After being captured by the Satsuma clan in 1609, King Shoning was forced to sign the "Fifteen Articles" with the Satsuma clan, recognizing the Satsuma clan's control of Ryukyu. At the same time, the five Amami islands (i.e., Kikaijima, Tokunoshima, and Amami Island) were
The islands, Okinagabu Island and Yoron Island) were put under the direct jurisdiction of the Satsuma Domain, and they were able to be released alive.
In addition, Ryukyu was forced to send an envoy to meet the shogun, a move known as "Going to Edo".
As a result, Ryukyu, like Tsushima, became one country and two vassals for trade reasons, and trade was completely controlled by the Satsuma Domain.
"This is unreasonable. I will immediately send the Donghai Navy to expel the Japanese."
Zhu Yixi clapped her hands angrily and immediately made up her mind.
Immediately, he summoned the envoys of the Tokugawa Shogunate and explained the situation.
Unexpectedly, after learning that the Shimazu family had acted so recklessly, he actually said:
"As early as the fourteenth year of Kan'ei (1637), the King of Japan granted the title of Kagoshima Domain Ryukyu to the height of 120,000 stone..."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yixi was startled.
The Tokugawa family must be stupid. The local princes have acquiesced to the expansion of their power. No wonder they will be overthrown by the rebel faction in the future. This is retribution!
"In this case, Ryukyu is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. If your country doesn't care about it, then the Ming Dynasty will not be polite to you."
After some announcements, the Zhengdan court meeting was truly over.
The vassal envoys in Beijing were all talking about it, saying that after the Ming Dynasty helped restore Korea, it was once again preparing to restore Ryukyu.
There are endless voices of praise, promotion, envy and so on.
The suzerain country is so domineering.
However, North Korea seemed very excited about teaching the Japanese a lesson and restoring Ryukyu, and could not wait to participate in this operation.
However, even if he begged repeatedly, the emperor did not agree.
How could he not know the thoughts of the Korean people? After the Imjin Japanese Rebellion, he couldn't wait to take revenge, but he never had a chance.
Now it is quite comfortable to follow Da Ming and pick up scattered things.
If it were just a normal restoration of the country, that would be enough. Zhu Yixi wished that all the vassal states in the world would come to see it and show off the country's prestige.
However, considering that the Ryukyu Islands are too important as a transit point for trade between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, they cannot be used by others.
Therefore, Zhu Yixi was prepared to help the Ryukyu Kingdom and approved its attached requirements, thus setting up the Ryukyu House.
Since then, through the Amami Islands of Ryukyu, you can almost get close contact with Japan's Kyushu Island.
The huge East China Sea is truly an inland sea.
"Let Zheng Zhilong, the commander-in-chief of the Donghai Navy, come to see me."
The emperor thought about it for a moment. This matter required a face-to-face interview, not a letter or anything else.
"Forget it, it's quite troublesome to come from Zhoushan."
We still have to send Zhu Jing.
This boy has been trained for many years, and he has some skills in dealing with people and leading troops in battle. If he goes to Ryukyu to increase his qualifications, his future will be limitless.
Besides, he is a person who understands the king's heart and can definitely complete the task.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yixi decided to delay his entry into the Beijing camp and let him brush up on his qualifications first.
When all the ministers found out, they all fell silent.
Immediately, he was busy preparing to add people to the mission. Everyone knew that this was a false mission, and who didn't want his children to take credit for it?
After the lively Zhengdan Day passed, time came to the fifth year of Shaowu.
That is, 1651 AD.
Shortly after the Chinese New Year, the new King of Qin, Zhu Cunmufu, waited for several months and finally received the imperial decree and was granted the title of King of Qin.
It was at this moment that Zhu Yixi suddenly woke up.
Zhu Cunmufu has no heirs. Although he is young, he thinks his future will be dangerous.
This prince of Qin can also be inherited by one of his sons, and it can be regarded as a direct lineage.
The Ministry of War prepared supplies in an orderly manner, including shoes and socks, quilt covers, summer clothes, weapons, gunpowder, mules and horses, etc., and stored them in large quantities.
Since military rations were allocated directly from Taicang, grain prices did not increase much and remained stable as before.
However, after Lu Daqi entered the cabinet, he made new suggestions regarding the price of food in the capital:
"In the second year of Shaowu's reign, when the capital was first restored, Jiang Shaobao (Jiang Yueguang) stayed in the capital and fixed the price of grain at one stone per silver dollar, with an increase or decrease of no more than 10%."
Lu Daqi cupped his hands and looked at the emperor and cabinet ministers in front of him. Without any panic, he told his first motivation for joining the cabinet:
"Now the capital city is stable, shipping is smooth, and there are no canal blockages. As a result, the number of troops approved by the Governor's Yamen for water transportation is now only more than 10,000, and it is even decreasing month by month."
"Nowadays, sea transportation accounts for 70%, and water transportation only accounts for 30%. There is a lot of food in the capital, but the price of food is as stable as a mountain, still around a silver dollar."
"As far as I know, the most expensive grain price in Yingtian Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River is only 7 cents. The price of grain in the capital is out of date."
After hearing this, the atmosphere instantly became quiet.
Without him, food issues are a critical matter at all times.
When in Huguang, the shogunate relied on the power of Shaanxi merchants to establish a grain guild, which gathered a large number of medium and large grain merchants and stabilized grain prices.
Later, the Ironware Guild, the Salt Merchant Guild, the Wine and Vinegar Guild, etc. were established to control the prices of consumer goods and also solve the problem of tax collection.
After the emperor entered Beijing, considering the huge influence and monopoly of the guilds, various guilds were dissolved. However, he introduced food guide prices to prevent the price from soaring.
In this era where food determines everything, controlling food prices is equivalent to controlling commodity prices.
If food prices are stable, everything will be stable.
Each province has its own guideline price for grain, and this is especially true for the capital.
In the past two years, due to the gradual resumption of production in Hebei and Shandong, and the steady export of grain from the south, grain has actually been in a state of decline, and grain merchants have made huge profits.
If food prices do not fall, other prices will remain firm, which is uncomfortable.
Therefore, Lu Daqi's opinion is that as the situation changes with time, the food guidance price will also change.
One wants to change, but most of the courtiers don't want to change and want stability.
The reason why I am opposed is because of food stamps.
Food stamps are banknotes issued based on the grain of the imperial court in Taicang. If the price of food falls, the value of the food stamps will also be low, thus reducing fiscal revenue.
But Lu Daqi saw the dangers of banknotes:
It would kidnap the entire court to maintain high food prices.
In other words, when the court runs out of money, it will raise food prices, thereby increasing the value and purchasing power of food stamps and solving financial problems.
Therefore, if things go on like this, the imperial court will only make food prices higher and higher instead of lowering them, which will turn into a rebellion forced by the government and the people.
Of course, the Shaowu court would not think so, but there is no guarantee that future generations will not think so!
"Xiang Zhuang dances with the sword, aiming at Pei Gong."
Zhao Shu's eyes narrowed and he said softly: "Mr. Lu's thoughts are probably about food stamps!"
The emperor immediately woke up and looked at Lu Daqi thoughtfully.
Lu Daqi knew he couldn't hide it, and he didn't want to spin around. He said bluntly: "Although food stamps are good, they will cause endless disasters."