"It is naturally considered to be a meritorious service for great scientific and technological contributions, but the imperial system and national laws are indeed not to be desecrated. So, if you really encounter a scholar who has made meritorious service in the future and commits a sin of unforgivable crime and must be executed, the emperor may issue a special amnesty order to pardon his death penalty, but not a crime, but only change his death penalty to life imprisonment, and make him wear shackles and do scientific research in a surveillance environment. However, should you limit the use of the special amnesty order to avoid the abuse of the special amnesty order in the future, let the Consultative House discuss it. In addition, can there be a special amnesty order exist and let the Consultative House discuss it."

Zhu Youxiao told the edict.

"yes!"

Wen Tiren replied, and said, "Although the court has been expanding to the outside world, because of its vast territory and too many military use, its expansion speed in some local areas cannot keep up with the vassal state established by our royal royal family members. King Zhu Yihai of Lu has expanded to the north bank of the Amazon River and is about to dominate South America, while King Xin has completely annexed Borneo!"

Speaking of this, Wen Tiren asked Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, do you think, should you limit the expansion of our directly under the Ming Dynasty's vassal states to avoid threatening the court in the future?"

Zhu Youxiao replied: "No need, their troops and population are limited. Even if they expand quickly, they are just military conquests. Many local chiefs are still convinced on the surface. If they want to become bigger than threatening the court, they are still far from being able to do so. Moreover, there are still many foreign countries, and they still need to check and balance. After the kings of later generations use the method of giving grace to deal with them, the key now is to control the global market in the hands of the court, realize the global unification of Han civilization, and politically, the world must be nominally unified under our Ming Dynasty!"

"This is right, but Your Majesty, in the opinion of me, it is best to enfeoff the newly annexed areas that are directly under the jurisdiction of the court, so as not to give these vassal states annexed the land that was not clearly enfeoffed!"

Zhang Tongchang said.

"Issuing an edict to order all vassal states to send their adult descendants to the capital for my inspection. In addition, the unauthorized heirs and nobles from all over the country should also send their adult descendants to the capital for inspection!"

Zhu Youxiao gave a command.

He did this naturally to enfeoff more vassal states.

However, because there are too many places in the world for the Ming Dynasty to occupy, there are still some insufficient children of the royal family.

Of course, this is also related to Zhu Youxiao's lack of desire to enfeoff too much territory for the children of the royal family.

But Zhu Youxiao did not have to worry about not having enough royal family members to be granted the title in the future.

Because the Ming Dynasty now has a meritorious system, people will have new honors every year because of their meritorious service.

This also led to the younger generation of the Ming Dynasty, including the royal family and the royal family, who are more willing to join the army because it is easier to make meritorious service in the army.

The Ming army has also maintained a strong combat effectiveness.

After all, if you make a contribution, you can be granted a title and break up the territory. Even ordinary soldiers can get land rewards from many arable areas such as the Eastern European plains and the Indian plains. Who would not be willing to actively make contributions in combat?

What's more, even if you die in battle, your family will receive more rewards and special treatment than you make, especially your children can not only add points in the provincial and provincial examinations, but also have fields rewarded by the court.

Therefore, during the foreign war, the Ming army, from generals to soldiers, dared to die for the country. In addition, it was based on powerful weapons and equipment and abundant logistics supplies, so that the Ming army was invincible and invincible in this process.

As a result, Annan died in less than a month.

The Great City Dynasty died in half a month.

Johor will be destroyed in ten days.

The powerful Safi Dynasty and the Bukhara Khanate were both powerless in front of the Ming Dynasty.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

When the Ottoman army in Baghdad saw the Ming army coming from Isfahan, like a steel jungle, covering the sky and the sun, they were also very frightened.

They didn't understand why this army from the East was so powerful that it could allow giant iron monsters to quickly move forward like a rush of sea without the guidance of livestock.

What made them even more terrifying was that the fearless murderous aura of this Eastern army holding the battle flag of "Ming" seemed to be a row of soldiers composed of iron walls, which made people feel depressed when they saw it.

...

"This is really a terrifying and admirable empire! I am so envious of such a vast territory!"

When Louis XIV looked at the latest world map brought back by his brother Philip from the Ming Kingdom, he couldn't help but be amazed by the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, and then slapped the desk table and said:

"This is the territory that the great emperor should have! The Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Youxiao should be the only king I, Louis XIV, deserves to be worshipped. It's a pity that France is so narrow compared to it. We should be as great as the Ming Dynasty!"

After Louis XIV said this, he asked Philip: "You have been to Ming Kingdom for so long, tell me, in your opinion, how can I, France, be as strong as Ming Kingdom?"

Philip said: "When we use Western learning as the body and Eastern learning as the application, we will introduce machinery and equipment to the Ming Dynasty, technology and talents, and open our own steel factory. I have met many senior officials and their vassal states in Ming Dynasty. They have become my friends. As long as we are willing to sign a contract with Ming Dynasty that includes the most-favored-nation treatment, and willing to allocate special funds to establish Sinology and other commitment terms, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty will issue an edict to allow us to sell some machines and technologies, and even send us talents."

"Western learning is the body? Shouldn't it be directly and completely turned into the same system as the Ming Dynasty?"

Louis XIV asked.

"No, their system is too partial to the interests of producers and is not fair! And the nobles are not free enough, at least legally not free enough, and many transactions are not free enough."

Philip replied.

