Chapter 542: There is a traitor, this is killing someone with a borrowed knife
Zhang Juzheng, for the sake of the revival of the Ming Dynasty, even though he knew what the outcome would be, he still remained extremely pure, continued, and tried his best until the end of his life. Working hard to revive the Ming Dynasty, a stable and orderly dynasty is extremely important to the people of the world.
In the last years of the dynasty, many heroes came together, and in the troubled times, ten houses were empty. The change of dynasty was the most terrible natural and man-made disaster for all Chinese people, and no one could survive it.
One breath still exists and this ambition is unremitting, this is what Zhang Juzheng said to Emperor Wanli. He said this and did this.
Most people will respect Zhang Juzheng's pure and extreme behavior, because everyone is a beneficiary. The Han Dynasty has been loyal and virtuous throughout the generations. After all, heroes need to stand at the fork in the long river of history. Be that indestructible rock, change the course of history, and protect the world from wind and rain.
As for those who are cheap Confucians, they will call Zhang Juzheng a fool.
Yang Bo once called Zhang Juzheng stupid. Before he became an official, he had been committed to the confluence of Chu and Jin. The two guilds merged into one. Zhang Juzheng could gain great power without having to fight for the old Zhu family. And those in the palace are just orphans and widowed mothers.
The world belongs to his Lao Zhu family, not to your Zhang Juzheng!
What use is it to you, Zhang Juzheng, to protect the Ming Dynasty with so much effort? When you are here, no one is your opponent. If you die, who will protect your family on the day of counterattack? All your passion is just a futile struggle that will eventually be in vain.
When Zhang Juzheng finally collapsed from exhaustion, he devoted all his efforts to this land. In exchange, the emperor ransacked his house, his house was surrounded, his eldest son committed suicide, and more than ten members of his family starved to death. Later, when countless jokes were compiled, it was about seeking glory and being humiliated, and it was the moment when all the people with lofty ideals in the world were completely disappointed in the Ming Dynasty.
But now, the Ming Emperor's support for the New Deal, and even personally leading the New Deal, finally made the dead hearts of the Ming patriots begin to burn.
The governor Xu Wei and the envoy Sun Keyi who came to Nagasaki came to the Japanese country with the determination to die.
The development of things was much simpler than they imagined. The Japanese country was in war, with feudal vassals and towns divided and civil wars with each other. This gave the Ming Dynasty an opportunity to intervene. The Japanese country, which was full of internal contradictions, was very suitable for infighting. They were provocative, and without a unified court, there was no way to form a joint force to drive away the foreign enemies. They could only allow the Nagasaki Governor's Palace to appear and become stronger.
The most important thing is that there is a powerful Ming Dynasty behind the Nagasaki Governor's Palace, which makes it impossible for the Japanese people to say no. Therefore, in the face of Baochao, they can only accept the promotion of Baochao as if they were destined.
The whole process of Oda Nobunaga’s assassination has been clearly investigated by the coastal defense patrol. The Ming Dynasty’s ability to collect and organize intelligence is getting stronger and stronger as it continues to strengthen its military power. Even Oda Nobunaga It’s clear how many meals you’ve eaten.
The piers and platforms are not closed at night, and the coastal defense inspections are flying. These two strongest intelligence networks in the Ming Dynasty are simply incomprehensible to their existence in the eyes of humble scholars. How can anyone do it for the collective interests of the Ming Dynasty? , so desperate? These are all elite soldiers, and the king of the mountain is at least a big boss, but they quietly go deep into the prison camp, collect information, and bring it to the court to provide assistance for the court's decision-making.
The death rate of Duntai Yuanhou has decreased by less than 10% because the Ming Dynasty has completed the liquidation of the northern captives. There is now no war in the north, and the death rate of coastal defense inspections is still more than 20%, but coastal defense There is never a shortage of people doing inspections.
The assassination occurred on the afternoon of February 16th.
Oda Nobunaga left the castle tower at noon on February 12th and headed for Kyoto.
Azuchi Castle Castle is the home of Oda Nobunaga. In the first year of Wanli, Oda Nobunaga went to the capital from Owari Province and rested at Anyangji Temple in the fishing village by Lake Biwa. He realized the importance of this place. After three years of construction, Azuchi Castle was finally built, and the main castle of Owari Province was moved to Azuchi Castle.
