Chapter 75

Sea trade is not a trivial matter. It belongs to the state's major policies and policies. As soon as the imperial court issued it, it spread all over the world in a few days.

Xiangyang inner city.

“…… Sir, this is the blood bird's nest just made. How about it

A beautiful woman with beautiful skin color and elegant appearance came to Qin Feng with a delicate porcelain basin and spoke softly in front of Qin Feng.

Qin Feng smiles and nods. There is no industrial pollution in the world, and there is no possibility of counterfeiting the ingredients in the government. Therefore, the taste will not be bad.

Zhao Yuanjing, sitting opposite, said with a smile: "a batch of blood bird's nests have just arrived in the storehouse. They were presented by those noble families in the south of the Yangtze River. If you like, I'll send some back."

"Although the bird's nest is good, it also needs to cooperate with the lady's cooking. This taste is the most suitable." Qin Feng Road.

The beautiful woman pursed her lips and said, "if you like my craftsmanship, you will come here to have dinner. I will cook myself."

Zhao Xinyue beside him showed off: "my mother's cooking is of course the best in the house. Even those chefs can't compare with them. My father always likes to eat the dishes made by his mother."

Zhao Yuanjin laughed heartily and didn't mind his daughter's words. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

This beautiful woman is Zhao Yuanjin's first mate, Lu. Because of her excellent genes, her daughter is also a beauty of disaster level.

Lu now has a son and a daughter, the son also has the status of the first son, so no accident, the position of the founding queen is impossible to be robbed by other women.

After three rounds of drinking, Lu knew that her husband wanted to discuss business with the mysterious fairy, so she found an excuse to quit and took her daughter away.

"Have you known the decision of the court to impose a ban on the sea?" Zhao Yuanjin corrected his look and asked.

Qin Feng nodded, put down his glass and said, "Zhang Minzhong, the chief assistant, has a bit of a mind. As soon as the ban on the sea is opened, the financial constraints of the imperial court can be effectively alleviated. Unfortunately, he understood it too late. If this decision had been made ten years earlier, or even five years earlier, the court would have been in a much better position than it is now. "

The huge profits of maritime trade are obvious to all. As long as the policy is implemented in place, it will be easy to increase the income of the imperial court by millions of Liang silver every year. In the Song Dynasty, which dominated the world, the annual income from maritime trade was said to be as high as 30 million yuan. During the Manchu Dynasty, the imperial court only left one trading port in Guangdong Province, and it was said that the annual silver income was 15 million Liang silver.

Zhang Minzhong has been the first assistant for more than ten years. If the sea ban could be lifted a few years earlier, the family of the imperial court would be at least twice as rich. With more money, many things would be easier to handle.

“…… Therefore, although the court's decision is good, its impact on the overall situation is negligible. " Qin Feng concluded.

In a few months at most, the war in the South will come to an end. Zhao Yuanjin took over Jinling and said that it was inevitable for Wang Jianguo. The imperial court, which has lost half of its territory, still has to face the turbulent north. How can it be able to March southward on a large scale?

At that time, the South would be able to follow the example of the imperial court to open sea trade and make huge profits, thus laying the foundation for the unification of the world.

Zhao Yuanjin pondered: "Sir, the maritime trade gains a lot, but the private taxi class has a lot of criticism on this, thinking that it is fighting for profits with the people, and the court will certainly abandon the thousand year old tradition of emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce, which is not conducive to the National Transportation."

"Therefore, at the beginning, Taizu of the Qi Dynasty didn't make an attempt in this respect, and established the ancestral precept of banning the sea. If Zhao was lucky enough to win the world, would he be criticized if he did not continue the old system of the previous dynasty? "

"It depends on how the Duke of the state weighs the trade-off between them."

Qin Feng said faintly: "is the country and country of the Zhao family important, or the hearts of some officials and scholars more important? They do not want to open the sea, is it really out of public interest? No privacy? I'm afraid not. "

In this regard, the Ming Dynasty, which is the master of the world, is the best negative teaching material. A group of dignified civil servants control the government. In order to protect their vested interests, they are against the business tax, the opening of the sea, and the increase of the court's income. As a result, the commercial tax collected in Jiangnan area is only 12 Liang silver a year.

When Li Zicheng's army approached the capital, Emperor Chongzhen hoped that his ministers could gather up one million liang of silver to send Guan Ning iron cavalry to Beijing to serve the king. After all, the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty were crying for money.

Chongzhen committed suicide. After King Chuang entered the capital, he forced the officials and ministers to pay with a knife. As a result, they seized 70 million liang of silver. You can imagine what kind of bastards these guys are.

Economy is the foundation of political power. A regime without money is not far away from collapse. Many historians in later generations believed that the key to the Ming Dynasty's death was the financial crisis. One of the key reasons for the collapse of the former Soviet Union in the main world is that there are major economic problems.

Therefore, Qin Fengcai did not have a good impression on those literati and scholars of the Ming Dynasty. He was full of benevolence and morality, full of male and female prostitutes, and yinggougou. He placed selfishness and self-interest above the interests of the country. All of them were worthless country worms.If you want to have a long life, you can't be too used to the group of officials in the court. You must beat and suppress them from time to time, and find out several typical examples to copy their families and kill their heads from time to time.

Although there were many disadvantages in the late Ming Dynasty, as long as there was no financial crisis, it might not be impossible for the country to continue for decades.

"It seems that Zhao will come to set up a patriarchal system, which stipulates that future generations can not ban the sea." Zhao Yuanjin thought about Tao.

"What the Duke of the state said is true. In order to increase the income, the most commonly used measure of all dynasties was to increase taxes and taxes among the people. But how much oil and water can the common people live by guarding their fields? If you want money, you should go to the gentry and businessmen. If business is prosperous and developed, there will be more sources of tax revenue. " Qin Feng said.

Zhao Yuanjin nodded in silence. As early as in Jingnan County, Qin Feng agreed with him that he would establish customs in coastal ports across the country to maintain a strong navy, which would be one of the main sources of the government's finance.

Of course, many excellent ports in the south, including Quanzhou, were granted to Qin Feng in advance. Later, he could set up his own army and navy in these places to engage in maritime trade, and there was no need to pay taxes to the imperial court.

“…… At present, the imperial army has approached Yangzhou, and Wu zhence is in the end. We have been waiting for such a long time. Now it is time to send troops to pick peaches. If you are lucky enough, maybe the Duke of the state will be able to celebrate the new year in Jinling City and officially become king. " The last road of Qin Feng.

"That's very good, according to your words." Zhao Yuanjin said happily.

Two days later, Xiangyang City, which had been quiet for several months, became lively again.

Soon, the local princes got the news: Zhao Yuanjin, the Duke of Chu, personally led a 200000 army, advancing by land and water, and the front of the army pointed directly at Jinling.

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