.Chapter 203: The Eternal Foundation of the Ming Dynasty

Good fortune is hidden by misfortune, and misfortune depends on good fortune. This is what I learned when I was a child from the loss of my horse. It is translated into my motto: taking advantage of the loss.

‘So what?’ I smiled when Zhang Juzheng said, ‘I am a Chinese.’ In fact, it’s a shame to say this. The honest Chinese people are all carried in China, but for example, singers, movie stars, and directors, everyone has a green card. If you take out a second generation, you are not a big name at all. You must know that a heavy historical drama like “The Founding of a Kingdom” is performed by a group of foreign celebrities to celebrate the 60th birthday of New China. A group of foreigners traveled thousands of miles to China to film Chinese historical dramas…

'As soon as you came in, I noticed that you were different from other Japanese people. I'll kill you...' Zhang Juzheng said with his right hand, he took out a short flint gun from his sleeve.

However, as soon as this latest flint gun from the Southern Barbarians was lifted into the air, Zhang Juzheng's forehead was blocked by me with the flint gun I took out of the cassock robe. I was disarmed by the flint gun in Zhang Juzheng's hand. Although it was for negotiation, how could I have no preparation when I went deep into the tiger's den. I was not only a sharp shooter, but also a super fast gunner. After rigorous training, it took less than 0:1 second to go from pulling the gun to firing. In the eyes of others, it was already a speed like lightning. However, this speed was more than that of the masters of the Western Cowboys, this time was enough for them to get the gun into the cassette after drawing the gun.

‘Can I give me another chance?’ As I said, I opened the insurance with my thumb. ‘I used to have no choice, but now I just want to live well.’

Zhang Juzheng, who was hit by a short flint gun, was calm in the face of danger and asked, "How can I give you a chance? Unless the emperor pardons you."

'You can do it too. If you want, I can help you become the emperor.' I put away the short flint gun that was pressed on Zhang Juzheng's head. If there were a group of loyal private soldiers, plus the latest 70 heavy machine guns raided the imperial city, there would be a great chance to take it down. Many time travel novels were written like this. In the Qing Dynasty, everyone knew that Dai Zinc invented machine guns, but the emperor's words "Horse and shoot are the foundation" This epoch-making historical invention can only lie quietly under the cabinet.

Zhang Juzheng sneered and showed off his waist. The card, "I'm sorry, I'm the Jinyiwei. I will not betray the emperor."

'Jinyiwei Commander Zhang.' I read along the waist card that the Jinyiwei can be counted. It is a secret policeman in the hands of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the KGB, the FBI, the CIA, etc., and is the most trusted person of the emperor, who is qualified to serve. The Jinyiwei can be heard, arrested, tortured, and tried. Even the first and second-rank court officials did not tremble when they saw the Jinyiwei. I laughed, 'Why don't you hear that you are the least of the sages? The king is the second most important thing, and the people are the most important.'

When I said this, Zhang Juzheng's old face turned red and he didn't say anything. For people who read books, the things left by the saint are definitely right, but whether they do the same is true. After all, most of the managers in this world are humans, not saints. They are more willing to do things according to the way people think. For the officials of the court, the words of the saints are more of a stepping stone to climb upward. Those who are really stupid in reading and studying, and are all beaten to the heads of blood as the saints say.

I turned around and asked, ‘Can China have a dynasty that has been passed down for thousands of years?’

Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said, "No. The Zhou Dynasty in the pre-Qin period was only eight hundred years."

‘Do you want to protect the Ming Dynasty forever?’ Since he is the Jinyiwei, it is not realistic to make him rebel. After all, the commander of the Jinyiwei is the most trusted person by the emperor, but there is a way to change it.

‘I think, it’s just that Jiang Taigong can’t protect the Zhou Dynasty for thousands of years. I, Zhang Juzheng, have no virtue and no ability, and how can I protect the Ming Dynasty forever?’

‘There is no court in Chinese history for thousands of years, but Japan has. Like the Zhou emperor, the emperor of Japan is just a nominal ruler, with no real rights, but just always enjoying wealth and wealth. All the rights of the court are concentrated in the hands of capable ministers.’ This is to say to people with unknown backgrounds. In fact, before Oda Nobunaga went to Luo in the early years, the emperor and the general's family were so poor that they could not bear the blame.

