Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 743 Overseas expansion, hundreds of times the profit, why should they let the Hongyi people take it?
The court has won many battles before,

The compensation received is really not much.

When fighting Liaodong, the Jurchens in Liaodong lost their troops and lost their generals, and even Shenyang was burned, but they really didn't get much money.

When the court was in Ping Annan, it obtained a lot of gold and silver treasures, but most of these gold and silver treasures were used to restore the vitality of Yunnan and maintain the court's rule in Annan.

After all, Annan has become the province of Ming Dynasty, and it is not a foreign place that can be ignored after the war. Most of Yunnan has been infected by the war, and it really needs a lot of money to restore it.

As for the grassland, the most obtained are cattle, sheep and war horses, which are the foundation of the imperial court, and they are immeasurable wealth. It is meaningless to count them with gold and silver.

But the current harvest in this land of Nanyang is really a windfall. Gold and silver can be directly charged to the treasury, and tea, porcelain, and silk can be sold by the court as harvest, or handed over to merchants for sale. , anyway, it is unlikely to be returned directly to those merchants in Jiangnan.

These things are all money in the end, they are all the funds of various ministries, and they are the wages of hundreds of officials.

If the imperial court wins the battle, it must spend a lot of money, and the resumption of trade in Nanyang means that the stocks in everyone's hands will be valuable again!
During this period of time, under the influence of Nanyang Hongyi people's raids on sea routes, not only the stocks of textile, silk, porcelain and shipping were affected, but also the stocks of Beijing-Tianjin Chidao also fluctuated.

Now that the sea route is restored, the stock price will definitely pick up and even rise again.

After all, the imperial court won the battle, and the situation in Nanyang will definitely be different. At this time, going to sea for trade will definitely make more money!

Civil and military officials were overjoyed, and Qi Mingguang, the admiral of the navy, also felt particularly pleasing to the eye. He wiped out the Hongyi people in World War I and brought so much gold and silver to the court. What a good general.

This is not something that can be seen or touched like the millions of cattle and sheep on the grassland, this is real money!

If nothing else, the imperial court will definitely give some benefits to the officials.

And Qian Qianyi knew that after the imperial navy's victory over the Hongyi people in Nanyang, he immediately called the housekeeper: "How much money do we have in our account?"

Before the housekeeper could answer, Qian Qianyi said directly, "Take it all and go buy stocks."

"Buy all those silk, porcelain, and tea from the south of the Yangtze River!"

"Because not many people know that Nanyang has won the battle, buy the stocks first, and then you will make a steady profit!"

The military newspaper arrived in Tianjin directly from Southeast Asia, and then to the capital.

This is the time difference.

If you don't take advantage of this time to buy stocks at low prices first, how will you make money later?

The cabinet boss also has to live.

The housekeeper nodded and said hastily, "Master, I'll do it now!"

After the housekeeper left, Qian Qianyi finally figured out what he should do in the future.

It is not his pursuit to make a little money based on the information gap.

He is the elder of the cabinet and one of the most powerful people in Ming Dynasty today!

In the past, although the cabinet was always the emperor's secretary, in fact the cabinet always had to consider its own factions and conform to the interests of the civil society, and the interests of the civil society would inevitably conflict with the emperor.

But who has changed the times now?

Right now, Zhu Youxiao, who is supporting the New Party and the New Army, is as ruthless as Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong. Now it is no longer the time for the cabinet to take control of Ming Dynasty and the emperor to fight for power. One's own power must produce changes.

I didn't see that the gentry and aristocrats in the southeast have all turned to the New Party one by one. If he doesn't change, then he will really become a loner.

The cabinet boss without the support of the faction is just a clay sculpture that is not as good as those puppet emperors before.

Thinking about the current faction, Qian Qianyi sighed again.

There are many factions in the court of Ming Dynasty, such as Shanxi Merchants, Shanxi Merchants controlled Shanxi, smuggled all kinds of things that were banned by the imperial court, sold money, grain and weapons to Jurchens and Mongols, and at the same time gave a lot of money to support poor children. After the poor family succeeds in the scientific examination, they naturally belong to the Shanxi merchant faction.

Before the Tianqi Dynasty, the Shanxi Merchants faction was the largest faction in the imperial court.

