Chapter 344 Training the White Lotus Saint
Although this character in time and space is very different from that in the same century as Jia Cong's previous life and is full of historical contingencies, the inevitability of history will not change, just like the initiation of the Age of Discovery, the economic foundation determines the superstructure, and science and technology promotes the historical process, etc.
Jia Cong's momentum, majesty and arrogance gained the advantage of talks between the two sides, and the conversation between the two countries continued.
The Jesuit priest Christopher held his glasses, and the white men's usual low cheekbones were squirming: "Your Excellency the Superintendent of the Five Provinces admires the Superintendent's erudition. From the exchanges between the two countries, I think that learning from your country and your country's learning from us are conducive to exchanges, cooperation and promotion."
"I believe that the Supervisor can understand that in order to communicate with your country, after two hundred years of long practice, exploration and pursuit, the first Zabberluo, who came to China, died on Shangchuan Island in southern Guangdong, including the later Luo Minjian, Matteo Ricci, Johnson Chan and others... and worked tirelessly to apply the words of your country's poet Qu Yuan: The road is long and arduous, and I will search up and down..."
"Now, the Supervisor, who is in charge of the emperor's will, has come to execute many issues regarding customs. We also hope that the sea ban will be opened so that our two countries can make better progress."
"For example, we doctrines from the other side of the West, we have always firmly believed that there will definitely be someone interested in your country. What does the Supervisor mean?"
Jia Cong frowned, and naturally he would not tell Portugal his true intentions.
In fact, Portugal and Spain in the 18th century were already on the decline. If they were to rectify their navy and equipment, they would not have to be afraid of them at all.
Jia Cong said nothing and winked. Zhou Wenbai smiled gently and said, "Portugal should rest in the inn and wait for the news. We are sleepy."
Coelho, Christopher's deep eye socket, flashed a hint of anger quickly, but he had no choice but to go back to the inn under the surveillance of Chinese officers and soldiers.
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Ding Qisheng, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, is from Zhejiang and has always been a leader in the Western world. However, for various reasons, the debate on "suppressing the barbarians and pacifying the barbarians" has not settled his ideal.
Now that Jia Cong, who is prestigious, has come to Lingnan, Ding Qisheng feels that his ambition can be realized.
The next day, Ding Qisheng came to the lobby of the imperial envoy's yamen to pay a visit. Jia Cong cleaned up and was much better than yesterday. He asked Ding Qisheng to sit down. Ding Qisheng repeatedly asked him to sit down and only dared to sit half of his butt.
And presented lychees treasured in the ice cellar.
I ate 300 lychees a day and became a native of Lingnan forever.
"I heard that Governor Ding intends to lead the suppression. Why did Portugal stop in Macau for two hundred years?" Jia Cong asked lightly.
"Sir, this matter is a long story." Ding Qisheng thought about it for a long time and said cautiously: "Portuguese's excuse is to rent it, and it also pays rent to Guangzhou Prefecture every year. The officials at that time were also connected by money. Now, it is too late to ask questions."
"Secondly, there are many people in Macau who are helping Portugal transport goods so that their lives will be better. The key is that some people have received the baptism of the church."
“There are other reasons…”
The situation was very complicated, and Jia Cong's face did not show any fluctuations. He was reading the newspaper that the rebellion of the King of Qin finally broke out.
The court sent Yu Chenglong to Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan to supervise the army. This matter was beneficial to Jia Cong, because the cabinet decision-maker became Wang Yingyuan.
Ding Qisheng, the main suppression faction, reminded Jia Cong of Lin Zexu. After staying in Guangdong, a place where he could contact other countries for a long time, his vision and knowledge were different from those of the mainland gentry.
In fact, the "opening your eyes to the world" by Lin Zexu, Yan Fu and others is a gradual process.
"In the affairs of the two countries, what we see is not the personal will, but the interests of our country." Jia Cong knocked his finger and said, "Adjusting customs tariffs and Macau rents are obviously more beneficial to our current court."
"Through the information channels of this governor, we learned that Portugal and Spain have lost their power in the South China Sea and have lost to Great Britain and the Netherlands. If we send heavy troops, warships and firearms, we will definitely be able to go down in one go, but it is not in the long-term interests. I decided to exempt the tariffs on Dashun on the coast of Guangdong, and increase the tariffs on Portugal to suppress them from the economic point of view."
