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Chapter 173 This target is very powerful

"My Majesty, I dare to ask, where did your Majesty get this news? Is it reliable?" A minister questioned the reliability of the emperor's news. These inferences are all based on this news.

When it comes to sources of news, Yang Reform is the least afraid. It can be said in history books that the most distinctive feature of the Ming Dynasty was the rule of secret agents. There are many names in Jinyiwei, East Factory, West Factory, and Inner Factory. Pick one at random, it is news Source, do these ministers still dare to check the background of Jin Yiwei?Yang Reform is ready to let go of his courage to fool the ministers.This is information asymmetry.

"The source of the news? Hehe, this, my Jinyiwei, Dongchang, is not a vegetarian. Although he has become a little lazy in recent years, as long as he is serious about everything, he can always detect some clues. I asked someone to look up some of them. There are a lot of useful things about the records of the Wa Kingdom, and this...is the matter of the inner guard." Yang Reform pushed the source of this news to the secret service agencies such as Jinyiwei and the inner factory. In fact, this is purely It is to scare people. Japan is too busy to take care of itself now, and it is in great internal turmoil. There is energy to provoke troubles in the Ming Dynasty.However, it is absolutely impossible for this group of elites from the Ming Dynasty to know the news from Japan. In their view, the Japanese country is an uncivilized barbaric area. Who would care about it?This is also Yang Reform's confidence to fool his officials.Just to bully them for not knowing the inside story.Information asymmetry, this is the advantage of the traveler.

When all the ministers heard the emperor talking about Jinyiwei and the inner factory, their hearts tightened, and they remembered that the emperor was still holding a murder knife in his hand. They all looked at Cao Huachun. Cao Huachun was also shocked. The emperor still had Sources of information other than myself, otherwise, I have no news about this matter!It seemed that he had to be more careful in handling things in the future. The emperor had many eyes and ears. Seeing the eyes of all the ministers looking at him, he quickly lowered his head and pretended not to see it.

In the Wenhua Palace, no one made a sound for a long time, and Yang Reform was also sitting there, waiting for what the ministers had to say, and preparing to persuade the ministers in the court, otherwise, this matter would be endless, and it would not be a serious matter. Yang Reform is also sure about things, and it is enough to convince the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty, at least, to be able to persuade some of them.

"Your Majesty, I think that it is time to send an envoy to visit the Wa country, so as to determine whether the Wa country is targeting our dynasty and whether it is planning to attack our dynasty. , is not a solution!" A minister was about to send someone out.

"My dear family, you would rather believe that the Wa country will not come to attack our court, and that the people of the Wa country are kind, than you will believe me? Send an envoy to the country of Wa? What can you see? What can you hear? People are not stupid enough to put swords and swords in front of the envoys for inspection. Regarding this matter, I will naturally send out a reconnaissance agency, so I won’t bother you.” Yang Reform hated these Ming Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats more and more , If there is nothing to do, they will fight on their own, and their own words have already been said for this sake, they still don't want to build their own warships.

"Damn it, damn it. It's definitely not that I don't believe in Your Majesty. It's just that I think that before we have definite news, it's not appropriate for us to use weapons and build warships. It's not too late to make a conclusion after the news is confirmed." The minister reiterated According to the meaning of the bureaucrats, no matter how you say it, you can't build warships.Everything else is a waste of time.

With a "snap", a cup was slammed on the ground by Yang Reform. Yang Reform said angrily, "In a word, you can't build a ship anyway? Don't you want to wait for me to be captured and my capital to be besieged?" Are you happy? Are you giving up? You want to be that subjugated slave, I don’t want to be, you want to be that prisoner, I don’t want to, you want to wait to die, I don’t want to, come on! Fork it out for me, let this whole heart be The subjugated slaves go cool off and wake up." Yang Reform's anger erupted, and he was so depressed that he died.Isn't this matter just a little selfishness in the civil servant's heart?It's not enough to talk about it yourself, Yang Reform really wants to kill a few.

The guards in the hall quickly dragged this guy out. After the minister shouted, the topic continued.

After venting his anger for a while, Yang Reform felt better, and began to continue his trickery.It is still necessary to convince the ministers. If you can't convince them, you can only change people. Regarding this matter of going to sea, Yang Reform will continue to do it no matter what.Most importantly, Yang Reform is very confident in his own things.

