Chapter 570 Your Majesty and Yuan Fu are so kind.


Chapter 570 Your Majesty and Yuan Fu are so kind

Empires are often accompanied by a high degree of monopoly in production, such as the imperial court’s absolute dominance and monopoly on shipbuilding and coal;

Empires It is often accompanied by financial and military foreign aggression and expansion, such as Liaodong's extravagance, regaining the Hetao, reopening the Western Regions, the four overseas governor's offices, and the issuance of Ming Dynasty's overseas currency in Japan;

Empires are often accompanied by extreme cruelty and exploitation internally. The imperial court becomes a tool for exploitation by carnivores and a cruel executioner internally. These meat-eaters even include the emperor.

The three accompanying phenomena of empire are very obvious.

Zhu Yijun, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is trying his best to avoid the emergence of the last phenomenon associated with empires. The method is: the imperial court becomes a tool for carnivores to exploit foreign countries, develop and attack foreign countries, and obtain enough from the ocean. Wealth to satisfy the greed of domestic carnivores, including the emperor.

Of course, desires are hard to satisfy. Sometimes, as violence itself, we have to adopt some more radical methods, which is also a helpless move.

The Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty reached an agreement with the emperor on this point.

Because the imperial court has completely become the tool of the emperor, the reality reflected is: the reactionary decision-making of the decision-making level and the overall waste of social productivity and production relations.

The Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty expressed this as: militancy and rebellion.

"Your Majesty, you actually promised Oda Nobunaga to set up coastal defense inspections in Japan. Another advantage is that even if the daimyo don't want to fight, they must continue to fight. Whether to fight or not is not up to them." Zhang Juzheng saw the situation. , finally expressed his final thoughts.

Only a chaotic Japanese country is the most beneficial to Ming Dynasty, because only in this way can Ming Dynasty obtain silver stably. Once Japan stabilizes, Ming Dynasty will have to face many problems if it wants to obtain silver so easily. It was the Japanese country that formed a joint force, which was extremely detrimental to the Japanese silver entering the Ming Dynasty.

To fight or not to fight, it doesn’t matter what they say. This is the fundamental purpose of Zhang Juzheng’s support of agreeing to Oda Nobunaga’s request. More currency is Zhang Juzheng’s idea, because only more silver can gradually Satisfy the prerequisites of the One Whip Law and complete the last step of Zhang Juzheng’s reform, the reform of the fiscal and taxation system.

At that time, he will have finally completed his historical mission after completing the Ming Dynasty Conference and completing the fiscal and tax reforms.

Therefore, the Japanese state could not be stabilized.

"What you said is very true, but it still depends on whether the frontline soldiers are willing or not. We still have to fully consider the opinions of the frontline soldiers." Zhu Yijun agreed with Zhang Juzheng's advice, but the matter of fighting Son, the attitude of the frontline soldiers is even more important.

Zhang Juzheng chatted with the emperor for a long time. In addition to the issues that the emperor was more concerned about, the great thinking of the Ming Dynasty Jingtang, the main contradictions in the Annan Kingdom, and the request of Oda Nobunaga, Zhang Juzheng mainly talked about the shipbuilding of the Ming Dynasty. .

Now Taixi is in a dilemma. Judging from Xu Fan’s memorial to the Ming Dynasty and the intelligence collected by Ming Dynasty’s coastal defense inspections in Taixi, Ming’s commodity advantage has put Taixi into a dilemma. It is better to buy in the dilemma.

If you want to manufacture in your own country, it is better to come to Daming every year and place orders at Daming's shipyard quickly and conveniently. Even if the five-masted ship is sold for 180,000 silver, the price is more expensive than that of local merchants in Daming. It cost 130,000 silver, but for Taixi, it still saved money.

This dilemma of making rather than buying is destroying the local manufacturing industry. Felipe has been trying to imitate the five-masted ocean-going ship and made certain improvements on the three-masted plywood ship, but the Taixi Shipyard The high costs and huge research and development expenses gave the wealthy Felipe a huge headache.

