When the news of Fujian reached Zhejiang, Wang Wei let go of a lot of heart. Diaphragm

Kaihai has reached this level, and there are people who have died, lost their fame, and been arrested and put in prison, but looking back, what did he, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, do?

He can't do the big things in Zhejiang, or rely on the emperor's decree, Fujian's bandits are Wang Shouren's main grasp, I thought that Fujian will take some time, but the time limit is added, and the speed of Fujian's switch is sharply accelerated.

Wang Wei did not dare to relax in the slightest, and personally presided over it every day to arrange specific trade matters. Opening the sea is just a slogan, and the emperor will not make particularly detailed arrangements for how to open it, which belongs to the implementation level.

Fortunately, there is also a strong executive Wang Qiong in Zhejiang.

In December of the 18th year of Hongzhi, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, the government of Zhejiang and Fujian, and the shipping departments of Ningbo, Fuzhou and Quanzhou jointly promulgated the measures for the management of overseas trade.

Concrete.

For merchants in the Ming Dynasty who want to go to sea, they need to submit an application to the city shipping department, which includes the type and quantity of goods, the number of the ship, the names of all the people on board, and the place where they want to go. Diaphragm

After receiving the application, the city port department should inspect the goods and personnel, and the inspection of the goods is, of course, to avoid the export of some contraband, such as grain and horses, which are generally lacking in the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the cargo cannot contain people.

If he opened the sea for a long time and sold the people of the Ming Dynasty as cattle and horses, then Zhu Houzhao would kill people without mercy. Especially young girls will be sold.

The main purpose of the inspection of the ship's personnel was to prevent some of the people who had committed the crime from fleeing overseas in order to avoid being pursued by the imperial court.

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After the inspection is completed, the tax will be levied according to the ratio of 1 out of 10 for fine color (precious goods) and 1 out of 15 for coarse color (general goods), and then issued a public certificate. The popular understanding is the sea permit.

This is aimed at businessmen in their own countries.

This is half of the work of the city, and the other half is for overseas merchants. Diaphragm

Wang Qiong carefully studied the city of the Song and Yuan dynasties, and then worked with Wang Wei to set the three main procedures of reading the goods, extracting them, and issuing public certificates.

The so-called reading of goods is to ask the officials of the Yamen of the Municipal Department of Shipping to inspect the goods carried by the foreign ships, and also to inspect foreign personnel.

If the regulations are met, then the same tax proportion will be extracted.

After all the vouchers are completed, you can enter Ningbo, Fuzhou, and Quanzhou for trade. However, if you need to go beyond the scope of these three places, you need to continue to apply to the government and inform you of the destination.

If the application is not allowed, the government of the destination must be consulted. That is, this side agrees to release people and goods, and that side agrees to pick up people and goods, so that they are allowed to leave.

This article was reported to the palace, and Zhu Houzhao agreed, for four reasons.

1. The so-called opening of the sea is not to open all the places in the Ming Dynasty into a free vegetable field. This is a step-by-step process. Diaphragm

Second, for mainland merchants, because most of the overseas goods are in these three places, then people will gather, which will actually promote the prosperity of the port city.

Third, and it is confined to one place, which is still more convenient for Daming's current management ability. Even if something happens, it will be a problem of one city and one place, and it will not affect too widely.

Fourth, when businessmen at home and abroad feel that this restriction is too much, they will naturally raise objections. At that time, it can provide a reason for the increase in ports.

In the locality, it was Wang Qiong who raised this point, and he was thinking about one, the Ming officialdom.

That is, other provinces will be resistant to such an opening, so adding this article gives local officials most of the decision-making power, and if you really feel that the entry of foreigners is not conducive to your management, then you can disagree.

In this way, Wang Qiong has turned the world upside down in Zhejiang, anyway, it is not about Jiangxi and Huguang provinces, so they will not regard Wang Qiong as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh.

After such an arrangement, there will definitely be various methods such as smuggling, smuggling, entrainment, and hiding goods to evade the taxes of the imperial court. Diaphragm

For example, after you establish contact with domestic and foreign businessmen, you will want to put aside the 'intermediary' of the Ming government and find a place to trade secretly, so that both parties can save taxes.

In response to this kind of thing, on the one hand, the city shipping department will continue to track down whether the incoming goods have entry certificates, and on the other hand, once it is identified, it will arrest and confiscate.

This article was changed by Zhu Houzhao.

The emperor's meaning is that you can't just arrest your own people. In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, if you violate the law of the Ming Dynasty, I don't care which country you are, and you will be arrested and imprisoned.

Wang Wei and Wang Qiong saw it, and they could only implement it according to the rules.

Since ancient times, every powerful monarch has been somewhat domineering, in fact, the whole world is very domineering, and the values behind the word Celestial Empire are even more domineering, because it denies the legitimacy that other countries are equal to the Celestial Empire in an unreasonable way.

The first batch of goods from Ningbo City came from the government. Diaphragm

After the opening of the sea, Mei Kejia and Mei Ji could be legitimized in name, and the emperor could assign them to Hangzhou Weaving with a single order.

