Chapter 237: They Lost Everything, But Gained Freedom

Zhang Juzheng's method is very vicious, and many specific methods are written in his recital, but Zhang Juzheng did not say it.

Zhang Juzheng's behavior is definitely not kind, and he never claims to be a good person, but the courtiers did not object, and it is a point to make the country uncomfortable.

Between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, there is a deep feud in the sea of blood, and it is a dead knot that cannot be untied.

The most terrible thing is that even if Zhang Juzheng's poisonous plans are made public and known, it will not affect the implementation of these poisonous plans, and can help the Ming Dynasty to destroy the Japanese.

Because these poisonous schemes are unstoppable schemes.

The first decree allowed merchant ships to trade to the Wa Kingdom.

This decree can also be understood as: this is a further opening of the sea by the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng will not become a traitor because of this, because the merchants of the Ming Dynasty went to the Japanese country to traffic in Japanese silver, not in one year, two years, five years and ten years, but in decades or hundreds of years, and after more than 100 years of struggle, Zhang Juzheng himself will not be beaten into the list of the Japanese because he is solving a deep-rooted contradiction and problem in the Ming Dynasty.

The causes of the plague are very complex, but they are generally related to the opening of the sea and the prohibition of the sea, and the ban on the sea does not prohibit maritime trade, but makes maritime trade a private patent.

For example, the current soot blowing method of the Wa Kingdom was passed down by the Ming Dynasty.

The amalgamation method used by Tessie is more efficient, but it is more harmful to workers.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty noticed very early that mercury can digest gold and silver into mud, and mercury can be used to capture free gold and silver in coarse-grained ores to form amalgam, which is amalgam, but mercury is a huge poison, and the Spanish colonists used amalgam to refine gold and silver in large quantities because they had a large number of cheap slaves to use.

The sootblowing method is to use the miscible characteristics of silver and lead to obtain a silver-lead alloy, which is introduced into the air to oxidize the lead and obtain crude silver.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty went to the Wa country to sell the Wa silver all the year round, and they also had to make a detour to the Ryukyus, and there could not be any word of the Wa State in the customs clearance documents, this time the imperial court further opened the sea and lifted the ban, so there was no need to detour, and the maritime merchants would only make more.

Maritime merchants do business at sea, and passing a pass is to take off a layer of skin.

"We cultivate relatives and friends of the Wa Kingdom, this time the sea is opened, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty have a lot more thieves?" Ma Ziqiang expressed his doubts, he did not agree with this decree, there are few people in the country, there are many people in the Ming Dynasty, and the absolute number of thieves will definitely be greater than those who are close to the Ming Dynasty.

This will cause a lot of trouble for Daming.

When the time comes, the thieves shout, the Ming Dynasty is a family, isn't that a mockery?

Wan Shihe sneered and said, "If you don't open the sea, won't they be able to communicate with you?" ”

"Yes." Ma Ziqiang frowned, and then stretched out, Wan Shihe is now too good at ending the argument in one sentence, that is, the Ming merchants are not allowed to go to the Wa Kingdom to sell, and there will be no fewer people who are close to the Wa Kingdom, because the silver production of the Wa State is stable and the quantity is the largest.

Merchants seek profits, always go to the place with the most silver, and the number of people in Fujian, Zhejiang and Huai is not small, such as the previous Dahai Kou Wangzhi.

Zhang Juzheng glanced at Wan Shihe in surprise, when Wan Shihe first became the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he was really on the verge of death, and now he has a bit of the appearance of an evergreen tree in the middle of the court, which is really sensitive to the change of wind direction.

"The former Nanjing official Shangshu Wang Bengu played a speech, and I heard that there were Haikoulin Afeng and others under the account of the governor of Luzon, so please kill him." Zhang Juzheng flipped out a notebook.

Wang Bengu, successively served in Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli, and served in three dynasties, and was highly respected.

"Has he ever been to Luzon? Does he know what happened in Luzon? How much effort did Yin Butang have to make Luzon impregnable, and if he said a word, I would order Lin Afeng to be killed? Yin Butang wants to use it, I said I wouldn't let it? Luzon is far overseas, and the heart of the unsubordinate, the Ming Dynasty is in danger. Zhu Yijun immediately expressed his opposition to this recital.

