Wang Wei remembered the day when Hongzhi walked out of the East Palace in the eleventh year, he knew that there would be a great emperor in the Ming Dynasty, but he had never had such a bold imagination about the future. At that time, I only felt that the prince should be dormant, study hard, and reserve some talented generals in the palace. In the future, the people are in the dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and peaceful. That's it at most.

But now he understands that the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty has a picture of his own governance in his heart.

But the discussion of opening the sea is by no means such a simple matter, not to mention the ruthlessness of the sea storms, it is the integration of the gentry on the southeast coast, the imperial court really opened a market division somewhere, and there are official and business representatives like Mei Kejia, to what extent will the interests of those merchants be squeezed out in the future?

What worries him even more is that in the process of transmitting the decree, there will be layers of overlapping and distorting the holy will. Power and lust are intertwined, like a beast that can grow on its own.

In the unlikely event that the specific rulers exert too much force, it cannot be said that there will be chaos in the southeast.

How can the country stand it at that time?

But the emperor seemed to have made up his mind, although he still spoke well.

「…… Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao set his eyes on Xie Qian.

"Weichen speculates that His Majesty ordered Shaofu to set up a shipyard, does he want to build another Daming Sailor in the future?"

Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips.

There are a lot of things that he wants to do one by one, and he doesn't want to turn the country upside down overnight. I don't want to irritate them too deeply.

But Xie Qian can still guess,

Because today's saint has a desire to control that is not weaker than that of Emperor Taizu, if the caravan of the Ming Dynasty is not protected at sea, will the emperor be able to stand it?

However, the preparation cost of the sailor is even more exaggerated, unless, Haimao really makes a lot of profits.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao still has a plan in mind, that is, the problem of a large amount of silver pouring in after the sea is really opened, but that involves currency reform, not the current thing.

"Elder Xie Ge, my Chrysostom can't be opened at will. So this question, I can only say, needs to see how the situation develops."

"Your Majesty." Xie Qian knelt down, "Does the opening of the sea by the imperial court have to be combined with the fight against maritime trade smuggling? Otherwise, the imperial court will open an opening, but the smuggling of the people is still there, and this opening will be meaningless."

"Not bad."

"In this case, the southeast will be in chaos!"

"But it's not like I didn't give them a way to live. It's their own greed!"

"But with Your Majesty's talents, why should the southeast be preferred? There are two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty, and the most chaotic thing is the southeast! Or maybe it can be piloted in Zhejiang first."

"No!" Zhu Houzhao's kind words came to an end, "Like this kind of thing, the imperial court must show a resolute will! Pilot to pilot, those people still think that the imperial court is hesitating, isn't this encouraging those opposing interest groups? Elder Xie Ge, I know that you are Lao Cheng's serious words to seek the country! But things are different, and methods are different. Sometimes, you have to move like thunder!"

"Don't you know that after a raging storm, it's easy to mess up?!"

"There are things that you can persuade. But in this matter, I want to be arbitrary, if the country is destroyed because of this, then I will be the king of this dead country!"

The emperor said this to this extent, in fact, he cut off the way of the advice of these courtiers. ….

In the past, there was Liu Mansion, which was the favored minister of the first emperor, and he could 'self-confidence, identity, Liu Jian can also. But both of these people were taken away by the emperor, and the rest of them probably had to do nothing to decide to stop them.

If the emperor is a big faint king, then if the official does not do it, he will not do it. But he's not, he's creating a great era.

In fact, for Zhu Houzhao, he didn't have to say so decisively and ugly. But just as he showed the determination of the court to the locality, he also had to show his determination to the center of power in front of him.

He must do this, no one can stop him!

「…… In this case, we have to prepare for the worst."

What's the worst-case scenario?

"The so-called worst, that is, the local powerful gentry instigated the people to make trouble, and the southeast was full of bandits and people

It's boring."

Zhu Houzhao sat back on the dragon chair, "It's not the worst. At worst, there are people who gather to rebel, or even ...... Unite with each other and instigate the clan to raise troops! I also want to see if there is any merchant family that can command tens of thousands of family members to fight against the official army."

The emperor even thought of a rebellion......

Wang Wei's heart also tightened, no wonder the emperor wanted to say that he wanted to show determination, it should indeed be so, he must use the authority of the official army to achieve the goal of surrendering the army without a fight, instead of waiting for them to accept it slowly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the military order should precede the government order."

"What do you mean?"

"Those in charge of the local health center should also be transferred in advance."

As soon as he said this, everyone in the warm pavilion understood.

In addition to the border passes in the Ming Dynasty, there were also a large number of guards in the locality, and the commanders of these guards were selected by the imperial court.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "First replace all the commanders and fellow intellectuals of the Zhejiang and Fujian Metropolitan Command Envoys, and allow the new Metropolitan Commanders to recommend candidates for the commanders of the guards under their jurisdiction."

In this way, the commanders of Zhejiang and Fujian actually turned the domestic guard posts into private soldiers in a certain sense. After all, it's his people, so he can mobilize to the greatest extent. In the military administration, this is not a good solution.

