"Get out of here!"

窸窸窣窣窣......

When Wang Ren and others were helping the Yu family spread the reputation of the Ming Dynasty in Dongzhou, Japan at the moment was in a mess.

First, Ashikaga Yoshinori bloodily purged the nobles of the pro-Ming faction in Kyoto, without waiting for the Japanese guards to react.

After receiving the news, Ashikaga Yoshimori immediately cut off the supply of Gyeonggi to Sado and Hiki, and strictly forbade all of Japan to trade with Sado and Hiki Daimei City.

After his order was given, the situation in the whole of Japan was instantly thrown into chaos.

The Kyogoku, Uesugi and other families, who were not satisfied with the Yoshimochi of Rishimochi, took advantage of this opportunity to respond to the Ming Dynasty's inscription, and the Uesugi family led their own clan and their in-laws to mobilize the samurai of Chiba, Iwamatsu, Takeda, Mutsu, Hitachi, Shinano, Ueno, Sagami, Musashi, Shimono, Izu and other places to march to Kamakura.

At the same time, the Kyogoku family joined forces with many guardians in Kansai who had suffered damage to their interests, and marched to the north.

Faced with a situation of attacking from the north and south, Ashikaga Yoshinori decided to gather an army, first to deal with the Uesugi family in the north, and then to sweep south and sweep through Kansai.

His ideas are good, but the reality is very cruel.

Except for Imagawa Nomsa, Uesugi Fangkata, and Yamana Toki, who responded to him and brought him nearly 20,000 troops, the other guardians were dissatisfied with Ashikaga Yoshinori cutting off tomorrow's trade, so they did not send troops to support.

Counting the shogunate's army, Ashikaga Yoshinori had only 70,000 troops available in his hands, and 40,000 of them had to be left behind, and only 30,000 could really be mobilized.

However, one of the reasons why the shogunate was able to raise so many troops was because of the taxes paid by the Hidden Castle Commander.

Now that trade is cut off tomorrow, if the war is not ended as soon as possible, the shogunate will not even be able to pay the military salaries.

In such an environment, Ashikaga Yoshiji is undoubtedly very anxious.

The entire Gyeonggi army was mobilized, and Ashikaga Yoshinori ordered the troops in various places to hold on, and he himself marched to the north with 30,000 ashigaru.

"General, Uesugi's rebellion is moving south from Echizen, and those guys from the Spo family are not stopping them at all."

In the land of Tsuruga, there are 30,000 troops of Ashikaga Yoshinori stationed here at this moment, standing in the tent, Ashikaga Yoshinori wearing armor listening to Imagawa Noshimasa's proclamation, his face can't help but look ugly.

"I remember the road to the north being rough and difficult, how they thought about it."

Ashikaga Yoshimasa questioned Imagawa Nomasa, and Imagawa Nomasa bowed his head when he heard this: "Sado's Ming army traded with various cities in the north, and they began to pay for the construction of roads in the local area very early, and with this road, the Uesugi family was able to quickly transfer troops from the north into Echizen. ”

"Bastard!" Ashikaga Yoshinori scolded bitterly when he heard this, he had long known that Daming had bad intentions when he came to Japan to trade, and if it wasn't for his father's obstruction, he would never have given Daming a chance to meddle in Japan's domestic situation.

It was too late to say anything, and he had to suppress the rebellion in Uesugi and Kansai before the Ming army could escort Yoshitsugu's guy to arrive, and then he could concentrate on engaging the Ming army.

Thinking of this, he began to lay out the means to target the Uesugi family's army.

At the same time, the news of the great turmoil in Japan was also transmitted by the 100 households of the West Factory in Japan, and it was delivered to Nanjing in mid-August.

"The scope of the unrest is bigger than I expected......"

In a teahouse, Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting in a single room on the second floor, scanned the contents of the letterhead, and then lit it and threw it into the stone basin.

Sitting in front of Zhu Gaochu were Yishiha and Xia Yuanji, seeing that Zhu Gaochu finished reading the letter, Yishiha asked curiously: "Why doesn't Your Highness take advantage of this time to occupy Japan?" ”

"There is no need, and the imperial court has no energy." Zhu Gaoxu shook his head, and Xia Yuanji also nodded:

"At present, the most important thing is to change the land of the southwest Tusi and return it to the stream, and consolidate the rule in Luzon and the old port and Jiaozhi."

