The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

Qianqing Palace.

Tang Hao and Zhu Houzhao reviewed the game as always.

The little emperor was still talking enthusiastically, but Tang Hao was a little distracted.

"Savage?"

"Hou Zhongshan!"

Zhu Houzhao was angry.

I'm talking to you, you bastard, how dare you get distracted?

How disrespectful you are!

Tang Hao rolled his eyes at the little emperor angrily, and then said in a deep voice: "I'm just wondering what these people will do next."

Even the owner of this mansion, a court official of the Ming Dynasty, had to give up his position politely when facing this representative of the Jiangnan gentry.

Jiangnan gentry is not a person or a gentry, but a whole group.

Yang Tianzhu stroked his long beard and spoke calmly.

How could they deserve to have those miscellaneous barbarians from the Japanese country?

Yang Tianzhu opened his mouth with red eyes.

However, Yang Tianzhu himself had no intention of pursuing an official career. Instead, he was particularly good at working in the camp, making friends, reciting poems and composing poems, and became a vague representative of the Jiangnan gentry in the capital.

"After going to court, Yuanfu Liu Jian went to the official office to meet with the heavenly official Ma Wensheng!"

And this Xu Wenxi was the grandson of the former chief minister Xu Pu, a serious representative of the Jiangnan gentry.

The noble gentry just felt that they had been betrayed and offended!

"Then if Tang Hao wants to send troops to the Japanese country, just let him send troops."

As soon as the words fell, someone immediately echoed.

Ma Yong and Deng Boyan could find a place to subdue the Japanese natives, and then they could seriously transform themselves into Japanese famous names and participate in the so-called "Warring States Era".

Gongshi is different from Gongsheng. Those who pass the examination and are admitted are called Gongshi, and the first one is called "Huiyuan". Those who pass the palace examination are considered Jinshi, and the first one is called the "No. 1 Scholar". In other words, Jinshi is one level higher than Gongshi, and almost two levels higher than Juren. Gongsheng is equivalent to the deputy list of Juren, and is on the same level as Juren, and can directly participate in the major examinations.

Their eyes were all red, like those of hungry wolves, and they wished they could send someone over to investigate now!

"However, the problem is that it is still unknown how credible Ashikaga Yoshimi's words are!"

"Now you and I, the monarch and the minister, are like disobedient children in the family. They are always causing trouble and causing destruction. After the trouble is done, the adults and elders in the family have to come forward to clean up the aftermath."

Ma Yong, a famous general of a generation, went to the Japanese country to engage in "village-town fighting". Isn't it a bit too humiliating?

At this moment, the dead eunuch Liu Jin hurried in.

"Today's court meeting indeed achieved both goals, but obviously, we also exposed our ultimate goal!"

"What Brother Yang said is absolutely true!"

At first, he respected Liu Jian, but he was somewhat dissatisfied with the previous fight.

These gentry families in the south of the Yangtze River continued to send outstanding children to the court through the imperial examination system, allowing them to speak for themselves in the court. However, at the local level, there was an intertwined flow of interests, like the roots of an old tree. The Internet, which firmly controls the countryside and counties, is like a cancer sucking into this dynasty, constantly devouring the fate of the Ming Dynasty.

They not only tried every means to occupy the fields, but also extended their tentacles to everything that the people had, such as the most basic necessities of life such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea, including food, clothing, and other basic things, all of which were controlled by the Jiangnan gentry. among.

"Are those Japanese barbarians worthy?"

This mansion is not luxurious, it is so shabby that it is not even worthy of the status of its owner.

Therefore, this behemoth, in a sense, is influencing the political situation of the Ming Dynasty.

What Tang Hao has to do is to use facts to break this inherent concept of the Chinese people, so as to use profits to drive them towards the ocean and promote the development of the shipbuilding industry and the navy!

Hearing this, Tang Hao also laughed.

Because his master was none other than Xu Wenxi, who was granted the title of Jinyi Guards for thousands of households and received a cheap salary.

"Savages, Yuansuke and Otsukazai are..."

We still have to send out troops. At least the number is doubled. Two thousand elite soldiers. In today's "Warring States Period" of the Japanese Kingdom, they can be regarded as powerful "one side of the princes", right?

"What I'm really afraid of is that someone will interfere with this and prevent the troops from sending troops to Japan!"

But since Tang Hao was born, the little emperor gradually understood that civil servants and gentry could not be generalized.

Especially the gentry from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the most common of these people took the three routes of Nanyang, Japan, and Korea. They knew very well that the profits of sea trade were very high.

Tang Hao smiled meaningfully.

