25th Hundred benefits and no harm
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Yinzhen had already begun to prepare for the silver he was about to get when he was running the 'Four Great Heng', and he was naturally confident, and when he heard Kangxi's question, he calmly replied: "Back to Emperor Ama, Erchen has been keen on military affairs since he was a child, and he also knows a little about the Westerners' combat ships, although he has never seen their ocean-going warships with three decks and nearly 100 guns, but he has also learned some from the mouths of sailors and Western missionaries who came to Beijing. Hand hit the Reading Pavilion mobile novel site
The establishment of an ocean-going fleet involves a wide range of aspects, the first is the selection of ports, the second is the construction of large shipyards, the third is the foundry, which is specially designed for casting artillery, and the fourth is the training of sailors and sailors, which are called navies by Westerners, because whether it is to operate ships to fight or to sail in the ocean, it must be a professional navy.
First of all, the port, Jiangnan is the fundamental place of the country, and the Westerners are also from the West, comprehensive raw materials, climate, geographical location, population, security and other factors, Erchen temporarily proposed Shanghai, Fuzhou, Tianjin three places, of course, the last need for the emperor Ama Shengju.
Shipyards and foundries are easy to say as long as they have enough silver, and they can be recruited with high salaries, whether they are domestic or foreign, as long as they are willing to work for our Qing Dynasty, we welcome them.
The most difficult thing is the navy, our existing naval division officers and men have neither the experience of maneuvering large combat ships nor the experience of ocean-going navigation, and they are basically incompetent for the ocean-going fleet, so we must start training from scratch.
The ocean-going fleet cannot be built overnight, and it is expected that it will take five or six years before it begins to take shape, and then there is that the establishment of a powerful ocean-going fleet requires a huge amount of silver, and this bit of silver is far from enough. ”
Kangxi saw Yinzhen talking eloquently, and what he said was the Tao, and he was very relieved, why didn't he realize that this old fourteenth was so talented before? Suddenly heard that a huge amount of silver was going to be spent, and 10 million taels was far from enough, so he started beating a drum in his heart, looked at Yinzhen vigilantly, and secretly said that this kid wouldn't want to care about his own money to read the pavilion, and the silver in Lao Tzu's hand has not been covered yet.
Yinzhen didn't have the idea of reaching out to Kangxi at all, and then said: "Let's build an ocean-going fleet not only to expand the territory outward, but also to build an amazing overseas trade that is amazing, and Erchen's idea is to build some large armed merchant ships first, which can accumulate experience for the construction of large-scale ocean-going warships in the future, and also create an ocean-going trade fleet by the way."
With this ocean-going trade fleet, you can go north to Korea and Japan, and go south to the South Seas countries to conduct overseas trade, which can not only obtain huge wealth to supplement the shortcomings of building an ocean-going fleet, but also accumulate sailing experience, and can also play a role in training the navy, and the huge ocean-going trade fleet is also a powerful logistical support for the ocean-going fleet in the future, once the territory is occupied overseas, the ocean-going trade fleet is even more indispensable. Another point is that ocean trade can also set aside some shares as subsidies to flag people. ”
The shares of the ocean-going trade fleet, Kangxi's heart jumped, and he did it for a long time, this kid just wanted to be poor, he thought that his old fourteen was a broken family for the country, and now it seems that this kid is building an ocean-going fleet and making a fortune, well, this is good, save Lao Tzu guilt, however, expanding maritime trade involves a lot, Kangxi couldn't help but say: "Overseas trade is indeed rich in the people and good for the country, but its harm is not small, first, since the opening of the sea ban, there have been a lot of people fleeing, the outflow of people's property, second, the breeding of pirates, thieves are flourishing." , has shown the tail of the big situation. Bayi Chinese ~ Third, the huge profits of sea trade are increasingly concentrated in private individuals, not the blessings of the state. ”
Yinzhen secretly said in his heart, no wonder Kangxi ordered the ban on the sea later, it turned out that now he has this idea, it is absolutely impossible to close the country, and he must dispel these thoughts, otherwise, even if Kangxi supports his plan, the strength of support will be very limited, Yinzhen sighed for a while before replying: "Huang Ama, Erchen understands it this way, everything must be divided into two to see, it has both positive and negative sides, the ruler lies in weighing, in guiding, the harm of overseas trade, Erchen has another opinion." ”
Kangxi was attracted by Yinzhen's statement of dividing into two, and after thinking about it, he nodded and said: "One division into two is from Zhu Xi's 'one is divided into two, and it is like this, so that it is infinite, it is two lifetimes." But what you say is more apt, and I don't see that you have made great progress in your learning. ”
Yinzhen didn't expect that a casual sentence divided into two would also be appreciated by Kangxi, and hurriedly replied: "Huang Ama praises it, and the ministers dare not be ashamed." ”
Kangxi nodded indifferently and said, "Go on, what do you think about the harm of overseas trade?" ”
"Erchen believes that the occurrence of anything is not isolated, we must understand its causes and consequences, and we must also understand the environment in which it is located, first of all, the people flee, the outflow of people's property, this situation, all dynasties and dynasties, is not unique to our dynasty, the reason can not be the water to the low place, people to go to the high place to seek advantage and avoid disadvantage ideas, I opened the sea after the ban on this situation, mostly in the two Guangzhou, Fujian area, the reason is that one is the rebellion of the three feudatories, the other is to take Taiwan, causing social turmoil, the people are afraid of another war, this is a foreign land to avoid disaster.
