In July, the sun scorches the earth like a brazier.

The war horses from Hetao looked tired, but along the way to Beijing, there were scenes of wheat harvest, compared with previous years, this heat wave was nothing.

In the past few years, we have caught up with the good times, and there is no trouble in the court, especially the cancellation of the folk horse herding policy, and the burden on the common people is light, so there can be this scene of curling smoke.

What he sent was a transcript from the governor of the Hetao to the emperor.

When Zhu Houzhao saw it, Wang Shouren had already led his army deep into the desert, even if the letter was more important than him, but there was no final result, he couldn't help but be a little worried.

But it can't be seen by the courtiers.

It just so happens that there is a big event.

Today, the attendant Mu Jingyang will officially leave for Ningbo, because of the monsoon, the days can no longer be delayed. After arriving in Ningbo, he will sail with Shen Guangxun, the deputy admiral of the naval division, to visit various countries.

This is an official visit, so every time he goes to a country, Jing Yang has to meet with the official heads of various countries, whether it is a serious king or a rebellious general, it doesn't matter, the important thing is to convey the voice of trade and peace in the eastern powers.

For this purpose, silk, porcelain, tea, and the most precious cotton embroidery in Jiangnan were stored on board, as well as silver and gold.

If the other country is willing, then Jing Yang will also present a letter of state, send greetings on behalf of the emperor, and at the same time conclude friendly trade relations in the name of the heads of state of the two sides, so as to expand the scale of trade between the two countries in the coming year.

If the other country is unwilling, Zhu Houzhao set the tone for him is not to care about him, and others themselves are willing to be isolated from the world, then let him go, lock him up for decades, and be more backward in the future, and it will be better to clean up.

This is since the Three Treasures eunuch went to the West, the Ming Dynasty once again organized an official team to go to the sea, in addition to expanding trade, this trip also has a purpose, that is, to familiarize yourself with the route.

And this is related to Zhu Houzhao's next policy.

Outside the Fengtian Gate, the emperor held a grand send-off ceremony for Jing Yang, he saluted Jing Yang like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty treated Zhang Qian, because the road is far away, to face all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, and even whether he can come back alive is a problem, so before he made his trip, the edict of promoting him to the prime minister's foreign ministry has been issued.

The current Jing Yang is a diplomatic official of the Ming court, representing the will of the emperor, and his actions are the policy practice of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Houzhao also knows that such a trip in this era is not much different from playing with life, and compared with life, what is the official position, so he is sincere in this respect.

"Since Pangu opened the sky, the three emperors set the country, and the five emperors opened the territory, the people of China have lived on the banks of the Yellow River and multiplied on the banks of the Yangtze River...... When our emperor set the world, he knew that the world was big, not only the Central Plains, but also the vast and thousands of miles...... There are many countries, and the minister Zhu Houzhao adheres to the will of God, and the ancestor Yu Zhi is determined to revitalize the Han people...... Today, Jing Yang, a foreign affairs attendant, is dispatched to travel to other countries, promote the prestige of our country, and rejuvenate our border trade ......"

The ministers only thought that the emperor was just reading a word like this to cheer for Jing Yang. Unexpectedly, the emperor also added a sentence to the practice of the words, 'the government and the people work together to open up the ocean'.

Although it is just a small short sentence, the connotation behind it is incredible.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty has a road guidance system, even on land, it is not so easy for people to move at will, let alone at sea.

The road guidance system is a policy to control the flow of people, which has played a positive role in stabilizing social order, but it has been somewhat hindered by the gradual development of the commodity economy in the Ming Dynasty.

It seems that it is a matter of doing a certificate, which is not the way to do things in the government.

In this way, do you have to pay a yamen for worship? Is an extra card the price of an extra card? Where is it as simple as running an errand?

By extension, it is possible that you run over and people tell you that you have something to do, for example, to prove that you are a local. You say that my father is local, so you can prove your father again...... It's your dad. In short, there is no silver, and there are many ways.

All kinds of policies will almost always become quite complicated under layers of alienation, which is a dead knot brought from the mother's womb, which is difficult to dissolve.

Of course, with the gradual decay of the feudal dynasty, all kinds of policies are returning to paper from reality, and the road introduction system is also one of them, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, this binding force has been much smaller, and there are even geographers and travelers like Xu Xiake.

But Daming is now in Zhongxing!

As the bureaucratic system gradually regained its vitality under Zhu Houzhao's strong control, the various systems attached to it will naturally be turned over.

This is contrary to the development of the commodity economy, and Zhu Houzhao has considered that even in the Jiangnan region, where the private commodity economy is developed, regional abolition or partial relaxation of regulations can also be a phased goal.

Then he took into account that in fact, all the policies and systems of the entire feudal dynasty were adapted to the small-scale peasant economy, which anyone who knew some political economy would understand.

In layman's terms, it is the political atmosphere and policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing business, and free trade will not be born after a thousand years of development.

What you sow, you will reap.

Now this 'fruit' of the Ming Dynasty has been changed a little by Zhu Houzhao, and the more prosperous the commodity economy is, the more it will collide with the current policies.

