General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 206
Inside the Heming Tower.

As soon as Zou Wangfang entered the door and before he opened his mouth, Wang Zhi already understood.

"East Lake has worked hard."

Zou Wang waved his hands again and again and said, "Captain Wang, I'm afraid I won't be able to save this trip to the capital."

Hearing the word "Beijing Master", Wang Zhi's heart couldn't help but tremble.

"Donghu, I'm not afraid of the emperor, but can those nobles in the court really tolerate me? Is it true that the Xie family has no disciples in the court?"

Wang Zhi obviously has seen the abilities of these "nobles".

Originally thought that cutting the weeds and rooting out the roots would be enough, but who would have imagined that there would be in-laws, and the Tao family took over immediately after losing a Xie family, and forced the Xie family to come together.

Zou Wang picked up the teacup by himself.

"Feng Wu put his heart in his stomach for the time being."

"how?"

"You, Wang Wufeng, think that the imperial government's tax calculation for copper is really just to earn a few boatloads of silver from those fan merchants? Where did so much silver in the Jiangnan market come from? How many boats are there in total from fan merchants?"

"Silver..." Wang Zhi paused, and then couldn't help but said, "But the Tao and Xie families are throwing out money?"

"Tao thanked the gold and silver accumulated by the family and three generations, tsk tsk."

"Then, those merchants from the Tao family..." Wang Zhi looked at Zou Wang with some concern.

Zou Wang held the teacup even more and hesitated to speak: "Wufeng, listen to what you are talking about. In the early years, only our Dongnan family and Tao Qizhi were able to seize the secret and suppress Dongnan. .”

"Right now, nobles from the two capitals and the 13 provinces are all eyeing the southeast sea. There are thousands of large ships every year. Can the Tao family still use the old way of throwing money at them?"

Speaking of this, Zou Wang couldn't help suppressing his voice, and then said in a low voice: "A few days ago, when I went north, there were more movements in the capital than you and I imagined."

"Ding Rukui of the Ministry of War took a few old gentlemen from the strict party, relying on his son-in-law to be the commander-in-chief in Liaodong Town, he sent people directly to set up a shipyard outside the customs, and directly bought large materials from the Dakangbao wood market in Yizhou to build ships. Building the ship locally, the wood is much cheaper than the wood in the south of the Yangtze River! In a few years, that Duo Yan Sanwei and the Jurchen tribes will probably become wood merchants of the Ding family."

"The Tao family's set has already collapsed and cannot be collapsed anymore."

Wanli Haibo certainly has innumerable wealth.

But the reason why Ming was able to close the country was because the most affluent land in the world was still in the two capitals and 13 provinces.

After the whipping method, the huge wealth transfer needs of those "nobles" smashed the monopoly of the southeast people on the sea like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves.

I'm too busy with my own affairs, who cares about your surname Tao's life and death.

Listening to Zou Wang's words, Wang Zhi always had the feeling of seeing the building collapse.

The Tao family is playing with money, and Jiajing's whipping method is all for money.

"Then Donghu means...Wang went ashore?"

Wang Zhi knew that he would go ashore sooner or later, but the time of going ashore was different, so his asking price would naturally be different.

If the imperial court had no influence at sea, even if he went ashore, the imperial court would have to treat him like a local emperor.

It's just that Wang Zhi didn't expect that since the Lu Huaitong Japanese case, the situation in Jiangnan would change day by day, changing back and forth, and in the end he diluted his only bargaining chip into this appearance.

Zou Wang shook his head and said with a smile, "Does Wu Feng really think that there is still a choice? Wu Feng would never really think that without Lu Bing and Mai Fu's acquiescence, Ning Ke could finally make such a big commotion in Nanjing, right? Even Lu Bing and Mai Fu acquiesced, so who is it supposed to mean?"

"The imperial court gives you steps, so you have to go down. If you insist on not going down, then you, Wang Wufeng, don't understand etiquette."

After pondering for a long time, Wang Zhi looked at Zou Wang and cupped his hands and said, "There is trouble in East Lake, so Wang can save it."

Zou Wang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

After all, Wang Zhi was in the same sympathy with the Zou family, and if Wang Zhi was affected, the Zou family would not be able to recover either.

Seeing Wang Zhiken let go, the boulder in Zou Wang's heart fell to the ground.

Just when Jin Yiwei asked for Jiangnan's envoy, a major event happened in Jiangnan that the common people thought had nothing to do with it.

Wang Zhi, the captain of Wufeng, who was entrenched in the sea, bound his hands and feet, went to Jinling to ask for surrender, and presented Zhoushan's 36 island registers, surrender lists, and charts.

The Crown Prince Zhu Zaiyu released him, and then Wang Zhi was ordered to go to Beijing to plead guilty.

Then the navy took over the 36 islands of Zhoushan.

Many sailors who fled to the sea to make a living were finally able to return home.

Among the villages in the southeastern coastal provinces, many villages are as lively as the New Year.
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After Jin Yiwei's extensive search, all the Fanren fleeing in the eight prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River have been captured.

After all, Daming is still relatively isolated at the moment, and a dog from another village in the village can be recognized by people, let alone a fan.

It's just that fewer and fewer Fan people were captured.

After all, the newly arrested Fanren usually carry some dry food with them. When the Fanren are first arrested, they will be turned upside down by the group of "brothers" who are sent to prison.

As fewer and fewer Fans could be caught, the only rations for these Fans were cut off.

Jin Yiwei had no choice but to put out rice porridge. If no more porridge was put in, the pets in the prison would almost die. It has been in prison for more than 100 years, and the prison has never been so quiet.

It's just that the thin rice porridge can be used as a mirror, which is another matter.

