[Comprehensive] Be with Ancient Celebrities

Ayu is silently influencing this era in his own way, and Wanli on the other side is also doing everything possible to rectify the loopholes in the fields. Let alone these two people, the cooperation is really quite tacit.Of course, in this kind of tacit understanding, Ayu occupies the biggest factor. After all, he is a former prime minister, so he still has a lot of experience in how to handle this relationship smoothly.

For example, at this moment, the mutton pot is a very good entry point, and Ayu has used it again.Speaking of hot pot, it is said that this thing existed in the Warring States period, but at that time, it was made of pottery pots, and it was only in the Han Dynasty that there were tight pots, which were really similar to the later copper pots, but they had to be It was not until the Qing Dynasty that it became popular.

But at this moment, Ayu made this appear on the street nearly a hundred years earlier, and a hot pot restaurant opened without a trace.The shiny copper pot, with smokeless charcoal, and the smell of meat, has only been opened for a few days, and it has become the favorite of many people around, especially those warriors who drink heavily. Big mouthfuls of meat, that joyful one, has caused many people to wonder whether they should follow suit and open such a shop.

"As far as this pot is concerned, the mutton is the best."

"Isn't it? The fish meat is too bland. Besides, it's more suitable to eat mutton for winter tonic. It's good for fattening."

"I still like to mix the pot. If you add fish and sheep, it will be fresh."

"It's a pity, in this winter, there are really few vegetables that can be produced by Hot Spring Village, and there are only a few that can be matched with each other in daily life. Otherwise, it must be better to eat, and the vegetables full of meaty aroma will be mouth-watering." With energy."

When Emperor Wanli brought Zhang Cheng into this hotpot restaurant, all he could hear was the chatter of foodies, and he couldn't help but salivate a little.Turning to Ayu who came to lead the way, he said:

"Bring me a pot, and let me taste what kind of delicacy it is. With this reputation now, Uncle Wu Qing couldn't help talking to me."

God is sorry to see you, Wanli said this is really meaningless, but can you hear it in Ayu's ears?That's right, Wu Qingbo also wants to open such a store and compete with him for business.Do you think it's good or not?It must be good,

"That's good. If there are more shops like this, then the sales of this mutton can go up a bit. If they spread out and there are more shops like this in the surrounding areas, then we don't have enough sheep here. I have to go to the grassland to buy it, so the Mongols will die happily? What kind of horses do you have to raise? You can earn a lot of money just by raising sheep."

Look, the purpose has been revealed. The eyes of Emperor Wanli who just walked into the private room and haven't sat still are shining brighter than silver.But the light was only for a moment, and he turned his head to look at Ayu again, with an inexplicable smile in his eyes and asked:

"You're not one to turn corners, so let's be honest, what are you thinking about?"

Advising the emperor all day long, no matter how slow-witted the emperor is, no matter how big-hearted the emperor is, he should be able to react. This is not unusual, but Ayu is very capable. He can give advice every time, and make the emperor feel that he This is straightforwardness. Because of this, Zhang Cheng almost wished to learn art from a teacher. You said that an old eunuch who has served the emperor for so many years has not learned this. How did this little brat, Ayu, cultivate?Leng is able to get stuck every time, on the bottom line, can Leng turn around?

"Hey, Your Majesty, you know about my problem, so you can't see him earning money from unknown sources, right?"

Ayu licked her face and boasted... well, I can’t be wrong about this, and I’m not wrong in boasting, because as long as the emperor thinks back a little, he will find that no matter when he didn’t unlock his identity or now, this Ayu When talking about things, it is easy to get involved in anti-corruption and other things. It is really okay to say that he hates people earning money of unknown origin.It's just that Ayu's jealousy can tell the truth, and that he is so devoted to serving the country that Emperor Wanli has a toothache thinking about it, so he can't say it's wrong.

"Yes, I know you have a heart."

It's impossible to keep staring at people if you don't have the heart, but, going deeper, a Jin Yiwei, if you don't stare at people, where else can you stare at?Well, it seems that this can be combined with dedication to duty again. How can this Ayu be so ghostly?I can make myself as good as a flower in everything.

