The Ming Dynasty resumed the official ship and trade, and took the opportunity to go to the Mughal Kingdom to transport horses, and transported the goods of the Ming Dynasty to the Mughal Kingdom for sale, which was not Zheng He's voyage to the West, because the scale was too small.

The fall of Daming Hai Power did not start from Liu Daxia's concealment of Zheng He's old case, but since the death of Emperor Cheng Zuwen Zhu Di, it has been lost, and Zheng He, who has lost his support, can't do too much, Xuande's last trip to the West in six years is the last swan song of Daming Hai Power.

The contradictions in the middle are intricate, obviously, the imperial court forbade the people to go to sea, and the other head made a lot of money, which caused huge dissatisfaction and widespread opposition, under the wave of this opposition, the adjustment of the Ming policy was full of overcorrection and complete negation of the error.

Wanli opened the sea, the Ming court was also very cautious, not only the official ships of the imperial court to go to sea, nor did it prohibit civilian ships from going to sea, it was the decree to open the sea, and there was no reason for widespread opposition, the route taken by the official ships of the Ming Dynasty was like the official road post road on the land of the Ming Dynasty, which would be safer.

Hai Rui as a native of Qiongzhou, and the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty across the sea, in the Ming Dynasty when the power of the sea was strong, Qiongzhou was unusually stable, when the sea power was weak, Qiongzhou was full of poor coolies, so at the first time when the imperial court's horse boat went to the Mughal Kingdom, Hai Rui asked if it was a continuation of the Western Ocean.

The answer is no, it's not a continuation of the beginning, it's a fresh beginning.

Tan Lun, the secretary of the military department, thought for a moment and said: "I don't agree with what Da Situ said, indeed, the number and scale of the fleet that went to the West this time are indeed not even comparable to the six years of Xuande, but there are five five-masted battleships on patrol this time, and a total of fifty three-masted plywood ships, and the cargo capacity, the number of firearms, and the number of soldiers of these fifty-five ships are already comparable to the original, which is enough to promote national prestige and bring back enough profits." ”

"The most important thing is the round-trip time, this round-trip time is only six months, that is to say, if this route can be opened, my Daming official ship official trade, a year can be between Daming Songjiang Mansion and the Mughal Kingdom Surat, two round-trips, which is faster than the original three or four years of going to sea."

When discussing the weakening of the Ming Dynasty's maritime power, people often focus on Emperor Cheng Zuwen's eating alone, and all the gains from the sea trade were widely opposed; Focusing on the lazy government of the imperial court, it is overkill across the board; focused on the labor and loss of money, requisitioned too many soldiers and civilians, and participated in shipbuilding, escort and other matters; Focusing on the southeast coast, the luxury households are clamoring against wind power for their own private interests.

Tan Lun talked about a point that has been overlooked, efficiency.

Zheng He led the fleet to the Western Ocean seven times, and it took at least two years to return once, and the seven voyages to the Western Ocean during the Yongle and Xuande periods were too many missions, not only to promote national prestige, but also to sweep the sea frontier, but also to communicate with overseas countries, and to set up official factories, both military missions, diplomatic missions, and political missions, and the economic mission of making money is the last mission.

After Emperor Chengzu rode the throne, when Renzong ascended the throne, he went to the West to carry out activities, and with the continuous influx of spices into the Ming Dynasty, it has become chicken ribs, tasteless food, and it is a pity to abandon it, and even become a matter of losing money and making money.

"Each family does its own work, the military affairs are handed over to the sailor yamen, the foreign affairs are handed over to the envoys to seal the boat, and the profitable business is handed over to the merchants, and the division of labor is clear, so each performs its own duties." Tan Lun once again added his thoughts on opening the sea, a fleet wears many hats, and it can't get things done at once, but because of one thing, it delays all other things, and it's important? Or is politics important? Or is foreign affairs important?

"What Da Sima said is extremely true." Wang Guoguang considered Tan Lun's words and agreed very much with Tan Lun's words, the scale of the official ships and official trade in the Wanli period was indeed small, but it did not necessarily make less, because the turnover was faster and the goods came and went faster, and the official ships that were specifically responsible for making money earned more than those in the Yongle and Xuande years.

