Chapter 268 Sincerity is the greatest nirvana
The Japanese king of Ashikaga Yoshiaki is the name conferred by the Ming Dynasty to the Muromachi shogunate, and the General of the Conquering Yi is the name conferred by the Japanese public to Ashikaga Yoshiaki himself. This allows Ashikaga Yoshiaki to still have some appeal.
After the news of Ashikaga Yoshiaki re-establishing the shogunate in Nagasaki was released, he still called on a group of people to come and defect.
So the Nagasaki shogunate is not an empty shell. It has the people and organizations to run the political power.
For example, those who are planning to build large townhouses such as Feng Gong, Feng Xing, Tong Peng, Sarugaku, Attendant Doctor, Female House, etc. These do not have much strength. They mainly serve Ashikaga Yoshiaki, such as the Female House, Sun Keyi, Ma Jin and others simply couldn't understand that the poor man who was begging for food actually brought a lot of women with him.
The more powerful one here is Da Mingzhong.
A large group of daimyo children including Kitahata Tomochika of Ise, Takeda Nobukage of Wakasa, Yanagisawa Motomasa, Naito Junyasu of Tanba, Rokkaku Yoshihiro of Omi, Soga Harusuke of Echizen Province, etc. These famous people are the group of people that Sun Keyi teased as the Losers' Alliance.
Daimyo are old ministers, guardians, and guardians whose territories were confiscated or expelled by Nobunaga. They came to Nagasaki to worship Ashikaga Yoshiaki and seek to restore their territories and positions. Generally speaking, they directly participated in The total number of personnel in the Muromachi Shogunate was no less than 100.
“For these people, it is completely wishful thinking to be able to defeat the Great Demon King Owari. After arriving in Nagasaki, they have never done anything to try their luck. They were either watching monkey shows, whoring, or fighting for victory. It's all about living and drinking, all the money in hand is spent on this kind of place, the only thing they have in common is complaining about Oda Nobunaga, how can they defeat the big devil?" Sun Keyi was very dissatisfied with these people. .
After failure, there are two attitudes towards failure. The first is to live on the fire and eat courage, and three thousand more troops can swallow Wu; the second is to be disheartened, weak and dissolute.
Among this group of losers, the only one who really wants to fight against Oda Nobunaga is the general Ashikaga Yoshiaki. No matter what the motivation is, Ashikaga Yoshiaki is seriously trying to form a force to resist Nobunaga. After returning to Luo, he became the most ambitious among these losers.
As for the monkey play Sun Keyi mentioned, it is not a monkey music, but a kind of Sanle music originating from the Han Dynasty. However, when the Han Dynasty Sanlei music spread to the Japanese country, it dropped from the major key to the minor key, directly from the human world. After descending to the underworld, Sun Keyi said that the monkey opera was actually a contempt for Japanese culture.
Like most of the culture that was introduced to Japan from the Ming Dynasty, one-third of the human nature cannot be learned, but the seven-point animal nature is deeply ingrained, and even if it is really stolen, it cannot be understood.
“No, no, no, with such a bunch of wimps, do you really want our general to have so many generals and talents? If he really has so many generals, how could he be exiled? Are you going around begging for food?”
“The winner is the king and the enemy is the loser.”
“It’s this group of guys who fail to succeed but fail to succeed. They are the ones we need. We won't have any burden to do bad things in the name of the generals who go to Luo. No matter what we need, we can use them." Xu Wei was very satisfied with the status of these people.
It is better to expect a group of defeated dogs to defeat Oda Nobunaga in a head-on fight than to hope that a sow will climb a tree. Xu Wei never expected this group of people to achieve anything big. He had hoped from the beginning These people are doing it on Oda Nobunaga's territory! break! bad!
On the battlefield, these people are delivering food to Oda Nobunaga, the great devil. But if we think about it differently, these people use their connections to spy on intelligence, sabotage supplies, spread rumors, etc. It has an effect.
"Sir, that's right." Sun Keyi was stunned for a moment, not knowing what his husband had realized in prison. There was absolutely no morality at all.
