Chapter 132 It doesn't matter if Wa Kingdom doesn't give it to us, let's get it ourselves!
Chapter 132 It doesn’t matter if Japan doesn’t give it to us, we can get it ourselves!
The east wind blooms flowers on thousands of trees at night, and even blows them down, and the stars are like rain!
The dazzling fireworks blooming all over the sky made Li Yunze feel relaxed and happy.
He turned to look at the dry and thin old man beside him, and sighed, "Jianzhongjun, if Dongfeng Express blooms in your place a few hundred years from now, it will definitely be even more dazzling and brilliant than it is today."
Jianzhong Guimi was a Japanese envoy who came to the Ming Dynasty many times.
Hearing Li Yunze's words, he stroked his beard and smiled, "The masterpiece of Dongpo layman, the beauty of rhetoric makes people feel relaxed and happy. The Ming Dynasty and our country are separated by a narrow strip of water. If the flower of the east wind blooms in our country hundreds of years later, it will be extremely beautiful."
This is the real nonsense. What everyone is talking about is not on the same channel at all.
Li Yunze is rather boring. If people can't understand his sarcasm, it will be meaningless.
"Jianzhongjun." Li Yunze raised the wine glass in his hand and said, "Drink."
To put it bluntly, this banquet was to blackmail Japan. If the blackmail failed, there would be a fight. After all, Li Yunze had already talked through Zhu Di and sent a small fleet with professional mining people to explore for minerals on a small island in the north of Japan.
This island is known locally as Golden Township, Treasure Island, and its real name is Sado Island!
Li Yunze believed that when the news about Sado Island came back, the government and the public would be shouting about fighting and killing.
Because this is the largest gold and silver mine in the world at this time.
The people of Ming Dynasty, who were going crazy due to lack of money, would certainly not let him go.
"Let's go." Li Yunze greeted Jianzhong Guimi enthusiastically, "Let's enjoy the singing and dancing."
He is not stupid, and he knows very well what it means when things go wrong, there will be monsters.
The Ming Dynasty was suddenly so enthusiastic about itself that it even sent an envoy to the Japanese country a few days ago.
Anyone with any sense knows something is wrong.
But there was no way, the country's strength was there, and he had no other choice.
The face of the Ming Dynasty is here, and Zhu Di is very happy with his achievements.
Now that countless state envoys from the southeast, northwest and northwest are here, this banquet is of course extremely grand.
The entire palace square was filled, and in the night sky there were continuous brilliant fireworks and countless lanterns and braziers, completely lighting up everything around.
The banquet tables, chairs and tables scattered throughout the place were filled with delicacies from the mountains and seas, as well as rare wines from the Ming Dynasty.
All Liyuan disciples were present, performing all kinds of singing, dancing, acrobatics, and novel performances, including even animal taming.
Everyone was very happy coming and going.
Zhu Di gained face, all officials and nobles feasted, Liyuan disciples received rewards, foreign envoys were able to feast and drink after witnessing the grand scene, and even the maids in the inner prison were feasting their eyes and getting some at the same time.
There is leftover soup and water.
Indeed, almost everyone was happy, except Zhu Gaochi, Li Yunze and the Japanese envoy Jianzhong Guimi.
It is normal for Zhu Gaochi to be unhappy, because he is the one paying for this grand banquet.
When he thought about the terrifying amount of expenses, he felt his blood surge and he felt dizzy. In Li Yunze's words, he had high blood pressure.
Li Yunze was used to seeing the market and didn't care much about it, because he was thinking about how to drive the Japanese country to a dead end.
As for Jianzhong Guimi, it's even simpler. He is keenly aware of the good saintly grandson around him, and intentionally or unintentionally wants to trick the Japanese country.
Just like this moment, when the two of them were standing outside an animal taming pen, watching the trainer waving his whip to urge the lion brought back by Zheng He to jump into the fire hoop, Li Yunze suddenly said, "I have been looking through ancient books recently and saw that
The story of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. The Japanese country pushed the ancient emperor and sent envoys
When Miss Xiao Ye sent a letter to Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, what was the first sentence at the beginning?
