Chapter 543 The Gou Gou in the Dingjian Construction
Oda Nobunaga’s line is doomed to fail. He seems to have given farmers a way to survive, only collecting one-third of the annual payment, and he has also given the Ashigaru a way to survive, and greatly improved Ashigaru's treatment replaced the control of force by the samurai class. This method of walking on two legs gave him a powerful army, sufficient food, and military miracles that broke through the encirclement network several times.
But one thing he cannot do is turn the military into an extension of politics and cannot curb violence. The violence in his hands is still disordered.
Oda Nobunaga has made countless attempts. He built Azuchi Castle, replaced Kyoto as the political center, made himself the de facto emperor of Japan, that is, a citizen of the world, and then spread his power across the world. His step The importance of the military has been continuously promoted step by step, which has made the military an extension of politics, making it more and more difficult.
Of course the ballast stones must be heavy enough to allow the ship to sail stably without being overturned by strong winds and waves, but the ever-expanding ballast stones will eventually lead the Japanese country to a dead end, that is Struggle with military force.
Both Oda Nobunaga and his successors will fall into this dilemma and eventually have to go back to the original path and establish a shogunate and local autonomy.
The current chaos in the Japanese country has actually been experienced by the Central Plains before. It was the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms that were separated by vassal towns in the late Tang Dynasty. It was a dark era. The most representative sentence of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in the late Tang Dynasty is: That means the Emperor Ning has the guts? Those with strong soldiers and horses will do it.
Order? Where does the order come from? Some people only have killings. It seems like a high-spirited sentence, but behind it is the infinite admiration for disorder. It seems that as long as there is disorder, one can become a master, but in fact, in a world of disorder, everyone is a precarious victim.
An Chongrong, the military commander of the Chengde Army who said this, was defeated in successive battles and lost all the advantages of strong soldiers and horses, and was eventually killed by Shi Jingtang's Jin army.
The low-level warriors of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms formed an alliance of interests, intimidating their superiors and military generals, forcing the superiors to support the bandits, or simply rebel. These low-level warriors not only killed civil servants who refused to cooperate, but also refused to join the gang. Low-level generals and even Jiedushi were killed. The so-called "lower to overcome superior" was the norm.
From the time when Huang Chao conquered Chang'an and the world was in disorder, to when Chai Rong captured Huainan and threatened to engulf the world, a total of seventeen Jiedushi were killed by their subordinates in the mutiny, including Xue Neng, Zhi Xiang, Gao Xun, Li Keju, Zhu Mei, Gao Pian, Wang Chongrong, Li Kegong, Liu Jianfeng, Wang Gong and so on.
In the era of the late Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms, it was very common for the subordinates to subjugate the superiors. Even the leaders of Jiedushi and Fangfanzhen were so precarious. One can imagine how miserable the people were.
It is true that this abundant martial virtue brings the combat effectiveness of the army, which has reached the pinnacle of all dynasties. A professional army has high morale and fierce combat. Infantry can defeat heavy cavalry. At other times, Things that only the elite can do can be found everywhere in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
What’s the price? The price is that the Central Plains lost the Sixteenth State of Yanyun. In order to get ahead, anything can be sold. For the sake of the emperor, even the emperor will not hesitate.
The price is that these soldiers will devour everything they pass by, and the violence is completely out of control, just like the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. These tooth soldiers have no morals at all, and their lives are in ruins.
There is nothing beautiful about the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
It wasn’t until Chai Rong entered Huainan that things swept the world, and military was included in the extension of politics, which became the greatest political correctness. Zhao Kuangyin finally put it under complete control, and it was considered that the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were summarized. Chaos and violence finally went from completely out of control to controllable.
After the death of Zhao Kuangyin, his younger brother, Zhao Guangyi, the god of donkey cart war, was defeated one after another and could only move towards civil and military power.
The party struggle between the two Song Dynasties basically revolved around the reform advocated by Zhao Kuangyin and the ancestral law advocated by Zhao Guangyi. Any reform and innovation will be accompanied by a strong army, but any conservative counterattack and counterattack will be accompanied by an emphasis on literature and depreciation of literature. Wu.
