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As is well known, Emperor Zhu was a network writer before his transmigration, and before that, he was a programmer and a senior bookworm who had read countless works.
Emperor Zhu had seen in various books more than once people directly transmigrating back to ancient times, casually selling a few lighters and other small items to get some money, and then spending lavishly to buy land, acres or hundreds of acres at a time, and then either continuously inventing and making fortunes, or enjoying romantic nights with a beautiful woman, thus reaching the pinnacle of life.
In reality, this is completely impossible.
Land is the lifeblood of farmers, the livelihood of generations of farmers. Unless absolutely necessary, no farmer will idly sell land. Even if they encounter a predicament where they must sell land to survive, they will never sell it to an outsider.
For example:
If you want to sell your house now, there's nothing to say. Just list it with an agent. As for whether the buyer is easy to get along with or can get along well with your original neighbors, it has nothing to do with you.
But it's not like this in ancient times.
If you want to sell your house in ancient times, setting aside whether you will be cursed as a prodigal by people pointing fingers behind your back, the process of selling a house is something a modern person cannot accept.
First, you have to ask your neighbors if they are willing to buy your house. Only when the neighbors don't want it can you sell it to others, and the character and reputation of the buyer must be recognized by your neighbors. If the buyer has a bad character and reputation, your neighbors have the right to report you and the buyer to the government, and the transaction will be voided.
Secondly, you need to find a reputable agency to act as a guarantor and write a certificate, proving that the transaction has been agreed upon by the neighbors, that both parties have voluntarily traded, and that the goods and money have been exchanged with no recourse. (An agency is an intermediary, the same "ya" in "car, boat, shop, foot, ya," which is punishable even if innocent, because in addition to normal intermediary services, agencies often have "human tooth" businesses, i.e., trading in people.)
Finally, both the buyer and seller must go to the government for record-keeping, accompanied by the neighbors and the agency.
If any part of this process is missing, the transaction will not be valid.
The same applies to land sales, and it's even more troublesome.
Assuming a prodigal son happens to want to sell his own land, the first thing this prodigal son must do is to ask his relatives, namely his own brothers and uncles. If his brothers and uncles do not buy, he must also ask his clan, i.e., members of the same lineage and surname. If no one in the clan buys, he must then ask his neighbors. Only after the relatives, clan, and surrounding neighbors have clearly stated that they do not want to buy can he sell his land to an outsider, i.e., someone outside his clan and village.
Therefore, even if transmigrators who physically traveled back to ancient times could sort out their household registration, they might not be able to buy land.
Incidentally, in ancient times, those without their own land were called "liu" (流), those without their own houses were called "mang" (氓), and only those who were illiterate or did not even have the title of Tong Sheng were called "mang" (盲).
In other words, judged by the standards of the ancestors, many people are standard hooligans or "liu mang."
As for transmigrators who physically traveled back to ancient times wanting to reclaim wasteland...
Don't be foolish. If wasteland were so easy to reclaim, people who lost their land for various reasons in ancient times would have already done so. Would it be the turn of transmigrators?
Emperor Zhu chuckled and looked at Old Man Cui, saying, "Elder, you kept saying how difficult it is to reclaim wasteland just now, but you didn't say exactly what makes it difficult."
Old Man Cui took a couple of puffs of his dry tobacco, squinted, and recalled, "Reclaiming wasteland... let me continue talking about reclaiming wasteland."
"My grandfather came here fleeing hardship, and my grandmother was found by him on the way. The reason they chose to settle and take root in Cui'erzhuang was not just because most people in this village were surnamed Cui, but also because there was a dilapidated courtyard in the village that had been deserted for many years and no one lived there."
On a side note: Many students who drift from place to place always feel unable to integrate into the circles of their local colleagues and feel detached from the city they are drifting in. In fact, the root cause lies here as well, because most "drifters" have not bought houses in the cities where they are drifting. For local colleagues, what's the point of being close to you if you pack up and leave one day, return to your hometown, or drift to other places?
Only when you have your own house in the local city can you prove that you are willing to take root there.
Having a house or not is the same as having your own house and land in ancient times.
