Chapter 773 A land and water must support a person
Hashiba Hideyoshi took 30,000 people to Busan and left the Chungju front line. From the beginning, Hashiba Hideyoshi refused to have direct contact with the Ming Dynasty, preferring to carry the burden Even though he was called a coward, he was unwilling to resist the Ming army in Seoul.
That is not resistance, that is death.
The anxiety on the Chungju front was deliberately caused by the Ming Dynasty. Hashiba Hideyoshi realized that this was a trap from the beginning, and now he ran away.
Qi Jiguang also gave the emperor a Chinese New Year gift, a Japanese matchlock gun, and sorted out the development history of the Japanese matchlocks for His Majesty.
In the sixth year of Zhengde, the Portuguese Governor Jorge captured the Strait of Malacca; in the twelfth year of Zhengde, the Portuguese court pharmacist Tomé Pires envoyed Huozhe Yasan to pay tribute to the capital of the Ming Dynasty; in the third year of Jiajing, Huozhe Yasan was beheaded in public; In the 22nd year of Jiajing, the Portuguese fleet arrived at Tanegashima, a small island in the southern part of the Japanese Kyushu Island.
Shi Yao, the owner of Tanegashima Island, spent two thousand taels of silver to buy two fire guns. The next year, the ship arrived at Tanegashima again. Shi Yao sent his retainer Jinbei Qingding to learn how to make fire guns imported from Europe and the West. Guns, under the guidance of the Portuguese, in the 23rd year of Jiajing, Kinbei Qingding produced Japanese-made fire guns, which are Ashigaru iron cannons.
Five years later, when the Shimazu family on Kyushu Island attacked Kajiki Castle, they used iron cannons.
From the 27th year of Jiajing to the 43rd year of Jiajing's Southeast War against the Japanese, the Japanese pirates had used a large number of ashigaru artillery. In "Six Reports of the Fujian Haijie News", the Ming Dynasty was in Zhangzhou Prefecture respectively Several large blunderbuss, Folang machine blunderbuss, and iron blunderbuss were seized from the Japanese pirates in Wuyu, Huangqiao, Dongshan Island, Wukengshe, and Yiyu.
Zhu Yijun looked at the Japanese iron cannon in his hand, observed it for a while, took out the tool box, and dismantled the Japanese iron cannon in front of him into parts.
The whole gun is four feet and one inch long, with a wooden stock, made of aconite wood, thick paint, and no cracks;
The gun body is different from the Ming Dynasty cylinder, it is octagonal, there is no rifling in the gun, and it is a ring-hole type sights, rather than aperture sights, the rear of the barrel is The spiral tail bolt is closed;
The gun is equipped with a rain cover, which can be used in light rainy weather. The trigger is composed of seven parts and uses a brass spring. When the trigger is pulled, the spring provides power. Fasten the lit match rope to the fire door;
Each iron cannon ashigaru also carries a file, which is used to crush what the Japanese call No. 6 projectiles, which are projectiles weighing six sen and four and eight centimeters (1.6 cm) in diameter. Because they are cast The mold is not precise enough, so I need to ashigaru in my spare time Time to polish the projectiles;
There is also an accessory called Hayai, also made of lead, which can combine a projectile and gunpowder for loading, making the loading process easier and faster on the battlefield. Loading;
Gunpowder is divided into igniting powder, which is fine powder placed in the fire door to ignite the gunpowder; and another type of gunpowder, called jade powder, which has coarse particles and is used as propellant in the barrel of the gun.
"The fire cannons of the Japanese country have something, but not much." Zhu Yijun took the iron cannon in his hand and tried it, and he was very sure that he would not take advantage of it, because the Japanese are generally short, and Zhu Yijun is tall and tall. , this Ashigaru iron cannon is a bit cramped in the hand.
Compared with the large number of bird guns installed in the Ming Dynasty, the quality of the Japanese bird guns is a bit poor, and the smoothness in the barrel is low, which results in a low range and affects accuracy; open the tail bolt, the gunpowder More residues indicate insufficient combustion.
"Qi Shuai said in the memorial that the Japanese country's ability to manufacture iron cannons is something worthy of Ming Dynasty's attention." Zhu Yijun said with a serious face: "Lingbu Tang's method is very good, Zhongzhou should It would be great to just grind it like a flesh and blood millstone."
"After this year, we will issue an order to all major governor's offices and shipping departments to strictly prohibit the sale of saltpeter to Japan."
