The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 134 Why and what!
"Savage!"

“We’ll talk about whether to watch the typhoon or not later!”

The little emperor stared at Tang Hao with suspicion.

"Tell me honestly first, why do you hate these Japanese people so much?"

Hate it?

Hatred?

why?
Do you need an answer to this question?

Tang Hao didn't want to explain too much and was about to fool him casually, but the little emperor looked at him solemnly.

"Don't try to fool me again!"

"I have already sent people to investigate the scene, and also asked about the witnesses in Guo Degang's hands!"

The Muromachi shogunate, which had monopolized the "Tomorrow Trade" for a long time, naturally attracted many "envious, jealous, and hateful" eyes. The survey ships sent by the shogunate were often robbed by the Ouchi clan entrenched in Nagato, Shubo and other places on their way back, and they lost all their money. Returned, had to transfer the rights and interests of "Tomorrow Trade" to the Ouchi clan and Hosokawa clan who controlled the Seto Inland Sea.

However, due to Tang Hao's sudden action, the young emperor was now very passive and fell into the constraints of the civil servants and gentry.

"It's just that later the Sanbo eunuch went to the West and commanded a fleet of 100,000 ships to attack the Japanese country. The Japanese king Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also saw the opportunity. Not only did he offer his precious swords and horses, but he also took over the Japanese pirate gangs that were entrenched in Tsushima, Ichiki and other places. We have wiped out all the Japanese pirates who have been harassing our coastal areas of Ming Dynasty for a long time, which can be said to be full of sincerity. "

After all, the Ming Dynasty was extremely short of copper, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would not have made any treasure coins, which would have reduced the credibility of the court.

“Back then, Emperor Taizu Gao sent the chief envoy Wu Yong and other five people to the Japanese country to teach Mu Bei to go to court. As a result, these damn Japanese people not only did not submit, but instead killed the chief envoy Wu Yong and other five people, and even detained them. Deputy envoys Yang Zai, Wu Wenhua and others stayed there for three months!”

So every time when the trading ships returned from the survey, the Japanese country was full of joy that "Tang ships returned to the dynasty and Xuande money arrived." The Japanese people no longer felt ashamed to claim vassal status to the Ming Dynasty, but were complacent about controlling this source of wealth. , and even put up a big flag of "Great Japan Tribute Ship" on the bow to show their pride.

However, the problem is that the little emperor must know why Tang Hao did this and why he was so reckless in putting the Japanese mission to death!
It was obvious that the Japanese deputy envoy only bullied an ordinary woman and did not actually assassinate any Zhongshan Hou. They were not madmen, and it was impossible for them to do such a thing.

After all, Zhu Houzhao was a serious Ming emperor. He still knew the most basic history, and he blurted out these grievances between the Japanese country and the Ming Dynasty directly.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to fans, famous knives, lacquerware and other Japanese handicraft products, the Ming Dynasty also imported large quantities of sulfur, silver, copper and other minerals from the Japanese country. The Ming court's demand for sulfur naturally originated from the military field and was used to make Gunpowder and firearms, while purchasing silver and Japanese copper with copper coins, is a business that is sure to make a profit without losing money.

"Your Majesty, tell me something that interests you."

When Tang Hao heard these words, he didn't know what to say.

However, ships often carried a large amount of additional cargo on the Kanhe trade ships. These commodities were the protagonists of the tribute trade and needed to be "drawn points" (i.e., physical tariffs) from the Ming Empire at the Ningbo Shipping Department before being "officially purchased" ” Or “Guanzhunyahang” (trading company) conducts mutual trade.

"In addition, you mobilized troops to arrest everyone in the Japanese mission. Now the whole government and the public are in an uproar. Even the old chief minister personally intervened in the matter and asked what you wanted to do!"

"In your impression, what is the Japanese country like?"

"Savage, you have never been so out of your mind. Even when you are facing the gentry of this court, you have always acted in a measured manner and made decisions before taking action!"

This is the bloody fact!
Tang Hao felt that this abnormal trade system really needed to be changed.

But the problem is that the Japanese country's behavior of allowing people to rob and rob the coastal people has always existed from the beginning to the end. Even if the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to hold people accountable, the Ashikaga shogunate just said "powerless to stop" and prevaricate it.

It is difficult to understand that the two countries can still establish friendly diplomatic relations and conduct normal trade exchanges.

The "exploration trade" between the two countries should be carried out as it should. As for the people in the coastal areas who were burned, killed and plundered by the Japanese pirates, no one would care. At worst, the court would issue written accountability.

Japanese country?

Zhu Houzhao forcibly questioned Tang Hao for the first time, even using the tone of an emperor questioning his ministers.

The first priority is to protect Tang Hao. No matter what the civil servants and gentry say, Tang Hao cannot be implicated in this matter.

"You killed eight of the eleven Japanese, including the Japanese deputy envoy Ouchi Hirozada, and three more had their hands or feet broken. They won't be able to survive when they are sent to the doctor!"

