Chapter 532 Etiquette cannot be a stumbling block to the New Deal

Chapter 532 Etiquette cannot be a stumbling block to the New Deal

When the country began to lose order, even the top members of the hereditary official class had a difficult time. For example, the Taoist Master asked Taicang for two million silver. This silver After struggling for many years to build the palace, I finally got two hundred thousand silver. The emperor has lived like this. You can imagine how the Ming Dynasty Prince lived.

From the time when Master Dao began to reduce the stipends after receiving large amounts of money, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the only one who heard the bell was King Fu.

The King of Fu’s Bell Ming Ding Shi is due to the special care of Emperor Wanli. Emperor Wanli did not go to court for thirty years and did not approve memorials. It is not that he did not read any memorials. King Fu’s memorials came to the palace in the morning and were there in the afternoon. The answer was that Emperor Wanli would grant all Prince Fu's requests.

This kind of connivance was a means for Emperor Wanli and his courtiers to fight for the foundation of the country. What they fought for for the foundation of the country was the candidate for the position of prince, and they did it deliberately.

Because of the emperor's timely reply to King Fu's memorial, with such convenience, the courtiers would gather under King Fu's door if something happened, hoping that King Fu would handle the memorial on his behalf. In this way, King Fu became the de facto Prince.

This was Emperor Wanli's attempt to coerce the courtiers to accept Prince Fu as the crown prince. This method was neither clever nor glorious, and its convenience quickly attracted cunning people from all over the world to gather in Prince Fu's men did evil things.

With this paradoxical government logic, the ministers had to go to King Fu to report it on their behalf, which lasted for twelve years.

In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, after fifteen years of fighting, Emperor Wanli failed to win the battle over the foundation of the country, so he had to issue a decree and canonize the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo as the crown prince, and Zhu Changxun as the Prince of Fu. The following year, Zhu Changxun became the grand prince. After the wedding, it stands to reason that the vassal should be established immediately after the wedding, but Emperor Wanli asked Prince Fu to stay in the capital on the grounds that Prince Fu's palace had not yet been built.

The battle over the title of crown prince has not come to an end. After the Prince Fu's Mansion was built, Emperor Wanli still refused to allow Prince Fu to join the vassal. The struggle continued for another twelve years, until the 40th year of Wanli. In the second year, King Fu Zhu Changxun left the capital to join the feudal clan. During these twelve years, Prince Zhu Changluo's status was not stable for a day.

In the first fifteen years of the war between the country and the country, the swords and guns came and went. In the next thirteen years, the two demon book cases and court attack cases were the continuation of the country's war. Since the death of Zhang Juzheng in the entire Wanli Dynasty, the Wanli Emperor With an awkward mentality, he fought with his courtiers for nearly twenty-eight years for the crown prince. In the end, Emperor Wanli still failed to make his beloved son the crown prince.

Emperor Wanli was quarreling and getting angry, and the courtiers also followed suit, as if they were fighting. He messed up the entire Ming Dynasty and still didn't stop. It seemed that the etiquette of establishing heirs and elders was better than that of the world. Even more important.

The establishment of a direct descendant seems to be bigger than the sky. The whole court is in chaos. The emperor is ridiculous and the ministers are also ridiculous. This etiquette has also been alienated by the courtiers and become a tool of struggle, and the struggle has no meaning. Meaning, whether the emperor and courtiers win or lose, it is the Ming Dynasty that ultimately loses.

State affairs are handled by household affairs, and household affairs are completely left to one's own whim, without caring about what the world has become because of these nonsense. After Zhang Juzheng's pursuit of glory and humiliation, there was no way for the DPRK to do so. I'm so proud of myself.

The courtiers just wanted to fight against the emperor.

Zhu Yijun did not agree to put the Royal Institute of Technology under the management of the Ministry of Rites, which was to tear off a piece of flesh from the power of the Ministry of Rites, but he had to do it.

After all, there are not many ministers of the Ministry of Rites like Wan Shihe with such a soft figure. If etiquette and law are greater than heaven, and they continue to make noises about abolishing the Polytechnic, then the Institute of Technology, which is independent of the Ministry of Rites, is part of the imperial power and wants to abolish it. , that is, the courtiers reached out to the internal affairs department, and naturally the chief ceremonial officer went to fight with the courtiers.

