Chapter 677 The court debate, how to deal with foreign monarchs and nobles
"Let's discuss, take advantage of the opportunity when the old fifth asked the monarch and nobles of the Rakshasa Kingdom to show their affection, and also talk about how to treat these foreign nobles, including their monarchs."
Zhu Youxiao was talking to his regent and the adult princes in Beijing.
"These foreign nobles have no need for us to exist!"
Liu Hongxun started talking first, and then held the elephant and replied:
"One of the things we have destroyed them now. As His Highness the eldest son said, it is to increase the market for our industrial products, so we need to allow the Gentiles to have the ability to consume. To enable them to have the ability to consume, we must take the lives of these nobles!"
"Secondly, we need to distribute their property to the Gentile people. We can't let our Ming Dynasty pay for the Gentile people to consume it."
"Yes, the Gentile nobles have always been engaged in large-scale production, but they do not show their rank and do not catch a cold. What they need is handicrafts, but our handicrafts do not lack markets, which can be digested by the wealthy class in our country. Not to mention the powerful and noble bureaucrats, even ordinary people have begun to pursue luxury and fashion, no longer only care about whether the price is cheap or whether the texture is durable. Now there is always a lack of markets for industrial products. These Gentile nobles have no need to exist."
Wen Tiren also said.
"Not only that, these Gentile nobles are often the people who are most reluctant to be sinicized in their hearts. The reason why they can become nobles is often the leaders of local culture. If they are not eliminated, it will affect the process of civilization unification."
Lu Xiangsheng said.
"But since their nobles have shown their willingness to surrender, we must not fail to be kind to them. Isn't this morality a disadvantage?"
The second son of the emperor, Zhu Cican, expressed different opinions at this time and added:
"And the court intends to annex the world and re-establish the world with our Han nobles as the ruling class. In the future, we will naturally destroy other Gentiles. If we kill the nobles who are willing to surrender directly, will the subsequent Gentiles not resist to the death, and thus increase the difficulty of our unification of the world?"
"At least his monarch is unforgivable!"
Sun Chuanting, who returned to Beijing, replied at this time.
"The monarch can forgive! As long as the monarch is willing to surrender, otherwise it will still affect the plan to annex the world!"
Zhu Cican continued to reply.
"The monarch cannot be forgiven easily! Not only can the king not be forgiven easily, but the nobles who have committed the most sins and evil punishments cannot be forgiven easily. They all need to be judged, otherwise we will lose the justice to annex them!"
Zhu Ciwei put forward his own opinion at this time and said, "Second brother, don't forget that the reason we annexed the world is that humans who are not ruled by our Han people in the world are being oppressed by some slave owners in their country. We are going to rescue them and started the war for them. If we choose to forgive or even treat slave owners who oppress them in order to reduce the difficulty of the war, how can we make them believe in the justice of our war? How can we make them willing to submit to our civilization from the bottom of their hearts?"
"Anyway, our position must be consistent with the majority of Gentiles suffering people!"
"Not only the considerations mentioned by the eldest son of the emperor, we must also have a justification for justice to convince our own people that soldiers need justice to fight, and the people need to believe that we are engaged in a just war. In fact, if we want this war of annexation to become just, and then to benefit our industrial products have a larger market and the prosperity of the global economy, we must consider it from the standpoint of the people."
Liu Hongxun said, "The second prince may not have paid much attention to the people. In fact, among the people of the Ming Dynasty, due to the increase in literacy rate, the lower-level military and civilians have begun to discuss national affairs and care about national affairs, not just literati. Therefore, we must consider their feelings and let them know that the Ming Dynasty was like the act of unifying the six kings during the Qin Dynasty and sweeping away foreign countries. It is not to satisfy the ambition of the king alone, but to be militant, to save the suffering people in the world, and to continue their wealth and prosperity! It is to make their people never lose their jobs due to overcapacity! And the war they participated in is also great! It is not to robbery plunder."
Zhu Cican was quite depressed. He didn't understand why among the group of scholars and officials who had a good relationship with him, his remarks were always regarded as the norm; but in the Political Affairs Hall, in front of a group of important officials who said they were old and conspiring to the country and his royal brother, his opinions were always opposed, and even denied themselves in words, attacked themselves with a hint of educational tone.
Zhu Cican also had some emotions and smiled disdainfully, and asked: "We must also be consistent with the Gentile people? The Gentile people are just weak people. Can we help our Ming Dynasty destroy their country and block the will of the Father? After destroying the Gentiles, these people have property and career, live better, and no longer be slaves. Can they have other abilities besides being grateful? Can the court forgive those who oppress them decide and be qualified to oppose it? In addition, for domestic military and civilians, the court has always given soldiers very high, and the welfare of the people is also very good. They are qualified to question the justice of the war launched by the court?"
"That's right, since you have been kind to the country, you will die on the battlefield and be loyal to the country, which is your duty and you are not qualified to judge! The world is not up to them!"
Zhu Cixuan also echoed at this time.
"Two brothers, you cannot ignore the feelings of the people! You cannot underestimate their power! They just look weak on the surface and cannot help the situation, but once they reach the critical point and are organized by others, they will be like water breaking through the dam and fire spewing mountains, and they will be unstoppable!"
Zhu Ciwei replied at this time.
Zhu Cican asked again: "Then the father is also a monarch. If the father is guilty, will he be judged?"
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhu Cican in surprise when he heard this and said to himself: "Is he emotionally excited? How dare you ask these words? Or have you ever had such a question in your heart?"
As soon as Zhu Cican asked, he regretted it. He immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly turned to Zhu Youxiao and said, "Father, son minister."
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand pretentiously. At this moment, he wanted to hear what Zhu Ciwei answered.
Zhu Youxiao also knew that since the Ming Dynasty has come to this point, the dispute over restricting the monarch and strengthening the monarch's autocracy has always been constant. Some people believe that the monarch is the culprit of all tyranny in history, while others believe that the monarch is the only guarantee for long-term stability!
Naturally, if the monarch makes a mistake, whether he should be judged has become a topic that Daming cares about politicians and likes to discuss.
This still involves whether the king should be above the law or let the law be above the king.
Chapter completed!