Cai Min was obviously greatly stimulated, and his voice was trembling.
And the monarchs and ministers could only look at each other in confusion.
Obviously no one expected that the Japanese country would reach such a stage in just one year.
But the problem is that not long ago, the Japanese country seemed to be in good weather and prosperous.
How could it become like this overnight?
Hu Guang then said: "Cai Min, is what you said true?"
Cai Min said with some excitement: "It's... it's true... the common people... How dare the common people hide it... The common people are here to implore the Ming Dynasty to immediately rush to the rescue... to rush to the rescue... otherwise it will be too late, mentor
The life and death of Zheng Chen and others are uncertain now...please...please the imperial court to rescue..."
After saying that, tears ran down his clothes.
Everyone saw that he was so sincere, but they also knew that what he said was true.
Hu Guang couldn't help but said: "In that case, as far as I know... the Japanese country... has always been stable recently, how could it suddenly be like this?"
Cai Mindao: "In the beginning, the students followed their mentors and others and followed the Japanese king into Fusang. The Fusang people were indeed warmly entertained. Not only that, many Japanese people, no matter high or low, were fond of the students and others.
"I admire you. Everyone in Fusang is very interested in the new learning. Not to mention the Japanese king, even the famous people from all over the world want to invite their mentors to talk about the new learning."
When he said this, he seemed to be lost in memories. There was yearning on his originally sad face, and he continued: "After that, the New Deal began, and everything was safe. At first, the general who conquered the barbarians issued a sea trade order and ordered
All ports were opened to trade and orders were made to welcome maritime merchants. The effect was also very obvious, and many maritime merchants came in droves. After that, they ordered the land to be returned, and to confiscate the fields of daimyo and samurai everywhere, and organized
Many people went to various states to measure land..."
"When this news came out, there was a lot of controversy. But although the controversy was big, it was still in the past... After that, new learning was promoted and temples were banned..."
As he continued speaking, the monarchs and ministers listened, and some frowned, as if they had noticed something.
Some people also think...isn't this the same as the Ming Dynasty's New Deal? There seems to be nothing to blame.
I think Zheng Chen and others are quite familiar with the New Deal...
Cai Min continued: "In addition, edicts on education, commercial law, etc. were issued... Just a few days ago, another edict was issued... to build the Kyoto University Hall. Unexpectedly, this university hall is still standing
The preparation... suddenly changed, there were rebels everywhere, killing everywhere, students... students..."
When Cai Min said this, a look of fear appeared on his face, and then he began to cry bitterly, sobbing bitterly.
Hu Guang, who had been listening carefully, couldn't help but say: "These measures are all good. What's more, if there is a rebellion, there must be signs, but this time... why?"
He looked puzzled.
At this time, Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Mr. Hu...isn't he too naive?"
As soon as these words came out, Hu Guang's expression changed.
The scene suddenly became awkward. Hu Guang pursed his lips and was speechless for a moment.
Fortunately, Zhang Anshi walked out slowly at this time, breaking the embarrassment, and continued with a smile: "It is said that those who learn from me will live, and those who resemble me will die. I wonder if Hu Gong has heard of this?"
Hu Guang was stunned. He had just been humiliated by Zhang Anshi. Although his expression changed, fortunately he had a gentle temperament and was not someone who would seek revenge. 6 At this time, when he heard Zhang Anshi's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but say:
"I still need to ask for advice."
Zhang Anshi said: "My son will live forever, your majesty and all the princes should know it, right?"
Zhu Di nodded.
All the officials nodded.
Zhang Anshi continued: "Once, I taught him to read. He studied hard for several days and learned something with difficulty. So one day, he complained to me and said: Father, if there is a medicine in the world, take it
It will be good if you can memorize the text."
Zhang Anshi smiled and continued: "I beat him up at that time."
"Why?" Zhang Anshi looked around and continued to smile to himself: "He thinks this way because... he wants to take a shortcut. You must know that in this world, whether it is studying, managing a family, running a country, or
In the world, everyone hopes to take shortcuts."
