I'm really not doing business

Chapter 421: After the artillery bombardment, the infantry rushed forward, but the artillery bombardment failed.

Zhu Yijun had some expectations that Jiangnan would try every means to evade taxes. Lu Song Guiyanwan Private Market told Zhu Yijun to be wary of these guys. They were prospering and making a lot of money by relying on the power of the Ming Dynasty. He will only feel that it is the result of his own efforts, and any money he pays to the court is a loss.

They felt that the court was too harsh on even the 60% tax.

The tax law implemented in Nanya and Zhejiang is a whip method, which means paying in money but not in kind. The tax law of the one whip method is a monetary tax, not a tax in kind. When the evil gentry in the south of the Yangtze River used the tax to deduct in kind, Zhu Yijun immediately became vigilant. , Today they dare to deduct taxes in kind, and tomorrow they dare to open a private market to evade.

Zhang Juzheng also had the same opinion. He who overdoes it must overdo it, so he suggested that the house be confiscated. However, Zhu Yijun thought that for such a trivial matter, the house confiscation was still a bit of a fuss, so he only gave him the punishment of being expelled from his position, which was considered a minor punishment.

This small punishment is already an unacceptable punishment for the Jiangnan gentry. If the third generation is not admitted, which family can maintain its status even if the third generation cannot take the exam? Not to mention eating meat, drinking soup depends on other people's faces.

The Ming Dynasty still needed the Zheshe households to supplement the weak areas of Ming rule, and also needed the low moral advantages of the Zheshe households to carry out inhumane plunder in the sea.

Returning the father-in-law to the land, transforming the monopoly class that far exceeds the luxury family, and protecting the development of industry and commerce are the basic national policies of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yijun has no idea of ​​killing a whole boatload of people with one blow.

Sun Kehong's car began to enter the city. This ocean-going businessman who was both an official and a businessman had extremely terrifying prestige in the entire Jiangnan area. Everyone knew that this businessman with a broken leg had a weird personality and was ruthless. He was the Ming Dynasty. The monopoly class created under the policy of opening up the sea can mobilize social resources far beyond those of prominent families.

When Sun Kehong arrived at Shishizi Bridge, Zhang Gaorui's younger brother appeared in front of Sun Kehong.

Soon, the Suzhou Wang family surfaced, and the Wang family also handed over a greeting card, but Sun Kehong still ignored it. He was such a person, he was easy to talk and discuss without taking action, but once he took action, he would not stop fighting.

Without Zhang Gaozhan as the mole, the Zhang family would never have fallen so quickly.

Sun Kehong's eyes lit up, he nodded and said, "That's how it should be."

But Sun Kehong was also a little worried. This Weng Shaoshan was in a hurry. The bandits and water bandits he raised came down from the mountain and were difficult to deal with. Fortunately, he could move reinforcements. The Ming Taxation Office was not interested in Weng Shaoshan for a day or two.

"What, you don't want me to say anything after you've done it?"

Moreover, the year before last, when Zhang Gaorui came up with the idea of ​​deducting taxes in kind, Sun Kehong wrote a letter to warn Zhang Gaorui not to violate the laws of the court. The court was still trying out the one-whip method cautiously, so as not to cause trouble to the court. Nanya was rich and had strong ability to withstand risks. , so it was implemented here, so that the imperial decree could not be implemented stably, which might lead to disaster.

Sun Kehong looked at Zhang Gaozhan and said with a playful look on his face: "You, my brother, have done a good job in helping outsiders embezzle our own property. However, no matter how big the family is, this family is not yours, it belongs to Zhang Gaorui. Now, no matter how dilapidated the Zhang family is, it’s not your brother’s, but yours.”

The Zuotian Shangting Court is accustomed to trying their best to exploit their camps. Even the Heavenly Court, which has no way to get there, they have a way to exploit it, so they have such a nickname.

"Zhang Gaozhan, you did a good job. Your brother didn't know your good intentions until he was dying, tsk tsk." Sun Kehong looked at Zhang Gaozhan and said with a smile.