The weakness of the two Song Dynasties, and the blame for the Song Dynasty's only promotion of civil and military affairs was caused by Zhao Guangyi. After his defeat, he was too afraid of being defeated by force and taking his place.
As time goes by and peace prevails, people gradually forget the horror of completely out-of-control violence, and then they are unable to understand and appreciate the value of Zhao Kuangyin. However, the Ming Dynasty also had similar concerns and worries, that is, the placement of guest soldiers.
Even Qi Jiguang, who started his career as a guest soldier, opposed the dismantling of military garrison posts, and wanted to maintain the strength of military garrison posts and establish a Beijing camp to strengthen the army in order to prevent violent disorder. Keeping violence within the realm of order.
Reporting to the Emperor was a slogan that was shouted during military training in all dynasties, but to save the head of Guizhou, the army had the obligation to save the head of Guizhou. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, only Qi Jiguang's family was left.
The current Japanese country is in a state where violence is completely out of control, and Oda Nobunaga gave Ashgaru extremely high treatment and obtained tyrannical military power. At the same time, it meant that violence was further out of control and moral decay. Neither Tian Nobunaga nor Toyotomi Hideyoshi can solve this problem. It is inevitable for the lower to overcome the upper, and it will be generalized. They can only transform into a war machine, constantly launch wars, and eventually destroy themselves in the war.
This is Xu Wei’s analysis of the current situation of Japan.
The history of the Central Plains is very long, and many things are lessons learned through the sacrifice and bloodshed of tens of millions of people.
Oda Nobunaga wanted to find out who the inner ghost around him was, so he did not launch a war, but Mouri Terumoto sent his uncle to attack. At the same time, he teamed up with several daimyo to prepare to continue to attack Oda Nobunaga united to strangle, this may be a long war, but Ming Dynasty can sell firearms and gunpowder again!
Firearms are huge profits, especially in war zones.
Xu Wei's memorial arrived at the completely thawed Bohai Bay by water. The Ming Emperor received Xu Wei's memorial the next day. It was not so much a memorial as it was an account of the Eastern Expedition. The treasure notes contained in it were very important. The Ming Dynasty is extremely useful, and Zhu Yijun can't put it down because of its thick six volumes.
“It doesn’t matter who wins or loses, Oda Nobunaga or Mori Terumoto, the important thing is that Ming Dynasty will win.” Zhu Yijun smiled very happily after reading Xu Wei’s memorial. Of course, when making money, you must be happy Got it! He had just cut off 7 million silver as the start-up capital for the Beijing Kaichi Road. The construction cost of one mile was as high as 9,800 taels, which made Zhu Yijun, the richest young man in the capital, feel a little pained.
Now that money can be earned back from the Japanese country, like a hungry vampire who finally caught a big blood bag, he will naturally take a big sip to get the blood back.
Jing Kaichi Road was sponsored by the Japanese state. The Japanese state received the sincere thanks of the Ming Emperor. Of course, there was only gratitude, not even verbal thanks.
And the most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty can control the balance of victory and defeat in the Japanese civil war, allowing them to maintain a point where it seems that as long as they work harder, they can eliminate the opponent, and then make a fortune.
Da Ming is a businessman, he only needs to rely on the advantages of goods to do business, grab? There is no way to make war fortune quickly.
Da Ming did not have to go to the battle himself, he only had to do one thing, and that was to control the flow of gunpowder so that they could bleed dry.
In the fourth year of Wanli, Maori Terumoto and Oda Nobunaga began a direct conflict, and the core of this conflict was the control of the sea in Osaka Bay, the outlet of Kyoto.
In the first confrontation, Terumoto Mori relied on his transcendent status as the second navy of Japan and the size of 600 ships to completely annihilate the Oda Navy and completely block Oda Nobunaga back. Kyoto, and Mori Terumoto further occupied Ishiyama Honganji Temple. Ishiyama Honganji Temple is located twenty miles away from the Kyoto Imperial Palace (the emperor's residence). It can be said that a nail was driven into Kyoto.