These "brother sons" who are all-powerful in foreign countries are very hungry, but they are no different from the people of Ming Dynasty.

However, Ning Jue, who was sitting at the gate of the imperial prison, discovered an interesting thing.

Even if they are hungry enough, there is still a clear line in the imperial prison.

That is, the envoys from North Korea and Japan despised each other. When they had strength before, they did not forget to scold each other. Now they are exhausted, and the eyes of both sides still reveal a little murderous intent.

Ning Jue sat outside the cell where the Ryukyu envoys were held, carrying a box of snacks.

"Your name is... Shang Yi, right?"

The Ryukyu prison student cupped his hands and said, "Yes, student Shang Yi pays a visit to Qian Xian."

Ning Jue was not worried about what Ryukyu would do to Daming.

After all, Ryukyu is too small, and most of them are descendants of the 36 surnames in central Fujian. However, Ryukyu is the bridge of the world after all. It is okay for some things to flow to Ryukyu, but it is not good if they flow to other places through Ryukyu.

At most, Ning Jue just wanted to feed the prison students in Ryukyu.

"Why haven't the two sides been arguing these days?"

Shang Yi gulped down the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and said, "I can't even eat enough, so I don't have the strength to make noise."

From the perspective of Ryukyu, the foreign countries of Daming are actually more interesting.

Japan is a rebel.

North Korea is a rebellious son who pretends to be a filial son.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi slapped Joseon in the face during the Japanese Invasion in Imjin. The Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty is still studying whether this is a drama sung by North Korea and Japan together. up.

Because of the information about the Japanese pirates' movements, Ryukyu will always report to Daming first, and the report from North Korea will arrive in the capital.

Having said this, Shang Yi suppressed his voice, and said in a low voice: "However, the student has a sentence that I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Say."

"Students are counting on their husbands, it's better to let some people go."

"What's wrong?"

Shang Yi lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "Mr. Mingjian, although the two countries are not enemies of the heavenly soldiers, the Eastern Japanese have always been vicious. It would be bad if you hurt your master."

Before Shang Yi finished speaking, Ning Jue turned his head away.

"Nobu Matsuura, right?"

Shang Yi was stunned in place.

"gentlemen."

Hearing Ning Jue calling his name, the eldest son of the Matsuura family in the cell couldn't help but tremble.

"Sir..."

"Drag out and chop!"

"Here!"

Nobuo Matsuura's complexion suddenly changed when he heard the bad news.

"Shangguan, what is my crime, what is my crime!"

"Not guilty, nothing to do today, watch the sentence on the fence, pull it out and chop it."

When Jin Yiwei dragged him out of the cell, the ashen-faced Matsuura Nobuo struggled violently.

"Presumptuous! Dare!"

Matsuura Shin, who was cornered by Ti Wei, was completely blown away.

"Ning Kezhong! Aren't you afraid of death?! Even better than Xie's, it's just a puppet's ear under the knife. If my body dies, my family will definitely not spare you!"

Looking at Matsuura Xin who was in a hurry to jump over the wall, Ning Jue showed a little smile on his face.

"There are still your people outside the prison, right?"

Nobun Matsuura was obviously taken aback.

"No...no more." Realizing that he said something wrong, Matsuura Nobu will lower his head and remain silent.

"It seems that the Imperial College didn't teach you what a hero is."

"I'll give you two choices, either tell them where they are, or I'll send you out to bask in the sun."

Matsuura raised his head in astonishment.

"Sun, bask in the sun?"

"Ms. Ning has always asked Dongying how many loyal servants, self-inflicted martyrdom is a common practice, you must be able to study in the Southern Prison, you must be dragons and phoenixes of the country, seeing you suffer, I don't know what kind of loyal things they will do."

In the afternoon of that day, a high platform was set up in the backyard of the prison.

On the high platform are bound one after another Japanese Imperial College students.

"Tell Governor Lu that the river and the sea will be strictly investigated these days, and Zou Wang must also greet Wang Zhi. Not even a single page of paper can be taken out of Daming!"

To rob a prison or not to rob a prison is second.

But at least watching his master sunbathing in public, these people must jump twice, right? !
You must know the reason why the king humiliates the subject and dies, right? !

You dare not move, where will I arrest you? ! ——
In a small unnamed temple in Jinling that even Jinling locals have never heard of.

Kneeling in the courtyard were 25 dazzling monks with bright foreheads, their heads apparently freshly shaved.

Although these monks were chanting Buddhist scriptures, they all had grim expressions.

And on both sides of them are piled up all kinds of the latest Jinling classics and even the blueprints of flying shuttles and water spinning wheels.

"Order, Master Zhou Liang!"

The great monk sat beside him with a solemn expression.

"The reason why the Celestial Dynasty behaves like this is that it is waiting for you and me to show up. It is not a big deal for you and me to die. Are these hard-earned classics just returned to the Celestial Dynasty?"

"But righteousness comes first..."

"Loyalty to one master is small loyalty, loyalty to the world's Buwu Fang is great loyalty!"

"But I will be greatly favored by the Patriarch! Young Master!" As he said this, the head monk burst into tears.

"Then go and rob the prison, I won't stop you."

There was a dead silence in the temple.

After a long time, there was a loud roar of "ah", and the monk tore off his monk's robe.

"Young master, I can only do this and share the sun with the young master!"

Only the great monk Zhou Liang glanced contemptuously at the warriors in front of him, and his eyes became more excited when he saw the practical books and blueprints beside him.

Just for these few pages, the Celestial Dynasty can be forced to such an extent that even Shangbang loses face.

What a fetish this would be!

If it wasn't for the increasing number of Jinyiwei on the river, Zhou Liang would have wished to escape to the sea now.

(End of this chapter)