Chapter 48

The sixth holy decree states that in the future, all criminals who are exiled and distributed by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs will be exiled to overseas Zhili Shengzhou, and the crime of those who move with their families will be reduced by one degree, and the existing criminals in prison will be investigated, except for those who have committed the most heinous crimes, and the crimes of other criminals who are willing to be sent overseas will be reduced by one degree, and those who have migrated with their families will be reduced by one degree.

The seventh holy decree, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Officials for the following vacancies in my Ming counties or the original Shengzhou officials recruited, each county of Zhili Shengzhou is divided into five townships, set up a township chief is eight products, in charge of a township, the main book from the eight products, in the county chief to recruit the head of the township, the official to recruit the main book, miscellaneous three people. Set up a patrol inspector is nine products, specializing in a township security, set up a deputy inspector from nine products, patrol 20 people, by the inspection strategy department is responsible for recruitment. Set up a member of the teaching is nine products, a member of the discipline from the nine products, five teachers, ten apprentices, specializing in the education of the four Yi to make the knowledge of etiquette, benevolence, and righteousness, and promote my Chinese culture, which is my Ming Dynasty learning. There is a medical hall with one member of the nine products, one deputy hospital envoy from the nine products, five physicians, one pharmacist, and twelve apprentices.

The eighth holy decree is that all kinds of ships holding the banner of our Ming Dynasty are sent to overseas countries for trade, supply or other official business, please give them the necessary help and convenience, then our Ming Dynasty will regard them as friendly neighbors, and if there are all kinds of difficulties or unfair treatment, they will be regarded as enemies of our Ming Dynasty, and our Ming Dynasty will reserve the right to investigate responsibility and compensate for the corresponding losses.

Zhu Di wrote one and showed it to Wang Wenle, and after he finished writing the eight holy decrees in one breath, he said: "I won't write the ninth holy decree, and I will write this holy decree for you when you have done almost everything overseas, and these eight holy decrees are all written according to the requirements of the Taizu you mentioned before, and there is only so much I can do, and I will be a spectator in the future, waiting for your good news." ”

"Wang Zhong will use the seal of the holy decree to take two sets of second-grade civil and military costumes, give a seat, and watch tea." Zhu Di sat down and commanded.

After a while, after Wang Zhong had completed everything, Zhu Di said: "Wang Wenle stepped forward to listen to the seal!" ”

Wang Wenle knelt down and listened to Zhu Di say: "I have been a promising king in the past dynasties in China, and I will do it to expand the territory, and I will inherit my Ming Dynasty in addition to the land, and I still have thousands of miles of sea territory in the Ming Dynasty, and in my eyes, this sea frontier is also the land of my Ming Dynasty." Now the establishment of the Overseas Economic Strategy Division, dedicated to maintaining the security of our Ming maritime frontier, eliminating the scourge from the sea, opening up overseas borderless land into our Ming maritime territory, forming friendly diplomatic exchanges between overseas countries, trade and trade, deterring the rebellious or disobedient people of the Ming Dynasty, raising the prestige of our Ming Dynasty, making the four Yi surrender, and all countries coming to court. Today, Wang Wenle is ordered to be the chief envoy of the Zhengerpin Overseas Economic Strategy Division, giving him civil and military uniforms, getting on the horse to manage the army, getting off the horse to manage the people, acting cheaply, and patrolling all overseas military, political, trade and diplomatic matters on behalf of the sky. ”

"Minister! Thanksgiving! Wang Wenleshan shouted long live and solemnly took over Zhu Di's three holy decrees.

Zhu Di told Wang Wenle that three of the eight holy decrees could be taken out as soon as the time came, and read them out to his subordinates. Zhu Di will read out the remaining five holy decrees in the court and act according to the will with the ministers, and ordered Wang Zhong to inform the Firearms Department and the Suzhou Shipyard to first meet Wang Wenle's artillery and ship requirements, and secondly, to mass-produce small cannons, replace the original old artillery of the Shenji Battalion, and stop production after the equipment is fully equipped, and then stop production after sufficient inventory is produced, and continue to research new artillery. The old guns were all in good condition to replace the damaged guns in the border towns, and the broken ones were remelted. Wang Wenle reported the number of ships and artillery required as soon as possible, and Wang Zhong's division prepared them within a month.

Wang Wenle said that the six Guangzhou ships do not need artillery for cargo ships, two Fu ships and two Canglang ships can be escorted, each Fu ship is equipped with eight guns, and each Canglang ship is equipped with six guns, so a total of 28 light cannons are needed, with solid bullets and iron sand, of course, there are no other ammunition types to match at this time.

By the way, Wang Wenle suddenly thought that he couldn't wear this second-grade official uniform before he went to Jiaozhi, and he still needed to go to sea in an official uniform to bluff people, Zhu Di thought about it, so he would give him the position of the Inspector of the Economic Strategy Division in the next secret order, official uniform? Just use the three-grade clothing color of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, anyway, now this position Sai Ha Zhi has both, so he will directly give Wang Wenle to get it, it was originally a transition, so he let Wang Zhong go to the Jinyi Wei Yamen, and told Zhu Di what he meant, so Sai Ha Zhi handed over the waist card to Wang Zhong, the emperor has already made it clear to Sai Hazhi before, this inspection strategy is a transition in Jinyiwei, and sooner or later he will break away from Jinyi Wei to open a mansion and build a government. When Wang Zhong took the waist card and official uniform, Zhu Di had already written the holy decree, and after letting Wang Zhong use the seal, Zhu Di handed the holy decree to Wang Wenle, who knelt down, Zhu Di said that there is no need for these red tape, there are enough gifts today, what else do you have to ask for, I will solve it for you at one time.

