My Daming New Empire

It's just that this matter is not trivial, and if one is not careful, it will cause an uproar.

Because when Emperor Gao Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, he listed Dongying as a country that would not be conquered. If he took action against Dongying now, it would be against Emperor Gao's decree.

Those rotten Confucians, I don't know how many people will stand up and make irresponsible remarks.

Moreover, there are quite a few Dongying people in Yingtianfu today. The Guozijian has hundreds of Dongying students, and the Beijing Normal University has thousands of representatives of Dongying forces.

Besides them, there are also students from other nationalities and representatives from various countries.If there is no suitable reason to use troops against Japan, it will only arouse the fear of all countries.

Ji Gang thought about it carefully before he said: "The Japanese pirates are an itchy skin disease. Especially in recent years, with the rise of my reputation in the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese pirates are almost extinct. Your Highness... I think that it is easy to fight the Japanese pirates, but it is difficult to conquer Japan."

Zhu Zhanji laughed and looked back at Ji Gang.Although he is only 16 years old, he is half a head taller than Ji Gang.

Ji Gang saw that he had almost the same appearance as Zhu Di, and even his indifferent eyes looked like Zhu Di.

"Your Highness, did I say something wrong?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Who said that Gu is going to conquer Dongying? Dongying is a place where the great emperor was listed as a country not to be conquered. Of course, Gu will not go to Dongying. It's just that Gu looked up the history of Ming Dynasty a few days ago. I saw that I was guarding against the Japanese pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, so I paid attention to this matter."

Ji Gang was a little confused about Zhu Zhanji's attitude, so he clasped his fists and said, "I'm stupid, I don't understand what Your Highness means."

Zhu Zhanji stepped aside, let Ji Gang take a step forward, and said, "This map was obtained by Gu a few days ago. My lord, please look at this location..."

Ji Gang carefully looked at the position of Zhu Zhanji's finger, and there was a triangle symbol there, but he didn't know what it meant.

However, Zhu Zhanji took the initiative to say it: "This is the country of Izumo, which is now under the jurisdiction of the Kyogoku family. This place is Tianyi Village. The owner of the mountain is Mishima Qingyouemon. According to the information I got, there is a silver temple here. Mountain, a silver mountain with a reserve of more than ten million taels of silver."

"Ten thousand taels!"

Ji Gang was taken aback by this number, and had no idea of ​​it at all.The entire Ming Dynasty doesn't know if there is so much silver now!

However, Zhu Zhanji is very clear that Iwami Silver Mountain began to be developed on a large scale in the late fifteenth century, and after the sixteenth century, especially in the seventeenth century, about [-] tons of silver were produced every year.

This is equivalent to producing more than one million taels of silver every year, and this mountain of silver has been developed for 400 years, and its reserves are immeasurable.

The reason why Zhu Zhanji focused on this place was because it was the Yinshan Mountain closest to Daming, and it was less than ten kilometers away from the seaside, which was convenient for development and transportation.

The Ming Dynasty lacked silver and copper, but loved gold. Without these resources, the exchange of materials was a big problem.

Taxes are collected in kind, and salaries are paid in kind. This alone requires a lot of manpower and material resources.

But if there are resources that can make currency, then everything can become simpler.

The economy is the foundation of a country's stability, based on the political stability of the Ming Dynasty today.If you want the country's economic operation to change efficiently and quickly, the first thing is to establish a stable currency system.

To get a salary, an official needs dozens of servants to drive carts to pull food, to carry the grain on their shoulders, and to deal with all kinds of unused things when they return home.

In such an economic environment, rapid development is just a dream.

Zhu Zhanji, who had many banks in his previous life, is no stranger to this set. In this era, it is unrealistic to expect to build a currency system and expect to print paper money.

Doing it like Zhu Yuanzhang will only mess up the economy.

With abundant currency reserves, banks can be established, and with banks, anti-counterfeiting printing technology can be used to establish a bill of exchange system, and then paper currency can be gradually developed.

