Chapter 830: Red Heart of Loyalty Shines on Sun and Moon, Devotion to Country Unending

Zhu Yijun thought carefully. The record of the Secretary of the Secretariat in the Daily Records might just be the official history of the background of the signing of the "Treaty of Kyoto."

The scholar-official class of Great Ming chose not to observe, not to care, and not to discuss what happened in Japan, because all these things were the responsibility of the Emperor. Observing, caring, and discussing all violated the principle of loyalty to the ruler.

It is not that the sin cannot be looked at directly, but that the Emperor's sin cannot be looked at directly.

After the historian reversed the order like this, this is the whole truth of the matter.

Scholars are sometimes just this dirty. He didn't even change the facts; he just simply swapped the order of a sentence, and it immediately turned into another appearance.

"Therefore, scholars must be guarded against." Zhu Yijun said very firmly to Feng Bao: "They fear the knife in my hand, so these thoughts have to be used for singing praises. However, once there is no knife in my hand, or the knife is no longer sharp, these thoughts of theirs will be used against me."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Feng Bao said sincerely.

He didn't need to give the civil officials eye drops; the Emperor had never given up his vigilance against scholars.

This is not Feng Bao's fault, nor is it the Emperor's fault for holding a grudge and refusing to forgive. It is mainly because every time a scholar is willing to spill his heart and blood for the Emperor, for the country, and for the common people, there is always a scholar who jumps out to remind the Emperor that such scholars are the minority of the minority.

The reason why Zhu Yijun is unwilling to conduct a purge now is that he wants to wait and see, to see the results of Zhou Liangyin's work in Shanxi. Everything has its pros and cons. Zhou Liangyin is acting boldly in Shanxi, and Zhu Yijun is watching the influence and effects from behind. If it causes popular resentment and the world to boil over, he will adjust it slightly.

Zhu Yijun does not want to learn from Zhu Yunwen, a monarch with a negative rating, causing the hearts of the world to scatter.

If you want to cut the power of the princes, then cut it properly. No one stopped Zhu Yunwen from cutting the power of the princes. Zhu Di handed over the power to control the northern troops, sent his son to Nanjing as a hostage, reduced his own personal guards to eight hundred men, and acted crazy and stupid. His behavior was an acceptance of the cutting of the princes' power.

The world was just settled, turbulent and uneasy, especially the Han family's empire that had just returned. The establishment of the Prince's Mansion to guard the borders meant that cutting the power of the princes was inevitable. Since the Rebellion of the Seven States in the early Han Dynasty and the Rebellion of the Eight Princes in the Jin Dynasty, cutting the power of the princes had become a consensus, an inevitable fate.

Zhu Di was willing to hand over military power, which meant he accepted the arrangement of fate.

If it is said that Zhu Di was too capable of fighting, Zhu Yunwen was not at ease.

Then what about Prince Xiang, Zhu Bo, a Daoist who didn't even have a descendant, forced to commit suicide and burned himself to death? One cannot say that a Daoist who didn't even have a son would raise an army to seize the throne passed down by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Even if one had to fabricate it, one should fabricate a crime that everyone would accept. Prince Xiang privately printed Hongwu Baochao? The credibility of Hongwu Baochao had completely collapsed; it was a thing so hard that it was even too hard to wipe one's butt with. Why privately print Hongwu Baochao?

Cutting the power of the princes was too...

... hasty, and the war sought a quick victory. In the end, the Jianwen Emperor lost the empire.

The purge is the same. Great Ming, from inside to outside, from top to bottom, suffers from the harm of redundant personnel. The purge is everyone's consensus, but how to purge must be more cautious, because you have me in you, and I have you in me.

Zhu Yijun does not want to be too hasty. He wants to wait and see, just like the "Single Whip Law" was only implemented in Songjiang Prefecture. Other places did not have the conditions for it. The purge is the same. The original intention is good, but if one is too hasty, it will leave handles for others.

But in the end, Zhu Yijun still approved of Zhang Juzheng's approach, because it was really too excessive!

Capital officials not checking in once in ten years is simply not taking the Emperor and the system seriously!

What is despised is not only the imperial power, but also the ministerial power. If the Emperor is a punching bag, that has been the case for a long time, and everyone is used to it. But if the Great Ming ministers and the Ming officials are not severely punished, who will take the Ming officials seriously?

