The conditions offered by Ye Chunqiu are just a rubber stamp of a franchise for the palace or the cabinet.
What the cabinet gets, however, is the stability of the maritime frontier in the future.
This is obviously a good deal, especially in the current situation.
In all dynasties, the enemies of the central dynasty came from the north, so the mission of any central dynasty was mostly to repair rivers and provide disaster relief, and at the same time mobilize all forces in the north to prepare for war, since the Qin and Han dynasties, this policy has never changed.
But now, when there is an enemy on the sea, they don't know how to deal with it, after all, there is no Great Wall along the coast, after all, the army mobilization by land is far less fast than the enemy at sea, and when Quanzhou is attacked, even if you have a million troops, when you spend a month or two to transfer people to Quanzhou, maybe in a few days, people have already attacked Hangzhou.
This unprecedented enemy left the cabinet with no time or energy to come up with a plan specifically for maritime defense, and it was obviously a one-and-done solution to the town and state government.
It is precisely because of this that today Liu Jian and several other scholars will invite Zhu Houzhao to come forward to invite Ye Chunqiu into the palace to discuss.
They are really in a hurry, but Liu Jian is very cautious, franchising, it seems There should not be much opposition from the DPRK and China, and there will certainly be, because this is tantamount to opening an opening for the national policy of banning the sea, but at present, the focus of the DPRK and China is to establish a naval division to defend the stability of the sea frontier, and some people value whether the benefits obtained from the Zhenguo Government are thinned, and the rest should oppose the part that is franchised by the Zhenguo Government, and even if they want to make trouble, they will not make too much trouble.
Liu Jian looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "What does Your Majesty think?"
He asked, apparently already moved.
Zhu Houzhao scratched his head and couldn't help but say, "I don't understand either." ” Well, Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to look at Ye Chunqiu and said, "Chunqiu, what do you mean is that if the Zhenguo Mansion franchises the sea trade, it will be able to completely raise the military expenses of the sailors."
Ye Chunqiu said: "It's completely feasible, and the minister doesn't dare to brag, but if he doesn't open the sea trade, the minister can't convince the shareholders." ” Zhu Houzhao nodded, this is the truth, if you want to cut other people's flesh, you always have to give a sweetness, so he said: "I don't have any opinions."
If the cabinet doesn't have any problems here, then let's do it. ” Liu Jian exchanged glances with Li Dongyang and the others, and no one seemed to object.
This time, the palace, the cabinet and the Zhenguo Mansion were all satisfied, the imperial court was less troublesome, and the palace was eager to build a water division, not to mention the water division of the Zhenguo Mansion, that is, the Daming Water Division, after all, Zhu Houzhao and the clan and the princes of the country accounted for more than sixty percent of the shares.
As for Ye Chunqiu, he suddenly fell from the sky and suddenly got a franchise right.
This is a monopoly, and it's red.
The naked monopoly of the whole world, whoever wants to use porcelain and silk, can only buy it from the caravans of the town and the state; And the specialty of the world, maybe the spices of Sumatra are worthless in Sumatra, but when it comes to the Ming Dynasty, it is sky-high, in addition, there are silver mines in the Japanese country, and even countless gold mines.
Thinking about this, Ye Chunqiu felt excited.
Now that an answer that everyone is satisfied with has been discussed, Liu Jian's heart is also a little more comfortable, so he got up and said: "Your Majesty, Rong Chen and the others have retired, and the ministers still need to go to Haosheng to draw up a charter, and then ask Your Majesty to take a look." ” The matter has been finalized, but what Liu Jian is most worried about is that this franchise is not strong enough for Ye Chunqiu to appease the shareholders, so he glanced at Ye Chunqiu meaningfully and said; "The rest of the things will be left to the prince of Zhenguo."
Ye Chunqiu hurriedly stood up and said, "Where, this is a matter of duty, and it should be right." ” A few bachelors retreated, and Zhu Houzhao said impatiently: "Spring and Autumn, what are you talking about, I look at you, it seems that you have been selling Guanzi, quickly, from the truth." ”、 "Youtu."
The bachelors left, and in front of Zhu Houzhao, Ye Chunqiu felt much more relaxed.
"I'll get it."
Zhu Houzhao swished, and then went to hug the map in a hurry, the two had a tacit understanding, and directly spread the sheepskin map on the ground, Zhu Houzhao looked at Ye Chunqiu with blinking eyes and said, "Hmm" Ye Chunqiu said: "Your Majesty, there are only one million Portuguese nationals, and there are only 100,000 soldiers, but does Your Majesty know how rich the Portuguese royal family is, their annual income is much more than the tax of the Ming Dynasty in a year, so they have the spare strength to build more fleets and recruit more warriors." ” Ye Chunqiu said, simply took the brush, and began to draw ink dots on the map, anyway, such a map, has been rubbed and printed in countless copies, Ye Chunqiu is not worried about ruining, from the location of Portugal, to North Africa, to West Africa, to the Cape of Good Hope and India, and then to Malacca, Ye Chunqiu took out the strongholds of the Portuguese one by one, and said: "They rely on the trade at sea, the sandalwood and spices of the South Seas, and when they arrive at the Franco, the value is a hundred times, and the gold and silver mines in North Africa are countless, in addition, It also produces diamond jewelry, Tianzhu has a population of 10 million, quite solid, they have established a base in Tianzhu, and they can transport goods to Tianzhu at any time to sell, and then transport Tianzhu's products back to the Franc machine.
There is even the trade of people, this is Africa, they transport people to the ports as slaves, all in all, this little Portugal, is only the size of Gyeonggi, but it is rich and rivals my Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty look here" Ye Chunqiu pointed to the Americas and said: "Your Majesty, can you know how much wealth has been provided to the Spaniards in this America."
Zhu Houzhao shook his head like a rattle, and then said, "You say." ” Ye Chunqiu said: "According to statistics, the Spaniards got 36 million catties of silver from the Americas, that is, silver alone is 500 million taels."
Zhu Houzhao's eyes widened suddenly, obviously taken aback, but this time, he also had an intuitive feeling.
In fact, this amount, Ye Chunqiu said that it was Spain's income in the Americas over the past hundred years, and he deliberately covered up the time and directly quoted this amount.
What is the concept of 500 million taels of silver?
Zhu Houzhao was a little confused, the Ming Dynasty's annual income was around two million, and the Ming Dynasty has been one hundred and twenty years, that is to say, the Zhu family, the son of heaven, as a luxurious royal family, the ruler of tens of thousands of people, the silver money and taxes they get, more than 120 years combined, is only 250 million taels, it is not as good as half of a small Spain, Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt that he was quite a failure, and said that the son of heaven is rich all over the world aa2705221: