Chapter 776: Look at the problem from a different angle

Chen Zilong still couldn't accept Chen Xie's point of view, shook his head pessimistically and said: "It's not appropriate, blindly making concessions will only make their ** out of control, this is not the way to govern." Chen Xie smiled and gave a thumbs up: "Hit the nail on the head!" ”

Seeing him like this, Chen Zilong became interested, sat up straight and said: "Sihua, there are not many opportunities to sit and talk in the way of friends in the future, today Zilong is presumptuous again, and I also ask Brother Sihua to explain his true intentions." ”

Chen Xie still prefers this way of getting along with friends, but he knows very well in his heart that once a person's status changes, the people around him will also change. Only when people have a similar status or do not have too many entanglements of interests, can they communicate calmly. This is a fact that no one can change, and equality between people is a prerequisite.

"When something makes you embarrassed, you might as well look at the problem from a different angle, and this is the relationship between us and the imperial court at the moment. Qian Muzhai and Shi Xianzhi came together, the core purpose is nothing more than taxation, and the core core is the income of the Shipping Division. At present, the actual control of the shipping divisions in the three places of Xinghai City, Liaodong, and Huating New District is in our hands. How much we give, how much they take. If we have to do tricks, the cabinet doesn't have a very good way to check it. Even with this distribution model, Liaodong, which has the smallest import and export tax revenue in Xinghaicheng, Liaodong, and Huating New District every year, has an annual profit of 2 million silver dollars, which far exceeds the import and export taxes paid by Tianjin and Yuegang. If you look at the problem from this angle, Brother Wozi, do you think the problem is still difficult to solve? ”

Chen Zilong immediately realized that this was an exam question, which was related to his expectations in Chen Xie's mind.

quickly changed the two angles, and first looked at the problem from the perspective of the imperial court's finances. I changed to Chen Xie's point of view to see the problem, and finally returned to my own perspective to look at the problem. In the end, we came to a conclusion: "We can take the ship division and do it ourselves, and the cabinet should not have too much resistance on the premise that the interests can be guaranteed." And this matter, except for us, can not be done by any other force. ”

Chen Zilong said very implicitly. The general meaning is clear. With Chen Xie's maritime strength, anyone engaged in the maritime trade industry would not dare to offend Chen Xie, otherwise he would be kicked out of this industry, which is Chen Xie's advantage. There must be people who are not convinced, but it is not unbearable compared to losing the qualification to work in this gold-sucking beast industry.

The power that can resist Chen Xie is probably the imperial court and the internal prison, the current imperial power is not as good as before, and the internal supervision is very easy to handle. The remaining question is the cabinet. If it were something else, the Cabinet would probably be stalking, but on this issue, the Cabinet would not, because their purpose was simple, to ask for money!

"That's right, but it's not enough. Go back and think about it and come up with a specific. Executable scenarios to come. Chen Xie is also very simple, Chen Zilong said simply. It's not a matter of ability, it's that things are too big to be considered clearly in a short period of time, which requires a team to analyze and solve problems. It's not a job that can be done by one person at all, even if Chen Xie deals with the problem. That is, pointing out a general direction, and execution is someone else's business.

At the next day's meeting, Chen Zilong did not attend, and a group of staff members were working on his plan. It's not something that can be done at one touch and takes a considerable amount of time to do a deep understanding of it. in order to come up with an executable plan.

Chen Xie didn't put on any stand with King Dongying, it was still the same as before, everyone was still friends, and after beckoning the two to sit down, this time Shi Kefa and Qian Qianyi did not speak first, but watched Chen Xie wait silently.

"You two want to hear me, so tell me what I mean. On the whole, the issue that the cabinet is concerned about is fiscal revenue, which is frightened by the annual income of four million during the reign of the first emperor. There are many disadvantages of the imperial court, how to change them? In the past, a lot has been done, and in the future, there will not be much to say, so I won't talk nonsense here. Chen Xie spoke, smiled and looked at the other side, pointing to himself.

Qian and Shi lowered their heads a little ashamedly, the current imperial cabinet system, to put it mildly, was built by Chen Xie, but after the basic framework was formed, the cabinet couldn't wait to get rid of Chen Xie. Although he didn't have the strength and action, he thought so in his heart, but fortunately, Chen Xie was interesting enough to take the initiative to go to the parliament and not to get involved in this piece.

"Well, it seems that the two of you have acquiesced in my point of view, which means that this is also the view of the cabinet collective. First of all, I would like to talk about the current state of the world, which may not be clear to the so-called elites of the private sector, but the cabinet members are clear in their hearts. The pattern of the two great powers in the world today is very clear, one is the European powers that opened the Age of Discovery, and the other is the representative of the emerging power of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the overseas alliance headed by the Xia. Chen Xie stopped saying that, and the two cabinet ministers bowed their heads again and were silent, which is a fact that must be admitted. Not to mention sea power, the same is true of military power on land. Without Chen Xie, Daming is still in the predicament of internal and external troubles, and he can't get rid of the dead knot brought about by the financial crisis.