"Have the envoys of the Maori family come?" Xu Wei didn't even plan to say anything to these people in person. When he needed them to do something, he would promise benefits in the name of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and let them do it. That's it.
Xu Wei is more concerned about the Maori Terumoto of the Maori family. There are two reasons. The frontal battlefield still depends on the name of the Maori family and Kyushu Island. On the other hand, it is what Xu Wei cares about the most and what the Ming court cares about the most.
Oda Nobunaga Tenkabubu's strategy is now moving westward and attacking the territory of the Maori family. The Maori family urgently needs an ally to support him against Oda Nobunaga's invasion, and this ally must be enough Strong, helping him defend Oda Nobunaga's attack.
"It is said that the adopted son of the Maori family governor has arrived." Sun Keyi said with a very strange expression.
When Xu Wei saw this adopted son, he immediately understood why Sun Keyi looked weird, because Xu Wei recognized this person as Maori Terumoto himself. There was no such thing as an adopted son, he was just pretending to be an adopted son. Just the name.
Compared with the failed crowd, the other group of people, the group of people worthy of Xu Wei's personal visit, should be called the confrontation crowd.
There are more than thirty people, but the protagonists are Omura Junchu, Hizen Kuniryuzoji Takanobu, Otomo Sorin, Shimazu Yoshihiro and others are waiting.
Ryuzoji Takanobu and Otomo Sorin are both the head governors. Only Shimazu Yoshihiro is not. His brother Shimazu Yoshihisa is the lord of the Satsuma Domain. As his right-hand man, Shimazu Yoshihiro also sees It can be seen that the Satsuma clan attaches great importance to this alliance.
If you find a painter to paint at this time, the name of the painting is "The Nagasaki Shogunate Meeting", and the picture must be of Xu Wei, Sun Keyi, Ma Jin, Mouri Terumoto, Omura Junchu, and Ryuzo Takanobu Teranobu, Sorin Otomo and Yoshihiro Shimazu, among others.
Nagasaki Shogunate Meeting, where is the shogun? Of course the shogun was at the meeting, but he was just watching the monkey show with the Ming Dynasty people.
The Fan Guoyi Note does not clearly stipulate the etiquette for receiving these people, but Xu Wei was quite polite to them.
For example, Ryuzoji Takanobu is the head of the Hizen Kingdom, and the land of Nagasaki is on his territory, while Omura Juntada is just a small-time landowner in the Hizen Kingdom. Can Omura Juntada serve on the table? He offered Nagasaki before it could be served.
And Otomo Sorin is known as the master of Kyushu Island and has six kingdoms under his command. This is not bragging. There are nine kingdoms in Kyushu Island. Sorin Otomo actually controls six, and they are still in Honshu Island. He owns a territory and has been in tit-for-tat with the Maori family for many years without falling behind.
“It’s very gratifying that the Governor of the Maori family came here in person.” Before starting, Xu Wei first revealed the identity of Maori Huiyuan and took off his adopted son’s vest so that everyone could speak clearly. Good.
Mouri Huiyuan's expression changed several times. He couldn't help but think of those white stripes in the waves, the people riding around on hydrofoil sailboats. According to the rumors of the Japanese country, these people were the dragons in the sea. Heaven and earth, everything is possible.
This envoy from the Ming Dynasty can recognize him at a glance. He has obviously seen his portrait, and the portrait is very exquisite, so he can be recognized at a glance.
This represents a terrible intelligence gathering ability. Just like the Ming Emperor who lived in the ninth level, only the courtiers could see the emperor every day. On the third day of every month, the courtiers could only take a look at him from a distance. , so it is difficult to know the specific appearance of the emperor.
The appearance of Mouri Terumoto was leaked by people around him.
Xu Wei's words mean that if Ming Dynasty carries out assassination, he will never kill the wrong person.
"You're welcome, angel." Maori Terumoto admitted his identity with a complex expression, while the other people were whispering among each other.