‘Zheng Zhou, give up his rights and enjoy wealth?’ When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he felt a little moved. It was basically impossible for them to rebel, but if he said something else, it would have a good effect.

Speaking of the emperor since the Qin Dynasty, these officials in the Ming Dynasty may be the hardest and most tiring group. The monk emperor first invented a court stick to beat ministers, and I don’t know how many of them were beaten to death. Then he withdrew the chairs at the court meeting, and the ministers could only stand to go to court. (In history, ministers from the Ming and Qing dynasties stood to court, but I don’t know how to take pictures on TV. Since the Qin Dynasty, everyone has been standing to court.)

I further threw out the bait, 'Yes, this method is called constitutional monarchy. The emperor only has a false reputation. Regardless of the affairs of the court, the prime minister and the cabinet are the main affairs of all matters in the court. Lord Zhang freely reads the books of sages. Does he have no ambition to pacify the administration and benefit the people of the world?'

‘Some, I have.’ The last two sentences touched Zhang Juzheng’s weakest heart. The reform of the Celestial Dynasty depends on the emperor to make decisions on whether it is big or small. However, in Chinese feudal history, these emperors could also be good emperors in addition to the founding emperor. Some of the other emperors wanted to be generals, some wanted to be carpenters, some wanted to be small vendors, and some wanted to be painters, calligraphers and poets. From the perspective of "I just regret being born in the imperial family", I knew that few people wanted to be emperors and the people and the world.

The people of Xiahe are not responsible for them, but a burden and a shackle. Zhang Juzheng thought to himself, ‘Maybe it is a good thing to let the emperors do what they like. None of the officials who have sat down step by step from the local officials to the high position are mediocre. Letting them manage the world may be much better than to flatter the emperor every day now. If the emperor loses his power, then the eunuchs and relatives naturally have no power, and it is also a good thing for the people of the world.’

At this time, Zhang Juzheng's heart began to shake, "What should I do if the Jinyiwei?"

'Reform is to change the name, how about the secret police? Or the military police or the Independent Commission Against Corruption, you can be directly responsible to the cabinet or the prime minister. Of course, the rights must be weakened, and you can only arrest people after the cabinet's orders.' In my opinion, there is no organization like the Independent Commission Against Corruption that is difficult to prevent the spread of the **. You must know that personal ** problems are inevitable. If there is no virtuous cycle within the internal system, then reform will not be from top to bottom, but from bottom to top. Now, no one knows whether there are people like Li Zicheng and Xu Da lurking among the people.

Zhang Juzheng was an official for many years and knew the sufferings of the people. He had already had countermeasures for these things - abolishing corvee labor, distributing vacancies to acres, clearing meter land, and paying food for both officials and the people. This not only solves the problem of excessive burden on farmers, but also increases the national treasury income and the shrinking central finance. However, this kind of thing involves the interests of many officials, gentry, princes and nobles, and even with the support of the emperor, it may not be possible to implement it. But if the constitutional monarchy system is followed, then all this is no longer a problem. 'How can you help me?'

'It is impossible to send troops, otherwise you and I are all sinners throughout the ages, so I can only give some suggestions. However, my subordinates recently developed a continuous firearm that can shoot more than 120 times in a minute, with a range of up to 100 steps. It can be produced in a large amount in a few months and can be sold to you some. At that time, you only need a few thousand private soldiers.' Although it is not ruled out that someone will restore the throne in the name of clearing the monarch, since ancient times, the truth has only been in the hands of the winner. As long as they defeat them, there will be nothing left.

‘After all, you have to use force.’ Zhang Juzheng sighed. It seems that using force to do this matter has become Cao Cao again. This big-faced person has a bad reputation.

'Look at what you said, there is no bloodlessness in the reform? But compared to the millions of people in the world, I think it is still worth it. Water can carry a boat or a capsize it. The current Celestial Empire is a first-class warship that has been drifting on the sea for two hundred years, but it has been broken and watered in all aspects. The warship has not sunk yet. That is because there are still a group of ship workers on the ship constantly repairing, but as long as a lazy ship leader or enemy warship suddenly appears, the warship sinks sooner or later. Instead of repairing and waiting for the warship to sink on the sea, it is better to enter the port for major repairs before it sinks. There must be some pain. But you also know that this long pain is worse than short pain. In theory, the old Zhu family has enjoyed the glory and wealth for many years, and can still enjoy it in the future. They are delicious and delicious, what else do you want? How many people in the Celestial Empire are still struggling on the hunger line every year.'

