[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

People in society have an innate ability that is difficult to improve through subsequent training and cultivation.

That is the ability to communicate.

When to say something, what words will make people comfortable, and what words will offend others are all a matter of knowledge, and many people fail to learn this skill throughout their lives.

This is not as simple as flattering without brains, but a veritable knowledge.

People who can talk can make people feel good about them at the beginning of meeting. The other party will remember you in the shortest time, give you trust, and if there is a chance, they can match you up and even make recommendations for you. Technology.

Saying the right words at the right time can usually achieve twice the result with half the effort, and in this court, I am afraid that no one is better at this skill than Li Shanchang.

When Li Shanchang first entered Zhu Yuanzhang's account, Emperor Hongwu, who was still a young man, was not as difficult to serve as he is now.

This is also a matter of course, one is because he was still in a state of savings at the time, and the other is that he did not need to deal with many complicated affairs of a country at that time.There are too many things and too much pressure, and people's tempers will naturally turn bad.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang liked to chat with Li Shanchang very much.

Although he always feels inferior in front of Li Shanchang because he is illiterate, Li Shanchang never shows off his knowledge. When he talks to Zhu Yuanzhang, he usually uses the vernacular that Zhu Yuanzhang can easily understand. Easy to understand, very moisturizing and silent gesture.

Therefore, when everyone thought that Li Shanchang's compliment to the emperor's eldest grandson was to elicit follow-up advice, Li Shanchang flicked his sleeves and returned to his original position, as if he really stood up this time to boast that he looks like the emperor's grandfather The little emperor's grandson, and recall the past.

It caught everyone off guard, and even Zhu Yuanzhang was very confused by his move.

However, Li Shanchang's appearance did touch the softness in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

It is inevitable for people to be sentimental when they are old. Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little sad when he thought of the voices and smiles of the old guys back then.

Now, seeing Li Shanchang's gray-haired appearance again, he couldn't help feeling a little sour in his heart.

He patted the dragon chair, changed his sitting position and recalled: "In the past, when my husband first joined a certain tent, he helped me a lot. At that time, I wondered how there could be such a knowledgeable person in this world. I can't bear to be separated from my husband every minute and every second, and I can't even let go of the time to send him home."

This change of address by Emperor Hongwu also touched the depths of Li Shanchang's heart, and the warmth in his words made his eyes a little sour.He blinked his eyelashes, and quietly blinked away some of the moisture in his eye sockets.

Afterwards, Li Shanchang bowed to Emperor Hongwu, with a trembling voice, "It is my duty to support Your Majesty, and it is my blessing to trust Your Majesty. I will never forget the past scenes."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang let out a long sigh, stood up from the dragon chair, walked up to the bowed Li Shanchang and helped him up, "I remember that every time my husband went back, he would ride a little donkey. Donkey, the two of us kept talking about walking through the streets of Chuzhou, now that I think about it, I kind of miss it... so—”

Zhu Yuanzhang waved to Mu Bai who was standing behind: "Come here, Yinger. Mr. Li has a half-teacher friendship with me. It's a pity that you can't ride horses in the palace now. You can help grandfather to help Mr. Li back to his seat. It also counts as my friendship."

How can this work?Li Shan was shocked, he really meant to take this opportunity to sell miserably.

Although he is still very famous now, Li Shanchang is very clear that his status as an unassailable official and the shadow of Hu Weiyong's case have caused Emperor Hongwu to no longer trust himself as he used to.

The new generation in the court replaced the old one, and as the old one who was about to be replaced, he was not reconciled.

Therefore, when Li Shanchang saw the names of his colleagues just now, he also felt that he had grasped a chance.

He has been a monarch and subject for many years, but he thinks he knows Zhu Yuanzhang quite well. This is a passionate but ruthless king. He can remember the brotherhood for many years, but when the other party has done something that is against the rule of the country, he can also be merciless. He showed his blade without hesitation.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were a group of small and medium-sized generals because they felt that they had made great achievements in the dragon and made a disaster for the village. After Zhu Yuanzhang learned of the situation, he did not hesitate to arrest them one by one, interrogated them one by one, and then sent them all away with tears. On the court.

Among them was a personal guard who had followed him for more than ten years and had broken an arm and disfigured his face in order to save him on the battlefield.