Zhang Juzheng pondered it carefully, summarized the opinions of all parties on the official ship and official trade, and wrote the floating ticket, Zhang Juzheng, as the first assistant of the empire, agreed to carry out further division of labor in maritime activities to improve efficiency.

The new policy of opening the sea under the support of the Ming Emperor is still in continuous progress, and the new policy of the emperor and the new policy of Zhang Juzheng together constitute the new policy of Wanli, which is in different directions, dominated by different figures, and is complementary to each other, not opposite.

"The household department on the accounting volume, the summary of Wanli six years of money and grain tax, six agricultural items, 20.802 million silver, including 3.378 million silver, 20.733 million stone of rice, 5.876 million stone of wheat, 14.142 million bundles of forage, 25.19 million jin of charcoal, 22.59 million jin of charcoal, etc., five items, 2.238 million silver counting, 3.487 million variegated colors, a total of 26.526 million silver, six agricultural items accounted for 78.4%, in addition..." Jingtang Woolen Factory, Xishan Coal Bureau, Weaving Bureau, Municipal Shipping Division, and Taxation Bureau paid a total of 7.694 million silver in profits. ”

In addition, the attached table is a separate accounting, which is not counted in the rice and wheat, silk cloth, tuntian, horse administration, husbandry, imperial village, tax department, horse administration, salt, tea, metallurgy, ship money, and variegation, that is, the main income of the new policy presided over by the emperor, which is the direct profit handed over to the state treasury, which has subtracted the share of the account to the internal treasury, which is the cash silver to Taicang, and the cash silver that can directly emboss silver coins.

"Your Majesty." Wang Guoguang, Zhang Xueyan on behalf of the household to His Majesty made outstanding contributions, took the lead in singing praises, the numbers are not complicated, the net profit of the new deal presided over by the Ming Emperor, accounting for 22% of the total financial revenue of the state treasury, this figure is enough to be jaw-dropping, it can be said that more than one-fifth of the state affairs of the Ming Dynasty are raised by the emperor personally.

"Your Majesty." When Wang Guoguang took the lead in singing the praises, the courtiers immediately bowed their heads and praised them.

It was the first time that Wang Chonggu knew this account so clearly, and he also boasted that he was the first luxury household in Jingtang, and his family could have a fraction of this net profit a year, that is, 700,000 silver, and he had to hang a firecracker with 10,000 rings to celebrate.

Wanli six years of accounting volume, Zhu Yijun has been read rotten, this account book was made in December, the eunuch Cui Min of the inner transport library took the abacus in the palace, reviewed it several times, he has seen it many times, he waved his hand and said: "Ten thousand people, in order to be invincible in the world, these silver, not I earned, it is the Ming Dynasty, the monarch and the subjects are united, the result of joint efforts, how can I be greedy for the merit of the sky." ”

The financial report of the sixth year of Wanli will be published in the Di newspaper in March of the seventh year of Wanli, mainly because the accounts are reviewed and verified in this year, which are all calculated by hand, and it takes so long.

Zhu Yijun doesn't think that this is entirely his own credit, it is because of the strength of the Ming Dynasty and the single-mindedness of the monarch and his subjects that he has such a result, he is an independent individual, and he can't count all this credit on his head.

After listening to what His Majesty said, Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again and took the ministers to call Shengming again.

Who is this heaven? This day is the collective of the Ming Dynasty, but this day is not specific and unclear, who will represent this heaven and exercise power? Naturally, it is Your Majesty, so the credit naturally belongs to Your Majesty himself.

Just like when Wang Xijue faced the saint in prison, he asked the emperor loudly, where are the people? Where are the people?

It is His Majesty who is responsible for decision-making, it is the courtiers who are responsible for the power struggle, it is the Jingtang who manages the hundred officials in the world, and it is the hundred officials in the world who carry out the decrees of the imperial court. Where are the specific people?

Zhu Yijun told the courtiers the answer to this question with actions, where are the people? Just above the head, the sky above the heads of all the individuals included in the collective of the Ming Dynasty is the people.