At least the results of a series of great speculations in political philosophy such as the Theory of Contradiction have been truly accepted by everyone. Studying by subject has become a common understanding, productivity improvement has become a universal pursuit, and kings, fathers, kings, kings, and teachers can distinguish one from the other. One, two is two. To put it more bluntly, on the day when the Ming Dynasty’s imperial system of prefectures and counties came to an end, the Royal Institute of Technology completed its historical mission and could be renamed the Ming Dynasty Institute of Technology.

Dr. Wu Jing is in charge of the enrollment of polytechnic students. The entire Royal Institute of Technology is very lively. The three-year academic system and the 60-yuan tuition are enough to deter countless people. However, because of the interest-free student loan , so that 90% of polytechnics are publicly funded, and less than 10% of students are self-funded.

The excitement of the Polytechnic Institute has nothing to do with Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites. Even though the emperor specially summoned Wan Shihe and explained the reasons clearly, Wan Shihe still couldn't forget the ownership of the Polytechnic Institute. This is It was a good opportunity to leave his name in history. Wan Shihe wanted to receive the sacrificial wine himself.

His Majesty said a lot, but Wan Shihe listened and understood clearly. In fact, in the final analysis, it boils down to one sentence: There are too many cheap Confucians in the Ming Dynasty!

It is indeed inappropriate to completely hand over the control of the Royal Polytechnic to the Ministry of Rites. If it is really completely controlled by the Ministry of Rites, within a few months, this Polytechnic will be no different from the Imperial College. The content becomes the Four Books and Five Classics.

Wan Shihe’s etiquette is, are etiquette inconvenient? It is a flexible etiquette, an etiquette that is new and renewed day by day. It is an etiquette that is based on the ever-changing world. In the face of new situations, it is necessary to reform the old etiquette. This is completely different from the retrogradation of Confucianism and the etiquette of the third generation of law. Different.

"If I had known about today's situation, I should have followed Governor Pan to Hetao to regulate the Yellow River, instead of suffering such bad behavior in the court!" Shen Li came from outside the door and looked at Wan Shi He was furious. As the most staunch imperialist in the Ming Dynasty, Wan Shihe passed the court decision in the Wenhua Hall without any reason.

The Royal Institute of Technology is completely under the management of the Internal Affairs Bureau and the Royal Institute of Research, which makes Shen Li hold back a lot of anger. This anger does not come from the emperor, but from the officials in the capital. and the chattering public opinion.

The Ministry of Rites was severely ridiculed, especially Wan Shihe himself.

“Drink tea, drink tea, drink tea all day long! Now the whole capital is laughing at our Ministry of Rites, saying that our Ministry of Rites is blindly flattering, but in the end we encountered such a big event, and finally our Ministry of Rites was Pick it clean!" Shen Li became even more angry when he saw Wan Shi and the old god there.

"Your Majesty has your Majesty's consideration." Wan Shihe said a little helplessly: "Now the theory of contradiction is not the mainstream. Retro-Confucian scholars are all over the Ming Dynasty, including the Jiangwu School, the Gewu Academy and the Academy of Science and Technology. It is out of this consideration that you are not bound by the Ministry of Rites. You have the ability and your temperament. Why don’t you ask Your Majesty to transfer the Martial Arts School to the Ministry of Rites? "

Wan Shihezhen? He is very good at debating scriptures, and he was so speechless that the right minister of the Ministry of Rites was speechless. The special status of Jiangwu School was destined to not be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. Even the humble Confucians did not dare to go there. Debating is a topic that cannot be touched.

Now that Wan Shihe is using the precedent of Jiangwu School to stop Shen Li's mouth, Shen Li really doesn't know how to refute.

"You are right, you are eloquent, why don't you convince His Majesty!" Shen Li rolled his sleeves and sat down and said, "I, Shen Li, have never flattered anyone in my life, let alone followed others' influence. I only know how to be humble, but I don't know where to meet you." He is a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing, and he is a good scholar. His appointment is for self-examination. He is from Guide Prefecture, Henan, and is from the same hometown as Gao Gong. When he became a Jinshi, Gao Gong was the examiner. With the dual status of examiner and fellow villager, Shen Li should have worshiped under Gao Gong's door long ago, but he didn't.

Shen Li kept a distance from Gao Gong from beginning to end. At that time, the Jin Party had become a climate, and the Jin Party took refuge in Gao Gong.

At the Luming Banquet after the high school Jinshi, everyone went to the Quan Jin Guild Hall and became under the high arch, but Shen Li did not go because he had personal matters.