"It's not surprising to have such thoughts. After all, whether it's studying or managing the family and the country, it's just like the road to Shu. It's difficult to travel, and it's as difficult as climbing to the sky. There are countless hardships and hardships, and there are also countless hardships.
There are many dangers, so there may be dangers everywhere. You must walk on thin ice to have the possibility of success. What I said is only possible..."
Speaking of this, the palace became surprisingly quiet.
Many people have doubts in their hearts, and obviously what Zhang Anshi said may be the gains and losses of the New Deal. From this point of view, Zhang Anshi can indeed be said to be a true expert when it comes to the New Deal.
Zhang Anshi continued patiently: "It is precisely because of the difficulties that people will subconsciously take advantage of opportunities. Just like the rule of Wenjing, Wenjing respected the rule of inaction and rested with the people. This was the great rule of the early Han Dynasty. So people
I have forgotten that during the Wen and Jing Dynasty, in order to weaken the princes, they took various counter-rebellion measures against the princes. I also seem to have forgotten the various measures taken by the two emperors Wen and Jing to deal with various situations at that time. They only think that the affairs of the world are as long as
Just rule by doing nothing. But in the eyes of future generations, how many of the kings who imitated Wen Jing and ruled by doing nothing ended well?"
"The root cause of this is nothing more than human laziness. Precisely because people are lazy, when testing gains and losses, they often hope to condense an extremely complicated matter into one or two lessons learned, thinking that as long as they rely on
In this way, we can be like this, blindly ignoring different environments, different regions, and different opportunities. The same is true for this Japanese New Deal. If the Japanese want to become strong and prosperous, they need to plan it slowly, step by step, and solve the current troubles and problems bit by bit.
Hidden dangers, how could this be possible without decades of hard work and without accumulation bit by bit?"
"But after decades of hard work, who has such determination? Is Ashikaga Yoshitsugu, the great general who conquered the barbarians, willing that his twenty years of hard work will have no effect in the end? But he admires the results of my Ming Dynasty's New Deal.
At this time, there are people like Zheng Chen who think that they can achieve success by just summarizing a little bit of the experience of the New Deal. You need to know... the thinking of politicians and scholars is different. Scholars work behind closed doors and only need to examine the gains and losses.
, but they don’t know the current affairs, but the method proposed by scholars is actually the most suitable for people’s hearts.”
Zhang Anshi paused here, and then said: "The reason why it is so popular is that scholars have ignored the difficulty of doing things and have never thought that the rollout of the New Deal starts with the accumulation of wealth and then cuts it off bit by bit.
Apart from the hidden dangers that block the New Deal, there are still reasons for countless people to struggle and work hard for it. But they blindly believe that as long as a certain decree is issued, everything will be done. Just read his books for such scholars.
, there are really fools who follow their methods, wouldn’t they be even more stupid than people like Zheng Chen?”
Hu Guang: "..."
Everyone's expressions couldn't help but change at this time. Some looked enlightened, some looked confused, and some even thought about it seriously.
Zhang Anshi continued: "It's just that people like Ashikaga Yoshitaka are not stupid at all. On the contrary, as far as I know, this person is the master of ZTE. But even people like him do such stupid things.
In my opinion, actually...this is all the result of greed and eagerness for success!"
Having said this, Zhang Anshi sighed with emotion, and then said: "In order to achieve their own goals, people are willing to believe in what they believe in. If Ashikaga Yoshinori came to ask me for advice on the New Deal, I would say to him: The New Deal
To succeed, it requires decades of hard work, decades of accumulation of wealth, careful training of generations of talents, and strong military strength, ready to put down rebellions one after another. The people who oppose you may even be yours.
Dearest relative, when that time comes, you cannot be merciful. After completing this, it will take decades to achieve success, but there is a greater probability of death."
"Then... will Ashikaga Yoshitaka still be willing to believe me? He went to ask Zheng Chen for advice on the same matter, but Zheng Chen told him that the new policy is easy. He only needs to modify the laws and regulations and issue some edicts, and it will be done very quickly.