But if we blindly purchase ships from the Ming Dynasty, the shipbuilding industry in the West will gradually disappear. Not to mention the competition with the Ming Dynasty in the shipbuilding industry, even the original ability to manufacture three-masted plywood ships will be lost bit by bit. The number of people will drop significantly or even die. Once the Ming Dynasty stops the export of shipbuilding, Taixi will have to start from scratch if he wants to start again.

It does not start from the three-masted plywood ship, but from scratch, because all the craftsmen who mastered the technology have disappeared in the long river of history due to the impact of the hollowing out of the industry.

The dilemma of buying rather than making will definitely lead to the hollowing out of the industry, which is something that Ming Dynasty must prevent at all costs.

“This dilemma of making is worse than buying also has reference significance for the Ming Dynasty. In the Age of Discovery, once caught in the disadvantages of commodities, productivity, production scale, and technological progress will all be difficult, not only for the shipbuilding industry, but also for the shipbuilding industry. This is true in all walks of life." The reason why Zhang Juzheng talked about Taixi's dilemma was to advise His Majesty to pay attention to the huge passiveness of being trapped in a commodity disadvantage.

Is there a trend of industrial hollowing out just in the shipbuilding industry? No, this is true in all walks of life.

Just as the Ming Dynasty's cotton cloth is now exploring the market in Europe and the West, once the expansion is completed, the textile industry in Europe and Asia will suffer a devastating blow.

As the captain of the country, Your Majesty needs to know this.

“Because of this, the West has become cautious about imported ships in recent years, and is more inclined to luxury goods such as silk, glassware, official kiln porcelain, and jade.” Zhu Yijun frowned He said with a frown.

Obviously Felipe II also realized that this situation was not good. His purpose in buying cotton cloth was to destroy the handicraft workshops in England and the Netherlands, rather than sell it in his own country.

"This is not free. The world needs more free trade!" Zhu Yijun immediately said, but wherever Ming goods cannot arrive smoothly, there is no freedom. This is Lin Fucheng's consistent advocate of free trade.

"If Felipe insists on having his own way, then he will find a way to knock on their country's door!"

Zhu Yijun discovered that Felipe II was setting up trade barriers to protect the country's handicrafts and industries, and immediately expressed his freedom Trade talk!

"It is difficult for him to completely ban it, because King Antonio of Portugal is still there." Zhang Juzheng put forward his own idea. In fact, there is no need to take action at all. The Ming Dynasty did not have the ability to deploy strong troops across the ocean, but as long as the goods can arrive smoothly In the West, pirates and smugglers common in the West will completely defeat Felipe's ban.

The widespread occurrence of pirates in the West was caused by Felipe II himself, who fished in the Netherlands. Heavy taxes, cruel inquisitions, and widespread discrimination against lowland people. All caused the proliferation of pirates in Western Europe.

Felipe himself must bear the consequences of this.

"It's true." Zhu Yijun said with a smile on his face. It is great to be able to achieve free trade without fighting.

Zhang Juzheng talked about this matter mainly to remind His Majesty to pay attention to maintaining the commodity advantage of Ming Dynasty.

Oda City arrived in Tianjin Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty. The prosperity of Tanggu in Tianjin dazzled Oda City. She came to the Ming Dynasty and brought two daughters with her. As the most beautiful woman in the Warring States Period, Oda City’s eldest daughter Her appearance is a bit disappointing to her mother, but her two remaining daughters, one eighteen and one sixteen, are both beautiful.

Honey traps are ineffective against the Ming emperor. Oda City knew this very well. Tachibana Chiyo was sent to the Ming Dynasty and became a maidservant together with the saint of Taixi.

She came to Daming with her two daughters, somewhat selfishly wanting to find a good family for her daughter, and took the upper-class route, but soon, she set foot on Tianjin Port in Oda City. , Oda City gave up this plan.

Because Oda City saw five painted boats parked at the port. The painted boats were ready to set off. The patrons were boarding the boats. Groups of beautiful women from the painted boats were also waiting to board the boats. They were all extremely beautiful, with every smile and smile. It's a style, and there are beauties from all over the world on the boat. They are really charming.

Beauty? Beauty is never an expensive commodity.

