Chapter 390 Prime Minister Wang's Sons
The result of Tai Shi Tong's trip to the East was of course very successful.
Mainly, Japan also asked for the Song Dynasty at this time, because the Jurchen pirate group had already begun to harass Japan. Ten days before Tong Taishi arrived in Hakata, Daoyi had just attacked the city. Fortunately, the Song Dynasty merchant ships in Hong Kong were carrying weapons, and they and the Japanese navy defeated Daoyi...
However, the latter turned to Guanmen Strait.
Then they landed in the Okura area, burned, killed, looted, and even approached Dazaifu.
The poor Japanese warriors were like being mowed in front of these swords and wicked swords after a long battle...
Really powerless to resist.
Their bows and arrows are too weak, so it goes without saying what kind of bows are. At this time, there is not even a bow. It is still glued with the fuzhu bow of the grandfather, bamboo and wood pieces with fish bladders, and their samurai swords cut the iron pagoda.
And they are not used to using weapons like hammers.
They have ghost gold rods, but I don’t know how many people can use them on the battlefield.
Facing the Ironbutu infantry landing south and carrying three-eyed guns, the unlucky Japanese warriors had to break their jades. In the end, the Great Song Dynasty armed merchant ships from Hakata were dangerously scattered from the sea. These guys who had swept half of the previous ones retreated calmly with the captured prisoners and money and food. However, because the main purpose of the Great Song Dynasty armed maritime merchants was to protect Hakata's residential areas, they did not take the risk of attacking them, but just sat down to watch them retreat the Tsushima Island that had been bloodbathed and occupied by them before they retreated.
They actually started harassing.
And it is not just Kyushu Island, but even as Wang Yue said, a fleet of Jurchens even reached the territory of the Hokkien people.
In fact, they had trade with the Essays in the past.
They were able to raid the coast of Japan a hundred years ago, and after obtaining advanced shipbuilding technology and weapons, they also provided support from the Koryo people. In fact, the Daoyi also had the Koryo people as servants. In short, the Jurchen pirates who were based on Tsushima Island and supported by the Koryo people, had already begun to panic on the west coast of Japan.
Even the Dasong Maritime Merchants withdrew.
They used to be in Hakata just because it was convenient there.
In addition, the highest official in Japan on Kyushu Island, Dazaifu is located east of Hakata.
But now it is no longer safe for Hakata. They are doing business and not protecting Japan.
Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants in Hakata had already evacuated to Kagoshima, where the Otsu was the second largest port after Hakata. However, the later Nagasaki had no presence at this time. In this case, Tong Taishi arrived like a savior stepping on colorful auspicious clouds. After the Great Song Dynasty warship performed a volley, the Japanese were simply excited.
Finally, he took a warship under the leadership of the Japanese navy and drove through the messy Guanmen Strait, turned into the Seto Inland Sea and headed north to Heian Kyo.
The rest is very simple.
Because on the same day he arrived in Heian Kyo, Daoyi wiped out Izumo again.
The Japanese, who had been stunned, welcomed Taishi Tong and accepted the requests he made, just as if they had seized a life-saving straw.
First, rent Wudao Port to station a navy for the Song Dynasty to protect the Song Dynasty merchants in Japan, avoid Daoyi attacking the trade line of Nan Kyushu Island, and also protect the southern coast of Kyushu Island. Although Japan also has a strong navy, this navy must do its best to protect the Guanmen Strait. In addition, the entire west coast of Japan is under the threat of Daoyi, and their own navy alone cannot protect the long coastline at all. The Song Dynasty stationed navy troops on Wudao Island, so there is no need to worry that Daoyi will go around the south.
Second, all coastal ports in Japan were opened to the Song Dynasty so that when necessary, the Navy warships of the Song Dynasty could dock and help them resist the sword, including the ports on the east coast.
Third, the Song Dynasty sold a batch of new armor and firearms to Japan to help them train a strong army, and then conquered the Eagle in the north to cooperate with the Eagle, avoiding the Eagle from using the Eagle as a springboard to attack the inland and even the east coast of the Japanese. This is almost inevitable, because the Jurchens went to the Eagle to play land attacks from north to south, and finally conquered the entire Eagle in one fell swoop.
Mosquito meat is also meat.
Although the Kingdom of Japan and the Kingdom of Liao were incomparable to the Song Dynasty, there was only one left for the Jurchens at this time.
And this purpose is so weak.
In this way, the general of the conquest of the barbarians was finally born.
