Wanli Youming

Chapter 240 Thunder, rain and dew are all your favor

Chapter 240 Thunder, rain and dew are all your favor

"Hope it!"

Min Xichen sighed and replied.

"Otherwise, the emperor has the final say on the distribution of the world's benefits."

"But if this is the case, what if the emperor in the future has no virtue, only knows how to squander the wealth of the world, and rewards luck?"

Then, Min Xichen said what he was worried about.

"That's what I'm afraid of."

Xu Jie replied, and then he almost cried and said: "He Jiangling and his group of people insist on torturing like this endlessly! Daming will die in their hands sooner or later!"

Min Xichen said with a smile at this moment: "However, old gentleman, there is no need to panic. What you just said is still possible."

"how to say?"

At this moment, Xu Ying hurriedly asked expectantly.

Min Xichen said with a smile: "First of all, Jiangling's atmosphere among the people has gone bad! There are not many scholars in the world who don't scold him!"

"I can't finish tearing up the anonymous posts about scolding him. No matter how many eyes the Jin Yiwei has, it can't stop the officials and gentry who are in charge of the world from hating him to the bone."

"So, good words and flattering words about Jiangling are strictly forbidden, while bad words about Jiangling are explicitly forbidden. If His Majesty really sends Jin Yiwei to inquire about the public opinion about Jiangling, what he will hear will only be Jiangling. Lust, how to be greedy for money, how to be greedy for power."

"What used to transport 600 million taels of silver to Jiangling, and even the floor tiles were paved with gold."

"What kind of mansion was expanded to be several times larger than the palace, and hundreds of eunuchs were used."

"Even if the "Huangming Daily" and "Di Bao" run by the Supervisor of Rituals keep saying good things about him, no one will believe those good things outside the inner city of the capital."

"Under the explicit and secret instigation of Shilin, as long as you are literate, you will instinctively feel that the serious reports of the imperial court are not credible!"

"What's more, those tabloids secretly printed by the people, and those headlines that are out of curiosity and seduce people's selfish desires, are easier to believe."

"I'm afraid the emperor will believe that Jiangling holds such great power, it is impossible not to make money for himself, and it is impossible not to show off his wealth and go beyond etiquette."

"What's more, he Jiangling is a person who is not very honest, and some of them are true, not groundless."

Speaking of this, Min Xichen asked Xu Jie: "Old gentleman, do you think His Majesty will not believe it? Will you be disappointed with the gentleman who pretends to be a saint in front of him?"

Then, Min Xichen said again: "Secondly, even now, the Son of Heaven has to go to lectures and watch court very early every day. Rain and snow are unavoidable. He was forced by Jiangling to be the king of Yao and Shun, and he can't rest!"

"But as long as you are an individual, you can't be lazy, and you won't be willing to be controlled like this, especially at the age of the emperor, I'm afraid you already have the heart of rebellion! Just wait for the news from the outside world to come in. The capital is known to the emperor, maybe the emperor will only hate Jiangling, and even hate those civil servants and generals who trust Jiangling, and commit the act of breaking his own arm."

"And once it is done, it will be very difficult for the emperor to take it back. After all, what face does the emperor have?"

Xu Jie nodded after hearing this: "I hope. It just depends on the current implementation of the new policy. It doesn't seem like what Jiang Ling wants to achieve."

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"Your Majesty, I have discussed with the old generals Yu. Since the trade between Hirado and Nagasaki is now controlled by the imperial court, it is natural that the court decides the tax. The old ministers did not dare to make a decision, and only follow the old rules of the Japanese kingdom. collect taxes."

After Qi Jiguang entered Beijing, he entered the palace first, met Zhu Yijun, and told Zhu Yijun his thoughts on Haili, the country of Japan.

Zhu Yijun smiled lightly, and then asked, "How much tax does the Japanese state collect?"

"The average tax is one for five."

Qi Jiguang replied.

Zhu Yijun was taken aback after hearing this, and said, "These chieftains of the Japanese kingdom are also ruthless enough!"

"The chieftains of the Wa Kingdom attacked each other endlessly, so the taxes were very high."

Qi Jiguang replied.

Zhu Yijun frowned and asked: "Can businessmen in this country bear it? If you don't report it to me, but let me condemn it? Such a heavy exploitation! If this is our own country, it will be overwhelmed by the sky?"

"What your majesty said is that Gein's smuggling is rampant, and he doesn't want his majesty to know about it, and he doesn't want the court to intervene."

Qi Jiguang replied.