Regarding Chen Xie's strength, if he was in the cabinet in the imperial court, Shi Kefa of the two would definitely stand up and resist, but this is not the cabinet of the imperial court, but Japan. Chen Xie has already taken the initiative to withdraw from Daming, and it would be boring to talk about hypocrisy.

"After the overseas alliance is formally established, it will inevitably be an independent political system. The relationship with the Ming Dynasty should be a nominal subordinate relationship, but a practical cooperative relationship. Whether you admit it or not, in fact, the relationship between the two is reciprocal, and this reciprocity is still based on the premise that the overseas alliance has no ambition for the Ming Dynasty. This is even more hurtful, but it is still true. It is undeniable that the two of you here are undeniably aware that even the Ming Heart Jingshi who is in your heart is under the protection of Chen Xie. The army of the imperial court really played a role in the northwest direction under the banner of the trilateral governor in the past.

Those people in the cabinet are smart people and have clear heads, otherwise they can't send these two to negotiate.

"In Edo and Incheon, the imperial court withdrew the consular offices, and the other issues remained the status quo first. What to do in the future, the general direction is there, and the specific implementation has not done a good plan, so let's put it first. As a part of the Ming Dynasty, the Overseas Alliance implements a comprehensive and open policy to the Ming Dynasty. Speaking of this, Chen Xie stopped, took a sip of the teacup, and the expressions of the two opposite sides were much more relaxed, because the crisis caused by Consul Su's problem seemed to have been basically solved. Chen Xie only asked them to withdraw, and had no intention of continuing to pursue them. That being the case, the negotiation of the details is a matter of the future.

"Mr. Sihua, the future direction of the foreign affairs department, I don't have a clue at all for the cabinet in charge, please give me a lot of advice." Qian Qianyi spoke at this time, and the question was on the point.

"During the Chengzu period, the Ming Dynasty had the opportunity to become a superpower through the sea trade, but unfortunately because of short-sightedness, this excellent opportunity was missed. It's not too late now, we can cooperate with neighboring countries, both civilly and militarily. Use force to open the way, force the surrounding small countries to submit, and then use culture to educate them. In layman's terms, it is the all-round penetration of military, economy, and culture, and the specific point is the economic plunder after the military strike, and the means of military, political and cultural affairs are all for the economic interests of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the culture of the Ming Dynasty has had a profound impact on the surrounding countries. What Da Ming wants to do now is to deepen it. In general, it is to make the surrounding countries fully accept the culture of the Ming Dynasty after they submit in the face of military means. The official script must be Chinese characters, the official language of the Ming Dynasty must be spoken when communicating, and the markets of the surrounding countries must be fully open to the Ming Dynasty, and these countries will slowly become part of the Ming Dynasty, or a part of the Chinese cultural circle. ”

The two of them were dumbfounded when they heard this, and Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, didn't know how to face it. Chen Xie didn't care what he thought at all, and continued: "This kind of thing has been done by European countries for more than a hundred years, and benevolence, righteousness and morality can't solve the internal problems of the Ming Dynasty, and they can't solve the external problems. Therefore, it is better to be realistic, continue to talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality internally, and we must talk about these externally. Those who are not of my race will have different hearts! No matter how good it is to them, it won't change anything. ”

This set of theories definitely occupies the mainstream market in this era, and the elite class of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention aliens, even if it is the phenomenon of compatriots being slaves, it is very common for large families to keep slaves in this era. Therefore, it is too normal for foreigners to be discriminated against in Daming. Chen Xie didn't intend to reverse this concept, and even deliberately created an atmosphere that people in the Ming Dynasty were superior.

"Sihua, do you mean a long-distance close attack?" Qian Qianyi's reaction was also very fast, Chen Xie shook his head and said: "It's only half right, let's put it this way, European countries have come out of the fog of the Middle Ages, and the cost of enslaving these countries is too high." Therefore, we have established diplomatic relations with them, strengthened economic and trade cooperation, and made long-term preparations for cultural aggression. ”

Qian Qianyi shook his head, saying that he didn't understand, Chen Xie also felt that his expression was not so clear, and thought about it: "Let's put it this way, in the next five hundred years, people in the whole world will consciously learn Chinese, and Huayuan is the settlement currency of foreign trade in this world." Forget it, I guess you still won't understand that, just do what I say. Send people to Europe, establish diplomatic relations with European countries, transmit the situation in Europe back, and speed up the Ming Dynasty's understanding of Europe. ”

Qian Qianyi fell into a pause in his thinking again, he really didn't have this string in his mind before, the traditional Da Ming Li Domain, playing is the way that all countries come to the court, what does it mean to send people out? (To be continued......)