Ming Dynasty is really changing, and the atmosphere has begun to change from conservative to open.
The commodity economy began to spread from Jiangnan to Jiangbei, and even now it has spread to Jiangbei.
Especially after the promulgation of the tax-free quota order to encourage customs clearance, and because military households in Liaodong were paid more than before, the Ming Dynasty did not reduce the number of troops. Consumer demand outside the customs surged, and a large number of small traders began to bring cheap goods out of the customs.
Many towns and markets began to appear in the Liaodong area outside the customs.
"Pooh!"
"The imperial court is so good now, and the emperor also gives tax exemptions to small merchants and hawkers who leave the customs. Why do you still want to open up to barbarians and want to change the monarch to a barbarian?"
Hu Huaide, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, also asked his family to bring some coarse silk from Huzhou that was disliked by Jiangnan people and sell it out of the customs, and they made a lot of profits.
And when he was arranged to study intensively in the academy, after seeing the kneeling statues of Tongyi traitors, he couldn't help but spat at these kneeling statues.
After spitting on these kneeling statues, Hu Huaide took a proud look at the military medals on his body. Then, he continued to listen to the person in charge of the praise painting arranged by the patrol officer to tell people like himself the details of these people who had adopted the barbarians.
and then.
He also understood better why so many people hated Zhang Juzheng, so much so that the court would rather help foreign barbarians to grow stronger than liquidate Zhang Juzheng.
After hearing this, Hu Huaide couldn't help but clenched his fists tighter, knowing which civil servants were worthy of respect among the civil servants.
Qianzong Li Juexian and other middle- and lower-level civil and military officials stationed in Japan in Dacuncheng were also under the auspices of Song Yingchang, the governor of Japan, and studied the critical orders written by the Hanlin Academy to help foreign barbarians grow but also harm the country's future. Wrong thinking articles.
And Li Juexian also knew from this that those who dared to oppose the imperial court's expansion of territory had already opposed it to such an extent that they did not hesitate to collude with foreign barbarians!
Because the Japanese country is now in a time of war, and Oda Nobunaga was about to unify the Japanese country and end the war, but the incident at Honnoji Temple happened, so the Japanese country became even more chaotic.
Therefore, in the Japanese archipelago today, only Japan, which was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, that is, the Kyushu Matsuura Peninsula of the original Japanese country, is calm and orderly. Even affected by the more frequent trade exchanges after the Ming Dynasty occupied Japan, it is even richer than before!
A large number of Japanese people from other places fled to Japan. Even many Japanese nobles, including some famous names, chose to come to Japan to temporarily avoid the limelight after losing the battle for hegemony. They also came to Donghui to proactively seek to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to help them rise again. Residence.
and even.
There are also many Japanese nobles who take the initiative to sell Japanese people here to seek profits, especially Japanese girls.
Because many Ming officers and soldiers were stationed in Japan, and a large number of Ming merchants gathered there, there was a strong demand for slaves, especially for maidservants.
The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were very resistant to being stationed in Japan at first. They all thought that Japan was a barbaric land. Many also thought that the Japanese were as fierce and good at fighting as many literati in Jiangnan claimed, so they were very resistant to stationing in Japan.
to this end.
Zhu Yijun had to issue an order to pay double pay to all officers and soldiers stationed in Japan, so that some officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not mutiny because they were stationed in Japan.
But when the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty came to Japan, they discovered that it was really fragrant!
Not to mention that the upper-level officials felt that the place was very fragrant, even the lower-level officials and ordinary Ming soldiers felt that it was very fragrant because there were a large number of cheap Japanese slaves in Japan, and they could raise many foreign wives and Japanese slaves and live a life like a master.
Li Jue first exchanged a piece of cotton for three young and beautiful Japanese girls to go home and serve him.
He even followed what other officers and soldiers did when they were sent to the Japanese country for the second time, and brought a large amount of cheap goods to the Japanese country in advance in exchange for the Japanese's cheap labor force.
It can be said.
Since the trade with Japan that was monopolized by the Jiangnan noble families and the Japanese daimyo of Kyushu was seized by the Ming Dynasty through military warfare and opened to facilitate trade for all military and civilians, ordinary officers and soldiers and Han people also began to rely on the two places. productivity gap to increase income and lead a better quality of life.
Therefore, Li Juexian does not want the court to return to its previous conservative state of focusing only on defense. In that case, not only will it be impossible to enjoy the life of a master, but key salaries will sometimes be insufficient.
He was originally from a military household in Zhejiang, and he especially remembers the scene of a duel with invading Japanese pirates when he was hungry.
When he thought of this, Li Juexian said to Zhang Guozhong, who was also serving as the cavalry commander in Japan the next day: "Now do you know why our Commander Qi wants to be a disciple of the Grand Master?"
Zhang Guozhong nodded, glanced at the tall statue of Qi Jiguang standing at Hirado Port, knelt down and kowtowed, and then said:
"The civil servant is Grand Master Zhang, and the general is Qi Shuai. He has started the new policy of this dynasty to make life easier for our military households!"
"I have to kowtow to him!"
"If one day, Qi Shuai wants to raise troops to protect the New Deal, my brother tells me that even though I am not his old subordinate, I am willing to fight for the New Deal. This dynasty should be like the Han and Tang Dynasties, and let the soldiers die in opening up the territory. On the battlefield, instead of staying in the border wall like a beggar, even if you want to be bloody, you can only fight the Tatars after the civil servants are kind-hearted and reward you with food!"
"Shen Hanlin is right as he said in the "Military News". The key is that His Majesty is willing to be the hero of Yuuchi!"
