Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 250 Tianjin Port
"Brother Emperor, will these nobles in Beijing spend so much money?"

Looking at the backs of the departing nobles, Zhu Youjian, who had been silent all this time, had a complicated expression at this moment, "Half of the silver shares of Tianjin Thirteenth Bank, in total, is 2600 million taels, which is worth several years of income to the national treasury."

"When the emperor's brother got married, Qian Qianyi, the general envoy, donated money to the court and raised hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. However, most of these nobles were poor, including the British Duke and Hui Anbo..."

"I will definitely pay for it."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and waved his hand and said: "Even if there is a shortfall in money, it can be replaced with land. I want to integrate all their land in Tianjin Sanwei into Tianjin Thirteenth Bank.

They will not give up this opportunity if they have the monopoly rights on silk, porcelain, tea and other items, and allow the Tianjin Sanwei to dock with foreign countries for trade, and the Tianjin Thirteenth Bank to conduct maritime trade with North Korea, East Japan and other places.

As for Qian Qianyi's previous donation of money, most dignitaries in Beijing cried about poverty, which is normal.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Qian Qianyi wants to take advantage of this matter. He let the civil servants take the money to show his favor to me, and others will lose money and make a fuss. Let alone the nobles, this matter must be left to me. , I don’t want to. "

Zhu Youxiao was well aware of the conflicts and problems that existed between the civil servants and the nobles. If the two groups were in conflict with each other, Zhu Youxiao would not be able to sleep.

If there is a contradiction, it means that it can be differentiated.

If there is a problem, it means being able to confront it.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, when considering any issue, he must think from an overall perspective and not just limit himself to a certain point. That would be too petty and not conducive to dynastic rule.

Classes can never be outlawed. Unless there is no dynasty, otherwise classes must be allowed to exist if they want to rule stably.

What Zhu Youxiao has to do is to gradually eliminate the old school, support the new school, and form a rule. Whoever touches the bottom line and violates the law will have to pay the price!
What is new?
What is old?
New can always be new?
The old will always be the old?
If this round of adjustment is spread out, it will be of no use except a waste of time.

"It's just that my brother, the emperor, is a little worried."

Zhu Youjian hesitated for a moment, looked up at his royal brother, and expressed his worries, "Originally, I only talked about these nobles in Beijing, not to mention those who stayed in Nanjing, as far as the corresponding privileges they enjoyed, and in the past, Tang Ni and these treacherous men did such crazy things for their own selfish interests regardless of the stability of the country.

Now the emperor's brother is planning to set up the Thirteenth Bank of Tianjin to allow these nobles in Beijing to hold silver to buy stocks. In order to appease them, he also promised various privileges.

My younger brother is a little worried. If they take advantage of these privileges to do dirty things behind the scenes, it will be the Ming Dynasty that will be harmed. "

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "If I don't do this, some of them won't do dirty things? Will they not harm our Ming Dynasty?"

"I have thought about the emperor's brother's worries before."

"But if you want to break the situation, especially if it involves sea trade smuggling, if the court wants to turn from passive to active, it must use the power of a group of people to fight against the vested interest groups that control this field."

"As for why we don't put aside honors and directly select a group of merchants from the private sector, which is more convenient to control, one is that it is too scattered, which is not convenient for the rapid development of the Tianjin Thirteenth Bank, and the other is that no matter how rich the merchants are, they can't compete with the officials. The right inside."

"So this group can only be nobles, because only nobles can dare to fight with them."

"Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, those with the most privileges are scholars, and those with the largest scale are farmers. As for industry and commerce, the former pay a lot, but have the lowest status, while the latter seem to have a low status, but they control the wealth."

"I am planning to set up the Tianjin Thirteenth Industry just because I want to see results in a short period of time. In this way, around the Three Guards of Tianjin and around the rule of Beizhili, a number of workshops can quickly appear. With workshops, we can A large number of people are needed so that the bankrupt groups can feed their families with their own hands.”

Zhu Youjian's mouth opened slightly. He did not expect that his royal brother had so many ideas hidden in planning the establishment of the Tianjin Thirteenth Bank.

"Of course, I also know that if these groups are involved and want to protect their own interests, they will inevitably find compensation elsewhere."

Zhu Youxiao lifted up his sleeves and continued: "For example, exploiting the lowest groups and squeezing them severely, but for now we can only turn a blind eye to these things."

"First, the Huangzhuang under the jurisdiction of Beizhili can only accept a limited number of groups. The second Shaofu is able to prepare workshops, including the construction of the Haihe system in Beizhili. It can indeed gather a lot of people, but it also highlights the If there is a hidden danger, food security, if anything goes wrong, it will definitely be a big trouble, a big problem. If this hidden danger is not eliminated and so many people dare to starve, there will be riots all over Beizhili."

"So I plan to open a sea in Tianjin. I plan to set up the Tianjin Thirteenth Bank. One of the important purposes is to expand maritime grain trade and no longer rely solely on water transportation."

