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Chapter 358 The real reason for the forbidden sea in the late Ming Dynasty

He only heard him answer Wen Tiren and said: "His men will have more Dongjiang and North Korean sailors, not all his old men, this is one of them. In addition, I have actually said that this new navy will follow the example of Ming Dynasty. The establishment of the First Division of the Army is in progress, each ship has a supervisor, and some factory guards are secretly arranged, and some other methods are used, I am not afraid that he will have a different heart!"

After a pause, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "Li Kuiqi said that Zheng Zhilong defeated him and would dominate the sea in the future. This matter must be guarded against. He ordered Fujian to order Zheng Zhilong to go north. I also want to see this man."

When Wen Tiren heard this, his heart moved, and he asked quickly: "Your Majesty wants to detain him first?"

For people like Zheng Zhilong, there are many reasons for detaining or even killing him.Moreover, all the military officials in North Korea and Chinese are relatively contemptuous of such people.Just like the great pirate Wang Zhi during the Jiajing period, he was simply killed after being falsely recruited by the court, and not many people would care.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said, "I'll see the situation, I probably won't kill him. Otherwise, his subordinates are likely to defect again, and each of them is a thief, and it's also a disaster for the southeast. This kind of situation is not what I want to see." Arrived. Now he has not tasted the taste of domination, and right now he still has red hair barbarians to deal with, and he has not achieved true dominance. The best situation I imagined is that I let him set up a water alone Teacher, and Li Kuiqi balance each other and restrain each other. But what exactly is, I will talk about it after I meet Zheng Zhilong."

After hearing this, Wen Tiren thought for a while, then bowed down and said in admiration, "Your Majesty is holy!"

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a while, and then ordered Wen Tiren to say: "You can post this memorial to the residence newspaper to test the reactions of all parties. In addition, I secretly sent an order to He Qiaoyuan. Sitting in Fujian, the governor of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong is dedicated to opening the sea. Let him make preparations first, and when the time is right, the imperial edict will arrive!"

After thinking for a while, he added: "Let Liu Jinsheng communicate with He Qiaoyuan, and report to Wen Qing and Zhenzhi immediately if there is anything to do."

Wen Tiren was secretly delighted when he heard it, it seemed that Emperor Chongzhen was very determined to open the sea.In this way, with the sea tax, if the amount that the pirate said can really be achieved, the pressure on himself as the chief assistant will be reduced a lot.So, he worshiped and left, and went to get busy according to the emperor's will.

In the original history, Emperor Chongzhen consulted the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the final reply was: this matter of opening up foreign trade, the Ministry said it was inconvenient, and banned it as usual.For this reason, He Qiaoyuan later wrote a memorial requesting to open the sea, but he also did not get the court's consent, and finally passed away in depression.

After Wen Tiren left, Emperor Chongzhen recalled what had happened, and found that his previous impression seemed a bit wrong, at least with regard to the sea ban in the late Ming Dynasty.

In the impression of his later souls, the Ming Dynasty banned the sea. There is a saying that the southeast sea traders instigated the imperial court to ban the sea in order to smuggle huge profits.However, as far as the late Ming Dynasty was concerned, it was the Zheng Zhilong Group that dominated the sea.As Li Kuiqi said, in the original history, it was the Zheng Zhilong Group that benefited the most, not the southeast smugglers.

For this period, the sea was full of pirates and Xiyi.A smuggler would have to take big risks when he went to sea, unless he was the backer of pirates and Xiyi.But from a historical point of view, there is no obvious background behind Zheng Zhilong, and he himself is the biggest beneficiary.

As Qiao Yuan said, the strategy of banning the sea is actually detrimental to the interests of the southeast sea merchants.The goods cannot go to sea, not only there is no sea route for the circulation of goods between the southeast coastal provinces, but the traffic is weak, which increases the cost and reduces the profit.More importantly, since there is no escort from the imperial navy, there are so many pirates, it is good to pay protection fees, and it is more likely that even people and boats will be robbed, which is a big loss.

That is to say, at least at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was a bit unfair to let the southeast merchants, or smugglers, carry the blame for banning the sea.The reason why the sea has been banned is caused by the lazy policy pursued by the ancient officials that doing more is worse than doing less.Advocate the ban on opening the sea, but after all, only one out of ten people who do sea trade business will succeed, and the others will even die.If this kind of thing is attacked by political opponents, it is easy to threaten official career.

It is also true that He Qiaoyuan repeatedly emphasized in the memorial that although there are various disadvantages of Kaihai, he even cited the example of reading for this reason, but its benefits are definitely beneficial to the court.

Among them, there is actually a key point in the bureaucracy.Indeed, opening the sea is beneficial to the court, but it is not beneficial to individuals.Therefore, most of the officials of Ming Dynasty would not do things that are not beneficial, and they would make more mistakes. Whether the black hat is dangerous is what they value most.As for benefiting the court, what does it matter to them?

Such things, in ancient and modern China and abroad, actually abound, but especially in the late Ming Dynasty.The demise of Ming Dynasty, this reason accounted for a large proportion, it is really regrettable!

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and couldn't help sighing secretly, but at the same time he was a little vigilant.For the benefits brought by opening the sea, the benefits must be shared equally.Its sea tax revenue cannot be used for military expenses in Fujian as Qiao Yuan said.

By the way, there is another point. He Qiaoyuan used the previous example to say that the sea tax revenue for one year after the opening of the sea in the Wanli period was more than 2 taels.In the past, he might have been happy because he had received such an income for nothing.But it is not possible now, it is far from what Li Kuiqi said.

Emperor Chongzhen carefully considered the reason, and it is actually not difficult to understand.The reason must be that many people evade taxes.And this may be the place to focus on strict investigation in the future, and it is also the biggest problem after opening the sea.

Hehe, although the pirates collect protection fees like that, Haimao can still make Zheng Zhilong an annual income of tens of millions. This is enough to prove that the tax revenue of this business is too low, and tax evasion is too serious!
The national taxation policy of the Ming Dynasty still needs to be transferred from land tax to commercial tax, so as to reduce the pressure on farmers!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen just came to his senses, and couldn't help being a little funny.I called Wen Tiren over to discuss the matter of the unowned land, but I didn't expect to talk about the maritime affairs. As a result, the maritime matter had a clue, but I completely forgot about the unowned land, ha ha!
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to summon Wen Tiren again to talk about the field.

When Wen Tiren heard this, he also smiled.He played to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this land without an owner can also be included in the scope of Qingzhang land in the whole country."

Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, it was clear that this matter should be carried out before.Therefore, he asked: "Wen Qing, is it possible to implement the matter of clearing the land?"

"Your Majesty, I have discussed with my colleagues in the cabinet. It is advisable to proceed according to the Wanli Year. If you are familiar with the way, you will get twice the result with half the effort!" Wen Tiren obviously had a plan in mind, and immediately replied.

　Thank you DHB for the reward!
　　
　
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