In fact, this position was often established before. The earliest general of the Conquering Yi was Maro Sakauma, the early Heian period three hundred years ago. This was the legendary warrior of Japan, but this position was just a general on the frontier of Japan. The re-established General of the Conquering Yi was also the re-established. This position eventually fell on the leader of the Hirai family, Hirai Tadamori, who was originally a confidant of the Emperor Toba.
The old immortal, the Baihe Dharma Emperor, has finally died.
Emperor Tooba, who was originally suppressed by him, is now the actual ruler of Japan.
I just don’t know if there is Tamamomae in his harem.
The base of the Hei family was Ise, and it was inevitable that they could deal with the Essay. In fact, at this time, the Japanese controlled area in the north, that is, to the northern part of the Kanto Plain, and the Kanto Plain was still very deserted at this time. Izu was even an exile place for criminals. As for the Essay people, it was in the Fukushima area. Genji, which was as famous as the Hie clan, was mainly the Hanoi Genji, which was in the Osaka area. However, at this time, the Hanoi Genji was temporarily in decline because of the family's killing each other. Genji's leader, Yoshihiro, was not at the moment, and his grandson was the founder of the Shogunate era, Genji's founder, Genji.
As for the remaining extraterritorial legal rights, it is not worth mentioning.
If the vassal states such as Annan have become formal vassals, then Japan has already begun to enter the semi-colonial era.
Actually, it's not just Japan.
Chameng, Boni, Zhenla, and Sanfoqi in Nanyang have actually entered the semi-colonial era.
The Song Dynasty...
In fact, it was the Ming Dynasty. Businessmen overseas all hang the Ming Dynasty's banner. Because the system of the Ming Dynasty was slightly different from that of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was actually based on the equal-field system of militia and the combination of commercial center cities. However, the Ming Dynasty was completely free capitalist, and all the places were commune systems, and there was no ban on industrial and commercial commerce. What other bans were needed for Wang Yue's gloves?
But the Ming merchants treated the same treatment in the Song Dynasty as in the various vassal states.
Moreover, the Nanyang fleet was also the Ming Navy.
All countries in Nanyang knew that this flag could not be availed, so these merchants who ran out all hung the Ming Dynasty dragon and hugged the sun and moon flags, and were doing business overseas as Ming Dynasty merchants.
They trade freely in ports in various parts of Nanyang, enjoy extraterritorial legal power, purchase industries, engage in talent exchange, collude with the monarchs and nobles of these vassal states, try every means to exploit the people of the vassal states, and even do not pay tariffs. They are all vassal states of the Song Dynasty, and brothers are the same. What does it mean to pay tariffs? The EU has no tariffs, and the Ming Dynasty and these same vassal states of the Song Dynasty do not need to pay tariffs, and their merchant ships go to the Ming Dynasty have no tariffs...
If they could reach the Ming Dynasty.
However, there were indeed merchants from these vassal states going to the Ming Dynasty. Although there were not many, there were indeed some. After all, the Ming Dynasty was like a water pump, extracting people from all over the country.
Of course, there are going to the Song Dynasty.
But that is not called tariffs, it is called contributions.
As merchants from the vassal states, they went to the Song Dynasty to worship the Shang Kingdom. Setting on the land of the Song Dynasty was a gift from the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, so they had to pay their contributions at the port and pay their taxes as much as they should pay their remaining trade.
However, there were no tariffs on merchants from the Ming Dynasty when they traded in the Song Dynasty. This was the privilege given to the Ming Dynasty by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. After all, the King of the Ming Dynasty was different. In addition, there were no Han, Xi and Liao countries. These were also the privileges rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
This resulted in the merchants competing to join the Ming Dynasty. Even if they would not go to the Ming Dynasty, they would spend money to buy some land coupons, and then use these land coupons to apply for a piece of wasteland in the Ming Dynasty. With this land, they became the people of the Ming Dynasty. This was the only way to become the people of the Ming Dynasty. However, with the land, they had to open up wasteland, so they would buy a few serfs to send them to them, send individuals to take care of them, and then open up land and plant sorghum and soybeans. Anyway, they would not lose money, and eventually increase the amount of arable land in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the economy of the Ming Dynasty has really made rapid progress over the years.
Originally, the entire Ming Dynasty had a population of only a few hundred thousand at the beginning, but now in just a few years, the influx of large numbers of immigrants has exceeded two million.
In fact, the number of slaves is 2.5 million.
It was entirely thanks to Wang Yue's unremitting support. In order to allow more people to flock to the Ming Dynasty, he even took out the treatment of not paying food for his life. The court gave the militia's land to the militia for ten years without paying food. He took land vouchers to go to the Ming Dynasty for his life without paying food for his life, and then paid food for the next generation. However, the result must be that the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue was insufficient, but the wealthy Prime Minister Wang didn't care about this. The money he earned in various industries in the Song Dynasty could easily make up for the Ming Dynasty's fiscal deficit.