Hearing this, Jianzhong Guimin's wrinkled forehead was already covered with sweat.
How could he not know about such a big event? The first sentence is 'The emperor pays respects to the emperor when the sun rises and the emperor writes to the emperor when the sun disappears!'
"Where the sun rises, the emperor pays homage to the emperor where the day does not." Li Yunze on the side read this sentence with his hands behind his back, and then his face suddenly sank, "Yang Guang, this prodigal son, a waste, an idiot! How can he not be so humiliated by a dog?
Dare to send troops to destroy his country! Waste, waste
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Jianzhong Guimi's legs were trembling with fright, and he was about to fall over.
If someone else said this, Kenzhong Keimijun would take it as farts.
Just say it, can you still destroy the Japanese country by just saying it?
But the problem is that the young man in front of him is the grandson of the Central Plains Dynasty of Ming Dynasty, and he is almost destined to be the next emperor.
Once you really have extremely strong hostility towards the Japanese country, the consequences are simply unimaginable.
Jianzhong Guimi forced himself to salute and responded, "Your Highness, the Japanese are not familiar with Chinese and their words cannot convey their meaning. Please forgive me."
Li Yunze looked at him with a half-smile, "Don't play word games, I don't like it. I just like to gallop around the world with a horse and a gun."
"okay."
He waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about business."
Of course, Zhu Di would not come forward to blackmail the Japanese country. He wanted to protect his own face.
The prince is not suitable either. In Zhu Di's words, he is stupid after reading books about sages, and he really thinks of himself as a sage.
As for Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, their identities are even more inappropriate.
After picking and choosing, only Li Yunze, the person who took the initiative to propose this matter, was the most suitable.
In Zhu Di's view, this is also a consideration of his ability.
"Is the Japanese country loyal to the Ming Dynasty? Is it a vassal of the Ming Dynasty?"
Jianzhong Guimi immediately saluted, "The Japanese country has its heart set on the Ming Dynasty, so it is natural that it will be a subject of the Ming Dynasty."
"But your tribute is too little." Li Yunze shook his head slowly. "The gifts you sent are so few. I can't see how loyal you are."
"this."
The reason why Ashikaga Yoshimitsu chose to submit to the Ming Dynasty was because he could earn income from the Ming Dynasty through paying tribute, which could be used to suppress the samurai daimyo in various places.
The purpose of paying tribute is to make money. If you give too many gifts, wouldn't it be a loss?
However, Li Yunze's words had reached this level at this time, and Jianzhong Guimi could only grit his teeth and reply within the scope of his authority: "The Japanese country is willing to increase tribute gifts by three thousand guan every year."
When he said this, his heart was bleeding. This was three thousand guans.
His own annual salary is only a few hundred dollars.
For the Japanese country, three thousand guan was already a huge sum of money, after all, they were too poor.
But here in the Ming Dynasty, a huge wealth means nothing.
"Three thousand guan? I'm sending the beggars away." Li Yunze waved his hand disdainfully, "Do you think you're looking down on me, Huang Ming?"
This is too little, and there is nothing Jianzhong Guimi can do. His authority only goes so far.
If the Ming Dynasty still wanted more, it could only send a letter to General Ashikaga Yoshimochi for a decision.
"Let's do this." Li Yunze simply made the condition: "Every year from now on, Japan will pay tribute of 500,000 taels of silver, 10,000 taels of gold, and 1 million shi of rice."
Glancing at Kenzaka Keimi who was about to fall over, he smiled and said, "Huang Ming's ship is going to Japan. It needs a place to dry its cargo and dock for supplies and rest. I heard that Japan has a Sado Island, so how about I, Huang Ming, borrow it for the time being?"
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"This, this, this"
Jianzhong Guimi was about to curse, I have seen black-hearted people, but I have never seen someone like you who is completely black from top to bottom!
You are trying to force the Japanese country to die.
