Overseas trade, how much wealth potential is contained in this, in fact, can be seen from the fact that Spain and Britain have successively won the title of "empire on which the sun never sets".

The so-called empire on which the sun never sets, means that the territory has covered the northern and southern hemispheres, and whether the sun sets or rises, it will always shine on its territory.

By virtue of becoming maritime hegemons, Spain and Britain developed their national power far faster than ordinary countries, even in World War I and World War II, the two countries suffered a lot of losses, but they also re-emerged with a strong background afterwards, and they have been considered strong to this day.

Of course, at the beginning, Spain and Britain used military aggression to acquire wealth at sea, wantonly expanding their colonies, and plundering local resources.

Such a method may be more direct and effective, but it is bound to cause a backlash.

Therefore, compared with before, Jiangxia's immediate measures are more gentle. He used the economic system and capital means that were hundreds of years beyond this era to conduct overseas trade, and the result was bound to plunder the wealth of other countries into nothingness.

Overseas trade and border trade, in Jiangxia's view, is the foundation to ensure that he will not collapse the new economic system. Therefore, overseas trade is imperative.

But he didn't expect that his side was just still preparing. Didn't start to do anything, Fujian Chengxuan Political Envoy Department actually jointly signed a fold, up to the left and right political envoys, down to the inspection school, questioning, all officials above the seventh grade, all on the fold.

Without exception, all of them earnestly hoped that Jiangxia would not open up overseas trade.

Even in the midst of the recitals, they have to mention it if they mean it, if they don't want to.

If it weren't for the fact that they had fought to the death to resist the Japanese on the one hand, and had established good relations with the Japanese on the other, Fujian would have already been in the world of the Japanese invaders.

If the Imperial Court opens up overseas trade, then there will inevitably be more Japanese invaders ashore, and they may no longer be able to defend against the Japanese Invaders, and if something goes wrong, the Imperial Court will be able to forgive them.

What do you mean, "I am afraid that I will no longer be able to defend myself against the Japanese by then?" ”。

If the officials were to speak normally, at most they would say that overseas trade would be opened, which would lead to more Japanese landings. With Fujian's strength first, it is not enough to resist the Japanese who may come later, so I hope that the imperial court will make plans early and send troops to reinforce Yunyun as soon as possible. In this way, it will not be anything like this, "I am unable to resist any longer, and I hope the imperial court can understand." ”

This sentence is like, "If you open up overseas trade, we will let the Japanese run rampant, and you can do it yourself." What's the difference?

After Jiang Xia finished reading all the folds presented from Fujian, he finally put them away, and his eyes became a little cold.

He didn't expect that even today, there would be people who dared to talk to him like this.

Jiang Xia thought about it for a while, how to deal with this matter.

There are only a few Fujian officials, the biggest of whom is only from the second grade, and it is easy for him to kill them. But there's a problem here.

Since the Fujian Chengxuan Political Envoy dared to issue such a recital to the imperial court, then they must have something to rely on.

Now Jiang Xia will transfer or arrest any of them. It is very likely that there will be changes in the whole of Fujian.

It's really not to mention, if something happens in Fujian, Jiangxia will really have a headache.

Fujian is bordered by the sea, and the officials may have colluded with the various Japanese gangs entrenched in Fujian. If they rebelled together, even if the imperial court sent troops to quell the rebellion, they could go to sea first in a boat.

When the imperial army retreated, they returned by boat and plagued Fujian again.

In this way, Jiang Xia didn't have anything to do with them.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia felt that this matter needed to be dealt with. After all, opening overseas trade is a crucial part of his plan to change the economic system of the Ming Dynasty.

Some people may not understand why officials in Fujian would oppose the opening of overseas trade.

In fact, the history of the Ming Dynasty is united, which is very understandable.

Like the border trade of the Ming Dynasty, the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty was also political, far greater than the economic trade.

Since its opening in the early Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has implemented a maritime ban and strictly prohibiting private overseas trade.

However, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty thought that the admiration of the four seas and the sending of envoys to the dynasty was a sign of "prosperity", and the emperors always regarded it as their glory.

Therefore, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty not only implemented a policy of "tributary trade" for the border gates, but also for overseas countries.

In order to attract overseas countries to send envoys to China, the Ming Dynasty has always focused on political effects in Sino-foreign trade, rather than economic benefits.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty not only spent a lot of money every year to receive foreign envoys, but also brought tributes to them in line with the principle of "thin and thick", giving back gifts of higher value to the Ming Dynasty, such as brocade, leno, gold and silver, copper coins, etc.

Under the encouragement of the preferential policies of the Ming Dynasty, more than a dozen countries and regions in the East and South Seas came to China during the Taizu period and conducted trade.

Of course, they all came for the "tributary trade" policy of the Ming Dynasty to "thin and thick", with the intention of taking advantage.