"Even so......," said Yisha, hesitantly, "you can also take this opportunity to ask for some benefits." ”

"It's just a Mutsu officialdom, it's too small."

"If you are greedy and chew more, one officialdom is enough." Zhu Gaoxu shook his head, and moved his chopsticks to continue to eat the food on the table.

Seeing him say this, Yisha didn't say anything anymore, but Xia Yuanji said:

"The gold, silver and spices that Zheng He brought back this time, Guo Zi and I went to take a look, and the texture is very good, but the quantity is too much, and it can only be consumed in at least three years."

"If the new policy is to be implemented in Jiangnan, the stock in the treasury will be supported for three and a half years at most."

"That's enough." Zhu Gaoxu picked up the teacup and took a sip: "I don't plan to do anything about the whole territory of Jiangnan, but start with the six mansions in Jiangdong first." ”

"The current Su Song Second Mansion has started the new policy as early as the year before last, and their reaction is not too big, and I don't think the other four mansions will make trouble."

"In front of the army, all intrigues and tricks are paper tigers."

When his words fell, Xia Yuanji agreed with him, and then continued: "Guizhou's land reform and return to the river has come to an end, and Sichuan and Huguang have gained a lot of people. ”

"Jianyi's Song Shuli also said that the reclamation speed of Sichuan is very fast, and most of the Guizhou natives who migrated into Sichuan have now reclaimed two or three acres of cultivated land, and as long as the imperial court continues to support it for two years, Sichuan's cultivated land can exceed 30 million mu."

"Let him let go of his hands and feet, but if the cultivated land breaks through, the tax and grain will also rise." Zhu Gaoxu replied, and then asked Yishuha: "Mu Chun, when will they arrive in Nanjing?" ”

"Arriving on August 24."

"Hmm." Zhu Gaoxu responded and turned his head to look at Xia Yuanji: "After the end of the Northern Expedition next year, I am ready to start reforming the land and returning to Guangxi while implementing the new Jiangnan policy. ”

"I estimate that this time the land will be much faster than Guizhou, but this time you have to take the sea route, and you can discuss the loss during the period with Guo Zi, don't be confused by mermaids."

"Yes......" Xia Yuanji responded, and Zhu Gaoxu also stood up when he saw this, and walked out of the private room with them.

When you walk out of the private room, you will be greeted by the bustle of people.

The two-story teahouse, which covers an area of less than half an acre, was full, and Zhu Gaoxu and the others walked down the stairs and walked out of the teahouse.

When they came to the street, the grass and trees here made Zhu Gaoxu feel familiar and unfamiliar.

Dashuying Town, this is the market town where Zhu Gaoxu often wandered with Wang Xuan and Yang Zhan when he came to the Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning, it was just a rammed earth road, although some grass huts built by people's livelihood were also very crowded, but in the end it was just a town.

Seventeen years have passed, and the development here is even faster than Zhu Gaoxu imagined.

The rammed earth road has become a concrete road with concrete leveling, the houses on both sides of the road have been demolished and rebuilt, and the white-walled and blue-tiled doorways and courtyards are lined up in two rows, and the pedestrians are not coarse linen clothes, but silk satin.

In the distance, the grass hut where Zhu Gaoxu and his family rested has disappeared, replaced by a promenade made of concrete, which can not only shelter from the wind and rain, but also do not have to worry about the collapse of the wind.

"How's the cement production?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at all these inquiries, and when he heard this, he stepped forward and whispered: "There are about 320,000 tons in the country, and there are more than 164,000 employees. ”

Zhu Gaochu was very satisfied with the answer given by Yishaha, and in this era of manpower, it was already very happy to be able to produce 320,000 tons of low-strength cement.

According to the official road standard of the Ministry of Industry, the 320,000 tons of cement are enough to pave more than 700 miles of official roads.

Although cement has many uses, it is impossible to implement all of them in road construction, but for Daming, this is only the beginning.

Once gunpowder and steam engines were developed and advanced, the output of various industries would increase, thus helping the Ming to digest the land that could not be digested at the moment.

"Are the people of this big tree camp still the same people?"

Zhu Gaoxu walked on the concrete road, trying to find familiar faces from the passing streets, but he didn't see any acquaintances for a long time.

"When the Yamen expropriated the land, most of the people exchanged the land for money and moved closer to the outer city gates."

