Chapter 869 958 Performance Evaluation Method

"In the Battle of Mikatagahara, Takeda Shingen won, and Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga were defeated and retreated.

In May, Takeda Shingen died of a relapse of his old injury, and Oda Nobunaga once again raised an army to attack the Muromachi shogunate in Kyoto, intending to overthrow the rule of Ashikaga Yoshiaki."

Wei Guangde was in the study, looking at the intelligence sent from Fujian.

Yes, Wei Guangde's caravan in Yuegang not only had to make money for him, but also had the task of collecting intelligence from surrounding countries for him. For the Japanese country with the city of Treasure Island, it was naturally the primary target.

However, before that, Wei Guangde knew that the Japanese island was in chaos now, and the various princes were constantly fighting each other through the intelligence obtained from previous merchant ships and other smugglers.

And now the intelligence in his hand is the war that took place in Japan in the first half of this year.

As the main strength of Japan today, Oda Nobunaga is naturally the target of Wei Guangde's focus.

There is no way. Wei Guangde had played "Nobunaga's Ambition" before he came here, so he naturally had a little knowledge of Japanese history.

Oda Nobunaga was originally a daimyo of Owari Province. He became famous throughout the country for defeating Imagawa Yoshimoto's army in the Battle of Okehazama. Later, he took advantage of the situation to support the last shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and gradually controlled Kyoto. After that, he formally proposed the program of "Tenka Fubu" and set the goal of unifying all of Japan.

Because he was worried that Oda Nobunaga's power would rise too fast, after getting the help of Oda Nobunaga and entering Kyoto to become the 15th shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiaki joined forces with Takeda Shingen, Mori Motonari, Uesugi Kenshin, Asakura Yoshikage, Asai Nagamasa, Honganji Kenshin and other daimyo to counter Oda Nobunaga and form an encirclement of Oda Nobunaga.

The Battle of Mikatagahara mentioned in the intelligence was also an extremely important battle, and it was also the last encirclement and suppression battle of the anti-Nobunaga alliance.

Although this battle won the victory over Oda Nobunaga on the battlefield, the encirclement of Oda Nobunaga was actually in name only because Takeda Shingen died of illness, because the remaining daimyo had no binding force on Oda Nobunaga.

After knowing that Takeda Shingen died of illness, Oda Nobunaga immediately sent troops to Kyoto again, which is a clear proof.

Through this situation in his hand, Wei Guangde has roughly matched the time in the game, that is, this year, Oda Nobunaga will abolish Ashikaga Yoshiaki's title of "Shogun", exile him, and then launch a war to unify Japan.

During this period, Oda Nobunaga solved the financial difficulties of the royal family by providing donations to the then Japanese emperor. In the subsequent unification wars, he also received the imperial edict support of the then Japanese Emperor Go-Okinagi, and obtained legal basis.

On the eve of unifying the country, Oda Nobunaga was conspired by his confidant Mitsuhide in the "Honnoji Incident" in Kyoto and committed suicide.

After his death, his general Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his ally Tokugawa Ieyasu completed the great cause of unifying the country on the basis he laid.

Wei Guangde was not very interested in this daimyo who almost unified Japan. In addition to playing games, he paid attention to him mainly because he accidentally found out that this person, who was called one of the "Three Great Men of the Japanese Warring States Period", was actually a cross-dresser.

In fact, before this, Wei Guangde had never heard of cross-dressing.

Well, perhaps because of his lack of knowledge, Wei Guangde did not know that there was such a hobby as a cross-dresser before he knew Oda Nobunaga.

From the information Wei Guangde found at that time, it was probably true that Oda Nobunaga occasionally liked to dance in women's clothes when he was a teenager.

There is also a record in "Nobunaga's Chronicle" that Oda Nobunaga danced "Heavenly Dance" in women's clothes during the shrine's sacrifice. Once he won a battle, the generals celebrated the victory, drank and entertained, but Nobunaga was the only one who was not there, so everyone thought Nobunaga would not come.

Halfway through the drink, a woman in a gorgeous dress suddenly walked in from outside. It was not until the woman sat in Oda Nobunaga's seat that everyone realized that she was actually dressed as Oda Nobunaga.

There are also records that Oda Nobunaga once walked outside the city in women's clothes, attracting many young warriors to follow him.

"Alas"

Wei Guangde sighed, relieved by the information in his hand.

The current Ming army's combat power still made Wei Guangde uneasy, and he dared not rashly instigate an offensive against Japan.

If he said that he was going to Japan to rob gold and silver, perhaps the governor's office and the generals of the military towns below would be very interested, but the court officials would definitely oppose him one-sidedly.

