Li Quan stared at the stock price on the blackboard, but what he was thinking about was sailing adventure.
Traveling back and forth between China and the Americas in the past few years, he has discovered the Hawaiian Islands, Dadong Islands, Midway Islands, Wake Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Although half of them have long been discovered by Spain, but for China
Said it was the first time.
Next, he does not plan to go to America in person, but will go south from the Philippine Islands.
Li Quan heard from the Spaniards that there are large islands further south, all of which are tropical rainforests. The headhunters there are more cruel than Luzon and Taiwan.
The expedition ships have been built. There are three in total, none of them are very big. They will set off when the trade wind comes.
He offered a higher salary than the American route, and finally recruited all the crew members. The most active one was Cheng Jingming, a second-generation rich man from Suzhou. He signed up without asking about the salary. He just wanted to sail around the world.
"Dang, Dang, Dang! Guide Salt Factory is up to the limit, Guide Salt Factory is up to the limit, don't get the application form from Guide Salt Factory again!"
The sound of a bell ahead disrupted Li Quan's thoughts.
Li Quan couldn't help complaining: "It's a boring trick."
He is engaged in maritime trade, and of course he knows the significance of issuing stocks. The company can raise funds from the private sector very conveniently. However, the stock market has many tricks, making stocks a gamble, at least for retail investors, which makes Li
Quan felt very boring.
"Commander Li, why don't you try your luck?" asked a wealthy businessman next to him.
Li Quan said: "It is enough to take risks on the sea, there is no need to take risks in the stock market."
The wealthy businessman complimented: "Commander Li traveled thousands of miles across the sea and almost died to do business for His Majesty. I really admire him for his determination to serve the country with all his strength."
No matter how Li Quan explains it, Sihai Trading Co., Ltd. is considered an imperial merchant, and he is the leader of the imperial merchant in people's minds.
From Nanjing to Luzon, as long as you give your name along the way, both officials and civilians will be polite to Li Quan. Really, Li Quan will meet whomever he meets. Governors, chief envoys and other high-ranking officials in the border areas will receive Li Quan's greetings.
All posts are summoned immediately.
Today's Sihai Trading Company has 19 ships, all of which can sail across the ocean. Counting the personnel at trading stations in China, Japan, America and Tanzhou (Hawaii), the company has more than 6,000 employees. They have private armies and even colonies.
——Tanzhou and Xindeng Village are essentially colonies of Sihai Trading Company.
Moreover, the business is no longer limited to American trade, there are a number of merchant ships sailing regularly between Shandong, Liaoning, North Korea, and Japan.
It even monopolized the trade from Shandong to the Tumen River, but this monopoly was a helpless move. The mouth of the Tumen River is very remote, with only more than 200 Han people (all prisoners), and even the number of Jurchens is not large. Run away
You can't make much money on a trip, so private merchant ships are reluctant to go there.
Therefore, Sihai Trading Company has some official attributes. It is not easy to make money by running Tumenjiang, and it is not profitable to continue to immigrate to the Americas. However, Sihai Trading Company is willing to do it, and its sights are obviously set on twenty or thirty years later.
Li Quan chatted with the wealthy businessman next to him for a few words, and suddenly a subordinate ran in and whispered: "The Ronin of Japan's Satsuma Domain rebelled, and Tsurumaru Castle was captured by the rebels!"
"Tsurumaru Castle was attacked?"
Li Quan was surprised and said: "When the Datong army attacked Tsurumaru Castle, they failed with their artillery. How could those rogues conquer the city?"
People kept rushing into the exchange, and they obviously got the news.
More than ten minutes later, the stock price of a company mainly engaged in Japanese trade suddenly began to plummet, and it hit the limit in less than an hour.
…
Because the Datong Army went to Kagoshima to fight, the history of the Shimadzu family has been completely rewritten.
The governor who was supported by China has passed away. The current governor is Shimazu Yoshimasa. The war compensation paid to China was only settled with interest six years ago.
Not only had to pay compensation, but they also had to be busy having fun. Even though the smuggling trade was hugely profitable, the Shimadzu family was a little unable to bear it, so they increased their exploitation of the people. What's more, the profits from the smuggling trade had to be shared with the shogunate elders.
otherwise the old Chinese would threaten to crack down on smuggling.
Japanese farmers in the Edo period were both like homesteaders and tenant farmers.
The land belongs to the lords, and farmers can only farm it on tenants. But the rented land can be passed on to descendants, which is equivalent to obtaining permanent tenant rights. So why are they said to be like yeoman farmers? Because farmers not only have to pay rent, but also have to pay taxes.
Land Fu.
Paying both rent and taxes is rare in Ming Dynasty.
Land rent and taxes are collectively called annual tribute, accounting for about 60% to 80% of farmers' total income.
Do you think this is the end?
You also have to pay miscellaneous taxes, mow grass, fish, hunt, make salt, cross bridges, sail boats... As long as you do these things, you have to pay taxes according to the rules.
In addition to annual tribute and miscellaneous taxes, they also had to perform corvées and work for the lord for free.
"Research on Peasant Revolts" published in 1928, counted a total of 574 peasant riots in Japan during the more than 200 years of the Edo period. However, after World War II, Japanese scholars continued to study historical data and found that there were more than 1,000 peasant riots in the Edo period!
On average, there are four riots per year.
