Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1536 A Game of Chess in the Far East ([-])
Gao Wushi didn't know Liu Xin's thoughts, or even if he knew, he wouldn't care.In his view, Chinese people are sometimes very moral, and sometimes not.Whether to speak or not depends on the positions and relations of both parties.

You and I have been friends for many years, so I naturally have to say this morality, and I don’t hesitate to use a knife; you and I have never met, this morality is what you can say, it depends on your personal moral level; you You have a deep hatred with me, and you have even faced each other with swords, so should I be moral to you?Of course I won't talk about it.

At this time, the Chinese only talk about "repaying grievances with virtue, how to repay virtue", only talk about "Qi Xianggong's revenge for the ninth generation, the Spring and Autumn Period", and only talk about "things are precious and opportunistic, and soldiers are never tired of deceit"...

Of course, when Gao was in his previous life, he could say "China and Japan are neighbors separated by a strip of water", as if he was a friendlier.But he is also a scholar at any rate, and he knows that there is a passage in "Southern History Chen Houzhu Ji" that says:
"Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty called his servant Gao Ying and said: 'I am the parent of the common people, how can I limit myself to a garment and a belt of water?'"

Then he sent troops to fight across the Yangtze River and captured Empress Chen.

You see, he is the founding king after all, and the reasons for sending troops are so lofty: We are separated by a strip of water, I can't see your people living in such a miserable life without going to save them.Although mobilizing troops is a very expensive thing, I am still very proactive to help liberate them!
So a strip of water is really a good word, and we must understand it deeply.

Gao Pragmatic's understanding was very deep, so after seeing that his words had calmed down the scene, he immediately changed into a merciful expression of pity for heaven and man, and sighed: "Besides, I heard that the Japanese Wow, let alone ordinary people, even many big names—that is, local princes—their lives are extremely miserable.”

Huang Zhiting obviously didn't turn the corner for a while, and said a little puzzled: "How can the princes suffer? It's like my family was just a chieftain. Although the money is not much, my food and clothing since I was a child can never be said to be poor."

Gao Pragmatically admits this, and it's not like he hasn't seen Huang Zhiting's ostentation on his own land back then.

That time when she and her party returned to Siming Mansion and entered Haiyuan City, all the local people along the way knelt down obediently by the roadside, kowtowed their heads to the ground and did not dare to move when they were still far away from her.It wasn't until she and her wolf guards walked that the backs of their heads were almost invisible, and the natives still didn't dare to move, and they waited for a while before they dared to raise their heads.

That kind of power is really more exaggerated than that of the emperor, so although her family does not have a lot of money, but the big Siming Mansion supports her family, and the living conditions are of course not much worse.

However, the situation in her family is completely different from that in Japan.Gao Wushi explained: "The situation of your family at that time was different from that of Japan. Let me just say this. Your family is located in Guangxi. Although the living conditions of the natives in your family are average, it is difficult to get rich in Guangxi, but it is difficult to starve to death." It’s not easy—look at the time when the two of us went together, we didn’t starve to death just eating wild fruits in the mountains, right? But it’s different in Japan.”

Gao Wushi paused for a while, and continued to meet Huang Zhiting's puzzled eyes: "Whether in China or Japan, how many powerful powers have been overthrown because they couldn't fill their hungry mouths. Power must first be established in the mouth, and then it can be established in the mouth." On the head, only by controlling the mouth can one control the head better.

Japan, which was originally not very rich in products, now has a new low in food production. In addition, the Buddhism they believe in is different from that of Ming Dynasty and southern Xinjiang. As a result, almost all of them fasted meat and could only eat fish. There are even fewer food sources.

Zhiting, let me ask you: a small bowl of rice, a small fish two fingers wide, a small dish of pickled radish, a cup of boiled wild vegetables, and a small bowl of miso soup—what do you think of this recipe? "

Huang Zhiting frowned and said, "It's like a light recipe prepared for people who have just recovered from a serious illness because they can't overeat." After a pause, he added: "Maybe it's the way poor people eat? But I remember Even if the people in the capital are in the south city, they will not be so poor."

