"That's right. Let's not say that in the early days of our Ming Dynasty, all outsiders became barbarians. I just said that if the wealth of other countries could enter the treasury of our Ming Dynasty, who are you? There is no one in other countries! An Ke obeys your orders!"
Li Mo started to sneer as soon as Zhu Pingan finished speaking.
In fact, the translation of Li Mo's meaning is that this country is stupid. It gives you money in vain, and you, Zhu Pingan, don't even take a pee and look in the mirror to see what kind of virtue you have!
"Shangguo, a state of etiquette, cannot use weapons randomly against other countries. In addition, our Ming Dynasty is currently capturing the Japanese from the north and the south, and we have nothing to do! How can we start another war!" An official behind Li Mo also stood up to defend Li Mo.
Waving the flag and shouting, he joined the queue to denounce Zhu Pingan.
"He dares! The military is a major issue for the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. We must not ignore it! If he dares to lead our Ming Dynasty into the flames of war at will and fall into a place of eternal destruction, I will kill him with my own hands." Li Mo listened.
At that time, I was glaring at him, and my words didn't take Zhu Pingan's feelings into consideration at all.
This wolf, this wolf, is talking about this beast!
Li Mo spoke very excessively. He was a thief who opened his mouth and a beast when he kept his mouth shut. Although this person was characterized as a loyal minister and an upright minister in history, Zhu Ping'an was still very unhappy when he heard Li Mo's remarks. This kind of person is very stubborn, so stubborn that he can't
Accept opinions contrary to his.
However, after all, this person came from his home country. In addition, at this time, Li Mo was an official and a minister, and his little arm could not break the other person's thigh, so Zhu Pingan restrained himself.
"Tsk tsk, look at how angry our boss is, why can't he let the champion finish his words?" Yan Shifan looked at Li Mo sideways and sneered sarcastically.
"Humph, let's see what kind of flowers he can name." Li Mo shook his sleeve vigorously.
Before speaking, Zhu Pingan bowed his hands to Li Mo and others. After the salute, Zhu Pingan took out two books from his sleeves, showed them to everyone one by one, and then presented the books to Emperor Jiajing, who was led by Xiaohuangmen.
Sent up.
"I came up with this idea when I was looking at two classics. The first classic is Xiyang Fan Guo Zhi (2), which was written by Gong Zhen, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, Zheng He, who accompanied him on his voyages to the West.
There are two interesting records in the classics. The first of them is this: Gong Zhen sailed with the fleet to the Japanese country of Japan, which is now the den of Japanese pirates on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty. After accepting tribute from the Japanese chieftain, Gong Zhen
When Zhen and others were replenishing fresh water and fruits and vegetables in Japan, one of the crew members who was in charge of purchasing went to a butcher to buy mutton, which required a total of 20 taels of silver. The crew only brought 20 taels of silver, and the rest was gold. Seeing this, the butcher said:
Two taels of silver. If the silver is not enough, gold can also be used. Six taels of gold will do. The crew looked at him sideways and collected enough silver to pay for the mutton. When he told this to everyone, they all laughed at the traitor of the butcher."
After Emperor Jiajing obtained the two books, Zhu Ping'an began to speak unhurriedly, as if telling a story.
"The Japanese are treacherous. Two taels of silver are equal to three taels of gold, but the Japanese butcher wants 6 taels of gold. It is really greedy and shameless!" After hearing the story told by Zhu Pingan, an official shook his head and criticized the cunningness of the Japanese indignantly.
"Japanese butchers are greedy and stupid. One tael of gold is equal to two taels of silver. This kid also knows it. He is stupid and doesn't know it, but he tries to plot this against the people of the Ming Dynasty. It's really ridiculous." Someone shook his head with a smile and said, and got a lot.
people's approval.
"The second interesting record is similar to this record, but this time the Japanese chief sent people to the treasure ship to pay tribute. During the tribute, one of the Japanese chiefs' civilian officials took a fancy to a piece of silk. He wanted 5 taels of silver, so the Japanese chief
The official paid 1 tael of gold, took away the silk, and left. The person in charge of the fleet hurriedly chased the Japanese official to find the 5 taels of silver, but unfortunately the Japanese official walked too fast and could not catch up. During the voyage, the person in charge was
I can't help but worry about it." Zhu Ping'an said slowly.
Everyone burst out laughing, why are all the Japanese people like this? The butcher was so stupid that he couldn't tell the difference between one tael of gold and ten taels of silver. How come the Japanese officials were so careless! They were really barbarians, not civilized!
