I'm really not doing business

Chapter 238 They lost everything, but gained freedom

Zhang Juzheng's method was very vicious, and he wrote many specific methods in his memorial, but Zhang Juzheng didn't say it out.

Zhang Juzheng's behavior is definitely not kind, and he never advertised himself as a good person, but the courtiers did not object, and it made the Wa country uncomfortable.

Between Daming and the Wa Kingdom, there is a deep blood feud, an inextricable knot.

Regarding the matter of exterminating the Japanese, Zhang Juzheng's serious intention was not to fool the emperor, but to promote the decision-making step by step through various decrees. Without affecting the implementation of these poisonous schemes, it can help the Ming Dynasty to destroy the Japanese.

Because these poisonous plots are unstoppable plots.

The first decree is to allow merchant ships to go to Japan to sell and trade.

This decree can also be understood as: This is the further opening of the Ming Dynasty.

Because of this, Zhang Juzheng will not become a power traitor who has access to the Japanese, because the merchants of the Ming Dynasty went to the Japanese country to traffic Japanese silver. It was not a year or two, five years or ten years, but decades or hundreds of years of business. In the years of struggle, Zhang Juzheng himself will not be beaten into the ranks of the Japanese, because he is solving a deep-rooted contradiction and problem in Ming Dynasty, the Japanese plague.

The cause of the Japanese plague is very complicated, but it is generally related to the opening of the sea and the ban on the sea. The ban on the sea does not prohibit maritime trade, but makes maritime trade a private patent.

For example, the soot-blowing method of the Wa country was passed down by Daming.

The amalgam method used by Taixi is more efficient, but it is more harmful to workers.

Daming actually noticed very early on that mercury can digest gold and silver into mud. Mercury can be used to capture free gold and silver in coarse-grained ore and form amalgam, that is, amalgam. The amalgam method was used to extract gold and silver because they had a large number of cheap slaves to use.

The soot blowing method is to use the mutual solubility of silver and lead to obtain a silver-lead alloy, and to pass air to oxidize the lead to obtain crude silver.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty went to the Japanese country to sell Japanese silver all the year round, and they had to make a detour to Ryukyu. No word of the Japanese country could appear in the customs clearance document. This time, the imperial court further opened the sea and released the ban, so there is no need to make a detour. Maritime merchants Only earn more.

Maritime merchants do business at sea, passing through a pass means shedding a layer of skin.

"We cultivate relatives and friends of the Japanese country. After opening the sea, won't the Ming Dynasty have a lot more Japanese bandits?" Ma Ziqiang expressed his own doubts. He did not agree with this decree. , the absolute number of Japanese pirates will definitely be greater than the friends who are close to Mu Daming.

This will cause a lot of trouble for Daming.

When the time comes, the pirates who communicate with the Japanese will shout that the Japanese family of the Ming Dynasty will be a family, won't that make everyone laugh?
Wan Shihe sneered and said, "If they don't open the sea, they won't be able to communicate?"

"That's right." Ma Ziqiang frowned, and then stretched his brows. Wan Shihe is now too good at ending arguments with one sentence. The silver output of Wa country is stable and the largest amount.

Merchants seek profit and always gather in places with the most money. The number of people living in Fujian, Zhejiang and Huaihe is not small, such as the big pirate Wang Zhi before.

Zhang Juzheng glanced at Wan Shihe in surprise. When Wan Shihe first became Minister of Rites, he was really on the verge of death. Now he looks like an evergreen tree in the imperial court. This pair The change of wind direction is really extremely sensitive.

"The former Minister of the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing, Wang Bengu, made a statement. He heard that there were pirates Lin Afeng and others under the tent of the Governor of Lu Song. Please order to kill them." Zhang Juzheng dug out a memorial.

Wang Bengu served successively during the Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli years, and served in three dynasties, with high morals and high prestige.

"Has he ever been to Luzon? Does he know the situation in Luzon? How much effort did Yin Butang make Luzon as strong as gold? If he says a word, I will order Lin Afeng to be killed? Yin The ministry wants to use it, but I won’t give it up? Lu Song is far away overseas, and if he has the heart of disobedience, the Ming Dynasty is in danger." Zhu Yijun immediately expressed his opposition to this memorial.

