Chapter 567: No one plows the wasteland, but there are people who fight for the plowing
Is it really possible for a dandy from the General’s Palace to obtain the fifth-grade official body and teeth badge? If it is an idle official who does not pay attention to things, it is indeed possible, but he is just a military officer, not a civil official, let alone a doctor of the Five Classics who is not among the Five Elements.
Qi Jiguang is just a general. He is indeed the leader of military honors, but civil servants and military attachés are not the same system at all.
So, the answer is very certain. Either this tooth tag is fake, or the person who got this tooth tag has a big problem with his identity.
"Are you sure it was Mr. Huang who got it?" Li Zhi calmly returned the tooth tag and asked calmly.
Lin Fucheng took back the Guanshen toothpai. Many people knew about his toothpai. He openly took it out and said with a smile: "Well, Mr. Huang had someone give it to me, so don't worry, Mr. Huang. Really powerful."
"Indeed." Li Zhi hesitated and said nothing in the end.
As for the authenticity of the teeth cards, Lin Fucheng is not a hidden man who secretly uses official horse cards and teeth cards. He is active in the capital. If it is really fake, someone would have found him long ago. Trouble is, there are as many people who dislike Lin Fucheng as they like him.
In the eleventh year of Wanli's reign, he dared to secretly make official body and teeth cards. This was a complete test of the bond between the nine clans.
Isn’t it just powerful? !
The whole world belongs to Mr. Huang, Mr. Huang, Mr. Huang, the Heavenly Man of the Huang family in Penglai.
Li Zhi guessed that for a very simple reason, Qi Jiguang's hand could not be stretched so long to reach the Imperial Palace Museum in the Forbidden Garden, so the origin of this waist badge was very clear. It was His Majesty the Emperor himself. Granted.
Li Zhi did not reveal Mr. Huang’s identity. It was obviously an open secret. He could guess it, and so could others. The reason why everyone didn’t reveal it was because Li Zhi would not be stupid enough to reveal it. This layer of mystery.
He had already offended the emperor once and was severely reprimanded by the emperor. This time his identity was revealed again, and His Majesty had to change his vest to watch the fun. I am afraid that Li Zhi's life in the capital will be even more difficult.
Zhu Yijun also prepared a lot of vests, ready to use them interchangeably. He hinted to Lin Fucheng many times, but Lin Fucheng didn't dare to think about the emperor who lived in the ninth level.
People have their daily needs, and Li Zhi also has to live. Living in the capital is not easy. He has to make money so that his family will not continue to suffer with him.
After Li Zhi left Guangde Bookstore, he finally decided to write down the matter. He needs some fame. Fame is equal to money, and money is equal to daily necessities, which means that his family will not have to starve to death.
Zhu Yijun received the new issue from Guangde Bookstore, and after reading it carefully, he chose to approve it for publication.
No one is plowing the wasteland, but there are people fighting for it.
Li Zhi knew how to farm, which was different from most scholar-bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty, so Li Zhi was not a cheap Confucian.
There was a lot of wasteland in the Ming Dynasty, and there were countless acres of abandoned land in various places. It was a sin to leave these fields uncultivated. After Li Zhi arrived in Huangzhou Prefecture, he and his wife Huang Yiren cultivated seven acres of wasteland. As soon as they were reclaimed, all kinds of people came to see them. Coming in droves.
First of all, the sage and gentry who held the land deed said that the land belonged to their family, and you had to pay rent to cultivate the land.
For these seven acres of land, Li Zhi had no choice but to file a lawsuit with the local gentry, but he undoubtedly lost. The land deeds could not be faked. They were indeed true. Li Zhi finally settled with one acre of land. After buying these lands for one or two taels of silver, the lawsuit was settled.
Before the matter was over here, someone immediately came to ask for money for the ditch. After Li Zhi inquired carefully, he found out that he had bought the land, but you have to pay for using the ditch, otherwise Just carry the water yourself.
It’s not too late after paying the ditch money. You still have to pay another amount of spring money, that is, water money. The ditch money and the water money are not small sums. Li Zhi calculated that one acre of this kind of land can last a year. I still have to pay three pieces of silver!
It can be said that all the springs are drained into the canal, and no half drop is allowed to be left in the ditch.
