"Nanming."

Ambassador Yang read this historic name with some embarrassment.

Of course, people call themselves Ming Zhengshuo.

That's what he calls people.

Moreover, at present, the vast majority of local officials and gentry in the Ming Dynasty also think that they are the Ming Dynasty, but they are afraid of his obscenity and have to compromise to refuse to recognize the Guangzhou court. After all, the empress has been brought out here, whether it is a Confucian scholar or a gentry with serious traditional thoughts, they are all half angry to death by this result, which clearly shows that they are walking on the road to disaster for the country and the people.

The country will not be a country!

In this way, Zhu Yunwen really represents the light.

Although the officials and gentry did not dare to go to the light.

And the reason why the gentry and military generals who supported Wang Bi and the He family, including the two Guang Annan, followed Zhu Yunwen was very simple.

It's two.

One is overseas trade.

The He family had already sent people to test that if the imperial court opened up overseas trade and allowed private merchants to go to sea, they could send Zhu Yunwen back, and they took Zhu Yunwen over, and they were really ready to use it as a bargaining chip, but Yang Feng refused. If they want to participate in overseas trade, they must join the government-run Nanyang Company, to be precise, a monopoly overseas trading company in which the official superintendent and the business office, the royal family, the household department, and the little princess cooperate. This company has been granted a concession to trade with all the vassal states of the South Seas, and whether it is exported or imported, it must go through this company in the future.

At the same time, this company has the right to arms.

A non-Nanyang company ship that encounters this line of trade at sea can be sunk directly.

No matter what the identity.

Similarly, tributary trade by sea ceased.

A tribute is a tribute, and it is not allowed to trade goods without permission in the future.

It is not forbidden on land.

Overland tributaries can still trade goods with them.

In addition, it has the right to crusade against vassal states that trade with merchants other than the Nanyang Company without permission.

So there are also marines.

And the strength is strong, although there are five thousand in total, but it is already equipped with flintlock pistols, and even rifled flintlock pistols are equipped, after all, in the South Sea environment, arquebuses are too restrictive, although flintlock pistols still can't be all-weather, but at least there is no need to worry about a light rain.

In addition, the fire cap is already being developed, and when this thing is available, the problem will be completely solved.

Moreover, such actions of Nanyang Company do not need to be approved by the imperial court, as long as they find such situations and the evidence is conclusive, they can take direct action, of course, they cannot be framed, and the bottom line of being a human being must be adhered to......

Well, that means it's okay actually.

Got it!

The second is the issue of compulsory foreign exchange settlement.

In order to facilitate trade, banks will also be opened in these subject countries.

In short, no matter whether you buy or sell, you must use treasure money, even if it is a transaction in the port of a vassal country, both parties must also use treasure money, dare not to use the rules of Emperor Taizu Gao, allow reporting, the whistleblower gets everything in the transaction, and the buyer and seller are both guilty of the same crime, and they must be beheaded. If the vassal state does not agree, it is not a subject, and the Ming can send troops to fight, including directly destroying the country.

On these two issues.

As long as the imperial court agreed to open up private overseas trade and abolish the compulsory foreign exchange settlement system, the Guangdong gentry gave up resistance and sent Zhu Yunwen back to the capital.

As for Wang Bi, it doesn't matter, his army did not resist him, but followed and surrendered to Zhu Yunwen, just because the military supplies transported from Guangdong to Annam were not broken, so they were raised by the Guangdong gentry, and the latter also needed them. The Guangdong maritime merchants led by the He family, including the smuggling Fujian maritime merchants, traded with Nanyang in large quantities through Annan, and then sold Nanyang spices to the imperial court control areas through Fujian maritime merchants, Jiangxi, and Huguang land smugglers, and then used the money earned to take out a part of the army under Wang Bi......

What more could they want?

Isn't it money?

The Southern Ming court was not short of money.

Now they have a monopoly on the South Seas trade.

Originally, there was no past, and Lao Zhu did not let go of overseas trade, he only authorized the merchants of some subject countries to come to the Ming Dynasty for a few customs trades, and then only allowed them to use treasure money to trade.

He didn't really let go.

Now He Rong's sailors, the coastal ports of Annam, controlled by Wang Bi, directly blocked this trade.

You don't need these businessmen to come to Daming.