"Hurry up and be specific."

I don't know what to say next. Emperor Wanli directly asked for the key points.And Zhang Cheng bowed his head like a quail in the back. He knew it was like this. He didn’t know if it was because he had been in contact with many people in the past. This Ayu, apart from being a little restrained when he first knew his identity, later on, he also I don't know where he was enlightened, but suddenly he returned to his previous appearance, that rascal, let alone the emperor, even he couldn't help but get close.Alas, the more high-ranking people are, sometimes the more they will commit this low-skinned problem, and it feels close to them when they see this.

"A few days ago, in the archives, I found the information on the Nine Sides that was investigated in the past few years. I didn't know it. I was shocked when I saw it. This north, oh, it's really Shanxi, Shaanxi, and the big merchants are clearly there. Not many, but all the rich ones are about to catch up with the Jiangnan wave. I was suspicious, so I wrote a note and asked people to pay more attention. Only then did I know that the few over there are so courageous The big ones can go to the sky, but they are doing business with the Mongolians in the north one by one, you say, this matter..."

There are some words to the point, Ayu gave the emperor a half-covered look, and saw that his expression became serious, and he knew that he was caring about this matter, and since he was caring, then naturally there is no need to say anything else Well, so as not to make too many mistakes, after all, the identity is in place, to be able to do such a big business, there must be a lot of people involved.For example, the frontier army, for example, the governor of this place... With Ayu's status, a hundred households, there are many things that he should not know and take care of.So Ayu immediately changed the subject again.

"Let's not say whether this should be done or not. I just thought that since they can do business, then we can naturally do it. If they come here in a generous way, just come to a mutual market or something, the court... this matter has never been done before. It’s not that I’ve had it before, whether it’s good to exchange strong wine for cattle and sheep, or cloth for leather, how easy it is to earn money, and if you want to come in this way, this Mongolia is no different from our pasture, so it’s just a matter of taking advantage of it.”

I don't want to talk to you about other things, just talk about business, I'm not wrong about this.Look, Ayu is stepping on such a bottom line, you say, where can the emperor be jealous of Ayu?A person with sense of propriety, even if the emperor knew that Ayu was very determined, he would not be too defensive, after all, even those who are not smart can't get along with him, right?

But speaking of money... Emperor Wanli suddenly thought of other things, and asked Ayu:

"Last time you talked about the Wa kingdom in the east, did you say that the ratio of gold to silver is really one to five?"

Hearing this, many people know what this is talking about. Yes, the man Ayu is planning a gold and silver mine in the Kingdom of the Rising Sun at this moment.It is said that before the First World War in later generations, many countries in Europe discovered the characteristic of small/devil houses, and those who made a lot of money in big scouring and special scouring. Since others earned it, they naturally earned it too.It just takes skill to speak.

It just so happened that Ayu didn't lack this skill, so he used the excuse that he had nothing to do to manage files at the moment, found a lot of useful books, and incidentally told Emperor Wanli about the things in it as a joke.For example, this first book uses "Western Fan Guozhi (II)", which was written by Gong Zhen, the entourage of Zheng He, the eunuch of Sanbao, when he went to the West.There are many little anecdotes here related to the exchange of gold and silver.

The first thing is this: when Gong Zhen sailed with the fleet to the Japanese country of Japan and received the tribute from the chieftain of Japan, when he was replenishing fresh water, fruits and vegetables, he was in charge of purchasing the crew and went to a butcher to buy mutton.A total of 30 taels of silver is required.At that time, the crew only brought 20 taels of silver, and the rest was gold. Seeing this, the butcher said: If the silver is not enough.Gold is also fine, 6 taels of gold is enough.When the crew member heard this, he was blind, why is this man so dark?Obviously only 3 taels of gold, how dare you accept me 6 taels?Immediately return to collect enough silver.And said that it was given to others to laugh at the traitor of the butcher.

The second story is somewhat similar to this one, but this time it was the Japanese chief who sent people to pay tribute on a treasure ship. During the tribute, a civil official in the Japanese chief took a fancy to a piece of silk and needed 5 taels of silver, but the Japanese official paid 1 tael. The gold took the silk and walked away.

