Speaking of the Southern and Northern Mings, everyone is of the same origin and ancestry, but in fact they are already two countries. What is Nanming going to do, how can he still look at your Beiming's face?

All the courtiers know this matter in their hearts, so no one will be stupid to accuse anything, just let the emperor vent his dissatisfaction there. Not to mention, they can't understand whether this dissatisfaction is jealous or not, maybe the emperor also wants to trade the people to get some silver to spend. After all, who thinks that there is more silver in the treasury?

Although the Northern Ming Dynasty has already opened a commercial tax, only the Immortal Residence, Tianwaitian and the Yang Family Bank pay a lot of commercial taxes every month, and now they are also engaged in commercial transactions with Wara, among which the Northern Ming Dynasty is pumping heavy taxes. This also made the treasury of the Northern Ming Dynasty far more abundant than that of the Southern Ming. It's just that during this period of time, because of the development of artillery and muskets, it really cost a lot of money, and the important thing is that the progress is still very slow, according to the current speed, if you want to achieve results, you don't know how much silver you have to continue to invest in, so if there is a new open source road, Zhu Qiyu will be very happy.

Zhu Qiyu said this, it is possible to say that grapes are sour if you can't eat grapes; Once Nanming becomes strong because of this, it will threaten Beiming, and it will be a possibility. As for which one it is, who among the courtiers can say clearly?

Everyone didn't speak, which made Zhu Qiyu want to use this matter to ruin Zhu Qizhen's reputation, and it was not easy to continue. He was already a little distraught, so he had to wave his hand and announce the dispersal of the dynasty.

All the courtiers knelt down and said long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and then left. Only Jin Ying, the chief eunuch, was still standing there motionless. He was originally serving the emperor, Zhu Qiyu did not leave, so he naturally did not dare and could not leave.

"Jin Aiqing, do you think Yingzong's approach is inappropriate?" Without outsiders, Zhu Qiyu was not as angry as he was just now when he spoke, but was still a little calm, and even his name for Zhu Qizhen changed again.

Jin Ying, who was standing respectfully on the side, was also a little unsure of what Zhu Qiyu meant, after all, it happened too fast, and as soon as the news came out over there, he was angry here, so he didn't have time to understand too much, and now when asked, he could only say in a tentative tone, "Your Majesty, why don't you find some people to punish the one in the south?" ”

"It's... No need. Zhu Qiyu hesitated for a while, but finally refused this way. Presumably, there are some things that we don't need to do, and there will be people who do it, after all, there is no shortage of self-proclaimed saints in the world, so we don't have to get involved. I'm just curious, what do mercenaries want so many people to do? ”

"This... The minister heard some rumors that mercenaries were engaged in all kinds of commercial transactions at sea, including human trade. It is said that there are some places overseas, the land is vast and sparsely populated, so some people want to move some people to grow food. Of course, this is also what the minister has heard, and there is no empirical evidence. "As a person around the emperor, the most important job is to relieve the emperor's worries, so all kinds of news must be known, as if what he just said, it is a news reported by the little eunuchs in front of the court.

Of course, Jin Ying wouldn't know that this news was originally intentionally spread by Yang Chendong to the Security Bureau, he was just confusing the public, anyway, it was just a rumor, and it didn't take much effort, as for whether others believed it or not, it wouldn't matter so much.

"Overseas, there are some possibilities to say this." Zhu Qiyu nodded lightly after hearing this. Because if you don't understand, you don't have a voice. Daming has been forbidden to the sea for many years, and he only listens to the old people talking about overseas things, and when it comes to them, the impression is really vague.

Because he didn't know the situation overseas, Zhu Qiyu didn't express any opinion on such a matter, but suddenly asked, "Jin Aiqing, how many people do I have in Beiming now, and how many idle people do I have?" ”

Jin Ying, who was still thinking about why he didn't take this opportunity to criticize Zhu Qizhen, the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, suddenly heard Zhu Qiyu's question, and suddenly a huge thunder flashed in his mind, and suddenly he understood what this master meant, and it seemed that he also intended to follow suit.

To say that since Zhu Qiyu took the throne, he has vigorously encouraged the people to have children and increase the population, and the effect is still good. With the emergence of potatoes, a high-yield domestic crop, and the fact that the Northern Ming Dynasty was not as large as the Southern Ming Dynasty and had a large population, it was normal to do so.

