Isle of Wight.

It was originally a county in England.

It is next to the English Channel.

It is separated from the Isle of Great Britain by a Sorent Strait.

There is a natural harbor here.

The scenery is very beautiful.

Now this place belongs to the Ming Dynasty.

The "Ming" flag as dazzling as the flames was now floating at the highest point of the island, guarded by a small group of Ming soldiers.

At this time, He Lian, a soldier who belonged to this Ming army, couldn't help but glance at the British people on the island that had just belonged to the Ming colonial area.

These British people were naturally very afraid of this group of oriental people who suddenly arrived.

They feared the strong ships and powerful guns of the Ming Dynasty.

But there was also a hint of anger hidden under the fearful eyes.

If anyone else is angry, he will be angry that others have entered their home without authorization.

The British on the Isle of Wight are no exception.

After learning that their king had ceded the Isle of Wight to the Ming Dynasty, the proprietors organized their own serfs to serve as soldiers and prevented the Ming army from landing.

But they did not succeed.

Their serfs were not determined to guard the island and were not willing to use their bodies to fight against the Ming army's guns and cannons for their manor landlords.

Therefore, the landlords and serfs on the island had to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

The island has a ready-made royal castle called Carisbrook Castle. More than 20 years ago, Charles I was imprisoned here because of the Glorious Revolution.

Now, this place has become the official garrison in White Province of the Ming Dynasty.

Tang Bin, appointed as the governor of White Province, and the troops of a Qian headquarters of Mr. Tan Qian were temporarily stationed here.

There are eight towns on the island, namely Ryder, Newport, Coase, Sandang, Ventnow, Shanklin, Yarmouth and Benbridge.

Now these eight towns have been merged into one prefecture and two counties by Tang Bin, and have submitted a memorial requesting the court to send officials to govern.

The adult British on the island were ordered to build a port so that ships in the Ming Dynasty would be parked in the future.

As for the young British, they were all driven into the temporary Confucian school.

These young British people had to work hard to learn Confucian enlightenment textbooks such as "The Rules of Disciples".

Although the Ming Dynasty no longer only follows Confucianism, in terms of cultural promotion, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty insisted on promoting Confucianism as the main focus. He had to make other subspecies humans gentle, respectful and frugal, and learn to obey.

Otherwise, once the wind of freedom in these places is allowed to spread, if you really encounter a global plague in the future, it will probably cause great trouble to the already globalized world.

After all, no one can deny that Confucianism is indeed very beneficial to the knowledge used by rulers to rule the people.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao was still very committed to Confucianizing the world's foreign barbarians, and even only allowed him to accept Confucian Neo-Confucianism.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao specially wrote the "Rules for Disciples" that originally appeared in the Qing Dynasty based on his memory, and ordered this to be used as an enlightenment textbook for foreign colonial education.

After all, "The Rules of Disciples" is stronger than the Neo-Confucian elements in "Three Character Classic".

It is easier for foreign children to be taught to be gentle, respectful and frugal when they learn.

"The rules of disciples are the teachings of saints. First, filial piety and brotherhood are the first, and then to be cautious and trustworthy."

A group of white-skinned British children were also in the newly established Confucian school in London. Following the Ming Dynasty student Tang Ruoyu, hired by James II for a large sum of money, reading the "Rules of Disciples", the sound of reading flew to the banks of the Thames River leaving the school.

When the Duke of British Monmouth, who was walking on the riverside, was quite harsh when he heard these voices, he clenched his fists and said to himself: "My British Empire has fallen to this point! He was cedeed by the Orientals and asked for compensation and trade. Now he has to let his great Anglo-Saxon descendants learn the knowledge of the Orientals!"

"Mr. Kang, this is my sister. Look, can she become your wife?"

With the signing of the London Treaty, Kang Qingchun became one of the first Han people to appear in England as the Han people in Ming Dynasty.

Frank became more willing to curry favor with Kang Qingchun. When he learned that Kang Qingchun wanted to take a concubine in England, he took the initiative to offer his beautiful sister, hoping to become the more trusted comprador of the Ming Dynasty and invite him to meet on the banks of the Thames.

Kang Qingchun touched Frank's daughter's face: "It's a pretty girl! I'll send it to me tonight."

It happened that at this time, the Duke of Monmouth saw this scene and became more angry: "It's a pity that these shameless merchants from my British Empire began to curry favor with these Oriental people!"

The Duke of Monmouth felt so distressed.

Xu Qianxue suddenly came from opposite Duke Monmouth at this time and saw the scene where Kang Qingchun, a Han man, was cursed by Frank, and felt quite sad.

You know, he has never been so flattered by the British.

"Hisser Duke!"

Xu Qianxue then naturally saw Monmouth again and saluted him.