Of course, Gao Yushi knew it in his previous life, let alone today?At the beginning, he saw that the "Popular Romance of the History of Woodcutters" written by people in the Ming Dynasty specifically boasted about the prosperity of the people's livelihood during the Wanli period:

"When it comes to Wanli, don't talk about other benefits, just talk about daily necessities, rice, oil, salt, chicken, geese, fish, etc. Which one is not cheap? If a family of several people spends only two or three dollars on big fish and meat every day, this is It is extremely rich. There is also a small family with shoulders and shoulders. They can earn twenty or thirty Wen a day, and they can live a day. They have to drink some wine at night, tell jokes when drunk, and sing Wu Singing, listening to books, warming fire in winter and enjoying the cool in summer, playing in all kinds of ways.

At that time, everyone's small households were very happy, and it was the same in the north and south, Beijing and thirteen provinces.The emperor didn't often sit in the court, and officials of all sizes came to the book to quarrel, but they were not angry.People say that Emperor Shenzong is really Yao and Shun... So far, the elders have sighed and yearned for that time. "

Here we specifically talk about the food and clothing expenses of the common people during the Wanli Dynasty. Simply put, the materials are abundant and the prices are low. Even if the income is not much, but because the cost is small, the life is still enjoyable and leisurely.

This is not only said by the Han people under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, even the "Patriarch of the Qing Dynasty" Fulin said: "At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the people were governed and recuperated. During the Wanli period, the country was rich and rich, and the family had enough."

This is not only said in China, but also by foreigners who have been to the Wanli Dynasty Daming.When the Spanish Mendoza described the society and people's livelihood in the Ming Dynasty in "History of the Great Chinese Empire", he wrote truthfully: "In this big country, people have abundant food, pay attention to clothing, and have gorgeous furnishings at home. In particular, they work hard and work hard. , are great merchants and merchants, and all these, together with the fertility of the above-mentioned land, make it rightly called the richest country in the world."

Perhaps it is because of the reason of "the richest in the world" that Huang Zhiting came to such a conclusion after hearing this recipe.

However, Gao Wushi chuckled, and said: "As a citizen of Ming Dynasty, you may indeed feel that this recipe is too shabby, but let me tell you, this is the recipe of many Japanese princes for breakfast and lunch—and They don't eat dinner."

Huang Zhiting was almost stunned, and said in amazement: "Eating like this, why don't you eat dinner?" Seeing that Gao Wushi nodded expressionlessly, she thought for a while and asked, "Then what do ordinary people eat?"

Gao Wushi shrugged and replied: "We also only eat two meals in the morning and evening. The recipe is usually a small bowl of millet rice and two pieces of boiled radishes."

Huang Zhiting looked in disbelief, wondering: "Compared to ordinary people, dignified princes, is it just an extra small fish for a meal?"

Gao Wushi corrected him solemnly: "The rice is different. The princes eat rice, but ordinary people can only eat millet."

Huang Zhiting couldn't help but rolled her eyes: "Is there a big difference?"

"These two recipes are indeed equally shabby in our eyes, but the Japanese at this time are indeed eating such things to survive every day. And those peasants who eat millet rice dream like daimyo and samurai Eat rice like that."

Gao Yushi's words are really not fooling around. In Japan during the Sengoku period, all life revolved around war.To eat is to live, to live is to fight, and to fight is to eat better.

Japan was originally a rice-producing country, and almost all the farmland in the country is planting rice. However, it is ridiculous and pitiful that rice is a luxury for ordinary people who grow rice.

There is a plot in Akira Kurosawa's movie "Seven Samurai": Bandits on the mountain covet the little rice in the village below the mountain, so they go down the mountain to grab rice during the autumn harvest.In order to defend their rice, the farmers took out what little rice they had in the village and went to the towns to recruit poor warriors to defend the village, and the only recruitment condition they could offer was enough rice.

