Chapter 501: Three thousand miles of newly planted willows bring the spring breeze to Yuguan
More abundant livestock, crops and production tools can effectively increase the output of the land. Only when the output of the land increases can there be food. Surplus, exchange, storage, brewing, and raising more livestock can make the transition from a natural economy to a small-scale peasant economy, and only with enough surplus can a densely populated, settled, and class-defined society appear.
Now there are only about 6 million people in the entire British Isles, of which there are more than 500,000 Scots and more than 400,000 Welsh and Irish people. The classes in England are not clear, there are only nobles, gentry and farmers. The nobility is naturally the royal family and the canonized nobles, while the gentlemen include barons, knights, and gentry. Especially the gentleman class has multiple identities. This is the blur of identity and the unclear class.
With a population of only six million, the annual production of woolen cloth is only 100,000 pieces. When Felipe II used the power of the East to dump 200,000 pieces of woolen woolen cloth to Britain every year, three When there are 100,000 pieces of cotton cloth, all the handicraft workshops in England will immediately go bankrupt, and there will even be enough energy left to destroy the handicraft industry in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Completely destroy England's foundation for survival, and completely destroy England's ambition to get involved in sea trade.
This is the business Felipe II sent Sauron to the Ming Dynasty to discuss.
When Sauron arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he thought that the Ming Dynasty could not provide enough woolen cloth and cotton cloth anyway. However, after arriving, Sauron realized how huge and wealthy the Ming Dynasty was.
"Small business?" Sauron said blankly.
Zhu Yijun said with certainty: "Yes, in the fourth year of Wanli, 600 pieces of woolen wool were woven per day. By the eighth year of Wanli, the number of official woolen factories increased from one to three, and 1,235 pieces of woolen wool were woven per day. With an annual output of 450,000 horses, it sounds like you want me to pay for half of the woolen cloth at once, but that’s not how the account is calculated.”
“In the first six months, the three official woolen cloth factories woven 1,600 yuan a day. We can produce at least 3,000 pieces per day next year.”
"As Spain on the back of a sheep, you know that the scale of woolen woolen production is mainly restricted by the supply of raw materials, and the Ming Dynasty has just captured Beibei and carried out captive breeding."
"One piece of woolen woolen woolen cloth Forty feet is only 12 taels of silver, 200,000 pieces of woolen cloth are only 2,400,000 taels of silver, one piece of cotton cloth is only 2.4 taels of silver, 300,000 pieces are only 600,000 taels of silver, and you can’t put it all together. Three million silver goods.”
“Isn’t it just a small business?”
This is a long-term business, but this business lasts for five or ten years. Not enough to watch at all.
The output of woolen and cotton materials in the Ming Dynasty will increase at a terrifying rate, because the Ming Dynasty has just recovered the Hetao. Similarly, the Ming Dynasty has opened the Strait of Malacca, and cheap cotton from the Mughal Kingdom will continue to pour in. Daming.
Zhu Yijun's offer was already a shady one. A piece of fine blue and ocher Songjiang cloth from the Ming Dynasty was priced at one cent and five cents. Zhu Yijun quoted two silvers per piece.
At this point, Sauron completely understood why the Ming Emperor said that robbing is worse than planting. For Ming, this is indeed the case. With a huge population and large-scale production, Ming is indeed robbing than planting.
Later generations always joked that the trade between Portugal, Spain and the Ming Dynasty was tribute trade. This was naturally a joke, but in the hands of Zhu Yijun, it became a reality step by step.
Felipe II had no other choice because he could not find a second supplier.
In Lin Fucheng's theory of freedom, he first proposed that scale is an advantage. A larger scale will give rise to a more mature industrial chain and more efficient transportation efficiency, which means lower costs and higher profits. More profits are product advantages.
The only supplier that could satisfy Felipe II's appetite was Daming, and Felipe II had no choice.
And speaking of it, it’s not expensive at all. The total cost of so many things is less than 3 million silver.
“Actually, this is what I think. If you spend a small amount of money to do big things, you can exchange two hundred thousand woolen cloth for two hundred thousand cotton cloth. In this way, five hundred thousand cotton cloth will use less. With enough money exchanged for goods, can Felipe II's idea be realized? With a large amount of cheap cloth, three million silver can buy 1.5 million pieces of cotton, which can cover the whole of London. It’s full!”