"Okay, those who are in the way and unreasonable people are gone. Next, let's discuss this matter about the Wa Kingdom. Next, please be more rational. For the sake of the tens of thousands of people in my Ming Dynasty, For this matter, I warned you first, don't leak the content of today's conversation, otherwise, once I find out who leaked the secret, hmph, I will never forgive you."

The ministers shuddered again. When they came, they had predicted the emperor's anger and were prepared, but unexpectedly, the emperor's words were worse than anger.One by one, they listened carefully to what the emperor had to say.

"Big Companion, clean up all these irrelevant people." Yang Reform issued a clean-up order.

Wang Chengen complied and began to clean up the people. The eunuchs, maids, and guards who were too low in rank were all cleared away.The rest are the ministers, the emperor, and some higher-ranking guards.

"The content of the following conversation, I hope you don't see any text, it is enough to remember it in your heart. Before this matter is not successful, everyone will not know about it, understand?" Yang Reform first came up with a mysterious All of a sudden, the atmosphere of the conversation was made extremely mysterious, and the hearts of the ministers were raised, and they were all ready to see what tricks the emperor was going to play.

All the ministers said one after another: "I will remember His Majesty's order, and I will definitely not reveal a word, let alone mention this matter."

"Is there any love Qing who knows more about the Wa Kingdom?" Yang Reform decided to find a "partner", and the two of them will play a "double reed", and show these important ministers a play.

However, no one dared to stand up and say that they knew the Wa country better, and they all looked at each other, and finally their eyes rested on Sun Chengzong. Unfortunately, my understanding of the Wa Kingdom is really limited. If it is something that has historical records, I may still be able to tell you a thing or two. If you want to ask me how the Wa Kingdom is now, I can’t tell you why..." Sun Chengzong Frankly speaking, I don't know much about Japan either.

Seeing that Sun Chengzong said this, the ministers felt even more embarrassed. As a courtier, he could not solve the confusion for the emperor, and he really failed the responsibility of being a courtier.

"Well, it's okay. Since you don't know much about the Japanese country, I will tell you about the situation I have collected recently about the Japanese country." Yang Reform thought: I know what you said to Japan. There is no reason, if you know, then you will not be called the elite of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, please teach me." The ministers said again.

"Everyone, do you know why the small Japanese country can support 30 soldiers across the sea to expedition to our vassal country?" Yang Reform took the lead in asking a heuristic question.

"Your Majesty, this, I don't understand. Thinking about how a small island country can support so many soldiers? To be able to fight against our dynasty several times, resulting in tens of thousands of elite casualties. The ambition of this country is really serious. Don’t underestimate it.” A minister was also curious about how the Wa Kingdom could raise so many soldiers.

"Well, this is the crux of the problem. If I want to guard against the invasion of the Japanese country, I must understand the details of the Japanese country. How can a small Japanese country support hundreds of thousands of soldiers? Everyone, you have heard that the Japanese country is a mountain of gold and silver. Is it a country of mountains?" Yang Reform began to guide these ministers to think according to their own way of thinking.

When the ministers heard this, they all looked at each other with strange expressions, and one of them came out and said, "Your Majesty, this kind of rumor is occasionally heard, but there is no confirmation, and it may not be true." Many of the minister's family were engaged in this smuggling business. They knew something about the rumors at sea, and when the emperor mentioned this "hidden rule", they all had abnormal expressions.

"I've heard of it, that's good, but, do you know how much gold and silver this country can produce every year?" Yang Reform threw a heuristic "bomb".

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I really don't know this! But think about how much silver can be produced in a year in that uncivilized and poor land? After a year, tens of thousands of taels, 10,000+ taels may be too much. Even if you know How about it? Could it be..." The last thing the minister said was that it is still possible to grab it?Seeing that this is the main hall where the affairs are discussed, he didn't say it out, it was not pleasant.

"10,000+ taels? Chichi... Aiqing's capacity is too small, why not increase the number by more than ten times? In this way, it is almost the same as the annual gold and silver production of the Wa country." Yang reformed the bomb , "Boom", this group of ministers were stunned.

Looking at the stunned ministers below, Yang Reform opened his mouth wide and stared at him with dazed eyes. He knew that he had successfully blown up the bomb.

"Chi Chi..., you may not know, nor would you have imagined that this country will produce so much gold and silver every year, right? Thinking of my dynasty, the annual income is only about 300 million taels. This country, relying on this alone Digging gold and silver from the mountains can catch up with my dynasty's annual income. Why don't you tell me not to be anxious? Why don't you tell me not to prepare? There are more than 200 million taels of silver every year, which is almost the same as my dynasty's annual military salary Come on, if you don't think about it, the troubles of the Japanese kingdom are all within your reach!"

