Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 376 is broken, maybe there will be a worldwide anti-Ming alliance! (Seeking a monthly pass, asking for a subscription)
"Hurry up please!"

As soon as Li Zhongshan heard that it was Zheng Jing and Chen Yonghua who had come, he ordered Zhou Chang to greet him, stood up and walked out from behind the desk to the door of his capital, and was about to go out to the courtyard to greet him, when the two honored guests had joined hands Here comes.

So Li Zhongshan hurriedly bowed his hands to the two of them: "King Yi, Fufu, you two are distinguished guests, why don't you ask someone to come and let you know first? It's going to be too late to entertain you."

In fact, Chen Yonghua often came to visit the General's Mansion, and his relationship with Li Zhongshan was relatively casual, but Zheng Jing was in Fujian a while ago, and he just came to Nanjing yesterday, so he is a real rare visitor.Hearing Li Zhongshan's polite words, he immediately smiled and bowed his hands and said: "General, you are welcome. Although my king's title is the same as that of the general, but when it comes to official positions, he is the general's subordinate after all. There is an urgent need to come to Beijing this time. How can the general welcome and send you off in his busy schedule?"

"Is there something urgent?" Li Zhongshan was also stunned.

Although he may have differences with Zheng Jing and Chen Yonghua on the issue of restricting mergers, this matter has not been brought to the table yet, and he will not go out and personally propose a bill to inhibit mergers from the beginning. Instead, he will arrange for Li Laishun to come out This head.First, let Li Laishun lead a group of "camp-breaking political discussions" to put forward a radical proposal, and quarrel with Zheng Jing, Chen Yonghua, Lu Sanhao and others in the political meeting for a while. Finally, he came forward to arbitrate and proposed a majority proposal. A solution that can be reluctantly accepted.

But these arrangements are still on the way, how did Zheng Jing and Chen Yonghua know?Did Li Laishun reveal the news?This is also a little fox!

Thinking of this, Li Zhongshan hurriedly raised his hand and pointed to the capital room where he was working, and politely invited Zheng Jing and Chen Yonghua in.

When Li Zhongshan, Zheng Jing, and Chen Yonghua were all seated, and the servants of the General's Mansion served them tea, Chen Yonghua explained to Li Zhongshan: "General, this urgent matter is related to Geng Jingzhong! "

"Geng Jingzhong?" Li Zhongshan was startled again, "Did you find him? Where did he slip off this time? Could it be that he slipped off to Japan again?"

About Geng Jingzhong's going to Ryukyu, the Jin Yiwei led by the General's Mansion had long since heard about it.However, Li Zhongshan did not send troops to Ryukyu to arrest him, but let him fend for himself in Ryukyu.But a few months ago, Jin Yiwei reported that Geng Jingzhong's people had run away again, but not all of them had run away, only some of them had run away, and Geng Jingzhong himself was among them.Geng Jingzhong's confidant Xu Wenhuan is now in charge of the Ryukyu side.

However, Li Zhongshan didn't expect Geng Jingzhong to run across the Pacific Ocean to Mexico. He thought Geng Jingzhong would flee to Japan to do evil, so he didn't take it seriously.

"It's not Japan!" Zheng Jing shook his head, with a look of disbelief on his face, "This Geng Jingzhong actually set up a trap on Ryukyu Island, robbed the Spanish sailing ship, and transported two to three thousand elites across the ocean to the New World!"

"What?" Li Zhongshan was really surprised now, "He went to the New World? Did he successfully arrive?"

Zheng Jing shook his head, frowned and said: "It's not very clear, but the possibility of successfully arriving and capturing Acapulco Port is still very high! And, and"

In fact, whether Geng Jingzhong succeeded or not, Zheng Jing is very clear about it!Because Feng Xifan has already brought the two British Galen ships built by Fu, the King Louis King and the King Edward III, under the guidance of Juan Lopez, the commander of the Spanish Galleon Team (you must also read the sea chart), go The northeast trade wind belt returned to the western Pacific Ocean, and arrived in Quanzhou Prefecture where Zheng Jing was located half a month ago.He told Zheng Jing all about Geng Jingzhong's crazy behavior of launching a republican revolution in the New World and declaring war on the Spanish monarchy!

