"I see! What a big anti-Xiamen Zhangquan! Fulin suddenly brightened up and praised it. The liberalization of maritime commerce will naturally bring prosperity to both the government and the people, but the prosperity of the people is a double-edged sword - the contradiction between sufficient taxation and rich countries. Especially the rich and rival country, a Han king with a different surname! Fortunately, the former Ming monarchs and ministers made fruitful "explorations" for today's early morning!

Xuan Ye said in detail. Fulin would like to hear about the specific measures of the "Great Defense of Xiamen Zhangquan".

"Huh! Erchen thought that the big defense of Xiamen Zhangquan could take the policy of loosening the outside and tightening the inside. Let go of a few seaports to allow free travel with King An, but also restrict them, so that he cannot be free. ”

This ambiguous and contradictory sentence naturally confused everyone. Hongyi was not in a hurry and laid out at his own pace.

"Where is the harbor? Xuan Ye thought that five ports of trade could be opened from north to south, namely Jiaoao in Shandong, Shanghai in Jiangnan, Xiamen in Fujian, Macao in Guangdong, and Shuri in the Ryukyus. Hongyi compared the four "customs" that began to be established in the 23rd year of Kangxi (1684) in the official history, and made his own adjustments according to the judgment of the current situation.

Originally, the Kangxi Dynasty successively opened four customs, namely "the establishment of Guangdong on Guangzhou, Macao [including Guangzhou], Fujian on Zhangzhou [including Xiamen] in Fujian, Zhejiang on Ningbo, Jiangnan on Jiangnan, Yuntai Mountain outside the west gate of Zhenjiang City [i.e., Shanghai]". However, Hongyi's version replaced Ningbo, Zhejiang, with Shandong Jiaoao, which is now Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay, and added Ryukyu.

"Five-port trade? How to do business? And why these five places? The Emperor asked very thoroughly.

"If you return to Huang Ama, opening your mouth to trade is to reassure King Tong'an. Knowing that Daqing is really using it for him. This is called 'Outer Pine'. And the 'internal tightness' means that he is not allowed to trade in the ports here, but only to load and transport the goods procured by the local yamen. Hongyi's answer was very general.

"As for why these five places, please Rong Xuanye come with them one by one."

"Near Jiaoao, Shandong, there is a narrow bay with a large belly, named Jiaoao Bay, the bay is wide and deep, and it can be a good port. It is open to trade, and it is close to Busan, North Korea, and Nagasaki, and the Japanese kingdom is close to Nagasaki on the road. To the north is the port of Dengzhou. It can also be stationed in the navy division to take care of it, and it can prevent the merchant ships from entering Tianjin in a big way and deter the imperial capital. Moreover, the port here has existed in ancient times, especially before the Ming Dynasty. ”

Hongyi talked about his hometown. That's unequivocal. Even the mouth of Master Fan Chengmo and Mr. Tan Qian was omitted. Although it is a fake public benefit for the benefit of the people in his hometown. But it comes down to a strategic need.

In the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the imperial capital was mostly in Beijing, separating the political center from the economic center. As a result, the military and civilian food at that time were completely dependent on the southern provinces. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, more than 700,000 stone of grain needed to be transported from the sea every year to help the Liaodong soldiers, so the safety of shipping was related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Although there is a Grand Canal connecting the north and south, the boat travel is slow, the hull is small, and the cargo is limited, which is difficult to meet the needs of the Beijing Division. In the case of canal siltation, drought and dry season, the canal can not be navigable, shipping has become one of the inevitable and important choices, so Jiaozhou Bay Haikou is the only way for ships to sail in the north and south. Its estuary, dotted with large and small islands, is the most suitable haven for voyagers.

