Daming primary school students

Chapter 691 Not on the same level

As the chief assistant, Xia Yan had to make a statement.After deliberating for a while, Xia Shoufu said, "It's not impossible to set up a special person to take charge of overseas barbarian affairs, just choose a special official from the foreign court."

This sentence has two meanings. The first meaning is that there are so many yamen in the outer dynasty, it is not impossible to add a yamen in charge of barbarian affairs, just find an official from the outer dynasty to be in charge.

The second meaning is, if Qin Dewei wants to preside over overseas barbarian affairs, you should first withdraw from Wenyuan Pavilion and go to the outer court to be the head of the hall!

Wenyuan Pavilion is the center. Although you, Qin Dewei, don't participate in the maintenance, you can't use your position in Wenyuan Pavilion to concurrently be the head official of the foreign dynasty.

If this is all right, then Gelao University Bachelor can also serve as a real-time six ministers, monopolizing decision-making and execution!

Xia Shoufu's words can also be called reasonable and restrained, anyway, Qin Dewei cannot make an exception.

And although Qin Zhongtang often complained about the parallel merchants, he still cared about the words "entering Wenyuan Pavilion", so why would he quit Wenyuan Pavilion?

Even halfway into the cabinet, it is clearly distinguished from ordinary foreign officials, especially under the political trend of increasing cabinet power.

So Qin Dewei immediately argued: "The barbarian affairs are mostly confidential, and it is inconvenient for the outside world to know. It is good to set them up in Wenyuan Pavilion!"

Xia Yan said with a little contempt: "Yiqing is nothing more than a trivial matter in the end, how many secrets can it have? It's not worth setting up in the inner court!"

In fact, in the eyes of the high-ranking officials of the imperial court, barbarians and pirates are probably similar to the riots of the Yao people in Guangxi in the early years.

Yao's chaos has been tossing back and forth for decades, and it finally subsided.I haven't heard that in order to quell the Yao chaos, a yamen and special officials were set up in the imperial court.

This kind of concept of people at the time was expected by Qin Dewei, and he could only say in a deafening way:
"Ge Lao, times have changed! Time has changed and the world has changed. Overseas aliens are completely different from the past. In the future Ming Dynasty, coastal defense and fortified defense must be equally important!"

Since Qin Dewei entered the court, his words and deeds seemed to be extreme in the eyes of ordinary people, but in fact, he had to do it as a last resort.

He has been purposefully strengthening his right to speak, in order to be able to say these things that sound like fantasy, and people will listen to them.

If he didn't have the right to speak, if it wasn't Wenkui champion, if it wasn't a man from Jiajing, if it wasn't someone who could discover the "Way of Heaven", if it wasn't for the accurate prediction of the Annan incident thousands of miles away, he wouldn't even have the chance to say these things.

No one listens even if you say it reluctantly, you will only be regarded as a lunatic.

Even so, when Qin Dewei said the real "historical trend", the whole palace still didn't believe it.

Qin Dewei sighed, and said again: "First, it is silver! Silver! Silver! Which barbarians around can have so much silver?
The Japanese Yi people plus the Frangji people can spend millions or even millions of taels of silver to do business with Ming Dynasty every year. How much is ten years?How many decades?

Even if the sea is banned, smuggling will continue to be banned!If hundreds of millions of taels of silver flowed into Daming in a few decades, what kind of impact would it have on my Daming?Maybe the princes of the court had expected it?
Dare to ask the elders, can such unprecedented barbarian affairs be dealt with in the old way?You have searched through the history books, have you ever had such a feeling of importing a huge amount of money into Daming? "

The elders didn't know how to answer. They felt that Qin Dewei's thoughts were not at the same level. They didn't understand what Qin Dewei was thinking at all.

Also, I don't know if these words were made up by Qin Dewei to scare people on purpose.

Qin Dewei didn't care about other people's thoughts, and continued: "Second, everything has both good and bad sides, money can turn ghosts, and money is enough to move people's hearts!
Barbarians who can spend huge sums of money, if they have malicious intentions, recruit soldiers, buy horses, and bribe traitors, I am afraid that it will be no easier to deal with than the northern captives!
What's more, Fulang, the machine, the man and the ship are strong and powerful, and they wantonly attack and plunder overseas, and I, Ming, have to be on guard!
Twenty years ago, when Wang Hung, former Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was appointed as the inspector of Guangdong, he fought against the Frang machine!At that time, it was possible to defeat ten Frang machine warships with several times the ships and waterways!

Even if the court had so many skilled craftsmen, it had no choice but to imitate the Folang machine gun!The elders of the pavilion will read the history books, may I ask if you have ever seen a barbarian who is stronger than the Central Plains? "

This question stopped several university scholars again.Firstly, they were not familiar with this field, and secondly, they did not dare to predict and express their opinions with certainty like Qin Dewei.

In front of the emperor, one has to be responsible for speaking. If there is a situation that disagrees with oneself in the future, then the statement today will become a dark history of oneself.

