Chapter 568: Factory Guards of the Ming Dynasty in Japan - Special Search Department of the Kyoto Prefectural Procuratorate in Japan
The hierarchy is strict, and the most typical symbol is the high degree of immobility. The hierarchy is based on politics, law, religion, Occupation, culture, and even marriage relationships completely fixed everyone's social relationships. Hereditary inheritance was not allowed. The barriers between various levels were completely unbreakable. This was a strict hierarchy.
For example, the Ming Dynasty also has a strict hierarchy. The emperors of the hereditary official class in the Ming Dynasty, the martial arts passed down from generation to generation, and the famous families that have been passed down for hundreds of years, as well as the scholar-bureaucrats who were born in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty. Enjoy legal and tax privileges.
But the Ming Dynasty is a very obvious class society that uses the means of production as the standard to distinguish, rather than a hierarchical society, because there is a very clear upward path. The imperial examination is like a carp jumping over the dragon's gate, and there are widespread people who have made meritorious services. Obtaining a hereditary household of hundreds and thousands of households is also a way to rise, and with the Wanli Restoration, the people of the Ming Dynasty had more ways to rise.
The third-level schools of the engineering regiment camp, the Royal Institute of Technology of the Ming Dynasty, the martial arts school, the maritime school, the craftsman school built by the government factory group and other coastal defense inspections, the piers and platforms of Yuanhou became Tiqi Qianhu, etc. , are all new promotion channels established since the Wanli Restoration.
The Ming Dynasty is undergoing rapid changes, and these changes are not only caused by Zhang Juzheng's new law, so it is already biased to call the Wanli Reform simply Zhang Juzheng's reform. Zhu Yijun stands on the shoulders of giants , let Ming take another small step forward, and this small step is extremely difficult.
Every step of the reform represents a new attempt and a challenge to vested interests.
Every step Zhu Yijun takes is very steady.
At the end of July in the eleventh year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun received a report from the Nagasaki Governor's Palace. After the unfavorable news that Oda Nobunaga was assassinated, he was defeated in Osaka Bay. This had an even greater impact on Oda Nobunaga. Not good.
It is not surprising that Terumoto Mori was able to defeat the Kumano navy led by Kuki Yoshitaka. This was not the first time that the Mori family defeated Oda Nobunaga's navy. In the first battle of Kizukawaguchi, The Mori family defeated Oda Nobunaga.
But soon Oda Nobunaga built a new type of warship, the Anzaku ship. The emergence of the Anzha ship put Mouri Terumoto's battle at sea at a complete disadvantage.
"Let me see what level of ship Oda Nobunaga's Anzai ship is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty ship." Zhu Yijun picked up the memorial from the coastal defense inspection and looked at the parameters of the Anzai ship in detail.
“The ordinary Anzhai ship has four hundred materials, which is the same as the Ming Dynasty’s wind-drilling ship. It is 6 feet 2 feet, 1 feet 2 feet wide, 3 feet 4 inches deep, divided into 8 cabins, double Masts, 4 oars, 9 poles, and 2 anchors. "Zhu Yijun saw the most common Anzhai ship. Its size was not as good as that of a drill ship. The size of the Ming Feng sea ship was 432, while the size of the Anzhai ship was 432. One hundred materials is three hundred and seventy-four materials (volume).
Rounding up, it’s four hundred ingredients.
"The largest Anzha ship is the Tenka Maru, which is 9 feet 3 feet, 2 feet 3 feet wide, 4 feet 8 inches deep, divided into 16 cabins, single mast, 4 oars, 12 poles, 3 anchors, and iron Cannon 16, five hundred materials..." Zhu Yijun looked at the big ship named Tianxia Pill and said with some confusion: "Feng Daban, am I confused? Can he call it a big ship with five hundred materials?"
The largest ship Zhu Yijun has ever seen is the Youlong, with a length of 33 feet, a width of 3 feet, 8 feet, 1 inch, a depth of 1 feet, 9 feet, 6 inches, a load of 3.4 million kilograms (1,700 tons), and a five-masted ship. , there are four 30-pound cannons in the front alone. This is still a merchant ship, not the Feiyun specially used for combat. The Feiyun is full of gun emplacements.