During the Yuan Dynasty, most of the sea ships transporting grain were exported from the Yangtze River or the Huai River, passing through the mouth of Jiaozhou Bay, Chengshantou, and going ashore at the mouth of Dagu in Tianjin, when it was most prosperous, 3.6 million stones of grain were transported every year, and the tributes of the various feudal states of Nanyang also entered Beijing along this road. In order to avoid the danger of becoming a mountain[1] and shorten the distance to Beijing, Yuan Shizu dug the Jiaolai Canal in the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1280), which was completed in 1282, communicating the two seas of Huangbo and Bohai, and the Caoyun route was 188 kilometers. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese invaded, and the Ming Dynasty began to implement the policy of banning the sea, which strengthened the military function of the port of Jiaozhou Bay, and the commercial trade between the Jiaozhou Bay region and the international declined, but still maintained the short-distance trade near the sea.

"Well, Jiaoao has a unique geographical advantage." Fulin nodded, which was basically passed.

"Shanghai in the south of the Yangtze River, although it is a county, but in the Hongzhi period of the former Ming Dynasty (1488-1505), its characters are prosperous, and there are many wealth, and the cover can be used as several counties in the north of the Yangtze River, and it is a famous city in the southeast. It is located at the mouth of the confluence of the river and the sea, backed by the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, and is just in the middle of the north and south coasts of the Qing Dynasty. Opening here, you can share the weight of Xiamen, Fujian. "Hongyi reported the truth this time.

"Oh? The north and south are in the middle, and the central Fujian is shared, good! "Fulin cares about this!

"Xiamen, Fujian Province, is the foundation of the Zheng family, and it is natural to open the door to trade. It's just that why is Xiamen in Xiamen Zhangquan, this is because after King Haicheng occupied Jinxia, he abandoned the original Yuegang and Anping Port in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, and even destroyed it. ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Xiamen-Zhangquan area was actually equal to Xiamen Port in Xiamen, Yuegang in Zhangzhou and Anping Port in Quanzhou. Until the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, most of the coastal cities in Fujian were damaged by war, but Xiamen Island had been under Zheng Chenggong's long-term control, and it was difficult for the Qing army to come here and avoid the war. As a result, Xiamen City became a place of refuge for coastal residents, and tens of thousands of people flocked to Xiamen, making Xiamen grow from a town to an important city.

Zhangzhou Mansion was an important stronghold for Zheng Chenggong and the Qing army, and was besieged by Zheng's army, and the death toll is said to be more than 100,000. In the tug-of-war that lasted for many years, the Yuegang of Zhangzhou Mansion soon ceded its important position to the Xiamen Port.

The fate of Anping Port in Quanzhou Prefecture is different from that of Moon Port. Zheng Chenggong's grandmother has settled in Anping Town for a long time, and his uncle Zheng Hongkui is also retired in Anping, so Zheng Chenggong will not use troops against Anping Town. In Japanese historical sources, until the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there were still merchant ships sent from Anping. However, in the twelfth year of Shunzhi (1655), Zheng Chenggong's negotiations with the Qing Dynasty officially broke down, and the Qing army attacked in a big way. In order to concentrate Liliang, Zheng Chenggong moved the entire population of Anping to Xiamen and razed the town of Anping to the ground so that it would not be used by the Qing army. Since then, Anping Town has ceased to be an important foreign trade port, and has been reduced to a transit port connecting Xiamen with the inland. The destruction of Anping Port and Yuegang Port and the sharp decline in the population of Quanzhou City, Zhangzhou City and Tong'an City have all become the driving force for Xiamen's growth. In the context of the decline of the above-mentioned port cities. Xiamen rose rapidly and became a major foreign trade port in Fujian in the early years of the Qing Dynasty and one of China's major foreign trade ports.

"Well, Xiamen is a last resort." Fulin's comment can be regarded as a preliminary agreement.

"Huang Ama, as for Guangdong and Macao, it has long been a place of trade for Westerners, why don't the imperial court push the boat down the river, so that Tang Lao Mafa can speak better in front of his fellow villagers?" Hongyi suddenly pointed the finger at Tang Ruowang with a hippie smile, but it made Fu Lin's heart move - let Zheng Zhilong lead the fleet to deter and deter those red hairs, why not?

