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Chapter 434: Japanese Silver Mountain

The fall of the Southern Han was very fast. After Liu Sheng was captured, it disappeared in the blink of an eye. Guo Rong even recovered the Jinghai Army and re-established the Rinan County here.

The position of the Jinghaijun Jiedushi actually included the Liangshan Mountain in Vietnam in reality. It was originally the Rinan County in the Western Han Dynasty. The Jinghaijun Jiedushi was established during the Tang Dynasty.

Guo Rong didn't want to abandon this place. He wanted to learn from Li Shimin and become an emperor of all ages. He also wanted his posthumous temple name to be Taizong instead of Shizong.

Emperor Taizong Wen of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

So naturally he had to ensure that the Golden Bowl was intact, so not only Rinan County, but also Dali Kingdom he wanted to take back. The Andong Protectorate in the northeast and the four Anxi towns in the western region were all in his plan.

The advent of horse-drawn trams gave him confidence in this.

Guo Rong also implemented the Fubing system in Rinan County. Rinan County was also divided into eight Zhechongfu, with a total of 8,000 Fubing. Because the climate in Rinan County was hot and not suitable for war horses, there were not many horses prepared. Guo Rong established the South China Sea Navy in Lingnan, and Rinan County was a base of the South China Sea Navy.

The environment here is hot, with a large amount of tropical rainforests. There are also continuous mountains, making it difficult to travel on land, so a navy must be prepared.

At the same time, Guo Rong has been preparing to open up the sea. The first step to opening up the sea is to have a strong enough navy to protect the vast sea borders.

After conquering the Northern Han, Guo Rong spent a year sorting out the south of the Yangtze River, and then returned to his loyal Luoyang. At this time, the Later Shu Kingdom had also been conquered, and the world was basically unified.

Next, they began to collect intelligence on the Dali Kingdom and prepare to attack it.

During this period of time, the imperial court was not idle. Richard acquired several silver mines and increased the amount of silver coins again. The imperial court had more money. After having money, Richard began to repair water conservancy projects in various places.

You have to know that over the years, the country has been in chaos for a hundred years, and the water conservancy projects in many places have not been repaired for decades. Now that the court has silver coins, it cannot keep them in its hands forever, and it must let them circulate.

The best way to circulate silver coins is to build infrastructure in various places. Not only can it improve roads and water conservancy projects, but it can also give people more money.

The emergence of silver coins eased the money shortage. Even though the imperial court suppressed more than three million silver coins for four consecutive years, it was still hard to find a silver coin on the market. These silver coins were basically collected by the wealthy and powerful.

Although there were fewer silver coins on the market, the number of copper coins increased. The imperial court suppressed so many silver coins, but there was still a shortage of money on the market.

One of the reasons is that the north and south began to connect. Jiangnan was also short of money. In fact, since the Tang Dynasty, the economic situation in Jiangnan has begun to surpass that of the north and Guanzhong.

Nowadays, the trade in Jiangnan is active, and barter is often used. The shortage of money is more serious than in the north. In the Southern Liang Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, made hundreds of millions of iron coins in the Southern Liang Dynasty in order to worship Buddhism, which caused serious consequences. The main reason was the shortage of copper.

The emergence of silver coins has greatly alleviated the shortage of money and promoted the development of commerce, but silver coins are still insufficient. Richard speculated that in order to keep the coins in the market in normal circulation, at least one or two million silver coins and the same number of copper coins must be minted every year.

Richard has now discovered that a lot of silver coins have been circulated to other countries, the most obvious being the Khitan Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom was also short of money, and at least 300,000 of the iron coins he minted were circulated to the Liao Kingdom.

In addition to Liao, Goryeo, Silla, and Baekje also had silver coins in circulation, and even Dongying began to see the Great Zhou silver coins. As Zhou's trade continued to expand, silver coins would circulate in Tianzhu, Daqin, and even in the West.

The silver production in the Central Plains is not high. If the imperial court continues to mine, even if the silver mines are emptied, it will not be enough. So Richard turned his attention to Japan.

At this time, Japan was in the midst of war and was in disarray. The largest silver mine in Asia was in Japan. If this silver mine could be taken, the silver coins of the Great Zhou would not be cut off for the next few hundred years.

The problem of money shortage will be solved.

"Your Majesty, although we now have silver mines in the Central Plains, I do not recommend large-scale mining." Richard said to Guo Rong in the Qinzheng Hall.

Guo Rong asked in confusion, "Why don't you mine the silver mine?"

