Jingshi, cabinet duty.

The report of the Ningbo Rebellion was sent to Beijing at an expedited speed of 800 miles and placed in front of several ministers. With the death of Yuan Zonggao, the entire cabinet returned to the situation before Jiajing entered Beijing, and the emperor of Jiajing recently issued an order to prepare to use the old minister Fei Hong to fill the cabinet, but the people have not yet arrived, and the current government is still managed by Yang Tinghe and other four people.

Since the founding of the Hongwu People's Republic of China, there have been cases of Japanese raiders from time to time, but they have only poisoned coastal villages and towns, and it is already a great event to be able to fight at the county level. For example, this time, the looting of such an important town as Ningbo is extremely rare, which makes several ministers feel a little disgraced.

When Wuzong was in power, although there was a suspicion of reckless military force, but the dynasty still had the performance of taking action militarily. Since the new monarch ascended the throne, there was the Renwu Rebellion, and the northern thieves besieged the Beijing Division. It's just the second year, and there is such a big problem in the southeast, and no one will be happy.

Mao Ji held a copy of the recital that came up below in his hand, and said helplessly: "Change the year name? What does this person think, could it be that the problem of the southeast can be solved by changing the name of the year? There is also this, impeaching Yang Chengzu and his wife and concubine to sacrifice to the god of the sea, which angered the sacred, so there was a rebellion of the Japanese Invaders. Although the old man doesn't like this person either, it's ridiculous to use this kind of crime. ”

"Ridiculous, more ridiculous than that, maybe there will be." Yang Tinghe also pointed to the several twists and turns in front of him with some anger, this Ningbo incident has been characterized by most officials as a tribute fight.

After all, if the Celestial Empire is said to have been killed by a group of Japanese robbers into Ningbo, beheaded the eunuchs, and then burned them and left calmly, there is really no place to put face. Talking about fighting for tribute, at least it can prove that these people are still close to the Ming Dynasty in terms of attitude, but it is only because of the problems of the clerks below and the mistakes of the tribute envoys themselves that there is this kind of tragedy, which can save face.

Only by preserving face first can the envoys of other countries not underestimate the Ming Dynasty, let alone give people the idea that after the new monarch ascends the throne, everything is not as good as before, so not only Jiajing, but also the cabinet will not have the face to be.

If Ryan hadn't died, this pot would definitely have to be blamed on his head, but now that the other person is dead, not only is it not good to condemn the crime, but most of them will have to take credit. If he doesn't carry this pot, he has to find someone else to carry it, and now some people below have begun to argue about who is responsible, although Yang Chengzu is not a local official in Zhejiang, but he is a favorite minister of the Son of Heaven, and he presides over the sacrifice to the sea. Sacrifices came and went, sacrifices were sacrificed, and when the tribute was contested, naturally someone aimed their fire at him.

Yang Tinghe shook his head, "Jin Shunju is a soldier, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a little out of shape, it's just playing the piano indiscriminately." Now is not the time to get busy with who to do or to get rid of, but to do something. The Japanese were burned and killed in Ningbo, and then left by boat, who knows if they will come back? If it were to do it again, how many soldiers and civilians would suffer? The rebellion of the former Ning Fan has caused the southeast to be poisoned, and its troubles have not stopped. At present, according to the old man's opinion, it is not to punish anyone, but to think about how to prevent the Japanese robbers! Qiao Xida once served as the Nanjing Military Department, this southeast military, he knows the most about the ocean, but now he doesn't say a word, he doesn't say anything, Houzhai Gong, what do you think about this matter? ”

Among the four, Prince Liang once accompanied the king of Ning and went to Nanjing, and Yu was qualified to speak in the southeast military garrison. He smiled bitterly, "Josh's great distress, the old man can also know a little bit about it, it's not that he refuses to say it, but he doesn't know what to say." When the first emperor went south, he saw the military situation in the southeast, and he was angry and wanted to kill. In the case of the 49 guards in Nanjing, there are nearly 300,000 soldiers, but now there are not even 100,000 actual soldiers. It was still the Son of Heaven who inspected and looted a large number of young men from the vicinity, and now there are only 50,000 actual soldiers. If it is a war, it must also have soldiers who can fight. But this situation where there is no army to use is not what he Josh can do, what should he say. ”

He pointed to his hand again, "As for the impeachment of Ning Shao, Bingbeidao and Taizhou Bingbeidao, I also want to say a word." It is also natural that they will be impeached and even punished in their positions. But they are also very wronged. In their hands, I'm afraid that there are no soldiers available, not because they can't save them, but because they are powerless. ”

Several cabinet ministers were all speechless, and the fact that there were not many mobile troops in the southeast had already been revealed during the rebellion of King Ning, otherwise it would not have been the Son of Heaven to conquer in person. But as a minister, it would be too dereliction of duty to just throw the problem to the Son of Heaven and not provide a solution. Even if there are no troops available, we must discuss a plan to resolve the problem to the best of our ability.

