Most of the courtiers were stunned when they heard this, because they didn't know about Iwami Ginzan at all.

A small number, especially the officials of the Ministry of Rites, knew.

Lu Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out, "Your Majesty, the current silver production of Iwami Silver Mountain is only more than 100,000 taels, and for the sake of such a small silver mine, it is inappropriate to invest several times the financial resources to build the South China Sea Fleet." ”

Zhu Jianji said with a little doubt: "More than ten thousand taels? ”

That's not right.

Iwami Silver Mountain was the largest silver mine at the end of the Warring States period in Japan, with an annual output of about two hundred tons and about one million taels, which was clearly recorded in later books, and Zhu Jianji had seen it at the forum.

Why is it only more than 100,000 taels?

Suddenly, it became clear that Japan was still in the early Warring States period, and the technology of silver smelting was not enough to develop it on a large scale.

continued: "That's just now, the silver ore reserves of Iwami Silver Mountain, as long as I use the advanced silver refining method, not to mention more than ten thousand taels, it can even reach millions of taels a year!" ”

The reform of the new unit of length and weight is still in progress and has not yet been popularized throughout the world.

So Zhu Jianji didn't say "ton".

In fact, his statement of millions of taels is a bit different from the annual output of 200 tons in later generations, so he immediately said: "But if we develop Iwami Silver Mountain to the greatest extent, it is okay to produce 10 million taels of silver per year!" ”

Naturally, the plundering of Japan's resources must exhaust all means, and as long as it has it, Lao Tzu will dare to dig up all its valuable mineral resources during the years of his rule!

In the end, if you really can't dig it up, Lao Tzu will destroy it!

There is no need for any mercy towards Japan.

Ten million taels of silver!

There was an uproar.

Don't think that ten million taels of silver a year is very little, this is almost one-fifth of the current year's income of the Ming Dynasty, if you push forward some time, it will be half of the annual income of the Ming treasury!

If what His Majesty said is true, for the sake of Iwami Ginzan, let alone strengthening the South China Sea Fleet, even if it is to build another army to conquer Japan, it is a completely cost-effective thing.

But what Your Majesty said is true?

What else Lu Yu wanted to say, Chen Xun, the head of the household department, had already been listed, "The minister thinks that the original intention of His Majesty's policy is not to see the silver mountain, but to cut off the remnants of the pseudo-Dashun Dynasty!" ”

Civil and military officials: "......"

Chen Shangshu, are you serious?

What are you saying is not for Iwami Ginzan, your attitude is clearly that you originally thought that it was not cost-effective to fight Japan, but when you heard that there was money, you explained that "the other party is too rich".

Chen Xuncai doesn't care about everyone's opinions.

He's happy now.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the successive household books have been a chore, because there is no money.

The worst and most bitter is Yongle Emperor Zhu Di's household secretary Xia Yuanji.

But Chen Xun is different.

Especially in the past two years, although the state has a lot of spending, the household treasury is really rich, and he has used it, and he, the head of the household, does not have to worry about money at all.

The most direct point is that only in the vault of the Daming Bank under the Ministry of Households, tens of millions of taels of gold and silver are piled up, and they are still increasing - although this money cannot be touched under normal circumstances.

After all, this money is the deposit of Daming treasure banknotes.

But the security deposit is also money!

If it really comes to a critical moment, it can also be used.

Again......

Daming's current financial situation does not need to use the deposit, for example, last year's Huayuankou embankment in the Yellow River section of Zhengzhou, the support of the household department for disaster relief, without the slightest pressure to solve the financial problem.

Therefore, from the standpoint of the state, especially after Zhu Jianji said about Iwajian Yinshan, Chen Xun raised his hands in favor of developing the South China Sea Fleet.

Hang Min, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was listed, "The minister seconded Chen Shangshu's words. ”

Hang Min was a supporter of Emperor Guang'an.

But as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he has been very busy these years, and he has contributed a lot to the strength of the Ming Dynasty, but he has also been very uncomfortable these years, especially the various minerals needed for the development of firearms, and the mining of the subordinate departments of the Ministry of Industry cannot meet the demand at all.

On the one hand, there is not enough manpower and technology.

On the other hand, there is also the lack of resources - the level of surveys is not enough.

However, since the resetting of the Jiaozhi Political Envoy Department last year, the mineral exploration and mining on the Jiaozhi side have been organized, and the good news is frequent, this year there will be several mines and coal mines entering the mining stage, and at the same time, this year will also set up steelmaking, silver-making, copper smelting and other factories in Jiaozhi, as far as possible to transport the resources of Jiaozhi back to China.

And these things don't have to worry about people.

The population of Annam is enough!

In the same way, after defeating Japan, he will definitely do the same, so Hang Min agrees with both hands.

Yu Qian came out of the list, "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

Yu Qian's position, as long as it is good for Daming, he supports it.

It has nothing to do with class interests.

Bai Gui, the secretary of the ministry, also appeared, "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

The four giants of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Rites in the Nine Secretaries all supported the strengthening of the South China Sea Fleet to fight Japan, and some of the attendants also wavered in their positions and seconded the proposal one after another.

On the side of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Emperor Zhang Peng went to Jiaozhi to preside over the overall situation, but Zhang Peng has cultivated imperial history for Zhu Jianji over the years, and the general trend is inevitable, and no one is entangled in the civil and military battles at this time, and the imperial historians have come out to second.

Subsequently, almost all the generals were listed, "The ministers seconded the proposal!" ”

The Ming Dynasty has always attached equal importance to civil and military affairs, in the early years the military power was still in the hands of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, after the change of the civil fort, the military power was in the hands of Qian, fortunately, Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Jianji operated like a tiger, and the military power was returned to the imperial power.

It seems to have nothing to do with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies?

But the generals still like to hear it, after all, being restrained by the Son of Heaven is more comfortable than being restrained by the civilian clique.

Moreover, Zhu Jianji's expansion strategy was supported by the generals.

If we don't fight, where will our group of generals get their military exploits?

If you don't have military exploits, where does your position in the court come from.

Without status, how to ensure the interests of military generals.

And as long as His Majesty continues to "recklessly use force", the weight of the generals will always be very heavy, and they will not be overwhelmed by the civilian clique - everyone still remembers the fear of being overwhelmed by Yu Qian from the first year of Jingtai to the eighth year of Jingtai.

Zhu Jianji looked at it, yo ho, I thought it would be unhappy.

I didn't expect Iwami Ginzan to solve the problem.

Now that most of the people in the court have agreed, the next step is to discuss the specific implementation strategy, and said loudly: "You Aiqing are dedicated to the country, I am very pleased, this matter is decided, in the afternoon, the head of the Navy Department of the Ministry of War, and Chen Xun, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, went to the Wenhua Hall to discuss the matter!" ”

The courtiers involved immediately issued a decree.

It's time for today's pilgrimage meeting to end.

Zhu Jianji took a deep breath slowly, and said: "Maybe you still don't know, the trading house I established in Fujian, which was in charge of Bai Xiu, led the fleet to the sea, and they had returned to Daming before the end of the year, and according to their route to the sea, I had an inference that was enough to break all the old concepts, that is, the earth under our feet is not the traditional place where the sky is round, well, the sky is indeed round, but the earth is also a round ball, that is, all of us live on an incomparably huge ball, in other wordsWhat does it mean that our universe is huge, but it has limited space? It means that as long as the navy develops, I can become the overlord of all the states on this ball! ”

After a pause, "What I want to do is not to make the Ming invincible in the territory we already know, but to stand on the top of the world's nations on this ball forever!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Fengtian Temple exploded in an instant.