Chapter 250

The monopoly of information is also a concrete manifestation of the monopoly of power.

And the construction of an information cocoon is a result and phenomenon of the monopoly of power.

For the court ministers, the young Emperor is also in an information cocoon. The court ministers need to guess the imperial will through the Grand Secretariat and the Directorate of Ceremonial. This is the opacity of information downwards; similarly, information will also be selectively opaque upwards.

In the case of the assassination of the Grand Tutor at Mount Xishan, how should this case be characterized? Was it that the Grand Tutor had no submissive heart? Or was the Emperor going to meet the Grand Tutor with force? Or did the Emperor conclude that someone else was causing trouble? Or was the Emperor going to compromise to exchange for recognition, making the nation more stable?

These originally needed to be guessed, but now there is no need at all.

Compromise for recognition—for example, in the case of the Imperial Palace fire, the Emperor could have completely chosen to pin all the blame on Gao Gong to exchange for the stability of the court, but His Majesty did not do so. For example, the Daoist Master's shameful twenty-five years, etc., were all similar compromises for recognition to maintain the stability of the imperial court.

His Majesty has already clearly stated his attitude: he wants a bloodbath.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng cannot take the blame. Even if the investigation reaches the end and the mastermind cannot be found at all, they must find a powerful and influential family to take the blame and pin the guilt on them, because Zhang Zhang Juzheng is another name for the New Policies.

The court conference has begun. Regarding the discussion on the progressive tax system, this is an important part of today's court conference. Wang Wang Shuguo denounced the Tax Collection Bureau for being greedy and talked at length about the dangers of gathering wealth and promoting profit, but then threw out an interesting thing: the progressive tax system. Then the previous content could be ignored.

The most critical thing is this progressive tax system.

"The maritime tax should still be six percent; it is not suitable to implement a tax system for the time being." Grand Secretary Lu Lu Diaoyang first set a tone for this court conference. The progressive tax system can be implemented, but the maritime tax should not be increased for the time being. Enriching the country and strengthening the military, opening the seas, and farming are the two basic national policies at present. If the maritime tax implements a progressive tax system, it goes against the main theme of Great Ming opening the seas.

"Lighten the maritime tax to encourage going to sea, and increase the land tax to force the return of land. Six percent—the customs duties of the military provision bureau seem small, but Great Ming benefits greatly. Great Ming has a money shortage and needs massive amounts of silver to enter Great Ming to fulfill the function of currency. It is not just silver; fish oil, spices, copper materials, sulfur, etc., all rely on maritime trade. Privately, I believe the maritime tax should not be progressive." Lu Lu Diaoyang stated his reasons.

Encouraging the opening of the seas and forcing the return of land is an important application of Great Ming's tax law whip, and it is a heavy blow as soon as it is launched.

Great Ming's money shortage, or rather the money shortage of the Central Plains dynasties, has a long history. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Song court minted a large amount of money—copper coins, iron coins, flying money—but even iron coins as thin as cicada wings were still in short supply. Finally, a paper currency called 'money notes' was issued to serve as currency.

This was a paper currency issued by the imperial court, which began to be printed on a large scale as early as the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, the 'Jiaozi' issued jointly by sixteen wealthy merchants in Shu was the earliest paper currency of the Central Plains dynasties. Every year, when silk, silkworms, rice, and wheat were about to ripen, paper currency was printed with the same color paper for trade and circulation. When exchanging, 40 coins were deducted as the usage fee for the Jiaozi.

Jiaozi and money notes were the paper currencies during the Northern Song Dynasty. Song Emperor Huizong issued a large amount of money notes, which eventually led to the corruption of the Northern Song currency system.

By the time of the Southern Song and Hu Yuan, it had already developed into 'precious notes.' The earliest precious notes were the Zhongtong Yuanbao notes issued by Kublai Khan, and then a vicious cycle began: the currency system corrupted, new notes were issued, the new notes corrupted again, and new notes were issued again. Great Ming's precious notes did not escape the fate of Hu Yuan's precious notes. In the twenty-fifth year of Emperor Hongwu, when changing notes again, they found they couldn't change them anymore.

