The so-called long-term thinking can actually be summed up in one sentence: the emperor has no money! You don't have to think carefully to figure out that if the emperor has a mountain of silver in his hands, how can he run to China to pretend to be his grandson. It's just that Japanese people don't like to hear it. Jiang Tian originally thought that he could obtain Japanese silver through guò trade by relying on Japanese merchants, but the Tokugawa family was not stupid, and immediately announced that the silver mines in Japan would be under the management of the state, in fact, it would be under the management of the Tokugawa shogunate, so that in the future, only the merchants of the Tokugawa family would be able to exchange coarse silver for fine silver coins.

In fact, it doesn't matter who will exchange it for silver coins, the most important thing is that the silver can flow into the Central Plains, and give them silver coins at a very high price. Because of the use of stamping process, so the cost of silver coins under mass production is very low, even if the silver content increases significantly, but the purchasing power of the silver coin itself still exceeds the same weight of silver, plus the charge of 20% of the fire consumption, to put it bluntly, every 10,000 taels of silver coins made for the Japanese, we earn a profit of 2,000 taels, remove the cost of labor and machine wear and tear, as long as the start of full capacity for a year, not to mention to earn back a mint, even the treasury will benefit immensely.

"In that ......case," Jiang Tian pondered for a moment, he knew that the actual situation in Japan was worse than this, but fortunately he had a backup plan: "If there is no silver, then it would be better to bring some goods and we will give you silver coins at a discount." ”

Fujiwara felt that there was only that, not that he couldn't think of a better idea, but that there was really nothing he could do. The Tokugawa shogunate had already controlled the land passage of the capital, and it was difficult for ordinary merchants to get through guò, and there were constant disputes at sea, and the Tokugawa family's navy was always looking for fault with the merchant ships, so how could they get silver and then ship it to China? If a Chinese merchant was to transport goods to Japan and then exchange it for silver and then return to China, it would be tantamount to imposing the cost of coinage on the head of the Chinese merchant, which did not meet Jiang Tian's original expectations.

Fujiwara hesitated and said, "However, we don't have much to make the Celestial Empire take a fancy to it!" ”

Jiang Tian thought very clearly about this question: "Grain! Population! And all kinds of ores, these are the things we need, if you can bring a boatload of people, we can settle by head, if it is grain, we will calculate it according to one dollar and five silver coins per stone. ”

Now is the time of green and yellow, the country, especially in the north, there is not much grain stockpile, one yuan and five jiao seems to be one or two five silver in the past, in fact, because Jiang Tian has earned a lot of fire consumption, so it doesn't matter if you eat a little loss, the key is that if you can supplement rice from Japan nearby, you can level the domestic grain price, so that the northern homesteaders have no choice but to turn to planting new high-yield crops, and the big landowners in the south, if they lose the key grain sales market in the north, it will also increase their storage pressure. Forced to sell grain to ease stocks, the fall in grain prices will lead to increased bankruptcies among homesteaders in the south, and if there is a government directive they can choose to go north to acquire larger tax-free land, or they can turn to towns to join the factories that are about to appear. As long as the grain prices continue to be low for more than a decade, and there is no need for the state to crack down, those local wealthy families will be weakened to the point of being unsustainable, and the more land they have in their hands, the weaker they will become. After the paving is thoroughly promoted, they will only have to cry. Of course, Jiang Tian won't let the Japanese know about these things, but we can't be very positive, and we have to show a little impatience when necessary, so Jiang Tian's expression at the moment is a little intriguing.

took a sip of the teacup: "Actually, it doesn't matter who we do business with, if the emperor of your country is so embarrassed, I think it's better to discuss it directly with the Tokugawa family." ”

Fujiwara was anxious when he heard this, he couldn't find the Tokugawa family with anyone, not to mention that the emperor was waiting for the rice to be cooked, even he himself had to earn those two points of profit by deceiving the superiors and subordinates: "The reason why the Tokugawa family is so unreasonable is mainly because they don't know the strength of the Celestial Empire, so I don't think you may be able to reason with them, it's better for us to talk about it, in short, we will definitely give an explanation to the Celestial Empire!" But it's better not to let outsiders know about this private agreement. ”