Zhang Juzheng specially presented this book and told the little emperor the details.

When Wang Bengu was the governor of Zhejiang, he once had contradictions and conflicts with Hu Zongxian about the handling of the Haikou Wang Zhi.

But in the end, Wang Bengu, the governor of Zhejiang, won a complete victory, arrested Wang Zhi, and finally beheaded him in Hangzhou.

Hu Zongxian advocated the simultaneous use of suppression and appeasement, recruiting Wang Zhi, and using Wang Zhi's powerful overseas power to exterminate pirates;

And Wang Bengu was jealous and hateful, thinking that Haikou was Haikou, and Wang bluntly said that he would help the Ming Dynasty to calm down the troubles, but it was just to use the prestige of the court to strengthen his own prestige.

Before Wang Zhi was recruited by the imperial court, he was called the king of Satsuma Island and called himself the king of Song, and he called himself the king of Hui, and the thirty-six islands of the Satsuma domain were all under the control of Wang Zhi.

Hu Zongxian personally wrote a letter to Wang Zhi to enter the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhi's entry into the Ming Dynasty was very cumbersome and complicated, Wang Zhi's ship arrived outside Cen Port in Ningbo, still hesitated, and under the persuasion of Hu Zongxian, Wang Zhi was willing to get off the ship.

However, Hu Zongxian did not save Wang Zhi in the end, and Wang Bengu, representing the deep-rooted retro faction in the court, beheaded Wang Zhi, and the leaderless Japanese began to attack the southeast.

Wang Bengu wanted to kill Wang Zhi with stubbornness and prejudice against villains, even if Wang Zhi never once seduced the Japanese to invade the Haijiang, and even helped the Ming Sailor to pacify the Japanese under Hu Zongxian many times, but Wang Bengu felt that Wang Zhi was a villain, the first rat at both ends, and Wang Zhi was beheaded in the environment of death.

Wang Bengu thinks that Wang Zhi's villain has the heart of shooting, violates the ban on going to the sea, forgets the righteousness of China, enters the country as a coward, and arrogantly calls Song Yuyue to establish himself as the king, damn it.

When Wang Zhi was arrested, he was actually dead, even if Wang Zhi was released, who could guarantee that Wang Zhi would not hold a grudge and would not collude with the Japanese to invade the Ming Maritime Frontier?

When he heard that Yin Zhengmao was reusing Lin Afeng in Luzon, Wang Bengu went to the court and asked to kill the rebel fang.

Why did Wang Zhi have to die?

Because Wang Zhi's proposition hurt the vital interests of Jia Jia, a smuggler on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Zhi advocated that the imperial court abandon the anachronistic maritime ban policy, legalize maritime trade, set up customs offices to collect customs duties, establish municipal shipping departments in Zhejiang and Fujian, and restore tributary trade relations with Japan.

This seriously hurt the smuggler Jia to monopolize the profits of maritime trade, so Wang Zhi must die.

In the second year of Longqing, Daming set up the Yuegang City Shipping Division, many years after Wang Zhi's death, the legalization of maritime trade, and finally slowly unfolded in the twisting and pinching.

"Then Lin Afeng is in Luzon, and he can kill if he says kill? Did he Wang Bengu still think that it was when he killed Wang Zhi back then? Wan Shihe got the direction of the wind, and immediately said in agreement: "Your Majesty in order to ensure the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Luzon, even did not hesitate to give the country surname, this kind of edict to Luzon, didn't it become the source of the disaster?" ”

The edict to kill Lin Afeng, once it arrives in Luzon, it is a question of whether to kill or not.

If killed, Lin Afeng's six or seven thousand recruits will become a civil strife in Luzon, and even affect the Ming Sea Frontier.

If you don't kill it, you will disobey the decree of the imperial court, which is a break with the Ming Dynasty and completely rely on the Ming Dynasty to achieve rule.

Wan Shihe said that this is the root cause of the disaster, and he is definitely not alarmist, because turmoil is bound to happen.