The maritime merchants of Guangdong, the maritime merchants of Annam, drove their own ships to these vassals, and then went directly to their ports to trade, anyway, from Guangzhou to Hoi An in Annam, it was under the control of the Guangzhou imperial court. In fact, these subject countries also traded in entrepots, and the porcelain, silk, and steel of the Ming Dynasty were shipped to India and even the Arabian Peninsula after they were shipped, and they used to trade spices, medicinal materials, and various luxury goods such as precious stones. So in the end, it was actually the merchants of Guangdong and Annan who became the monopoly middlemen in this trade chain, and it was impossible not to make money like this.

The imperial court can't control them for the time being.

Unless Yang Feng has the ability to block the land checkpoints of the entire junction line.

But it's also impossible.

In fact, because of the involvement of various things during this period, the imperial court has much less control over the local area, and it can't manage these checkpoints at all.

Even smuggling along the coast of Fujian cannot be controlled.

It can be said that the chaos of the Ming Dynasty, which lasted for nearly a year, made Lao Zhu's thirty years of hard work in vain, he established it by murderous means, he thought that the most perfect ruling system was on the verge of collapse, and he suppressed the original living trembling ghosts, snakes, and gods of all walks of life have been unlocked......

Even the pirates have popped up again.

Of course, it's hard to say whether it's real or fake.

Anyway, they are all operating along the coast of Fujian, especially along the coast of southern Fujian.

Anyway, local officials in Fujian often reported that the Japanese invaders had landed and that the Japanese were entrenched on the islands, and then the goods that were shipped from Guangdong could be explained, all of which were traded between the Japanese and the coastal people.

It's like this everywhere.

On land like the Meiling area, smuggling can already be said to be bright.

The levels are virtually non-existent.

The whole country is quickly breaking free from the shackles of Lao Zhu.

This is also where the confidence of these gentry in the south lies.

As soon as Lao Zhu died, they felt that the sky above their heads suddenly opened up, and the air that had made them almost unable to breathe was extremely sweet, and they felt that their whole body was full of strength all of a sudden. At this point, the northern gentry are much more sober, after all, they have all really seen Yang Feng's methods, including the Suzhou gentry, who are also more sober than the Guangdong gentry. Therefore, when Yang Feng refused both without hesitation, the Guangdong gentry did not hesitate to support the new monarch, and the era name of Zhu Yunwen's accession to the throne in Guangzhou was also Jianwen, which pinned the ardent hopes of the Confucian scholars. Even Enke has opened, and it is estimated that the first batch of Jinshi will be tested this year, not only the scholars of Liangguang and Annan, but also the scholars of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Fujian have secretly run away.

Abandon the darkness and turn to the light.

In case Yang Feng was killed by a thunderbolt from God, wouldn't Emperor Jianwen be able to return to the capital?

And as the ministers of the dragon, they will naturally soar.

Of course, the main thing is that the imperial examination has been reformed here, and they don't bother to go along with it.

"It's not because your face is too ugly."

Sister Liu said.

The little princess nodded approvingly.

In fact, she is not very opposed to opening up coastal trade, she just can't stand the banking problem.

After all, banks are lying down to make money, but overseas trade requires huge investment, especially according to Yang Feng's plan, and the cost of suppression must be added.

It is better to liberalize coastal trade, but insist on compulsory foreign exchange settlement.

In the end, the gold and silver still went to the bank.

There is no need to pay for the cost of repression.

"Childish!"

Yang Feng said.

"So tell me, what are you not eating alone?

You don't even get much benefit.

You don't know that the East India Company finally had to be handed over to the British government because it couldn't be sustained, right? The Dutch East India Company too, the Portuguese East India Company even lasted only a few decades, do you think the monopoly will bring huge revenues? But in fact, monopoly does not bring huge income, you need to pay a huge cost to maintain monopoly power, do you think that if you don't let them smuggle, they won't smuggle?

You'll have to deal with pirates.

You've got to hunt down the smugglers.

You have to go to the army to suppress the rebellion of the vassal states.

It's all money.

You can collect money lying down, so why do you have to do such a thankless job? ”

Sister Liu said.

The little princess continued to nod.

Now the three of them are equivalent to the highest decision-making center of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Sister Liu is just with her voice.

They made a decision here, and then the cabinet headed by Zhang Xianzong drafted the decree, and finally the celebrant issued a sealed decree, but it still has to go through six sections, and the whole procedure is the same as in the past, and the system itself is currently the most advanced, so of course there is no need to change it.

As for the queen......

The queen is nursing the child.

The most important job of the Empress of the Prison Kingdom now is to make the Empress grow up healthily.

"But that's what I want?