Jiang Tian raised his eyebrows, knowing that this was the other party's delaying tactic, but what he said was not unreasonable: "Then according to Lord Fujiwara's opinion, what should I do?" ”

Fujiwara thought for a moment and then gritted his teeth and said: "Tokugawa is just afraid that the weapons of the Central Plains will flow into Japan and it will be unfavorable to him, so it is better for them to control the iron trade, and we will exchange weapons in other ways." ”

This iron trade has been mastered, what else can you do? Jiang Tian didn't wait for him to explain that he guessed a rough idea, and it was nothing more than the word smuggling. The Tokugawa family seems to be strong on Japanese soil, but it is only a weak and powerful, and if he really forces half of the daimyo in Japan to rebel, he will have no way to live. Moreover, the strength of the sea cannot guarantee that all Japanese ports can be blocked, and an Ataka Maru with chicken ribs is very large, but it still has to be rowed with oars, which is absolutely useless for a warship. That is, it is a bit useful to bully the small fishing boats of other big names, and it may not be able to catch up with the slow fortune boats, and if you disguise yourself as pirates again, you can definitely destroy the coastal navy of small Japan. Unlike Jiang Tian, who fantasized about how to bully Tokugawa, Fujiwara gave a non-violent and non-cooperative solution, and didn't the Tokugawa family keep a very strict watch over merchant ships entering and leaving Japan? Then we'll transfer the goods to the Ryukyus, and let the Shimazu family take care of the rest! After all, as the number one powerful feudal clan in Kyushu, they still have some means.

As soon as this plan was proposed, Jiang Tian frowned, you must know that it is a serious Chinese subject country, and later generations will make a lot of trouble for this string of islands, judging from the map, if the Ryukyu Islands plus Taiwan Island are controlled by the enemy, then it is a bridgehead to contain China's advance, but if you look at it the other way, these places are controlled by ourselves, then it is a string of umbrellas to protect the mainland, so Ryukyu and Taiwan will be taken back sooner or later, and the reason why Zhang Tao let Zheng Sen go to Taiwan, may be considering that there is not enough national strength to develop such a large island at this time, it is better to let the Zheng family toss it themselves. Anyway, his father and clansmen are all on the mainland, see if you dare to do things absolutely.

Seeing that Jiang Tian's face was pale, Fujiwara also thought of the trick: "Lord Jiang is worried about the affairs of the Ryukyu King?" ”

"Exactly!" Jiang Tian didn't hide it and said it directly: "Last year, the Ryukyu Kingdom sent an envoy to Asaka, and privately said that your Satsuma clan occupied the palace, so His Majesty sent someone to investigate in detail. If I hadn't said in private that your emperor couldn't control those arrogant daimyos, I would never have agreed to sign your credentials. ”

This is basically made up, but Fujiwara doesn't know it, so he can only pay more attention to Jiang Tian's status on his side: "In this way, the lower official has to thank the adults for their kind words." However, the Shimazu family also knew that what they were doing was a little out of place, but at that time it was still the former Ming Dynasty, and they had no intention of going against this dynasty, and they also dragged their feet to say that if they could privately allow the Ryukyu trade to be stopped, they would immediately withdraw from the Ryukyu Imperial Palace, and they would not dare to harass the vassal states of the Upper Kingdom. ”

This devil really deserves to die, he said that he would give benefits for a long time before he was willing to nominally return the sovereignty of the Ryukyus, if it wasn't for the fact that Tokugawa Iemitsu was too oppressed by them when he was alive, it is estimated that there would be no unequal treaty, anyway, they calculated that China would not have the time to help the small island hundreds of miles away. So Jiang Tian did not agree, but said that he had to report to the emperor in order to have a letter. Later, the two men negotiated the pricing of major commodities such as grain, population, and steel, and explained that if the price increases, they would communicate with each other a month in advance. The settlement currency is in standard silver coins. As a result, this oral agreement on smuggling, which had been covered up for 200 years, was reached, and the world generally agreed that this was the main evidence that Jiang Tian framed and accused Japan, while the Japanese insisted that this was the gospel that brought to the Japanese people @ Lord @ Zi @ Yu@ and was the cornerstone of the Japanese Downfall Movement!