Oda City looked at his two daughters and knew clearly that the Ming Dynasty really did not lack beauties. Two beautiful daughters could not be a bargaining chip to win the friendship of the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, the big shots of the Ming Dynasty, They would all avoid them. The word "Tongwa" in the Ming Dynasty meant that both humans and gods were abandoned.

The upper route is difficult to pass.

Oda City looked at the bustling Tianjin Port Pier, and then thought about the Nagasaki Pier he saw, and sighed heavily. Just as he didn't know where his daughter should go, the Japanese country didn't know where to go.

The Japanese country has never been afraid of the power of the Central Plains, because the Central Plains are powerful and all they need to do is surrender. However, the Japanese country is afraid that the Ming Dynasty will hate them, because blood feuds can only be repaid with blood.

Oda City has entered Beijing. This mission is special in that it is led by a woman and she also brings two other children.

Zhu Yijun is very suspicious that Oda Nobunaga sent his sister and brought his two daughters to the Ming Dynasty in order to gain diplomatic initiative, because women have various inconveniences. Once the accompanying Ming Dynasty coastal defense The patrolling Shui Fei were unable to suppress the second brother's desire to vent, and a rape occurred, and the Japanese country gained the diplomatic initiative.

Even Oda City and her daughter took the initiative to seduce, and then beat them up, saying that Ming Dynasty had raped them. Ming Dynasty had such a scandal and could only passively accept it.

Zhu Yijun's idea is to speculate on the Japanese with the greatest malice, and it is very likely to happen. When he is desperate, he must try his best to fight for any possible way out.

The last straw for the drowning.

The Ming Emperor’s malicious speculation was quickly understood by the Ministry of Rites, and comprehensive arrangements were made. Once Oda City acted rogue, all the Japanese missions would be violently dispersed. Death.

These days, I am not accustomed to the local environment, and it is normal to go to a different place.

According to Jiegeyuan, all kinds of small bugs are ubiquitous, and the bugs that cause people to get sick are not exactly the same everywhere. This is the essence of acclimatization.

Whether to admit the scandal or to deal ruthlessly with the person who caused the problem is not a difficult choice for the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty. It is the bounden duty of the Ministry of Rites to protect the face of the Celestial Kingdom.

Nip in the bud, the Japanese envoys competing for tribute that began in the second year of Jiajing put the Ming Dynasty into a dilemma. The battle for tribute took place, and the Ningbo Guard commander Yuan Zan and the Bei Japanese commander Liu Jin died in the battle. , the Japanese nation discovered the fact that the Ming Dynasty was weak in military armaments. At that time, the Ming Dynasty could only make a multiple choice question, either open the maritime ban, cancel the tribute, and replace it with merchant ships; or increase the maritime ban to guard against the intrusion of Japanese pirates and the coveting of the Japanese nation.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty chose a four-stage response method, and never made a choice. It was not until the 12th year of Jiajing, ten years after the tribute dispute, that it made the decision to increase the maritime ban. However, It's too late.

Zhu Yijun believed that the Japanese envoys would use such despicable methods, because the Japanese pirates had used this method before, and the Ming Dynasty had to guard against it.

This is not what Emperor Zhu Yijun thought this way alone. In Wan Shihe’s words, it is: The Japanese pirates are frontier barbarians and despicable people who cannot be treated with benevolence and righteousness, cannot be blamed with common courtesy, and have been treated with fish since ancient times. Turtles and animals know little etiquette but no great righteousness, stick to small details but have no great virtue. The strong will be bandits, and the weak will be humble. If they violate the rules of ministers, they can be punished. China's troubles can be eliminated. If you have this, even if you kill ten thousand people every day, you will not be ashamed.

In Wan Shihe’s words, since ancient times, Japanese pirates should be treated like livestock, and no precautions can be taken too much.

Oda City was helpless against this kind of precaution. The Ming Dynasty was already gentle enough, tolerant enough, and reasonable enough. The Ming Dynasty was also a gentleman as gentle as jade, a gentleman who kept his word. The Ming Dynasty once established fifteen during the Hongwu period. In the country without conquests, except for Annan who ambushed the Ming army and was beaten once, the Ming Dynasty really never conquered these fifteen countries.