Sun Kehong would do things that were inconvenient for the court to do.

Sun Kehong was telling the truth. It wasn't Zhang Gaorui who took advantage of his classmates when he was in the most difficult time. That's why Sun Kehong didn't bother to care about such a trivial matter in the Zhang family.

Zhang Gaozhan never expected that Sun Kehong would come.

Zhang Gaorui refused to listen, and his words became a prophecy.

Sun Kehong originally planned to host a banquet in honor of Luo Bingliang, but Luo Bingliang left as quickly as he came and left the Stone Lion Bridge in a hurry.

Seeing Zhang Gaorui's fate, Sun Kehong also understood to some extent why Xu Jie had been testing on the verge of death, and finally ended up being killed by the emperor. Xu Jie had no choice but to walk all the way to the dark, halfway through, If you want to get off the ship, you will only die.

The Dongting merchant gang was the main body of Suzhou merchants. It was named after the east and west mountains of Dongting. The people from the two mountains were good at cultivating goods. They were merchants and merchants from all directions, so they were known as the Zhuantian merchant gang.

This is not because the Suzhou government officials are incompetent. The Dongting Merchant Gang began in the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty. It has been 500 years since Shanren took away goods until the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty. The merchant gang became bigger and stronger in the hands of Wang Weizhen, and this Wang Weizhen's grandson is Wang Hao, a scholar of Dongge University in Li Xianzong, Xiaozong, and Wuzong dynasties, and he is also known as the Prime Minister of Shanzhong. Since Wang Hao became famous, the Wang family in Suzhou broke away from the Dongting merchant gang and handed over the merchant gang to the family slave Weng Jian. .

Sun Kehong is not worried about business at all. Weng Shaoshan and the Suzhou Wang family are not his opponents, and what Sun Kehong has to deal with is not the entire prominent family in Suzhou Prefecture. Where there is yin, there must be yang. Some people want to evade taxes, and some just want to be safe and sound. To do business steadily, Sun Kehong only has to deal with the Dongting Business Gang and the Wang family.

Sun Kehong interfered with the position of the head of the Zhang family in Suzhou, which was very rough.

"Although Zhang Gaorui is dead, Zhang Gaorui still has a son. The head of this family is still the big one. Ocean Trading Company will send a few shopkeepers to help with the management. When Che'er becomes an adult, he will be returned to him." Sun Kehong announced a decision , Zhang Gaorui died, his eldest son capsized and sank in the lake, but Zhang Gaorui still had two sons, Zhang Chengche, Zhang Gaorui's second son.

Luo Bingliang was a busy man. Who asked his son Luo Sigong to be disrespectful and work as a sparring partner for His Majesty in the palace, beating His Majesty all day long?

The Suzhou Prefectural Government fully cooperated with the Taxation Yuan's campaign against the east and west mountains of Dongting, and sent 2,000 yamen officers, together with 600 Tiqi people, to clear out the bandits in the two mountains of Dongting.

The reason why the Dongting merchant gang was chosen to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys is because the Dongting merchant gang is different from other prominent families. This merchant gang has raised bandits and water bandits in the mountains. There are no taboos in doing business. If you don't buy their cloth, you can't even make clothes or bedding. , the owner of the mountain is named Weng Shaoshan, the ground in Suzhou is not made of Weng Shaoshan's cloth, so don't wear clothes or be quilted.

"Aiming to plot against your Zhang family's property? The most valuable part of your Zhang family's property is the boats, and I gave them to you Zhang family. What am I trying to do with your family? Your family earns more money in a year than I donate. More." Sun Kehong sneered and mocked Zhang Gaozhan. What he was thinking about was not worth mentioning to Sun Kehong.

Luo Bingliang got straight to the point and said directly without any greetings: "Sun Shang doesn't have to worry about those bandits and water bandits on the mountain. You beat yours and we'll kill ours without any delay."

