The "they" that Orwitzky mentioned naturally refers to people like Li Fen.

Although they were all second-class people of the Ming Dynasty, because of their low degree of sinicization, they were less susceptible to the care of the Han people of the Ming Dynasty, such as Owitsky, who were more susceptible to the care of the Han people of the Ming Dynasty, were naturally relatively weak groups.

Being beaten by these people is no exception.

The arrogant Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao, only learned about this situation after the relevant private investigation reported by the East Factory.

However, he was not surprised by this.

In his opinion, this is also a normal manifestation of human nature.

It was just because of him that the chain of contempt was evolving in a direction that was beneficial to the Han people.

"Only those who govern the country can only place the interests of their own nation above everything else, can the people of that country be more noble than the people of other countries and have their own independence, without having to satisfy their self-esteem by clinging to the strong."

Zhu Youxiao walked behind his back while walking under the palace wall where the porch flowers bloomed, and said to Zhang Yan, whose hair was white.

Zhang Yan held his arm, smiled faintly with wrinkles, and said, "What did Your Majesty say to me?"

"I saw Dongchang's report to the School of Foreign Education this morning, and I thought of the changes over the past decades, and just said it casually, you can't listen?"

"I really think this is just a matter between the emperor and the ministers? You, if you can't say that the ancestors are not allowed to interfere in politics in the harem, you really think that family and country have nothing to do with you! If the nation is prosperous or declining, everyone cannot escape the relationship."

Zhu Youxiao replied.

Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Your Majesty is saying that! The kings of all dynasties have the world in their eyes, but they only govern one country! You only have one clan in their eyes, but they govern the whole world! You want the Han people to regard themselves as the king of this country and bear the responsibility for the rise and fall of a clan!"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Zhang Yan and suddenly said, "You haven't been with me until now! You only know my thoughts."

Zhang Yan's red lips slightly grinned.

Zhu Youxiao saw Zhang Yan's silver silk, and couldn't help but think again that he was an old man.

He knew there was a saying that "Old but not die is a thief."

It is indeed not a good thing for many people that he, as an emperor, has never passed away.

However, Zhu Youxiao did not expect that he would have achieved the right health and changed the historical destiny of the Ming Dynasty that would have perished during this period, and his destiny also changed, and his lifespan was comparable to that of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding ancestor of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Youxiao is now grateful that Daming is still in the period of external expansion.

People from all classes of the entire empire basically focused on fighting for interests outside, rather than paying too much attention to the struggle for internal power.

Therefore, most people did not feel unbearable about Zhu Youxiao's situation that he had always been the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Even because of the need for external expansion, everyone in the Ming Dynasty still needed the brand of Zhu Youxiao to represent their justice in fighting for interests outside, so they continued to promote Zhu Youxiao, and even reached the point of being praised to the altar.

Many families have many wealthy families, and they have respected Zhu Youxiao so much that they really worship him like a Bodhisattva.

But Zhu Youxiao has never been a person who cares about others' evaluation of him.

Tyrants are good too.

It’s better to be a benevolent lord.

He never cares about what future generations think of him.

He even asked the historian of the Hanlin Academy not to have a historical record that the venerable taboos him, but to record everything objectively, so that the historical books can be truly just a documentary of this era without adding or subtracting anything.

But what Zhu Youxiao had to admit is that he has gained a great reputation until now, and it is a good reputation that many benevolent monarchs who have suffered the grievances of civil officials for the rest of their lives will not be gained.

However, he was not happy about this. What he hoped was that the people of the Ming Dynasty should not really think that they had saved them, but should understand that only they could save themselves.

Relying on the emperor, relying on the honest officials, relying on parents, and friends is the only one who can rely on himself.

Otherwise, no matter how well the people in the world are protected by great people, they will only be giant babies in the end, so that when things are not related to them, they will be huddled aside. If things are related to them, they will only know how to cry, but not how.

"I can guarantee the Ming Dynasty's prosperity for the time being, but I cannot guarantee the Ming Dynasty's prosperity forever. It can only bring peace to the Han people in the world, but I cannot bring peace to the forever! To maintain the peace of the emperor and the country forever, we have to rely on those who come to the later generations!"