This was not only based on Zhu Yuanzhang's edict not to conquer the country, but also on the truth that a gentleman "does not covet money, does not take shortcuts, does not seek fame, and does not be arrogant".

Unless the Japanese country launched a war against the Ming Dynasty, the current situation of the Ming Dynasty would definitely not be able to take the initiative to launch a foreign war.

Putting aside his greed for the gold and silver produced in Japan, Wei Guangde couldn't help but think of what he heard today. In the morning, Zhang Juzheng gave a lesson to the young Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun, talking about valuing grains to win the hearts of the people. He couldn't help but chuckle and shook his head.

Today, Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet, explained the "Imperial Mirror Illustrated" to Emperor Shenzong in Wenhua Hall. When Zhang Juzheng talked about Song Renzong's dislike of pearls, the young Emperor Zhu Yijun said, "A wise minister is a treasure, what's the use of pearls and jade?"

Zhang Juzheng said that wise monarchs of all dynasties valued grains and despised pearls and jade. The "Book" said that it is not useless to harm the useful, and it is not expensive to despise the useful.

The young emperor immediately said that it was very true. The palace ladies like to dress up, and I want them to pay attention to saving.

Zhang Juzheng immediately said that it is the happiness of the country and the people that the emperor can cherish money and property like this.

After that, Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun asked again, Qin Shihuang removed weapons, but people holding wooden sticks can still hurt people, what's the difference?

Zhang Juzheng replied that the monarch should be based on spreading virtue, improving government, exercising benevolence and justice, and winning the hearts of the people. The weather is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people.

The little emperor finally nodded, but Wei Guangde did not think it was right to educate the emperor in this way.

You know, when Zhu Yijun grows up, once he takes power, the first thing he will have to worry about is the precious pearls and jade. Without these things, the court will not be stable.

The Ming Dynasty has been affected by financial shortages from beginning to end, even in the early Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty wanted to cultivate the people's strength and implement a light tax system, which was right, so that the people could quickly recover from the trauma of war.

Later, after the people became rich, they remained unchanged, resulting in the current financial difficulties of the court.

Without money, nothing can be done.

At this time, a month had passed since the last meeting in Ciqing Palace to discuss the solution of the royal family problem. Naturally, there would be no results at that time. In fact, the rules proposed by Wei Guangde were barely feasible, but Wei Guangde also said later that the rules could only solve the problem temporarily and not forever.

If you really want to completely solve the royal family problem, you have to directly separate from the middle and lower-level royal family members, and let the various royal palaces separate from them after they come of age and become completely independent.

The title doesn’t really matter, but the ban on the four industries of royal family members should be abolished, so that they can be self-reliant instead of waiting for the court to distribute rice to live.

The court will only recognize the relatives and county princes of various places in the future, and will not recognize others. If there is something, let them go directly to the main family, that is, the royal palaces of various places.

This idea will definitely not be recognized by the two Empress Dowagers and Zhang Juzheng at the first time.

The changes to the ancestral system are too big, and it is really impossible to make a decision immediately.

As for the system of permanent salary, although Wei Guangde said at the beginning that it could only be dealt with temporarily, as the throne was passed down from generation to generation, the newly appointed princes and the princes born from it would still be a huge pressure, but after all, that was a matter of several generations later.

For Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Zhang, it was enough to solve the current troubles, and let the emperor solve the future things later.

Therefore, the regulations have now been sent to the Ministry of Rites for discussion, and the Ministry of Revenue and the Censorate should also participate in the formulation of the details later.

"Come on, light the lamp."

Wei Guangde put down the note in his hand and picked up another note on the table to read it, but it was already dark and he couldn't see the words on it clearly, so he shouted to the outside of the house.

"Yes, Master."

As he shouted, the door was pushed open, and two maids came in with two candlesticks, lit the candles on them neatly, and stretched the lamp cords to make the light brighter.

In ancient times, people mainly relied on oil lamps, candles and torches for lighting at night.

Outdoors, torches are naturally the main lighting tool, because the illuminated area is large enough to see things a little further away.

Indoors, ordinary people mostly choose oil lamps, because the fuels they use, such as animal oil, rapeseed oil, soybean oil, etc., are relatively cheap and easy to obtain, so they have become a popular lighting tool.

However, for wealthy gentry who are not short of money, they naturally look down on oil lamps. They all use candles with better lighting effects, cleaner and no odor.

Moreover, adding spices during the candle making process can also add a refreshing fragrance.

Therefore, at this time in the Ming Dynasty, the homes of dignitaries all use candles, and only the lower class will use oil lamps for lighting.

