I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 191 The Emperor Wants to Attack Japan's Silver Mine
Seeing that most of the matters discussed by the cabinet this time have been completed, everyone is relieved.

As for the candidate to be in charge of the Maritime Trade Department to be discussed next, it has already been finalized before, so it only needs to go through a formality.

Yan Song squinted his eyes, and glanced at Gao Gong indiscriminately.

He was keenly aware that since His Majesty handed over the Maritime Trade Department to Gao Gong, this Gao Gong has changed from his former restraint!Acting gradually became bolder, and began to vigorously expand his party wings.

At this moment, Lu Fang's voice came, interrupting Yan Song's thoughts.

"The next step is the last thing of this cabinet meeting, which is to formally appoint candidates for the Maritime Trade Department!"

As soon as Lu Fang finished speaking, Gao Gong, Yan Shifan, and Zhang Juzheng got up from their seats, bowed slightly, and waited for Jiajing's official appointment.

"The newly-built Maritime Trade Department of the imperial court has set up the post of Minister of Maritime Trade, which is held by Gao Gong, the minister of the household department! Under the Minister of Maritime Trade, there are two positions, namely, the Left Supervisor of Maritime Trade and the Right Supervisor of Maritime Trade. Their responsibilities It is to assist the Minister of Maritime Trade and maintain the daily operation of the Maritime Trade Department."

"The left supervisor of Maritime Trade is responsible for the accounts, finance, and taxation of the Maritime Trade Department. He can transfer sailors at will without reporting! The right supervisor of Maritime Trade is responsible for the personnel, promotion, assessment, etc. of the Maritime Trade Department."

"The left supervisor of maritime trade is Zhang Juzheng, Minister of War, and the right supervisor of maritime trade is Yan Shifan, Minister of Officials!"

After Jiajing finished announcing the formal appointment, all three knelt down on the ground and said respectfully.

"I thank Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

With a little smile on Jiajing's face, he swept his gaze over the three of them, and said softly, "Wake up, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After receiving the emperor's consent, the three immediately got up and sat back to their seats.

Seeing that the three matters of the cabinet meeting had been discussed, Yan Song got up immediately, took out the edict drafted by the cabinet in advance, and held it high above his head.

"Report to Your Majesty, here is the edict drafted by the cabinet in advance!"

Lu Fang immediately stepped forward, took the edict from Yan Song, and handed it over to Jiajing.

Jiajing opened the edict, browsed the contents, and saw that it said.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said, since the second year of Jiajing, since the battle for tribute, the Japanese pirates along the southeast coast have become more and more rampant, and there is a tendency to never get rid of it! Ship Division is abolished."

"Right now, all the Japanese pirates along the southeast coast have been wiped out! For the livelihood of the coastal residents, the imperial court will reopen Quanzhou Port and conduct business with foreign merchants."

"The specific trade matters will be entrusted to the newly established Maritime Trade Department of the imperial court to be in charge, so please!"

After Jiajing read the content of the edict, he seemed not too satisfied, but shook his head.

"Yan Song, change this paragraph to me, and say that more ports will be opened in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey!"

Hearing Jiajing's order, Yan Song replied with a look of sincerity and fear on his face.

"The matter discussed by the cabinet today, let's go here first! I have a very important matter next, and I want to explain it to you."

Hearing the emperor's words, everyone at the scene couldn't help becoming nervous and said to themselves.

"Could it be that His Majesty has found out something?"

Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang, and then ordered: "Lu Fang, go get someone to bring me the map of Japan!"

"Yes, slaves obey."

After Lu Fang finished speaking, she called the little official and gave the order.

A moment later, a map of Japan was placed in front of everyone.

Seeing this, Yan Song couldn't help but have a bad premonition in his heart. Could it be that His Majesty wants to start a war with Japan?

After Jiajing coughed twice, he picked up a thin wooden stick, pointed to the side of the map of Japan, and said loudly: "The Japanese pirate leader Wang Zhi explained in his confession that there is a huge silver mine in this place. It's called the Iwami Silver Mine!"

"It is estimated that the silver production here is extremely rich! Japan is currently in the Warring States Period. If I, Ming, can take this opportunity, I can take it down."

"Then within a hundred years, I, Daming, will no longer have to worry about silver!"

Hearing the emperor's words, everyone's breathing began to become short of breath.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, please forgive me for being bold. Is this news true?"

Yan Song immediately stood up and confirmed to Jiajing.

"I have already sent someone to confirm, the news is absolutely true!"

Jiajing glanced at Yan Song quite casually, and replied.

Hearing Jiajing's words, everyone's expressions remained unchanged, but their hearts were already filled with horror.

"What? Your Majesty actually has an unknown news network, and even information from Japan can be found!"

Jiajing didn't care what they were thinking, but immediately pointed the thin wooden stick in his hand to the Kyushu area on the map of Japan, and continued.

"In addition, there are also many silver mines here! And the local daimyo, Otomo Zonglin once supported the Japanese pirate leader Wang Zhi to invade the coastal areas of our country."

"It can be said that this Otomo Zonglin is one of the culprits who caused such a serious Japanese problem in the Ming Dynasty!"

"Before this, the navy led by Hu Zongxian started a naval battle with the fleet of this big friend."

"The result is that my Ming's navy won a complete victory!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he put down the thin wooden stick in his hand, turned his gaze to the crowd, and asked.

"Do you have any good strategies, my loves?"

As soon as Jiajing finished speaking, Zhang Juzheng stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I feel that this is not the time to start a war with Japan. We should wait for the Navy to complete the construction of the warship, and then slowly plan it." .”

Jiajing glanced at Zhang Juzheng, and said slowly: "Who told you, I'm going to war now!"

"Before that, we must make corresponding preparations, at least we have to wait until the two new navy divisions are all launched."

Immediately afterwards, Yan Song stood up and put forward his own suggestion to Jiajing: "His Majesty, I feel that now that Quanzhou Port has been opened! We can seize this opportunity and send special personnel to start trade with Japan."

"And in the process, collect local information as much as possible, understand local customs and habits, and draw corresponding maps. If you know yourself and your enemy, you will win every battle!"

Jiajing was quite satisfied with Yan Song's suggestion, nodded and said: "Well, what Yan Ge said makes sense, if that's the case, let's start from this place first!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he picked up the thin wooden stick and pointed it at the Kyushu area of ​​Japan.

"Your Majesty really holds a grudge!"

Seeing Jiajing's first goal, the ministers couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"My Majesty, I have an idea on my side!"

After everyone finished expressing their opinions, Xu Jie, who had been silent all this time, stood up and said loudly.

"Oh, Mr. Xu Ge, please tell me?"

Jiajing raised his eyebrows, then asked.

"Your Majesty, this is what I think. Now that Quanzhou Port has been opened! And the Department of Maritime Trade is in charge, then we can take this opportunity to issue corresponding certificates. Only after receiving the certificates issued by the Department of Maritime Trade, the private Only ships can go to sea to trade."

"We can divide the certificates issued by the Maritime Trade Department into two types, one needs to be bought with money, and the other is issued for free."

"As for the certificates that are issued for free, outside of normal trade, you must follow the relevant instructions of the imperial court."

"In this way, the national treasury can be enriched," and these people can contribute to our Ming Dynasty! "

　Ps: The author seems to have been tricked. He had a fever all night and couldn’t fall asleep. His throat felt like a needle stick. Everyone should pay more attention to his body. This chapter is written with force, and the quality may not be very good, sorry. O_o
　　
　
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