"In addition, you can't expect that relying on me alone can really wipe out the accumulated problems for thousands of years within decades, so that people in the world who only care about the snow in front of their homes can completely bid farewell to selfishness. This ultimately requires the later generations to continue their efforts."

After that day, Zhu Youxiao said something to his assistant ministers and the imperial heirs who were in charge of politics, saying something that these people should not expect them to solve everything.

Wen Tiren looked at this, and when his prestige was at its peak, even the wilderness of the Western Regions thousands of miles away regarded him as the holy king of the world, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who said something humble, became more and more admired in his heart and said with a smile:

"I remember that when Your Majesty ascended the throne, I was just a small poet in Hanlin. At that time, the reform and elimination of evil can be said to be caused by Your Majesty's courage! Decisive decisions have great aura in the world! Now, the country is powerful and the people are very intelligent, and they are responsible for the rise and fall. However, Your Majesty did not recognize that the world will be safe from now on. The kings of later generations only need to enjoy peace. It can be seen that Your Majesty's wisdom is not comparable to all emperors since ancient times!"

"It's not that I'm pretentious, but that I'm afraid that they will have nothing to do if the world is truly unified in the future!"

Zhu Youxiao said that and pointed at the royal heirs.

"Even so, my ministers still hope that my father can live forever and fix some of the accumulated problems for us younger generations and the Han family."

The fifth prince Zhu Cizhuo, who returned to Beijing to report his duties with Zhou Yuji, said at this time.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said, "If you continue to live forever, many people will hate me even deeper! After the world is unified, I will have to find an appropriate opportunity to abdicate and have to live a few years of leisure."

Zhu Youxiao's words are a stabilizer.

After he said this, many people who still care more about internal struggle and seize power have temporarily suppressed their intentions of internal struggle and have focused on external expansion.

"Since that's the case, Seventh Brother, you still have to continue to make more achievements and compare the fifth brother! Nowadays, Europe and the Americas in the future, the civil and military officials and generals cannot only know his fifth brother but not you."

Zhu Cican, who has been imprisoned in the mansion, seems to have been forgotten by Zhu Youxiao. He has not even obtained a fiefdom, and the mansion has become deserted. Now, Zhu Cilang will come to see him, and by the way, Zhu Cican will also give him some advice.

Zhu Cihui nodded, then looked at Zhu Cican and said, "It's a pity that you, second brother, would be great if your father allowed you to make achievements. Now, everyone from the crown prince to the common people can quickly make great contributions, and one person can destroy several countries!"

Zhu Cican smiled and said, "You said nothing in front of me, but remember, don't use words like the crown prince to the common people in front of my father. Just say that as long as the Han people can make great contributions quickly, so as not to think that you have emotional differences between officials and civilians for your compatriots in your clan!"

Since Zhu Youxiao took the opportunity to fight for the throne last time because he said the wrong thing, Zhu Cican has become more cautious than before, so that when Zhu Cilang says casually, he has grasped the wrong words of his statement.

Zhu Cixuan stood up, put the tea in his hand back, and asked, "Is it necessary to be so careful? I don't mean to deny the affection of my father's compatriots, but just say that everyone can quickly achieve great achievements regardless of their identity!"

"But the Father may not think so! In front of the Father, you have to be careful! Remember! Don't be like me! What the Father doesn't like the most now is to be a person who only wants to be a superior person but has no national consciousness!"

Zhu Cizhuo said.

Zhu Cihui replied, "Okay, I remember it! Don't worry, second brother, he is not the only one who can do it in terms of opening up the territory!"

...

Because of the victory over Sobesky in the Battle of Kiev, the fifth prince Zhu Cizhuo later assisted Zhou Yuji in several mobile wars to collapse the European Union, and officially replaced Zhou Yuji and became the general of Dingxi, taking charge of military and political affairs that expanded westward.

Zhou Yuji was old and had not been in the process of leading heavy troops outside for a long time, so he retreated bravely and returned to the capital to serve as the chief commander of the Governor of the Five Army.

This official position seems to be very high, but has no real power. In addition to having the function of an advisor, it can only be considered as a leisure time. He only waits for the United States to be unified in the future and goes to America to serve as the priest of the principality.

