The Lonely Family in the Red Chamber

In the second year after the death of Emperor Chengqing, Tu Jingnian was officially changed to the Yuan Dynasty, and the reign name was Changzhi. The prosperity of Changzhi, which lasted for more than 40 years, kicked off.

In the second year of Changzhi, there were envoys from Dongying who went to Dajin to worship, but there were two groups of envoys, one was from the shogunate, and the other was sent by the emperor.This is the Warring States period in Japan, and the emperor is almost like a puppet. Compared with the Central Plains, he should be the emperor of Zhou in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period.The generals of the shogunate were changed endlessly, but no matter who was the general, the emperor had to stay in Kyoto aggrievedly, unable to issue a single order.

This time, the two families ran over at the same time. The shogunate wanted to purchase weapons from Dajin. Dajin has had very frequent economic exchanges with Dongying over the years. There are pearls, corals, gold and silver produced there, but there is relatively little food and cloth. Therefore, what the maritime merchants who went to Dongying like most is to get old grain and relatively low-quality cloth to store up their warehouses. Pearls, corals and hawksbill shells. Although the price of pearls has dropped sharply after the artificial cultivation of pearls here in Dajin, high-quality sea pearls are still more sought-after. It can only be exchanged for two bolts of ordinary calico.

With such huge profits, the so-called daimyos in Dongpu were very eager. They once organized warriors and tried to rob them in small boats, but they were naturally defeated.In order to ensure the maritime interests of the Jin Dynasty, when merchant ships go to sea, they can buy artillery and shells from the customs. When returning to the voyage, they just need to register the artillery shells. Even some firearms that have begun to be eliminated can also be sold. These sea merchants, relying on these, those unlucky warriors directly fed the sharks.

On the sea, the so-called legal maritime merchants are actually not so pure and good. With enough force, the pirates did not provoke them, and they would dare to rob them. After discussing with them, they directly summoned a group of sailors, armed with muskets, and killed those daimyos who joined forces and ran over to rob.Right now, there is a small village in Japan that dares to call itself a daimyo with a large territory. The so-called elite warriors who managed to get together were wiped out at sea again. Those sea merchants found that this place is too small and there are too many daimyo , I can't figure out who got involved in this matter, and directly swept away dozens of miles around, directly killed those famous warriors, and even acted as a human trafficker, abducting almost all the girls, triumphantly returned.

The shogunate and the emperor got the news not long ago, and they were in awe of Dajin's military power, but Dajin had strict control over weapons, and the customs had records of guns sold to merchant ships, even if the guns If it is damaged, you have to bring the wreckage back to register and cancel the record. The shogunate has exhausted the strength of the boss, and only got a few, but the ammunition is limited, and you can’t imitate the bullets inside, so you have to grit your teeth in the end. He took out a large sum of money, and got many young and beautiful girls, and asked the envoys to take them to Dajin, asking Dajin to agree to buy weapons.

The emperor had the same idea, but they really had no money, so they simply got a lot of things from somewhere, and ran over with people directly in the name of paying tribute.Naturally, the emperor's envoys were crying over there, saying that their family was held hostage by the courtiers, and they were not allowed to be free, and asked the suzerain country to decide for themselves.

Here comes the problem. Although the two sides didn't meet each other on the road, they went ashore one after the other. They met when they were heading to the capital, and a conflict suddenly appeared.

By the time Tu Jingnian got the news, the two sides had already fought several times, and even a few so-called warriors had performed seppuku on the street, which shocked the onlookers. People have a lot of headaches because of this.Therefore, he hurried into the capital and immediately left the matter to the Ministry of Rites, who didn't know how to deal with it, so he immediately reported it in the court, and there was an uproar in the court.

To be honest, people in Japan and Japan have always had a condescending attitude towards Japan. There is really nothing to say about such a small country. When the country was founded, there were Japanese pirates invading the coast. To be honest, even if there are still some Japanese pirates acting as pirates, now they only dare to grab guns from North Koreans or something, and dare not confront the businessmen from Dajin.

Now I heard about the weirdness of Dongying, the emperor is just a mascot display, and the shogunate is quite strong, so naturally, some ministers showed some compassion and suggested in the court that the navy should send troops to support the emperor .But the Ministry of Household War immediately jumped up. Although Dongying is a vassal state, they haven't come to pay tribute for many years. How much will it cost to send troops overseas?What's more, this is Dongying's internal affairs. If it is agreed at this moment, if other feudal states have any ideas in the future, can they also ask Dajin?The Ministry of War also disagreed. Sending troops sounds simple, but this is not in the mainland, but going to the country of Japan. What about the military supplies and how to calculate the supplies?How do you pay for those who died in battle? What's more, people are not happy to leave their hometowns to serve as soldiers, not to mention they have to go to the small country of Dongying to fight. It is said that the life in Dongying is harsh. You can’t eat it every day, where there is no oil or water, what if one of them is bad and causes a mutiny?

Of course, there were also those who agreed. Tu Jingnian squinted his eyes and felt that this was actually a pretty good opportunity. Since firearms became popular in the military, he hadn't really tried them. After a few times of bombardment, you will learn how to behave. Besides, Tu Jingnian is now vigorously encouraging the development of trade relations with the grassland, buying cattle, sheep and horses from them, as well as various special products on the grassland. The prices are very good, even if they raise As for sheep, wool can be sold at a good price every year!Tu Jingnian also asked people to teach the herdsmen of those small tribes how to weave wool, weave carpet curtains with wool, and even directly use wool to make sweaters. There are special caravans to buy these, whether you want to exchange money Or change grain, salt, tea, or daily necessities.

