The chapter was opened, just looking at the title, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be a dazzle. This title turned out to be "Open Ocean Discussion"!

What kind of person does this have such eyesight and know that the sea ban is to be opened! Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, and couldn't help but be very curious, and hurriedly pulled it to the bottom to see the signature, but found that it was He Qiaoyuan, who had already returned to his hometown.

This person, Emperor Chongzhen has an impression and knows that he is filial piety, a native of Jinjiang, Fujian. Born in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1558), he is now seventy-two years old, which is considered to be an old age.

As soon as he thought of this person, he immediately remembered that at the beginning of last year, when He Qiaoyuan resigned, he also had a recital, called "Little Discussion on the Sea".

It's just a pity that Emperor Chongzhen at that time was not the current Emperor Chongzhen who was crossed by the soul of later generations, and he didn't pay attention to He Qiaoyuan's "Little Discussion on the Sea".

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen remembered, or it was the reason for the fusion of souls, his memory was very good, and he immediately remembered the content of the "Little Discussion on the Sea" at that time.

At that time, He Qiaoyuan mentioned in the recital that the Ming Dynasty used to collect sea taxes, but after the piracy was rampant, the imperial court exterminated the pirates because of the lack of money, so that the number of merchants who took the normal way was decreasing. The people on the Luzon side saw that the goods trafficked by the Ming Dynasty were decreasing, so they made a deal with the people in Taiwan, and the tax money was earned by pirates and Hongyi.

He Qiaoyuan suggested that the imperial court should re-collect sea taxes and let Zheng Zhilong eliminate pirates. This man knows where the pirates' lairs are, and he is accustomed to naval battles at sea, and he will be able to exterminate the pirates if he intervenes.

However, after Zheng Zhilong surrendered, the court had no money to pay, and the money for the bandits has always been paid by Zheng Zhilong himself. This kind of thing can't last too long, otherwise if one day, Zheng Zhilong's money runs out, what will he do? If he rebels again, who will destroy this pirate? In the past, there was an order for Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces to jointly exterminate pirates, but in the end, none of the provinces took action on this matter, and the reason was that there was no money to send troops.

The law of the moment, the murderer dies! But why killing, if you don't find out clearly, it would be unfair to judge the case just by the death of the murderer. He Qiaoyuan even gave an example to illustrate this argument, and then immediately talked about piracy.

In the recital, he said that pirates cannot be killed with a single rod, and that there are various situations in which he hoped that the imperial court would treat them with caution. I heard that Li Kuiqi also wanted to be recruited, so he suggested that he accept Zhao'an. At least after recruiting Li Kuiqi, you can control him, and you can do whatever you want with him afterwards. If you don't agree, even if you let Zheng Zhilong kill him, it will cost money, food and human lives, this kind of thing is not cost-effective.

Emperor Chongzhen recalled this, and couldn't help but sigh secretly that He Qiao was far from being a Fujianese, and he knew more about maritime affairs than most people in the Ming Dynasty. What he said made sense, but it was a pity that the original Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay attention to it. Otherwise, the sea ban on tax collection will be opened, and there will be no need to add additional salaries, and maybe the Ming Dynasty will last for a few more years.

Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen secretly sighed in his heart, and then couldn't wait to look at the concert of "Open Ocean and Sea Discussion" in his hand.

"It is said that the sea is the land of the Min people. Fujian is narrow, and there is no river to pass the boat, to trade between Jiangsu and Zhejiang, between the two capitals, only to sell the sea all the way, is its livelihood ......"

He Qiaoyuan started with the analysis of the actual situation in Fujian, starting from the ban on the sea by Emperor Taizu, and first demonstrated a point of view. It's just that the forbidden sea is useless. No matter who or who, no matter how drastic measures were used to implement the national policy of banning the sea, the end result was that piracy was rampant and the people were miserable.

However, since the beginning of Wanli, the imperial court once opened a foreign tax in Haicheng County, Zhangzhou, and collected a total of more than 130,000 gold at that time, the people were happy, and the military salary was sufficient. At that time, the profits of selling Nanyang were very high, and there were mountains of silver overseas, which were overflowing, unlike the Ming Dynasty, which had to dig wells and the like. The implication is that there are many benefits to the ban on opening the sea.

It was only later that Hongyi made a stumbling block and plundered the goods, so that more and more thieves followed suit. At that time, the local government told the imperial court that only by cutting off the tax on foreign countries could those thieves who were pirates not get anything.

So, the forbidden sea began again. But as soon as this happened, the pirates began to go ashore and plunder, and there was still no peace. In addition, there are more smugglers, and the ban on the sea just makes the imperial court lose its income, that's all.

He Qiaoyuan then gave a detailed introduction to the so-called Hongyi, saying that Hongyi's national name is Jialiuba, and Luzon's own country is Franc Jiye. His understanding is still only at the level of the South Seas, and he does not know the situation in Europe. However, this understanding is already commendable for people in the Ming era.

At the beginning, these Hongyi had a situation of forced buying and selling in Luzon, and they were disliked by my Ming people. Because of this, they do not trade with Hongyi. So, those Hongyi began to rob. He Qiaoyuan believes that the original intention of these Hongyi is actually to trade to obtain profits, and they don't really want to rob from the beginning. Now those Hongyi occupy Taiwan, cooperate with pirates, and collect taxes from maritime trade.

Regarding this place in Taiwan, He Qiaoyuan was afraid that no one in the court would know, so he also explained, and even explained how long it would take to arrive by boat, so that people could have an idea. But it is true that at this time, Daming actually didn't care about islands like Taiwan at all.

He Qiaoyuan also introduced the basic situation on the sea today: According to today's Luzon and Hongyi Eryi into our close land, this so-called Oriental is also. In addition, there are Siam, Cambodia, Quang Nam, Hue and Japanese Japanese, the so-called Western also.

He specially introduced the specialties of these places, such as rhino horn, ivory, sumac, pepper from Siam, such as Xiliuba, and Western Inter rice and bird's nest, which he did not have. Cambodia, Quang Nam, and Hue also produce sumu and pepper, and although Japan also prohibits the sea, there are still people who smuggle their specialty silver. These trades are now in Taiwan, and it is a pity that my Ming Dynasty has not received a penny of tax silver.

He Qiaoyuan even gave his idea of opening up the ocean after telling so much: saying that the big hawkers will be led to Luzon, and the hawkers will be led to chicken coops and fresh water; In Hongyi, it will be led to Taiwan, save the traitors to help, so that the profits will go to me, and Quanzhou and coastal defense will be known to the Lord. Its Oriental Zhuyi and the big dealers Luzon are still introduced to Zhangzhou, so that Zhangzhou and coastal defense are known to the master. Prosperous traffickers, there is a way to live, thieves are rare, and this is China's great profit.

He said in the recital that although it is indeed risky to open the sea, and those who go to sea are defeated nine out of ten, and those who have a family are one-two out of one, people will still compete for it. For this reason, he used an example that all Ming people know to prove that this matter does not need to be too alarmist.