Yuan Keli said, "It seems that the internal and external government troops cannot be abolished now."

"It is not only impossible to be abolished, but also to expand. The military reform is implemented. The military system is out of date. This military organization model that is mainly defense is not suitable as a base for attacking the barbarians! Our Ming Dynasty now needs millions of standing troops. This standing army needs to consume countless steel cannons, guns and ammunition from our Ming Dynasty, and then exchange them for valuable resources! These resources include slaves."

Zhu Youxiao replied.

At this time, Liu Hongxun said: "Although that's the case, is this contrary to our claim of forbidden slavery? After all, it is a great way that everyone in China has recognized. Huang Taiji is a traitor and a war criminal. To be tortured by labor can make people all over the world understand it, but if we plunder the Gentile barbarians as slaves, it is a bit difficult to declare this to the world."

Bi Ziyan is more sleeker than Liu Hongxun, so he said at this time: "So, in my opinion, what the dynasty needs to determine is whether the foreign barbarians are considered human beings except for our Chinese people. These barbarians are first attracted to killing, without any kindness, and secondly without human ethics. In addition, they are arrogant and do not know etiquette, and even have people who like to eat human flesh, so they are actually no different from animals and cannot be considered human."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Bi Ziyan and listened carefully to Bi Ziyan's remarks. He seemed to feel very familiar with Bi Ziyan's questions at this time.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Youxiao thought of it.

He remembered that in history, after discovering America and entering capital expansion, Western colonists also discussed whether Native American Indians were essentially humans. In the end, because they had to accumulate primitive capital, they began to think that the Indians were not their own species.

Zhu Youxiao found that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were also beginning to have this tendency, for the sake of their own country's interests, began to psychologically deny that people of other races were human ways to convince themselves and their aggressive behavior.

Just like many literati and officials before, they did not regard ordinary people as people.

Zhu Youxiao laughed because of this.

He knew that the emperor could not stop his ministers from thinking like this.

Because he cannot use the rules of later generations to demand that his ministers have to regard the humans of the entire earth as equals.

"Then let the Ministry of Rites discuss this matter, Bi Aiqing presided over it, and it would also be used as a reference for the court to treat the barbarians in the future."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said.

"Abide by the order!"

Bi Ziyan replied that he was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites. He knew better than anyone else about how the Ming Dynasty should treat people other than the Ming people, which is most in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty at the moment.

"In my opinion, the Ming Dynasty court has different differences in treating its own people and the barbarians. The reason is very simple. The people of the Ming Dynasty live here and grow up here. Since childhood, they have been influenced by the king's transformation of the saints. Moreover, they are all in Yanhuang and have a unified bloodline. They should be nobler than the barbarians! If the barbarians and the people of the Ming Dynasty are regarded as the same kind, the dignity of the people of the Ming Dynasty will not exist!"

Bi Ziyan first expressed his views.

"This is a big mistake! Although there are differences between China and the barbarians, all races are divided into nobles and humble people! How can we say that the untouchables of that country live on the nobles of other countries? If we say this, then should we regard one civilian in the Ming Dynasty as a civilian in the Ming Dynasty as a civilian in the Ming Dynasty as a criminal who killed one foreign vassal envoy, we should regard his crime as less than killing one civilian in the Ming Dynasty as a civilian?"

Dali Temple Minister Zhang Jie retorted and asked Bi Ziyan back.

After asking, Zhang Jie laughed.

Because many rulers of this era actually have no national concept and do not think that the people of their own country should be nobler than the nobles of the foreign countries. In order to avoid disputes between countries, they tend to prefer the foreign countries to the foreign countries when the foreign countries and the people of their own country are in conflict.

Of course, this does not mean that the rulers are weak.

It's just that there is no nationalist idea.

For example, according to historical records, in the 14th year of Chenghua, there was a "tributive envoy robbed". Because it was a Korean envoy who was robbed, at the suggestion of Wang Yue, the then chief censor of the Censorate of the Censorate, should be dealt with seriously and investigated seriously, and the progress of the case must be explained to the Korean envoys.

In the end, the Jinyiwei, who was not active in solving theft cases, quickly captured the main culprit, and the court killed the main culprit Zhang Zheng and others in the market, and displayed their heads to the place where the North Korean envoy was about to pass to make them see it.

It can be seen that the rulers of this era treated foreign envoys differently from their own people. Compared with their own people, the court paid more attention to the lives and property safety of foreign envoys, and also cared more about the image of the country among foreign envoys. They even surrendered themselves to the identity of the Celestial Empire, and did not hesitate to severely punish their own people, so as to make foreign envoys barbarians.

Although Yuan Chonghuan had killed North Korean envoys and the Marshal of the Korean capital in the current Tianqi Dynasty, that was just an indulgence by the emperor and could only be regarded as an exception.

