Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

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Fang Jifan gritted his teeth, tears streaming down his face.

This kiss ceremony is most suitable for those who are passionate, or, in Fang Jifan's case, those who are relatively profligate.

Although Xu Jing was on the boat and was used to kissing rituals, it didn't mean that he dared to act presumptuously in front of his teacher.

only……

Just now, his emotions surged up, and he couldn't control his own emotions. Fortunately, Xu Jing still had reason.

Clicking to stop, resolved the embarrassment of the master and apprentice turning against each other. He washed his face with tears and bowed down: "Student Xu Jing, pay homage to the teacher."

In the distance, Liu Jin threw a broad bean into his mouth, chewing while watching this touching scene.

He was slapped hard on the head: "What are you doing?"

Liu Jin was a little angry, and almost spit out the broad beans in his mouth, which is a pity.

Turning around, seeing that it was Zhu Houzhao, his face turned green with fright, and he slowly squeezed out a smile.

Zhu Houzhao lowered his voice and scolded, "What are you doing here? Go away."

"Why?" Liu Jin was puzzled.

Zhu Houzhao shuddered, this Xu Jing was too scary, so he dragged Liu Jin away.

...

Fang Jifan looked at the unrecognizable Xu Jing, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Two years ago, he let him go to sea because he hoped that someone could find the future of this nation.

But it’s really a lie to say that I don’t miss it when I really go to sea. Now, the master and apprentice are reunited. Although Fang Jifan pretends to be unfathomable on the surface, he can go forward and stroke Xu Jing’s disheveled head. Can't help shaking his head: "You have suffered."

"Teacher, students don't suffer, and students don't miss their teacher any more."

Fang Jifan blushed slightly, but said: "It's the same for a teacher."

Xu Jing was filled with emotions, and prostrated himself on the ground. Hearing what his mentor said, his heart was full of joy.

Fang Jifan said: "Get up, my mentor will take you home."

When Xu Jing heard the word "go home", he couldn't help but choked up again.

He stood up tremblingly: "Teacher, this time, the student has come back from the bones."

Fang Jifan calmed down and listened to Xu Jing's report.

In fact, Xu Jing is not Ouyang Zhi. In Fang Jifan's mind, Xu Jing is a smooth social person. Xu Jing continued: "This time, the students brought back some envoys without authorization, so as to restore their tribute to Ming Dynasty."

People in later generations hated the tributary system, and Fang Jifan also felt that the tributary system was not a small problem, but it is fair to say that tributary is almost the best choice in this era. With inexhaustible wealth, acting like a manipulator, to rob poor neighbors, this kind of thing, Daming can't do.

At the beginning of the design of this tributary system, it was quite necessary for the Ming Dynasty to stabilize all countries in the world. For example, in the Yuan Dynasty, the Korean Kingdom established a horse farm in Jeju of the Korean Kingdom, but the Ming Dynasty would never allow it. Countless fine horses. In the end, what hidden dangers are left behind? This war horse is the most precious strategic material. Of course, the more war horses of Ming Dynasty, the better, and once the feudal state has more horses, it is inevitable that there will be other attempts.

Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the tribute system with the Korean state, Emperor Taizu Gao named his names and surnames, and the Korean state must pay tribute to war horses on time. The horse farm set up by the Mongols in the Korean state eventually became the place where the Ming Dynasty raised horses. However, North Korea had to pay tribute in full, but there were hardly enough war horses in the country, so that the top nobles had to use ox carts to travel.

Not only that, in the tribute system of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that the Ming Dynasty is at a disadvantage. The vassal states presented rare treasures from various countries, such as the Japanese swords from the Japanese kingdom. These Japanese swords did not come for nothing, but the craftsmen. , the steel used is 100-forged steel; North Korea offered horses and ginseng, and other countries have different specialties.

But it is Daming who really holds the pricing power.

In Daming's eyes, are your North Korean horses worth much? The Japanese sword of the Japanese country is not just a knife, how much is it worth, come and come, consider it for five hundred dollars.

And Daming still uses Daming’s pricing for gifts from other countries. My silk is different, and you can’t buy it in the market. My porcelain is amazing. Without ten taels of silver, you can’t even find it with a lantern. .

Emperor Taizu Gao started his career by expelling the northern captives, and he has never suffered from others in his life. The tribute system he designed is roughly like this. For vassal states, rare silk and porcelain.

It seems that this is a loss-making business, but in fact, silk and porcelain are nothing more than luxury goods, while medicinal materials, war horses, swords and even beauties from various countries have been enriched into the harem of the Ming Dynasty. Price, enriched into the army of Ming Dynasty.

And under the circumstances that the pricing power is completely controlled by Ming Dynasty, this kind of tribute trade seems to be taken advantage of by various countries. You see, these guys exchanged the worthless horses, knives, and medicinal materials for my rare ones from Ming Dynasty. Silk and porcelain, I am the son of heaven, Long En is mighty, and virtue is everywhere.