The court discussion continued, most of the time, Zhu Yijun followed the results of the courtiers' deliberations, he was like a stamped machine, so it seemed that the emperor listened to the government at all, it was useless, the Ming Emperor only needed to take time every day to stamp the seal, and the Ming Dynasty could operate stably.

But as long as Zhu Yijun sits on the dragon chair on the platform, there will be no big deviation in the direction of the court discussion, and the buttocks of the courtiers will not sit at the head of the luxury family in a grand manner.

"This Songjiang Sun clan actually paid a tax of 270,000 silver last year? Moreover, Sun Kehong also donated 130,000 silver to the Songjiang Weaving Bureau? Zhu Yijun keenly noticed the terrifying tax payment of the Songjiang Sun family, which was not the tax paid by the Songjiang Ocean Commercial Bank, but the tax paid by the Sun family.

Zhu Yijun opened the tax payment of the Sun family in Xia Songjiang in detail, the city division accounted for sixty percent, the painting boat business accounted for thirty percent, and one percent, which was his family's acres, Zhu Yijun closed the tax book, and said with emotion: "If our Ming family's luxury households are like the Sun family, what kind of tax office do I have, and there are many complaints." ”

Zhang Juzheng spat out a turbid breath and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, if everyone in the world is really like the Sun family, then it is not a luxury household." ”

"It's my greed." Zhu Yijun agreed with what Zhang Juzheng said, it wasn't for the tax court to call for payment, this group of luxury buyers really refused to pay a penny, and even wanted the court to pour some to them.

"But Sun Kehong's recital is very interesting, the content is very long, which probably means that without Daming, there would be no Sun family." Zhang Juzheng took out a copy of Sun Kehong's recital, Songjiang Ocean Commercial Bank is a commercial house under the jurisdiction of the Songjiang Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, it is an alliance of guilds, the general manager of commerce is appointed by the imperial court, and Sun Kehong is the general manager of business, so he is qualified to play.

Sun Kehong's recital is lengthy, mainly singing praises and thanksgiving to Dade.

Sun Kehong believes that if it weren't for the Ming sailors who conquered Manila and obtained the Taixi ship method, the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty at this time would still be the technology of the Yongle period for more than 170 years; Similarly, if it weren't for the Ming Dynasty to build a shipyard, recruit civilian shipwrights, and raise shipyards, their Sun family would not have so many three-masted plywood ships; In the same way, it is not the Daming Navy Division in the Ryukyus, the Wa Kingdom to show off their might, not the Surabaya Boguo surnamed Zhengmao, the Eagle Yang Bo Zhang Yuanxun in Luzon, and the expedition in Wanli Haitang, the three-masted plywood ship can not do business safely and steadily at sea, and similarly, without the deterrence of the Daming Navy Division, there are not so many beauties of the world.

In short, born in the Ming Dynasty, grew up in the Ming Dynasty, became in the Ming Dynasty, and contributed to the Ming Dynasty, without the Ming Dynasty, there was naturally no prosperity of their Sun family.

Without Daming, would their Sun clan really be so prosperous? The answer is no, Sun Kehong and Sun Keyi are still grinning with gorillas and competing with big lions for prey in Africa.

However, when evaluating the rise and fall of a family, people often only emphasize individual efforts and ignore the objective environment.

If the luxury households have Sun Kehong's idea, the Ming court does not need to ignore the face of the accumulation of prosperity, the Ming Dynasty has already prospered.

On March 17 of the seventh year of Wanli, the special envoy of the Mughal State Shahmamat, took a trimaran hydrofoil sailboat, returned to Songjiang Mansion, he did not stay in Xingang, but went directly to the south of Yingtianfu by boat, in Nanya, he saw the glazed pagoda of the Great Bao'en Temple repeatedly mentioned by Li Yashi, when the magnificent glazed pagoda shone in the sun, Shah Mamat was able to truly understand why Li Yashi wanted to stay in Daming.

This is a civilized country, a country of etiquette, and this glazed pagoda of Dabao'en Temple is a lighthouse in the ocean of ignorance.

