Yang Ben stepped down, but Yun Hee was still thinking about the construction of Yokohama. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to the last report of Naruto Makoto, Yokohama is now just a small fishing village, and although the port is in good condition, it still needs to be built. ’

Of course, the materials for the construction of the port cannot be transported from within the country. The freight cost is higher than the cost, so you can only buy it locally. But it's also good, let the Fuso people earn some money, and save no money to spend on being pirates. ……’

Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Fu suddenly came over and said to Yun Xi: "Your Majesty, since you want to lease Yokohama, then you should allow His Royal Highness King Yongwang to interfere in the war between the Ainu and Fuso." ”

"Huh?" Yun Xi wondered, "What does this lease of Yokohama have to do with whether or not King Yong is allowed to interfere in the war between the Ainu and the Fuso?" ”

"Your Majesty, Yokohama is in the territory of Fuso, and the Ming Dynasty must always be more tolerant of Fuso. In this way, it is not appropriate to interfere in the dispute between the Ainu and Fuso in the name of the Ming court. And with the Yongvassal State as a cover, even if Fuso came to protest, there was room for shirk. ”

Zhang Fu knew that Yunxi was unwilling to let Fuso occupy the Ainu area, so after Yunxi decided to lease Yokohama, he immediately thought that the sailors of the Ming Dynasty could intervene in the vest of the Yongvassal Kingdom to avoid Fuso's protest.

Yun Xi also understood at this time, and first praised Zhang Fu: "What you said is good, but I didn't expect it." After that, he ordered: "You go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to chase Yun Xi's twists and turns back." ”

Zhang Fu took the order.

After a long while, Zhang Fu came back with a fold and said breathlessly: "Your Majesty, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is almost about to be sent out from the military post." ”

Yun Xi smiled: "It's hard work Zhang Qing." At the same time, he took the fold from his hand, erased the words that had been written, wrote a few more words, and set them aside.

At this time, all the folds drawn up by the four auxiliary officials just now have been approved, and now it is not too early to inform the Secretary of State that they will not send new folds, so Yun Xi pondered about supporting business.

The measures taken a while ago have been good and bad for business, and cannot be generalized. But the next policies he wants to introduce are all to promote business development.

The more developed the industry and commerce, the more taxes the government can collect. And on the premise of not forcing the people to rebel, the more taxes the country will be able to withstand. Wasn't it the end of the Ming Dynasty that the finances collapsed, and the revenue was not enough to bear the expenses of the army, and finally perished.

In the Song Dynasty, the industrial and commercial tax plus tariffs and the money from the salt and iron monopoly accounted for more than 70 percent of the country's total fiscal revenue, and the total tax revenue exceeded 100 million guan when the economy was most developed, which was nearly ten times that of the Ming Dynasty today. Even if the inflation in the Song Dynasty was relatively serious, assuming that the total amount of agricultural taxes was roughly equal to or slightly less than that of the Ming Dynasty now, then the industrial and commercial tax plus tariffs and salt and iron monopoly income of the Song Dynasty was more than three times that of the Ming Dynasty after the opening of the sea. This is also enough to prove that the industry and commerce of the Song Dynasty were also several times more developed than those of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the development of business can promote the growth of wealth, not just the transfer of wealth from one place to another. There is no fixed amount of wealth in the world, and business activities can generate wealth. The so-called no business is not rich, whether it is for individuals or countries, this is the case.

Yun Xi combined the policies of various countries in the previous life and the thoughts of Guan Zhong and the current national conditions of the Ming Dynasty, wrote the words 'free trade' and 'Li Jin' on the paper, and instructed the Zhongshu Sheren on duty tonight to draw up the will.

Early the next morning, when Yun Xi went to court, he announced two holy decrees:

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says that all the banknotes in the country except for the dangerous places will be revoked."

"Fengtian carried the emperor's edict that from the beginning of the next month, the other provinces, prefectures and counties from the date of arrival, after one month to cancel the merchant road introduction system; Since then, the merchants registered in the Ming Dynasty do not need to travel by road. ”

Banknotes were used to collect tolls, similar to the Manchu Dynasty. Because the money customs are not in the city and it is difficult to supervise, so there is not much tax at all, and most of the money makes the guards of the money customs greedy, and the country's income is very small and the impact is very bad, so Yun Xi revokes the vast majority of the banknotes. The very few who remain, whose main duty is also to guard against barbarians and bandits, not to collect taxes. This initiative can reduce the burden on businessmen and promote business development.

But the benefits of this provision to merchants are far less than those of the second decree. The abolition of the route for merchants to travel allows merchants to move freely within the country and achieve free trade at the commodity level, which promotes the development of commerce immeasurably.

Of course, this also made the ministers talk about it. No one objected to the first decree, Confucianism has always advocated light punishment; But the second decree is very controversial.

"Your Majesty, why did you abolish the Merchant's Path?" Zhang Lin said: "Since ancient times, all dynasties have had road guides, why did Your Majesty abolish the road guides for merchants? ”

Yun Xi didn't speak, looking at the most important Confucian under his command. He really didn't disappoint Yun Xi, and stood up and said: "Master Zhang, there is no way to guide when there are three generations, how can there be said in all dynasties." ”

"During the Qin Kingdom, the first road was introduced, and the name was Fu Chuan, which was the beginning of the Huaxia Road introduction. Now Your Majesty obeys the rule of three generations and cancels the merchant road, why not? ”

"Fang Shilang, in the third generation, there was no division of the four people's business of Shinong Industry and Commerce, if Your Majesty abolished the division of the four people's business, would you also agree!" Zhang Lin shouted.

He was very helpless, as one of the few great Confucians in the court, they should have worked together to prevent His Majesty from carrying out non-Confucian reforms, but Fang Xiaoru's head was rusty, everything had to be based on the three generations, and His Majesty would definitely not oppose the reform of anything that did not exist in the three generations. This split the Confucian forces in the court.

If that's all there is to it, he alone won't have much of an impact. However, because Fang Xiaoru practiced many of Confucius's ideas, he was poor and good-natured, and his reputation was great, which bewitched many Confucian scholars to join his faction and influenced them to practice their views.

Sometimes Zhang Lin thinks unkindly: Fang Xiaoru should retire from the frail and sick, don't stay in the court.

"If Your Majesty cancels the division of the four peoples, I will not object." Fang Xiaoru said calmly.

The people of the school of science debated with the Confucian scholars of the ancient school for a while, but they could not refute the other party, and finally had to accept the cancellation of the merchant road.

However, Fang Xiaoru also has some moths from time to time. For example, today. After the debate, he took out a copy of the excerpt and said to Yun Xi: "Your Majesty, please restore the Ida system. ”

How could Yunxi re-implement the Ida system, and besides, even if he wanted to, he would not be able to restore the Ida system. So after a cursory glance, he said: "It's a big matter, I'll give Fang Qing an answer after thinking about it." Then he immediately announced his retreat from the dynasty, without giving Fang Xiaoru a chance to speak again.