Monument Yangmen

Chapter 881 Ming Xiu Plank Road, Dark Chen Cang (Tonight's update...)
Under the deliberate guidance of the court, Yan set off a frenzied tide of sailing to the sea.

The number of common people going to sea is increasing day by day, wealthy businessmen, wealthy families, officials and officials, all those who have the strength to go to sea, there is no one who does not participate in the tide of going to sea.

The port city wharf can no longer meet the needs of the people to go to sea, and the people have asked for orders to ask the court to increase the number of wharves to go to sea.

After Yang Qi sent people to understand the specific situation, he waved his hand and opened Dengzhou Pier, Dongtou Island Pier, and Harbor City Pier.

The four major piers were opened, running through the coastline of Yan State.

Barely met the needs of the people to go to sea.

And the people frantically went to sea, which also stimulated the prosperity of the shipbuilding industry.

On the four major piers, in addition to the eight shipyards established by the imperial court, more than 100 large and small shipyards have been built successively.

At the same time, the businesses in the cities near the four major piers also prospered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It can almost be said that it changes every day.

The most intuitive thing is that the commercial tax of the four major terminals is rising in a straight line.

In just two months, the commercial tax of the four major wharves has steadily surpassed the one-year autumn tax of the Song Dynasty.

All in all, driven by the tide of going out to sea, everything is growing rapidly.

however.

The largest fleet of the Great Yan Kingdom has yet to go to sea.

The four daughters of Cao Lin worked together for nearly three months and spent tens of millions of taels of silver, which shows how huge the fleet is.

The boatmen alone employed tens of thousands of people.

At this point, the four women still seem to be dissatisfied.

Early in the morning, Cao Lin approached Yang Qida Qiufeng.

"Your Majesty~"

Cao Lin, who was dressed in red, entered the imperial study with a whirling voice.

She held a cup of tea in her hand, and the faint fragrance of rice flowers wafted out of the cup.

Obviously, that is Yang Qi's favorite fragrance of rice flowers.

Yang Qi put down the memorial in his hand, rubbed the center of his brows, and sighed, "Why are you here again?"

Yang Qi felt that the more Cao Lin lived, the more she wanted to be a goblin, and she was desperately trying to squeeze herself dry.

Cao Lin walked up to Yang Qi, and said bitterly: "I am your concubine, shouldn't I come to see you?"

Yang Qi rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "You came to see me? You obviously came to play the autumn wind. From the low of February to now, you have looked for me several times.

For the first time, you came to tell me that the private shipyards could not build the big ship you wanted, so you insisted on letting the imperial court shipyards build the ships for you.

I promise you.

The second time, you came here and told me that all the folk boatmen ran away with those rich merchants. You have a big boat but no manpower, so you insist on recruiting the imperial boatmen.

I also promise you.

The third time, you ran over and told me that you had never been out at sea, and you needed experienced people to help you train the helmsman, and you insisted on asking Huang Gu and Wang Yan to do things for you.

I still promise you.

Now you have big ships, boatmen, and helmsmen, what else do you want? "

When Cao Lin heard this, she didn't feel embarrassed at all. She felt that Yang Qi was his husband-in-law, and it was right for him to ask Yang Qi for something.

She lowered down and put down the cup in her hand, threw herself into Yang Qi's arms, and said delicately: "I have a big ship, a boatman, and a helmsman, but I heard from Huang Gu yesterday that those barbarians overseas ferocious.

You also know how much money the four of us invested in it.

If the big ship encounters barbarians after it goes out to sea, we will lose all our money, and the four of us sisters will not be able to survive. "

The corner of Yang Qi's mouth twitched. He probably guessed what Cao Lin wanted, but he asked calmly, "So, what else do you want?"

Cao Lin lay in Yang Qi's arms, and said weakly: "I don't want anything... I just heard that Luo Ye and Zhao Di have recently completed the errands you gave them and are on their way back.

The concubine also heard that the 1 people under the two of them were all good players who followed Han Qiong to the sea.

Anyway, after they return to Beijing, they have no other errands. Can you see if you can transfer them to us? "

Yang Qi glanced at her, the corner of his mouth twitched and said: "They are indeed good candidates to go to sea, your vision is really poisonous."

"And..."

"and also?!"

Yang Qi stared.

Cao Lin said aggrievedly: "The concubine has prepared thousands of big boats, and the number of people who go out to sea is less than [-], evenly divided into each boat, less than [-] people.

So the concubine thought, see if you can give the concubine the prisoners who live in temples in various places.

