Chapter 1872, the Japanese country with a comprehensive Mingming
There is a tea house called 'Tea Cloud' in Hyogo-jin. Emperor Hongji and Liu Jin were leisurely drinking tea and chatting, overlooking Hyogo-jin in front of them, and then listening to the conversations of the people around them.
Yes, it feels pretty good.
I arrived here yesterday and had a good night's rest. Today I feel refreshed and ready to take a stroll around Hyogo-no-jin.
The days of sailing at sea are really uncomfortable. Being at sea for more than ten days in a row is boring and bumpy. Only those who have personally experienced it at sea can know the feeling. When I just get off the ship, I will feel faint.
Life on land is better, be comfortable, drink tea and enjoy life.
"I didn't expect the Japanese people to be so keen on drinking tea. The business of this teahouse is quite good. It's not much different from our Ming Dynasty. There are even newspapers showing it."
Emperor Hongzhi took a sip of tea and looked inside the teahouse. The entire teahouse was overcrowded and it was hard to find a table. Someone had reserved the seats for Liu Jin and Emperor Hongzhi in advance, otherwise there would have been no seats available.
"Drinking tea is all learned from the people of Ming Dynasty. I feel that drinking tea here is no different from drinking tea in Ming Dynasty."
Liu Jin smiled and nodded.
The teahouse in front of you is no different from the teahouse of the Ming Dynasty in terms of layout, decoration style, etc. Even the shopkeepers and waiters in the shop are all based on the teahouse of the Ming Dynasty. If you don’t nod and bow from time to time, you
You won't notice any difference.
"There is really no difference. Even the entire Hyogojin is almost the same as our city. I thought I was back in the Ming Dynasty."
Emperor Hongzhi smiled and nodded.
“Originally, I wanted to come to appreciate the exotic scenery of Japan and taste its special delicacies, but now it seems I am going to leave disappointed.”
"Your Majesty, you can still try the sashimi and sushi here. They are extremely delicious, but if you are not used to eating raw fish, you may not like it."
Liu Jin said quickly.
"Try it. Even though you're here, you still have to have a taste."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately became interested and quickly ordered.
Then Liu Jin and he began to prick up their ears and listen carefully to what the Japanese people were talking about in the teahouse.
"I heard that there seems to be a war between the Japanese king and the shogun."
"real or fake?"
"Of course it is true. It is said that the armies of both sides are already at the border. They are at war with each other and are about to start a war at any time."
"That's fine, why are we starting another fight? It's not us, the people, who will suffer in the end?"
Someone heard this and sighed.
"I heard that it was because of the affairs in the West African colonies. The Japanese king hoped that the shogunate would send troops to support the West African colonies and help defeat the Spanish. However, the shogunate was unwilling to send troops, so the conflict between the two sides intensified."
"In the final analysis, it is because the shogun and the Japanese king are fighting for the right to rule and speak over our entire Japanese country. Let me tell you, anyone can rule. Don't fight. Once a fight breaks out, you will not be able to fight.
I don’t know how many people will die.”
"If there really is a fight, I will immigrate to the Golden Continent. Wouldn't it be better to live comfortably as a Ming Dynasty citizen? I will have to go to the battlefield when the time comes."
"Many people think the same as you. I have a relative who immigrated to Nanyang. Now he has a big plantation and lives a comfortable life."
"These days, the people of the Ming Dynasty will still live. There is a lot of overseas land, and some local immigrants. We are a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and we can follow the immigrants. Why bother to go overseas to compete with Spain for the colonies in West Africa."
"This is the case for us ordinary people, but it is different for Japanese kings, shoguns and those daimyo. When they immigrated to the Ming Empire, they became ordinary people. Naturally, they would not choose to immigrate there. They would think
They are trying to seize colonies to increase their own profits."
"Yes, yes, I heard that several of the Japanese lords made a fortune in the West African colonies. They continued to plunder gold, ivory, and silver from Europe and sell white slaves, and they all made a lot of money."
"So, the shogunate will not be able to help, otherwise they will be more powerful and more difficult to deal with. The shogunate now controls some colonies on the west bank of the Indus River, which is completely different from the colonies in West Africa.
There is no comparison.”
"Anyway, I won't immigrate to those places in West Africa. I heard that there are a lot of diseases in those places, and many people died there after immigrating there."
