275 The country is poor and the people are rich

"I believe these words. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Jiajing sighed and said, "According to Zisheng's words, is there really only one way out?" ”

"We have been talking about it for many years, and there are no appeasement conditions that His Majesty and Yang Changfan can accept. After several years of delay, the more immigrants there were, the more deserted villages there were, the paper money overflowed, the southeast was plundered, the treasury was empty, and there were countless deserters under the arrears. Xu Jie paused, and finally said heavily, "If Your Majesty and Yang Changfan don't give in to each other, there will only be a battle." ”

Jiajing's eyes narrowed: "What does Zisheng mean, should I give way?" ”

"Don't dare to ......"

Jiajing wrote lightly: "You might as well go on, I want to let it, how to let it." ”

Xu Jie paused, and after cheering up in his heart, he said: "Seal the vassal king, pay tribute but not court; Collect banks, make money without prohibiting money; Set up a market, collect customs duties and not ban the sea. ”

"What is the difference between this and what Wang Zhi mentioned back then?"

"......" Xu Jie's heart tightened, and he secretly screamed that it was not good, even if the words were fully modified, these were still the same as the conditions mentioned by Wang Zhi back then. The implication is that if the emperor had allowed Wang Zhi back then, there would not have been so many behind.

However, Xu Jie's muddy waters have been crawling all his life, and there must be a means of improvisation at this time.

Xu Jie took a deep breath and said: "Yang Changfan is no different from Wang Zhi, it's just that Hu Zongxian betrayed the country, while Xu Jie was the country. ”

In a word, he threw all the wrong choices to Hu Zongxian.

These words entered Jiajing's ears, and they were indeed useful.

Although the execution of Wang Zhi was not a holy decree, it was also done by the imperial history, and many years later, looking back on this matter, although Wang Zhi was sent away, it ushered in a more terrible Yang Changfan, and the Huiwang Mansion also changed from a pirate and a maritime merchant to a veritable maritime empire. As it dragged on and on, the bone became more and more difficult to gnaw.

But the more you drag, the harder it is to bite. At first, Wang Zhi could have been crowned a king of Hui, and he was ordered to suppress bandits in the southeast and open the sea for trade, but for the current Yang Changfan, the conditions of Zhao'an are not so simple.

There have been many opportunities for the two sides to shake hands and make peace, but they have all missed.

This time is no exception, because Jiajing has never been a person who will bow his head.

"I thought of a way." Jiajing looked at Xu Jie with some dissatisfaction, "Zisheng is here, I don't want to have a headache about these things, but it's a pity that Zisheng can't even mention such a simple method." ”

Xu Jie bowed and waited for the legendary method.

"The so-called Huiwang Mansion is strong, which point can be separated from my Daming? Who didn't go out of my Daming? Which goods are not from my Daming? It is the people who use the Ming Dynasty, and they earn the silver of the Ming Dynasty, and they do the things of mosquitoes and leeches. ”

Xu Jie still listened respectfully, this is not bad, without the giant of Daming, the head of the Huiwang Mansion would not be so fat.

"Taizu forbids the sea, nothing more than hating the itch of mosquito leeches, not being bitten by mosquitoes, and wearing a heavy layer of clothes is enough." Jiajing shook his head and said, "The Huiwang Mansion is strong, but it is nothing more than that our sea ban is not strict, the merchants are between the two places, and the fishermen go to sea secretly at will." If the sea is strictly forbidden, there is no one in the Huiwang Mansion, and there is no wealth, how can it be said to be strong? ”

"Your Majesty......" Xu Jie's eyes widened and said, "If the government strictly forbids the sea, I am only afraid of ......"

"Strict government restrictions have been imposed for hundreds of years, and they have only been relaxed in recent years. There has been nothing overseas for hundreds of years, and everything has come out of nowhere, Zisheng might as well talk about whether it is wrong to ban the sea or open the sea. ”

“……”

"Don't you dare to say it?"

Xu Jie pondered for a long time, and then said: "Your Majesty is right, the minister is speechless." ”

"Then you know how to do it?"

"Decree the southeast, strict sea ban."

"How strict?"

"Private ships go to sea, sell goods, and sit together with the same clan in order to be a common man."

Jiajing finally nodded with satisfaction: "The leech has no blood, and it won't live long." ”

"Your Majesty."

Xu Jie watched Jiajing walk towards the altar, his heart was like numbness, and his scalp was numb.

As soon as political affairs are met, the cabinet will discuss them together and come to the result, and now the southeast is in an embarrassing situation, which is really a strange situation that has never been seen before.

The southeast is not harvested, the field is urgent, but the miraculous thing is that the people are not poor, on the contrary, the people have never been so rich, a large number of transactions appeared in Moss Bay, the same also happened in the three southeastern provinces, the private trading market is quite prosperous, the original poor people, either to the Hui Wangfu, or to change to business, no longer have to hold those few acres of land to cultivate, or to the landlord as a tenant farmer, which led to a poor harvest.

This has also created a situation that is now incomprehensible -- the country is poor and the people are rich.

A large number of gold and silver goods did exist, but they had nothing to do with the imperial court, and they were all smuggling.

In such a situation, the cabinet can still analyze it, and the simplest solution is also about to come out, follow the example of the Huiwang Mansion, set up a city to collect taxes, and strictly prohibit smuggling, so that the country can be rich and the people rich.

It's just that Xu Jie didn't dare to mention it, where did the imperial court follow the example of thieves to govern the country?

At the same time, the policy of governing the country of the Huiwang Mansion is by no means as simple as "strange tricks and tricks", if one should be imitated, I am afraid that it will shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and it may be a big change.

Those who change the law, whether they succeed or fail, usually die a miserable death. Regarding death, Xu Jie, who has accompanied Jiajing for decades, is very sensitive and deeply understands the fact that he has seen the wind and waves.

Three days later, the Secretary of General Administration and the Prince discussed politics, and the focus of this discussion was nothing more than the matter of strict sea ban. Because the emperor has an attitude, the cabinet has made a conclusion, whether it is the ministers or the prince, the tone is surprisingly consistent, praising the benefits of the sea ban, talking about the East China Sea for a hundred years, the culprit of all the capital should be the relaxation of the sea ban, because the relaxation has smuggling, because the relaxation has come to the Japanese cowards, because the relaxation has cultivated a big coward like Yang Changfan. The emperor is sage, the first assistant is wise, and under the strict government, the Huiwang Mansion will be destroyed.

After discussing politics, Yang Changgui and the governors of the General Administration Department sorted out and summarized the main points, and sent them to Zhang Juzheng, the secretary of the Guozijian Department, the next day. Zhang Juzheng, who is praised by all smart people as extremely smart, is not only the secretary of the country, but also the Yuwang attendant recommended by Xu Jie, no matter how he governs the country or what he is, he is a veritable teacher of the prince.

If it was in the past, the two sides would have nodded and passed, but this time Zhang Juzheng glanced at the main points, and stopped Yang Changgui, who had already stepped out of the door with one leg: "This is talking about your brother, right?" ”

Yang Changgui's life experience is a well-known thing, but it is all secret on the surface. Yan Song and Yan Shifan didn't mess with him back then, and then Xu Jie's didn't mess with him, and the emperor seemed to have forgotten that there was such a person, in this case, no one would be idle to mess with him, and he wouldn't mention it.

But Zhang Juzheng mentioned it so carelessly, Yang Changgui had no choice but to turn around and say: "The official oath and Yang thief are incompatible, and they have already broken off their righteousness." (To be continued.) )