The Azuchi era of Oda Nobunaga was the Azuchi of Azuchi Castle.
Departing from Azuchi Castle Castle, it only takes three days to reach Kyoto.
The system in Oda Nobunaga's mind is not the shogunate system in which the Japanese emperor canonizes generals to conquer barbarians and the Ming Dynasty canonizes Japanese kings, but the people of the world. This is why Oda Nobunaga has not established a general for so many years. Mansion, the reason why the shogunate was established. He hated the shogunate and believed that all the chaos in the Japanese country was because of the shogunate.
After Oda Nobunaga took his sword to Luo, he did not live in Kyoto, but lived in the Azuchi castle castle tower.
On this day, Oda Nobunaga left his hometown and went to Kyoto. He rested at Honnoji Temple on Kawaramachi Street in Kyoto, preparing to summon the generals of his six legions to discuss the major matter of attacking the Mori family.
Oda Nobunaga arrived at Honnoji Temple on the afternoon of the 15th. On the morning of the 16th, the ministers of the Kyoto court came to Honnoji Temple to pay their respects. In the afternoon, Oda Nobunaga, after taking a lunch break, rode a horse A chrysanthemum green horse, wearing a black Nanman helmet, a red top, a silk coat, tiger skin breeches on the lower body, a bright red cape, and makeup on his face.
The Japanese makeup is rather weird, that is, eyebrows are shaved off and repainted.
After Oda Nobunaga walked out of Honnoji Temple, he stood on the side of the road and asked when Tokugawa Ieyasu would arrive. As he was talking, the sound of a gun suddenly sounded, and an ashigaru who had been lying in wait for a long time pointed at Oda. Nobunaga fired two fire cannons, and he fired two fire cannons in a row. This ashigaru had two fire cannons.
The first shot missed, but the second shot hit Kobe (Oda) Nobutaka, who was so elated that he died on the spot.
Ashigaru was arrested immediately. The results of the interrogation were very clear. He came from the Maori family. Mori Terumoto owned the second largest navy in Japan. It was the result of the original struggle of his father and two uncles. He was the number one in Japan. The Grand Marine Division is the Nagasaki Kiba Marine Division.
Compared with the Japanese daimyo who often had internal strife, the Maori family was relatively united, and their two uncles assisted Maori Terumoto wholeheartedly. The Maori family would naturally react when they learned that Oda Nobunaga was going to convene the generals of the six legions at Honnoji Temple to discuss the attack. , a total of twenty people were sent to Kyoto to carry out the assassination.
It was successful the first time...
"Oda Nobunaga's reaction was a bit strange." Chen Lin said with a solemn face: "He originally gathered six generals to attack the Maori family. After the death of Oda Nobutaka, Oda Nobunaga stopped this behavior and returned to Azuchi Castle. "
Strange.
When did Oda Nobunaga have such a good temper? Mouri Terumoto bullied their hometown and even killed his sons. He actually canceled the military rally and even returned to Azuchi Castle.
"Oda Nobunaga is very uneasy." After reading the information, Xu Wei said very accurately: "Actually, it is normal for daimyo to be assassinated. Mouri Terumoto sent twenty foot soldiers. Qing was just a response to the idea of hitting three poles when there were no dates. After all, you wanted to hit me, but I didn’t react at all, and it didn’t make sense. It was not that I really wanted to kill him.”
When Sun Keyi heard this, he immediately said: "There is a traitor, this is killing with a borrowed knife."
Xu Wei said confidently: "Yes, how did Ashigaru know exactly the time of Oda Nobunaga's trip, and then wait there ? Why didn't the guards responsible for the protection fail to discover the ambush of Ashigaru? The whole assassination process is not important. What is important is why Ashigaru got there."
"These two questions have not been clarified before. , Oda Nobunaga cannot feel at ease, so he can only return to his home base and conduct an internal investigation. "
Xu Wei does not know how to fight. If Oda Nobunaga really goes out of his way to attack, Xu Wei will only take over with Sun Keyi. The gunpowder magazine in Qi Governor's Mansion was set on fire, creating a huge noise. By then, Ming Dynasty would definitely come to destroy the Japanese.
