Chapter 239 Good news from the Japanese slaves! The Sado Gold Mine has been captured!
Chen Han stood in Fengtian Hall where there were so many people, I also saw the scene of all nations coming to court, and I stood on such a stage,
I was deeply moved by being named the Duke of Qianguo. It has only been a year, and I have become a high-ranking prince. I am only twenty-five years old this year. Thinking of this, I suddenly felt that the opportunities in life were simply unimaginable. It only took one year for me to achieve what I have achieved now.
If you give yourself some more time, what kind of title should you give yourself?
In fact, Chen Han also left some escape routes for himself.
For example, if you own more and more shares in the Daming Chamber of Commerce,
In the future there will be more and more land, Because when the Ming Dynasty comes, it makes sense to allocate a piece of land to yourself from there. No matter how much land there is, the Ming Dynasty can still seal it. Lan Yu looked at Chen Han among the ministers, feeling really uncomfortable in her heart. To know how much effort he spent on his promotion from a marquis to a duke.
Although I am a little proud,
Although I am a bit arrogant,
Although I raised a lot of them, He even held many important positions in various armies, But this cannot be the reason why he and Chen Han have the same title now. If his Liang Guogong was the Liang of Daliang, he would not care at all. Because there are also many details on the title of the Duke. The first-class ones are naturally the titles of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, the Duke of Qin, the Duke of Korea, the Duke of Wei, etc.
The second-class countries were the second-class countries during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, such as Lu Guogong, Liang Guogong, etc., which could also convince Lan Yu. The third level is a miscellaneous Duke like him, the so-called Liang Kingdom. What country is this Liang country? Is it a small place? It’s probably a small, separatist country! Chen Han's Qianguo Duke's Qianguo is just a state and county, but it is already at the same level as him. So there is still room for improvement. It's just that when Chen Han came up, he was a duke on equal footing with him, which made Lan Yu particularly unwilling. In his eyes, if the Duke of the country wants to be promoted, he must have great military achievements. But what does Chen Han rely on?
All it depends on is reform, which is what literati do.
Why can he get a title that only military commanders can get?
Just because he got Mu Ying to join the Japanese slaves and fight a few victorious battles?
Is it okay to just get those millions of taels of silver back?
It's not that cheap. I have fought hard until now to obtain the title of Duke.
He would pick it up ready-made. Sapphire was very unhappy. Dingyuan Hou Wang Bi was sitting behind him. He really knew what kind of temper his old leader was like.
Naduna is a rebellious, unconvinced, and narrow-minded guy. So seeing Lan Yu's expression, Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi knew that Lan Yu's old habit had happened again.
The Duke of Ying, Fu Youde, the Duke of Song, Feng Sheng, the Duke of Xin, Tang He, and the Korean Duke Li Shanchang, who had just been released, all came.
They were shocked that Chen Han, a younger generation, received such an award. However, Korean Gong Li Shanchang was very grateful to Chen Han in his heart. Because the letter Zhu Yuanzhang brought him later let him know that he had actually been targeted by Jin Yiwei for a long time. He was already one of the people who was ready to be eliminated.
Even a large number of people will be implicated through his incident. But just because Chen Han interceded for him, Li Shanchang saved his life. It was not just his life that was saved, but the lives of his family as well. Therefore, after the Korean Duke Li Shanchang saw Chen Han being named the Duke of Qian, he didn't have any thoughts of jealousy at all. Because if it weren't for Chen Han, my whole family would have died long ago. The younger generation, that is, the second generation, Wei Guogong Xu Huizu, son of Zhongshan King Xu Da;
Chang Mao, the Duke of Zheng, son of Chang Yuchun, King of Kaiping; Deng Zhen, the Duke of Shen, son of Deng Yu, King of Ninghe; The son of Li Wenzhong, King of Qiyang, Li Jinglong, Duke of Cao, the God of War of the Ming Dynasty. Except for Xu Huizu who was very calm, Chang Mao, Deng Zhen, and Li Jinglong were all very unconvinced.
They thought to themselves that they were the second generation, and their father was himself the Duke of the country. After his death, he was posthumously given the title of Prince of the county. Then enjoy it by yourself, and there won’t be any problems with your current status.