Sending away the little devil, Jiang Tian walked into the classroom again, and happened to see Zhang Huanzheng depressedly teaching Zhao Zhi to read and write, because he was too old and absent-minded, so he couldn't recognize the "Three Character Classic" now. Originally, Wu Yuan planned to share the prince's worries, but Zhang Huan thought that he had taken over the important task of teaching his mentor brother to read and write, so he naturally should complete this task by himself, so he declined the kind help of others, but after teaching for a few days, he found that his burden was a little big. Seeing that Jiang Tian entered the house, the classroom, which was still a little noisy, instantly quieted down, and the transfer student Zhao Zhi ran away as if he had been pardoned. Half of the first class had passed, and seeing that today's teaching was not finished, Jiang Tian casually flipped through the book, and then threw down the textbook.

"Today I'm going to enter the palace to face the saint, and you can go home for self-study, but I said it in advance, if I hear any of you wandering around the Qinglou Chu Pavilion again, don't blame me for punishing you."

The students below laughed, this matter is quite simple, because the geographical location here is a bit special, so some older young masters and lambs will inevitably linger in the surrounding flower streets and willow alleys. Originally, Jiang Tian didn't plan to care about them, after all, it was a normal phenomenon in this era. But then something happened, that day after school, it was dinner time, Jiang Tian had just picked up his rice bowl when someone came to report that his two students were fighting with someone in a nearby brothel, which would be lively! Hurry to the brothel to take a look, isn't it, there are really a lot of onlookers, a few young people in fresh clothes and angry horses scuffled together, and they also relied on his students to practice sports, so the fight is not too bad, but this is ugly enough, so Jiang Tian only needs to order the turtle slaves in the brothel to quickly pull these people away, with Jiang Tian's order, only those who see the excitement dare to really persuade them, otherwise they can't afford to provoke these people.

Knowing that Jiang Tian is here, especially knowing that he is a court official from the first grade, no matter how angry the kid is, he doesn't dare to be presumptuous. After inquiry, I learned that these two groups of people were jealous of a popular girl, and in order to overpower each other, these two uncompetitive fools brought out Jiang Tian, claiming that they were the nephews of the Son of Heaven, and were deeply appreciated by the teacher. When the prostitute heard this, she knew that Jiang Tian had always been good at music, but she never came to these Fengyue places, so she had the intention of pleasing them, if she could persuade them to invite her teacher, and if she pleased the other party and left one or two tunes, wouldn't her worth be overwhelming in the capital? The other group of people saw that the beauties were inclined to each other, and in addition to being angry, they naturally insulted Jiang Tian in their mouths, anyway, his Jiang Muhua's name was also shouted by everyone in the traditional Confucianism, and the other party was naturally justified when he scolded, so he came and went and became a mess! Jiang Tian's handling method is very simple, both parties are responsible for compensating for the loss of the brothel, and their students have to go back to write a profound review, and although the few on the opposite side dare not speak disrespectfully to their faces, at least they are not convinced in their hearts, and then Jiang Tian told them very kindly, science instead of Confucianism is unstoppable, if they are not convinced, they can go to the emperor to theorize, if they can persuade the emperor to retract their destiny and re-respect Confucianism, it can be regarded as their merit.

Joke, who would dare to really talk about such a thing in a book? Even if all the scholars in the world resist the sudden reduction of their status in their hearts, they don't dare to create any @ Xue@Student @ Movement @. Because this emperor is not the kind of straw bag that wants to be famous in the Ming Dynasty, it is absolutely unambiguous to really move, if you dare to force the palace to admonish, he will dare to distribute your whole family. You scolded him in private, people have rough skin and thick flesh are all on the sidelines, and you engage in uncooperative school boycotts and exams, which can be regarded as being in the middle of the game, anyway, you want to abolish the scientific examination immediately, it just so happens that he doesn't need you anymore, and there are people in the army who fill the place. For thousands of years, the literati have been useless in dealing with the imperial court, and now they are just asking you to pay taxes and do some work, you really have to play ruthlessly, how can these scholars who can only move their mouths be opponents. So far, the Confucianism in the world has only stayed at the point of complaining, maybe it's okay to arrange some scripts to insinuate that the emperor is a faint king, but what can this be, as long as the society develops, the world will find out how ridiculous they are, so until now, for this kind of mouth cannon, whether it is Jiang Tian or Zhang Tao, they have laughed at it.

