As for the next view, because the symbolic meaning is greater than the practical meaning, there is nothing to discuss.

Only one item was discussed.

What was discussed was that the Privy Envoy Fang Fengshi and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Pan Chengjuan asked for the determination of the time for the sacrifice of the prisoners, and asked the Son of Heaven to grant it.

Zhu Yijun finally accepted the request of the Ministry of Rites, set a date, and then announced his retirement from the court.

After retiring from the dynasty, Qi Jiguang went out of the Xuanzhi Gate with the British Duke and the Dingguo Prince.

The Duke of Dingguo first took the initiative to invite the British Duke and Qi Jiguang and said: "Can the two of you be free to come to me to play horse hanging?" ”

The nobles of the Ming Dynasty are generally more idle, so they often have a lot of time to do these entertainment activities.

"Yes, Qi Shuai is no longer leading troops now, so he must be idle, right?"

The British Duke agreed first, and asked Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang glanced back, and then smiled apologetically: "I'm really sorry, but I also invite the two grandfathers Haihan, Your Majesty has a will, so that the contemptible people will go to the government hall of the Qianqing Palace today to participate in the discussion." ”

"That's right."

The British Duke replied with some disappointment, and then said, "It's okay, it's okay another day." ”

"Another day, then! Today is not the right time. ”

After Qi Jiguang returned, he left here, and followed the eunuch who came to pick him up and left here.

Then, the British Duke and the Dingguo Duke and other martial artists watched Qi Jiguang, Zhang Juzheng, and Fang Fengshi in their own court class enter the inner court talking and laughing.

"Hmph, what's the spirit?!"

Dingguo Gong couldn't help but snort at this time, pulled down his face, and then said: "It's just because we, the old nobles, don't have the opportunity to go to the battlefield to serve the country again, otherwise it won't be worse than him after the first or fourth grade meritorious hero." ”

Because of his contribution to the founding of the country, Qi Jiguang was awarded by Zhu Yuanzhang the hereditary official of the Dengzhou Wei Commander of the Fourth Grade.

Therefore, the Duke of Dingguo called Qi Jiguang a four-grade meritorious hero.

At this time, the British Duke couldn't help asking: "What do you say the inner court looks like, and what is the difference from the previous dynasty?" ”

Dingguo said: "Who knows, unless there is also a chance to discuss politics, you can go in and have a look." ”

"Don't worry about the future, Qi Yuanjing deliberately came so early today, obviously hinting that our old nobles want to stand with him, the new noble, and support the coexistence of civil and military."

The British Duke said with a smile.

After hearing this, Dingguo Gong nodded: "You are not wrong, so I took the initiative to invite him, but I was not convinced, I don't even know what it is like in the political hall!" ”

"It's time to be strict with our children, maybe we can really have the opportunity to serve the country in the future."

The British Duke said at this time.

……

The Hall of Politics.

Zhu Yijun sat behind the eucalyptus, looked at Zhang Juzheng, Fang Fengshi, Qi Jiguang and others who were rushing in, and said, "Move another chair and sit opposite me for Qi Qing." ”

Zhang Hong said yes.

Then, Zhu Yijun said: "What I want to talk about today is the issue of tax rates in Hirado and Nagasaki. ”

Immediately, Zhu Yijun asked Qi Jiguang to talk about the trade situation between Hirado and Nagasaki.

Qi Jiguang replied seriously, and even said the interest rates of specific goods such as cotton yarn, sugar, and lead powder.

"The cotton yarn in the Kannai is seven taels of silver and one stone, and in Hirado and Nagasaki it can be sold for sixteen to eighteen taels and one stone."

"Sugar in the Kannai can be sold for 325 to 522 yuan a stone in Hirado and Nagasaki."

"The white lead powder in the Kannai is 227 yuan and 1 stone, and in Hirado and Nagasaki it can be sold for 6 taels and 5 yuan and 1 stone to 721 stone."

When Qi Jiguang was reporting, Fang Fengshi, Wang Guoguang, Zhang Xueyan and other ruling ministers all showed shocked looks.

They knew that Haili was rich, but they didn't expect it to be so rich, and then they thought that Qi Jiguang and the others only brought nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses over, and they brought back 3.5 million taels.

All of a sudden, the inherent impression of the danger of the sea has become more surging in their hearts, and the question arises spontaneously why the Japanese country is so rich, and how much wealth is there?

At this time, Zhang Xueyan played first: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the taxes levied by the original chieftains of Hirado and Nagasaki are too heavy, and it is obvious that they only know how to take profits and do not know how to raise taxes for the people, so they should be reduced; ”

"But you can't just drop all of them, some of them have to be increased! If the grain sold to other countries is to avoid being transported out in large quantities of their own grain, and at the same time, for the import of goods to my Ming Dynasty, such as the gold and copper mines to my Ming Dynasty, it will not only be reduced but even can be reduced almost tax-free, the country does not lack smelting skills, but only lack of raw ore such as gold and copper. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded: "The decree is to let the State Taxation Department negotiate the tax rate of the corresponding goods with the Minister of Economic Strategy Dongying according to the pros and cons of this dynasty." ”

"Yes!"

