabbed Hua Manlou's hand and said in shock, "You... this silver mountain is really..."

Hua Manlou said: "Yes, father, this mountain really exists, and the preliminary estimate of the annual silver production is not less than the silver produced in the whole country of Dazhao..."

The world's largest silver mine has accounted for 400% of the world's total silver production for more than [-] years. What's wrong?

Emperor Guangxing was excited: "You...how did you do it? How could the Wa kingdom give you this mountain?"

Hua Manlou chuckled: "This is probably the peace money of the King of Japan and the shogunate."

At that moment, Huamanlou gave an overview of the set of things that pit the Wa Kingdom, and explained the characteristics of the Wa Kingdom, and finally added: "So now Hirado Island is theoretically the territory of the Wa Kingdom, but in fact it is already considered the territory of the Wa Kingdom. Dazhao’s land is gone, and in fact, the capital of Wa Kingdom is also under the control of Dazhao, so this Shimane County is regarded as the labor fee given to us by the Wa royal family..."

Emperor Guangxing pointed at Huamanlou and didn't know what to say for a long time: "...you...you still say that you are not a fool? Dazhao is the suzerain country, how can the suzerain country...how can you force it? Seize the land of Fanbang? And that Wa country is still a country that the Taizu decided not to conquer, you... If this matter gets out, the surrounding countries..."

The argument of Emperor Guangxing is quite consistent with that of the literati, that is, the kingdom of heaven and the state of etiquette should naturally treat their neighbors kindly and be tolerant.

To put it bluntly, you can't bully others, lest Da Zhao's reputation will be ruined. After all, this kind of thing has nothing to do with righteousness or even runs counter to it.

Such a reaction from Emperor Guangxing was expected by Hua Manlou. After all, he was educated as a civil servant since he was a child.

but……

"Father, there is a common saying that 'If you are not of my race, your heart must be different'. Although this is quite ugly, it may not be absolute, but the truth is not false at all." Hua Manlou was silent for a while, and said calmly: " What the Wa people think is completely different from what Da Zhao thinks. They only respect the strong, and even when facing an opponent who is completely invincible, they even give up all their self-esteem and sacrifice everything. I don't hesitate."

"Perhaps the father thinks that this minister is exaggerating, but..." Hua Manlou's expression was a bit complicated when he said this: "After the King of Wa saw the combat power of the Great Zhao Navy, the people he sent bowed to my minister. Their slave looks are extremely nasty, as if they have no bones at all, but their arrogance in the face of their subordinates and the common people seems a little exaggerated, this kind of comparison makes my son dumbfounded."

"So emperor father can rest assured that their envoys didn't even dare to say that Da Zhao stationed troops in Wa, and they didn't dare to have any doubts about ceding Shimane County, and even came forward to explain Da Zhao himself." Hua Hua Manlou stared at Emperor Guangxing in a daze, and said with a serious face: "All this is just because my ministers subdued them."

Emperor Guangxing seemed to have realized something: "You mean, the country of Wa will not be too resistant to this?"

Hua Manlou shook his head: "No, they are very resistant, but because they don't have any qualifications to challenge Da Zhao now, they will pretend to be extremely submissive, even if they are asked to offer their wives and daughters, they will not hesitate. But once Da Zhao is weak, or they become stronger, then they will immediately turn their backs and use the most despicable methods to deal with Da Zhao. It can be said that they have no bottom line."

Emperor Guangxing's scalp tingled when he heard the words: "You mean, everyone in the Wa Kingdom is like this? Is it a bit exaggerated?"

Hua Manlou said sternly: "It's not an exaggeration. Therefore, this son's move is not just to bully people, but to completely tie up the Zhongshan wolf who is successful and rampant in the Wa Kingdom. Some scholars went to the Wa country and tried to use our culture to get rid of their inferiority, otherwise, the Wa country would sooner or later become the confidant of the Celestial Dynasty."

