Chapter 106, Governor Duanmu Rui of Japan

Many scholars have said that the Ming Dynasty died due to the interruption of the inflow of silver, and there was such and such a connection, and even the root cause of the Opium-War was also the reason for the continuous outflow of silver.

This problem, as long as the Ming Dynasty uses a day of silver, it cannot be eradicated.

Unless the Ming can discover a big silver mine.

And even if there is a big silver mine, it is a palliative thing.

However, Daming now has a ready-made large silver mine, and that is Japan.

The issue of Japan, because of the shortage of money, has become very important.

Liu Dingzhi pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that the Japanese puppet emperor is on the way to Beijing, and the Japanese Ashikaga family may not be able to deter Japan, and what he promised may not be done accurately. The minister thought that the Japanese garrison should be increased. ”

Liu Dingzhi also understands this problem, there is not enough Japanese gold and silver, then the economy of the Ming Dynasty is easy to have problems, once the silver shortage, it is the withering of all industries, and even let the people return to barter.

On top of this practical problem, Liu Dingzhi didn't care about any morality, he didn't directly suggest the annexation of Japan, and there was already room for it.

As for why he believes that there is a large amount of gold and silver in Japan, there is a precedent for the Sado silver mine, after all, the Sado silver mine pays the inner treasury every year, between one million taels and two million taels, plus the gold that has already been mined, a Sado Island, which contributes more than one province to the Ming Dynasty every year.

In many provinces, the amount of taxes may not be the same.

Liu Dingzhi had to believe in Zhu Qizhen's intelligence, and in his news channels, although no major silver mines were found, there were rumors that Japan was rich in gold and silver since ancient times.

It made him even more convinced of this.

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment.

To be honest, he regretted it a little at the moment.

He regretted bringing the emperor over.

Of course, he brought the emperor over, in fact, he also wanted to prevent chaos in Japan, and only in Japan's civil strife did the Ming Dynasty's annexation of Japan cost a smaller cost.

The Ashikaga shogunate relied more on the Daimei.

It's just that now it's different.

Compared with the long-term interests of occupying Japan, it is more important to stabilize the price of Ming silver.

And if you want the Japanese to honestly mine silver for the Ming Dynasty, you need a relatively stable Japanese shogunate. It's as if the Western powers preferred the Qing government for the reason for its existence.

It's just that now everything has been done.

Zhu Qizhen regretted it and had no choice.

He thought for a moment and said, "No. It was enough for the Japanese to garrison a battalion to maintain the Ashikaga shogunate. More may not be useful, and it may even be counterproductive. ”

"It's not the only way to ask the Japanese to hand over the silver obediently."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Where is Duanmurui now? ”

Liu Dingzhi thought for a while and said:

"It should be in Haixi, as the political envoy of Haixi."

After Duanmu Rui was transferred out of Shaofu, he has almost been standing still, after all, he is not from a professional class, and it is quite good to be able to reach the third rank official.

It's impossible to take it a step further.

His future career is just a transfer back and forth among the provinces of Daming.

And after the war with the Waspur, the status of Haixi Province is in urgent need of falling.

This is also unavoidable.

At the time of the war with the tile spur, Haixi was the Ming Dynasty who always had to support outside the Northeast Pass, so naturally he would strengthen it as much as he could, even if it was to spend money.

But after the arrival of the Watts in Central Asia and the complete removal of the threat of war, people found it too inconvenient to contact Hercy.

Either take the mountain road from Liaodong, or take the sea road.

Looking at the map, it seems that Haixi Province is closer to the core of the Ming Dynasty than Haidong Province, but in fact, it is often through Haidong to get to Haixi. Either from the northeast of Liaoning, bypassing Changbai Mountain to get to Haixi, that road is not easy to walk.

In people's minds, Haixi is almost a forgotten corner of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the people of Haixi are only a few hundred thousand, most of them are Koreans, Jurchens, and even the number of Han people is not too much.

If it weren't for Zhu Qizhen, he would call this a province. Haixi Province is not as good as a province in the mainland.

Such an official position is above the officialdom, but it is a complete chore. Naturally, no one wants to ask for it.

