Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Zhu Youxiao in the Hall of Mental Cultivation listened to Ye Xianggao's suggestion to develop a navy, and finally decided on the candidate for the chief assistant after he finished talking.

Because Ye Xianggao's knowledge of current affairs, eyesight, and ability are more suitable than Liu Yixiu.

As for whether he can control Ye Xianggao, Zhu Youxiao is not worried at all, he is not a soft-tempered person like Guangzong.

In other words, if Ye Xianggao hadn't said this, and he was going to confirm with Zhou Jiamo the cabinet minister who would replace him in the past two days, then Liu Yixiu would be promoted from the second assistant to the first assistant naturally.

Zhu Youxiao watched Ye Xianggao's subtle changes, which also fell into Zhou Jiamo's eyes.He couldn't tell what was wrong with Ye Xianggao, but between Liu Yixiu and Ye Xianggao, Liu Yixiu insisted on himself; and after Ye Xianggao lived in the village for seven or eight years, he actually had the desire to cater to the emperor. His actions were beyond his expectation.

He was a little worried about Ye Xianggao's development towards courtiers.But also imitating what he just said, he has to admit that it makes sense.Westerners dare to shoot at Haojing today, if they don't fight back, they will inevitably be pampered into another "Jian slave" from the sea in a few years.

If you want to fight back, what else can you do besides developing navy?Is the sea forbidden?The common people of Ming Dynasty cannot be banned, but Japanese pirates, pirates, and smuggling by sea merchants cannot be banned.

The most important thing is that Westerners cannot be prevented from sailing to Daming.

Huang Kezuan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, there are still charts and seven-story treasure ship charts of the Sanbao eunuchs in the palace. It is the wood used for shipbuilding. New wood cannot be used, and it must be dried for several years. Since Your Majesty does not want to immediately For the construction of the Three Great Halls, can we use some big wood, the big wood around Zhang has been drying for several years, but it is the best shipbuilding material."

Emperor Wang Yongguang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Huang Shaofu, the rebuilding of the three halls has been delayed again and again, and now you have the idea of ​​embezzling the wood of the three halls. If you don't repair it this year, you won't repair it next year or the year after. ? Daming doesn’t even have a decent government office, so what is it like? When it’s time for repairs, you return the embezzled wood to the Ministry of Industry?”

It is extremely difficult to cut down those big trees, and it is not easy to find them in the deep mountains. Every time a tree is taken out of the mountain, there are casualties of laborers.Now that His Majesty has changed the method of sending out corvee, where can he ask for a man who is willing to look for a big tree like a mountain?

"The three major halls are not in a hurry to repair. The ruins have been aired for 30 years, and it doesn't matter if they are left for another 30 years. On the contrary, the Westerners cannot be tolerated. The coastal state capitals are ordered to pay close attention to the Dutch. There are also the Portuguese in the oyster mirror. , There are actually guns, runners and boats on the land of Ming Dynasty, who are strong enough to fight against the Dutch across the ocean. When did the land of Ming Dynasty allow foreigners to do this.

Drive them out of Daming.It was they who made the Dutch think it would be easy to land in Daming.Let those Portuguese and Dutch fight back to their Europe.

The prefect of Guangzhou and the county magistrate of Xiangshan sent an order to claim compensation from the Portuguese.Destroy the people of Ming Dynasty and pay ten houses for one house. "

As long as money is involved, everyone knows that the emperor is not open to face, that is, one or two silver is very important.Liu Yixiu went back to the capital and reported on the reconstruction of Hangzhou after the fire, and then the emperor sent several censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate who were incompatible with fire and water to Hangzhou for inspection.

I don't know how much the people in Haojing lost in this Dutch landing battle.However, the emperor set a standard of one compensation ten, and no one was willing to go to the emperor to defend the Westerners with the previous argument of a heavenly kingdom.

"Han Qing, I will entrust this matter to you for supervision. The Ministry of Industry is responsible for restoring the three major shipyards to their peak as soon as possible, and continuing to develop new types of artillery that can be fixed on ships. The pirates in the South China Sea should also be wiped out. It is a big trouble to restore the old appearance of Japanese pirates and pirates.”

Ministers still remember the intrusions of pirates and Japanese pirates on the coast of Daming, especially the affluent Zhejiang area in the past.

Only Wang Yingjiao, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said in a difficult way: "Your Majesty, money! The money used to wipe out pirates in the South China Sea is not included in this year's budget. There are also two military deployments in the Southwest, both of which used the war budget of the Ministry of War. There is no more money left in the war budget." How much money is it? It will cost Shandong to suppress the rebellion.”

It's silver again!Zhu Youxiao was short of breath.

But everyone present knew that those in Liaodong and Yinzihua in the northwest were unyielding.Compared with the investment in Liaodong and Northwest over the years, the past two years have already saved a lot.But this year, due to several earthquakes, the emergency money prepared was almost used up all at once.

Wang Yingjiao wiped the sweat from his forehead, the sweltering heat of the Hall of Mental Cultivation reminded him that there was basically no ice stored in the palace last year due to the reduction of manpower.The emperor is suffering so hard here, but there is no shortage of the six departments and other yamen.

Ugh.

It's hard to figure it out!

It is more difficult to meet the emperor who restrains himself like this than to meet the faint king.

Wang Yingjiao saw that everyone was waiting for him to turn money into money, so he thought for a while before tentatively saying: "Your Majesty, the autumn tax will come down soon. The Westerners who came to the coastal cleanup did not use money right away. Maybe it will be tolerated." It's a bit empty. How about I put this up for consideration when we make the budget at the end of the year?"

No one answered his words.