Han envoys were all like this. For example, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he sent an envoy An Guo Shaoji to the South Vietnam Kingdom. This An Guo Shaoji physically slept with Queen Zhen and made Queen Zhen comfortable by rolling on the bed. Therefore, Queen Zhen urged her to surrender. Han Dynasty.
Lu Jia, the prime minister of South Vietnam, finally couldn't stand this pair of bastards, so he launched a coup and killed them. As a result, the heavenly soldiers of the Han Dynasty arrived immediately, as if they had been waiting for this day.
Xu Wei does not know soldiers, but he understands people's hearts. At this time, Oda Nobunaga was at the most uneasy moment in his life. There was a traitor beside him.
"Is it that person?" Sun Keyi asked, raising his eyebrows.
Xu Wei thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's that person."
"Which one?" Chen Lin asked in confusion, what kind of riddle were these two playing?
Xu Wei looked around and whispered: "Akechi Mitsuhide, a very ambitious man, one of the three generals under Oda Nobunaga, this man kept correspondence with the Japanese king Ashikaga Yoshiaki This is also one of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's petitions to the Ming Dynasty."
"This man wants to be the king of Japan and the general who conquers the barbarians."
The Nagasaki Governor's Office knows some inside information. Both Sun Keyi and Sun Keyi knew that this person had rebellious intentions, because after Ashikaga Yoshiaki entered the Ming Dynasty, he really did not intend to interfere with the affairs of the Japanese country. The offline monarchy was also very good. It was also fun to throw excrement into each other's palaces with the Ryukyu king in the Ming Dynasty. At least you don't have to move around.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki sold Akechi Mitsuhide's plot very simply and cleanly. Even the Nagasaki Governor's Office knew that Akechi Mitsuhide had wolfish ambitions.
"Isn't that the so-called Three Heroes of Japan, one of Oda Nobunaga's most trusted generals? He actually..." Chen Lin's eyes widened. It really opened his eyes. This place of Japan is really a bastard of Ike Asa. There are so many words, such as below and above, they have become cultural labels.
Xu Wei said with emotion: "Oda Nobunaga has always wanted to establish a system that is completely different from the current shogunate system, but after going round and round, he still returned to the old path of lowering the upper limit. What can I do? ? This is the case in Japan. "
"With the influx of Ming Dynasty treasure notes, the price of Japanese wandering girls has dropped from three taels of silver in the past to three guans of treasure notes."
Xu Wei talked about the recent prices in the Nagasaki Governor's Palace, especially the prices of wandering girls in the Japanese country. The wandering girls in the Japanese country are not just prostitutes. They have the same meaning as the wandering people, that is, they have no fixed place, no home, and nothing. You can do stable things, but you can only wander around.
Because they can only sell their bodies in exchange for meager rewards and live a difficult life, wandering girls can almost be equated with prostitutes.
It wasn’t until the establishment of the Nagasaki Governor’s Palace that the definition of a prostitute was gradually distinguished from that of a prostitute. As long as the old woman in the Governor’s Palace checked that she was in perfect condition, she could board the ship and go to the Ming Dynasty for a price of three taels. .
In the ninth year of Wanli, ships transported a total of more than 4,000 wandering girls to the Ming Dynasty. Some of them were good-looking and some from well-off families who knew some music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and became the female shepherds on the painting boat. The rest The students were uniformly distributed after learning Chinese.
Bachelors in the Ming Dynasty were extremely common. This was not because they did not work hard enough, but because the Ming Dynasty had a common custom of drowning female infants. That is, girls drowned directly after they were born. This resulted in the de facto male There are too many girls and too few girls. The daughter who is married off is the water that is poured out. Only by giving birth to a son can the family be continued. This common concept has led to this current situation.
At this time, betrothal gifts became more and more serious. For example, in the late Northern Song Dynasty, when Qin Hui was captured by the Jin people, Qin Hui’s wife said, you used a betrothal gift of 200,000 yuan to marry me, but you and I fell apart. Pei is displaced.
