The good times are wasted, and the charm of the prime years has been forgotten.
Time flies by, like mercury pouring out from the fingers. After ten years of cold and heat, the willows turn green and turn yellow again and again.
It is already the summer of the fourteenth year of Zhengde. In the past ten years, the empire of Ming Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes, and everything is changing quietly and quietly.
With the strong support of Qin Kan, the Tianjin government has received preferential care from the imperial government in the past ten years. Tianjin Donggang has built countless merchant ships and warships in the past ten years. These ships traveled to and from the vassal states around the Ming Dynasty. Qin Kan gathered the power of Zhu Houzhao and the nobles of the two capitals, and various forces escorted the shipping. The shipping began to make profits as early as the year when troops were stationed in Japan. In the treasury and the treasury of nobles in Beijing, this force is becoming more and more united.
Everyone is a very noble person. They have heard about it since childhood, and their knowledge cannot be too shallow, so each family generously gave out money. The second expansion of shipping began. This time, more forces were added, and Tianjin Donggang became even busier. .
In one year, Donggang built another 2,000-ton large-scale ships and forty ships. All the ships were launched. Some were used as warships and incorporated into the Tianjin Navy, and some were used as merchant ships to load goods and go to sea. Not only Japan, but also neighboring countries such as North Korea, Ryukyu, Siam, Sumatra, Java and other neighboring countries are all within the scope of merchant ship trade.
A piece of cake is only so big. If the emperor and nobles snatch it away, the life of the civil servants will naturally be even more difficult.
In February of the sixth year of Zhengde, the civil servants of the capital finally launched the second court battle against Qin Kan and Haiyun in the court. This time, Qin Kan passed the crisis without any surprise or danger. There wasn't even a chance to take action.
Zhu Houzhao and the nobles of the two capitals have already tasted the benefits of large-scale shipping, which is countless times higher than the benefits obtained from fighting alone in the past. If anyone dares to reach out to their interests, Zhu Houzhao cannot bear it.
Under the joint attack of Zhu Houzhao and the nobles in the capital, the imperial dispute was quickly put down. In this battle, including the capital and local officials, a total of more than a hundred civil servants were arrested and imprisoned, and more than 20 civil servants were taken to Caishikou for interrogation. After beheading, blood splattered and the head fell to the ground. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty finally realized. Maritime transportation has become a taboo that cannot be touched by the Ming Dynasty royal family. Anyone who dares to oppose it will definitely get a steel knife and a neck.
The emperor acted seriously, and the ministers who were full of justice and morality suddenly turned off their fire. They love fame. But I love life more.
The ministers had no choice but to acquiesce in the matter of the dignitaries building ships and trading with various countries. So he could only watch the powerful people making huge profits. Zhu Houzhao's internal treasury was growing day by day, and his confidence during the court meeting was invisibly getting stronger. When encountering political matters that could not be passed by the court, Zhu Houzhao slapped his chest and said, "I will pay for it." His expression and tone were more violent than those of the nouveau riche. The economic base determines the superstructure. In the past ten years, the arrogance of the ministers of the foreign court has gradually declined.
"The so-called long embankment of a thousand miles collapses in an ant nest. If anything opens a small gap, the entire line will collapse."
In October of the eighth year of Zhengde, the Tianjin navy intercepted a private fleet in Korean waters and detained ten ships of cargo and a Ningbo businessman named Sheng Hong.
This case triggered another big debate between the emperor and his ministers. Under Qin Kan's strong persuasion, Zhu Houzhao finally understood the difference between enriching himself and enriching the people, and understood the principle of enriching the people and strengthening the country, so the businessman named Sheng Hong issued an edict. After being imprisoned for half a month, he was released without charge. The court neither rewarded nor punished him.
No reward or punishment undoubtedly represents an attitude of the imperial court. This attitude made merchants all over the world ecstatic. Only two months later, merchant fleets full of goods set sail to sea, and the Tianjin Navy also obtained the capital. Ning Guogong's personal military orders were not to embarrass merchants in the slightest. Therefore, the situation of merchants along the coast finally blossomed quietly under Qin Kan's painstaking management and layout over the years.
At this moment, the introduction of a sea ban has become an unavoidable topic. If the sea ban is not implemented, the article about the sea ban in the "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions" will become a joke.
In June of the ninth year of Zhengde, Ning Guogong Qin Kan, who had not been involved in political affairs for a long time, submitted a memorial at the court meeting, titled "The times are appropriate, please open the sea ban". The memorial set off a storm, and Zhu Houzhao, Qin Kan and Jingzhong Xun Gui Heli suddenly launched his force and chopped off the heads of four officials who were desperately opposed. The sea ban policy that had blocked the Ming Dynasty's sea territory for more than 140 years finally collapsed like a crumbling dangerous house with a gentle push.
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Many conflicts become more acute as they accumulate. After the conflict breaks out, the only option is to fight to the death. The so-called history is a blood book piled up with human lives, and Qin Kan is not exempt from this. In order to promote this increasingly troubled country, and for the vows he once made, he does not mind killing people, and he does not even mind raising the butcher knife with his own hands. , help them rank in the immortal class, no matter whether they are loyal or traitor under the sword, the most important thing is not to leave the mortal world to cause trouble for themselves.want.
Not only is the maritime ban imposed, Japan is not at peace either.
After Sun Ying, the commander-in-chief of the Shenji Battalion, led 500 Shenji Battalion firearms troops to land in Japan, the whole country in Japan was in panic. The big names of the major forces were ready to make moves. In a situation surrounded by wolves, Sun Ying was not impatient. At first, he led troops stationed at the Japanese Imperial Palace who were quite law-abiding.
