"Meet Mr. Wen Ge."

"Hey, Brother Cun is not the right title. If you want to call me Mr. Ge, should I call you Your Excellency?"

"Hey~ I made Chang Qing laugh. After all, this internal minister was appointed by a small vassal country behind closed doors. He may not even be as good as a prefect of my Ming Dynasty."

Regarding Gao Panlong's vague expression of wanting to return to the Ming Dynasty, Wen Tiren smiled slightly and did not directly affirm or deny it. Instead, he pointed around lightly: "This teahouse is very nice. It is quiet and quiet, but it has its own flavor."

.I have heard for a long time that Japan has preserved many traditions from the Han and Tang dynasties, and it seems to be true."

"Hahaha." Gao Panlong was not worried about Wen Tiren changing the subject: "There are legacy traditions from the Han and Tang Dynasties, but this country also has its own special culture and customs. Changqing can experience it later."

"Okay." Lao Wen is not Liu Xiahui, and he does not reject these things. But he is better at talking about things first, and then enjoying them.

Seeing Wen Tiren making an invitation gesture, Gao Panlong took a deep breath: "It has been almost three years since I followed His Highness Guan Bai to live in Japan in June of the first year of Tianqi. In the past three years, thanks to Guan Bai, I have

His Highness trusts you and Daming is behind you. We, as a group of people, have done something.

First, Donglin Academy was rebuilt in Osaka. Nowadays, the children of daimyo from all over Japan will enter Donglin Academy after a period of enlightenment. It is now the end of January, and the new semester is scheduled to start in April. It is expected that this semester should be able to

There are more than 3,000 new students enrolled. The total number of students on campus will exceed 10,000 for the first time."

"Not bad." He took a sip of tea and said, "Brother Cun, Fangshan School in the Ming Dynasty only has more than 30,000 students. The Royal Military Academy and the Naval Academy have less than 10,000 students. Moreover,

These schools will be split this year, and after the split, the number of students on campus is estimated to be even lower than that of Donglin."

"Split?"

"Yes, your Majesty means that the two existing military academies will be a place for middle and high-level commanders to improve and communicate in the future. As our army's equipment is updated, the demand for technical arms is getting higher and higher. Therefore, in the future, the basic

The military academies will establish different professional schools according to the different needs of artillery, baggage troops, engineers, ordinary infantry, sailors, etc.

The same is true for Fangshan. In the future, Fangshan will only have a research institute to recruit a small number of students who have the potential to become great scientists. Elementary school and middle school will be separated from Fangshan. The emperor has decided to establish schools in Beijing, Nanjing, Guangzhou, and Xi'an.

Chengdu, Wuchang and other six places have established new government-run elementary schools and middle schools based on Fangshan's original model. In the future, as fiscal revenue continues to increase, more and more cities will establish new schools."

"...The Emperor's courage is really great. Hey, I thought I had learned a little bit of the essence, but who knew it was all superficial."

"Study?" Wen Tiren smiled playfully: "Why, I heard Cunzhi say, you are teaching the Four Books and Five Classics at Donglin in Osaka?"

"Of course the words of saints must be taught. Japan has been fighting for more than two hundred years in the Warring States Period. In order to preserve the survival of their family names, the famous names in various places have done all kinds of things without limit. It is even more common to betray their masters. If you don't

The sage's words strongly advocate, how can troubled times be fundamentally eliminated? However, there is no imperial examination in Japan, so the eight-legged essay is not taught."

"Haha, besides the words of saints, what else do you teach?"

"The history of Japan, the Twenty-one History of our Celestial Dynasty, the world history published by Jinling Daily over the years, etc. As well as Japan's own unique swordsmanship and martial arts."

"Hmm..." Wen Tiren, who was thinking that he would have to find Jin Yiwei in his entourage later to find a way to get a complete set of Osaka Donglin Academy textbooks, had no waver on his face: "Establishing education is

If you still have an old business, it must be doing well. What else?"

"Moreover, what I am most proud of is that in the Toyotomi clan's own territory, we have promoted the land tax of three public servants and seven common people."

As Lao Wen, who follows Jin Shang closely, he naturally knows that Japan used to have five public officials and five citizens. He was indeed a little surprised that Gao Panlong was able to promote the three public officials and seven citizens in Japan: "Well, Cun Zhi, Guan Bai is your student, and

I have received so many years of education in my country, Ming Dynasty, and I have seen with my own eyes that ordinary people in my country have a very hard life even if they pay ten taxes and one tax. Therefore, it is easy for him to listen to you and implement the Three Publics and Seven Citizens. But if you do this, Toyotomi

Doesn’t my family become the public enemy of Japan again?”

"Of course." After a proud smile, Gao Panlong said: "When the Toyotomi family did this in their own territory at the beginning, there were indeed a lot of objections, with many silly nicknames, and the wealthy family also

To engage in rebellion. However, on the one hand, Japan now has the Ming Dynasty garrison, and some small rebellions are nothing. On the other hand, Japan is no longer a closed country during the Tokugawa Shogunate era. A large amount of gold and silver in this country can be purchased outside.

Enough food. In this way, the Three Publics and Seven Citizens can naturally continue to implement it, and the Toyotomi family implements such a policy. If other daimyo families do not keep up, then all the farmers in their territories will disappear."

"I see." After stroking his hands and laughing, Wen Tiren said: "Well, speaking of Japan's gold and silver mines, how long can they continue to be highly productive?"

