Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 674 Order Nanyang
After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it transformed from a small country outside the customs to a large state with a presence of tens of thousands of miles. The internal organizational structure expanded rapidly, and the burden also increased.

Central officials and local officials needed salaries, hundreds of thousands of green battalion soldiers needed food and salaries, and more than [-] bannermen needed special privileges, all of which required the Qing court to spend a lot of money.

Conquering the world is easy, but ruling the world is difficult.

With the failure of the Manchu and Qing frontline battles and the changing of the Ming and Qing offensives and defenses, the previous method of maintaining the army by looting was no longer feasible. The Manchu Qing urgently needed to establish stable financial revenue from normal channels.

The entire area ruled by the Manchu Qing was poor in the north and rich in the south. Before the Manchu Qing went smoothly, they didn't care much about restoring the economy.

Now that we encounter difficulties, we can only hold our feet temporarily. However, if the Manchu Qing wanted to restore the severely damaged production in the north, they relied on blood transfusions from the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, if the strategy of cutting off the Yangtze River is implemented for a long time, the result will be a stronger Ming Dynasty. weak.

At this time, as Hong Chengchou purchased a hundred heavy artillery pieces, he re-established effective defenses in the Yangtze River waters in the Zhenjiang and Yangzhou sections, and the strategy of blocking the Yangtze River basically failed.

The impact of this is that the materials from the north and the south of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties are unobstructed, and the Qing court can mobilize grain and grass, calmly put down the rebellion in Lianghuai and Shandong, and resume production in the north.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River is, after all, a rich land in the world. Seventy-eight out of ten of the Ming Dynasty's finances came from the south of the Yangtze River. If the Manchu and Qing Dynasties can manage it well, it will definitely not benefit the Longwu court at all.

Wang Yan originally planned to delay for a while, but now the traitor Hong Chengchou actually got together with the Dutch and broke through the blockade. This not only undermined his strategy, but also caused him to lose a major source of income.

Originally, the Ming army set up a checkpoint on the river and collected heavy taxes to get 140 million taels of silver. After the three families divided it, Wang Yan also got 60 taels, which can cover the expenses of Huguang's army expansion, but now this income has been cut off.

Wang Yan asked the guards to bring the Nanyang Sea Chart and hang it in the lobby, and he and many staff surrounded him.

"Since He Yi's hand is so long, it will affect the great plan of this feudal clan, and this feudal clan cannot allow this barbarian to run rampant in the South China Sea. Look at this chart, where do you think we should start to eradicate this barbarian!" Wang Yan stood in the sea with his hands behind his hands. Before the picture, he had already made up his mind.This is not just because of Hong Chengchou's purchase of guns, but because he has more contact with Xiyi and knows the advantages of Xiyi in making firearms and warships. If Man Qing can get these from Xiyi, it will be very important to Ming Unfavorable, so he had to drive He Yi away.

Several staff members were also furious. Daming was already annoyed when he was almost beaten to the ground by Jianyi. Now that the Hongmaoyi dare to interfere in China's affairs, China's majesty is really gone. , national pride is a great disservice.

Everyone stood in front of the chart and looked at it, but they were a little dazed for a while. If they want to retaliate on the land, they can just send troops to destroy it, but how to fight at sea is a bit embarrassing.

At this time, Wang Fuzhi took a look and said first: "Since Your Highness has made up his mind, maybe we can take advantage of this attack on Heyi to strengthen our influence on the Nanyang countries."

When Wang Fuzhi was in the Shipping Department, he had more contact with Nanyang, so he was more familiar with Nanyang than Chen Bangyan, Gu Yanwu and others, so he would not be confused.

Wang Yan met with many maritime merchants before, and the merchants said that the influence of the Ming Dynasty in Nanyang was weakened, making their trade more difficult. After hearing Wang Fuzhi's words, Wang Yan couldn't help turning his head, "Oh? I don't know how to influence the Nanyang countries?"