"Suzhou is the Suzhou of the Ming Dynasty, not the Suzhou of Weng Shaoshan and the Wang family."

Sun Kehong took action with all his strength. In just ten days, the Dongting merchant gang, which was said to be able to infiltrate even the heavens, could no longer withstand it. Weng Shaoshan handed over a greeting card, hoping to talk to Sun Kehong, but Sun Kehong did not Choosing to meet Weng Shaoshan, at this point, it is already a matter of life and death.

"Mr. Sun Shang is here to welcome you, but it would be disrespectful to welcome him from afar." Zhang Gaozhan left his house and came to the Shishizi Bridge to greet him. He still said that he was not welcomed from afar. This is respect and fear.

"Shuai Luo Ti, I haven't seen you for many days, but your style remains the same." Sun Kehong met another person, Luo Bingliang. When Luo Bingliang found out about this incident in Suzhou, he rushed over with Tiqi. The purpose was naturally to prevent chaos. Likewise, Luo Binliang did the same. Reinforcements invited by Sun Kehong.

This is the end of Zhang Gaorui.

Sun Kehong moved into Zhang's mansion and kicked out Zhang Gaozhan's family without giving Zhang Gaozhan any face. Zhang Gaozhan immediately defected to Weng Shaoshan, a Dongting merchant gang.

"As for the rich and luxurious households in the south of the Yangtze River that you said besieged me, let's give it a try." Sun Kehong is extremely arrogant. He is here to show off his power. This is the responsibility given to him by the court. Let him become a monopoly class. The big bad guys grind down the little bad guys, maintain the basic stability among the prominent families in Jiangnan, and contribute their own strength to the reform of the Ming Dynasty.

But Sun Kehong is here.

As a younger brother, Zhang Gaozhan dared to have other thoughts, wasn't it because Sun Kehong had a falling out with his brother?

Weng Shaoshan, a member of the Dongting merchant gang, was also courageous and dared to accept Zhang Gaozhan's defection.

After a little questioning, Sun Kehong fully understood the cause and effect, and then started to attack the Dongting merchant gang.

The wicked still need to be punished by the wicked.

At the beginning, the Zhang family in Suzhou helped Sun Kehong. Sun Kehong had long since repaid this kindness. Otherwise, how could the Zhang family soar in the open sea?

Therefore, if something happened to Zhang, Sun Kehong would definitely know the details, but there was no need to come in person.

Sun Kehong wanted to see whether the cloth shop in Suzhou would continue to do business or not without the cloth from his Dongting Merchant Gang.

Zhang Gaozhan's expression changed drastically, and he said sternly: "Mr. Sun Shang is plotting against my Zhang family's property. Don't make it too obvious. He said that he would let the shopkeeper help run the business, even if he eats people without spitting out their bones! Aren't Mr. Sun afraid?" Aren't you afraid that this behavior will make other families fearful and attack the Qiansun family?"

Sun Kehong is a serious businessman and does not support mountain bandits or water bandits.

Zhang Gaozhan's expression suddenly changed. He gave enough face to him and went out to the bridge to greet him. However, Sun Kehong refused to give him any face and directly exposed his behavior in public, making him lose face.

Weng Shaoshan is the son of Weng Ji.

Heads were rolling and blood flowed into rivers. The entire Dongshan Town and Xishan Town in Wu County, as well as the mountains, were covered in blood, and even the mountain streams were dyed red.

The Tiqi opened the gate of the cottage with a nine-pound artillery piece. After several rounds of bombardment, the Tiqi began to advance. There were a total of 600 Tiqi people, divided into three rows. They advanced while shooting, and fired while advancing. This is the experience of using firearms from the first generation of Duke Muying of Guizhou Province.

Three people form a group. The musketeers in the front will shoot first. After the shooting, they will quickly retreat to the back and concentrate on loading ammunition. The musketeers in the second row will start shooting, and so on. In Thailand, this is called three. Duan attack, in the Ming Dynasty, called the divine machine guns and artillery to restrain the troops.