"Reply to Your Highness." Jianzhong Guimi took a deep breath and saluted in a calm mood. "This matter is extremely difficult for the Japanese country to accept! Even if the Japanese country is searched carefully, they will not be able to find such a large amount of gold, silver and food."
He did not mention the matter of ceding land because it was simply impossible.
"Let's put it another way." Li Yunze smiled and looked at Jianzhong Gyumi with his eyes closed. "How about I, the emperor, use copper coins and other supplies to exchange them to buy Japanese gold, silver and rice?"
‘Uh~~~’
Hearing this, Kenzaka Keimi opened his eyes and was a little stunned.
There was almost no coin-making technology in the Japanese country, and almost no one wanted to use the coins they made themselves. What really circulated were the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty.
Because of the lack of copper coins, Japan suffered from deflation, and many places even resorted to bartering, which greatly affected the development of commerce and trade.
If you don't ask for it directly, but exchange it for purchase, it will be mainly copper coins that Japan is in urgent need of, which is fine.
As for selling goods, Jianzhong Guimi is not worried at all.
He has been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, so many things are naturally clear to him.
Although Huang Ming's goods were very popular among the Japanese people, who wanted almost everything, the consumption power there was actually not high.
After all, there are only a handful of wealthy people in Japan.
Even if Huang Ming were to sell goods, the market would soon be saturated and not much could be sold.
It is possible to exchange gold, silver and rice for copper coins.
"This matter is not for foreign ministers to decide." Kenchu Keimi thought about it carefully for a while and responded calmly, "I will send a letter to General Ashikaga for a final decision."
"good."
Li Yunze nodded with a smile, raised the wine glass in his hand again and said, "Drink."
"You're a stick boy!"
In the imperial study room, after listening to Li Yunze's narration, Zhu Gaoxu on the side immediately jumped to his feet, "What kind of thing is this? You don't get any benefits, but you have to lose copper coins?"
"That's right." Zhu Gaosui also stood by and said, "Niece, you can't do this well. Our Ming Dynasty is also short of copper coins, so there is no reason to sell the things we lack. You are really ignorant.
"
The two brothers sang together and tried their best to step on Li Yunze in front of Zhu Di.
This is actually stepping on the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, and it would be best to step on the crown prince's position.
Zhu Gaochi said nothing as he felt that Li Yunze was not that stupid.
Coincidentally, Zhu Di thought so too.
"Zhan Ji." Zhu Di propped his elbows on the armrests of the dragon chair and rested his face on his palms, "Speak clearly."
"yes."
Li Yunze handed over his hand and told his plan, "The emperor is short of copper coins, but there is no shortage of copper. There are many copper utensils in various temples and families. You can buy them with gold and silver."
"Ha~~~" Zhu Gaoxu laughed loudly over there, "I wanted to make a fortune, but now I have to pay for it myself?"
Li Yunze ignored him and explained to himself, "We said we bought it with copper coins, but we didn't say we used the copper coins we use now. We can specially make a batch of copper coins with more tin and lead. They look good on the surface and are not light in weight. But
Copper coins that actually contain not much copper are exclusively for
Exchange gold, silver and rice from Japan."
Zhu Di, who squinted his eyes, nodded slowly and said, "Go on."
"The exchange ratio of gold, silver and copper coins in the Huangming Dynasty is low, but the exchange ratio of gold, silver and copper coins in Japan is very high. In this aspect alone, you can get at least three times the profit every time you go back and forth."
"The other thing is." Li Yunze's smile became even more cordial, "There is endless chaos in the Japanese country, and various vassal towns are attacking each other. We don't sell porcelain, tea, etc., and we can't make much money. We sell them weapons, armor, and military supplies! Let them fight well.
It’s best to ask for our support until your head is broken and bleeding.”
"Many mountains of gold and silver are under the control of various local vassal towns. We can use the retired military supplies to purchase and mine them. We can also bid for captives and use these captives to open mines."
Li Yunze took a deep breath, "First contact and penetrate, then gradually control through righteousness and material support, and finally engulf them one by one!"
"It doesn't matter if Japan doesn't give it to us, we can get it ourselves!"