Erchen thinks that there is no need to care at all, the world is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, this situation will be reduced, with the emperor Ama to recuperate, reduce the endowment and education, suppress the merger, punish the corrupt officials and a series of saints and royal generosity, my Qing Dynasty generation has arrived, not only the outflow of the people will return, the foreign people who admire my Qing Dynasty will also be attracted to live in my Qing Dynasty.
Speaking of pirates, the sea trade is prosperous, and the pirates are an inevitable product, even if the sea trade is stopped, the pirates will not die out because of this, but will harm the coastal people. Erchen can guarantee here that as long as the ocean-going fleet is built, these pirates will definitely be the best target for the training of our Qing Navy, and the bloodless soldiers are far from being called strong soldiers.
As for the increasing concentration of the huge profits of maritime trade in the hands of a few, he dared to assure him that this situation would be reversed as soon as the ocean-going trading fleet was established. ”
"That's a good point." Kangxi said with a smile, Yinzhen's views from both sides of the positive and negative sides eliminated the dangers of maritime trade that Kangxi had been depressed in his heart, and also dispelled his last hesitation. He smiled with satisfaction: "I have seen it thoroughly, the explanation is incisive, and I do have experience in military training, so it is very good, I will allow you." ”
The choice of the port, Kangxi quickly made a decision, the two Guangzhou, Fujian sea traders are very numerous, Fuzhou is not advisable, it is not conducive to the imperial court to control the navy, Tianjin is on the side of Gyeonggi, is not conducive to the stability of the Beijing Division, so Kangxi quickly continued: "Liangjiang is the fundamental place of the country, I think I choose Shanghai, the rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the distribution of goods is profitable, convenient for ocean trade, and it is also close to Jiangning, which is convenient for you to supervise the construction of agricultural colleges."
I will allow you to build an ocean-going fleet in Shanghai and a naval academy, but I will give you five years to build an ocean-going trade fleet, and within five years, you must wipe out the Southeast Sea Pirates, and the ocean-going fleet must also be formed. ”
Yinzhen thief smiled: "Huang Ama, of course there is no problem with forty percent of the dry shares, as long as Huang Ama gives a certain amount of care to the ocean-going trade fleet, Erchen is sure that he will be profitable within four years." ”
Kangxi scolded with a smile: "Is your emperor Ama a person who just takes money and doesn't do anything?" However, the first statement cannot be violated. ”
"The retainers obey." This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to extort bamboo, Yinzhen naturally will not let it go easily, "Huang Ama, you see that Erchen will build two shipyards in Shanghai alone, as well as foundries and naval colleges, this is a lot of place, this is not Erchen's private property, it is all from the imperial court, can this land be rewarded by Huang Amma?" ”
Hearing Yinzhen clearly say that it was not private property, Kangxi was already smiling, and immediately took care of it, "This is natural, you go and choose a good place, and I will let the local officials requisition land for you." ”
"Xie Huang Ama." Yinzhen said with a smile, "Erchen still has a matter to ask the emperor for permission, and I implore Dai Zi to be sent to Shanghai to serve the fleet's artillery casting." ”
Dai Zi? Kangxi Yileng.