After the artillery blasted the infantry, the artillery bombarded the infantry who could not rush forward. They took turns firing cannons to advance steadily. This is a common practice after the Ming Dynasty took advantage of the firepower. It was jokingly called the queuing and shooting tactic by Zhu Yijun.

Qi Jiguang once carried out precise tactical deductions around infantry, cavalry, artillery, and vehicle camps, and showed the training results to His Majesty. The very powerful variant of the Yuanyang Formation made Zhu Yijun call the Ming Army God truly worthy of his name!

But in actual combat, it was discovered that queuing to kill, a tactic that did not require close coordination, was actually more effective.

The Ming Dynasty's capital camp was able to skillfully perform five-stage attacks, but here the Tiqi only used three-stage attacks, because there was no need to use five-stage attacks. The enemy did not even have a decent resistance, and the camp was already breached by the Ming army.

The haze hovering on the ground in Suzhou finally disappeared.

The Suzhou government office also needs a reason to take action, and this time His Majesty reported the dismissal of more than 13,000 meritorious deeds in one fell swoop, and it was not recorded for three generations. If it is to be implemented thoroughly, it is necessary to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Suzhou Wang family, Dongting family Shang Gang is the best chicken.

"They are really brave. They actually plan to go to Xiaoling to cry at the grave. It's really amazing!" Sun Kehong flipped through the case files in his hands and admired the courage of this group of people. Thanks to the Suzhou Wang family and the Dongting Shang Gang, this chicken It was strong enough. After being killed, the monkeys were too frightened to move. Otherwise, a disaster like Xiaoling's Weeping Grave would really happen. From top to bottom, Nanya and Zhejiang would be unable to eat and walk around. If our ancestors were alive, Emperor Taizu Gao would probably only applaud him if he knew what your majesty had done.

The gentry in the south of the Ming Dynasty were very honest during the Hongwu and Yongle years of the Ming Dynasty. Until Renzong succeeded to the throne, these long one hundred and seventy years were one hundred and seventy years of annexation, tax arrears, and concealment.

This also has a lot to do with the Ming Dynasty. The political center and military center were far away from the economic center. The economic center controlled a large amount of wealth and was naturally dissatisfied with the political center's decrees. Coupled with the weakening of administrative power and the decline in organizational and dispatching capabilities, the formation of Today’s situation.

Sun Kehong sighed, looked at the north, and said helplessly: "Is this testing whether His Majesty's sword is sharp?"

His Majesty the Ming Emperor's sword is very sharp, and the Dongting Merchant Gang and the Suzhou Wang Family have already tried it themselves.

Zhang Gaorui was dismissed from his job and did not dare to take any other actions because he knew the essential difference between breaking the law and rebelling. Breaking laws has Ming laws, and rebellion will only usher in artillery and blunderbuss. Zhang Gaorui would rather die than eat explosive bullets.

Although Zhang Gaorui died, his family remained. Although the Dongting Merchant Gang collapsed, Sun Kehong did not take the share. Instead, other prominent families in Suzhou shared all the shares. It wasn't that Sun Kehong didn't want to take it, it was really Don't dare, Sun Kehong has already read the first volume of Class Theory, and has a very clear understanding of his position, the monopoly class above the famous family.

After Sun Kehong finished handling the matter in Suzhou, he rushed back to Songjiang Prefecture overnight, because he had a batch of ships returning to Hong Kong tomorrow, and this batch of goods was a big deal.

In the early morning of the next day, the cold wind of late autumn blew across the sea. Sun Kehong dragged his tired body to the tide watching building early in the morning. In other places, Sun Kehong always avoided going upstairs because it was very shameful for him to go upstairs. Someone needs to be carried, but this is not the case in Songjiang Mansion, because there is a human-powered ladder, a wooden board with a fence, close the fence, and pull him up through a noose.

Sun Kehong had been looking at the sea, waiting for the moment when the mast appeared on the sea level. There was a heavy fog in late autumn, and the visibility was not high. It was not until noon that the fog dissipated, and a mast finally appeared in the telescope. , the mast slowly grew longer on the sea, and the seven-star flag appeared above the sea level.

