The two copies were placed on the imperial case, and Zheng Xunrui was already in deep thought.

It is an urgent recital sent by Fujian Governor Shi Kefa, Zheng Jiajun's general, and Ding Baokun, the admiral of the Navy, and now Ding Baokun is stationed in Quanzhou, Fujian, responsible for shipping affairs in the south.

The content of the two memoranda is very clear, that is, the Dutch East India Company began to carry out provocative acts in maritime affairs, they probably knew that Zheng Zhilong had left Fujian, so they reversed all previous agreements, refused to pay the maritime trade deposit, at first it was a sneaky implementation of maritime transportation matters, and in recent times blatantly transported large quantities of goods, and connived at the pirate power at sea, instigating Japan to refuse to accept the Ming Dynasty's cargo transactions, and the East India Company monopolized all maritime trade matters of Japan.

It is not surprising that such a situation occurred, after all, after Zheng Zhilong left Fujian, Xu Wanghua and others rushed to Fujian in person, on the one hand, to stabilize the situation in Fujian and other places, and on the other hand, to integrate the sailors that Zheng Zhilong once had.

Zheng Zhilong's sailors, their quality is not the same as the Zheng family's army sailors, many officers are pirates, accustomed to the plundering of the sea, but also used to the collection of maritime trade protection fees to fill their own pockets, such behavior in the Zheng army is impossible, once discovered, will encounter extraordinary punishment.

Therefore, for a period of time, Xu Wanghua, Shi Kefa, Ding Baokun and others have spent great effort to rectify these officers and sergeants of the former Zheng Zhilong Naval Division who have been integrated into the Zheng family's army, and as for maritime trade, the original agreement is still maintained.

Making money is human instinct, and the East India Company must be dissatisfied with the previous agreement with Zheng Zhilong, so it gave a part of the profits to Zheng Zhilong for no reason, but the strength is insufficient and he can't beat others. Now that the situation has changed, the East India Company is keenly aware that of course they will have to find a way to avoid these filial piety.

It takes a while for the sailors to be trained, and the changes in the East India Company have already attracted the attention of Ding Baokun and Fujian Governor Shi Kefa. In particular, Shi Kefa, after taking office in Fujian, immediately noticed the change in the face of the East India Company.

You must know that the sea trade silver collected by the sailor can reach 20 million taels of silver every year, of which 20% is directly at the disposal of the Fujian governor yamen, with this large amount of silver, many things in Fujian are easy to do, the so-called money is easy to do, now the amount of silver collected by maritime trade has decreased sharply, and it is the Fujian governor yamen who directly suffers losses.

Shi Kefa was even more anxious than Ding Baokun. After all, Zheng Jiajun's military salary was directly provided by the imperial court, which means that Ding Baokun is not short of money, and his main thing is to train sailors as much as possible in accordance with the requirements of the emperor and the imperial court, and adapt to all matters of naval warfare to the greatest extent.

The cabinet has discussed these two proposals, and the opinion is surprisingly unanimous, that is, to send sailors to block the sea trade routes. Crack down on the East India Company's boarding and make it pay protection fees in accordance with the agreement.

No matter what the point of view. This advice is correct.

But Zheng Xunrui doesn't think so.

The background of the Dutch East India Company, Zheng Xunrui is very clear, this is a privately owned company, but it can sign relevant agreements with other countries on behalf of the country, it not only owns merchant ships, but also owns private arms. The company was headquartered in Batavia, now Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, and the East India Company also occupied parts of Taiwan, the Tainan region of Taiwan, where it was based. Trade with the Ming Dynasty, Japan, and South Asia to obtain huge profits.

Because of the decline of the Great Ming Sailor and Zheng Zhilong's short-sightedness, the East India Company became more and more arrogant in South Asia.

Zheng Xunrui needs to solve the problem fundamentally, of course, he will not refuse maritime trade, and he will never ban shipping, and the sea ban of the Ming Dynasty has long been abolished by him.

Zheng Xunrui's purpose is to completely conquer the East India Company, this kind of conquest is not Zheng Zhilong's approach, it is enough to collect protection money at sea, Zheng Xunrui wants to control the entire South Asian seas, completely control the maritime trade in this large area, if the East India Company is unwilling to obey the jurisdiction, then completely end its nest.

This required detailed planning, and the Zheng Jiajun Navy needed to go to Tainan, Batavia and even the Cape of Good Hope and other places to carry out expeditions.

Zheng Xunrui's thoughts are impossible for the cabinet to understand, but he needs to make the cabinet understand.

The height occupied by Zheng Xunrui is different, and he knows the importance of shipping very well, but Xu Wanghua and others do not know.

Once Zheng Jiajun completely controls the shipping, then it means a steady stream of wealth, and this wealth is continuous, which can make the Ming Dynasty richer.

As for the aggressiveness of morality, Zheng Xunrui doesn't care at all, now it's not hundreds of years later, there are so many moral statements, Lao Tzu's fist is big, you have to listen, if you don't listen to the beating, if you don't listen, then change people.

