This kind of thing must involve the Zheng family.

Yang Qing's design was not carried out by the Ming Dynasty to carry out this plan, but by the joint-stock system, the Ming version of the East India Company was built first, and the way was very simple......

"Your Majesty holds 30% of the share capital."

In the Qianqing Palace, Yang Qing said excitedly.

"But Your Majesty does not need any investment, the land of Sado Island, the minerals on the land, are authorized by Your Majesty to this company for development, including population management, which is also authorized by Your Majesty to this company, and this thirty percent of the profit is the company's tribute to Your Majesty, but Your Majesty is responsible for providing protection for the company. As for the remaining seventy percent in the form of shares in the Ming Dynasty to raise shares, the first phase of the raising of five million taels, and then lent to the household department for the aid of Korea and the seizure of Sado Island, and so on the Sado Island gold mine in hand, the household department with due tax plus interest repayment, the tax rate can be tentatively set at two percent, so that His Majesty and the household department get half of the profits, and the other half is distributed to the shareholders in proportion.

As for how to mine, smelt, and transport gold and silver, the imperial court did not care.

What the court has to do next is very simple.

First of all, to aid Korea, to help Li Liang withstand Dolgon's attack, and even counterattack to recapture Seoul, it is really not possible to get the Han River, as long as this can lock this throat to prevent Jiannu from going south from Seoul, you must know that the south of Korea is where our main base is in the future, if Jiannu attacks south from time to time, it will not be able to gain a foothold.

Further north, that's another story.

Once this mission is accomplished, so that Li Liang can fully control the south of the Han River, and our base in the south has enough barriers, then we can cross the sea to expedition against the Wa Kingdom.

The first step is to attack from Busan and take Oki Island first, build a fortress on the island, garrison it for supplies along the way, the second step is to attack it from Oki Island to the north, Wajima, also build a fortress garrison here, the third step is to march north from Wajima to Sado Island, or occupy and build a fortress, Busan garrison is 10,000, Oki Island garrison is 2,000, Wajima garrison is 3,000, and the other 5,000 are stationed on Sado Island, and the miners who land on the island in the future can also be used as a reserve army.

The main force of the naval division was stationed in Busan.

Another detachment was stationed on Sado Island.

The Japanese naval division is all in the east, and it is necessary to go out of the lower pass to enter the west, and this will be the place where the naval division will fight with it, as long as the sea in this area is blocked, it can be blocked from going north, and the naval division of Sado Island is enough to deal with a small-scale sea attack. The Wa Kingdom was similar to the feudal system of the Spring and Autumn Period, and Sado Island belonged to the Tokugawa Shogunate, and although the other princes respected the Tokugawa Shogunate, they would not do their best for it, and our garrisons on Oki Island and Wajima Island could attack and harass these princes to watch from the wall.

But there is another point, our sailors must build new warships.

The kind that is made by Portugal in Macau.

All the ships of the Naval Division must be replaced with this. ”

Yang Qing looked at Zheng Sen as he spoke.

"It is to borrow the ship type of the red-haired people, but change it to the sail of our Daming sea ship, the speed is faster than our Daming sea ship, it needs fewer sailors, and it can be loaded with up to twenty or thirty cannons, there are many such warships in the minister's father's department, although the sea battle is not as good as the big ship of the red-haired people, but it will not be too bad."

Zheng Sen explained to Chongzhen.

In fact, it is what Europeans call junk boats, or old lock boats as China calls them, duck-ass boats.

Zheng Zhilong has been using this a lot for a long time, and the largest junk ship in the Zheng family's fleet has reached the level of cruisers that have just become popular in Europe at this time, regardless of tonnage or firepower, and the pinnacle of the development of this thing is the red single ship that was widely used during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. This is also the best choice that Yang Qing can find in the current situation, in this real sense of the sea competition, this is obviously more reliable than those old-fashioned warships of the Ming army, especially even in the face of European warships in the future, this thing can also be used as a cruiser or frigate.

Chongzhen nodded indifferently.

He actually didn't know what Zheng Sen was talking about.

However, he has already understood that Yang Qing is an empty glove white wolf, he doesn't have to take out a penny, and uses the bait of Jinshan on Sado Island to attract the gentry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to pay money, and this money is lent to the imperial court to build new warships to form a reinforcement army, and with his banner to go north to rescue Li Liang, the reputation of the Ming Emperor to survive and die. The Ming army went north to control Korea and erected guns around Jiannu to prevent Dolgon from using this springboard to attack the coast south, and it didn't matter whether the capture of Sado Island was successful or not, he didn't pay a penny anyway. Even if it is unsuccessful, the loss of five million is the business of the household, and it is not the money borrowed by His Majesty the Emperor, at most, he often urges the household department not to forget to repay the debts of others, if the household department does not pay back......

I'll push it again.

But if it succeeds, it's a different story entirely.

In a year, the gold and silver equivalent to the income of the Ming Dynasty are mined!

He's got half of it!

There is not much difference between the household department and his, after all, the more money the household department has, the less he will take out from the inner treasury to fill the gap.

What a surprise!

And the ministers looked at each other one by one.