Even Emperor Zhu Youxiao's cruel treatment of the appearance of the novel is not in line with the image of a virtuous king nowadays.

Therefore, Zhang Jie felt that he was asking this question, and Bi Ziyan, who also received Confucian education, would not be able to refute him.

Bi Ziyan replied with a smile at this time: "Of course! If the people of the Celestial Empire are not as noble as the Celestial Empire, then what is the Celestial Empire? What is the Dignity of the Celestial Empire?"

Zhang Jie was speechless for a moment, but he didn't expect Bi Ziyan to admit it directly.

"Absurd! Doing this will make it impossible for countries to live in harmony with each other, and then there will be only wars and raging! We should treat each other with courtesy and control the people of our country with laws. Buddha said, "Equal sentient beings, how can nobility and lowness be linked to the level of civilization? The so-called nobility should be related to identity!"

Liu Zongzhou, the Minister of Justice, put forward his own different views. He was a great scholar of the times and naturally advocated ethics.

"I think what Mr. Liu said was wrong. If the imperial dog raised by Your Majesty in the army was more noble than Mr. Liu?"

Bi Ziyan asked.

"you!"

Liu Zongzhou stood up immediately, his face turned red in an instant.

At this time, Zhang Jie asked: "How can different species be considered high and low? The dog can only say that other dogs are noble, but how can they be compared with humans."

"The outer series is not the same as my Daming people. Are they humans, or are we humans?"

Bi Ziyan replied.

"All of them are humans! The Li Yun says: Man is the heart of heaven and earth, the end of the five elements, food, taste, sound, and color. Birds, beasts, veins, and wood are all born from heaven and earth, but they cannot be the heart of heaven and earth; only man is the heart of heaven and earth. Therefore, the birth of heaven and earth is extremely noble. The outer part also has the heart of heaven and earth, so it is considered a human!"

Liu Zongzhou sat back at this time.

Bi Ziyan continued to reply: "Wrong! There are many people in the outer chapter who have no hearts. The hearts of heaven and earth must have the virtues of heaven and earth, and must have good thoughts, and must be transformed from the king. But what I saw, the outer chapters are not as good as the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the virtues of heaven and earth, or the virtues of heaven and earth are not as good as the Han people. Of course, there are also the virtues of heaven and earth, but these must be close to the king. Those who do not have the virtues of heaven and earth are obviously not humans, or are not as good as the Han people, can only be considered half a person, and only those who have thoroughly transformed kings have been considered to have advanced to adults!"

"Even if they are not humans and have no people in their own country, how can the rulers destroy diplomatic relations because they tend to favor their own people when their own people conflict with their own people?"

Liu Zongzhou continued to ask.

"The fact that the people of our country have been wronged in order to treat the Gentiles with courtesy has always happened before the emperor ascended the throne, but Mr. Liu has not had any conflicts with the foreigners because of this? The Japanese turmoil and the Husbands have always taken the initiative to plunder the national dynasty. It can be seen that treating the people with courtesy cannot work, so you must use them to use their power! Control them with power!"

Bi Ziyan replied.

...

"Bi Ziyan refuted it very well. The people of his country should be nobler than the foreigners. Whether the other family is a prince or a noble or a slave in his country, or whether the people of his country are prince or noble or a commoner, the latter is nobler than the former. It must be reflected in the law and order, and a law book on the involvement of the foreigners is planned to establish the Compilation Department of the "Regulations on the Interpretation of Criminals". Bi Ziyan also serves as the CEO, and ordered him to recommend the vice president to compile this law book as a basis for the future handling of such cases. In principle, if the same crime is required, if the external crime is to be executed, the external crime will be halved, and the people of his country will be demoted to the prison."

Zhu Youxiao ordered after receiving the results of this court discussion.

At this point, under the promotion of some ministers, Emperor Zhu Youxiao formally issued an order to begin to place the people of his country above the outside world through laws and regulations.

However, this is not enough. As a Chinese from later generations, Zhu Youxiao remembers many painful history of foreign invasions.

His benevolence may not be as good as Liu Zongzhou, a great scholar in this world, and he cannot treat all human beings equally, but he never mind using any means to strengthen his interests in China and to make the peace and prosperity of the Chinese people last longer as much as possible.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao once again ordered Yuan Keli and other central ministers: "Since no one in the outer family is as noble as any of our Ming people, and should be used as a consensus in the world and a rule of governing the country, the original tribute system is no longer appropriate. Our Celestial Empire does not need any outer family to pay tribute to us and needs to be abolished!

Because they are not qualified to be ministers of our Celestial dynasty. If they want to be ministers of our Celestial dynasty, they must first accept the sinicization, first become people like our Han family, learn Confucianism and know etiquette and law! First, they must become people of the Celestial dynasty!"

