When the civil servants heard Luo Yangxing's words, they seemed to have been slapped by him. They looked at Luo Yangxing angrily, as if they wanted to eat him.
Liu Zongzhou said angrily: "Luo Yangxing! Do you know the consequences of working with Li Zhi to deceive the emperor?"
Zheng Sanjun shouted angrily: "Luo Yangxing, what benefits did Li Zhi give you? Are you going to help him tell this big lie?"
Luo Yangxing was frightened by the threats from the two big men in the court. He stammered all of a sudden and was unable to speak to the emperor.
Zhu Youjian frowned and said loudly: "Luo Yangxing, speak boldly! Tell the truth!"
Luo Yangxing swallowed his saliva and then bravely said: "The news came from Jinyiwei in Nanzhili a few days ago. According to the raw silk merchants in Songjiang Prefecture who traveled to the East, Li Zhi's troops bombarded Nagasaki and Edo.
The two big ports indeed defeated 120,000 Japanese troops in Osaka last month. The Japanese shogunate finally surrendered completely. It is said that they compensated Li Zhi with money, ceded Osaka to Li Zhi, and opened five ports as free trade ports."
After hearing Luo Yangxing's words, the civil servants fell silent collectively.
Li Zhi defeated the Japanese shogunate with the power of a town? How appalling is this?
Zhou Yanru didn't know whether it was because he couldn't lose face or because he really didn't believe this shocking news. He glared at Luo Yangxing and said: "Luo Yangxing, for such a major military and national matter, you just listen to the words of a Japanese merchant who went to sea illegally? Li Zhi is the most popular person.
He is good at creating public opinion, so since he is going to lie, he will naturally hire a businessman in South Zhili to fabricate news and disrupt the public opinion."
Hearing Zhou Yanru's strong words, Luo Yangxing did not dare to say any more. After the first minister Zhou Yanru came to power, he vigorously used the Donglin Party, and now the power of the Donglin Party is at its peak in the court. The big bosses in Donglin insisted that Li Zhi was lying.
Furthermore, if Luo Yangxing wants to offend the Donglin Party, how can he dare to say so?
Zhu Youjian saw that Luo Yangxing stopped talking and looked at Wang Dehua, the eunuch of Dongchang who was standing next to him.
In the past year, Zhu Youjian felt that Jinyiwei was not enough, so he greatly strengthened the manpower of Dongchang. Now Tianjin is also the focus of Dongchang's attention.
Wang Dehua raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, what Li Zhi played is true."
The civil servants' faces sank, and they collectively looked at Wang Dehua, who was standing next to the throne.
Wang Dehua said: "In the past two months, according to reports from my staff at Dagu Pier, Li Zhi has shipped back an astonishing amount of rice from Japan, with millions of stones. Not only that, Li Zhi has also shipped back from Japan this month
A large amount of silver, the quantity is unknown, but there are at least several million taels in the boxes."
"These rice and silver are real gold and silver, which cannot be faked. If the Japanese shogunate had not been completely defeated, how could there be such a rich booty?"
After listening to Wang Dehua's words, the civil servants in the court finally had nothing to say. In the face of the facts, it would be ridiculous to argue unreasonably.
Liu Zongzhou's face turned red, he looked at the emperor awkwardly, said no more, and silently retreated to the queue of civil servants.
Zheng Sanjun was also very embarrassed. He coughed hard and then coughed again. In the end, he didn't know whether he was really out of breath or trying to cover up his embarrassment with coughing. He coughed violently. He bent over and coughed.
He retreated to the queue of civil servants, feeling very embarrassed.
Zhu Youjian smiled and asked Zheng Sanjun: "Zheng Sanjun, why do you cough so badly, do you want my doctor to take your pulse?"
When Zheng Sanjun heard the emperor's questioning, he suddenly cleared his throat to stop his coughing, and said very comically: "I'm fine!"
Hearing Zheng Sanjun's words, several general soldiers in the Beijing camp couldn't help but laughed. The custom of using civil servants to control military affairs in the Ming Dynasty has become increasingly weak in recent years. Nowadays, the status of the general soldiers is getting higher and higher, and they can already compete with
The governor's chamber protested. After all, Li Zhi was a military attache. Li Zhi was in the limelight, and the other military attaches also felt proud.