"You are here, of course, to congratulate the establishment of the Nagasaki Shogunate. Our general Ashikaga Yoshiaki is not a weak coward. Although he has failed many times, he has always wanted to revitalize the Shogunate. I went everywhere to ask for help, but my request came to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His majesty had an edict and ordered me to do something convenient." Xu Wei signaled Sun Keyi to show the imperial edict of the Ming Dynasty.
The Japanese country does not yet have its own written language, it is all in Chinese, and these people can completely understand the content of the imperial edict given by the emperor.
At this time, Nagasaki was not very powerful. There were only a few thousand people in the Tang Hall and the Fujian Guild Hall in the townhouses. The strength of the Nagasaki Governor's Palace was indeed very weak, but Xu Wei was very powerful behind the scenes.
The person standing behind him is the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. This is the reason why Xu Wei can be so arrogant and arrogant. It is the reason why he asked these people to come and these people had to come.
The angel was angered, and the angel ordered the manager of the Japanese merchant ship not to trade with a Japanese country named Lingzhi. Then the Lingzhi country would be seriously damaged.
Economy is also a force at certain times, especially when it is not completely broken, its power is even greater than force.
For the barbarians around the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was the kingdom of heaven, which was determined by the strength of the country. Even though the Japanese troubles had been going on for so long, the famous names of the Japanese country worked hard to support them behind the scenes. , was finally pacified by the Ming Dynasty, and in the process of pacifying the Japanese, the biggest resistance actually came from the party strife in the court, not the lack of strength of the Ming Dynasty.
Xu Wei signaled Sun Keyi to put away the imperial edict, looked at Maori Huiyuan and asked with a smile: "I heard that Iwami Yinshan is in the hands of the Maori family governor?"
"Yes." Terumoto Mouri nodded and said: "The Ouchi clan, the Nishi clan and I, the Mouri clan, fought for Iwami Ginzan for more than seventy years, and it ended with my grandfather winning, and it passed into my hands. This is what Oda Nobunaga wanted. The fundamental reason for the westward expansion is silver. "
Oda Nobunaga was a very ambitious man. He proposed the military deployment of the world. Naturally, he wanted to end the chaos of the Japanese Warring States Period. However, This process also requires real money, and the Iwami Silver Mountain controlled by the Maori family is real money.
The Ouchi clan was annexed by Otomo Sorin, the leader of the six kingdoms of Kyushu Island.
"Iwami Ginzan can now produce 330,000 taels of silver a year, while the entire Japanese country can only produce 1.5 million to 1.8 million taels a year." Maori Terumoto knows the Iwami Ginzan very well in his hands. , Iwami Ginzan is the largest silver-producing mountain in Japan. Money always flows to places with more money. Iwami Ginzan is also the largest silver distribution place in Japan. Nearly 60% of the silver in Japan is distributed in Iwami Ginzan.
“To be honest, Your Majesty sent me to the Japanese country just for silver. The Ming Dynasty needs as much silver as the sea water.” Xu Wei explained the court’s intention, the results of the court discussions of the Ming Dynasty courtiers, and the decision to destroy the Japanese. In fact, he is not very interested, but he is very interested in Japanese silver.
The only supporters of the twenty-year long-term plan to destroy the Japanese were Zhang Juzheng and the emperor, and the initial motivation for this plan was still because he did not want to be controlled by others due to the inflow of silver.
Even if King Felipe II of Spain in the West has been increasing the export of white silver to the West, even if the galleon trade has always been smooth, and even if Spain has always maintained its dominance in the West, the Ming Dynasty cannot Completely handing over the silver that is related to the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty into the hands of others.
Xu Wei has been telling the truth. This is the highest level of deception. Without any lies, how can we distinguish between truth and falsehood?
Sincerity is the greatest nirvana.
"The Ming Dynasty is interested in Iwami Ginzan?" Maori Terumoto frowned. He was already a little nervous. If the Ming Dynasty envoy ambushed the swordsman, he would never be able to leave Nagasaki today. That's why I wear my vest because I'm afraid of being a swordsman.
"I reiterate, Ming Dynasty is interested in silver, but has no interest in silver mountain at all. I am a soft-hearted person and cannot bear to see the suffering." Xu Wei said very sincerely.