Being able to manufacture iron cannons means that the Japanese country has complete production technology, which is worthy of vigilance.
To make a fire blunderbuss in the Ming Dynasty, it required 20 jins of iron material to beat out 5 jins of iron, six steps of smelting and plate making to make the iron material into a blunderbuss tube blank, and seven steps of boiling and pliers to cut the barrel. The embryo becomes a blunderbuss tube; drilling the blunderbuss core means smoothing the inside of the blunderbuss tube. Each rod requires seven
Four steps of cutting and grinding; two steps of polishing and cutting the head of the Xinghuo Gate; one step of inlaying and inlaying the Spark Gate; one step of grinding and inlaying the blunderbuss, one step of drilling the fire gate incident, etc. Wait, a total of thirty five kinds of craftsmen are needed. Even with an iron horse, there are many steps required.
The price of a bird gun in the Ming Dynasty was two taels and three cents of silver. After the iron horse was used, the price of a bird gun dropped to one tael and seven cents of silver.
The Japanese country can build their own iron cannons, which means they have these types of work.
Most of the barbarians that the Ming Dynasty came into contact with did not even have the ability to make iron. They were already very powerful if they could make bronze wares. However, the Japanese country had gradually built its own gun industry after the flow of guns into the Japanese country.
And the iron cannon can be used as a firearm, which proves that the Japanese country also has its own gunpowder production. Even if there is no overseas saltpeter flowing in, they can still make gunpowder from the hoarfrost on the walls of the toilet, from oral medicine and jade medicine. Judging from the distinction, Japan's gunpowder production required certain techniques.
Danger! Danger! Danger! This is the hidden danger and danger of Ming Dynasty.
The ambition of the Japanese country is obvious. The small territory makes them have an almost crazy belief in conquering the mainland.
This is also the reason why the Japanese pirates refused to retreat. The Ming Dynasty had blunderbuss, and the Japanese pirates also had iron cannons. On.
Qi Jiguang did not pull the artillery to the front line of Chungju. During the repeated pulls with the Japanese pirates, the casualties of the Japanese pirates continued to expand. In just one month, the Japanese pirates paid more than 3,100 casualties, and the Ming Dynasty's Rui died in battle. There are no more than ten soldiers.
What the Japanese daimyo saw was the repeated pulling of the battle line, while what the Japanese ashigaru saw were their colleagues who kept dying.
A very strange phenomenon happened. The Ashigaru Association of Japan took advantage of the sunset to secretly escape to the Ming Dynasty's front. They knew that they would be castrated, but they still fled to the Ming Dynasty's front because they could eat it here. If you have to eat, even if it is very unpalatable bran cake, it is still a cake.
When the Japanese pirates Ashigaru attacked the Ming Dynasty, they would more often choose to surrender rather than resist.
In this month, the Ming army captured more than 7,400 Japanese pirates on the Korean battlefield and completed the castration.
By the end of the 14th year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty had captured more than 50,000 Japanese slaves on the Japanese battlefield, and transported 30,000 Japanese slaves to Womagang. After the year, more than 20,000 Japanese slaves were waiting to be transported.
The whereabouts of these Japanese slaves has become a problem. There are already many road construction workers in Womagang, and staying in North Korea is another big surprise.
The Japanese country now has about eight million people, and the number of young and middle-aged people who can go to the battlefield is only a million. The Ming Dynasty's reduction of the Japanese country has achieved initial results, and has substantially changed the population structure of the Japanese country. As long as the flesh-and-blood mill of Chungju Battlefield continues to grind, destroying the Japanese will not be just a matter of paper.
"Next year we will bring the Japanese slaves to the Ming Dynasty and put them to work in the Engineer Regiment Camp. Womagang is a bit saturated." Zhu Yijun read the memorial and gave instructions. There are plenty of dirty and tiring jobs. , the white native of Tao Tu Mountain If there is a shortage of Dingkou, we can send it to Taotu Mountain to dig; there is also a shortage of coolies for coal mining below a hundred feet;
If it is not possible, we can send it to Suiyuan to grow potatoes and grass. In short, there will be no waste. The labor force of Japanese slaves.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid Wan Zongbo won't be able to come to celebrate the New Year this year. He caught a cold yesterday." Feng Bao carefully reminded His Majesty that Wan Shihe's condition may not be very good.
Wan Shihe retired due to illness, and his retirement life is quite comfortable. But if the old man falls ill, and it is near the end of the year, I am afraid that bad news will come.