They didn't find anything wrong here, in fact, they didn't understand most of what Yang Qing said, the only thing they could be clear about was a golden mountain, which Zheng Sen had clearly assured them in the name of his father, he didn't know how much Sado Island produced every year, but it was certain that the vast majority of the gold in the Wa Kingdom came from there.

Moreover, Zheng Sen also took out a bag of small judgments from the Japanese Kingdom on the spot.

This kind of oval gold coin, which is equivalent to less than half a tael of the Ming Dynasty, but counted as one tael in the Wa Kingdom, is the foundation of the Tokugawa Shogunate's finances, and the same gold mines such as Sado Island have also laid the foundation for the Wa State to close off the country, after all, they have little to need from the outside world, so Yang Qing wants to poke their hearts and force the Tokugawa Shogunate to shed blood for the battle for Sado Island. But these ministers also don't know this, they only know that Yang Qing did not lie to them, a mountain of gold and silver with an annual output equivalent to the income of the Ming Dynasty is waiting for them, and their opponent is the Wa State that was trampled on the ground by the Ming army decades ago. It may be too risky to land on the Japanese mainland, but this is not on the Japanese mainland, this is on the sea hundreds of miles away from the coast of the Japanese country, and a naval division with enough strength can easily defend this golden mountain.

And the Wa Guo Sailor ......

Well, it is estimated that there are still veterans of the Luliang Naval Battle alive, after all, it has only been less than fifty years, and most of them were Jiangsu and Zhejiang sailors at that time, and they have the most say on this issue.

There was silence in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, the minister subscribed for one million taels of shares on behalf of my father."

Zheng Sen said suddenly.

"Write it to the son of Nan'anbo!"

Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen with satisfaction.

The latter hurriedly took out the account books and wrote them down.

"Your Majesty, how does this company operate? Who will manage? ”

Gu Xichou said.

"I won't take care of it, Uncle Zhong Yong has already said before, this company is a private firm, and I am only a shareholder of this firm, so the selection of the shopkeeper of the firm and the decision of major affairs are discussed by the shareholders, and all the shareholders form a body called the board of directors, and they are convened to discuss together when needed. I will send a minister to participate in my place, and the household department will also send an official to participate, but neither the minister nor the household official has decision-making power, and all shareholders decide according to the proportion of their shareholdings, and if more than 50% of them agree with a resolution, I must agree even if less than 50% of those who oppose it. ”

Chongzhen said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the people of Taixi decide the affairs of their trade by this law, and the red-haired people are not sent by the lord of their country in the South Seas, but by the armed merchants of the East India Company."

Zheng Sen added on the side.

"And it's not just the red-haired people, to be precise, that their country is called the Netherlands, and not only do they handle business affairs in this way, but even the monarch of their country is elected in this way, and they call it a republic.

In addition, England, Portugal, and Denmark were also armed merchants among the Tessie states.

In fact, they were not sent by the monarch of their country, but all of them, with the support and even participation of the monarch of their country, armed merchants organized by joint-stock companies, they sailed eastward, crossed 50,000 miles of vast oceans, relied on the profits of cannons and muskets to destroy countless countries, built countless fortresses along the way, and obtained countless goods through trade and robbery.

Do you know how much the Dutch profit each year from Taiwan alone?

Four hundred thousand guilders. ”

Yang Qing said and took out a prepared silver coin.

"Ma Jian silver coins, each close to one tael, and these 400,000 are only the income of the Dutch East India Company on an island in Taiwan, and the entire Dutch East India Company makes at least 2 million in Nanyang and Taiwan every year, and at the beginning of the establishment of the Dutch East India, the total share capital was only 2.5 million.

In a year, they can earn back their investment.

The ability to make money is not inferior to that of salt merchants!

Ladies and gentlemen, wealth is overseas.

We think that the Ming land is rich and all-encompassing, but we don't know that there are countless riches waiting for us outside the Ming Dynasty, this world is 80,000 miles long, how big is my Ming Dynasty, there are overseas borderless lands, and the underground gold and silver mountains are also available, as long as you go out, you can get it at your fingertips, and the people of Taixi have begun to open up the world since two hundred years ago.

And we don't know anything here! ”

He sighed.

The ministers were still silent, and it was clear that they were still unable to make a decision.

At this moment, a little eunuch walked up to Wang Chengen and said a few words.

Wang Chengen's face immediately changed.

"Your Majesty, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, is in a hurry, and the first unit of Yuan Zong of the Northern Army crossed the Huai River on the ice night to attack Zhongdu."

He said cautiously.

The ministers in the main hall were immediately in an uproar.

There were even people who showed obvious panic, saying that the hundreds of thousands of Shun troops on the north bank of the Huai River were the most terrifying nightmare above their heads, and any wind and grass would cause panic among the princes of Gungon, especially when the news came so suddenly and without warning, it was really a bolt from the blue.

"What are you panicking about, these traitors haven't reached the Yangtze River yet!"

Chongzhen slapped the table and shouted angrily.

Yang Qing, who was beside him, stood solemnly and exchanged glances with Wang Chengen very quickly......