Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1644

The Imperial Guard Command is commonly known as the Beijing North Camp in the folk.After several years of construction, it is now the symbol that best represents the mighty force of the capital.Over the past few years, the imperial guards have been fully paid, equipped with elite soldiers and fine equipment, and have been trained by top military training experts such as Qi Jiguang for a long time. In terms of combat effectiveness, they are ten times higher than the remaining production and construction corps of the old Beijing camp. It can be compared with the clean army composed of eunuchs.

In this battle of destroying the Yuan Dynasty, the emperor's greatest support for Gao Yushi was not only the title of Mengyuan Jinglue, but also the most powerful "Shangfang Sword Privileges" so far. More directly, more than [-] All of the imperial guards were handed over to him as the core of the Chinese army in the Mongolian Yuan economy.

However, although it is said that the war will start at the beginning of spring, due to the colder and colder these years, the beginning of spring has shown signs of being delayed year by year, so that the imperial court delayed the official sword-giving ceremony until mid-February. The sword bestows high pragmatism as a symbol of authority.

The next day, the swearing-in meeting was held in Daying North of Beijing, where Gao Yushi was awarded the commander-in-chief seal, the flag of Wang Ming, and the tiger charm of the imperial guards.

At the same time, the Imperial Guards also conducted a few simple drills, showing the emperor and the court officials who rarely came to the Beijing North Camp some things such as queue changes, three-stage platoon guns, artillery volleys, and cavalry shooting. Common tactical actions such as receiving and rushing.

Seeing a large number of straw men being beaten to the ground with broken legs and arms, both the emperor and the princes were very satisfied with the performance of the imperial guards—although Gao Yushi felt that most of them didn't understand the truth at all. , It’s nothing more than trying to be grandiose, but it doesn’t prevent him, as the Mongolian Yuan Jinglue, from mixing some benefits for the Imperial Guards in advance, and asking the emperor to reward him with the grounds that the Imperial Guards have worked hard.

Although the emperor is an emperor, he is still a normal young man after all. He is good at watching soldiers for sure, so he is extremely happy and easy to talk to.

Originally, Gao Yushi's idea in his heart was to let the emperor push the boat along the way, and just say "rewards from the Ministry of Household Affairs". Anyway, Gao Situ had already prepared the money and materials for this wave of rewards.Unexpectedly, when the young emperor was happy, he didn't say that he would be rewarded by the household department. Instead, he waved his hand and said: "Take 30 taels of internal money and give it to you. I will wait for the triumphant return of our three armies in the capital!"

The soldiers haven't been dispatched yet, and the 30 taels of silver have already been sprinkled down.The domineering aura of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty filled the camp in the north of Beijing, arousing cheers from the imperial guards, and the voice of "Long live my emperor" resounded through the sky!
His majesty the emperor held his head high and held his chest high, gladly accepting the worship of the imperial guards. When he left, he walked with wind, and he seemed to have never had any foot problems.

The internal money was a surprise, and the emperor hadn't prepared it before he came, so the ceremonial supervisor had to hurry to coordinate it, and it would definitely not be distributed today.However, Gao Yushi didn't save money secretly because of the extra reward from the emperor. After the emperor and all the officials left, he still announced his reward.

Of course, the high-practical reward was issued in the identity of Meng Yuan Jinglue. It is impossible to give 30 taels of cash to the accounts of the account department. Two tickets for each person; five hundred pigs, two thousand chickens, and one coat.Everyone has a share of bank notes and cotton clothes, while pigs and chickens are slaughtered on the spot to add to today's meals.

Strictly speaking, the most important thing here is to send money, but there is actually a big difference between giving bank notes and giving cash. The reason has been said before that this kind of large-scale replacement of cash with bank notes can improve Minglian Reserve Bank Notes— — That is, the credibility of banknotes, of course, the premise is that they can be paid.