Emperor Hongwu had a deep affection for this person, and when he was appointed as an official, he specially assigned him to a fertile land. In order to take care of his old wounds, he even specially chose a place with less rainy weather.

But it was also this person who wantonly plundered and accepted bribes in the place where he was an official, and forcibly married six concubines. When he wanted to grab the seventh concubine, he killed himself and was sued by the unbearable villagers to the capital.

When he was escorted back to Beijing for interrogation, the guard was very stubborn, not only confessed all the crimes, but finally he stuck his neck and said that His Majesty would not kill me, at worst he would pay all his property to that person who died family.

The results of it?

Emperor Hongwu personally crossed out that person's name in the book of meritorious officials, and also crossed out his name in the book of life and death.

Reason and sensibility have been perfectly unified in this emperor.

Li Shanchang has to say that some people are really suitable to be emperors.But to a certain extent, this situation is not a bad thing for him, as long as he touches it smoothly, it is still easy to communicate.

For example, now, he can take advantage of this to quietly create a sense of presence, but he did not expect that Emperor Hongwu would not play cards according to common sense, and let the little emperor's grandson help him back to his seat after reminiscing about the past.

This is unreasonable. Isn't it normal for the monarch and his ministers to win each other and cry bitterly?

Of course he didn't dare to let the little emperor help him. There was only a pure relationship between him and the little emperor. Li Shanchang once assumed the title of a prince's young teacher, but he taught the prince Zhu Biao, and the little emperor didn't I have attended his class, and I have never had such a teacher-student friendship.

No matter how young the emperor's grandson is, he is still a king, and no matter how old he is, he is still a minister. Now that the emperor's grandson comes to help him, it is a matter of paying off, not to mention that he still represents the emperor.

If he was supported by the emperor's grandson to sit back, then what he did today would be just an ordinary reminiscence of the past, leaving at most a good story about the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, which would not have any other effect.

And what he wants is not the fairness that comes and goes, but the sense of indebtedness in Emperor Hongwu's heart.

Li Shanchang didn't dare to speak, but his hand was grabbed by Mu Bai, and he couldn't break free with Li Shanchang's strength.

Little Huangsun didn't know what was going on in his heart, so he gave him a sweet smile in his surprised eyes, and pulled him to the original seat.

This, this little emperor's grandson is so strong!

Li Shanchang, who couldn't break free and didn't dare to use his strength to break free, could only passively follow the little Huangsun's strength, and was finally pushed into his seat.The little Huangsun also carefully stuffed the wine glass into his hand.

What can Li Shanchang do?He could only raise his wine glass in the direction of Emperor Hongwu, and stiffly raised the corners of his mouth in a grateful expression.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with this situation. He called his eldest grandson back and hugged him on his lap, and fed him carefully in front of all civil and military officials. His love was very obvious.

The ministers immediately knew what was going on, and praised the little grandson very cooperatively.

Several people begged for grace from Emperor Hongwu, wanting to know what technique the little Huangsun used to perform just now.

After learning that this whole set of equipment was made of that thing called glass, everyone's expressions were a little subtle.

All the courtiers and Hongwu Emperor's confidantes here are here. Of course, everyone knows that the raw materials of the glass are taken from Fengyang, Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown.

Previously, many people in the imperial court wrote a letter saying that for a dispensable light-transmitting thing, it is not worthwhile to break Fengshui, but now Emperor Hongwu has told everyone with actual products that glass is not simple. There is only one function of light transmission.

Not to mention the scene that magnifies the scene so that everyone can see it, the spotlight technique alone is enough to make people crazy.

Think about it, if they put this thing at the gate of the city, and then turn on two big lights, why would they be afraid of night raids in the future?It is right for them to attack others at night by themselves.

Everyone changed their dispensable appearance before, and said that glass is really a good thing, but they don’t know if the cost is expensive, when will everyone be able to use it, will the army be equipped with it in the future, can it be carried, etc. .

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Emperor Hongwu couldn't help laughing, passed the telescope on, and signaled them all to try it.

If the idea of ​​the searchlight only excited a small number of people, then after the telescope appeared, the scene exploded instantly like water pouring into a frying pan.

These people also didn't care about the etiquette gestures, and they all urged on their seats to scream and scramble for it.

At this moment, sitting here are no longer high-ranking officials from all walks of life, but a group of good brothers who have entrusted each other to trust and support each other.