But apart from these two stories, there are similar things in the records of Honglu Temple and in the records of the Japanese tribute to Dongying during the Jiajing period.One of them is that after the contribution ceremony of the Dongying Dynasty of Japan, Honglu Temple rewarded the envoys with 100 taels of gold according to the will. The envoys of Japan requested to replace the gold with 500 silver equivalents on the grounds that there were too many people to distribute the gold. two.

Ayu threw out three short stories in a row, which made Emperor Wanli a little dumbfounded at that time. He instinctively felt the problem here, but he didn't recover for a while.So when he left, he frowned, with question marks all over his head.Even Zhang Cheng looked at A Yu eagerly: What exactly do you want to say?You can't do this, for the sake of your friends, give me a hand...

As a good partner of the current cooperation, Ayu is quite loyal. Taking advantage of the emperor's inattention, he secretly told Zhang Cheng that in the library of the Hanlin Academy, there is a travel note based on Marco Polo's oral narration, and it was in the Yuan Dynasty. According to the oral record The travel diary contained what he wanted.

In the past dynasties, it is estimated that there is no eunuch in that dynasty who is as knowledgeable and cultured as the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty. They have reading halls, and those who can become great eunuchs are mostly qualified, and their knowledge is not as good as those of the old Hanlin. , I must be more capable than ordinary scholars, and it is enough to say that there are talents and learning.Such a person really found that book, you say, can this brain not react?Not to mention anything else, just the part where Wa country is called zipangu, which translates to the country of gold, is enough for them to understand, okay?

More importantly, in the travel notes, people also clearly stated that the roof of the Japanese palace was covered with pure gold, and the gold on the floor was as thick as the width of two fingers.In many of the rooms there were small tables of solid gold, and the windows were decorated with gold.

Even if these may be false and exaggerated, it would not be too far off to say that there is a temple in Japan that has a ten-foot-tall Buddha made entirely of gold.Even in Daming, it is not uncommon to gild gods and Buddhas.As for calling the Japanese country the Silver Islands, it is said that there are countless silver mines in the Japanese country, and there are continuous mountains in the open air that you can lean over to get the silver sand.Hey, even if you don't believe it, let's stop the money-loving old eunuch from drooling and think about it.

And Zhang Cheng thought about it, can he not tell the emperor?When the emperor didn't figure it out, it was a very face-to-face thing to contribute in time to find out, at least it shows that he has a wide range of knowledge, right?And this one... What would you think of the money-loving Emperor Wanli, who has been raiding his house recently?

"Our current gold-silver ratio is mostly 7 tael of gold to 8 taels of silver. Occasionally, the price of gold will rise to [-] taels of silver. In this way, if you exchange it to Japan, you will earn a lot. It's just that , we are short of money here. I went back and thought about it, you must have no good intentions, so hurry up and say, what do you think? Is there any other way to make money?"

As for Ayu, Emperor Wanli felt that this kid was really talented, although he was also greedy for money, you could tell from his hard work, and he was quite interested in making money.But one thing is good, that is, no matter how much he tosses, he never does anything out of line, not only out of line, but also tries his best to do something that can benefit more people. Quite successful, not like a warrior, but more like a sleek fox in his way of dealing with the world.But you are really shrewd, you can't say that.Because he doesn't do this outrageous thing, but he likes to pull him, the emperor, to do things that are huge but hinder a lot.You said, this tossing, let the emperor say what.I can't beat it, I can't love it.

Is he excited about something like this mutual market?That's for sure, but is the market easy to handle?Absolutely not.The merchants over there can tell Ayu that the rich are the same as those in Jiangnan, so they know that there must be a big problem here, and the obstacles to the mutual market are definitely great, after all, it will definitely hurt the interests of those people, right?Can you say no?How can it be, it's all my money, how can I let those illegal and smugglers earn it?Besides, who knows what they smuggled?Maybe there will be another wave of house raids to wake them up.

