When Zhu Yijun received the secret letter from Chen Lan, the chief soldier of the water division, he had a heartfelt doubt, are all the water masters of the Ming Dynasty like this? Chen Lan suspected Zhang Juzheng, Chen Tiande suspected Chen Luan, and he really couldn't write two Chen characters in one stroke, both of them were carved out of one mold.

Is this also skeptical?

Just like Chen Luan doubts Zhang Juzheng, Chen Tiande suspects that Chen Luan has no reason at all, this is not defined by good people and bad people, but by position.

What position does Chen use to do this? If you raise the self-respect, then the big Japanese country is there, waiting for the Ming Dynasty to further understand the trade winds, ocean currents, complex typhoons, and tsunamis, and then attack.

During the Jiajing period, there was a rebellion in the southeast, and even Hu Zongxian did not raise his own respect, and Chen Lan had no position.

Zhang Juzheng's New Deal, the sailor led by Chen Luan, is their foundation, the foundation, without the New Deal, Zhang Juzheng is a fifty-eight-year-old handsome old man, without the sailor, Chen Luan is a bloody and brave general, and may even be the same as Yu Dayou before, can not be reused, maybe Chen Lan can still become a great poet.

Even in the tenth year of Wanli, these two fundamentals are still pinned on the imperial power to exist, and the imperial power is needed as a referee to carry out tendentious favoritism in order to survive.

To put it more clearly, relying on the existence of Zhu Yijun.

For example, at this time, Zhu Yijun suddenly became addicted to opioids and couldn't extricate himself, hiding in the harem and not asking.

Then the sailor division will be immediately counterattacked, Chen Lan will bear the brunt of the liquidation, and then the entire sailor division will be dismissed, Daming has happened many times like this, such as the disbandment of the Beijing camp during the Tianshun period, the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, after the suicide of Zhu Kun in Zhejiang, the forty-first guard station in Zhejiang was disbanded, all the guards were eliminated, and 439 warships were scuttled.

The military generals of the Ming Dynasty know better than anyone the horror of Xingwen and Wuwu, and at the same time, all the new policies of 'Zhenwu' are parasitic under the authority of the emperor, and they cannot survive without favoritism.

Chen Lan mentioned an interesting phenomenon in Mishu.

That is, the interests of the Ming Army after the war, it will take ten years, or even decades to reflect, for example, the Ming Dynasty crusaded against Bansheng, Suiyuan Chidao, Suiyuan Mining needs to be five years later, there is no change in a short period of time, and it will take 50 years to recover the cost, with the current productivity, and even 50 years.

It was also because of the recovery of the Hetao that it was necessary to recover the Western Regions with this continuous and huge investment.

And the interests of the Daming Sailor are obvious, taking this Pingbo Pure Maritime as an example.

After the completion of the Pingbo Purification Sea, these pirates were exterminated, and the Ming Dynasty immediately obtained a natural harbor that had not been discovered and detected before, which was used to build the lair of the sailors, build a school, a shipyard, a training place for the new army, etc., to ensure the recovery ability of the sailors.

In a sense, the pirates are exploring the way to open a map, as long as it is the place where the pirates gather, it must be a sea supply point and a safe haven that is not controlled by the Ming Dynasty, even if it does not have the conditions to become a large port, it can also create a coastal defense inspection department to provide a shelter for passing ships.

And will also seize a large number of goods, this is an immediate benefit, the pirates looted a large number of goods, these goods, are can be realized or for the Ming to use, the Ming Jingying crusade against the short-term gains of the board is seized, is not comparable with the investment, even the cost of the reward is not compensable.

However, the capture of the naval battle is huge, only from the perspective of the flow of goods, the pirates robbed the passing merchant ships, and the Daming sailors robbed the pirates, and the short-term gains from the capture can completely make up for the huge consumption of the sailors' conquests, and there will even be surpluses.