Facts have also proven that not checking in once in ten years is indeed excessive. After a comprehensive purge, it was soon met with unanimous praise.

Even the most meddlesome censors of the Censorate said nothing. Severely clearing out this batch of people—the "Examination Method" also had requirements for the censors. These people were obviously used as indicators.

The censors of the Censorate got their indicators, and those old pedants in the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial Academy did not stand up to speak for these people, but only blindly studied the methods of the Shang King using the Qiang people.

From the known turtle shells and animal bones, they found 11 different ways of usage: chopping off heads, using the fontanelle, chopping off limbs, digging out eyeballs, bloodletting, headless corpses (also known as cavities), etc.

Besides the Qiang people, there were also fine wine, livestock, domestic animals, etc. Among them, a sacrificial offering was particularly interesting: wheat, just ordinary wheat.

The Shang King was quite interesting. The Shang King actually personally led people to rob the wheat of the Fangbo (local feudal lords).

He, the dignified Shang King, robbed people's wheat!

In the Shang Dynasty, there was a special term for this, called "Gao Mai" (Reporting Wheat). The Shang King's border officials would closely watch the wheat harvest of the Fangbo and pass relevant information to the Shang King. As soon as the wheat matured, they would report it, telling the Shang King where the wheat was ripe, and the Shang King would carry out armed plunder based on this information.

If these Fangbo did not agree, the cattle they raised would also be taken away. The cattle would have their heads chopped off, and a basin of blood would be placed inside to sacrifice to the ancestors. If the Fangbo still resisted, the Fangbo might be "used up."

The lower part of the character "Mai" (wheat) in the turtle shell and animal bone script expresses "walking," meaning arrival, usually indicating a state of marching. After repeated confirmation, the old pedants reached a consensus, believing that "Gao Mai" meant robbing food and robbing livestock.

Moreover, the character "Mai" (wheat) might have been written wrong from ancient times to the present. The upper part of "Mai" (the traditional character for wheat) "Lai" represents wheat, and the lower part "Zhi" represents walking. "Mai" is an act of robbery, but it has been written wrong for three thousand years. If it is written wrong, it is written wrong, and there is no...

... way to correct it.

It has to be said that the ancestors of the Shang King had a really good appetite. They ate heads, cavities, eyeballs, blood, livestock, and wheat—they ate everything.

These old pedants desperately submitted memorials, occasionally published some miscellaneous reports, and publicized the results of their research, indicating that they had not taken the Emperor's salary in vain and were really doing things. The meaning was very clear: We have done the work; the wind of the purge must not blow on our heads!

The reason why these old pedants refused to extend a helping hand is also very simple: "People do not worry about scarcity, but about inequality." Everyone is an official in the same court, all in the same government office. You receive the imperial court's salary but don't do the work, and outside, you use the name of the Imperial Academy and the Hanlin Academy to run private schools, family schools, and academies!

They were running them vigorously and making a fortune! Fame and fortune were both obtained!

Now that this group of people is unlucky, it is already very moral that these old pedants did not kick them while they were down.

What surprised Zhu Yijun the most was that the students of these instructors did not submit a single memorial, because this group of people had ghosts in their hearts.

One must know that the tuition fees collected by these private schools, family schools, and academies were not cheap at all. If there were no benefit transfers involved, that would be deceiving ghosts. Everyone is mixing in this officialdom. Whether they took money or not, everyone knows in their hearts.

It is not certain that these students are the major shareholders of the private schools, often coming forward with their jinshi status to stand for and support these family schools and private schools.

Moreover, the newly appointed Chief Censor of the Censorate, Lu Guangzu, was sharpening his sword and looking for indicators all over the street.

Those who had not checked in for ten years were cleared out, and some who had not been there for more than three years were also cleared out. Mainly, Lu Guangzu wanted indicators and wanted to light the "three fires" of a newly appointed official. All these private schools, family schools, and academies had to cut off their relations with the ministers in the court. This was the attitude expressed by Lu Guangzu. Don't think that just because Hence Hai Rui is gone, the Censorate will not fight corruption.

Anti-corruption is an act of self-correction by the imperial court, and even more so, it is the power of the Censorate.

Once a person gains power, before losing it, they will never let go! Because the possessor of power knows too well the power of power. Have a dream, and the next day you wake up, it can be realized. Everything you want can be realized through power, depending on whether you are willing or not.

