[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

At the end of May, a summer heat wave accompanied by torrential rain swept across Asia.

This season of either a severe drought or a severe flood is quite difficult for most agricultural countries, but for the Japanese people who live by fishing, it is a season of God's gift.

Summer is the peak season for fishing. At this time, sea fish gradually approach from the warmer seabed to the sea surface where there is sunlight and more bait, making it easier to catch.And at this time, those fish that consume a lot of energy due to spawning in spring have almost recovered, and fish that are about to spawn in autumn have to eat to save energy. Therefore, fish in summer are the most plump in a year.

Of course, there is another advantage of fishing in this season: fishermen will inevitably get wet when they go out to sea, and it is not easy to catch cold in summer.

In this era of war where there is a lack of medical care and medicine, once you get sick, you can only survive on your own. If you can't make it through, you will end up wrapped in a broken straw mat.

Saburo's father just couldn't survive the cold and passed away not long ago.

The 14-year-old boy had to sell all the dry goods stored in his home at that time, so he could buy his father some decent clothes, and built a stone grave that would not be harassed by wild animals to bury his father hastily.

And this kind of tomb without a coffin is already very decent treatment in the eyes of many local people.

But because of this, after burying his father, the economic situation of Saburo's family plummeted.

There are four children in his family, all of them are female relatives except him, and the labor force of the whole family is now only left to him as a minor.

When Saburo's father was alive, he was the most famous fisherman of this generation. He was especially good at catching sea bream. It is said that when he was young, he once caught a red bream. The bream was bought and presented to the emperor as soon as it landed. It was also because of this sea bream that his father had enough money to marry a wife and build a house.

His mother is dumb. The elder sister married an Edo businessman. The second elder sister was at the age of marriage and had already made a marriage agreement. Some days divorced.

Saburo was very angry about this, if he hadn't been stopped by his sister with tears in his eyes, he would definitely beat up that heartbroken man.

His father ventured out to sea in winter just to buy a beautiful hairpin for his second sister so that she could get married in a beautiful way, but now, his father's love has become a tool for these people to criticize her sister. The daughter of calamity, Saburo fought these people several times because of this, and exchanged these people for shutting up with a blue nose and a swollen eye.

The father of the family is gone, and as the only man, Saburo feels that he must protect the women in the family.However, he was too young and weak, and no one would take the risk of taking him to sea.

Saburo could only find another way to earn some money by selling some rice balls, light meals, straw ropes and the like at the fishing port.

Occasionally, some fishermen who are more anxious to go to sea will hire him to help mend their fishing nets. At this time, they will make more money.

When he really can't make money, he can also ask for some small fish that the fishermen don't like, take them home and give them to his mother to pickle.His mother's craftsmanship is very good. The fish cooked by her has no fishy smell at all, and it is especially popular among fishermen when it is sandwiched in rice balls.

But his luck today was very bad. When Saburo came to the coast with the rice balls made by his mother and sister, he happened to meet the local yamen servants who came to find someone. His guests were taken away before they bought his rice balls. up the port.

Saburo tilted his head and thought for a while, and felt that the rice balls were not for sale, so he also followed the end of the line with a straw basket, and followed them all the way to the local Dagang.

This is where fishermen avoid.The draft of this kind of big port is relatively deep, and most of the ships that come and go are large merchant ships. These merchant ships that run amok on the ocean often scare away fish schools, and they will not dodge when they see petite fishing boats. It can be said that all the ships here are It is the natural enemy of fishermen.

While walking, the local yamen servant explained to the fishermen who were planning to go to sea that today they were asked by their superiors to help pull the boat, provide a meal, and reward them for doing well.

"Tsk, it seems that some big man's boat can't get close." An old fisherman spat, and he patted a few young men around him whose eyes lit up when they heard "Shang", and laughed, " Stop thinking in your mind, few of these merchants are generous, it is really too much to want to get good things from them, at most it is just to make up for the loss of not being able to go to sea, but..."

"But what?" Several young people asked curiously.

The middle-aged man sighed: "If we encounter a Ming people's ship, we will make a lot of money."

"Mingren? The one on the other side of the sea?" Hearing this name, everyone became excited immediately, and asked curiously, "Uncle, have you ever seen Mingren? I heard that they wear silk on their bodies, don't they?" real?"

"It's not unusual, wearing silk is nothing, the key is the color of their clothes... Tsk tsk, I heard that their red color is painted directly with cinnabar, it's as red as human blood."

"Cinnabar? Isn't that easy to fall off?"