It is conceivable that if this continues to develop, after more than ten years, I am afraid that the population of Beiming will increase dramatically, so if these populations can be traded for silver and develop Beiming, it will be an upward road. As for why Zhu Qiyu doesn't do it now, it is obvious that he wants to see what the wind is saying, to see how big the reaction of those literati is, and how big the resistance will be. This is why Zhu Qiyu did not arrange for someone to criticize Zhu Qizhen.

After thinking about everything, Jin Ying only hesitated for a moment and then replied: "Your Majesty, Nanming has just experienced civil strife and war, so there are many displaced people, but we have always been safe here, but there are not so many idle people. Of course, there are still a lot of such people in prison, they are all traitors and criminals in the previous Jingshi Rebellion, if you get together, there are still 50,000 people with the power of the whole country, and the most important thing is that most of them are adult men. ”

The last sentence is to tell or remind Zhu Qiyu that although they are not idle, they are the most valuable people. One can be exchanged for fifty taels of silver. 50,000 people is 2,500,000 taels.

"Well, the matter of law and order still needs to be grasped. It is true that there is no civil strife in Beiming, but we have to guard against it. For the figure of 50,000, it is obvious that Zhu Qiyu is not very satisfied, after all, it is not even 10 million, and the role it can play is still smaller.

I heard that we should pay close attention to law and order, that is, we should cure more people's sins, and in this way, if there are more sinners in the future, it will be a huge amount of money. Jin Ying, who knew what the emperor meant, nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, the minister will discuss this matter with Xu Shangshu of the Criminal Department when he turns around." ”

"Okay." I didn't say much, just nodded slightly. After all, as the emperor, you can't be too ugly to eat, right.

It can be said that Zhu Qizhen's actions can be regarded as a small stimulus to Zhu Qiyu. After he was worried about getting a lot of gold and silver, Nanming would suddenly develop. For this reason, he also needs to develop financial resources, otherwise, the strength of the two sides may develop in an unequal direction.

It's just that no one thought that because of Zhu Qizhen's unacceptable population and trade, it would make Beiming's security much better. Some Beiming men who usually steal chickens and dogs and do rape and criminals are often arrested and imprisoned because they have committed a little thing, unless the family is willing to spend money to redeem it, and the others have no intention of letting it out. With the arrest of these people, more people have been alerted, and the security of the city and the streets has given people a new feeling.

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Min Wangfu. Zhu Huiyan, the king of Min, also received news about Nanming's population and trade. Compared with Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Northern Ming Dynasty, who still wanted to wait and see, his statement was much more direct.

"Send someone to check if there are any homeless people who can't eat enough in our territory, and those who are idle, just catch what they should catch, don't be polite. In addition, I asked someone to take a trip to Jiaozhi and contact the loyal and courageous men to see if they would be interested in trading with us. ”

Although he knew that doing so would attract the reprimand and dissatisfaction of some so-called scholars and even old masters, Zhu Huiyan, who thought that he would have great development, would not care so much. Originally, he and Nanming had a hostile relationship, but now that the enemy has taken this step, and the treasury is full, it is about to become stronger, so why can't he also take advantage of this matter?

It's just that the Minwang family is expanding and stabilizing, and it also needs a large number of people to either farm or work, and there are really no superfluous people. Well, there's nothing about it, those who are willing to work hard will be used first, but those who cause idleness must be arrested, and when they have enough people, they can naturally trade with mercenaries in exchange for gold and silver.

Therefore, after the Northern Ming Dynasty, most of Yunnan, Guangxi, and the entire territory of Guangdong under the influence of King Min have been improved because of this, which Yang Chendong did not expect before.

At this time, Yang Chendong also received the news from the front, and when he learned that Nanming was going to trade with more than four million people with him, he was stunned at first, and then laughed with joy on his face.

Originally, I thought that such a major event as trading population, even if it could be done, but because of the existence of those old masters, there would not be much success in the early stage. Even if Zhu Qizhen is short of silver, it is impossible to go too far in the Confucian-centered environment.

It's just that he never expected that Zhu Qizhen would be quite bold when he started doing things, and he would trade more than 4 million people at once, which he didn't expect before, let alone expect.

"Immediately send a ship to Chiji City to inform Yu Qian, let him bring more silver taels, and also build more houses for the people, prepare more clothes and food, and inform the navy to prepare more transport ships, the more the better." Yang Chendong got up in excitement and kept giving orders to Hu Mang, who was standing aside.

"By the way, call Yang San over, this time there are so many people at once, it is impossible for Nanming not to arrange secret agents, let him arrange people to keep an eye on suspicious people, and never expose the situation of Chiji City in advance." Yang Chendong thought about it for a while, and then added.