In Chen Lan's original words:

[Sun Tzu said: Those who make good use of the soldiers, no longer serve in the country, the grain is not three years, and the food is used for the country, because the grain is in the enemy, so the army can have enough food. This is because the food is taken from the enemy, and the war is fed by war, and if the war is not stopped, the army will have no shortage of food. For 200 years, the ministers have said that they are prosperous and martial, which is not a good strategy, but if the poor soldiers are exhausted, the country is tired, and the country is tired, and they are tired of raising troops and transporting grain and grass; The exhaustion of the family, tired of the strength of the military service, the current water division to raise the army to fight the war, a little relief of the disease. 】

What Chen means is that the short-term gains of naval warfare are captures, which can meet the basic needs of using war to feed war.

In Mishuli, Chen Lan analyzed why the general trend of Xingwen and Wuwu appeared, and the fatigue of the family and country was the long-distance transportation of grain and grass, so that the expedition was always an act with huge investment and little gain, which cost the people and money.

Of course, it is not advisable to be fully actuarial, but the heavy logistical pressure of the expedition is a problem that the imperial court must think about.

At least the current war of the sailors, the short-term capture, can be settled.

Zheng He went to the West to fight Chen Zuyi, fought Ceylon again, set up the Old Port Propaganda Division, and the Ming Navy Division attacked Miyan Port, then attacked Manila, attacked the Zhuling State on Kyushu Island, and Zhang Yuanxun attacked the Goa Governor's Palace, etc., all of which can be used to defeat the enemy because of food.

Because the war did not take place in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty and the traditional territory of the Ming Dynasty, it was possible to fight the enemy because of grain, and the enemy was just the enemy, not the complex situation of Hu and Han living together.

Of course, Chen Luan's Mi Shuli also mentioned long-term interests, maintaining the security and order of the maritime frontier, making commercial and trade activities more frequent, promoting the increase in the income of the capital officials, the strong demand, and promoting the increase in the number of handicraft workshops in the Ming Dynasty, the decrease in the number of displaced people in the Ming Dynasty, etc., This series of long-term benefits can be slowly handed over to time to reflect the release.

Zhu Yijun sprinkled nearly a thousand words and replied to Chen Luan, mainly about the discussion of the enemy because of the grain, which probably means that it is enough to know, there is no need to discuss it publicly, and make arrangements for the disposal of Haikou and the seizures, mainly those tobacco soils, must leave a tongue, and after finding the place of origin, they will be wiped out in one fell swoop.

Tobacco soil, the ban can not be absolute, it is better not to do it, because the extreme decline in supply caused by the rise in prices, will definitely cause countless people to compete for planting, but promote the cultivation of opium poppy, so we must find any clues, just check to the end, and there must be no appeasement.

Regarding Chen Lan's operational plan, Zhu Yijun did not change a word, he did not command indiscriminately, and made trouble for the Daming Naval Division.

"Your Majesty, Sir has asked for an audience outside the Imperial Study." Feng Bao said with a little apprehension: "There is also the great uncle who is also waiting outside the imperial study. ”

"Xuan."

The recent Jingshi was not very peaceful, because the emperor and the first assistant had some differences, this disagreement, the untouchables were looking forward to becoming a sign of the rupture between the emperor and the first assistant, and the loyal monarch and the country, were worried that this kind of thing would happen, and the emperor and the first assistant were different, causing a violent shock to the Ming Dynasty.

And has experienced several confrontations, the emperor under the ministry of the minister, the ministry is opposed, Zhang Juzheng with the courtiers against the proposal, the Ming Emperor explained the decree, but Zhang Juzheng again to the first assistant against this proposal, the trouble is well known, although the specific content of the decree is not very clear, but the Confucians know that it is related to the examination law.

They thought that the long-awaited battle between the Shaozhuang Emperor and the powerful ministers for power had begun!

Wan Shihe is here to persuade the fight.

Wan Shihe's mood is very stable, there are differences between the emperor and Yuanfu, this is not once or twice, but many, many times, sometimes His Majesty convinces Mr., sometimes Mr. convinces His Majesty, everyone's goal is to be great again in the Ming Dynasty, as long as this fundamental goal remains unchanged, there will be no differences and disagreements.

Wanjin Wanshihe is quite confident in this.

"Your Majesty, the minister opposes the ban on tobacco soil... No, the minister opposes the inclusion of the ban on tobacco in the examination of this expedient test. Zhang Juzheng was a little excited, his mouth was scooped, he did not object to the ban on tobacco soil, the harm caused by tobacco soil, Zhang Juzheng saw it in his eyes.