It's a matter of time, and it will be effective in just a few years. Who would this Ashikaga Yoshitaka want? Let's talk about Liaodong. If there is a rebellion in Liaodong, then some people propose that Liaodong is bitterly cold and full of various ethnic groups, and they want to truly eliminate all hidden dangers.
, just like the imperial court's continuous management for decades or hundreds of years, it was possible to finally eliminate all hidden dangers. But another person said that the matter in Liaodong was too easy. In just three years, Liaodong could be pacified. Then... people are willing
Do you believe the former or the latter?”
Zhang Anshi said: "The difficulties of the New Deal, those who have not been involved in it, who can know what it feels like? In the past twenty years, Your Majesty, like the emperor, has overcome all difficulties and obstacles, and killed many disobedient people, and how many
Civil servants and captains have succeeded one after another. Even so, in the past twenty years, they have encountered countless risks, and they have only come to this day. This decree and edict are the results of the New Deal, because one thing was completed and finally passed.
It is not because there are edicts and laws to confirm them, but as long as they are issued, it will be a matter of course. So... this Japanese civil strife has actually been doomed for a long time, what is there to be surprised about?"
After everyone listened, no matter how complicated they were just now, they all showed wry smiles.
Even Zhu Di slowly figured out the taste and couldn't help but smile.
However, Hu Guang seemed a little unwilling to accept it, and said: "But a few days ago, it was clear... the news about Japan... was very good..."
Zhang Anshi said: "This is another question. Mr. Hu, I have said before that you cannot fully believe what others say. This is true for gentry and merchants. In fact, it is precisely because there are too many good news in business newspapers that I concluded that
, the civil strife in the Japanese country has reached the point where there is no need to delay."
Hu Guang frowned and said, "Why?"
Zhang Anshi said: "It's very simple. With the opening of sea trade, a large number of maritime merchants arrived in Japan and made huge profits. If it weren't for such huge profits, how could these merchants praise Japan's new policy so happily? It can be seen that,
The most direct beneficiaries of the Japanese New Deal were precisely these maritime merchants."
"The increase in trade is both a good thing and a bad thing. The Japanese country is a barren island country, and there are not many specialties on the island. The production skills are far inferior to those of the Ming Dynasty. But now there are many maritime merchants, so there must be a large number of maritime merchants.
, transporting various treasures of the Ming Dynasty to the Japanese country will inevitably cause the Japanese country to outflow countless gold and silver. In other words, the larger the scale of such trade, not only will it not make the Japanese country richer, but it will directly destroy the Japanese country.
Production caused a large number of people...to completely lose their livelihoods. The only ones who benefited, apart from our Ming Dynasty merchants, were a small number of Japanese merchants who relied on importing our Ming Dynasty merchants. However, the real victims were the countless soldiers and civilians of the Japanese.
People only know that sea trade can bring wealth, but little do they know that the wealth of the world is constant. If the wealth of Ming Dynasty comes from the sea, then one party will definitely suffer."
"The maritime merchants have gained huge profits. Is it any wonder that they praise the Japanese's new policy and praise everyone else? After all, they are the ones who gain, and they are not the ones who lose. What's more, they are not cheating. Maritime trade is indeed expanding.
Moreover, the Japanese did have many merchants who also made a lot of money! Even... the Japanese king also benefited from it through taxation. But... what they said was only half correct.
For these maritime merchants, they neither care nor care about the other half of the news, and even... for them, they only need to deal with a small number of Japanese merchants in the port, and the others have nothing to do with them.
?”
Hu Guang opened his eyes slightly, with a look of sudden realization, and subconsciously said: "So...it turns out to be this, this...this...oh...it seems that people can't believe it."
Seeing Hu Guang's surprised look, Zhang Anshi looked at him calmly and said: "That's true. But Hu Gong, you can ignore other things for now. The problem now is that Japan is in civil strife, and the king of Japan who was enthroned by the imperial court has suffered
Due to the threat of rebels, a large number of Ming Dynasty scholars are also uncertain about their lives. Not to mention that there are many ports and a large number of Han merchants. It is very likely that their personal safety and property have been threatened."