In the future, Zhou Yuji applied to Zhu Youxiao to become the leader of the United States.

Because he knew that he had participated in the Western Expedition for many years, and had many old subordinates in Europe. If he chose a fiefdom in Europe as the king, he would have been the emperor of Europe. Therefore, he asked the emperor to enfeoff him to America in the future, if he was still in the world after America was unified in the future.

Of course, Zhou Yuji did not explain this to the outside world. The reason he gave to the outside world was that he did not want to leave Middle Earth, nor did he want to leave His Majesty the Emperor. Even if he died of old age, he would have to die in Middle Earth. Therefore, he said with a shy face that he would ask the emperor to enfeoff his Duke after the Americas are unified in the future.

Zhu Cizhuo took over the position of General Dingxi by Zhou Yuji, which means that the royal family began to further become the main figures of the Ming Empire's territory and was infinitely close to the decision-making level.

Of course, this also made the competition within the entire royal family even more intense. After all, the position of General Dingxi is different from that of an ordinary position.

Zhu Cizhuo didn't expect that his father would put it on the fire to roast it.

But he also seemed to understand that his father did this because only a prince who showed that he had no intention of becoming an emperor and was familiar with the situation in Europe was the most suitable.

Cornisburg.

Zhu Cizhuo sent Dong Hanchen, deputy general instructor of the Guards and governor of Poland, to come here to demand that the Principality of Prussia here surrender.

At present, after Leopold VI, the monarch of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria, took the initiative to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and devoted the entire Austria, the entire European Union organization had completely collapsed. Now, what the Ming Dynasty had to do was to allow these countries on the European continent that could only protect themselves to the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and it would be best to actively surrender to the Ming Dynasty without any effort.

Therefore, Zhu Cizhuo took the initiative to send Dong Hanchen to contact the Principality of Prussia that would be the first annexed because it was close to the Ming Dynasty's newly established Polish and Rakshasa provinces.

It is worth mentioning that although according to the idea of ​​the Central Ming Dynasty, the area east of the Ural Mountains would be divided into feudal states in the future due to the long geographical distance and other factors.

But now because the Ming Dynasty was still in the war and had not yet chosen a vassal, these places were temporarily set up as provinces directly governed by the Central Ming Dynasty court.

There are still governors and governors in each province, but most of them are led by military officers to conduct wartime military control, which facilitates the scattered rebellions caused by local unwilling aristocrats.

"We can submit to your Ming Dynasty, but we hope we can rule ourselves, and you cannot send troops, nor do you impose so-called defense taxes!"

However, after Dong Hanchen came to convey Zhu Cizhuo's meaning, Karl Kesten made the demand for autonomy.

Bang!

"How can that be! Although these places are likely to become vassal states of our Ming Dynasty in the future, it is only implemented after civilized transformation of these places. What is the joke that my Han family has worked hard to travel abroad, so why should we be the protector of his autonomous country for nothing?"

After Zhu Cizhuo learned about the ideas of the nobles of the Principality of Prussia from Dong Hanchen, he got off his horse on the spot and threw the horse whip into the air.

"Please tell your fifth prince! We know that there is no free food in this world. We are willing to pay taxes to the fifth princess personally every year, and it is half of the defense tax you have proposed! Your country is so rich, and the defense fees of our small country are not prominent in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor of that country. Even if there is no, it will have no impact. However, I believe that if the fifth prince himself can enter the private treasury with a half amount of defense fees every year, he can win over more people in the officialdom and the army, and in the future, he may become the most powerful prince, so why not do it?"

Karksten obviously conducted a careful investigation of the Ming Dynasty. Now, seeing that Zhu Cizhuo refused to achieve the achievement of destroying a country as soon as possible, he insisted on completing substantial unification of the Principality of Prussia, so he was prepared to make a second move, trying to win over Zhu Cizhuo with wealth in private, so that he would be willing to make his Prussia nominally belong to the Ming Dynasty, but he could continue to rule the Principality of Prussia independently by his nobles from the Teutonic Knights.

Zhu Cizhuo had to admit that this bait was very fragrant.

No one doesn't want to have more sources of wealth.
Chapter completed!