But special times, special means. Anyway, the strength of the local guard itself is not big, and the envoys of Zhejiang and Fujian are still in the hands of the imperial court, so it can't be messed up, even if someone has different intentions, it's still far from the tail, and then it will be dismantled.

Zhu Houzhao thought of the seven brothers who followed Zhou Shangwen.

"What about the former commander of the replaced?" Wang Wei asked.

"Go north, enter Beijing!"

Look at how messy they are at the feet of the Son of Heaven!

"Wechen has something to say." Yang Tinghe took a step forward and gave his hand.

"Say."

"The most important things in the southeast are, one is finance and taxation, and the other is transportation. Therefore, Weichen thought that the opening of the sea should be after the rice harvest in the south of the Yangtze River and when the grain was transported north. If the summer grain can't catch up, you have to wait until the autumn grain. Don't rush!"

Zhu Houzhao thought about the transfer of his own personnel, and then let them adapt, it would take a lot of time.

"Quasi-play!"

Yang Tinghe also said: "In order to coordinate the overall situation, Weichen also thought that the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian should be temporarily appointed to oversee the three affairs of the military, government, and city departments, ranking above the three divisions and governors!" ….

"Quasi-play!"

"Before the opening of the sea order, the imperial court should first issue an order to check and prepare warehouses, but not to Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, but to Nanzhili and Jiangxi. That is, once there is a change in the southeast, the imperial court can import grain into the two provinces to settle the people, so as not to cause a catastrophe!"

"Quasi-play!"

After three quasi-performances in a row, Yang Tinghe suddenly became in the limelight. He has always had a clear mind, and he rarely gets confused when dealing with things.

"Anything else?" Zhu Houzhao glanced at the crowd, asked in a deep voice, and after waiting for a while, he preached to himself: "The above is all preparation for the worst, what I want to say is that the imperial court should also work hard in the best direction. The opening of the sea by the imperial court is not to prevent the powerful gentry from doing business on the sea. I want to use a method called the access system."

Admission system?

The cabinet and the ministries were a little puzzled.

"The access system means that entry is permitted, that is, the imperial court allows some people to be able to do maritime business through the city. For example, the local powerful gentry can admit them to the access list, and the merchants on the list formulate unique marks, how they went to sea in the past, and how they will go to sea in the future. In other words, they don't have to fight with me, business is allowed. In this way, the mighty forces can be divided."

Yang Yiqing's eyes lit up, "This is the method of encircling three ques."

"Not bad. Smuggling must be cracked down, access must be pushed, as long as there is a way to live, eight out of ten families will not do the rebellion of the nine clans."

Li Dongyang asked: "Xu Haoqiang does not allow the people, how can such things be explained to the people of the world?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "The sea is stormy and rough, and the sea trade is not a small business like opening a steamed bun shop, it is ordinary

People can't afford to stop them outside to protect them."

Everyone's eyes unconsciously glanced at the emperor: this is okay......

"But in this way, wouldn't the merchants who choose to access it also cheaper for them? Smuggling in the past is now naturally legal."

"Who said the access system is free?" Zhu Houzhao put his hands behind his back, and he knew too well when he mentioned this, "The power to issue access to the system is in the hands of the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, and all merchants who want to be included in the list need to report to the imperial court the name, place of origin, children and relatives of their owners, the names of the goods they go to sea and other information. And...... How much money do you think is appropriate for these smugglers?"

Silver?

"Your Majesty, ...... such a fortune?"

Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes and waved his hand, "I don't want any of the money I received!" Entering the house, as a disaster relief fund! And it's only for disaster relief, and no one else is allowed to touch the money!"

Han Wen immediately refreshed, "...... Wechen heard that the smuggling profits of the southeast sea merchants are huge, and 100,000 silver goes to sea, and the return trip can get ten times the profit! And smuggling violates the law, and there is a suspicion of contempt for the imperial court, if you want to take off this hat and enter the admission list, why do you need 50,000 taels of silver!"

"Fifty thousand?" Min Jue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, simply admired Han Wen's kindness, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that each family is less than 200,000 taels!"

Zhu Houzhao had to take a breath of cool air at this number, "Will anyone be unable to afford it?"

"Hmph. If you don't copy your family, you can't afford it, but if you copy your family, you can't afford it! This is a disaster relief fund for the victims of disasters all over the world, although Your Majesty said that it was Min Jue's mouth and advice, let them all come and scold me! Don't be afraid!"

Wang Wei and Han Wen couldn't smile bitterly, this old puppet reacted really quickly, and immediately began to calculate such a good thing. Where is this begging for scolding, it is probably rumored that the Qianqing Palace will praise Qingliu.

"Okay, then I'm welcome. I'll ask Min Shangshu to carry this pot for me."

Min Jue knelt down and saluted generously, "The king is the minister, and the minister's life is His Majesty's, not to mention carrying a pot?!"

"Good!" Zhu Houzhao patted the dragon chair and stood up a little excitedly!.

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