eldest son of Ming dynasty

When the news from Fujian spread to Zhejiang, Wang Jia was relieved a lot.

Kaihai has reached this level, and there are people who died, lost their reputation, and were caught in prison. But looking back, what did he, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, do?
He can't be the master of major events in Zhejiang, he still relies on the emperor's decree, and the suppression of bandits in Fujian is Wang Shouren.

Wang Jia did not dare to relax at all, and personally presided over the daily arrangements for specific trade matters.Opening the sea is just a slogan. The emperor will not make particularly detailed arrangements for how to open it. This is a matter of implementation.

Fortunately, there is Wang Qiong with strong execution ability in Zhejiang.

In December of the 18th year of Hongzhi, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, the governments of Zhejiang and Fujian, and the shipping departments of Ningbo, Fuzhou, and Quanzhou jointly promulgated the management measures for overseas trade.

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For merchants in the Ming Dynasty who wanted to go to sea, they needed to submit an application to the Shipbuilding Department, which included the type and quantity of the goods, the number of the ship, the names of all the people on board, and the destination.

After receiving the application, the Shipbuilding Department will inspect the goods and personnel. The inspection of the goods is of course to avoid the export of some prohibited items, such as grain and horses, which are generally lacking in Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the cargo cannot contain people.

If he spent a long time opening the sea and sold the people of Daming to be cattle and horses, then Zhu Houzhao would kill people without mercy.Especially teenage girls would be sold.

The inspection of the people on board is mainly to prevent those who have committed crimes from fleeing overseas in order to avoid the pursuit of the court.

After the inspection by the Municipal Shipping Department, the tax will be collected according to the ratio of [-] out of [-] for fine colors (precious products) and [-] out of [-] for coarse colors (general commodities), and then issued to the official certificate.The popular understanding is the sea permit.

This is for businessmen in their own country.

This is half of the work of Shibo, and the other half is for overseas businessmen.

Wang Qiong carefully studied the Shipbuilding Departments of the Song and Yuan dynasties, and then, together with Wang Jia, set up three main procedures: inspection of goods, extraction, and issuance of public certificates.

The so-called inspection of goods means that the officials of the Municipal Bureau of Ships must inspect the goods carried by the incoming ships, and also inspect the foreign personnel. It is not allowed to entrain prohibited items without permission. If entrained, there must be a way to deal with it. This is another content that needs to be improved. ,

If it complies with the regulations, it will be extracted according to the same tax ratio.

After all is completed, a certificate will be issued, and you can enter Ningbo, Fuzhou, and Quanzhou for trade.However, if you need to go beyond the scope of these three places, you need to continue to apply to the government and inform you of the destination you are going to.

If the application is not allowed, the opinion of the destination government must be sought.That is to say, one side agrees to release people to release goods, and the other side agrees to pick up people to pick up goods, so that they are allowed to leave.

This item was reported to the palace, and Zhu Houzhao agreed, for four reasons.

[-]. The so-called opening the sea does not mean turning all the places in the Ming Dynasty into a free market.This is a step-by-step process.

[-]. For the merchants in the mainland, because most of the overseas commodities are in these three places, people will gather, which will actually promote the prosperity of the port city.

Three, and it is limited to one place, which is more convenient for Daming's current management ability.Even if something happens, it is a problem in one city and one place, and it will not affect too much.

[-]. In the future, businessmen at home and abroad will feel that this article is too restrictive, and they will naturally raise objections.At that time, we can provide reasons for adding ports.

But in the local area, it was Wang Qiong who raised this point, and he was considering one, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

That is to say, other provinces will resist this kind of opening up, so adding this article will give most of the decision-making power to officials in various places. If you really think that foreigners coming in will not be conducive to your management, then you can disagree.

In this way, Wang Qiong has turned upside down in Zhejiang. Anyway, it has nothing to do with Jiangxi and Huguang provinces, so they will not regard Wang Qiong as a thorn in their side or a thorn in their flesh.

After such an arrangement, there will definitely be various methods such as smuggling, smuggling, entrainment, hiding goods, etc. to avoid the court's taxes.

The prevention and punishment measures in this area are also kept up with. For example, after you establish contact with domestic and foreign businessmen, they will want to ignore the 'intermediary' of the Ming government and find a place to trade secretly, so that both parties can save tax.

In response to this kind of thing, on the one hand, the Shipbuilding Department will continue to check whether the incoming goods have customs clearance certificates. On the other hand, once they are found out, they will arrest people and confiscate them.

This article was changed by Zhu Houzhao.

The emperor meant that arresting people should not only arrest their own people.In the territory of Ming Dynasty, if you violate the laws of Ming Dynasty, I don’t care which country you are from, you will be arrested and imprisoned together.

Wang Jia and Wang Qiong read it, but they could only follow the rules.

Since ancient times, every powerful monarch has been somewhat domineering. In fact, the whole world is very domineering. The values ​​​​behind the word "celestial dynasty" are even more domineering, because it denies other countries in an unreasonable way. The Celestial Dynasty is equal in legitimacy.