Shen Li had nothing personal to do, he just didn’t want to go, and he just didn’t want to be someone’s lackey.

His righteousness was quickly rewarded with a heavy blow. As soon as he was appointed, he went to the place to accompany Pan Jixun to control floods. When Zhu Yijun left the cabinet to study, Shen Li returned to the capital and became He became an official in the East Palace and became an editor by giving lectures on banquets. Soon after Emperor Wanli ascended the throne, he became Zuo Zanshan and studied as a bachelor.

Shen Li and Wang Jiaping were on the same list. While Wang Jiaping was still in the smog-stricken place of Guangdong, Shen Li had been promoted quickly due to his rapid promotion as an old official in Qiandi, and became the right minister of the Ministry of Rites in the ninth year of Wanli.

Qianlong Zaiyuan's Qiandi, after the emperor ascended the throne, the old Qiandi department was promoted faster than the same period, which was the practice of all dynasties.

Shen Li is not under the high arch, not a Jin Party, nor a Chu Party. He and Shen Shixing don’t get along. He thinks Shen Shixing is too conciliatory and can be reconciled in everything. He is not a Zhejiang Party either. He and Shen Guanyin didn't get along. Shen Guanyin felt that Shen Li was obviously lucky enough to come in, and he still flaunted himself as a stubborn and upright minister all day long.

Shen Li and Pan Jixun worked together to control the water and build the Yellow River embankment to maintain peace. When Pan Jixun gave up his promotion to the capital and went to Suiyuan, Shen Li also wanted to go. It was because of the luck of his old ministers. There were many criticisms in the court. Shen Li wanted to go to Suiyuan to control floods, but he was poked in the spine and scolded every day, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Pan Jixun persuaded Shen Li and asked Shen Li to watch the wind direction in the court. If Zhang Juzheng really retreated, there would probably be an uproar in the court. Pan Jixun had no one in the court and needed someone to support him in the court. Shen Li was finally convinced.

As a result, just after the New Year, I felt very angry!

"Don't think that my words are unpleasant. The words in the public are even worse. I don't even know how to say those words! It's unspeakable and insulting to politeness!" Shen Li was still complaining about the noise in the market. It's nothing more than Wan Shihe, who was like a dog. After running for the emperor for so many years, he was kicked when things happened! It's simply ridiculous. I don't know how Wan Shihe can continue to work in the position of Minister of Rites. How embarrassing!

Wan Shihe was still sitting very calmly.

Wan Shihe looked at Shen Li and said: "Senior Minister Shen, what people say, the Ministry of Rites must not let etiquette become a stumbling block to the Ming Dynasty's new policy. I will never allow this. If you are not convinced, You can correct it later when you become a court official.”

“That’s not what I meant!” Shen Li slammed the table and stood up, then sat down angrily and said, “I don’t understand good people! If you are grievances, the words in the public are too ugly.”

Shen Li is not against the Ministry of Rites’s etiquette of “doing whatever the king wants”. It is not that there is no such precedent in the Ming Dynasty. As early as the Yongle period, the Minister of Rites. Hu Hui, whatever the king said, Hu Hui would sprinkle water and wash the ground to make up for the king, and this was always the case until the Zhengtong years.

There is Hu Hui in the front and Liu Ji in the back.

This Liu Ji is nicknamed Liu Mianmian. Facing the overwhelming impeachment, Liu Ji has always been as unafraid of being bombarded as cotton. The more the cotton is bombed, the stronger it becomes. This Liu Ji is no less generous. Liu Ji has never been afraid of impeachment inside and outside the court. The Ministry of Rites he leads specializes in sprinkling water and washing the emperor's floor. Liu Ji agrees to whatever the emperor wants to do.

Liu Ji later joined the cabinet and became a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion. From the fourteenth year of Chenghua to the fifth year of Hongzhi, Liu Ji was the chief assistant of the cabinet. In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Emperor Xiaozong gave Empress Zhang that Two notorious brothers were granted the title of earl, and Liu Ji, the chief minister of the cabinet, was ordered to write a decree. Liu Ji refused. Who are those two people? Who in the entire capital does not know?

Emperor Xiaozong saw that Liu Ji, the chief assistant, did not agree, so he sent internal officials and asked Liu Ji to take the initiative to become an official. Liu Ji then left.