Once Oda Nobunaga is defeated again, the position of everyone in the world will be his Mouri Terumoto!
Two years later, Oda Nobunaga produced 6 Anzha ships in Ise country. The Anzha ships equipped with six guns defeated Mori Terumoto's arrogant navy. So far, Mori Terumoto Completely losing control of the sea in Osaka Bay.
The focus of the game is sea control, and Oda Nobunaga relies on the Anzha ship equipped with six cannons. Mouri Terumoto also has cannons, but the firing of cannons requires gunpowder. The Japanese country does not have saltpeter, so it can only He relied on the white frost on the toilet wall to collect bit by bit. For war, that little bit of frost was not even enough to fill the gap between his teeth.
Now, Mouri Terumoto doesn't have to worry. He has precious gunpowder for war. He only needs to keep mining silver in Iwami Ginzan to exchange it. Similarly, Oda Nobunaga can also exchange it for silver. gunpowder.
Then the quantity of gunpowder becomes the key to the outcome of the war.
As a commodity that is in short supply, it is reasonable and reasonable for Ming Dynasty to increase the price a little, because the demand has become strong and the supply remains unchanged. The one with the highest price will get it, which is the law of the market!
"It's good to fight! The more lively the fight, the better!" Zhu Yijun replied to Xu Wei's memorial with a smile. A governor who can make money is a good governor. Zhu Yijun wrote more than 400 words, mainly exhortations. Xu Wei and others, just watch the fun, but don't get burned. When in doubt, run away first. You don't have to be a martyr. The Ming Dynasty does not need martyrs. As long as the Japanese dare to launch an attack on the Nagasaki Governor's Palace, the Ming Dynasty will The navy will definitely come and destroy the Japanese!
This is the promise of the Ming Emperor.
Of course, there is Zhu Yijun's expectation for them. They can try to increase the price of gunpowder ten times. If that doesn't work, increase the price twenty times, fifty times, a hundred times, whatever.
During the war, it was always more expensive and more expensive.
If you lose, you have nothing. If you win, you gain everything.
Feng Bao frowned and said: "Your Majesty, I have a foolish opinion."
"Tell me."
Feng Bao said in a low voice: "Is this Mouri Terumoto eager to launch a war at this time to attract Oda Nobunaga's main attention? Oda Nobunaga is unable to take care of looking for the traitors around him, and can only focus on On top of the war, this traitor, the traitor, came all at once at the critical moment!"
"The final word!"
Feng Bao clenched his fist with his right hand and hit it hard on the left! On the palm of your hand.
Zhu Yijun nodded repeatedly and said: "You know conspiracy and tricks. If you can't defeat Oda Nobunaga head-on, then break through from behind. Once the military begins to mobilize, the water will become completely muddy. At this time, as long as Oda Nobunaga is defeated, If Tian Nobunaga is a little careless, he will be killed. If he cannot defeat Oda Nobunaga, he will use conspiracy and tricks."
"This is also something I must guard against, Qi Shuai said, anything. Don't be overly arrogant at any time or anywhere, otherwise you will be defeated. I should take this as a warning."
"Tsk, this Oda Nobunaga is surrounded by dangers."
Feng Bao looked around and whispered: "Your Majesty, I suspect that Oda Nobunaga is surrounded by traitors, not just Akechi Mitsuhide. His subordinates Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu are probably traitors. Otherwise, there is no way this Ashigaru would appear within five steps of Oda Nobunaga with a blunderbuss."
"You mean that Oda Nobunaga is already surrounded by traitors, and his people's hearts are broken. Are you thinking about it?" Zhu Yijun was stunned.