The first batch of goods to go to sea of ​​Ningbo Shipping Division came from the government.

After opening the sea, Mei Kejia and Mei Ji could be legitimately legalized, and the emperor could put them under Hangzhou Zhizao with a single order.

Under the leadership of Mei Kejia, several big businessmen from many places in Zhejiang shipped the goods to Ningbo, and then went through the formalities according to the procedures stipulated by the Shipping Department to prepare to go to sea.

For a while, there were thousands of sails in Ningbo Port, which made Wang Jia suddenly understand a problem,
"No wonder His Majesty asked Meiji and Shaofu to set up large shipbuilding workshops."

When Wang Qiong saw this picture, what he saw was another problem, "Butang, according to this trend, Ningbo, Fuzhou, and Quanzhou all need to expand their berths and build cities."

Because of the large number of people and ships, the current facilities are definitely not enough.

And if outsiders are allowed to leave the city to live at will, how can the government control him?He left whenever he wanted in the middle of the night, and came whenever he wanted.

Wang Jia felt very reasonable after hearing this. At the beginning, he recommended Wang Qiong to the emperor because he was a practical official.Now that he can plan these things in advance, it really shows that he is good at executing them.

"Your Majesty has often said over the years that we need to provide the people with a means of earning a living. Manpower is needed for the expansion of the berth and the construction of the city. Zhejiang and Fujian are lands with few fields. If you recruit more of these people, the people will be safe and the place will be ruled."

Wang Jia did not hesitate, "Since that is the case, you and I will go to His Majesty and ask for money."

"good!"

December 18, 26th year of Hongzhi.

It snowed heavily in the capital.

The red Forbidden City mixed with the white first snow suddenly has an indescribable beauty.

A charcoal fire was raised in the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor sat on the sidelines to watch the report of the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, Wang Jia.

The 18th year of Hongzhi is about to pass, and in a few days it will officially enter the era of Zhengde.

Before that, he was also satisfied to be able to achieve this level of banning the sea.

It’s a bit confusing right now, but times of change are always like that.

As a time traveler, he can point out a direction.But the direction is set, and how far we can go depends on execution.The officials of Ming Dynasty have never done similar things before, so it is impossible to be perfect when they come up.

Officials also need a little time to accumulate experience and correct loopholes and mistakes in previous regulations.

This is a matter of perfection.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao summoned Han Ziren.

In the past few days, there has been a festive atmosphere in the palace, but the Qianqing Palace is still brightly lit. Han Ziren was called into the palace in the evening.

"Weichen see Your Majesty."

The emperor said to Liu Jin: "Bring a charcoal basin to Han Aiqing."

Han Ziren even said he didn't dare.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't care about these details, but asked: "Do you still remember that I said that the Beizhen Fusi is responsible for spying outside the country, and the Nanzhen Fusi is responsible for snooping inside the country?"

Han Ziren's heart skipped a beat, "I remember."

"Now is this time." The emperor gave him a piece of paper with a plan on it, "After you go back, according to what is written on it, secretly set up an organization called the Military Intelligence Department. I will give you the first personnel. I have played with people for many years, and you will have to explore how to select and train enough talents in the future, and place them where the court needs them."

Han Ziren thought to himself, isn't this also the emperor's minion?And it was established secretly.

"This matter is very important. I hope you are clear-headed."

Han Ziren didn't dare to be careless, "I understand! I listened carefully to every word of His Majesty."

"Okay. The first task is that the imperial court has set up city shipping departments in Ningbo, Fuzhou, and Quanzhou. It can be said with certainty that the size of the city shipping departments in the three places will expand. The Ministry of Officials is already selecting officials to send there in batches. I will The people who ordered the Nanzhen Fusi to be placed in it belong to your control, and after they arrive at the place, they will submit the situation report to the Nanzhen Fusi every year, I want to see it."

It's not that Zhu Houzhao doesn't trust officials like Wang Jia, but most of the time, these high-ranking officials don't necessarily know about things at the lowest level.

"When Jinyiwei was reorganized, many people told me that Beizhen Fusi was too powerful. I don't know what you think. But in my opinion, Ming Dynasty is a huge empire. No matter how powerful the Mongols are, I am not afraid, because they are An enemy on the bright side. But I am worried that it will cause trouble to Xiao Qiang, and the foundation of Ming Dynasty is sometimes dug out by our own people."

Han Ziren understood, "I have never felt that Nanzhen Fusi is unimportant. Whether it is important or not is not something that I should consider. It is what I should consider to do well what your majesty told me."

"Okay. You go down."

"Yes, Wei Chen retire."

When he was halfway there, Zhu Houzhao suddenly called him, "Wait."

Han Ziren turned and knelt down again.

"You are a person who has achieved fame and fame, and you should have seen a lot of history, and you can guess the emperor's mind more accurately than others. Therefore, remember to be more careful."

Han Ziren nodded naturally, but he didn't understand, who was the other person the emperor was referring to?

It would never be said that the ministers in the court, those people are better than him.