"The old minister is ashamed!" Say it's a shame. John Tang is grateful for the care of the little prince!

"Huang Ama. Moreover, the king of Pingnan in Guangdong, Shang Kexi, will also be optimistic. Hongyi looked at the emperor meaningfully.

"Well, Macau must be strictly controlled, and the king of Pingnan is duty-bound!" It is said that it is a duty. In fact, it is so that the other three "kings with different surnames" can get a piece of the pie by "wearing a pair of pants". Don't be too hot with King Tong'an.

"Shuri of the Ryukyus. Self-explanatory. "When it comes to zuihou, Hongyi is concise to the extreme.

"Haha, the court has a member here. It is indeed self-evident to set up a base and drive out the pirates! "Blessing is in the heart.

"Since Huang Ama and the adults have no objection to the opening of these five seaports for trade, Xuan Ye will talk in detail about how to operate to achieve the purpose of 'internal tightening'!"

Hongyi smiled, and everyone understood why he had just brushed aside the strategy of tightening inside and loosening outside--the elaboration was later!

"After the king of Tong'an sailed on the sea, the imperial court needed to make it clear that the five export goods, the king of Tong'an could issue a list, and the five government offices would prepare it. The Qing fleet needs to be procured from the government-run freight yard and shipped for export. Imported things, whether taken from North Korea and Japan, or from Nanyang Places, do not count as berthing, and can only return to Xiamen Port in the end. ”

"Why is that?" Fulin took the lead in asking.

"If the king of Tong'an is unable to purchase goods for export by concentrating on the purchase of goods for export, he will hoard goods and raise prices, so as to break his profiteer thoughts." Fortunately, Hongyi took a lot of effort to argue Zheng Zhilong's various natures, and this reason was easily accepted by everyone.

"When the sea cargo arrives in Xiamen, according to the number of the account books of the three officials of the household department, after the government has checked and found it correct, it cannot trade on the spot, but return to the sea! The imperial court selected another person to form another offshore fleet, and transported Guangzhou and Ryukyu to the south, and Shanghai and Jiaozhou to the north, so as to facilitate the nearby north-south trade. ”

"Why is that?" Fu Lin asked seriously.

"If the goods don't go ashore, they won't be able to become white silver, and they won't be able to fill the pockets of the Zheng father and son. When the trade in goods in Guangzhou, Jiaoao and other four places is finished, according to the account books, according to the share of the government six, Zheng's three, and sailor's one, the silver will be transferred to the king of Tong'an. It's just a share of those sailors, but it has to be distributed by the officials of Xiamen Prefecture and Taiwan according to the roster, and it doesn't have to go through the hands of King Tong'an. ”

"Good! Wonderful! Fu Lin nodded vigorously, but the important minister had palpitations - you little Xuanye, this is really ruthless!

Where's the ruthlessness? As soon as Hongyi's upper lip touched his lower lip, Zheng Zhilong's hard-earned "Tibetan goods" couldn't even enter Xiamen, and they couldn't be realized, so it could only be said that they could only wait for the imperial court to pay their salaries, and they were all bookkeeping wages!

Hongyi's calculations are much more than that—Zheng Zhilong is now a mentor in the Qing Dynasty's maritime trade, and he must avoid monopolies. At the same time of ocean trade, and then support a few small "companies" in offshore trade, everyone will follow the light, and it is good to learn from all ears and eyes, and the more talents the better, right? You can't hang yourself from a tree!

In fact, Hongyi still has a few reasons that are difficult to say -

First, the main measure of "opening the sea in Longqing" is "opening up the port of the month". Since from the very beginning, the principle of "the law of prohibition in the middle of the passage" was adopted, and the participation of merchants and people in areas other than Zhangquan and the Second Prefecture in overseas trade was not allowed, and the "opening up" of the Yuegang area was used to achieve the "sea ban" in the vast majority of the coastal areas of the country, which could only lead to the rise of smuggling trade.

