Chapter 422: Treasure Island
"An has this reason, not to say that at the beginning of my Ming Dynasty, all the foreign barbarians were turned into foreign barbarians, only that the wealth of other countries can enter the treasury of my Ming Dynasty, what kind of person are you! No one cares about the other country! Encore is at your disposal! Li Mo erupted as soon as Zhu Ping'an's words fell.
In fact, Li Mo's meaning is translated as, people and countries are stupid, give you money for nothing, you Zhu Ping'an don't pee and look in the mirror to see what virtues you have!
"That is, I **** the country, the state of etiquette, but I can't add swords to other countries. In addition, my Ming Dynasty is currently in the north and south, and I lack skills! How can there be another war! An official behind Li Mo also stood up and shouted for Li Mo and joined the queue to denounce Zhu Ping'an.
"He dares! The major affairs of the country of soldiers, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked! If he dares to lead my Ming into the war at will and fall into a place of no return, the old man will slash this fang. Li Mo blew his beard and glared when he heard this, and he didn't take Zhu Ping'an's feelings into account at all when he spoke.
This fang, this fang, this is this beast!
Li Mo spoke very excessively, a thief with an open mouth, and a beast with a closed mouth, although this person was characterized as a loyal minister and a minister in history, Zhu Ping'an was still very unhappy when he heard Li Mo's remarks, this kind of person was very stubborn, stubborn to the point that he could not accept opinions contrary to him.
However, after all, this person still started from his home country, and at this time, Li Mo's official residence was still in the Ministry of Shangshu, and his little arm couldn't break someone's thigh, so Zhu Ping'an couldn't bear it.
"Tut, look at our boss, who is so angry, why can't he let the champion finish his words." Yan Shifan squinted at Li Mo with one eye, and sneered sarcastically.
"Hmph. Let's see what flowers he can say. Li Mo shook his sleeves vigorously.
Before speaking, Zhu Ping'an bowed his hand to Li Mo and the others, and after the salute, Zhu Ping'an took out two books from his sleeve and showed them to everyone one by one. Then he presented the book to Emperor Jiajing, and sent it by Xiaohuangmen.
The first book is "Western Fanguo Zhi (II)", which was written by Gong Zhen, an entourage of Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, when he went to the West, and there are two interesting records in the classics, the first of which is this: Gong Zhen sailed with the fleet to the East Ying Wa Kingdom, which is now in the thief's den on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty. After accepting the tribute from the Japanese chieftains, when Gong Zhen and others were supplying fresh water, vegetables and fruits in the Japanese country, some of the crew members who were in charge of purchasing went to a butcher to buy mutton. A total of 30 taels of silver is required. The crew only brought 20 taels of silver at that time, and the rest were gold, and when they saw this, the butcher said: 30 taels of silver. If silver is not enough. Gold is also available, 6 taels of gold is enough. The crew looked sideways and returned to scrape together enough silver to pay for the mutton. When he said this, everyone laughed at the traitor of the butcher. ”
After Emperor Jiajing got the two books, Zhu Ping'an began to talk unhurriedly, as if he was telling a story.
"The Japanese are treacherous, 30 taels of silver are equal to 3 taels of gold, but the Japanese butcher asks for 6 taels of gold. It's so greedy and shameless! Some officials listened to Zhu Ping'an's story. Shaking his head indignantly, he criticized the cunning of the Japanese people.
"The Japanese butcher is greedy and stupid, and one tael of gold is equal to two pieces of silver, and this child knows it. It's ridiculous to be stupid and not know it, but to try to use it to plot against my people. Someone shook his head with a smile, and it was also approved by many people.
The second interesting record is similar to this one, but this time it was the Japanese chieftain who sent people to the treasure ship to pay tribute, and during the tribute, a civil official of the Japanese chieftain took a fancy to a silk horse and needed 5 taels of silver, but the Japanese official paid 1 tael of gold to take the silk and walked away. The officer in charge of the fleet hurriedly chased after him to recover his 5 taels of silver, but the Japanese official walked too fast and failed to catch up. During the voyage, the responsible personnel were full of self-recollection. Zhu Ping'an said slowly.
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Everyone laughed for a while, how can the Japanese people be like this, the butcher can't tell the truth that one tael of gold is equal to ten taels of silver, why are the Japanese officials so sloppy! It's really a barbarian, not ventilated!