“A huge wave of cotton poured into England, destroying all the handicraft workshops in England!”
Zhu Yijun followed the instructions and made a proposal quite seriously, like a devil’s proposal! Whisper.
Solon thought for a moment, and then gave up. He didn't understand why Emperor Ming made such thoughtful suggestions. Was Emperor Ming really a good person?
The last time the Ming Emperor's credential threatened Felipe II not to annex Portugal, otherwise he would impose punitive tariffs. This was one of the reasons why Felipe II no longer insisted on annexing Portugal.
No matter how you look at it, the Ming Emperor was not a good person.
Zhu Yijun proposed this, of course, to help Felipe II save money!
By the way, let’s cultivate the habit of using cotton cloth in Taixi and cultivate the market.
Even woolen woolen cloth is not easy to wear out. Zhang Juzheng's python pattern crane cloak is made of worsted woolen cloth. It is several years old, but it is still as new as ever. The four-clawed golden dragon is still lifelike. Qi Jiguang has a large cloak given by the emperor in the third year of Wanli. He could still use it when he followed Qi Jiguang in his southern and northern campaigns.
But cotton is different. Plain and low-quality Songjiang cotton will wear out in one to two years at most. Even the best Songjiang cotton and Suzhou cotton have a lifespan of three years.
In these days, when productivity is underdeveloped and materials are not abundant, many people only have one or two pieces of clothing, which are easily worn out.
The reason why the market needs to be cultivated is that once the Strait of Malacca becomes unobstructed, a large amount of cotton from the Mughal Kingdom will flow into the Ming Dynasty, and the output of cotton cloth will increase rapidly, so the market must be cultivated as early as possible.
Compared with wool and cotton, which are more rare, they meet the three necessary conditions and can become global commodities. This is the global commodity proposed by Wan Shihe to promote the healthy development of Ming Dynasty sea trade, and woolen products , it is more direct and clear whether it is limited by wool production or by the plunder of cotton.
"If you have to buy woolen cloth, it's not impossible." Seeing that Sauron didn't agree, Zhu Yijun didn't urge him. He was not in a hurry. If it couldn't be done, he went on an expedition and set up cannons on the coastline. Fight to ensure free trade.
There is always not enough woolen cloth, because the Ming Dynasty was exploring Suiyuan and Liaodong, especially Liaodong. If you can have a coat weighing six or seven pounds with leather on the outside and velvet on the inside, it will be enough to survive the cold. It's been a long winter.
"Dear Your Majesty, allow me to think for a while and then give you an answer. I need to understand the key." Sauron did not immediately determine how to buy it and get more cotton at a cheaper price. , this is really too tempting.
Zhu Yijun said gently after hearing this: "Of course, you are the buyers after all."
"Your Majesty, how is Saint Cindy doing?" Sauron saw business. After the conversation, I asked about someone, Cindy.
Several figures flashed through Zhu Yijun's mind quickly, all of them were envoys sent by Taixi. After searching, he shook his head and asked: "Who is Cindy?"
"Saint Cindy, Cindy... Celia, a musician." Soran said dullly, could it be that he changed his name?
Felipe II's attack on Portugal made the Ming Emperor very angry, so he gave a saint as a gift to appease the emperor. In Zhu Yijun's view, this gift was without sincerity, even if it meant buying a few more pieces. Where's the boat!
Feng Bao whispered quickly into the emperor's ear, Cindy Celia, now a laundry maid, has been washing clothes in the Washing Bureau for two years...
In Taixi About 10% of people do not have body odor, and 10% of people do not need to remove their hair every year. Cindy has both. The reason why she was elected as a saint is of course related to her purity. Innocence and cleanliness are neither pungent nor pungent. Smell, and no need for annual hair removal.
I only met Zhu Yijun once, and I really didn’t have much of an impression.
"Saint Cindy, she is living a good life." Zhu Yijun replied very confidently.
Solon knew that Felipe II's plan had failed, and the wise Emperor Ming heard the sound of Felipe's plan in Beijing.