Then, Qi Jiguang took out the copy of the secret memorial: "When the existing students Yan Zhongji, Yang Xie and others met with the minister, the content of the conversation with the minister has been recorded in this book, and the memorial is known to your majesty. From this, your majesty can understand that they would rather Let the ministers and the generals in Japan share the benefits of the former Japanese with them, and do not want the court to benefit. The military expenditure is still difficult to deceive His Majesty, so that His Majesty does not know the abundance of Dongyi Haili."

Zhu Yijun nodded, and he didn't say that he knew through Jin Yiwei's detailed work in the Japanese conquest army that some students had met Qi Jiguang, but only waited for Qi Jiguang to tell him the content of the conversation when he came to Beijing, and only took Qi Jiguang's playbook to read Get up, and laugh:

"Those who dare to go to sea are courageous. They dare to say this. They are really a group of people who dare to sell the ropes that hang themselves for huge profits! Just don't take the court seriously. Do you dare to touch the people behind them?"

As he said that, Zhu Yijun ordered Zhang Jing: "Let the factory guard check a few people, follow the clues, and find out all the forces behind them!"

Zhang Jing bowed his hands and said yes.

Zhu Yijun looked at Qi Jiguang: "Aiqing should have known the reality of Haili in Dongyi by taking over the shops in Hirado and Nagasaki in Dongyi. From Aiqing's point of view, how should the Haili be divided?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, because Dongyi produces a lot of silver, and because its domestic chieftains attack each other, they need a lot of saltpetre, iron, etc., so Haili is actually very rich. Whether it is Xiyi Fan merchants or domestic merchants, basically Mainly sell my Chinese goods to this place to earn silver, and then come to China to buy goods and sell them to this place.”

"As for how to divide Haili, His Majesty will naturally order it!"

"Thunder, rain and dew are all your favor, and His Majesty can divide them as he thinks."

Qi Jiguang did not hide anything from Zhu Yijun, nor did he directly ask Zhu Yijun to give them more of these martial arts at this time.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Let's do this. The prisoner offering ceremony still needs to be prepared for a few days. Tomorrow, I will announce that you will go to the political affairs hall and talk to the ruling ministers about Haili, the country of Japan, so that they can understand more clearly. This involves the national economy and the people's livelihood. The ruling, especially the tax rate of imported and exported goods in Japan, should be reduced or increased, which needs to be carefully determined."

"The minister obeys the order!"

When Qi Jiguang saw that Zhu Yijun asked him to also go to the political affairs hall to discuss the matter of dividing the world's Haili, Qi Jiguang couldn't hide his excitement, and hurriedly replied.

Then, Zhu Yijun suddenly asked: "I heard that you brought some Japanese dogs back to give away?"

Qi Jiguang couldn't help being startled, and a chill suddenly appeared on his back.

Then, Qi Jiguang replied truthfully: "Back to Your Majesty, they are some Japanese slaves. I think that because of the New Deal, officials, gentry and big households have to cut expenses and release servants. Those who did rough work brought back some, and prepared to present them to His Majesty and give them away. The ones presented to His Majesty are all bitches who can plow the fields. Your Majesty can send them to Huangzhuang to make up for the loss of tenants. .”

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I bought them all with my own salary. These Japanese slaves are extremely cheap, which is about the same price as buying a dog. Therefore, the ministers and the officers and soldiers in Japan are used to calling them dogs, in order to distinguish them from the ones we brought with us. slave."

Qi Jiguang obviously knew that the emperor and reformist civil servants who were also landlords also lost some benefits because of the New Deal.

After all, Qingzhang Tianmu and officials and gentry pay grain and errands together, and the people who manage the farmland under them will have to increase the rent to make up for the loss. Therefore, the phenomenon of tenant escaping is also very serious, and it is necessary to replenish cheaper serfs.

Even if there are Zhu Yijun and some reformist bureaucrats who take the initiative to reduce rents because they are sympathetic to the tenant farmers, but because of the increase in the income of the common people and the decrease in the income of the officials and gentry, there will be fewer and fewer people in the country who can serve as slaves, and they are also in need of cheaper rents. slaves, to make up for the reduced quality of life after releasing many slaves and maidservants.

Therefore, Qi Jiguang has only now taken the initiative to send cheap Japanese slaves to the emperor and the ruling ministers who advocate reform. He obviously knows their needs and intends to use this method to let the emperor and the ruling ministers continue to support Wu Xun and civil servants side by side, while letting Selfishly, they are more willing to support restructuring.

"A Japanese dog who can plow the fields?"

(End of this chapter)