Speaking of the land of Dongying projectiles, will there be more silver than the dignified Ming Dynasty?

Not to mention, Dongying does have more silver than the Ming Dynasty, at least this period is like this.

According to the statistics of later historians, from the Warring States period to the Edo period, Japan accounted for one-third of the world's silver production in a total of three to four hundred years!

During this period, there was another region that produced more silver, that is, the Americas, which also accounted for about one-third of the world's silver production.

That is to say, the Ming Dynasty, the Mughals, the Persias, the Great Food, the European continental powers and other relatively powerful countries at that time did not produce much silver, and the combined silver output of all countries in Asia, Europe and Africa was not as large!

So, what was the amount of silver produced in Dongying during this period?

This Yang Cong is actually not very clear, according to his estimate, there should be about 10 million taels a year, those princes in Dongying are very rich, according to Wang Zhi, these guys buy things with a car to pull silver ingots, a car of silver ingots is enough for tens of thousands of taels, and a prince can pull out a dozen cars casually!

At this time, Dongying, all the princes were crazy, in order to maintain the war expenses, they were crazy to mine silver, plus Dongying's silver reserves are sufficient, the purity is high, and the output is naturally quite amazing.

According to the calculation of 10 million taels a year, ten years is 100 million taels, and 100 years is 1 billion taels, and the Dongying Warring States period probably began in the Ming Dynasty and has been about 100 years since then, that is to say, the silver circulating in the Dongying market at this time is about 1 billion taels.

There is so much silver in Dongying, and the materials are relatively scarce, coupled with the continuous war, the people are busy avoiding the war, and there are not many people engaged in production at all, so the price of Dongying is surprisingly high, more than ten times higher than that of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that those princes in Dongying are all poor eggs with silver ingots, and the poor are only left with money!

So, how can we "rob" all the silver from Dongying?

Directly send troops to capture Dongying?

This is obviously unrealistic, because Da Ming can't withstand such a toss at this time.

You know, Dongying at this time is not easy to mess with, don't look at the princes from all walks of life who have been fighting for nearly a hundred years, it seems to be a mess of porridge, once it is attacked by foreign enemies, it will be different.

At this time, Dongying has actually entered the late Warring States period, and if the Ming Dynasty invades in an all-out way, it may become an opportunity for their unification.

How strong was Dongying after the unification of the Warring States period?

This historical material is also clearly recorded, because after the end of the Warring States period in the East, the arrogant Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched the Korean War, intending to use Korea as a springboard to conquer the Ming Dynasty.

This guy is crazy, but people have the capital to be crazy, and the total number of Japanese soldiers under his command is more than 500,000, and he launched more than 300,000 troops in the two invasions of North Korea!

More than 300,000 troops, even if the Ming army is strong, it will take at least more than 100,000 troops to compete with it, and the result is that the Ming Dynasty sent more than 100,000 troops to support North Korea twice, and each time they were defeated.

This is still the result of the desperate assistance of the subject country Korea in order to resist the invasion of the Japanese army, if it is relying on the Ming Dynasty alone, if it wants to achieve such a record, it will have to send at least more than 200,000 troops.

Of course, the Ming army in history is definitely not as powerful as the current Ming army, however, in the Wanli Korean War, the equipment of the Ming army is actually not bad, muskets and artillery are available, and there are two of the most elite brigades in the world, the Qi family army and the Sichuan army, even if the combat power is worse than the elite of the Ming army at this time, it is not much worse.

Therefore, Yang Cong came to a conclusion that at this time, if you want to fully capture Dongying, you must organize at least 200,000 troops, as for how long it takes, it depends on the strength of people's resistance, if people resist desperately, it may take ten or even twenty years!

Will the people of Dongying resist desperately?

There is no doubt about this, Dongying people are notoriously deadly, and when they fight, they are not much different from madmen.

Therefore, if you want to fully capture Dongying, you must be prepared for a protracted war, and ten years is considered a few.

How much food will be consumed by an army of 200,000 in ten years?

According to the calculation of the elite salary of the ordinary border army, each person per month is at least three taels or more, 200,000 elites, and the monthly consumption of food and salary is 600,000 taels or more, more than 7 million taels a year, and more than 70 million taels in ten years.

More than 70 million taels, even if Yongqing makes a windfall at this time, the treasury is only 30 million taels, even if Zhang Juzheng implements the new policy, the annual tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty can reach up to four or five million taels at most, that is to say, in the past ten years, the officials of the Ming court have not eaten or drunk, and they have not taken a penny, and they have fully supported the Dongying War to defeat Dongying.

This is obviously unrealistic, not to mention not eating or drinking for ten years, and if you don't eat or drink for ten days, you will die, and Daming can't stand such a toss at this time.

Perhaps, in a few decades, when the Ming Dynasty slowly becomes stronger and the imperial court is rich, it will be simple to take Dongying, but at this time, it is indeed not a good opportunity to take Dongying.

So, what to do?

If you don't take Dongying, how can you "rob" other people's silver?

Yang Cong has his own clever plan.

On this day, Denglai Water City, battleships gathered, and the elite of the Daming Navy Division and the Southeast Army all gathered here, waiting for the dispatch of the cabinet scholars, Taishi, and Hui'an Hou Yang Cong.

This position of Taishi was given to Yang Cong by Yongqing, after all, it was a great merit to pacify the northwest and completely solve the problem of the Tartars, and it was impossible not to give some rewards, under Yongqing's repeated insistence, Yang Cong could only accept the position of the Taishi, and he became one of the few Zhengyipin members in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this handful refers to those who were promoted to the first rank when they were alive, and those who were posthumously sealed after death are not counted.

Yang Conggao sat in the hall of the Yamen of the Dengzhou Wei Command Envoy, majestically glanced at the generals under him, and was silent for a long time, and then exhaled and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Dongying Japanese invaders have invaded the coast of our Ming Dynasty for many years, so that the lives are ruined, the people are miserable, and the imperial court has lost an unknown amount of food, and our soldiers do not know how many casualties have been paid. ”

That, of course, "to"!

More than a dozen generals roared in unison, and the sound was simply a buzzing eardrum.

Yang Cong nodded slightly, and then said loudly: "Okay, this time, let's let Dongying Wokou take a good look at what will happen to invading our Daming!" ”

Of course, he can't say that we are going to Dongying to "rob" all their silver, the invasion of the Japanese is indeed a fact, and revenge is also a matter of course, such a good reason is not to be an idiot.

Immediately afterwards, he said solemnly: "According to investigation, the instigator behind the scenes of the Hirashi Waiko is the Matsuura clan, the daimyo of the Hirado Domain of the former country of Hirashi, so this time, our primary goal is to take down the Hirado Domain and capture the Matsuura clan." As for the other princes of Dongying, but those who dare to offend my great tomorrow will be punished! ”