But why was Chen Han, who was young and had not fought in many battles, yet he was directly named Duke of Qian and equal to them? Even the reputation is much better than them, Because they are real people, and they came up through some reforms.
But they all came here because of their parents’ generation. So I was a little bit unconvinced. After Chen Han took over the Duke's gown, he felt heavy. After he kowtowed to thank Tian'en, the eunuch below immediately shouted loudly: "The Marquis Muying of Xiping came from the Japanese Japanese slaves to present a congratulatory gift to His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, and Chen Han were all looking forward to it after hearing that it was a gift from Xiping Hou Muying from the Japanese slaves.
Even Chen Han understood the depth of the relationship between Xiping and Muying and Prince Zhu Biao. His gifts are sure to shock and delight everyone. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that it was his adopted son Xiping Hou Muying who sent the gift from a distant Japanese slave, he waved his hand: "Send it up!" So down in the long corridor of Fengtian Hall, hundreds of foreign envoys, as well as civil and military officials were waiting.
On the long imperial road, sixteen strong men were carrying something as tall as a person covered with red silk in the manner of a sedan chair, and they were slowly walking towards the Fengtian Palace. Come. Seeing how the sixteen strong men were struggling a little, we could tell how heavy the things on the sedan were? Each of those sixteen strong men seemed to have been trained.
Every step I take is very determined,
The object that seemed to be only as tall as a person must be a heavy object like a stone. Even much heavier than stone. Chen Han looked at the steps and the sixteen strong men coming slowly below, and he was guessing in his heart.
Could it be a silver mountain? But after looking at the sixteen strong men, they looked like they were struggling, and it shouldn't be as simple as silver.
Could it be gold?
Could it be that Xiping and Muying have already obtained Sado Jinshan?
Thinking of this, his heart was pounding, and he was also looking forward to what those gifts were?
It took a full stick of incense time for the sixteen strong men to finish the long royal road.
Then leading the front, Chen Han also saw Zhao Shenyan, the deputy general of Hou Muying of Xiping, who was also one of the main generals in the expedition against the Japanese slaves. He even went to the Japanese Nu side first and conquered the Japanese Nu Southern Dynasty. Judging from the battle reports of Xiping and Muying, Nowadays, the Northern and Southern Dynasties have been opened up by them.
The Southern and Northern Dynasties were divided into two parts, the East and the West. The Southern Dynasties existed in name only. In fact, it has long been controlled by Mu Ying and the others. After seeing that Zhao Shenyan was leading the team, Chen Han became even more excited. When Zhao Shenyan came to His Majesty Dan, the civil and military ministers on both sides and hundreds of foreign envoys were watching. Zhao Shenyan ordered, "Let go!" Sixteen strong men slowly placed the burden on the ground. Bang!
The heavy feeling was like a boulder hitting the ground. Everyone could see the weight of that thing. Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Chen Han, and King Yan stood up one after another.
Zhao Shenyan stepped forward and saluted: "General Zhao Shenyan is here to see His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince!
On the order of Marquis Xiping, I will escort this congratulatory gift and present it to Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
I wish Your Highness the Crown Prince a long life. " Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately happy when he heard that his eldest son was so thoughtful and asked, "What is this gift you gave me?" Zhao Shenyan said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, according to the instructions of Your Majesty, Your Highness and the Duke of the country, we conquered most of the Japanese slaves. Especially the Iwami silver mine and the Sado gold mine commanded by the Duke, we have now taken control of them.
This gift is made of gold and silver excavated from the Sado Gold Mine and Iwami Silver Mine. " Chen Han stood up and asked in surprise, "The Sado Gold Mine has also been occupied?" Zhao Shenyan immediately replied: "My lord, how could your subordinates forget your order? The excavation is going well at present, and the daily attendance is very high.
As for Zuodu Gold Mine, Mu Shuai lived up to expectations and defeated Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's army two months ago. The Sado Gold Mine has been occupied and mining has begun!
According to Mu Shuai's estimate, we can dig out at least one hundred thousand taels of gold every month. Now we have shipped it back together with one million taels of silver and one hundred thousand taels of gold. " Chen Han and Mu Ying had told him that they could take the silver as they pleased.
You can reward your subordinates at will,
But not gold,
Every tael of gold must be transported back to the Ming Dynasty. Because the production of silver is very high, not only the production of silver mines in the Japanese slaves is high, but also the production of silver is very high. The production in South America is also quite huge.