Emperor Guangxing thought for a moment, and then sighed: "Although it sounds weird, I believe you. It's just that this matter is related to other neighboring countries. Will it appear that my great Zhao is too...aggressive?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "That's not true. Father, the ministers next to me dare not say it, but after this incident, I can assure you that more and more neighbors will come to pay tribute to Great Zhao in the future."

Emperor Guangxing was taken aback for a moment: "This...what's the point?"

"My son said just now that people who are not of my race must have different hearts. This basically means that every country has its own culture and customs." Hua Manlou said indifferently: "And unfortunately, my son All the countries I have seen have never had the cultural background of Da Zhao, and most of them do not pay attention to benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, but they all believe in one thing: a big fist is the last word."

"So the fact that the ministers led the navy to sweep the southeast and hand over the Japanese pirates, in their eyes, this matter has become that Da Zhao now has the ability to fight across the sea, so if there is no accident, in the next six months to one year In [-], many countries that once cut off their tribute will rush to pay tribute to Da Zhao, or even seek asylum." Hua Manlou said firmly: "That is to say, after this war, Da Zhao's influence has expanded by more than one degree. How can you care about the situation in Wa country?"

"If father doesn't believe it, you can think about it. After the battle with Walana, whether the attitude of all the envoys present at that time became more submissive?"

Emperor Guangxing nodded involuntarily after thinking for a while——Hua Manlou was right. After beating Estumu half to death the year before last, within three days Bangziguo said that he would send two princesses to Zhao Ren played, but was rejected by Emperor Guangxing...

Other countries with envoys in Beijing also expressed their own opinions. At that time, Emperor Guangxing never recalled it at all, but thinking about it now, is it really the case?

Hua Manlou finally concluded: "Father, our Great Zhao doesn't bully others, but we can't always be looked down upon. We reason with most of them, but most of them are unreasonable people. Why bother with them under the circumstances? If you don’t accept it, it’s over!”

These words were what Hua Manlou most wanted to say to Emperor Guangxing and this era.

445. Quick and Smart

Hua Manlou's words were neither exaggerated nor excessive.

From ancient times to the present, only the Huaxia family has been passed down for thousands of years of civilization.

Most of their civilizations play on the law of the jungle, and most of the civilizations in East Asia and Southeast Asia that have been radiated by Chinese civilization are like this. Otherwise, the Wa country would not become such a country that looks polite on the surface, but in fact it is hard to explain.

In terms of civilization inheritance, whether it originated from the Nile River, the Ganges River, or the Mesopotamia, they have basically never had glory after breaking the inheritance, and the derived civilizations are all playing with the law of the jungle. And even if it is brilliant, it will not last long. Only the Chinese civilization has stood at the top of the world for most of the time in history, and it has lasted for a long time.

Not to mention, from a more recent history, the sea coachmen in the Netherlands have been arrogant for a while, the Armada of the Iberian Peninsula has been arrogant for a while, and Britain has been arrogant for a while in legal plunder and the sun never sets. , the results are all gone, but Huaxia has stood up again after suffering, is it annoying?

And from the perspective of history, in Huamanlou's previous life, the uncivilized country that dug up things 200 years ago is considered a cultural relic, and it is almost in decline. What's the difference when the sun never sets?

In the final analysis, it is because their civilization has not accumulated, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are backward, that's all.

But what I have to admit is that this kind of unreasonable law of the jungle, whoever has the biggest fist, can explode a huge amount of energy within a certain period of time. , then it is bound to cause huge disasters to other countries and nations—such is the case in the Netherlands, Iberia, Britain, and even more so in mixed immigrant countries.

So Hua Manlou's intention to remind Emperor Guangxing is here: don't care about all nations coming to court, and don't care about benevolence, justice and morality-of course, when your family is strong enough to be crushed, slowly talk about benevolence and justice with them, and once They are swollen and want to stretch out their dog's paws, so don't be polite, just pump.

Isn't that what happened in the Great Tang Dynasty?