The Tianxia Pill, known as Da'anzhai, is the same size as the Ming Dynasty's four hundred battleships. According to the statistics of the Ming Dynasty, the four hundred battleships cannot even be called battleships. They are not included in the statistics during the Yongle period, and are much smaller than the lucky ships used by Qi Jiguang to pacify Japan.
This thing is the current main battleship of Japan.
Feng Bao was silent for a while and said: "For the Japanese country, this ship is not too small. It took a lot of effort for Oda Nobunaga to build it. We cannot compare it with the Ming Dynasty in everything. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, it is better to buy it with silver.”
It’s not that Japan is weak, it’s that Ming Dynasty is too strong.
"He wants to buy it, but I won't sell it to him yet." Zhu Yijun shook his head and said.
The Ming Dynasty prohibited the sale of ships to the Japanese. In addition to ships, food, weapons and other items were also on the list of prohibited sales to the Japanese. Because Ryukyu was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, all goods going to and from the Japanese country had to be inspected by the Ming Dynasty. , so no contraband can escape Ming’s ban.
If found out, it is Tongwa, Tongwa is a serious crime among serious crimes.
"This is so filthy and inhuman, what is it?" After Zhu Yijun read the various parameters of the Anzhai ship, he determined that their ship did not have the ability to cross the sea, and continued to read the pond newspaper.
In the Tang newspaper, it was mentioned that people are not human beings. Zhu Yijun understood it carefully and confirmed that he had read it correctly.
After thinking about it carefully, he remembered what kind of concept this was. It also existed widely in the Japanese country in the 21st century. These people were called Burakumin in later generations. There is a book called "General Book of Tribal Place Names" The book has been widely circulated. The descendants of these Burakumin are also suffering from discrimination. These Burakumin cannot enter good private universities, nor will they be admitted by companies after graduation. Most families will not marry their daughters to Burakumin. Once Involved in criminal cases, guilty by default, that sort of thing.
The "General Guide to Tribal Place Names" records many non-human surnames in the past. For example, surnames such as pig nose, dog breeder, pig breeder, cow intestine, and pig stock are typical.
Zhu Yijun was silent for a moment and was convinced that this was not the fault of Confucianism. Confucianism and Confucius and Mencius both talked about the integrity of the king and his ministers, as well as good and bad, but Confucianism also talked about education without distinction, human nature is good, etc., but the Japanese in this country That's really not learned at all.
Prostitution is a lowly status, but Qian Qianyi, the right minister and minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, married Liu Rushi as his wife.
When the trouble broke out, the slave rebellion in Jiangnan and the attack on Sochi were also major events that alarmed the court.
The Ming Dynasty was also governed by Confucianism, and such things did not happen. In the Japanese country, they were filthy and inhumane, and they were a group that could not be touched or talked about.
“If this Oda City is willing to come, then let her come. As for her demands, just pretend that we don’t know. In the next chapter, the Nagasaki Governor’s Palace can appropriately allocate some firearms to Oda Nobunaga. And gunpowder, to maintain the balance between the two sides, only then can the Ming Dynasty benefit. "Zhu Yijun Zhu approved Xu Wei's memorial and asked Xu Wei to grasp the degree of it.
Mouri Terumoto cannot win, and neither can Oda Nobunaga. Only when both sides are evenly matched can they truly become a flesh-and-blood millstone and drain the last trace of blood from the Japanese country. Only in this way can the Ming Dynasty win.
Zhu Yijun does not intend to attack the Japanese country on a large scale in the near future and fight across the sea. To completely destroy a Japanese country with nine million people, the Japanese people need to do it themselves.
Balance exists among all things.
"Don't send an iron horse to pick it up this time." Zhu Yijun didn't even need to do more. He just sent a clear signal without sending an iron horse to pick it up. The officials of the Ministry of Rites received the signal, and naturally You will know how to embarrass people in the process. How can it be so easy and simple to meet the Ming Emperor?
I want to be a dog for the Ming Dynasty, but the Japanese country is not qualified yet.