Xu Wei knew very well the lives of the kiln residents in Shijian Yinshan.
A child starts working in Yinshan at the age of nine, and starts working in the kiln after the age of fifteen. Whenever a kiln dweller can live beyond thirty years old, the local village community will hold a banquet to celebrate. Starting from the age of fifteen, I have to go down to the kiln shaft of more than thirty feet every day and work around the clock. I will not leave the kiln until I have dug enough silver materials. Xiyin Mountain, Huancavelika Silver Mountain, etc. are very similar. The surrounding rocks of Yinshan Mountain are soft and not solid, and are very easy to collapse. Moreover, the poisonous gas underground is permeated. Some of these poisonous gases are suffocating, and some are suffocating. Some explosions kill people invisibly, while others cause lifelong harm.
The suffering of mining is still part of it. The kiln residents have to use soot blowing method to refine silver every day, but now the missionaries from the West have brought the amalgam method, which uses mercury to refine gold and silver. These kiln residents inhaled A large amount of mercury will cause peeling of the gums and oral epidermis, diarrhea, and lethargy in just a few days. As time goes by, forgetfulness, difficulty breathing, chest pain, low back pain, and general edema will begin.
When gold and silver are refined using the amalgam method, the mercury poison continues to penetrate from the skin into the bone marrow. The limbs begin to tremble, become weak, the whole body begins to become weak, and then death comes.
Mercury poisoning only takes about four years to turn a strong man into a puddle of mud, a mountain of silver, and a real hell on earth.
Xu Wei was still telling the truth. He couldn't stand the pain, so he just disappeared, as long as the silver was delivered as scheduled.
If Xu Wei is really allowed to manage Yinshan, he will only completely ban the amalgam method of refining silver. After all, as a beacon of civilization and an envoy of the Celestial Kingdom, Xu Wei also has the common problem of the Ming Dynasty, high moral inferiority, even if he is If you can pass your own level, those officials in the court who are looking for trouble will be able to drown Xu Wei to death if they know that Xu Wei has done such an unscrupulous thing.
The amalgam method is very harmful, but its yield is really high.
The Ming Dynasty still used the sootblowing method with relatively backward technology to refine silver. Who knows that without the silver mountains in the Ming Dynasty, this industry cannot develop at all.
"Ah, I just want silver, not mountains of silver." Maori Terumoto finally showed a bright smile.
He was very worried that a kingdom like Ming would obtain silver in a barbaric and forceful way, but it was obvious that Maori Terumoto underestimated the brilliance of Ming’s humanity. The master who came from Ming really couldn’t see this. bitter.
"I need silver, and the Maori family governor has silver, so we hit it off. I have a detailed trade list here." Xu Wei asked Sun Keyi to send a trade list. There is a dazzling array of Ming Dynasty merchants.
"I wonder if there are any armaments?" Mao Li Huiyuan read the list and was very satisfied with the list of trade. Things that can be bought in Songjiang Prefecture can be bought at Songjiang Yuanhang Trading Company, but Mao Li Huiyuan I also want to buy something else.
"Yes." Xu Wei gave an affirmative answer, and then asked Sun Keyi to take out another list, which contained ordnance.
There are everything from long and short soldiers, bows and arrows, arrows, gunpowder, muskets, and artillery. If Qi Jiguang were here, he would find that these are all weapons that have been eliminated by the Ming Dynasty army, such as those made in the 36th year of Jiajing. The blunderbuss is actually still usable, but the equipment has been changed, so they have been eliminated.
Whether it is in the West or in the Ming Dynasty, everyone agrees that money is the devil.
The emperor actually sold his ordnance for silver, wasn't he afraid that the Japanese would continue to harass the Ming Dynasty with Ming Dynasty weapons? The Japanese invasion did not completely subside until the second year of Wanli. In June of the fifth year of Wanli, a group of Japanese pirates from Ryukyu invaded the Ming Dynasty and were annihilated by the Songjiang Navy.
The emperor was blinded by money and obsessed with profit. So what are the Ming Gong in the court doing? Don’t they know how to give advice?
The reason is actually very simple, because I am not afraid.
