Chapter 91: Japanese Gold and Silver

Zhu Qizhen has seen the recital of Guangxi, and then opened the recital of North Korea.

Xu Youzhen explained the situation in North Korea one by one, and there are certainly places to avoid the important and trivial.

For example, Xu Youzhen said that North Korea has been blocked, but according to Jinyiwei's report, in the mountains of southern North Korea, there are actually some people who refuse to attach themselves to the Ming Dynasty.

However, in Zhu Qizhen's view, it can't become any climate.

And reporting good news but not bad news is the norm in officialdom.

Zhu Qizhen didn't know.

Immediately, Xu Youzhen explained that the health centers in Shandong, Henan, and Hebei had migrated to North Korea. Xu Youzhen even presented the map, but saw that these guards were divided into two parts, one part was in Seoul, and Pyongyang was the central plain, which was the core of North Korea.

In addition, there are guard posts stationed in various places.

There was also a box of documents in the fold, that is, the roster of the guards in various places, and Zhu Qizhen didn't read it, so he asked people to transfer it to the military department and the five military governors, and they copied a copy themselves.

Xu Youzhen also reported on North Korea's taxes this year.

North Korea pays taxes in the hundreds of thousands of stones. Although it is not much, for North Korea, which has just been pacified, it can quickly resume production, which shows that Xu Youzhen still has skills.

Not to mention the grain and grass of North Korea, which was sent directly to Hercynian by sea. From Haixi to Zhaozhou. After this road is opened, the hundreds of thousands of stone grain in North Korea can be compared to the millions of stone grain in the south of the Yangtze River.

This is naturally good news for Zhu Qizhen.

But it's also not good news.

North Korea is paying taxes normally.

This shows that the transitional period for the DPRK to change its dynasty has passed. Most of North Korea's upper class society is in Haexi Tuntian. The two classes of aristocracy, as a political term, no longer existed.

At the same time, it also shows one thing, that is, Zhu Qizhen wants to make a windfall from North Korea, but it is also impossible.

In the face of the financial gap, does Zhu Qizhen really expect that next year's wind and rain will be smooth, and he will be able to save this money, and he doesn't even have a backup plan?

Zhu Qizhen sighed softly in his heart. Suddenly, I realized that the last words of Sotaku were about the situation in Japan. There was a large amount of Japanese trade in Busan, and Zhu Qizhen was asked whether to open a port in Busan according to the old practice of the imperial court.

The word Japan jumped into Zhu Qizhen's eyes.

In an instant, there was a faint blue light in Zhu Qizhen's eyes, as if he were a wolf's eyes.

After eating the sweetness, people will always want to have a next time.

The same is true today.

In fact, after the destruction of Korea, the manpower and material resources obtained supported the imperial court to fight two battles with the tile thorns. Zhu Qizhen naturally wanted to replicate this action.

But how many countries are there near Daming, which are easy to eliminate, can pay taxes, and can also loot a vote?

Nothing more than North Korea, Vietnam, Japan.

Vietnam is too far away, and Vietnam has been fighting with the Ming Dynasty for decades, so it is impossible to say that they know each other's details, but Vietnam has the experience of dealing with China's attack.

There is no quick fix.

And geographically it is too far away from Beijing.

If it falls into a stalemate, wouldn't it be a loss to the wife and a soldier, and there will be an additional financial hole in vain.

But before Japan, Zhu Qizhen didn't think about it.

After all, Japan is a strong country in Zhu Qizhen's heart, far stronger than North Korea, and even if North Korea is destroyed, if Li Ji dies by himself, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to take North Korea down easily.

If Li Yao can win the hearts of the North Korean people, it is normal for him to fight for several years.

And Japan is even more so, destroying Japan to make money?

When Zhu Qizhen thought about it, he felt a little unreliable.

But at this moment, I suddenly feel that there is no need to destroy Japan?

First of all, Japan at this moment is actually weaker than North Korea, and yes, Korea has just won a victory against Japan during the Sejong period.

Second, Japan is poorer than North Korea.

This is also true.

It is estimated that if Japan is really occupied, it will not be able to recover much oil and water.

But Japanese gold and silver made Zhu Qizhen worry about it.

Zhou Chen opened up the Ming silver coin system. But in general, the Daming silver coin can no longer be regarded as a mainstream currency, because the issuance is too small.