The 12 taels of silver can of course be cashed, not to mention that the Ming Fed is not just a financial institution, it has been in operation for a year and has the collective endorsement of the entire Jinghua and northern business groups.What is collective endorsement?It is to take the bank note to buy things at pan-Jinghua merchants such as Jinghua or the Maritime Trade Union. The bank note is sure to buy the corresponding goods in full. This is an endorsement.

If you still don't understand this truth, just think about how the Red Dynasty helped Mi Di stabilize the crisis caused by the wanton Mi Yuanchao in a certain period of time in later generations.If there is too much currency, inflation will be caused if there is a shortage of goods. However, if there is a super producer of goods that continues to provide high-quality and cheap goods, the impact of this excess inflation will be offset accordingly.

In fact, there was no basis for inflation in the Ming Dynasty, because the currency on the market has always been insufficient. This is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty became a bottomless silver pit in the middle and late stages of history.It is the surplus of productivity relative to the currency, which has always been in deflation.The price of goods in the Wanli Dynasty was so cheap. When a cow was the most expensive, it was no more than four taels of silver, but when it was the cheapest, it was only more than two taels. This is a typical deflation.

Because of this, Gao Wuzhen is not worried about over-issuance of bank notes at all, and even tries to find ways to issue more bank notes.Not only did he invest a lot of paper currency in Daming, but he was also engaged in another financial war against neighboring countries.

For example, in Japan, Gao Pragmatic earned a large amount of silver and some gold from Japan with his powerful trade power, and at the same time manufactured Yongle Tongbao in Daming and spent it in the Japanese market. Absolute hard currency.

In this way, a large amount of Japanese silver flowed out to become the reserve of the Ming Fed, and the Ming Fed issued some silver notes in proportion, which could alleviate the deflation in Ming Dynasty.But to a certain extent, Japan has not lost money, because the quality of the copper coins made by Japan is very poor, and there has always been a currency shortage in the market. Now the influx of genuine Yongle Tongbao can stabilize the Japanese currency market.

But this is not the whole of the plan. Next—in fact, it has already begun—Jinghua will gradually settle trade with Japanese big businessmen using Minglian Reserve banknotes, and gradually spread it to the whole of Japan, and finally form Minglian Reserve Banknotes to become Japan's de facto legal tender situation.At that time... well, there are many things that can be done.

Just imagine that one day in the future, the Japanese imperial court, various big names, and big businessmen hold a large amount of banknotes of Ming Fed Reserve Bank.

That scene... Tsk tsk, it was so beautiful that I couldn't even imagine it.Of course, in a highly pragmatic manner, we will definitely not threaten all forces at the same time, but threaten a certain part of them individually. How can the threatened be resisted?

If Gao Pragmatism added, "If the other daimyos in Japan can exchange their banknotes, the Federal Reserve Bank of Ming Dynasty will still honor the payment", then the unlucky ones who are refused to pay may have to be dismembered by other daimyos.

Therefore, productivity is combat power, because productivity can support financial capabilities, and using financial means to control the enemy can not only kill many of your own people, but also harvest leeks in a "civilized" way, and even control the life and death of the opponent, which is much less dangerous than fighting Yes, the price is also much less.

As a hegemony, you must make good use of your own power.As strong as Daiying in a certain period, wasn't he also humiliated by the Boer War?The current military strength of Ming Dynasty is relatively not as good as that of Dai Ying at that time, so the use of this kind of power must not be without restrictions.It's a stupid thing to spend 20 years in the mountains and spend [-] trillion yuan but get nothing... Gao Yushi expresses his gratitude and insensitivity.

After the money and supplies from the household department were distributed, Gao Wushi did not stay to have fun with the imperial guards, but went to Jianxinzhai Bieyuan not far from Beijing North Camp.

Ever since he put on the hat of Meng Yuan Jinglue and was unable to send troops immediately due to the weather, Gao Wushi had a reason to skip work blatantly—living in Jianxinzhai is close to the Beijing North Camp, so he doesn’t have to go to the household department to work every day.So since Narita Kai arrived in the capital, he has basically lived in Jianxinzhai.

