One or two hundred years have passed since Zheng He's voyage to the West. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has lost its ability to explore the unknown world. Instead, Western missionaries traveled thousands of miles to send those novel things to the Celestial Empire, which amazed the former Celestial Empire figures!

Perhaps standing at the peak of the world for too long, the elites of the Celestial Empire seemed particularly slow and only regarded Western astronomical calendars, clocks and musical instruments as gadgets, but as a time traveler, he was too clear about it. This was the turning point of prosperity and decline.

Qin Shixiao and his friends visited Japan again and brought back a large amount of gold and silver supplies, which caused a sensation. The civil servants stared at the gold and silver filling the financial gap, while the generals were salivating at the copper mines, thinking about building more artillery.

As for the merchants in Henan, they were even more alarmed. They had long heard that overseas trade was profitable, but to what extent they really reached, these people still had no idea. But the real money was placed in front of them, and the strong attraction was indescribable.

The most moving color in this world is not the beauty. After ten years of glory, it is inevitable that people will be old and yellow. But gold has remained unchanged for a long time, always so gorgeous and so crazy.

In order to further burn the enthusiasm of everyone, Gu Zhenhua sent invitation letters to celebrities from all walks of life, asking them to go to the royal palace to have a banquet and listen to Qin Shixiao's introduction.

For a moment, the slightly prominent businessmen were alarmed. Everyone squeezed their heads and spent money to walk through the back door. In any case, they had to come over and listen. They keenly realized that this was an unprecedented business opportunity.

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"Prince, all the wise men. The Japanese island produces a lot of gold and silver. Some maritime merchants named the Japanese island the Silver Island. According to my opinion, it is not the case! The Japanese island not only produces silver, but also has a larger amount of gold. Take the Ming Dynasty for example. One tael of gold for ten taels of silver. Over the years, there are more and more silver overseas. In fact, twelve and three taels of silver, or even fifteen taels of gold can be exchanged for one tael of gold. On the Japanese island, five taels of silver, or even three taels of silver, can be exchanged for one tael of gold. The price difference is so big that it is incredible!"

ah!

All the wealthy merchants present came from their money eyes, and calculated from one to ten, taking the silver from the Ming Dynasty to Japan. They turned around and exchanged it for gold, and then transported it back to the country, and it was twice as profitable as one time!

In fact, this is the most conservative estimate. You don’t have to bring any money. You buy silk tea and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, and then change it to Japan for gold, and then return to the Ming Dynasty. The profit will be at least two or three times the same! You may also go to North Korea to check it out, and then purchase Korean ginseng, and the profit will increase!

Hou Youfang, deputy chief of the Kaifeng Supervisory Yuan, swallowed his saliva with difficulty and asked, "Mr. Qin. Is there really so much gold and silver in the little Japanese island? If it is all bright in one or two years, I'm afraid this business is not interesting!"

Qin Shi Xiaodao: "Everyone, although the Japanese island is not big, its area is not smaller than Henan. And I can tell you with confidence that the gold, silver and copper mines on the Japanese island can be mined for at least a few decades or even hundreds of years. I believe everyone knows the Japanese pirate Hideyoshi, right? This guy once built a Tianshou Pavilion in Osaka for five floors and eight to ten floors inside. The Sanba Wenxuan tiles on the Tianshou Pavilion were made of gold foil. There is a movable gold tea room, the walls, ceilings and floors are all made of gold, and even the skeleton of the paper door is made of gold, which is magnificent. The luxury is not below the Forbidden City."

"Brave and bold!"

Ge Su, the Henan envoy of the School of Education, said angrily: "The little Japanese pirate dares to be so ruthless. Does he have any other Chinese states in his eyes?"

Fang Jianming smiled slightly: "Old Ge, if they had a country in the Celestial Kingdom, would they still attack the country and North Korea after so long? Since Zheng He went to the West, our Celestial Kingdom followed the ancestral system and the court no longer promoted force overseas, so these clowns jumped up naturally."

"You are right." Qin Shi Xiao said: "Water Island does not have any respect for the Celestial Empire. When I first arrived at the Celestial Empire, I even heard that someone threatened to attack North Korea again and let the Celestial Empire rob the coast of the Celestial Empire."

"court death!"

The generals had already slapped the table, jumped up, and shouted: "What did the Japanese pirates regard the Ming Dynasty as? Do they take the fat meat they want? Prince, I will only be willing to raise a brigade army, flatten the Japanese island, and snatch all the gold and silver for the prince to enrich the country!"