"Most of the people here now moved in later."

Xia Yuanji's words made Zhu Gaoxu silent for a moment, he thought that the people's lives had improved, but he didn't want to change a group of rich people.

"But in any case, the people's lives have indeed changed a lot, and when the officials are replaced, it is estimated that the burden will be lighter."

Xia Yuanji saw Zhu Gaoxu's loss, and hurriedly added, but whether the people are doing well, Zhu Gaoxu knows better than Xia Yuanji.

At present, we are in the throes of the transformation of the Ming Dynasty's policies, and many people are living in dire straits because they do not adapt, especially in areas where the new policy has not yet been implemented.

However, it is impossible for the current Ming Dynasty to exempt them, after all, the labor pain is only three or five years, but the long pain is more than ten years, and even the layout has completely collapsed.

"Based on the current cultivated land measured by the imperial court, after the new policy is fully implemented, it is estimated that the tax grain can reach about 60 million stones."

Zhu Gaoxu discussed with Xia Yuanji, he did not think that the imperial court could collect seventy or eighty million stone of grain like Wang Hui, after all, the difference between the north and the south was too great, and the grain production in the northwest and some areas of the Bohai Sea was only seven or eight buckets per mu, and even in some places there were only six buckets.

After they averaged with the high-yield Jiangnan, the output of more than 600 million mu of cultivated land was already very high.

"Taxes have increased, but spending has also increased."

Xia Yuanji was worried, although he was the secretary of the ministry, he was also responsible for the affairs of the household department, and he often dealt with Guo Zi together.

The current situation of the Ming Dynasty is very dangerous, and if you are not careful, the economy will collapse.

"Three cups of sour plum soup."

Although it was already August, Nanjing was still a little hot, so Zhu Gaoxu asked for three servings of sour plum soup, and took out new money from his arms and handed it over.

When the shopkeeper saw this, he happily took the new money and poured them three cups of sour plum soup with mashed ice.

During this period, there were also people who came to buy cold drinks, but the shopkeeper selectively checked the coins.

If it was the Yongle Tongbao of the new coin, he smiled and took it and put it away.

If it was other Tongbao, he would weigh it in his hand a few times before putting it away.

This scene was watched by Zhu Gaochu and the three of them, and after taking the sour plum soup to cool off, Zhu Gaochu said: "It seems that new money is still relatively popular." ”

"It is true that after the new money of the imperial court is minted, it can usually be dispersed in ten days and half a month, but after the tax reform, there is a lot of fake money collected."

Xia Yuanji said a question, but Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said: "This is helpless, after all, more than 80 million people are mixed, and not everyone can distinguish between real money and fake money." ”

"Although the imperial court has lost some benefits, there are also many coinage workshops that have been destroyed in recent years, and most of the fake money circulating in the market was minted in previous years."

"After digesting this batch of fake money, even if they will still appear on the market, the amount will definitely not be comparable to the current one."

"When will you go...... Natsuhara shook his head, he knew the situation at the mint.

Due to the abundance of materials, if the mint mints 5 million guan a year, it can basically only make a profit of 250,000 kan.

If the household department collects too much fake money, it will even have to pay hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan.

"Don't dwell on that." Zhu Gaoxu comforted Xia Yuanji, and said with a smile:

"The imperial court mines so many silver and copper ingots every year, don't tell me you haven't read those books like "Economy"."

"Naturally, I saw it, and many of them are novel, but they all have some truth." Xia Yuanji hurriedly explained, and at the same time continued:

"According to what you wrote, if the population is growing, then as long as the rate of inflation is controlled, there is no such thing as inflation, right?"

"This question is more complicated, I'll talk to you when I go back, otherwise you and I may have to talk here for a day." Zhu Gaoxu smiled and avoided the question.

He is not a major in economics, so for the economic problems of the Ming Dynasty, he basically crossed the river by feeling the stones.

Because of this, the implementation of the new policy will be so slow, and it has not covered half of the population of the Ming Dynasty in the past ten years.

The reason why it is so slow is because Zhu Gaoxu is taking one step at a time, and there is no way to achieve a far-sighted economic policy.

Daming's current situation, I'm not afraid that the steps are too small to take my time, but I'm afraid that the steps are too big and will pull the eggs.