But in fact, gentlemen are aliens in the entire world.

The Ming Dynasty rarely used power and force to communicate with the surrounding barbarians. Who made the Ming Dynasty what it is now?

Da Ming is already easy enough to talk to. The one who talks better than Daming is yesterday’s Daming. The best conditions are also the conditions before.

Everyone around Oda City has become a palace maid, including security, who are all patron women, not guards. This is not respect, but precaution. Even if officials from the Ministry of Rites come to communicate, they are still three feet away. After Oda City communicated with the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette, she felt for the first time that "the filth is inhuman". In the Ming Dynasty, everyone avoided them. They were the filth and inhuman who could not be touched. As long as there is any relationship, it will be ominous.

Zhu Yijun has been waiting for the opinions of coastal defense inspectors from all over the country. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty went to Beizhen Fusi, and Beizhen Fusi went to the yamen of each inspection department. Soon, Before the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the Ming Emperor received replies from various places.

When Zhu Yijun went to Fusi in the next chapter of North Town, he made it clear that if Oda Nobunaga died, he would not have any responsibility. To be precise, he went to Japan to provide Oda Nobunaga with The protection does not include protection.

The replies from various inspection departments were full of loyalty. Inspection departments from various places, especially the inspection department in Nagasaki, expressed their support. The reason for their support was the Ming Dynasty's support for the Japanese state. Intelligence, because there is no legal identity activity, can never be fully grasped, which makes Daming unable to respond.

Although the Coastal Defense Inspection Department has thought of many ways, the people of Ming Dynasty are tall and the Japanese pirates are short. The coastal defense inspections of Ming Dynasty are really too eye-catching and are unfavorable for activities.

The reason for choosing support is to better obtain information about Japan.

The cruel operating environment of coastal defense inspections determines that those who sign up to participate are all loyal to the emperor and the country.

Zhu Yijun was silent for a long time, and finally decided to put forward conditions and ask Oda Nobunaga to hand over the customs. Oda Nobunaga, who was defeated in Osaka Bay, had lost control of the ocean, and the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense inspections were in The progress of the Japanese state did not protect him.

This exchange seems to be extremely funny. It is exchanging non-existent sea power for protection that will not be protected.

This is a win-win exchange. Daming gets the name of the customs and the government, and the coastal defense patrol can spy on intelligence in a reasonable and legal capacity. Daming wins twice, it is a win-win.

After Wan Shihe received the emperor's next chapter, he went through the ministry meeting of the Ministry of Rites and brought the meeting to the imperial study room of Tonghe Palace to meet the emperor. After meeting the emperor, Wan Shihe didn't waste any time and directly He said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, Fan Yi's way of thinking is this: the more polite you are to me, then there must be something about me that makes you afraid. Although I don't know what it is, it may be because of the regional strength. , you are not as good as me, or you are asking for something from me!"

"Han Feizi: The Death War" once said: A small country does not feel humble, a small country does not fear the strong, and rudeness leads to insulting its neighbors. Those who are greedy and clumsy in friendship will perish. "

"What does Uncle Da Zong mean?" Zhu Yijun understood what Wan Shihe said, which meant that good people can be bullied, and the Ming Dynasty should be more powerful in diplomatic relations. , rather than being a gentleman.

"The Ministry of Rites believes that we can ask for more, such as asking Oda Nobunaga to cede Iwami Silver Mountain." Wan Shihe felt that the emperor and Yuan Fu were too kind.

Now that Oda Nobunaga wants something from the Ming Dynasty, he should take the opportunity to ask for a price and wait for Oda Nobunaga to counter-offer.

Wan Shihe continued: "Iwami Ginzan belongs to the Maori family, not the Oda family, but the shogunate of the Azuchi shogunate is Oda Nobunaga. His cession is the great cause of the Ming Dynasty to take Iwami Ginzan. It is a famous division. In this way, Oda Nobunaga can only fight to the death with Mouri Terumoto."

Wan Shihe is very good at provocative.

Zhu Yijun understood that Wan Shihe meant to push the envelope even further. How could customs alone be enough? Even more so is Yinshan.