Wang Wenle said that there are still several things to be solved, this is also to save money and make money for the emperor, one of which is that the silk, porcelain and tea needed can go to the emperor's inner treasury, or directly from Liujiagang to the nearest weaving bureau, official kiln and tea. Although the capital is still from the emperor, there is no need to spend cash. As soon as our maritime trade is opened, it is not like Lord Zheng, who only comes back once in a few years, don't look at our small scale, but we can't stand the number of times, once a month round trip this year is twelve trips, according to three cargo ships and two warships, this year is equivalent to sixty ships to run once, this is just one port, if there are five ports, this year is equivalent to three hundred ships to run once, the scale has exceeded Lord Zheng's fleet. What if there were five more ports? Therefore, the emperor can calculate that with such a large amount of goods, the emperor can no longer meet the needs of maritime trade by only requisitioning and issuing labor, so Taizu said that he would use silver as a substitute for labor, and then recruit workers to work. According to the amount of goods required for our trade to calculate the monthly output of the Bureau, if it is insufficient, we must expand the scale of production, recruit more workers to work, and pay the workers on a daily basis, so as to meet the needs of overseas trade. If the emperor used the silver to buy goods, then the merchants who produced the goods would have earned a sum of silver, so there was no need for the emperor to have these factories in vain.

Of course, tribute can not be bought and sold, we can produce goods that are a little lower than the tribute grade and different from the tribute, so that it is not a tribute, in the future, all the official production is called official products and marked with the exclusive mark of the official family, and the private production is called civilian products and marked with their own marks, so that they can be easily distinguished in trade. If there is a counterfeit official record, the businessman will be held responsible, his workshop will be confiscated, and all the people will be sent to Zhili Shengzhou.

The second is that when returning from overseas, you must bring back its local special products, which has the problem of sales in my Daming. My Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and a large population, and the special products I bring back must be what I don't have or necessary, and the profits must be huge, and this goods are not worried about the sales problem in my Ming Dynasty at all, so Taizu said that this money is not so much for the merchants to make money, but for the emperor to make money. The idea is that Jinyiwei itself has secret stacks everywhere in the world, and the emperor can order Jinyiwei to establish commercial halls in various state capitals, the function of this commercial hall is to collect information on the shortage of goods required locally, book a certain shortage of goods, and then pass this information to the inspection and strategy department through the secret channels of Jinyiwei, so that we can timely deploy the number of trade routes and ships to the sea according to the cargo reservation order, so that we can accurately, quickly, and earn more silver, and the shortage of goods must be extremely profitable, and never press the goods. Through the information obtained through channels all over the world, the inventory goods can be deployed, so that the unsalable goods can be transferred to the tight place according to the information provided by Jinyiwei, which can still be profitable.

It's similar to weaving a fishing net, where the whole net can be connected by each node, and the net is the most important thing because you can catch more fish with this net.

Zhu Di listened and nodded thoughtfully and said that Zheng He brought back a lot of special products from overseas, but in order not to reduce profits, he did not sell them in large quantities, but pressed them in his own warehouse.

Wang Wenle smiled and told Zhu Di Taizu that his old man said that these goods were stored in the royal treasury, who would dare to ask the emperor if this thing was sold, isn't this looking for death? As long as the emperor opens the golden mouth, don't talk about these rare goods, it is a piece of grass and ten thousand gold, and I am willing to buy countless more tomorrow, is the trick still to be taught? There are such stupid people and officials.

Wang Wenle said in his heart: "Nima, this book has killed people, saying that this thing is unsalable, it turns out that people are hoarding Juqi to monopolize the market, and it is also the royal monopoly of the Ming Dynasty." I remember that during the Xuande period, a pound of pepper was folded into a hundred taels of treasure banknotes, which was equivalent to one hundred taels of silver according to the face value, so the pepper was one hundred taels per catty, and one pound of pepper fluctuated up and down in fifteen taels of silver at the market price at that time. But how can I forget that the price of pepper is cash silver, this Ming Dynasty Zhu Di period is like the evil old society like the indiscriminate issuance of banknotes, treasure banknotes have been constantly depreciating, the face value has always been equivalent to one or two silver is equivalent to a thousand copper coins, quickly recall the Xuande period of treasure banknotes have always been value...... Nima is only worth five copper coins, shrunk by two hundred times, this hundred treasure banknotes are only worth five hundred copper coins, half a tael of silver, according to the price of one pound of pepper in the Xuande period in more than ten taels of silver, these guys turn their hands is more than twenty or thirty times the profit, this is the royal welfare to everyone, how do you read the meaning of the book is pepper, Su Mu everyone suffers? Who's going to tell me what the hell is going on? ”