In addition, Feng Xifan also told Zheng Jing that Geng Jingzhong promoted the republican revolution in the city of Acapulico in New Spain in the name of the Great Ming General Zhengdong!
What's even more exaggerated is that this Geng Jingzhong didn't rush to run away after going crazy, but set up a base in Acapulco Port!
Originally, the territory Zheng Jing chose for Geng Jingzhong was a good one. It was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, it was further away from Mexico City than Acapulco. It would be very difficult for the Spaniards to send large troops to conquer it.

Geng Jingzhonggou is still very hopeful that he can stand there, but now he is at the gateway of the Spaniards in the Pacific Ocean.Although Acapulco is several hundred miles away from Mexico City, it is a big port after all, and there must be relatively good roads connecting it with Mexico City.

Geng Jing stayed there loyally, the odds of winning were really not good enough!
The most speechless thing is that Geng Jingzhong also wants Zheng Jing to send more silk, porcelain, and tea to the Port of Acapulco next spring. This guy also plans to do business with Spanish merchants in Acapulco City. !

After hearing what Feng Xifan said, Zheng Jing was also confused.Geng Jingzhong is promoting the republican revolution and opposing the Spanish monarchy. What else is he doing?Just wait to be punished by the "Cross Heavenly Soldiers" of the Spanish Empire!

Moreover, Geng Jingzhong exported the republican revolution to New Spain in the name of General Ming Zhengdong!
This... Maybe it will trigger a war between the Spanish Empire and Ming Dynasty!

And this Spain has a lot of allies in Europe, all of them are "kingdoms", and you don't need to think about it, they must all be anti-republican!

If they all join Spain to oppose Ming Dynasty, maybe there will be a worldwide anti-Ming alliance
Zheng Jing knew that the two "teeth", Spain and Portugal, had planned to conquer the Ming Dynasty as early as the Wanli period. Later, because Portugal was "shared monarch" by Spain, and the Spanish Armada was defeated by England, so he had no choice but to Don’t give up.

But this time, Geng Jingzhong's troubles in the New World were too outrageous, and he was too good at spreading hatred!
Zheng Jing, who knew that his "human essence" met "nervousness" and might cause catastrophe, quickly changed into a fast horse and came to Nanjing—he wanted Li Zhongshan to clean up the situation together with him, so as to prevent the situation from deteriorating into uncontrollable .

Li Zhongshan is actually quite smart. He indulged Geng Jingzhong before because he wanted Geng Jingzhong to provoke the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan and explore the reality of this closed country of warriors.So that when we invade Japan in the future, we can be aware of it.

As a result, Geng Jingzhong was pushed to the New World. In all of East Asia, Zheng Jing seemed to be the only person with such great ability!
Although Li Zhongshan had guessed that it was Zheng Jing who was playing tricks, he didn't blame the King Zheng Yi in his heart. The progress is really fast!Yes, yes, Daming needs such a political king!
This era of great European exploration was not mainly promoted by the governments of various countries, but by various people who went to sea together to engage in zero-dollar purchases, and finally turned most of the world into a white-skinned territory.

Therefore, Zheng Jing's behavior should not only be strictly stopped, but should also be encouraged and advocated!
"What's the big deal?" Li Zhongshan looked at Zheng Jing who was hesitating, and laughed, "Isn't it just Spain? The mainland has only a few million people, but it dominates a territory as big as the New World. In the process of robbing the New World, at least It killed tens of millions of people, and now they force the natives of the New World to dig gold and silver for them. Every year, 2 people die from exhaustion I, Huaxia, are really guilty of the most heinous crimes, and not being punished is not enough to promote the might of Daming! It’s just that the mainland of Spain is too far away from Daming, and it is indeed difficult for my Ming soldiers to reach it. If the Spaniards are really willing to send them tens of thousands of miles away Twenty or thirty thousand people are looking for death, but I don't mind sending them all to meet their heavenly father!"

Li Zhongshan's words also greatly exceeded Zheng Jing's expectations.Although he knew that General Li disliked Spain, Portugal, and the Roman Catholic Church very much, his dislike seemed to be in terms of spirit and rhetoric. In addition to taking down Macau, which was actually controlled by Portugal, and prohibiting the spread of Catholicism in the area under the jurisdiction of the General's Mansion In addition, no other hostile measures were taken.

