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"Your Majesty, Governor He, all preparations for opening the sea have been completed, but the news has not yet fully spread to the provinces, so there are still very few people going to the Governor's Mansion to report large-scale foreign trade transactions. Governor He thinks that those who are waiting and watching at the beginning There are a lot of people, so be better next year..."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this. The imperial edict to open the sea ban was issued a little late. As far as the current progress is concerned, it is also thanks to He Qiaoyuan's dedicated effort to open the sea ban. Many things have been planned in his mind. Otherwise, just these things that have been completed so far will be useless. It will be postponed until next year.

"...At the beginning of the opening of the sea, Sun Zhongcheng, the governor of Fujian, sent troops and even personally led the troops to wipe out many bandits and bandits. The thieves were almost extinct on the land, but pirates were still rampant. There were even rumors that people would rob the bow of a ship as soon as it entered the sea. If you want the ship to be safe, you have to pay them, and the asking price is as much as three thousand gold per bow. This is why many maritime merchants are temporarily waiting. According to local verification, this was done by Liu Xiang, a big pirate in Guangdong... …”

Emperor Chongzhen also knew about this. For this reason, the Fujian Navy is now on its way back to Fujian. After he arrives, it shouldn't be difficult for Fujian Governor Sun Chuanting to coordinate and use land and water to annihilate the Liu Xiang pirates in one fell swoop.

"...Governor He suggested that after the Fujian navy returns, they can join forces with the Folangji people and the Hongyi people to attack together, so that the maritime affairs can be calmed down in the shortest possible time! But now the fleets of the Folangji people and the Hongyi people have all left for Nanyang. We are temporarily unable to contact you. And if it involves foreign affairs, the specific details still need to be given by the emperor!"

After Wen Tiren reported here, he stopped talking and looked at Emperor Chongzhen, obviously waiting for the emperor's opinion.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he pondered for a moment and said: "This is possible, let Governor He do it. But if these Western barbarians propose conditions, they must be reported to me in time, and I will make the decision!"

The implication is that it's okay to let Xi Yi be a free thug, but if you want to take the opportunity to blackmail him, you have to ask him if he agrees!

Wen Tiren naturally understood the holy intention and immediately agreed, which was regarded as the completion of the report on the opening of the sea. Then, he went on to report the next big thing: "The gold, silver, jewelry and other finances of the Tang Palace have been paid to the Henan branch of the Ming Construction Bank, and then they secretly arrived in Kunming, Yunnan with only the remittance slip. Now they are in Kunming with Master Min. Together. As for the Tang Dynasty's fiefdom, the land deeds and other items are already in the hands of the Nanyang governor, and are under the supervision of the factory guards..."

Having said this, he paused, looked at the emperor's face, and then continued: "These land deeds are not only the fields given by the emperors of the past, but also the contributions of local unruly people, as well as the lands acquired by the kings of the Tang Dynasty. . And the number of these is so large that it even exceeds the number registered in the gold book!"

Land granted by emperors of all dynasties must be registered in the imperial court's golden register. However, under the supervision of factory guards, the number of land deeds handed over by King Tang was far more than the number registered in the gold book. Although this matter is known to everyone, it has now been brought to light and is considered a big deal!

If the King of Tang is like this, other vassal kings will definitely not be clean. The total number of them will definitely be scary. And these often use the power of the feudal king to evade taxes. It can be said that the amount of tax revenue lost by the court in this regard is a bit staggering.

After Wen Tiren finished speaking, he looked at each other and Cao Huachun, and then looked at Emperor Chongzhen. Seeing that he was not particularly angry, as if he understood such things just like them, he opened his mouth again and said: "Your Majesty, I think I , if we want to clean up these fields directly, I am afraid that it will attract the backlash of vassal kings and officials in similar situations, and the resistance will be great. I am really not sure whether we can really clean up in the end!"

If he were facing Emperor Chongzhen a year ago, Wen Tiren would never dare to say this. But in this year's contacts, Wen Tiren believed that the emperor was already a mature or experienced person, and he was also very reasonable and a wise monarch. That's why he dared to speak so directly.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew that the land annexation in the late Ming Dynasty had reached a very serious stage due to the contributions of land owners and the encroachment by the royal family, nobles, civil servants and generals. If we directly clean up these fields and want to directly suppress land annexation, we will have to touch the cakes of many powerful people. It will definitely be very difficult. Even if you are the emperor, it is almost impossible to achieve this goal. Task.

However, now there is such an opportunity, which can be regarded as a straw to kill the rabbit. It can just solve part of the land annexation issue, which can be regarded as a big gain.

When the king of the Tang Dynasty wanted to change his feudal status to a foreign country, he naturally could not take the land he owned with him. It was also agreed in advance that the court would not take it back and would allow it to be auctioned to encourage him to respond to overseas feudalism. Therefore, for the King of Tang, it was in his best interests to have all the fields auctioned. At this time, neither the King of Tang nor the court cares about what else is hidden behind the scenes. According to the explicit laws, these lands will be auctioned in the name of the King of Tang. In this way, the court could collect taxes from these fields, which actually achieved the effect of cleaning up.

When the Tang Dynasty's feudal overseas affairs were successful and set an example for other vassal kings, then large-scale enfeoffment would be carried out, and the Ming Dynasty would be able to re-tax the fields. This alone is something that has never been successfully done by any court before, and it is enough to leave a mark in history.

Therefore, as far as Shoufu Wen Tiren and others are concerned, they will definitely be more than satisfied if this thing is done. Therefore, he was very nervous about the emperor's reaction.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said to Wen Tiren with a smile: "Don't be nervous, Qing Wen. I had already thought of this when I made an agreement with the King of Tang on this matter. The matter is settled as it is, but the name of the land is still in the name of the King of Tang. Name. At least the imperial army must capture Dongwu and the King of Tang can entrust it, then these fields can be put up for auction."

If this were not the case, the pressure on King Tang would be very great. After all, he is not the only one, he will also be criticized by other feudal kings. Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to see this. What he wanted was for all feudal kings to be feudal overseas and kick them all out!

When Wen Tiren heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He quickly bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise, but I am not as good as me!"

Although Cao Huachun beside him didn't speak, after listening to these conversations, he couldn't help but feel relieved, and he also bowed and flattered.

Women are useless to him. Nowadays, under the wise emperor, money is of little use. What he is looking for now is also a "name". If he succeeds in this matter, he has reason to believe that he will definitely leave his name in history in the future!

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