"Finally back!" Sun Kehong looked surprised. This was a horse ship heading to the Mughal Kingdom. There were seventy-three ships in total. Two of them failed to return successfully. There were war horses from the Mughal Kingdom on board. , as well as various specialties of the Mughal Kingdom.

The berth where the seventy-three horse ships were parked was surrounded by the Ming Dynasty Navy. They were unloading military horses. It seemed natural for the navy to go there, but in fact Sun Kehong knew very well that the most important thing here was the Xian who was responsible for ballast. sand.

Salty sand, saltpeter, the raw materials of the Ming Dynasty gunpowder. According to the original promise of Shah Maimaiti, these 73 horse ships contained 1.6 million kilograms of saltpeter, which is equal to the production of saltpeter in the three years of the Ming Dynasty. This is what Shah Maimaiti Maiti's method of stealing the sky and changing the sun. The Ming Dynasty's horse-drawn boats had to cross the Straits of Malacca and had to deal with the interrogation of the Goa Governor's Office. They could only choose this method of smuggling.

After an afternoon of unloading and weighing, the horse ship unloaded a total of 1.94 million kilograms of saltpeter. Among them, 80,000 kilograms of saltpeter were left in Manila to be used for the manufacture of gunpowder for the Manila Ordnance Supervision. It should be counted. After knowing the quantity of saltpeter and delivering the batch of saltpeter to Chen Lin, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty Navy, Sun Kehong breathed a sigh of relief.

Songjiang Ocean Trading Company has made another great contribution!

"President Sun Shang has done an excellent job. I will definitely write to the court to ask for credit for Mr. Sun Shang." Shen Shixing witnessed the whole process. The number of nearly two million kilograms of saltpeter is really astonishing. These saltpeters will be produced in three to five Months of time were sent to the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty to create gunpowder.

Sun Kehong also said with a smile on his face: "As it should be, as it should be."

With such a big job completed, the Sun family can at least survive for another three to five years. There will also be more redundancy in the development of the Yuanxu Islands. When the development of the Yuanxu Islands becomes more and more perfect, the Ming court and the Sun family can both Get decent.

"If we, the noble families of the Ming Dynasty, all have Mr. Sun Shang so loyal to the emperor and the country, sharing your Majesty's worries and solving problems for the court, why worry about the Ming Dynasty not being prosperous." Shen Shixing sighed, and the behavior of the Wang's Dongting merchant gang in Suzhou also made Shen Shixing saw the trend of "stop investment and offering" that has been popular since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty in Nanya.

The Yuan Dynasty lost the world because of its leniency. When Hu Yuan was in power, the whole world had no administrative power to restrain it. In the Ming Dynasty, no one in the Jin gentry did not miss Hu Yuan's leniency. However, in the Ming Dynasty, the punishment became strict and the law was strict. Donations were prohibited, that is, no one was allowed to surrender. The public opinion dedicated to the Ming Emperor was deeply rooted in Nanya.

Violence is gunpowder, steel, silver, theory, and human hearts.

With the help of Yuan Fu, the Ming Emperor gradually took control of these violence and used it rationally.

The horse boat went to the Mughal Kingdom to bring back the saltpeter from the Bay of Bengal. It was also the first major thing Shen Shixing did when he came to Songjiang Prefecture as the second official. Shen Shixing was fully responsible. Shen Shixing had a better understanding of Sun Kehong's loyalty to the emperor and the country. .

"Your Majesty has a tender heart." Sun Kehong said something pertinent from the perspective of a prominent family. When he dealt with the Dongting merchant gang and the Suzhou Wang family, even three layers of land were scraped, and the Suzhou Zheshe household divided the king. When he was a child, even his twelve-year-old daughter was not spared.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty took action, but he would not take action against children under the age of fifteen, but when the Zheshe households took action, they were much more excessive than His Majesty.

