Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 250 Zhu Yuanzhang was horrified when he heard this

Chapter 250 Zhu Yuanzhang was horrified when he heard this

As for what Mr. Hu said about "economy", after listening to Mr. Hu's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment, and then nodded slowly.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, there was basically no business tax.

However, there is a big difference between whether a place is prosperous or not.

After all, people will only have children and pay poll tax when they have money and food.

Moreover, although the imperial court did not set high commercial taxes, many powerful merchants were able to bypass them long ago.

That's right, even if the Ming Dynasty only has a small business tax, these people are actually too lazy to pay it.

They will try every means to dissipate their original income by breaking it up, concealing it, etc.

However, after all, if a local economy develops, it will be of great benefit to both the local government and the people.

If nothing else, it would be much better for ordinary people to do even a small business!
Not to mention that after the local area becomes rich, the government office will also be a little more prosperous, so at least some money can be spent on building water conservancy projects and clearing ditches.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that this matter really made sense.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's expression slowly soothing, Mr. Hu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Well, that's good if you can listen.

I'm afraid that it will be like a firecracker, and then there will be nothing to talk about.

Then you have to run away quickly!
Staying any longer would be disrespectful to your own life.

But now!

Mr. Hu didn't mind giving Zhu Yuanzhang a good lesson.

"Your Majesty, economic matters need to be looked at from another angle."

"What was mentioned in the memorial you approved before is that merchants were greedy for the huge profits in maritime trade, so they knew the law, violated the law, and took risks."

"This matter is certainly a matter of disregarding the laws and regulations of the court!"

"But if you think about it the other way around, can it be said that this maritime trade is actually quite profitable, so that's why they continue to do so?"

"So, if we standardize this matter and then impose heavy taxes, will it make the people's lives easier and the national treasury become richer?"

"At the same time, since Your Majesty feels that the greed of merchants cannot be frightened, will these merchants continue regardless of whether there is a ban?"

"So instead of letting them secretly accumulate wealth and drag officials into trouble, why can't they just collect taxes openly?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he became interested.

Nothing else, he just likes to give money to his family, this feeling makes him particularly happy!

But according to Mr. Hu, this sea trade is basically forbidden, so why can't heavy taxes be levied?

It has to be said that Master Hu knew Zhu Yuanzhang after all, and this proposal really hit Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

However, Mr. Hu will not go into too much detail on this matter.

After all, you have to take responsibility for what you have said. Let Lao Zhu figure it out by himself.

He is only responsible for fanning the flames, not the hard work behind it!
"Secondly, Your Majesty, this policy of banning the sea is actually a seclusion of the country!"

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, seclusion has always been something only weak countries can do!"

"After all, the country is weak, so it needs to close itself off to resist harassment and attacks from foreign countries."

"But although our Ming Dynasty has established the Central Plains not long ago, our country is in heaven, the Han family is orthodox, and our national power is growing day by day. Is it possible that we should be afraid of others?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his face turned dark and he said angrily. "Wei Yong, your method of provoking generals is too clumsy. We won't accept this!"

Even if Mr. Hu was criticized in person by Zhu Yuanzhang, he didn't feel embarrassed. Instead, he laughed.

"Haha, Your Majesty saw through it, why didn't you say it?"

"It's just that in my opinion, the Ming Dynasty suffered a lot by seclusion!"

"Because once the sea is completely banned, not only will the Ming Dynasty not be able to plunder their minerals and food from neighboring small countries, but it will also be unable to obtain various technologies."

"As the old saying goes, if a group of three people is together, there must be one who can teach me. Maybe a genius who is rare to see in a hundred years will appear in some country right now?"

"With such smart people, maybe we can make rapid progress in military equipment, people's livelihood equipment, or other knowledge and skills?"

"But as a result, my Ming Dynasty closed the country and completely cut off the channels for us to obtain such good things!"

"Isn't this a great pity?"

Zhu Yuanzhang fell into silence completely.

There is a saying that he was persuaded by Mr. Hu!
Because Mr. Hu did not play any literati tricks with him such as moral kidnapping and wearing a high hat.

What Mr. Hu brought out were all naked interests and benefits.

He put everything on the bright side and let Zhu Yuanzhang weigh it himself.

And when Lao Zhu thought along Mr. Hu's train of thought, he would feel that what Mr. Hu said was simply not too correct.

In fact, Mr. Hu felt sad about it.

When I was studying history in my previous life, I saw that Ye Boarpi was messing around and completely wiped out our Central Plains dynasty. How sad is that?

You know, although Boar Skin is the master of seclusion!
However, if one carefully traces the source of seclusion, it actually comes from the sea ban during the Zhu Yuanzhang period.

Countless people have analyzed it in later generations.

The policy of closing the country to the outside world was harmful to Ming Dynasty but not beneficial to any.

This is a stupid policy that will greatly weaken even military strength and national strength.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's previous thoughts, now that the Ming Dynasty is strong, it doesn't matter even if it completely bans the sea and derails with other countries.

But why can't we take advantage of this opportunity to harvest the world while the Ming Dynasty is at the top of the world?
Do you have to wait until Ming Dynasty weakens, and then watch a group of clowns jumping around in front of your eyes with gritted teeth?

Just like in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, what is the use of the sea ban?

Don’t those Japanese pirates come whenever they want?
To put it bluntly, a strong country is the most fundamental thing.

Otherwise, we can only prevent the people of Ming Dynasty from leaving, but we cannot prevent powerful enemies from coming in.

Mr. Hu added some of his views on the sea ban intermittently, as if chatting.

Especially the deduction of the various disadvantages of the sea ban made Zhu Yuanzhang's scalp numb.

The key point is that Mr. Hu is not just blindly beeping, he is reasoning with reason and evidence.

It's just that the result made Lao Zhu feel horrified.

However, even if I really think what Mr. Hu said makes sense.

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually a little hesitant!

After all, the sea ban has been promulgated for some years, and the effect seems to be okay. Is it necessary to cancel it like this?

(End of this chapter)