Zhang Juzheng specially presented this memorial, and told the little emperor about the details.

When Wang Bengu was the governor of Zhejiang, he had conflicts and conflicts with Hu Zongxian about the disposal of the pirate Wang Zhi.

But in the end, Zhejiang governor Wang Bengu won a big victory, arrested Wang Zhi, and finally beheaded him in Hangzhou. Since then, the Japanese plague has intensified.

Hu Zongxian advocated the combination of suppression and appeasement, recruiting Wang Zhi, and using Wang Zhi's powerful overseas forces to exterminate pirates;
However, Wang Bengu was jealous of the evil, thinking that the pirates were just pirates, and Wang Zhi made false claims to help Daming put down the Japanese invasion, just to use the prestige of the imperial court to strengthen his reputation.

Before Wang Zhi was recruited by the imperial court, he arrogated himself as king in Satsuma, and called himself Song Huiwang. The 36 islands of Satsuma were all under Wang Zhi's control.

Hu Zongxian personally wrote a letter to let Wang Zhi enter the Ming Dynasty. Wang Zhi's entry into the Ming Dynasty was very cumbersome and complicated. When Wang Zhi's ship arrived outside Cen Port in Ningbo, he still hesitated. Only after Hu Zongxian persuaded him did he agree to disembark.

But Hu Zongxian did not keep Wang Zhi in the end. Wang Bengu represented the deep-rooted retro faction in the court and beheaded Wang Zhi, and the leaderless Japanese pirates began to harass the southeast.

Wang Bengu wanted to kill Wang Zhi with his stubbornness and prejudice against villains. Even though Wang Zhi had never seduced the Japanese pirates to invade the sea, and even helped the Daming Navy to pacify the Japanese pirates many times under Hu Zongxian, but Wang Ben I really think that a villain like Wang Zhi has both ends of the head, and under the general environment that he must die if he understands the Japanese, Wang Zhi was beheaded.

Wang Bengu thinks that the villain Wang Zhi has the heart to shoot profit, violates the sea ban, forgets the righteousness of China, enters the country as a bandit, and pretends to be the king of Song Dynasty. He deserves to die.

When Wang Zhi was arrested, he was actually dead. Even if Wang Zhi is released, who can guarantee that Wang Zhi will not hold a grudge and will not collude with Japanese pirates to invade the Daming sea area?

When he heard that Yin Zhengmao had reused Lin Afeng in Lu Song, Wang Bengu went to the court and asked to kill Ni Liao.

Why did Wang Zhi have to die?

Because Wang Zhi's proposition hurt the vital interests of smuggling merchants along the southeast coast of Daming.

Wang Zhi advocated that the imperial court should abandon the outdated sea ban policy, legalize maritime trade, set up a customs duty office to collect tariffs, set up a shipping department in Zhejiang and Fujian, and restore Japan's tribute trade relationship.

This seriously hurt the smuggling merchants' monopoly on sea trade, so Wang Zhi had to die.

In the second year of Longqing, the Ming Dynasty established the Yuegang Shipping Department. Many years after Wang Zhi's death, the legalization of maritime trade finally started slowly.

"Then Lin Afeng is in Luzon, so he can kill if he says he can? Did he, Wang Bengu, think it was the time when he killed Wang Zhi?" Wan Shihe got the wind direction, and immediately said in agreement: "Your Majesty, in order to guarantee Daming The relationship with Luzon, even giving the country a surname, won’t this kind of edict become the source of disaster when it arrives in Luzon?”

Once the edict to kill Lin Afeng arrives in Luzon, whether to kill or not is a question.

If they were to be killed, Lin Afeng's 7000 to [-] recruited pirates would turn into a civil strife in Luzon, and even spread to the coast of Daming.

If he didn't kill him, he would go against the imperial court's decree, which would be a break with Daming, and the Governor's Mansion, which completely relied on Daming to rule, would immediately be beaten to the ground by Taixi's Hongmao Fan, and the overthrow would take place in an instant.

Wan Shihe said that this is the root of the disaster, and he is definitely not scaremongering, because turmoil will definitely happen.