"In your opinion, how much liquid currency does Daming have at the moment?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked Xia Yuanji, who pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then spoke: "Counting copper coins, silver, and gold, it is about 1.3 billion to 2 billion yuan. ”

"Okay." Zhu Gaoxu said: "According to your statement, the gold, silver and copper ingots obtained by the Ming Dynasty from overseas every year are minted and distributed to the market, which means that the annual currency growth of the Ming Dynasty is only about four thousandths, and occasionally it will fall to three thousandths. ”

"In this case, the inflation caused by the over-issuance of metal currency is basically impossible at present, and the only inflation problem that may be encountered is the transportation difficulties caused by natural disasters and the soaring prices in the region."

"This problem cannot be solved by relying on the current conditions, and only by waiting for the appearance of the steam engine researched by Taixue can this problem be solved slowly."

Xia Yuanji and Huang Fu were the mainstays promoted by Zhu Gaoxu, so they also knew a lot of things about Taixue.

Regarding the matter of the steam engine, they naturally knew and knew what changes it would bring to Daming once the steam engine appeared.

However, as to whether the steam engine can be successfully made, Xia Yuanji and others are still skeptical.

Although the current steam engine has been able to stably pump water from the mine, this is really beyond their imagination in terms of urging the heavy loads that carry tens of thousands of catties.

"What is the amount of treasure money that the imperial court recycles every year?"

Zhu Gaoxu walked to the edge of the town of Dashuying, and a carriage escorted by Xichang Lux had already appeared in front of him.

As he walked into the carriage, he asked Xia Yuanji, who also explained: "The number of damaged replacements fluctuates around five or six hundred thousand. ”

"At this rate, the price of banknotes should rise a little bit every ten years."

"But I don't understand, Your Highness, why do you want to recover the treasure money, it's better to ignore it and save a sum of money for the imperial court."

There is no problem with Xia Yuanji saying this, in his opinion, there is no need to continue to redeem irreparable things, and this is the case with treasure money.

Although Zhu Gaoxu reminded that the Ming Dynasty had not issued treasure banknotes on a large scale after the 27th year of Hongwu, the number of treasure banknotes circulating in the market was still very large.

In fact, a large part of the credit for the success of Hongwu's rule is due to the treasure banknote.

Although its role was to harvest the people, after so many years, the people have long recovered.

Now they only need to wait slowly, waiting for the treasure money to be scrapped, and then Daming will immediately reduce an economic problem.

However, in this regard, Zhu Gaoxu shook his head after getting into the car, and said to Xia Yuanji and Yishaha, who got into the car:

"It is very likely that the imperial court will have to take the road of paper money in the future, and if the credibility of the imperial court is destroyed with treasure money now, it will be much more difficult to issue paper money in the future."

Zhu Gaoxu can't wipe the ass left by Lao Zhu, but at least he can't make this ass bigger and bigger like Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanji, and Zhu Qizhen in history.

"Show your attitude now, and then wait slowly for the passage of time, waiting for the treasure money to disappear, then the impact can be minimized."

Zhu Gaoxu said his thoughts, and Xia Yuanji understood the reason why Zhu Gaoxu agreed to exchange the old treasure money for the new money.

Although the Ming Dynasty issued hundreds of millions of treasure banknotes, most of them were damaged and difficult to identify because they were still buried in the cellar.

Because of this, the number of treasure notes exchanged for new ones in the household department every year will be so small.

In Zhu Gaoxu's view, there are so many treasure banknotes issued by Lao Zhu, which are still in circulation, and it is estimated that there is not even half of them.

As long as he doesn't issue treasure money, then in another twenty or thirty years, the treasure money left by Lao Zhu will still have three achievements.

Therefore, although he is more concerned about the problem of treasure money, he rarely worries.

"The distribution of new money mainly depends on the distribution of workers and soldiers, so that the money can be circulated."

"Another ......"

"Go away, go away!!"

Before Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he heard the sound of hurried horses' hooves and the sound of shouting for the people to leave.

He and Xia Yuanji were stunned for a moment, and then looked out the window curiously.

I saw that on the official road in the outer city, more than 100 horsemen were divided into more than a dozen groups, and they joined from the city to the inner city, obviously getting some news.

Since the main role of Jinyiwei is to supervise hundreds of officials, such a move immediately made Zhu Gaoxu squint.

"Yishiha, go ask Hu Lun to see what new tricks Ji Gang has played."

"Yes!"

He also lost his response, and then sent someone to the Yamen of the West Factory to ask Hu Lun.

