Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 587 Party Struggle (2)

"Speaking of the smuggling and sea trade in the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, the European countries that were despised by Ming Dynasty before are much richer than imagined."

Wen Tiren put down the memorandum, looked at Min Hongxue and said, "Since Tianjin was opened to trade, it has been managed by Chen Yansheng in an orderly manner, and the scale of seagoing ships under the jurisdiction of the sea merchants from various countries to and from Tianjin has also continued to increase. These Xiyi bought a large amount of silk. , porcelain, tea, etc.

Benfu felt strange, where did they get so much money?

Those Xiyi sea merchants who came to Tianjin mostly transported grain, copper, spices, jade, etc. Where did they get it from? "

"This officer really understands something."

Min Hongxue said with a smile: "According to some merchants from the south of the Yangtze River, most of the people from European countries who traveled to and from Ming Dynasty occupied land in the Southeast Asian countries.

But the countries in Southeast Asia are not as barren as Daming imagined, they are even very rich, there are many things like grain, copper, iron ore, spices, jade, and even gold mines.

It is precisely for this reason that many people under the rule of the Jiangnan provinces secretly carried the imperial court behind their backs, organized sea ships under their names, and ran thousands of miles to the Southeast Asian countries. "

"It's no wonder that when we were in the Tianqi Dynasty, those Donglin party members insisted on a showdown with Wei Yan and the others."

Wen Tiren narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "I'm afraid part of the reason lies in this, obviously doing such activities in private, the country has encountered problems, the treasury is empty, and wants to collect more taxes to alleviate the problems it is facing.

Now think about it, there is a truth behind all of this.

If this is the case, then it is not impossible for us to bring down Han Yu. If that is the case, then you should arrange some manpower first to warm up in the court. "

"Here."

Min Hongxue bowed immediately.

Power struggles have never been right or wrong. The root cause of this phenomenon is profit. There are only so many positions. If you occupy a position, it will affect my promotion and fortune.

Since they are not from the same faction, don't blame me for being ruthless.

"and many more."

Wen Tiren stretched out his hand and said, "Those relatives who are in Beijing recently have behaved very quickly, and they are very concerned about Tianjin, so find some reliable people and go to Tianjin to find out the situation.

In the past, Benfu always felt that His Majesty would be affected by the court situation and be forced to make concessions in the matter of opening the sea. Thinking about it now, this idea is unrealistic.

I'm afraid that those relatives are also organized by His Majesty. If there are really huge profits in opening up the sea, our people will follow up secretly. "

"Here."

Min Hongxue worshiped again.

Emperor Chongzhen has always believed in a principle. As long as there are some small changes in the territory of Ming Dynasty and unswerving support, it will affect more and more groups as time goes by.

In the territory of Shenzhou, it has always been ahead of the world, no matter what period it is, and this has gradually formed a trend of superciliousness.

Before the Qing Dynasty, most of the closed-door countries felt that the territory outside China was a barren place, and it was a waste of people and money to take the initiative to open the sea and contact the outside world.

But in fact this is not the case.

Opening the sea represents a pioneer of expansion, especially for the current stage of Ming Dynasty, where internal conflicts are intensified and there are many problems. problem, that will only lead to an overturned ending.

Where is the Qianqing Palace.

"This Li Zicheng is really ambitious enough, even the Tianyou Palace and the Privy Council have been fiddled with." Emperor Chongzhen leaned on the dragon chair, looked at the secret performance presented by Jinzhou, and said with a half-smile: "This is because I'm afraid I will be angry, and then cut off the trade with them."

"My lord, do you want the Supervisor of Rituals to send someone to Tianjin?" Wang Chengen bowed slightly, and said, "This Li Zicheng is so ambitious that he dares to do such a thing behind the back of the court and the lord." , if there is no punishment, I'm afraid he will be like Jianlu."

"No need."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled lightly: "I was a little worried before that the Liaodong rebel army led by Li Zicheng would be wiped out by the Jianlu Eight Banners led by Huang Taiji.

If this is the case, the checks and balances in Liaodi will not be guaranteed.

Well now, Li Zicheng has these ambitions, which means that he will not give in easily. With the existence of the Liaodong Rebel Army, the pressure on Sun Chengzong and the others will be reduced accordingly. "

Wang Chengen showed a puzzled expression.

Wang Chengen has always been puzzled by Emperor Chongzhen's support of Li Zicheng's troops. If Li Zicheng is allowed to develop in Liao, will it really swell in the end, won't it damage the prestige of the Ming Dynasty?

But what Wang Chengen didn't know was that Emperor Chongzhen needed a power like Li Zicheng to help Daming share the pressure of Liao, and help promote the development of Daming's military industry by the way.

The core of stimulating industrial development is a steady stream of orders. After all, with orders, there will be trade, and with trade, there will be money flow.

Perhaps the area occupied by Li Zicheng does not have much gold and silver reserves, but the heads of Jianlu, the horses he robbed, and even the minerals and timber under his rule can all be traded in equal amounts.

Driven by this, if Li Zicheng wants to maintain the power under his jurisdiction, he must continue to expand. By then, the wars in the Liao region will become more frequent, and the various armies of the Ming Dynasty will be able to carry out corresponding operations.

This will form a deformed war trade, but Emperor Chongzhen doesn't care. No matter what kind of development it is, as long as it can promote the industrial development of Ming Dynasty, it is a good trend.

"The supervisor of ceremonies drafted a secret decree and sent someone to Liao."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, then stretched out his hand and said to Wang Chengen: "Considering the complicated situation in Liaodong, if the rebel army in Liaodong in the later period is unable to exchange money for firearms, artillery, gunpowder and other military supplies, I don't mind sharing with you from Jianjian." Of course, this agreement will not come into effect until the sixth year of Chongzhen, so take advantage of Jianlu's decline now, let's develop well."

"Here!"

Wang Chengen endured his surprise and immediately bowed.

Since Li Zicheng had such ambitions, Emperor Chongzhen must add fire and firewood to let Li Zicheng lead the Liaodong Rebel Army to fight with Jianlu, fight when nothing happens, and a conflict breaks out.

If the trend of Jianlu's expansion can be restrained in this way, the longer it is delayed, the better it will be for Daming.

After all, although the Jianlu Eight Banners are strong, their war potential is too poor, especially there are also many internal conflicts. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to use the smallest cost to obtain the greatest advantage, and then let Ming gradually regain Liaodong, and in the process Among them, let Liaodong, which is actually controlled by Daming, promote the change.

(End of this chapter)