Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

Daming has vast land and rich products, and almost no foreign trade is needed. Therefore, for the Ming court, the benefit of tribute is not in border trade, but in ethics. Since ancient times, China’s requirements for the prosperous age have made it possible for the guests of the four barbarians to be enlightened. It is not annexed by war, but to instruct distant countries with virtues and etiquette to make them become one of the civilizations attached to the Ming Dynasty and accepting Chinese etiquette and education. country.

Because it does not require the import of foreign properties, China's requirements for the far-away Fanyi countries are only that they recognize the status of the Ming suzerain, and Mu Anshun does not arbitrarily provoke them. On the other hand, Ming Dynasty established the monarchy of the two countries in the way of canonizing his king, and promoted his own culture and ethics to the subject countries. He also gave generous rewards and opened border trade to reward these subjects.

In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, the Emperor Taizu boasted in his "Earth to the King of Siam", "Since I came to the throne, I have ordered to go out of Xinjiang, Zhou Yusiwei, and the country, and thirty-six people have fulfilled it; Thirty-one people who hear it. The customs are very different. There are eight out of ten big countries and forty-nine small ones."

In the reign of Emperor Chengzu, Zheng He went to the West seven times, pacified giant thieves overseas, saved the nation from the dead, and brought countless kings of small countries to the emperor. At that time, it was called the power of the Ming Dynasty overseas, and the people were able to live and work in peace and contentment. Yunnan and Jiaozhi gold and silver were imported into China... it was also a grand event that later generations would never have.

Until now, Daming had the confidence and financial resources to go abroad again.

In the past two years, Quanzhou and Fujian shipyards have dismantled several Europa-like vertical sails with wheels and rudders, and built some new-style ships with wheel rudders; plus the astrolabe purchased by the spy of Jin Yiwei who landed in Spain, Compass, even if you go offshore, there is no risk.

Didn't those missionaries and businessmen who came from overseas also arrived at Daming in peace with those things?

In Jin Yiwei, there was a wave of craze to learn to read sea charts and use star charts to calculate navigation angles and distances. Hearing about the European plague, smallpox, plum blossom and other severe diseases, many people who are determined to go to the New World seek medical officers to be vaccinated with human pox, and go to Buddhist temples to ask for amulet to prevent them from contracting out-of-chemical diseases.

When Xie Ying went home, she told Cui Xie about the matter, and sighed pityingly: "It's pitiful to see the children being like this. The time Wang Yu went to Europa, the locals scared the locals-in the city. People were burned everywhere. Their coffins were different from Daming’s. One end was pointed and crucified. The funeral party didn’t wear filial piety. When they first ran into it, they thought it was a baby, but later they knew they were playing dead. Human, scared into a cold sweat."

The European countries looked at civilization and heard knowledge, but they were terribly dirty. In many places, the people in their fleets could not get off their feet. If it weren't for the royal affairs, everyone would hate to stay in the boat and not get on. Every time they enter the city to discuss business, they simply risk their lives.

At that time, it was just a trip, and there was still time to come back after having had enough suffering. In recent years, the crew members who stayed behind in Europa rented a vacant lot on the coast to grow land, fish nets, and raise pigs and sheep by themselves. The poor, they dare not eat the food sold in that city.

The Orchid in that city was dressed no matter how horribly attractive and twisted, they did not dare to touch them, for fear that these people might be sick.

Xie Ying sighed: "As we are, two people are dependent on each other, and they are not afraid of how far they go. It is much better than thinking of a woman and dare not touch it."

Cui Xie smiled proudly, hugged him from behind, turned his head to the side and rubbed his face: "Then we will go out together if we want to go to sea. If we want to stay, we will stay together. Don’t leave me behind. Alone."

Xie Ying smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I knew what it was like when I was on the grassland last time. Do you dare to leave your family business this time and wander on the sea for a few years? No matter how good the new and old continents are, they are also foreign countries. I'm a soldier, and I can't sleep on the huge land and spend a lot of money. Why should I leave home just to earn some credit?"