Although His Majesty Li Er's helping neighboring countries to point technology trees is quite a criticism, but the premise is that His Majesty Li Er beat up neighboring countries one by one, such as Turks, half of them were destroyed, and half of them ran away. The region of West Asia has caused harm to others, and Ottoman, who was once powerful for a while, came here, and it is precisely because of this that Byzantium was destroyed...

So, the inner sage and the outer king are the most in line with Chinese civilization's style of play, that is, to talk about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness to one's own people is a set of gameplay, and to play the law of the jungle to outsiders is another set of gameplay—— Didn't the seniors sing all the songs?When friends come, there is good wine, when jackals come, there are shotguns, all right.

Of course, it is not easy to tell the history of the previous life to Emperor Guangxing, and Hua Manlou has no way to explain what the world is like today with practical examples. He can pay attention.

And he tried to influence Zhao Ren as much as possible, so that the next generation of Great Zhao would have the same attitude, after all...

What if in a few days it is rumored that a ship from the Netherlands is docking, but the court is still busy fighting inwardly, and when I suddenly come to my senses, they have already organized a group to fight up, what should I do?

Fortunately, Er Situmu is really a good man. He used his half life to indirectly prove Huamanlou's statement, and Emperor Guangxing has always believed in Huamanlou's words—who made Huamanlou keep going? Are all right?

So he went through Hua Manlou's words carefully in his mind again, then nodded and said: "I remember."

Huamanlou heaved a sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart also relaxed a lot.

It's still the same sentence, no matter how salty fish he is, he is the son of a florist who is rooted in Hongmiaozheng, no matter how unhappy he is, he still hopes that the florist will do well, even in the next life, he hopes to continue to be born in the florist , so how can they do nothing when they have the ability to influence the emperor?

Big right and wrong, first the flower grower, and then the individual salted fish or not, this is the foundation of the flower rabbit, otherwise where will the salted fish go?

"By the way..." Hua Manlou had just breathed a sigh of relief, but Emperor Guangxing remembered something: "Speaking of which, you took over the silver mines of the Wa Kingdom..."

Hua Manlou hurriedly said: "I didn't occupy it, it was the royal hunting ground that the King of Wa dedicated to his father, it's not mine..."

Hua Manlou felt that the right of ownership had to be clarified, but Emperor Guangxing glared at the words, "You bastard! I... I want shame!"

Hua Manlou was taken aback for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile wryly: Before that, he only thought of taking the Ishijian silver mine and giving it to Emperor Guangxing, but now think about it, the emperor should not be blamed for this matter.

Also on that note, how could His Majesty the Wei Guangzheng Emperor Zhao occupy the neighboring country's 'hunting ground' by force?How bad would the emperor's reputation be if it was recorded in the history books?In case you accidentally get the temple name of the Pixiu Sect who is greedy for money...

Oh, this is impossible, but after all, the reputation of the emperor is still very important.

When Hua Manlou was about to say that he wanted Emperor Guangxing to throw this matter on his own head, Emperor Guangxing suddenly said: "By the way, I asked you to preside over Pingwo, but in name it is still headed by Liu Qiran. Are you the leader?" In what name did you sign the treaty with Wa?"

Upon hearing this, Hua Manlou smiled dryly and said, "This...that...that's the Ministry of Rites..."

"Ministry of Rites? Nie Wenbing didn't go to Japan, did he? A few days ago he sent back a few memorials from Quanzhou..." Emperor Guangxing also reacted when he said this, and his face darkened: "Is it that rebellious son? Use my private Has it printed an order for you?"

Hua Manlou didn't dare to deny it, but he also didn't want to push the matter to Zhao Ren, so he stammered: "Yes...it's His Royal Highness, and this matter...Father, you can't blame him. After all, the opportunity was rare. At that time If you ask for an order, there will be no changes in the Wa Kingdom, so I am a little impatient... Ahem, if it weren't for His Highness, I wouldn't be able to dig such a silver mine, that..."