"If you really want to immigrate, there are many good places overseas in the Ming Dynasty, such as Nanyang, Australia, and Golden Island. If that doesn't work, you can still go to the colonies and vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. We Japanese people and Ming people enjoy the same treatment. This is still very good.
of."
"Yes, yes, the Ming Empire is indeed our suzerain state, and it really has nothing to say to us Japanese people."
"..."
Liu Jin listened carefully and laughed when he heard the conflicts and fights between the Japanese and the shoguns within the Japanese country.
This incident was also caused by Liu Jin. He has always been balancing the strength between the two factions within the Japanese country, so that they can do nothing to each other and always maintain the appearance of confrontation and fighting. In this way, the Japanese country will always
Unable to unify, this is obviously more beneficial to Ming Dynasty.
The inability of the Japanese countries to unify meant that their power was always dispersed and they did not pose much of a threat to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty could also gain a lot of benefits from it.
This was a strategy formulated from the beginning, a strategy to divide the Japanese country.
This strategy is obviously very successful. The Japanese country is now divided into the Japanese king faction and the shogunate faction. Each has a large number of daimyo support and has many regions. Both of them also want to unify the Japanese country and establish their own status in the Japanese country.
Authoritative, but unable to do anything to the other party.
This is very good. Both sides must rely on the Ming Empire, otherwise it will be difficult for them to achieve anything. They must also please the Ming Empire, otherwise they may be destroyed by the other side.
"Is there any business that can be done now?"
"Of course it is necessary to open a factory. Once the machine is running, it will be worth thousands of gold. But it is best to find people from the Ming Dynasty to work together. The people from the Ming Dynasty have experience and can buy cheap machines. Our Japanese labor is cheap, and many people from the Ming Dynasty will
The factory has opened to our Japanese country."
"Is labor expensive in Ming Dynasty?"
"It's very expensive. Now, hiring a Ming person costs at least five or six taels of silver a month, and food and accommodation are also included. Otherwise, no one will be willing to work for you."
"This is too expensive, five or six taels of silver a month, including food and accommodation. No wonder many Ming people moved their factories to our Japanese country. If we have two or three taels of silver a month in Japan, it is already very expensive.
Not bad.”
"Isn't that right? Earning two to three taels of silver a month is already a very high income. In the past, you might not even be able to see 1 tael of silver a year."
"The past was before, and the present is now. Compared with the people of the Ming Dynasty, there is still a big gap between us Japanese people and the people of the Ming Dynasty. The people of the Ming Dynasty have a lot of land, and many people are not willing to work in factories. They all want to immigrate and farm their own land. One way is
Hundreds of acres, thousands of acres of land."
"So many people immigrated to the Ming Dynasty. The income from work in the Ming Dynasty is high, and the income is similar to that of the people in the Ming Dynasty. Who would want to suffer in the Japanese country?"
"Isn't that right? Moreover, if you immigrate to the Ming Dynasty, you can still mix a Ming Dynasty surname. In a generation or two, you will be a real Ming Dynasty person."
"You haven't seen it. Last time I had a relative who came back from Nanyang. He was very arrogant and condescending. He really thought he was a pure Ming Dynasty man."
"Don't tell me, there are such people. I have relatives who are like this. They immigrated to the Ming Dynasty and they feel more arrogant than the real Ming Dynasty people."
"The people of Ming Dynasty are actually very humble, polite, and gentle. They are actually very easy to get along with. They don't think they are so great."
"Yes, yes, the Ming people I have met are actually pretty good. They are polite and easy to talk to, and they don't look down on us Japanese people."
"It's not like those people. They just immigrated to the Ming Empire one by one. They all think they are real Ming people. They can't even speak Ming dialect well and can't write Chinese characters."
"That's right, I get annoyed when I see these people."
"..."
Liu Jin wanted to laugh while listening.
The Ming Empire was too attractive to the Japanese. Many people immigrated to the Ming Dynasty. As long as they immigrated to overseas places in the Ming Dynasty, they could enjoy the same treatment as the Ming Dynasty people. This also attracted many Japanese people. Koreans went to Nanyang in the Ming Dynasty.
, Australia, Golden Continent, vassal states and colonies, which greatly promoted the Ming Dynasty’s development and management of these places.
This is also one of the motivations for Japan to learn from the Ming Dynasty everywhere. Many people work hard to learn the Mandarin and Chinese characters of the Ming Dynasty for the purpose of immigrating to the Ming Dynasty. After all, they can live a good life if they immigrate, but life in Japan will be miserable.