Although the world is big, there are only these two buildings connected together. This small garden is where he lives. Only the person in front of him is the one who accompanies him throughout his life.

What kind of fame and career is worth the pain of two separations, and is worth worrying about the people in your apex?

He sighed lightly, put his arm around Cui Xie with his backhand, turned his face and kissed him, and said, "If you want to go abroad, let's take a look at your map. Where you want to go, even the names of countries and land It's fixed, not better than they can only see the shaky water surface after they have been on the boat for months?"

Cui Xie also saved the map in the cellar of Xie's house, but Xie Ying took out the map and returned it to him without being ransacked. The two went back and pulled out the picture, under the pretext of studying the events of the court, and watched the whole night at Cui's house with candles. The picture was also altered in a mess——

Daming will go to the New World to grant gifts, will there be another United States in the world in the future? The national borders of North and South America may have to be redrawn, and Ming's future territory may not be the rooster he is familiar with.

But if the painful history he knows can be avoided, that would be fine. This map only leaves the borders of the continent, and the rest is simply painted, and it can be redrawn with people of their generation, next generation...500 years.

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Cui Xie was at home looking forward to going overseas, but the four elders in the court and the six ministers had to argue for a while about the benefits of sailing to the national economy and people's livelihood before they could decide whether to sail to the new continent. The ministers from the treasury theory to the people's livelihood, from the Shibosi to open the sea, from the missionary to foreign pirates...

In the twenty-fourth year of Hongzhi, the border army of Jizhen regained Daningwei and moved the Great Wall to the north; Liaozhen completely subdued the Liaodong female straight, changed the land and returned, and the court finally concluded the result.

It is possible to go to sea, but it cannot be presided over by eunuchs as in the Yongle period. Instead, the Ministry of Rites is the mainstay. Honghe Temple is used for etiquette and supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The emperor Hongzhi issued the imperial decree according to his words, and the ministries became busy.

After 21 years of grand plans, Cui Xie also became the right assistant of the Ministry of Rites. At this time, he was involved in arranging the canonization ceremony. He remembered that there were still Indian chiefs in the Americas, and he was not a formal king, so he painted a few portraits based on the images of Indians in American Western movies, only to describe them in the image described by the Italian missionaries. Yes, it was taken out at the Xiaochao meeting to invite the emperor, the old man, and the ministry to share it.

After seeing this picture, the emperor silently changed He Mu Yuanguo's goal to collect fine seeds and raise and educate these poor natives.

The cabinet ministers and the Ministry of Etiquette also changed the canonization etiquette from the standard for North Korea and Champa to the standard for the chieftain, and the rewards also increased or decreased according to status.

Cui Xie is the youngest of the few officials in the Ministry of Rites, so he shouldered this responsibility. He lived up to the expectations of the emperor and teacher, arranged proper rituals, and changed many of the gold and silver toys in the reward into silk, cloth, thread blankets, and iron pots, knives, and daily necessities favored by northern herders.

The natives don’t need any good things, gold, silver and gemstones, as well as the fine seeds and native medicine commonly used by the locals. The team has to bring a few skilled hands who can plant to record where and how those things should be grown.

Daming's tribute relations with foreign countries have always been thin and thick, and he has always been helpful to submissive foreigners. I am afraid that these Indians have not had time to see the white immigrants. First let them see the diplomatic style of Da Ming Huairou. When they see the Mayflower, the two sides will not easily believe in each other, and they will be slaughtered. Right?

If there is anything like that, these Indian tribes are all under the Ming tribute system, and the suzerain, Mingguo, can also be famous and help these people expel the Huhu.

Do you want to... sell some weapons to the Indians?

Not in a hurry, this trip will explore the road first, and then send people to the local area to develop energy sources, helping the Indian brothers to repair the bridge and open the road to dig iron ore.

