"This time we must bring our Yuejia army with us to kill the Jin soldiers, our Yuejia army and the Jin soldiers are not together."

Yang Zaixing said resolutely.

"Of course."

Lu Yan said.

He had already ordered part of the Yuejia army to go north by boat, preparing to participate in the great battle between the north and the Jurchens.

"In addition, I also plan to bring a white robe, a Xuanjia elite cavalry and some Qi family troops, in short, this time we only need the elite."

Lu Yan said.

This is a real labor expedition, and labor expeditions have always been extremely expensive and food-consuming, so the soldiers are not much more expensive.

"The next most important thing for us is to open the sea, I plan to set up a city ship department in Guangzhou, Xiamen, and Quanzhou, officially open the sea, and allow Hongyi to come to buy my Daming goods."

Lu Yan said.

Why the economy of the Song Dynasty was so developed, the opening of the sea is definitely one of the most important reasons.

If we want to get rich, we must vigorously develop foreign trade.

Chinese goods have always been the world's top luxury goods, and they are absolutely not worried.

Only when the sea is opened, will foreign silver continue to flow into the Ming Dynasty.

While increasing the wealth of the people, he can also reap a large amount of taxes by the way.

Hearing this, the other officials nodded in support.

Because they know that opening the sea is a matter that Lu Yan attaches great importance to.

"What about those foreign pirates? They often carry out robberies along our coast. ”

At this time, Qi Jiguang said.

"I intend to completely classify the East China Sea and the South China Sea as China's internal seas, and my Ming fleet has the right to board any Yiren ship in these waters for inspection. Ships sailing in these waters were forbidden to carry any weapons such as artillery and muskets, and were only prepared to carry swords for self-defense. Of course, there will be a strict limit on the number of swords, not more than one-third of the number of crew members. If they dare to violate the law, they will seize the ship's cargo, and the crew will be punished for their own possession of weapons. Reduced to slavery after castration. ”

Lu Yan said.

In later generations, the United States forcibly boarded Chinese ships for inspection, which had long made Lu Yan unhappy, and in this life he had to board all foreign ships for inspection.

The ban on foreign vessels was issued in order to minimize looting in Chinese waters.

As long as there are no more artillery and muskets. The power of those Red Yi will be drastically reduced, and even some pirates will not be opponents.

Of course. These things can't be done right away, so we can only wait for the Jurchens to be defeated and come back slowly.

"Isn't that overbearing?"

Qi Jiguang said.

"I'm so domineering, how can those people tolerate me?"

Lu Yan said with a smile.

Now his strength is fully capable of supporting him to do so, and now his fleet strength is stronger than the strength of the entire East Asian Westerners combined.

"If they protest, tell them a word, the axiom is only within cannon range."

Hearing his words, all the generals looked at each other, and this sentence sounded very bullish.

In fact. Lu Yan also has many other ambitions, such as blockading the Taiwan Strait and prohibiting Japanese ships from passing through the Taiwan Strait.

Isn't this the reason why little Japan has always attached great importance to Taiwan in later generations? Because it would cut off their foreign trade routes.

In addition, tolls were levied on Yiren ships passing through the Taiwan Strait, which was of course an international practice at the time.

But these things need to wait until he finishes beating the Jurchens before he can do so.

"In addition to this, we will also set up a Department of Immigration, which will be dedicated to enriching the South Seas with displaced people. After the Jurchen fight, I intend to send an army of 10,000 to 20,000 to attack the Spaniards in Manila, and the Spaniards have carried out a bloody massacre against our Ming people in Manila, and there is only one thing we can do about it. That is to kill to kill, blood to blood, and now I declare the death penalty for all Spaniards in Manila. and so on to beat Manila. You must cut down the roots of those Spaniards. ”

Lu Yan said viciously.

He has long been displeased with the Spaniards, and even in later generations, the country has constantly insulted the Chinese.

He knows that with Westerners, you can only earn their respect if you massacre them.

On the contrary, if you always repay grievances with virtue or even treat others with sincerity, you will only be regarded as a weak and bullying object by those Westerners, and even despised by them.

"After the Spanish battle, attack the natives of Luzon. It is not good to carry out genocide like Westerners after all, and we Han people are a civilized race after all. ”

Speaking of which. Lu Yan felt a little embarrassed.

After thinking carefully for a while, he said compassionately, "Then castrate all their men." And then all reduced to slavery. Each sergeant was rewarded with two Nanyang slaves to help with the cultivation of the land. Besides. A large number of Nanyang slaves could be sent to Taiwan for the development of Taiwan. If the sergeant wanted to buy a slave, he would pay five taels of silver each. ”

He still doesn't want too many Ming people to go to Taiwan, Taiwan's land is all good land, and rice is grown twice a year.

He planned to give all the land to his soldiers, and then give them some castrated slaves to help with the farming.

In this way, he can not only save a lot of military spending, but also develop Taiwan.

After hearing this, everyone was stunned, and they were all castrated, and the prince really deserved to be a castration maniac.

Lu Yan kept thinking about what else he had to do, such as sending county orders to Macao, disarming the Portuguese in Macau, imposing a poll tax on the Portuguese living in Macau, and so on.

It's a pity that all of this can only be done after the Jurchens have been defeated and their own fleet has been liberated.

Thinking of this, Lu Yan let out a long sigh.

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On December 25, the second year of the Apocalypse, the Wu Wangfu in Hangzhou officially issued a series of decrees.

All salaries were exempted, and the people under his rule were not required to pay any salaries.