Although Gao Yushi has never been able to understand why those hopeless bandits don't go to a more affluent place to rob, but stare at this poor village that is so poor that it has nothing but some rice.But this also proves from the side that in Japan of this era, rice is really a rarity.

Later, the farmers in the village really relied on the "favorable conditions" of "eating rice for every meal" to recruit seven warriors of varying standards.Although the seven samurai said that they didn't care about the rewards because they wanted to keep one party safe, but being able to eat rice was actually attractive to them.

After all, in this era, men are always hungry, and it is a rare beauty to be able to eat enough.Later, the samurai found that the villagers ate all the rice for them, but they ate millet and wild vegetables, so they gave all the rice in their share to the old, young, women and children in the village.

The movie may want to praise the spirit of the samurai, but Gao Yushi learned about the poor production capacity of Japan at that time.Because the output of rice is very low, this white rice has become the main strategic material specially designated by daimyos and lords in various places.

Farmers work hard in the fields for a year, and planting rice is basically completing a task. The rice harvested is often sent to the lord's castle as an annual tribute, and he can only eat millet, radishes, and wild vegetables. of farmers have never even tasted the taste of the rice they grow in their entire lives.

Later, Japan invaded China and occupied the three provinces in the Northeast. Ordinary people in Northeast China were not allowed to eat rice, and it was stipulated that if they ate it, they would be economic criminals.Considering that most of the top and bottom of the Kwantung Army were Japanese farmers at that time, it is estimated that the memory of the lords taking away rice and not allowing their ancestors to eat it still stays in their bones. The villain is successful, and he especially hates farmers eating rice.

Just as the introduction of corn and potatoes increased the population of China in the early Qing Dynasty, it was radishes that made the Japanese barely able to eat.When radishes were first introduced to Japan, they could only grow as thick as a finger. Later, through the hard work of Japanese farmers, Japanese radishes finally became as thick as an arm.

The radish itself is a good thing, rich in nutrition and easy to grow, so it soon became the main food of Japanese farmers. Even the nobles also favored radish, making it on the table of the nobles, and almost to the point where there is no feast without radishes .

Even if the rich eat rice and the poor only eat millet and radishes, there is still not enough food for mountainous Japan.So a long time ago, the Japanese formed the habit of eating only two meals a day, breakfast and lunch.

You have to work from morning to afternoon, so you must eat to maintain your strength. At night is the rest time, and people don’t have much entertainment at that time. As long as you go to bed early, you won’t be hungry, so you can save food for a meal.

What's more, this habit is not only observed by the peasants, it is almost the same from the emperor down to the samurai. It has become an unwritten rule, and the habit of not eating dinner is enforced throughout the country.It's just that the nobles have a rich nightlife, so if they are really hungry, they can find some snacks to eat.

Gao Wushi continued to explain to Huang Zhiting: "The Japanese princes who are more particular, insist on sharing meals when eating. There is a small table in front of each person, and there are three dishes, one soup and one bowl of rice on it. Even if there is a banquet, everyone eats like this. Each. The biggest difference between these people and poor people's recipes is that they can eat a little bit of meat dishes.

However, because Japan cannot eat meat, the rich can only make a fuss about fish and shellfish, which is already the most luxurious food they can eat.

But there is one thing I don't understand too much. As an island country, Japan, no matter nobles or samurai, will not let go of eating seafood at will. The meat dishes for their dinner usually only have a fish that is small enough to eat a few mouthfuls, or a few fish. Slices of pickled shellfish.Moreover, fish and shellfish hardly appear at the same time, and only one kind of meat dish can appear in a meal. "

This is not a high-level fiction. In Japan during the Warring States Period, even the rich maintained a diet of one meat, two vegetables, and one bowl of soup. I only ate one meat dish, and the bowl in which this meat dish was served was usually quite small.