Seeing that the elders were silent, Qin Dewei once again said to Emperor Jiajing: "Overseas barbarian affairs may be a trivial matter today, but it will definitely not be a trivial matter ten years later!
The ancient Zhao Wuling Wang still knew how to ride and shoot in Hufu. Could it be that my Ming court didn't know how to adapt it? "

Emperor Jiajing's thoughts had actually deviated. He just felt that if there were too many troublesome things, it would affect his cultivation of immortality.

Why is it that the ancestors and the ancestors all follow the rules step by step and stick to the rules, but after the country is in my hands, there are so many new troubles that I can't understand at all!

It's just a trivial matter of whether to allow Japan to pay tribute. How can the discussion be so grand?

In fact, the Ming treasury is not in short supply at this moment, Emperor Jiajing is not so sensitive to money, and he has just copied two Zhang families, so there is no shortage of money for the time being.

So after hearing Qin Dewei's description, Emperor Jiajing only felt that the matter was too troublesome, and he didn't think of making money from it.Anyway, Emperor Jiajing was also a literary youth, talking about money was too vulgar.

Of course, it will be different in two years. To build Xiyuan into a fairyland on the ground, it is done day and night, and the green poems burned must be written with gold powder. How can it be done without money?
The second assistant, Gu Dingchen, caught a glimpse of Emperor Jiajing's frowning, and suddenly stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty! A man from Jiajing should be born to relieve His Majesty's worries!"

Fog Grass!Xia Yan and Yan Song glared at Gu Dingchen together, a traitor appeared in their cabinet!
Qin Dewei was also very surprised. Master Gu is indeed the first Minister of Qing Ci in the Jiajing Dynasty, so let me say a few more words if he is so good at talking!
It's just a pity that Master Gu's life span is not long.According to the original historical trajectory, Gu Dingchen will die in office next year.

And Gu Dingchen smiled wryly to himself, in terms of age, he was more than ten years older than Xia Yan and Yan Song, and his own body was the clearest, so he already felt that his days were numbered.

Sudden support for Qin Dewei is just focusing on the future.

After all, Qin Dewei has always had a good relationship with many scholars in Suzhou, and he can entrust Qin Dewei with some funeral affairs.

Hearing Gu Dingchen's words, Emperor Jiajing's anxiety was relieved a little.

When it comes to the ability to soothe the emperor's mood, Gu Dingchen can be regarded as a dragon and a phoenix, and Yan Song is slightly inferior.

Qin Dewei also had to be convinced, a well-recognized official bastard, who has experienced more than ten years of bloody ceremonies, has not been criticized by public opinion, and can become a bachelor in Jiajing's hands, and has never been punished, so there are no two Unique skills?

Emperor Jiajing looked at Qin Dewei again, whoever finds the trouble will be responsible for solving it!Can't solve it, see you soon!

After pondering for a moment, the emperor decreed: "Allow Qin Dewei's request, and add a Japanese pavilion to the Siyi Pavilion!"

Qin Dewei waited and waited expectantly, but he heard Emperor Jiajing say this.

What about next?Why is it gone?Don't you continue to talk about who will preside over the barbarian affairs?Who really cares if there is a Japanese Pavilion?

The eunuch next to him reminded: "Qin Dewei is not thankful yet!"

Qin Dewei came to his senses, so he could only reluctantly accept the decree to thank him.

Then Emperor Jiajing continued to say: "Since the matter of the Japanese barbarians is mentioned today, how should we treat the tribute envoys sent by Japan? Allow them to enter Beijing to pay tribute, or expel them back?"

Xia Yan, the first assistant, said: "Since Chenghua, the Japanese tribute envoys have done bad deeds. They often drink heavily and attack others, which shows their character.

Moreover, the Japanese barbarians sometimes plundered across the sea, and when they were stopped by the government and the army, they called themselves tributes, and they were bandits when nothing happened. It is really difficult to distinguish.

What's more, Japan's tribute is only a knife and a fan, which is not a rare thing that our Ming Dynasty lacks.

The sum of the above three places can continue to sever their tribute to show that the Ming Dynasty is a country of incomprehension and injustice! "

After Xia Yan finished speaking, Yan Song played again: "The barbarians of Japan have ruled them with righteousness for more than ten years, but they are obedient and submissive. I will reconsider and reject them. It seems that they have no name.

Moreover, if the king controls the four barbarians, if there is any disobedience, he will levy it. Now that he comes to pay tribute, it is absolutely impossible to be grateful for the surrender of the barbarians.In addition, the tribute paid by foreign barbarians is very important and should not be banned. "

Neither of them mentioned the matter of money. They probably didn't realize the potential of sea trade subconsciously, and they didn't know much about the serious smuggling in Fujian and Zhejiang.

Qin Dewei looked at Xia Yan, then at Yan Song, and couldn't help but said: "One of the two elders said absolutely, and the other said yes, let you finish talking.

Looking more closely, one has a white face and the other has a red face. Could it be that it was negotiated? "

Yan Song glanced at the gourd in the hands of the warriors in the Dian Dian again, and couldn't help but think of a poem by Du Gongbu, "The children in Nancun deceive me to be old and powerless".