The study was full of light, and Wei Guangde looked at the note again. Now the words on it can be seen clearly, and then he nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, you go down."

After Wei Guangde and others went out, they continued to look at the notes on the desk.

These notes were provided by merchants in Northeast China and Jiangxi, including some domestic and foreign intelligence.

Let's call it intelligence, in fact, it is some novel things happening in various places.

Wei Guangde was interested in these, so he asked them to collect information about this and send it to him.

"Nicholas Saint Antris."

Wei Guangde looked at the content of the note below and muttered to himself.

This note was sent by a Jiangxi merchant who was doing business in Yuegang. It said that two months ago, a foreign ship came to Yuegang, which was full of silver.

Stopping at Yuegang was naturally for trading.

A ship of silver, what an amazing purchasing power, swept away most of the goods accumulated in the entire Yuegang.

After all, most of the goods left in the port at this time were the ones left by the previous ship owners.

The seagoing of the ship depends on the wind season. It is not suitable for the seagoing of the ship in the short term, so the big Fu ship docked in the port has either returned from a long voyage, or has delayed the sea season for some reason, and gave up going to sea this year and stayed in the port for maintenance.

In fact, the ships in the hands of sea merchants are often more than the guides. The ships can take turns to rest, but the guides will not be empty.

The arrival of the barbarians activated the already deserted Yuegang market, which became prosperous in a short period of time.

The barbarians traded a lot of goods, mainly raw silk and porcelain.

The note in Wei Guangde's hand not only described the arrival of the barbarian ship, but also recorded the goods they traded.

The bundles of raw silk, including high-quality double-stranded silk, other silks of rougher quality, high-quality loose silk, white silk, and various colored silks, were all wrapped into small bundles, which could easily be traded with the barbarians and turned into silver at a price slightly higher than the market price.

A large amount of velvet, some solid, some embroidered with various patterns, colors and styles, some inlaid with gold and embroidered with gold, and various fabrics and brocades, gold and silver woven into silks of various colors and patterns, a large number of gold and silver threads wound into small bundles, dark flower satin, single-sided satin, corrugated silk and other cloths of various colors, and even dyed and undyed white cotton cloth, these barbarians will also buy a lot.

As for porcelain, they are relatively picky. They choose porcelain with exquisite workmanship and shape.

This made Wei Guangde wonder whether the West could also make porcelain at this time. It seems that the West actually had ceramics, but their porcelain production level was very low-end, and they were mainly pottery.

The porcelain of the Ming Dynasty was shipped to Europe, which was synonymous with high-end goods.

Well, who would have thought that hundreds of years later, this situation would be reversed, and Western things would become more high-end.

Anyway, at this time, all high-end goods came from the Ming Dynasty, or from China.

After reading several notes, Wei Guangde picked up the last letter. This was a letter from his hometown in Jiangxi, and also a family letter.

Wei Guangde opened it and saw that it was written by his wife Xu Jianglan. First, she told him that they would return to Beijing next month.

There was another thing, which was a bag of corn seeds that Wei Guangde asked someone to bring back this year.

In fact, this batch of seeds has delayed the planting time in Beijing. Most of the seeds in Xiyuan, Beijing, are planted in February and March, and harvested in June and July.

However, considering the different climates in the north and south, Wei Guangde immediately sent some corn seeds to his family after asking for them from Xiyuan, and asked them to choose to test plant them in Bengshanbao and other mountains.

According to Xu Jianglan's letter, a lot of these seeds have been planted. According to the farmers, it will be known whether there will be a harvest and how much the harvest will be around the end of October.

Wei Guangde naturally didn't care about this.

Corn was originally used to solve the problem of mountain planting. After all, the staple food of the Han people is rice and wheat, and these two crops are not suitable for planting in mountainous areas. The "rice on the mountain" that was created by experts in later generations is another matter.

Seeing corn mentioned in the letter, Wei Guangde thought of the Ministry of Agriculture and planned to ask about it after returning to the cabinet tomorrow to see what the situation is there now and whether they have started to try to plant corn.

The next day, Wei Guangde entered the cabinet and had just sat down for a while when the chief minister's duty room sent him a charter for him to review.

Although it was a bit strange, Wei Guangde began to open it and read it carefully.

"Recently, there have been many memorials, and the various government offices have been responding to them every day.

However, although the memorials are frequent, they are mostly perfunctory and have little effect.

From now on, please review the memorials according to the matter, and everything will be limited to the size and urgency of the matter. Those who make mistakes will be punished."

Seeing the beginning of the memorial, Wei Guangde read out a sentence for no reason: "The review method".