Feng Bao bowed his head and said: "Yes, Oda Nobunaga is a man of the world. To be able to make such a big mistake is definitely not something that one person, Akechi Mitsuhide, can do. Everyone else is watching coldly. , waiting for Oda Nobunaga to die so that he can pick his peaches. Once this kind of drama is staged, it will happen again and again. "
How did Feng Bao come to this conclusion? This is about the assassination of the king in the first year of Wanli. The more Feng Bao thought about it afterwards, the more something was wrong. How could Chen Hong, a man from the Langxia family, send the assassin into the palace? Obviously many people were watching with cold eyes, knowing or not knowing, waiting for Feng Bao to be unlucky after the emperor was assassinated.
It doesn't matter whether the emperor dies or not. If the emperor doesn't die, Feng Bao will be damned if he fails to protect him. If the emperor dies, there will be a younger King Lu who can succeed him and continue to maintain the pattern of being the master of Shao Guoxin.
So, it was really dangerous at first.
"Then Oda Nobunaga, I'm afraid he won't be able to escape the fate of being assassinated." Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and determined that what Feng Bao said made sense.
There is a general consensus that the lower class will conquer the upper class, and this kind of scene in Japan will continue to be staged over and over again, never ending. Zhu Yijun didn't intend to do anything. Oda Nobunaga was a fierce man from the Japanese country. He stepped from Owari's big fool to the position of the world's people. He was not a fool. Feng Bao could understand things. Oda Nobunaga's person had long since Already figured it out.
“Hai Zongxian has formulated the anti-corruption process of Dingjian Dagong. This is very well done and very novel. It deserves to be on the front page of Di Bao.” Zhu Yijun said Hai Rui said happily after reading Hai Rui's memorial.
Hai Rui combined his many years of repeated experience and came up with a set of executable anti-corruption procedures. It is roughly the same as what Wang Chonggu said, which is to catch the big and let go the small. Chi Na wants to pursue the investigation, which is the rule of the industry by default.
Eat something, drink something, and get something, as long as it is within the scope of "reasonable loss", and there is no excessive pursuit. Even if you want to eat and drink, you have to do the opposite, but it is also an excessive restriction of rights and rent-seeking, which leads to the quality of the project. When it comes to problems, the main means focus on accountability. If we are building a great project, it will be fine if there are no problems. If there are problems, everyone will be punished.
To seize the big one, it mainly focuses on layer upon layer of buying and subcontracting. This is the biggest problem in Dingjian Construction, and most of the scenes of getting stuck and getting things happen in In the process of subcontracting layer by layer.
"Your Majesty, why don't you summon Wang Cifu to ask? Wang Cifu has unique insights into the matter of fighting corruption." Feng Bao put forward his own opinion. Hai Rui's method was already very perfect, but he still Find a corrupt official and ask if it works or not.
The only person in the court who has a lot of corruption experience is Wang Chonggu. It is necessary for Wang Cifu to use his rich experience to check things.
If we can defeat corrupt officials like Wang Chonggu, that would be a good system.
Before the implementation of a government order, it may be a way to improve the government order by soliciting opinions from all parties and pooling efforts.
"Okay, let's serve as the second assistant to King Xuan." Zhu Yijun thought it was necessary.
Wang Chonggu didn’t go to Tonghe Palace until the evening. He was in charge of the production of water and fertilizer at Xishan Coal Bureau. The effect of water and fertilizer was very good, exceeding expectations. In some plots, things happened. The phenomenon of seedling burning is not due to insufficient dilution, but because the local fields are already fertile.
"Wang Cifu is in much better spirits. His sword is still young and his spirit is strong." Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu and he seemed to be in really good condition.
Wang Chonggu waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile: "It's just a bad old man."
"Your Majesty, this water and fertilizer is good. Those coal gangues can also be used for water and fertilizer, and the burning process can also control water. Fertilizer is really a tool for livelihood. The fields in the Ming Dynasty need to be cultivated by rotation. That is to say, one round of crops must be planted with one round of beans to nourish the land. The waste of the land has a lot to do with this. "
" If this water and fertilizer can really be extended, wouldn’t it be equivalent to doubling the number of fields in the Ming Dynasty?”
“I can’t even think about it!”
Wang Chonggu talks endlessly about water and fertilizer. He has been busy with this matter recently. Planting beans to nourish the land is a helpless move because there is not enough compost. If there is enough compost, you don’t have to plant beans, but the compost is extremely limited, so All we can do is plant beans to nourish the land.
