I'm really not doing business

Chapter 532 Etiquette cannot be a stumbling block to the New Deal

When the dynasty began to fall into disarray, even the top members of the hereditary official class had a difficult time. For example, the Taoist priest asked Taicang for two million silver, which was to be used to build the palace. After struggling for several years, he finally got two million silver. One hundred thousand silver, the emperor lived like this, one can only imagine how the Ming prince lived.

From the time when the Taoist priests began to reduce their stipends due to large amounts of income, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the only one who had the bells and whistles was King Fu.

King Fu’s bell ringing and dining table was due to Emperor Wanli’s special care. Emperor Wanli, who had not been in court for thirty years and did not approve memorials, did not read any memorials. King Fu’s memorials came to the palace in the morning and were answered in the afternoon. Emperor Wanli expressed his gratitude to King Fu All requests are granted.

This kind of indulgence was a means for Emperor Wanli and his court officials to fight for the foundation of the country. The fight for the foundation of the country was about the selection of the crown prince, and it was done deliberately.

Because of the emperor's timely reply to King Fu's memorial, with such convenience, the courtiers would gather at King Fu's door if they had something to do, hoping that King Fu would handle the memorial on his behalf. In this way, King Fu became the de facto crown prince.

This was Emperor Wanli's attempt to coerce the courtiers to accept Prince Fu as the crown prince. This method was neither clever nor glorious, and its convenience quickly attracted cunning people from all over the world to gather under Prince Fu's door to do evil.

This paradoxical logic of government affairs forced the ministers to go to King Fu to report it on their behalf, which lasted for twelve years.

In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, after fifteen years of fighting, Emperor Wanli finally failed to win the battle over the country. He had no choice but to issue a decree and canonize the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo as the prince and Zhu Changxun as the blessed prince. The following year, Zhu Changxun got married. It stands to reason that the wedding was a big one. It was time for him to become a vassal immediately, but Emperor Wanli asked Prince Fu to stay in the capital on the grounds that Prince Fu's palace had not yet been built.

The battle over the title of crown prince did not end completely. After the Prince Fu's palace was built, Emperor Wanli still refused to allow Prince Fu to join the vassal. The struggle continued. For another twelve years, until the 42nd year of Wanli, Prince Fu Zhu Changxun was crowned king. In the twelve years since he left the capital to join the vassal state, Crown Prince Zhu Changluo's status has not been stable for a single day.

"Your Majesty has your Majesty's consideration." Wan Shihe said a little helplessly: "Now the theory of contradiction is not the mainstream. Retro-Confucian scholars are all over the Ming Dynasty, including the Jiangwu School, the Gewu Academy and the Academy of Science and Technology. Think about it, so you don’t want to be bound by the Ministry of Rites. You have the ability and your temperament. Why don’t you ask Your Majesty to bring the martial arts school to the Ministry of Rites? "

Wan Shihe's etiquette is, are etiquette inconvenient? It is a flexible etiquette, an etiquette that is new and renewed day by day. It is an etiquette that is based on the ever-changing world. In the face of new situations, it is necessary to reform and innovate etiquette. This is completely different from the retrogradation of Confucianism and the etiquette of the third generation of law. different.

"Drink tea, drink tea, I know how to drink tea all day long! Now the whole capital is laughing at our Rites Department, saying that our Etiquette Department is blindly flattering, but in the end, we encountered such a big event, and our Etiquette Department was completely eliminated. !" Shen Li became even more angry when he saw Wan Shihe looking like an old god.

His Majesty said a lot, but Wan Shihe listened and understood clearly. In fact, in the final analysis, it boils down to one sentence: There are too many cheap Confucians in the Ming Dynasty!

At least the results of a series of great speculations in political philosophy such as the Theory of Contradiction have been truly accepted by everyone. Studying by subject has become a common understanding, productivity improvement has become a universal pursuit, and kings, fathers, kings, kings and teachers can distinguish. One is one, and two is two. To put it more bluntly, the day when the Ming Dynasty’s imperial system of prefectures and counties came to an end, the Royal Institute of Technology completed its historical mission and could be renamed the Ming Dynasty Institute of Technology.

State affairs were handled as domestic affairs, and domestic affairs were completely left to one's own whim, without any concern for what the world had become because of these nonsense. After Zhang Juzheng's pursuit of honor and humiliation, there was no longer any honest minister in the court.