Lin Afeng is not disobedient, after being recruited, he is conscientious and conscientious, and Yin Zhengmao's restraint on Lin Afeng is also very effective. Soldiers act.

"Wan Dazai's words are reasonable." Tan Lun agreed with Wan Shihe's statement.

Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang, and Yu Dayou, as the famous anti-Japanese generals of the year, clearly knew that Wan Shihe's words were based on historical lessons, and what kind of disaster was caused by Wang Bengu's arrest of Wang Zhi without authorization.

Wang Zhi's family of pirates dominates the Satsuma Prefecture, completely blocking the influence of the Japanese kingdom on the Ming sea area. Once Wang Zhi dies, the Japanese pirates are like vicious dogs out of the cage.

Because Wang Zhi's death means that Daming has completely lost control of the sea.

Hai Rui said with a playful expression: "It's a common saying, once the power is in hand, the order will be carried out. There is a saying in the market that after three years of clearing the magistrate, one hundred thousand gold flowers and silver are said. No matter how clean and honest the magistrate is, he can earn one hundred thousand gold flowers and silver after three years of service."

"This Wang Ben is a solid official to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He has a good reputation for incorruptibility. You can check to see if he is really incorruptible."

Hai Rui directly regarded Wang Bengu as an indicator of anti-corruption, because he felt that the memorial was unreasonable. Luzon was thousands of miles away. How did Wang Bengu figure out the situation in Luzon and make a statement? thing?

After Yang Bo became an official and returned to his hometown, he paid no attention to the affairs of the court. The court knew the news of Yang Bo again, and it was still at home that Yang Bo died of illness.

Ge Shouli shook his head and said, "If something is found out, it can't be done, can it?"

Before the Ming Dynasty, there was no anti-corruption and no blame for the past was a political default rule. No matter how corrupt Wang Bengu got, he couldn’t investigate and deal with it, right?

Hai Rui smiled and said, "Why can he write a letter? It's because he is a second-rank official. Why did he publish this memorial to kill Lin Afeng? You can always look it up."

"That's it." Ge Shouli understood.

When can the past be held accountable?When he doesn't stop and still collects money to do things, the old accounts in the past will have to be dealt with.

Zhang Juzheng continued to preside over the court meeting, this time he appointed envoys to go to Ryukyu to enshrine Shangjiu as king and help the Ryukyu king to pacify the Japanese.

Shangjiu is not the prince's son, and the imperial court did not want to be canonized, so it has been delayed for five years, but the problem now is that the Ming Dynasty is too far away, and it is the right way to expand the influence of the Ming Dynasty in the Ryukyu by helping the Ryukyu to suppress the Japanese.

The third lady has entered the capital, this is her third tribute, after staying at Huitongguan post, she rested for a day, and couldn't wait to see Chen Xuehui, Minister of Honglu Temple.

"The younger sister's matter caused Chen Dongqing a lot of trouble." After greeting each other, the third lady first apologized. She sent her younger sister to Chen Xuexue to establish a communication channel and prepare for her entry into the court.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Siwei took the risk, because the wool business is a big deal, and the Ming and Jin Kingdoms are no longer satisfied with communicating with the Northwest Jin Party, but want to communicate directly with the imperial court. This sister is actually the same as I said back then. The same is true for Khan’s grandson fleeing to Daming, they are both creating channels of communication.

But the younger sister of San Niangzi fled back, which made Chen Xuexue very passive.

"She is a woman, and the court is fierce. It is normal for her to be afraid." Chen Xuexue sat upright and said with a smile.

San Niangzi's younger sister is Chen Xuexue's concubine and is now Chen Xuexue's concubine, so San Niangzi and Chen Xuexue are related by marriage. Chen Xuexue originally planned to avoid suspicion. San Niangzi is also qualified to face the Ministry of Rites directly as the loyal wife of Ming Dynasty. Shangshu Ma Ziqiang.

However, Zhang Juzheng still asked Chen Xuexue to receive him in the court meeting, which was a kind of protection.

"Chen Dongqing is a real man." The third lady said sincerely.

Chen Xuexue looked at San Niangzi with some doubts, this sentence seemed to have no beginning and no end.