The baby is miserable enough, I can't continue to be beaten today, what should I do if I get beaten and run away?

"He's an asshole and you're also an asshole?" Hearing that he was covering Zhao Ren, Emperor Guangxing trembled angrily, "I told you to keep him under control. That's how you do things for me? You..."

He was waiting for the majority to say a few words, but seeing Hua Manlou trembling, Emperor Guangxing suddenly remembered that the guy in front of him had a certain degree of awe, and it was fine for him to teach Zhao Ren, but if he was talking about restraint, I guess It's choking.

Thinking of this, he snorted coldly and picked up the cane and said, "Just wait here, I will come as soon as I go!"

Hua Manlou hurriedly said: "Father, please calm down, my son... my son has something important to report!"

"Waiting for something!"

"Father, I heard that the people from the country mentioned the Iwami Silver Mine before, so I found the Iwami Silver Mine, but he also talked about the corn and potatoes... Uh..."

In a moment of 'wisdom in a hurry', it was no surprise that Hua Manlou was cheap again...

446. Tragedy in Huamanlou

When entering the city, so many people greeted him, Huamanlou's beating nature would naturally think about how to repay him, and he also naturally thought of the most core thing: eating.

When it comes to eating, one naturally thinks of potatoes and corn.

I don’t know how many years have been said that food is the first thing for the people, but I don’t mention it. The food culture completely occupies a very large proportion in the Celestial Dynasty. Come try it out.

This is not because Chinese people are greedy, but because for thousands of years, the heaven and earth have been working hard to fill their stomachs, and in many cases, feeding a family is already a great achievement.

It's just that the topography of the Celestial Dynasty is so complicated that it's a struggle, and it doesn't look like there are patches of great plains in North America.

The junior high school geography book said that the country is high in the west and low in the east, and the whole is a slope. After leaving the capital and going west, the entire slope is the Tanggula Pass. How much arable land can this terrain have?

That's why I said that the farming and infrastructure construction of the people of the Celestial Dynasty is a racial talent that is completely integrated into the blood. Isn't this more high-end and more elegant than that Nopo?

All in all, there is a basis for Hua Manlou to think in this direction in an instant. Therefore, under the power of Emperor Guangxing who wants to kill his relatives righteously, the only way to stop him is to throw out a matter that he cares more about. ...

When leaving the palace, Hua Manlou was completely dumbfounded.

Everyone knows that corn, potatoes, and even peppers were once American crops. Without the Age of Discovery, these things would never have been passed to China, and theoretically, these things were introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty. end.

That is to say, the New World was discovered in the West during the reign of Hongzhi (1492), and the introduction of crops such as corn and peppers to the Celestial Dynasty was given to Wanli, and Kanggan should be planted and eaten on a large scale.

But the problem is that in the age of great voyages, the Chinese people first came into contact with Nagada on the Iberian Peninsula in (1509), that is, during the Zhengde period. The stuff in the bag does not include corn, potatoes and peppers.

Rational analysis shows that people in the Iberian Peninsula had suppressed the Tianzhu area by force during the Zhengde period and raised their tentacles to Southeast Asia. In theory, there is a high probability that they will not use things from the Mediterranean Sea in their transactions with the Celestial Dynasty—it is better to sell them all along the way than thousands of miles away. Sell ​​it all the way to Daming, and you won't bring some corn seeds or potatoes and chili seeds for no reason. It is obviously more reliable to trade with Southeast Asian specialties, namely spices.

Besides, in this era, things like corn are pretty much the same. They have just been introduced to the West. It’s hard to say whether they have become popular in the West. How will the output of replacing the original crops with things affect my life? How to plant is a big problem, and whether eating habits can be accepted at once is another big problem.

In other words, even if Huamanlou lived in the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, it would be even more difficult to find corn and potatoes.

