"Tianxian does not grant the husband the right to manage his wife! Only grant the cabinet the right to establish a moral contract! In addition, once this contract is signed, it is only to boost the spirit of the scholars and forests, not to require all people to do so, but to make the scholars and officials set an example for the four people! Since they are well-educated and have the food to be frugal and self-disciplined!"

Liu Hongxun replied very seriously.

Many civil servants who participated in the court discussion were speechless.

Because they didn't expect that this Yuanfu would specially put shackles on the scholars and officials.

Liu Yuliang replied, "In this case, the literati and officials are not as free as the common people! In this case, what's the use of studying?"

"I asked you, why is studying?"

Liu Hongxun replied.

Liu Yuliang was embarrassed to say in the court discussion that he was studying because he had a golden house in the book and Yan Ruyu in the book, so he had to bow to the north and say, "Of course, it is to serve the court and bring peace to the ages!"

Liu Hongxun smiled first and said, "Your ambition is great. Since you have great ambitions, you should first correct yourself so that you can use it for the country!"

Liu Yuliang was speechless.

He had to admit that it was more uncomfortable for a nerd like Liu Hongxun to be the chief assistant than for some treacherous ministers to be the chief assistant. He always talked about the great truth and required the literati and officials to be rigorous in their style, so he didn't know how to refute it.

Next.

Because the court officials did not dare to resist the moral covenant that Liu Hongxun wanted to establish, they angered the emperor. Moreover, they were all people who wanted face and were not good at strengthening moral cultivation. Therefore, the moral covenant that Liu Hongxun wanted to establish was still implemented.

The official name is the "Imperial and Ming Officials and Gentlemen Convention".

It stipulates several rules that officials and gentry need to abide by, as well as the corresponding penalty clauses for violating the convention.

Emperor Zhu Youxiao was happy to see this.

He naturally supported Liu Hongxun to further restrain officials and gentry through some laws, which would be more conducive to social harmony within the Ming Dynasty.

He also wished Liu Hongxun could do these things that offend the literati and officials so that he could share the firepower for him.

After this, Liu Hongxun was indeed more hated by vested interests than the emperor.

Some people opposed Liu Hongxun's restraint of the scholars and officials, and even questioned the legitimacy of Liu Hongxun's doing so, saying that Liu Hongxun was usurping the imperial power and stealing the Tai'a.

Zhu Youxiao naturally ignored these voices.

Now he only cares about voyages to the West, hoping to protect his power and prestige by vetoing the West by veyages to buy all domestic classes and even surrounding Confucian countries.

...

At this time, the fleet of voyages led by Zhang Shoushi had arrived at Muscat City along the coast of Oman.

Zhang Shouyi's fleet of voyages to the West has been named "Saint Emperor Fleet" by Zhu Youxiao, which represents the Saint Emperor Zhu Youxiao's fleet of voyages to the West and tours the West on behalf of the emperor.

Zhang Shoushi himself was appointed as the General of Zhenhai, who was in charge of all affairs of the Holy Emperor Fleet.

The Holy Emperor fleet is very large.

There are dozens of supply ships for transporting materials alone.

The largest warship is a steamship warship built in the shape of a treasure ship, which is the "Zheng He".

And it was not just the official ships ordered to voyage to the West to follow.

There are also many private merchant ships who follow the official ships who go to the West to do some trade on the road and open up new trade routes.

Therefore, every time the entire fleet goes, it enters the roc spreads its wings and flies over, covering the sky and the sea.

The Holy Emperor fleet completed a robbery here shortly after docking in Muscat City.

There is something about the Portuguese instigation.

Because, this is a castle occupied by Portugal.

But before the arrival of the Holy Emperor fleet, the Portuguese who were staying in Oman were driven away by the Ariba dynasty.

By the time Zhang Shousha arrived here in the 26th year of the Apocalypse, the Portuguese here had been driven to the point where only Muscat and Matola were left.

Therefore, when the Portuguese learned that the Holy Emperor fleet was coming, they obtained contact with the Holy Emperor fleet through the Ming merchants who came here to trade, and thus expressed their willingness to cooperate with the Holy Emperor fleet and fight back against the Ariba dynasty.

Zhang Shoushi accepted the Portuguese request for cooperation to collect all Portuguese savings in Muscat and Matola, helping the Portuguese destroy the Ariba dynasty and helping it maintain colonial rule in the Oman region.

At the same time, Zhang Shoushi also left some of the Ming soldiers to occupy several cities here as a new colonial stronghold for the Ming Dynasty.

North Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, Annan, Hirado, Chongzhen and other countries also seized some castles as colonial strongholds in this area based on the number of troops they brought.

Next, the Holy Emperor fleet continued to voyage to the West.

According to the agreement between Portugal and Spain, the entire Indian Peninsula coast to the east and west coasts of Africa are all within Portugal's sphere of influence.

So when the Holy Emperor fleet was about to continue voyage to the West, the Portuguese were very panicked because they were worried that the Holy Emperor fleet would seize their colonies.

However, because they were afraid of the force of the Holy Emperor Fleet, the Portuguese did not dare to use force to stop the Holy Emperor Fleet from voyage to the West, so they could only continue to negotiate with the Holy Emperor Fleet.

Because Zhu Youxiao sent the Holy Emperor fleet to the West this time mainly targeted Spain.

Therefore, Zhang Shoushi finally promised to respect the Portuguese sovereignty in these places, but the condition was that the Portuguese needed to facilitate the supply and docking of the fleet, and promised to help the Holy Emperor fleet seize Spanish colonies. In addition, the Portuguese would obtain some colonies occupied by Spain because of their goodwill.

Because of the deep conflicts with the Spaniards, Portugal is engaging in a "Restoration War" seeking independence. In addition, Portugal has no other better way now, so he agreed to Zhang Shousha's conditions.

So, next, with the help of the Portuguese, the entire voyage to the West became smoother.

On this day, the Holy Emperor fleet had arrived at the Cape of Good Hope.

Here, the Portuguese prepared sufficient supplies for the Holy Emperor fleet and asked the black slaves to build a temporary camp for the Holy Emperor fleet.

However, the officers and soldiers of the various vassal states of the Holy Emperor Fleet did not have any more rules and wanted to plunder slaves and property here.

The Portuguese did not resist because of this, but just asked Zhang Shoushou to reason.

After Zhang Shoushi expressed his regret and said that he could not restrain the officers and soldiers of other vassal states who had gone to the West as the Holy Emperor, the Portuguese could only bear the anger, because it was better than making the Holy Emperor fleet refuse to admit their colonial rule here.

...

Spain also learned from the merchants of its own country that the Holy Emperor fleet was voyage to the West, intending to conquer its own Spain.

The Spanish King Felipe IV was very surprised after hearing this and couldn't help but ask: "The Eastern fleet came to conquer us just to convict me? Where did I offend them?"

"Because we sent the Governor to Manila to kill their civilians, the Holy Emperor in the East said that you violated his prescribed basic global order and needed to arrest you to their capital, to be tried, and then be convicted."
Chapter completed!