Wanli 1592

Chapter 144 Zhu Yijun Summoned His Officials

This is how Xiao Ruxun's ensemble was written.

"Japan is a small country with few products, but it is rich in gold and silver. I learned from the Japanese pirates that there is a big silver mountain on the Japanese island, with an annual output of one million taels of silver. I also heard that there is an island called On Sado, there is a gold mountain with an annual output of about 8000 taels of gold. In addition to these two, the country is dotted with gold, silver, and copper mines, and the population is already tens of millions. The gold, silver, and copper mines, the young and strong labor force, is really the Ming Dynasty. What is urgently needed, why doesn't your majesty take it for the country's use?"

Xiao Ruxun's short words made Zhu Yijun's mind suddenly rise to the idea of ​​destroying Japan's occupation of its territory and wantonly searching for gold and silver.

As an emperor, Zhu Yijun was really poor and scared, and he was also scared by those civil officials. In order to ensure that his internal treasury would not be exhausted, so that future generations would have no money to use, he searched for gold, silver, copper ore, and worked hard. I want to mine.

But on the one hand, there are many obstacles. On the other hand, Daming is rich in natural resources, but only lacks precious metals such as gold, silver and copper. Now that Japan lacks everything except gold, silver and copper mines, it is a bit impatient to occupy it. Japan should develop it well.

Moreover, the population of Japan really surprised Zhu Yijun. I remember that during the Taizu period, people said that Japan had only one million people and one hundred thousand soldiers. It was actually a small country. Come on, there are at least a million young and strong laborers. No wonder they can mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to invade North Korea. There is a fierce island country with a population of tens of millions on the side of the bed, and Zhu Yijun feels uneasy.

As Xiao Ruxun explained before, when he wants to do things, he is always refuted by the civil servants on the grounds that he does not care about people's livelihood, but if he uses the captives of the kingdom of clowns to serve Daming, no one can say no, Zhu Yijun is not stupid, With Xiao Ruxun's inspiration, he quickly drew inferences from one instance.

He discovered that captives can be used to do many things unscrupulously in many places, such as building cities, building the Great Wall, building canals, building roads, building post stations, transporting grain and grass to the border, building ships, building weapons, and so on. You don't need to spend money, you just need to take care of some food, and you don't need to wear the big hat of not being considerate of people's livelihood, and you can still get the support and praise of the people. Civil officials can't say no!

Even this is the government of virtue, not tyranny.

Can the civil servants still come up with any reason to say that it is tyranny to use captives to replace the people of the country to serve in corvée?The saliva of the people all over the world can drown these bastards!Moreover, as soon as this opening was opened and the practice was opened, the people became accustomed to using captives to replace them in corvee service. If it was canceled in the future, it would not only lose the prestige of the court.

Japan's tens of millions of people can't just be wasted like this!

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Zhu Yijun stood up and walked a few steps. He was so excited that he couldn't control himself. After thinking about it again and again, he asked about the time. He decided to make an exception. Minister Yang Junmin.

Shi Xing is a person who can be used, and can be trusted to a certain extent, but Yang Junmin, the son of Yang Bo, Zhu Yijun sneers and sneers.

Exporting necessities and ironware to Mongolia while fighting with Mongolia was a good thing Yang Bo and Jinshang Group did during the Jiajing period. They thought that no one knew about it. However, it was an open secret. Zhu Yijun learned through special channels that at first it was Shocked and angry, she gradually came back to her senses and adopted an attitude of keeping silent.

It's getting late, and the six ministers should have left the palace to go home and rest, but the war is pressing recently, and things are busy on the front line. Except for the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment, the other four ministers, including the Ministry of Officials, are not busy. Everyone stayed and worked overtime to deal with things. At this time, Zhang Cheng hurried over with Zhu Yijun's order.

"Who? Zhang Cheng? What is he doing here?"

Zhang Wei was in charge of the work of the four ministers, when suddenly he heard a report from a small official that Zhang Cheng, the eunuch next to His Majesty, had come to make an announcement. After finishing writing, I don't know what kind of moth that His Majesty the Emperor, who has not shown his face for a long time and only communicates with everyone with paper and pen, is going to do something.

After a while, Zhang Cheng hurried in.

"Hey, all the ministers haven't left yet? Just in time, Shibutang and Yangbutang are summoned by His Majesty to discuss important matters!"

"what?!"

Zhang Wei and the four ministers showed extremely surprised expressions together.

His Majesty the Emperor is going to summon the ministers?When was the last time you were summoned?years ago?How long has the ministers not seen His Majesty the Emperor?Because of the national dispute and the anger of the ministers, the emperor refused to summon the ministers, and only issued orders in the form of warrants in response to state affairs. He absolutely did not contact the ministers, let alone other things, even the first month sacrifices and imperial examinations. , which made the civil servants embarrassed and resentful.

Without the emperor standing in front of me, I feel that everything I do is not justified, it is really shameless today!Not at all as virtuous (easy to fool) as his father (soft ears) - the civil servants complained privately.

But what happened today?Has the emperor changed his temper?Has the weather changed?Want to summon the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of the Ministry of Household?

Yang Junmin and Shi Xing glanced at each other, and they could see the excitement and joy in each other's eyes. The two straightened their hats, straightened their collars, and dusted off their bodies. After smelling the clothes for any strange smell, he excitedly followed Zhang Cheng to see the emperor, making Zhang Wei more or less envious and apprehensive.

The two soon arrived in front of the emperor's palace. Zhang Cheng went in to communicate, and then an order to summon came out. The two drove straight in from the steps, one on the left and one on the right, feeling excited.

After entering the palace, they saw the emperor who almost forgot what he looked like sitting behind the desk. The two knelt down and saluted together: "My minister Shi Xing (Yang Junmin) pays homage to Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live long live long live."

"No, get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The two stood up, leaned forward respectfully, and were about to say some gentle words to condolence to the emperor who had not seen him for many years, exchange feelings, and ease the stiff relationship between the two parties, but the emperor did not seem to repair the relationship with the minister idea.

"I didn't come to you for other things, but for the previous thing. I think it is necessary to talk about it in person. The matter is urgent, so I won't be polite. Shi Xing, I want to ask you, I want five hundred warships, how long will you take?" Can it be arranged? Also, how many sailors and sailors are needed?"

Shi Xing was taken aback, looked up at the emperor's face, blinked his eyes, and answered after a while: "Probably, nearly ten thousand naval officers, soldiers and sailors are needed, and they can be ready in a month. Your Majesty, could it be..."

"Yang Junmin, I would like to ask you, how much military expenditure will it take to dispatch a navy consisting of five hundred warships and ten thousand officers and soldiers to fight against Japanese pirates? How much can the treasury pay?"

Yang Junmin and Shi Xing were dumbfounded by the emperor's sudden question, but they were veteran bureaucrats, so they quickly realized, calculated silently, and quoted a conservative price of 30 taels of silver.

"I estimate that there must be 30 taels, and the treasury silver that can be used for military expenses by the household department treasury is at most... at most [-]."

(End of this chapter)