Wan Shihe is really good at debating scriptures. He made the right minister of the Ministry of Rites speechless with one sentence. The special status of the Jiangwu School means that the Jiangwu School will not be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. For this reason, even the humble Even Confucians dare not comment on it. They are all topics that cannot be touched.

The excitement of the Polytechnic Institute has nothing to do with Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites. Even though the emperor specially summoned Wan Shihe and explained the reasons clearly, Wan Shihe still couldn't forget the ownership of the Polytechnic Institute. This is a good opportunity to leave his name in history. , Wan Shihe wanted to receive the sacrificial wine himself.

The establishment of a direct heir seems bigger than the sky, and the whole court is in chaos. The emperor is ridiculous, and the ministers are also ridiculous. This etiquette has also been alienated by the courtiers and has become a tool of struggle. Moreover, the struggle is meaningless. The emperor and courtiers win. No matter whether it is defeat or defeat, it is Ming Dynasty that loses in the end.

"You are right, you are eloquent, why don't you convince His Majesty!" Shen Li rolled his sleeves and sat down and said, "I, Shen Li, have never flattered anyone in my life, let alone followed others' influence. I only know how to be humble, but I don't know where to meet you." Desire, let alone being driven by someone else’s disciples!”

After all, there are not many ministers of the Ministry of Rites like Wan Shihe with such a soft figure. If the etiquette and law are greater than the sky, and there is a clamor for the abolition of the Polytechnic Institute, then the Institute of Technology, which is independent of the Ministry of Rites, is a part of the imperial power. If they want to abolish it, then the courtiers will reach out. When it comes to the internal affairs, it is natural for the chief ceremonial officer to fight with the courtiers.

The Royal Institute of Technology is completely under the management of the Internal Affairs Bureau and the Royal Institute of Physics, which makes Shen Li feel angry. This anger does not come from the emperor, but from the officials in the capital and the chattering public opinion. .

Zhu Yijun did not agree to put the Royal Institute of Technology under the management of the Ministry of Rites, which was to tear off a piece of flesh from the power of the Ministry of Rites, but he had to do it.

The Ministry of Rites was severely ridiculed, especially Wan Shihe himself.

Dr. Wu Jing is in charge of the enrollment of polytechnic students. The entire Royal Polytechnic is very lively. The three-year academic system and the sixty-yuan tuition fee are enough to deter countless people. However, because of the interest-free student loans, the polytechnic has nine Chengdu is publicly funded, and less than 10% of students are self-funded.

"If I had known about today's situation, I should have followed Governor Pan to Hetao to regulate the Yellow River, instead of being treated like this in the court!" Shen Li came out of the door and was furious when he saw Wan Shihe. Later, as the most staunch imperial party in the Ming Dynasty, Wan Shihe passed the court meeting in Wenhua Hall without any reason.

Now Wan Shihe used the precedent of Jiangwu School to stop Shen Li's mouth. Shen Li really didn't know how to refute.

Emperor Wanli was quarreling and getting angry, and the courtiers were also getting angry and quarrelsome. They messed up the whole Ming Dynasty and still didn't stop. It seemed that the etiquette of establishing heirs and elders was more important than the world.

In the first fifteen years, the battle between the country and the country was fought with swords and guns. In the next thirteen years, the two demon book cases and court attack cases were the continuation of the battle between the country and the country. After the death of Zhang Juzheng, the entire Wanli Dynasty, the Wanli Emperor With an awkward mentality, he fought with his courtiers for nearly twenty-eight years for the crown prince. In the end, Emperor Wanli still failed to make his beloved son the crown prince.

The courtiers just wanted to fight against the emperor.

It is indeed inappropriate to hand over the control of the Royal Institute of Technology completely to the Ministry of Rites. If it were really completely controlled by the Ministry of Rites, within a few months, the Institute of Technology would be no different from the Imperial College, and the content taught would become the Four Books and Five Classics. .

Shen Li's words are not to brag about himself. He was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing. He was a shujishi and was appointed as a reviewer. He was from Guide Prefecture in Henan and was from the same hometown as Gao Gong. The year he was a Jinshi, Gao Gong was the examiner. With his dual status as examiner and fellow countryman, Shen Li should have worshiped under Gao Gong's door long ago, but he didn't.

Shen Li always stayed away from Gao Gong. At that time, the Jin Party had become a climate, and the Jin Party took refuge in Gao Gong.

