Speaking of Japan, will there be more silver than the Ming Dynasty?

Not to mention that Japan does have more silver than the Ming Dynasty, at least this was the case during this period.

According to statistics from later historians, from the Warring States Period to the Edo Period of Japan, in a total of three to four hundred years, the silver produced in Japan accounted for one-third of the world's silver production!

During this period, there was another region that produced a lot of silver, that is, the Americas, and its output also accounted for about one-third of the world's silver production.

In other words, the relatively powerful countries at that time, such as the Ming Dynasty, Mughals, Persia, Dashi, and continental powers, did not produce much silver. The total silver output of all countries in Asia, Europe and Africa was not as high as that of Japan!

So, what is the silver output in Japan during this period?

Yang Cong was not very clear about this. According to his estimate, there should be about 10 million taels a year. The princes of Japan are very rich. According to Wang Zhi, these guys use cars to pull silver ingots for buying things. A cart of silver ingots is enough for tens of thousands of taels, and a prince can pull out a dozen cars at will!

At this time, all the princes of Japan were going crazy. In order to maintain war expenses, they were all mining silver mines crazily. In addition, Japan's silver mines had sufficient reserves and high purity, so the output was naturally quite amazing.

Just based on ten million taels per year, ten years are 100 million taels, and one hundred years are 100 billion taels. The Warring States Period of the Japan Warring States Period probably began during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been about a hundred years. In other words, there are about one billion taels of silver circulating on the market in Japan at this time.

There is so much silver in Japan and relatively scarce supplies. In addition, the people are busy escaping wars for years, and there are not many people engaged in production. Therefore, the prices in Japan are surprisingly high, more than ten times higher than those in the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the princes in Japan are all paupers holding silver ingots, and the only thing they are poor is money left!

So, how can we "snatch" all the silver from Japan?

Send troops directly to capture Japan?

This is obviously unrealistic, because the Ming Dynasty cannot withstand such tossing at this moment.

You know, Japan is not easy to mess with now. Don’t look at the fact that the princes from all over the country have been fighting for nearly a hundred years, and it seems to be a mess. Once they are attacked by foreign enemies, it will be different.

At this moment, Japan has actually entered the late Warring States Period. If the Ming Dynasty invaded in full swing, it might become an opportunity for them to unify.

How powerful was Japan after the unification of the Warring States Period?

This historical material is also clearly recorded, because after the end of the Warring States Period of the Umogami period, the extremely arrogant Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched the Korean War, intending to use Korea as a springboard to conquer the Ming Dynasty.

This guy is crazy, but he has the capital to be crazy. The total number of Japanese soldiers under his command is more than 500,000. He launched more than 300,000 troops invaded North Korea twice!

There are more than 300,000 troops. No matter how powerful the Ming army is, it will require at least more than 100,000 troops to compete with it. As a result, the Ming Dynasty sent more than 100,000 troops to support North Korea twice, and each time it was a defeat.

In this way, it was caused by the desperate assistance of the vassal states to resist the invasion of Japanese soldiers. If the Ming Dynasty alone wanted to achieve such a record, it would have to send at least more than 200,000 troops.

Of course, the Ming army in history is definitely not as powerful as the Ming army now. However, in the Wanli Korean War, the Ming army's equipment was actually not bad, with muskets and artillery, and there were two most elite troops in the world, the Qi family army and the Sichuan army. Even if the combat power is worse than that of the Ming army at this time, it is not much worse.

Therefore, Yang Cong came to a conclusion that at this time, if he wanted to conquer Japan in full, he would have to organize at least 200,000 troops. As for how long it took, it still depends on the strength of his resistance. If he fought desperately, it would be possible that it would take ten or even twenty years!

Will Japanese people resist desperately?

There is no doubt about this. Japanese people are famous for wanting life. When fighting wars, they are not much different from lunatics.

Therefore, to fully capture Japan, one must be prepared for a protracted war. Ten years are a small amount.

How much food and wages will be consumed in a 200,000 army in ten years?

According to the food and salary of ordinary border troops, each person will be at least three taels per month, and 200,000 elite troops. The food and salary consumed in a month will be 600,000 taels per month, which is more than seven million taels a year, and more than seven million taels a year, and more than seven million taels a year. This does not include the pensions of casualties and the loss of weapons and equipment!

More than 70 million taels. Even if Yongqing made a fortune, the national treasury would only be 30 million taels. Even if Zhang Juzheng implemented the new policy, the annual tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty could reach up to four or five million taels. In other words, in the past ten years, the officials of the Ming court did not eat or drink, did not receive a penny of salary, and fully supported the war in Japan, which was possible to defeat Japan.

This is obviously unrealistic. Not to mention that if you don’t eat or drink for ten years, or if you don’t eat or drink for ten days, you will die. The Ming Dynasty can’t stand such trouble at all.

Perhaps, in a few decades, when the Ming Dynasty gradually becomes stronger and the court becomes rich, it will be easier to take down Japan. However, now it is indeed not a good opportunity to get down Japan.

So, what should I do?

If you don’t take Japan, how can you “rob” others’ money?

This, Yang Cong has his own tricks.

On this day, when the city of Lai Shui City was full of warships, the Ming Navy and the elite troops of the Southeast Army gathered here to wait for the dispatch of Yang Cong, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and the Marquis of Hui'an.

Yongqing forced the position of Taishi to Yang Cong. After all, pacifying the northwest and completely solving the Tartar troubles was a great merit, and it was impossible not to give some rewards. With Yongqing's repeated insistence, Yang Cong could only accept the position of Taishi, and he became one of the few first-rank officials in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this few refer to those who are promoted to the first rank when they are alive, but those who are posthumously sealed after death do not count.

Yang Conggao sat in the lobby of the commander-in-chief in Dengzhou, majesticly glanced at his generals, and was silent for a long time before he exhaled and said, "Everyone, the Japanese pirates in Japan have invaded our coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty for many years, causing the lives to be miserable, and the people have suffered so much money and food. As a result, our soldiers have lost so much casualties. Do you think, should we avenge this revenge?"

Of course, that's "want"!

More than ten generals roared in unison, and the sound of the sound was so shocking that the eardrums were buzzing.

Yang Cong nodded slightly, then said loudly: "Okay, this time, we will let the Japanese pirates take a good look at what the outcome would be if they invaded our Ming Dynasty!"

Of course, he couldn't say that we were going to Japan to "rob" them all. It was true that the Japanese pirates invaded it, and it was natural to take revenge. If you don't need such a good reason, that would be an idiot.
Chapter completed!