A person like Duanmurui, who has no foundation, will be sent over, holding the official position of a political envoy and doing the work of the prefect.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Transfer him back." Stationed in Japan, as for what title to hang, Mr. can arrange it. ”

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Liu Dingzhi said: "Yes." Just a Japanese thing? ”

Obtaining the right to mine in Japan and transporting Japan's silver ore to Daming are two different things. There's so much more to be done.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I have my own arrangements for this matter. ”

What is the arrangement?

Naturally, arms were sold.

Since it was so difficult to maintain the Ashikaga shogunate, it was simply a different idea. Didn't the Japanese want to fight? Da Ming helped them and let them have a good time.

The cost of the Ming standard weapons built by Shaofu is already very low, and only one or two zeros need to be added, and naturally the Japanese will pay for it.

What not to pay?

Then let the person who destroyed him pay.

In this way, Japan's silver naturally flows into the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the Ming Dynasty itself to send people to preside over the silver mine, of course, Zhu Qizhen is also worried that the technical level of the Japanese silver mine is not good, and he also wants to send some experts from the Shaofu to inspect one or two.

As for whether this will make Japan stronger.

Zhu Qizhen was not worried at all.

First of all, the garrison of the Ming Dynasty in Japan, plus the escort of the king of Nagasaki, has been garrisoned in the east and west of the sea, within a month or two.

can mobilize tens of thousands of troops into the DPRK.

Today's human combat effectiveness is absolutely unable to resist this tens of thousands of troops.

Secondly, even if a Oda Nobunaga appeared in Japan in advance and unified Honshu, without a sailor, it would not be enough to threaten the Ming Dynasty. After the reunification of Japan, it was basically no more than one Annam.

However, the Ming Dynasty can also calmly dispatch troops to get rid of Japan.

The most important thing is. All of this will take time, and with the degree of division in Japan today, there will be absolutely no reunification in a few decades.

During the Warring States period of Japan, there were battles. Presumably, with the support of Daming, they will only fight more fiercely.

This is also why it took several generations for the King of Yu to annex Japan, that is, the Japanese Warring States became a mess and became the money bag of the Ming Dynasty.

Even the prince of the Ming Dynasty can't move easily.

And in the future, Daming will find that there are other places where there is gold and silver. After coming into contact with Western colonizers, Japan's position was no longer so important, and it was only politically inclined to unify Japan in the line of King Yu.

Of course, the gold and silver privileges of the Ming Center in Japan continued to his end.

That's all for later.

Although Liu Dingzhi didn't know what Zhu Qizhen thought, he didn't ask again. Liu Dingzhi has always lacked confidence in Zhu Qizhen, and he can't argue with other ministers on the same basis.

Immediately, Zhu Qizhen dealt with a few more things.

The most urgent should be the drought situation in Huguang.

There was no rain or snow in Huguang all winter, that is, after the beginning of spring, a major drought was inevitable. Liu Dingzhi has already begun to deploy disaster relief materials.

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but sigh when he saw this.

In the past few years, God has generally given face, and Zhu Qizhen can't forget the previous disasters. I only hope that this time the drought in Huguang will end here.

Otherwise, the fun will be great.

There is also the wedding of the princess of Chongqing, which is at the end of the year.

This is also a grand event in Jingshi.

After all, the first daughter married today, Zhu Qizhen specially took out 100,000 taels as a dowry.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen doesn't want to give too much, he gives too much, leaving a heavy shadow on the future emperor. Many ancestral systems are left in this way, and secondly, Zhu Qizhen really has no money.

Because of the last four princes' countries, Zhu Qizhen always has to give his sons a lot of money, even if Zhu Qizhen's inner treasury is supported by Shaofu, but in the second half of this year, it will cost millions of taels in one go, which is also a little unbearable.

And 100,000 taels is already a lot, enough for the princess of Chongqing to live a lifetime. Although in the royal family, Queen Qian is still very diligent and thrifty in educating her children.

This event is not only a royal event, but also a grand event for Ming merchants. Especially the big businessmen are coming. First, the Xian family was in a circle with them. They also had a relationship with each other before, and they have heard of it if they don't have a relationship.

Second, what Xian Jing wants to do is indispensable to the support of these people.