Li Zhi went to find the prefect. He came to the official position from the prefect of Yao'an, and he still had a good reputation, so he could naturally find the prefect. The prefect was also embarrassed and said that you don't need to pay this money to water the seven acres of land. He still has this face.
Li Zhi asked: "There are ten thousand hectares in the city, and every household is taxed and rents land. The township government wants privately to irrigate the remaining acres and have a good harvest. Even if it is offered, it will not be accepted."
Li Zhi asked the prefect to take charge of the ditch money and water money, so as to leave a way for the people to survive.
People like him are the most annoying. You don’t want to pay. You and Geng Ting-li are good friends. I will find a way to make your fields have water. If you are not satisfied, I will let the entire Huangzhou Prefecture Is there water for every acre of land?
The prefect is not the Dragon King of the East China Sea!
The prefect had no choice but to send him out with gifts and told the concierge that there was no need to report Li Zhi's arrival in the future.
Li Zhi returned home. The following year there was a severe drought and the villagers starved to death for several miles. Among them were Li Zhi’s two daughters. With the help of Deng Shiyang, Li Zhi, his wife, and the eldest daughter survived after all, but the Wanli Ten Thousands of people starved to death in Huangzhou Prefecture.
The whole story is not very long, but when reading, there is always a kind of suffocating despair. In Lin Fucheng's stories, you can see ups and downs, such as the disaster years of the He family in Gaoyang If the rent was not reduced, the He family in Gaoyang was exterminated, the Yan family in Qizhou made people fat, and was finally made fat by Wang Chonggu, the Minister of Punishment. The Wang family in Yaoshan invaded the official land, and his own house was confiscated, which also triggered a series of Inventory of official land encroachment.
Lin Fucheng's stories all have a sense of fate that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil.
And Li Zhi’s story is only cold reality and cruelty.
And in this story, no one can be found to take responsibility. It looks like a natural disaster or more like a man-made disaster, but the tragedy just happened. It seems that no one is at fault, but everyone seems to Something is wrong.
Even in the story itself, Li Zhi himself was at fault. If he had been willing to accept the favor from the local magistrate, his family's fields would have had water, and his daughter would not have starved to death. Or look ahead. At first glance, he, Li Zhi, could still live like this after accepting his landowner's offer.
Li Zhi’s story caused an uproar in the capital and then came to an abrupt end, because people found that Li Zhi’s criticisms and accusations were more powerful than Lin Fucheng’s, and there was an unspeakable heaviness because there was no solution.
Zhu Yijun has a positive attitude towards this kind of critical article. There are various problems in Ming Dynasty. These problems need to be raised by someone, and then everyone should face them together, instead of four stages. The law will be fooled, and the law will be fooled, and the final result will be the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun was waiting for Li Zhi's ideas to become more mature and to solve the problems raised by Mr. Huang. The method Li Zhi said is very good, no taxation without representation. How to implement it specifically and how to avoid these problems are issues that Li Zhi needs to think about in the future in the capital.
A concise copy of the Yongle Grand Ceremony was sent from Jingtang to Nagasaki. Xu Wei of the Nagasaki Governor-General's Office couldn't put it down, but Xu Wei also wrote a memorial, asking the emperor to postpone the delivery to the Nagasaki Governor-General's Office. The original copy of the Yongle Grand Ceremony is not safe enough here and could easily fall into the hands of thieves when delivered.
“These Japanese people are really deeply ingrained in their bestiality.” The Matsue Sun Family and Nagasaki City Shipping Ambassador Sun Keyi looked at a pond newspaper in their hands with solemn expressions.
The coastal defense inspections discovered something, and these reports were brought to the Governor's Mansion, which was really touching.
There are three kinds of curse words in the Japanese country. The first one is 'Yelang', which means you are a guy who doesn't understand etiquette; the second one is 'animal', which literally means you are not as good as a pig or a dog.
There is such a word in the Japanese country that has never been mentioned by the daimyo who came to the Nagasaki Governor's Palace. It is called "dirty and inhuman".
The filthiness is so great that it is no longer human. The literal meaning is that it is too filthy and it is no longer human. It is a group of people that cannot be touched or discussed. This is the untouchables of the Japanese country.