Zhu Yijun received the memorials from Luo Bingliang, Wang Daokun, Shen Shixing and others. Regarding the matters in Suzhou Prefecture, Zhu Yijun just replied that he knew it. Regarding Xiansha's arrival in Hong Kong, Zhu Yijun fully affirmed and praised Sun Kehong and Songjiang by name again. Contribution of Ocean Trading House.

"Ask the Bingzhan Bureau to make a silver medal with a diameter of 100cm and send it to Sun Kehong's house in Songjiang Prefecture. On the front, it says Loyalty to the Emperor, Ti Guo, and on the back, it says Home of Hairpin Ying." Zhu Yijun asked Feng Bao to stamp a two-inch-thick, one-foot-diameter silver medal. The silver medal was delivered to Sun Kehong. This was the silver medal that Sun Kehong needed to save his life.

Zhu Yijun was a big boss. Even the Queen of England had heard of the emperor's stinginess. He gave out real gold and silver rewards, which represented the holy family.

"I obey the order." Feng Bao obeyed the leader's order.

Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty had a knot in his heart about Suzhou Prefecture. This knot came from the fact that Ma Yilong led the local refugees in Suzhou Prefecture to cultivate more than 127,000 acres of farmland. After Ma Yilong's death, the common people could no longer defend it, and they were all invaded and annexed. Within a few months, After the weeds became barren, Zhu Yijun never had a good impression of the prominent families in Suzhou Prefecture. In his opinion, the Zhang family, the Wang family, the Pan family, and the Dongting business gang were all dog-eat-dogs.

What he is most concerned about is whether the Ming Dynasty's decree has been implemented.

These idiots can cry in the grave. If they dare to cry, Zhu Yijun will raid his house. If they dare to rebel, Zhu Yijun will dare to suppress the rebellion and overturn the table. No one will be the same.

"It's time for the year-end accounting in the Household Department again. I seemed to hear the sound of abacus in the imperial study room of Li Palace." Zhu Yijun closed the memorial in his hand. The year-end audit was once again in full swing. The eight years of Wanli gradually came to an end. Every day By this time, Zhu Yijun sincerely admired Wang Guoguang and Zhang Xueyan. It was really difficult for them to figure out the bad debts of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yijun slapped his forehead and said: "I was so busy that I forgot to use the abacus this year. I will use the adding and subtracting machine instead. The emperor is messing around with these great dynasties."

"Your Majesty, Ma Ziqiang, Minister of Rites, said that the Li Palace has never had a formal name. It would be a bit disrespectful to just call it Li Palace. I gave several names and asked Your Majesty to decide." Feng Bao talked about the naming of Li Palace. It means a temporary palace. Since His Majesty doesn't plan to move back to the palace, it might as well be settled.

Zhu Yijun looked at these names, Tonghe, Yanqing, Dashi, Shengping, Tai'an, and Fukang.

"Let's call it Tonghe Palace, with political connections and humane connections." Zhu Yijun chose the option, and finally chose the first option, with political connections and humane connections, Tonghe Palace.

"Your Majesty is a wise man." Feng Bao received your Majesty's inscriptions and called Xiaohuangmen to deliver them to the seal and ribbon prison. Your Majesty has officially named him, and all the plaques for leaving the palace need to be changed. In the future, the official documents will need to be changed, and they will be announced to the world.

Guo Chaobin, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, officially became an official. He was already old. Zhu Yijun approved Guo Chaobin's official memorial. After Wang Daokun returned to Beijing, Guo Chaobin could go to Xitucheng to take care of his old age. After becoming an official in Ming Dynasty, he no longer returned to his hometown, but lived in Xitucheng can also be regarded as the court's virtue of nurturing the elderly, and it is also to prevent the continued creation of local prominent families.

Ma Ziqiang, a minister of the Ministry of Rites, was also in office. Ma Ziqiang was not in good health. He suffered a serious illness in October of the sixth year of Wanli. If it were not for the superb medical skills of the chief medical officers of Jieju Hospital, Ma Ziqiang's illness might have killed him. Being sick makes it difficult to sit at work.