Anyway, now that the Buddhist family has left the country of Yan, they stay in the temple, doing nothing all day long, causing troubles one by one to annoy you, you might as well give them to your concubines. "

Without waiting for Yang Qi to speak, Cao Lin continued on her own: "After these people board the ship, they can't be idle, right? They have to protect themselves when they are attacked by barbarians, right?
Do you have to give them some weapons for self-defense?

Everyone is issued a set of armor, one knife and one gun.

Each ship is equipped with ten cannons.

Barely able to protect themselves. "

Yang Qi's eyes widened, startled and angry.

Whether it's Luo Ye, the 1 people in Zhao Di's hands, or the prisoners who are still imprisoned in temples in various places, they are all veterans who have experienced the Southern and Northern Wars, and many of them even have meritorious service on their backs.

Equipped with equipment, their combat effectiveness is no less than that of the imperial court's regular army, and with the help of artillery, their combat effectiveness is doubled.

It's fine if they don't bully others, but they still say it's just for self-protection?
Yang Qi was sure that Cao Lin equipped these people so fiercely, it was definitely not as simple as self-protection as she said.

[-]% must follow the example of Huang Gu and Wang Yan.

Moreover, it is very likely that these two goods were the idea of ​​Cao Lin.

Yang Qi's thoughts changed sharply, wondering whether he should agree to Cao Lin.

Cao Lin saw that Yang Qi was hesitating, so she didn't speak, but looked at Yang Qi pitifully.

After half an hour.

Yang Qichang sighed, "Hey! You can assign people to you, and you can also equip them with armor, but it is absolutely impossible to install ten cannons on a ship."

Yang Qi looked at Cao Lin seriously, and said, "How many cannons are installed on a ship? Ten thousand cannons are enough to blow up the city of Yanjing. If so many cannons flow out, if they are not controlled, it will cause serious damage. The impact is immeasurable.

Therefore, I will only grant you a hundred cannons at most, for emergency use only. "

Cao Lin nodded heavily upon hearing this.

Through Yang Qi's explanation, she also realized how much damage the artillery would do to the country of Yan. She knew the severity, so she didn't get entangled with Yang Qi in this matter.

According to Huang Gu and Wang Yan, [-] to [-] well-armored soldiers are enough to run wild overseas without using artillery at all.

The cannon was added by Cao Lin herself, and she also hopes that her fleet will have a big harvest.

So when it comes to artillery, Cao Lin just mentioned it casually.

Yang Qi was able to approve a hundred cannons, she was already satisfied.

"I haven't finished my words yet! If you want to use people from the imperial court and armor from the imperial court, you must agree to two conditions."

"Those two conditions?"

"First, the fleet left the territory of Yan Kingdom. If it is going to the Maurya Dynasty, then I don't care. Because Huang Gu and Wang Yan have already smoothed the route. But if you want to go to other places, you have to go The itinerary I have drawn up for you.

Second, [-]% of the harvest of the fleet going to sea this time will be turned over to the state treasury. "

Cao Lin didn't have much objection to Yang Qi's first condition. After all, the maps that are widely rumored today were all created by Yang Qi. No one knows the places on the map better than Yang Qi.

With Yang Qi in charge of the route, Cao Lin felt at ease.

But Cao Lin couldn't accept Yang Qi's second condition.

She curled her lips and said: "Our sisters are so busy trying to earn some money for themselves, you just take half of it when you open your mouth, how can you let the concubine explain to the sisters?"

Yang Qi glanced at Cao Lin, and said angrily: "I'm ashamed to submit it to you, don't think that I don't know what you are planning with Huang Gu and the others. You let the soldiers and horses of the court go all out to help you earn money, shouldn't you give it to the court? Pay part of it?
Also, explain clearly to the people under you.

Out of the sea, gold and silver are the least valuable.

The more gold and silver there are, the less valuable they are. What are really valuable are the overseas crops, trees and flowers.

If these things can be brought to my country of Yan alive, it will be enough to benefit the descendants of future generations.

Go back and find a few people who are proficient in vegetation to follow, and bring back all the vegetation that my Great Yan Kingdom does not have.

Remember, when it is critical, you would rather give up gold and silver than grass and trees. "

When Cao Lin heard this, she pursed her lips in dissatisfaction.

Immediately, she frowned in confusion and said, "Your Majesty, since you care so much about those plants, why don't you organize a fleet to go out by yourself, and you just want to suppress the four concubines and sisters."