Because everyone sitting here can think of it without being reminded: what if the Western Dutch directly attack Quanzhou and Fuzhou from the Hokage?

That's very possible.

"Indebted."

Wang Yingjiao was taken aback, borrowing money?The court borrowed money?From whom?

"Issuing bonds to maritime merchants in Zhejiang and Jiangsu in the name of the imperial court, using the autumn tax next year or later as collateral, borrowing 300 million from the private sector first, and using it in the name of eradicating pirates in the South China Sea. As for the interest,"

Zhu Youxiao looked at the Minister and Minister of the Household Department. He really didn't know how much interest should be fixed.

The key to raising money from maritime merchants to stabilize the coast and eliminate pirates in the South China Sea is that borrowing money is not an apportionment, but the autumn tax of next year or the year after next year as collateral. This is also a feasible method.Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Fujian have the most sea merchants, and they should be able to raise 300 million taels.

"Your Majesty, is the money raised from maritime merchants a special purpose?" Wang Yingjiao asked.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and asked Wang Yingjiao: "Isn't this the same for every penny in Taicang?"

"Then there is no such thing as interest." Wang Yingjiao waved his hand, "The court wants to wipe out the pirates in the South China Sea, and those sea merchants will get the benefits in the end. If you are less robbed by pirates, you will save all the capital and interest. The court just Borrowing money from them is not apportioned to them."

The British public saw that Zhu Youxiao was hesitant, and then added: "Your Majesty said that he would return it with the autumn tax, and he didn't directly apportion the money to them. He is already kind-hearted, and he still wants to collect interest from the court?

The year before last, His Majesty wanted to form a joint venture with the maritime merchants, but did not pursue their crime of smuggling.Hmph, not only Shanxi merchants secretly assisted in building slaves, but many Huizhou merchants also participated in it. "

After thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao decided to follow the advice of Wang Yingjiao and Ying Gong, and it would be the easiest way to increase food and pay to the people, but it is better not to touch the people's hearts that have just stabilized.The most important thing is that Wenxiangjiao has harmed several provinces. At this time, not paying more food and salaries is the most stable way to stabilize people's hearts.

"The Ministry of Household Affairs must handle the matter of raising and borrowing money well. If there are more large merchants, the small merchants will not be harassed. No agriculture is unstable, and no business is not blessed. It must be properly registered.

Let's see what rewards should be given to the merchants who subscribed the most bonds.For example, granting titles to their ancestors. "

Selling an official title?Rare?It's not rare, it's unavoidable in any dynasty.The emperor proposed to confer titles on the ancestors of the merchants, and the old ministers breathed a sigh of relief. No matter how high the title is, it doesn't matter if the title is dead.

"In this way, this matter will be easier to handle. Your Majesty, the Household Department will borrow some people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang to assist in completing this matter."

"Sure. Liu Shimin remembers to tell Jinyiwei and Dongchang that the imperial court borrow money openly. It is not difficult to borrow money if it is good. If someone dares to do something in it, I know. Jinyiwei will definitely steal the house for a hundred taels of silver." They were exiled. The people from the East Factory were just scratching their heads and lighting sky lanterns."

"Yes, I obey the order."

Jinyiwei is governed by the court's laws, while the eunuchs in Dongchang belong to the royal servants and are governed according to the rules of the palace.However, after these two years, all the eunuchs and maids in the palace knew the nature of the emperor, and no one dared to offend the emperor or test the edge of the emperor.

In August, the news of the pacification of the Southwest first came back, and then the eldest son Wang Haoli, the second son Wang Haoyi, and the third son Wang Haoxian of Wenxiangjiao Wang Sen's three sons successively arrived at Shifokou, the "capital of Wenxiangjiaojiao" in Luanzhou. After being arrested, none of the descendants of the Wang family (originally surnamed Shi) escaped.Then Xu Hongru, the "Emperor Zhongxing Fulie" who established "Mahayana Prosperity", was captured by the imperial army.

Due to Xu Hongru and Wang Haoxian's rebellion/rebellion by confusing the people, there were no people who had escaped from the slaves and exiled to Shandong to participate, and only some of the Caobang gang members who relied on the Grand Canal for their livelihoods.With the help of the state government offices along the Shandong Canal, the imperial army quickly defeated the gang members of the Cao Gang.Taking advantage of the imperial court's unpreparedness, Xu Hongru, who had just led the troops to capture two counties under Yanzhou, immediately fell into a state of being surrounded by the forbidden army.

Ding Guogong is not a general who will be restrained by civil officials. He directly ordered the imperial army to bombard Wenxiangjiao.Because the emperor has positioned Wenxiangjiao as a cult, and at the same time, he has also positioned all kinds of "preaching and accumulating money" behaviors that collect all kinds of "basic money" and "blessing money" from latecomers as cults.

These so-called "basic money" are the money that believers can collect from new believers or lower-level believers if they can become "masters" or higher-level believers after joining the religion.Therefore, "propagating and collecting money" made the Wang family, the founder of the teaching, quickly turn from a small family into a wealthy tycoon in one fell swoop, and this method of collecting money also made more people prefer to take the risk of exterminating the family to preach widely. root cause.

In the final analysis, MLM has no lack of discerning people in any dynasty, nor does it lack people who can make gimmicks to attract the people.The "fancy" preaching and pyramid schemes that have been followed one after another have a broad mass base in the heaven/dynasty.As long as the downline is fooled into the door, as long as there is a steady stream of downlines joining in, the earlier you participate, the more money you will get.

The vigorous Wenxiangjiao rebellion subsided within two months.

But after only a few days of stability, Fujian sent eight hundred miles urgently asking for reinforcements from the imperial court.

The Dutch in the West occupied the Penghu Islands.