After the meeting in the Constitutional Yuan in the morning, Zhao Jun took a nap and rested at noon, and went to see Song Cai in the afternoon.

Originally, he was supposed to go to the Chongzheng Hall for a meeting, but he was too lazy to repeat what he said to Lu Yijian and them to Zhao Zhen in the morning, so he asked Lu Yijian and them to talk to Zhao Zhen.

Anyway, it doesn't matter if this kind of thing is said to Zhao Zhen or not, because even Lu Yijian and the others think that Zhao Jun's reform measures can be promoted.

In the final analysis, it is still the same sentence, and the way he chooses is a moderate and conservative improvement, except for the Imperial City Division.

As for some of the radical measures that were prepared, he did not mention them.

This is because some of these radical measures were figured out by himself at the grassroots level, and some of them were based on the conservative methods adopted by our army in later generations when establishing base areas.

For example, for the family, the patriarchal management status under the semi-feudal system is still recognized, but it must be carried out in accordance with the laws of the imperial court, and it is not allowed to set up a public court privately, and the personal freedom of the clan cannot be restricted, and the concubines and children enjoy the same land rights, inheritance rights, and education rights.

This strategy is a typical method of breaking the paternalism of the ancient feudal system, and belongs to the conservative strategy used by our army in the base areas before the Long March.

Their radical methods were to destroy the feudal patriarchal system, to eradicate all feudal ideas, to make production and life completely personal, to do what kind of labor the government distributed according to ability or to compete for their own jobs, to encourage people to break away from the feudal shackles of blood, and so on.

But the conservative strategy of the late Qing Republic of China, placed in the Song Dynasty, was obviously somewhat radical. Therefore, Zhao Jun did not mention it, but planned to wait until Fan Zhongyan came back to discuss with him.

However, it is still imperative to break the feudal patriarchal system, but after Zhao Jun's research, he believes that it cannot be implemented in the south, but should be promoted in the north.

Because the concept of clans in the north is actually relatively weak, due to the two large-scale northern wars between villages and the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the situation of one village and one surname is almost rare, and it is difficult for the clan elders to intervene.

The clan power in the south is extremely strong, especially in Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hunan and other regions, the more closed, the more powerful the feudal patriarchal system is, so it is an inevitable trend to reform the north first, and then slowly radiate to the south.

Anyway, in the future, the southern maritime trade will be more developed, and as long as the government encourages young people to go to sea, then this feudal system will also be forcibly broken, and the government can play a role in promoting it, and everything will go naturally.

In addition to the family, Zhao Jun also has some conservative methods in the military, officialdom system, economy, public security, agriculture, and grassroots management, and the current radical methods.

But for the time being, I don't plan to mention it to Lu Yijian, and then after careful discussion with Fan Zhongyan, we will carry out large-scale rectification.

In the past few years, what Zhao Jun and Lu Yijian have done is only preparatory work for the future major reform. They themselves have set up a bureaucratic interest group, and it is natural that they will make good use of this group in the future and strive to complete their own Qingli New Deal.

After coming out of the palace, the carriage slowly drove to Hongqiaozi Street in the outer city, where Song Cai now has a shop in partnership with Daikang Saburo to sell some Japanese crafts.

But in fact, because the Song Dynasty did not have much demand for foreign imported handicrafts, in the case of its own handicraft manufacturing industry, unless there was money to burn in a panic and buy some fresh foreign gadgets as ornamental toys, there was really no need to buy such imported products at a high price.

Therefore, Song Cai's shop can be said to be full of doors, and no one cares about it.

Zhao Jun's carriage stopped at the door of the shop, and since he came back, it was still the same as before, and there was an endless stream of people who wanted to come and ask to see him. But he has always adhered to the principle of not seeing customers, and never allowed others to come to him.

Including near his door, all the soldiers of the Imperial City Division were strictly guarded, and those who wanted to come to the door to give gifts and climb the back door were almost impossible to meet him.

However, the person he took the initiative to see would definitely be able to meet, Li Di wanted to see him before, and he also handed him a message, Song Cai sent a letter to Zhao Jun through the channel of the Imperial City Division last year, and learned that Zhao Jun was back, and asked through the Imperial City Division this morning, and now he naturally wants to meet in person.