Zhu Yijun was silent for a while and said: "Send the great medical officer to have a look."
He did not plan to go in person, not because he was afraid of any bad luck. At the beginning, Zhu Xixiao, Yu Dayou, Tan Lun, Shi Maohua and others When he left, Zhu Yijun went to visit him, but that was at the last moment. He was afraid that his visit would delay the treatment of the chief medical officer.
There are too many things to do to welcome the emperor, and the etiquette is too complicated, which affects the patient's rest.
On the evening of the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Yijun met with ministers celebrating the New Year at Tonghe Palace. This year was the same as in previous years, except that Zhang Juzheng changed from Yicheng Bo to Yicheng Marquis.
Zhu Yijun asked the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changzhi to attend and meet with the ministers. Zhu Changzhi will start school next year. This can be regarded as the East Palace leaving the cabinet to study.
The teacher is still Zhang Juzheng. In this way, Zhang Juzheng may become the third imperial master.
Going out of the palace to study represents the substantial status of the prince. This has been a tradition established since the Jiajing period. The emperor's attitude is very clear and he does not intend to destroy the eldest son's succession system.
But Zhu Yijun did not confer the crown prince, and the courtiers simply remained silent and ignored the matter.
On this issue, the monarchs and ministers have long reached a consensus. Zhu Yijun still has to patrol the south. The king of Lu, Zhu Yili, will be left to supervise the country. Zhu Changzhi is too young to handle the general affairs. Once the prince is conferred, Zhu Changzhi will supervise the country. .
With a six-year-old child in charge of the country, Zhu Yijun’s southern tour was determined not to go smoothly.
Zhang Juzheng changed from Yicheng Bo to Yicheng Marquis years ago.
In the original historical line, from the 14th year of Wanli to the 29th year of Wanli, the Wanli Emperor lost the protection of Zhang Juzheng, and the monarchy and ministerial power began to directly conflict. The country lasted for 15 years. The battle is about to begin.
Emperor Wanli was isolated and helpless in the battle over his country. He fought alone with his ministers, and he still didn't win.
The chief ministers of the cabinet such as Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping, Zhao Zhigao, and Wang Xijue, more than 20 ministers and ministers in the six ministries, and more than 300 officials in the six ministries of the capital procuratorate would rather be dismissed than support the emperor's decision-making. Not only He did not support the crown prince's position and made various other decisions.
After Emperor Wanli liquidated Zhang Juzheng, his courtiers would never fight for the emperor again.
Zhang Cong in the early Jiajing years, Yan Song in the middle and late Jiajing years, Gao Gong in the Longqing years, and Zhang Juzheng in the early Wanli years, without exception, these chief ministers would try their best to help the emperor complete his plans, whether it was The New Deal is still about money and food. Even if it means risking the disapproval of the world, we must deal with the things that the emperor really cares about.
But since the tenth year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli's liquidation of Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Juzheng's pursuit of honor and humiliation have had an extremely bad impact. Latecomers, even if they are in the first and second positions, must consider their options. .
If the emperor charges into battle for you, it may not necessarily end well, but if you follow the conventions and collective will of the officialdom, you will definitely end well.
Now Zhang Juzheng is taking the ministers of the Ming Dynasty to Tonghe Palace to celebrate the New Year, and he is still firmly in the position of chief minister.
Before the New Year, the emperor even went to have a meal to show the harmony between teachers and students. Before the New Year, the emperor also issued an imperial edict, intending to promote Zhang Juzheng to the Marquis of Yicheng for his contribution to the great victory of Korea. Zhang Juzheng refused. The emperor was stubborn and issued another decree. Zhang Juzheng still refused, so the emperor issued another decree.
At this time, Zhang Juzheng had to agree even if he didn't agree. It would be disrespectful to ask the emperor to issue the decree four times.
On the third day of the first lunar month in the capital, the sky was gloomy. Under the whistling north wind, the gloom in the capital was swept away, but soon, the sky began to be filled with snowflakes, which soon became It became denser, and there was a vast expanse of white between heaven and earth.
Amidst the howling cold wind, the jade chariot of Emperor Ming Dynasty appeared in front of Wan Shihe's residence. No matter how reluctant he was to say goodbye, it seemed that it was time to say goodbye.
After a cold spell and a long-lasting illness, the great medical officer judged that Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites since the Wanli Restoration, would die in one or two days.