Emperor Jiajing couldn't stand it anymore, and said to Qin Dewei: "If you have something to say, let it go, don't talk too much!"

Qin Dewei said: "As for the matter of the Japanese national tribute envoys, since they are all here, let them go to Beijing to pay tribute!

This is what I think. As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can win a hundred battles. You can learn more about Japan's internal news from the mission, which will at least help clean up the pirates in the East China Sea.

Secondly, the Japanese national tribute envoy will definitely request to resume regular tribute, and even make a request to shorten the tribute cycle. "

According to the ancestral system, Japan only allows one tribute for ten years, which obviously cannot meet the needs of the upstarts in Yinshan.

Qin Dewei didn't wait for others to ask, and took the initiative to continue to express his opinion: "The other generation will probably propose a three-year tribute to test the court.

Your Majesty can be more magnanimous and allow Japan to be equal to the three guards of Wuliangha, one tribute a year! "

Emperor Jiajing was very surprised, and habitually said with heartache: "Isn't it too much once a year?"

For the Ming court, which regarded itself as the suzerain, rewards were given to those who came to pay tribute.

Too much tribute means more rewards and expenditures, so the tribute cycle is mandatory, otherwise those vassal states wish they could pay tribute once a month.

Therefore, among the vassal vassals, only the Wuliangha Sanwei with unique status enjoys the treatment of paying tribute and trading once a year.

Qin Dewei reminded: "Japan now has money, not those foreign countries that are as poor as beggars, and they are not asking for rewards, but for business!"

According to the system of Ming Dynasty, it is said that it is a tribute, but it is actually an official trade, and the tribute envoy must not come alone.

Every time there are hundreds of people who follow the tribute envoys, many of them are businessmen. This is the officially recognized foreign trade business channel.

From one tribute every ten years to one tribute every year, does it mean that the trade volume through official channels has increased tenfold?
With the intelligence of Emperor Jiajing, he also faintly realized that there are many articles that can be done here.

Qin Dewei also said vaguely: "There are still many things that are not clear. Everything will be decided after the Japanese envoy arrives in the capital and tries it out!"

Then Qin Dewei thought of something, and said to Emperor Jiajing: "Don't be too worrying about everything, worrying is bound to be a bad thing!

The policy of civil sea ban has been implemented for a hundred years, and it is still the consensus of most people in the court. It must not be changed easily and arbitrarily, so as not to arouse an uproar.

Therefore, allowing Japan to pay a tribute a year is actually a flexible means of subtly changing gradually, and on the surface it still maintains the civil sea ban. "

Emperor Jiajing knew in his heart that although Qin Dewei didn't say it clearly, he was actually guarding against the big smugglers along the southeast coast.

It was Qin Dewei's words that really surprised others, he was so steady that he didn't look like a 21-year-old young man.

Then the cabinet masters found out sadly that they seemed to have become bystanders unconsciously.

He couldn't keep up with Qin Dewei's thinking at all, and he didn't understand many places, so he couldn't get into the conversation at all.

After Qin Dewei tried his best to offer advice and fully demonstrated his professionalism in foreign affairs, he reminded Emperor Jiajing again:
"Your Majesty! Barbarian affairs are different from ordinary affairs, and will become more and more important in the future. They must be managed by ministers who are proficient in this way!"

Emperor Jiajing ignored Qin Dewei, but asked the old trio: "Is it necessary for the imperial court to appoint a minister in charge of foreign affairs?"

"No!" Yan Song suddenly stopped.

Then Yan Song explained: "The word Yi is too broad. From the northern captives to North Korea, from the barbarians in Nanyang to the southwestern chieftains, they are all barbarians, and the authority of the barbarian affairs is too great."

The simplest example is that the northern captives are also barbarians. Could it be that the general manager of barbarian affairs can even interfere with the affairs of the Nine Frontiers Township?

"I think it's enough to just use the word maritime affairs!" Finally, Elder Yan Ge also made a suggestion.

It feels like Qin Dewei is unstoppable today, since he can't stop it, he can only weaken it as much as possible.

From the general manager of Zhuyi to the general manager of maritime affairs, the difference is not a little bit.It's fine if you don't do things as well as others, and the struggle for power can no longer be completely defeated!
"No!" It was Qin Dewei who spoke this time.

Qin Dewei also had his own explanation, "If it is clearly named Haidao, then people all over the world will guess that the imperial court suddenly appointed this official, which means that there will be a big move against Haidao!
Isn't this a clear leak?Why is Mr. Yan Ge so confused, he can't even figure this out! "

Listening to both sides being serious, Emperor Jiajing also had a headache.

The harmony among the courtiers is certainly worrying, but it is also very troublesome to point at each other to the point of digging out every word.

　I thought about it for a day, but I didn't even think about the name of the newly added official position. Everyone also helped me as a staff member.It's a pity that the protagonist is not a military officer, otherwise he could wear the seal of General Yi and go to Kaikai Mansion in Ningbo!
　　
　
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