Moreover, the further time goes by, the more detailed the riot plan becomes, because countless experiences have been gained, and mature uprising routines have even been summarized.
Smart leaders of peasant uprisings will start preparations years in advance. They are often ronin or rural warriors (village samurai). They dress up as monks and travel around, spying on people's hearts and recruiting comrades. As the number of companions increases, they dress up as doctors.
and masseuses, traveling to various villages, delivering messages regularly.
Before the riot began, representatives from each village gathered together to form a blood alliance and elect leaders.
The first to be attacked were neighboring villages. Wherever the peasant army attacked, local people had to join. Those who did not join would have their houses burned down to force them to rebel, similar to the coercion of Chinese rogue bandits.
Then he attacked the magistrates, burned their houses, and then laid siege to the lord's city.
The most classic series was the Kurume Uprising, in which 200,000 Japanese farmers participated. Weapons, ammunition and other supplies were collected in advance, contact points were set up in each village, and strategies, tactics and uprising goals were decided. Buildings that must be destroyed and burned were also determined, as well as
Which officials should be killed.
However, the endings are much the same.
During the uprising, no matter how much the lords bribed them, the number of traitors was negligible. The rebels were very loyal, but their demands were nonsense. They only forced the lords to implement good governance, and never thought about overthrowing the lords and the shogunate themselves.
Boss.
Often the lord agreed at the time, but two or three years later, he would revert to his old ways, and the leader of the uprising would die miserably.
Just like the Asakawa riot, the peasant uprising army grew to more than 80,000 people, and their uprising goal was to get the lords to agree to their eighteen demands.
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Three months ago.
Kagoshima, Kawara Village.
Taro Kuroda wore a monk's robe and came to this village in the valley.
"Master is here, come and sit at home." Village official Nakamura Shiro greeted him with a smile.
The two entered the house together, and Nakamura Shiro's wife was quickly sent to cook food.
Taro Kuroda took off his bamboo hat and whispered: "I have contacted 17 villages, and they are all willing to start an uprising. There are also many ronin in the castle town of Tsurumaru Castle who are willing to cooperate. What about you? Haven't you made up your mind yet?
"
Nakamura Shiro looked hesitant. After a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "I am willing to participate! The county magistrate encouraged us to reclaim the barren mountains and promised to only collect a small amount of annual tribute. However, the reclaimed mountainous land has just been matured, so we will follow the instructions of the riverside
The same tax applies to all the land. Where can we get it? Even if nothing happens, I’m afraid I won’t survive next year!”
The Japanese village officials in the Edo period were similar to Satomasa and the grain chief of the Ming Dynasty.
The land in the village belongs to the lord, and the farmers work in groups of five. Sometimes there are more than ten families in groups, and they share the annual tribute and labor. If one family cannot pay the taxes, the farmers in the same group must make up the amount.
Otherwise, they will be prosecuted and prosecuted together.
The village official is the leader of the land contracting team. If his team members cannot pay taxes, he is the first to be accused.
Taro Kuroda, who contacted the uprising, was a rural scholar.
Rural warriors are often relatively wealthy, or their ancestors were wealthy because their samurai titles were purchased.
If there are country people, there will be city people.
Warriors in the city can wear clogs, but warriors in the countryside are not allowed to wear clogs.
When the two met, the city man didn't like the country man, so he slapped him in the face. If the country man dared to resist, the city man could just draw his sword and kill him without taking any responsibility for the crime afterwards.
Taro Kuroda's grandfather was relatively wealthy and tried every means to buy the title of a rural scholar. By his generation, his family had long been in decline. He was full of resentment towards the lords and county officials because his family was impoverished by the government.
Nakamura Shiro said: "Please talk about "Datong Collection" and the Tang Dynasty. I like your talk about these the most."
Taro Kuroda has said it countless times, and he said it right away: "The emperor of the Tang Dynasty said that everyone is born equal. In Japan, the four peoples, namely the royal family, the Chinese family, the noble family, and the common people, are equal. I am a country scholar and a noble family.
Taro Kuroda said: "Equality has already existed in the Tang state. The emperor of the Tang state was also called the First Emperor of the People's Republic of China. That is to say, from him on, the emperor of the Tang state was the emperor of the common people."
Nakamura Shiro has heard this statement a long time ago and asked it countless times. At this moment, he still showed a look of yearning: "The Tang country is so good, why were we not born in the Tang country? I heard people say that the Tang army attacked Crane in the past.
Maruchi never robbed civilians, and used money to buy anything it needed from civilians. The people near Tsurumaru missed the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and looked forward to the Tang army coming to fight again."
Taro Kuroda continued: "The emperor of the Tang Dynasty was also a commoner before. He killed the daimyo and county officials and distributed all the land to the farmers. The farmers of the Tang Dynasty no longer farmed the land for the daimyo, but farmed the land for themselves. Every year
The annual tribute is also very small. Businessmen from the Tang Dynasty in Kagoshima Port told me that even the farmers in the mountains there have enough food. When there is a famine, the emperor will ask officials to provide relief."
"My own land? It's really unimaginable. Farmers in the Tang Dynasty can also have their own land," Nakamura Shiro asked, "So when we rebel, can we have our own land?"
Taro Kuroda said: "If the farmers of the Tang Dynasty can do it, so can we."
The nature of the Japanese peasant uprising has changed due to the influence of "Datong Collection". Their demand is no longer to let the lords implement good governance, but to seize land from the lords!