Therefore, Lu Guangzu became the Chief Censor of the Censorate, and he would not give up the power of "anti-corruption and catching greed," nor would he give up the sharp blade of the "Plain-Clothed Censor."

Only a small number of people luckily escaped a disaster. After the Ministry of Personnel and the Censorate verified that they were indeed unable to perform their duties due to illness or accidental disability, Zhang Juzheng did not directly clear them out, but gave them half salary.

Zhu Yijun was also very surprised, because this was a rare warmth in Zhang Juzheng's vigorous and resolute life.

Of course, there were also unlucky ones in this wind of purge!

The situation was somewhat similar to that of Song Shanyong of the Tianxiong Academy, suffering an unprovoked disaster.

Song Shanyong, the instructor of the Tianxiong Academy, was...

... really a bit wronged. For more than ten years, Great Ming Prefecture did not give the Tianxiong Academy any expenses. Song Shanyong could only act according to the circumstances. Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether the Tianxiong Academy would even exist.

Now, Song Shanyong is also the Libationer of the Great Ming Capital Normal University. In a few years, he will truly have students all over the world.

A true "honest official" will not be missed in the Wanli reign, because honest officials are rare, and the Emperor really lacks honest officials who can do the work.

In the second year of Tianqi, a young man came to the Tianxiong Academy, named Lu Xiangsheng.

Later, when Lu Xiangsheng organized the Tianxiong Army, he used the Tianxiong Academy as the core. This is also the reason why the Tianxiong Army could fight. In this Tianxiong Army, there were many scholars who offered advice.

During the Chongzhen reign, the world had two great pillars: one was Sun Chuanting, and the other was Lu Xiangsheng. One fought a victorious battle and was imprisoned for nine years; the other died from a backstab by his own people, dying for the country with three sword wounds and four arrows.

By the Chongzhen reign, Great Ming's vitality had already been exhausted, like a grasshopper after autumn, no longer something that human power could reverse. Great Ming, which had completely died during the Wanli reign, had its corpse completely decayed during the Chongzhen reign.

The purge decree, which should have been full of complaints, was executed silently in everyone's tacit understanding, and the officialdom in the capital became solemn because of it.

"The Senior Vice Minister Wang is anxious; he is anxious!" Zhu Yijun said happily, holding a memorial: "He said in the memorial that the reason why no one dared to submit a memorial to oppose it is that all the officials in the world fear Zhang Juzheng and dare not provoke the Master, so they dare not submit a memorial. He just refuses to admit that the Master is more capable than him."

Wang Chonggu's labor union failed again and again. This time, after excluding a lot of reasons, it fell on a new problem: there were not enough scholars among the craftsmen.

This is a matter that makes Wang Chonggu and Wang Jiaping very helpless.

The craftsmen who have studied now lack practical experience and are all too young. The experienced craftsmen cannot even recognize all the characters and do not have the ability to handle any official documents, failing to form written opinions. In the end, this labor union failed again and again and was declared a failure.

Zhang Juzheng is making a splash with the purge and the "Official Selection Method," while Wang Chonggu's labor union is failing repeatedly. This memorial is naturally full of sourness.

"However, another type of goods that the Senior Vice Minister Wang is working on has succeeded." Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

Precast slabs, a cement product whose shortcomings far outweigh its advantages.

It is very easy to cut corners in production. It is hollow by nature, and can even reduce the use of some steel.

Because it is not particularly thick, it is not heat-insulated, nor is it sound-insulated, and it is even easy to crack. Over time, it is also easy to deform.

The only advantage of this product is that it is cheap. Not only is production cheap, but hollow precast slabs can use less cement and steel, and construction is also cheap, saving a lot of labor.

Cheapness is the biggest reason why this product can succeed. Not everyone has the money, time, and labor to build concrete-poured buildings. The cost is...

... really too expensive.

And precast slabs make up for the biggest shortcoming of steel-concrete structures: being expensive.

According to the tests of the Xishan Coal Bureau, as long as this type of precast slab is not used to build buildings above five stories, there will not be too many problems. Therefore, from trial production to popularization, this product immediately became popular. After all, compared to wooden buildings and brick-tile structures, even the hollow precast slabs that cut corners are ahead in strength.

Everyone knows that poured steel-concrete structures are better—after all, even the central axis of the Great Ming Imperial Palace uses this process—it's just too expensive.