There are two choices before Zhu Yijun. The first choice is to agree to Oda Nobunaga’s request and let the coastal defense inspectors of the Ming Dynasty become Oda Nobunaga’s protectors. This will facilitate coastal defense inspections. Actions in the Japanese country can effectively reduce the risk of coastal defense patrols and spying on intelligence, which is equivalent to driving a nail into the throat of the Japanese country.
Probably: the factory guard of the Ming Dynasty in Japan - the special search department of the Kyoto Prefectural Procuratorate in Japan.
The second option is to refuse. Most of the coastal defense inspectors of the Ming Dynasty were from the southeast. Their families suffered from Japanese invasion and they chose to risk their lives at sea. The soldiers on the front line were guarding the Ming Dynasty with their own lives. To ensure the security of the sea, let the sufferings he has experienced not befall the Ming Dynasty again. Zhu Yijun, the emperor who was engaged in logistics, betrayed them to the Japanese country and asked the coastal defense patrol to serve the Japanese. How could the coastal defense patrol scold them? The King of Dogs is very reasonable.
The opinions of the front line are very important. The soldiers on the front line sacrifice their lives and fight on the battlefield. The first consideration for the rear should be the opinions of the front line. This has also been Zhu Yijun's consistent position since he became emperor. Zhu Yijun never interfered with Qi Jiguang's battles on the front line. any command.
Zhu Yijun still knows a lot about his military talent.
Zhu Yijun did not make a statement immediately. Instead, he went to Beizhen Fusi in the next chapter and asked the Tiqi of Beizhen Fusi to consult the coastal defense inspection departments in the next chapter.
Whether the special search department of the Japanese Kyoto Prefectural Procuratorate should be established or not, the opinions of the coastal defense inspectors have the highest weight.
The Ming Emperor was inclined not to agree. He had to consider the emotions of the soldiers on the front line, especially the coastal defense inspections that went deep behind enemy lines. They were already working very hard to operate hydrofoil sailing ships.
"Your Majesty, our coastal defense inspections are not going well in spying on intelligence in Japan. We often have to pay a lot of money. It would be much easier if we had an identity to act." Zhao Mengyou, as Tishuai, as the chief of the Ming Dynasty's intelligence department Taking the lead, Zhao Mengyou put forward his own opinion.
There is no conflict or contradiction between being kind and not in charge of soldiers and loving soldiers like children. When sacrifices must be made, Zhao Mengyou will step forward, but if it can reduce casualties and make it easier to obtain intelligence, for the front-line It’s also good news for soldiers.
Life is the most important thing. One less coastal defense inspection will be a loss for Ming Dynasty.
"After all, I went to Japan to be the Supreme Emperor, not to be a filthy person." Zhao Mengyou stated his reasons in a low voice. He went to be a master, not a pariah. I can understand His Majesty's tendency not to agree, because not giving the Japanese envoy an iron horse is the most powerful tendency.
Zhu Yijun can actually understand what Zhao Mengyou said. Think about what kind of life the great soldiers stationed in Japan lived in later generations. When Ming Dynasty went to Kyoto for coastal defense inspections, they received the same treatment. They could do whatever they wanted and do whatever they wanted.
"But it's still a grievance. Even if I'm protecting Oda Nobunaga in name, it's still a grievance." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "Let's ask the inspection departments for their opinions in the next chapter."
Zhu Yijun decided to ask before talking. See Let’s see what the front-line coastal defense inspectors say. Should the Japanese emperor do this? In fact, he doesn’t have to protect Oda Nobunaga. Instead, he becomes a tool for the Ming Dynasty to pick on foreigners in Japan, and protects him. Oda Nobunaga's task force provides everything but protection.
We must take care of the emotions of the coastal defense inspectors, who are on the front line of the fight against Japan.
"Why are Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi quarreling again? Didn't they reconcile?" Zhu Yijun picked up the miscellaneous newspaper on the table. This is today's miscellaneous newspaper. It can't be compared to the daily miscellaneous newspaper. There are only three that can be published as daily publications, namely Ge Wu Bao, Min Bao, and Xiaoyao Yiwen. Most of the rest are bimonthly or monthly. It is good to print them once a month.
