New Shun 1730

Liu Yu slowly opened his eyes that were about to fall asleep, thinking that this was equivalent to saying useless nonsense.

If internal reforms could really be carried out, with a quarter of the world's population at this time and the strongest handicraft productivity on the earth, as long as the internal problems were solved, they would be invincible.

The problem is that it cannot be done.

We can only take a crooked path, start from the outside, and start a new business, cultivating a group of sea merchants with "abundant martial virtues" instead of a group of sedentary merchants who sell goods on the ground. Dare to play sailing with a 50% mortality rate, and have the courage of Ban Chao to destroy the country with just thirty people.

Cultivate virtue, cultivate virtue, how to cultivate it? If you cultivate virtue, you can cultivate a North American pressure relief valve for the industrial revolution, a market that can accommodate the industrialization of a province, and a steam engine. You can cultivate it in any way.

Now let's not talk about anything else, just say Jiangsu Province, if it has completed preliminary industrialization, where in the world can you find such a large market?

If they don't go out and stay at home, small farmers will go bankrupt, refugees will be everywhere, and 40 to 50 million people will die. Who can bear it?

If the British didn't have a pressure relief valve in America, it would have exploded long ago; if it didn't have the Indian market, France, the Netherlands, and Prussia, which had a little industry, would all be mercantilism and high tariffs, waiting for internal circulation.

But these things can't be discussed, and they won't understand them even if they are discussed. These things are heretical views in the court. Even if the Celestial Empire wants to change, it can only find rationality from the pile of old papers, not some completely incompatible political economics.

Confucius' book is not political economics, but moral ethics.

The economic base determines the superstructure, and moral standards depend on productivity and production relations. Who would be interested in the economic base of the West, except for France, which had many small farmers at that time?

Besides, why would these classics compete with Catholicism, which takes the bottom line?

In their own families like Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian, they are almost losing everything. Some people rely on the bottom line to fight against clan power and husband power. If the court hadn't directly banned religion... In terms of brainwashing ability, even the religions in India can't compare. It's a typical bully in the home. The White Horse Temple was built all the way to Luoyang.

I thought to myself that I should change my image in the future, not so sharp, and I suppressed my anger in my heart.

But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.

The emperor saw that Liu Yu didn't say anything, so he took the initiative to mention it.

"Ying Suo Bo, what do you think about this matter?"

Liu Yu heard the emperor's call, and cursed in his heart, how can you let me say this?

It's agreed to attack Nanyang, but this matter can't be said now. Those who know about this matter have kept their mouths shut and can't leak it.

If we don't attack Nanyang, diplomacy is really useless.

Obviously the emperor also knew in his heart that if he didn't talk about Nanyang, he would definitely not be able to argue. Thinking that Liu Yu was clever, and knowing that Liu Yu could not have let slip that he was going to attack Nanyang, he thought of asking Liu Yu to come out and block the storm.

The emperor called him, and he had to stand up.

"I just heard about the Hanwu era, and I couldn't help but think of another thing. If we say that this dynasty is like the Hanwu era, it is better to say that Britain, the Netherlands and other countries are like the Hanwu era."

"Speaking of Hanwu, I think of one person."

Just now, a group of people scolded him for Zhang Qian and Ban Chao, and Liu Yu did not say a word. At this time, the old things of the Hanwu Emperor were mentioned again, and the emperor and the court officials became curious.

"Who is it?"

"Sang Hongyang."

"Huh?"

The emperor was confused, and the ministers were also stunned, thinking why mention Sang Hongyang?

A few people with big imaginations, who had seen how Liu Yu dared to say anything in the court before because of his youth, were even more shocked, thinking: Mentioning Sang Hongyang, could it be...

Liu Yu quietly took out some silk with various numbers recorded from his sleeves and glanced at them.

"Your Majesty, Sang Hongyang's salt and iron monopoly enabled Emperor Wu to expand the border. I have observed that many Western systems have Sang Hongyang's methods."

"For example, the East India Company has a monopoly, and private ownership is not allowed. If there is private ownership, it will be caught and killed. Is this considered Sang Hongyang's salt and iron monopoly policy?"

"Sang Hongyang's policy has enabled his country to earn millions of dollars every year, so he can expand the border."

"On the other hand, our dynasty has no trace of the Han Wu period? Our dynasty is still far from Han Wu."

"I have asked someone to collect the amount of goods from Western countries in the customs of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. It is very interesting. Please read it."