The Japanese country at this time was a society with clear hierarchies. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, which used the means of production to distinguish classes, there was a difference between classes. What is stable is distinguished by identity and surname.
The first class of people in the Japanese country are nobles, including the emperor of Kyoto, the ministers of the court, and the feudal daimyo of various kingdoms. They are all nobles; the second class are samurai and monks, that is, the daimyo retainers, as well as monks in the temple; the third class of people are farmers, workers, and merchants, who are called common people, bitches, and merchants in the Japanese country.
The fourth category is filthy and inhuman.
They are so filthy and inhuman. This class of untouchables mainly engages in despicable industries that everyone looks down upon, such as slaughtering, leatherwork, funerals, digging excrement, beggars, prostitutes, jugglers, and lepers.
Untouchables are unable to live a normal life. For example, they are not allowed to hold an umbrella when walking on the street on a rainy day. When traveling, they must cover their mouth and nose with cloth to avoid spitting out foul smell. When cleaning and removing feces, they must walk backwards and are not allowed to leave behind. Leave footprints and cannot intermarry with good people.
Non-human, this word comes from the Lotus Sutra, which says: The eight heavenly dragons, humans and non-humans, all saw the dragon girl from a distance and became a Buddha.
In the Lotus Sutra, all kinds of things in the world are divided into three categories, namely gods, humans and non-human beings. The Japanese people called these Japanese people who engaged in despicable karma as filthy non-human beings.
This is completely different from the Ming Dynasty. The various arts in the Ming Dynasty were considered a job. For example, during the Longqing period, the iron flower artists could even perform for His Majesty on the lights of Aoshan and receive generous rewards.
In order to avoid rewards, Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty hid in Wenhua Tower and peered through a telescope.
Even if it is digging out excrement, it is generally considered to be a business. The master of the excrement road, it is even more important. It is the biggest business in the city that can only be controlled by powerful people. In the two Song Dynasties, the largest business in the world was Dung Ba is Song Gaozong of the Song Dynasty.
The chief ministers, maids, and actors in the palace did not respect the princes that much. The king even asked His Majesty, "Is begging on the street a law ancestrally established?" The emperor was stunned for a moment.
"It's a bit strange. Forget about everything else, how come this butcher has become so filthy and inhuman?" Xu Wei looked at the newspaper in his hand. He could understand other things, such as this funeral, after all, It's okay to avoid the business of dead people because of the fear of death. This butcher is also a kind of inhuman, which Xu Wei really can't understand.
Xu Wei frowned and asked: "They scold the butcher so much, don't they eat meat?"
"Yes, the Japanese country is a vegetarian and believes that killing animals creates karma." Sun Keyi nodded and said, because of the prevalence of Buddhism in the Japanese country, they really don't like eating meat.
Xu Wei said with a more complicated expression: "Killing creates karma. Killing animals is a sin, but killing is not? It has been one hundred and twenty years since the Yingren Rebellion. The Warring States Daimyo continued to conquer each other. How many people have been killed? What? It’s not a sin to kill people? "It’s weird."
The Warring States Daimyo was proposed by Takeda Shingen, the Daimyo of the Japanese Kingdom. The concept was proposed and immediately accepted by everyone.
"The Ming Dynasty's firearms are coming." Xu Wei put down the newspaper, stood up, and prepared to go to the Nagasaki Port dock.
In April, Emperor Zhu approved a batch of Qingtai and monkey-type firearms and arrived at the Nagasaki Governor's Palace. These monkey-type firearms were all defective products in the manufacturing process. Qingtai used Guns and other objects that have been no longer usable for many years.
Chen Lin’s campaign to quell the Japanese invaders in the Japanese country has also come to an end. After the firearms are sold, the Daming Navy will return to its home port of Songjiang Prefecture. The Japanese country’s suppression of Japanese invaders was triggered by the Sandu’ao private market case. The continuation of the Ping Bo Clean Sea operation, which lasted for one year and two months, finally announced its phased end. Xu Wei personally went to the pier to pick up the ship. Amidst the thundering sound of gongs and drums, two five-masted ocean-going ships from Songjiang Prefecture were pulled by barges and slowly docked on the trestle of the port. Countless people turned out to get on the big ship. , start unloading.