However, Shanxi merchants have done too much, their influence in the court is too great, and they are too arbitrary.

If it was an ordinary emperor, it would be difficult to deal with such a behemoth as the Shanxi Merchants, but Zhu Youxiao, the emperor, did not follow the usual path at all. He directly copied the homes of the Shanxi Merchants and wiped out the foundation of the Shanxi Merchants faction.

Shanxi merchants are gone, and the remaining provincial factions are really not enough for the new party.

Because the factions of the New Party developed based on Shandong and Zhili, and now the huge forces covering the entire north are based on the Datong Academy in the north, and on those poor scholars and peasant soldiers who have been divided into fields and received favors from the court. A giant that has grown.

This is a monster more terrifying than Jin merchants, because this monster not only controls a large number of scholars and officials, but also controls the entire northern farm population, and controls hundreds of thousands of new troops. Such a twisted monster has already divided the Ming Dynasty. There are two blocks in the north and the south.

In the Southern Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty was still a small government based on the gentry and landlords, and the emperor co-ruled the world with the scholar-officials.

But in the Northern Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty has become like the Qin Dynasty and the early and middle Western Han Dynasty, when the imperial power went to the countryside and directly controlled the grassroots, and the emperor's will could be carried out into a personal big government.

Now relying on the Northern Kingdom, the emperor's majesty and power have reached their peak, which is inseparable from the New Party.

However, the ruling philosophy of the new party is incompatible with the Donglin Party and the gentry and aristocrats who embraced the old glory.

Qian Qianyi knew very well that the emperor's support of the Donglin Party was actually walking a tightrope, because the new party was too powerful and the power of this party was too terrifying, so the emperor had to support the old Donglin Party to balance the situation in the court.

Now the emperor is still the great emperor who conquers the world, and the leader of the new party is Zhang Haogu, the emperor's teacher. The two of them rule the world, so the new party can naturally accept it.

But what if the chief assistant changes?

Can the new party accept the current situation?

Qian Qianyi didn't know why he came up with such a terrible idea. What if, if, say, Daming's chief assistant was replaced?

What would that be like?

After shivering, Qian Qianyi decided not to think about these terrible things.

Taking a sip of cold tea to appease his thumping little heart, Qian Qianyi forced himself to laugh hard, his mind was a little confused from being really busy these days, what kind of dream was he dreaming of if he changed his chief assistant.

After the steward came back, Qian Qianyi had recovered his mind: "Let's write to those people in Jiangnan. The imperial court has defeated the Hongyi people. Those Hongyi people have asked the court to surrender. Their merchant ships can continue to sail."

And after Zhu Youxiao knew that the navy had won the battle, he was in a good mood when he saw the Hongyi people asked to surrender mentioned in the battle report!

Whether it is fighting Liaodong Jianshou or Annan Xiaoguo, these were originally the vassals of Ming Dynasty, but now they are all arrogant and want to challenge the majesty of the boss, so it is normal for the boss to directly overthrow these two or five boys.

But the Hongyi people are different. The Hongyi people are a powerful country in Western Europe. Their country is called the Netherlands.

Defeating such a country is a real facelift. This is the victory of the Eastern world dominated by Ming Dynasty against the western land of Taixi. This is much more meaningful than defeating the Tatars and the Annans!
For Zhu Youxiao, such a big victory is another increase in political prestige and an increase in the authority of the emperor.

He, Zhu Youxiao, is striding forward on the road of becoming an emperor through the ages!
When Zhu Youxiao was happy, he ordered the little eunuch beside him: "Publish this good news in the Ming Pao, so that all the subjects in the world will be happy."

A young eunuch on the side immediately bowed and went out to deliver the decree.

This victory has greatly improved the confidence of the imperial court.

In the past, whether it was the imperial court or the common people, they were very cautious and cautious about the development of the ocean and the world, for fear that some problems in some places would cause the imperial court's trade, which had finally improved a bit, to decline again.

Now the imperial court can confidently open up more sea routes and do business in more places.

Because the navy of the Ming Dynasty has proved that they have the ability to protect the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, and the navy of the Ming Dynasty has the ability to conquer all dissidents and provide a shield for the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

This is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Daming's overseas trade.