Where did the news channel for the Supervisor come from? Suppressing doubts in his heart, Ding Qisheng said: "Portuguese has ulterior motives. Once tariffs are raised, they will inevitably conspire to resist."
"Then fight."
Jia Cong said concisely.
Ding Qisheng couldn't help but nodded happily.
Jia Cong's plan is to accumulate economic, political, ideological and cultural foundations, and mass foundations.
The economic foundation lies in "primitive accumulation of capital". Britain in the 18th century had already entered this stage, and Dashun also had the budding of capitalism at this time.
The problem lies in feasibility and success rate: the country's capital accumulation needs to gradually deviate from the small peasant economy and the natural economy to achieve large-scale handicrafts and mechanization. Since the Ming Dynasty, big cities have had this trend, such as Suzhou, Nanjing, etc.
The political foundation is Jia Cong's ever-increasing official alliance, and it is also a superstructure, ideological and cultural and mass foundation, which will take a long process.
According to Marx's "Das Kapital", the separation of producers and means of production and converted into capital in the form of hired free people. The circulation of capital will promote such a process, and this historical necessity will not change.
In the late feudal society, this situation had already occurred. There is no doubt that in the Ming Dynasty, rural people flocked to cities and eventually gradually became real cases of capitalists, Confucian businessmen, and climbing to middle and upper classes, but the ratio was relatively low.
Huang Renyu completely denies this kind of "capital" in the Ming Dynasty, which is because he and Marx have a different understanding of "capital" and they also ignore the facts.
In terms of superstructure: people in all modern industries have made outstanding achievements and are more nourishing than officials. This is not the case with merchants in feudal society. Like Shen Sanguan in the previous world, they must rely on officials. Then, Jia Cong can obviously guide them.
Guide the accumulation of capital so that Dashun will not lag behind other countries in the future.
You should know: the shuttle was invented by workers, the steam engine was invented by workers, and papermaking was also discovered by the working people (Cai Lun just improved)...
As for the importance of ideological and cultural foundations, it goes without saying that Britain has entered industrialization so quickly, in terms of cultural penetration rate, the penetration rate of this country with a population of 5 million is as high as 40%.
Suzhou, the most developed city in the late Ming Dynasty, had no literacy rate of no more than 10%.
Perhaps, if Jia Cong goes back to work, he can also create a "saint" in culture?
The above feasibility is quite high.
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In the inn in the south of Guangzhou, next to the Coelo room, there is a girl with blond hair, white skin and deep eye sockets tied here.
Defney is from Liverpool, England.
The strong rise of Great Britain had a strong friction with Portugal and Spain. Portugal caught the British captain and even cut their ears, and Defne was also in the ranks of being caught.
The two hateful Portuguese came in, wearing calico cloth from the Far East, and due to the strong body odor that the whites often had, Defne could smell them spraying men's perfume from the Mediterranean.
"Father, we can't figure out the attitude of Jia Cong. Is this arrogant and proud person interested in our science?" Coelho was confused.
"I want to send this English woman to the evil hell like her friends. You know, our great causes in Malacca, South Africa and East India have been occupied by these English people by evil... "Coelho's eyes were cruel and ruthless.
It made Defne tremble.
The blond's sticky face was covered with dust that made her hate.
"No, Governor, God is kind, even if there is a glimmer of hope, even if this powerful Far East country needs our men, we are willing to send people in, which will allow us to get what we want, just like our trade in South Africa." Christopher said.
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There was a similar scene in the city. Jia Cong's boots were pacing back and forth in front of the White Lotus Sect's woman. Will this woman be a spy?
"Tang Yao...the name has been obtained well."
Tang Yao has been cleaned up, but unfortunately, he has become much thinner after being abused by the "dog official". This girl is a little more murderous.
"Since you are unwilling to say it or commit suicide, then I can't blame me..." Jia Cong approached her collar.
"What are you doing?" Tang Yao was nervous, his pretty face turned red, but his black jacket was torn apart. She wanted to resist, but she did not resist to death, which was very contradictory.
Chapter completed!