Domineering Daming

He came this time to stand for Sun Chuanting and to test the pressure of Nanzhili.

While Zhu Xu was making arrangements for Sun Chuanting, Sun Chuanting was also having a noon tea meeting with all walks of life participating in the trade conference.

Not only the senior court officials brought by Sun Chuanting, Prince Jing, Zhang Bingwen, Yang Jinchuzai, Nanzhili, and Shenlong Mansion officials accompanied him, but also the General Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Trade Unions, the State Administration of Taxation, the Price Bureau, and the Law Enforcement Bureau.

The people participating in this trade conference are all over the world, and they are packed together in the hall of 500 people.

Sun Chuanting drank tea, looked at the table full of people below, felt everyone's eyes, smiled calmly without losing majesty, and said: "I have established a state for more than two hundred years in the Ming Dynasty. Unprecedented natural disaster, but the emperor, the court and the local government are committed to responding to the disaster, helping the victims, and reforming the bad government... At present, the disaster situation has been basically brought under control, and the victims have received good relief. In the past two years, few people have starved to death... The imperial court sorted out the past policies, especially the commercial policies. The imperial court designed new policies and plans at the top, and is committed to building a sound, stable, and free business environment..."

Sun Chuanting's words are clearly sending a signal, shattering some delusions and boosting business morale.

Sun Chuanting's public declaration naturally made these businessmen in Daming very happy and excited. This should be the first time that the chief minister of Ming Dynasty expressed his views on business openly and honestly.

And those foreigners are excited, Daming is rich and powerful, not only can buy many products that Europe likes from Daming, but also bring over the products that Daming hopes.

One must know that the population of Daming is much larger than that of Europe, regardless of the region, so the profits are even more unimaginable.

Sun Chuanting also introduced the various policies issued by the Ming Dynasty and the various guarantee institutions established, powers and duties, management methods and development directions.

After he finished speaking, Zhang Bingwen, Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, began to speak. He said that the Ministry of Accounting had drawn up a series of policies and regulations on business to ensure the normal, orderly, and steady development of business.

After he finished speaking, officials from the General Administration of Taxation, the General Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Trade Unions, the Law Enforcement Bureau, and the Price Bureau spoke one after another to supplement Sun Chuanting's words.

Following these words, Daming's attitude towards business was completely settled, and no one could change it.

These words naturally ushered in enthusiastic responses, and the entire Shenlong Mansion and Nanzhili were boiling. It is foreseeable that the commercial development of Daming will usher in a climax.

After the tea ceremony, Sun Chuanting met with envoys and business representatives from Spain, the Netherlands, Ottomans, Portugal and Germany.

In addition to the public narration, it clarified Ming's foreign friendly policy, maritime trade planning, and expressed the intention of cooperation.

Then, Sun Chuanting began secret talks with envoys from various countries, and reached more trade cooperation with Spain. The scope continued to expand, and more and more military aspects were involved.

With Ottoman and the Netherlands, a "tripartite intelligence alliance" was established to carry out intelligence and military secret cooperation at sea and on land.

England and Ming, who were as transparent as they were, also signed many trade treaties, but they were very cautious and did not participate in military cooperation. Instead, they hoped to expand trade cooperation with Ming.

The current Daming has a vast territory and great influence. Whether it is sea or land, if you want to trade in the east, you must have Daming's nod!

The European countries that are desperately eager to obtain the maximum profit from maritime trade will naturally not let it go. Facing the powerful Ming Dynasty that is thousands of miles away, they are naturally very good, and even the only distant diplomatic partner.

This also led to Ming's dominant position in a series of negotiations, which was directly reflected in the inequality in trade treaties.

Sun Chuanting signed various open and secret contracts with Western European countries.

A large number of various products have been exported, especially the contracts reached with envoys from various countries under the leadership of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, the amount is as high as 300 million, and other scattered, domestic and foreign trade volumes have exceeded [-] million.

The transaction volume of this conference was really huge. For example, Moxi Mongolia sold 200 high-quality war horses to Daming at one time, and the amount of silk, cloth, salt, ironware, armor, etc. purchased exceeded [-] million taels of silver!

This does not include the secretly purchased firearms, weapons, and various logistics materials and medicines for combat.

In the transaction with the Netherlands, there are 100 medium ships, equipped with firearms and various weapons, and the amount is as high as [-] million silver.

The trade volume with Spain is the largest. It not only increases the import of food, but also expands all kinds of transactions. In addition to luxury goods, it is military trade. The time is also very long. The trade volume in five years is nearly 5000 million taels of silver!

Osman didn't seem too interested in trade, and was more interested in information about ships, Spain, and Russia. He urged him repeatedly, but with Ming's strong request, he also signed many trade contracts.

In the evening, Fu Tao, the president of the Royal Bank, rushed over, and there was another excitement.