It was really a rebellious thing to take out these remarks. Zhang Juzheng quickly stopped, "Let me think about this matter again. What are you going to deal with North Korea's affairs?"

I kept my usual verbs amazing, 'In my opinion, why don't we deal with North Korea as a test field?'

Zhang Juzheng was also surprised. It was the first time that he used a country as an experimental field. ‘Experience field, how to use it?’

'We divide North Korea into two parts. Nominally, it is the king of North Korea, but in fact it is you and me who are the ones who are in charge of the governance, comparing who can make their territory richer and the people live better. How about it? Are you confident?'

"Pa" Zhang Juzheng slapped the table, "I have read books of sages since I was a child and have been an official for many years. How can this kind of governance be inferior to you, a monk? How can you compare with the law? Let me tell you."

Seeing Zhang Juzheng hit the stimulus, I expressed my plan, 'We will divide North Korea into two parts, whether it is east or west or south. Don't North Korea have eight ways, one person is four ways. One year, let's see who can improve the per capita income and living standards in our territory faster.'

'God's will, God's will.' Zhang Juzheng thought to himself, 'When the King of Korea and a group of Korean envoys were in Beijing, he shouted every day to attach himself to the Heavenly Kingdom. Originally, the court was hesitant about whether to set up a new province while taking advantage of the dangers, but this time he really attached himself.'

The two of us took the North Korean map and began to divide North Korea. Out of humility, I decided to let Zhang Juzheng choose first, because no matter which side Zhang Juzheng chooses, I have a 90% chance of winning.

In the end, Zhang Juzheng divided North Korea into two sides. For the sake of distance, Zhang Juzheng originally wanted to choose the four northern roads connected to Liaodong, but the north was too cold, and the four southern roads were the main production areas of North Korea's grain, so it was much easier to develop agriculture and serenity reforms. In the end, Zhang Juzheng chose the four southern roads. Because in the verbal agreement between Zhang Juzheng and I, as long as the living average and income gap between the people of the two sides expanded to more than double, the losing side would have to carry out comprehensive reforms according to the policy measures of the winning side.

After the tone was set, the rest became much easier. The envoys of both sides entered the tent again and began to discuss the North Korean issue. The envoys of the Ming Dynasty were originally very dissatisfied with Japan's occupation of North Korea's four roads, but after receiving gifts from others, it was difficult to speak directly. Besides, Japan occupied North Korea's land, not the land of Ming Dynasty. However, I then showed out three major killing weapons, eliminating the remaining dissatisfaction of Ming officials.

The first big killer was a new cotton coat, and it was equipped by the Ming army in winter. This was made by the ninjas of Ikeda Hengxing. It is of epoch-making significance in the history of human garment making. Because the cotton coat that the Ming army was preparing to keep soldiers cold in winter was filled with dead grass and fleece, which was the same as the later Celestial Empire filling the bridge piers with garbage. You should know that in winter, North Korea would reach a cold weather of about minus 40 degrees Celsius. Even the American soldiers who conquered Japan and Europe back then often used guns to make a hole in their feet when they arrived in North Korea, and used this self-harm to deal with the severe cold in northern North Korea in winter.

After cutting the cotton coat, several generals and Zhang Juzheng's faces immediately changed their faces. Zhang Juzheng gave an order and took out several newly sent cotton coats from the Ministry of Revenue from the Ming army camp. When he cut them, he still looked dry and frosty. After seeing this, Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang and other generals were so angry that it was simply a joke for the court to use human lives. Now the Ming army occupied most of the northern parts of North Korea, and in winter it would be dripping water to turn ice. Using this inferior cotton coat, most of the soldiers would be frozen to death. As long as the Japanese pirates persisted until winter to collect their bodies. At this time, Zhang Juzheng had long lost the idea of ​​participating in the Minister of Revenue, but thought of killing the Minister of Revenue after the constitution was established, and the head level was circulated on the Jiubian. If he didn't do this, even if Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang would rebel.