"Your Majesty, Uncle Wan Zong..." Feng Bao didn't finish his words, but his meaning was very clear. It won't be long.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, hesitated a little while standing in front of the gate of Wan Shihe's mansion.
Birth, old age, illness and death are all human nature.
It sounds nice, but when it comes to saying goodbye, all kinds of feelings come to my heart.
Wan Shihe was braver than Zhang Juzheng's relative Wang Zhigao, the Minister of Punishment. Wang Zhigao was afraid, but Wan Shihe was not afraid. He resolutely stayed in Wenhua Hall. He was indeed addicted to officialdom, but he was also brave.
"Let's go." Zhu Yijun took a step and walked into the mansion.
Li Shizhen and Chen Shigong briefly reported the situation to His Majesty, and then invited His Majesty into the inner room.
"No need to be polite." Zhu Yijun took a few steps and said quickly. Wan Shihe, who was on the hospital bed, wanted to get up and salute, but was stopped by the emperor.
"I have seen your Majesty." Wan Shihe tried it, but found that he could not move. He shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, don't blame me. I really can't afford to pay tribute."
Zhu Yijun sat on the stool and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. When the illness is cured, it won't be too late to say goodbye. The time is still long."
"Haha." Wan Shihe smiled. , shook his head and said: "I know that my body will not survive this new year."
The complications caused by the wind and cold are eating away at his body. Although he was still in good spirits, Wan Shi and himself knew that time was running out. He took out a memorial from the bedside and handed it to the emperor before whispering: "Your Majesty, I would like to offer you one last memorial." Policy." The moment the memorial was sent out, Wan Shihe breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried about him for a long time because he was gone and the memorial would not be delivered to the emperor.
"I will take a closer look when I get back." Zhu Yijun put the memorial into his sleeve. This was Wan Shihe's last policy. The emperor didn't know what it was about, but when a person is about to die, he will do it. The words are also good, and they are mostly about important affairs of the country and dynasty.
"Good news came from North Korea. All the direct descendants of Oda Nobunaga withdrew. Instead of fighting the Ming Dynasty in Chungju, Hideyoshi Hashiba retreated to Busan." Zhu Yijun began to talk about things in North Korea, starting with the civil unrest in Taizhou Prefecture, Zhejiang. He got up and talked for a long time. Most of the time, it was the emperor who was talking, and Wan Shihe would occasionally talk to him.
Wan Shihe shook his head slightly and said: "I can see that the difficulty of overcoming the end that Yuan Fu is worried about will not happen to your majesty."
Wan Shihe listened. When the emperor sent Tiqi to Datong, Xuanfu, to visit the people to see if Zhou Liangyin was really eliminated successfully, at that moment, Wan Shihe was sure that his majesty did not trust any of his ministers. Perhaps only Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang had absolute trust. on the list.
“I’m not even sure, how can Uncle Zong be so sure?” Zhu Yijun was stunned, a little curious as to how Wan Shihe came to this conclusion.
The difficulty of overcoming the end is the curse of the king. When he reaches old age, he will become comatose. Even the long-lived emperor cannot escape this curse.
Wan Shihe looked at Feng Bao, but did not see the person in Zhongshushe, and then whispered: "Your Majesty is addicted to officialdom! And it is more addictive than the ministers. They say that Your Majesty likes money, which is not true at all. Your Majesty is a man of power." ."
"Ha Haha!" Upon hearing this, Zhu Yijun showed a bright smile, shook his head and said: "Wan Lao Guan, Wan Lao Guan, even if you are sick, don't forget to arrange it for me."
Wan Shihe said quickly. : "Hey! This This is not a choreography, this is my sincere words. In my opinion, your majesty is fond of power, which is not a bad thing. The ultimate difficulty is laziness. If your majesty is fond of power, he will not slack off. After all, power can be destroyed as long as you don't pay attention to it. will slip from my hands, You have to be careful at all times."
"Okay, I will treat it as the great uncle is praising me." Zhu Yijun did not care about Wan Shihe's deconstruction of the emperor, and as the etiquette of etiquette, Wan Shihe studied it. In fact, they have always been human.
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"Shen Li can be used, but he is too upright and doesn't know how to be tactful. Your Majesty, if you give me more advice, you will be very useful." Wan Shihe was a little tired and his eyelids were a little heavy.
"I understand, Uncle Zong, have a good rest. I will come see you tomorrow." Zhu Yijun let go of his hand and planned to leave. Wan Shihe was seriously ill. If he continued talking, it would be a waste of energy.