At the same time, various Warring States Daimyo envoys began to have close contact with the Governor's Mansion, competing for firearms quotas.
A gun of nine taels of silver can now be sold for nine taels of silver, and the price of gunpowder has skyrocketed. The conflict between the Mori family and the Oda family has begun in Osaka Bay, and another It's not surprising that when a war comes, the price of firearms and gunpowder skyrockets.
Xu Wei, Sun Keyi, Nagasaki Dusi Commander Li Chengli, Shibo Si promoted the eunuch dynasty, patrol censor Luo Yinghe and others were very busy.
Countless silver gathered at the Nagasaki Governor's Palace, and the daimyo who did not have enough silver chose to pay with their population.
The Japanese country has a large population and a small area, which results in an insufficient supply of food. This is the main contradiction of the Japanese country at the moment. The population is exchanged for treasure notes and Ming Dynasty commodities. This is a very cost-effective thing for the Japanese daimyo.
The envoy sent by Oda Nobunaga is his biological sister Oda City, known as the most beautiful woman in the Warring States Period.
In the forty-third year of Jiajing, Oda married Asai Nagamasa of the Asai family. Later, due to the break between Oda Nobunaga and the Asai family, Oda Nobunaga captured the Asai family's Otani Castle in the first year of Wanli. , Oda City returned to the Oda family to live.
“Although I don’t understand why I have to shave off my eyebrows and draw another eyebrow, it does look very weird.” Luo Yinghe, the Nagasaki censor, said sincerely to Sun Keyi.
Oda City is indeed very beautiful. At thirty-six, she does not look much older because of her comfortable life, but she still has a bit of charm.
However, this woman shaved her eyebrows and drew two higher eyebrows, which ruined the beauty.
Sun Keyi said with great conviction: "This kind of makeup, which is popular among nobles, is actually not good-looking, and it is quite scary. Governor Xu has asked the Japanese big names to not allow the envoys sent to Nagasaki to With shaved eyebrows and blackened teeth, he looks worse than those filthy and inhuman figures."
Xu Wei looked at Oda City and said sternly: "We have told Oda Nobunaga that we are not allowed to send him. If you come here with such makeup, since you are Nobunaga’s messenger, why do you want to shave your eyebrows? Are you provoking the Ming Dynasty?” Eviction is not a credit.”
Hairstyles, makeup, and even dyed teeth will certainly not affect the Ming Dynasty's acquisition of Japanese silver, but are they worthy of serious negotiation by the governor when he formally meets with the envoy?
The reason why Xu Wei made such a request was actually a dispute over etiquette, just like the previous debate about whether the left or right lapels were left or right. The dispute was actually about righteousness and etiquette.
“I only shaved my eyebrows because I was married. Since the envoy of the Heavenly Kingdom did not like it, I will not shave my eyebrows in the future. Eyebrows grow very fast in summer, and they will grow back in a few days. Please ask the Envoy of the Heavenly Kingdom. There is no need to be so angry." Oda City was half-kneeling, but after hearing the governor's stern tone, he quickly bowed his head and said.
Shaving her eyebrows and dyeing her teeth black is to show that she is married. She shaved her eyebrows in Azuchi Castle to prevent being harassed. When she returned to Azuchi Castle, she was only twenty-five years old and asked to marry. There are many people. Although she has indeed married someone, who makes her brother Oda Nobunaga, the most popular person in the world?
Shaving your eyebrows is more of a sign of keeping one's temper, because one still has three daughters to raise.
"Why did Oda Nobunaga send a woman here?" Xu Wei asked with some confusion.
Never leave the front door and never step out. In the Japanese country, it is said that women have no foreign affairs. After Oda City's husband Asai Nagamasa committed suicide, Oda City returned to Azuchi Castle and lived in seclusion and never showed up. This is It was a bit strange to suddenly arrive at the Nagasaki Governor's Palace as an envoy.
Oda City said helplessly: "Brother, there is no one available anymore. After my brother was assassinated last time, I no longer know who to trust. My brother Su heard that Daming Coast Guard patrol was flying on the water, and he was unparalleled in bravery. Please The emperor sent a team of coastal defense patrols to protect him from assassination. "
"Ah? Doesn't that mean that all Ming needs to do is kill him?" Luo Yinghe glared. He said with wide eyes.