Yang Reform's words, like jet fighter jets, flew over the heads of this group of Ming Dynasty elites.The impression given to this group of elites is that the hot air is burning, and the scene of war is very close.

"...Impossible, absolutely impossible, Your Majesty, I don't know where the news of Your Majesty came from, it is absolutely impossible..." A minister asked in disregard of etiquette.

"Impossible, hehe, big companion, I'll show you guys something." Yang Reform prepared a lot of things for today's fooling around.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen personally went to the back and brought out a plate covered with yellow silk. Wang Chengen walked in front of the ministers and lifted the cloth covering the plate.

"Wow……"

"Oh……"

"Oh……"

Not only the ministers gasped, but even the high-ranking guards on the side looked greedy.He exclaimed even more.

On Wang Chengen's plate was a plate of golden and heavy gold coins.Seeing so many gold coins all at once, many people showed their greedy nature without any preparation.

"Everyone, please take a look, what is the origin of this gold coin?" Yang Huaihe felt disdainful when he saw the greedy expressions of many people.

The ministers all picked up a gold coin from the plate Wang Chengen brought, and looked at it carefully.This gold coin is really too big, some people have long palms, some people have wide palms, and when the officials hold it in their hands, the entire Wenhua Palace is immediately shone with golden light, dazzling people's eyes.

The officials looked at it for a long time before they said humanely: "Your Majesty, this thing is not like what I cast in the Central Plains! I have seen this thing, it has been cast for some time, and it does not look like it was cast in recent years. Dare to ask Your Majesty, is it possible? Was it minted by the Japanese country?" The minister still saw some tricks from the gold coin, saying it was a gold coin, rather than a golden palm, is too exaggerated.

"Hehe, that's right. The Qing family has good eyesight and can tell that it was made by the Japanese. Indeed, this thing is called 'Tianzheng Dajuan'. It is a gold coin minted by the Japanese. It may have been decades since it was born. Let’s see. How can you guys see anything from this?” Yang Reform wanted to collect “criminal evidence” that the Japanese were “rich”.It took a lot of effort to search a lot of information about Japan's wealth, and specially found these gold coins, in order to fool the officials and convince the officials that Japan is rich, Japan will send troops, and it must build large ships.

A minister weighed the "gold coin" in his hand for a long time, and said: "Your Majesty, I tested this thing with my hands, I am afraid it has three or two weights, such a heavy gold, cast into a gold coin, this is really... "The minister shook his head, three taels of gold were cast into a gold coin, what does that mean?It shows that the person who casts gold is rich and has a lot of gold, so he should show off.

"What is it?" Yang Reform hurriedly asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is really, oh...there is too much gold!" The minister said unwillingly.

"A lot of gold? Indeed, according to the information I have collected, it is recorded that this Japanese man was decades ago. Once this time, a leader of the Japanese country rewarded [-] gold coins of this kind at once, not counting silver coins. It is not an exaggeration for the Qing family to say that he is rich..." The explosive news of Yang Reform made the people in the Wenhua Palace dumbfounded.This Japanese man is indeed too rich, and he is indeed digging for gold. [If you are interested, you can search for 'Tianzheng Dajudgment' yourself.A gold coin the size of a palm. 】

The officials below were all dumbfounded. They rewarded six thousand of these gold coins at once. Even the emperor in front of him must be dwarfed by such a handiwork.

"The country of Wa not only has more gold, but also more silver. It is said that the amount of silver is several times that of gold. It is said that they are all dug out from the mountains of gold and silver. It is said that the current silver output of the country of Wa is not very specific. Clearly, I just summed it up intermittently. It may be around 200 million. This is because the Japanese country’s technology for mining silver mountains is not good enough, resulting in insufficient output. If the output is sufficient, it must not be a problem to turn it over! The mountain has been mined for hundreds of years, this mountain of gold and silver is really a mountain..." Yang Huaihe talked about how much silver and how much money there was in this country, completely ignoring the following The ministers all looked stupid. The annual silver production can be equal to the Ming Dynasty's annual revenue. This... is really too powerful, and it is too unexpected for the ministers.People at the time definitely didn't know this kind of news, not even the Japanese themselves, but it was different for the traversers.It is very clear about these.

The underground ministers are stupid and obsessed with money.Even the guards on one side looked like Harry's back.Totally stunned by how rich Japan is.