Daily magazines need a large number of readers to do that.
The Investigation of Things is really something that is published every day. If I don’t finish talking about it, I can’t finish it. Not to mention the current understanding of the infinite principles of all things in the Ming Dynasty. Once the content is finished, it will be something difficult to complete in one lifetime.
The recent excitement in Beijing is nothing more than the quarrel between Li Zhi and Lin Fucheng. The quarrel between the two liberals is like a common occurrence. Even though they made peace last time, It still does not affect the two people's criticism.
This quarrel is about taxation by the Taxation Court.
Lin Fucheng, a liberal, is actually quite disgusted with the tax collection of the Tax Inspection Institute, because the Ming Dynasty now has more financial resources, and the people's life is to pay in warehouses, and they are also demanding by the accumulated labor. The branches of the dendrobium are soaked by the wind and the sun, and they have no money to pay for them. The township government begged privately and endured hardships to punish the dendrobium. Since the Ming Dynasty is now full of money, it can collect less taxes. It is better to give up this agricultural tax to benefit the people.
Li Zhi, on the other hand, stood on the side of supporting the tax audit by the Tax Inspection Institute and refuted Lin Fucheng's views.
"I don't think they are coordinating with each other." The more Zhu Yijun looked at the contents of the two copies in his hand, the more strange he felt. There was a smell that was not liberal at all, just the kind of flattery and flattery. .
Zhu Yijun quickly guessed that Li Zhi already knew his identity.
Li Zhi is an official figure, and he is very clear about the rules of officialdom.
"Let's meet Li Zhi." Zhu Yijun didn't intend to hide it, and just asked Li Zhi to come to Tonghe Palace to meet him.
The end of July is still unbearably hot. Amid the cicadas’ shouting at the top of their lungs, Zhu Yijun looked at the miscellaneous newspaper written by Li Zhi in his hand. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that it seemed like cooperation. Lin Fucheng rarely said anything to him. The government decrees were very specific, and the words he objected to were all clichés. It seemed that he was deliberately trying to provoke Li Zhi to express his views. "I pay homage to your Majesty. Long live your Majesty, long live, long live your Majesty." Li Zhi entered the palace and knelt down directly to face the saint.
Zhu Yijun saw that Li Zhi was not surprised at all, and asked with a smile: "You are not stupid, how come you only fell in the middle or above in the evaluation?"
"Your Majesty, there are only so many places for promotion. I am one step behind others. If I want to catch up, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky. My skills are inferior to others." Li Zhi said helplessly. The emperor's first words revealed his wounds.
Li Zhi did not make excuses for himself. He was older and could not win over young people. It was not a shameful thing. It was shameful to admit his shortcomings.
"Excuse me, then tell me about your article." Zhu Yijun handed the miscellaneous newspaper in his hand to Feng Bao, and Feng Bao handed it to Li Zhi.
Li Zhi knew that this was a hard-won opportunity. It was the second time in his life that he met the emperor. The last time he met, the emperor was still Prince Huang. He had not passed the imperial examination, so he was naturally not eligible for the palace examination and had no chance to meet the emperor.
This is the first official face-to-face meeting in his life.
This is the only opportunity in his life. He must seize it. Even if he wants to make a basket of opinions, he must make a basket of opinions that can go directly to God. Otherwise, no matter how many opinions he puts forward, they will not be circulated at all. into the emperor's ears.
"Your Majesty, I support the Taxation Yuan because the Taxation Yuan has ended a phenomenon among the people, which is the widespread armed resistance to taxes." Li Zhi said with great conviction: "Your Majesty, the existence of the Taxation Yuan has ended. This chaos.”
“I live in the capital and don’t know the sufferings of the people. I have heard that tax resistance is common, but there has been no report in recent years. Li Zhi, tell me why this has happened since ancient times. Will the chaos in the past disappear?" Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "If you lie to me, you know the consequences."
The reason why Zhu Yijun saw this article and wanted to meet him immediately was to ask what happened. , Zhu Yijun knew about armed resistance to taxes, and Lin Fucheng once mentioned this in his travel notes.