If this thing is used everywhere, the acres of land in Ming Dynasty will be doubled. What is the concept?
The Ming Dynasty wanted to unify the world, but Wang Chonggu didn’t think it was a problem!
Wang Chonggu is not the kind of morbid excitement, but the kind of excitement from the inside out after finding something to do. Zhu Yijun can feel that Wang Chonggu is avoiding, avoiding his past self, using busyness The work numbs one's thinking.
"I know, I know." Zhu Yijun signaled to Wang Chonggu not to be so excited. He took out Hai Rui's memorial, handed it to Feng Bao and said, "Let me take a look at it and check it."
Hai Rui has high moral standards, which is also his flaw. He doesn't know much about these things, and he can't get things done just by relying on his integrity.
Wang Chonggu finished reading the memorial and said with a frown: "Hai Zongxian's method is very good, but there is a flaw that he did not notice."
"Oh? Be careful. Tell me." Zhu Yijun said immediately with interest.
"Your Majesty, please give me an example of how to empty the treasury of Datong Mansion." Wang Chonggu thought about it again and again, and decided to use himself as an example to explain the shortcomings of Hai Rui's memorial. .
"Your Majesty, Datong used to be located on the border. It needed to build the Great Wall, and it also needed to build forts to light beacons to show the enemy's situation. It also needed to build city walls. These were all major construction projects on the border, and of course not on the border. There are also areas that can be repaired, such as dredging waterways and building temples." Wang Chonggu began his explanation.
"In short, it's construction."
"The imperial court needs to allocate a sum of money, otherwise the grand construction of the tripod cannot be completed. However, the imperial court's financial losses are huge, so the local government needs to find a way, and the local government is also very poor. This When the time comes, you need to borrow money and pay it back slowly in the future.”
“To borrow money, you have to go to the bank, usually the biggest bank. The biggest bank can’t refuse, so you have to borrow money, even from the county. There are also local gentry and gentry who can borrow money from the government. Originally, it only took fifty thousand silver to do something, but now, because of the layers of buying, it may even require two hundred thousand silver. "
"The imperial court gave fifty thousand taels of silver. At this time, it is necessary to dismantle 150,000 silver."
Zhu Yijun frowned and said: "That's not right. This item only requires You can do it if the court gives you 50,000 silver, but you still need to borrow it?”
Wang Chonggu sighed and said, “So we must put an end to layer upon layer of buying. This is the biggest source of losses. It’s just a little bit to eat and drink, but if you fight against corruption and focus on small things instead of big things, you are avoiding the important and taking the easy, and you are just seeking personal gain by repeatedly grasping corruption.”
“You seem to be doing nothing. He's talking about Gao Gong." Zhu Yijun immediately understood the meaning of Wang Chonggu's words. Zhang Juzheng did not repeatedly catch corruption. There were only two people who repeatedly caught corruption in the Ming Dynasty. One was Gao Gong and the other was Hai Rui. Of course Hai Rui was If you want the sky to be clear and clean, then the only option is high arch.
The biggest corrupt official during the Longqing period was right in front of him, but Wang Chonggu's status was rock solid and he was not caught at all.
Wang Chonggu waved his hands repeatedly and said: "I didn't say that. Your Majesty said that Mr. Xinzheng is an honest man and not greedy."
"You continue." Zhu Yijun knew clearly that Wang Chonggu actually admitted it. He was talking about Gao Gong, but Gao Gong was upright and never corrupt, so there was nothing worthy of blame. During the Longqing period, the Ming Emperor, the lord of the world, was in hiding, so Gao Gong did his best.
"At this time, there is an IOU of 150,000 taels. There are conditions for the bank to borrow money. You can't say that borrowing money is in vain. Even if the court borrows money, it must be profitable, but this interest is not easy to keep accounts. "Wang Chonggu said in a low voice: "If you can't get interest, you can always get something else. At this time, the bank said, for example, can the land at the city gate be debited? "
< br>“This is a hook.”