And the 300 million taels of silver that the Hongyi people compensated was a great boost to the businessmen of Daming.

The Hongyi people could easily pay 300 million taels of silver in compensation in Nanyang, and Qi Mingguang and the others also obtained nearly 200 million taels of gold, silver and jewelry on the Hongyi people's warship.

What does this mean?
Nanyang, those islands and Fanbang, are not barren lands. On the contrary, they are rich in resources, and it is a wonderful market that has not been developed by Ming merchants.

After this incident, the merchants will definitely vigorously develop the Nanyang market, which will undoubtedly bring more taxes and resources to the court.

And these, as the emperor, he naturally has a share, not to mention that if the minerals in Nanyang are developed, the imperial court will definitely take half of them. Undoubtedly, some of the money will flow into his hands.

Zhu Youxiao happily thought about how much gold and silver would be credited to the account in the future, how much money and equipment he could add to his Royal Academy of Sciences.

"Wei Banban, Wei Banban."

Hearing Zhu Youxiao's call, Emperor Daming's loyal lackey, core member of the New Party, and now the most famous eunuch of Ming Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian, Eunuch Wei rushed over: "My lord, you are looking for a slave."

Zhu Youxiao nodded excitedly: "How many machines have I ordered before?"

Eunuch Wei said, "My lord, you ordered two sets before."

two?

My lord, I am not short of money now!

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand: "Add! Add four more!"

When Eunuch Wei heard this, he hurriedly dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, the machine you ordered is worth 25 taels of silver. You can add four more."

"Just add it. It's only 100 million taels of silver. If the imperial court wins the Hongyi people in Nanyang, the stock price will rise sharply. I have so many shares in my hand. Are you afraid that I will have no money? Tim!" Zhu Youxiao placed the order without any doubt. Order.

He needs more machines to study his new invention. Now there are so many craftsmen and scholars in the Royal Academy of Sciences, and Western scholars from Thailand and Western countries are working with him. What are two machines enough for?
Those who didn't know thought he, the emperor, was short of money.

Eunuch Wei was thinking about how much money would be left in the royal family after spending so much money.

Forget it, Eunuch Wei suddenly didn't worry anymore, the emperor's inner money hasn't been paid much, so what else is he worried about?
And as the Ming Pao publicized the fact that the imperial court had won the Hongyi people in Nanyang and received 300 million taels of silver indemnity, the merchants and common people of the Ming Dynasty were all boiling!
Good guy, the court has won again, and this time there is a compensation of 300 million taels of silver. The Ming Dynasty is really getting stronger and stronger now!

The people are happy, and the merchants are also happy!

Nanyang can pay so much compensation, which shows that Nanyang has great potential for exploration. For merchants, this is undoubtedly a new market. This market that has not been explored by Ming merchants is waiting there, waiting for the merchants of Ming Dynasty to take over. This treasure was unearthed.

Thinking about it carefully, the businessmen found that they only paid attention to the domestic market and ignored the overseas markets. They thought that those places in Nanyang were barbarians who did not understand civilization, and did not accept the king's culture. Naturally, there was no market.

But right now, it seems that the Hongyi people are doing very well in Nanyang!
It can even be said that the Hongyi people have cleaned up all the thorns and burrs for Daming, and dug out the market, and they are waiting for the merchants of Ming Dynasty to do business and make money.

Thinking about it this way, the businessman of Ming Dynasty suddenly felt that the Hongyi people were not so hateful anymore.

If there were no Hongyi people who exploited the aborigines in Nanyang, built colonies, opened the gates of Nanyang countries with artillery and warships, and opened up markets with bloody squeezing and massacres, how could there be a prosperous Nanyang trade circle today.

The Hongyi people have almost done the dirty work, shouldn't it be time for Daming to move?

Obviously, more than one businessman had this idea. The businessmen from the north and the south of Ming Dynasty all discovered this. They discovered the hidden potential of Nanyang through various intelligence analysis. They are eager to get more market share in Nanyang. Get rid of this piece of fat alone.

However, they do not have this power.

So the merchants planned to instigate the court to deal with the Hongyi people.