There are many reasons for the corruption of precious notes, such as private printing becoming a trend. During the Emperor Hongwu period, a total of 9 million Zhen Guan of precious notes were issued. By the time of changing notes, 26 million were changed in a few days. The imperial court did not issue that many precious notes, but the people had that many. Private printing and excessive issuance were the reasons for the flooding of precious notes, and the flooding of precious notes meant that the value of precious notes depreciated significantly. A currency that depreciates as soon as it is held naturally no one is willing to use anymore.

With the institutional construction of the Great Ming court, even in the Emperor Wanli period, there was still no sufficient administrative capacity to print money. Minting coins became the top priority. Great Ming could mint 20 million copper coins a year. At first glance, the quantity sounds large, but in fact, it only converts to 10,000 Zhen Guan, roughly equivalent to 10,000 taels of silver.

And Great Ming could absorb more than 4 million taels of silver every year. Therefore, building a currency system based on silver and copper became the optimal solution for Great Ming at present.

The significance of opening the seas lies not only in promoting the New Policies of the Single Whip Law, but also in solving the stubborn disease of the money shortage in the Central Plains dynasties. Gold and silver are natural currencies; everyone recognizes their value, and even in later generations, their prices are very stable and firm.

"Would it be a bit too hasty?" Wang Wang Chonggu sat up straight and said: "In the twenty-fifth year of King Xiang of Zhou, Qin Gui took advantage of the new mourning of the ruler of the Jin state to send troops to sneak attack the Jin state's right-hand man, the Zheng state. But the Zheng state was prepared, and Qin Gui returned without success. When he reached Mount Xiao, he was ambushed by the newly enthroned Duke Xiang of Jin, who annihilated Qin Gui's army. Since then, Qin and Jin have been mortal enemies."

"Qin Gui was too hasty, and not even a horse or wheel returned. This also forced Duke Xiao of Qin to reform in order to save the state."

"This subject believes that this progressive tax system can be postponed for a while. If one is too hasty, I fear the world will not be at peace."

Wang Wang Chonggu felt that they could wait a while; there was no need to be too anxious.

Previously, the Grand Coordinator of Grain Transport, Wu Wu Guifang, came to the capital to report on his duties and submitted five articles on land reclamation to the Emperor at the Hall of Literary Brilliance. The fourth article was to gather refugees and give them land, reclaim land for those who were powerless, and the government would provide oxen and seeds, to be returned to the government after three years. The original owners were not allowed to sue for the land. Whether they were tenant farmers or laborers, if they farmed the land, they were commoners and no longer slaves. The original owners were not allowed to sue the government to fight for them. Great Ming's emancipation declaration ultimately failed to materialize.

The reason it was not allowed at the time was still the fear that being too hasty would lead to a great disaster.

If the car is going too fast, someone always has to step on the brakes. Whether going up or down, going too fast is never a good thing.

"The Junior Grand Secretary's words are very true, words of caution and stability." Zhu Zhu Yijun nodded at Wang Wang Chonggu, affirming his statement, which was based on consideration for the Great Ming nation. Caution and stability—if Wang Wang Chonggu's stance was biased, these words would not be stability, but opposition to the New Policies.

Actually, Wang Wang Chonggu was also in a difficult position. He really hoped that when Zhang Zhang Juzheng retired, he would really be able to run away, so he wouldn't have to face so many storms.

Fortunately, His Majesty was still willing to shield him from the wind and rain.

"The progressive tax system is not too radical." Tan Lun, however, was not very agreeable and said: "For the progressive tax system, the Tax Collection Bureau has to do things; it can't be without any rules. Should the Tax Collection Commander, Southern Southern Yamen Commander Luo Luo Bingliang, say whatever he wants? So there must be laws to follow. Previously, it was all according to the old tax system. Next spring, we will follow the new tax system. To punish without teaching is cruelty. If we teach them and they refuse to change, then it is not the imperial court's fault."

What Tan Lun meant was to compromise and give a buffer period.