In the past, all the taxes owed by the people to the Ming Dynasty were written off.

Those who had been imprisoned for tax arrears should be released immediately, and those who had to become displaced because they could not pay their taxes should return to farming their land as soon as possible, and the land they had left should be returned immediately.

In the second year, all taxes were only 70% of those of the Ming Dynasty, and those who returned to their original places were exempt from taxes.

As soon as this order came out, the people under the rule of Wu Wangfu immediately rejoiced, and everyone rushed to tell each other.

Many people wept with joy. I don't know how many people were overwhelmed by those liao salaries, and many of them became displaced because they couldn't pay their salaries.

Even some of the powerful were strongly supportive, because the salaries they owed to the Ming Dynasty could finally be exempted.

Of course. It is also important to be able to pay less money in the second year.

Suddenly, Lu Yan's prestige was greatly strengthened under his rule.

At the same time, the official opening of the sea was announced.

Guangzhou, Xiamen and Quanzhou formally established the Municipal Shipping Division. Allow the Yi people to come and trade.

However, it is forbidden to carry any guns, muskets, crossbows and other lethal weapons if they carry detainted ships and cargo.

A poll tax of two pieces of silver per day was levied on the Yi people who entered the three places, and the Yi people were allowed to rent houses in these three places, but they were forbidden to own real estate.

In addition, Chinese ships are allowed to go to sea, and there is no longer a restriction on the number and size of ships that can go to sea for trade, but they need to pay taxes to the Wu Wangfu before they can go to sea.

Otherwise, it will be punished as smuggling. will be arrested and temporarily assigned to Taiwan.

In addition, there are also incentives for the public to build large ships, abolish all restrictions on the tonnage of ships, and exempt any taxes on the construction of large ships with more than 5ooo material.

Shipyards are encouraged to innovate and strive to build better ships, and shipyards that can build good ships will be rewarded, and may even be personally received by King Wu himself.

As soon as this news came out, the whole of Fujian and Guangdong immediately burst into jubilation.

If Lu Yan had said that the sea had been opened before, many people would have hesitated.

After all, Lu Yan's identity was a thief at that time, and there were few people who believed that he could succeed.

But his identity has completely changed. His identity is a vassal king recognized by the imperial court, and no one dares to doubt his words anymore.

Therefore, a large number of powerful and gentry immediately went to these three places with large sums of silver, ready to show their strength here.

The huge profits of sea trade are all too clear to the people in these places. Those Yi people are not bad for money, and they buy raw silk and porcelain for tens of thousands of taels of silver, or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

As long as they make a deal, they don't know how much money they can make.

As a result, the price of land in these three places immediately skyrocketed, almost every day.

And Lu Yan has already assigned a lot of some of these lands to his name, and there is no way, nominally all the land in these places belongs to him.

By selling the land, he received at least several hundred thousand taels of silver.

Of course, he won't sell all the plots. Instead, they plan to rent out some of the shops so that they can have a stable source of income.

As for not competing with the people for profit. He thinks it's right.

It is true that the government should not compete with the people for profit, but are ordinary people who can buy shops in these places?

It's not all rich gentry and tycoons.

These gentry and Haoqiang have already sucked too much blood on Da Ming's body. Getting money from these people, Lu Yan didn't have any guilt.

Those who were planning to go to sea were also very happy that the sea was finally opened.

Although many people go to the three major cities to buy shops, some people still like to go overseas for maritime trade.

Because the profits of sea trade are higher, generally a round trip can make at least three or four times the profit, which cannot be compared with the sale of goods in the market.

As a result, many people rushed to the three major cities to handle the ship and the road guide, and found that the people in the yamen did not make it difficult.

It is completely according to the ship's issuance of ship and cargo guide, but a certain fee needs to be paid.

&nb between two and 2oo two, the bigger the boat, the more you pay.

Of course, this amount of money is nothing in the eyes of those who have a sea vessel and intend to go to sea.

After Lu Yan's toss, the whole of Fujian and Guangdong immediately became vibrant.

Many people are full of energy, planning to show their strength in this big change and expand their family business fiercely.

Just when Lu Yan was presiding over the opening of the sea in the south, he was far away at Longjing Pass in Yongping Mansion in the north.

A large number of Jurchens had already stormed the city, and then engaged in fierce battles with the Ming army.

This time, the Jurchens attacked in three ways, feinting all the way to Shanhaiguan to attract the main force of the Ming army.

The other two routes attacked Longjing Pass in Yongping Prefecture and Daankou in Zunhua County respectively.

The defense of Longjing Pass was not strong, less than five meters high. It was no more than two meters thick, so after paying a certain price, the Jin soldiers finally succeeded in breaking the city.

Although the Ming army resisted fiercely, due to the increasing number of Jurchens, the Ming army could only be defeated and retreated.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on the face of Huang Taiji outside the city.

It seems that Longjing Pass is about to be breached, and this time the strength of the Ming army is unexpectedly small, and he feels that he should be grateful to Lu Yan in the south.

Of course, he didn't know that Lu Yan had negotiated peace with the Ming Dynasty now.

After the defeat of Zhenjiang Fort, Huang Taiji was finally released, and then made meritorious contributions.

Although Huang Taiji had made certain mistakes, he knew that Nurhachi had decided that the throne would be discussed by the eight kings.

In other words, everyone in the Eight Kings has the opportunity to take over the throne.

Therefore, Huang Taiji felt that he still had a certain chance, and this time he entered the pass, he vowed to work hard to perform in order to wash away the shame of the last defeat. (To be continued)

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