After the emperor's permission, Liu Yu read out the data he asked Tian Ping to collect.

"Take the 14th year of Taixing as an example."

"In the 14th year of Taixing, the customs of Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the goods carried by Western ships are as follows."

"Tea, England, Guyana, 5437 dan; Denmark, 7980 dan; Sweden, 3280 dan; France, 3320 dan; Holland, 5681 dan. The rest of Portugal went to Macau, which is not counted; the Spanish were not counted either. Those that were not recorded or smuggled were not counted."

"Porcelain, measured in boxes, one box is about 500 jin, about 500 pieces."

" Total: Britain, 320 boxes; France, 150 boxes; Denmark, 260 boxes; Sweden, which did not order porcelain that year, still took 80 boxes; the Netherlands, 180 boxes. Portugal and Spain don’t know, but there is no smuggling. ”

“Silk… silk… rhubarb…”

After reading the customs’ official statistics, Liu Yu said: “Not counting porcelain, silk, satin, cloth, rhubarb, etc., only tea. ”

“Britain, France, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands, a total of 25,700 dan. Spain and Portugal together 5,000 dan, about 30,000 dan.”

"A hundred kilograms per load, a kilogram of the worst Wuyi tea, can earn 2 taels of silver in Europe, plus a tax of 3 taels of silver. The total is 5 taels of silver, and the net income per load is 50 taels."

"Then for tea alone, with the method of Sang Hongyang, Western countries can bring in nearly two million taels of silver."

"Porcelain, silk, rhubarb, etc. are not counted. When Qi Guogong went to Europe, he passed by Rakshasa. After thinking about it, he knew that Rakshasa's rhubarb is also owned by the government and cannot be sold privately."

"The remaining porcelain, silk and other items are considered equal to tea. Then Westerners can make nearly ten million per year by using the method of sanghongyang."

"This is a specialty of the Chinese dynasty. Let's talk about the spice franchise of the Nanyang Dutch. It is also the method of Sanghongyang. If it is privately operated, the local Javanese will chop off the hands, behead the head, and tear the car apart; if the locals privately operate it, they will confiscate, sink, and confiscate it. "

"I don't have anything from the past few years, but I have one from the first year of Taixing. Something happened in Europe just before that year. Something happened to someone called the Nanhai Chamber of Commerce, and it involved too many things. That year The accounts are public."

"Among them, 800,000 catties of cloves. The price of cloves at that time was 4 Dutch guilders per catty, and one guilder was about 8 treasury silver. In the local area, if the salt is in the place of origin and shipped to the Netherlands with ten times the profit, it is considered a profit of 2 million two."

"Nutmeg, 300,000 catties. The price per catty is 2 florins, which is about two coins of gold, or 2 taels of silver. The profit is 600,000 taels."

"Pepper, pepper is cheap. You can earn one tael of silver for about 10 jins. But the quantity is quite large. In the first year of Taixing, the Netherlands transported a total of 7.7 million jins of pepper. The profit was 800,000 taels."

"Such as cane sugar, hematoxylin, etc. are not included. Westerners now like coffee, and Southeast Asian countries have begun to plant coffee, which is about a million taels per year."

"For the Japanese trade, we all took goods from China and re-exported them to the Japanese. The annual profit was about 800,000 taels."

"The trade with Persia has been greatly reduced due to troubles in Persia in recent years, but it is still close to one million taels."

"In the 14th year of the Chongzhen reign of the previous dynasty, the total amount was reported once, with assets equivalent to 48 million pounds, equivalent to 150 million taels of treasury silver. The profit for that year was about 40%. After deducting warships, artillery, garrisons, etc., the annual income was about 2,500 Wanliang."

"After that, despite Japan's isolation, the war in Persia, the smuggling of spices by Britain and France, the distribution of spices from Brazilian lilac wood in Portugal, the price reduction of cane sugar, etc., the annual income was still more than 15 million taels."

"This is just a Dutch country. Relying on Sang Hongyang's skills and monopoly, the annual income is more than 15 million taels. The company owes 90 million pounds in debt, which is equivalent to about 270 million taels of silver."

"This dynasty...how dare I compare with Han Wu?"

"That's why I say that these gentlemen often use the past to mock the present, talking about the Han Dynasty and the Wuhan Dynasty. I'm afraid that compared with the Han Dynasty, they are not as good as the British and Dutch. They don't even have the skills of Sang Hongyang, how can they How can it compare to Hanwu?"