Implementing the new law next spring—this six-month period is the buffer period given. If they don't know what's good for them, don't obey the imperial court's orders, and defy the imperial decree, then the imperial court's punishment will arrive immediately. Can one say the imperial court has no benevolence?

Of course, the imperial court didn't have much benevolence to speak of in the first place. After all, Grand Tutor Zhang Zhang Juzheng and Emperor Zhu Zhu Yijun didn't recognize this 'benevolence.' Among the nine classics of the world, the one that is practiced is 'reality,' not 'benevolence.'

Therefore, this little bastard Zhu Zhu Yijun must be blamed on the old bastard Zhang Zhang Juzheng for teaching him.

His Majesty only recognizes the reality of practice and does not recognize the benevolence and righteousness in his heart. Doesn't that mean there is no benevolence?

"Then let's compromise like this." Wang Wang Chonggu thought for a moment. He had stepped on the brakes. As for not being able to stop, that couldn't be blamed on him; he wasn't the driver. He had already fulfilled his duty to remind them. If they caused trouble, they could just go to Mount Xishan and ask the Old Ancestor to come out of the mountains.

At most, it would be officials forcing the people to rebel. Under imperial rule, civil unrest is a very common social movement. With Qi Qi Jiguang on the side, suppressing civil unrest would be a piece of cake.

"It will inevitably encourage the trend of tax evasion." Wang Wang Guoguang also said with some worry.

Once the progressive tax system is implemented, Great Ming's tax protection and tax evasion will become a long-term and intense contradiction. The imperial court wants to pursue tax arrears, while the powerful and influential families will try every possible way to evade taxes. This long-term contradiction puts great pressure on the Ministry of Revenue.

"The Grand Minister of Revenue is wrong. This is like saying that if the imperial court doesn't implement a progressive tax system, the powerful and influential families won't evade taxes." Wan Wan Shihe did not agree with Wang Wang Guoguang's statement. If Great Ming doesn't formulate a tax law, they will steal and evade; if Great Ming formulates a tax law, they will still steal and evade. So why not formulate it?

If you think overseas is good, then hurry up and get lost.

Wang Wang Guoguang was slightly surprised, then smiled and shook his head, saying: "The Grand Minister of Rites is right."

"In Great Ming, stealing and evading carries the risk of beheading. The cost is extremely expensive. It's all a personal choice. Since they dare to evade, they must be prepared to be pursued by the imperial court. If they dare to steal and evade, the imperial court dares to kill and confiscate. Naturally, they will be willing to pay." Minister of War Tan Lun once again showed his radical side: kill, kill, kill, kill them all cleanly, kill them until the sky is clear.

Many things cannot be solved without people dying. But as long as the executioner's blade is hanging over their heads, some things become simple.

As the extremely radical Minister of War in the court, when encountering unsolvable problems, Tan Lun's style, formed through long-term military administration, is to resort to force. He believes that there is nothing in the world that cannot be solved by beheading. If beheading can't solve it, it's because not enough people were killed.

There are only 60,000 households of powerful and influential families in total. Even if they were all killed, it would only be 4 million people.

Moreover, the practice of Ling Ling Yunyi, who loves to kill people, in Liangguang also proved that Tan Lun's statement is effective. After all, the gentry in Liangguang all miss the Earl of Si Shui, Yin Yin Zhengmao.

Yin Yin Zhengmao would only take money when he broke down doors and moved beds; Ling Ling Yunyi wants lives!

In practice, it has also been proven that in the current Great Ming, beheading can indeed solve problems.

Regarding the progressive tax system, it is still extremely extensive. It simply stipulates that constant fields of over 10,000 mu are considered powerful and influential, and the land tax is increased to 50 percent. For merchants, 10,000 silver coins of revenue is the standard, and the progressive tax system goes up to 45 percent. If they don't pay or conceal it, they can just wait for the Tax Collection Bureau's death warrant.

Clearly, this is a sweeping decree. It's not that the imperial court doesn't have massive, professional, and precise calculation methods; this extensiveness is completely intentional. The fundamental purpose of the current progressive tax law is not to collect taxes reasonably, but entirely for the New Policies of clearing land and returning it to the farmers.