At this time, Song Cai and Da Jian Saburo had been waiting at the door of the store, and Zhao Jun sent someone to tell him in the morning that he would come over in the afternoon, so he didn't dare to leave for a moment.

"Zhiyuan!"

Song Cai and the Han people's name Su Jian's big health care Saburo stepped forward and bowed.

Zhao Jun got out of the carriage and said with a smile: "Brother Song, I haven't seen you in the past three years, don't come unharmed, I see that you are a lot proud." ”

His gaze swept inside the shop, where several beautiful women in kimono-like but slightly different styles stood inside, bowing respectfully in the direction of the door.

Zhao Jun saw such clothes in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang periods, which were somewhat similar to the Wu costumes worn by local women.

In fact, the kimono was originally in the Nara period, and the Japanese sent Tang envoys to China many times, coupled with the close ties between Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions and Japan, and was improved based on the Jiangdong Wu costume.

However, the kimono of the Heian era of the Song Dynasty was also different from the style of the kimono he saw in later generations, at least there was no pillow in the back.

"The prefect laughed"

Song Cai laughed, then hurriedly bowed his waist, stretched out his right hand to the house, and said, "Quick, please inside." ”

Zhao Jun smiled and walked into the house.

Several women in kimonos in the shop bowed to him.

Zhao Jun nodded slightly, and then followed Song Cai and Su Jian all the way into the backyard.

The backyard is quite spacious, and it looks like a hollow-shaped courtyard in later Japan, with trees and flowers in it, and the ground is covered with pebbles.

But in fact, this kind of courtyard is still passed down by the Han people, probably the courtyard style of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Southern Tang Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, there was still this kind of in the south, but there were many less, basically all of them were garden water pavilion styles, and the north was a large garden and a large courtyard, throwing away this small and exquisite design.

The three of them came to the inner room facing the gate of the backyard, which was not a common situation for Han people, but was built of wood and bricks under the house, about a foot high from the ground, and it was still the architectural appearance that was transmitted to Japan by the Wei and Jin dynasties.

There were no tables or chairs in the room, but mats, which were spread on a wooden floor, with a cushion in the middle, and a large stove on top. There were three maids sitting on their knees, and there were three small stoves beside them, and when they saw people coming in, they began to prepare tea with warm water from the stove.

It's all bells and whistles.

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "This is the characteristic you brought back from Japan, right?" ”

Fortunately, the key is that the three maids are beautiful, wearing a bandeau inside, a gauze coat outside, and a pure Da Song Qinglou woman's dress, and they also throw a flattering look at him from time to time, secretly sending autumn waves.

Song Cai squeezed his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "This is all the national division, county division and local wealthy families of Iwami Province who are filial piety to the prefect, don't look at them as Japanese women, in fact, they are all children of local magnates, and they all learn Chinese, and they are all virgins."

"Ahem, ahem, ahem"

Zhao Jun rolled his eyes and said, "This Zhiyuan is a serious person, how can this be?" Isn't this a tainted purity of the Honchiin out of thin air? ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Song Cai hurriedly said: "The prefect is naturally a serious person, but there is not even a maid at home, and there is no one to serve him on weekdays, so he is always deserted in front of the bed." It is also a great thing to have a few people by your side to take care of your daily life. ”

"Alas, that's it, even if you wait for some thoughts, then the prefect can only reluctantly make it difficult."

Zhao Jun sighed: "I will send a carriage to my house later, I am indeed the only one in the family, and I do need so many maids and maids." ”

Then he looked at Song Cai, pointed at him and smiled: "You, you can always play some new tricks for me." ”

"Hey, hey, hey, hey."

Song Cai and Su Jian both showed a smile that everyone understood.

"Okay, let's get down to business first."

Zhao Jun said: "How was the trip to Japan this time?" ”

Song Cai actually said it in the letter to him, but the letter was not detailed after all, but just talked about the local situation and the fact that they had found the Iwami Silver Mine.

But the specific situation naturally still needs to be interviewed.

"At the beginning of the year before last, not long after the prefect left Bianliang, Saburo and I officially set off and returned to Japan."

Song Cai said: "Saburo's family gave me a warm welcome, we looked around the area, hired some farmers, and searched the local mountains for about four months to find the silver mine located deep in the mountains. ”

"Well, it looks like things are going pretty well."

Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Then how is this silver mine arranged in Japan?" ”

Song Cai looked at Su Jian.

Su Jian hurriedly said: "Back to the Zhiyuan, my father united with the local state department, the county department and the local nobles to block this news, and now he is recruiting people to mine, presumably a large amount of silver ore has been mined. ”

"Didn't you inform the Emperor of Japan?"

"Nope."

"That's not right."

Zhao Jun frowned and said: "After all, this is the ore of Japan, if there is no recognition from the Japanese court, I am afraid that it will lose its righteous reputation." In this way, when the Japanese emperor sent troops to encircle and suppress them, it would also be a big trouble for them in the local area. ”

Su Jian smiled bitterly: "But the emperor has not submitted his credentials to the Great Song Dynasty for many years, but instead called the Liao State a few years ago, so we don't dare to report this matter to the emperor." ”

Japan has always been a strong country, and at the end of the Tang Dynasty, due to the decline of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty envoys were officially abolished in 895 AD.

Since then, even after the establishment of the Song Dynasty, Japan was completely closed off from the rest of the country and did not establish diplomatic relations with the Song Dynasty.

The Great Song Dynasty was not very interested in barren Japan, so although the two countries were only separated by the East China Sea Strait, there was almost no official interaction except for non-governmental economic and trade exchanges throughout the Northern and Southern Song periods.

On the contrary, due to the strength of the Liao State, the Liao Emperor also attached importance to sea power and road power, and the surrounding countries exchanged very frequently, on the land to Gaolina as a subject country, on the sea to Japan to submit credentials, although Japan's response was not as frequent as the Tang Dynasty, so frequent Tang envoys, but also expressed surrender to the powerful Liao State.

"It's okay, it's still going to be reported."

Zhao Jun said: "At that time, Song Cai does not need to be in the name of the Great Song Dynasty, just say that it is in the name of the merchants of the Song Dynasty. I think Iwami also needs the smelting and forging technology of the Great Song Dynasty to smelt the ore into silver taels. ”

"That's right, although Japan's forging technology is okay, it can't compare to the Great Song Dynasty in terms of smelting technology."

Su Jian nodded repeatedly.

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "In this way, I think that after you go back this time, you can redivide the proportion of silver ore production, pay tribute to the Japanese emperor, in exchange for the support of the Japanese court, grasp the name of righteousness, and then recruit samurai and form an army to guard against pretenders from surrounding countries." ”

Although the best way is to keep the silver mine for yourself and ship a large amount of silver ore directly to the country. But from a practical point of view, it is still difficult to do.

The moldy emperor can steal oil in the Middle East, that is because the strength of the people is in place.

The Song Dynasty was not far from Japan, but the problem was that in the southeast coastal area at that time, the typhoon was roaring, and even the Mongols wanted to invade Japan several times, but they were blown over by hurricanes, and it was not easy to reach the other side through the strait perfectly and safely.

If the Great Song Dynasty wanted to forcibly occupy it, the cost would be very large, and the Liao State would always be a hidden danger.

There may also be a confrontation in Japan, and in order to compete for their own silver mines, perhaps the Japanese emperor will call for troops from all over the country, and at that time they will be locked in a never-ending struggle, which is not cost-effective in terms of cost and extraction.

Therefore, the best way is for the Song Dynasty to sell smelting and forging technology in the name of private traders, as well as to buy shares in ore at a certain price.

The Japanese emperor had the advantage of allowing Song merchants to cooperate with them in mining, and even most of the silver proceeds could remain in Japan, and the Song dynasty only needed to secure a trade route that would allow them to transport goods to Iwami in exchange for their silver taels.

In this way, it belongs to normal non-governmental trade, and the Liao side will not notice it, and Japan will not have too much resistance.

"I see."

Song Cai heard Zhao Jun's words and said seriously: "At the beginning of next year, I will take a large number of goods and set off for Japan again, and then I will do what the prefect said." ”

"What route are you taking to Japan now?"

Zhao Jun asked.

"The south way to go."

"The South Road is not peaceful."

"That can't be helped."