What he is opposed to is the expedient examination of exercises.

The expedient method is applicable to the prohibition of smoking, and the way to pass the test is a separate 'universal and flexible index'.

For example, Zhixian A, among the 10 things in this year's time limit, three things have not been done, and one of them can be rated as a top evaluation, so you can use the 'universal flexible index' of the ban on tobacco soil in the test, and turn your test results this year into a top evaluation, and be flexible in, if you can't use this indicator, you can always hang it on the account, and when you want to use it again.

The Ming Dynasty prohibited, all private peddling of tobacco and sold to outsiders, no matter how many, were beheaded to show the public, this is a death row prisoner, any death penalty three repeats, approved by the Ming Emperor Zhu, many criminals have to escort the Jingshi Xu Xing to ask questions, this is also one of the sources of the specimen of the Jie Yuan, it can also greatly avoid fraud, and the possibility of killing good and risking merit to obtain universal flexible indicators.

"Your Majesty's expedient examination looks very good, and the minister also understands His Majesty's determination to prohibit it, but the harm caused is the destruction of the examination law." Zhang Juzheng was very clear about his opposition and stated his reasons in detail.

In terms of system design, it seems to be very perfect, but once it is practiced, it will be used everywhere, and the examination method will be destroyed, and the examination method solves the disadvantages of appeasement of nepotism, is the core of the recovery of administrative power, is a multi-level responsibility system, is the hope of most officials to get rid of the personal dependence of the teacher, and is the most important means to create a new style of government officials.

"What the gentleman said is reasonable." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Sir, don't be impatient, don't worry, I'm a little too hasty." ”

When the officials and the cabinet objected, Zhu Yijun gradually realized that he should not add to the snake.

Zhu Yijun thought very well, this universal and flexible index can improve the subjective initiative of officials at all levels to ban tobacco and soil, but he ignored the problem of doubling, and if he wants to destroy a government decree, it is a doubling, and this expedient test is not a kind of doubling? In the test method, he tore a hole in it.

The examination law maintains the most basic fairness of promotion and transfer, which is the core of the examination law, and all expedient measures to undermine this fairness should not be implemented.

The emperor also needs steps, and when he realizes that he has taken it for granted, he naturally needs the first assistant to enter the palace to ask for his life, so that he can go down the steps.

Wan Shihe bowed his head and said: "Mencius has a saying: Blame the gentleman is respectful, Chen Shan's evil is respectful, and my monarch cannot be called a thief." One person is short, everyone is long, Taifu has a respectful heart, and it is really the humerus of our country! Today's world is peaceful, Your Majesty is always tireless and diligent in political affairs, often talking to ministers, ministers but have what they know and see, that is, to hear, words are reasonable, Your Majesty's good words are Jiana, it is the prosperity of the monarch and the sage, I am not happy! ”

Wan Shihe immediately began to play sloppy, they are all human beings, will they not make a little mistake in their lifetime? Your Majesty really thought wrong this time, but blaming Chen Shan, isn't this the duty of a courtier?

"Don't wash it, it's wrong if I think it's wrong, let you say that, I don't seem to be wrong." Zhu Yijun admires Wanshi and Kung Fu for washing the floor, which can give him back! This is obviously a good draft, no matter who wins this disagreement, Wan Shihe has something to say.

The point is, this guy makes a lot of sense!

"He who thinks he is omniscient is ignorant, and he who says that he is omnipotent is incompetent, and His Majesty often discusses politics with his ministers, and he speaks of good words, and this gentleman is benevolent, benevolent, and unequal to love." Wan Shihe thinks that there is absolutely no one in the world who can understand everything, if he thinks so, he is ignorant, no one can be omnipotent, and people who think so much must be incompetent.

If you can do one thing well, you are already a great person.

As the supreme emperor, being able to listen to opposing opinions is a kind of benevolence in itself, and a gentleman is based on benevolence, does not force people to shut up with the emperor's authority, and does not thunder and rage at disobedient opinions, which is the benevolence of unequal lovers.