In the eighth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan issued an edict that the betrothal gift for a middle-aged man's family should not exceed thirty guan, and that for the rural sages and gentry should not exceed 100 guan. During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang personally issued an edict: In ancient weddings, two surnames should be married to respect human ethics. Since modern times, people have specialized in recruiting wealth and become accustomed to luxury. It is advisable to order Zhongshu and the province to gather for discussion, customize, promulgate and abide by it, advocating frugality and promoting customs. Violators will be punished as per the law.
But this edict is also a dormant clause. During the Hongwu period, it was no longer enforceable. The customs were strong but the wealth was weak. Anyone who violated it would be punished. Zhu Yuanzhang’s starting point was good, but when it was implemented, It was found that this edict could not be implemented, because the court would not allow the rich betrothal, so it changed the name. In short, the money required would not be less.
Not everyone in the Ming Dynasty can afford to hire wealth, so the Japanese women who come by boat are very cost-effective. The most important thing is that these Japanese women have households provided by the court. stick.
After Japanese women entered the Ming Dynasty, they had to learn Chinese for a period of time. Only those who were fluent in Chinese and had certain weaving skills would be awarded household allowances. Although they were still Japanese women, these had The women in the household post were legally from the Ming Dynasty, and the court regularly organized blind dates. Craftsmen from various government factories in Nanya of the Ming Dynasty could sign up for blind dates.
Roughly speaking, His Majesty has given birth to a daughter-in-law.
To obtain a Japanese girl, you also need to betrothal money. The unified standard is five silver coins and imperial silver coins. At first, the Department of Shipping and Household Affairs and the Cleaning Department also thought about not wanting to betrothal money. After all, it is okay to accept money and not to accept money. It is of two natures, no money is collected, it is a cross-ocean marriage, and money is bought and sold, the nature is completely different, the imperial court has the dignity of the imperial court.
But practice has proved that it is simply not feasible to not collect the betrothal money.
First of all, there are all kinds of swindlers emerging one after another. They deceive people and then hear nothing about them. The court went to visit and inspect and found nothing. In addition, even if you marry someone back home, you should not be beaten and scolded at every turn, because If you get it for free, you don’t know how to cherish it. It seems like you only need to get one more. The relationship between husband and wife cannot last long at all, and it is a mess.
The Ming Dynasty transported wandering girls from the Japanese country to the Ming Dynasty in order to solve the problem of huge bachelors. Think of a group of strong laborers, hormone-filled bachelors, more than three million in age, and the court was all scalped. tingling.
Finally, the Matsue Household Cleaning Department still used the five-yin betrothal as the standard, and the five-yin betrothal also had a very grand name, called Shuxiu, which taught these Japanese women Chinese. Tuition fees, in this way, there is no such moral concern as buying and selling Dingkou.
Craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty earn about twelve silver dollars per year. The five-yin salary is almost non-existent in places like Songjiang Prefecture.
In the tenth year of Wanli, more than 10,000 Japanese wandering girls entered the Ming Dynasty. In the eleventh year of Wanli, just two months later, 4,000 Japanese wandering girls gathered in Nagasaki, and even the birth of A specialized vocabulary is called entering the Tang Dynasty.
In the eyes of ordinary Japanese people, the Ming Dynasty is the Tang Dynasty, and it has always been the kingdom of heaven. Before, the famous people had to arrest people everywhere, but now, they took the initiative to come to Nagasaki and wait for Nagasaki. Examination at the Governor's Palace.
Now, the Nagasaki Governor-General wants to restrict the Japanese from entering the Ming Dynasty, just like the Nagasaki Governor-General previously wanted to limit the number of treasure notes.
Xu Wei never thought that he would become a defender of Japanese order, rather than a destroyer.
He came to destroy the Japanese, but when and in what form the Japanese were exterminated, the Japanese had no say.
Sun Keyi said solemnly: "Because of the treasure notes, the price of Japanese women is indeed still falling. In the past, they could still sell silver, but now they can only sell treasure notes, but the price of treasure notes is rising. It’s strange that the price of banknotes such as Baochao is actually increasing. It’s all our fault at the Nagasaki Governor’s Office. Did our control of the number of Baobao bring prosperity to the Japanese country?”