Liu Ji worked for the emperor in exchange for power and respect. But you, Wan Shihe, value peace in everything. You go around looking for support for His Majesty and the New Deal. You carry a pen all day long. I have been busy for so long to calm down the public opinion for His Majesty, but in the end, the Emperor left you, Wan Shihe, to go it alone on such a big matter as the Royal Institute of Technology!

Zhang Juzheng was not left behind when he passed the imperial examination, cleared his father-in-law, and rectified academic and political affairs; he did not leave behind Wang Chonggu when building engineering and corps battalions and government factories; he did not leave behind Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, and Chen while strengthening the army and Zhenwu and the navy in Beijing. Lin;

It’s the turn of the Cultural and Educational New Deal, and His Majesty finally got rid of you Wan Shihe. What is this?

Shen Li sighed and said: "It's already imminent. You are still drinking tea here. I don't even know what to say about you. Today has passed and you are not allowed to directly become an official? How can you become an official in the court?"

Wan Shihe still smiled and said: "I thought Shilang Shen was planning to make etiquette a stumbling block to the New Deal. The last person who did this was Lu Shusheng. Now he can only drink tea at his home in Xitucheng and cannot go there. The Ministry of Rites and the Wenhua Palace are having tea. "

"What your Majesty gives is mine, and what your Majesty doesn't give, I can't take away." Wan Shihe and Wang Zhigao made a decision at the critical moment. Given the choice, Wang Zhigao chose to become an official, and Wan Shihe chose to stay. From that moment on, he knew his situation and his functions. For several years, he knew deeply that his power came entirely from the emperor, so , He deserves what the emperor gives him, and he can't fight for what the emperor doesn't give him.

"Do you know what they call you?!" Shen Li's face turned red with anger. Today, the Polytechnic Institute is open for classes. If Wan Shihe doesn't do something today, he will be there tomorrow. You have to get out and go home. If Wan Shihe is no longer shameless, those cheap Confucians will attack him and tear Wan Shihe apart.

This means that Wan Shi and the imperial party who have lost their holy family and lost their holy family have long been on the verge of death.

Wan Shihe is called Wan Shihe by the public, which is a humiliating nickname. Shen Li is in the Ministry of Rites, and he knows that Wan Shihe is not a weakling, and Wan Shihe also has bone bones, but Wan Shihe has a bottom line and perseverance. Shen Li knew everything clearly.

"Then Shi Lang Shen is the eldest uncle. In the future, the affairs of the Ministry of Etiquette will be busy." Wan Shihe was relatively calm. The memorial to becoming an official has been written. After today, he will not be able to do anything. Since his face was left in the Wenhua Hall, he could simply join the official position directly, which could be regarded as a brave retreat.

It is His Majesty who no longer wants him, not that he has betrayed the Emperor.

Wan Shihe asked himself that he had been the Minister of Rites for so many years. He was worthy of the world, the emperor, the people, and even himself. This was loyalty. Wan Shihe thought that he was a flatterer. He is also a loyal minister.

Now it is his turn to be the price of the New Deal. At this moment, Wan Shihe was in a very calm mood. This calmness came from the fact that he had no regrets.

Shen Li did not say anything in the end. People said that Wan Shihe was a good dog, but Shen Li and Wan Shihe partnered. Wan Shihe was not a dog, but a scholar-official with integrity.

"Someone is coming from the palace. Someone is coming from the palace!" The secretary hurriedly ran in from outside the door and said: "Just now, Xiaohuangmen came to deliver news. Feng Daxuan received the sacred order and came to the Ministry of Rites to announce the decree. !”

Feng Bao arrived very quickly, and the Ministry of Rites was already prepared to receive the decree. Everyone in the Ministry of Rites was speculating on the content of the decree. It was probably Wan Shihe’s fight for the governance of the Royal Institute of Technology, which made the emperor dissatisfied. , so the imperial edict arrived.

"The Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wan Shihe, received the edict." Feng Bao came to the Ministry of Rites and let the two small yellow gates open the imperial edict.

"Your Majesty, Wan Shihe, accepts the edict." Wan Shihe shook off his sleeves and knelt in front of the imperial edict. Feng Bao's body was wrong. The courtiers were kneeling on His Majesty, not him.