Yang Qi was stunned, shook his head and smiled: "It's different, you people go to sea for gold, silver and jewels. If I send people to sea, it can only be conquered. Right now, I, Dayan, haven't managed it well, and if I go to occupy the land, It’s just a waste of money.”

Cao Lin murmured: "The concubine has always been puzzled. In order to make the people's lives better, you did not hesitate to let your soldiers and horses go out to plunder. Now that you have a lot of wealth in front of you, why are you indifferent?"

An inexplicable smile appeared on Yang Qi's face, and he said leisurely: "Because I make money, I don't need to go to sea."

Cao Lin was even more puzzled, but Yang Qi didn't explain too much.

As Yang Qi said, as the ruler of a big country, he doesn't need to go to sea to make money.

Because before those people went to sea, Yang Qi had already started to make money from them.

Just for the map alone, Yang Qi made a huge fortune.

I have to admit that Su Yijian is a good at managing politics, and even more at doing business.

Su Yijian is very proficient in the means of living with rare goods.

The money sold for the map was double what Yang Qi expected.

In addition to the map, the eight major shipyards of the imperial court are also making a lot of money every day.

And the soldiers hired to guard the goods, the taxes for getting in and out of the docks.

All in all, hundreds of items of income filled Yan State's treasury at a speed visible to the naked eye.

According to the statistics of Lu Mengzheng, who has been transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, the combined income of the four major ports is equivalent to the tax burden of the Great Yan Kingdom for eight years.

This can be seen.

When everyone went out to sea to seek the dream of getting rich, Yang Qi had already quietly made a lot of money behind his back.

After Cao Lin withheld what she wanted from Yang Qi, she hurriedly left the Imperial Study Room.

After nearly a month, troops were dispatched and staffed.

A thousand large ships fully armed are just beginning to set sail.

Cao Lin's four daughters arrived in Hong Kong seven days in advance.

They organized a grand ceremony for this sailing.

Yang Qi did not participate in this grand event that marked the opening of the era of great navigation.

When everyone's eyes were on Hong Kong City.

One after another, the inconspicuous carriages slowly drove into the city of Yanjing.

After the carriage entered Yanjing City, it drove all the way into the palace without any hindrance.

Until dusk, after the palace gate was slowly closed, no carriage appeared again.

Inside the palace.

Royal study.

Except for the bookshelves in the study, the rest of the movable things were basically moved outside.

In the middle of the study, there is a large round table filled with densely packed official documents.

Yang Qi sat facing south, in the middle.

On the left and right are Su Yijian, Lu Duan, Xiang Minzhong, Kou Zhun, Lu Mengzheng, Chen Yao, and Zhao Pu.

The seven important civil servants of Yan State all gathered together.

Yang Qi said with a serious face: "Everyone, I specially brought you together because I have a heavy task to entrust to you, which is related to the century-old plan of the Yan Kingdom."

There is no need for Yang Qi to remind, the seven of Su Yijian also know that this time Yang Qi brought them together, it must be of great importance.

So when Yang Qi said this, Su Yijian and the others nodded solemnly without saying a word.

Yang Qi said slowly: "Everyone should know that half a year ago, the officials forced me to reopen the imperial examination. If it weren't for the news of treasures overseas that attracted everyone's attention, I'm afraid I have been cornered by now .

The imperial examination is a grand ceremony for discussing talents, and it is to select useful and available people for the country.

It is not a tool for a certain family or faction to be promoted, let alone a tool for forming a party for personal gain.

After more than 200 years of development, the imperial examination has become deformed.

It is no longer a way for poor families to rise, but has become a way for a few people to control the speech of the court, and even a sharp weapon for some people to corrupt the court, and it also provides convenience for some people with ulterior motives to form cliques for personal gain.

There are even some people, one person is an official, and they have been rich for three generations.

I don't need such an official, I don't need such a moth.

They didn't come to make decisions for the people, they came to make money.

There are also some officials who, relying on their literary talents, spend all day reciting poems, making friends with each other, drinking and procuring prostitutes, but they are indifferent to government affairs.

That's all, can you get promoted?
You tell me, if such an official governs the country, why should the country not perish?
Therefore, I decided to reform this bad government.

Let's start with the electorate. "

Yang Qi glanced at the seven people, and said solemnly: "I called you here to discuss the selection of officials. I have some ideas. I will talk about them first. After you listen, you can make corrections."

"promise!"

　Straw is going on a date, you must pray for me, let me get out of the single as soon as possible...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)