The third lady said very solemnly: "I thought my sister was going to die soon, until yesterday my sister went to Huitongguan post to look for me, so I said Chen Dongqing is a real man."

San Niangzi held a pessimistic attitude towards her younger sister's return to Daming. She sent her sister back to the capital. Fighting for power and profit, for the sake of power, what can't be done?
San Niangzi's younger sister has become a resistance to Chen Xuexue's continued promotion, so in order to eliminate the resistance, death is a perfectly normal thing.

"Mrs. Zhongshun praised it absurdly. Marry a chicken as a chicken, and marry a dog as a dog. Since you have entered my family, it is natural to be under my care." Only then did Chen Xuexue understand that the feelings in this aunt's heart are this kind of murder. Silly villain.

The escape of San Niangzi's sister was finally defined by the court as returning home to visit relatives. After returning, his problem was not so serious.

Because of the court's power and public opinion, it is still concentrated on Wang Chonggu, a traitor of the clan, especially Wang Chonggu is about to enter the cabinet because of his meritorious service. Wang Chonggu is even more on the cusp of the storm. No one pays attention to the problem of Chen Xuexue.

After all, people brought their children and came back.

If San Niangzi's younger sister doesn't come back, or doesn't come back, Chen Xuexue will be in trouble.

Chen Xuexue couldn't help but think of Wang Daokun. Wang Daokun presided over the affairs of Qingzhang in Songjiang Mansion, causing a commotion. One day when Wang Daokun woke up in the morning, he suddenly saw a woman beside him. Soon this incident was heard by the censor. Wang Daokun Being impeached for raping a common woman, the final solution to this matter was that Wang Daokun accepted the common woman as his concubine.

Wang Daokun didn't care about this concubine's room. After the Qingzhang struggle ended, this concubine's room lived well.

The scholars in Ming Dynasty are vicious and cruel. This is not the stereotype of San Niangzi, but the truth.

"It's absolutely impossible for the imperial court to approve the request for the golden seal." Chen Xuexue and San Niangzi clarified their attitude after reminiscing about the past.

"The Ming court forbids, I Dahan still wants to go." The third lady said with certainty: "This is the fourth time he has gone to Xining. In the 37th and 38th years of Jiajing and the second year of Longqing, I Dahan went to Xining many times. Going southward in Hetao, they successively defeated the Yibuzabu, Bu'erhaibu, etc., and the Ming court couldn't stop it if they wanted to."

Altan Khan conquered Qinghai four times and Wala twice, and his martial arts were outstanding. If the Hexi Corridor hadn't been blocked in the middle, Qinghai and Hetao would have been connected as one, becoming the confidant of the Northwest of Ming Dynasty.

"That's why Daming didn't give the golden seal, and the Hexi Corridor is Daming's Hexi Corridor." Chen Xuexue said very calmly: "I'm sweating a lot, and in the words of your grassland, the glory of the Longevity Heaven has shone to Xining again. "

"If Alta Khan is given the golden seal of the governor, then the Hexi Corridor will be the passage for Alta Khan to enter at will."

Of course, Chen Xuexue knew that Alta Khan was very strong. He had won many battles against Wala, against the Rongdi in Xining, and against Daming. The disease became more and more serious, and his personal prestige rapidly weakened, which gave San Niangzi an opportunity.

"Are you going to believe in Buddhism?" Chen Xuexue asked suddenly.

"Yes." The third lady's complexion changed suddenly, but she still replied.

Belief in Buddhism is a good thing for Ming Dynasty. Once the grassland people believe in Buddhism, they will lose their ability to attack. For example, the Liao Kingdom, the confidant of the Northern Song Dynasty, became a Buddhist country after believing in Buddhism and lost its ability to attack. Compared with the Northern Song Dynasty rotten.

"The grassland believes in Changshengtian. Genghis Khan's literal translation is: those who rely on the power of Changshengtian to become Khan, the gods choose Khan, and Altan Khan is a golden family. Doesn't it mean that he has betrayed his ancestors?" Chen Xuehui said with a smile.

"I Da Khan is a traitor on the grassland." The third lady said helplessly after all.