Of course, this is not the whole story, afterwards the old bustard of the brothel tried his best to flatter Jiang Tian, saying that he was deeply sorry for not taking care of his students, and wanted to let his best girl come out to serve. There are enough beauties in the family, Jiang Tian naturally didn't dare to accept the kindness of others, so he casually recited nonsense: I was afraid that I would tire the beauties too much, so I ran away. But I didn't think that such a sentence would spread all over the entertainment industry in Beijing, and everyone who was a little talented sighed, since Donglin and Fushe became scum who misled the country and the people, now he Jiang Tian is qualified and dares to say this.

After arranging his students, he Jiang hurriedly changed into official clothes, and then rushed to the Forbidden City. Not to mention that the guards don't know the inside story, and even if they did, they would feel strange. Doesn't this Jiang have no responsibility at all, it's nothing more than a few Japanese people who occupy Ryukyu, as for such a fuss? Even if you don't have any official authority and system, why do you have to consult the emperor about everything?

In fact, this is not to blame them, except for a few eloquent emperors in history, most of the time the significance of the vassal states to the Central Plains is only good-looking. As long as the surrounding small countries come to make the pilgrimage, then they can show that they are peaceful and all the countries come to the court, and it is also a very glorious thing to write in the history books. As for whether these countries are really subjugated, or whether they have been bullied, as long as you don't come to me to cry, make trouble, and hang yourself, you will turn a blind eye. The Central Plains court, especially after the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had a very isolationist style in diplomacy, but the monkey Guan Bai in Little Japan did things absolutely and provoked the Wanli Emperor to send troops to fight him. But Jiang Tian walked to the door of the imperial study, only to find that it was a little crowded, there were too many newly established departments, and the number of officials at the minister level had changed from six to a dozen, not counting those at the deputy ministerial level and the department level. Moreover, these yamen have just been established and cannot operate independently, and many things with unclear responsibilities have to come to ask for instructions and report, which leads to the situation of queuing at the door of the imperial study to wait for an audience.

Xizi, who was maintaining order, saw that Jiang Tian was coming, so she hurriedly trotted over and gave a salute with a smile: "The slave has seen the adult, I don't know if you are in a hurry today?" ”

"It's true that there are some things, but I don't know when Your Majesty will be free?"

Xizi looked at the adults in front of her, and could only shake her head: "The slave and maid can't say it well, if you ask the right question for a long time, it's not strange to be afraid for a few hours." ”

At this time, many people were looking at Jiang Tian, he was at most a deputy minister according to his position, but his bullfighting suit was really eye-catching, and there had been an example of the emperor's priority reception before, so the eyes that looked at him were a little envious, jealous and hateful, did you say that you, a guy who usually always works with craftsmen, still have any major military affairs to report? In fact, they didn't know that if it weren't for Jiang Tian's toss, how could Zhang Tao have made up his mind to launch reforms in advance? If there is no early reform, how can so many people be promoted to senior officials?

Seeing Jiang Tian frowning and a little anxious, Xizi leaned over and whispered, "Don't worry, don't worry, let's think of a way for you?" ”

Jiang Tian naturally knew the importance of unspoken rules, so he was very lamented by the stubbornness of this human rule: "In this way, there is Lao Gonggong, I heard that Brother Ling injured his leg a few days ago when he worked, it is better to go to the workshop in Huangzhuang outside the city to help out, and the amount of wages depends on the amount of labor, which is better than calling an unscrupulous shopkeeper." ”

If it weren't for the fact that there were other people around, and he couldn't make a loud noise, Xizi almost knelt down for Jiang Tian gratefully. These eunuchs have long lost the power of the previous dynasty, and their only brother also relies on hard work to supplement the family, so he was still injured, if he didn't have some savings, maybe he would be disabled, if Jiang Tian really put him in the workshop of Huangzhuang, not to mention that the salary is much more than before, it is easy to take care of it. Why did they all grow up watching the sage books, this Jiang Tian is a talented person but is so considerate, but those adults who were born as jinshi are all tasteless?

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