At the Luming Banquet after becoming a Jinshi in high school, everyone went to the Quan Jin Guild Hall and became under the high arch, but Shen Li did not go because he had personal matters.

Shen Li had nothing personal to do, he just didn't want to go, and he just didn't want to be someone's lackey.

His righteousness was quickly rewarded with a heavy blow. As soon as he was appointed, he went to the local area to accompany Pan Jixun to control floods. When Zhu Yijun left the cabinet to study, Shen Li returned to the capital and became a lecturer in the East Palace. Lecturer became the editor, and soon after Emperor Wanli ascended the throne, he became Zuo Zanshan, studying as a bachelor.

Shen Li and Wang Jiaping were on the same list. While Wang Jiaping was still working hard in the smoky land of Guangdong, Shen Li had already been promoted quickly because of his old ministers, and became the right minister of the Ministry of Rites in the ninth year of Wanli.

Qianlong Zaiyuan's Qiandi, after the emperor ascended the throne, the old Qiandi department was promoted faster than the same period, which was the practice of all dynasties.

Shen Li is not under the high arch, not from the Jin Party, or from the Chu Party. He and Shen Shixing don't get along. He thinks Shen Shixing is too conciliatory and can be reconciled in everything. He is not from the Zhejiang Party, and he and Shen Shixing have always been at odds. Shen Guan always felt that Shen Li was a lucky person and still flaunted himself as an upright minister all day long.

Shen Li and Pan Jixun worked together to control the water and build the Yellow River embankment to maintain peace. When Pan Jixun gave up his promotion to the imperial palace and went to Suiyuan, Shen Li also wanted to go. Because of the luck of his former ministers, there were many criticisms in the court. Shen Li wanted to control floods in Suiyuan, but he felt uncomfortable being poked in the spine and scolded every day.

Pan Jixun persuaded Shen Li and asked Shen Li to watch the wind direction in the court. If Zhang Juzheng really retreated, there would probably be an uproar in the court. Pan Jixun had no one in the court and needed someone to support him in the court. Shen Li was finally convinced.

As a result, just after the New Year, I felt very angry!
"Don't think that my words are unpleasant. The words in the market are even worse. I don't even know how to say those words! It's unspeakable and insulting to politeness!" Shen Li was still complaining. The noise in the market was nothing more than Wan Shi. Just like a dog, after working for the emperor for so many years, he was kicked when things got wrong! It's simply ridiculous. I don't know how Wan Shihe can continue to work in the position of Minister of Rites. How embarrassing!
Wan Shihe still sat very calmly.

Wan Shihe looked at Shen Li and said, "Senior Minister Shen, the public can say whatever they want. The Ministry of Rites must not let etiquette become a stumbling block to the Ming Dynasty's new policies. I will never allow this. If you are not convinced, I will wait until you become a court official." Please correct it again.”

"That's not what I meant!" Shen Li slapped the table and stood up, then sat down angrily and said, "I don't know the heart of a good person! I'm complaining about you. Those words in the public are too ugly."

Shen Li was not opposed to the Ministry of Rites' ethos of "doing whatever the emperor wants", and the Ming Dynasty was not without such precedents. As early as the Yongle period, the Minister of Rites, Hu Hui, would sprinkle water to wash the ground for the emperor no matter what the emperor said. Looking for compensation, this was always the case until the Zhengtong years.

There is Hu Hui in the front and Liu Ji in the back.

This Liu Ji is nicknamed Liu Mianmian. Facing the overwhelming impeachment, Liu Ji has always been as unafraid of being impeached as cotton. The more the cotton is bombed, the more it becomes flimsy. This Liu Ji is no different. Facing impeachment both inside and outside the government, Liu Ji had never been afraid. The Ministry of Rites he led was dedicated to sprinkling water and washing the emperor's floors. Liu Ji agreed to whatever the emperor wanted to do.

Liu Ji later joined the cabinet and became a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion. From the fourteenth year of Chenghua to the fifth year of Hongzhi, Liu Ji was the chief assistant of the cabinet. In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Emperor Xiaozong gave the two notorious empresses Zhang The brother was granted the title of earl and ordered Liu Ji, the chief minister of the cabinet, to write a decree. Liu Ji refused. Who are those two people? Who in the entire capital doesn't know?

Emperor Xiaozong saw that Liu Ji, the chief assistant, did not agree, so he sent internal officials and asked Liu Ji to take the initiative to become an official. Liu Ji then left.