His Majesty's love for people is unequal, which is reflected in the fact that nearly 1,000 people from all walks of life outside the Huangji Gate every year hear about the people's suffering; It is reflected in the fact that the Confucians always make rebellious remarks, and they have to be patient to read it, and they can't help but criticize; It is reflected in the fact that every court meeting will integrate the opinions of all parties.

Although Your Majesty is a murderer, he is indeed a benevolent monarch!

Zhu Yijun tilted his body, stretched out one hand to Wan Shihe, and said to Zhang Juzheng: "Did Mr. see it?" This is the ability of our Ming scholars to sophistry, black can be said to be white, and dead can be said to be alive. ”

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Juzheng said with great certainty: "The minister saw it, Your Majesty, the minister thought that what the great uncle said was reasonable, and this benevolent word was well understood." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this forbidden tobacco soil can be included in the examination, and there is no need to expediently test the merits, and set up a separate subject.

Zhang Juzheng means that the ban on tobacco soil will be included in the scope of the test, once there is a flood of tobacco in anyone's jurisdiction, multi-level is responsible for multi-level inquiry, if it is really flooded, the universal flexible index can also be enabled.

He opposes the expedient examination because the situation is not very bad, not to the point of special examination, if it is really erosive, it is not too late to do so, and it can be included in the toolbox for backup.

"Wang Qian has recently been on the Tao and I have made a cabinet chapter, why hasn't Mr. written a floating ticket yet." Zhu Yijun asked curiously, the expedient test Zhu Yijun retracted his plan and included it in the examination according to what Zhang Juzheng said, but Wang Qian's paradoxical recital, Zhang Juzheng did not give his opinion for a long time, which is really strange.

Whether it's good or bad, it's a word!

Zhang Juzheng said with a complicated expression: "Your Majesty, Wang Cifu's family, are they all like this?" The minister really didn't praise it, hesitated for three days, or posted a blank floating ticket, it is really difficult to say. ”

"What kind? What does a traitor look like? Zhu Yijun asked with a smile.

Zhang Juzheng nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Mr. seems to be prejudiced against Wang Cifu's family, and such a personal judgment is rare in Mr." Zhu Yijun was amazed, Zhang Juzheng never concealed Wang Chonggu's malice, and even this malice has become a kind of paranoia and stereotype, no matter what Wang Chonggu did, Zhang Juzheng subconsciously proceeded from the perspective of a traitor.

Zhang Juzheng nodded again and said: "Yes, the minister is indeed prejudiced against their family, if it weren't for the Holy Monarch in the court, the minister might have completely driven him out of the court." ”

Emperor Taifu admitted his prejudices, even Wang Chonggu had repeatedly proved since the second year of Wanli that he had known that he had repented, and that he was loyal to the monarch and the country.

But it seems impossible to change this stereotype.

"Don't blame Yuan Fu, it's really Wang Qian's book that is a bit too much..."Wan Shihe carefully considered it before saying: "It's too deviant." ”

Wan Shihe's description is quite conservative.

Wang Qian is on this note, about the Yanxinglou trading house, his note has thousands of words, and its core content is only one sentence, the emperor wants to sit in the village.

Wang Qian felt that ship tickets, Suiyuan Chidao, and mining tickets were essentially a kind of accounting currency, replacing the currency of silver, and the reason why it replaced silver was because there was not enough silver, and whoever had more silver would have absolute influence on the trading house.

And today, there is no doubt that His Majesty has the most silver, and the Emperor has three uses of this absolute influence because he holds far more currency than other dealers.

The first method of use is: the silver is constantly invested in the Yanxing Building, constantly raising the price of various tickets, all kinds of speculative people, immediately flocking, and then the internal money can slowly sell the tickets in their hands, before everyone reacts, the harvest of speculators who enter the market, the withdrawal of a large amount of silver, will definitely affect the price of the ticket, and then buy the ticket at a low level, so the cycle is not stopped.

The second method of use is to do the completely opposite, high income, low price, in short, the bottom, the bottom is for the overall confidence, in the long run, it is for more gallops, more mines, more ships, the emperor will definitely suffer, and it is very large, similar to: Nifo cut meat to feed the eagle, sacrifice himself to feed the tiger.