Shah Mamai mentioned that Nanjing admired the glazed pagoda of the Great Bao'en Temple, turned a corner, went to the Longjiang Shipyard, and in the afternoon of the same day, he happily took a boat back to Songjiang Mansion, and after a day of rest, on March 18, Shah Mamaiti planned to set sail.

"Time was too rushed, and I thought that the Daming Shipyard only had time to dismantle the Red Cross flag, but I didn't expect that even the lion sun emblem flag was so perfect." Shahmatat once again praised the efficiency of the Songjiang Shipyard, he looked at the eleven five-masted ships side by side on the dock, and said in a stunned sense for a while: "I can't find out, which ship I came on." ”

Eleven five-masted ships, six of which are hung with the lion sun emblem, and five are hung with the Ming seven-star flag, these eleven five-masted ships will go to the Mughal country to transport the war horses back and pull them back.

Songjiang Shipyard made a lot of supporting things, flexible dressing, the last time was inexperienced, so the big customer waited for a few days.

Guo Rulin said quite solemnly: "After half a year of sailing at sea, the ship will inevitably leave traces, and it can no longer be as new as new, but our craftsmen really tried their best to repair it." ”

Guo Rulin was a little dissatisfied with the Taixi and Mughal people sailing the boat, they did not cherish the ship, and when Shah Mamat returned to the new port of Songjiang Mansion again, a watertight cabin was actually used, and it was scarred!

"The honorable general office is so polite!" Shahmamat was in a good mood, and he felt that the money bag was a little insufficient, so he asked him to bring four money boxes, and he gave them to the craftsman who cleaned and repaired the ship for him, and said with a smile: "Take these to everyone for tea." ”

"The Shah's envoy has already given it once." The craftsman who is responsible for cleaning and repairing is not too embarrassed to take these money boxes, Daming port service, cleaning the ship is free, mainly to prevent pests from bringing the epidemic to Daming, after cleaning, hygiene and clean, at least the ship will not run the kind of big rat longer than the arm,

The last time the Shah's envoy had already given money for tea, the shipwright did not really want to accept it.

"I'll come back next time." Shahmat smiled and said, "Next time I won't give so much." ”

After the craftsman accepted the tea money, Shahmat's mood was better, and the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were conscientious and exceeded Shahmat's expectations, and the results of this mission also exceeded Shahmat's expectations.

According to the words of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Emperor granted the tributary trade twice a year, in addition to the tribute ships, the Mughal Kingdom also got a hundred ship guides, which can be used for the trading of the Mengwu merchant ships in the Daming City.

The tributary trade of the Ming Dynasty is now very different from the tributary trade of the Hongwu and Yongle years, and now the tributary trade of the Ming Dynasty, the tribute ship is more like a bridge of matchmaking and communication, and the merchant ship is the main body of the transaction, as long as it is not hostile, it can generally obtain the merchant ship of the Ming Dynasty, but some countries do not have the merchant ship of the Ming Dynasty, for example, the Japanese country does not have the Ming Dynasty's ship guidance, and his ship is close to the Ming sea area, it will be treated as a sea bandit.

Shahmamat placed an order for a total of 51 three-masted ships at Songjiang Shipyard, Longjiang Shipyard, and Fujian Shipyard, and delivered them within three years, not because he didn't want to buy more, but because the production capacity of Daming's shipyards had to be supplied to domestic demand, and Shahmamat couldn't buy more ships even if he added money.

Shahmat looked at the vast sea and the clear sky, and walked onto the trestle leading to the five-masted ship, and when he boarded the ship, he expressed his apologies to Guo Rulin: "I am very frightened and have caused trouble for the Songjiang shipyard, after all, these ships should be handed over to Felipe II of Ctesi this year as scheduled." ”

"If Felipe II is willing to add money, the Songjiang shipyard can also expand production." Guo Rulin's face was full of smiles, just these five ships, Songjiang Fu Shipyard can make an additional 250,000 profits this year, and according to the proportion of Sanqi retained and shipped, it will be able to pay an additional 175,000 silver profits this year, which is just equal to the profits of Yongding Woolen Factory.