"In this year's capital inspection, the Censorate investigated and punished twelve capital officials, stripping them of their degrees and never to be employed again; fifty-one were dismissed; and 152 were fined three months to one year of salary." The Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, Hence Hai Rui, produced a lengthy list. In this list, everyone was to be dismissed. To facilitate the Emperor's review, the political spectrum of each person was color-coded to indicate their faction.

Zhe Party, Chu Party, Jin Party—every faction had members. Among them, the twelve who were stripped of their degrees and never to be employed again had the biggest problem: corruption. Even after Hence Hai Rui, this divine sword, began to fight corruption, they still didn't stop.

They were directly investigated and punished by Hence Hai Rui. And these fifty-one who were dismissed were mainly useless parasites who had achieved nothing in three years under the Single Whip Law, clearing them out of the team. The remaining ones who were fined had various reasons.

Wang Wang Xijue, who was 'suicided,' was because of this capital inspection. Now the capital inspection list appeared before the Emperor. The thick volume of memorials was just a list. His Majesty would only give his vermilion approval after reading all the case files. He naturally trusted Hence Hai Rui to handle things, but according to the agreement of 'approving everything that should be approved,' Zhu Zhu Yijun had to have a clear understanding of the appointment and removal of capital officials.

Among those stripped of their degrees were: Supervising Secretary of the Censorate Zhao Yingyuan, Investigating Censors Lu Mi Wanzhong, Liu Wang Guoguang, and Chen Yongbin. The Censorate alone occupied four seats, while other offices had at most one or two.

The Censorate had the most people stripped of their degrees.

And these four people were all investigated and punished by Ge Ge Shouli before he left. It wasn't that Hence Hai Rui wanted to eliminate dissidents; after Ge Ge Shouli left, Hence Hai Rui wanted to eliminate dissidents, but when Ge Ge Shouli retired, he took these four people with him.

Ge Ge Shouli also made it very clear: these four people, if they continued to stay in the court, would only have a dead end, because the thing these four people liked to do most was to overthrow Zhang. So before Ge Ge Shouli retired, he had already started to investigate these four people.

"Ge is righteous." Zhu Zhu Yijun closed the list. Zhu Zhu Yijun would only give his vermilion approval after reading all the case files for this list. He naturally trusted Hence Hai Rui to handle things, but according to the agreement of 'approving everything that should be approved,' Zhu Zhu Yijun had to have a clear understanding of the appointment and removal of capital officials.

"Zhang, send a crane cloak, 100 taels of gold-flower silver, ten pieces of silver ware, five bottles of national cellar wine, and one grandmaster chair to Ge as a reward, and give Ge a copy of the handwritten manuscript of Wang Wang Xijue's confiscated collection as a family heirloom to show the imperial court's grace and to comfort the heart of a loyal minister." Zhu Zhu Yijun explained the rewards for Ge Ge Shouli to Feng Bao. The most valuable thing here was the handwritten manuscript.

Zhu Zhu Yijun was so attentive to an old man who had retired; for those who handled things, he naturally gave constant rewards.

This capital inspection, the Censorate truly achieved 'turning the blade inward.' This is good news for the Censorate. The censors of the Censorate were beaten, so naturally they knew the pain. If they continued to be stubborn, it wouldn't be as simple as just being beaten.

Yunnan Circuit Investigating Censor Wang Wang Xiyuan submitted a memorial to clarify the matter of the currency system.

Wang Wang Xiyuan, the former Supervising Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, was a subordinate of Zhang Zhang Juzheng. He was the Wang Wang Xiyuan who submitted a memorial saying that they should use 'pasted lists and hidden names' and 'fill in the names in the bottom register.' Wang Wang Xiyuan reported the former Minister of Personnel Zhang Han in the capital. Because the mining of Yunnan copper was a major event, Zhang Zhang Juzheng sent his own direct subordinate, Wang Wang Xiyuan, to go.

In addition to reporting on Yunnan copper, Wang Wang Xiyuan also submitted a military matter: a memorial on 'Ten Matters for Controlling the Barbarians.'