"... Your Majesty, may I ask your majesty if this news is reliable? Didn't you lie to me? How can Japanese people be so rich? I don't believe it." A minister felt that this was impossible. A small island country, every year It is too exaggerated to dig out gold and silver from the mountains that is comparable to the annual income of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Reform is preparing to educate the Minister of Education.Unexpectedly, there was a minister on one side, shaking his head, sighing, and said: "Master XX, this should be true. According to XX records, during the reign of Emperor Taizu, I was a canonized envoy in Japan, and it was recorded that I was in Japan. I have seen a Kinkakuji Temple. It is said that this Kinkakuji Temple has three floors, and the inside and outside are wrapped with gold foil. I thought it was made by the Japanese people for the sake of face, regardless of national power. Now it seems that the country of Jinshan, the country of Yinshan, Well-deserved reputation!" After the minister finished speaking, he tossed the gold coin in his hand. This time, the gold coin minted by the country itself really moved the minister too much.

"what!……"

"Uh!……"

……

A group of ministers took another breath.The strength of this Japanese country, it seems, is far higher than imagined!

Yang Reform is very happy, there is still someone to speak for him!
"I didn't believe this to be true before, but after combining the news and seeing these gold coins, I believe that the Japanese people are indeed rich. Otherwise, it would be impossible for a small island country to dispatch hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Horse crossing the sea expedition, there is no money, if you tell it, who will believe it? The last expedition to our vassal country, this time, I have recuperated for several years. I guess, my strength has recovered, and I may go ashore at any time in my direction... I am very happy I am worried that I will go to the southeast for several provinces. I think a hundred years ago, with dozens of people and a small boat, these Japanese pirates could run amok in several provinces of our country, killing countless soldiers and civilians. What should I do! Every time I think of this, I feel like I'm standing on the tip of a needle!..." Yang Reform took Japan as a target and tried his best to fool these ministers.Trying to paint a picture of a Japanese pirate army landing in the wealthy southeast of the Ming Dynasty to the officials, made many elites from the southeast pale with fright.

"Report to Your Majesty, I believe in Your Majesty, I believe that the Japanese people are indeed rich, I believe in them, they are always spying on my Chinese orthodoxy. Your Majesty, it is time to prepare, otherwise, the trouble of Japanese pirates will not be far away. The plague of Japanese pirates is bound to come back..." A minister summed up the emperor's "fools" and came to an astonishing conclusion that what the emperor said was the truth, the Japanese people were about to overthrow their hometown.Not ready yet?Waiting to die?He no longer cared about the battles between civil servants and eunuchs, and began to care about the safety of his hometown.

At the very beginning, the old minister who was going to threaten Yang Reform with death to stop the shipbuilding also came out, tremblingly wiped his tears, and said: "Your Majesty! I am guilty, I am guilty!...I should not be so rude to your majesty, I want you to do it for me! In the Ming Dynasty, how much thought was spent, how much effort was spent, the old minister is still blaming His Majesty for playing and playing, not doing business properly, it is really wrong, the old minister wrongly blamed His Majesty, wrongly blamed! Your Majesty... Your Majesty is a capital crime, a capital crime! Your Majesty, please punish the crime, This Japanese man is hateful and deserves to be killed. Your Majesty, you should take precautions early, build more warships, and ruthlessly kill the Japanese..." The old minister, hearing what the emperor said, saw the real thing in front of him, and listened again. The historical data mentioned by others, and based on the legends of the Japanese country that I have heard before, and the rumors at sea, I also came to the conclusion that the people of the Japanese country are rich and rich, and they are ready to land in the Ming Dynasty. Japanese people.Speaking of the rise of the eunuch, there is no telling when, the disaster of the Japanese people is just around the corner!The Japanese pirates had swept across several provinces in the southeast before, and killed countless gentry, if they came again, wouldn't it be...

"Report to Your Majesty, Your Majesty should hurry up to build big ships, warships, and take precautions against the Japanese..."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I also think that the strength of the guards along the coast should be strengthened, the money that should be allocated should be allocated as much as it should be, and those that need to build new warships must also be built!..."

"Report to Your Majesty, I agree to immediately build a large warship to strengthen our coastal defenses and defend against the sneak attacks of the Japanese..."

The ministers have changed their original intentions one after another, from desperately opposing shipbuilding at the beginning, to now wishing to immediately build countless warships to defend themselves.

The fundamental reason for the change is that the pirates may be coming.Your own wealth and life are very important!The dispute between civil servants and eunuchs can still be let go.

(End of this chapter)