Lin Afeng is not disobedient, after being recruited, he is also conscientious, and Yin Zhengmao's moderation of Lin Afeng is also very effective.

"Wan Dazai is right." Tan Lun agrees with Wan Shihe's statement.

Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang, and Yu Dayou, as famous anti-Japanese generals of the year, clearly knew that Wan Shihe's words were based on historical lessons, and what kind of disaster Wang Bengu caused when he arrested Wang Zhi without authorization.

Wang Zhi's Haikou family is dominant, entrenched in Satsuma Prefecture, completely blocking the influence of the Wa State on the Ming Haijiang, as soon as Wang Zhi dies, the Wako is like a vicious dog out of the cage.

Because of Wang Zhi's death, it means that the Ming Dynasty has completely lost control of the maritime frontier.

Hai Rui said with some playful expression: "As the saying goes, once the power is in hand, the order will be carried out, and it is said that the prefect will be cleared in three years, and 100,000 gold and silver will be saved, which is to say, no matter how honest the prefect is, he can make 100,000 gold and silver in three years." ”

"This Wang Bengu official is a scholar in the Ministry of Officials, and he has a reputation for being honest, but he can check whether he is really honest."

Hai Rui directly regarded Wang Bengu as an anti-corruption indicator, because he felt that this book was unreasonable, Luzon was thousands of miles away, how did Wang Bengu figure out the situation in Luzon and say something?

After Yang Bo Zhishi returned to his hometown, he ignored the affairs of the court, and the court once again knew the news of Yang Bo, or Yang Bo died of illness at home.

Ge Shouli shook his head and said, "If something is found out, it can't be done, right?" ”

Daming didn't fight corruption before, and not to blame in the past was a political default rule, Wang Bengu was greedy no matter how much he was, he couldn't investigate it, right?

Hai Rui said with a smile: "Why can he go to the book and say things? Because he is a gentleman of the second grade, why did he want to go to this book to kill Lin Afeng, this can always be checked. ”

"So." Ge Shouli understood.

When can the past be pursued? When he doesn't stop and still collects money to do things, the old accounts in the past will be disposed of.

Zhang Juzheng continued to preside over the court meeting, this time to appoint an envoy to Ryukyu to make Shangjiu the king and help the king of the Ryukyus to settle the war.

Shang Jiu is not the prince of the king, and the court does not want to canonize it, so it has dragged on for five years, but now the problem is that the Ming whip is beyond the reach of the whip, and it is the right way to use the matter of helping the Ryukyu to calm the Ryukyu and expand the influence of the Ming Dynasty in the Ryukyus.

The third lady entered Beijing, this is her third tribute, after staying at the same pavilion, she rested for a day, and couldn't wait to meet the Honglu Temple Qing Chen Society.

"My sister's matter has caused Chen Dongqing a lot of trouble." After greeting each other, the third lady first apologized, and she gave her sister to the Chen Society in order to establish a communication channel and prepare for her entry into the court.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Siwei's military is dangerous, because the wool business is a big matter, and the Ming Jin State is no longer satisfied with communicating with the Northwest Jin Party, but wants to communicate directly with the imperial court.

But the sister of the third lady fled back, which made Chen Xuexue very passive.

"She is a woman's family, and the court is fierce, so it's normal for her to be afraid." Chen Xuexue sat upright and said with a smile.

The sister of the third lady is the outer room of the Chen Society, and now it is the concubine room of the Chen Society, so the relationship between the three ladies and the Chen Society is in-law, and the Chen Society originally planned to avoid suspicion, and the third lady, as the loyal and obedient lady canonized by the Ming Dynasty, is also qualified to directly face the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Ma Ziqiang.

But Zhang Juzheng was in the court and still asked Chen to learn to receive him, which was a kind of protection.

"Chen Dongqing is a big husband." The third lady said sincerely.

Chen Xuexue looked at the third lady with some doubts, and this sentence seemed to have no beginning or end.

