Rise From the Humble

"An has this reason, not to mention that in the early days of our Ming Dynasty, all the outsiders were barbarians, but that the wealth of other countries could not enter the treasury of our Ming Dynasty. Who are you? There are no people in other countries! An Ke obeys your orders!" Li Mo Zai Zhu Ping'an started to spray as soon as he finished speaking.

In fact, the translation of Li Mo's meaning is that this country is stupid. It gives you money in vain, and you, Zhu Ping'an, don't take a piss and look in the mirror to see what kind of virtue you have!

"That is, our Ming Dynasty, a country of etiquette, cannot use weapons randomly against other countries. In addition, our Ming Dynasty is currently holding Japanese captives in the north and south, and we have no ability to divide ourselves! How can we start another war!" An official behind Li Mo also said He stood up and cheered for Li Mo and joined the queue to denounce Zhu Pingan.

"He dares! Soldiers are a major issue for the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. We must not ignore it! If he dares to lead our Ming Dynasty into the flames of war at will and fall into a place of eternal destruction, I will kill him with my own hands." Li Mo listened. At that time, he blew his beard and glared, and his words did not take into account Zhu Pingan's feelings at all.

This wolf, this wolf, is talking about this beast!

Li Mo spoke very excessively. He was a thief who opened his mouth and a beast when he kept his mouth closed. Although this person was characterized as a loyal and upright minister in history, Zhu Ping'an was still very unhappy when he heard Li Mo's remarks. This kind of person is very stubborn, so stubborn that he can't Accept opinions contrary to his.

However, after all, this person still set out from his home country. In addition, at this time, Li Mo was an official in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and his little arm could not break his thigh, so Zhu Ping'an held back.

"Tsk tsk, look at how angry our boss can't let him finish his words." Yan Shifan squinted at Li Mo with one eye and sneered.

"Hmph, let's see what kind of flowers he can name." Li Mo shook his sleeve vigorously.

Before speaking, Zhu Pingan bowed his hands to Li Mo and others. After the salute, Zhu Pingan took out two books from his sleeves, showed them to everyone one by one, and then presented the books to Emperor Jiajing. Xiao Huang The door was delivered.

"I came up with this idea when I read two classics. The first classic is "Historical Records of the Western World (II)", which was written by Gong Zhen, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, Zheng He, who accompanied him on his voyages to the West. , there are two interesting records in this classic, the first of which is this: Gong Zhen sailed with the fleet to the Japanese country of Japan, which is now the den of Japanese pirates on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, and accepted the tribute from the Japanese chieftain. Later, when Gong Zhen and others were replenishing fresh water and fruits and vegetables in Japan, one of the crew members who was in charge of purchasing went to a butcher to buy mutton, which required a total of 30 taels of silver. The crew only brought 20 taels of silver, and the rest was gold. Seeing this, The butcher said: 30 taels of silver. If the silver is not enough, gold can also be used. 6 taels of gold will do. The crew looked sideways and went back to collect enough silver to pay for the mutton. When he said this to everyone, they all laughed at the butcher's treachery."

After Emperor Jiajing obtained the two books, Zhu Ping'an began to speak unhurriedly, as if telling a story.

"The Japanese are treacherous. 30 taels of silver is equal to 3 taels of gold, but the Japanese butchers want 6 taels of gold. They are really greedy and shameless!" After hearing the story told by Zhu Pingan, an official shook his head and criticized the Japanese's cunning indignantly.

"Japanese butchers are greedy and stupid. One tael of gold is equal to two taels of silver. This kid also knows it. He is stupid and doesn't know it, but he tries to plot this against the people of the Ming Dynasty. It's really ridiculous." Someone shook his head with a smile and said, he also got a lot. people's approval.

"The second interesting record is similar to this record, but this time the Japanese chief sent people to the treasure ship to pay tribute. During the tribute, one of the Japanese chiefs' civilian officials took a fancy to a piece of silk and needed 5 taels of silver. The Japanese chief However, the official paid 1 tael of gold, took away the silk, and left. The person in charge of the fleet hurriedly chased after the 5 taels of silver, but unfortunately the Japanese official walked too fast and could not catch up. During the voyage, the person in charge The staff is worried about themselves." Zhu Pingan said slowly.

Buzz

Everyone burst into laughter, why are the Japanese people like this? The butcher was so stupid that he couldn't tell the truth that one tael of gold equals ten taels of silver. Why were the Japanese officials so careless! They are really barbarians, not civilized!