"It seems that you have learned it in vain. Although as a king, I cannot go to Ming Kingdom in person, I know better than you through my own understanding that the real reason for the prosperity of Ming Kingdom is not just the strong ships and powerful guns! It is the care for producers you just mentioned!"

Louis XIV expressed his different opinions.

Philip was quite surprised by this and couldn't help but spread his hands: "Brother Wang! Do you want to completely orientalize my great France?"

"The Ming Empire in the East is God's most favored kingdom, so it is today's prosperity. Perhaps their culture represents God's will. If we want to be favored by God and follow God's will, then what's wrong with completely orienting France?"

Louis XIV asked.

Philip couldn't help but say, "Brother Wang, you're crazy! If you do this, many people will be dissatisfied!"

"As long as France can be as powerful as the Ming Dynasty, what is the dissatisfaction of others?"

Louis XIV replied disdainfully.

"I'm not satisfied!"

After Philip replied, he shouted: "I don't support you in doing this!"

"You can't stop me, either."

Louis XIV replied, and then ordered his minister Pierre: "Call up all the nobles who have returned from studying abroad in the Ming Dynasty and let them come to see me tomorrow. I will discuss reforms with them."

"yes!"

Pierre replied.

Louis XIV continued: "In my opinion, the first thing we need to do is to find ways to further limit the power of the great nobles, suppress their annexation, and provide better guarantees for farmers and workers! In addition, we must liberate the slaves controlled by the nobles."

After hearing Louis XIV say this, Philip looked at him coldly.

However, at this time France was at the peak of monarchy, and it was difficult for the great nobles to resist the king's will.

Therefore, Louis XIV's reforms were actually carried out next.

He first ordered the protection of the rights of the noble serfs, believing that these were also French people, and their masters had no right to deprive their lives and plunder their property, and the state would protect them.

Then, Louis XIV ordered taxes to be increased for the great nobles, and taxes were reduced for self-cultivated farmers with less land, and basic living security was provided to urban citizens.

For a time, the French nobles complained.

But Louis XIV won the support of many lower-class farmers and citizens.

As a result, the number of riots launched by the lower-class farmers and citizens has dropped significantly.

In addition, Louis XIV's own treasury also increased a lot of fiscal revenue, allowing him to expand his army and spend more funds to support scientific and technological research and development.

He, who was already very supportive of natural science, has now invested a large amount of money to support research and development by scientific researchers, and has indeed greatly promoted France's scientific and technological progress.

In the third year when Louis XIV began to imitate Zhu Youxiao to carry out corresponding reforms, his Secretary of State Pierre reported to him that the rifled rifle had been made.

Of course, the rifled rifle made by France is also the kind of front-mounted primary rifle made by the Ming Dynasty for Japan, with not very complicated rifle.

Because the French Empire only came into contact with rifled guns when they were fighting with Japan in the Americas, they could only temporarily imitate this gun.

But this is still a very fortunate thing for Louis XIV.

However, although France had the technology of manufacturing rifled guns, it did not have the professional industrial foundation as proficient as the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, France has to pay a huge cost if it wants to install a rifled gun.

Louis XIV decided to continue to increase taxes, inheritance and luxury taxes, and said: "The Ming Dynasty did the same. I should inherit their excellent system without reservation!"

"But Brother Wang, if you do this, you will completely anger the nobles!"

"We are different from Mingguo!"

"The nobles of the Ming Dynasty were suppressed by bureaucrats from civilian origins. They had no ability to subvert the court, and they could even cooperate with the emperor to fight against the huge bureaucratic group. Even so, there were many times when they could not compete. They still had to be indomitable and the courage to be unafraid of being criticized behind them. However, our French nobles are very powerful and the monarchy is not yet proficient enough. Abuse of royal power may cause chaos in the country!"

Philip advised.

Louis XIV drew his sword directly and pointed at Philip: "You want to stop me?"

Seeing this, Philip had to take a step back and said, "I don't want to, I just want to persuade you."

Louis XIV took back his sword and said, "You are right. Maybe I should promote a large number of people from the civilian class, just like the Ming Dynasty! Let the royal family cooperate with the civilian class! Establish an imperial examination system, so that people from the civilian class can hold important positions and hold power. In addition, in terms of royal marriage, I have enough to marry women who have aristocratic blood but not good physical and appearance. Ming Dynasty's research says that marriage between close relatives will increase many congenital diseases, and you have not married yet, so I should first match you with a princess from a civilian to test people's reactions."

After hearing this, Philip wanted to refuse very much, but he did not dare to refuse. However, in his heart, he became more and more dissatisfied with the arbitrary Louis XIV.

But Louis XIV is undoubtedly correct in doing so.

He then began to issue an edict to implement the imperial examination system in the Ming Dynasty, and even established a meritorious title system, encouraging the common people to become their nobles through their own efforts, especially after the news that he was about to choose the princess from the common people for his brother, rather than from foreign nobles, was even more praised by the vast majority of civilians who already had national ideas.

You should know that in history, even in the 18th century, many French Enlightenment thinkers highly praised the Chinese imperial examination system.

Because many of them, who were born into civilians, actually need a system that can advance to become aristocrats.

Now that Louis XIV has done this, it has naturally received the support of many scholars from the civilian class.

After Louis XIV did this, the French army also burst out with strong combat power.

At the call of Louis XIV to defend his new territory in the Americas, the French army, who were determined to make achievements, began to defeat the Japanese shogunate army several times in the Americas, and even recovered many lost territories.

Japan's expansion in the Americas was thus curbed.
To be continued...