"The Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of heaven and will not do such things, because no matter what the Ming Dynasty has against the Japanese country, killing Oda Nobunaga will not solve the problem." Oda City bowed his head again and said: "There are missionaries from Taixi in Azuchi City. In Taixi, it is common for kings to ask mercenaries from other countries to guard the city, because they do not have too many interests in their own countries and only care about money, which makes them more reliable."
"I beg your Majesty for mercy."
Antonio completely handed over his security work to the Ming Dynasty. In the eyes of the Ming Emperor, it was simply outrageous to open the door to the emperor. It was outrageous, but in Taixi But it is very common, even very reasonable, because in these places, loyalty is a very luxurious word.
Oda Nobunaga has a big red cloak, which is a Thai-style cloak. It is similar to Antonio's nondescript five chapter uniform.
In addition to gunpowder and firearms, the biggest purpose of Oda City's visit this time was to invite a team of Ming Dynasty coastal defense patrols to be responsible for Oda Nobunaga's garrison. He could no longer trust anyone.
When Luo Yinghe heard what Oda City said, he said in amazement: "Mouri Terumoto sent twenty ashigaru to assassinate him. He had no intention that anyone would succeed. When the gunfire sounded, , the gap between Oda Nobunaga, the lord and his retainers, cannot be bridged no matter what he does."
In the entire assassination process, it would be fine if Oda Nobunaga died, he did not. That's the biggest problem, because he's not dead, and everyone is a traitor. Even loyal retainers are frightened, fearing that they will be suspected.
Once there is a gap that cannot be communicated, the crack will expand infinitely.
Moreover, Terumoto Mori also launched the fourth siege of Oda Nobunaga. Under such a situation, Oda Nobunaga had no choice but to send his sister to the Nagasaki Governor's Palace to resort to External forces are not surprising.
"We can't provide any help. Oda Nobunaga may not know that the Daming Duntai Yuanhou and the coastal defense inspection are directly under the Beizhen Fusi and under the direct jurisdiction of Tishuai." Xu Wei He shook his head and said: "He went to the wrong temple."
Duntai Yuanhou and Haiphong Inspection are directly under the Yamen of Beizhen Fusi. They are strips in the political structure of the Ming Dynasty. To put it more bluntly, they are all the emperor's personal soldiers, because Beizhen Fusi directly takes orders from the emperor himself, and is also the main source of the Daming Tiqi.
The Nagasaki Governor-General has no right to dispatch these people.
"If this is the case, then I beg the envoy to let me go to the Ming Dynasty to worship." Oda City did not give up. Since the Nagasaki Governor's Palace could not be mobilized, it went to the Ming Dynasty and tried every means to persuade the Ming Emperor.
Oda City thought for a while and said: "We can pay, and it's a lot."
"Your Majesty does like silver very much, but I'm sure you won't have any money when you go to Daming this time. Any gains, in His Majesty's heart, some things cannot be discounted at all." Xu Wei said with great confidence: "Duntai Yuanhou and coastal defense inspections are within this category."
Xu Wei said. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty still knew something about it. He was really greedy for money. The emperor's face could be exchanged for money, but there were some things that money could not exchange for.
The Nagasaki Governor's Palace cannot prevent the Japanese envoys from going to the Ming Dynasty, because it is only the Governor's Palace. If it is deliberately blocked, it will be suspected of tin-tu autonomy.
Since the beginning of the country, when vassal kings established vassals, there has been a tradition of dividing the king but not the land, giving titles to the people without visiting the people, and living on salary but not managing affairs. Only titles were given instead of land, and titles were given but no management of the people was given. , receiving salary but not managing general affairs, this is the basic logic of establishing a vassal in the Ming Dynasty.
Of course the Nagasaki Governor's Palace would not block Oda City from going to the Ming Dynasty, but in Xu Wei's opinion, the Ming Emperor would not allow it.
"Maybe, but you have to give it a try anyway." Oda City was silent for a moment, but still wanted to go to the Ming Dynasty as an envoy to meet him. Eyebrows grow very fast in summer, and by the time of the Ming Dynasty, their eyebrows had already grown, and I won’t offend the emperor.