Controlling the barbarians refers to the Three Pacification Commissions and Six Pacification Offices.

The Three Pacification Commissions are: Gan'ya Laos Laos Xuanweisi (the Princess Taiping River basin today), Longchuan Laos Laos Xuanweisi (Longchuan, Ruili, Zhefang today, and Gao Li in Myanmar), and Nandian Laos Laos Xuanweisi (around Tengchong today). The Six Pacification Offices are: Mubang Pacification Office, Myanmar Pacification Office, Cheli Pacification Office, Babai Li Dadian Pacification Office, Laos Pacification Office, and Meng Yang Pacification Office.

The Three Pacification Commissions and Six Pacification Offices were established by Great Ming during the Yongle period. By the During Zhengtong period, following the four campaigns in Luchuan, which were too costly and took too long, Great Ming gradually abandoned the management of these Three Pacification Commissions and Six Pacification Offices. In the early Emperor Jiajing period, Mubang, Meng Yang, and Meng Mi captured the Myanmar Pacification Office. The King of Ava and the Pacification Commissioner of Myanmar, Mang Mang Jisui, were killed.

Mang Mang Jisui's young son, Mang Mang Ruiti, escaped by luck and ran to his maternal grandfather's house. From then on, his journey of revenge began.

By the thirty-fourth year of Emperor Jiajing, Mang Mang Ruiti established the Toungoo Dynasty and brought the Six Pacification Offices, including Mubang, Meng Yang, Meng Mi, and Laos, under his command. The most powerful dynasty in Myanmar's history, the Toungoo Dynasty, became unprecedentedly prosperous.

In the thirty-fourth year of Emperor Jiajing, Mang Mang Ruiti passed away, and his son Mang Yang Yinglong succeeded him. He severed the tribute relationship with Great Ming and began expanding northward.

Starting from the fourth year of Emperor Wanli, with the cooperation of traitors, Mang Yang Yinglong, who had already swallowed everything outside of Yunnan, was not satisfied with his current territory and began to repeatedly invade Shidian, Shunning, Yingjiang, and other places in Yunnan, killing and plundering without count.

In the fifth year of Emperor Wanli, Yingjiang County even fell into Mang Yang Yinglong's hands for a time. With the Qian State Duke's mansion mobilizing troops and sending generals, Mang Yang Yinglong retreated again.

Wang Wang Xiyuan was in charge of Yunnan copper in Yunnan and compiled this news to submit to the Emperor, submitting ten matters for controlling the barbarians.

"The barbarians are wolf-hearted and beastly; they fear power but do not cherish virtue!" Wan Wan Shihe slapped the table, furious.

Mang Yang Yinglong was of the Mang clan of Great Ming's Myanmar Pacification Office. When Great Ming was powerful, they were all obedient. When Great Ming was weak, any cat or dog would jump out to take a bite out of Great Ming.

The news from Yunnan was very lagging. The communication time from Yunnan to Great Ming was ninety days—that is, three months—before the events could be transmitted to the capital. Recently, this time has been shortening because official documents from Yunnan have begun to be transmitted by water.

"What does Mang Yang Yinglong want?" Zhu Zhu Yijun noticed a key point in time: the thirty-fourth year of Emperor Jiajing, after Mang Yang Yinglong succeeded to the throne, he severed the tribute relationship with Great Ming, led his troops north, and then occupied all of the Six Pacification Offices.

In the thirty-fourth year of Emperor Jiajing, the imperial court was not playing deaf and dumb; it really didn't have the strength. At that time, the Japanese pirate scourge in the southeast and the Altan Khan in the northwest were both Great Ming's heart-and-belly troubles. Its ability to intervene with force was insufficient, so it could only let things be.

"Great Ming recognizes the Toungoo Dynasty's suzerainty over Luchuan and demands that Siam and other places pay tribute to Toungoo." Minister of Rites Ma Ma Ziqiang answered this question. The Grand Court of Ceremonies Minister Chen Chen Xuehui had also been in contact with Mang Yang Yinglong's envoys. Their goal was very clear: to have Great Ming recognize the Toungoo Dynasty's status as the hegemon in the southwest of Great Ming.

