In the Qianqing Palace, in the study of Emperor Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi was holding the news transmitted back from Ceylon Island in his hand.

As the Emperor, he was naturally the first to know what was happening on this side of Ceylon.

"It's worth 30 million taels of silver~"

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes were slightly red, who would have thought that a small island of Ceylon would contain such a huge amount of wealth, and the seized property alone would be worth so much.

How much can the whole island of Ceylon be worth?

Then Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but stand up again, and the whole person fell into deep thought.

What should be done with this island of Ceylon?

Is Ceylon the private property of the United Western Trading Houses? Or is it the territory of the Ming Dynasty?

If it is the private property of the United Western Trading House, won't this Ceylon Island slowly become a country of its own in the future?

However, if it is considered the territory of the Ming Dynasty, this was not brought down by the Ming court, but by the Western United Commercial Bank itself, which seems to be unreasonable.

Sitting at home, the land of the Ming Dynasty has increased, which seems to be a very good thing, but in this way, no one will go overseas to seize the colony in the future.

Headache!

This is something that has never happened before, and no matter how it is handled, it will have a profound impact.

"Your Majesty, Liu Jin has arrived from Nanyang~"

At this time, Xiao Jing also hurriedly walked over with a note.

"Oh, bring it!"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately said.

Liu Jin is very lazy, he rarely writes anything to Emperor Hongzhi or anything like that, there is no big deal, he is almost too lazy to write, even when he was in the South Expedition to Nanyang, Liu Jin also wrote a note every month, if it weren't for the dark line of his factory guard, he would report to him every day on the situation in Nanyang.

He was going to die in a hurry, and he didn't know the situation on the Nanyang side.

Other courtiers can't wait to write ten or eight pieces to Emperor Hongzhi every day to brush up their sense of existence, and they have to ask Emperor Hongzhi for instructions on big and small things, and they can't wait to exhaust themselves.

This Liu Jin is too lazy to write, and will only write when there is a big event.

The written notes are also different from other ministers, they will not show off their literary talents and talents, they only report and ask for instructions, the content is concise, concise, and they just finish talking about things, and they don't seem to want to write more than a word.

But that's the case, Emperor Hongzhi attaches great importance to every note written by Liu Jin, because it talks about national affairs, and Liu Jin will not write it if he has nothing to do, neither wasting his time nor wasting his own time.

Picked up Liu Jin's recital and looked at it carefully, this time, Liu Jin wrote a very long recital, with a lot of content, involving the long-term stability of various high-ranking officials in Nanyang, as well as the issue of slaves, the issue of private armed forces to develop colonization overseas, the rise of colonization, the opportunities and challenges faced by the Ming Dynasty and many other issues.

Liu Jin wrote thousands of words, which is really very rare, explaining various things in detail, and also improving the impact of various things on the Ming Dynasty, seeing the future development and changes, and also putting forward suggestions for solving them.

"It's also rare that he can even write how long the recital."

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but laugh after reading it.

In the future, Liu Jin's recital will be a few hundred words at most, and Liu Jin, who cherishes words like gold, has written thousands of words very rarely this time, which is really rare.

"The problem of the Nanyang provinces is the problem of population, and it is not bad to vigorously encourage immigrants and at the same time to educate and sinicize the aborigines."

"On the issue of slaves, his suggestion is also right, the Ming Dynasty is a vast land of China, so naturally those lowly slaves of different races cannot be allowed to enter, and the slave issue is indeed a big problem, if it is just a palace punishment, will it be too cruel?"

After reading it, Emperor Hongzhi also pondered and pondered carefully.

"It is feasible to encourage foreigners to take concubines~"

"It is also okay to restrict foreigners from buying land and rooms in Daming and building temples, and the lessons of history must be absorbed."

"Encourage private armed forces to open up colonies overseas, overseas colonies nominally belong to the Ming Dynasty, and taxes must be paid to the Ming Dynasty, but who lays down belongs to whom, so as to speed up the expansion of my Ming Dynasty overseas?"

Seeing this, Emperor Hongzhi fell into contemplation again.

He had already figured out what Liu Jin meant, the overseas colonies laid down by private individuals were still nominally the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty could tax these places, but the right to benefit and manage belonged to the individuals or firms who laid down the colony.

The first sign that Emperor Hongzhi saw was that in the future, these overseas colonies would slowly become independent into a country, and after a long time, the whole world would probably be large and small.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that the Ming court does not seem to suffer a loss, it can still collect taxes, and the wealth plundered from the colonies finally returned to the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the Ming court did not occupy it itself, and it seemed that there was no harm to the Ming Dynasty if it was occupied by private individuals.