Daming is different from Taixi, Daming has always been the most powerful, the money is easy to find, and it is a big deal to copy a few luxury households to find silver hidden in the pigsty, which is not so easy to earn.

Shahmat is a walking achievement.

In the melodious sound of the horn, in the sound of the barge's horn, in the cry of the seabirds, the United Fleet began to move slowly, the sails were like rising clouds, slowly drifting in front of the sea, the sea breeze howled, blowing the waves on the shore, and also took away the sorrow of people when they were separated.

Hundreds of boats compete for the current, thousands of sails compete.

"What the Shah's envoy is holding in his arms is the statue of the concubine invited by the Longjiang Tianfei Palace!" Zhao Shizhen frowned, looked at Shahmat's ship, and asked Guo Rulin with a frown.

Guo Rulin took the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it, and sure enough, it was the statue of the concubine of the Tianfei Palace!

Tianfei is Mazu, the sea god Niangniang, Longjiang Tianfei Palace is in the south of Yingtianfu, this Tianfei Palace is Yongle five years, by Emperor Cheng Zuwen erected, Zheng He from the second time to the Western Ocean, before and after the voyage, to Longjiang Tianfei Palace to worship, with the Ming Dynasty forbidden sea, Longjiang Tianfei Palace incense is no longer prosperous, to Wanli three years, Li Le as Ying Tianfu Cheng repaired the Tianfei Palace, incense flourished again.

Sure enough, this Shahmamat went to Nanya, not only to see the glazed pagoda of Dabao'en Temple, but he also secretly invited a statue of the concubine to go back!

"As soon as he returns, don't they have a sea god in their house!" Guo Rulin put down the clairvoyant mirror, slightly annoyed, each family worships its own gods!

After the ship left the new port of Songjiang Province and the barge hook and lock were removed, Shahmatat carefully put the statue of the celestial concubine into the captain's room and fixed it, as long as the ship did not sink, the statue would not be damaged.

Shahmat poured incense quite sincerely, and after thinking for a while, he took out a silver bag from his bosom and placed it in front of the offering table, and then felt a little relieved.

Zheng He went to the West to worship the Heavenly Concubine, and the Taixi Captain Antonio also invited a statue of the Heavenly Concubine from the Heavenly Concubine Palace to be placed in the captain's room, believing in order to seek peace of mind, and Shahmamat also wished everything to go well.

Shahmat saw a five-masted ship flying the Ming Dynasty's seven-star flag and a copper coin flag, which made Shahmamat a little curious.

"Envoy Xiao, what kind of ship is this?" Shahmatat asked Xiao Chongye, the envoy sent by the Ming Dynasty to the Mughal Kingdom.

Xiao Chongye went to Ryukyu in the fifth year of Wanli to canonize the king of the Ryukyus, and this time, as an envoy, he sent an envoy to the Mughal Kingdom for a period of six months.

Xiao Chongye looked at the ship, thought for a while and said, "Copper ship." ”

"Does Daming need copper?" Shah Mamat asked a little incomprehensibly, Daming has a large amount of silver input, why do you need to find copper? The use of five-masted ships to transport copper shows its importance.

Xiao Chongye simply explained that the copper of the Ming Dynasty was mainly used to cast copper coins, and copper coins were generally used by poor coolies.

Shahmat was a nobleman, and he was the kind of nobleman who didn't have to pay any price for killing inferior people in the real sense, and he couldn't understand why Daming would attach so much importance to copper.

The person responsible for escorting the copper material is Deng Zilong, the commander of the Ming Luzon Fandu, the process of collecting the payment overseas is very stable, and this time Deng Zilong escorted 3.5 million catties of red copper, back to the Ming Dynasty, this batch of red copper, will be used to cast Wanli Tongbao.

Deng Zilong returned to the Ming Dynasty to ask the emperor to deploy two more five-masted ships to Luzon to deter many small countries in the South Seas.

Originally, Yin Zhengmao, whose surname was the country, wanted to go back to Beijing in person, but to collect the payment and recover many plantations in Nanyang, Yin Zhengmao couldn't leave for a while, so he let Deng Zilong return to Beijing.