At this point, Gao Wushi cheated a little bit and said to Liu Xin: "There is a person Zhiting may not know, but Miss Liu, you do know—Tokugawa Ieyasu." Then he turned around and introduced Huang Zhiting: "This person is Japan's No. The territory of the two real power factions is about three or four times larger than your Haidong territory in Annan."

This comparison is very intuitive, and Huang Zhiting nodded to show that she understood.

Gao Wushi said: "This person is very frugal, even stingy. He doesn't even eat fish, but eats pickled radishes and rice every day, and this is the case all year round, with very few exceptions.

I heard a piece of information about him, saying that once he was walking around at home and saw a few maids complaining, so he went to see what happened.The maids said: "The current food is really outrageous. There is only one pickled radish as a side dish." '

Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is known for being gentle with others, walked over to them, smiled and said to them: "Well, since you don't like to eat, then don't eat it." 'From then on, the pickled radish served as a side dish by the maids was revoked, and she could only eat dry rice. "

Gao Yushi's so-called "intelligence" is actually a record seen by later generations.Of course, the source is not important, the important thing is that Huang Zhiting was both surprised and wary, hesitantly said: "This person...is he always ambitious?"

There must be great ambitions, but in fact this story was advanced by Gao Pragmatism.In fact, when this happened, Ieyasu had unified Japan and established the Tokugawa Shogunate, so he was not so frugal because he was "very ambitious", but he had always been like this, and it became a habit.

So Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Maybe, maybe it's just a habit I've developed over time."

"Oh." Huang Zhiting responded, thought for a moment, and asked, "Then how does the husband plan to 'save' them?"

"Good question." Gao Wushi smiled and said, "From what I just introduced, you should know that Japanese farmers are still very hardworking and honest... I think the Mekong Delta is not populated enough, and the local natives are a bit lazy. , if we can get 100 million Japanese farmers to go there in the future, it should be a matter of getting the best of both worlds.”

Huang Zhiting curled her lips: "One million? The emperor or king of Japan is a fool, so many people are willing to let you transport them away."

"First of all, the 'emperor' of Japan does not have any real power, except that the local princes will ask him to buy an official hat to wear after he has the real power in a certain place. Kings', such as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, are actually Japanese shoguns, called 'Generals Who Conquer Barbarians'.

However, this 'general' is not really in charge of 'conquering barbarians'. In fact, his position of power is equivalent to that of some of our previous dynasties' chief Baikui, that is, the chief regent.

However, a few years ago, the Muromachi shogunate in Japan had perished, and now the "General Baikui" in the actual sense has not only changed its name, but also changed its name. First turn off the white light, and then play the "off white" of the Son of Heaven. "

Huang Zhiting said: "It doesn't matter who the concubine is, it doesn't matter what his name is, anyway, it's impossible for you, my husband, to take away so many people." After a pause, she raised her eyebrows slightly and said: "As for the layout of my husband, my concubine Do you think... it is possible that Japan is also treated as southern Xinjiang?"

"That's a little difficult." Gao Wushi shook his head: "The situation in Japan is a bit special. In the eyes of the Japanese, their so-called emperor is a descendant of a god, a 'god of the present', so they cannot be abolished rashly. Any king, if I really want to abolish him, I will just abolish him, the difference is very big."

"Then, what about the 'King of Japan'? It doesn't matter if it's called General Zheng Yi or Guan Bai." Huang Zhiting asked.

"I'm afraid it's not easy for Guan Bai to be rounded and flattened by me now, but this person is not young and has a difficult life. After he dies, Japan will definitely be the master of the country, and big things will happen. At that time, I will think about it." Fazi controls his heirs, and 'holds Guan Bai Yiling's name' for a period of time, and then... depends on the situation."

It was the first time Huang Zhiting heard about this plan, but she didn't think much of it. Liu Xin who was at the side was a little surprised and asked, "Didn't you make a decision before, and now you have decided who to help?"
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