Liu Ji worked for the emperor in exchange for power and respect. But you, Wan Shihe, value peace in everything. You go around looking for support for His Majesty and the New Deal. You carry a pen all day long to calm down the public opinion for Your Majesty. I have been busy for so long, and finally, for such a big thing as the Royal Institute of Technology, the emperor left you, Wan Shihe, to go it alone!

He did not leave behind Zhang Juzheng when he passed the law examination, cleared his father-in-law, and rectified the academic and political affairs; he did not leave behind Wang Chonggu when building the engineering and corps camps and government and factory formations; he did not leave behind Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, and Chen Lin when he strengthened the army and strengthened the military force; and the navy in Beijing camp;

It's the turn of the New Deal on Culture and Education. Your Majesty finally got rid of you Wan Shihe. What is this?
Shen Li sighed and said, "It's so urgent. You are still drinking tea here. I don't even know what to say about you. Today has passed and you are not allowed to become an official directly? How can you become an official in the court?"

Wan Shihe still smiled and said: "I thought Shilang Shen was planning to make etiquette a stumbling block to the New Deal. The last person to do this was Lu Shusheng. Now he can only drink tea at his home in Xitucheng, not at the Ministry of Rites or Wenhua Hall. Tea."

"What your Majesty gives is mine. What your Majesty doesn't give, I can't take away." Wan Shihe and Wang Zhigao made a choice at the critical moment. Wang Zhigao chose to become an official, and Wan Shihe chose to stay. From that moment on, he knew his situation and his functions. Over the years, he knew deeply that his power came entirely from the emperor. Therefore, he deserved what the emperor gave him, and he also deserved what the emperor did not give him. Can't fight for it.

"Do you know what they call you?!" Shen Li's face turned red with anger. Today, the Polytechnic Institute is open for classes. If Wan Shihe doesn't do something today, he will have to go home tomorrow. Wan Shihe just doesn't want to do anything anymore. Face, those cheap Confucians will attack in groups and tear Wan Shihe to pieces.

This means that Wan Shi and the imperial party who have lost their holy family and lost their holy family have long been on the verge of death.

Wan Shihe is called Wan Shihe by the public. This is a humiliating nickname. Shen Li is in the Ministry of Rites. He knows that Wan Shihe is not a weakling. Even when Wan Shihe has bones, Wan Shihe has a bottom line and perseverance. Shen Li knew everything clearly.

"Then Mr. Shen is the eldest uncle. In the future, the affairs of the Ministry of Etiquette will be busy." Wan Shihe was relatively calm. He had already written the memorial to become an official. After today, he would have no shame to stay in the Wenhua Hall. Well, simply joining the official position directly can be regarded as retreating bravely.

It's His Majesty who doesn't want him anymore, it's not that he betrayed the Emperor.

Wan Shihe has been serving as the Minister of Rites for so many years. He is worthy of the world, the emperor, the people, and even himself. This is loyalty. Wan Shihe thinks that he is a flatterer and a loyal minister at the same time.

Now it's his turn to be the price of the New Deal. At this moment, Wan Shihe's mood is very calm. This calmness comes from the fact that he has no regrets.

Shen Li did not say anything in the end. Everyone said that Wan Shihe was a good dog, but Shen Li and Wan Shihe partnered. Wan Shihe was not a dog, but a scholar-official with integrity.

"Someone is coming from the palace! Someone is coming from the palace!" The clerk hurried in from outside the door and said: "Just now, Xiaohuangmen came to deliver the news. Feng Daxuan has received the sacred order and is coming to the Ministry of Rites to announce the decree!"

Feng Bao arrived quickly, and the Ministry of Rites was already prepared to receive the edict. Everyone in the Ministry of Rites was speculating on the content of the edict. It was probably that Wan Shihe was fighting for the governance of the Royal Institute of Technology, which made the emperor dissatisfied, so the edict arrived.

"The minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wan Shihe, received the edict." Feng Bao came to the Ministry of Rites and asked two small yellow doors to open the imperial edict.

"Your Majesty, Wan Shihe, accepts the imperial edict." Wan Shihe rolled up his sleeves and knelt in front of the imperial edict. Feng Bao's body was wrong. The courtiers were kneeling on His Majesty, not him.