Huang Zhiting also received new news at the right time, because although she returned to Beijing for a short time last year, she was not pregnant, so this time she specially told that Narita Kai is nearly double ten years old, and even according to her husband, she is suitable for adulthood. The age of pregnancy, so... In short, there are not enough children, and the husband needs to work harder.

Gao Wushi is also satisfied with Jia Fei Ji, after all, she is the "No. [-] beauty in the Eastern Kingdom".Moreover, she is a Ji warrior who can go to battle, although she is a head shorter than Gao Yushi, she has already surpassed many adult men among ordinary Japanese, which made Gao Yushi feel relieved when he saw her .

What made Gao Yushi even more satisfied was that Jia Feiji could speak Chinese. Although she was a bit stuttering, at least she was able to communicate.After Gao Wushi asked, she found out that she had actually learned some Chinese when she was a child, but the emphasis was on writing rather than speaking, because many books in Japan at this time were pure Chinese.

As a princess of the Fujiwara Kita family with a high family background, Kaihime started learning Chinese at the age of five, but since she usually only read books at most, she rarely had the opportunity to communicate with others in Chinese, and her oral English skills were poor.

After arriving at Narita's house and discussing the important matter of marrying her to Gao Yushi, Jia Feiji took the opportunity of not coming to Daming immediately to make up for her spoken words.She asked Luo Yuan to help her buy several Han girls as maids, and communicated with them in Chinese every day. When she came to see Gao Wu, she basically didn't have to worry about language issues.

On the contrary, Gao Yushi has a special liking for Kaiji’s speaking style, because compared with Chinese, which has four tones, Japanese is characterized by almost all light tones, and the ratio of vowels to consonants is very good, which sounds soft and waxy. It has the style of Wu Nong's soft language, which is very suitable for women of this era in Gao Pragmatic's view.

Kai Ji, who is used to this kind of pronunciation, is still soft and soft when speaking Chinese, which makes Gao Wushi listen to the illusion of watching anime in the past.If it wasn't for Gao Pragmatic and not planning to learn Japanese, maybe Kai Fei Ji would simply speak Japanese, which is also a way of remembering the past.

However, he does not need to learn Japanese, and he still needs to know a lot of first-hand information about Japan.The two people Gao Yushi cares more about are Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.However, Kai Ji doesn't know much about Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and her understanding of Tokugawa Ieyasu can only be said to be general. It is probably that Ieyasu occupied the old Takeda collar after the change of Honnoji Temple, and became related to the Hojo family and almost married to the Narita family. I've only heard about it after visiting the neighbors.

However, during the recent period of time, I don't know much about Tokugawa Ieyasu's information about Kai Ji. I only know that Ieyasu is appeasing the local area while preparing for flood control, and he doesn't know much about other aspects.If I have to say anything else, I probably heard that he is also wooing the Kanto Fleet of the Sea Trade Alliance in Misaki City-but this doesn't need to be said by Jia Feiji, Gao Yushi knows it much better than her.

However, there is one thing that happened around the Kanto, and the news brought by Kai Feiji is clearer than the report submitted by the Kanto Fleet, and that is the Kasai Osaki Kazuki incident.

As early as the beginning of October in the 18th year of Tensho, Japan, the former Osaki territory, which is the current territory of the Kimura family, was in the area of ​​Zhongxintian Miquan, because of the taxation of the traditional horse service, the ancient Fenggong (Osaki former minister) and the local people were dissatisfied, and more than [-] of them Killed, this incident was considered by Kai Fei Ji as a precursor to Osaki Kasai Ichikui.

Later, many old officials of Osaki and Kasai did not leave their abilities, and were taxed by Kimura's retainers, which led to the accumulation of dissatisfaction among these old officials.First of all, the eruption occurred in the Baishan area of ​​Danze County, killing Kimura's retainers, and later expanded to Qixian, Iwai, and Yuzuo counties.Some of Kimura's retainers escaped, but were attacked by Ichiki on the way.With the help of the former minister of the Osaki family and the pro-Date family Kanetsui, he escaped into the Date territory.