Obviously this Japanese country has never been respectful to the Ming Dynasty!
Obviously, from the beginning to the end, the Japanese pirates' troubles in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty have never ended!

To be honest, Zhu Houzhao had absolute trust in Tang Hao, and even this trust was based on life-saving kindness, which surpassed the friendship between monarch and minister, surpassed anything!

It was during the Yongle period that Japan and the Ming Dynasty began to explore and trade.

After hearing this, Tang Hao was silent for a long time and considered his words.

"Emperor Taizu Gao has a poem that describes it very well. The king is unethical and the people are thieves, disturbing living beings, gods and ghosts. This is the most true portrayal of the Japanese country. However, there is a vast ocean between the Japanese country and the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Taizu Gao He also didn’t want to waste his people and money on an expedition to the sea, so he listed it as one of the fifteen countries not to be conquered!”

This Ouchi clan is the family from which Ouchi Hirozada was born. Generations of reproduction and management eventually led to the Ouchi clan gradually developing from a small ethnic group in Ouchi Village of Zhou Fang Kingdom to the "overlord of the Western Kingdom" who has occupied the western part of Honshu for generations. Even now, it is The Ouchi family also holds a trump card in their hands. The tenth shogun Ashikaga Yoshisai is waiting for an opportunity to attack Kyoto and support Ashikaga Yoshisai's restoration!
In short, the "expansion and trade" between the Ming Dynasty and Japan was a great thing that benefited both regimes.

The little emperor was stunned when he heard this, and then an angry look appeared on his face.

"This is a mean little country!"

The first person who needs to make changes is naturally the Ming Emperor in front of him.

"Because of this, Mr. Yongle was very pleased with the knowledge of the Japanese king. He immediately ordered Zheng He to confer Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as the "King of Japan" by "praising him for his diligence and giving the king nine chapters." The two countries immediately formally established diplomatic relations, and Japan It paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty!"

Are you interested?

The so-called "kanai" originally refers to the contract document stamped with the seal in ancient times. In the "kanai", both parties need to present the two charms they hold at the same time. After comparison, the transaction can be carried out. The silver charm issued by the Muromachi Shogunate Jimei Empire, Trade ships were sent to the Ming Empire in the name of tribute and the goods were delivered at the designated port - Ningbo. The Ming Empire delivered the goods Japan needed in the name of "national gift".

On the other hand, the Japanese country also made a lot of money through this "expansion and cooperation trade". Not only the specialties of the Central Plains such as raw silk, medicinal materials, calligraphy and painting, books, etc. purchased by Japanese merchants made huge profits in the Japanese country, but even the legal documents of the Ming Dynasty The currency "Yongle Tongbao" also gained the same credit and purchasing power as the US dollar in later generations.

On the contrary, Tang Hao directly asked his men to surround and kill the eleven Japanese people, and even wiped the neck of the Japanese deputy envoy in the street. For a time, he became the talk of the common people after dinner!
Now things have completely escalated, and even the little emperor is under great pressure now!
"Savage, you must tell me honestly why you did this!"

Many times, there are some things that you really shouldn't think too much about, as you will feel sick when you think about them.

Silver was cheap but money was expensive in Japan. In the later period of the "Tomorrow Trade", almost 150% of the silver in the Ming Dynasty flowed from Japan. Since Japan did not have the technology to refine copper ore at that time, Japan's copper ore often also contained There is a large amount of silver element, so even if the Ming Dynasty purchased silver and Japanese copper at high prices, the profits were still quite generous.

"What happened this time? You are killing someone on the street! You can't get away with it with a "self-defense counterattack"!"

"Did you know that there is a huge silver mine in Japan?"

Of course interested!
Zhu Houzhao's eyes even turned red!

"what?"

"Giant...silver mine?"

"That's right!" Tang Hao smiled and nodded, "Giant silver mine!"

"Actually, I was going to skin the Japanese envoy directly, but after some torture, I learned some terrible news!" Tang Hao started to brag with a serious look on his face, telling lies with his eyes open.

"In my impression of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese country is a barbaric land. It is very barren, very poor, and very backward, right?"

The little emperor nodded subconsciously when he heard this.

Isn't this basic common sense?

What's so good about being in a barbarian land?
"But that's not the case. Japan is very rich in resources!"

"The Japanese envoy Ashikaga Yoshimi personally told me that there is a place called Iwami in Japan. There is an Iwami silver mine here. The silver mine may contain more than hundreds of millions of taels of silver, and it is extremely easy to mine... "

Zhu Houzhao: "!!!"

Hundreds of millions of taels of silver? !

The little emperor's eyes widened and his breathing became rapid.

"No, wait a moment, savage!"

Zhu Houzhao stood up and paced, forcing himself to calm down.

"You mean... the Japanese country is very rich?"