Even if the development of intensive handicraft industry has nothing to do with primitive industrialization, let alone the era of steam industry, food security must be well considered, coordinated and clearly defined.

As the number of people who are out of work continues to increase, the number of people engaged in agricultural production will decrease accordingly, and the total grain output will inevitably be affected.If this person is hungry for a day or two, he may choose to carry it and endure it and get over it. But if he is really hungry and his eyes are red and he is forced into a desperate situation, no matter who you are, even if the king of heaven comes!
If you want to bring the Ming Dynasty back on track and avoid the fate of overthrowing the country, you must choose to find another way. A single farming model will not work. You must open up a new path, increase revenue and reduce expenditures, and eliminate bad governance. Only in this way can you buy time and gradually turn the Ming Dynasty into a new one. Bring order out of chaos.

And this process will inevitably be accompanied by many struggles and games, which are absolutely unavoidable. After all, vested interests are involved.

"No wonder the emperor wants to allow the Western Yi to stop in Tianjin for trade."

Zhu Youjian endured his surprise and said with emotion: "Brother, under the rule of the Nanyang countries where the Western Yi are entrenched, can you really compare with me, the Ming Dynasty, in terms of food production?"

"Royal brother, you still know too little about the world outside the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Youxiao smiled, reached out and patted his shoulder and said: "According to what I know, in some places in Southeast Asia, food can be harvested three times a year. The fertile land and suitable climate are unimaginable to many people.

Moreover, under the rule of the Nanyang countries, there are also rich mineral resources. In addition to gold, silver, and copper mines, there are also rich resources such as gems, jade, spices, wood, and tung oil.

Otherwise, the European countries are more than thousands of miles away from the Southeast Asian countries. If there is no such thing to lure them, why would those Western barbarians be willing to suffer threats from the sea, even the threat of death, and come to the Nanyang countries? "

Zhu Youjian's mouth opened wide. He knew very little about the situation of the Nanyang countries. Even in Zhu Youjian's subconscious, he felt that the Nanyang countries were barren lands and could not be compared with the Ming Dynasty at all.

But Zhu Youxiao's rhetoric subverted his previous understanding.

In fact, it is this kind of cognition that makes Nanyang obviously the closest to China, but it does not form a long-term rule led by China. There are too many factors interfering with this.

What Zhu Youxiao has to do is to resolve these interferences and gradually bring Nanyang under the rule of China.

If this fertile land can be obtained, a clear and reasonable governance system can be established, and the ideology of one China and the state can be formed, then Zhu Youxiao will make a lot of money.

"Brother Imperial, are you aware of the above-mentioned arrangements, do you also have any idea of ​​collecting taxes?" Zhu Youjian tried to calm down and looked at his royal brother and said.

"Ruzi can be taught."

Zhu Youxiao clapped his hands and laughed, then pointed to Zhu Youjian and said: "Of course I have to collect taxes. There is a unique advantage in setting up the Thirteenth Bank in Tianjin, which is that it is close to the center."

"Sea trade has actually always existed. Even during the most restrictive period of maritime ban, the tax revenue obtained by the court was completely disproportionate to the income of the groups privately participating in maritime trade."

"This is not good, very bad!"

"I want to take advantage of this matter to first set up a special external port under the rule of Sanwei in Tianjin, and let Tianjin have a department to prepare for the establishment of a customs office."

"If this matter can be accomplished, in the future, not only in the central court, but also in local coastal areas, customs offices at all levels will be gradually established. Customs taxes will become one of the important financial resources of the imperial court!"

Taxation is the foundation for maintaining the rule of a dynasty. If there are problems with taxation, all kinds of troubles will inevitably arise. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao must try to change it, otherwise it will be difficult to realize many of his ideas.

"It's just that if this happens, once someone in the DPRK knows about this, there will definitely be a wave of opposition."

Zhu Youjian said with a worried look on his face: "The current situation in the DPRK is not stable. If..."

"Don't worry, I have already thought of a perfect plan."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and waved his hands and said: "I just want to ask the noble group in Beijing to be the vanguard of this matter, and ask them to argue, quarrel, and fight among themselves."

"Imperial brother, please remember one thing. No matter who you are fighting with, whatever you want to get, never end it yourself. If you win the fight, you lose. If you lose the fight, you will lose your prestige."

Zhu Youjian was very curious in his heart about what preparations his royal brother had made. When he thought about the faces of some people among the civil servants of the foreign dynasty, Zhu Youjian felt disgusted.

But what Zhu Youjian didn't know was that there were still many things involved behind what he just said. In Zhu Youxiao's heart, he even planned to re-enact the Thirteen Lines model and select another group of people. The group is engaged in the foreign trade of Saibei. Zhu Youxiao wants to use this method to achieve a certain delicate balance and try to break the so-called vested interests!

(End of this chapter)