Zhang Bin's method is actually very simple, that is, to build a special economic zone in Yuegang to specialize in foreign trade.

Although the Ming Dynasty said that the sea ban was opened at this time, but the opening was quite limited, and the entire Ming Dynasty allowed overseas trade in the port of the month, and the management of merchants and merchant ships was quite strict, and the total number of merchant ships allowed to go to sea was less than 100.

Such a small scale of opening up naturally cannot meet the needs of all merchants in the Ming Dynasty, so along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, smuggling activities are still quite rampant, and even Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, is engaged in smuggling in the name of aiding the subject country North Korea, and how many smugglers in other places can be imagined.

If Yuegang can be built into a special economic zone, increase the intensity of opening up, and increase the number of merchant ships going to sea, then, not to mention the merchants in Fujian, the merchants in other parts of the Ming Dynasty will try their best to squeeze in, after all, smuggling is a big crime of fornicating with the Japanese bandits, but if there is a way, these merchants will not take risks with their heads.

However, doing this is a bit against the ancestral system of their old Zhu family, Zhang Bin naturally can't say it arrogantly, the reason why he sold it was because he wanted Chongzhen to be in a hurry and hurry to ask him, so that it would not appear that he despised the emperors of the old Zhu family.

Chongzhen was originally an anxious person, he was listening attentively, but when it came to the key point, Zhang Bin suddenly stopped breathing, and he was naturally in a hurry.

He glanced at Zhang Bin, and when he saw that this guy looked like he wanted to say something, he couldn't help urging: "How can they voluntarily donate a huge amount of money, you should say it quickly!" ”

Zhang Bin pretended to hesitate for a while, and then "mustered up the courage" and said: "Weichen is bold, please ask the emperor to increase the number of ships in Fujian City, Yuegang." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, his brows furrowed, and he was puzzled: "What's the use of doing this?" ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly explained: "Due to the limited number of ships in Fujian City, Yuegang, and now the ship leads to a very high price over there, a Cangshan ship costs 1,000 taels, a Haicang ship costs 1,500 taels, and a Fu ship requires 2,000 taels, which is only a year's price, and it is quite popular." Weichen thought that instead of letting those officials who managed the city and the bureau give and accept each other privately and fill their private pockets, it was better to set the price openly and let it go, so that the imperial court could have a large amount of input. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he said coldly: "A one-year boat is sold for at least 1,000 taels, and one alone is more than 100,000 taels a year. Okay, according to what you said, the price is set publicly, and the money from the sale is handed over to the imperial court, how many boats do you think is appropriate to drive in a year? ”

When Zheng Zhilong dominated the southeast coast, he could receive tens of millions of taels a year just by collecting protection fees, and the Zheng family merchant flag he sold was actually a ship that passed through the southeast coast, a ship of two thousand taels, and ten million taels was more than 5,000 merchant ships, of course, these were not only the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, but also the merchant ships of Dongying, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and other countries, if you count the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, there are probably more than 1,000 ships.

Zhang Bin naturally won't honestly count it all, he still has to raise the army himself, he pretended to estimate it: "Five hundred should be about the same, the sea ships are mostly Fu boats, and those who drive a hundred Cangshan boats, a hundred Haicang boats, and three hundred Fu boats should be about the same." ”

Chongzhen silently estimated, and then couldn't help but excitedly say: "Wouldn't this be an extra 850,000 taels a year!" ”

Although Chongzhen is suspicious by nature, he is not a faint monarch, perhaps because of heredity, the prince and grandson of the old Zhu family, since he was a child, he has been determined to eat and wait for death There are really not many, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, no matter what they did in the end, at the beginning, they all thought about being a generation of Ming Jun,

Chongzhen also wants to be a generation of Mingjun, but Mingjun can't do it if he wants to, and it is not enough to have ideals to govern the Ming Dynasty well, all aspects, many things, must be done well.

For example, now, the mess left by his imperial brother to him, nothing else, just the Tusi rebellion, the peasant uprising, the pirate raids, and the Houjin invasion are enough for him, these must be solved, if not solved, the Ming Dynasty will never have peace.

However, to solve these problems, money is needed, and the Ming treasury now has no money.

The reason why he is sure that there is no money in the treasury is not that he believes in Wei Zhongxian, whether he believes it or not, this treasury is absolutely empty, even if the treasury is rich, Wei Zhongxian has to empty it, because Wei Zhongxian has always said that there is no money, if there is still money in the treasury, isn't it clear that he is deceiving the king!

The problem of money, Chongzhen has been a headache for a long time, and now, Zhang Bin suddenly can make 1.35 million taels a year with the tariffs and ship introductions of his city, he is naturally so happy that he can't do it, and he even happily forgets about the extermination of pirates.

Seeing this, Zhang Bin hurriedly took the hot railway: "Weichen dares to be brave again, please ask the emperor to fully open the Moon Port, lease the land in the Moon Port and its surroundings to merchants, and allow them to trade with traders from all over the world." ”

It doesn't seem to be much of a problem to lease the land to the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, the question is, how much rent can be collected, an acre of land, even if you grow grain, you can only pay a few cents of silver a year, rent it out, can you still collect more than farming?

Chongzhen asked puzzledly: "How much can I rent an acre of land?" ”

To be replaced by later generations, special economic zones, the right to use for decades, one mu is hundreds of thousands, a year is almost 10,000, that is, about 30 taels, Zhang Bin estimated: "At least 10 taels and 1 acres must be collected." ”

Chongzhen was dumbfounded and said: "The rent of ten taels of silver a year for one acre of land!" ”

Yuegang and the surrounding land have at least tens of thousands of acres, so if you calculate it, wouldn't it be an extra few hundred thousand taels a year!

Zhang Bin nodded and said, "Back to the emperor, it is the rent of ten taels of silver a year for one acre of land." ”

Chongzhen was already so excited at this time that he couldn't do it, if Zhang Bin was sent to Fujian to suppress pirates, not only would he not have to pay for food, but he would also be able to earn nearly two million taels more a year.

He was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "It seems that you are talking about how to get merchants to voluntarily donate food, right?" ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly nodded and said: "Back to the emperor, Weichen just wants to use this ship and land to attract merchants to donate huge sums of money, and the amount of this ship and lease land is calculated according to the amount of silver donated. ”

What a good idea, Chongzhen couldn't help but clapped when he heard this: "Okay, just do it!" “

Zhang Bin hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you for the emperor's grace." “

All this was planned, and it seemed that there was only one holy decree left, but Chongzhen did not make an order, because his will could not be done at this time, and if Gonggong Wei did not agree, his will would not be able to leave the palace at all.

He thought for a moment and asked embarrassedly, "Aiqing, do you need anything else?" “

When people go to suppress pirates alone, they don't even want food, Chongzhen is a little careless, and he has to make up for it.

Such an opportunity, don't want it in vain, Zhang Bin hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Weichen has the courage to ask the emperor to give two fierce generals." “

The civilian officials and the troops are basically commanded in the back, and the military generals have to fight head-on, this Chongzhen is naturally clear, he nodded and said: "En, which two, you say." “

Zhang Bin said gratefully: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, Weichen heard that the Liaodong guerrilla general Cao Wenzhao is brave and unparalleled, Qi Wulie's son Qi Yuangong is strong in martial arts, and Weichen is courageous, please give these two people the position of general to help Weichen exterminate the pirates." “

Hearing this, Chongzhen nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Well, let me think about it again, you go down first." “