In this era when there are more rats than people in the house, precast slabs are already an excellent building material.

Feng Bao handed a memorial to the Emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the Grand Minister of Works Zhang Xueyan recently investigated a case. Including the one million silver stored in the old treasury last year, the old treasury should have nine million silver in storage."

"When the Grand Minister of Works Wang Guoguang retired, he handed over the silver in the old treasury to Zhang Xueyan. I sent Li Yougong to watch, and there was no problem with the quantity. I also spot-checked the stored silver, and not a single piece was fake."

"The Grand Minister of Works inspected the silver in the treasury last month and found that 1,200 silver was missing. The silver stored in the old treasury has only been coming in and not going out all these years. It must be theft by those in charge. The Grand Minister of Works was furious and immediately began an investigation."

Zhu Yijun fell silent, frowned, and asked: "No, does the Grand Minister of Works inspect the silver in the old treasury once a month?"

"That's not the case." Feng Bao shook his head.

"Oh, I thought it was inspected once a month. How often does the Grand Minister of Works inspect it?" Zhu Yijun revealed a sudden realization. Zhang Xueyan is a Grand Secretary; how could he have the time to check the stored silver in the old treasury every day?

Feng Bao said in a low voice: "The Grand Minister of Works goes to see it once a day, the same as the Minister of Works Wang. Going to see it is to look at the dust. The dust on the boxes has not been moved, which can be seen at a glance. Every three months, a box is opened at random, which means choosing a box at random, peeling off the seal, and drawing a few silver coins for verification."

"Starting from October every year, the treasury is checked. Under the supervision of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Eastern Depot, and the Treasury Ambassador of the Ministry of Revenue, the seals are checked, the sealed boxes are confirmed, and the silver coins are checked. There are three copies of the seal. If there is a problem with a box, the responsibility of these three people will be investigated."

"Your Majesty, the gold in the inner treasury is also managed this way. Even on every gold ingot, there must be the craftsman's signature to ensure that every gold ingot is correct."

"Go every day..." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "More stingy than me."

"The Grand Minister of Works is still very frugal." Feng Bao carefully corrected the Emperor's wrong terminology. This is not stinginess; it is frugality.

Zhu Yijun does not go to the silver treasury of the inner treasury once a year. At most, he goes to the gold treasury to take a look. Anyway, the accounts are there. If the inner treasury cannot take out silver when he wants to use it, he will really cut from top to bottom.

This management method was left by Wang Guoguang. Before, there was no...

... such rule. It was because the national treasury did not have so much silver to manage before. Most of the time, if a rat ran into the national treasury, it would have to cry when it came out. It was really too poor.

This time, Zhang Xueyan caught the "big rat" by relying on the dust. The traces of dust were really too difficult to forge.

"It's like the local treasury, where there are things on the books, but nothing in the treasury. Theft from the national treasury is actually normal. Just catch them and punish them severely." Zhu Yijun did not think there was anything strange about it.

Nine million silver, missing 1,200 silver—it is really very normal.

The Qing Dynasty was richer than Great Ming. In the 23rd year of Daoguang, the Daoguang Emperor had a whim and sent the Minister of Justice, Wei Qin, to check the actual amount of silver in the Ministry of Revenue treasury. He didn't know until he checked, and he was shocked.

Of the 12 million taels of silver stored in the national treasury, a full 9.25 million taels were missing! Only 2.75 million taels of silver remained.

And these 2.75 million taels of silver were not all stored silver of the Ministry of Revenue. The silver ingots of the Ministry of Revenue all had the Ministry of Revenue's stamp. These 2.75 million taels of silver had over 2 million silver from various localities and banks.

Obviously, someone heard the wind and filled it in, but the gap was really too large. By the time the Minister of Justice Wei Qin went to check, the gap was still huge.

When this national treasury is not observed, whether the silver inside exists or not is a problem, but once it starts to be observed, it collapses into non-existence.

This silver is lost, and someone must be held accountable. The Ministry of Justice investigated, but could not offend anyone. In the end, it could only be traced to the theft by the treasury clerks.

The conclusion of the final case was: these treasury clerks divided the spoils unevenly, which triggered the imperial court's audit. It was all the treasury clerks who used their "grain paths" (anuses) to steal the silver out of the silver treasury!