Second, the opening of the port was very limited, and instead of providing any convenient trade conditions for the domestic maritime merchants, many harsh restrictions were formulated, so that the Chinese maritime merchants were ultimately unable to expand the scale of trade in international trade because they did not have the national strength as the backing, and were unable to expand the scale of trade due to the competition and plundering of the Western colonials. The solution is to escort merchant ships by government forces!

Third, the Ming Dynasty government limited the foreign trade port to southern Fujian, which is located in a remote area, far away from the source of inland commodities, and separated by heavy mountains, in itself in order to minimize the impact of the opening of the moon port on the mainland, which also greatly reduced the significance to the economic development of the whole country.

Fourth, Yuegang excluded foreign merchants from participating in the activities of opening up the sea trade, thus creating an unfair overseas trade environment among the merchants and people of the whole country, and failed to achieve the goal of eliminating the source of piracy, but instead provoked the proliferation of smuggling trade, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, a "golden age of Chinese piracy" arose along the coast of China, and the large-scale proliferation of smuggling trade was a clear proof.

Therefore, letting Guangzhou, Shanghai, Jiaoao, and Ryukyu all have a "balance of interests" is also a "prevention before it happens"!

"Huang Ama, the inner tightness is more than that! Erchen, please make a clear decree: Fujian is like Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi in Sichuan, Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan in Guangdong, and Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan in Guangxi, who should pay their salaries and salaries together with the governors and governors where they are located, and all military affairs are subject to the king's dispatch. As for official evaluation, civil affairs, lawsuits, and money and food, they are still in the hands of the magistrates. [2] When the civil and military officials saw the king in trouble, they all met according to the king's courtesy. ”

"Haha, Xuan Ye has put together the edict I issued to Wu Sangui in the eighth year of Shunzhi, and the edict issued to Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao in the eleventh year of Shunzhi! Okay, good look! Then you just said that the example of the three feudal parties needs to be changed in Fujian, where is the adaptation? ”

Fu Lin's memory is no worse than that of Hongyi, he clearly remembers every will after he became pro-government, and remembers the so-called "flexibility" that Hongyi just emphasized!

"Emperor Ama Shengming's rule! The flexibility of Erchen is that all the passes in Fujian and Xiazhangquan are carried out, and they all need to be guarded by the Eight Banners of Manchurian, Mongolian and Han Dynasties, and strictly investigated, so that no additional military supplies can pass back and forth, especially all kinds of items brought back from overseas by King Tong'an. At this time, in order to put an end to his windfall and fund the military funds of King Haicheng! ”

"Quasi-play! The five trade ports still need to set up customs defenses, and implement what Xuan Ye said one by one! Harbour Customs...... These five seaport customs are called Lu Customs, Jiang Customs, Min Customs, and Guangdong Customs! Ryukyu and Taiwan, the size of the Ryukyus, cooperate in one place, called Taiwan Customs! The five customs offices have set up customs roads, and the household department handles them quickly! ”

Hongyi heard that Fu Lin accepted it all, and he was overjoyed-

Although Fujian is one of the "five trades", it is not worthy of its name! First, you can't sit on the ground to trade, you can't collect and distribute goods, and third, you can't have heavy troops! In this way, as the base camp of Zheng Shisen, the king of Haicheng, its role and status have dropped too much.

Zheng father and son, I really don't know how you are going to deal with it. But if it were me, I would definitely send troops to Taiwan as soon as possible!

[1] The place where the head of the mountain is located is the confluence of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, so the mountains are high and the waves are rapid, and the reefs are dense, so there is a saying that "the limit of the mountain".

[2] At that time, Wu Sangui had not yet entered Yunnan and Guizhou, so his power was not as great as when he was the king of Yunnan, and local government affairs still had to be subject to the magistrates appointed by the imperial court. What a good time, everyone! (To be continued......)