Under the leadership of Mei Kejia, several large businessmen in many places in Zhejiang transported the goods to Ningbo, and then went through the procedures in accordance with the procedures stipulated by the Municipal Shipping Division to prepare to go to sea.

For a while, there were thousands of sails in Ningbo Port, which made Wang Wei suddenly understand a problem,

"No wonder Your Majesty wants Mei Ji and Shaofu to set up large shipbuilding workshops respectively."

When Wang Qiong saw this picture, he saw another problem, "Ministry, according to this trend, Ningbo, Fuzhou and Quanzhou all need to expand the berth and build the city. ”

Because of the large number of people and the large number of boats, this facility is definitely not enough now.

And if outsiders are allowed to live outside the city at will, then what can the government do to control him? He can leave whenever he wants in the middle of the night, and come whenever he wants. Diaphragm

Wang Wei felt very reasonable when he heard it, he recommended Wang Qiong to the emperor because he was a practical official. Now that he can plan these things in advance, it really shows that he is good at execution.

"Your Majesty has often said over the years that you want to give the people a means of making a living, the expansion of the berth and the construction of the city all need manpower, Zhejiang and Fujian are all places with few fields, recruit more of these people to come over, the people can be lai'an, and the local government can be governed."

Wang Wei did not hesitate, "In this case, you and I will go to Your Majesty and ask for money." ”

"Good!"

December 26, 18th year of Hongji.

It snowed heavily in Kyoshi.

The red Forbidden City mixed with the white first snow suddenly has an indescribable beauty. Diaphragm

A charcoal fire rose in the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor sat on the side to watch the recital of Wang Wei, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian.

The eighteenth year of Hongzhi is about to pass, and in a few days it will officially enter the Zhengde era.

Before that, he was also satisfied with the fact that he could do this to this extent.

It's still a bit confusing, but it's always the case with times of change.

As a traverser, he can point in a direction. But the direction is set, and how far you can go is about execution. The officials of the Ming Dynasty had never done anything like this before, and it was impossible to come up perfectly.

Officials also need a little time to gain experience and correct the loopholes and mistakes in the previous regulations.

This is a matter of the perfection stage. Diaphragm

It was also at this time that Zhu Houzhao summoned Han Ziren.

In the past few days, there has been a festive atmosphere in the palace, but the Qianqing Palace is still brightly lit, and Han Ziren was called into the palace in the evening.

"Wechen see Your Majesty."

The emperor said to Liu Jin: "Move a charcoal basin to Han Aiqing." ”

Han Ziren didn't even dare to say it.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't care about these details, but asked: "Do you remember that I said that the North Town Fu Division is responsible for listening outside the country, and the South Town Fu Division is responsible for listening inside the territory?" ”

Han Ziren's heart moved, "Weichen remembers. "Ahh

"Now is the time." The emperor gave him a piece of paper, on which was a plan, "After you go back, according to what is written on it, secretly set up an organization called the Military Intelligence Department, the initial personnel I give you, they are all people who have played with me for many years, and then you have to explore how to select and train enough talents, and place them where the imperial court needs them." ”

Han Ziren thought to himself, isn't this also the emperor's minions? And it's still secretly established.

"It's a big deal. I want you to be clear-headed. ”

Han Ziren didn't dare to be careless, "Weichen understands!" Weichen listened carefully to every word of His Majesty. ”

"Good. The first task, the imperial court in Ningbo, Fuzhou, Quanzhou respectively set up the city of the division, it can be said with certainty, the scale of the three cities will be expanded, the ministry is already selecting officials to be sent in batches, I will order the placement of the people of the Nanzhen Fusi in it, belong to your control, after arriving in the place, submit a report to the Nanzhen Fusi every year, I see. ”

Zhu Houzhao does not distrust officials like Wang Wei, but in many cases, high-ranking officials at the lowest level may not necessarily know about them.

"When Jinyiwei was reorganized, many people told me that the power of the Beizhen Fusi was too great, and I didn't know what you thought. But in my opinion, the Ming Dynasty is a huge empire, and no matter how strong the Mongols are, I am not afraid, because they are enemies on the surface. But I'm worried about the disaster, and the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is sometimes dug up by my own people. "Ahh

Han Ziren understood, "Wechen has never felt that Nanzhen Fusi is not important, whether it is important or not is not something that Wechen should consider, and doing a good job of the things that His Majesty has explained is what Wechen should consider." ”

"Good. Go down. ”

"Yes, Weichen retired."

When he was halfway there, Zhu Houzhao suddenly called him, "Wait." ”

Han Ziren turned around and knelt down again.

"You are a person who has made a name for yourself, you should have seen a lot of history, and the emperor's mind is more accurate than others guessed. So, remember to be more mindful. ”

Han Ziren nodded naturally, but he didn't understand, who were the other people the emperor was referring to? Diaphragm

I will never say that the ministers of the court, those people are more clever than him.