In addition to these, there are also a lot of minerals on the grassland. The general open-pit minerals are naturally occupied by relatively powerful tribes. The lives of the nobles on the grassland are also very good because of this. They wish they could even use gold for the toilet.Now, the imperial court directly sent people over to cooperate with those tribal nobles to open mines. Those nobles made a lot of money, and all kinds of luxury goods from the Central Plains dazzled their eyes.Herdsmen can have food and clothing, and nobles enjoy it. Under such circumstances, who would risk their lives to fight for nothing!Therefore, over the years, there have been more and more tribes attached to them, and the imperial court has allocated grasslands for them more fairly, and reached a supply and marketing agreement. Anyway, the roads have been built now, and it is easier to travel to and from the Central Plains grasslands.Qin Tianjian provides them with climate warnings every year. When there is a disaster year, in autumn, the merchants in the Central Plains will make a big move and go to the grassland to buy a large number of livestock. Although the price is a little lower than usual, it is better than in the snowstorm. The loss came well.The herdsmen have also benefited. They have hoarded enough food to survive the winter safely. The Central Plains can also get a lot of meat supplements. Winter is the time to eat mutton. The mutton on the grassland tastes better than the mutton raised in the Central Plains It's much better. In winter, among the rich people in Chang'an, who doesn't buy dozens or hundreds of heads.

This has also led to the fact that the frontier army has no chance to practice at all now. How can they raise a strong army just by relying on usual training without seeing blood?

Tu Jingnian thought about it for a while, and turned around and told the cabinet ministers what he thought. Anyway, it was under the banner of not interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. However, the imperial court will send volunteers. What is a volunteer army? Looking at the affairs of Dongpu, I volunteered to help.Of course, they voluntarily went to war, and they couldn't be asked to bring their own dry food, and drink the northwest wind when they went to Dongying. Therefore, Dongying had to show it.As for what to say, simple, you have no money, don't you have land and minerals?Just use those credits!

In particular, what Tu Jingnian meant was that if the volunteers went to help the emperor, the shogunate couldn’t really let them fail. They had to smuggle some weapons to them secretly. Anyway, they wanted to keep the strength of both sides in a dynamic balance. Whoever gains the upper hand must be suppressed. Anyway, Dongpu is always in turmoil.Those volunteers are also easy to deal with. People from various military regions just need to take turns, that is, to try their hand at Dongpu. If you see blood, you can't hold guns and cannons all day long, just know how to shoot targets!

The ministers in the cabinet were dumbfounded when they heard this, and they felt that Tu Jingnian's idea was not only unkind, but also a bit wicked.Of course, they couldn't say that in their mouths, they just said euphemistically that this is really out of the style of the kingdom of heaven.Tu Jingnian said, you would rather face a unified and ambitious Dongying than a chaotic Dongying who needs to turn to the imperial court for help from time to time?A few courtiers kept silent, no one can guarantee the character of the people in Dongpu, the tragedy that the Japanese pirates went ashore back then, and the tragedy caused by it is still fresh in people's memory!Who would believe that Dongying would guarantee to be submissive in the future?

Of course, Tu Jingnian still appeased the courtiers. Didn’t Dongying yearn for the culture of the Central Plains? In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, some Tang envoys were sent to study. In the Song Dynasty, there were many contacts with the Central Plains. People came to study all year round. cultural knowledge.Now, instead of them coming to study at home, the imperial court pays for the establishment of an academy in Dongying, and then prints a few ships of books such as the Four Books and Five Classics, and invites those highly respected and learned scholars to go to Dongying to educate them in person, so that they Bathed in the brilliance of Shangguo culture.In the future, if you really enter China because of the edification of culture, then naturally you will not be an outsider, and we don't need to guard against you, right?

Few people are willing to go to Dongying to educate one side, just like in Dajin, few people are willing to go to Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet and other places to educate one side.Tu Jingnian didn't really want to find some great Confucianism to go there, so he just asked those alternate officials of Xuezheng or the Imperial Academy of the Imperial Academy to go over, which is almost the same as supporting education. After working for a few years, he can become a full-time official after returning , maybe according to your grades, you can be promoted to one or two levels. With such benefits, naturally many people are eager to try.Some even make inferences. Japan is a vassal state, and places like North Korea, Qianxiang Country, Hanhai Country, and Annan are also vassal states. Can’t we build academies in those places?

Tu Jingnian handed over this matter to the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, you go and negotiate with those people from the vassal state.Officials are also human beings, and they would not do things without benefits. Now that they see the benefits, they are all very enthusiastic. The next step is to use their three-inch tongue to stun the permanent envoys. For a moment, some directly ordered people to send letters back, saying that the Celestial Dynasty wanted to establish an academy in their own place to educate the local people. Most of the vassal states were actually happy to see this happen. They have to send noble children to attend classes at the Guozijian here in Chang'an. Now they don't have to come here, and they can learn the culture of the Kingdom of Heaven on their own territory. It saves trouble for both parties, so everyone is happy.