"Idiot, do you think they know how to wash clothes? There are so many silks in the Ming Dynasty, just throw one away if it gets dirty!"

"Wow..." Throwing away clothes when they are dirty is simply an unimaginable luxury for the poor.Not only them, Saburo was so envious that his mouth was watering.

But what made them drool the most was...

"Ming people's ships are big ships. They can't dock in the bay on our side by themselves, so labor is needed to pull them over. I heard that the rewards they give are very generous. If you encounter loose hands, you can let them We don't have to go to sea for half a day."

"It's a pity that they seldom send people to Japan." The fisherman sighed, "otherwise we can get more benefits."

"Then why don't they come to Japan?" Saburo couldn't help interjecting and asked, "We have a lot of good things in Japan, and those yellow-haired and red-haired people buy a lot of things every time they come."

"What do you know, kid?" The fisherman stretched out his hand and patted him. "What do they come to buy from us?"

"Silk." Everyone knows this.

"Where did the silk come from?"

Saburo blinked, and said in a daze, "Where else can it come from...we weave it ourselves."

"Stupid, these silks are from the Ming Dynasty." This is obviously a knowledgeable person, "Silkworms are spit out by an animal called silkworm. This kind of animal is very delicate and can't stand cold or heat. The silkworms in our place The climate is not suitable for them to survive. My mother-in-law has also raised them, and she will die every time if she is not careful. Even if I raise them, the quality of the silk produced is not good at all. Therefore, most of our silk is only for those merchants to wear, nobles They wear silk from the Ming Dynasty."

"It's okay to fool those Westerners with our silks and satins, but do you think it's possible to sell them to the Ming Dynasty? Besides, we are in the Northern Dynasty, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty doesn't recognize us, so he won't send a mission here at all..."

"Shh, you dare to say that, don't you want to die?" Except for a few people who were a little confused why they didn't come because they were from the Ming Dynasty in the Northern Dynasty, those who knew it stopped talking one after another.

"Oh, my mouth, you all pretend that you didn't hear it, you didn't hear it."

Saburo was dumbfounded for a moment, before he could figure out what was the key to this, he saw the yamen servant handing out a hemp rope as thick as a bowl to their hands, motioning for everyone to pull it.

Everyone pulled back little by little amidst the sound of orders, and as soon as they got their hands, several fishermen shouted: "So heavy?"

"Shut up!" The yamen servant's attitude was very bad, he glared at the man, and snorted, "Use some strength, it's Daming's envoy group, the sooner you pull them in, the more benefits you will have."

Everyone was stunned, and many fishermen exclaimed excitedly.

"Quickly bow your head, don't talk." A fisherman patted the thin-headed Saburo and motioned him to lower his head, so that the yamen guards would not find out that he was sneaking in. At this time, if you can get a share of the reward, you can get a share, "Their boat It is very big, so it is very heavy, but the reward given by the mission is also the most generous, you are lucky."

Saburo's eyes lit up immediately. If he could really get that much money, he wanted to make some fabrics for his mother and sister. It was already summer, and the terrible autumn and winter were not far away, so he had to make preparations early.

Just as everyone was alternately exerting their strength and shouting slogans loudly, the figure of the Daming Treasure Ship gradually appeared in people's field of vision.

What a terrifying sea monster!

The sails on the ship alone seem to be able to cover the sky, and they actually built a tower on the cabin, my God!Daming's boat is actually higher than their mountain here.

San Lang looked a little dull, and he couldn't help but loosen his hands. The fisherman behind him suddenly strained, and immediately cursed, San Lang hurriedly tightened the hemp rope again.

The side where the ship docks is the most difficult to pull, because at this time the ship basically has no buoyancy, and all the power comes from the pulling force of the fishermen.

Can't we change the boat?Everyone complained.

What they didn't know was that the Southern Dynasty had proposed the same proposal long ago when the two sides were still in the honeymoon period, but Daming refused to reject it, and in the end they could only shrink back resentfully.

Japan is also very helpless, and they dare not say bluntly that our small port here cannot accommodate your big ship, so they can only send a lot of manpower to pull the ship every time.

But what they don't know is that the officials sent by Daming are also suffering.

It's not that they don't want to change the boat, it's that the boat can't carry the things they need to carry.

The horses used in Japan are all short-legged, and the envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty, among other things, are all first-class in appearance, height and bearing.