"We have to make the emperor willing to be the emperor like the Han and Tang Dynasties!"
Li Jue spoke first.
Zhang Guozhong said: "Very true!"
"Since the statues of Qi Shuai and Yu Shuai were erected in various ports, there have been a lot fewer evil dragons on the sea. Therefore, shrines to their statues have begun to be erected in many places, including Hao mirrors and chicken coops. Well, if Your Majesty decrees the erection of more statues of generals to suppress the sea, we will no longer be afraid of the demonic winds and dragons on the sea. I am afraid that it will be easier to open up sea territories, and those treacherous ministers and traitors who do not want us to live a good life will have an even harder time!"
"Do you think we will have a chance to be established here?"
Li Jue spoke first, then suddenly looked at Qi Jiguang's statue and asked, and then kowtowed.
Zhang Guozhong didn't say anything after hearing this, but there was more yearning for his achievements in his eyes.
Song Yingchang, the governor of Japan during the Ming Dynasty, and Fu Zuozhou, a disciple of Japan, were being served by Japanese slaves. While enjoying a massage indoors, they were also looking at the statue of Qi Jiguang at the busy port of Nagasaki with fascination and talking.
"I have requested permission to establish separate regulations between Han people and Dongyi people, and provide special treatment and legal protection to Han people in Donghui, so that more Han people will be willing to settle here, which will be beneficial to our long-term civilization of this area. Land, after all, our foundation here, including our security, depends on the Han people here! The more Han people here from this dynasty, the better we can control the Japanese!"
At this time, Song Yingchang told Fu Zuozhou about the establishment of regulations for the protection of Han people in Donghui.
"Okay! I'm also going to petition the court to only allow Ming people to own land and shops in Donghui, so that in the future the court won't be able to abandon this place even if it wants to!"
Fu Zuozhou echoed.
He did not hope that the properties he had purchased when he was an official here would one day have to be abandoned due to the shrinking of the imperial court's strategy, so he wanted to tie the interests of more wealthy Han nobles here.
After the Ming Dynasty's ruling level began to expand externally, it indeed led local bureaucrats and right-wing officials to also begin to expand their interests externally.
Especially the bureaucrats who went to work outside the country began to find that being an official in the correctional area provided more freedom, more money, and it was easier to make meritorious deeds than at home.
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"Should we open a few more branches and go directly to Liaodong, Busan or even Donghui?"
"The demand for cotton fabrics outside the customs is too great now!"
"Especially now that the Green Camp has been established, it is estimated that the number of Jurchens and Mongolians living outside the customs will increase a lot, and the number of people buying cotton cloth will definitely increase greatly!"
"The other thing is that over in North Korea, I sent people to inquire about their weaving skills, but they can't compare with us at all!"
"They can only spin three yarns, but in this dynasty, not to mention that we can spin dozens of spindles on one machine at the same time. Even ordinary weavers can also spin five yarns at the same time, and their turntables actually need two. People, we ordinary people in the south of the Yangtze River only need one person to make a truck, so our cotton cloth must be cheaper than their own cotton cloth, and we will take away their money."
"Then there is Japan. According to my second uncle, several of his colleagues in Liuke, under the instructions of Yuan Fu, headed by Li Yutian (Li Hualong) of Huke, planned to jointly petition to open mines in Japan to facilitate education and raise funds. When the Han people go to mine, we Han people will master the skills and supervise the work, and the Japanese will contribute, so there will definitely be many Han people holding slaves there. Since they are slaves, they will definitely buy cotton clothes for their slaves."
Even people at home are beginning to have aggressive ideas abroad.
So on this day, Wang Changgeng proposed to Liu Quexian to expand the industry outside.
After hearing this, Liu Quexian glanced at him: "Let's do it! As long as there are many cloth buyers, we don't have to worry about our multi-spindle spinning machines affecting ordinary villagers. As for the foreign weavers, we naturally don't bother to consider them."
but.
It is still difficult for the big landowners who are accustomed to colluding with foreign barbarians to monopolize trade to sideline the imperial court and make the domestic Han people only rely on themselves as slaves to fully transform.
When Wang Xijue arrived in Guangzhou, the city was very quiet, and not many officials and gentry came to greet him.
It was only after entering the city that Wang Xijue, who had not yet had time to inspect the coastal defense, was invited to Lin's private garden by Lin Bin, the governor of Guangdong, and Zhang Huisheng, a great squire from Guangdong who had served as minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
"What the public doesn't know is that maritime trade is nothing more than a business for the coastal people at the mouth of the lake, and it's not very profitable!"
Lin Bin said something first.
Zhang Huisheng also said: "That's right, but since you are here, why don't we, the local villagers, take you to visit the ancient sites in Lingnan?"
After hearing this, Wang Xijue smiled and said: "Okay, let's go to Huizhou tomorrow morning to admire Mr. Dongpo's relics and write poems to remember the past! Let the children from all families come and let the servants get to know each other."
All the officials and gentry thought that Wang Xijue wanted to take bribes, and based on the amount of bribes, he would arrange for his children to be appointed officials, so they really followed Wang Xijue to Huizhou with their children.
But as soon as they arrived at the Huizhou government office and the officials and gentry gathered together and sat down, Wang Xijue asked: "If I insist on inspecting the maritime trade, I wonder if you are willing to cooperate?"
"Then don't you look at where this place is?"
Zhang Huisheng suddenly laughed coldly and asked.
Wang Xijue also laughed, and suddenly changed his expression, and ordered: "Take down all those who are obstructing the restructuring of the imperial court!"
