Xie Shen smiled and said, "Brother Yangming, believe me once, next year you will definitely be able to go to high school." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Wang Shouren said with interest: "When did you become a fortune teller who can pinch and calculate, could it be that you have seen through the luck of the foolish brother and know the way of heaven?" ”

Xie Shenxin said, I really know the way of heaven, I can't tell you, it's really helpless.

"Brother Yangming, the heavens are entrusted to the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and do what they do, so they are tempted to endure and benefit what they cannot. With Brother Yangming's knowledge and experience, it is unreasonable. ”

"Then I will use the auspicious words to cultivate auspiciousness."

Regarding the imperial examination, Wang Shouren looked at it very openly. But when I look at it again, I still hope to be able to get into the jinshi.

Because only when you win the Jinshi is the recognition of your cold window for many years. As for the ideal of governance, it still depends on chance.

After all, there are 300 Jinshi in three years, how many of them can survive to be members of ministries and institutes, and cabinet scholars?

Wang Hua said in a deep voice: "Careful cultivation, the old man heard that you want to ask the court to open the sea ban?" ”

Xie Shenxin said: There is really no leaky wall in the world. He just mentioned a few words when chatting with Wang Shouwen, and it was passed on to Wang Hua. In addition, Wang Shouwen is really a big mouth......

"What the old man said is true, and he did mean it in his later life."

Xie Shen arched his hand.

Wang Hua frowned and asked, "But if the sea is banned, won't it be uncontrollable to the people." ”

Xie Shen rolled his eyes secretly, how could the heart Dao King Boss also do this.

"According to the late students, there are not many people who make a living from the sea. It is Zhejiang businessmen who really count on it to make money. ”

Xie Shen paused and said: "Zhejiang merchants can't go to the sea, and if they can't do sea trade, they will find another way, and the easiest way is smuggling." They set up a large fleet to smuggle and sell porcelain, silk, tea and other goods, and occasionally plundered along the coast, which really disturbed the people. ”

Xie Shen's analysis was the head, but Wang Hua was stunned.

He had never heard this point of view mentioned by others, but now it made perfect sense from Xie Shen's mouth.

"I would like to keep talking."

"If the sea is banned, they can do business openly and honestly, and naturally they will not smuggle anymore, which is a great thing for my Ming Dynasty to be meritorious in the present and in the future. But ......"

"But what?"

Wang Hua frowned.

"However, if the imperial court does not open many ports, it is better not to open them. This will not only limit the interests of maritime merchants, but also create monopolies. ”

"Monopoly? What is a monopoly? ”

"Monopoly, in short, means that one party occupies the vast majority of the resources of the industry, and all matters must be handled by it."

Xie Shen explained.

In the original history, the opening of the sea in Longqing was undoubtedly a major event. But this big event did not have the desired effect. Because only one port of Moon Harbor was opened.

The location of Yuegang is not good, and the reason why the imperial court chose this place is not to facilitate trade, but to suppress the maritime merchants led by Zhejiang merchants.

If you want to go through the formal channel of sea trade, you have to pay a large amount of tax and silver to the imperial court, and you can only go to sea from Yuegang, and the transportation cost of Zhejiang merchants will also be greatly increased.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the imperial court did not want the maritime merchants to become bigger, and still looked at this group from the perspective of surveillance.

This kind of opening the sea is actually an itch in the boots, and there is no essential change.

Therefore, Xie Shen said that if only one or fewer ports are opened, it is better not to open.

Of course, the port can't be opened more.

The Ming Dynasty was a typical small-scale peasant yeoman economy, which was very closed.

If a door is suddenly opened and something from outside is likely to cause an economic collapse.

This should be the reason why the imperial court did not dare to open the sea ban.

"Once the imperial court opens a port, all matters must be approved by the imperial court, and those maritime merchants will inevitably be hindered everywhere. If the imperial court wants to support one, that family will inevitably sit big, and monopoly will be inevitable. ”

"Then, in my opinion, how many ports should be opened?"

Wang Hua is obviously also here, and said quietly.

"Five places. Five places are the most suitable. Fujian opened one, Zhejiang Province two, Nanzhi one, Shandong one. ”

Xie Shen had already had a draft and said slowly.

"Why these five places?"

Xie Shen paused and said: "Fujian, Shandong, Zhejiang Province, and Nanzhi basically cover the coastline of Daming. Each of these places has its own port to facilitate maritime trade. Later life thought that since the imperial court was going to open a port, it should be for the purpose of facilitating trade. Instead of putting obstacles in the way. ”

Xie Shen was a traveler, and he naturally understood what trade, especially sea trade, could bring to the Ming Dynasty.

Needless to say, potatoes and corn can solve the problem of Xiaoice and not enough food in disaster years. It is also possible to introduce flintlock pistols and artillery to equip the army from the Francoman.

The military system of the Ming Dynasty has reached the point where it has to be changed. If these can be used to equip the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, and then popularize the whole army, it will definitely be a major event that will change the fortunes of the country.

Of course, all kinds of dross may also be introduced here, which needs to be sorted out by the government.

"Cultivate this sentence, the foolish brother agrees."

Wang Shouren nodded and said, "Trade itself is not terrible, as long as there is government supervision." ”

Salt and iron, an important resource, has always been firmly controlled by the imperial court, and after the opening of the sea ban, it is nothing more than adding some items to supervise, and there is no technical difficulty.

"So how do you control regulation?"

Wang Hua asked again.

"This is simple, the imperial court can set up a separate maritime economic bureau to supervise maritime trade. All trade goods must be reported to the Bureau of Maritime Economic Affairs, and once false declarations are discovered, not only will they be severely punished, but the trading rights of the maritime merchants will also be revoked. ”

"This Maritime Economic and Economic Bureau ......"

"It can be under the jurisdiction of the governor's yamen."

Before Wang Hua finished speaking, Xie Shen preemptively said.

In his view, the Bureau should be an independent body in order to ensure the coherence and integrity of its policies.

It is directly responsible to the governor, so it will not be affected by the county government yamen.

The commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty is too low, but it is not easy to rise. If you want to increase income, you can move your mind in this area.

Maritime merchants are different from land merchants in that they have never had experience in opening the sea before, so commercial taxes can also be mentioned.

Ten taxes two, ten taxes three can be considered.

Don't look at the volume of maritime merchants is not as good as that of land merchants, but they are all profiteering commodities, and all they collect are real money.

According to Xie Shen's estimates, after the opening of the sea, the Maritime Economic Bureau will be able to bring 20% of the tax revenue to the imperial court.

This is absolutely significant for the imperial court, which is often in a state of emergency. Explain the relationship between China and China, and Emperor Hongzhi should nod.

Profit is what the ruler values most. In comparison, any ancestral law is bullshit.

Otherwise, why was Emperor Longqing able to open the sea? It is not to restrict maritime merchants represented by Zhejiang merchants.

"I hope to go to the book with the old man, please open the sea with Your Majesty!"

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