Altan Khan is very persistent in the matter of believing in Buddhism, which means that Altan Khan has not only turned his back on the gods of the grassland, but also his ancestors. The third lady also objected, but the stubborn Altan Khan insisted on going his own way.

If the imperial court did not grant the golden seal, I said that Khan would go to Xining, but if the imperial court gave the golden seal, I said that Khan would still go to Xining.

The third lady said unwillingly: "The imperial court gave I Da Khan the golden seal, which is also good for the imperial court. Daming is in the Northeast, so the Northwest will be more stable. I Da Khan went to Xining smoothly, and it is good for the Ming Dynasty in the Northeast. There are only advantages, no disadvantages."

"The court meeting has already made a resolution, and it won't be easier." Chen Xuehui answered this question very clearly.

"What a pity." The third lady had no choice but to accept the court's decision, because the court had already formed a resolution, and even if it was found to be wrong, it would go all the way to the end.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty is supreme, and the imperial decree of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is a golden word, but in the early years of Wanli, the effectiveness of the outcome of the court deliberation of the Ming Dynasty even surpassed the imperial decree of the emperor. It will also be carried out firmly.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Juzheng was liquidated by Emperor Wanli. Zhang Juzheng substantially threatened the imperial power.

Gao Gong's downfall was because he wanted to knock down the supervisor of ceremonies, which threatened the imperial power. Zhang Juzheng was liquidated by Emperor Wanli after his death, and it was also because Zhang Juzheng threatened the imperial power.

"Has the court approved the expansion of border trade this time?" San Niangzi asked with a smile.

"Mrs. Zhongshun is well-informed. Even in Bansheng, she got the news faster than me." Chen Xuehui confirmed the authenticity of the news.

In the past, after the imperial meeting of the Ming Dynasty, before the courtiers received any clear news, Alta Khan in the grassland already knew what the court meeting was discussing, and the courtiers who Alta Khan knew were even more precise.

But now, this situation has changed. The news that San Niangzi received was that Chen Xuexue asked his concubine to pass it on to San Niangzi.

"What does the court want?" The third lady asked with a frown.

"Horses." Chen Xuehui replied with a smile, "War horses and stallions to be precise."

"That's impossible." San Niangzi said categorically, war horses and stallions were related to the survival and mobility of Beilu.

But Chen Xuexue stood up and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if I tell you if you don't sell it, we just ask the natives to buy it."

"Chen Dongqing stay!" The third lady said in shock, "Daming has military incidents recently, isn't it just to fight the barbarians?"

"You can do business even in war, don't delay." Chen Xuexue left San Niangzi's room without any nostalgia. San Niangzi didn't even talk about meeting His Majesty. It's hard to gain anything from entering Beijing this time.

The border trade expanded by the imperial court was to buy good horses and stallions. I replied that Khan would not sell them, so Daming asked the local man Khan to buy them.

Chen Xuexue did not leave the Huitong Post, but instead found the Thai-Western envoy Legazit.

"When I heard magpies singing cheerfully on the branches in the morning, I knew that there was a distinguished guest. Chen Dongqing's visit really surprised and delighted me." Li Yashi was full of smiles. In the past year, he was pampered and lived a stable life, and he looked a little rich.

Legazit was the governor and special envoy of the Philippines appointed by Felipe II, but this governor was not in Mindanao, but in the capital of Ming Dynasty.

Li Yazi has become accustomed to the comfortable life in the capital, and has become unfamiliar and afraid of the days of fighting against storms, huge waves, and natives at sea.

Daming has everything, and he is quite polite to Li Yashi. If Li Yashi chooses to return to Taixi or stay in Daming, Li Yashi will definitely hesitate repeatedly.

This place is like heaven to him.

This is how close and admiring friends are cultivated.

"You have already learned the polite words of scholars in Ming Dynasty." Chen Xuexue signaled Li Yashi to sit down.

After the two of them were courteous, Chen Xuexue asked tentatively: "How did the Taixi people trade slaves with peace of mind?"

"Slander! This is slander! When did we trade slaves? We are their guides, leading them out of their ignorant and backward lives, allowing them to obtain a new world, live again, and live freely!" Legazzi heard These words directly broke the defense, arguing very loudly.

