This is how Xiao Ruxun’s secret memoir was written.

"The Japanese country has a small country with little property, but it is worthy of gold and silver. I learned from the Japanese prisoners that there is a stone in the Japanese island, with a large silver mountain of silver, which produces one million taels of silver per year. I also heard that there is an island called Zuodu, with a gold mountain of gold, with an annual output of about eight thousand taels of gold. In addition to these two, its territory is covered with gold, silver, and copper ores, with a population of less than ten million. The mines of gold, silver and copper, and the labor of green and strong are urgently needed by the Ming Dynasty. Why not take it for the country?"

Xiao Ruxun's short words made Zhu Yijun's mind burst into an idea of ​​destroying Japan and occupying its territory and plundering gold and silver.

As the emperor, Zhu Yijun was really scared of poverty and was also scared by the civil servants. In order to ensure that his inner treasury would not be exhausted, so that his descendants had no money to use, he searched for gold, silver, copper ore and tried his best to start the mine.

But on the one hand, there are many obstacles. On the other hand, the Ming Dynasty has abundant resources, but there are only precious metals such as gold, silver and copper. Now, when we learn that Japan lacks everything except gold, silver and copper ore, we are a little impatient to occupy Japan and develop it well.

Moreover, the population of Japan really surprised Zhu Yijun. I remember that during the Taizu period, people said that Japanese people were only one million and soldiers were only one hundred thousand, which was a small country. However, two hundred years later, Japan's population was tens of millions. In this way, the young and strong labor force was at least one million. No wonder they could mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers to invade North Korea. There was a fierce island country with a population of tens of millions on the side of the bed. Zhu Yijun felt uneasy.

What Xiao Ruxun explained before, he always refuted by civil servants on the grounds that he wanted to do things on the grounds that he did not care about the people's livelihood. However, if he used the captives of the Joker Country to serve the Ming Dynasty, no one could say a word. Zhu Yijun was not stupid. With Xiao Ruxun's inspiration, he quickly learned from it.

He found that in fact, many places can be used to do things in many places without restraint. He built cities, Great Walls, Canals, Roads, Stations, Transport Food and Grain to Borders, Build Ships, Weapons and Arms, etc. These are all part of the work and no need to pay. As long as you take care of some food, you don’t have to wear a big hat that doesn’t care about people’s livelihood. You can also get the support and praise of the people. The civil servants can’t say anything!

It's even moral politics, not tyranny.

Can civil servants give out any reason to say that it is tyranny to replace the people of their country with prisoners to perform labor service? The saliva of the people of the world can flood these bastards! Moreover, as soon as the mouth is opened and the routine is opened, the people are used to using prisoners to perform labor service instead of them. If it is cancelled in the future, it will not only be the prestige of the court.

Japan’s tens of millions of people cannot be wasted like this!

The more I thought about it, the more excited he became, the more excited he became. Zhu Yijun stood up and walked a few steps. He was so excited that he couldn't control himself. After thinking about it over and over again, he decided to make an exception and break the example of several years, summoning the Minister of War Shi Xing and the Minister of Revenue Yang Junmin.

Shi Xing is a useful person and can also give him a certain degree of trust, but Yang Junmin, Yang Bo's son, Zhu Yijun sneered and sneered.

While fighting with Mongolia, exporting essential goods and iron tools to Mongolia was a good thing that Yang Bo and the Jin Shang Group did during the Jiajing period. They thought no one knew it. However, this was an open secret. Zhu Yijun learned through special channels. At first, he was shocked and angry, but later he gradually came back to his senses and adopted a hidden attitude.

It was already late. The six ministers of the six ministries should have left the palace and went home to rest. However, the war has been urgent recently and things on the front line are busy. Except for the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Justice, the other four ministers of the six ministries, including the Ministry of Personnel, have stayed to work overtime to deal with things. At this moment, Zhang Cheng hurried over with Zhu Yijun's summoning order.

"Who? Zhang Cheng? What is he here to do?"

Zhang Wei was in charge of the work of the four ministers. Suddenly, he heard the minor official report that Zhang Cheng, the eunuch who was close to His Majesty, came over to announce something important. He felt strange, so he waved his hand to let Zhang Cheng come in. Zhang Wei and the four masters put down their pens. I wonder what the Emperor, who had not shown up for a long time and only contacted everyone with paper and pen, was going to do something.

After a moment, Zhang Cheng hurriedly ran in.

"Oh, everyone hasn't left yet? It's just right, Shibutang, Yangbutang, and His Majesty summoned him to discuss important matters!"

"What?!"

Zhang Wei and the four ministers showed an extremely surprised expression together.

His Majesty the Emperor is going to summon ministers? When was the last summoned? How many years ago? How long has the ministers not seen His Majesty the Emperor? Because of the dispute over the foundation of the country and the ministers were angry, the emperor refused to summon ministers. He responded to the state affairs and issued instructions only by hand orders, and would never contact the ministers. Not to mention anything else, even if the sacrifices and imperial examinations were not shown in the first lunar month, the civil servants were both embarrassed and angry.

Without an emperor in front of him, he felt unjust in anything he did. Today, it was really inappropriate! He was not as virtuous as his father (easy to fool) and virtuous as his father (soft-handed) - civil officials complained in private.

But what happened today? The emperor changed his temperament? He changed his life? He wanted to summon the Minister of War and the Minister of Revenue?

Yang Junmin and Shi Xing looked at each other and could see the excitement and joy in each other's eyes. They both straightened the crown and hat at the same time, fixed the collars, and dusted the dust on their bodies. Yang Junmin also raised his clothes and smelled whether there was any strange smell. Then he followed Zhang Cheng excitedly to meet the emperor, and Zhang Wei felt more or less envious and tasted.

The two of them soon arrived in front of the emperor's palace, Zhang Cheng went in and passed it on, and then a summoning order was heard. The two of them drove straight into the steps, one left and one right, and were excited.

After entering the palace, I saw the emperor sitting behind the desk who was almost forgetting what he looked like. The two knelt down and saluted together: "My minister Shi Xing (Yang Junmin) pays homage to Your Majesty! Long live my emperor."

"Forget it, get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The two stood up, leaned forward respectfully, and were about to say some gentle words to comfort the emperor who had not seen for many years, exchange feelings, and ease the stiff relationship between the two sides. As a result, the emperor did not seem to have the idea of ​​restoring the relationship with the ministers.

"Is it not for other things to come to you, or for the previous things. I feel it is necessary to talk to you in person. If the matter is urgent, I will not be polite. Shi Xing, I ask you, I want 500 warships, how long will it take for you to arrange it? Also, how many sailors and navy soldiers are needed?"

Shi Xing was stunned, looked up at the emperor's face, blinked his eyes, and after a while, he replied: "It will take about 10,000 naval officers and sailors, and you can prepare in one month. Your Majesty, can you..."

"Yang Junmin, I ask you, how much silver is needed to send a navy of 500 warships and 10,000 officers and soldiers to fight against Japanese pirates? How much can the national treasury pay?"

Yang Junmin and Shi Xing were confused by the emperor's sudden questioning, but after all, they were old bureaucrats. They quickly reacted, silently calculated, and quoted a conservative price of 300,000 taels of silver.

"According to my estimate, it is necessary to have 300,000 taels, and the Ministry of Revenue's treasury can use the treasury silver for military expenditure, up to 100,000."
Chapter completed!