Kaihime said that in Date Masamune's letter to Maeda Toshiie's retainer Tokuyama Hideken on October 23, only Senbei Ikki was mentioned and Osaki Kasai Ikki was not mentioned, but it was mentioned on the [-]rd, perhaps on the [-]th. Tatsu Masamune didn't know that there was an explosion in Osaki Kasai's territory, or he pretended not to know.

After receiving the news, Masamune immediately organized troops to go out, and planned to go out in person on the 26th; while Gamo Clan Township, which was newly moved under the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, planned to go out on the 26th after receiving the news.The meaning of Ujigo's letter to Masamune is to let Masamune wait for the opportunity, and Masamune is constantly adjusting the situation and has achieved certain results.

But for some reason, Gamo Clan Township seemed unable to trust Date Masamune, so he delayed his battle until November 24th, and after taking Mingsheng Castle on November 28th, he excused himself from illness. On the [-]th, Kimura and his son were rescued by the Date Army. On the [-]th, Masamune and Ujigo exchanged letters of invitation.

Kaihime believes that the Kimura clan's suppression of Osaki Kasai's former ministers led local forces to form a rebellion, and Masamune's actual participation seems to be invisible at this time.However, after Date and Gamo sent troops one after another, the two sides could not effectively win the trust of each other, which caused Ujigo to be very worried about Masamune, and both sides reached the point of exchanging letters of invitation.

Moreover, Suda Hoki, who has a grudge against Masamune, informs Ujigo that Masamune has contacts with Kazukui.Kaihime thinks that there are two possibilities here. One is that Suda Hoki held a grudge and framed Masamune; , Therefore, Masamune may indeed have contacts with the forces of Osaki Katsushiro. For example, Osaki's former minister Nakame Shigene and Ichikui Fang's Itamoto Shusai and others later defected to Masamune-of course, it may be a simple surrender.

All in all, Kaihime believes that the situation in the northeast of Kanto is very unstable at this time, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi does not know why, and has not made much action, or even expressed his position.At the same time, although Tokugawa Ieyasu did not express his position, he seemed rather nervous. It is said that some troops were mobilized to the northeast and put on a cautious defensive posture.

Although Jia Feiji expressed some personal guesses, she did not use a word of affirmation, and left the judgment to Gao Yushi.

Gao Wushi stepped on the half-melted snow, stopped after a few steps, shook his head slightly and said, "Toyotomi Hideyoshi pretends to be calm, Tokugawa Ieyasu pretends to be nervous, interesting."

Jia Feiji only said "ah" in a slightly surprised voice, but didn't ask any more questions, but there was some doubt in her eyes.

Gao Wushi laughed, and said to her: "Toyotomi Hideyoshi deliberately let Gamo Clan overwhelm Date Masamune, this is to establish the prestige of Gamo Clan, after all, he is also one of the important people who will watch Tokugawa Ieyasu in the future ;Tokugawa Ieyasu was busy developing Kanto, and he was afraid that Toyotomi Hideyoshi would miss him too much, so he pretended to be nervous. This was for An Hideyoshi's heart, and the second was to keep himself out of irrelevant affairs... "

"Master is really wise!" Kai Feiji complimented in a very Japanese way.

Gao Wushi was at a loss for words for a moment, and after a while he smiled wryly and said, "Do you know that the way you speak like this is irony? It's like sarcasm."

Jia Feiji was taken aback: "How could it be?"

Gao Wushi laughed again, shook his head and said, "I'll be leaving in a few days, you can talk more with Secretary-General Liu...and Meng Gu Zhezhe, some contextual issues, once you get familiar with them, you'll understand."

"Hay...oh, yes sir, I will do as you tell me."
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