"If they really take the bait, things will be easier to handle."

But they have been doing business with these damn Japanese for so long, and they don't know anything about the Iwami Silver Mine. This is very angry.

"Stabilize the political situation?" Zhu Houzhao was startled when he heard this, "You mean..."

Yang Tianzhu's eyes were shining, full of greed.

"I don't know where these greedy guys are hiding and plotting at the moment!"

Hundreds of millions of hidden silver!

But at this moment, Xu Wenxi looked at the man in the main seat with a look of respect on his face, not daring to show any dissatisfaction.

"It's just a pity that Li Dongyang was so frightened by the little emperor that he kept complaining of illness at home. What a waste!"

"It's actually easy. We just ask the spokesperson above the court to draw up the list overnight and submit it to the cabinet."

These four light words instantly touched the hearts of everyone present.

"Well, it's settled. Let the court send people to explore the way first, and we'll wait patiently."

Zhu Houzhao panicked a little, looked at Tang Hao subconsciously, and asked.

How can you despicable barbarians be richer than us?

Such God-given things should be ours!

"Whether it's true or not, it doesn't matter!"

Everyone said something to each other, and they have already agreed to work together to push the court to send a fleet to the Japanese country to explore the way tomorrow.

After all, the noble families in Jiangnan all go to sea, and they all know the astonishing profits of maritime trade.

The imperial examination system was designed to select students (xiucai) from prefectures, prefectures, and counties with excellent grades or qualifications to be promoted to the Imperial Academy in the capital to study. They were called Gongsheng students, which meant contributing their talents to the emperor.

"Master Yuanfu went to see Master Tianguan just because he wanted to stabilize the political situation."

"Savage, didn't you say that?"

"Don't think too much."

After all, these are two true kings of the court!

One was in charge of the cabinet and was the imperial advisor of the two dynasties and the leader of the Jin gentry.

"This is necessary, after all, what if it's true?"

"It just so happens that we can take this opportunity to deploy manpower and find a few trustworthy people to follow the fleet to the Japanese country to verify whether the news about the Iwami Silver Mine is true!"

"If the Iwami Silver Mine really contains hundreds of millions of silver, then in addition to the Iwami Silver Mine, does Japan have other silver mines? Or other gold mines and copper mines?"

The layout of the mission is probably the same, with civil servants, eunuchs, eunuchs, and military commanders. The three forces are intertwined and balanced, and each one is indispensable.

On the military general Xungui's side, Tang Hao was responsible for sending people, and Ma Yong and Deng Boyan led two thousand soldiers to sea.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the West Factory."

Seeing that the people had almost arrived, Yang Tianzhu took the lead and spoke.

Hearing this, Tang Hao and the little emperor looked at each other with unsightly expressions.

If the two of them join forces to plot something, Tang Hao and the little emperor may not be able to stop them, and they may be beaten to a bloody pulp by these two big guys.

After all, this person must be one of their own, shouldering the heavy responsibility of going to find out the inside story of the Iwami Silver Mine!

And the civil servants and gentry are not monolithic. Each of the three true kings has its own power, and there is also Li Dongyang lurking in the dark. It is not easy to get the consent of all parties.

Final goal?

Of course it’s the opening of the sea and the lifting of the ban!

Naturally, let the Ming Navy sail to the West again!

Only by opening up the sea and lifting the ban and allowing the navy to go to sea to control ocean trade can we truly promote the transformation and development of the Ming Dynasty, truly enrich the country and strengthen the army, and truly realize the rejuvenation of the Ming Dynasty!

"After so many years, we don't know that the Japanese country actually has a huge silver mine with hundreds of millions of silver stored in it?"

It's like you think you are doing business with a group of bitter barbarians, and you feel full of superiority in your heart.

These tribute students are divided into yearly tribute, selected tribute, en-gong and paid tribute. Yang Tianzhu is a special case of en-gong, because he has an awesome ancestor who entered the Imperial College to study and cultivate virtue as a descendant of "sages".

For example, there are officials like Ma Wensheng, then there are officials like Liu Jian, and there are also bullshits like Li Dongyang and Liu Daxia!

If we generalize, it would be extremely unfair to Yuanfu Liu Jian and Tianguan Ma Wensheng.

"I guess the team going to Japan this time will be very lively!"

"But the preparations that need to be made can also be made in advance. Once the news is confirmed to be true, then we will take action!"

However, because of the unexpected emergence of Zhongshan Marquis, the target was directly targeted at the cabinet bachelor, so that the Huguang Township Party was now in an extremely miserable situation. Even Li Dongyang, the leader of the Huguang Party, could only report illness and hide at home. Disappointing.

