Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

The essence of carrying out the reform is to break the old rules and the old cages. These things are like shackles on people, one layer after another. If these shackles cannot be removed, there is no way to move forward lightly.

What Emperor Chongzhen is doing now is to gradually remove these shackles. It's just that this process can't be fast, but it can't be slow either.

Vested interest groups under the old order.

Emerging interest groups under the new order.

With the passage of time, driven and influenced by interests, fierce conflicts will erupt. How to check and balance the old and new disputes will be a problem that Emperor Chongzhen will face.

All prosperity in the world comes from profit.

Whether it is breaking the old order or reshaping the new order, the conflict of interests will never disappear. This is human nature, which cannot be changed by individual will.

"I am satisfied with what Zheng Qing's family has done in Liuqiu Town."

Emperor Chongzhen leaned on the dragon chair, looked at the cautious Zheng Zhihu, and said with a smile: "The establishment of an independent town in Ryukyu was decided by Zhen Qiangang, so there is no need to guess everything about what the imperial court thinks in Ryukyu Town.

This Ryukyu town is so far away from the capital, and every time they come and go, they have to report everything, so even if there is a chance, it will turn into a disadvantage in the end.

I asked your Zheng family to guard Ryukyu to guard against the sea forces of the European countries. Your Zheng family knows a lot about this than Daming.

Therefore, the current achievements of Ryukyu Town are certainly worthy of recognition, but we cannot be complacent. We must continue to develop the Ryukyu Navy.

The imperial court has its difficulties.

Although I want to give more support to Liuqiu Town, the reality is that I can't give it. Therefore, the Han League must be fully utilized.

We must know how to closely unite the Han merchants of the Nanyang countries, and let them understand that if they want to ensure their interests in the Nanyang countries, the only thing they can rely on is the Han League.

If there are any problems, the Han League should make good use of its own advantages, show its strength more, and then spread the radiated influence. "

The stiff Zheng Zhihu nodded in response.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know about Zheng Zhihu's trip northward to the capital, especially when Zheng Zhihu went northward and secretly escorted 500 million taels of silver, which surprised Emperor Chongzhen, but also gave him some joy.

The purity of this batch of silver is very high.

After being checked and received by the Ministry of Internal Affairs one by one, they will be registered and compiled, and then escorted to Xishan to carry out the casting process of new coins.

Because of the existence of seigniorage, the value of this batch of silver made Emperor Chongzhen invisibly increase a lot of silver coins, which were then circulated through the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"I have a few words that I want you to bring to Zheng Qing's family."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, then stretched out his hand and said to Zheng Zhihu: "Firstly, the recruited Liu Xiang cannot stay, and Zheng Qing's family must gradually annex the forces under his command, and try to get rid of Liu Xiang.

Second, the spokesperson of the Han League that I have appointed is only the Zheng Qing family. No matter how the Han League develops in the future, the spokesperson can only be the Zheng Qing family.

Third, the future expansion of the Ryukyu Navy can be ordered from shipyards built in Tianjin, Denglai and other places through the name of Hanmeng. I will order these shipyards to give appropriate preferential treatment to ensure the development of the Ryukyu Navy .

Fourth, after solving the problems left by Liu Xiang's troops, he ordered Wu Sangui to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of Liuqiu Town, and ordered him to lead his troops to guard the Little Liuqiu Islands. For the route of Wa Island, in the future, maritime merchants from European countries must go through the Han League if they want to conduct maritime trade with various forces on Wa Island.

Fifth, the ad hoc Ryukyu town is just a starting point. What I want is not to be conservative. What the maritime powers of the European countries can do in the countries of Southeast Asia, Ming can also do.

So don't have any mentality of getting rich and being safe. This is what Daming will do in the future, but it is also an opportunity for the Zheng family in the future. If it is done well, it is not impossible to confer the title of a hereditary duke . "

"The minister...obey the order."

Zheng Zhihu, whose complexion changed slightly, resisted the surprise in his heart, bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely bring these words to General Zheng."

Many of the things that Emperor Chongzhen said were plotted by Zheng Zhilong. Except for a very few people who knew about it, the others didn't know it at all.

What made Zheng Zhihu terrified was that what he had learned was that Emperor Chongzhen, who was thousands of miles away, could see it very clearly.

This is a reminder.

It is also beating.

Zheng Zhihu left, with awe of Emperor Chongzhen, left Qianqing Palace, and walked in the Forbidden City, Zheng Zhihu couldn't help feeling a wave of fear.

He didn't know what he was afraid of.

But he was really scared.

The Qianqing Palace at that time.

"Wang Banban, counting the opening of the sea from Tianjin, the money collected from the domestic side is also quite a lot."

Emperor Chongzhen took the memorandum handed by Zheng Zhilong, and said to Wang Chengen, who was serving beside him: "Counting the money paid by Zheng Zhilong, it only involves the tax money of Kaihai, how much money has been collected in total?"

"Report to the emperor."

Wang Chengen bowed slightly, and said: "If we talk about pure silver, in these years, the domestic money, just from the tax silver obtained from opening the sea, has earned a total of more than 1300 million taels of silver.

Among them, Zheng Zhilong paid the most silver, including this amount of silver paid, there are more than 600 million taels.

Secondly, it belongs to the Huangming Maritime Trade Association. Through the payment of those relatives in Beijing, the new system of cash is gradually implemented, with more than 400 million taels of silver.

For the rest of the silver earned, the income is more complicated, and it has passed..."

"In this case, it is correct for me to clarify the national policy of opening up the sea and commerce."

Emperor Chongzhen put down the memorial, and said with a smile on his face: "Without this national policy, if I want to collect so much extra money to solve the problems encountered by the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid it will become more difficult.

This Zheng Zhilong will really surprise me.

With the newly collected 500 million taels of pure-color silver, the pressure on the Ministry of Internal Affairs has undoubtedly eased a lot. Now the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a lot of silver, but it can be spent very quickly.

I have to think of more ways to generate more income for the internal funds. I will send someone to Xishan to go to Zongxue and send Zhu Yujian to see me. "

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang Chengen hurriedly bowed in response.

Regarding the opening of the sea to the outside world, Emperor Chongzhen had to gradually prepare a framework so that the groups involved could operate within a clear framework, so that the court could collect a large amount of customs duties.

Although it is difficult to do this, Emperor Chongzhen must do it. Once the plan is implemented, the customs tax collected by the court every year will be a considerable amount of fiscal revenue, which will have various benefits for the future development of Ming Dynasty of.