Discussing the correctness of ancestral systems without considering the environment at the time is simply acting like a rogue.
What else can be done besides an unrestricted sea?
You may not be familiar with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but those who have watched the animated series "Ikkō-ikkō" should remember the General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu who was often tricked by Ikkō.
Minamoto Michiyoshi is that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
Wa Country is that little third brother.
If Eunuch Zheng were allowed to make a half-moon tour of the four islands, Wa Country might face extinction.
Therefore, after assessing the situation, General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu gave a clear reply: "You don't need to worry, I will personally eliminate those troublemakers."
The most hilarious thing was the fate of those twenty Japanese pirate leaders.
Then Emperor Zhu Laosi told the Japanese envoy: "I don't want these people either. Let your general handle them himself."
The Japanese envoy was also in a difficult position: "We are envoys, and the Ming Dynasty provides food, but we have to pay for the food for these prisoners. We scrambled to get this beautiful errand, and we still want to earn some travel expenses to buy houses and land. How can we feed these death row inmates?"
When they reached Ningbo and saw these pirates who were about to bankrupt them, the envoys were really burning with anger in their eyes and hearts. The result of this anger was that they indeed lit a fire, got some large steaming pots, tied up the twenty pirates they were escorting, put them into steamers, and steamed them to death with a great fire.
Do you understand?
Please note that Emperor Zhu Laosi's behavior of hoarding everything for himself is wrong.
Eunuch Zheng made seven voyages to the West. It is not known whether he found Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen. In any case, there are no records in any official or unofficial Ming Dynasty documents, but Eunuch Zheng did find a large number of vassal states and Xuanweisi for the Ming Dynasty, as well as a large number of white and black pepper and other spices, causing spices that were extremely valuable in the Tang and Song dynasties to be sold on the streets.
Historical records state: During the reign of Emperor Daizong of Tang, Chancellor Yuan Zai was killed for corruption and his property was confiscated, one item being eight hundred shi of pepper, which indicates its value.
However, historical records also state: Because Eunuch Zheng brought back so many spices, the family of Emperor Zhu Laosi could not finish them even if they ate spices with their meals. In the end, they could only use spices to offset the salaries of the Ming Dynasty officials.
"Emperor Taizong of Tang once said: Using history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall—any county library in our Great Ming has a large amount of historical materials. Don't you fools know to go and see?"
Especially Watanabe Uemon, who intended to establish credibility by blocking the village...
Isn't this pure nonsense?
After Watanabe Uemon finished speaking, Tokugawa Ienari felt a sense of seeing the moon through the clouds.
Watanabe Uemon bowed and said, "Thank you for your praise, General, but Watanabe is only a little clever, far inferior to your great wisdom!" After understanding the intricacies, Ishikawa Isao and Todo Takayoshi looked at Kōkaku- Tennō as if he were an idiot.
What is this?
This is useless trash, trash that can't even catch up to the hot stuff when eating shit!
Kōkaku- Tennō and Hiro-no-miya Yoshihito also had extremely gloomy expressions.
Kōkaku- Tennō scanned the assembled daimyo and lords, and said with a somber face, "The matter has come to this, do any of you lords have any good solutions?"
However, none of the assembled daimyo and lords answered Kōkaku- Tennō's question.
Ishikawa Isao continued, "I believe that instead of passively responding, it would be better to... better to proactively accept the commoner patients from the shogunate?"
The other daimyo and lords also turned their criticism towards Ishikawa Isao.
On the contrary, Kōkaku- Tennō suddenly slapped the table and shouted, "Quiet down! Mr. Ishikaway, please continue?"
After pondering for a moment, Kōkaku- Tennō gritted his teeth and said, "I will find a way to solve the food problem. You only need to take care of the treatment of those lepers."
Shimazu Hisamitsu and Matsudaira Nobunobu found it increasingly strange.
After thinking for a long time without getting an answer, Shimazu Hisamitsu directly asked, "May I ask the General, are there any requirements for these quotas?"
Tokugawa Ienari also spoke from his own feelings.
Being unconventional and having written absurd essays like "On Farting," Hiraga Gennai became increasingly unsuccessful.
