Although the commercial tax paid by the port trade office did not go through the hands of the government office, it was directly collected by the Maritime Economic Bureau and transported to the governor's yamen, and then the governor's yamen came forward to send people to escort them into Beijing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But after all, the opening of the port is in a specific prefecture and county, and it can barely be listed as part of the political achievements.

For example, there is a vacancy in the official position of the first four or five grades in Beijing, which needs to be filled. There are no suitable candidates for the main temple, and usually the officials will select them from the local area.

This is the time to compete for political achievements.

There are only three ordinary political achievements, and everyone is about the same, and there is no reason for comparison.

If you want to stand out, you have to be better than others.

Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture and Fenghua County, Ningbo Prefecture are both trade ports, and whoever diverts more merchant ships and collects more taxes and silver, the local government officials and county officials will naturally have light on their faces and hearts at the bottom, and the possibility of replenishment will naturally be higher.

Therefore, this is actually a hidden competition, and it is a hard power.

Xie Shen is a native of Yuyao, so he naturally hopes that more maritime merchants will be able to contact and dock after Yuyao opens its port. But the problem is that Yuyao is not a port, and the surrounding area is mostly tidal flats, which is not as suitable for merchant ships as Ningbo to dock.

Although Fenghua is not near the sea, Ningbo has a large bay area, which is incomparable to Shaoxing Prefecture.

That is to say, when the maritime caravan arrives in Daming, if it wants to trade with each other through the Yuyao Maritime Economic Bureau, it has to find another port to dock, which is a lot of trouble.

If you choose the Fenghua Maritime Economic Bureau, you will avoid the trouble.

In addition, Ningbo and Shaoxing are not far from each other, so maritime merchants will naturally choose Ningbo, which is more convenient.

I have to say that when Emperor Hongzhi ordered the five to trade, this decision was more or less problematic.

Xie Shen was also a little excited at the beginning and didn't notice this. Now it seems that this decree directly caused the competition between the two governments.

Competition is certainly not a bad thing, but vicious competition is different.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty did everything for the sake of performance evaluation, and if it turned into a farce in the end, it would be too contrary to the original intention of opening the port.

Xie Shen pondered for a moment and said, "Has Governor Pei ever thought about changing his mind?" ”

"A different way of thinking?"

Pei Se was stunned and said, "Please also ask the little pavilion elder to make it clear." ”

"The geographical location of Ningbo Mansion is good, which Shaoxing can't compare. But Shaoxing also has the advantage of Shaoxing. Among the six mansions in eastern Zhejiang, in addition to Hangzhou Mansion, which place is better than Shaoxing's tea? ”

Xie Shen's words woke Pei Se up, he was ecstatic in his heart, and his eyebrows danced: "Xiao Ge Lao means to use tea to attract maritime merchants?" ”

Xie Shen nodded and said: "Don't say anything else, this Yuyao Immortal Tea is second only to Longjing's superb green tea, those maritime merchants have come all the way to Daming, in addition to porcelain and silk, what they want most is this tea." ”

Tea has been cultivated in the Ming Dynasty is extremely common, and the roasted tea process is not much different from that of later generations, so green tea was extremely prosperous in the Ming Dynasty.

In Europe and other places, tea is an absolute luxury, and second-class tea at a low price in Daming can also be sold at sky-high prices in Europe.

But because of the road blockage, there are not many caravans that come directly to Daming.

If the tea can be sold to them, one can spread the tea culture, and the other can solve the problem of fewer maritime merchants and insufficient commercial tax after the opening of Yuyao.

"Absolutely, really absolutely. Why didn't Xia Guan think of it. ”

At this moment, Pei Se admired Xie Shen from the bottom of his heart. No wonder he became a cabinet scholar at a young age, and this strategic insight is comparable to ordinary people.

"But ......" But after thinking about it carefully, Pei Se was worried again.

"However, I'm afraid that it is not easy for the lower officials to arrange this matter directly, and they still need to discuss it with the officials of the Maritime Economic Bureau."

Xie Shen bowed slightly: "This is nature." The imperial court has

The rules of the imperial court, Governor Pei must not cross the line. ”

The Maritime Economic Bureau was set up to prevent the local government from interfering in the opening of the port. Now it seems that this decision is still necessary. Otherwise, if everyone intervenes, it will be meaningless to open the port.

Although Governor Pei couldn't directly operate this matter, he privately explained the relationship with the officials of the Maritime Economic Bureau, and it was still okay to play the trump card of tea.

After all, the officials of the Yuyao Maritime Economic Bureau are also worried. If this continues, their performance will certainly not be as good as their peers when the three-year term comes.

If the port opening tax is just the icing on the cake for Pei Se, it is a rice bowl for the officials of the Maritime Economic Bureau.

Xie Shen believes that as long as Yuyao sells tea at a suitable price, it will be able to reverse the decline immediately.

Yuyao Xianming is by no means comparable to camellia.

Of course, there is another point, that is, the attitude of the governor of Zhejiang Province.

After all, the Bureau of Maritime Affairs is directly responsible to him, and it is better to let the governor know about this matter.

"For specific things, you should explain it to Governor Tan."

"Xia Guan understands."

Pei Se is also an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for many years, and Xie Shen understood what it meant with a little click.

The most taboo thing in the officialdom is to deceive the upper and lower, and it is basically difficult to be trusted if you occupy one, if you have both, not to mention the end of your career, at least there is no hope of promotion.

Tan Daolun, the governor of Zhejiang Province, is a stubborn person, and if Pei Se hides it from him, I am afraid that he will be treated coldly in the end.

Since Xie Shen is from Yuyao, he naturally hopes to do something for his hometown fathers. This selfishness is really nothing.

Of course, that's not all.

What Pei Se will do, Xie Shen will not care.

"By the way, some time ago, the people from the Rihai Economic Bureau sent a thing, which looks very similar to taro, and it was brought by the Francophone merchant. Xiaoge Lao, do you want to take a look? ”

Pei Se changed his words and said in a harmonious voice.

Xie Shen said softly: "Take it and take a look." ”

Pei Se immediately opened a bag and took out a dark oval-shaped object, which did look very similar to taro.

Xie Shen took it and peeled off the dirt on it, and was stunned.

Isn't this a potato!

In his impression, potatoes were first introduced to Ireland, and then in the Wanli period, why did they advance so much time?

Could it be that these Franco-machine merchants came directly from South America to bring potatoes with them?

No one knows the value of potatoes better than Xie Shen, this is the trump card to solve the problem of eating for ordinary people!

Although potatoes were only introduced a few decades in advance, they were crucial decades.

Because it takes time to popularize a crop, it is impossible to popularize it nationwide for more than ten years.

If you wait until the Wanli period potatoes are introduced again, it is obvious that it will enter the Xiaoice period before it is too late to promote.

And if potatoes are widely planted in the early years of Zhengde, and it takes more than ten years for the people to accept it, it may be able to resist the impact of the Xiaoice River.

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