Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 243: Opening sea ban
Lu Mou returned to Beijing after an inspection in the reed swamps of a salt-alkali beach at what is now the seaside. He summoned a few confidants and hid in his palace. After studying and planning day and night for several days, he convened with his brother in the Wenhua Palace. The chief officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry met to discuss the plan for the construction of Tanggu Port.

Here, in addition to the officials, there was actually a fat and uneasy man sitting there - Zheng Hongda, the royal cigarette manufacturer's trading partner and Lu Mou's stolen goods dealer.

Although a businessman has let go of his humble status, it is difficult to change the inherent habits formed over thousands of years. Now he appeared in the court openly. Although he was invited by Lu Mou, all the officials regarded him as nothing, and he himself felt overwhelmed and embarrassed.

I unfold the map I drew after my hard work for everyone to see.

After looking at Lu Mou's plan, He Fugui frowned: "Prince Regent, it is necessary to build a military port in Tanggu. Although funds are relatively tight, the Ministry of Household Affairs can still come up with this amount if the belt is tight. Money. But if the funds required are too huge for the Regent’s ambitious plan, the Ministry of Finance will be unable to bear it. Please reconsider it.”

Everyone, take a look at that planning map. It is really too large in scale. No wonder even He Fugui, who has always supported the regent without hesitation, expressed his opposition.

Lu Mou smiled: "Master He, my plan is that the funds for the military port will be spent by the Ministry of Household Affairs. But with the construction of the accompanying civilian port, as well as the construction and development of Tianjin City, private capital will be used to operate."

When everyone heard this, they were confused. Private capital operation? Is it possible for people to spend money to build a new city?

"If you want the people to participate in building a city, is it possible? Third brother, do you want to imitate Lord Hongwu and forcibly relocate the people? This is absolutely impossible. This is not only against human ethics, but also wastes money and wastes the people. This country will never Will agree."

Supervisor Zhu Cixi immediately made a firm statement.

In ancient times, using people's power to do things was synonymous with robbing people.

Thinking about the recorded human tragedies when Shanxi occupied Shandong, the kind-hearted Zhu Cihong felt miserable for the people. This kind of thing must never happen again in your own hands.

Lu Mou smiled: "My brother loves the people deeply and makes the people of the world happy. But why should I do that?"

"If you don't do that, people will never move to Tanggu, Tianjin, a saline-alkali wasteland."

The ministers also said that Lu Mou used private power to build the city and it would never be realized without coercion.

Lu Mou said: "If I want to build a paid public toilet, what will I do?"

Everyone is stunned. We are talking about national affairs here. Why do you say you want to build toilets and you still charge for them? I can't blame you to death.

Lu Mou continued his toilet theory: "If I want to build a paid toilet, I must first open a cheap and high-quality porridge shop next to the toilet."

Li Yan sneered: "It's very creative to open a porridge shop next to the toilet. But even if you feel anxious after drinking porridge, Chinese people have the habit of defecating anywhere, so who would spend money to go to the toilet."

Lu Mou smiled at his injured friend: "But there are still scribes and women."

Everyone was stunned.

"Also, for the sake of my public toilet business and people's livelihood, I will introduce a series of policies and regulations to restrict open defecation, such as the city creation policy we are currently implementing. It is strictly stipulated that people must be civilized and are not allowed to defecate anywhere. "

It's great to build a city. Now the city of Beijing is no longer littered with rubbish and the stench of urine and urine can be seen everywhere. For this reason, the Jinyiwei chasing vendors all over the streets has become a beautiful scenery in the capital.

Everyone thought that the paid public toilets opened by Lu Mou had a bright future under such rules and regulations.

"According to my theory of paid public toilets. First of all, that porridge shop is the Tianjin Port we want to build. In order to build Tianjin Port, we need to recruit a large number of workers, right?"

Bi Jianye, minister of the Ministry of Industry, nodded: "If the port is to be built before the arrival of the Fujian navy, it is estimated that we will have to recruit at least 100,000 workers by now."