Although this person does not control the national treasury and has no financial distribution rights, he is richer than the national treasury and controls the entry and exit of Ming currency.

At the cocktail party in the evening, Fu Tao announced a plan to provide large-scale support to as many as 120 handicraft industries, five heavy industries, and a total of 3000 industries, mainly through loan support. He plans to invest more than [-] million taels of silver in five years. Encourage them to develop, grow, and become industry, local, and national brands.

This plan naturally alarmed the entire business community of Daming, and even some overseas national envoys and commercial companies were jealous and tried to test whether they could borrow money from Daming.

Chapter 1410 Foreign Loan Assistance

Fu Tao was a little surprised by this request. After consulting Sun Chuanting, he decided to provide a loan of 300 million taels of silver to the financially strapped Spain. The collateral was the middle zone connecting America, that is, Panama.

A small piece of land was sold to Daming. This time, the area was almost used as a mortgage. Perhaps because Spain was confident that it could pay back the 300 million yuan easily, without any bargaining, it happily took away the 300 million silver from Daming.

In other countries, companies also want to borrow. Fu Tao means that they need to study specific policies and wait for the approval of the imperial court. He received their applications and did not reply immediately.

The World Trade Conference held in Shenlong Mansion had a greater and greater influence on Daming, and newspapers such as Chaobao applied for it one after another.

Those editors no longer used the banner of "serving the country and the people" and "subsidizing farmers who suffer from disasters", but openly declared that they would vigorously develop the "commodity economy" of Ming Dynasty, encourage business, and promote the steady, orderly, and healthy development of business.

In addition to the amount of trade this time, it caused a huge shock in Ming Dynasty. There were various voices from the ruling and opposition parties, and the voice against the "commodity economy" was the loudest. The "commodity economy" set off a new offensive, trying to stop the "New Deal", "return to the original", and return to the ancestral system of Ming Dynasty.

Before leaving Shenlong Mansion, Sun Chuanting reiterated the policy of the imperial court, saying that the "Jingzheng New Deal" is the imperial court's unswerving reform plan and will never be changed.

Then various departments will take place at the same time, and the direction of firm reform will not change, and we will fully promote the implementation of the "New Deal".

The public opinion among scholars is very unfavorable to the imperial court. The profit-seeking nature of "buy high and sell low" businessmen has been criticized from the beginning to the end. At the same time, the idea of ​​"people-oriented" is developing vigorously in Ming Dynasty. It is a debate, but in fact it is all about criticizing the policies of the imperial court, as if a movement is brewing.

Zhu Xu stayed in Shenlong Mansion and lived in the special small building in Bumbutai.

Looking at the newspapers, Zhu Xu shook his head, threw them aside, looked up at Cao Huachun, and said, "Has Sun Ge gone to Yingtian Mansion?"

Cao Huachun said: "Yes, I left last night, and I should be arriving soon."

Zhu Xu laughed, took the teacup beside him, and said, "Chen Qiyu must have a headache."

Cao Huachun lowered his head, not daring to smile.

The biggest resistance to the "New Deal" is not at the imperial court, but at the lower levels. Chen Qiyu has only been in Nanzhili for a year. Not to mention the control over the government level, I am afraid that the governor's yamen may not be straightened out. Now urging him to promote reforms is very important. May backfire.

There was another person standing behind Cao Huachun, Li Youtang, Director of the State Administration of Taxation.

Zhu Xu put down his teacup, looked at him leisurely, and said, "Do you think that I am too impatient and push the place too far? I want the horse to run fast without giving the horse grass to eat?"

Li Youtang is Bi Ziyan's closed disciple and one of the spokespersons of his political legacy. Bi Ziyan admires Li Youtang more than Zhang Guowei, Minister of War.

Li Youtang bowed and stood up, saying: "I dare not, I just feel that in recent years, the imperial court has introduced too many 'new policies', so many that most of them are hanging on the surface and cannot be implemented...I think that when you draw it slowly, one step at a time Follow your footprints."

Zhu Xu looked at him with a thoughtful expression.

Li Youtang's idea, based on Bi Ziyan, Bi Ziyan's idea, represents a large part of Ming's government and opposition officials, and there is also a big market among scholars.

They are not against the reform, but against the imperial court's eagerness for quick success and quick gains, worrying that if the reform collapses and fails, even if it fails halfway, it will be earlier than no reform.

It would be terrible if civil chaos broke out everywhere, the world was in turmoil, and even the lords competed for the throne, and the dynasty changed.

Naturally, Zhu Xu was well aware of these people's worries, and groping with his fingers for a while, he said, "Then do you think they really have no grass and are not full?"

Li Youtang was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

As far as these big officials in the frontiers are concerned, their powers and duties are gathered from the past three divisions. Even though there are Dali Temple, the Governor's Council and other powers, in terms of administrative affairs, the power is unprecedented, almost like a local emperor!