Zhu Yijun approved Ma Ziqiang's memorial and moved it to Xitucheng.

"Zhang Guoxiang, the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, brought up the matter of restoring the title of the real person. What is the opinion of the Ministry of Rites?" Zhu Yijun asked about the title of the real person of Longhu Mountain.

Taoist monk Fen Xiu paid special attention to Zhang Zhenren's preferential treatment in Longhu Mountain. However, in the first year of Longqing, Emperor Mu Zong issued an order to seize Zhang Zhenren's title of Zhenren and changed it to Shangqingguan. The full title of Zhenzhen is very long and is Zheng The second grade, while Shangqing Guan Ti Dian is only the fifth grade.

The title of the real person was established by the ancestors and set by Zhu Yuanzhang. The old Zhu family is also known as the reincarnation of Emperor Zhenwu.

There are benefits to this title. If the real person title is reinstated, Jiangxi will give Qingguan 30,000 silver every year. If it is just for Shangqingguan to raise points, there will be no such treatment.

"The Prince Consort Xie Zhao submitted a petition to restore the old title, but the Ministry of Rites refused. The Ministry of Husbandry said that if the Prince Consort's Mansion was willing to pay the money, the Ministry of Revenue would not object, and the matter would be settled." Feng Bao said. The matter was clearly explained and told to the emperor.

"Since no one is willing to pay the money, let's forget it." Zhu Yijun drew a big × on the memorial as a reply.

Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain has moved to the capital since the 19th year of Jiajing. Unlike the Confucius Mansion in Yanzhou, which refused to move to the capital, Zhang Tianshi has always been in the capital. The current Tianshi of Longhu Mountain, Zhang Guoxiang, also lived in the capital for a long time. After he ascended the throne, he went back to Longhu Mountain to watch the Qing Dynasty. The following year, he returned to the capital and was responsible for compiling the Wanli Sutra Canon.

Emperor Longqing revoked Zhang Tianshi's real title because of the 30,000 taels of silver; Zhu Yijun refused to restore the old title because of the 30,000 taels of silver.

Compared with the Yanzhou Confucius Mansion, Zhang Tianshi's family's life has been tight since Longqing.

After Zhu Yijun reviewed the memorial, he picked up the "Overseas Fanguo Zhi" in his hand. There was already a candidate for the vacancy of the Minister of Industry, and it was Wang Daokun. The candidate for the Minister of Rites needed to be recommended by the court. In fact, everyone had the most suitable candidate. I know, it’s Wan Shihe.

The fourth volume of Overseas Chronicles is about the Inca Kingdom, a long and narrow country with the Maule River as its axis and a total length of 9600 miles. The Inca Kingdom is now the Viceroyalty of Peru.

According to the Ming Dynasty's understanding of the Inca Kingdom, the Inca Kingdom lasted for more than three hundred years, with twelve generations and thirteen kings.

The medical skills of the Inca Kingdom were astonishing, including the terrifying cranial piercing technique. Chen Shigong, the great medical officer of the Ming Dynasty, conducted several experiments at the Jiecu Hospital, but failed to successfully pierce the cranium. The Inca Kingdom also had a powerful hallucinogen called ayahuasca. Suppressant anesthetics, and cinchona tree quinine, which is very effective against high fever. Quinine is a highly effective anti-malarial drug that is extremely effective against malaria that is rampant in the tropical rainforest.

In the book, Wan Shihe analyzed the fundamental reason why Taixi could stabilize the Inca Kingdom, or the New World, by isolating iron ore.

Just cutting off the iron ore can completely block the development of the local indigenous people. The Incas still used bronze wares, and they had no ability to resist the colonists with long guns and short cannons. This was the colonial experience of the West.

Zhu Yijun's reply is, it can be used as a reference.

By locking up mineral resources, you can lock down civilization and development, and then you can take whatever you want.

(End of this chapter)