本来要来这穷乡僻壤出公差，大家就已经很不开心了，还要让1米8乃至于1米9的壮汉蜷缩在肩高不到1米2的小马上，着实有些不得劲。

Therefore, today's envoy teams in the Ming Dynasty all bring their own horses.Since they brought horses, they also had to bring fodder. If Daming's horses saw the horse grass provided by the Japanese side, they would have to kick their hooves.

In addition to the guard of honor that the suzerain must bring, the rewards, and the escort that His Majesty Baoxin must bring, all these add up, even if you change it, you can't change the small boat. It is estimated that there is still no way to dock at the port, so it is better not to bother.

It's nothing more than a little trouble when entering and leaving the port. Anyway, for Daming's envoys, they are all waiting on the boat, and the impact is not great.

As for the reward... the prices in the two places are different. The Japanese side thinks that the huge reward is not high in Daming. Although the travel expenses approved by Emperor Hongwu are very small, this amount can still be afforded.

However, compared to the past when the mission team casually folded the sails and waited leisurely, the attitude of the Daming Mission this time was significantly better. They even spent their energy mobilizing the sails to take advantage of the wind direction to relieve the pressure on the fishermen.

With the cooperation of both parties, it took half a day for Daming's treasure ship to successfully enter the port.

When the envoys disembarked together, the courtiers sent by the Japanese Northern Dynasty were already waiting respectfully at the port.

"Your minister pays homage to the angel." The minister, who was arrogant in front of the fishermen, respectfully bowed to 90 degrees in front of the envoy of the Ming Dynasty who was wearing a red official robe. His voice was loud, his words were correct and his posture was quite humility.

Before he came, Lord Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who had just been conferred the title of "Quasi-Third Empress" and became the official leader of the public and samurai families, gave him repeated orders. No matter what price he paid, he would never allow the envoys of the Ming Dynasty to entertain them in the slightest. dissatisfaction.

The Japanese government is now in a state of confrontation between the north and the south. About 50 years ago, because of the fierce struggle and struggle for power between the emperor and the samurai, without giving in to each other, two emperors, the south and the north, appeared in Japan at the same time, and they had their own inheritance. , Japan is divided.

The northern government with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as the main force has the power, power and soldiers, but they have not been officially sealed by the suzerain Ming Dynasty, and the emperor of the northern dynasty does not have the three artifacts symbolized by the emperor, so the name is somewhat unfair. It can only be called a pseudo-government.

The emperor in the south is the opposite. He was conferred by the Ming government, and when he was unable to escape, he took away the "three artifacts". According to Japanese tradition, the inheritance of the emperor in the south is the most suitable for the Japanese state. system of inheritance.

To put it simply, one party has the right to be anonymous, and the other party is in name but not in substance.

Also for this reason, even though Ashikaga Yoshimitsu expressed friendship and surrender to the Ming Emperor many times, the reply he got was a lukewarm rejection.When the angels of Ming Dynasty went to Japan, they always went to the port where the southern government was located, and they never came to the northern side at all.

From this, it can be imagined how excited Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the entire Northern Dynasty government were when Daming's advance envoy told Ashikaga Yoshimitsu that the mission would arrive soon and made them ready.

As for why the Ming missions abandoned the South and chose the North this time, the courtiers in the Northern Dynasties guessed that the group of poor people in the Southern Dynasties kept going to fight the autumn wind and beat the Emperor of Ming. Once every three years is once every ten years, this is one step away from letting you stop coming.

"It's a shame." Many courtiers in the court despised this, and the Crazy DISS southern government was simply fishing out their water, and even the Sea of ​​Japan couldn't wash away their poverty.

"...Then, according to the general, if Daming agrees to our tribute, what will we give?" Emperor Komatsu, who had just ascended the throne in the Northern Dynasty, was only six years old this year. After hearing a series of lists reported by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, he immediately revealed The color of flesh pain.

Regardless of the generosity of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, most of the treasures in it came from the emperor's inner treasury.

Regarding the little emperor's reluctance, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu explained gently out of his patience with this pro-personal little emperor: "Your Highness, the Ming emperor is extremely generous, if he is willing to establish a tribute relationship with our dynasty, we will never suffer. "

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said generously and bluntly: "Before those misers in the Southern Dynasty tried to use some wood, leather goods, dried fish in exchange for rewards such as silk and porcelain, which angered the emperor of Ming Dynasty. Therefore, in order to make the emperor of Ming Dynasty feel good about us, we We must overwhelm them in terms of momentum and quality, so as to show our sincerity and plan for the future."