The main reason for this situation was that Hiraga Gennai came from a low-ranking samurai family in the Takamatsu domain.
However, the architectural drawing was not in Gennai's possession, but was revealed from a gap in his belt. Gennai subsequently went insane and died in the cold Komamachi prison.
The so-called "died an extraordinary death" refers to Hiraga Gennai not dying for killing two carpenters.
Tokugawa Ienari, who had personally visited the Great Ming, was well aware of the importance of the steam engine.
However, Tokugawa Ienari also understood in his heart that the allocation of envoy quotas to the Ming Dynasty could never be fair and just.
After a moment of quiet contemplation, Tokugawa Ienari surveyed the assembled daimyo and lords again and said gravely, "".
Simply put, Wa Country, which was praised to the heavens by countless incurable people, was actually similar to the situation in Tianzhu. Tianzhu had a caste system, and Wa Country also had class stratification.
For example, why do ronin samurai who have lost their masters remain ronin and not find jobs?
This means that if Tokugawa Ienari wants to complete the blockade, he must first deal with those ronin.
The daimyo of Chikuzen, Chikugo, Buzen, Bungo, Hizen, Tsushima, Hyuga, and others also responded, while the other daimyo and lords could not help but frown.
These differences in geographical location naturally led to imbalanced development among the various domains, with some domains being relatively wealthy and others being very poor.
The difference in wealth would be directly reflected in the number of ronin in each domain.
The poorer the domain, the more ronin it had.
More importantly, the Satsuma domain and the domains of Chikuzen, Chikugo, and others also had a common designation: the Kyushu domains.
These domains were originally operating in the Kyushu Island region, and the Satsuma domain even sent troops to capture Ryukyu, forcing the Ryukyu king to pay tribute to Wa Country.
To say that they were resigned is certainly not the case. Shimazu Hisamitsu and the daimyo of Chikuzen and Chikugo had not considered resisting, or at least trying to get a better place, right?
Then Shimazu Hisamitsu and others promptly moved to Ezo, completely ceding the Kyushu Island.
More importantly, who would these samurai and ashigaru obey?
If they were to obey the orders of the daimyo and ignore Tokugawa Ienari, what would the shogunate think? If they held each other back and argued, how could the ronin be cleared up?
If they were to obey Tokugawa Ienari's orders, wouldn't that be tantamount to handing over military power?
This was even more unacceptable to the daimyo than directly providing financial support to Tokugawa Ienari!
When Tokugawa Ienari finished speaking, the assembled daimyo felt a sense of relief while also being somewhat suspicious.
As is well known, in addition to being lustful, Tokugawa Ienari's biggest flaw is greed. The greed of his sons and daughters can be said to be inherited from Tokugawa Ienari.
Matsudaira Nobunobu immediately became vigilant.
As for sending ninjas or some already leperous patients to harm Kōkaku- Tennō and his son, Tokugawa Ienari did not have such an idea for the time being.
Because Tokugawa Ienari was clearly in an advantageous position at the moment, and the possibility of successfully ascending the throne was high. Tokugawa Ienari, who had already started dreaming of being a national ruler, naturally did not want the Kinai region to spread leprosy, because no matter how much of a poor person's disease it was, the transmissibility of leprosy was there, and no one could guarantee that they would escape it.
Unfortunately, Tokugawa Ienari's well-planned scheme was now disrupted by those scoundrels Shimazu Hisamitsu and Matsudaira Nobunobu.
Tokugawa Ienari harbored resentment in his heart, but he forced a smile on his face and said, "Then it's settled. For those ronin who are causing trouble in the regions, it is imperative to purge them vigorously. If you are unable to cope, you can always send people to the shogunate for help. Do not force yourselves."
The assembled daimyo and lords were still bewildered—the Great Ming was the suzerain, the father of Wa Country, wasn't this only natural?
Shimazu Hisamitsu tentatively asked, "What does the General mean?"
Instead of directly answering Shimazu Hisamitsu's question, Tokugawa Ienari clapped his hands and ordered outside the door, "Bring it here!"
The assembled daimyo and lords were still bewildered—the Great Ming was the suzerain, the father of Wa Country, wasn't this only natural?