Wang Fuzhi walked up to the sea chart, pointed to it and said, "Your Highness, the sea is vast. Even a thousand warships can't control the entire sea area. If you want to drive Heyi out of Nanyang, you have to combine forces. The first thing is to contact Fulangji, Xiyi on Luzon Island, these two families are old enemies of Heyi, and His Royal Highness can use the name of the imperial court to pass decrees to all states, ordering all vassals not to trade with Heyi, and anyone who does not respect orders will be punished. Remove from the list of vassals, no tribute is allowed, and the vassal states can share their land. In this way, the Nanyang countries can be united, and they can attack the Heyi together, so that the war in Nanyang will rise, and the Heyi will have no place to stay.”

The Dutch pay attention to commerce and trade. If it is true that the Nanyang countries are united as Wang Fuzhi said, then the Dutch trade in Nanyang will definitely be over. But with the current influence of Ming Dynasty, can they command the Nanyang countries?

Wang Yan looked at the sea chart. Although the sea is vast, ships sailing on the sea need to stop for supplies. Therefore, there are actually only a few routes. As long as you control some important vassals, you can achieve your goal.

Wang Yan pondered: "Brother, what if these vassals don't respect orders?"

Wang Fuzhi said in a deep voice: "If your Highness gives an order, you can quickly judge the influence of our dynasty, divide the forces, and determine the areas that our dynasty can control. Anyone who respects our dynasty will protect the continuation of their kingdom. If you don't respect orders, you will treat them as enemies, destroy their kingdoms, take their kings captive, and frighten all directions!"

Wang Yan narrowed his eyes when he heard this, as if he saw beacon fires everywhere above the sea, He Yi became a street mouse, Daming responded to everyone in Nanyang, and his younger brothers were like clouds.But he knew that the Ming Dynasty's management of the vassal state, except for North Korea in the north, the big and small Ryukyu in the east, and Annan's Chinese characters and Chinese law in the south, named Xiaozhonghua, and constant exchanges, many other vassals were basically neglected.Because the Celestial Dynasty does not want anything from the vassal states, there is no need to care about these wild lands.

But at this time, Wang Fuzhi showed a strong intention to interfere in Nanyang, which did not conform to the status of a traditional scholar, but in fact, it is not surprising that behind any behavior, there is a trend of interest, or in the name, Or for profit, or for righteousness.

With the expansion of Guangnan maritime merchants' power at sea, the Wang family's business name has also taken advantage of the east wind. In order to expand trade, in addition to maritime merchants entering Nanyang, the imperial court must also need imperial power to enter Nanyang.

Without the protection of the imperial court, the maritime merchants who go out can only be reduced to lambs waiting to be slaughtered like the [-] Han people on Luzon Island. It is the same reason that the Donglin Party refused to allow the court to collect taxes back then.

When Wang Yan saw several sea charts drawn by Franji in Macau, he was also very shocked. Some of the original vassals, such as Luzon and Java, were actually destroyed, and the Ming Dynasty didn’t know anything about it. It is absurd to side seal Xiyi who wiped out Lu Song.

Wang Yan agrees with Wang Fuzhi's suggestion. In the future, the relationship with Nanyang countries will definitely not be a simple interaction of tribute and reward. With the development of Haimao, a whole set of systems for managing vassal states must be explored.

At that moment, Wang Yan pondered, "Brother's strategy, I think it is feasible, but what should I do?"

Wang Fuzhi listened to Wang Yan's words, but shook his head with a smile and said: "There is a specialization in art, how to implement it, and how to fight Heyi at sea, His Highness should discuss with the navy and the maritime merchants who understand the situation in Nanyang. This is the official place. I just want to mention one more thing, that is, the imperial court doesn't pay much attention to the vassal state, and His Highness may be able to take over the right to negotiate with the vassal state."

Wang Yan nodded after listening. They are indeed not proficient in naval warfare, and they only have a superficial understanding of the situation in Nanyang.

As for the management of the vassal state, although it seems relatively simple, it is actually a big problem. After all, the power of tradition is strong. If Wang Yan said that he was going to Nanyang to fight against the vassals who refused to obey orders, the civil servants in the court would probably fry the pot immediately. How can a country send unjust soldiers? This kind of thinking is still very popular at present.

Moreover, as a vassal king, Wang Yan wanted to manage other vassals, so where would the court be located?

Thinking of this, Wang Yan couldn't help frowning.

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