First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Biao listened to their bragging with a numbing scalp, and then winked at the official of the Ministry of Rites. The official of the Ministry of Rites was also clever, and immediately boasted about Ming's record against Japanese pirates in the past two years.

The figures in the words are far more than ten times higher than the reality. There is no way. It cannot be said that Daming's record is weaker than that of a small country like Champa. Anyway, everyone knows it.

At the end of the blowing, the officials of the Ministry of Rites also told the news that the number of Japanese pirates had dropped sharply. They were very serious. Now the envoys of the Nanyang countries are a little bit impatient. Everyone can see that as long as the civil war in Japan continues, the Japanese pirates number will not decrease.

If there are fewer Japanese pirates on Daming’s side, then there will be more Japanese pirates they will have to face. This is just the same. After confirming again and again that this is not bragging, the envoys of the Nanyang countries began to brag tacitly. Ming dynasty.

How heroic the great emperor was, how benevolent the great prince was, how powerful the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were when they swept the Mongolian Yuan, etc. At the end of the story, they began to hope that the heavenly kingdom would protect them, and they were willing to pay tribute every year. ...

Zhu Biao frowned and said: Everyone is my Ming Dynasty's vassal state, but my Ming Dynasty has a lot of waste to do, it is really difficult to mobilize troops to suppress bandits in the South China Sea, let's discuss this matter later.

The Champa envoy immediately prostrated himself on the ground and said, Please have mercy, the eldest prince. I am in dire straits. I hope the Celestial Dynasty will send heavenly soldiers to rescue me.

The rest of the envoys followed suit. Although the situation in their country was not as difficult as that of Zhancheng, they also knew that if the number of pirates in Nanyang increased, it would be a natural disaster.

It would be great if Da Ming could be coaxed to help them patrol the sea area, wouldn't the saved resources be used for fun? Anyway, Daming is so far away from Nanyang, so there is no need to worry about other things, the worst is to bring more rare things when paying tribute.

Listening to their demands, Zhu Biao showed pity, but he did not relax his mouth at all. The countries in Southeast Asia are quite rich and rich in grain and seafood. over here.

It would undoubtedly be a loss to capture the Nanyang countries because of these. After all, Nanyang is too far away from Daming. Even if it is defeated, it is actually the same as Guizhou.

But if there is an opportunity now, Zhu Biao is naturally willing to scrape the oil and water of Nanyang. If the mess left by the Yuan Dynasty really takes time to digest internally, he will naturally seize the opportunity to speed up.

Half an hour later, the voices of the Nanyang envoys were almost hoarse, but let alone, the improvement of Mandarin was quite obvious, while Zhu Biao was still as stable as before, unwilling to give up any benefits.

In the end, Zhancheng was relieved. After all, they were facing a crisis. If they could relieve the pressure on the coast, they could concentrate on resisting Annan's invasion.

The Champa envoy burst into tears and said: The foreign minister asks the crown prince to be merciful and send a navy to help Champa fight against the Japanese pirates. I am willing to provide all the use of the navy from the day of departure.

Zhu Biaowei said: It's not a matter of food and salary. It's really dangerous to work so hard and mobilize people to fight across the sea. The Japanese pirates are so vicious. How can I bear the soldiers to bury their bones in a foreign land...

There is basically no mediocrity who can be an envoy of a country. Although Zhu Biao still refuses, a little wavering is still obvious. The envoys naturally began to increase their investment when they saw the opportunity.

It took more than half an hour for you to come and go, and the money that the Nanyang countries had to pay finally dispelled his psychological expectations. Zhu Biao looked at the envoys who were still crying poorly and said: In this case, please All the envoys sent a letter back, asking the king to send another envoy to conclude a contract with our Daming, the day the contract is concluded, is the time for our Daming navy to set out, and the countries will not be invaded by Japanese pirates in the future.

This kind of thing naturally requires a formal letter of credence. The envoys bid farewell and left with different thoughts, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites also left together. on the back of the chair.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the coastal shipyards have never stopped for a day. The size of the ships is absolutely unique in the world, but they have always focused on defense, and the number of active attacks can be counted on the fingers.

The so-called sharpening of the sword is not a thing. It is not a thing to keep it as a decoration. Although the sweep of Nanyang will inevitably cause casualties, there is no way. How to consolidate the benefits won.

In fact, even if there is no supply of food and salaries from the Nanyang countries, Zhu Biao will order Jinghaihou to lead his team to the expedition next year.

What's more, the Daming Navy's criss-crossing of the southeast and the Yellow Sea will inevitably promote the development of trade. It must be known that according to the records of the Ministry of Rites, there were more than 60 countries and regions that had trade with each other during the Song Dynasty.

During the Yuan Dynasty, maritime trade relations were developed with nearly a hundred countries and regions, and these countries and regions involved the vast waters of the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean.

Especially during the Song Dynasty, from the central court to the local officials, overseas businessmen were especially welcome to do business. The emperor of the Song Dynasty even issued an edict and sent it to Nanyang countries to attract business, telling them, Great Song welcomes you, come and do it Business is profitable.