As for eunuchs and eunuchs, this must be the will of the young emperor. Who he sends is entirely up to him.

"This is a good suggestion. I will go back and explain the situation to my brother."

This is the main mission set by Tang Hao for the little emperor, and it is also something that the monarch and his ministers must complete at all costs!

Li Dongyang is the leader of the Huguang Township Party. He has cooperated with the Jiangnan gentry in the past and achieved a win-win situation together.

And the root of all this comes from the preferential treatment given to scholars by the Ming Dynasty, and from the honors given to these scholars by the court!

Therefore, last time Tang Hao and the young emperor wanted to use their reputation as scholars, they were met with fierce opposition from the gentry of the Manchu Dynasty. They even abandoned the fifty-six officials and Zeng Jian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty must not be allowed to expel scholars from their academic titles at will.

When Li Dongyang was mentioned, everyone had different expressions and their faces were not very good-looking.

But suddenly a piece of news came. The bitter barbarian in your eyes actually has a huge silver mine at home. Who can bear this?

As for the final candidates for civil servants and gentry, there is a high probability that they will come from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, but it is not necessarily the case. It depends on how these civil servants and gentry decide.

This assumption is very reasonable.

After all, these two virtuous veterans have always insisted on mending things for the Ming Dynasty and the country to ensure that this declining and decadent dynasty can operate normally.

Tang Hao couldn't help but smile when he thought of this.

After all, Liu Jian was the master of the two emperors. It is reasonable to say that he is the elder of the young emperor.

As soon as the sky darkened, representatives from all sides of the Jiangnan gentry gathered in this mansion at someone's suggestion.

"We must find a way to grab it!"

Zhu Houzhao chuckled and said: "These gentry are particularly greedy. They know that there may be a giant silver mine with hundreds of millions of silver in the Japanese country, so they will definitely not let it go easily."

At the same time, in the east of the inner city of the capital, a large number of gentry gathered in an official's residence.

Yes, if the Iwami Silver Mine is real, then who can guarantee whether there will be other veins?

Zhu Houzhao looked slightly moved when he heard this.

"Such a gift from heaven should belong to us, not for barbarians like Japan to covet!"

Yang Tianzhu chuckled and said: "The cabinet can roughly understand what we mean."

One is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, a virtuous veteran and Lord Tianguan.

“One-sided words cannot be trusted, but if we have the same opinion, then this news is basically the truth!”

So, the question now is what will the civil servants and gentry behind them do?

For example, now, what happened at the court meeting today quickly reached the ears of these people.

These people have a common feature, that is, they represent a certain noble family behind them, especially the Jiangshan noble family who are responsible for half of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue, and their representatives sit in the center position.

"After you all go back, use your personal connections to deploy more of our own people and follow this fleet to Japan!"

Once the three-step strategy in the early stage is completed, everyone from the emperors and generals to the common people will find that the Ming Dynasty does not occupy the center of this world, nor does it have all the natural resources and treasures occupied by the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar, and everyone immediately became excited.

"Okay, let's wait until they submit the list!"

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

However, in today's court meeting, it seems that the two of them have achieved their goal, but those court officials are all mature people. Once they look back, they will immediately understand what they want to do. !

Sending soldiers to Japan is the first step.

"Master Yuanfu is our "elder" now. He must find a way to stabilize the political situation in the court and suppress those dissatisfied civil servants and gentry, otherwise chaos will indeed arise in the court."

Xu Wenxi reminded in a deep voice: "Is it possible that this is false news deliberately spread by Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan? Just to find a suitable excuse for him to send troops to the Japanese country, and to prompt the courtiers to agree to this!"

"hiss……"

Without him, this person is called Yang Tianzhu. Compared with Xu Wenxi, Yang Tianzhu has a more impressive background. He is a descendant of Yang Shiqi, the head of the three Yang Xianxiangs!

Yang Tianzhu is just a tribute student, not a tribute scholar.

Tang Hao touched his chin and thought for a moment. Recalling the last carriage conversation with Liu Jian, he had some speculations in his heart.

When the news comes back from the Japanese country that the Iwami Silver Mine does indeed exist, then with the greed of these gentry, they will definitely not sit back and watch, they will definitely find ways to get involved, and the first condition is to go to sea first, so The shipbuilding industry is about to usher in a leap forward, and this is the third step!

Repairing those warships and stabilizing the navy's basic base is the second step.

This situation is extremely normal. It is like a "small court discussion", but it can greatly affect the overall situation of the government.

Who let them hold the economic lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty in their hands?