Feng Bao raised his voice and said loudly: "The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says:"

"I believe that the emperors in ancient times had the world, and they must set forth words to teach their descendants. Since Ai Qing entered the court and committed himself to assist you, Culture and education are prosperous, and there is no better person than this to put ancient scriptures into practical use. Today, Prince Shaobao, the Grand Bachelor of Zhongji Palace, joins the cabinet to preside over the administrative affairs, and is also in charge of all affairs of the Royal Institute of Technology. He will offer wine to the institute. You should remember to present the memorial in person. This is what I said."

"Please accept the imperial edict, His Royal Highness King De will come over to pick him up later." Feng Bao said and took the imperial edict from Korea. He took it off and handed the separate holy paper to Wan Shihe.

Shen Li was a little confused. Hasn't His Majesty already issued an explicit decree that the Ministry of Rites is not allowed to manage the affairs of the Institute of Technology? Why is Wan Shihe going to the Polytechnic again?

Shen Li soon understood that Wan Shihe had joined the cabinet. Wan Shihe became a bachelor of Zhongji Palace, which meant that he was in charge of the affairs of the Institute of Technology as a cabinet minister, not as a minister of rites. As a minister, His Majesty did not abandon Wan Shihe, but abandoned the Ministry of Rites!

It’s me who is a cheap scholar!

Shen Li suddenly turned red with anger!

"I thank you for your kindness." Wan Shihe saluted respectfully, and then took the piece of paper. If the emperor was given a nickname, it would definitely be Iron Rooster.

This is the imperial edict for entering the cabinet. His Majesty wants to take back the brocade and reuse it, so he just gave it this piece of paper!

But this piece of paper is particularly important to Wan Shihe. His memorial to becoming an official can be taken back. Now, he has joined the cabinet!

"Feng Dajue, stay." Wan Shihe hurriedly took two steps and whispered briefly to Feng Bao, asking why His Majesty suddenly changed his decision.

Feng Bao explained that in fact, His Majesty had always planned this. He summoned Wan Shihe to discuss the rules and regulations of the Polytechnic Institute a few days ago, intending to let Wan Shihe serve as an assistant minister of the cabinet. If If you really abandoned Wan Shihe, why did you summon Wan Shihe to ask?

Wan Shihe then realized that Guan Ji was in trouble. He was a fan of the authorities, and he did not realize that His Majesty had summoned him and asked him carefully in order to let him take charge of the matter.

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, everyone is the same. Everyone wants to make progress, and those who don’t want to make progress will not become officials. However, when it comes to their own vital interests, no one can maintain absolute reason and rationality.

Wan Shihe soon followed the German King Zhu Zaiyu to the Royal Institute of Technology. Only the officials of the Ministry of Rites were left. There was a cry of mourning. Your Majesty did not give up Wan Shihe, but the Ministry of Rites!

For the officials of the Ministry of Rites, now they deeply understand that sentence, there are too many cheap Confucians in the Ming Dynasty! If there weren't too many cheap Confucians, how could His Majesty be so afraid? !

Now it was Shen Li's turn to feel the same. He could not contradict the emperor. This was inconsistent with the flexible etiquette followed by the Ministry of Rites. At this time, he could only scold a few Confucians, and then he was scolded in the spine.

Wan Shihe rode a bicycle to the Royal Institute of Technology. After communicating with Zhu Zaiyu, he was convinced that he was the first priest of the Royal Institute of Technology.

Because Zhu Zaiyu is not good at communicating with people and not good at administration.

The Royal Institute of Technology all have Ph.D.s in the Five Classics, and they can still dance for a small number of people. But when they arrived at the Royal Institute of Technology, the first batch of enrollment reached a thousand people, and Zhu Zaiyu was really helpless.

Zhu Zaiyu is not good at dealing with people. He is good at dealing with the unknown world. He does not have so many ambitions for secular power. The main reason is that Zhu Zaiyu also grew up under the Ming dynasty. He is not good at managing a huge academy. , Zhu Zaiyu is not good at the use of administrative power.

The emperor had long been aware of Zhu Zaiyu's shortcomings in this area, but the courtiers knew nothing about it, so Wan Shihe did not know that the emperor had already made plans for him to join the cabinet, and then In preparation for concurrent leadership, after Wang Chonggu used work-for-work relief to resettle gangsters, Zhu Yijun also asked Wang Chonggu to join the cabinet to take charge of the official factory.

The emperor is the director of the Royal Institute of Technology, that is, the dean. All science and engineering students are the emperor's disciples, but Zhu Yijun is busy with everything, and he really doesn't have that much energy to go to the specific management of the institute. Zhu Yijun He is not lazy, he is very diligent, but human energy is limited.