Isn’t it just by turning a deaf ear and subtly influencing the emperor to allow the missionaries from the West to preach, while collecting intelligence, translating Ming books, and increasing the influence of the Holy See?
"That's good." Sauron replied nonchalantly.
Zhu Yijun finished his work and chose to leave. He hoped that Sauron would make the right choice and that Legaz's bell would be saved again because he did not add any extra details to the Latin travel notes.
Zhu Yijun means what he says. If he dares to make random arrangements, he will definitely be castrated. He can't keep his word, but Ligas is still somewhat submissive.
"Why did the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty propose to replace woolen cloth with cotton? Is this good for the Ming Dynasty?" Sauron asked directly about Legas, Matteo Ricci had no hope, and now Li Matthew kept mumbling every day that he was about to become a Taoist priest.
Legas said with great certainty: "Yes, the Ming Dynasty is expanding northward, and the emperor naturally hopes that more wool will stay in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the two hundred thousand horses you mentioned can still be satisfied, and As far as cotton cloth is concerned, Daming’s output will further increase.”
“Da Ming has a machine called a steam engine. If you are allowed, I can accompany you to see it. This thing will greatly improve cotton textile manufacturing. "
Legas took a deep breath, walked out of the door, looked around, closed the door, and looked up at the roof. After making sure that no one was there, he looked up from the deepest part of the bookcase in the study. From the book box, he took out a few books and said: "I have translated the Theory of Contradiction, Theory of Public and Private Affairs, Theory of Production and Theory of Class Volume 1, and a few volumes of Theory of Freedom. I will not take them with me if I can't take my travel notes home with me. These few Please take this book back.”
“What is this?” Sauron frowned, realizing that things were not simple, Li Yashi was so serious.
Legasi is not just playing with the red-haired fan and the golden-haired fan these days, but is translating this series of Ming Dynasty's most important speculation results. He does it very covertly, and even in order to paralyze the Ming Dynasty, He began to bow his head in front of His Majesty just to show his submissiveness.
“This is my last gift.” Legas handed these books over and said clearly: “Be sure to keep them well and don’t lose them.”
“ Bang! ”
The closed door was opened, and Zhu Yijun appeared in front of it. He swaggered in and said with a smile: "I left a jade pendant. Why don't you look for it? Ah, what is this here?" < br>
Zhao Mengyou's figure flashed and he took the translated text in his hand.
Zhu Yijun said that Legas was never a traitor to the West. He loved the land that gave birth to him very deeply.
These translated books are ironclad proof!
“I deserve death for my crime!” Legasi was frightened. This time he went to jail again, and there was only one way to die. He couldn’t even save his children. He never expected that His Majesty would fight back.
Tiqi is a street clearing professional, and has specially reserved a person at the rear. When he saw Li Yashi sneaking around, he reported to His Majesty, and Zhu Yijun came back with a jade pendant that did not exist and saw this scene.
"I want to see if you have said anything bad about me! Then convict you!" Zhu Yijun opened the translated Latin versions of various books, read them for a long time, and found that they did not say anything bad about him. .
Emperor is the special word Caesar in Latin. Zhu Yijun can probably search for the key information at a glance. There is no arrangement. On the contrary, in these books, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is almost as ignorant as the god of Taixi. No more.
Legas has almost turned into a flatterer like Wan Shihe.
"Administrative power is not omnipotent, and your descriptions are exaggerated." Zhu Yijun gave important instructions to the translation, which can be translated, but the role of the emperor is exaggerated.
Legas bowed his head and said with a trembling voice: "What I see is that administrative power is omnipotent."
Sauron looked confused next to him, what happened? Why did Legaz plead guilty and why was he so frightened? "I deserve to die." Ligas kowtowed again, hoping that His Majesty could forgive him.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Excuse me."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Li Yashi thought he was hearing hallucinations. Your Majesty let him go so easily? In his opinion, this was one of the core secrets of the Ming Dynasty, the culmination of the Ming Dynasty's philosophy. Why did he let him go so easily?
"I never said that you can't translate these." Zhu Yijun said, holding a few books in his hand: "You can translate, these are all publicly published books."
Zhu Yijun never thought of banning these social science works, because all social science works only have standpoints. This is the essence of social science, to study problems from a certain standpoint.