During this period, Zhu Gaoxu and Xia Yuanji returned to the inner city and sent him to the mansion.

"Your Highness Xie......"

After getting off the bus, Xia Yuanji stood in front of the small official Shangshu Xia Mansion and waved at Zhu Gaoxu, while Zhu Gaoxu looked at his mansion.

Xia Yuanji's mansion is not too big, according to the current Ministry of Industry system of three to one in length and depth, about five zhang wide Xia Mansion should only be fifteen zhang deep inside, covering an area of more than one acre, it is indeed not worthy of the identity of his household secretary.

"Your mansion is too small, in a few days, the East Palace will pay for it to help you repair a bigger one."

It is irrefutable, Zhu Gaoxu left this sentence and asked people to drive away, so that Xia Yuanji wanted to stop it but could not succeed.

"Your Highness ......"

Xia Yuanji stood in front of the mansion and smiled bitterly, then shook his head and returned to the mansion.

At the same time as he returned home, Zhu Gaoxu also instructed Yishu in the car: "Allocate a thousand guan from the East Palace to build a mansion for Xia Yuanji......

Halfway through speaking, Zhu Gaoxu paused: "It should be enough, right?" ”

"Enough, a thousand guan is enough to build a five-acre mansion." Yisha smiled and nodded, and Zhu Gaoxu also smiled when he heard this.

Since Xia Yuanji's mansion was on the edge of the imperial city, it didn't take long for Zhu Gaoxu and them to enter the imperial city and come to the Donghua Gate of the palace city.

After changing to the Golden Rim, they entered Miyagi and headed towards the East Palace.

After arriving at the Chunhe Palace, Zhu Gaoxu saw Hu Lun in front of the Chunhe Palace, and Hu Lun also saw the golden chariot and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Minister Muyang Bo Hu Lun, see Your Highness!"

"Let's talk about things, you're also busy over there, don't delay."

Zhu Gaoxu got out of the car and helped him up, not preparing to enter the hall to talk about things, but preparing to go to the hall after finishing the matter.

Hu Lun shook his head when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "When Su Song's second mansion implemented the new policy, he didn't find any problems, but in order to catch Xie Jin's handle, Ji Gang secretly took someone to check Li Zhigang. ”

"This guy's character is extremely poor, and after a little investigation, Ji Gang found out that Li Zhigang had cheated for personal gain in his early years and recommended his relatives to serve as officials in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture."

"Grab the handle of Xie Jin, what is he doing to check Li Zhigang?" Zhu Gaoxu didn't figure it out, so Hu Lun explained:

"Although Li Zhigang did not deal with each other, the two were indeed friends in the early years, and they should each have their own handles."

"This time, Ji Gang investigated Li Zhigang, and Li Zhigang handed over the handle of Xie Jin, and Ji Gang also promised to help him destroy these criminal evidence."

"Humph!" Hearing that Ji Gang helped Li Zhigang destroy the incriminating evidence, Zhu Gaoxu didn't have to think much to know that Ji Gang must have accepted Li Zhigang.

"Find out their deals, and when you clean up Ji Gang in the future, you will clean up Li Zhigang together."

"Yes!"

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu say this, Hu Lun hurriedly responded, and at the same time asked carefully: "Your Highness, do you want to add fuel to the fire?" ”

"Not necessarily." Zhu Gaoxu vetoed it, and added: "Although I don't know what handle Ji Gang caught, people like Xie Jin can't be killed at one time." ”

"Let Ji Gang clean him up first, a rebellious person like him won't be in peace after being cleaned up, and when my father gets impatient, his death will come."

When the words fell, Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Hu Lun: "Remember, we still have decades to go, don't ruin your reputation too early." ”

"Yes!" Hu Lun's heart warmed, since he became the commander of the West Factory, he has always paid attention to the relationship between Ji Gang and Zhu Di.

Zhu Di had already known about Ji Gang as a chess piece, and even guessed Ji Gang's fate early on.

Due to the proximity of the position, many times he would also think about it, worried that he would also be disposed of like this by his own highness.

It's just that with the passage of time, he realized that his Royal Highness is still that Highness, as long as he does things well, don't be too out of line, his future is by no means comparable to Ji Gang.

Thinking of this, Hu Lun bowed deeper to Zhu Gaoxu's back as he gradually moved away......

(End of chapter)