The third lady said very solemnly: "I thought my sister was dying soon, until yesterday my sister came to the Huitong Pavilion to look for me, so I said that Chen Dongqing was the eldest husband." ”

Sanniangzi has a pessimistic attitude towards her sister's return to Daming, she sent her sister back to Beijing, in fact, she has been prepared for her sister to die in the unfatalized investigation of this person, Daming is ruthless, Sanniangzi has seen many times, in order to fight for power and profit, for the dumping of power, what can't be done?

The third lady's sister has become a resistance for Chen Xuexue to continue to rise, so in order to eliminate the resistance, it is a normal thing to die.

"Mrs. Zhongshun praised it falsely, marrying a chicken with a chicken, marrying a dog with a dog, since she entered my house, it is naturally under my care." Only then did Chen Xuexue understand that his feelings were in the heart of this sister-in-law, and he was this kind of villain who killed people.

The escape of Sanniangzi's sister was finally characterized by the imperial court as returning to his hometown and province, and after he came back, his problem was not so serious.

Because of the wind and public opinion of the imperial court, it is still concentrated on Wang Chonggu, a traitor to the clan party, especially Wang Chonggu is about to enter the cabinet because of his merits, Wang Chonggu is even more on the cusp, and no one pays attention to the problem of Chen Xuexue.

After all, people with children are back.

If Sanniangzi's sister doesn't come back, or can't come back, Chen Xuexue will be in trouble.

Chen Xuexue couldn't help but think of Wang Daokun, Wang Daokun presided over the Qingzhang affair in Songjiang Mansion, provoked a commotion, one day Wang Daokun woke up in the morning, and suddenly saw more women around him, and soon this matter was heard by the imperial history, Wang Daokun was impeached for fornicating women, and the final disposition of this matter was that Wang Daokun accepted this woman as a concubine.

Wang Daokun didn't take this concubine room well, after the Qingzhang struggle ended, this concubine room also lived well.

Daming's readers are vicious and ruthless, this is not the stereotype of the three ladies, but the truth.

"Altan Khan's request for the Golden Seal, the imperial court will never approve it." After Chen Xuexue and Sanniangzi reminisced, he clarified his attitude.

"The Ming court is not allowed, Altan Khan still has to go." The third lady said with great certainty: "This is the fourth time he has gone to Xining, the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, the thirty-eighth year, and the second year of Longqing, Altan Khan has gone south from the Hetao many times, and has successively broken the Yibula Department, Bu'er Children's Department, etc., the Ming court wants to stop it, but it can't be stopped." ”

Altan Khan conquered Qinghai four times, attacked Warat twice, and his martial arts were outstanding, if it wasn't for the Hexi Corridor in the middle of the blockade, Qinghai and Hetao would be connected as a whole, becoming a big trouble in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty.

"This is the reason why Daming does not give the golden seal, and the Hexi Corridor is the Hexi Corridor of Daming." Chen Xuexue said very calmly: "Altan Khan is very powerful, in the words of your grassland, the glory of the immortal sky has shone again in Xining. ”

"If Altan Khan is given the golden seal of the governor, then the Hexi Corridor will be a passage for Altan Khan to enter at will."

Of course, Chen Xuexue knew that Altan Khan was very strong, and he had won many battles against Warat, Xining Zhurongdi, and Daming, and the victory of the war made Altan Khan's cohesion extremely strong, but as Altan Khan's leg disease became more and more serious, his personal prestige weakened rapidly, so that the three ladies had an opportunity.

"Is Altan Khan going to believe in Buddhism?" Chen Xuexue suddenly asked.

"Yes." The third lady's face changed suddenly, but she still replied.

Believing in Buddhism is a good thing for the Ming Dynasty, once the grassland people believe in Buddhism, they will lose their ability to attack, such as the Northern Song Dynasty's henchmen Liaoguo, that is, after believing in Buddhism, it became a Buddha country, lost the ability to attack, and the Northern Song Dynasty was worse than each other.

"The steppe believes in immortality, Genghis Khan's literal translation is: Those who rely on the power of immortality to become Khan, the gods choose Khan, and Altan Khan as a golden family, isn't it a betrayal of the ancestors?" Chen Xuexue said with a smile.

"Altan Khan is a traitor to the steppe." The third lady said helplessly after all.

