Xiao Ruxun's tantric recital is written like this. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Japan is a small country, the property is scarce, only rich in gold and silver can be taken, the minister learned from the mouth of the Japanese captives, there is a big silver mountain on the Japanese island, with an annual output of one million taels of silver, and there is an island, called Sado, there is a mountain of gold, with an annual output of about 8,000 taels of gold, in addition to these two, its land is full of gold mines, silver mines, copper mines, a number of copper mines, the population has not been less than 10 million, gold, silver and copper mines, young and strong labor, it is really urgently needed by the Ming Dynasty, why not take it for national use?"

Xiao Ruxun's short sentence made Zhu Yijun's heart suddenly rise with the idea of destroying Japan, occupying its territory, and wantonly looting gold and silver.

As the emperor, Zhu Yijun was really poor and afraid, and he was also afraid of those civil officials, in order to ensure that his inner treasury would not be exhausted, so that future generations had no money to use, he searched for gold, silver, and copper, and worked hard to open a mine.

But on the one hand, there are many obstacles, on the other hand, the Ming Land is rich in natural resources, but there is a lack of precious metals such as gold, silver and copper, and now that Japan lacks everything except gold, silver and copper ore, it is a little impatient to occupy Japan and develop it.

And the number of Japan's population did make Zhu Yijun feel a little surprised, remember Taizu, the people of the time said that the Japanese people were only one million, and the soldiers were not more than 100,000, which was really a small country, but two hundred years later, the Japanese population was actually tens of millions, so that the young and strong labor force was at least one million, no wonder they were able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to invade Korea, and there was a fierce island country with a population of 10 million on the side of the couch, Zhu Yijun suddenly felt uneasy.

Xiao Ruxun expounded before, he wants to do things and is always refuted by civil officials on the grounds that he is not sympathetic to the people's livelihood, but if he uses the prisoners of the country of jumping clowns to serve the Ming Dynasty, no one can say a word, Zhu Yijun is not stupid, with Xiao Ruxun's inspiration, he quickly drew inferences.

He found that in fact, many things in many places can be done with prisoners unscrupulously, such as repairing cities, building the Great Wall, repairing canals, repairing galloping roads, repairing post stations, transporting grain and grass to border passes, building ships, building weapons, manufacturing ordnance, etc., all of which are a penny that does not need to be paid, as long as you take care of some food, and you don't need to wear a big hat that is not sympathetic to the people's livelihood, and you can still get the support and praise of the people, and the civil officials can't say a single no!

Even this is a government of virtue, not tyranny.

Can the civil servants come up with any reason to say that it is tyranny to replace their own people with prisoners for forced labor? The saliva of the people of the world can drown these bastards! Moreover, as soon as this opening was opened, the practice was opened, and the people were accustomed to using prisoners to replace them with conscription, and if it was canceled in the future, it would not only lose the prestige of the imperial court.

Japan's tens of millions of people can't just go to waste!

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, the more excited he became, Zhu Yijun stood up and walked a few steps, he was a little excited and couldn't help himself, he thought about it again and again, and asked the hour, he decided to make an exception, break the example of several years, and summon Shi Xing, the secretary of the military department, and Yang Junmin, the secretary of the household department.

Shi Xing is a person who can be used, and he can also give a certain degree of trust, but Yang Junmin, this son of Yang Bo, Zhu Yijun sneered and sneered.

While fighting with Mongolia while exporting necessities and iron tools to Mongolia, this is a good thing done by Yang Bo and the Jin Shang Group during the Jiajing period, they thought no one knew, but this is an open secret, Zhu Yijun learned through special channels, at first he was shocked and angry, and then gradually came back to his senses and adopted a hidden attitude.

It's late, and the six Shangshu should have left the palace to go home to rest, but the recent war is urgent, and the frontline is busy.

"Who? Zhang Cheng? What is he here for? ”

Zhang Wei was presiding over the work of the four Shangshu, and suddenly heard the little official report that His Majesty's personal eunuch Zhang Cheng came to announce something important, and he felt strange, so he waved his hand to let Zhang Cheng in, Zhang Wei and the four bigwigs put down their pens, I don't know what the emperor's majesty, who has not shown up for a long time and only communicates with everyone with pen and paper, is going to get what moths.

After a while, Zhang Cheng hurriedly ran in.

"Yo, you haven't left yet? Just right, Shi Butang, Yang Butang, summoned by His Majesty, there is something important to discuss! ”

"What?!"

Zhang Wei and the four Shangshu showed extremely surprised expressions together.

His Majesty the Emperor is summoning the ministers? When was the last summons? A few years ago? How long has it been since the ministers have seen His Majesty the Emperor? Because of the dispute over the country and the anger of the ministers, the emperor refused to summon the ministers, and only issued instructions in the form of warrants for state affairs, and never contacted the ministers, not to mention anything else, even if it was the New Year's sacrifice and the imperial examination, the civil officials were both embarrassed and resentful.

Without the emperor in front, it feels unjustifiable to do anything, and it's really unbelievable today! Not at all as virtuous (easy to fool) and virtuous (soft-eared) as his father - the civil servants complained in private.

But what's going on today? Has the emperor changed his character? Changed the sky? Do you want to summon the military department and the household department?

Yang Junmin and Shi Xing glanced at each other, they could see the excitement and joy in each other's eyes, the two of them invariably straightened their crowned hats, straightened their collars, dusted off their bodies, Yang Junmin also lifted his clothes and smelled if there was any strange smell, and then excitedly followed Zhang Cheng to see the emperor, so that Zhang Wei was more or less envious and apprehensive in his heart.

The two soon came to the emperor's palace, Zhang Cheng went in to pass the message, and then there was an order to summon it, and the two drove straight in from the steps left and right, and they were excited.

After entering the palace, he saw the emperor sitting behind the desk who almost forgot what he looked like, and the two knelt down and saluted together: "Chen Shixing (Yang Junmin) greets Your Majesty!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”

"Excuse me, get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The two of them stood up, leaned forward respectfully, and were about to say some gentle words to comfort the emperor, who they had not seen for many years, to exchange feelings, and to ease the stiff relationship between the two sides, but the emperor did not seem to have any intention of repairing relations with the minister.

"I didn't come to you for anything else, or for the previous matter, I feel the need to say it in person, the matter is urgent, so I won't be polite, Shi Xing, I ask you, I want five hundred warships, how long can you arrange it? Also, how many sailors and sailors are needed? ”

Shi Xing was stunned for a moment, looked up at the emperor's face, blinked his eyes, and replied after a while: "Probably, it will take nearly 10,000 sailors, officers and sailors of the navy, and it will take a month to prepare, Your Majesty, is it ......?"

"Yang Junmin, I ask you, how much silver taels of military expenses are needed to dispatch 500 warships and a naval division composed of 10,000 officers and soldiers to defeat the Japanese invaders? How much can the treasury give? ”

Yang Junmin and Shi Xing were stunned by the emperor's sudden questioning, but in the end, they were veteran bureaucrats, so they quickly reacted, silently calculated, and quoted a conservative price of 300,000 taels of silver.

"According to the minister's estimate, it must be 300,000 taels, and the treasury of the household department can be used as military expenditure, at most...... Up to 100,000. ”