"Your Majesty, you are working for a tiger." Li Zhi looked at the emperor and took a deep breath and said: "A harsh government is more fierce than a tiger, and the court is the biggest tiger in the world. That is what your majesty said. The court is the biggest evil in the world, and the people are the worst. Therefore, if you think so, you are still working for the tiger. "
"Taiping Guangji said that after a tiger eats a person, it will turn into a ghost. The ghost will lure more people to be eaten by the tiger, and the court is that. "
Zhu Yijun frowned and said: "Isn't the tax collection by the Tax Institute a harsh government?"
"At least it is not a harsh government for the poor coolies. The poor coolies are nothing. There is money to be made, and for a minister to serve as a local official, the cost of tax collection is not small. If you work hard to plunder the poor people, what can you get out of it?" Li Zhi said with great conviction: "Tax collection is harsh government, then. It is for the powerful, right-wing and rural gentry."
"Your Majesty, the reason why I say that the Taxation Yuan is good governance for most people in the Ming Dynasty is because tigers no longer eat people. These scoundrels can't eat people themselves."
"Your Majesty, please hurry. To push for an expedition is to lose all conscience, but no one with any conscience can do it.” Harm the people.
“The difficulty of being an official lies in urging taxes, urging taxes and levying taxes. The state needs to pay taxes, which is like having an empty belly waiting for food. The poor people have to pay taxes, which is like poaching their brains. When you are a local official, you are forced to supervise and punish the officials. "
"If you are an official, you will think: I will be promoted instead of offending you. "To depose the king of my court, it is better to endure the resentment and helplessness of my people, so the orders are endless and the debts continue to be owed." Li Zhi said with a solemn expression.
These words are not nice to hear. Li Zhi, a liberal, said in front of the emperor that the court led by the emperor is the greatest evil in the world.
"You continue." Zhu Yijun was not angry. Li Zhi came from the local area. This was the voice of the local official. He already knew his identity. He still said this. This was to blame Chen Shan and to be loyal. , at least Li Zhi can say that he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the country, and the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Zhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that he had made the right bet. His Majesty was willing to understand these things, instead of hiding in the palace and being the supreme, ninth-level emperor obsessed with singing praises.
Li Zhi continued: "It is better to offend the people than to offend the court. This is not a dilemma for local officials, so they will go to the countryside to urge the government to collect taxes. The court wants taxes. The virtuous rural gentry who are working as a collaborator, They took their bastards with them to the countryside together.” They shed new silk and new grain in exchange for the meager income and pay taxes, grain, and miscellaneous taxes. If all the silk and grain are exhausted, they will vend (sell) their ears, and if all their produce is exhausted, they will vend their wives and children."
"In this way, the taxes sent by the imperial court have been collected, but if this continues, the people will die in all likelihood. They will deplete the lake and fish. There will be no fish next year. Isn't it painful?"
"But if you run out of money and food, you won't care. People die. "
Is it more important to be promoted or to rule people to live and work in peace and contentment? For local officials, this is naturally important for promotion.
"But I care about the money and food, and I don't care about the death of the people." Zhu Yijun repeated it, and said slightly silently: "I know why you can't be promoted. Wanfang is guilty, and the blame lies with me."< br>
Telling the truth in officialdom will offend many people.
“Your Majesty’s Tax Institute is here!”
Li Zhi said excitedly: “Your Majesty, the Tax Institute goes to the wealthy households to collect taxes, and the wealthy households have money and food. , I tried all my means to conceal it, even if only 30% of the tax collection space was saved, it would be enough for food and drink, and it would still be enough to pay the tax. Now that the money and food have been exhausted, there is no need to press for more taxes!"
< br>Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "But if you want to be powerful, you still have to peel it off. They will transfer the tax to the people."
"Your Majesty, that's not the case. Tigers will no longer eat Why are you so evil?" Li Zhi said with great conviction: "The imperial court no longer needs to rely on powerful people. If the people resist, they are not disobeying the king's orders. They are not rebelling. If they really fight, powerful people will still be in the minority. "
"The relationship between the countryside and the countryside is nothing more than the imperial court, the rural gentry and the common people. Originally, the court and the rural gentry and the gentry stood closely back to back. They were tigers and demons, and the common people could only It’s meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered!”