Feng Bao raised his voice and said loudly: "The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says:"

"I believe that in ancient times, when the emperors ruled the world, they would set down their words and teach them to their descendants. Since Ai Qing entered the court and dedicated himself to assisting Kuang Fu, culture and education have flourished. There is no one who has put the ancient scriptures to use better than this. Today, Prince Shaobao is added to Zhongjidian University As a scholar, I will be in charge of all affairs of the Royal Institute of Technology, and I will pay tribute to the Institute. I will remember what I said in the memorial, and I appreciate this."

"Uncle Da Zong, please accept the edict. His Royal Highness King De will come over later to pick up Uncle Da Zong." Feng Bao said as he took off the imperial edict's Korean paper from the scroll and handed the separate sacred paper to Wan Shi. and.

Shen Li was a little confused. Hasn't His Majesty already made a clear decree that the Ministry of Rites is not allowed to manage the affairs of the Institute of Technology? Why is Wan Shihe going to the Polytechnic again?

Soon Shen Li understood that Wan Shihe had joined the cabinet. Wan Shihe became a bachelor of Zhongji Palace, which meant that he was in charge of the affairs of the Institute of Technology as a cabinet minister, not as a minister of the Ministry of Rites. His Majesty did not Abandon Wan Shihe, but abandon the Ministry of Rites!
The cheap scholar is myself!
Shen Li's face turned red with anger all of a sudden!

"I thank you for your kindness." Wan Shihe saluted respectfully, and then took the piece of paper. If the emperor was given a nickname, it would definitely be Iron Rooster.

This is an edict to enter the cabinet. His Majesty wants to take back the brocade and reuse it, so he just gave it this piece of paper!

But this piece of paper is particularly important to Wan Shihe. His memorial to becoming an official can be taken back. Now, he has joined the cabinet!

"Feng Dajue stays." Wan Shihe hurriedly took two steps and whispered briefly to Feng Bao, asking why His Majesty suddenly changed his decision.

Feng Bao explained that in fact, His Majesty had always planned this. He summoned Wan Shihe a few days ago to discuss the rules and regulations of the Polytechnic Institute, intending to let Wan Shihe serve as a minister of the cabinet. If Wan Shihe was really abandoned, , why did you summon Wanshi and ask?
Only then did Wan Shihe realize that Guan Ji was in trouble. He was a fan of the authorities and did not realize that His Majesty had summoned him and asked him carefully in order to let him take charge of the matter.

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, everyone is the same. Everyone wants to make progress, and those who don't want to make progress will not become officials. But when it comes to their own vital interests, no one can maintain absolute reason and rationality.

Wan Shihe soon followed the German King Zhu Zaiyu to the Royal Institute of Technology. Only the officials of the Ministry of Rites were left. There was a cry of mourning. His Majesty did not give up Wan Shihe, but the Ministry of Rites!

For the officials of the Ministry of Rites, now they deeply understand that sentence, there are too many cheap Confucians in the Ming Dynasty! If there weren't too many cheap Confucians, how could His Majesty be so afraid? !
Now it was Shen Li's turn to feel the same way. He could not contradict the emperor as this was against the flexible etiquette practiced by the Ministry of Rites. At this time, he could only curse him as a lowly Confucian and then be criticized by people in the streets.

Wan Shihe rode a bicycle to the Royal Institute of Technology. After communicating with Zhu Zaiyu, he was convinced that he was the first priest of the Royal Institute of Technology.

Because Zhu Zaiyu is not good at communicating with people and not good at administration.

The Royal Institute of Technology all had Ph.D.s in the Five Classics, and there were only a small number of people who could still dance. But when it came to the Royal Institute of Technology, the first batch of enrollment reached a thousand people, and Zhu Zaiyu was really helpless.

Zhu Zaiyu is not good at dealing with people. He is good at dealing with the unknown world. He does not have so many ambitions for secular power. The main reason is that Zhu Zaiyu also grew up under the Ming dynasty. He is not good at managing a huge academy. , Zhu Zaiyu is not good at the use of administrative power.

The emperor had long been aware of Zhu Zaiyu's shortcomings in this area, but the courtiers knew nothing about it. Therefore, Wan Shihe did not know that the emperor had long been prepared to let him join the cabinet and then take over the leadership. After Wang Chonggu used work-for-relief to resettle gangsters, Zhu Yijun also asked Wang Chonggu to join the cabinet and take charge of official affairs.

The emperor is the president of the Royal Institute of Technology, that is, the dean. All science and engineering students are the disciples of the emperor. But Zhu Yijun is busy with everything, and he really doesn’t have that much energy to go to the specific management of the institute. Zhu Yijun is not lazy, he is very diligent , but human energy is limited.

