Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 168

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang has a clear view of the current situation in the Jiajing Dynasty.

Whether the so-called Japanese pirates violated borders or changed rice to mulberry, if the source is traced, it can all be traced back to the political struggle in the court.

To put it bluntly, this is the strict party that has been in power for 20 years and the gentry on the southeast coast are competing for control of maritime trade.

In fact, since Emperor Yongle let Zheng He sail to the West to open up ocean trade with countries all over the world, the sea trade has never been broken, but it was controlled by the imperial court before. Later, after Zhu Qizhen ordered the abolition of the national policy of sailing to the West, the right to trade was It fell into the hands of officials from the southeast coast.

Afterwards, the imperial court, the emperor, and the gentry along the southeast coast fought countless battles over the control of sea trade. This battle lasted from the Hongzhi Dynasty and the Zhengde Dynasty to the current Jiajing Dynasty.

Emperor Jiajing was a smart man, he learned a lesson from his elder brother Zhengde, and knew that his life would be in danger of fighting these people himself, so he chose a spokesperson to do it.

And this spokesperson is Yan Song.

Although Yan Song is also a southerner, he is not a party of gentry in the southeast coast.

After he was elected as the chief assistant of the cabinet by Emperor Jiajing, he really started to crack down on smuggling, tried to appease coastal pirates, and actively started trade with Western countries in the name of the imperial court.

This made a lot of money.

As for the money, he and the commending emperor added [-] to [-], and directly split the account [-]-[-].

This made Yan Song a very useful tool for Emperor Jiajing. Although he killed innocent people indiscriminately, embezzled and accepted bribes, which led to serious corruption in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, Yan Shifan was even more defiant, arrogant and arrogant, and regarded the laws of the Ming Dynasty as nothing.

But Jiajing tasted the sweetness, and naturally turned a blind eye to these things.

But Emperor Jiajing and Yan Song were satisfied, but some people were not.

The gentry on the southeast coast are very dissatisfied, and naturally they will make trouble if they are not satisfied.

In the 37th year of the award, the great pirate Wang Zhi, who had been appeased by the court, was killed by these southeast gentry officials for an excuse.

This was one of the causes of the Japanese pirate rebellion along the southeast coast.

Afterwards, with the help of the gentry, these Japanese pirates stopped the trading ships of the imperial court at sea, and at the same time set off Japanese riots in the tax-heavy Ming Dynasty.

However, Yan Song saw that the Japanese pirates had been suppressed repeatedly and the maritime trade was not smooth, so he directly came up with the so-called transformation of rice into mulberry.

He wanted to be ruthless, directly control the means of production, that is, silk, and completely squeeze the gentry groups in the southeast coast aside, and trade with Westerners alone.

But how could those gentlemen watch him do this.

As a result, the court struggle started again, and the national policy of changing rice to mulberry will trigger the following series of things.

What's interesting is that in the original history, after Yan Song stepped down and Xu Jie came to power, the Japanese pirate rebellion disappeared in an instant, and the originally precarious Ming Dynasty seemed to suddenly become a life of singing and dancing.

This has to be said to be a miracle.

Of course, this miracle is no longer possible in this plane.

Because Lao Zhu is here.

After these months of understanding and observation, Zhu Yuanzhang has completely smoothed out these bullshit things.

Zhu Yuanzhang said, don't grab any of you, this maritime trade right belongs to us.

He didn't get entangled with these two factions at all, and directly dispatched Chang Yuchun's navy

This is also the reason why Zhang Juzheng was worried about the situation in the southeast coast, and Zhu Yuanzhang said he had plans.

In this era, there is an invincible naval fleet, so naturally there is no need to do those fancy things.

Just use your strength to break through all methods....

In September of the 43rd year of Jiajing, the Japanese pirates and the Qi family army fought in the final battle. Both sides used three pieces of poems and poems on Ping Tianxia. In the end, the Qi family army won a tragic victory and disturbed the Japanese pirates Suiping, who was a tax-heavy land in the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Chang Yuchun led the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty to make its debut in this world for the first time, sweeping away all the Japanese pirates entrenched in Zhejiang and Fujian, and killing them all.

The Japanese pirates who had been rampant along the southeast coast of Ming Dynasty for decades were completely wiped out, and there was no possibility of them going ashore to cause rebellion.

At the same time, the Ming Navy blocked the entire southeastern coast.

No matter whether it is an official ship or a merchant ship, no ship is allowed to go to sea, and those who dare not follow will be sunk directly.

When these two memorials were spread to Beijing, the entire capital was shocked.

"The Japanese pirates were really wiped out?"

"Where did His Majesty dispatch the great army from the sea?" Xu Jie looked at the memorabilia in his hand with an ugly expression in Yu Wang's mansion, not knowing whether to be happy or worried for a moment.

He should be happy that the Japanese pirates were suppressed, but His Majesty blocked the coast at the same time, which worried him.

Their silk this year has not been sold yet!
"Haha, no matter where it comes from, this is something to be happy about!"

"Father is indeed wise!" King Yu's face turned red with excitement when he read that the Japanese pirates had been wiped out and the Ming Navy had made great strides across the sea.

This great Ming is overwhelming all over the world, the crown prince of his country, the future emperor is also honored!

"Your Highness, the old minister suddenly feels unwell and wants to go back and have a rest!" Xu Jie said.

"Ok?"

"Is Master Xu feeling unwell? I'll call the imperial doctor right away!" King Yu asked with concern.

"no need!"