"But now, the yamen and the rural gentry are no longer closely dependent on each other. For the people, it is a great blessing, even if the tiger is taking a nap!"
"Is that true?" Zhu Yijun said slightly After tasting it, he said: "I will send Tiqi to look around. If it is not what you said, it is an unpardonable crime for you to deceive the emperor."
"I know." Li Zhi dared to stand up for his own words Take responsibility for justice without punishment!
Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said: "Go and call Mr. here."
Of course you should ask the teacher if you have any doubts! As a disciple of Zhang Juzheng, isn't it natural to ask the teacher?
Zhang Juzheng came quickly, and he also brought Xiong Tingbi.
"See your majesty, your majesty pays your respects." Zhang Juzheng brought Xiong Tingbi to see him.
"Why is Xiong Da here?" Zhu Yijun looked at Xiong Tingbi. At the age of fourteen, he was already a strong man, and he looked a little anxious. In this era, fourteen years old is already the age to get married.
"Your Majesty, the student still wants to go to Suiyuan." Xiong Tingbi took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty will reward you with some silver every month as a matter of loyalty to your Majesty. The student had no choice but to take the student to Tonghe Palace."
"You are not allowed to go," Zhu Yijun said very calmly: "You are sixteen if you say anything else."
"Yes." Xiong Tingbi felt afraid. Although the emperor spoke calmly, he was quite majestic and the imperial power could not be provoked.
Seeing that Xiong Tingbi did not dare to talk back, Zhu Yijun put away his emperor's style, but still said with some dignity: "Xiong Tingbi, remember, I will find a famous teacher for you, so that you can study wholeheartedly. You practice martial arts so that you can serve the imperial court and the Ming Dynasty. I know that you are extremely talented and capable of both civil and military skills, but thirteen is still too young. Whether you want to go to Suiyuan or the Western Regions, after the age of sixteen, Only if I go again can I feel at ease."
"Do you know my love for talents?"
"The student knows very well." Xiong Tingbi knew that his majesty was caring. I am afraid that his future pillar will die prematurely.
Zhu Yijun then smiled and said: "Sit down."
"Sir, this is Li Zhi. He writes an article. Please help me read it." Zhu Yijun handed Li Zhi's article to Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng looked at Li Zhi for a long time, then looked at Li Zhi and said: "Why do you only get middle-to-upper grades in the evaluation? If you go a little higher, you can be promoted. How can you become an official in the position of prefect?"
"At first, I was a little disdainful of Sir, unwilling to learn the theory of contradiction, and slightly complained about the theory of contradiction and the examination method." Li Zhi sighed. The two masters and disciples were really carved from the same mold. One sentence can reveal scars!
Is it interesting?
“Why are you complaining about me?” Zhang Juzheng frowned and said, “I have no conflict with you.”
"Because of He Xinyin, He Xinyin and I both belong to the Taizhou School. Although we have never met, I thought that Mr. He was excluding dissidents." Li Zhi thought for a moment and said, "He gathers people to give lectures based on making money. There are five human ethics. He Xinyin gave up four of them and left alone." If you are among teachers, friends, and sages, you will not be able to teach.” Then the greedy people will fight for their own sake."
At first, Li Zhi misunderstood Zhang Juzheng, so he was very dissatisfied with Zhang Juzheng's exclusion of dissidents. It was not until he learned what He Xinyin did that he understood why. He Xinyin will die.
Gathering people together for money will cause greedy people to compete, which is a crime. For money, you will give up everything. There are five human ethics, and he gave up four, which is the way to his own destruction.
This is not what Li Zhi said now in front of Zhang Juzheng. When he was the prefect of Yao'an, Yunnan, he specially found a classmate to learn about He Xinyin's actions, and he was very disdainful.
"Sir, do you think what Li Zhi said about being an accomplice to a tiger is true or false?" Zhu Yijun asked directly face to face.
Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "Of course it is true. The reason why no one said it is that the court's tax payment is regarded as a tiger. This statement is really treasonous."
(End of this chapter)