But this matter really needs to be done... Even if Wanli is the emperor, he would like to show his teeth a little bit. How much turmoil will this cause among officials?How big a case will it be?Even the ransacking of the house... money is good, no matter how much he has, he dared to copy it back, but... Emperor Wanli felt that his reputation for loving money might spread further.

Let's talk about the gold-silver ratio. Is this about Japan?No matter how much the emperor trusted Ayu, he couldn't help but think of the sea ban, and when he thought of the sea ban, he thought of the maritime merchants on the southeast coast mentioned in the past. ...a series of questions, what do you think the emperor thinks?Is Ayu helping the Kaihai school to open their eyes?Whether it is or not, the emperor is still moved.One to five, if you change it, how much can you earn?

"I didn't think too much about it. Now, Your Majesty must think that I am the one who supports Kaihai. I didn't say that. Is it true? I don't know whether we should open the sea. I have no benefit, and I don't know. I don’t understand. It’s just that I discovered a rule. Those who support the opening of the sea are mostly inland, while those who support the ban on the sea are from the coast. Your Majesty, if there is no interest here, can they pinch it?”

This is the truth, those who support Kaihai must be because they can't eat meat, so they want to take the blame, and those who support the sea ban naturally want to monopolize the benefits.And this can make such a big deal, the benefits are definitely not small, if so, this ratio... Maybe it is really true.Emperor Wanli's mind became clearer when he thought about it, and he became a little excited. What is this? This is money from the sky!

"Then the money... even if there is no shortage of money, it's not convenient to transport it there."

"Hey, my lord, why are you transporting silver? Since maritime merchants can make money, it means that our things are in great demand. Can't we just exchange things for gold? First, if there is too much gold, then silver If the price has risen, then exchange it for silver, and the imperial court will definitely make money in turn. Really, it’s very beautiful to think about.”

Wanli was taken aback again, according to what Ayu did, fools can make money, so how much money will the Maritime Chamber have?Well, why did you think of the sea merchants?Could it be that Emperor Wanli wanted to steal the merchant's home again... Let's not talk about this, silver, silver, is silver when you change hands. When you think of silver, what is the ancestral system?Wanli felt that compared with silver, no ancestral system was as bright as it.Well, of course, this matter is for a while, it seems that there is no need to worry, so let's focus on other things first.

"Zhang Cheng, you can go there in a while and ask Dongchang and Jinyiwei to check those merchants on the border. Also... check where the old Fuchuan blueprints are. Remember, don't let anyone know."

The corners of Zhang Cheng's eyes twitched a little at the emperor's instruction.Ouch, my lord, what do you mean by not letting others know?Ah Yu is not human!He knows it all!Can this be concealed?You go back and tell me something different?Even if you wanted to express your trust in Ayu, you didn't cheat me, the old eunuch, right?

Of course, Zhang Cheng just thought about these words in his heart, saying that he didn’t dare to say them. Besides, he also knew that Ayu was not so unreliable. Looks like he's drunk.Drunk?There's no wine at the moment.This is to express his position, saying that his mouth is tight.Look, His Majesty laughed. This is to express satisfaction with Ayu's attitude!Sure enough, there is no fuel-efficient one that the emperor who can mess around often cares about.

Ayu's face is confused, but his heart is very happy. The Armada seems to have the possibility of seeing the light of day again. Although it is really finished now, it is probably wandering around the continental shelf, Japan/North Korea/North Korea, but To go out is to go out, one day, the overlord will regain its glory, right!

The author has something to say: Compared with the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the price of gold was quite low most of the time, with an average of 1 to 6.47, which was only 36% of that in the Song and Yuan Dynasties

During the Hongwu period, there was a ratio of 1 to 4.

Yongle had 11 to 1 in 7.5 years

Of course, in the orthodox five years of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi Datong once had a 1 to 1.67

In the sixth year of Hongzhi Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, there was a 1-15 match in Shandong, but that was a special period.

其他多在1比6到1比8之间徘徊，还多以1比6为主。

万历初期1比5-6中后期开始逐步上升，多为1比7-8，

During the reign of Tianqi, 1:10 became the norm, and in Chongzhen, it was 1:13