Because the output of silver mines in the Ming Dynasty is small. The Tobe Hosen Bureau was also not interested in the manufacture of silver coins. After all, eliminating fire consumption is something that most bureaucrats are unwilling to do.

Their interests are violated here.

Zhu Qizhen wants to expand, but the household department also has a legitimate reason, and now the large-scale expansion will soon be at the point where there is no silver to cast.

The lack of a large amount of silver is the reason why the Ming seigniorage has not been raised, but there is silver in Japan?

Japan's gold and silver mines are very developed.

Moreover, before the Ming Dynasty and Japan, across Korea, it was difficult for the imperial court to extend its hand to Japan, but now, the Ming Dynasty has annexed Korea, and Japan is just a strip of water.

It is even more convenient to meddle in Japan.

And it's quite chaotic inside Japan.

This era was the transition from the North and South Koreas to the Warring States Period.

The Kamakura Shogunate Ashikaga family was quite difficult to maintain, but the following daimyo did their own thing, and they were not yet in a situation to challenge the shogunate. If the Ming Dynasty is willing to support the Ashikaga shogunate and let the Ashikaga shogunate give something, it is estimated that the Ashikaga shogunate will agree.

Zhu Qizhen also knew that his own idea was too rough.

There needs to be someone who is adaptable. After all, what is the situation in Japan, the news from Jinyiwei is always vague. If you don't feel there, you can't understand it.

And this envoy must have the demeanor of a vertical and horizontal family, otherwise he may not be able to squeeze oil and water from Japan.

Who to choose?

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Qi Zhen's first thought was Xu Youzhen.

Xu Youzhen's wrist is really black and ruthless, turning his face and not recognizing people, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, and playing with the two classes of nobles to death, if it weren't for Xu Youzhen's good relationship with them, these two classes of nobles may not have stood still when the Ming Dynasty eliminated Li Yao.

After Xu Youzhen ran out, he threw these people to the northwest like throwing garbage, and ordered more than 1,000 people to be killed, many of whom were his so-called old friends, Xu Youzhen was not ambiguous at all.

In film and television dramas, a proper villain.

But Zhu Qizhen didn't care about his character, nor did he care that he was rubbing oil in North Korea in private. But it depends on whether he can do anything. Xu Youzhen's actions made him unable to enter the cabinet at all, and he could not enter the decision-making level, but as a bureaucrat at the executive level, he was very qualified, even too qualified.

The trip to Japan is estimated to be indispensable to Xu Youzhen.

Zhu Qizhen immediately issued an edict and said: "Summons Xu Youzhen to come to Beijing this winter to report on work." ”

It's just that even if Xu Youzhen comes quickly, it is estimated that he will not be able to reach Beijing until the end of the year. Zhu Qizhen could only wait for Xu Youzhen to come before doing this.

However, under Zhu Qizhen's order, Jin Yiwei had already taken the lead.

Zhu Qizhen can't remember many gold and silver mines in Japan, but he remembers two places, one is Iwami, and the other is Sado.

Iwami Silver Mine and Sado Gold Mountain, only one is enough for Zhu Qizhen to squander for a while.

In these two places, it is natural for Jinyiwei to go to bury the site first.

Sure enough, as Zhu Qizhen expected, Xu Youzhen received the summoning order, but he did not go on the road immediately, but explained the situation first, the situation in North Korea had just stabilized, and he could not leave immediately.

It is estimated that he will be able to come to Beijing at the end of the month.

This is also because the weather is cold in winter, and the Korean rebels hidden deep in the mountains are fighting against something more terrible than the Ming army, that is, the Korean winter.

There is no time to come to Daming's trouble. Xu Youzhen can take advantage of the winter to come to Beijing, and before the beginning of spring, he has to go back immediately.

Winter in the north comes very early, at least in Daning, much earlier than in Beijing.

Just when Zhu Qizhen was still looking forward to Xu Youzhen's arrival, the winter in Daning had come to test whether people could survive.

This year is relatively good, and with the relief food, most people can survive.

But it's not the same with livestock.

You can't feed the livestock grain, and the grain of the Ming Dynasty can't be so bad. No one can be so extravagant, and although Zhu Qizhen gave more food in the Ming Dynasty, if these livestock are included, it is far from enough. The amount of food for a horse is three people.

Therefore, the silage that Zhu Qizhen has always wanted to promote finally came in handy.

Whether the strategic weapons that Zhu Qizhen has been looking forward to can play a role in the grassland, whether everything is as Zhu Qizhen expected, will be watched for a winter.