"Immediately summon the three cabinet elders and the six ministers to come to discuss the matter."

Thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi would not be able to make a decision for a while, and he also sent an order.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Tong Zhong, Liu Daxia, Wang Wei, Fu Han and others were also quickly summoned to the palace, walking one by one with the wind, refreshed and full of smiles.

The United Western Firm had some of their shares, and the United Western Firm had achieved great success and wealth on the island of Ceylon, and their shareholders naturally benefited from it.

Especially Xie Qian, he has always been a representative of the big families and big businessmen in the south, and this time the Western United Commercial Bank was proposed by the southerners Hu Xian, Zhu Benduan, and Feng Xiang.

Many southern commercial banks participated in it, which naturally included the interests of his Xie Qian Xie family, and even he took a lot of shares in it.

The Western United Trading Company made huge profits, which made the big merchants, big families, and gentry in the south also excited, and when the news came back, everyone jumped for joy.

Finally, they, the merchants, big families, and gentry of the south, also tasted a delicious meal, a great meal of the Age of Discovery, the Great Colonial Era.

Compared with this, the little silver earned by doing business in the forbidden sea is simply a small thing, and the drizzle is not counted, and it directly defeats a country and plunders the wealth of the entire country, which is such a huge hand.

They succeeded and gained great wealth.

The headquarters of the Western United Commercial Bank in Tianjin was suddenly full of people, with firecrackers, gongs and drums, and a big celebration.

However, for the bigwigs behind them, what they are most concerned about now is the attitude of the imperial court.

What should be done with this island of Ceylon?

Is it the Ming court?

Or is it their Western United Firm?

This is very important, countless people are waiting for this result, and from the court of the Ming Dynasty to various places, countless people are also constantly running, and they have begun to lobby the ministers who can play a decision-making role in the court for their own interests.

"Everyone knows about Ceylon Island by the Western United Trading Company, right?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the ministers in front of him, and he always felt that something was missing without Zhang Mao and Liu Jin.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have heard about it~"

"Contribute Your Majesty, congratulate Your Majesty, I will add another place in the Ming Dynasty, and since then the land of my Ming Dynasty has reached the West."

Liu Jian and the others looked at it, and smiled and congratulated Emperor Hongzhi.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is something to be congratulated."

Li Dongyang also said with a smile on his face.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and nodded, then thought for a while and said, "Then what do you Aiqing think about this Ceylon Island?" ”

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately fell silent and fell into deep thought, and Liu Jian spoke for a long time.

"Your Majesty, Ceylon Island is an overseas land, far away from my Ming homeland, and now it has been conquered by the Western United Commercial Firm, which is Your Majesty's Shengming, and the fruit of my Ming country's prosperity and strength."

"What to do with Ceylon has far-reaching implications."

"This island of Ceylon was captured by the Western United Trading Company, and it stands to reason that it should belong to private ownership, but if it were not for the support of my Daming behind the scenes, and without His Majesty's broad mind like the vast stars, naturally there would be no Western United Trading Company."

"So in the final analysis, all of this is the result of His Majesty's holiness, kindness, and enlightenment."

"And the Western United Commercial Bank is also a commercial house belonging to my Ming Dynasty, naturally this Ceylon Island is also the land of my Ming Dynasty, its geographical location is important, and my Ming Dynasty can use Ceylon Island as a springboard to plot the entire Western Ocean."

Liu Jian said a lot, the core point is to shoot Emperor Hongzhi's sycophant, so that Emperor Hongzhi also nodded very enjoyably, and his teacher patted himself on the ass, which is a very enjoyable thing.

The key is that Liu Jian also spoke the heart of Emperor Hongzhi.

The others looked at each other and said: "What Liu Gong said is very true, all this is the fruit of His Majesty's Shengming, tolerance, generosity, and martial arts. ”

"This is a note written by Liu Jin from Nanyang, let's take a look."

"Liu Jin means that the island of Ceylon belongs to the Ming Dynasty, and any future commercial or private colony belongs to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has the power to levy taxes and requisition troops, and also has the responsibility and obligation to protect the colony, and the individual or commercial house that develops the colony has the right to benefit from the colony and the right to manage."

Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction, and then took out Liu Jin's recital.

He still agrees with Liu Jin's approach, this land is the land of the Ming Dynasty, but the rights and interests of individuals and commercial houses who pioneer colonies must also be protected, so that more people can have the enthusiasm to develop more colonies.