"That's right, that's right, that's what I came to learn!" Chen Xuehui was very surprised and said, "That's it."

When Li Yashi heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded, he gritted his teeth but there was nothing he could do about it, Chen Xuexue had to learn from the Thai and Western people when it comes to human trading, they are always so ahead in this respect.

Zhang Juzheng's trick is to open up the women of the Japanese country to the family, but the ban on preventing the women of the Japanese country from returning to the country means that any woman from the Japanese country can sell herself to a merchant of the Ming Dynasty, and then marry a person of the Ming Dynasty in the name of marriage.

The money for the redemption is called the bride price.

Chen learned to explain his intentions.

After Li Yashi finished listening, he nodded again and again and said: "Isn't this very good? There is no such thing as human trading, where can there be human trading? It's just that life in the Japanese country is too difficult. In order to pursue a better life, married Daming, isn't this a good story?"

"Da Ming's skill in covering up his shame is on par with Taixi's."

"There is still something lacking." Chen Xuexue said with a serious face: "Then how should we hide our shame if we destroy its orthodoxy and sweep up its lair?"

Legasit thought for a moment and replied: "A finite, closed, ignorant, dark, and heavy universe is replaced by an infinite, open, civilized, perfect, and orderly universe."

"Have shattered the sky and heaven, tell them they are free."

Chen Xuexue said suddenly: "Oh, so, they lost everything, but gained freedom, good! In this regard, Taixi is indeed a master-level figure."

Freedom is a kind of rhetoric. You lose everything but get something more important. This freedom can be fairness, justice, equality, etc. It depends on how you package and describe it.

"Are you complimenting or cursing?" Li Yashi had been in Beijing for several years, and he was able to tell the difference between good and bad. It was obvious that Chen Xuexue was cursing.

Chen Xuexue really knows how to learn. Taixi's speaking skills and narrative style are a good way.

The imperial edict conferring Shangyong, the king of Ryukyu, was sent to Songjiang Mansion by the Haiphong patrol. The emperor of Ming Dynasty appointed Wang Daokun, the governor of Songjiang, as the envoy, Xiao Chongye, the admiral of Caojiang, as the deputy envoy, and Chen Lin as the general of Pingwo. King Pingwa.

The conferred fleet this time is not just a sealed boat. There are 36 five-masted ocean-going ships, 72 three-masted plywood giant ships, [-] four-hundred-masted warships, and more than [-] soldiers and generals. People, a navy with more than [-] guest soldiers, went to Ryukyu.

This is almost all the power that Songjiang Prefecture can use, and there are a total of eight prefectures along the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian, and they will also provide more than [-] warships, a total of more than [-] ships. Prepare to support the army.

April is the most suitable time for trade winds. It only takes three days to arrive at Songjiang Mansion, and this time is also the time when there are least storms at sea.

On April [-]th, Wang Daokun, Xiao Chongye, and Chen Lin gathered in the Guanchao Building in Xingang to prepare for tomorrow's HNA.

"Your Majesty means that this time I will go to Ryukyu to fight the Japanese, but I will not fight the Japanese." Wang Daokun began to interpret the imperial decree.

Xiao Chongye said suspiciously: "What is flat Japanese and not flat Japanese?"

"Ruping." Wang Daokun said confidently.

come or not?Tathagata; flat or not?Ruping.

"Your Majesty means that armed parades will be the main focus, and after a circle around Ryukyu, you will return directly to Shipsi, Songjiang Prefecture." Chen Lin explained His Majesty's holy intention after seeing Xiao Chongye's bewildered appearance.

This trip to the sea is just an armed parade, not a real battle. The reason is that Ming wants to expand its influence in Ryukyu.

The King of Ryukyu was eager to get rid of the Japanese control over them, so after seeing the mighty naval power of Ming Dynasty, the King of Ryukyu would pay more to invite the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals of Ming Dynasty.

No matter how harsh Ming's conditions were, they were not as harsh as those of the Japanese pirates.

　Do you give a monthly pass?How to give? !Ask for a monthly ticket, woo! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
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