Having said this, he glanced at everyone, and then said: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, the current situation cannot be delayed. These rebels are causing trouble and even threaten the safety of the Japanese king appointed by the Ming Dynasty. If I, the Ming Dynasty, do nothing, once the Japanese king
Being executed, where would the face of the imperial court and the lives of countless Han merchants and Han people be put? Therefore, I advise... The Ming Navy must be ready at any time, and a model battalion should be dispatched and rush to Songjiang immediately.
The port is on guard and ready for action."
"The other side is to quickly try every means to contact the Japanese king! If the Japanese king is dead, then he will also find a way to find his descendants of the same clan, re-canonize them, and invite them again. Immediately send out a letter of credence to implore the Ming Dynasty's troops to land.
, to help suppress thieves and conquer unconquered ministers. When Taizu Emperor Gao was still here, he decreed that the Japanese country should not be conquered, and also granted the Ashikaga family a gold book and a gold seal. If they failed, then the years of the Japanese country would be
Wouldn't it be a joke to the world to pay tribute? It is natural for me to protect the Japanese country as a great soldier. Your Majesty, now is the time to make up your mind immediately. If it is too late, everything will be lost."
These words were deafening, and the scene fell silent for a moment. Everyone present seemed to be suddenly pulled into another shock.
To be honest, he recommended Zheng Chen and others to cause chaos in the Japanese country, and then quickly entered the Japanese country in the name of protecting the Japanese king. This move... is really eye-catching.
But unfortunately, everything is so justified, and everything seems so reasonable, that I can't find a word to refute it.
Zhu Di came back to his senses, but his eyes were obviously brighter. It could be said that he was feeling excited at this time, so subconsciously, he looked at each other with Prince Zhu Gaochi.
Father and son have a tacit understanding.
Speaking of the beginning, Zhu Gaochi was already thinking about Japan and Korea, but now, the time has come.
At this time, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but sincerely admire his uncle. Who... did he learn this from? He could always come up with unexpected ways!
Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochi glanced at his father subconsciously.
As for Zhu Di, he naturally understood that his entry into Japan was related to the future of his grandchildren. Although they were not his eldest grandsons, they were still of Zhu Di's bloodline. Zhu Gaochi felt sorry for them, so why didn't Zhu Di feel sorry for them?
Now, everything has fallen into place and it's time to make a decision.
This is the pie that God gave to his grandchildren.
Zhu Di said: "I ordered Zhu Zhanju, Zhu Zhanyong, and Zhu Zhanyin to supervise the affairs of the Japanese state, and then issued an order, ordering Zhu Yong to be the general of the rebellion, control the navy, lead the Zhili Left Road Model Camp, and quickly cross the sea.
Conquer the Japanese country and refuse to submit."
Zhu Di paused and said: "The matter is urgent, and now the life or death of the Japanese king is uncertain. The Japanese king Ashikaga Yijiao has always been submissive. How can I just sit idly by and ignore his life and death, and then appoint Zhang Fu as the general of the bandits to lead an elite army?"
, sneak into Japan first, search for the whereabouts of Ashikaga Yoshitaka, and protect his relatives!"
As soon as this statement came out, all the ministers seemed to think...it seemed very reasonable.
Zhu Di added: "We must try our best to protect the safety of Zheng Chen and Han merchants, that's all."
All the ministers said: "I obey the decree."
Zhu Di's face glowed red. In fact, at this time, he really should show some condolences. After all... many people still don't know whether they are dead or alive.
But there is no way, Zhu Di really can't hide the joy in his heart, or maybe he is getting older and some things in his heart can no longer be hidden.
He suppressed the smile on his lips as much as possible and said instead: "This matter is decided by the prince. I only need the results, how to march the army, and the collection of grain and grass. You don't have to report to me. Within three months, I want the civil strife in the Japanese country to be calmed down."
"
Zhu Gaochi was secretly happy, but he also knew that this was not the right time to be happy. He put on a sad look on his face and said, "My son, I will obey your Majesty's will."