"Your Majesty, we must leave something for future generations. What if it is all mined out now and future generations have nothing to use?" Richard said.

"If we don't mine now, what will we use?"

"It's very simple, Your Majesty. We don't mine ours, but we can mine in other places!" Richard said with a smile, taking out a map.

"This is the Central Plains, this is Jiangnan, this is the East China Sea, and this island is Japan."

"I traveled all over the world and found a huge silver mine on this small island in Japan! Its reserves are greater than all the silver mines in China today. It is enough for us to use for a long time."

"How could such a small country like Japan actually have such a silver mountain?" Guo Rong said in surprise.

"Your Majesty, this overseas area has many specialties. In some places, there is so much gold and silver that it is like a sea of ​​gold and silver." Richard said with a smile.

"Overseas, east of the ocean, tens of thousands of miles away, there is a vast land that does not detract from the beauty of our Central Plains. The number of gold mines here is rare in the world. In the south, there is the world's largest silver mountain."

"Overseas is so rich!" Guo Rong's eyes lit up when he heard Richard's description. Such a large amount of wealth must be in the hands of the court.

"It's a pity that the distance is too far." Guo Rong sighed again when he thought of the distance of tens of thousands of miles.

"Your Majesty, it is still difficult to travel back and forth with current navigation technology, but with the continuous development of navigation technology and shipbuilding technology, we will eventually build large ships that can cross the oceans. Then we can naturally send people to mine!"

"Will there really be such a day?" Guo Rong asked.

"Of course there is! As long as Your Majesty encourages the craftsmen to continue to improve their technology, it will be realized one day."

"It's still a long way across the ocean, but we can't let go of this one right in front of us."

"We must take over the silver mines in Japan!" Guo Rong said as he looked at the map in front of him, "But our Great Zhou is the most powerful country in the Central Plains, a country of etiquette. Japan was very submissive during the Tang Dynasty, so it would be a shame if we rashly invaded it."

"Your Majesty, this Japanese is not respectful." Richard said directly.

"Oh, is there something else going on here?"

"During the pre-Sui Dynasty, Japan sent envoys to the Sui Dynasty. In the letter they brought, they called themselves the emperor of the land of the rising sun and the emperor of the land of the setting sun. Then they were taught a lesson by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty." "Then during the Tang Dynasty, these Japanese people called themselves the emperor again. The letter they brought with them even more brazenly called themselves the emperor. Then Empress Wu Zetian was furious and denounced them as the king of Wa and forbade them to call themselves the emperor."

"Emperor?" Guo Rong was slightly stunned, then he said angrily: "How dare you, a small country like yours, call yourself the emperor!"

"A tiny barbarian actually calls himself the emperor! This is treasonous!"

Guo Rong was so angry that his hair stood on end: "How arrogant!"

"Come here! Order all the ministers of the cabinet, the Privy Council, and the six ministers to come to the Qinzheng Palace!" Guo Rong gave the order directly.

Soon many ministers came. At that time, they didn't know what had happened, but when they saw Guo Rong's angry face, they all became cautious.

Guo Rong was usually kind and respectful to his ministers, but he was equally terrifying when he got angry. You have to know that he was an emperor who was about to establish his own kingdom. From the first day of his accession to the throne, it was the Battle of Gaoping. He overcame all odds and won the Battle of Gaoping, which earned him the respect of those arrogant and brave generals.

After that, he fought wars all over the world. Except for Richard, no one dared to face his anger.

"Your Majesty, I wonder what important matter is that you have summoned us together for?" asked the Deputy Prime Minister Fan beside him.

"Get ready, the imperial court must send a large army to conquer Japan as soon as possible!" Guo Rong said directly.

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"Conquer Japan?" Upon hearing this, the ministers around were stunned. What was going on? Why did the emperor suddenly want to conquer Japan?

Japan is overseas, far from the Central Plains. What if the army fails in a long expedition? In addition, the only way to Japan is by boat. The sea is unpredictable. Once something goes wrong, tens of thousands of troops may be overturned by the waves. The risk is too great.

"Your Majesty, Japan is a vassal state. It should submit quickly. It would not be a good idea to attack it rashly." said another minister nearby.

"A rash expedition? Come and submit quickly?" Guo Rong sneered, then stood up and said, "Come and submit quickly. They dare to use the emperor's name and you tell me to come and submit quickly?"

"He is a small barbarian country, the Japanese slaves, and yet he dares to usurp the title of emperor! Then what is the emperor of the Great Zhou?"