Cui Xie is only responsible for the canonization of etiquette, and he is supposed to be fine after pouring the instrument into it. But there is always one thing in his heart, which is difficult to let go of--

The nautical charts presented by the Italians were drawn around Europe. Many places they did not explore were blank, and the places they explored were not drawn accurately.

This map is accurate to travel from China to Europe, but it’s too dangerous to travel from Daming to a place where you have never been before and the continental borders are not accurately drawn.

Unless they follow the European route and go to Europe first and then cross the Atlantic to the United States, that's pretty sure. But this route is too long, and the chance of encountering pirates is also high. The Atlantic Ocean has high winds and waves, which is actually not as good as the Pacific Ocean. Even if you don't go to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but go north along the coast, from Alaska to the New World, it will save much time and effort than going to Europe.

He had a map of the modern world in his hand, the kind of high-level map marked with latitude and longitude, and he didn't know if he could give it to the court.

He was soft and difficult to decide, but he had already converted the scale against the world map and the map of China, and even marked the locations of Daming and Europa, as well as the vassal states of Japan and North Korea.

Xie Ying was mostly staring at him when his eyes were not worthwhile. I don't know what he was thinking yet? He said jokingly: "If you dare not offer it, then give it to me. I said that I got the guidance of the gods and gave me a roll of "The Chart of the World". Maybe the court did not believe it for a while. Wouldn't it be better to explore more islands? Can you believe it?"

Cui Xie heard that he was teasing himself. According to the traditions of ancient Chinese people, he would not burn to death those who gave pictures to gods, but he still asked with some worry: "I have presented this picture, so I won’t be treated as a demon in the future. What?"

Xie Ying shook her head and smiled: "Didn’t Mr. Yang still often say that he is a reincarnation of a high-ranking monk? Karma and auspiciousness come from the sky. This is common. You originally came from the sky to Daming. If you’re really worried, let’s get a Taisi guy and ask him to present this picture."

No, no more. Why bother to deceive the emperor by giving a picture to the court? Now that the imperial court bans the sea, all foreigners who can reach Daming are sent by officials. It's so easy to find someone who is willing to cooperate with him to send a map of the world.

Let's rely on superstition.

He even did the things that his ancestors entrusted his dreams to not allow him to get married, and he insisted that the people all over the country believed that his ancestors had entrusted his dreams.

Cui Xie made up his mind, resolutely scrolled up the chart, and presented it at the afternoon meeting.

In order to match the appropriate scale, this picture is not enlarged to a wall that is just wide enough to cover the royal case. The small one is placed on the desk of the emperor. The lines are meticulous, and the lines of the Great Wall and the river are clearly identifiable. It has been a long time since the emperor Hongzhi could not speak.

Cui Xie played the highest acting skills in his life, and said without blushing and breathless: "The minister recently managed the mission to the New World in the ministry. After thinking about it day and night, he suddenly had a dream last night, dreaming that his ancestors held a scroll in his hand. The map was handed to the minister, saying that it was given by someone in the East China Sea..."

As he spoke, he looked at the cabinet ministers around him, hoping that they would react a little, so he adjusted his expression and the content of the story in a targeted manner.

Some ministers looked indifferent and didn't know what they were thinking; some ministers sneered lightly, as if they didn't believe it; some ministers looked at him as if they were evaluating his statement; some ministers shook their heads and looked at him with a look of approval. He seems to really believe...

Someone really believed... he didn't know whether he should be proud of his ability to make stories, or he was saddened by the superstition of the Ming courtiers.

When he swept his gaze to the end, he saw his teacher Li Xueshi looking at him in a daze, but his expression was very gentle, and he nodded slightly, as if supporting him.

Above the throne, the emperor Hongzhi showed a strange, relaxed and satisfied look——

Finally waited, Mr. Cui really, as the governor said, is a person who meets gods. On weekdays, Lizang would not say that he would always come up with the method of immortal guidance when the country encounters a major event and what is needed.