The five-masted ship deployed in Luzon also had to return to the Songjiang Shipyard for a major repair, and the five-masted ship that had been fighting in the South Seas for four years was covered in bruises.

After staying in Songjiang Mansion for two days, Deng Zilong set off for Beijing.

On March 27, the seventh year of Wanli, Deng Zilong successfully arrived at the Beijing Division Huiguanyi, and after the handover of the military department, Deng Zilong met the emperor the next day.

Zhu Yijun met Deng Zilong, who had returned from afar, in the imperial study of Xiyuan, this place in Xiyuan, even some courtiers had never entered, and the places where they met were different, representing the difference between relatives and distance.

"The general has worked hard all the way, hurry up and excuse me." Zhu Yijun helped Deng Zilong up and looked at Deng Zilong, he is a military general, he is five big and three thick, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a fierce face.

"The general's entry into Beijing this time, the deployment of the two five-masted ships in Luzon has been known to the Ministry of Military Affairs, and it can reach Manila by September this year at the latest." Zhu Yijun first told Deng Zilong about his performance, the results of the courtiers' court discussion, and the deployment arrangement of the five-masted ship of the Ming Dynasty was to ensure the safety of the Ming Maritime Frontier.

The Luzon Governor's Mansion is the first overseas Governor's Mansion in the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court is extremely cautious in its disposal, even if the surname Zhengmao is really reversed, it is the red copper that Luzon brought back in the past two years, which is enough to pay the shipping fare.

"Your Majesty, I heard in Mindanao that there has been a change in Tessie, and the galleon may not be able to arrive in Hong Kong as scheduled this year." The reason why Deng Zilong wanted to enter Beijing in person was for the ship and for an intelligence.

"What happened?" Zhu Yijun frowned, the galleon matter involves the problem of silver input, this is a big deal.

"King Enrique of Portugal is seriously ill, the captain Antonio is seeking succession, the king Felipe II of Spain and Antonio have torn their faces, and the news of the tyrant and the captain who brought him wealth has spread throughout the New World." Deng Zilong explained the intelligence and intelligence sources.

Enrique was a cardinal, he had no marriage or children in his life, and there was no heir, while Felipe II and Antonio had the right to inherit, and as the illness of King Enrique of Portugal worsened, Antonio's strength increased, and finally reached the point where he had to break up.

But as long as the semblance of peace can be maintained, Felipe II will not be able to turn against the captain, and Antonio is Felipe II's money bag.

"Is it possible that Daming's ship will go to the New World on its own and trade silver?" Zhu Yijun looked at Deng Zilong and said quite seriously: "This is a good opportunity, the ship of the Ming Dynasty can cross the ocean, and the five-masted ship is designed to cross the ocean from the beginning." ”

"Your Majesty, the big ship can't arrive in port this year, it's Felipe II who can't find a suitable captain." Deng Zilong's words were more tactful, Felipe II knew that Antonio would become an enemy, not that he didn't want to change people, but he really couldn't find a suitable captain to lead the fleet to Daming, this route was full of too many dangers.

"It's really very dangerous, it's not in a hurry, anyway, it's not me who is in a hurry, it's Felipe II, his silver can't reach Daming, but the silver from the Japanese country, as well as the silver from the western route, can still reach Daming." Zhu Yijun thought about it very seriously and made a decision.

Since it is dangerous, there is no need to do it right now, not not to do it, but to wait for Daming to understand more about the ocean before exploring.

Deng Zilong was stunned, the original routine was that he, a courtier, was difficult, and His Majesty, the king, asked him if he could lead the team to take risks, and he replied that he would not hesitate to go to the soup.

But His Majesty didn't play his cards according to the routine at all, and when he heard that it might be risky, he immediately decided to stop.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Daming now has a place to sell silk, cotton cloth, porcelain, tea, and ships, and the soldiers have fathers and mothers, and there is no need to try unnecessary adventures." ”

Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty is now seventeen years old, he still has a lot of time, and he can afford to wait.

"Your Majesty, you can actually try." Deng Zilong hurriedly said.

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