"Yes! The so-called tribute and tribute are actually mostly used to take this opportunity to trade and earn benefits from our Ming Dynasty. Among them, Mongolian tribes and Japanese daimyos love to do this. In the past, censors in the court exposed this matter. These quotations often pretended to be envoys to our Ming Dynasty, saying that they were representing their kings, chasing their monarchs, and then offering some inferior tributes. In order not to be despised, the value of the gifts rewarded is several times the value of their tribute! Therefore, every time the tribute is basically the outflow of national treasury and people's wealth! Now, it is indeed very unprofitable, and it should be changed."

Yuan Keli replied.

"That's right! But this does not mean that the foreigners cannot communicate with me, the Ming Dynasty, and no longer learn Chinese culture. Although they will no longer accept their tribute and tribute, they can come to the Ming Dynasty to study or do business in the name of individuals or governments, but there must be some restrictions. Studying abroad is not allowed to learn the skills of all crafts, nor to learn mathematics, and newly promoted disciplines of physics, chemistry, and biology, and business must also be restricted. Tobacco cannot be sold, all kinds of birds and beasts cannot be sold, and the workshops they participate in cannot be too large. If they are large, they cannot be the main shareholder. The businessmen of their country must cooperate with them and guarantee them."

"In addition, in terms of studying abroad, some reward systems can be appropriately introduced. Anyone who has achieved more achievements in the Ming Dynasty can be rewarded. Even if someone has outstanding contributions in promoting Confucianism, he or she can be allowed to be admitted to my Ming Dynasty."

"In the future, the Ministry of Rites was no longer responsible for external affairs, and set up another Lifan Temple. The official of the main hall was the third rank. The officials of the former host and guest office of the Ministry of Rites and Huitong Pavilion were promoted to Lifan Temple. In addition to being responsible for the original affairs of the Lifan Temple, Lifan Temple was also responsible for the things mentioned just now. In addition, it was to regularly invest in the establishment of some cultural clubs and bribe some Gentile literati and officials, and in the name of inviting them to give them money to tempt them in the name of inviting them to give them a book to praise the greatness of the Celestial Empire! From kings to the people of the Celestial Empire, they could be praised so that the Gentiles only knew the political clarity of the Celestial Empire, and the people of the Celestial Empire knew etiquette, but did not know the blood and cruelty of the Celestial Empire's expansion."

"Also, in order to strengthen the education of more external students through education, the cabinet will set up a university for cultural studies in the same way as the Ministry of Rites and Lifan Temple. It is called the Peking University, which specializes in cultural teaching and is the same as the Imperial College. However, the application system is implemented. Domestic students can apply for the exam. Gentile students need to show their tendency to govern after returning to China. Anyone who wants to seek self-improvement in their country will not be admitted! The university has two types of academic subjects, one is undergraduate and the other is preparatory. Domestic students are directly undergraduate. Gentile students will first conduct a one-year formal education in Zhu Lixue before they can take the preparatory course in the eight-legged essay exam. If they pass, they will be promoted to undergraduate."

Zhu Youxiao continued to make a series of instructions.

And these decrees all point to one purpose, that is, to use cultural means to achieve the goal of assimilating people from other countries.

Just when Zhu Youxiao abolished the original tribute system and decided to start creating a new foreign exchange system, Lin Danhan had to instruct the Eruth tribe to come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty to obtain corresponding supplies.

"After you sent the envoys, you said that you could not bear the oppression of Ben Khan, and you wanted to submit to him, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of Ming Dynasty, and wanted to submit to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youxiao had always been ambitious, so he destroyed the Eastern Lu not long ago and had always had the intention of splitting my Mongolian tribes. Therefore, at that time, he would be happy because of your support and would reward you with great rewards. At the same time, your people would take this opportunity to trade in his capital!"

Lin Danhan said to Taijibamusen of the Erut tribe at this time.

Bamusen couldn't help but say, "But our tribe does not have many good horses, most of them are bad horses."

Lin Danhan laughed and said, "No matter what good horses and bad horses he is, will he care about these things in Ming Dynasty? You just need to stuff more money to the officials who collect the horses."

Bamusen nodded, "That minister will take this trip in person."

So, Bamusen brought a group of inferior horses as tribute to Ningxia Town of Daming, and wrote a letter saying that he wanted to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and wanted to pay tribute to the emperor.

Yang Wenyue, the governor of Ningxia in the Ming Dynasty, dared not neglect and hurriedly reported the matter to the capital.

The Ming Dynasty's court has just abolished the tribute system, so naturally he did not intend to give Bamusen a chance to pay tribute, so he directly refused the request of the Erut tribe to pay tribute.

"What? The Ming court no longer implements the tribute system? Isn't you afraid of doing this and forcing us to go desperate and plundering you?"
Chapter completed!