Does Daming need profits from overseas trade? No, the Ming finance is not short of money, but the Ming needs control over Nanyang, needs to establish a real ruling system in Nanyang, needs all vassals, and must truly submit to the Ming. Just like Qin Shi Huang's book and the same track, they had to accept the rules of the Ming Dynasty, and the monopoly of Nanyang Company was indeed very likely to outweigh the losses in terms of profits, and it was necessary to invest a huge amount of additional money to maintain this monopoly system. In the end, it is likely that all the money earned in monopolizing trade will have to be invested in maintaining monopoly power, and it is true that the East India Company will not be able to maintain it later, but you must not forget that it was the East India Company that turned India into the most dazzling jewel in the British crown.

It is the one who has turned India into what the British want.

Make hay?

At our level, why should we think about making money?

What is money?

In our printing shop, new ones are printed every day.

Money is defined by us.

Let go?

So do you like Li Jin, Pan Xiu, and Guo Zhen to lead the way for the alien colonists, or do you like Wang Zhi who organized the pirates along the coast, or Li Dan and Zheng Zhilong, who like to circumvent the national tax system for smuggling? Don't you know what kind of virtues these merchants are? Do you think that they are all law-abiding citizens, and they will pay taxes honestly when you say that they will pay taxes? The truth is that if you dare to let go, they will have a hundred ways to ruin your childish design.

I have a monopoly, they smuggle, do you think they will not smuggle if they are released?

They will only intensify their smuggling.

Didn't Daming let go?

After the opening of Longqing, the Ming Guangzhou Customs inflowed as much as tens of millions of taels of silver a year, and an official's note recorded that he met three Spanish ships arriving in Guangzhou, each of which threw 300,000 taels of silver into the city.

Then the shipping tax, water salary, ship guide, etc., a bunch of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, adding up to 40,000 taels.

In other words, do you think that in this era, the Ming Dynasty can cultivate coastal officials who are truly law-abiding, honest as water, and serve the country and the people? Let's say in good conscience, do you think it's possible? The governor of Liangguang has hundreds of thousands of taels of black money a year, isn't it cheaper for me to let them go? ”

Yang Feng said.

This is the real world.

Longqing switched on, and then solved the smuggling?

All the taxes of Guangzhou Customs, the official tax of the customs ship docking, is the tax according to the value of the goods estimated, at the beginning of the goods, and then the trouble to directly estimate the size of the ship, the ship lead, is the franchise tax of the domestic merchants who go to sea to trade, all the taxes add up to 40,000 taels a year. Among them, the ship is the most pitiful, a hundred taels of silver a year, which is a franchise tax that allows the Ming merchant ships to go to sea for trade, but they can receive a hundred taels a year, which is not enough for officials to drink a meal of flower wine.

So......

You have to monopolize it.

Sister Liu was speechless.

At this time, Zhang Ying walked in, she was on duty in the palace, the little princess, she, and Chun Ji took turns on duty in the palace, taking care of the queen, dealing with some small things in the court, and of course the big things had to be sent here.

"List!"

She threw a pamphlet in front of Yang Feng.

Then she sat down next to her and looked at Yang Feng, who was reading the pamphlet......

"Don't you think it's a bit too much?"

She said.

"A few thousand is too much? Emperor Taizu Gao has been arrested by tens of thousands of people, and he is just a small case of corruption. ”

Yang Feng said.

This is the list of arrests for the murder of the king.

"But didn't the queen have already issued an edict before, saying that the crime is only Fang Xiaoru and a few others, and the officials and gentry from all over the country who have been bewitched by it are all at ease?"

Zhang Ying said.

"The queen has broken her promise, she is the queen of the prison country, she has broken her word, what can others do? What's so strange about her, a woman who has just given birth, suddenly breaks her promise before? This is called postpartum depression, everyone is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also loyal to the queen, in order to accommodate her postpartum depression, they can only follow her wishes. She has to severely punish these rebellious officials and gentry at the beginning, what can we do, we can only do it, and send a book back to explain the problem of postpartum depression, which is science. ”

Yang Feng said.

"Wait one day after I give birth, I will also give you depression."

Zhang Ying said.

"Do you want me to treat you then?"

The little princess said gloomily.

"Huh?"

Zhang Ying hurriedly showed a bewitching smile.

At this time, the little princess had already come to Yang Feng's side, and happily looked at the booklet and began to study the future of these people......

"I have to vomit out everything that eats me, and I have to give it back if I take mine, the bank has lost more than five million yuan this year, do they think I'm not going to pursue it anymore?"

She said smugly.