"Zhu Zihou, you don't talk about the method of doubling the treasury without the people giving more money, but what do you do with these inconsequential things, do you think I am like a fool like that thief?" An official behind Li Mo listened to Zhu Ping'an's two irrelevant travelogues, and couldn't help but stand up and accuse Zhu Ping'an.
"Don't worry, my lord, peace is about the way to multiply the treasury without the people giving more." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly.
What the?
Isn't this a method of doubling the treasury of any kind of family, isn't it just two irrelevant travelogues, isn't it just a stupid butcher and a sloppy official! Could it be that you want to make money from this stupid butcher and a sloppy official, just kidding, even if you squeeze them dry, it's just three melons and two dates! It doesn't help!
There was a burst of disdain from the officials, especially the one who had just spoken, and they all burst out laughing.
"Zhu Zihou, you are joking?" Li Mo held back his anger and almost roared.
"How dare Ping An joke in this Golden Palace, what I am talking about is the method of doubling the treasury, maybe these two travelogues are not obvious, then I will talk about another book, I saw another book is the record of Honglu Temple, which records the record of the tribute of the Wa Kingdom Dongying 20 years ago, which records such a thing, after the contribution of the Wa Kingdom Dongying Dynasty, the Honglu Temple rewarded the envoy with one hundred taels of gold according to the will, and the envoy of the Wa State requested that the gold be replaced with the equivalent of 500 taels of silver on the grounds that there are many people and the gold is inconvenient to distribute." Zhu Ping'an shook his head, and then told another recorded story.
What, I still don't understand, what kind of method is this to multiply the treasury!
Many officials still don't understand what Zhu Ping'an is talking about, these three records have a woolen relationship with the doubling of the national treasury.
"Zihou, are you saying that the exchange of gold and silver in the Wa Kingdom is one tael of gold for five taels of silver?" Yan Shifan was the first to react, and then his face was full of joy, both eyes were shining, as if he saw a shortcut to get rich.
"What Lord Yan said is true, the lower officials have verified in many ways, and they can basically determine the exchange ratio of gold and silver in the Wa Kingdom, which is very different from my Ming Dynasty. In my Ming Dynasty, ten taels of silver can be exchanged for one tael of gold, and in the Wa Kingdom, ten taels of silver can be exchanged for two taels of gold, which is twice as much. Zhu Ping'an nodded, and then revealed this conclusion in an affirmative tone.
The reason why Zhu Ping'an said this is that he wants to implant the germ of financial war in the hearts of everyone, and wants to lead everyone's attention abroad with interests, hoping to subtly let the Ming people open their eyes to the world.
What, the exchange ratio of gold and silver in the country of Wa is actually 1:5, how can there be such a strange exchange ratio, the officials in the main hall were surprised, this is the first time they have heard of this kind of thing. The exchange ratio of gold and silver is so different, it is twice the gold when it changes hands, and there is no need for Zhu Ping'an to say that everyone can simply perceive the huge business opportunities, and modern Chinese aunts can make a name for themselves on Wall Street.
"How much gold can you have?" An official asked.
"During the Mongol and Yuan dynasties, there was a man named Marco Polo who came to the Central Plains by ship from the sea, and he called the country of Zipangu in a travelogue, which translates to the country of gold, and recorded in the travelogue that each of the people of the Japanese had countless gold, and the roof of the palace was covered with pure gold, and the gold on the floor was as thick as two fingers. Many of the rooms have small tables of thick solid gold, and the windows are decorated with gold. It is said that there is a temple in Japan that has a 10-zhang high Buddha made entirely of gold, and in the travelogue it is also called the Silver Islands, and it is said that there are countless silver mines in the Japanese country, and there are silver sand that can be taken by leaning over the mountains in the open air. ”
Zhu Ping'an exaggerated described the content of a travelogue based on Marco Polo's oral narration, this travelogue is not the later Marco Polo's travelogue, but another travelogue in the Yuan Dynasty, this travelogue is in a corner of the library pavilion, which was turned out when Zhu Ping'an sorted out the books the day before yesterday.
As for authenticity?
Hehe, whatever, but history does record that gold and silver mines in Japan during this period were the most frequent period, and Japan's current Warring States period was supported by gold and silver mines. (To be continued.) )
PS: This chapter was made up last night, and it will be updated again tonight.