This angel's visit can be said to be a cross-age diplomatic activity for the Northern Dynasty. Maybe the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will recognize the legitimacy of the Northern Government if the reception is completed. Even if there are no three artifacts, the little emperor will Gain notorious legitimacy.

Some people don't care about the name, but at critical moments, the four words "justifiable and justifiable" can crush people to death.

And even if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not grant them enfeoffments, establishing a tributary relationship would be beneficial and harmless to them.Not to mention the official rewards of the Ming Dynasty, the difference in the price of the goods carried by the merchants during the tribute is enough to make the accompanying merchants earn a lot of money.

You know, a piece of Daming silk can be sold at a price difference of ten or even twenty times in Japan, and Daming porcelain is even more expensive in Japan. If it is sold to Westerners, the premium can even be as high as Up to a hundred times.

This is also a means for the southern government to win over businessmen.

The southern government made it clear that only merchants who donated enough money to the royal family could serve as envoys to Daming.To put it bluntly, it is to sell the identity of the envoy. If it were not for this method, the poor government would have been unable to make ends meet.

In order to win over the envoys of Ming Dynasty, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu made repeated orders, and he must entertain the envoys of Ming Dynasty well, no matter what requests they made, he must do everything possible to meet them.

Ask for money for money, ask for women for women, ask for gifts for gifts, anyway, it is necessary to serve people comfortably.

But what the northern government didn't expect was that the envoys sent by Ming Dynasty this time were all quite young. Perhaps because of this relationship, the attitude of these envoys was actually quite good, and there was no arrogant attitude, except for one point...

"His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was moved by the sincerity of the Northern Japanese King, and is willing to give you a chance to accept your tribute, but since you have never paid tribute before, I am afraid that you will break the rules, so I ordered me to make a list." The envoy put his hands together A scroll stamped with Emperor Hongwu's seal was placed in the hands of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu who greeted him with both hands upwards, and said kindly, "General Ashikaga and His Royal Highness the King of Japan can open it and have a look. If there is anything you don't understand or can't do, we can discuss it." .”

... Ga?

The monarchs and ministers of the Northern Dynasties were all a little puzzled. How could there be a reason to write a list of tributes first? In the past, didn’t everyone receive what they sent?But looking at the attitude of the messenger, it seemed that they were quite sure that they would agree.

In front of the envoy, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did not dare to overstep his power without authorization. He respectfully took the scroll, turned it behind the curtain, and opened the scroll through the shadowy bamboo curtain.

As soon as the scroll was opened, the corner of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's mouth twitched.

The content on this scroll is not so much a tribute list as a clear price tag, which clearly tells them what grade of goods they can get with how much silver and pearls they offer... no, rewards.

what happened?Did the emperor of Ming Dynasty take the wrong medicine?How can you be so penny-pinching?

The envoy outside the curtain spoke some meaningful words softly: "We believe that the Japanese King of the Northern Dynasty and the Japanese King of the Southern Dynasty...Although they come from the same lineage, they should be different."

"Previously, we couldn't digest the goods from Japan's many tributes. Considering that there is a strait between the two sides, the aesthetic tastes of the two sides may be somewhat different. Therefore, His Royal Highness, the emperor's eldest grandson, ordered the following list to explain hereby. It is also to prevent your side from repeating the same mistakes. .”

"Hey, in fact, this is the first time we have implemented such a tribute system. If His Royal Highness the King of Japan has any opinions, you can also raise them, and we can discuss it again."

There are opinions, of course there are opinions.The courtiers were about to fry the pot.

The envoy of Daming lowered his eyes and retracted his sleeves, and added innocently: "His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty asked his ministers to bring an oral order: this rule was listed by the young grandson of the emperor. His Majesty loved Sun Xin and couldn't bear to refute it, so he promised that if the Emperor of the Northern Dynasty is willing to make an offering according to this, His Majesty can accept the tribute from the Emperor of the Northern Dynasty every year. Of course, if it is really difficult for you, you can also be like the Southern Dynasty..."

Immediately, all the rebuttals that the courtiers wanted to spit out were choked in their mouths.

What this means is that if they accept it, they can purchase (cross out) tribute once a year, but if they don't agree, it will be once every ten years like the Southern Dynasty.

Do you have to ask which one to choose?

The demand written on the scroll is mostly gold and silver, and the demand is not small, but it is not a big problem for Japan, which is rich in gold and silver, and the rich northern government.After some calculations, everyone felt that they could still make a profit according to the above price. If the smuggling team with the mission was added, the profit would still be considerable.

