Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian and others returned to Beijing.

They went back with the "Globe and Mail", and the five bigwigs took a wait-and-see attitude towards the simplified characters and Chinese pinyin on the "Globe and Mail", neither helping to promote nor suppressing them.

Everything goes with the flow.

The purpose of bringing them back to the "Globe and Mail" was naturally to publicize the disaster relief incident.

Because, before they left, they had another exchange with Li Zhaotong.

The main content of the exchange was to discuss whether the military's participation in disaster relief is worth it and whether the military should live in harmony with the people.

Li Zhaotong naturally thinks that it is worth it, he firmly believes that the army has a good reputation, and wherever it goes, it can be welcomed by the people, and moreover, if the army has a good reputation, there will be no resistance to recruitment, and the people will voluntarily sign up.

Emperor Hongzhi naturally didn't dare to believe this statement.

Then, they were slapped in the face by the data and evidence that Li Zhaotong took out.

These data and evidence are the statistics of the number of people who came to give gifts to the Ming royal guards in the past few days, as well as the statistics of the number of people who asked how to join the Ming royal guards, the former has broken 10,000, and the latter has also broken 3,000!

You know, it's only been two days!

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi and others were shocked.

Then, they all came up with one word: the people's hearts are available!

Then, Emperor Hongzhi decided to go back, and the purpose of his anxious return was to bring this general trend of the people's will to openly discuss the matter of opening the sea in Tianjin in the court!

Tianjin, finally ready to open the sea!

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Forbidden City, Fengtian Temple.

"In the past few days, I took Xixian, Binzhi, Yu Qiao, and Ting Mian to go to Triangle Lake, and what I saw and heard was an eye-opener for me! I never imagined that the fish in the ocean could be so abundant, and in that triangle, there was a scene where people would rather eat white rice than fish.

Can you imagine this scene?

Can't!

Therefore, I decided to take Tianjin Wei and Triangle Lake as a test area, and open the sea in Tianjin Wei, allowing ships to go to sea from Tianjin Wei to catch fish, and also to go to sea for trade. ”

Emperor Hongzhi did not come with the attitude of consulting with the ministers, he directly proposed that he wanted to open the sea, as for the argument, this made the ministers quarrel, and now he carries the general trend, that is, he will make a decision on the opening of the sea.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi did not give the ministers a chance to speak out against it.

He directly announced:

"I decided to change the name of Tianjin Wei to Tianjin Fu, under the jurisdiction of the triangle and the original place of Tianjin Wei, and set up the Tianjin Shipping Division in Tianjin, which is responsible for the affairs of ships going to sea.

Otherwise, it will be regarded as illegal sailing.

Tianjin Ship Division does not belong to the Political Division, and the Municipal Ship Division is promoted by the Bin Zhi.

The main responsibilities of the Municipal Department are:

According to the application of the maritime merchant, the certificate of trade to the sea is issued, that is, the notarization and the notarization;

inspect ships that are allowed to go to sea for any prohibited items such as gold, silver, copper coins, weapons, horses, and people;

On the way back to port, the ship sent people to block and seal the goods and escort them back to the port;

After the ship arrives at the shore, the officer will supervise and move all the goods into the warehouse, and search and inspect all the crew members to prevent the goods from being carried without permission;

The goods are divided, and the fine-colored precious goods are taken out of ten, and the coarse-colored general goods are taken out of fifteen.

In addition, a foreign tax is levied, which is 1 out of 30.

At the same time, for foreign merchant ships that come to trade, the Tianjin Shipping Division should also adopt similar management methods, or even more stringent, because we want to protect our own interests, and this is discussed by the Municipal Shipping Department itself.

In addition, I thought about it for a while, we do not restrict the import of goods that we are allowed to import by the Ming Dynasty, but we encourage the import of grain, metals and other goods that we are scarce.

Regarding the export of goods, the Tianjin Shipping Division has to make a charter, and some goods that affect the stability of our Ming Dynasty are prohibited from being exported, such as weapons and grain.

Regarding the establishment of the Tianjin Shipping Division, I will talk about it for the time being, and if there are any other questions, you can discuss them yourself, and in addition, Binzhi, I suggest that you discuss more with Li Zhaotong. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Dongyang had long known that he would concurrently serve as the promotion of the Tianjin Municipal Shipping Division, so he was not surprised at all.

"But, Your Majesty, you said that it is inappropriate to treat foreign merchant ships differently, after all, my Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and all countries come to court, if you treat foreign merchants differently, this may affect the face of our Ming Dynasty."

"I discussed this issue with Li Zhaotong, and he said that Lao Tzu once asked him a question: Can you eat such a thing as face?

I thought about this sage for a long time, and I couldn't help but sigh at the power of the sage's wisdom!

Although the question of the saint is only nine words, he has explained thoroughly how to deal with the foreign nation!

As the so-called bustling every day is for profit, the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the so-called Yidi, birds and beasts are also afraid of power but not virtue.

Therefore, when we treat foreigners, we should not first consider whether the other person is happy or not, but we should consider what we can get by associating with them, instead of letting the other side brag a few words and let them take what they want, which is not right!

In addition, these gentlemen, in fact, are also in association with my Ming Dynasty for the sake of obtaining benefits, for example, the foreign merchants who were discovered by me before pretended to be envoys to come to our Ming Dynasty for Hajj, which is obviously for the sake of profit, and they are desperate.

So, what the sage said is right, can you eat this thing of face? This is a key, if we can eat it, we can treat them with courtesy, if we can't eat it, then we can't eat it, so why should we treat them with courtesy?

And obviously, face is not edible. ”

Emperor Hongzhi said a lot today, these are the things he has been thinking about in the past two days, in the triangle, he saw the tragic situation of the victims, let him know, the so-called prosperous era, really fake, which are the ministers boasting, deceiving him, today's Ming Dynasty, where is the prosperous age, the people don't say they are full, even whether they have to eat, it is a big problem.

Therefore, he felt that it was time to seize this once-in-a-millennium opportunity - the favor of the saints, to do something great, and to create a truly prosperous world.

He is only 28 years old, and the days ahead are very long, such a long time is enough for him to do a lot of things!

"Okay, about the opening of the sea in Tianjin, that's it, it's not a big deal, it's easy to do!"

Regarding the opening of the sea in Tianjin, Emperor Hongzhi has discussed it with Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Zhu Fu, Zhu Hui and others, and has obtained the consent of the heads of civil officials and military generals.

Therefore, he took advantage of the time when the courtiers were still thinking, made a decision, did not give them a chance to speak, and directly decided the matter of opening the sea.

PS: I changed to a new job, and I changed cities, and I was very busy during this time, so the update may not be effective, please understand.

In addition, thanks for the 100 starting coin tip of the sudden evil intention!