Zheng Sanjun glared at the general soldiers angrily, and finally made the military attachés stop laughing.
Finally, the first assistant, Zhou Yanru, stood in the middle of the court with a very uneasy expression on his face.
However, Zhou Yanru is a veteran in officialdom, and he has no stage fright when facing such a scene. In full view of everyone, Zhou Yanru laughed, shook his head and said: "I'm old, I'm really old. I didn't expect that the Duke of Jin is so brave and good at fighting. I really appreciate it."
Unexpected, admire, admire!"
Turning around a little stiffly, Zhou Yanru said to the military generals in the Beijing camp who had just laughed at Zheng Sanjun: "Li Zhi, Duke of Jin, is really a role model for our Ming Dynasty military attachés!"
This week Yanru suddenly changed his face and praised Li Zhi so highly that it made several general soldiers in the Beijing Camp unable to laugh.
Zhou Yanru was halfway through his words when he suddenly said loudly: "I am petitioning the Duke of Jin, and I hope that the emperor will reward him in order to recognize the merits of the Duke of Jin and his prestige overseas."
Zhu Youjian was stunned when he heard this, and secretly said that Li Zhi went to Japan to rob, and the property he obtained was not handed over to the court, so the court wanted to reward Li Zhi? Zhu Youjian cursed Zhou Yanru in his heart. But now Li Zhi
Zhi's troops and horses were strong, and Zhu Youjian could only win over him. At this time, in front of the civil and military officials of the court, Zhu Youjian had to express his appreciation for Li Zhi.
After thinking about it, Zhu Youjian said lightly:
"The Duke of Tianjin has spread his prestige overseas and increased the country's reputation. The merits will be rewarded."
"I will reward Duke Li Zhi of Jin with a gauze hat, a golden rhinoceros ribbon, a pair of red clothes, four pieces of silk, four pieces of silk, and ten pieces of silk cloth!"
"The Chinese Army Staff Generals Zheng Kaicheng, Li Laosi and Zhong Feng followed the Duke of Tianjin and made meritorious service. They were promoted to deputy generals of the Chinese Army and are still in charge of the Huben Division of the Duke of Tianjin. Maritime Guerrilla Zheng Kaida was promoted to the Maritime Staff General and is still in charge of the overseas affairs of the Duke of Tianjin.
Affairs."
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On February 19, Li Zhi received the emperor's edict of commendation in Tianjin.
Unexpectedly, after conquering Japan, he did not send trophies to the emperor, but with a stroke of his pen, the emperor promoted four of his subordinates. In addition, the emperor also rewarded himself with clothes, hats and silk satin.
Li Zhi was so happy that he gave eighty taels of silver to the eunuch who announced the decree. The eunuch took a closer look at the silver and found that it was "Ding Yin" of fine quality from the Japanese country, and he was very happy.
Seeing the eunuch's movements, Li Zhi's face moved slightly.
After sending the eunuch away, Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "This silver is really not easy to use. Not to mention that it is heavy to carry and difficult to separate. Even the fineness of different silvers is also different, which is very confusing."
Zheng Kaicheng was happy to be promoted. He looked around with his new official uniform and smiled happily. Zhong Feng sat aside and only laughed at the excited Zheng Kaicheng. The two kept bickering. Neither of them paid attention to Li Zhi's casual remarks.
One sentence.
Although Li Laosi was promoted to deputy general, he still felt calm and said in a deep voice: "Master, now only silver is the best to use. Copper coins are too heavy. Copper coins usually weigh several kilograms. If you carry ten copper coins, you will be weighed down on your body.
It's dozens of kilograms of money. It's too difficult to divide with gold. If you eat a bowl of noodles in a tavern for half a penny of silver, and you settle in gold, you only have five cents of gold. You can't cut off such a small amount of gold. With a little shake of your hand, you can
Cut more or less by a few centimeters."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "We want to build banks and issue banknotes! To benefit the people."