"They have a huge silver mine with hundreds of millions of taels of silver in it?"

"That's right!" Tang Hao replied without blushing or heartbeat, as steady as an old dog.

The little emperor suddenly took a breath of cold air and shook his head in disbelief.

"This is impossible!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

"How can there be so much money in the world?"

"Damn it, our entire Ming Dynasty doesn't have that much money, right? How can that small country have so much money if it is poor and poor?"

Zhu Houzhao shook his head wildly, expressing that he could not accept it.

This is really hard to accept.

The maximum tax paid in the Ming Dynasty is only three million taels a year!

This is only the income of silver. If the physical food is also converted into silver, the annual fiscal income of the Ming Dynasty is only about 20 million taels!

However, Tang Hao now told him that the Japanese country actually had a huge silver mine worth hundreds of millions of taels of silver!
"Savage, are you just talking nonsense to me here?"

"Is it possible that the Japanese country is richer than our Ming Dynasty? This is absolutely impossible!"

The little emperor was so shocked that he even began to curse.

No way, this news is too shocking!
Hundreds of millions of taels of silver. As soon as this number came out, it was like a super bomb. It blew up the little emperor's head and made him dizzy. His subconscious instinct told him that Tang Hao was trying to bullshit him. It was impossible to have such a quantity. Amazing silver mine!

Tang Hao did not defend himself, but continued to speak on his own.

"Your Majesty, if you still remember the astronomical knowledge I once said, then you should understand that this world is very big, and Ming Dynasty is not the center of this world. It may even be just a corner of the world!"

"As for the Japanese country, this small country in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, it is not as poor as imagined. In fact, it is very wealthy. At least this Iwami silver mine controls one-third of the silver production in the contemporary world. ”

"Whether it is true or not, believe it or not, you can directly call the Japanese envoy Ashikaga Yoshimi and ask. Of course, you can also directly send envoys to the Japanese country to verify it. But if the ruler of the Japanese country is not a fool, then he will never be able to Such important news could be leaked easily!”

Tang Hao shrugged and did not choose to argue with the little emperor.

Believe it or not, it all depends on your Majesty the Emperor!
Zhu Houzhao took a deep look at Tang Hao. He always felt that something was not right, but the temptation of hundreds of millions of taels of silver was difficult for any emperor to refuse!

Why did the little emperor suppress the civil servants and gentry?

Isn’t it just to take back the power of the emperor from the hands of civil servants and gentry?
What authority?
Military and political power, money and food!

Now that the Beijing army has been recaptured, Tang Hao is in charge, but the power of money and food is still in the hands of civil servants and gentry!
Even if Tang Hao had trained a new army before, he still had to go to the cabinet to make a fuss before he could get the corresponding money, food, ordnance!

In other words, what if you have money and food yourself?

If what Tang Hao said was true, what if he took control of the giant Japanese silver mine?
With over 100 million taels of silver, let alone forming an elite force of 50,000 people, even if it costs 100,000 or 200,000, Zhu Houzhao can definitely afford it!
As long as you have enough money and food, you can train an iron army, and then you can go to the fortress to fight and beat the arrogant northern captives who have repeatedly invaded the border!

As long as there is enough money and food, Zhu Houzhao can also follow the governing philosophy of civil servants and gentry and go all out to develop people's livelihood. Wherever there is a natural disaster, he will immediately allocate funds for disaster relief. Wherever there is a need to build roads and bridges, he will immediately allocate funds to build...

Money and food, this is the most important thing!
So Zhu Houzhao couldn't refuse the temptation of hundreds of millions of taels of silver!
"Savage, I believe in you!"

"Then what are you going to do?"

Hearing this answer, Tang Hao smiled happily.

"We have to mention the domestic situation in Japan."

Immediately afterwards, Tang Hao told the little emperor about the situation in Japan, and Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a while.

"Why does this sound familiar?"

"Then the Ashikaga Shogunate doesn't "hold the emperor in order to command the princes"?"

"The emperor of Japan has become the mascot, the military and political power is in the hands of the shogunate, and the Ashikaga clan has become the real authority of Japan. This is exactly the same as Cao Wei Daihan!"

"They are all leftovers from our ancestors' fun!" Tang Hao chuckled and said, "The Japanese are just picking up people's wisdom."

"Now is a great opportunity. The control of the Japanese Ashikaga Shogunate has declined. Now the Ouchi clan still has the trump card of Ashikaga Yoshisai. It is uncertain when they will send troops to Kyoto and directly start a war. Then we, the Ming Dynasty, have the opportunity to intervene in Japan's internal affairs. It’s coming!”

Zhu Houzhao touched his chin and thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's interesting!"

"Do you want to support Ashikaga Yoshiki as the shogun, and then I, the Ming Dynasty, will control this puppet to occupy the Iwami silver mine and plunder the wealth of the Japanese country?"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

(End of this chapter)