The primitive accumulation period of capital is full of evil, and the development of history has also proved this, and now it is still in the Xiaoice period, natural disasters are frequent, want to revitalize the Ming Dynasty, want to make the whole world submit, just behind closed doors, its own development is certainly not enough, it must be developed externally, whether it is commerce and technology, it is so.

In terms of commerce and trade, Zheng Xunrui is planning a blueprint, science and technology has long been in the front, located in Huai'an's firearms bureau, absorbing a large number of scientific and technological talents from the Netherlands, Portugal and other places, these people came to Huai'an, under the encouragement of the government, most of them have started a family in Huai'an, it seems that they will not go back.

Today's Ming Dynasty is not much more comfortable than Europe.

Zheng Xunrui's responsibility is to transform this comfort into prosperity and make the Ming Dynasty a place to absorb the world's elites.

It takes a lot of effort to get to this point.

Whether to first pacify the East India Company, dominate South Asia, and monopolize maritime trade, or first pacify Liaodong, southern Liaoning, and the grassland areas, this is the question before Zheng Xunrui, and this is a real problem.

It is not possible to attack from both sides, this is too much loss for national strength, the burden of the common people must increase, the north needs stability after the chaos, and Zheng Xunrui will not adopt the second best solution, that is, first stabilize the maritime trade, force the East India Company to submit, and focus on the Qing Dynasty, with the most urgent task of destroying the Qing Dynasty and unifying the grasslands.

This is Zheng Xunrui's thinking, and the cabinet does not know these yet.

The opinion of the cabinet was to immediately conquer the Eight Banners Army and unify the grasslands.

After three days of thinking, Zheng Xunrui made up his mind, and for this reason, he specially consulted with Bian Yujing and others from Hongmen Qianzhuang to inquire about the scale of Hongmen Qianzhuang and the situation of its spread in the north.

Today's household department uses the treasure banknotes printed by Hongmen Bank.

This kind of treasure banknote is completely different from the treasure banknote abolished during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, and the direct support behind it is Hongmen Qianzhuang.

Hongmen Qianzhuang's abundant capital is no longer something that any businessman can predict and figure out, and Hongmen Qianzhuang has been operating in the south for so many years, and the credibility it has established is also difficult for anyone to shake.

At this time, Zheng Xunrui had already regarded Hongmen Qianzhuang as a bank hundreds of years later, and had the power to issue treasure banknotes, so that Hongmen Qianzhuang had been transformed into a bank of the Ming Dynasty.

In the future, Hongmen Qianzhuang will become one of the most important forces in the expansion of foreign power, and sometimes the power of finance is far stronger than the power of guns.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zheng Xunrui looked at the many cabinet ministers and slowly spoke.

"I have decided that from the first month of the second year of Ruiyuan, the conquest of the East India Company will be carried out, and this conquest needs to achieve three purposes, one is to recover Tainan, Taiwan, which was occupied by the East Indies, the second is to destroy the headquarters of the East Indies in Batavia, and the third is to completely control all the seas of South Asia, and in the future, any maritime trade in South Asia will be directly controlled by the imperial court, and no one is allowed to trade in the waters of South Asia without the permission of the imperial court."

"In May of the second year of Ruiyuan, the Zheng family army began to conquer Liaodong and southern Liaoning, and at the same time monitored every move of the grassland, the purpose of this expedition, I just don't say that you Aiqing are clear, that is, to completely exterminate the Qing Dynasty, unify the entire grassland, and the land belonging to my Ming Dynasty cannot be given out."

"The two aspects are almost at the same time, you may consider the problem of spending silver, don't worry about this for the time being, all the expenses are temporarily taken care of by Hongmen Qianzhuang, and the money and grain needed will be paid in advance."

"The conquest of the East India Company, the Hanlin Academy has sorted out the charts sorted out when the Three Treasure Eunuchs went to the West, these charts are extremely valuable information, but the purpose of this expedition is not to show off, my Ming Dynasty does not need to show off, what is needed is real money, once the conquest is successful, then all the expenses, the East India Company, including all parts of South Asia, need to bear, if they are not convinced, then beat them to be convinced, let them obediently call out the money and grain."

"The scene of all countries coming to the dynasty, you Aiqing am probably looking forward to it, I don't see it this way, all the countries come to the dynasty to admire the strength of my Ming Dynasty, and look forward to the protection of my Ming Dynasty, so they have to pay protection fees, instead of thinking about getting more from my Ming Dynasty, I am a real person, no matter which country comes to the dynasty in the future, I will not carry out commercial transactions with my Ming Dynasty, and I will not open its docks, everything will not be discussed." ……

Zheng Xunrui's words made everyone in the cabinet stunned, what a spectacular scene it should be for all countries to come to the court, but the emperor is not rare, what comes to mind is commerce, that is, real money and silver, this is too rare, and too vulgar, it is difficult to reflect the mind of the Ming Dynasty, but the emperor has said so, the strength is strong, and it needs to get actual benefits, for example, North Korea, which is now protected by the Ming court, must really obey all the business transactions arranged by the court, and from these transactions, The Ming court and merchants made great profits. (To be continued.) )