Emperor Hongwu was full of relief, but the relief froze when his sons surrounded him and said that Dad wanted us too.

I have seen a lot about Fan's sons, but I have been afraid of the old father for a long time. Seeing the old father's face, I started to feel scared in my heart, so they turned their attention to their dear elder brother.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao blinked at them, and turned his gaze to his son who was holding an elbow until his mouth was dripping with oil.

Big nephew! ! !

The eyes of the emperor's uncles suddenly became more than a hundred times hotter.

Mu Bai gnawed his elbows wholeheartedly, already desperate for this crazy and off-topic world.

Why do these people discuss heroes, the Northern Expedition, the spotlight, and now they even talk about the telescope, but no one pays attention to what he really wants to express?My heart is so tired, only the delicious braised elbow can soothe my wounded heart.

"Ask my nephew for something, how many of you are uncles, are you ashamed?" Seeing the attitude of his sons, Emperor Hong Wu immediately turned his face into a tiger, and criticized very principledly.

Isn't that asking you if you don't give it?

The princes were wronged.

Seeing a group of elders making such gestures, Emperor Hong Wu couldn't bear it, so he could only wave his hands at them: "These are all made by the craftsmen of the Eastern Palace, and the output is not much. The most important thing is that the raw materials are not enough."

GET!

The princes immediately grasped the point, rolled up their sleeves, and expressed that they would write a memorial to those old antiques tomorrow, or just dig a mountain, and their old Zhu family didn’t care about any changes in Feng Shui, you outsiders are pushing what.

Besides, is Feng Shui credible?

Their grandparents were buried in a wasteland at random, and their grandparents were buried directly by the river, and they couldn't even find a place to bury them any further.

According to the standard of feng shui, their old Zhu's family should never turn over for a lifetime, but now, their old Zhu's family has not only turned over, but also changed a good place for the ancestors to sleep forever.

They are so filial and powerful, how could grandparents have any objections?Besides, didn't dad already go to divination and ask grandparents what they meant?What's the matter, do you think Dad is lying?

Mu Bai saw that the topic was getting more and more biased, quickly wiped his mouth, pulled off his grandfather's sleeve and whispered: "Grandpa, Yin, we are still short of silver."

"Grandson, I understand, I'm short too." Emperor Hongwu patted his grandson's little shoulder and said with great pain, "Da Ming is not only short of silver, but also short of gold, copper, iron and tin..."

In short, everything is missing.

As a later dynasty, it is so hard work. The previous dynasty has almost dug what should be dug. It is really not easy to develop new mines.The current situation in Daming is that there is a serious shortage of metals, especially copper for coinage.

The predecessor of the Ming Dynasty was the Song and Yuan Dynasties, but the Yuan was not bad. The main reason was that the finance of the Song Dynasty was highly developed. Both the minting technology and purchasing power of copper coins were first-class. Therefore, the copper coins of the Song Dynasty became the official currency of the entire East Asian cultural circle at that time.

As a result, no matter how the Song government minted coins, it could not meet the folk's demand for copper coins, and even had to order a ban on copper coins going abroad, but this still could not stop the pace of copper coins flowing out.

It has to be said that it is also very bizarre that the currency of a country has become smuggled goods, and the outflow of currency also brought huge troubles to the later Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

Copper mines are gone, and domestic copper coins are not enough.Without copper coins, there will be no raw materials for minting coins, and if there are no raw materials for minting coins, then only paper money can be printed.

One of the reasons for the demise of the Yuan Dynasty was the excessive issuance of banknotes. Learning from their lessons, the Ming Dynasty was more cautious in the printing and distribution of banknotes and anti-counterfeiting, and it has not caused social burdens at present.

But Emperor Hongwu still felt that copper coins were better than banknotes, which were too perishable. However, there were too few copper mines in the country, and even if they were mined at full capacity, the output was still limited.

To put it bluntly, many of the first batch of copper coins issued by the Ming Dynasty were obtained by melting copper wares and weapons, as well as currency from the previous dynasty.

Looking at his grandson who was "waiting to be fed", Emperor Hongwu was very sad.

Unexpectedly, his grandson blinked his eyes and said innocently: "Grandpa, there is a lot of silver in Japan. I heard that their transactions are all directly using broken silver. Can't we buy it from there?"

"……Um?"