The validity of these works depends entirely on the standpoint of the person who reads them.
"I am being shallow." Ligas seemed to understand what His Majesty meant, and said again with fear and fear. The most stupid thing about this matter was that he hid it from Your Majesty, as if this behavior was not visible to the public. A villain's heart is used to measure a gentleman's heart.
Zhu Yijun said with emotion: "But Special Envoy Li, have you ever thought that these things may be useful to you in the Ming Dynasty, but in Taixi, these books will be labeled as heresy and burned to the ground. , is there any use? ”
Nowadays, Taisi is at the end of the feudal system and has not even broken the shackles of religion. It is too early to discuss these things. Not only is it too early, it may even cause great harm to Taisi.
The enfeoffment system and slavery are almost bound together. The farmers under the enfeoffment system are actually serfs, but there are only a small number of homesteaders.
"In my opinion, this is the kind of fire that lights up the darkest fire. Regardless of whether it is useful or not, as a Thai Westerner, I should take it back and try to illuminate it." Legas answered with confidence. road.
“You want to be Prometheus the Fire Stealer, but I am not the moody Zeus, so just take it.” Zhu Yijun put the book on the table, smiled at Legas and said: "They are really of no use to Taixi. This is the result of Ming Dynasty's political speculation and is only applicable to Ming Dynasty."
"I respectfully send you off to your Majesty." Legas bowed his head and sent him off again.
Zhu Yijun thought Ligas was doing something secretly. It turned out to be a contradiction in translation. It’s really not that Zhu Yijun looked down on Taixi. These things were all born on the basis of Ming culture. Taixi took it. What can be done?
Legasi was full of passion, but it was all in vain.
Zhu Yijun really left this time.
Soran was extremely serious about these books, but after reading a few pages, he showed his sincere confusion. What kind of contradictory and unified existence is it talking about? !
Looking at Sauron’s look, Legas sighed after all, knowing that His Majesty the Emperor was right. This thing had not been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time and was deeply influenced by the Ming Dynasty culture. If you want to understand it, it is true. It is difficult to reach the sky.
If you can't read it, you'll just throw it into the trash if you take it back to Tessie.
Nowadays, various Protestant doctrines are breaking through the shackles of the Holy See in Taisi. Taisi has not yet got rid of the shackles of the Holy See. If you want to understand these, you don’t know how long it will take.
After Zhu Yijun returned to Tonghe Palace, Feng Bao asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you want to give Legas to..."
Since you dare to steal things from the Ming Dynasty, then do it well Ready to die.
“Do you think a person who can even betray the land where he was born and raised has any value?” Zhu Yijun waved his hand. If Li Yashi didn’t steal, Zhu Yijun would look down on him. That’s Erchen. A thief, a person who can betray even the place where he was born and raised, can betray everything.
Hong Chengchou, as a high-ranking official and governor of the Ming Dynasty, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Later, after the Qing Dynasty unified the country, they did not give Hong Chengchou any good looks and directly included Hong Chengchou in the Biography of Erchen. The scolding continued, even when Hong Chengchou persuaded Jiangnan to surrender when the Qing Dynasty attacked Jiangnan.
The traitor is like this, no one will look down upon him.
Zhu Yijun said as he walked: "On the contrary, the land of Taixi will probably fail his hard work. If Taixi can understand Legas' travel notes clearly, it is already blessed by his ancestors."
Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites, sent the roster. The army had returned in triumph, and it was time to choose the concubines. Empress Dowager Li's decree sternly warned the Ministry of Rites' inaction.
Feng Bao, as the envoy of flowers and birds, opened the twelve scrolls in sequence, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, every one of the one hundred and eight people is innocent."
They have all been strictly reviewed and there will be no problems. Each has its own beauty and characteristics.
"If Your Majesty wants to choose beauties from all over the world, there are still seventy-two here." Feng Bao pointed to another stack of scrolls, with everything you need for you to choose from.
The Ming Emperor finally did something that an emperor should do again!
"How about accepting all these beauties from all over the world? Your Majesty, there is no need to be a concubine anyway, just treat them as palace maids." Feng Bao put forward a very constructive suggestion. More than seventy beauties were caught. Let whichever one sleep with you.