This caused huge damage to Great Ming's national prestige.

The court ministers all fell silent, silently thinking about the various problems behind this.

As a visitor from later generations, Zhu Zhu Yijun clearly knew the context of historical development. In the thirtieth year of Emperor Wanli, the twenty-seven-year-long conflict between China and Myanmar ended with Great Ming compromising, recognizing Myanmar—or rather, the Toungoo Dynasty—as the hegemon in the southwest, and recognizing that the nearly 400,000 square kilometers of tributary regions outside the Six Pacification Offices, which had been under Great Ming's political and military control since the Yongle period, belonged to the Toungoo Dynasty.

Shan State, Kokang, Wa State—these areas in northern Myanmar that often appear in later news about telecommunications fraud—were the areas Great Ming abandoned in the thirty-fourth year of Emperor Wanli.

Were the Six Pacification Offices Great Ming's territory? These territories that received Great Ming's political and military control naturally belonged to Great Ming's territory in Great Ming's context.

The reason for abandoning the Six Pacification Offices in the thirtieth year of Emperor Wanli was also very simple: the imperial court had no money left.

The Three Great Campaigns wiped out the legacy left by Zhang Zhang Juzheng. The public opinion in the court, which favored literature and suppressed martial arts, surged again. The victory in the war did not bring any profit to Great Ming. Under the wind of precise calculation, they finally compromised.

"Your Majesty, Wang Wang Xiyuan said in the memorial that it is advisable to appease Mang Yang Yinglong for the time being. Yunnan copper mining is in full swing, the southwest post roads are smooth, and the waterways are dredged. With a ten-year period, the cost of Great Ming's troops fighting in Luchuan can be reduced by more than half. At present, fighting and conquering is not beneficial to Great Ming." Lu Lu Diaoyang, under the pressure of silence, said the first of Wang Wang Xiyuan's ten matters for controlling the barbarians.

Appeasement.

During the During Zhengtong period, there were four campaigns against Luchuan. They won every battle, but Great Ming's army would bring peace when it arrived, and Great Ming's army would rebel when it left. At that time, Wang Ji led 40,000 troops from the Capital Garrison and a total of 150,000 troops three times, but in the end, they didn't achieve any results.

Great Ming's heartland was too far from Luchuan, and the consumption of mobilizing troops was too great, with very little profit.

The wind of precise calculation is sometimes not entirely unreasonable. Wang Ji's three campaigns cost millions of taels of grain and pay, while the Luchuan chieftains waited at their ease. Great Ming was truly bleeding.

Mang Yang Yinglong saw through this point, which is why he was riding on Great Ming's neck and defecating.

The imperial court's appeasement was to summon the envoys, stop the flags and drums, cease the fighting, let the border people rest and recuperate, and at the same time increase the purchase of Myanmar's pearls, jade, and timber. Myanmar's teak is the best shipbuilding material, none other.

"We cannot fight now. The New Policies have only been in place for five years, and the imperial court's finances have a slight surplus. To fight in Luchuan at this time would be suspected of being bellicose. This grievance, this breath, I choose to swallow. Let Wang Wang Xiyuan appease them." Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at the court ministers and made his decision.

All the court ministers breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty is sagacious." Lu Lu Diaoyang led the court ministers in shouting 'sagacious.'

His Majesty's decision was correct at the moment. This breath was swallowed for the time being. After all, Great Ming mobilizing troops for a long distance was not the right time. The main contradiction was still the northern barbarians. Problems had to be solved one by one. If the steps were too big, it would be easy to pull a muscle.

Actually, the court ministers were very worried that the Great Ming Emperor would not be able to bear this grievance and would send troops directly.

'The ruler is young and the country is suspicious'—this is where the suspicion lies.

A fifteen-year-old boy, a fifteen-year-old monarch, grew up singing praises. Everyone around him told him that he was supreme, the most powerful in the world, a body of ten thousand gold, as high as a mountain, as bright as the sun and moon. As a result, facing Myanmar's provocation, the Great Ming Emperor actually had to swallow this grievance, even humiliation, and let Great Ming be a turtle hiding its head.

