Chapter 176 The overall situation is initially determined
The coup in China also attracted the attention of European countries. After all, under Lu Xuan's overseas trade policy, in this era, all European countries that can sail from ocean have trade exchanges with Liaodong.
When those merchants in Liaodong knew that Lu Xuan had become the emperor, the group of people were stunned. The strange governor became the emperor of this country after not seeing each other for a few days?
In fact, the most annoying thing is Li Rubai and other generals of the border army. When Lu Xuan sent troops, he did not dare to stop him. However, he did not express his loyalty or anything. Now that Lu Xuan has really ascended the throne, the identities of these people have suddenly become extremely embarrassing.
Some of them were thick-skinned and had already written to express their surrender. Some were still hesitating. The only good news was that the new emperor did not seem to make things difficult for them. He just sent an imperial edict to keep them in place and resist foreign enemies. He said nothing else.
In fact, it is mainly because Lu Xuan has no time to pay attention to these people. The national military and political reform plan has long been available. However, it will take some time to officially implement it. At least the people across the country can have enough food to start to implement military and political reforms. Before this, just keep these people the same and make trouble.
Those European businessmen knew that Lu Xuan had become the emperor and felt that he needed to express his feelings. After all, they had been doing business with the governor for a long time. Now that they have become kings, they must also express their opinions. Otherwise, the money tree will be gone, and they will have to cry to death.
Over the years, they have been familiar with Lu Xuan's hobbies. This former governor, now an adult, does not like money in the traditional sense. He likes all kinds of emerging things.
This group of people formed a new European warship for Lu Xuan as a gift for ascending the throne, and successfully saved his business share.
In Liaodong, except for those generals and European merchants, the most painful force at present is the Qing Dynasty.
Originally, that guy was just a general, and he had no power to fight back. Now the other party has become an emperor. How can I play this? After thinking about it, Huang Taiji, the contemporary emperor of the Qing Dynasty, made an important decision. He decided to write a letter to the emperor.
There was really nothing to do. Because they were about to starve to death. Lu Xuan deliberately left an army to completely block the trade between the Qing Dynasty and China. The Qing people who were not good at farming could not even eat. The country had already started to complain. Huang Taiji tried to launch several attacks to try to gain a little advantage. But he was undoubtedly suppressed. Since then, he has extinguished his intention to use force.
He had already admitted a little helplessly. Under the influence of the new Emperor of China, the Ming army in Liaodong was no longer something that the Qing warriors could compete with. The situation is very awkward. At the beginning, the Khan was independent and released the seven major hatreds. He openly broke with the Ming Dynasty and became king, thinking of entering the Central Plains.
As a result, within a few years, he had to lick his face and surrender. He felt that he was afraid he would not have the shame to enter the ancestral grave. But there was no way. He had to survive first and then say the others. Just surrender.
So he wrote a letter to praise him and prepared to ask for a reward. This is what the minority groups in the border areas of the Central Plains do. Whenever there is no food to eat, he goes to the Central Plains to rob him. If he doesn't want to rob him, he writes to sect him. When the emperor in the Central Plains is happy, he will reward a large amount of wealth, and the winter will pass.
Huang Taiji also had this idea. But this time, he miscalculated.
"What do you mean? They surrendered to me and wanted my things?" Lu Xuan looked at the new Minister of Rites with a bad look. This guy was also a reserve official of the previous dynasty. Because various reforms had not yet begun, various foreign affairs systems still basically followed the rules of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he chose a scholar from the previous dynasty to be the Minister of Rites.
Now the Minister of Rites, who had just taken office, was kneeling in front of Lu Xuan with a panic on his face. He was a smart man, and it could be seen that Lu Xuan was really angry.
"Back to your Majesty, this is the previous dynasty that has been..."
"Foreign dynasty?"
"...My deceased..."
"I don't need you to die. Please listen to me. You can give me some respect to my China. But I have to show some sincerity? I am vast China, lacking a mountain and wild ethnic group? If I don't make enough contributions to my China, a group of wild boar skins will also be matched with my China's orthodox?"
The Minister of Rites instantly understood what Lu Xuan meant. This new emperor was not the emperors of the previous dynasty. This was an emperor who only looked at the benefits and did not follow the rules. It meant that the Qing Dynasty was not qualified to surrender.
After thinking about this, he immediately knew how to deal with the envoys of the Qing Dynasty. It was very simple, just make things difficult. Is diplomacy? The national strength is not enough, so it is difficult for people to come to power. Since this gentleman was selected as the Minister of Rites, he was naturally proficient in this art.
In fact, if possible, Lu Xuan certainly hopes to send the elites he has trained to these core positions. However, there are too few people now, so few that are not enough.
Lu Xuan could only divide the young people into ease and relieve the situation. He divided the carefully trained young people into various rebellious areas. He first asked them to deal with those problems and accumulate various political experiences. He never believed that a person who had not experienced the grassroots level could hold a firm position in the senior management.
Even if it took him more than ten years to hand over it, he had to go through various practical government operations and accumulate enough experience before he could enter the central government's decision-making level. At that time, it was the time when he fully began to implement government and military reforms.
However, although reforms cannot be carried out directly, some preparatory preparations have begun. For example, he has begun to build a brand new college. Among the children, some young people who were unwilling to engage in politics and devoted to studying various knowledge, as the first generation of mentors.
If you want to implement your own reforms, you must start with your children. How to start is to let them receive the ideological education given by Lu Xuan from an early age. The imperial examination system will not be abandoned for the time being. However, reforms will be carried out gradually. In the end, the two types of education will be integrated into one and become a new education system that Lu Xuan needs.
Lu Xuan does not completely rule out classical education. In fact, any educational policy can last for thousands of years, which makes sense. Moreover, if one-size-fits-all, the pain will be too severe and may cause a rebound. Therefore, education will be transformed from the next generation. The two types of education will gradually get closer, and it is expected that it will take about three generations to complete a complete integration.
Chapter completed!