“Nonsense!” Zhu Yijun waved his hand and motioned to Feng Bao to take away the portrait of the beauty from all over the world.
"These sisters are great, but after thinking about it, I decided not to give it up. The sisters are of the same mind. If they become ambitious and the girl has a pure mind, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cope with it." Zhu Yijun looked at it first. Twins with blooming flowers.
It is true that Queen Wang is pure in mind, but is Queen Wang really easy to deal with? Feng Bao doesn’t think so.
The Empress Chitose has an exquisite heart and wants to use means. The reason why the harem has been so quiet for so many years is entirely due to the queen, the master of the harem, to keep her in check.
"Your Majesty said it is true." Feng Bao put away the flowers and cut them off.
After showing one hundred and eight scrolls one by one, Feng Bao waited for His Majesty’s decision.
"Just these two." Zhu Yijun selected two that he liked. One was Guo Yunyao, the daughter of Guo Shun, a hundred households in Shunyi. Her biggest characteristic was that she could ride a horse and had a heroic appearance. The other one was named Wang Xiyue, who came from In the Jiangnan water town, it looks quite gentle.
After Zhu Yijun finished selecting the beauties, he began to review the memorials. Two memorials caught Zhu Yijun's attention. One was Ling Yunyi, the governor of Shandong and Henan. It talked about the Henan issue, the clearing of the abbot, the census of Dingkou, and the abolition of humble status. , forming engineering regiments, setting up official factories, and returning farmland. This is a complete set of combinations. Ling Yunyi saw the tricks and continued to implement administrative orders. After the Emperor's Ten Kings City was repaired, it could be rolled out across the province.
The other memorial is a dense one from Shaanxi Governor Shi Maohua. Shi Maohua mentioned a place that the Ming Dynasty had almost forgotten, the Seven Guards of Guanxi.
The end of the Hexi Corridor is Jiayuguan. As long as Jiayuguan is there, nothing will happen to the northwest of the Ming Dynasty. During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang established Hami, Shazhou, Anding, Quxian, Aduan, and Handong outside Jiayuguan. Zuo, Chi Shenjin and other seven guards managed the Western Region.
(Kansai Seven Guards Hami Guards, Turpan Khanate)
During the Zhengtong years, Oara continued to conquer the north and south, and the Taishi also took the lead, substantively occupying all these places, and the Ming Dynasty Under the influence of culture, martial arts and actuarial calculation, it continued to shrink and finally formed the current situation.
In the fifth year of Jingtai, he was first killed by his subordinate Alazhiyuan. The Turpan Kingdom took advantage of the situation and annexed Hamiwei. In the 24th year of Jiajing, Hamiwei broke away from the Turpan Kingdom and became an independent kingdom. And it began to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the 24th year of Jiajing.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has opened up the sea, the economic center has completely shifted to the southeast. The ancient Silk Road no longer has camel bells ringing. The Ming Dynasty's request for the northwest region is nothing but nothing.
The Seven Guards of Guanxi were completely abandoned due to the combined force of political, economic, military and other factors. It seems that as long as Jiayu Xiongguan is there, the northwest will be safe and sound. The situation seems to be the same. The country is very weak. Facing the Jiayu Pass, it can only look forward to it and sigh. Moreover, the products in the Western Region are not rich, and trade is declining day by day.
Shah Maimaiti came to the Ming Dynasty along the Western Silk Road. After entering the customs at Jiayuguan, he traveled for a year before he could meet the saint. He even learned Chinese. After the interview, Shah Maimaiti finally chose sea trade. Even if there was a war in the Strait of Malacca, he would still choose sea trade because sea trade has a larger carrying capacity and is faster.
Shi Maohua, the governor of Shaanxi, asked the Ming Emperor if he intended to reopen the Western Regions.
When China is strong and prosperous, it always hides its northwest.
Shi Maohua believes that without the Western Regions, the Hetao cannot be defended. Only with the Western Regions, the Hetao is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. It is possible to cultivate a large number of cavalry and develop mobile power in the field instead of relying on the Mughal Kingdom. Provided that throughout the ages, when the Central Plains was strong, the Western Regions were under the control of the Central Plains.