Wan Shihe showed a relaxed smile. Now in the streets of Jingtang, people would no longer talk about him, saying that he was a weakling and was ruthlessly abandoned by the emperor.

Zhu Zaiyu is really not good at the general affairs of the Royal Institute of Technology. Doctors of the Five Classics of the Ming Dynasty have no interest in these. Moreover, in order to prevent the emergence of academic cliques, the Institute of Technology must also have administrative intervention, rather than any By its wild growth.

In general, the sacrificial wine of the Polytechnic Institute is none other than Wan Shihe. If Wan Shihe could remain absolutely rational, he would have clearly seen this and would not be so panicked.

In addition to the Royal Institute of Technology opening its admissions and starting classes, another top priority in the Ming Dynasty was the imperial examination in the 11th year of Wanli. It was the season of the imperial examination. Starting from the autumn and winter of last year, people came to Beijing to take the exam. The officials have already gathered in the capital.

The Ministry of Rites has announced the content of the examination. Regarding the scope of the examination, people are complaining. The contradiction is that it is still just a small taste. However, the requirements for arithmetic are getting higher and higher. Arithmetic has already tested differential calculus and integral calculus. , as well as the mutual calculation of differentials and integrals, mainly the calculation of irregular acres.

The students in the capital wailed.

Zhu Yijun Zhu approved the examination questions, and the Three Classics Factory began to work overtime for printing. After sealing, it will be sent to Gongyuan to prepare for the triennial imperial examination. At the same time, the Ministry of Rites completed a new volume of "Overseas The compilation of "Fan Guozhi", this time it is about Peru.

The Ming Dynasty's New Deal has entered its 11th year, and the 11th year of the reform has not less than the benefits it should have, and there are also the same problems that should arise. The drastic changes have caused huge turmoil to the society, and the agricultural country is still in the small peasant economy. In the Ming Dynasty, the ability to bear risks was actually as weak as that of farmers on the verge of bankruptcy.

This kind of weakness is very intuitive, like a thread, maybe it will break at some point.

For example, there is a most conspicuous string, that is the inflow of silver.

The Ming Dynasty needs sufficient silver to promote development, and the Ming Dynasty's development speed is extremely rapid. This creates a dilemma. The more silver flows in, the less silver the Ming Dynasty lacks. All goods produced are Silver is needed for trenches.

The Ming Dynasty was poor in silver and relied entirely on overseas silver. Once Felipe II died, or Spain's national policy changed and stopped importing silver to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would lose a major pillar of silver inflow. The silver from Japan was completely insufficient for Ming Dynasty to use.

The Ministry of Revenue supports the attack on Luchuan in the southwest direction, and it is extremely supportive, because only by pacifying Toungoo can the stability of Yunnan Copper be guaranteed. The Ministry of Revenue agrees to the development of Suiyuan. They even invested a lot of money to build Suiyuan Chidao and Suiyuan Mining, and did not hesitate to go into debt for this purpose, also for the safety of silver. The courtiers' attitude towards the Japanese country was completely consistent, and it was also based on the urgent need for silver.

In the Peruvian volume, there is a detailed description of the Spanish-controlled Peruvian super-large Silver Mountain and the fertile mountain city of Potosí. Potosi means rich, and the fertile mountain city is the largest city in the entire New World, because Potosi Tuoxi Silver Mountain is the largest silver mine in the world. The entire mountain is covered with silver, and its silver grade is as high as 40%. One hundred pounds of ore material contains forty pounds of silver. There are 43 pits for smelting in Fujian every year. The silver output is only more than 100,000 taels.

The Ming Dynasty set its sights on the silver mountain controlled by Spain. The Ministry of Rites even directly stated in the Overseas Chronicles: Only by fully controlling the rich silver mountain can the safety of the Ming Dynasty's silver be guaranteed. , Complete control of the rich silver mountains is the prerequisite for Ming Dynasty to transform from a small peasant economy to a commodity economy.

Only the silver from Japan is far from enough. Even with the inflow of silver from Womagang Mine and Nanyang, it is not enough.

The only way to obtain this silver mountain is to conquer it by force.

Similarly, Ming Dynasty must consider whether to change the status quo, that is, the basic direction of obtaining large amounts of silver by taking advantage of commodities.

(End of this chapter)