Not only are Spanish and Portuguese merchants allowed to engage in trade in open port provinces such as Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Ningbo, Suzhou, Songjiang, Yangzhou, and Yingtian, just like merchants from other countries, but Spain and Portugal are also allowed to trade. Chinese consuls are stationed in Macao, Quanzhou, and Ningbo to deal with business issues.The consuls of the two countries were also allowed to enter Nanjing for diplomatic activities like envoys and consuls of other countries.

But looking at Li Zhongshan's attitude now, it seems that he doesn't mind the war with Spain, and his attitude has changed a bit quickly!
Thinking of this, Zheng Jing, who was not sure of Li Zhongshan's approach, quickly gave Chen Yonghua a wink.

Chen Yonghua had just officially learned that Zheng Jing was pushing Geng Jingzhong to die in the New World. Now that Zheng Jing had greeted him, he had no choice but to help his old superior.

"General, if the Spaniards land on the coast of our Ming Dynasty, with the might of the general and the good fighting skills of the model army, let alone 3 or [-] people, even if there are several times more, they can be wiped out in one go." Chen Yonghua said, "Now I'm afraid that the Spaniards will not go ashore, but use their invincible fleet to unite with England, France, the Netherlands and other countries to deal with our Ming Dynasty at sea. Compared with their navy, our Ming Dynasty's navy is still weaker."

Li Zhongshan already understood that it turned out that Zheng Jing was afraid that the Spaniards would join forces with Portugal, the Netherlands, England, and France, the Western sea powers, to attack his local tyrants at sea.

Although the fleet owned by Zheng Jing is huge, it can already rival the navies of the Netherlands, England and other countries.But the main force of Zheng Jing's fleet is the big bird ship and the old lock ship. They are undoubtedly qualified as armed merchant ships, but it would be too much to let them go to sea battles with the serious sailing battleships of the navies of the western powers.

In addition, Zheng Jing has also been building Western-style soft sailing ships in recent years, but it has just started now, the number is not worth mentioning, and it has only reached the level of armed merchant ships.It’s still early to build a sailing battleship!

"King Yi, Chen Zuocheng, have you heard? Recently, King Zhong and a group of officials from Hubei want to promote the "Land Limit Order" and "Land Equalization Law". What do you think?" Li Zhongshan suddenly changed the subject and said It started with the two decrees promoted by Li Laishun aimed at "equalizing the rich and the poor, and suppressing mergers".

Of course, Zheng Jing and Chen Yonghua are not very in favor of "equalizing the rich and the poor, suppressing mergers", because they are both very rich, and Zheng Jing is the richest man - the tonnage of his family's shipping fleet is "naval level of great powers", although compared with The Dutch East India Company is still a little less, but the profitability of its ships in the East Asian coast is super strong.Bird boats and old lock boats use fewer people, are highly efficient in utilizing coastal winds, and have low risk of near-shore navigation, with a high voyage success rate.This made the soft sailing boats of the Westerners unable to compete with Zheng's bird boats and old lock boats, and they did not dare to start a war with Zheng Jing. This meant going to war with Ming!
It's a war with Daming, how can I make money?

Therefore, the policy of the Dutch in recent years is to retreat to Java Island and Malacca to receive goods, and basically give up competing with the Zheng family and other Chinese merchant ships on the coasts of China, Annan, and North Korea.

Zheng Jing and his men, who had made a lot of money, of course wanted to invest their spare money in familiar land in Ming Dynasty where they could make a profit without losing money.

If the "Field Restriction Order" and the "Field Equalization Law" are passed by the National Assembly, and then approved by the General's Office and the Ministry of Ministers, and finally add a jade seal to Zhu Cijiong, then it will be difficult for them to buy land on a large scale in the future up.Even the land they bought before will be hit by the "Field Restriction Order" and have to be sold.

However, compared with the benefits that the Zheng Jing Group has gained from maritime trade and the benefits that they can obtain in Luzon Island, the losses that may be caused by the "Land Restriction Order" are not worth mentioning.

"Let's limit the land." Zheng Jing conceded, "But the average land... has to be carefully considered!"

Chen Yonghua also nodded and said: "In other words, if Tian Jun is given to the generals of the National Army, then both King Yi and the subordinate officials are in favor, and Lu Youcheng will also agree. But it is too much to follow the law of Zhong Wangfu. .”