"So, one hundred thousand young men earn our wages, do they need to solve their physical problems?"

We are all men. We have money in our pockets, so of course we are full, warm and lustful. I won’t be rude if I say it, but if you, the regent, say it, it seems so obscene.

"To this end, I will recruit a brothel and sell him a piece of land with the least amount of money. For example, for a land with ten storefronts and a three-story courtyard, I will sell it to him for a hundred silver dollars. Isn't that expensive?"

I dare not say it is expensive, you are just robbing it. Book friends understand, this is land finance, so I won’t go into details below.

So, after Lu Mou talked a lot about land finance and the benefits of merchant development, he finally concluded with confidence: "In the end, if I build a new city, not only will I not contribute capital, I will also make a lot of money to subsidize the national treasury." Jian Guo covered his face: "It's a good idea, but Third Brother, you'd better save some face."

"Brother, in order to build a sister city of Beijing, what kind of shame do I need?"

The king and his ministers were speechless together. The regent is really dedicated to the country.

"And what really attracted the phoenix was my suggestion that the Ming Dynasty impose a sea ban."

As soon as this policy came out, the monarchs and ministers were in an uproar.

An old man stood up and objected: "The forbidden sea is an ancestral system of Hongwu. It should not be touched lightly. Please be careful, the regent."

Lu Mou smiled: "Hongwu is my ancestor, but is Emperor Yongle my ancestor? Yongle opened the sea, and only then did the Three Treasures of the Ming Dynasty declare the Ming Dynasty's peace-loving overseas. Then why do I violate the ancestral system?"

The old minister was speechless at that time.

Yes, Hongwu was the founder of the Ming Dynasty, but if you look closely, Zhu Di is the orthodox ancestor of the current royal family. Yongle opened the sea, and Lu Mou also held a meeting. They implemented the system of their true ancestors. Is it reasonable? You can't argue.

A minister stood up and said: "The Wanli maritime ban is to prevent Japanese pirates, so——"

"Are there still Japanese pirates now?"

The minister was speechless. Since the defeat of Qi Jiguang, there have been no Japanese pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. Then this excuse no longer holds water.

"There are pirates along the coast."

"Who are pirates?"

"Han people."

"The rogue bandits are also Han people, and the people who dominate the mountains and become kings in various places are also Han people. Do we need to ban the country to prevent them?"

"This - but once the sea opens and the Jiannu navy comes to kill us, how should we deal with it?"

Lu Mou sneered: "Could it be that if we ban the sea, the enemies won't come? For the enemies coming from the sea, if you don't think of ways to annihilate them at sea, is it useful to rely on the sea ban? Can the Ming Dynasty's sea ban restrain the invasion of enemy countries?"

"this--"

"After the opening of the sea, a large number of supplies from the south that are urgently needed in the north but are cut off by the Yangtze River Canal will come by sea, increasing the circulation and exchange of supplies between the north and the south. At this time and under this situation, how can we still implement a sea ban?"

Then he turned around and said: "My brother, please ask the supervisor to issue an order to ban the sea."

Zhu Cixiang thought deeply.

In fact, the sea ban was abolished long ago after the rogue bandits isolated the north and the south. He has become a mere piece of paper restricting the northern coast, but a shackle that restricts himself.

The supervisor thought for a moment and nodded, then faced the ministers: "What the regent said is true. We need southern civilian supplies. We urgently need to transport northern supplies to the south in exchange for funds. Therefore, who agrees with the national policy of opening up the sea? Whoever objects, vote by show of hands.”

Most of the officials here are northern officials, who open and close the sea. In fact, for them, there is no actual practical power.

The regent made sense. The sea ban could not suppress piracy or control enemy countries from invading the Ming Dynasty from the sea. Instead, it restricted the north's acquisition of materials and sources of funds. Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty, or trying every means to survive, is the most important thing.

In the main hall, except for a few Jiangnan officials and conservative forces, everyone raised their hands.

The Ming Dynasty, under the auspices of Lu Mou, successfully opened the sea and faced the sea of ​​stars.

(End of this chapter)