Chapter 201 I saw the silver mountain and got rich!
The imperial palace of the Japanese state had gone through a bloodbath, and Ming army flags with the character "Qi" could be seen everywhere in the palace, swaying and fluttering in the north wind.
The lead-colored sky was covered with heavy dark clouds, and the long-standing heavy rain came without warning, just like the roaring thunder of the gods one after another, reflecting the fate of another day.
Zhu Gaojie sat behind the desk, looking at the documents in his hand attentively, and waved to the side.
Su Wen, the waiter, understood immediately and brought hot wine from the stove to say hello.
There were two secretaries around Zhu Gaojie, Su Wu when he was in the capital, and Su Wen when he was in the army. These two brothers were responsible for serving him in daily life.
The two brothers have different ways of doing things. The elder brother Su Wen is rebellious and arbitrary, while the younger brother Su Wu is reserved and resourceful. Although their personalities are different, they have one thing in common:
——Loyal to Zhu Gaojie.
When they were at their lowest, it was Zhu Gaojie who reached out to help and saved their lives. The two brothers' lives were given by King Qi, allowing them to rise from the miserable refugees of Jinling City to the top.
Su Wen is now the guard commander of the commander's camp, and is about to be sealed and knighted.
Su Wu is now the chief envoy of Goryeo Province. From a second-rank official to an eighteen-year-old feudal official, he polished his qualifications and qualifications in Goryeo Province.
Many people envy the two brothers of the Su family who climbed the phoenix branch in Prince Qi's Mansion and jumped to the sky. In fact, they only did two things.
The first thing is to show your ability, and the second thing is to show your loyalty.
Zhu Gaojiu took a sip of the wine Su Wen handed him, frowned slightly, put the wine glass on the table, and asked, "What kind of wine is this?"
Su Wen answered honestly: "This is the best Japanese sake. Lord Lu sent it to you after he cleaned up the Kyoto mansion. Don't you like it, my lord?"
Zhu Gaojie shook his head: "It doesn't matter that the Japanese people are despicable, but the craftsmanship of making wine is so bad. During the Li and Tang Dynasties, the Japanese people learned the method of making sake from our Central Plains, but they only learned the superficial knowledge but did not learn the essence."
In ancient times, the Japanese country did not have sake, but only "sake". They added charcoal to the sake to precipitate it, and drank the clear liquor, hence the name "sake". In the Tang Dynasty,
The Baekje people brought the Tang Dynasty's quzhong wine-making method to the Japanese country, which allowed the poor wine-making technology of the Japanese country to be perfected.
Japanese people often say that sake is a gift from God.
Zhu Gaojie sneered at this. If someone steals a teacher, he will steal the teacher. No matter how exaggerated he says, he can't hide the true nature of a thief.
Su Wen didn't think too much and replied honestly: "Then I'll give you a pot of Liaodong braised food?"
Zhu Gaojie said "hmm". He was actually not picky, he just looked down on Japanese culture.
I thought that Goryeo culture was already the lower limit, but I didn’t expect that Japanese culture would continue to lower this limit.
He failed to steal the skills from the Central Plains, and only learned the fur kung fu of a three-legged cat.
When Zhu Gaojie saw Su Wen's honest and courteous appearance, he couldn't help but have the idea of carving rough jade in his heart, and said: "Su Wen, do you know why businessmen can't succeed?"
Su Wen touched his head and said, "I don't know. I only know that the businessman has a despicable status and is short-sighted."
Zhu Gaojie said leisurely: "First-rate talents are in officialdom, and second-rate talents are in business. Officialdom and business are two completely different sets of knowledge. Officialdom pursues balance. Even if there is a struggle, it cannot be made explicit. In the morning
Two people who are still having dinner together may become a court interrogation in the afternoon between a legal holder and a criminal. It is calm on the surface, but there is an undercurrent surging underneath."
Su Wen asked: "What about Business Road?"
Zhu Gaojie continued: "Shopping malls pursue a win-win situation, and all competitions are displayed in front of the public. The two chambers of commerce that were fighting fiercely in the morning may become partners in the afternoon. Power and interests are two completely different things.
Something. If you have rights, you will have interests, but if you have interests, you may not have power."
Su Wen was as confused as if he were listening to a book from heaven, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I don't understand even what you said."
Zhu Gaojie couldn't help but chuckle: "It seems that you are not suitable for officialdom."
On the battlefield, Su Wen fought bravely to kill the enemy. Even though he suffered countless scars, he could still look around with pride. He was very arrogant, even a little stupid, and could not understand the world at all.
Such a person can shine even if placed in the right position.
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you understand it or not. As long as your brother Su Wu understands it, that's fine."
Zhu Gaojie drew a picture of the cake casually, "One civil and one military complement each other, and he holds a high position in the court. There will be an evergreen tree named 'Su Family' in the capital."
Su Wen's eyelids were twitching. The biggest worry in his life was that the Su family was gone.
The Su family is not a wealthy family, just an inconspicuous small family in Fujian. But the Su family was once everything to Su Wen.
After losing everything, Su Wen cared most about rebuilding the Su family.
Now, the opportunity has been presented to him.
He is expected to rebuild a Su family that is countless times more glorious than before!
This Su family is different from the former Fujian Su family. The first page of this Su family's genealogy is a separate page starting from Su Wen's name!
Su Wen rubbed his hands excitedly just thinking about it!
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When Zhu Gaojie was deceived by Su Wen and became lame, Lu Chaoyang, who was out with the Jin Yiwei to stabilize the situation in Japan, turned around and returned to the commander's camp.