Altan Khan was very persistent in believing in Buddhism, which means that Altan Khan not only turned his back on the gods of the steppe, but also betrayed his ancestors.

If the imperial court does not give the golden seal, Altan Khan will go to Xining, and the imperial court will give the golden seal, and Altan Khan will still go to Xining.

The third lady said unwillingly: "The imperial court gave Altan Khan the golden seal, which is also good for the imperial court, the Ming Dynasty is in the northeast, then the northwest should be more stable, Altan Khan went to Xining smoothly, and there is only good for the Ming Dynasty in the northeast, and there is no harm." ”

"The court has already made a resolution, and it will not be easier." Chen Xuexue answered this question very clearly.

"It's a shame." The third lady had no choice but to accept the decision of the imperial court, because the imperial court had already formed a resolution, and even if it was found to be wrong, it would go all the way to the end.

The Ming Emperor is supreme, the Ming Emperor's holy decree is Chrysostom, but in the early years of Wanli, the effectiveness of the results of the Ming court meeting, even more than the emperor's holy decree, once the court is passed, it represents the supreme will of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is wrong, it will be resolutely implemented.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Juzheng was liquidated by the Wanli Emperor, and Zhang Juzheng substantially threatened the imperial power.

Gao Gong's downfall was because he wanted to knock out the celebrant and threaten the imperial power, and Zhang Juzheng was liquidated by the Wanli Emperor after his death, also because Zhang Juzheng threatened the imperial power.

"Has the court approved the expansion of border trade this time?" The third lady asked with a smile.

"Mrs. Zhongshun is well-informed, even in Bansheng, faster than I can get the news." The Chen Society confirmed the authenticity of this news.

Before, after the Ming Imperial Council, the courtiers had not received a clear message, and Altan Khan in the steppe already knew what the court was discussing, and Altan Khan knew that the courtiers were more exact.

But now, this situation has changed, and the news that the third lady received was that Chen Xuexue asked his concubine to pass it on to the third lady.

"What does the court want?" The third lady asked with a frown.

"Horses." Chen Xuexue replied with a smile: "To be exact, it is a war horse and a stallion." ”

"That can't be." The third lady said categorically, war horses and stallions involve the foundation of the survival of the northern captives, the ability to maneuver.

Chen Xuexue stood up and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if I don't sell it, let's just ask Tuman Khan to buy it." ”

"Chen Dongqing stays!" The third lady was shocked and said: "Da Ming has been in trouble recently, isn't it just to fight Tuman Khan?" ”

"You can do business even if you fight, don't delay." Chen Xuexue left the room of the third lady, without any nostalgia, the third lady let alone see His Majesty, this time in Beijing, I am afraid it will be difficult to gain anything.

The border trade expanded by the imperial court was to buy good horses and stallions, and Altan Khan did not sell them, so the Ming Dynasty asked Tuman Khan to buy them.

Chen Xuexue did not leave the Huitong Pavilion Station, but found Li Yashi, the envoy of Taixi.

"In the morning, when I heard the magpie crying happily on the branches, I knew that there was a distinguished guest coming to the door, and Chen Dongqing's visit really surprised and delighted me." Li Yashi smiled, in the past few years in Daming, he has been pampered and has lived a stable life, and he has become a little richer.

Le Ya Sit was appointed by Felipe II as the governor and envoy of the Philippines, but this governor was not in Mindanao, but in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Yashi has become accustomed to the comfortable life in the capital, and has become strange and frightened of the days of fighting storms, huge waves, and natives at sea.

Daming has everything, and he is quite polite to Li Yashi, if Li Yashi chooses to return to Taixi or stay in Daming, Li Yashi will definitely hesitate repeatedly.

It's like heaven for him.

This is how friends and relatives are cultivated.

"You've learned the polite words of the Ming scholars." Chen Xuexue motioned for Li Yashi to sit down.

After the two exchanged polite words, Chen Xuexue tentatively asked, "How did the Taixi people trade slaves with peace of mind?" ”

"Slander! This is slander! When did we trade slaves? We are their pilots, leading them out of their ignorant and backward lives, so that they can gain a new world, live again, and live freely! As soon as Li Yashi heard this, he directly broke the defense and argued very loudly.