But gold is different; Even in modern society, gold is a very, very precious metal and cannot be squandered casually.
From now on, the main anchor will be gold. Then there is a transition from gold to credit currency, so gold reserves must be sufficient. He was gratified that Xiping Hou Muying respected his decision very much. Transport all the gold to Ming Dynasty without leaving any ounces. Otherwise, Mu Ying is a very, very trustworthy person.
He did not embezzle a single bit, and shipped back as much gold as he could produce every month. Chen Han was very excited.
Unexpectedly, Muying completed her layout in advance. He originally thought that after occupying the Time Silver Mine, it would take at least half a year before he would have time to capture the Sado Gold Mine as well. After all, the two places are far apart, and the Sado Gold Mine is on a small island in the north of Kamakura.
There was the entire Northern Dynasty, which meant that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had the largest concentration of elite troops under his control. The Iwami Silver Mine can also take advantage of the contradiction between Ouchi Yoshihiro and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to create war.
Make them attack each other and have no time to attack. But the Sado Gold Mine was different. It was like going deep into the hinterland, so he was so surprised. Zhao Shenyan saw Chen Han's surprise and replied: "Mr. Bingguo, originally according to the plan you made for us when you were a Japanese slave, It would be half a year before the plan to occupy the Sado Gold Mine was launched.
But many changes have taken place in the few months since you left.
First of all, Ashikaga Kanemitsu, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's cousin, saw in Kamakura that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu failed in the war in the east and also failed in the war in the south.
Suddenly he captured Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's rear area, causing Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to be killed. The Northern and Southern Dynasties were in chaos for a while, so they had no time to pay attention to the current offensive situation of the Ming Dynasty. We even became a big help for them to attack each other. " Chen Han was shocked after hearing this, "Is Ashikaga Yoshimitsu dead?!" Zhao Shenyan said: "Yes, it has been two months, but we have just received the news. I will bring this news back.
We were also surprised at the time. We didn't expect that while the Northern Dynasty was facing two fronts fighting in the east and south, they could annex each other internally.
Now Ashikaga Kanemitsu has become the puppet of our Ming Dynasty. He gave up Sado Island and a large amount of land controlled by the Northern Dynasty at that time. In exchange for Ming's help, Mu Shuai sent an army of five thousand to support him.
Among these five thousand troops, there were only one thousand elite musketeers from the Ming Dynasty, and the rest were puppet troops.
After they received the help of five thousand elite soldiers, they almost swept away a large number of entrenched daimyo in the east, thus gaining a short-term prosperity. And all of this is supported by our Ming army, So now even without resorting to war, our Ming Dynasty's power on the Japanese slaves has already included the original Shikoku region of the Southern Dynasties, as well as Kyushu and China in the east.
The Japanese only controlled the eastern territory, mainly Kinki. Mu Shuai means to let us digest the Kyushu region, China region and the original territory of the Southern Dynasties. " While listening to Zhao Shenyan's words, Chen Han informed Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao about the territorial situation of the Japanese slaves. "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the territory of the Japanese slaves is now composed of seven parts from west to east: Kyushu region, Chugoku region, Shikoku region, Kinki region, Chubu region, Kanto region and Hokkaido. Among them, the Kyushu region, the Chugoku region, and the Shikoku region only account for three of them. But because it is close to Li's Korea and our Ming Dynasty, the economy has always been the most developed and prosperous. As for Hokkaido, it has always been a wild land, and the Northeast is also semi-barbaric because it is too cold, so it is not suitable for food production. The situation in Kanto, Chubu and Kinki is similar to that of Kyushu, Chugoku and Shikoku regions. In other words, our Ming Dynasty currently occupies the three largest states with the best Japanese slave territory. " After Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao heard these words, they understood,
Now Muying and the others have achieved so many results. Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, he can achieve such achievements, as expected, a tiger father has no dog son. No one should have any objections to making him a Duke for this merit. " Zhu Yuanzhang said this, and the civil and military officials below were convinced. Compared with Chen Han being granted the title of Duke of the country, the general was unconvinced. But when Mu Ying was made the Duke of the country, they were 10,000 convinced.
Because what Mu Ying actually did was exchange for military service... (End of this chapter)