"Then do as Uncle Zong said. Oda City can't make the decision anyway. Just go to the Nagasaki Governor's Palace and send a letter to Oda Nobunaga." Zhu Yijun approved Wan Shihe suggestions.

"The Ministry of Rites has completed a new volume of overseas chronicles and presented them to Your Majesty." Wan Shihe bowed his head and said, and a small yellow doorman placed the new volume of overseas chronicles on the imperial case.

The new volume is about Annan, which describes the history of Annan in great detail. Zhu Yijun flipped through it and said with a smile: "Uncle Da Zong took the trouble."

The Ming Dynasty Huidian and Overseas Fanguo Chronicles were revised and submitted one volume at a time. After the revision was completed, they were placed in the seven windows of the side hall of Wenhua Hall.

For each volume, Zhu Yijun carefully read it and even made annotations himself.

Zhu Yijun did not study it immediately because it was still time for the duel. It would be better to wait until Wan Shihe finished the duel and read it carefully.

"Your Majesty, I have discovered a problem when I am compiling the Chronicles of Overseas Fandoms, that is, most of the Fanyi people do not know etiquette, and force may be the only way of communication they can understand." Wan Shihe submitted After writing the new Fan Guozhi, he talked about his experience in repairing books.

Wan Shihe talked about Taungu's Mang Yingli. Ming was too polite to Taungu, which gave Taungu the illusion that he was on an equal footing with Ming. That's why Mang Yingli dared to provoke Ming, thinking that Ming would not take advantage of it. What happened to him, so he came up with the idea of ​​attacking the Ming Dynasty to gain cohesion and prestige.

Is it really that easy to gain reputation by stepping on Daming’s face?

This kind of provocative behavior must be carried out with heavy punches and forceful communication, so that Mang Yingli can wake up in the sky prison, just like when Zheng He captured the King of Ceylon.

Zhu Yijun strongly agrees with this. Wan Shihe's attitude may not be the best, but it is indeed the most suitable method for the current situation.

After Wan Shihe left, Zhu Yijun picked up the Chronicles of Fan Guo in his hand. This volume is about the Annan Kingdom. The biggest main contradiction in Annan right now is that the north and the south are fighting against each other. This is Annan. The biggest reason why the people are in dire straits, and Wan Shihe looks at it from the perspective of contradiction, in fact, the essence of this confrontation is the contradiction between the centripetal force and the centrifugal force of the Central Plains.

It is the name Annan. It was also the Tang Dynasty that established the Annan Protectorate there, so the name Annan came into being.

Since the Pre-Qin Dynasty attacked Annan, for 1700 years, Annan had been a vassal state and a territory of the Central Plains dynasty. It was not until the Xuande period that Annan was considered independent, but it still existed as a vassal state.

Annan became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty for only 156 years. Centripetal force and centrifugal force are the essential contradictions in the confrontation between north and south.

“Wan Shihe believes that whether they are the Mo family, the Ruan family, the Zheng family, or the Houli tyrants, they are all representatives of centrifugal force. The real centripetal force lies in the countryside, where ordinary people who yearn for a stable life are People." Zhu Yijun looked at the Fan Guozhi in his hand and thought carefully for a long time before he was convinced that Wan Shihe was probably right.

This situation in Annan has been going on for fifty-six years, and I'm afraid it will have to go on for more than a hundred years. It would be better to just let the fire go and let them get a result.

Zhu Yijun had previously given the chapter to Wang Jiaping, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, so that Wang Jiaping could understand the spirit and implement it flexibly.

Once Wang Jiaping is allowed to execute flexibly, Wang Jiaping will be really flexible.

Oda Nobunaga's reply was very slow. The communication distance from Ming Dynasty to Nagasaki Governor's Palace is seven days when the Bohai Bay is not frozen, and ten days when it is frozen, but the communication distance from Nagasaki to Azuchi Castle The communication distance is a month or even longer.