It's a pity that Sun Ying really doesn't look like a good person, and he doesn't know who influenced him. Less than half a year after he was stationed in the army, his heart that refused to be calm began to agitate, so he went to the palace to see Emperor Gokashiwara many times. While the two were talking, Sun Ying Ying was high-spirited, and accidentally made a few remarks. Emperor Gokashiwara handed over his credentials and asked the Ming Dynasty to garrison troops. Naturally, it was not as simple as inviting the emperor to come to his house for dinner. The two of them had their own ambitions, so they hit it off.
In the fifth year of Shotoku, the seventh year of Japan's Bunsho period, Emperor Kashiwahara of Japan suddenly issued an edict, saying that the Yamato Kingdom was the country. The daimyo Miyoshi Nagakei, who was in charge of Kyoto's military affairs, rebelled against his superiors and ordered an expedition. As soon as the edict came out of the palace, Sun Ying led the Shenji Battalion. Three hundred soldiers with sufficient ammunition rushed directly to Miyoshi Changqing's residence, which was located just across the street from the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan. They launched an attack on Miyoshi's house with lightning speed. With deliberate calculations and unintentional calculations, coupled with Ming Dynasty's sharp firearms, it was impossible to Within an hour, more than 200 members of Miyoshi's family were slaughtered. Emperor Go-Kashiwara of Japan finally took full control of the military and political power in Kyoto. From then on, he had a territory of power that truly belonged to him, and he was no longer powerless. Puppet emperor.
This move shocked Japan. However, the emperor was the emperor of Japan in name only. From a superficial point of view, there was nothing wrong with the emperor killing ministers. The daimyo inquired in many ways, and after hearing about the power of the Ming court's firearms, they became more and more afraid to act rashly.
Taking advantage of the remaining power of this battle, Emperor Gokashiwara and Sun Ying worked non-stop to wipe out all the daimyo forces near Kyoto. A radius of a hundred miles around Kyoto, Japan, finally became the sphere of influence of Emperor Gokashiwara. From then on, Emperor Gokashiwara and the Ouchi clan in Japan , the three forces of the Hosokawa family dominate the four islands and nine continents, and the three-legged force has become a tripartite.
The ambitious Emperor Gokashiwara saw that it was so easy to become king and hegemony, and he could not help but grow more ambitious. He told himself again and again that he deserved to have the powerful Emperor of Japan, so he urged Sun Ying again and again to continue his conquest of the daimyo, with the intention of borrowing his power. Ting Zhibing completed the unification of Japan, but was mercilessly rejected by Sun Ying. The emperor was jealous but could only endure it.
The following year, the long-standing conflict finally broke out. Emperor Gokashiwara secretly contacted the daimyo outside Kyoto to launch a sneak attack on the Mingting Shenji Battalion stationed outside the palace. However, it broke into the prepared plan of Sun Ying. The siege and trap caused Japan to lose more than a thousand samurai in this battle, and the family fortune that Emperor Gokashiwara had accumulated over the past two years was once again wiped out.
After completing the ambush that night, Sun Ying put on armor and led his troops into the palace. Emperor Gokashiwara was so frightened that he knelt down and cried bitterly and begged the heavenly soldiers for forgiveness. However, Sun Ying had no intention of blaming him. He only asked the emperor to rest in the palace and took over the palace. The power of garrison, this power has not been returned to the Japanese royal family for 500 years, and Sun Ying also told Emperor Gokashiwara in an extremely serious manner, asking him not to live up to the expectations of the great country and complete the unification of Japan as soon as possible. As for the It is impossible to test how many times Hou Baiyuan cursed "Baga" in his belly.
Of course, with Sun Ying stationed there, a person with hidden evil intentions, Japan cannot be calm. It has not been able to complete domestic reunification for hundreds of years. Civil strife continues frequently, and the contradictions between domestic daimyo have become increasingly acute and irreconcilable.
In the fourteenth year of Zhengde, the dusk rain of the Qingming Festival fell on the official road outside the capital city. The official road was densely packed with ministers wearing official robes, including Ning Guogong Qin Kan, who was wearing a red python robe.
Ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Qin Kan, who is now in his early thirties, has become more stable and reserved, and his image has also changed. In addition to growing a clear beard that is about an inch long under his chin, his face is a little more mature. See through the vicissitudes and sudden changes in world affairs and human relationships.
The attitudes of the surrounding ministers have also changed a lot compared to ten years ago. No matter where Qin Kan stood ten years ago, there were very few courtiers within a radius of one foot. "At that time, Qin Kan's single status was evident. However, today, ten years later, there are many ministers standing around Qin Kan. They all talk and laugh with Qin Kan frankly and loudly. Some of them are flattering, some are noble, but their attitude towards Qin Kan is extremely enthusiastic. Those who are dissatisfied with Qin Kan Qin Kan's ministers now dare not openly show off to him. At most, they can sneer quickly like a thief when he is not paying attention, and then quickly put it away.
After ten years of hard work, Qin Kan inevitably became a powerful official.
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The ministers waited outside the official road for more than an hour. When the sky turned dark, several horses galloped from the end of the official road. The knights on the horses were wearing helmets and armor. They were majestic and loudly informed the courtiers of their movements. The courtiers were all solemn.
??After waiting for another half an hour, a mighty army appeared in the eyes of everyone. After the cavalry escort passed by, a golden chariot with eight horses and a shaft slowly walked in front of the ministers.
Ning Guogong Qin Kan took the lead and led the civil and military officials of the court to kneel to the imperial chariot. Everyone said in unison: "I, my ministers, respectfully welcome your majesty's triumphant return from the northern expedition to the Tartars."