However, at that time, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was becoming more and more prosperous, so I didn't care about this.

But our Yongle Emperor, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di made a "Zheng He went to the West".

In fact, putting aside the historical significance and the significance of cultural etiquette, Zheng He's trip to the West can be said to be an idiotic to boring behavior.

The same fleet went to sea in search of overseas countries.

Spain and Britain plundered by force, wantonly developed colonies, and made a lot of money.

As for our Daming, we are transporting a huge amount of Daming items, and we will give them away to a place when we go to a place, and we have never thought about plundering by force.

Of course, on the other hand, this also shows that our great Chinese nation is a kind, peace-loving, and civilized race

But to be honest, this kind of behavior seems to be not much different from those who make money nowadays and tip the waiters indiscriminately when they go to the night club to show off their financial resources.

After Yongle, with the extensive diplomatic activities of Zheng He's Western fleet, the scope of maritime trade expanded to West Asia and the east coast of Africa, and the number of countries and regions that came to pay tribute increased to dozens, and the tributary trade reached an unprecedented scale.

Due to the emphasis on government and the neglect of the economy, the government in the early Ming Dynasty received limited economic benefits from tributary trade, but the financial burden was not small.

When the envoys came, not only the port and the local government along the way into Beijing had to be responsible for receiving and escorting them, but also the reception and reward gifts after arriving in Beijing were also very expensive.

Especially after Zheng He went to the West, with the large increase in the number of tribute ships and caravans attached to various countries, the cost of receiving tribute envoys in the Ming court every year also increased, and there was a sense of overwhelm.

In order to reduce the financial burden, since the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty has gradually implemented the system of recognizing the qualifications of tributary countries and regions and awarding them to "exploration".

The "exploration system" means that a national or regional concession certificate is issued to allow tribute to China, and foreign ships without such a certificate are not allowed to enter the country.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty also made restrictive regulations on the tribute period, the number of tribute ships, the number of people accompanying the ships, the entry route and the port of berth.

For example, in Japan, it is stipulated that only one tribute can be paid in ten years, the number of people cannot exceed 300, and the number of boats cannot exceed three.

The Ming Dynasty also did this, and the enthusiasm of overseas countries to pay tribute naturally subsided.

But as everyone knows, silk, porcelain, spices and other items in the Central Plains were very attractive to foreigners before the Qing Dynasty.

Those overseas countries only need to buy the silk and porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, and ship them back to their own countries to sell them at a tenfold high price.

In view of such large profits, the Ming Dynasty has always been engaged in private overseas trade.

After so many years, private overseas trade has already matured, and a complete chain of interests has been formed in Fujian.

Officials in Fujian colluded with wealthy local businessmen to control the entire private overseas trade. Some small, foreign forces want a piece of the pie. They instructed the pirates to kill people and take money, while the officials turned a blind eye.

The wealthy merchants shared the huge profits from trade with the officials, and when the officials got the money, they went up to the top, hoping that the higher authorities would not transfer them out of Fujian.

In the long run, Fujian's officials have a strong foundation and power in Fujian. If the imperial court transfers some Fujian officials and sends new officials to manage them.

In less than half a month, there will definitely be a big mess in Fujian. More or less, the Japanese will jointly attack Fujian. Most of the new officials will be killed, and then the imperial court will have no choice but to transfer the transferred officials back and let them stabilize the situation.

It can be said that Jiajing is young, and the root cause of the fact that the power of the Japanese will develop so greatly, and the scourge on the coasts of Ningbo, Fujian, and Guangzhou will be so strict.

Therefore, the officials in Fujian said that they would not be willing for the imperial court to open up overseas trade, which was equivalent to the imperial court taking away a pot of rice that originally belonged to some of them, and then distributing it to many people.

After Jiang Xia thought about it, he suddenly remembered someone.

He immediately left the palace and found Geng Zhongqiu at the Qianmen General Altar.

Jiang Xia first wrote a letter, then wrote down a name and handed it to Geng Zhongqiu, saying, "Uncle Geng, find the whereabouts of this person for me as soon as possible, and then give him my letter." ”

Geng Zhongqiu took the name and looked at it, and couldn't help asking, "Is this the name?" It's not us from the Central Plains, right? ”

"It's not."

Geng Zhongqiu saw that the letter was not sealed with lacquer, which proved that he could read it. So he curiously took out the letter and looked at it, and couldn't help but look up and say to Jiang Xia: "My lord, is this a letter?" How do you look like a ghost drawing? ”

Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Don't worry, as long as you give this letter to the person I'm looking for, he will naturally understand."

Things need to be done quickly, this person may be mostly on the coast of Fujian, Ningbo or Guangzhou, and if he finds it, he will notify me immediately. In addition, go to the Ministry of Officials and show me all the information about Fujian officials. ”