As for why this system, which doesn't look too bad, always gives people the feeling that they have taken advantage of it, it is simply because history was cultivated by Ming Dynasty. In this era, whoever controls history has the right to speak.

Of course, the tribute system is not completely flawless, and sometimes it often collapses.

At the beginning, the Wala people completely turned against Daming, because the Wala people and Daming traded with each other. They urgently needed iron pots for cooking and a lot of tea, but Daming thought that iron pots were

It's iron, which can't meet your needs. Come on, be obedient, use more silk, but the Wala people don't want silk in the cold desert that day, and they will freeze to death if they wear silk. At the same time, the price of cattle and horses is also so low that every time there is a mutual market, the conflicts between the two sides continue. When the conflict is over, they go home and gather soldiers and horses. They want to grab it. The two sides fight and return to negotiation On the table, the mutual market continued. Daming still refused to sell iron pots, thinking it was an enemy. The Oirats thought that I had to cook and eat. Without pots, there was not enough tea, and the meat was difficult to digest. I brought so many cows and horses, you Sell ​​me this? Why are our cattle and horses worthless, but your silk and porcelain are so valuable, don't mention culture to me, eh, I have a bad temper, and then... another round of beatings.

At the same time, the overseas countries are gradually recovering. No, the silk and porcelain rewarded by Ming Dynasty are good, but are they really worth so much money?

As a result, the smuggling industry flourished. People found that even if someone risked beheading to smuggle, the price of the smuggled silk and porcelain was actually lower than the price of the silk and porcelain exchanged in the tribute. arbitrage space.

After Fang Jifan carefully considered the history of the Ming Dynasty, at the beginning, he couldn't understand it. Ming Ming was a big fool. In the eyes of the civil officials who compiled history, Da Ming suffered a lot every year. But why, people would rather smuggle than Relying on official trade in the name of tribute to exchange.

But the Tatars and Oirats in the north, who obviously had the opportunity to take advantage of it, always wanted to fight Daming to death.

You must know that the Ming Dynasty established its capital in Beijing. In order to defend the north, there are many fortifications there. There are firearms in the fortifications. It is extremely risky to attack the Ming Dynasty. Not only will the Ming court and other tribes in the desert unite to attack , Even the tall city wall, even if many people died, it may not be able to cross the gap. Moreover, for a long time in the future, trade may be cut off. Wasn't the Beiyuan completely disintegrated? Didn't the Oala after that also completely disintegrate under the alliance of the Ming Dynasty and the Ningwei and Tatars in the end?

In the end, Fang Jifan came to the conclusion that none of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were pure since Emperor Taizu Gao. After all, like Fang Jifan, there are not many people who are as simple as a piece of white paper. , itself took into account the original intention of weakening the vassal state and strengthening oneself, but under this purpose, the Ming Hanlin who mastered the pen continued to polish it at the same time, but always showed the appearance of a victim.

As for how future generations understand and interpret, those who write history don’t care. I suffer a loss, my uncle, and I lose all my pants. I exchanged such expensive treasures for worthless war horses, Japanese knives, medicinal materials, spices, and ivory. , and the beautiful women who paid tribute to the North Korean country, why don't they lose money?

Fang Jifan admires his ancestors, they are all social people, and they are the most educated kind.

He glanced at Xu Jing: "How much did you bring?"

"Forty-seven countries..." Xu Jing said.

Fang Jifan almost choked to death, forty-seven...

Although he knew that the so-called forty-seven countries had a lot of water, and some countries were only tiny places, but this number was still a bit large, Fang Jifan wanted to be quiet.

"The students also attacked the big cannibals, captured their ships, and captured hundreds of prisoners, including many craftsmen and sailors."

Fang Jifan's face trembled... How can someone who loves peace as a teacher teach such a disciple... Take a deep breath: "These people are what you need most when going to the West."

"Exactly." Xu Jing lowered his voice: "Not only that, the students are still in the West, recruiting hundreds of Francine craftsmen and sailors to board the ship."

"..." Fang Jifan asked in surprise, "How did you recruit?"

"That's how it was recruited."

"Are they willing to come with you?" Fang Jifan was at a loss.

Xu Jing took a meaningful look at Fang Jifan: "I didn't think so much when I recruited, I just said that I can make a lot of money, and I gave a lot of money first, but... how to arrange it, the students didn't think so much A lot, it was all arranged by the teacher. At that time, the students really didn't think much about it. They just thought, if they can bring something back, they will bring it. If the teacher is useful, they will use it. I think it is useless, anyway, they all came..."

Fang Jifan was stunned, is this a sale or something?

Xu Jing, you have become bad.

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