"Zhu Zihou. You don't talk about the method of doubling the national treasury without adding taxes to the people. Instead, you talk about these inconsequential things. Do you think I am a fool like that Japanese bandit?" An official behind Li Mo listened.
These two inconsequential travel notes Zhu Pingan told about, I couldn't help but stand up and accuse Zhu Pingan.
"Don't be anxious, sir. What Ping'an is talking about is how to double the national treasury without increasing the wealth of the people." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly.
What?
What kind of method is this to double the treasury? Isn't it just two irrelevant travel notes? It's just a stupid butcher and a sloppy official! Are you saying that you want to make money from this stupid butcher and a sloppy official? Are you kidding me?
, even if you squeeze them dry, it will only be worth three melons and two dates! It will not help the problem!
There was a burst of contempt from the officials, especially the official who spoke just now, and they all laughed out loud.
"Zhu Zihou, are you kidding me?" Li Mo held back his anger and almost shouted.
"How dare Ping An make a joke in this Golden Palace? What I am talking about is exactly the method of doubling the national treasury. Maybe it is not obvious in these two travel notes, so I will talk about another one. The other one I saw is Honglu Temple
records, which record the tribute paid by the Japanese state to Japan twenty years ago. It records such an incident: after the Japanese state of Japan paid tribute, Honglu Temple rewarded the envoy with one hundred taels of gold in accordance with the decree.
On the grounds that there is too much gold and it is inconvenient to distribute it, I request that the gold be replaced with 500 taels of silver of equivalent value." Zhu Pingan shook his head and then told a recorded story.
What? I still don’t understand. What kind of method is this for doubling the national treasury?
Many officials still don't understand what Zhu Pingan is talking about. These three records have something to do with the doubling of the national treasury.
"Zi Hou, are you saying that the exchange of gold and silver in Japan is one tael of gold for five taels of silver?" Yan Shifan was the first to react, and then his face was filled with joy, and his eyes were shining, as if he had seen a shortcut to get rich.
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"It is exactly what Mr. Yan said. I have verified it with various sources and can basically confirm that the gold and silver exchange ratio in the Japanese country is very different from that in our Ming Dynasty. In my Ming Dynasty, only ten taels of silver can be exchanged for one tael of gold, while in Japan, ten taels of silver can be exchanged.
2 taels of gold is exactly twice as much." Zhu Pingan nodded, and then revealed this conclusion in a positive tone.
The reason why Zhu Ping'an said this was to implant the seeds of financial war into everyone's hearts, and to use profits to draw everyone's attention abroad, hoping to subtly open the eyes of Ming people to the world.
What, the gold and silver exchange ratio of the Japanese country is actually 1:5. Why is there such a strange exchange ratio? The officials in the hall were surprised. This is the first time they have heard of this kind of thing. The exchange ratio of gold and silver is so different.
It's so big that if it changes hands, it's worth twice as much gold. It doesn't take Zhu Ping'an to say much, but everyone can easily realize the huge business opportunities in it. Even modern Chinese aunts can establish a prestigious reputation on Wall Street.
"How much gold can Japan have?" an official asked.
"During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, a Tibetan man named Marco Polo came to the Central Plains by boat from the sea. In a travelogue, he called the Japanese country zip, which translates to the country of gold. He recorded in his travel notes that everyone in the Japanese country had
There is countless gold. The roof of the palace is covered with pure gold, and the gold on the floor is as thick as the width of two fingers. There are very thick pure gold tables in many rooms, and the windows are also made of gold.
Decoration. It is said that there is a temple in Japan with a ten-foot-tall giant Buddha made entirely of gold. In the travel notes, the Japanese country is also called the Silver Islands. It is said that the Japanese country has countless silver mines, and there are continuous mountains in the open air that can be obtained by leaning over the silver sand.
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Zhu Ping'an exaggeratedly described the contents of a travelogue based on Marco Polo's oral narration. This travelogue was not the later Marco Polo travelogue, but another travelogue that was narrated during the Yuan Dynasty. This travelogue was written in
A corner of the Tibetan Pavilion was dug out by Zhu Ping'an when he was sorting out the books the day before yesterday.
As for authenticity?
Haha, who cares, but history does record that Japan had many gold and silver mines during this period. Japan's current Warring States Period is supported by gold and silver mines. (To be continued.)
ps: This chapter was completed last night and will be updated tonight.
When the ground comes down and the clouds come down, come to the pavilion and you can get the view.]