At that time, there were three routes for Japan to come to Tang: the northern route was to cross the Yellow Sea through the Korean Peninsula to the west, go ashore in Dengzhou, and then reach Luoyang and Chang'an from Qingdao, Jizhou, and Bianzhou.

The South Road is from Japan directly across the sea to the west, to the Yangtze River port and the coastal area of northern Jiangsu, into Yangzhou, Chuzhou, through the ditch and Tongji Canal to continue the boat, through Bianzhou, Luoyang west to Chang'an.

There is also a Nandao Road, which crosses the East China Sea from Japan, goes south to Mingzhou (now Ningbo) and Zhejiang coastal landing, traces the Qiantang River or the Zhedong Canal through Yuezhou (now Shaoxing) to Hangzhou, and then passes through the Jiangnan Canal to Yangzhou, and then goes to Chang'an along the Hangou and Tongji Canal to the west.

Both Nandao Road and Nanlu pass through the Grand Canal, and after the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese came to China by Nandao Road or Nanlu Road, and entered Chinese mainland and Beijing along the Grand Canal.

It's just that this is a cross-sea crossing after all, and there are no supply depots in between, so it is very dangerous in the event of a typhoon.

Therefore, according to statistics, from the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty, Japan sent 19 envoys to the Tang Dynasty for more than 200 years, and almost none of them were able to return safely, and the number of shipwrecks before and after reached 12 times, and the number of dead envoys was thousands.

Even the famous Abe Nakamaro was shipwrecked on the way home, and there were more than 170 people on the ship, only he was lucky to survive, causing Li Bai to think that his good friend was dead, and wrote a poem "Crying Chao Qingheng" to commemorate, which shows how dangerous it was for Japan and China to cross the sea at that time.

"Why don't you go to Tamna (Jeju Island)?"

Zhao Jun asked again.

"Tamna is now a vassal of Goryeo, and they have always been at odds with Japan, so they are naturally reluctant to let the Japanese get close."

Song Cai replied: "But our Song people are okay, and the Lord of Tanluo Star does not dare to offend the Great Song." ”

"Hmm."

After Zhao Jun groaned, he said: "This time you go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, prepare ships, hire a large number of craftsmen, I allow you to purchase a batch of weapons and equipment, including battle armor, and recruit a group of young people to go to Japan, this time I will only give you two tasks." ”

"Please inform the hospital to make it clear."

Song Cai said busily.

"First, go to Tamna to establish a base, recruit a group of people to be stationed here, and build a dock and dock."

Zhao Jun said: "Second, to establish a base on Tsushima Island, like Tamna, there must also be a dock and a dock, and you can hire locals to help you with the work, and it is claimed that the merchants of the Song Dynasty came to cooperate with Goryeo and Japan in order to trade with Goryeo and Japan. You can give gifts to the Tamna Star Lord and the local magnates of Tsushima Island, talk to them well, and try to buy a piece of land. ”

Song Cai scratched his head and said, "What's the use of this?" In fact, the Great Song Dynasty and Japan are not far away, although it is a little dangerous, but that is because the Japanese ships are not very good, and the ships of our Great Song Dynasty are much stronger than the Japanese ships, except for special circumstances, most of the wind and rain can not pose any threat to our Great Song ships. ”

In fact, this is the case, it was so dangerous for ancient Japan to send Tang envoys to the Tang Dynasty, and it was really because the Japanese ships were not technically good. The quality of Chinese ships in the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties was definitely the first in the world, and there was no problem going anywhere, otherwise there would be no Maritime Silk Road.

The reason why there was no trade with Japan during this period was simply that the Chinese ruling class in the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties was not interested in a small barren island country until the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, before the discovery of the Iwami silver mine and the Sado Gold Mine. Otherwise, if these two good places had been discovered earlier, trade between China and Japan would not have started until the late Ming Dynasty.

But not right now.

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "That's because you underestimated the amount of trade in the future, the Great Song Dynasty is a peace-loving country, and hopes to establish good commercial and trade relations with Goryeo Japan, and the treaty ports of Tamna and Tsushima will only be beneficial to the three parties, and there is no harm." ”

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Su Jian meaningfully and said: "This is also to make Japan develop better, after all, the current Japan, the national strength is not strong, if it can trade with the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, presumably for Japan, it can also change the current situation of poverty and weakness." ”

(End of chapter)