At this time, the emperor was still hoping for a miracle. After all, Shi Maohua lasted for a while after recovering from a serious illness.
"Your Majesty."
As soon as Zhu Yijun stood up, he heard Wan Shihe's slightly weak voice.
"I'm here." Zhu Yijun quickly sat down and leaned forward.
"The great rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty, sir, I really want to see them again." Wan Shihe looked out the window slightly absentmindedly, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I only hope that the great rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty can always be It will go well like this. "
Wan Shihe looked at the emperor's sleeves again. The memorial he had been reading had been handed over to His Majesty, and he had no regrets.
"Okay, okay, uncle Da Zong will rest first. His illness has recovered..." When Zhu Yijun said this, he suddenly stopped because Wan Shihe's hand had slipped, his eyes had been closed, and his chest had stopped rising. , ended his life of being a great minister.
"Uncle Zong?" Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand and tested Wan Shihe's breathing. He sat on the stool, feeling a little weak, and just stared blankly for a long time.
Wan Shihe left, after saying that he hoped that the Ming Dynasty would continue to be well.
Zhu Yijun was at a loss for a while. He couldn't accept it. He stretched out his hand and tried it again before confirming the fact. After a long time, he sighed, stood up, and said to Feng Bao: "What a life." There must be no mistakes in the burial."
"I obey the order," Feng Bao said quickly, bowing his head.
The Shinto inscription had already been written, and it was written by Shen Li, the Minister of Rites. The posthumous title proposed by the Ministry of Rites for Wan Shihe was Zhongan.
To risk one's life and offer one's services is called loyalty; to worry about one's country and forget one's family is called loyalty; to be harmonious without fighting is called peace, to be solemn and courteous is to say peace.
On the third day of the first lunar month of the 15th year, the emperor ordered to stay out of court for three days. No bells and drums were sounded, no whips were sounded, and no ceremonial guards were set up to see off thousands of people.
"Send Uncle Wan Zong!"
Feng Bao shook his fly whisk and shouted loudly. With the emperor's imperial edict, he came to the emperor's place on the day of Wan Shihe's funeral. Sent Wanshi and buried in Xishan Cemetery, ranking second to Tan Lun.
Wan Shihe will not be treated badly by Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun is very grateful to Wan Shihe. For fifteen years, he has been looking for explanations for the ancestral laws for various government orders. His skill in sprinkling water and washing the ground is extremely good. Without him Wan Shihe, the Wanli Reform would probably not be possible. Everything is at odds.
"Wan Zongbo's memorial." Zhu Yijun sat in the imperial study room of Tonghe Palace and carefully read Wan Shihe's last words.
In the last days of his life, Wan Shihe was thinking about the Ming Dynasty’s overseas expansion. The biggest issue that needed attention was that people who immigrated overseas during the Ming Dynasty would inevitably become localized.
Being loyal to the motherland, decision-makers should not have any unrealistic illusions. This is the biggest difference between onshore development and overseas development.
The centrifugal force of overseas development is much greater than that of land development.
This is a result of Wan Shihe’s observation of Portugal, Spain and overseas colonies, as well as his observation of the history of the Ming Dynasty.
The overseas colonies of Portugal and Spain do not directly obey the king's orders. Most of them are alliances. There are even cases of red-haired tribesmen pretending to be natives and harassing the red-haired tribes. Many times, the king's orders are not easy to use. The Governor's Palace Have your own interests.
In addition to overseas observations, it is historical experience.
Kublai Khan led the Han Shihou into Hara and Forest and burned down all the buildings. In the short century of Hu Yuan's reign in Zuo, there was no shortage of Yuan troops running to the grasslands to add Ding. Behaviors, such as the burning of wasteland that was done every year in the Ming Dynasty, were already being done in the Hu Yuan Dynasty.
There are also the Jingren of Annan Kingdom. They are all Han people who have moved to Annan Kingdom since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The stronghold-style colonization slowly absorbed the local ethnic groups, gradually appeared towns, and established a political system.
But as long as the Central Plains is in turmoil, the people of Annan Kingdom will block the small Zhennanguan Pass and reject the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Even though most of the founders of Annan throughout history were Han Chinese, none of them wanted to be loyal to the distant Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties.
This kind of localization of overseas territories is an inevitable trend.
After the expansion, the army will directly transform into vassal towns and become the de facto private army of the governor;
Immigration and barbarians gradually formed their own politics, culture, and economy in the constant conflict and reconciliation. , military, and finally completed the construction of the country and formed a general consensus.