"This..." Gao Panlong looked a little proud at first, but it suddenly dimmed.

Japan is a country with frequent volcanoes and earthquakes. Although natural disasters have brought great losses to the people of this country, volcanoes and earthquakes often bring up precious metals from the lower layers of the earth's crust. Therefore, Japan is rich in precious metals.

There are many gold and silver mines in the country, the most famous of which is Iwami Ginzan.

In the 17th century, Japan's silver production once accounted for more than one-third of the world's production at that time. With such a strong silver production capacity, its core silver ore was found in the silver mountain. This was the peak of its production capacity.

It can produce nearly 200 tons of silver every year (four million taels of silver, equivalent to more than 5.7 million yuan of Ming Dynasty silver dollars).

Such a high-quality mine used to be under the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, but now it is naturally under the direct control of the Toyotomi family. Toyotomi Tohide adopted a shareholding system to distribute the annual output: the Toyotomi family took 50%, and Sanada and others followed him to the Ming Dynasty.

The Japanese ministers received 20%, Gao Panlong and other Ming teachers received 10%, and the remaining 20% ​​went to the producers and managers of the mines.

It can be said that having this money is the fundamental reason why the Toyotomi family has the confidence to reduce the land tax.

However, everyone knows that the mines are not endless, and they will eventually be mined out. In the past year or two, local officials have reported many times that the mining of Iwami Yinshan is becoming more and more difficult, and the ore mined has an increasing silver content.

Coming less and less...

Not only Ishimi, other places, such as the Kai gold mine, have long been exhausted, and the output of the Sado gold mine is also declining year by year. Among the Donglin gentlemen who traveled to the east, Zuo Guangdou was considered to be somewhat practical. After detailed inspections in various places, he became pessimistic.

It is estimated that Ishimi, which is in the best condition, can continue to be mined on a large scale for another ten years, and then it will gradually become depleted.

"Chang Qing, I won't hide it from you. Japan is a country that has always been difficult to be self-sufficient in food. Besides food, there are only minerals. If the minerals are exhausted in the future, this country..." Gao Panlong shook his head with a wry smile.

Shaking his head: "No matter how hard we try, we can't stop this country's desire for external expansion."

"Cunzhi, I came here this time to bring the emperor's message. Japan should not just be a country that exports gold and silver."

"Oh? What about the emperor?"

"Copper and iron, our Ming Dynasty also need it very much. The emperor said, Shijian Yinshan not only produces silver, right? There are also many associated copper mines?"

"It is true, and the quality of the copper ore is also very high."

"That's right. Our Ming Dynasty is currently very short of copper, and the demand for iron will also rise rapidly. These are good ways to make a fortune."

"...Changqing, this country produces too little, and almost everything must be bought from overseas. Although the mining of copper and iron can last longer, these things are less valuable than gold and silver.

Come on, it’s not worth it. If things go on like this, life will get worse and worse.”

"Hahaha, Cunzhi, the emperor has thought of everything you said. So the emperor has said that starting from this year, Japan will be allowed to build steel plants and copper smelting plants. These plants are allowed to use steam engines as power."

"Ouch! This is really great!" Gao Panlong stood up excitedly: "Changqing, don't you know that Japan's copper ore and iron ore are sold very cheaply! At that time, I was thinking, what if

If we can refine these ores in Japan and then sell them, wouldn't the price go up? It's a pity that the emperor didn't make this opening before. We thought about it, but we didn't dare to do it."

"Haha, the emperor said that as the sect leader of East Asia, I, the Ming Dynasty, if only the sect of the sect prospered while the surrounding vassals starved to death everywhere, then the prosperity of the sect master would not last long. Therefore, the emperor sent me out this time.

It is necessary to appropriately relax the restrictions on each vassal state."

"Okay! In this way, Japan will not have to worry about its livelihood within a hundred years."

"Well, in addition to this, His Highness Guan Bai and I will also discuss maritime trade, logistics and appropriate recruitment of troops in Japan tomorrow."

"What do you mean, Chang Qing, to allow Japanese people to serve as soldiers for the Ming Dynasty?"

"Why not?" Wen Tiren spread his hands: "In the past, my army in the Ming Dynasty included not only Han people, but also Tujia, Mongolians, Miao people, and so on. When the emperor personally conquered Japan, the Jurchens could also defeat them.

Very good? In the Battle of Manila Bay last year, although the Fukoku, with Korean sailors as sailors, was badly beaten, the Katsura, with Japanese sailors, fought very well! Some of them were naturalized in the Ming Dynasty at an early age.

Inu Yangdong's second class has already achieved the rank of major general... Why not use such a good source of soldiers?"

"The Emperor's mind is indeed something I can't wait for. In this way, the restless samurai in Japan will have a place to go. These guys went to the Ming Dynasty to serve as soldiers. Not to mention the stability of the country, their salaries and pensions,

It’s also a little bit beneficial to this country. It’s great, it’s great.”

"Cunzhi will work hard tonight. Let's clarify with Guan Bai what we just said. I hope the meeting during the day tomorrow will be smoother. You should know that in addition to Japan, I also want to go to Siam."

"Okay, leave this matter to me. Changqing, if you open this door and turn to the left, you will find the hot spring bath. There is a little program I prepared for Changqing. Please don't dislike it."
Chapter completed!