The fourth siege of Oda Nobunaga has been fully opened, surrounded by wolves, and there are also insiders cooperating. Under this precarious situation, Oda Nobunaga and his retainers are at odds again. , at this time, even if the hope is slim, we must give it a try before talking about it.
"Have you found the traitor who assassinated him last time?" Xu Wei asked curiously, had Oda Nobunaga caught the traitor who provided convenience?
Oda City shook his head and said: "No, I didn't even check. My brother said that if we check at this time, everyone will be in danger. It is better not to check. If we don't check at this time, as time goes by, All the evidence will disappear, and by then, even if you want to investigate, you can’t investigate.”
I was assassinated but couldn’t investigate, so I could only settle the matter in a muddle.
In the first year of Wanli, when the king of assassins killed Jia, Zhang Juzheng said to the emperor: I am incompetent. That was the first time that Zhang Juzheng said the word incompetent in front of the emperor. Zhang Juzheng and Xini chose to settle the matter and Zhu Yijun He chose to approve Zhang Juzheng's use of the assassination of the king and the driving case in exchange for political benefits. In exchange for Yang Bo's support for the imperial examination, Yang Bo became an official, and he changed to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
If Zhang Siwei had not been so audacious and burned down the palace, which made the entire Jin Party increasingly dissatisfied with Zhang Siwei, and even Wang Qian was forced to pay for the assassination of Wang Qian and the assassination of the king, Zhu Yijun would have had to wait until Zhang Juzheng died. , no matter how much you argue, after all, it was Zhang Juzheng who took the initiative.
The situation that Oda Nobunaga faced at this time was the same as that faced by Zhu Yijun in the first year of Wanli.
But at that time, the Ming Emperor had an iron triangle. Empress Dowager Li, Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng joined forces to protect him. Oda Nobunaga was a real loner. No one could believe it, so he could only let his sister go to the Ming Dynasty. A beautiful woman is sailing across the sea to the Ming Dynasty.
"There is no Oda Nobunaga's quota for the firearms and gunpowder this time." Xu Wei looked at Oda City and told her a bad news. In order to balance the strength of both sides, there is no quota for Oda Nobunaga for the firearms and gunpowder this time. Nobunaga's sake.
Oda City didn't pay much attention to this matter. She shook her head and said: "Brother had already predicted it. Before leaving, my brother said to me: What the Ming Dynasty needs is silver, and Mouri Terumoto controls the largest asset in Japan. Yinshan, Shi Jianyinshan, it is normal for Ming Dynasty to have tendencies, so don’t be too entangled.”
“I believe in my brother! They formed a siege three times, but they were unable to do anything to him, and this time is no exception! ”
Oda City is very confident that his brother can win. They have failed the first three times, and they will definitely fail this time. It is just a few hardships that people in the world must experience.
"Very good, then get ready and go to the Ming Dynasty with the ship that transports silver from the Ming Dynasty." Xu Wei nodded. He did not talk to Oda City. This time, Xu Wei was not optimistic about Oda Nobunaga's ability to return to the Ming Dynasty again. Break free from the encirclement.
When the people's hearts are scattered, there is no way to lead the team. Zhu Wan committed suicide, Zhang Jing, and Li Tianchong died in the trap. The whole southeastern people were moved and suspicious. It was the most dangerous time for the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the time of Japanese invasion. The reason for being able to show off the evil is that people's hearts have been scattered. How can we quell the Japanese and fight against them?
Hu Zongxian tried his best to ping the Japanese bandits, and a large number of loyal and good people emerged, and finally the situation was stabilized.
Before Oda City set out, a battle report reached the Nagasaki Governor's Palace. Mori Terumoto's navy defeated the Oda family's navy, and the two orders of Ise and Shima became the rulers of the country. The 35,000-koku daimyo Kuuki Yoshitaka was defeated by Takeyoshi Murakami and returned with a huge defeat. The control of Osaka Bay fell to the Mori family.
In the already panic-stricken situation, such a huge defeat will definitely cause a more serious low morale, and it is absolutely impossible to lure the enemy deeper.
Oda Nobunaga must solve his own safety problem quickly, otherwise he will be trapped in the shallows, so he wrote to Oda City and urged Oda City to leave for Daming as soon as possible.
(End of this chapter)