It is impossible to be politically controlling and oppressive, but economically vibrant.

The road guidance system is just one of them, including the previously relaxed banknote customs.

In fact, there are not many of these policies.

Therefore, most fundamentally, Zhu Houzhao wanted to establish a consensus that the imperial court should formulate appropriate policies for agricultural and industrial development, and carry out small-scale and gradual improvements in unsuitable places.

But that's how hard it is.

The ancestral system is immutable, and it is almost an insurmountable mountain in this year.

Presumably, it is only through practice that the awareness of the civil service group can be gradually established in this regard, and then it will be better to ask them to come up with solutions to the actual problems in society.

And all radical reforms must be carried out with great care.

Now Zhu Houzhao is exactly what he has done, he has not said anywhere that he wants to cancel the road guide, he just mentioned one more sentence in his practice words to encourage the people to go to sea spontaneously.

In such an occasion, it is difficult for everyone to interrupt the process of practice and fiercely oppose it.

What's more, the sea trade has been open for ten years, and the people have long gone to sea. This shift is from the previous acquiescence to the current encouragement.

After Zhu Houzhao finished reading, his expression was as usual, he glanced at it, and the courtiers had no objections, but still focused on Jing Yang's body.

Jing Yang was wearing a red-robed official uniform, wearing an official hat, his expression was solemn, and he took the letter of state handed over by the emperor with both hands raised, "Weichen respectfully obeys His Majesty's will and goes to the soup to fight the fire, and he will not give up!" ”

"Remember, when you go abroad, you are the courtier of the Ming Dynasty, representing me and the Ming Dynasty, so you must act neither humbly nor arrogantly. Remember, I will not forget any of my courtiers, if they encounter danger, no matter what, they must send someone to deliver a letter back, and I will raise an army to attack them! ”

This is very domineering, the key is that it is not empty words, why did Japan provoke the anger of the Son of Heaven? One of the important reasons is that the Japanese threatened and insulted the officials of the Ming Dynasty!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Hurry up, please." Zhu Houzhao turned to the officials and said, "I said a few years ago that the sea is also territory. I read the history books, during the Song and Yuan dynasties, there were also Japanese invaders in the Central Plains, but at that time it was only for the disease of scabies, and in this dynasty, the problem of Japanese criminals became more and more intense. Time has changed, at this time is not as good as the Han and Tang Dynasties, if the sea is not the frontier, it is to give the safety of the coastal places to others, sea thieves, come if you want, go if you want to, kill people and prey, such as entering the land of no one, so that the people along the coast of the Ming Dynasty live in terror every day, and the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty has also been lost. This situation must be changed!

Today, I took Jingyang as an opportunity to go to sea, and made it clear to the ministers, the coastal provinces and our Ming navy, from Liaodong in the north to Liangguang in the south, where my Ming territory is near the sea, it is also my Ming territory, and it is under the jurisdiction of my Ming Dynasty, and merchant ships can pass here, but warships must not be allowed to approach without authorization, and the same is true for Japanese pirates and pirates. In this way, we can protect the safety of our people by keeping the sea at bay! ”

At this time, there is no international law, and Zhu Houzhao will not set a specific distance to limit himself, anyway, it is near the sea, and how close it depends on the situation.

"I am by no means a good achievement, but from the reality, since the opening of the sea ban, Ningbo, Zhoushan, Quanzhou and other places have been prosperous for a while, there are hundreds of thousands of merchants and farmers who live, and half of the tax and silver of the imperial court every year are also out of the sea trade, the southeast is stable, then the Ming is stable, the southeast is shaking, then the Ming is shaking, such a key place, don't you want to strengthen the guard?! It is necessary to know that the sea is not weaker than the border of the Great Wall. ”

The Great Wall is more important because the emperor is here.

Now that the status of the southeast coast has also been highlighted, the sea hazard naturally needs to be taken seriously.

In fact, subduing Japan does not mean that the plague of the Japanese will disappear, and the more they plunder him, the more severe the Japanese may be, and people will always have to find a way to survive.

At the Gate of Heaven, the emperor wore a dragon robe, and made this voice on such an occasion, which was the holy decree.

Wang Wei and Yang Tinghe guarded, and hundreds of civil and military officials knelt down one after another, shouting in unison: "The emperor is sage! The Emperor Shengming!! ”

"Let's be flat." Zhu Houzhao looked into the distance, "I have determined the general direction, and officials from all over the country should pay attention not to confuse the people at will, saying that it doesn't matter what the ocean is." In the edict issued by the imperial court, the importance of the sea and the southeast coast to the Ming Dynasty should be elaborated in detail, so that this concept can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people as soon as possible. ”

On the seventh day of the seventh month of July, today's day was specially chosen by him.

With the blessing of this emotion, what Jing Yang did also had an extra layer of meaning in his eyes, and he hoped that Jing Yang could return safely, so that Daming could establish contact with the world and fully participate in the great era of the Great Voyage.

(End of chapter)