The minister who had just spoken was startled by Guo Rong's words and quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I didn't know this barbarian was so rampant!"

When the ministers in the hall heard the word "emperor" from Guo Rong's mouth, they were immediately shocked. A small barbarian actually dared to call himself the emperor. This was intolerable for the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was trying to unify the world and rebuild China.

A small barbarian country like Japan actually dares to use the emperor. This is disrespectful to China!

Upon hearing this, the ministers in the hall became furious and immediately expressed their desire to teach these barbarians a lesson!
The Great Zhou was able to unify the world because it was full of martial virtues. Guo Rong was actually equivalent to the founding monarch of the Great Zhou. In this situation now, Japan must pay the price.

After recovering Wuyue, Southern Han, and Southern Tang, the imperial court also accepted the navy of Southern Tang, Wuyue, and Southern Han, with a total of 100,000 navy. So many navy were kept, so it was just right to send them out to give those barbarians a little shock from the Great Zhou!

As for the night parade of hundreds of demons and the rampage of evil spirits in Japan, it is difficult for others but not worth mentioning for Richard. As long as he wants, he can directly wipe out all the monsters and onmyojis in Japan.

Even if their so-called Amaterasu dared to come out, he could deal with her with one blow.

After everyone in the court reached a consensus, the war machine of the Great Zhou immediately began to operate. After learning that the court was going to invade Japan, the generals suddenly became excited.

Seeing that the whole country was unified and there would be no more wars to fight, they suddenly heard that the imperial court was going to conquer Japan. This was great news for those ministers who wanted to make achievements.

Moreover, many generals who knew Japan discovered that if they wanted to conquer Japan, the best way was to attack from the north. The northern route would start from Dengzhou, go north to Silla first, then go south along the coast, cross the Tsushima Strait, and reach Japan.

This route can be said to be the safest. If we want to take this route, we must attack Liaodong and control Goryeo, Silla, and Baekje at the same time. Since we have already achieved this, then the Liao Kingdom should also be destroyed.

By this calculation, it is another achievement of destroying several countries.

The generals who were originally worried that they would not have the opportunity to make meritorious service immediately became happy, and began to link up with each other, preparing to grab the credit.

Especially those generals who did not achieve great merit in conquering Tang, Wuyue and Southern Han, put all their efforts into it and prepared to make a big move. Even if they could not get the title of Duke, they would at least get the title of County Marquis.

Guo Rong naturally noticed what these people were thinking, and encouraged them in his heart. He naturally did not intend to let Liao go.

The Liao Kingdom, a Khitan tribe in the northeast in the past, has grown to this size today. Although the Liao Kingdom lost the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, they took away a large number of craftsmen and books from here.

The Liao Kingdom is no longer the nomadic people with no technology. Although their weapons and equipment are not as good as those of the Zhou Kingdom, they are not far behind.

It can be said that the current Liao Kingdom is to the Zhou Kingdom as Goguryeo is to the Li Tang.

The emergence of such a powerful nomadic country in the north was not a good thing for the Zhou Kingdom. Therefore, Guo Rong would not allow the Liao Kingdom to continue to develop.

It just so happened that in the past few years, the imperial court conquered the Northern Han, Southern Tang, Southern Han, and Wuyue, unified the country, and greatly increased the national strength. On the other hand, the rail carriages have also been laid to Youzhou.

The time has come for the imperial army to attack the Liao Kingdom.

This time, Guo Rong planned to attack the Liao Kingdom by land and sea, starting from Donglai and attacking across the sea, while the land route was to go north from Youzhou.

After the army went north from Youzhou, it attracted the Khitan forces and then penetrated the rear of the Liao Kingdom by land and sea. Under the pincer attack from both sides, no matter how strong the Liao Kingdom was, it had no choice but to be defeated.

After regaining Hexi, the imperial court obtained a large number of war horses. At this time, the number of war horses of the imperial guards was no less than that of the Khitans, and the cavalry that the Khitans were proud of no longer had an advantage.

Guo Rong appointed his ministers to prepare food and supplies, and at the same time began to send a large army to Youzhou. Although Guo Rong wanted to conquer Japan as soon as possible, he was not in any hurry.

The deployment of troops was still orderly, and they did not become complacent because they had unified the country. With the help of rail carriages and sea transportation, the food and supplies prepared by the court were quickly transported to Youzhou, and a war was about to break out.

(End of this chapter)