After finishing the calculation in his mind, the right minister with trembling lips took a few breaths, forced out a very bright smile: "Thanks to His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson, for your thoughtfulness and the emperor's tolerance, we are very willing to make an offering according to this regulation, please The envoys must convey our respect to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and our gratitude to His Highness His Highness, the eldest grandson. The Japanese tribute team will set sail in a month and arrive at Daming Bay before the start of the hurricane season."

a month...

The envoy's eyes flashed, and he immediately realized that the demand for silver on the scroll was not too difficult for Japan. It seemed that what the emperor's eldest grandson said about the silver produced in Japan was indeed true, but he didn't know if there were other good things.

Thinking that before the trip, the emperor's eldest grandson specially told him to act cheaply, Jian Rong smiled on his face, and after speaking the official polite words, he said that he could stay in Japan for a month, and then he would go to Beijing with the Japanese envoys.

Of course, during the waiting period, he can also help to look at the production in Japan and provide advice on the next tribute list.Of course, this move was greatly appreciated by the Northern Dynasty government.

Due to the importance of the above and the ships that can rub against Ming Dynasty, the Japanese Northern Dynasty's audience team set off after half a month, and their trip also alarmed the Southern Dynasty.

The government of the Southern Dynasty, which was already on the verge of disintegration, panicked after learning that the north actually went to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

The Emperor Ming had just warned them with extremely harsh words that a tribute would be paid every ten years, and then turned around and contacted the puppet government in the north. What does this mean?

"Does the emperor of Ming Dynasty want to recognize the orthodoxy of the north?" Emperor Hou Kameyama of the Southern Dynasty panicked.

Once Daming recognized the legitimacy of the north as the suzerain, his status would inevitably be affected, and those swinging fence-sitters would definitely use this as an excuse to completely fall to the north.

Emperor Kameyama was furious in his small court: "How can the emperor of Ming Dynasty be like this? I am the orthodox with three artifacts and canonization."

"Your Majesty, calm down!" One of his courtiers blinked slightly, and stood in the hall amid the emperor's roar, "I know a businessman from Osaka, and he told me something..."

The conversation between the two turned into whispers. After a while, the emperor's voice suddenly amplified: "What? Silver?"

Soon, his voice dropped again.

Although in the mouth of the Northern Dynasty government, the Southern Dynasty government is a pauper, but it is obvious that the emperor does not really have no stock in his hands.

After all, everyone has a small treasury.

After putting the small note sent below on the candle and lighting it, Mu Bai held the key given to him by his father, and took his younger brother's hand to open his own small treasury.

As the eldest grandson of the emperor, Mu Xiaobai has received a lot of small red envelopes since he was a child, and as a parent and child, he and his younger brother will also share all of their mother's dowry, but that is when they become adults.

The deceased crown princess was the eldest daughter of the founding general Chang Yuchun, and she was married to the crown prince at that time. It is said that the crown prince's dowry was a real red makeup at that time, and it was very lively.

After the death of the princess, Zhu Biao put the things his wife had used in the warehouse and sealed them up.

And now, the last breath of his mother's body is here, but although it is the inheritance of the crown princess, according to the routine, the things here are to be inherited by the wife of the Mubai brother.

The reason why Zhu Biao opened it at this time was because they had to bring out the two little guys inside.

The author has something to say: Slow but fat! !Hold your head high.jpg

I didn't googoo! !It took me a while to check the information, the history of Japan... so complicated

ps, the most belonging to the country, the emperor of Japan should only be called His Highness, but in order to make the emperor happy, he will still call him His Majesty occasionally, just like you would not add [Deputy] when you call the deputy general manager, it is actually a kind of arrogance, being envoy The kind that heard something was going to happen.

In addition, as a vassal country, of course, there is no imperial palace. Children who have been to Japan know that their imperial palace is actually the configuration of a royal palace. The emperor is internally and externally called the Japanese King

It seems that everyone didn’t understand. The article added a little bit. First of all, for Japan, paying tribute is to fight the autumn wind, exchange cheap things for expensive ones, and then use them for yourself or sell them to foreigners.

Secondly, the Northern Dynasties hoped to be recognized by Zhu Yuanzhang. As long as the suzerain country recognized them, they would be a legitimate regime.And the Southern Dynasty didn't want Emperor Hongwu's approval. He hoped that Ming would be neutral and help them if possible.

Therefore, for the Northern Dynasties, the economic and political contacts with Daming are beneficial.