The first target they found was Qian Qianyi!
"You mean to prevent the imperial court from negotiating with the Hongyi people?" Qian Qianyi frowned slightly as he looked at the representatives of the Jiangnan Great Chamber of Commerce.

"Qian Xiang, the Hongyi people are occupying Nanyang, blocking our way to continue westward. Not to mention that the land of Nanyang belongs to them, they will take most of the income from one thing."

"If something is sold in Nanyang for ten taels of silver, but sold in Taixi, it will be a hundred taels or a thousand taels!"

"This is ten times, a hundred times the profit, Qian Xiang!"

"All this money has been earned by the Hongyi people who control the Nanyang Passage. What we are earning right now is all petty profits."

"If we can drive away the Hongyi people and seize this shipping route, wouldn't the ten-fold and hundred-fold profit be our own? If we make more money, won't the court tax also be more?"

"It's better for us to make money ourselves than to let those barbarians make money, right?"

What these businessmen said, Qian Qianyi thinks it is reasonable. He is very clear that these businessmen represent the gentry and aristocratic families in the entire south of the Yangtze River and even in the southeast, and the large groups they have participated in are all large shipping groups related to porcelain, silk, and tea. .

These people are all the support behind Qian Qianyi, the strength of his faction, and the foundation he has to support.

Sighing, Qian Qianyi was a little embarrassed: "What you said makes sense. But right now the imperial court seems to be planning to accept the Hongyi people's begging for peace. After all, the imperial court has already won the battle and received the indemnity. At this time, you let the imperial court Do you regret it again, do you think it is feasible?"

Merchants, you look at me, I look at you, and then said with a smile: "Isn't it all about Qian Xiangyou. Liu Butang, the Ministry of War, also listens to you, doesn't he?"

What he said was true, the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty naturally wanted to listen to the elders of the cabinet.

But he is not the only one who is old in the cabinet.

Most importantly, the real power of the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty is inseparable from factions.

Given the current situation of the Donglin Party, what real power does Liu Hongxun have?
Above him are the three cabinet leaders Zhang Haogu, Zhang Ruitu, and Lu Xiangsheng.

A chief assistant of the cabinet and minister of the Ministry of officials controls the promotion of officials; a second assistant of the cabinet and minister of the Ministry of rites controls the channels for joining the cabinet;

These three giants of the New Party are here, and the elite soldiers and generals of Daming are all from the New Party. Your Minister of the Ministry of War has ordered that you have no intention of being the chief minister of the cabinet. Are you able to mobilize the generals of the new army or the soldiers of the new army?

This is the most realistic question.

Qian Qianyi shook his head: "In this regard, Liu Butang and I can hardly help."

The businessmen were silent, they knew that Qian Qianyi was telling the truth.

The court's war and peace do not depend on whether Qian Qianyi, Huang Liji and other Donglin party members and businessmen want to fight. They still can't control the court's decision-making. The emperor and Zhang Haogu are the helmsmen of this country.

Just as the imperial court passed the war against the Nanyang Hongyi before, even though it was Qian Qianyi who was making a generous statement, but there was no emperor's consent behind it, and Zhang Haogu's acquiescence, the war would not have started at all .

The most favorable evidence of this point is that the naval forces in Laizhou and Jiangnan immediately prepared the supplies and armaments that would have taken several months to prepare and set sail immediately after receiving the imperial order.

If it is said that the imperial court was not prepared before, who would believe it?

Without the emperor's secret permission and without the order of the cabinet Zhang Haogu, how could the military supplies in Laizhou and Jiangnan be prepared early, and how could the supplies in the southeast coast be so sufficient?

It was the emperor and Zhang Haogu who had wanted to fight this battle a long time ago. They had already issued orders to prepare military supplies, food and supplies in various places along the coast. The Yi people plundered merchant ships just to give them a reason.

Qian Qianyi only discovered this later. It seems that Jiangnan businessmen are pushing the court's decision-making because of their own interests, but there are also people behind these businessmen who are driving them to follow the direction predetermined by the people behind them step by step. Businessmen push the surface of court decision-making.

Thinking of this, Qian Qianyi couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat when he saw these businessmen who were still complacent and thought that they could indirectly control the imperial court with their own financial resources and local influence.

(End of this chapter)