"Yes, yes, that's what I'm here to learn!" When Chen Xuexue heard this, he was very surprised and said, "That's it." ”

Li Yashi was stupid when he heard it, gritted his teeth but was helpless, for the trading of people, Chen Xuexue must learn from the Taixi people, and they are always so leading in this regard.

Zhang Juzheng's trick is to open up the Japanese women's species, but not to let the Japanese women return to the Japanese country, that is, any Japanese woman can sell herself to the Ming merchants, and then marry the Ming people in the name of marriage.

The name of the money for redemption is called the bride price.

Chen learned to explain his intentions.

After Li Yashi listened, he nodded again and again and said, "Isn't it very good?" There is no such thing as buying and selling, where is there buying and selling? It's just that life in the Wa Kingdom is too difficult, and in order to pursue a better life, marry to the Ming Dynasty, isn't this a good story? ”

"Da Ming's skill in covering up shame is no longer comparable to Taixi's."

"There's still something missing." Chen Xuexue said with a solemn face: "Then if you destroy its Dao system and sweep its lair, how should you hide your shame?" ”

Li Yashi pondered for a moment and replied, "A finite, closed, ignorant, dark, heavy universe is replaced by an infinite, open, civilized, perfect, orderly universe. ”

"After shattering the sky and the heavens, tell them that they are free."

Chen Xuexue suddenly said: "Oh, so, they lost everything, but they gained freedom, good, good!" In this regard, sure enough, Tessie is a grandmaster-level figure. ”

Freedom is a kind of discourse, losing everything but gaining something more important, this freedom can be fairness, justice, equality, etc., depending on how to package and describe.

"Are you complimenting or abusive?" Li Yashi has been in Beijing for several years, and he can already distinguish between good words, and it is obvious that Chen Xuexue is scolding.

Chen learned, really learned, Tessie's words and narrative style are a good way.

The Ming Emperor appointed Wang Daokun, the governor of Songjiang, as the chief envoy, Xiao Chongye, the governor of Caojiang, as the deputy envoy, and Chen Lan as the general of Pingwa, and went to Ryukyu to canonize the king of the Ryukyus and help the king of the Ryukyus.

The canonized fleet was not just a sealed ship, but accompanied by 13 five-masted ships, 36 three-masted plywood ships, 72 400-material warships, more than 30,000 soldiers and colonels, and more than 3,000 sailors and sailors who were on the way, heading for Ryukyu.

This is almost all the power that Songjiang Prefecture can use, and a total of eight provinces along the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian will also provide more than 100 ships with 400 materials, gathering in Songjiang and Ningbo City, waiting for the news of carrier pigeons, ready to respond to the army at any time.

April is the most suitable time for the trade winds, and it only takes three days to reach Matsue Province, and this time is also the time when there are the fewest storms at sea.

On 17 April, Wang Daokun, Xiao Chongye, and Chen Ling gathered at the Tide Viewing Building in Xingang to prepare for tomorrow's HNA flight.

"Your Majesty means that this time I will go to the Ryukyus to level the Japanese, but it will not be peaceful either." Wang Daokun began to interpret the holy decree.

Xiao Chongye said suspiciously: "What is the meaning of peace and injustice? ”

"Ruping." Wang Daokun said with great conviction.

To come? Tathagata; Flat? Such as flat.

"Your Majesty means that the armed parade is the mainstay, go around the Ryukyus, and go directly back to Songjiang Prefecture City." Chen Xuan looked at Xiao Chongye's confused appearance before explaining His Majesty's holy will.

This trip to sea was only an armed parade, not a real battle, and the reason for this was that the Ming Dynasty wanted to expand its influence in the Ryukyus.

The king of the Ryukyus was anxious to get rid of the control of the Wa kingdom over them, so after seeing the powerful naval power of the Ming Dynasty, the king of the Ryukyus would pay more to invite the heavenly soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty.

No matter how harsh the conditions of the Ming Dynasty are, they are not as harsh as the conditions of the Japanese Invaders.

To give or not to give a monthly pass? Such as giving?! Asking for a monthly pass, woo!!!!!!!

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