In the thirty-sixth year of the Jiajing reign, the Ming Dynasty could only build 10,000 fire blunderbuss a year, and it only took five years to build, and then stopped because the imperial court was so poor that it had no money to build. , It’s completely different now. The Ming Dynasty’s finances are gradually sufficient, and the Ming Dynasty’s soldiers have begun to change their uniforms. Taking the current muskets as an example, the number of weapons produced by the Ming Dynasty Arms Supervisor in a year has increased from 10,000 to 30,000, and This capacity is still rising.
These obsolete ordnance is troublesome to destroy, and it is even more troublesome to keep it. It is better to sell it directly to the Japanese daimyo.
Zhang Juzheng once discussed with the young emperor that any extravagant memorial, as long as the cost is not discussed, is bullshit and nonsense. Obviously, selling obsolete ordnance at this time is also one of the costs, and the purpose is to bring the Japanese country into the water. , once again turned the world upside down.
The Mori Clan could not defeat Oda Nobunaga. What if the Mori Clan was supported by many daimyo on Kyushu Island? What if we add the Maori domain supported by the Ming Dynasty?
Mouri Terumoto looked at the long list of ordnance names, looked at Xu Wei in horror, then looked at the list, and said several times in a row: "Can the things on this really be bought? "
"You bought a lot of firearms from Hongmaofan. They are expensive and the quantity is small, but the Ming Dynasty has a large quantity and high quality, so of course you can buy them." Xu Wei's. The smile is very sincere. This is the second reason why Ming Dynasty sells obsolete ordnance. Ming Dynasty does not sell to the Japanese, the Hongmao Fanhui sells to the Japanese, but also sells artillery and muskets.
Everyone is here to grab the market. Before the sea was opened, the meat was given to you, the red-haired fan, but now the red-haired fan can’t even drink a mouthful of soup.
In front of silver, nothing is priceless, including the soul - Taixi envoy Legas.
As a believer, Legas was very resistant to gold and silver, but Spain also needed silver to unite a scattered land. This kind of disgust and need is a very contradictory perception.
The confidence in Maori Huiyuan's heart finally became a little stronger. He asked with a hopeful look: "Is there any food for sale?"
"There is really no such thing." Xu Wei raised his hands. Tan said: "As you know, grain ships are easy to sink, and almost no maritime merchants are willing to transport grain for sale because the risk is too great."
The Ming Dynasty has grain tanks, but the number of grain tanks It was completely insufficient for the Ming Dynasty to use for its own use. How could it have the time to transport grain to the Japanese country? Moreover, the Ming Dynasty also needed food, so transporting food abroad was a difficult task.
"The Japanese country still has to find ways to raise food on its own." Xu Wei saw too many people starving to death when he arrived in the Japanese country. The main reason was the lack of food. The lack of food does not mean that there is not enough cultivated land. Although at the moment, the Japanese country is mountainous and narrow. But the Japanese country, with a population of less than 10 million, can still afford to support such a large place.
The lack of food was mainly due to the frequent wars in Japan. Under the war, production and life were extremely seriously damaged. The land was barren and water conservancy was blocked. There were many reasons. Farmers fled and strong men were dragged away to fight. The soldiers who escaped became bandits and bandits, causing trouble in all directions, and the Japanese countries also suffered from Japanese troubles.
This formed a vicious cycle. Land desolation led to famine, and famine became a reason for war. Famine and war also led to the reduction of population, further aggravating the desolation of the land.
In fact, the Japanese country has gradually found the answer to the problem during more than a hundred years of chaos, which is to end this troubled world.
Oda Nobunaga appeared in front of everyone, and it can be said that it was what people wanted. Even though Oda Nobunaga died in the hands of traitors, Toyotomi Hideyoshi after Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, are all trying to find stability.
What Xu Wei did was very evil in the Ming Dynasty's values. For the sake of silver, he muddied the waters of Japan and plunged Japan into war again. This is what Xu Wei was doing.
The Ming Dynasty destroyed the Japanese. The Ming army could not kill all the Japanese, but if the Japanese were allowed to kill themselves, it could be done.
