Treasure island?

I didn't expect that Dongying, the barbaric and uncivilized Wa Kingdom, would still have the title of Treasure Island, which means that my country is full of gold and silver. There is also Zhu Ping'an just said that my country's Dongying has cast more than ten zhang of Buddha statues with gold, tsk, our Ming Buddha's statues are gold-plated at most, and I still feel terrible, I didn't expect the Wa Kingdom to cast Buddha statues with pure gold.

Zhu Ping'an's statement made the officials in the hall interested in the Wa Kingdom.

"It's a bunch of nonsense, if the Japanese country is full of gold and silver, then why are they ragged and hungry, and they still have to go to the coast of our country to be thieves?!" Li Mo didn't believe what Zhu Ping'an said.

"This is simple, the Wa Kingdom is rich in gold and silver minerals, but the lack of natural resources, it is a number of large islands composed of barbarians, suitable for cultivation of limited land, natural disasters and earth movements are frequent, food and so on are scarce. The people live on food, and no matter how much gold and silver there is, there is not enough food, it is useless. Zhu Ping'an explained softly.

Zhu Ping'an's explanation is very convincing, for example, there was a flood, only two people escaped on the top of the tree, and below was a flood like a vast ocean. The two people on the top of the tree, one is a landlord with ten taels of gold, and the other is a beggar with ten steamed buns.

"Zihou mentioned the barbarian and Japanese gold and silver exchange, do you mean?" An official asked thoughtfully.

"The price of gold and silver in the East Ying Kingdom is very different from that of my Ming Dynasty, and the gold price of the Japanese Kingdom is much lower than that of my Ming Dynasty. Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and replied softly.

Historically. Some time before Japan's Meiji Restoration, Western countries took advantage of the fact that the price of gold in Japan was much lower than the international price to buy a large number of gold. Profiteering, he earned a huge amount of gold from Japan, and he returned with a full load.

What Europe did, why can't I do it, why should I leave this opportunity to the European powers hundreds of years later.

This is probably the roughest financial war.

"Ridiculous, I am a **** country and a country of benevolence and righteousness, how can I use such means to obtain this ill-gotten gain! I'll wait for the hole door. Such acts are not acceptable. After Zhu Ping'an put forward the theory of gold cashing, an old minister with gray hair stood up and accused Zhu Ping'an.

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This old minister is really a benchmark in the moral world! The Japanese have all killed and looted at the door of their homes, and I just mentioned that I would go down to the Japanese country to cash out the gold. This doesn't work, the **** kingdom, the country of benevolence and righteousness, after the Confucian Gate, etc., are all out.

Anyway, I really want this old man to go to the coast to give a moral lesson to the Japanese Kou, maybe the Japanese Kou will be moved to apologize?

"What you said is a way to fill the treasury. But I don't know if you know that I know that silver is in short supply. My Ming Dynasty has a territory of thousands of miles, but there is not much silver. At present, it is not easy to support the operation of my Ming Dynasty, how can I exchange my Ming silver for gold. My Ming people's livelihood depends on silver, and exchanging silver for gold will have unimaginable consequences in the long run. "After weighing the pros and cons, an official from the household department raised a new question.

In the dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, the currency in circulation was mainly copper coins. Silver, gold, and gold are only auxiliaries; It was not until the Ming Dynasty that the silver standard was established. If there is not enough silver. The economic system of the Ming Dynasty collapsed.

Although the officials of the household department do not understand what the silver standard is, and what finance is, they still have a rough understanding of this.

"What the lord said is very true, but there are other ways to cash out gold than just silver. I am rich in ceramics, tea, cloth and other things, many of which are lacking in the East Ying and the country, and are sold to the country, but they should be settled in gold, so as to kill two birds with one stone. Zhu Ping'an nodded, and then continued.

Zhu Ping'an didn't plan to exchange silver for gold at the beginning, he said so much, all he wanted was to stretch the horizon of people with lofty ideals in the Ming Dynasty, don't just stare at the one acre and three points of land in the Ming Dynasty, there are more worlds outside the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Europe is already catching up with and surpassing China, if the Ming Dynasty starts to open its eyes to the world now, there are still many opportunities at this time, and the Ming Dynasty is not inferior to the West at this time.

However, if it continues according to history, it is only a matter of time before the sea ban, the retreat, and the isolation of the country from the West will open the door of our country with ships and artillery. The humiliation of modern China, Zhu Ping'an didn't want it to reappear, so Zhu Ping'an would take advantage of the opportunity to stretch the horizon of the Chinese people and induce them to look at the world as much as possible.

"Hehe, you said so much, and you went around in such a big circle, not to mention the relaxation of the sea ban! Hmph, the sea ban is an ancestral system, and the sails are not allowed to be like the sea, and it is clearly stipulated that the sea ban cannot be relaxed. ”

Li Mo sneered, looked at Yan Song, Yan Shifan and the others who seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and then looked at Zhu Ping'an very sarcastically. Obviously, Li Mo once again attributed Zhu Ping'an to the category of Yan Song's henchmen.

It is also easy to understand that most of Yan Song's henchmen, especially Yan Shifan, are the loudest in calling for the relaxation of the sea ban. In Li Mo's eyes, Zhu Ping'an has gone around in such a big circle, what kind of people don't increase and the treasury doubles, it's all nonsense, it's all a trick, and everything is just for one purpose: to relax the sea ban!

Zhu Ping'an, a thief, really worked hard to cheer for Yan Shifan and others, too, after all, Yan Song said a lot of good things about helping Zhu Ping'an get promoted.

Li Mo once again brought the question back to the question of whether the sea ban should be relaxed or not, and the two factions debated once again in the hall. Because of what Zhu Ping'an just said, the more the ban faction argued, the more courageous it became, and of course the strict ban faction was not to be outdone.

However, this time Emperor Jiajing did not give them more opportunities to play, and after listening to it for a while, he asked Huang Jin to step down and call a few names, leaving Yan Song, Li Mo, Xu Jie, and other five people, and the rest of the personnel were led out of Xiyuan by Xiao Huangmen.

Zhu Ping'an was also sent out of Xiyuan with everyone, although Zhu Ping'an's performance in the face of the saint today was okay, but Zhu Ping'an was not qualified to stay.

When Zhu Ping'an walked to the Hanlin Academy, everyone in the Hanlin Academy already knew the news of Zhu Ping'an's promotion, except for Zhang Siwei's heartfelt congratulations, everyone else had an expression of envy, jealousy and hatred, especially Yuan Wei, whose face was about to fall to the ground, and he had more resentment towards Zhu Ping'an.

"Congratulations to Lord Zhu."

Zhang Juzheng's gaze at Zhu Ping'an was also a little strange at first, but it disappeared in a flash, and he walked over with a smile to congratulate Zhu Ping'an on his ascension. (To be continued.) )