Qi Jiguang was overjoyed in his heart, and responded with the ministers.

"Your Majesty, the minister believes that the firearms and gunpowder of this dynasty are not forbidden to the Japanese people, but they cannot be sold by private individuals, but should be sold by special official enterprises, and it is not entirely for profit, but to help some local chieftains who are willing to worship our Chinese emperor's style and benevolence to restore peace as soon as possible, and avoid being annexed by some ambitious forceful people;"

"In the opinion of the ministers, it is better for the Japanese to maintain the status quo, and it is not appropriate to have conquests, if there is no war, then everyone can produce, and the profits of trade can be increased."

"In addition, when the money currency of the dynasty is implemented in Dongying, it is only directly transported to the past, and the transportation consumption is too great, so it is better to use a certain amount of silver dollars as the stacking capital, and issue banknotes on behalf of silver dollars that are only implemented in Dongying in Dongying, so as to facilitate the dumping of the commercial goods of the dynasty, and exchange for more ore and other goods back."

Wang Guoguang then suddenly stood up and made a suggestion.

Zhu Yijun said: "I also think that it is very important to mediate the conquest of the Japanese Kingdom, and this is also the mission of the Kingdom of God. I have the mandate of Heaven and I have the obligation not to cause the living beings to be destroyed by the unjust war. Next, it is necessary for the government to deliberate and recommend several ministers to be appointed by me as the ministers of mediation in the Dongyi war, to go to Dongying to take charge of this matter, and to participate in the impeachment of the Dongyi chieftains who have started the expedition without permission, and to ask the imperial court to provide assistance to the invaded, such as providing low-interest funds to help them protect the land, or directly providing firearms, etc.; In short, I don't want another unjust war in the world, and hurt the way of the king! ”

"It is feasible to issue banknotes on behalf of silver dollars in Dongying, and there is no concept of indiscriminate issuance of banknotes, which is suitable for the household to choose good Chu paper (special for ancient banknotes), but it is necessary to do a good job of anti-counterfeiting to benefit the local people's livelihood."

"Your Majesty's benevolence and virtue are evident, and the world knows it, and there will be no trouble in the future! In the opinion of the ministers, when necessary, they can directly send the royal division to conquer, and curb the occurrence of unjust wars, so as to prevent these barbarian chieftains from really appearing murderous and unrighteous traitors because of their perennial conquests, and harm the peace of the world. ”

At this time, Liang Menglong, the secretary of the military department, also proposed.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Very good, no matter Han Yi, the person who can rule the living soul needs to be a virtuous person." I inherit the mandate of heaven, and we should punish those who are not virtuous, and since you are my ministers, we need to impeach those who are not virtuous, and those who are virtuous. ”

The ministers said yes.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng said: "Your Majesty, according to what Qi Shuai just said, the people of the Japanese country are as cheap as animals because of the successive years of conquest, but there are many landless people in the country, and the main purpose of the new policy is to enrich the country and strengthen the army and benefit the people, so it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that because the Japanese people are cheap, they are introduced into the dynasty as slaves, and the people are affected by this, and their income is greatly reduced!" ”

"That's what the gentleman is worried about."

"This dynasty is the kingdom of heaven, and the people of this dynasty are the people of the kingdom, the people of me, and the foundation that maintains the kingdom of heaven and the center of the world, so we cannot think about the people."

"The so-called people are precious, that is, the people of the kingdom should be precious."

Zhu Yijun shook his head, Zhang Juzheng and he have unified their thinking, and are determined to strengthen the national concept as a strategy to ease class contradictions in the future, it is not surprising that Zhang Juzheng took the initiative to raise his own concerns for the Han people at this time, and said:

"What I mean is that the imperial court issued an edict to establish a nationality system, which happens to be the current population survey, which is also convenient for the system; Citizens who are not citizens of the dynasty are not allowed to enter. ”

"Your Majesty, if you need to pay tribute or need to enter the country to report the invasion of your dynasty, how should you allow it to pass?"

At this time, Zhang Juzheng asked.

Zhu Yijun said: "Like the road guide at the beginning of the country, you can apply to the official office for the issuance of customs clearance documents as a customs entry certificate, the imperial court should set up a patrol inspection department in the corresponding border area, which is responsible for this matter, and the capital is under the control of the criminal department, and all those who smuggle or trespass are guilty people, and the criminal department should directly convict according to the law." ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Juzheng and Yan Qing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, got up and replied.

Zhu Yijun then said: "In addition, we must deal with the large number of landless displaced people in this dynasty, as well as the large number of Japanese slaves in the new base who need to resume production, the former must be made rich, and the latter must allow them to make profits for the dynasty and bring greater trade." ”