Jiang Mian said: "The military department gave Xia Yan a twist and turn in the matter, but it is somewhat interesting, he said that the rebellion of the Japanese invaders started in the city, and suggested that the imperial court close the two cities of Ningbo and Quanzhou, and only leave one of the Guangzhou city ships. At the same time, the sea is strictly forbidden in the southeast, and all civilian sea-building ships will be punished, perhaps at the moment, this is indeed a way. ”

The Ming Dynasty originally had a maritime ban, and institutionally, this ban was not abolished. Like the road guidance system, the current sea ban only stays at the institutional level, and has not really been implemented. Xia Yan's opinion is to implement this system, like in the early years of Hongwu, to realize that Pian Fan is not allowed to go to the sea, and cut off the trade between the Ming Dynasty and overseas.

Although the name of the Wakou is Wa, in fact, the number of Han people is much more than that of the Wa people, and even the Franc machine people are now counted as the same range. Xia Yan's suggestion to close the city's shipping division, terminate the foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty, and prohibit the manufacture of sea ships, that is, to make the Japanese invaders lose the source of troops, is a method of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle. Without these people being bandits or colluding with the outside world, simple widows don't even know the road, and they can't become a big disaster, which is almost the consensus of the current court, which is nothing more than how to deal with the opinions of the people who lead the way can not be unified.

In the final analysis, the Ming Dynasty is still an agricultural country dominated by a self-sufficient economy, and the tributary trade that the city is responsible for is a matter of losing money and buying face. The Quanzhou City Department was responsible for paying tribute to the Ryukyus, and the tribute of a small country, whether politically or economically, should not have a special yamen to do it.

As for Ningbo City, since the Japanese dared to kill people and set fires and plunder Ningbo, it was only natural that they should be punished by no tribute and end the tributary trade. Since the tributary trade has ended, there is no need to maintain the market, which can be regarded as a political and economic attitude. To put on such an attitude is to let the Japanese people deal with the murderers themselves and force Japan to admit its mistake and surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the city department has always been the eunuch in charge, and now the town guards in various places are dismissed, and the city department is abolished together, so that the people can farm with peace of mind, from the perspective of education, it is also a good idea.

"Xia Yan? He has a bit of a taste for this twist, and the trouble of the Japanese began in the city? It's not the first time I've seen this statement. Yang Tinghe watched Xia Yan's recital a few times and put it aside, "Not long ago, Gu Rengong, Zhu Jiqing, and Chen Qingyao visited me and said similar words, but they coincided, coincided." ”

The three people he said are all Confucians in today's Ming literary circle, and they are also famous talents from famous families in the southeast. Yang Tinghe is not only the first assistant of the dynasty, but also the master of the literary world, and it is common for him to interact with these famous Confucians, but the opinions they say are similar to those of Xia Yan, which means that Xia Yan's twists and turns are likely to be instructed by others, not his own real opinions.

Xia Yan is a native of Jiangxi, and later served in Beijing, neither as an official in Zhejiang, nor as a practitioner in the city. But he can insist that the trouble began in the market, at least because of Meng Lang. The old man knows that he is good at eloquence and uprightness, and it is very suitable to be a speech official, but today it seems that he still can't do it in practice. ”

"Motosuke, what do you mean?"

"What I mean is that the small state of the Japanese kingdom dares to despise the prestige of our Celestial Empire, kill officials and rob the government, and commit heinous crimes. Immediately, the Ministry of Rites issued a document to severely rebuke the Japanese people for their mistakes and ordered them to come to Beijing to discuss the crime. One day if you can't deport people into Beijing, one day you won't be allowed to pay tribute, and you will be punished with no tribute! However, the city department is still retained, and the sea is forbidden, that is the matter of the southeast magistrate, and the court should not care about it. At the same time, all over the southeast, training troops to protect themselves, I want to see if the little Japanese can really make the court back down to them! ”