The second killer is the newly-produced Type 70 water-cooled heavy machine gun, with a fire rate of about 150 rounds per minute. As long as this new firearm is equipped with enough equipment, it can completely ignore the existence of cavalry, infantry, archers and musketeers. Although the machine gun cannot cope with the cannon, this is enough. After all, the cannon is slow to move, and the four of these machine guns can be lifted up and run away.

After a test shot, I gave two 70-type water-cooled machine guns to the shocked general Zhang Juzheng. At this time, Zhang Juzheng also understood why I said that if I had this thing, I could easily dominate the court. This thing was too powerful. In the future, except for the soldiers and artillery soldiers who operated machine guns, it seemed that there would be no other military branches. No matter how many people were, they were just cannon fodder in front of machine guns. In this way, the country could lay off most of the troops, turn these low-combat soldiers into farmers, and increase tax revenue. At this time, Zhang Juzheng had already imagined the scene of putting the machine gun on a carriage and spreading across the grassland to expand territory. And the nomadic people riding horses and shooting archery fell in front of the machine gun positions.

The third major killer is about Japan. The Japanese Emperor is willing to demote himself to the King of Heaven. The Japanese Minister of the Taizong, Oda Nobunaga, became a monk and abdicated. The new generation of Japanese Minister of the Taizong, was willing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and ask the Emperor of the Celestial Empire to reward the seal of the Japanese King. This matter has a tradition. Since General Ashikaga Yoshiman received the seal of the Japanese King Genyoshiman, Oda Nobunaga could of course also receive a seal of the Japanese King Hiroshiman.

Most of the Japanese generals present knew what the relationship between Oda Nobunaga and Nobuta Tachibana. But the Ming Dynasty didn’t know that one was Oda Nobunaga and the other was Oda Nobuta Tachibana. Just look at the names, they were two people who were incompatible. It can be seen that the Japanese pro-war faction was really resigned from the stage and replaced. But if it is said, Oda Nobunaga and Nobuta Tachibana, there is no need to look at it, either brothers or fathers and sons. This is the charm of Chinese characters - taking it out of context.

In the eyes of Ming Dynasty officials, it was not good for Japan to occupy the four major powers of Korea, but if one vassal state of the Celestial Dynasty helped another vassal state of the Celestial state manage the local area and develop the economy, it would be a good thing. Even if the emperor knew about it, there was no way to say anything. After all, this was a matter between the two vassal states.

The memorial submitted to the emperor of the Forbidden City in Beijing was not a small favor, but a great favor. First of all, Korea was pacified, and another participating country, Japan, had already been under the feet of the Ming emperor. He would pay tribute every year to pay tribute to the Celestial Empire to help the Celestial Empire arrest the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast of the Celestial Empire. As for a golden seal and a little reward to the new Japanese king Ping Nobuzhong, it was really a drizzle for the Ming Dynasty. After all, the Ming Dynasty now has more than 30 vassal states in Asia, and each new king would have to reward the king with golden seals and gifts when he ascended the throne. Moreover, once the Japanese pirates were pacified, there was no need to retain this measure of the sea ban. And Japanese

This side sent Han people from the first-rank left minister Wang Bieqing (also a pseudonym) to help North Korea develop its economy and resume production after the war. (This is a legitimate way to station troops in North Korea, and the number of Chinese troops stationed in the South of the Four South is twice that of the Japanese side. However, considering that Liaodong is the land of the Ming Dynasty, these thousands of troops will face the situation of being opposed by the Ming Dynasty from north to south and blooming in the middle. However, everyone has machine guns and cannons now, which is like a deterrent nuclear weapon, and no one dares to take action. Just think about it, what good things will be eaten by the siege of the cannon bombardment and the strafing of heavy machine guns.)

The end of this memorial was some boring questions and answers witnessed by the three major officials of China, Japan and North Korea. The question was a newly affiliated Japanese country, from the first-rank left-rank minister, and the answer was a total of North Korean officials. Although the North Korean officials did not show up when China and Japan discussed the North Korean issue, they finally showed up.

The main responsibility of the North Korean officials brought by the Ming Dynasty was to coordinate the local area. To put it bluntly, it was to wipe the butt of the Celestial Army. The Ming army was not a benevolent army. When North Korea came to steal somewhere, there were still endless things like stealing people. As long as no one was killed, those who were generals turned a blind eye. After all, they were still counting on these people on the battlefield. The aftermath fell on these North Korean officials brought from Beijing to coordinate the local area.
Chapter completed!