And among these general consensuses, there will never be any loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.
These consensuses will definitely give priority to local interests rather than the interests of the mother country. After all, we are born here and grew up here. Wherever our assets are, our butt will naturally sit where we sit.
And in these consensuses, there is absolutely no goodwill towards the local indigenous people. This is a contradiction between survival. Regardless of whether the Ming court stops it or not, these people who explore the sea will definitely retaliate against the local indigenous people. The greatest malice cannot be restrained by morality, it is the instinct of survival.
Wan Shihe reminded the emperor not to have too high expectations for overseas territories and to focus on obtaining economic benefits.
If the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty is the land of the four directions, then the overseas governor's palace within the Strait of Malacca is the land of Liuhe. This is the core interest of the Ming Dynasty and a place within reach of the Ming Dynasty. For the eight wastelands outside Liuhe There is no need to be overly obsessed with gains and losses.
A place of water and soil must support a person. I am lucky to get it, but I am destined to lose it.
Zhu Yijun thought for a long time and felt that Wan Shihe was right. This was actually the worry of governors such as Yin Zhengmao and Zhang Yuanxun. They spent a lot of money to build huge statues of the emperor, just so that the overseas Chinese would always remember where they came from.
Being within the Strait of Malacca is the core interest of Ming Dynasty, and this will not change in the visible future.
Wan Shihe carefully made the final statement in the memorial. He did not want His Majesty to treat his children and grandchildren particularly favorably, nor to entrust them with heavy responsibilities. Not everyone's children could be like Wang Qian. The extraordinarily generous treatment that justifiably passed the Jinshi examination brought them to the forefront.
Wan Shihe’s eldest son, Enyin, is the fifth-rank Shangbao Secretary, his second son, Yinxu, is a guard of thousands of households, and his eldest grandson, Enyin, is the supervisor of the Imperial Academy. These are all indifferent positions, although they are called Not rich and powerful, but definitely comfortable with food and clothing.
The reason why he is cautious is because this issue involves an untouchable issue under the feudal monarchy, that is, wealth can be inherited by blood, but wisdom cannot.
Emperors cannot always be wise and powerful.
"So, Wan Shihe is not a flatterer. He only flatters and flatters the minister. Is this flattery? Before leaving, he even admonished me and reminded me that we must educate the prince well and don't treat him like a prince. Daming took him to the ditch." Zhu Yijun. He closed Wan Shihe's memorial, handed it to Feng Bao and said: "Make a copy and put it in the window of the side hall. It was originally sealed."
Originally sealed, it was taken to the mausoleum after death. It is worthless. , but it is of great significance to Zhu Yijun.
The fifteenth year of Wanli kicked off. The first new policy of the Ming Dynasty was to collect and store gold. However, this decree was carried out quietly. The person specifically responsible for executing this order was Wang Chonggu’s second son, Wang Qian. , Wang Qian received the decree secretly, and relied on Yanxinglou Trading House to implement the decree.
"Are you crazy? Do you want to take this job?" Wang Chonggu returned home and looked at Wang Qian and shouted angrily.
Wang Qian said quite calmly: "Dad, how old am I? Can I not know whether I should take it or not?"
"This is a question of whether it can be done! It's not whether it should be done or not!" Wang Chonggu snapped.
Wang Qian said with a smile: "Is there a choice? Dad, do we have a choice? His Majesty appointed me, how can I say no?"
"Why can't I choose? You and I If you are dead, you can carry your coffin back to your hometown and take advantage of the opportunity to become an official." Wang Chonggu immediately said: "Your Majesty is a man who misses old feelings, because I have to sacrifice my life for the country. "I am Wang Qian. I don't want anyone to mention me and say: Oh, Wang Cifu's son." Wang Qian waved his hand and said, "Father, your Majesty, let our family go." , but those jackals and tigers that eat people without spitting out bones, will they let our family go? Let me go? They can't fight dad, they are afraid."
"I also want to make them afraid."
Wang Qian wanted to collect gold, and he definitely didn't buy it directly. The emperor didn't even give him a clear goal, and gave him 10 million silver and seven A check of 120,000 taels of gold made him the banker.
He can completely trade gold and silver on such a scale.
This is what Wang Chonggu is afraid of. This is a life-saving job. If he messes up, with so much money and His Majesty's miser character, he is afraid that everyone will be killed. To make money, kill your parents.
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