Monmouth asked with a smile: "Where is this from, Lord Earl?"

"From Hampton Palace, His Majesty the King intends to ask the Ming Kingdom to send officers to train his Royal Guard Division and let him be the translator."

Xu Qianxue replied.

After hearing this, Monmouth looked serious: "This shameless king! He wanted to ask Ming to support him as a dictatorial king by showing off his charm to the Ming Kingdom!"

Monmouth is indeed very dissatisfied with James II.

Because he was the son of Charles II, if he had not been recognized by most English nobles because he was an illegitimate son, he would have been the king of England.

Although James II was even more willing to be regarded as king by the English nobles in French, because James II's beliefs were different from those of other nobles and civilians, it was also a reason why many people were not satisfied with it.

Now, Monmouth can see from the signing of the London Treaty and a series of performances of James II that James II intends to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to suppress the parliament, which naturally makes him even more dissatisfied.

"What the Duke said is that our king wants to become a tyrant. He even said, 'God likes tyrants'. It can be seen that it will be sooner or later for the parliament of my British Empire to be dissolved by him in the future. If this continues, it will be sooner or later for all the people of my British Empire to become their slaves!"

Xu Qianxue knew that he could never return to the Ming Dynasty, so he simply gave up and became an English nobleman seriously, and wanted to stop James II from turning English into the second Ming Dynasty.

"My British Empire is truly in troubles inside and outside, with strong enemies outside and foolish monarchs inside. If this continues, how can we survive on our own?"

After sighing, Monmouth said, "It's a pity that I am an illegitimate son. If I were a legitimate son, I wouldn't have let him, James, a guy who likes to be a puppet, be the king!"

"This is a ridiculous view! No matter what you say, you are the blood of His Majesty the original king. The king's choice will be chosen by virtue, and you have always been a virtuous person. Therefore, as shown below, this position should be inherited by you!"

Xu Qianxue expressed different views on this.

He was originally from the Ming Dynasty and did not agree with the system of inheriting the throne of the British. When the previous king had children, his sons were actually illegitimate sons, so his younger brother could only inherit the throne!

In addition, he was also dissatisfied with James II, so he said something more in front of Monmouth.

"That's all you think. Many members of parliament do not think that the illegitimate son has a legal system to inherit the throne!"

Monmouth replied helplessly.

"I will try my best to lobby for you, Your Excellency the Duke! Let more knowledgeable people in my British Empire realize what the true legal system is!"

Xu Qianxue replied.

Monmouth said thankfully: "Thank you so much!"

James II's desire to strengthen his royal power by colluding with the Ming Dynasty did make the bourgeoisie in the British uneasy.

And their uneasiness will become more and more serious as the Ming Dynasty plunders on England and become greater dissatisfaction.

The compensation of 21 million taels of silver was nothing to the Ming Dynasty, but for the British Empire, which was not the empire of the sun, it would undoubtedly be a terrible problem to take out this money.

James II therefore convened Congress to demand tax increases.

The least thing the bourgeois MPs dislike is tax hikes.

He even cut off the king because of tax increases.

Before receiving the arms of the Ming Dynasty and strengthening the strength of his Royal Guards, James II was not good to completely tear away the members of the House of Representatives in Parliament, and said: "You can disagree with the tax increase, but you must be clear that this money is not what I want, but what Ming Kingdom wants! If the Ming Kingdom cannot get this compensation and launches troops again, you will no longer compensate 21 million taels of silver, which will become 42 million taels, and even completely let us die without a place to bury!"

"Damn Ming Kingdom! Is there no other way for us?"

Duke Monmouth, who was reluctant to pay more taxes, started to speak at this time.

“There is no way to do without tax increases.”

Coleman replied.

"Okay! I agree to increase the tax!"

Monmouth replied.

Next, other members of the parliament had to agree to the king's tax increase.

Therefore, the taxes of the entire English country have been aggravated, and the bourgeoisie in its domestic will naturally transfer the increased tax burden to the employers and serfs, which has led to the social contradictions in England becoming sharper.

But it was only the beginning. With the influx of a large number of cheap goods in the Ming Dynasty, the large number of local goods in England were unsold, and the entire market was soon occupied by the Ming Dynasty.

The British bourgeoisie's income has been greatly reduced.

However, while the Ming Dynasty took advantage of the British permission to trade with the Ming Dynasty, it also opened some primary factories to trade ports in London, as well as the Ming Dynasty's colonial area, the Isle of Wight.

Therefore, many serfs who were driven to the city by the British bourgeoisie through land enclosure movement were attracted by the better treatment given by the Ming factory.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty factories treated these serfs better was naturally because they had technical advantages and could create better economic benefits by attracting more labor.

But the bourgeoisie in England had no market to sell their goods and there was no cheap labor available.
To be continued...