There is a conflict between Terumoto Mori and Sorin Otomo, because the Mori clan and the Ouchi clan were killed by Iwami Ginzan and Ouchi Sorin, who annexed the Ouchi clan, must fight against the Mori clan. ; There are also conflicts between Otomo Sorin and the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma clan. The main contradiction is that the Shimazu clan wants to be king and hegemony, while Otomo Sorin's leader of the six countries of Kyushu Island stops the Shimazu clan.
Even they themselves cannot explain the contradiction here. After killing for so many years, they have long forgotten why they were fighting in the first place.
There were complicated conflicts between them, but Xu Wei pulled them together and sat down to talk business.
Silver, sulfur, Japanese women, and fish oil are the four bulk commodities. The bulk of them is mainly silver, and the Ming Dynasty can provide too many commodities, such as tea, porcelain, silk, cotton, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, books, and jade. The list goes on and on.
Xu Wei has never forgotten what he came to do in the Japanese country. He let the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships shuttle through the Japanese country, collect all the information, and send it back to the Ming Dynasty to prepare for the Ming Dynasty to destroy the Japanese country. Langli Baitiao It was a guard who pretended to be a merchant to conduct spying.
Collecting intelligence is a long-term task, and the first thing Xu Wei did when he gathered people together was to do business.
After confirming the list of trade, Nagasaki’s status as the Oriental World Trade House was completely established. The Taixi people were more greedy than the Ming people. Taixi not only wanted silver, but also souls, and The Ming Dynasty was much simpler, as long as silver was needed.
After confirming the trade list, Xu Wei immediately said: "Here is a treaty to ensure the smooth passage of Ming merchant ships. You can take a look. If you have no objections, sign it. If you have any objections, sign it. If so, you can object and we will discuss it. "
Xu Wei placed a treaty in front of everyone. The main content is that the merchant ships of the Mori Domain, the Ouchi Domain, the Satsuma Domain, and the Hizen Kingdom will not attack each other. Treaty, this treaty mainly restricts the merchant ships of these several kingdoms from attacking each other, and does not restrict the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty.
"Where are the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty?" Ryuzouji Takanobu keenly discovered the problem.
Xu Wei replied with a smile: "The Ming Dynasty is mainly responsible for attacking with battleships. Not long after, the Ming Dynasty will deploy a five-masted ocean crossing ship in Nagasaki, and the attack will be carried out by five-masted ships. The transoceanic ship is completed. "
"Ah, the battleship." Ryuzouji Takanobu then realized that although the Ming merchant ships were also armed merchant ships, their attack power was not very strong. A professional battleship with full offensive power.
"If you wait ten days, the five-masted ocean crossing ship will arrive at the port. However, this one is a patrol ship from Matsue Prefecture, to Ryukyu, and then to Nagasaki. It is not deployed to Nagasaki. "That one." Xu Wei continued: "The five-masted transoceanic ship deployed to Nagasaki is faster, has more artillery, and has more troops."
What can be done to ensure the validity of the treaty? Relying on five-masted ships to cross oceans, relying on violence. The Ming Emperor once accurately defined violence in his Di Bao. Violence is gunpowder, steel, silver coins, theory and people's hearts.
“This treaty is good for everyone. I think you all know it very well. If you have no doubts, you can sign it. If you refuse to sign, you can leave directly. If you violate it after signing, the other contracting parties will agree to attack it. "Xu Wei explained the rules of the game in detail. You can not sign, and Ming's merchant ships will not go if you don't sign, but you can't go back on it after signing, and you will have to bear the price for breach of contract.
As the party presiding over the treaty, Xu Wei will never be polite to those who breach the contract.
What surprised Xu Wei was that Shimazu Yoshihiro of the Satsuma Domain was the first to sign the treaty, and he couldn't wait. The one who best understood the powerful strength of the Ming Navy was the Shimazu family. , because the Shimazu family was plotting Ryukyu, and the Ming Dynasty was patrolling Ryukyu, which greatly deterred the Shimazu family's ambitions.
Shimadzu knew very well that Ming did what he said.
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