"I'm a little tired, just go back and have a rest!" Xu Jie bid farewell to King Yu, turned around and left quickly.

"What's wrong with Mr. Xu Ge?" King Yu curiously asked Gao Gong next to him.

"Your Highness, Xu Ge is always from the Songjiang Prefecture in Nanzhili, and his family has [-] mu of mulberry fields." Gao Gong pointed out in a non-essential way.

"Ok?"

"Does this have anything to do with Xu Ge's physical discomfort?" King Yu looked puzzled.

Gao Gong was speechless.

"Your Highness, in fact, the so-called clear streams are divided into different types."

"One is the true Qingliu. Even if the family has no money and life is hard, they can still abide by the ethics of being a scholar, while some Qingliu are false Qingliu. They really do not take bribes because they have a lot of money and tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. Just look down on the little money obtained through corruption and bribery."

Gao Gong opened his mouth leisurely.

"I don't agree with Master Gao's words. What does having money in the family have to do with your own integrity?"

"This is completely different!" King Yu's face was full of disapproval.

"Master Gao, I'm asking you about Master Xu, why do you keep talking about it elsewhere!" King Yu said a little unwillingly.

"My lord, don't you understand?"

Arched and wanted to lift the table.

This Highness's comprehension is really bad, he almost said the words Xu Jie's treachery and loyalty, but King Yu didn't even have a tacit political understanding.

What does this tell him?
There is no way to say it!
Xu Jie did not violate the law of the Ming Dynasty, nor did he offend him, it was just that the children and grandchildren of the family resold some silk. If he really said the four words of treachery and loyalty, he would be completely offended to death.

"What do I understand?"

"You don't speak clearly, can I understand?" King Yu was also anxious.

"Okay, Your Highness, that's not the point. I think at this time, you should present your congratulations to the emperor." Gao Gong wisely did not continue to entangle in this matter.

If he continued to entangle, he felt that he was going to have a cerebral hemorrhage.

"Master Gao reminded me!"

"Then ask Master Gao to write for me!" King Yu pondered for a moment, then smiled.

Gao Gong: "...!"

At the time when Gao Gong was about to fall into madness in Prince Yu's mansion, two cars arrived at Chongwenmen in Beijing at the same time.

One is the elder Yan Songyan who went south to Zhejiang, and the other is Zhang Juzheng who returned from his northern tour of the nine borders as the Minister of the Ministry of War.

"Tai Yue, how about going to the old man's car and talking about it?" If it was normal, the two, as the core leaders of Qingliu and Yan Party, would have pretended not to see each other and walked separately.

But today, Yan Song called Zhang Juzheng uncharacteristically.

And Zhang Juzheng was also uncharacteristically, he didn't refuse sternly, instead he got into Yan Song's car after a moment of contemplation.

"Tai Yue, what is the state of the Nine Frontiers now?" Yan Song cut to the chase, asking with an air of concern for the country and the people.

"very bad!"

"Military households are fleeing seriously, and the combat effectiveness of the border guards is low, and there is not much left to defend the border!"

"Ugh……!"

"The affairs of the country are difficult!"

Yan Song sighed, but soon smiled and said: "Fortunately, the southeast is completely stable. You have heard that His Majesty's fleet has blocked the coast, and the pirates are no longer a threat. !"

"How much stolen money did Mr. Ge bring back this time?" Zhang Juzheng didn't answer Yan Song's words, but suddenly asked about Zhejiang.

"800 taels!"

"It's all thanks to Hai Rui's sword of Ming Dynasty. I didn't expect that the corruption of officials in Zhejiang has reached such a serious level. This is the fault of the chief assistant of the old man. This time I returned to Beijing to ask His Majesty to resign." Yan Song said.

Hearing that 800 million taels had been copied by officials from a province in Zhejiang, Zhang Juzheng's brisk expression finally eased a little.

From this sentence, he could tell that Yan Song had completely decided to break with his former party members, and turned to His Majesty's side, becoming a lone minister.

This is a good thing for the current Ming Dynasty.

"Mr. Yan Ge is serious. This time, Mr. Ge must be a great achievement. I dare say that His Majesty will definitely make big moves in the future, and you will definitely be the chief assistant of the cabinet." Zhang Juzheng said.

"Have you heard about Taiyue?"

The expression on Yan Song's face became serious: "I also brought Hu Zongxian's memorandum with me this time. This time Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese pirates, and the Japanese pirates actually used three poems to level the world. This is simply appalling. I am here this time The above petition requests the imperial court and His Majesty to conduct a thorough investigation on this matter."

"Although the Japanese pirates have been wiped out, none of those who hide behind the Japanese pirates will try to escape this time." When Yan Song said this, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

He understands his position very well, a lonely minister is a knife, since he has decided to be a lonely minister, he will be the sharpest knife in His Majesty's hands.

"Boss Yan Ge is righteous!"

"This is something that benefits the country and the people. Juzheng dare not say that he will go all out to help, but he will definitely not hinder Yan Ge!" Zhang Juzheng clasped his fists solemnly.

He really admires Yan Song at this moment.

Yan Song actually has the courage to break with his party members who have been in business for 20 years. This is definitely not a decision that ordinary people can make.

It was also something Zhang Juzheng hadn't thought of before.

"As expected of Mr. Yan Ge who has dominated the Jiajing Dynasty for 20 years and has never failed." Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"So good!"

"It's so good!"

"Then let's go to the palace together to face the saint!" Yan Song nodded in satisfaction when he heard the promise he wanted.

(End of this chapter)