It was completely sucking the blood of the Song Dynasty to raise the Ming Dynasty.
In order to encourage the Ming Dynasty to have children, even giving money to give birth to children began.
Of course, everyone understands this.
After all, the Ming Dynasty and the Han Kingdom were the biological sons of Prime Minister Wang.
After all, the Song Dynasty was not his, and it was understandable that he supported his own son in terms of policies.
As for the Liao Kingdom and Xi Kingdom, although they are not their own sons, they are basically the same. At least they are just fakes, and they are also fakes.
What's more, the sons have important responsibilities. The Ming Dynasty is currently on the front line of dealing with the Jurchens. Because of its sufficient financial resources, the Ming Dynasty garrison and the Ming Dynasty garrison have pushed the battlefield to the bank of the Songhua River. The Ming cavalry and Jurchen cavalry often crossed the ice surface of the Songhua River to each other in winter. The eastern line has also attacked Baozhou by sea and land, and then established Andong Prefecture there, and attacked north along the Songhua River. Both sides pushed the battlefield to the Changbai Mountain area.
Of course, it is mainly for the purpose of collecting ginseng.
Relying on Wang Yue's talent for hype, the ginseng in the Song Dynasty is becoming a magical medicine that the whole nation has sought after. Originally, this kind of thing was just a good medicinal material, but now it has been hyped up no less than later generations. Various real and fake effects are flooded with newspapers everywhere. Even a newly dying patient poured a bowl of ginseng soup and immediately resurrected the dead. They all appeared in the newspapers in a panda. Anyway, they were all serious old ginseng at this time, so the effect should still be.
After all, those rich people are not fools either.
This thing was basically mythological by the end of the Ming Dynasty, not entirely hype, and it would not be like this without real results.
Of course, no matter what, the skyrocketing price of ginseng has caused armed ginsengers to appear in Changbai Mountain.
Just like those Americans who went to Alaska to hunt for gold, the Ming ginseng tourists attracted by the huge profits of ginseng were wearing plate armor, carrying three-eyed guns, and even shoulder-mounted rocket launchers. They were fully armed and traveling far away from the wilderness, going deep into the dense forests of Changbai Mountain, looking for the treasures they dreamed of.
These are also important components of the new population in the Ming Dynasty, because if you want to enter the mountains and forests, you must first have a license.
The license is only issued to the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the gold hunters also had to open up land in the Ming Dynasty.
Another son, Han Guo, had already completed the acceptance of Tian at this time, and Yiwu was also considered a major country in the Western Regions, spanning three thousand miles.
It’s not three thousand miles from Hami to Khotan.
Although there are probably two thousand miles of deserts in these three thousand miles.
Even the remaining Liao and Xi countries are the main force in clearing the grasslands at this time.
The cavalry of the two countries went north to Liting to sweep the caves many times. At this time, the Tatar tribe, Wang Jila tribe and other tribes surrendered, and then jointly attacked Mengwu. The latter was in a slump after being defeated and returned to Mobei. Although it was not considered to be destroyed, it was also in a difficult situation in the siege of all parties, including the left-behind Western Liao army, and was forced to move northward step by step, and even began to enter the nomadic area of the Olang Gai people.
The latter is Urianha.
It's just that it is called Olanggai on the map of the Liao Kingdom, and it is also a subordinate of the Liao Kingdom.
These are all for the forefront of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, they must be supported in policies and even immigrated to enrich their immigrants. Therefore, Prime Minister Wang even made a decision to make public and private use. The court subsidized sorghum wine, soybean oil and cotton from these places, and then increased taxes on the rice wine produced in the mainland, and even forced the court's official banquet to drink sorghum wine, which made the court ministers who were used to rice wine complained.
In fact, after taking over the power, Prime Minister Wang was gradually taking action and issuing various orders with strange styles.
For example, restrict dowry, prohibit marriage before the age of fifteen, etc.
And it also encourages eating fish...
Although the coverage area of canned food is still very low due to transportation problems.
After all, because of cost, it is just the canned clay pots at this time. It’s okay to say this winter, but it will definitely not last long in summer.
However, aquatic products are not just canned.
Moreover, it is not only the coastal areas that can fish canned food. As long as these things are exempt from taxes, there will always be merchants trying to turn them into necessities for people's dining tables, because at this time the war has ended, military expenditures have dropped significantly, and public land laws in various places have gradually been completed, industrial and commercial cities have flourished, and the court's fiscal revenue has been free from borrowing and even started to repay loans.
Chapter completed!