Lu Chaoyang leaned forward and saluted: "Your Majesty."
"Lao Lu, didn't you take people to search the remaining royal family of the Japanese country? Why did you come back again?" Zhu Gaojie was a little confused.
Lu Chaoyang said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I and my men discovered something important after an in-depth investigation in the Japanese country. The matter is of great importance. I dare not act rashly. Please make a decision, Your Majesty."
Zhu Gaojie became interested: "Is there anything else that you, Lu Chaoyang, don't dare to do? Tell me about it."
"Your Majesty, after some investigation, I discovered that although we have wiped out all the troops of the Japanese country, there is still a powerful army hidden in the territory of the Japanese country - monks. The monk system of the Japanese country is too nonsense. Not only can monks get married,
You can also give birth to children. Not only that, the Japanese monks not only miss the secular world, but also join in the struggle among the top officials of the Japanese country, playing the role of a famous prince."
Lu Chaoyang said with a strange expression, "For example, Yanqing Temple is the main temple of the Tiantai Sect of the Japanese country. It has always been the center of Buddhism in the Japanese country. It seems sanctimonious, but in fact it is ridiculous. The monks of Yanli Temple are an independent vassal state. They have
Territory, self-sufficient in wealth, and many members of the royal family and shogunate joined in, allowing the fair-weather monks of Enryaku Temple to live a luxurious and corrupt life, with a lofty status and army. Moreover, these monks and soldiers usually have very good military discipline.
Unfortunately, incidents of raping women of the people often occur, and many mages even keep their beloved concubines in captivity, taking the opportunity to insult the wives and victims. However, the people in these lands dare not speak out in anger, which further intensifies their arrogance, and thus
In the end, Enryakuji Temple became a refuge for many bandits and outlaws, and the Tendai Sect even boasted that "as long as you join the monk army, you can enjoy the protection of the Tendai Sect."
Su Wen was stunned when he heard this: "This, this is a Buddhist temple? This is obviously a bandit's den!"
"Watch your words, Su Wen." Zhu Gaojie said in a deep voice, "This is not just a bandit's den, it's a fucking legal bandit's den!"
Only Japan could do such a thing.
Buddhism originated from Jianzhen's eastward journey during the Li and Tang Dynasties, and the teachings brought to the Japanese country by envoys from the Tang Dynasty. The Japanese gradually regarded Buddhism as their national religion. However, not long after Buddhism was introduced, it was "localized" by the Japanese.
In the Central Plains, religion was a tool used by the emperor to consolidate his power. He could allow religion to exist and even give it some privileges, such as tax exemptions for Buddhism, but he would never allow these tools to devour the master.
I can allow you to preach here, but if you have any bad intentions... then I'm sorry, I will be ready to kill you.
However, after these cultures were spread to the Japanese country and localized by the Japanese people, they began to develop in a nonsense direction.
After hundreds of years of preparation, Japanese Buddhism has successfully transformed from the original Qingdeng Ancient Buddha into the current bandit den.
If it is close to vermilion, it will be red, if it is close to ink, it will be black; if the sound is harmonious, the sound will be clear, and if the shape is straight, the shadow will be straight.
What kind of people create what kind of culture.
Although it is said that "the lotus emerges from the mud but remains unstained", you can't expect a snow-white lotus to pop out of the manure pit, right?
Zhu Gaojie pondered: "I asked you to inspect the Japanese silver mine in Iwami. How did the inspection go?"
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Lu Chaoyang was stunned for a moment and replied, "The silver production and reserves of Iwami Yinshan are astonishing. I have never seen a silver mine with such terrifying output. Iwami Shou is originally from the Dauchi clan of the Japanese country, but his dominance is not strong.
There are many people in the country, and the Nishi clan has also continued to launch attacks from Izumo, and has brought the eastern part of Iwami under its rule very early. The Mouri clan of Aki has always been eyeing this place. However, these local forces in Iwami have been swept away in Kyushu, and now we
The army has garrisoned Shijian, occupied it, and brought it under its rule, preparing for mining and excavation."
When Lu Chaoyang learned about Shi Jian Yinshan, the first thought in his mind was: get rich!
After digging these Japanese silver mines and being able to bring a whole shipload of silver back to China, Mr. Xia Yuan Jixia, the Minister of Household Affairs, would be so happy to death when he saw it!
"Well, it's true. Although the land area of Japan is not large, the silver mines are richer than you think. In fact, there are far more than just one mountain of silver. This is a country built on silver ingots." Zhu Gaojiao nodded slightly, "
Our main direction of attack in Japan is to mine silver mines. Nothing else matters. For such a small place like Japan, you can’t count on how much land tax it can turn over, but the silver mines alone can support us."
At the end of the 16th century, Japan's silver output once accounted for a quarter or even one-third of the world's output! At the same time, the Portuguese simply called Japan the "Land of Silver", which shows how amazing Japan's silver production was.
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"I understand, so I will write to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to send some talents who are good at mining silver mines to Japan." Lu Chaoyang nodded and asked, "But... Your lord, this silver mine is poisonous to the Japanese monks we just talked about."
One thing, does it matter?"
"Of course it does matter."
Zhu Gaojie said matter-of-factly, "Remember, they will not be monks in the future."
"They are the hard-working miners in our Ming Dynasty's Japanese silver mining project!"
"Take care of two meals a day, work six hours a day, all year round, and don't ask for any wages. Isn't this a hard-working miner?"