Old man Ge Su frowned and said, "Generals, our country is above the heavens, benevolence and righteousness are the first. The Japanese islands are alone in the ocean, and the barbarians are in the land of barbarians. Just send envoys to rebuke them. It is really not worth the effort to make the expedition, let alone the great enemy is not suitable for too many enemies!"

"Old Ge, what you said is wrong. Is Japan still less offensive to the Celestial Empire? From the Hongwu period to the Wanli period of Jiajing, the Japanese pirates continued. It can be said that they are unwilling to accept evil. Do you still have to continue to tolerate or tolerate?"

As the deputy chief of the General Staff, Wu Kaijie was determined to be the war. Especially after hearing what Gu Zhenhua said, he was a little dispelled from the traditional Confucian rhetoric.

He walked to Qin Shixiao, grabbed a handful of gold and sand, and said with a smile: "Is such a place rich in gold and silver still a barbaric place? In my opinion, it's fat and must not be let go!"

Qin Shixiao nodded and smiled, "Prince, in the past, he never advocated crossing the sea to use troops. He just saw the wealth of the Japanese island. He thought that this battle would definitely not be lost, and the profit was quite good. Please decide!"

Gu Zhenhua listened to the discussions of the people and smiled slightly: "I want to say two points. The first is to put aside the views of China and the barbarians and look overseas. For many years, the Celestial Empire has been in chaos and land annexation. Even if I have established a farm, will it be broken in fifty years or a hundred years? In fact, according to my King's opinion, I may not be able to persist for so long. No one here wants to repeat the treacherous rebellion of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong! The problem of eating cannot be solved by Confucius, and the Confucian education cannot withstand hunger. If you want to solve the problem, you can only look overseas, make profits from the four barbarians, grab resources, and ensure the survival of the people of the Celestial Empire. This is the only feasible way!"

Whether it is all dynasties, even when you go overseas, there are voices of sages that praise Confucius everywhere. Many of Confucius' words are directly from the perspective of the ruler, such as the most famous saying "The people can be used to it, but not to know it." Rulers of all dynasties have seen this famous saying as if they see their parents. It is so understandable, and they will definitely practice it according to this, and will unswervingly.

For example, "He is also filial and happy. There are few who like to offend superiors. Those who do not like to offend superiors, but who like to cause chaos have never happened." Simply put, if a person is filial, he will not offend superiors and cause chaos, and in one sentence, it laid the tone for the dynasties to rule the world with filial piety.

For example, "Serve the king, respect the affairs, and then eat the salary. That is to teach the ministers to contribute more and ask for less, and make the rulers feel so happy.

It was spread until hundreds of years later, an uncle named Sam translated this sentence in their dialect and said: "Don't ask what the country has given you, first ask what you have done for the country.

Gu Zhenhua actually bombarded Confucius. No matter from any angle, this is absolutely ruthless and absolutely intolerable!

Mr. Tixue Ge was glaring at him, looking like he wanted to eat people. He was about to argue, but the students around him pressed the old man tightly.

"Teacher, look!"

Ge Su was shocked and looked around, but he knew that the wealthy merchants and generals were all dancing and listening intoxicatedly. With the development of business, the Confucian style of business is becoming increasingly a constraint for industry and commerce. What parents do not travel far, what emphasize agriculture and banish commerce, and what clothes and obey the system...

Finally, I heard someone blasting Confucius and Mencius, especially the King of Liao, who was still in a high position and powerful position, which made everyone smell the scent of policy reversal, so everyone was excited.

"Your Majesty, what's right. It's been a disaster for the people of the Celestial Empire over the years. It's time to find a way out for everyone! You might as well order us to send troops to the Japanese island now!"

Gu Zhenhua smiled and waved his hand: "The second point I want to say is how to start. Snatching is a very useless thing. Our products in the Celestial Empire are prosperous, so we should naturally put commodity goods first, open the door to Japan and trade fairly. However, the Japanese pirates are barbaric, have no shame, and forget their righteousness when they see profits. Therefore, the army must escort the back. If Japan is honest, it will naturally not say anything, otherwise it will be severely punished. In short, everything you do must be as good as doing business, and calculate the gains and losses on the abacus. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, we are impressed!" (To be continued...)

ps: I was in a bad state yesterday, I was stuck, I'm sorry...
Chapter completed!