"Zhu Zihou, you don't talk about the method of doubling the national treasury without adding taxes to the people. Instead, you talk about these inconsequential things. Do you think I am as stupid as that Japanese bandit?" An official behind Li Mo listened. These two inconsequential travel notes Zhu Pingan told about, I couldn't help but stand up and accuse Zhu Pingan.

"Don't be anxious, sir. What Ping'an is talking about is how to double the national treasury without increasing the wealth of the people." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly.

What?

What kind of method is this to double the treasury? Isn’t it just two irrelevant travel notes? Isn’t it just a stupid butcher and a sloppy official! Are you saying that you want to make money from this stupid butcher and this sloppy official? Just kidding, even if you squeeze them dry, it will only be worth three melons and two dates! It doesn’t help!

There was a burst of contempt from the officials, especially the official who spoke just now, and they all laughed out loud.

"Zhu Zihou, are you kidding me?" Li Mo suppressed his anger and almost shouted.

"How dare Ping An make a joke in this Golden Palace? What I am talking about is exactly the method of doubling the national treasury. Maybe it is not obvious from these two travel notes, so I will talk about another book. The other book I saw is Hong Kong The records of Honglu Temple, which recorded the tribute paid by the Japanese Kingdom to Japan twenty years ago, recorded such an incident. After the Japanese Dynasty paid tribute to Japan, Honglu Temple rewarded the envoy one hundred taels of gold in accordance with the decree. On the grounds that there are too many people and it is inconvenient to distribute gold, I request that the gold be replaced with the equivalent value of 500 taels of silver." Zhu Pingan shook his head, and then told a recorded story.

What? I still don’t understand. What kind of method is this for doubling the treasury?

Many officials still don't understand what Zhu Pingan is talking about. These three records have something to do with the doubling of the national treasury.

"Zihou, are you saying that the exchange of gold and silver in Japan is one tael of gold for five taels of silver?" Yan Shifan was the first to react, and then his face was filled with joy, and his eyes were shining, as if he had seen a shortcut to get rich. .

"It is exactly what Mr. Yan said. I have verified it with many sources and can basically confirm that the gold and silver exchange ratio in Japan is very different from that in our Ming Dynasty. In our country, ten taels of silver can be exchanged for one tael of gold, while in Japan, ten taels of silver can be exchanged. Two taels of gold is exactly twice as much." Zhu Pingan nodded, and then revealed this conclusion in a positive tone.

The reason why Zhu Ping'an said this was to implant the seeds of financial war into everyone's hearts, and use interests to draw everyone's attention abroad, hoping to subtly open the eyes of Ming people to the world.

What, the gold and silver exchange ratio of the Japanese country is actually 1:5. Why is there such a strange exchange ratio? The officials in the hall were surprised. This was the first time they had heard of this kind of thing. The exchange ratio of gold and silver is so different that if it changes hands, it will be twice as much gold. It doesn’t need Zhu Ping’an to say more, but everyone can easily realize the huge business opportunities. Modern Chinese aunts can even establish their illustrious reputation on Wall Street. .

"How much gold can Japan have?" an official asked.

“During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, a Tibetan man named Marco Polo came to the Central Plains by boat from the sea. In a travelogue, he called the Japanese country Zipangu, which translates to the Kingdom of Gold. He recorded in his travel notes that everyone in the Japanese country was Zipangu. There is countless gold. The roof of the palace is covered with pure gold, and the gold on the floor is as thick as the width of two fingers. There are thick pure gold tables in many rooms, and the windows are also made of gold. Gold decoration. It is said that there is a temple in Japan with a ten-foot-tall giant Buddha made entirely of gold. In the travel notes, the Japanese country is also called the Silver Islands. It is said that the Japanese country has countless silver mines, and there are continuous mountains in the open air that can be obtained by leaning over. sand."

Zhu Ping'an exaggeratedly described the contents of a travelogue based on Marco Polo's oral narration. This travelogue was not the later Marco Polo travelogue, but another travelogue that was narrated during the Yuan Dynasty. This travelogue was written in In a corner of the library, Zhu Ping'an found it when he was sorting out books the day before yesterday.

As for authenticity?

Haha, who cares, but history does record that gold and silver mines were abundant during this period in Japan. Japan's current Warring States Period is supported by gold and silver mines.

This chapter was completed last night and will be updated tonight.