This is Sun Keyi? A very troublesome issue recently is that the Japanese treasure banknotes come entirely from the Nagasaki Governor's Palace, and the strict customs inspection of the Nagasaki Governor's Palace has almost eliminated the possibility of counterfeit banknotes. In addition, this time the treasure banknotes produced by the Ming Dynasty Household Treasures Bureau The banknotes are indeed very exquisite and difficult to imitate in the Japanese country. The Ming Dynasty's overseas treasure banknotes are particularly strong. The Japanese country has become accustomed to using treasure banknotes.
In the past, seven cents of silver could be exchanged for a regular banknote, but it has now increased to seven cents and five cents of silver for a regular banknote. In other words, the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were indeed a tool for exploiting the Japanese country. After all, the seigniorage was real money. Received in hand.
But similarly, Baochao is easing the money shortage of Japan, allowing Japan to usher in a period of rapid development.
This gave Sun Keyi a strong motivation to let go of the exchange of treasure notes. With ten million treasure notes in his hands, it was time for Japan to have a taste of the flood of treasure notes!
"What is treasure money?" Xu Wei asked after thinking for a moment.
"Banknotes and butt-wiping paper are too hard to wipe your buttocks."
Xu Wei smiled and said: "What are banknotes?"
Sun Keyi asked without knowing why. Said: "Students are confused, aren't banknotes just currency?"
Chen Lin hates scholars the most. Just look at the way scholars speak, their tone of voice, and if you have anything to say, just say it quickly. It's so annoying! This scholar always speaks in such a way that he seems to be unfathomable.
"Currency and currency can only be found when goods are available." Xu Wei put down his tea cup and said: "The Japanese country has no goods. These currencies are just trees without roots and water without sources. The prosperity that treasure notes look like is nothing more than water." It’s just false prosperity.”
“Goods are metaphysical reality, and money is metaphysical abstraction. Money can buy goods in most cases, but when money has no anchor, it It’s worthless.”
The Ming Dynasty used the money method instead of the banknote method. The reason is that the anchor is unclear.
The Ministry of Household Affairs made a forecast. The day when the "Chao Fa Anchor Shu" can be realized, the Ming Dynasty can proudly announce that the Ming Dynasty has completed the ZTE in terms of finance and taxation, completing a feat that previous dynasties have been unable to accomplish. , issue stable and sustainable cashable banknotes, and Wanli currency banknotes.
Xu Wei, Sun Keyi, and Chen Lin are all sincerely looking forward to that day. Living in the turbulent era of the Ming Dynasty, what they look forward to most is that the Ming Dynasty will be peaceful and peaceful for the people, rather than pursuing the so-called freedom, equality, fairness, etc. They have never asked for these things, and they are lucky to be able to work with peace of mind.
"You scholars." Chen Lin pouted. Although these scholars don't have strong soldiers in their hands, the twists and turns in their stomachs are really terrifying!
The strong currency is false prosperity, because the premise of currency is goods. Without goods, no matter how strong the currency is, it is false. Daming has goods and has the advantage of goods. Daming said that butt-wiping paper is currency, and wipes butts. Paper is currency.
This is the current situation of Japan.
There will naturally be an inference. When Ming Dynasty said that butt-wiping paper is not currency, then gold and silver may not be able to become currency. This is currency hegemony. Currency hegemony is a hegemony based on the advantage of commodities. .
Xu Wei used the example of Japan to explain the basic logic of this currency.
“Tsk, tsk, it really makes sense for the Ming Dynasty to pioneer the banknote method in Japan.” Chen Lin spoke highly of the decision-making of Zhang Juzheng, the Duke of the Imperial Court. The treasure banknotes of the Japanese country were the forerunner of the Ming Dynasty’s banknote method. The more experience and lessons there are in the banknote method, the more stable the Ming Dynasty will be when it implements the banknote method.
The money shortage of the Ming Dynasty was much more terrifying than that of Japan. Even if it occupied the rich silver mountains of Peru and the inflow of silver from Japan, it was not enough for the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the banknote method was used to solve the problem of money shortage. The only way is that too much money can easily cause inflation, such as the corruption of treasure notes during the Hongwu period, while too little money can easily cause deflation. For example, the 217-year-old Ming Dynasty was in deflation most of the time.
Felipe II’s hegemony came from Peru’s rich silver mountains and the world’s largest saltpeter mine in Peru, which were the material basis for his dominance in the West.
