Zhang Bin just returned to the capital to visit his daughter and his grandson and hurriedly left Kunning Palace and walked to the imperial study of Qianqing Palace.

He has actually been thinking about this problem, especially on this trip to Europe, the time of sailing on the sea alone is not less than four months, and when he is bored at sea, he always has to find something to pass the time, and this is the problem he thinks about the most.

The Ming royal family doesn't know what's wrong, they take power very seriously, but they are a little capable, or a diligent emperor, they all have to take care of everything, everything has to be grasped in their own hands, and everything has to be taken care of personally.

If the emperor is a Ming monarch, this is nothing, such as Zhu Yuanzhang's Hongwu rule, such as Zhu Di's Yongle Shengshi, such as Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji's Renxuan rule, as long as the emperor has the ability, does not make mistakes, does not take stupidity, he has to take care of everything.

However, once the emperor is a faint king or a foolish hat who has been fooled, it will be troublesome.

For example, Ming Yingzong favored the eunuch Wang Zhen, at that time the power of the court seemed to be concentrated in the hands of Ming Yingzong, but in fact, Ming Yingzong was like a marionette, listening to Wang Zhen for everything, and finally caused the change of the civil fort, and everything accumulated in the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty was almost destroyed, and a strong and invincible Ming Dynasty declined instantly!

Another example is the Emperor Wanli of Mingshenzong, because of the dispute between the country and the court officials came to the opposite side, he made a mistake, and directly ignored the government, the Ming Dynasty after Longqing Kaihai and Zhang Juzheng's reform finally embarked on the good situation of Zhongxing was destroyed in an instant, followed by the rise of the Houjin, the peasant uprising, and the Ming Dynasty directly perished!

There are many reasons for the demise of a dynasty, such as land annexation, such as continuous natural disasters, such as rampant corruption, etc., there are all kinds of reasons, but almost all of these reasons cause the death of the country to have a premise, that is, the emperor at that time was mediocre or incompetent, such as the second emperor Linghuan in the late Han Dynasty, such as Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, such as Yizong and Xizong in the late Tang Dynasty, and so on.

What Zhang Bin is most afraid of is this, with the existing regulations of the Ming Dynasty, if there are a few faint monarchs in succession, the country will be destroyed!

So, how do you try to avoid this from happening?

He believes that the best way is to let the emperor delegate power appropriately, and try to let the courtiers maintain the normal operation of the country, so that even if there is a faint monarch, the impact will not be very great.

This seemingly reasonable idea is the most unreasonable in this era, because the Zhu Ming royal family cares too much about the power in their hands, as if they let go of a little power, this Ming will not belong to them!

What is the idea of Emperor Zhu Cihong of Yongxing, Zhang Bin has not tried it, if his thoughts are the same as Wanli and Chongzhen, then it will be troublesome, both of them regard power as more important than life, once the imperial power is "challenged", the lord who will turn his face in an instant, of course, if he is more troublesome like Yingzong and Tianqi, and hand over the imperial power to the eunuchs, it is purely the way to die.

Zhang Bin frowned and pondered all the way, until he entered the imperial study, he was not completely sure to persuade Emperor Yongxing, because he didn't know how much power he valued in his apprentice's heart.

He regretted it a little at this time, why didn't he think of tempting and tempting in this regard, this time he wanted people to change their minds, it seemed difficult, perhaps, to a certain extent, the emperor was unhappy, so let it go first, just think of it as a temptation this time.

Yongxing Emperor Zhu Cihong didn't know that his master was here to persuade him to let go of power, he was still as kind to Zhang Bin as ever, and he got up to greet him, and he was given to sit on one side, which was no different from before, and even, because the little prince was born, he still seemed quite excited, as soon as Zhang Bin sat down, he said excitedly: "Master, you go to see Zhen'er, this little guy, it's so cute, it looks like the material for the prince." ”

What are these words, what does cuteness have to do with being a prince, it seems that the emperor is really a little overjoyed, Zhang Bin can only smile and say: "Mmmm, Zhen'er is really cute and tight." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Master, what is the result of this trip to Europe, have Portugal and Spain accepted the alliance conditions of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Zhang Bin smiled and arched his hand: "To the emperor, King João IV of Portugal and King Philip IV of Spain have already signed the contract, and our merchants in the Ming Dynasty have been able to trade freely in their colonies. ”

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he couldn't help but say with interest: "Oh, really, what are the specific business gangs, and where are their business areas?" ”

After that, he actually got up and personally took out an latest world map, spread it on the desk, and motioned for Zhang Bin to show it to him.

Zhang Bin looked at the map and patiently introduced Zhu Cihong, from Donghu and Mughal to Europe and the Americas, he introduced them in detail, which country colonized these places, and what the local situation was.

After hearing this, Zhu Cihong couldn't help but be overjoyed: "With so many colonies and such a large area, I'm afraid that the taxes of the Ming Dynasty will increase by tens of millions of taels a year, right?" ”

Zhang Bin smiled and shook his head: "No, once their business is on the right track, Daming's taxes will increase by at least 30 million taels a year!" ”

So much, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty's taxes be doubled!

Zhu Cihong couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised: "Are there so many, these places don't seem to be as rich as the Ming Dynasty, right?" ”

Zhang Bin patiently explained: "It is precisely because they are backward that Daming's goods can quickly open the market, because they either can't make such good goods as Daming, or they are far worse than Daming, and Daming can also rely on their own processing advantages to obtain raw materials in various places and then pull them back for processing and then sell them to them, so that Daming's domestic workshops and workshops will also increase their output skyrocketing." Of course, these need to be strictly controlled by the imperial court, and if they are allowed to do business privately, it will be difficult for the tax to rise. ”

Strict control, this seems to be very difficult, Zhu Cihong looked at the vast area on the map, and couldn't help but wonder: "Master, such a big place, how can Daming strictly control it?" ”

The colonies of Spain and Portugal are indeed big and scary, adding up to more than two Ming, if you count the European continent, it is equivalent to an area as large as three Ming, how to manage the Ming merchants who do business in these places is indeed a big problem.

However, Zhang Bin had already prepared for this, and he slowly bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for having the courage to rent most of the Zhenyuan cruisers to the major merchant gangs." ”

Zhu Cihong was stunned when he heard this, this, what is the reason for renting the battleship to the merchant gang?

He was curious: "Master, why do you want to rent most of the Zhenyuan cruisers to the major merchant gangs?" ”