The method of equalizing the land in the Zhongwang Mansion is to divide the rest of the land equally after guaranteeing the share of the soldiers and generals of the country!

Although none of Li Laishun's deliberative officials proposed the "Field Equalization Law" in accordance with the standards of the five eastern Hubei provinces, the land equalization method they were going to propose was still very strict. Of course, this is not a must.This is because Li Zhongshan instructed Li Laishun to put forward the draft of the "Equal Land Law" to frighten people.

According to Li Zhongshan's mind, as long as the "Field Restriction Order" can be passed, the "Field Equalization Law" can first "hang" and scare big landlords everywhere, so that they invest less money in land and more money to develop industry and commerce. .If you really want to buy land, the world is big!
"Let's study the "Land Equalization Law" slowly!" Li Zhongshan said, "Fufu, the matter of setting up water and land tax customs in the four provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, as well as on the Yangtze River waterway, must be paid close attention. In addition Well, the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department has always been directly under the Ministry of Accounts, and now you are in charge of the Ministry of Accounts in Fufu, can you be more careful?
Now the imperial court is heavily in debt, and Jin Fu's plan to dig a new road to the Yellow River has been finalized, and construction will start next year. This is a major project that affects tens of millions of people in Huainan and Huaibei. It must be done as soon as possible! "

For Li Zhongshan, the real problem now is not how to deal with foreigners, but how to solve financial difficulties.I fought for several years before, and I was supported by debts, but the debts... always have to be repaid!
After all, the Zhongshan Bank (formerly the Guangdong Customs Bank) controlled by Li Zhongshan himself, the Ruiyintang Bank jointly controlled by Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao, and the Nanyangtang Bank controlled by Zheng Jing are the biggest creditors of the Ming court!

However, there are not many ways for Li Zhongshan to increase his fiscal revenue right now. All he can think of at the moment is to pay more attention to salt taxation, and at the same time set up tax collection points and tolls in the four rich coastal provinces and the Yangtze River waterway-this kind of tolls It is a bit like the lijin that appeared in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War in history.Although lijin is not conducive to promoting the circulation of goods, it is indeed easier to receive money.

However, Li Zhongshan’s heart is not as dark as that of the Qing court. He only plans to set up water and land tax customs in the four coastal provinces, and the tax density does not need to be too high. It is best to avoid repeated collection. It is good to collect 600 million a year up.Coupled with the increase in income brought about by the strict collection of salt tax, there may be seventy-eight million yuan.

But these two income increases are also indispensable for the support of Zheng Jing, Chen Yonghua, Lu Sanhao and Liu Jinzhong, and the attitude of Zheng and Chen is the key.

"Wrap it on Chen!" Chen Yonghua and Zheng Jing met each other's eyes and patted their chests.

After getting a satisfactory answer, Li Zhongshan had to come up with a "solution to the Geng Jingzhong incident", he said with a smile: "Yiwang, Fufu, you help me get things done, of course I will help you Let’s settle the matter! Isn’t it just a few Western powers that are domineering on the ocean? There is nothing difficult to deal with. As long as we don’t let the Netherlands, Spain, and England unite to deal with Ming, the rest will be easy to deal with.”

"General," Zheng Jing said with a smile, "what tricks do you have, can you tell me about it, so that I can feel at ease."

Li Zhongshan smiled and said: "Let's talk about it. The first thing is to hold the Netherlands. The Dutch East India Company controls the main sea route to Europe. As long as they continue to do business with us, they will not rob us in the Nanyang Sea. The problem is Not big."

"General, this Netherlands is a profiteer, they are not easy to win over!" Zheng Jing reminded.

The relationship between Zheng Jing and the Dutch East India Company is bad. When these profiteers see Zheng's family being punished by the Spaniards, why don't they make trouble?
"I have a solution!" Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "Don't worry, King Yi!"

He paused, and suddenly lowered his tone: "Secondly, hit Spain hard! Now that we have already torn face with Spain, there is no need to hold back, we must hit hard, so that the Spaniards will never dare to spy on Daming! Moreover, we have to cut off the Spaniards who reached out to Daming and greatly expand our influence in the New World!"

When Zheng Jing heard it, his heart sank: It's bad, with such a way of doing things, maybe Spain can really create a worldwide anti-Ming alliance!
(End of this chapter)