Now he is in Dazhao, because there are not many references and the history outside is also chaotic, so there is no way to compare the eras of the two sides, and there is no way to say whether there is a great voyage in the west, in case Iberia Is the Asian Peninsula still in a barbaric era?

Even if the New World has been discovered now, those people in the west did not go to the ocean to find new species, but to find gold. They also like to explore, so who would dig some potatoes and bring them home if they have gold?

So, where did Huamanlou go to find such a godsend for Emperor Guangxing?

To be honest, Hua Manlou had subconsciously searched for traces of Westerners during this hiatus, and he really hoped that this group of people would really stir up troubles in places like Southeast Asia and Tianzhu.

Because, when the sea ban is completely released, judging from the consistent beating nature of the people of the Celestial Dynasty, the small countries in Southeast Asia and even Central Asia will be classified as barbarians like vassal states, and then Huamanlou will follow the trend like Wala, every minute Maritime merchants can tinker with some ceramic tea and sell them to these corners, and at the same time bring a large number of overseas specialties and treasures as well as messy crops to Da Zhao.

In other words, the people of the Celestial Dynasty would not play the game of colonial rule at all. At most, they would sell them some third-rate goods like the Jianzhou Jurchen, claiming to be first-rate, and then exchange the first-rate ginseng in their hands-this is business. In the category of evil, although black hearted, it does not suck bone marrow.

Then this kind of gameplay meets the Western gameplay. It is best that when the Western Dynasty has already been messed up by the West, the Celestial Dynasty is like a divine soldier, and the heavens will bring justice to the girls. Together with the locals, they will drive them back to their hometowns and monopolize the market share. ——Isn’t that how the Age of Voyage 4 is played?

Anyway, it's not like I can't beat it!

In this way, the Celestial Dynasty not only earned a good reputation, but also made money standing up. Isn't this more high-end than the western barbarians wreaking havoc everywhere?

And after encountering a behemoth like Da Zhao in the west, most of them can't do as much as they used to. When Da Ming first contacted people from the Iberian Peninsula, they were basically very honest and reliable, just because they knew they couldn't mess with them. It's not easy to offend, at least on the surface.

So in this way, one punch can be used to avoid a hundred punches, and the primitive accumulation of national style capital can be played smoothly, so that Western silver can also flow into Dazhao. How sweet it is!

At the same time, contact with the West can also roughly understand the situation outside, and can also figure out the situation in the New World, so that Zhao can take a share of it or even dominate it--big fists are the last word. With the improved and improved artillery, firecrackers and ships, as well as the financial resources of the "fancy smuggling group", it is not difficult to play thousands of warships sailing to the West. tooth?

And at that time, whether it was potatoes or corn, it was just a matter of incident, and there was no need to worry too much about it.

Of course, all of this will take time, and generally speaking, it won’t take two or three decades.

however……

After hearing the general plan of Huamanlou, Emperor Guangxing kicked Huamanlou very arrogantly, and asked him to issue a five-year military order to get it done.

Five years!

Obviously, Emperor Guangxing had full confidence in Huamanlou—of course, it is also possible that Huamanlou couldn't explain his plan in too much detail so he didn't understand it at all, and he thought that Huamanlou had repeatedly made plans before he could do so. He never opens his mouth when he is not sure about things, so...

Huamanlou is a tragedy.

What's even more tragic is that Emperor Guangxing cheerfully told Huamanlou that whether it is to suppress the Japanese or cheat other people's money from the Japanese country, it is considered a military exploit but not an expansion of the territory, so the title will not be promoted, but the official position It can be mentioned that from now on, Xuanwuwei Xishan Qianhu Institute has completely separated from Xuanwuwei's self-contained system. The establishment mentioned 5000 people and became the upright Xishanwei, so Huamanlou's military position was mentioned as the commander of Xishanwei.

And in order to enhance Huamanlou's status, Emperor Guangxing even more unreasonably appointed him a second-rank civilian position that sounded like a shudder: Prince Shaoshi.