After a foreign merchant ship arrives, the imperial court directly collects 10% of the goods as tariffs, and the rest can be traded on its own. This is part of the reason why the Song Dynasty is so rich.

Among other things, the economic policies of the Song Dynasty were indeed relatively advanced. After Zhu Biao finished his research, he also felt that there were many that could be used for reference. At present, the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty is scarce, except that Lao Zhu does not like maritime trade and prefers tribute trade. Because of the existence of Japanese pirates.

Ordinary caravans drifting at sea, if they were targeted by Japanese pirates, it would be like encountering hungry wolves on the prairie. Because of the huge losses, few foreign caravans came to China for trade since the end of Yuan Dynasty.

Zhu Biao stands at the pinnacle of Ming’s power, and under the high-level view, it can be seen that Ming’s foreign trade system has been somewhat distorted. Because of the Japanese pirates and Ming’s current policies, the only fleets that can successfully reach Ming from overseas countries are envoys. fleet.

There are basically no private caravans, which is very bad. The trade system of equality and mutual benefit in the Song Dynasty has been distorted to the tributary system, and it has become a kind of gift from the emperor to the foreign country.

What Zhu Biao has to do is to bring the distorted part back to the right path in advance. The first thing is to clear the coastal waters and let the trade route start again. The sea ban is unnecessary. Under the influence of Zhu Biao, Lao Zhu has not issued a plan to stop going to sea. Such commands.

After the wave of Japanese pirates is severely cracked down next year, Zhu Biao will let the Jiangnan gentry take the lead in starting overseas trade. This is also in their own interests. With the first batch of people who eat crabs, it will be a matter of course.

As for the Japanese pirates, since Tang Ding entered Dongying, they were no longer to be feared. When the time was right, Zhu Biao would order the sea area of ​​Dongying to be sealed off, and force the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Dongying to cooperate in eliminating the Japanese pirates.

In fact, the Japanese pirates were not welcomed by the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Dongying. After all, they were robbers by nature, and they kept invading other countries because they couldn't get anything at home.

If Zhu Biao invested such a large amount of resources in the navy, he couldn't even deal with a mere Japanese pirate in Japan, then Zhu Biao would be angry. Although he is not yet the emperor, he can still make thousands of corpses in a fit of anger.

Zhu Biao called Liu Jin Chuanshan. After talking with the group of guys for so long, he was so hungry that he got up from the seat and went to the inner hall to lie down and rest for a while, and then he was aroused by the aroma of the dishes. Had a meal.

After eating, I went to the Ministry of Industry and called the craftsman who developed granular gunpowder. In fact, he could not be called a craftsman. He is now a member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, an upright fifth-rank official of the Ming Dynasty.

Supporting Yuanwailang, who was grateful for his gratitude, Zhu Biao encouraged him in front of everyone, hoping that he would continue to study firearms and gunpowder. As long as there is still research and development, he will definitely be granted titles for him, including his wife, Yinzi, high-ranking official, generous salary, and even a title Not stingy.

As soon as this remark came out, the officials of the Ministry of Industry all looked a little ugly. Although they were not the pedants of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy, they were of the scholar class, noble scholars, and they only got their official positions after ten years of hardship. Artisans can also be officials...

It's just that the officials of the Ministry of Industry can't say anything. After all, they also rely on many craftsmen.

And it is also because I know that His Royal Highness did not act like this once or twice. When Fengyang moved to the people, he appointed many officials as officials regardless of the differences between officials. Don't make trouble in front of the Holy One, but in the end...

The left servant of the Ministry of Industry touched his buttocks, shook his head and sighed, not mentioning the troubled faces of the officials, and the eyes of the craftsmen were all red with excitement. It turned out that it was not an exception, everyone had a chance.

When everyone returned to the lobby of the Ministry of Industry, as for the craftsmen who were working hard, the enthusiasm was visible to the naked eye. After Zhu Biao sat down, he looked at the eyes of everyone and said coldly: I am actually very dissatisfied with the Ministry of Industry. Whether it is carbon or telescope, how much time did it take?

You and other craftsmen in the general engineering department can't even do their job well. If it weren't for the surprise of gunpowder granulation, I would have to adjust the engineering department!

As soon as this remark came out, many officials of the Ministry of Industry dared not stand up, and knelt down to plead guilty. Zhu Biao had long been dissatisfied with the Ministry of Industry, but because of the urgency of the civilian carbon issue, he just endured it for the time being.

Now that coal production has fallen to the localities, and the supply of the frontier army has been completed, Zhu Biao is naturally going to make trouble. Among the six departments, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Rites are all trained by Zhu Biao. Biao called to Jinshen Temple and reprimanded him.

Only the Ministry of Industry has been staying out of the matter, watching the excitement from the other side for too long, these guys have learned to fool things, Zhu Biao has great expectations for the Ministry of Industry, and before Song Lian returns to Beijing, he insists on getting rid of their problems .

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