The third is to maintain stability, maintain basic stability, this is for the rationality of the trading bank, the trading line will not really become the evil of human nature, Wang Qian bluntly said, the trading bank is a derivative of speculation, stability, rationality means that there is no speculation at all, for a long time, it is a pool of stagnant water, only a variety of bookmakers in the making waves, there is no income expectation, only a small number of people will enter, come in is also divided and eaten.

Obviously, Wang Qian most admired the first method of use, taking advantage of the sufficient advantages of silver, constantly raising the price of tickets, and constantly telling stories similar to worsted woollen tweed, the story of silk coins is finished, talking about ship tickets, talking about galloping, mining, steam engines, talking about cotton, there are always new stories to tell, reciprocating harvesting, periodic harvesting, recycling.

A murderous knife, you only need to keep telling stories, you can keep killing, this is not what a traitor is!

"I don't do anything, that is, I will transfer the power of the trading house to the hands of the dealer formed by a private trading association with a high threshold, which I do not allow, but let me cut the meat and feed the eagle, I am really reluctant, and in the long run, the dealer will use these laws to harvest my silver on a regular basis to maintain stability, then this trading house might as well close its doors, what is it to do with him?"

Zhu Yijun sighed and said, "Wang Qian, it's really hurting me." ”

"Let's use the first method, fortunately, the minimum transaction amount of tickets is five silver each, which can be regarded as setting a threshold."

"Your Majesty, in fact, you can raise this threshold even further." As a conservative, Zhang Juzheng proposed to raise the threshold a little more to prevent the poor coolies from being blinded by lard and not being able to figure out how many catties and taels they had, and participating in the game of the trading house.

Zhang Juzheng raised the threshold, that is, to increase the difficulty of entry, now there is no limit to the trading bank, the minimum five silver can grab a subscribed ship ticket.

This threshold is that the home of the Chinese can enter, and then the threshold is added to block the home of the Chinese people outside, to prevent this periodic harvest from harming the public, and it is really unwise to save some money and throw it into this investment airport.

A subscription from one, to ten, the name of the ticket must not be less than ten, otherwise forced to clear, in this way, the threshold from five silver to fifty silver.

When Wan Shihe heard this, he thought for a while and said: "Wang Qian told His Majesty before that good things are not in circulation, and the minister thought that even the treasury bonds issued by the Ming Dynasty could not be grabbed from the tickets with low expected returns, so he should not participate in the trading house game, and it would be the fate of being harvested if he came in." ”

"The threshold of fifty silver is just right."

Zhu Yijun approved the proposal to raise the threshold, and the next chapter of the household department, Wang Qian, who was in charge of the transaction, discussed the matter of setting restrictions on the transaction.

Wang Qian fiercely opposed! He thinks that the conservatives should not engage in any commodity economy, it is better to go home and farm, and then engage in a small peasant economy, since they want to do it, why raise the threshold, what is the difference between this and taking off their pants and farting!

Of course, Wang Qian's opposition was invalid, and he quickly changed from opposition to approval, the threshold should be raised, the limit should be set, the court is thoughtful, and His Majesty is wise.

The reason for this change is also very clear and clear, the first knife of the Seven Star Ring has reappeared in the rivers and lakes, Wang Chonggu is about to cut Wang Qian with a flying step, chasing a whole three streets, one more street than the last time!

In the end, Wang Qian almost didn't run past his old father.

Wang Cifu's family was a rebel, and the imperial historians of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court went to the street to carry water, and became the two most famous lively and fun in Beijing, as long as it was noisy, it was a crowd of onlookers.

Wang Chonggu went to the imperial study of Tonghe Palace with a ashamed face to ask for guilt, Wang Qian's paradoxical note, few people know, as long as the cabinet is not easily leaked, the emperor wants to Zhuang This matter is still a very high secret, but the Spring and Autumn Period judged, His Majesty has a notoriety of greedy for money, and the plan is not to escape.

If the king is trapped in great injustice, he is a minister.

Zhu Yijun praised Wang Chonggu's treasure knife is not old, a ring head knife weighing more than six catties, Wang Chonggu can run three streets with it, isn't it a treasure knife that is not old?