And the most critical thing was that His Majesty had always shown himself to be more radical than Grand Tutor Zhang Zhang Juzheng. The court ministers were all worried that the young Emperor's decision would cause Great Ming, which had just recovered some of its vitality, to slide into the abyss again.

"After appeasement, we will use the blood feuds of the various states, provoke them from inside and outside, use the tributary system, and repeatedly incite their internal strife." Lu Lu Diaoyang's tone carried a sinister chill, not at all the temperament that a Great Ming official should have. The four words 'provoke from inside and outside' were said in a high-sounding manner.

Great Ming is now good at provoking from inside and outside, using internal contradictions to disintegrate the opponent. This kind of means is actually not recognized by the Great Ming court, which has extreme requirements for morality, but the Great Ming official said it so directly. Therefore, Zhu Zhu Yijun was willing to swallow this grievance, because swallowing the grievance did not mean Great Ming would do nothing.

Great Ming's current means of provoking from inside and outside would make the Queen of England, far away in the West, call it an expert. It was truly too handy and had reached perfection; the proficiency had been maxed out in multiple practices.

There was no other way. Who told the Great Ming court to be afraid of poverty? The imperial court had finally saved up a little bit of family property and couldn't bear to spend it, so it used some despicable means to exchange the smallest cost for greater benefits. This is the effective method summarized by the Great Ming court ministers in the reality of practice.

Great Ming's provoking from inside and outside in Myanmar is not quite the same as in Japan. In Japan, Great Ming's main direction is still to give various support to ambitious people, while in Myanmar, it is to use the contradictions between various tribes. This is the difference caused by the different main contradictions of the two countries.

"A tiny Toungoo, daring to move earth on Great Ming's head, without even looking at who my Grand Tutor is." Zhu Zhu Yijun sneered, full of confidence.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng had been in power for six years, and the national treasury and the inner treasury combined had nearly 14 million taels of silver in savings, and the Great Ming Tongzhou capital had a thousand storehouses with nearly 10 million shi of grain reserves. This was Zhu Zhu Yijun's confidence to deal with Myanmar.

If it were the first year of Emperor Wanli, when the Emperor Longqing Emperor's imperial tomb had 500,000 silver but owed 110,000, and the Nine Frontiers were severely in arrears, Zhu Zhu Yijun would have had to choose to compromise.

Moreover, under the premise of enriching the country, Zhang Zhang Juzheng stirred up a trend of gathering wealth and promoting profit. This allowed the court ministers to get rid of the shackles of morality, and doing things became even more shameless. For Great Ming, the shamelessness of the court ministers to the outside world is benevolence to the inside.

The cost of some things is either borne outside the nation or borne domestically.

The ten matters submitted by Wang Wang Xiyuan were all related to the Toungoo Dynasty, mainly concentrated in border trade, purchasing, military equipment, construction, etc. For example, building the Tengchong city wall and building an outer perimeter outpost to the south. In terms of military equipment, it was mainly about sufficient troops and food.

In the memorial, Wang Wang Xiyuan also routinely impeached the Qian State Duke's mansion for occupying land. This is a daily problem. The censors who go to Yunnan always talk about this matter. Since the Yongle period, this has become a convention. The Qian State Duke's mansion occupied 20,000 qing, which is 2 million mu of land, but the grain and fodder for the entire Yunnan military were supplied by the Qian State Duke's mansion, especially the Yunnan local government, which liked to beg for food at the Qian State Duke's mansion.

This is routine. Whether the imperial court deals with it or not, the censor has reported it.

"The Nagasaki merchant Sun Sun Keyi requests the imperial court to appoint a Nagasaki Governor." Lu Lu Diaoyang mentioned another problem. Sun Sun Keyi submitted a memorial to the imperial court to establish a Nagasaki Governor's Office.

Some things, if you don't behead them, it means you don't intend to put them on the scale at all, and you don't intend to deal with them. Beheading solves a thousand worries. Asking for monthly tickets, Awoo!!!!!!!

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