The huge deficit of 9.25 million taels of silver was balanced by the anuses of the treasury clerks.

No ministers or officials in the court were held accountable. Only the anuses of the treasury clerks were deeper than a bottomless pit, which can be regarded as a piece of dark humor in history.

Judging from Zhang Xueyan's memorial, he would not believe the rhetoric that the treasury clerks used their anuses to take the silver out. After strict investigation, it was traced to the Treasury Ambassador. This 1,200 silver was divided equally among the Treasury Ambassador, the Vice Ambassador, and the twelve transport treasury clerks.

This group of people exhausted their ingenuity, from keys to seals, to dealing with inspections, etc. It can be said that the eight immortals crossed the sea, each showing their magical powers, but they didn't dare to take too much. They only took 1,200 silver before being caught by the Grand Minister of Works.

The Grand Minister of Works' eyes might not be good, but the censors, Embroidered Uniform Guards, and secret agents around him who wanted to advance had very sharp eyes.

Whether it is a silver treasury or a gold treasury, one must either guard it strictly from the beginning and punish severely if there is a small problem, or if the management is loose, there is no need to check, because even if it is checked, it will only make the imperial court lose face, and it will be of no use, and even accountability cannot be achieved.

The Grand Minister of Works checking the old treasury is like the Emperor inspecting the Capital Battalion. You must either do it all the time, or don't do it at all from the beginning.

Zhu Yijun...

... took out his abacus and clicked it, then shook his head and said: "The salary of these fourteen people is 290 silver a year. They gambled their lives and only got 1,200 silver. It's not worth it."

"Exile them to the Jinchi Governor's Office. That side needs people."

Zhu Yijun made the final disposition. According to Hence Hai Rui's rules for anti-corruption and catching greed, these people's crimes should be tripled, and the top-level disposition should be exile to Java, but now the Jinchi Governor's Office is desperately short of people, so Zhu Yijun exiled these people there to supplement the population.

Juezhou (Australia), this place is very far from Great Ming and very far from the West. It is a natural place for exile.

"Actually, the scholar-officials don't say it, but I also know that Great Ming's opening of the sea is a bit of a warlike act, attacking everywhere, but there is no way. There are too many lessons left behind, and we must make up for them." Zhu Yijun gave a vermilion comment on a memorial. This memorial was about the censor discussing the Jifu Governor's Office, the hometown of the dodo bird.

This censor compared the Jifu Governor's Office and the Jinchi Governor's Office. Both were 20,000 li away by water.

But this censor did not feel at all that the Jinchi Governor's Office was dangerous, because the West was too far, too far from Jinchi. The threat to the Jinchi Governor's Office was zero. As long as Great Ming repaired the Greater and Lesser Jinchi cities, there would be no risk of loss.

But the Jifu Governor's Office is located opposite the Mozambique Governor's Office and is the only way for the overseas colonies of the Red-Haired Barbarians and the Golden-Haired Barbarians.

Once Great Ming has a conflict with the Red-Haired Barbarians and the Golden-Haired Barbarians at sea, the Jifu Governor's Office will inevitably bear the brunt and become a place of four wars. Great Ming is too far away from there to form effective support. In the future, it will probably become a burden for Great Ming. Abandoning it, no one is willing to bear the crime of abandoning territory. Not abandoning it, it will continue to bleed.

Just like Jiaozhi back then.

This somewhat conservative censor believed that the Jinchi Governor's Office was established well and wonderfully, but the Jifu Governor's Office was a bit of a desire for quick success and instant benefits. Being able to eat Nanyang and Juezhou was already Great Ming's limit.

"He is right." Zhu Yijun highly approved of this censor's statement and moved the Jifu Governor's Office from the "Four Directions" to the "Six Harmonies."

If the cost of maintaining rule is too great, one can choose to abandon it selectively. Governor's Offices are all "Four Directions."

Build it first. If it really can't be defended, then lose it. Whether there are dates or not, hit it three times first.

"Has the report from General Qi arrived?" Zhu Yijun inquired about the situation on the front line. The Great Ming army launched a spring offensive. After occupying Nagato Castle, it remained motionless, mainly waiting for the negotiations of Gao Qiyu in Kyoto. Now that the negotiations in Kyoto are over, the specific garrison details are still being further discussed and signed.

At this time, the Great Ming army should be returning in triumph.