Zhu Yijun explained this problem, Wang Qian proposed that this problem is something that the emperor must face, and he can't blame him because Wang Qian found this problem, and he must ensure that Yanxinglou is the emperor's Yanxinglou, this village, Zhu Yijun must sit, and the use of absolute influence can neither cut meat nor maintain stability, so it can only be adjusted periodically.

Wang Chonggu pleaded guilty again, the son did not teach his father, Wang Chonggu felt that he had no way to teach his son.

On the 13th day of July in the tenth year of Wanli, two days later is the Zhongyuan Festival, this day is also the day of respecting the ancestors and filial piety, a holy decree was passed from the cabinet to the Wenyuan Pavilion, the first assistant of the Wenyuan Pavilion Zhang Juzheng, the second assistant Wang Chonggu, the auxiliary minister Wang Guoguang, Wan Shihe and others, after the discussion of the holy decree, down to the military department, circulated in all directions.

The content of the decree was requested by Chen Lan: Pingbo Jinghai.

The government and the opposition were in an uproar!

Because of such a large-scale operation, which can even be described as a major event in war, no one in the Manchu Dynasty knows about it!

Under the banner of armed parade to the Japanese country, Chen Lan prepared for more than a month, and it was actually the five major cities stationed in the Navy Division, the Old Port, Luzon, the Ryukyus, and Nagasaki Governors' Mansions and Guest Soldiers, and launched an operation to destroy the private market and clear the Haikou bandits!

The uproar of the courtiers was inevitable, because the secret system itself was a secret known to the courtiers, and most people did not know that there was a secret system.

The courtiers also don't have the habit of talking nonsense with a big mouth, and the Ming Duke who can climb to this position is a master who is cautious in his words and deeds, and when he should pretend to be confused, he must be confused.

The reaction inside and outside the government and the opposition was, why? What happened? How do you know that there is a private market? And that's where the action begins?

What's even more terrifying is that a sense of panic that the emperor shook off the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty quickly spread in the court!

When the court was still discussing, it took only one day, Chen Lan received the holy decree of His Majesty the Emperor, which was the holy decree of the Ming coastal defense inspection, the speed was amazing, in terms of information, thanks to the construction and supplement of the coastal defense inspection department, Songjiang Mansion was only one day away from Jingtang, much closer than Nanya.

Originally, the morning of July 14 was the day of the armed parade of the Ryukyus and the Wakoku, and although the goal had changed, the well-trained sailors were able to pull out as fast as possible.

On the night of July 15th, the bright moon rose on the sea, the moonlight of the full moon sprinkled on the sea surface, sparkling, the sea surface sprinkled with a layer of silver and white in the wind constantly rippling, a sea boat sailed into the bay of Sanduao, the big trading day is this evening, there are many ships today.

The Songjiang Town Naval Division led by Chen Lan personally arrived outside the bay of Sanduao, and the whole army was silent, and there was no light, quietly waiting for the Haikou to enter the encirclement network.

When Chen Lan saw this with his own eyes, he couldn't be more satisfied with this old nest.

Of course, when Chen Tiande boarded the flagship of the five-masted ship, Chen Luan beat Chen Tiande, and the reason was very good: you are the umbrella of the pirates, and your whole family is!

How can there be such a curse!

In the Ming Dynasty, it is a great humiliation, even if it is a tongfan, a tongfu, it is better than a tongwa.

Fujian ground map mapping is very slow, there are many mountains here, the road is difficult to walk, from the land, here is the mountain, from the sea, here is a small bay, only four miles wide sea, no one will think that this is a good port, but as long as you go in, there is no cave.

The sailor waited until there were no ships sailing into Sanduao Bay, and the four 400-material battle-mounted ships were slowly sailed towards Sandu'ao Bay as the vanguard, and after the five five-masted ships, forty-three horse boats, and eighty battle-mounted ships of the Ming Dynasty sailed into Sanduao, the Daming Naval Division had a total of 20 battle-mounted ships, hung up iron locks, and blocked the four-mile-wide outlet to the sea.

The iron lock crosses the sea, this time, it is to catch a turtle in an urn.

(End of chapter)