Shi Maohua used nearly a thousand words to discuss the importance of the Western Regions, listing a dozen reasons in total.
These words were already said during the Jiajing period when the debate over the restoration of the Hetao was made. As long as there is no barrier from the Western Region, the heart of the Hetao will be directly exposed to the enemy. Although it can be defended, it will become a A huge wound in the Ming Dynasty caused endless bleeding. Even in the Tang Dynasty, the Hetao was lost immediately after the Western Regions were gone.
Although Zhu Yijun always criticizes the actuarial trend and abandons land, this does require actuarial calculation. It is much more cost-effective to reopen the Western Regions and bleed blood in the Hetao.
To restore the Hetao, it is necessary to open up the Western Region again. This is inevitable. In Zhu Yijun's case, there is no such thing as doing things half-way.
Zhu Yijun picked up the dense tree, thought about it and replied: [The newly planted willows three thousand miles away will attract the spring breeze to Yuguan. ]
The interesting thing about Shi Maohua's dense book is that Shi Maohua spent a long time telling the Ming Emperor that there were mines in the Western Regions!
This was something that was not mentioned during the Jiajing period when they were discussing the complex and reopening of the Western Regions. But this time Shi Maohua spent a lot of space telling His Majesty that there are mines here. For example, they were mined in the Altai region in the Western Han Dynasty. Gold mines, as well as a large number of iron ore and other mines. "Historical Records: Biography of Huo Shi" and "Historical Records: Tianguan Shu" both contain the technique of searching for dragons and dividing gold. They use experience to identify the terrain and landforms, find the seedlings, and then search for the big dragons. , there are also Han official iron-making factories in the Western Regions.
Mine veins will indeed attract the Ming army, Shi Maohua is really good at reading people!
Zhu Yijun used nearly a thousand words in his reply to Shi Maohua. He mainly analyzed the difficulties of reopening the Western Regions from the perspective of the court. This needs to be overcome by the court and local governments together. This is the secret of the secret. The advantage is that we can communicate privately. Yan Guan doesn't know the content at all, so naturally he can't force Lai Lai. Moreover, Shi Maohua knows many issues much better than Yan Guan.
"The French envoy, Gillian Robert, is in front of the Tonghe Palace, requesting an audience." A small yellow door hurriedly walked in.
"Proclamation."
Jillian has been communicating with the officials of the Seiyi Pavilion, hoping to be able to meet the Holy Spirit and submit the credentials. The Ministry of Rites finally reported the matter, and then there was This summons.
Gillian obviously dressed up carefully and familiarly. She appeared in front of the emperor in full dress. She lifted up her dress, kowtowed three times and said in broken Chinese: "Greetings to your majesty. Long live your majesty. Long live your majesty. Long live your majesty. Long live."
Jillian is a very cold beauty, Zhu Yijun does not deny this, but when he is not in the harem, when dealing with government affairs, Zhu Yijun has no gender at all, it is all calculation. This is a political creature. passive.
The Queen Mother Catherine probably planned to use a beauty trap to gain some benefits, so she carefully selected such a beauty, but it was obvious that Catherine had miscalculated.
The credentials of France and England are the same. There are four books in French, Latin, Spanish and Italian vulgar. Zhu Yijun can understand Latin, and the Queen Mother is almost pleading. I hope Ming Dynasty will pay more attention to France. France is a powerful country with a population of 12 million, twice that of England.
The credential also states bluntly that Gillian is a carefully prepared gift.
"Honey traps are of no use to me, because I have someone I love and something I love." Zhu Yijun looked at Jillian and said with a smile, "It's better to talk about business. If France is willing to import cotton, we will bring a large amount next time. Cotton went to France. "
The reason why the honey trap didn't work for Zhu Yijun was because Zhu Yijun had already won it once.
This girl, Wang Yaozhuo, was sent to the palace by Zhang Juzheng, but Zhang Juzheng did not do it to achieve any ulterior purpose, but kept the Queen Wang by His Majesty's side, always reminding His Majesty that His Majesty's The subjects are still eagerly anticipating and waiting for the emperor to exercise his power and save all the people from the fire and water.
(End of this chapter)