Wan Shihe showed a relaxed smile, and now people in the streets of Jingtang would no longer talk about him, saying that he was a weakling and was ruthlessly abandoned by the emperor.

Zhu Zaiyu is really not good at the general affairs of the Royal Institute of Technology, and Doctors of the Five Classics of the Ming Dynasty have no interest in these. Moreover, in order to prevent the emergence of academic cliques, the Institute of Technology must also have administrative intervention, rather than allowing it to grow wildly.

Generally speaking, the sacrificial wine of the Polytechnic Institute is none other than Wan Shihe. If Wan Shihe could remain absolutely rational, he would have clearly seen this and wouldn't be so panicked.

In addition to the Royal Institute of Technology opening its doors to enroll students and starting classes, another top priority in the Ming Dynasty was the imperial examination in the 11th year of Wanli. It was the season of the Imperial Examination. Starting from the autumn and winter of last year, candidates who came to Beijing to take the examination had already gathered. Capital.

The Ministry of Etiquette announced the contents of the examination. Regarding the scope of the examination, people complained endlessly. The contradiction was that it was still a superficial test. However, the requirements for arithmetic were getting higher and higher. In arithmetic, differential calculus and integral calculus had been tested, as well as differential calculus and integral calculus. On top of mutual calculations, mainly on the calculation of irregular acres.

The students in the capital wailed.

Zhu Yijun approved the examination questions, and the Sanjing Factory began to work overtime for printing. After sealing, it will be sent to Gongyuan to prepare for the triennial imperial examination. At the same time, the Ministry of Rites completed the compilation of a new volume of "Overseas Fanguozhi" , this time it was Peru.

The Ming Dynasty's New Deal has entered its 11th year, and the 11th year of the reform has brought about as many benefits as it should have, and there are also as many problems as it should have caused. The drastic changes have caused huge turbulence to the society, and the agricultural country is still in the small-peasant economy. In the Ming Dynasty, the ability to bear risks was actually as weak as that of farmers on the verge of bankruptcy.

This kind of weakness is very intuitive, like a thread, it may break at some point.

For example, there is a string that is most conspicuous, and that is the inflow of silver.

The Ming Dynasty needed sufficient silver to promote development, and the Ming Dynasty's development speed was extremely rapid. This created a dilemma. The more silver inflow, the less silver the Ming Dynasty lacked. All goods produced needed silver as a channel.

The Ming Dynasty was poor in silver and relied entirely on overseas silver. Once Felipe II died, or Spain's national policy changed and stopped importing silver to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would lose a major pillar of silver inflow. It would be impossible to rely solely on the Japanese silver. It's totally not enough for Ming Dynasty to use.

The Ministry of Revenue is supportive of the attack on Luchuan in the southwest direction, and is extremely supportive, because only by pacifying Toungoo can the stability of Yunnan Copper be ensured. The Ministry of Revenue agrees to the development of Suiyuan, and even invests heavily in building Suiyuan. Chidao and Suiyuan Mining did not hesitate to go into debt for this purpose, and it was also for the safety of silver. The courtiers' attitude towards the Japanese was completely consistent, and it was also based on the urgent need for silver.

In the Peruvian volume, there is a detailed description of the Spanish-controlled Peruvian super-large Silver Mountain, the rich mountain city of Potosí Silver Mountain, Potosi means rich, and the rich mountain city is the largest city in the entire New World, because Potosí Silver Mountain is the world's largest city. In the largest silver mine, an entire mountain is covered with silver, and its silver grade is as high as 40%. One hundred kilograms of ore material contains forty kilograms of silver. There are 43 underground smelting pits in Fujian, and the annual silver output is only more than 10. two.

The Ming Dynasty turned its attention to the silver mountain controlled by Spain. The Ministry of Rites even directly stated in the Overseas Fanguozhi volume: Only by fully controlling the rich silver mountain can the security of the Ming Dynasty's silver be guaranteed. , is the prerequisite for the Ming Dynasty to transform from a small peasant economy to a commodity economy.

The silver from Japan alone was far from enough. Even if the silver from the Womagang Mine and Southeast Asia were added, it would still not be enough.

The only way to obtain this silver mountain is to conquer it by force.

Similarly, Ming Dynasty must consider whether to change the status quo, that is, the basic direction of obtaining large amounts of silver by taking advantage of commodities.

(End of this chapter)