After Wang Chonggu led the Xishan Coal Bureau of the Coal and Steel Joint Venture to officially intervene in the production of hydraulic pads, the speed of minting silver coins in the Ming Dynasty finally increased rapidly. According to the report of the Ministry of Industry, the Wanli 11 By the end of the year, the rate of silver coinage will increase to 4 million silver, and the scale will reach 6.5 million silver in the twelfth year of Wanli.

After the fifteenth year of Wanli, the number of silver coins printed by the Ming Dynasty will reach a terrifying figure of 20 million. After the fifteenth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty will no longer have to worry about the damming of silver due to insufficient coinage capacity. It’s a matter of internal money.

Of course, the metropolis will still be dammed and silver coins will be dredged into the countryside. It will also require a change in production relations.

In other words, in two years, starting from the thirteenth year of Wanli, the Ming Emperor will be able to invest again. Before that, the investment of internal funds still needs to be cautious and let the silver accumulate in internal funds. First of all, barriers are temporary and productivity improvements will take time.

By then, Ming was stuck in the troubles of the past, with its unlimited demand for silver.

On August 15th, Zhu Yijun received a reply from Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga was willing to pay more instead of ceding customs, city rates, silver mountains, etc. Tian Nobunaga's reply was extremely humble. He was willing to pay tribute of one million silver every year instead of Haiquan and Yinshan.

The Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty responded quickly and planned to expel the Japanese envoys back to their country.

Daming's willingness to communicate is already a great gift, but he still wants to bargain? !

The Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty was not used to the Japanese envoys at all and chose to expel them.

Oda City begged in every possible way, and finally took out the letter of credence written by his brother, indicating that the Japanese country could agree to the Ming Dynasty's request. Before Oda City left, Oda Nobunaga gave Oda City some easy ways to act. Power, once Ming's attitude is tough and he can no longer bargain, agree to Ming's request.

The envoy of Oda City is not without any power. She is responsible for keeping the truth, and if Ming Dynasty refuses to lower the price, she will be responsible for agreeing.

Oda Nobunaga has already judged the bargaining chip that Ming asked for. The sea power and silver mines are within his expectation, so he can agree.

On August 17, Zhu Yijun summoned the Japanese envoy, Oda Nobunaga’s biological sister, Oda City, who had grown eyebrows, no strange makeup, and no black teeth. The city finally seemed to be normal. Zhu Yijun was not surprised by this woman who was known as the most beautiful woman in the Warring States Period. There was no shortage of beauties in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yijun has read the letter of credence written by Oda Nobunaga. In terms of handwriting, Oda Nobunaga's writing is much more accurate than that of the Tuman Khan, the Tatar suzerain.

"Oda Nobunaga asked me to allow you to stay in Ming Dynasty as the Japanese envoy." Zhu Yijun looked at Oda City, shook his head and said: "This is a very rude request, according to the ancestors According to the system, Japan can pay tribute once every ten years, with a maximum of three tribute ships."

"Brother just wants to find a place for his concubine to settle down." Oda City chose to tell the truth, and the official of the Ministry of Rites warned Wan. Please tell Oda City not to be clever, just say whatever you think, and never deceive His Majesty.

It is said that he is the permanent envoy of Japan to the Ming Dynasty, but it is actually Oda Nobunaga who is worried about the further deterioration of the situation and the safety of his sister and two daughters.

It was Oda Nobunaga's decision to let his sister marry the Asai family. It was also Oda Nobunaga's decision to attack the Asai family and force Asai Nagamasa to commit suicide. Oda Nobunaga was afraid that the situation would deteriorate further. His sorry sister, really There is nowhere to stay.

An ordinary woman who has no fight against the world, no special talents, and no sins. After Oda Nobunaga is defeated or dies, what will happen to her and her daughter because of their extraordinary beauty? Such peeps can be imagined.

Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "You cannot stay in the Ming Dynasty as a Japanese envoy."

"Please show mercy to your majesty." Oda City begged again.

"Just stay in the Ming Dynasty as a Japanese wandering girl." Zhu Yijun saw that Oda City did not understand what he meant, so he chose to explain straightforwardly. There are many Japanese wandering girls in the Ming Dynasty. In this context, wandering girl no longer refers to prostitutes, but to wandering people.

(End of this chapter)

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