Xu Wei, Sun Keyi, Chen Lin and others had an in-depth discussion on the trial use of Baochao in the Japanese country. They learned lessons and gains. These lessons and gains are all experiences and will be sent to the court in the form of detailed memorials. , as a reference for the formulation of imperial decrees.
"The way Ming Dynasty formulates political orders now seems to be completely different from the past. It is more organized now. Even if I am just a martial artist, I can still feel the difference." Chen Lin frowned and said: "To be specific, it was before The decree is more like a slap on the forehead. It doesn’t matter whether the decree can be implemented. It is completely top-down. But now, it is completely different.” After understanding the situation, the opinions of the members are summarized in the court, and after the ministerial meeting is sent to the Wenhua Palace for discussion, His Majesty makes the final decision. When implementing it, it will be piloted first, and then slowly implemented, and will be adapted to local conditions. Instead of implementing administrative decrees regardless of local life and death. "
Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou, especially Guizhou and Guangxi, are full of chieftains, and the examination law cannot be implemented at all, so in these places, the Ming Dynasty examination law is very bad. It is loose, but in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, it is extremely strict. In the newly created areas such as Suiyuan and Liaodong, it is nonsense to have a clear abbot. The Ming Dynasty did not require the two newly established chief ministers to have a clear abbot. The same is true for the newly established Gansu chief minister. The chief minister asked for a clear husband.
This may seem a bit confusing, but uneven regional development is the reality.
Especially from the court discussion to the pilot project of the Banknote Law, everything was done step by step. The administrative power under the Ming Dynasty's imperial system of prefectures and counties was already tyrannical. With such decrees made, the Ming Dynasty became even more terrifying. The absurd decisions became more and more Come less and less, and all kinds of weird things can no longer happen.
Good things are happening every day. When everyone has hope and hope, Ming Dynasty bursts with unprecedented vitality.
“This is all because of the theory of contradiction.” Xu Wei said matter-of-factly: “Because of the existence of the theory of contradiction, there are top-down and bottom-up discussions, and this kind of formulation can be achieved The basic logic of the decree is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. "
"So, the great thinking of cultural thought is like the cavalry camp in the capital and the Feiyun in the navy. The number is limited and needs to be done. New horses are added, but once they are used in key places, they will show their terrifying power.”
The Wanli Reform was accompanied by great speculation activities, and this kind of activity seems to be the least powerful among them. This kind of metaphysical political and economic speculation is used, but the results of these speculations often subtly change the Ming Dynasty's style of doing things. When people suddenly find that the Ming Dynasty has changed, they realize how important this kind of speculation is. precious.
"Governor Xu, something happened on the pier!" Luo Yinghe, the censor of the Nagasaki Governor's Mansion, hurried in and said breathlessly: "In order to compete for the qualifications to board the ship, there was a stampede at the pier! .”
"Quick, go and take a look." Xu Wei stood up immediately, and the group hurriedly walked out of the Governor's Mansion, passed the large townhouse, and saw the scene that had been controlled by the tooth soldiers of the Governor's Mansion. What they saw was horrific.
Once you fall down in the crowded crowd, you will die. The continuous stampede left more than forty corpses.
In order to compete for the position of the merchant ship heading to the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese girls pushed each other on the dock. The pushing turned into a stampede. Xu Wei and other officials' faces were as dark as water.
“It’s true that something happens every day, and everything is different.” Xu Wei held his head, something new happened every day in the Nagasaki Governor’s Mansion, and each one was different. Soon Xu Wei arranged it Go down and set up queuing barriers in such cabins to prevent this kind of crowding from happening again.
Simple but effective.
When Xu Wei was solving the problem of queuing up to board the ship at the Governor's Mansion, Terumoto Mori relied on the advantage of the navy to start a counterattack against Oda Nobunaga.
Moori Terumoto's uncle, Yoshikawa Motoharu, led 600 Japanese ships into the Settsu waters, intending to regain the stone mountain lost after the two defeats at Kizukawaguchi.
Mouri Terumoto himself actively joined forces with other Oda's main enemies to prepare for another Oda Nobunaga encirclement.
Even the Nagasaki Governor's Office received an invitation.
(End of this chapter)