"I think this dynasty is obviously Wenjing."

After talking about this set of data, Liu Yu thought to himself, are you a Dashun worthy of competing with Hanwu? Yinghe, who can play the art of Sang Hong Sheep better than you?

Sang Hongyang plays with salt and iron, and turns it into spices, cane sugar, coffee, tea, silk and porcelain, isn't it?

I dare not say anything else. If any British private merchant ship dares to cross the Cape of Good Hope, it will really be sunk, the goods will be confiscated, Company Six, Royal Family Four, and it will be difficult to go to the king.

If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Sang Hongyang and a group of other people came to power, with this population, this trade competitiveness, this handicraft industry, this foreign market, we would be embarrassed not to generate an income of 100 million yuan a year. imperial edict.

Where do you people come from with such big faces that you have the nerve to touch the porcelain Han Wu era? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's diplomatic vision allowed the Dutch to occupy Nanyang, and there was no reaction at all?

But that's not what he meant to say.

There is something in these words, and people who understand will naturally understand. People who don't understand think that Liu Yu is really arguing about "Han Wu" or "Wen Jing".

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a bad reputation in history, at least at this time, almost the same as Qin Shihuang. In the eyes of literati, Wei Qing was a slave and Emperor Wu of Han was a tyrant.

But Wenjing is much better. It would be better if it were Song Renzong.

At this time, using the example of Britain and the Netherlands, it is said that the Chinese dynasty is far from the policies of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so there is no need to worry at all. In fact, this is not what I mean.

Several people in the court who knew that Liu Yu was going to attack Nanyang all understood that this set of data was for the emperor.

Because he neither talked about England nor France, but only the Netherlands.

This was clearly an attempt to lure the emperor and tell him how much profit there would be in Nanyang.

Afraid of competing with the people for profit? It’s okay, people can’t leave Malacca anyway, and they can’t get the spices monopolized by the Dutch.

Not counting sugar and coffee, only spices, and only spices sold to Europe, the total is nearly six to seven million taels. The data is detailed and clear. If you haven’t already done this, what are you waiting for?

Liu Yu felt like he had a mirror in his mind. How could a monarch and his ministers rule together? Since Zhu Yuanzhang deposed the prime minister, both the cabinet and the Tianyou Palace have become secretariats.

Emperors are all shouldered by the emperor and prime ministers. When the emperor is not in court and the cabinet handles political affairs, it is only the secretary who assumes the power and responsibilities of the leader and does whatever he says.

The setting up of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the same. In the end, it was the emperor who had the final say.

It just depends on how much the emperor is willing to pay for it - how much he is scolded.

At the beginning, Liu Yu said that Nanyang was worth several Henan Province's taxes, but now he clearly reported the data to the emperor. As long as the emperor's brain is not bad, he should know that this matter must be done.

If we want to do it, we have to set up a Ministry of Foreign Affairs, because Liu Yu said that the Anglo-Dutch alliance, the Netherlands has 600,000 warships... and the Dutch East India Company now owes 90 million pounds.

To put it in a good way, this is called a weak time. If we make friends with France and avoid Britain's participation in the war, we can settle the matter in one fell swoop.

To put it in a bad way, debt is also a skill. Try your Dashun treasury owing 270 million taels of silver? Even if you remove the zero, it's enough. You owe so much debt and haven't broken it yet, which shows that you are strong. If you don't borrow the power of France to "use barbarians to control barbarians", it may be difficult to succeed.

The emperor heard the meaning and thought to himself that you are cunning. This is said to me. As for Han Wu or Wen Jing, it is not nonsense.

If I have the idea of ​​taking over the foreign trade monopoly, it will be competing with the people for profit; if I seize Nanyang, it is not the benefit of the people. As long as I don't monopolize it in my own country, there will be fewer criticisms.

At that time, I will keep some of the treasury and give some to the household government, and all these mouths will be blocked. Is this what you mean by making new cakes and not dividing old cakes?

Thinking of this, I looked at Liu Yu again, thinking that this guy has really grown up. I thought that he would speak wildly and bite everywhere like a mad dog during the court meeting today. It seems that the person who is getting married will be more stable and honest if he has someone to care about and more things to carry behind him.

That's good. I am not afraid of your ability, but I am afraid that you have nothing to care about.