“Sometimes there is interest, sometimes there is not. Borrowing with interest is better, but lending without interest, who knows what you get in exchange for it!”
There was some complaint in Wang Chonggu's tone, which obviously brought back painful memories of his time as a treacherous minister.
The current Wang Chonggu is actually unwilling to face his past self. He was who he was then, and he is who he is now. The two contradictions are both his unified state, which makes him feel like he is stuck in his throat and can only use Busy work to offset that sense of fragmentation.
Wang Chonggu once comforted himself. At that time, everyone was greedy. If you were not greedy, you would be an alien and you could not do anything! But this reason could not convince him, because there was Hai Rui in the court, and Hai Rui was really neither corrupt nor corrupt, so this reason was not valid. A traitor was a traitor, and no matter how he concealed it, he could not solve the background of the traitor.
A fig leaf is a fig leaf after all.
Wang Chonggu finally slowly convinced himself to accept this status quo.
Wang Chonggu continued: "This bank took this IOU, which was the same with or without interest, and started selling it, selling it at a lower price, cashing in and leaving the market. Anyway, the land has been acquired, and the land has been acquired. It's enough to maintain the relationship with the local officials."
"The second bank obtained the IOU at a lower cost. At this time, he went to the Yamen. At this time, he still didn't pay back the money? If the creditor changes, the yamen may not recognize it, but the owner of the first bank will come forward to act as host, sit together, eat and drink, and the yamen will recognize the creditor. ”
"The second bank got a little money as scheduled, sold the debt again and cashed out. The third creditor appeared. From here on, the Yamen will not pay back the money."
Zhu Yijun is unpredictable. After a while, he said: "Hey, it's interesting. Isn't this the same as the local government selling land? If the money is not paid later, whoever takes over this IOU will lose money."
"Your Majesty, If things come to this, it will be equivalent to selling the land, and the third bank will suffer." Wang Chonggu sighed heavily and said, "The third bank that took over was a little anxious. He thought he had bought it for 80,000 taels of silver. The debt of 150,000 yuan has made money, but the yamen does not recognize such a debt, and it will suffer a big loss.”
“At this time, the third company will be in a hurry to sell, and the loss will definitely not be lost. , but don’t even think about making money. After several consecutive moves, the yamen will no longer recognize this debt.”
“At this time, the key person is here, someone can make this debt. Cash it in."
"Who? Who should I look for for this headless mess that might even replace the local magistrate?" Zhu Yijun said with a frown.
“The comprador broker appeared and took over the debt. The reason why he wanted to take over was because the person behind him could allow the Yamen to borrow the debt. Who it is, there is a lot to say. There are many possibilities for the Yamen to recognize this debt. The treasury of Datong Mansion was completely emptied over and over again, and it was even heavily in debt." Wang Chonggu finally finished what he wanted to say.
Zhu Yijun finally understood. Wang Chonggu was always talking about how to empty out the Datong government treasury. A debt that did not need to appear, after being resold at various levels, finally fell into private pockets.
“And we still can’t find anyone.” After listening to what Wang Chonggu said, Zhu Yijun finally determined one thing, that is, the headless bad debt that has changed hands many times is a sinkhole, layer after layer. The creditors at the upper levels are confusing, and the person who finally took over the case was surrounded by a lot of fog. The treasury was emptied and the criminal could not be traced.
Wang Chonggu shook his head and said: "Yes, corruption is happening, but people can't be found. Hai Zongxian's methods are comprehensive, and the only thing missing is this place. Corruption through debt, this kind of thing, It’s hard to prevent, but it’s actually very simple to treat.”
"Simple?" Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu and asked in surprise. For such a complex and systematic problem, Wang Cifu actually said it was simple? !
"The debt cannot be transferred." Wang Chonggu said calmly.
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "But the actual creditor can change."
Wang Chonggu said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is money. It's enough to scare you even if you look at it. The creditor's rights cannot be transferred. The purpose It’s to find that person and see whose hands the money is in.”
(End of this chapter)