Feng Bao took a memorial with four floating slips from the pile of military affairs, placed it before the Emperor, and said with a difficult expression: "The meaning of the front-line commanders is that they still want to fight."

"The idea of the Cabinet Ministers is that they all disagree..."

"... The Master attached a blank floating slip, the Senior Vice Minister supports it, the Grand Minister of Works opposes it, and the Grand Minister of Rites respectfully requests the Holy Decision."

Zhang Juzheng attached a blank floating slip, reserving his opinion. Actually, it was opposition. In such a major matter, his opinion was very important, yet he did not express it. Silence is also an attitude.

Wang Chonggu's reason for supporting it was very simple: Great Ming needs silver. What is negotiated at the negotiating table is not stable enough.

Without silver, currency has no liquidity. Without liquidity, the official factories have no way to engage in production. In the contradiction between demand and supply, what the official factories can control is only supply. More currency liquidity is beneficial to the labor party.

The reason for the Grand Minister of Works' opposition was also very clear: if the war is started again, how long will it be fought?

The imperial court is really a bit poor now. It has to engage in the "School System" and also engage in military force. The Ministry of Revenue is a bit scared of being poor. The national treasury is so poor that horses can run in it. He, the Grand Minister of Works, cannot lift his head wherever he goes. Great Ming has already won a comprehensive victory, forcing Toyotomi Hideyoshi to sign a treaty under the city walls.

The Grand Minister of Rites respectfully requests the Holy Decision. It looks like he is also reserving his opinion, but he is actually supporting it. The Emperor is the leader of the young and strong faction. If the front line wants to fight, the Emperor will not stop them.

"The Grand Minister of Rites' opinion is interesting. He said: 'If you want to destroy a country, you must first destroy its history; if you want to destroy a race, you must first destroy its culture.' Does this mean he wants to destroy the soul of Japan?" Zhu Yijun pondered for a while and said: "Minister Shen feels that Gao Qiyu is a bit too kind, actually not destroying its soul."

After Chinese characters were introduced to Japan, "Japanese transformation" has been happening, which is continuous localization. As early as the Tang Dynasty, the "Man'yōshū" and Man'yōgana had already appeared. Time flies, and now Japan's Chinese culture has a huge difference from Great Ming's.

The meaning of the Ministry of Rites was very clear. Gao Qiyu only cared about benefits and forgot to abolish the alienated Chinese studies of Japan. This was the dereliction of duty of Gao Qiyu, an official of the Ministry of Rites. Therefore, the opinion of the Ministry of Rites was to continue fighting until the Japanese gave up these alienated Chinese studies.

The Ministry of Rites cares most about returning to the source. Back then, when they wanted to abolish Korea's "Hunmin Jeongeum," which was Korea's vernacular script, the Ministry of Rites was also the most fierce. Chinese studies are the studies of the Han family. Why should these barbarian states interpret Chinese studies!

This is a struggle for the right to interpret rites and laws. This group of extreme conservatives in the Ministry of Rites cares particularly about this matter.

The purpose of Qi Jiguang wanting to continue fighting was particularly pure.

The most direct reason is revenge. The daimyo led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi brazenly launched an attack on the Great Ming army at the Ying'en Hall. The Great Ming army needs to further demonstrate its military power, which can save a lot of trouble when the Great Ming army garrisons the mining areas.

Nagato Castle is an isolated city, which is really a bit difficult to support alone. If the army is withdrawn now, I am afraid that Nagato Castle will eventually be returned to Japan. To hold Nagato Castle for one year requires 150,000 shi of grain supplies. Such a huge logistical supply, expanding territory to feed on the enemy, is the superior strategy in military terms.

The Mori family suffered the least loss in the Korean battlefield. Now...

... their strength is too overbearing. Other daimyo suffered heavy losses. Therefore, the Great Ming army needs to eliminate some of the Mori family's samurai and cut their wings to achieve balance.

And to achieve this goal is also quite simple. Qi Jiguang plans to use six months to a year to fight to the Iwami Bai Yin Mine. All the territory fought down will belong to the Nagasaki Governor's Office. In this way, it can not only guarantee Great Ming's threat to Japan's mainland but also guarantee the stable production of silver.

Zhu Yijun agreed to this plan. The reason is actually particularly simple: fifteen years of martial arts, we must give the world an account. ===== CHAPTER 831 =====