In the 21st century, the establishment of a bank still requires a certain percentage of gold reserves. Now it is courting death to get rid of these reserves and directly make banknotes.

There is such a big silver mountain so close to Daming, if you don't take it, you will be stupid!

But how to get it requires strategy.

Zhu Zhanji didn't want to introduce all the situation to Ji Gang. The control of information is also a means for the superior to control the inferior.He will never let everyone except Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi know everything about it.

Even Ji Gang only needs to know what he should know.

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Chapter 32 The Future of Jinyiwei

"Master Ji, in your opinion, how should Jin Yiwei go in the future?"

The topic suddenly changed to here, and Ji Gang let out a cry before he realized it.He hurriedly said: "I have no consideration for this matter, and everything follows the emperor's wishes."

Zhu Zhanji raised his hand and asked Ji Gang to sit down on the chair in the study. Li Liang immediately asked two young eunuchs to bring a charcoal basin and put it between the two of them.

After Zhu Zhanji sat down, he stretched out his hand to warm his somewhat cold hands on the fire, and then said: "Jin Yiwei was originally the emperor's personal guard, responsible for guarding the Meridian Gate of the palace city. From the great emperor's ancestor to the emperor's grandfather, Jin Yiwei was used to do it. Some things that are inconvenient to be handed over to other departments. This has led to Jinyiwei gradually becoming a deformed organization outside the court."

Ji Gang asked: "Deformed? Does Your Highness mean a monster?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Every department of the imperial court has its own system, which has the extension of power and the restriction of power. You should understand this, right?"

Ji Gang thought for a while before nodding and said, "I understand."

Zhu Zhanji also said: "But Jinyiwei is different, because it is directly under the emperor, so Jinyiwei not only has the power to supervise and arrest civil servants, but also has the power to supervise and arrest military commanders and nobles. Later, it developed to have its own review. And the prison system. This has led to Jin Yiwei's power being incapable of being restricted by anyone except the emperor, which is why Jin Yiwei has always been hated and criticized by all walks of life."

Ji Gang knew very well that the Taisun's words were rather tactful, and now both inside and outside the court wished to be at odds with Jin Yiwei.

Without the emperor's support, Ji Gang, including Jin Yiwei, would be uprooted overnight.

This is exactly what Ji Gang is most afraid of.

Ji Gang nodded and said: "I also know this, but I can only act according to the emperor's will."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "So, I also envisioned a long-term development path for you Jinyiwei, that is, self-restraint and separation of power and responsibility. Jinyiwei cannot continue to develop like this. In the end, it will only make power out of control .”

Although Zhu Zhanji is not clear about history, he also knows that Zhu Di later created another Dongchang in order to restrain Jin Yiwei.

This also led to the development of eunuchs intervening in politics.

Zhu Zhanji absolutely does not want to continue to follow this old path in the future. The eunuchs will continue to serve the royal family and help the internal treasury to make money. Politics must not be allowed to touch the eunuchs.

To restrict Jinyiwei, it is actually very simple, that is to remove the Jinyiwei's interrogation agency, so that Jinyiwei only has the power of supervision and investigation.

The power of interrogation and detention should be returned to the imperial court's Overwatch Council and Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment.

This is equivalent to giving the emperor an extra channel to understand the court and a rope to control the court, but it will not let this institution get out of control.

"Beizhen Fusi will definitely be abolished in the future, and the future Jinyiwei will no longer have the power to interrogate and detain ministers."

"Then how can His Highness ensure that the people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple will not run around?"

"Doesn't Jin Yiwei still have the right to monitor?" Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "Do you know why I suddenly brought up this topic again?"

Ji Gang didn't understand what Zhu Zhanji meant. He was talking about Dongying's Yinshan just now, and suddenly he talked about the reform of Jinyiwei, which made him a little confused about Zhu Zhanji's thinking.

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Jinyiwei needs reform, some powers need to be restricted, but at the same time, other powers need to continue to expand."

This made Ji Gang even more confused. In his opinion, Jin Yiwei's power is already strong enough, and if it continues to expand, will the ministers allow it?