First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 593

To deal with the outside world, we must adapt measures to local conditions. If you can do business, you can do business, if you can farm, you can farm, if you can mine, you can mine, and if you can herd, you can herd...Anyway, do whatever suits you.

The most important thing is to have an income and be able to gain a firm foothold first.Don't trouble Daming.

After all, you are children who have gone to sea, so you can't rely on Daming for everything, and the imperial court can't take care of you all day like a nanny.

But then again, if you kick them out, you don't care about anything... What will happen to these immigrants?

They have lost their support and are very weak, even though they are hardworking, smart, and able to make money, they are much better than those natives.But these people can't hold power for a while, so they can only rely on the local aborigines.

If you mix well, you will become a rich man, if you mix poorly, you will become a leek.

But no matter whether it is good or bad, because the moment they go to sea, the connection with the Central Plains is cut off... Except for the appearance of these immigrants, they are similar to the people of the Central Plains, and other aspects will only gradually drift away. What is it like.

Therefore, foreign immigrants must maintain a certain degree of control, so that they can always feel the existence of Ming Dynasty and experience the power of Ming Dynasty.

Only in this way can the awe and loyalty towards Daming be preserved.

Therefore, a powerful navy is needed to patrol the sea area from time to time... This is not only the coastal waters of Daming, but also other sea areas. All key waterways require the presence of Ming.

For nothing else, the flag of Ming Dynasty was flying there.

Where the fleet is, the force is there, and the prestige of the country is there.

Without enough force, as a support, who will listen to you?

Therefore, expanding outwards is absolutely inseparable from a powerful navy.

Since the removal of the Liao family and the Yu family, Zhu Yuanzhang has personally presided over the shipbuilding under the supervision of Chang Yuchun, and the Liujiagang shipyard is open all year round.

After several years of preparation, Daming already owned thousands of sailboats of various types.

Formed a powerful navy.

It was by relying on this fleet that Chang Yuchun killed the Quartet and forced the Wa Kingdom to send King Huailiang to Daming.

Next, to the north and south, as long as the merchant fleet touches, there must be naval ships.

Three months, five months, a year and a half, a tour must be made.

This is also the reason why Zheng He's fleet kept sailing to the west.

This huge fleet is the majesty of Ming Dynasty.With the continuous southward fleet, all nations will come to court, and only the sea trade will prosper.

Relying on the continuous income, all the feats of the Yongle Dynasty in history were achieved!

When Zheng He's fleet stopped, the force was no longer there, and Daming quickly withdrew from the maritime trade route, and handed over the dominance of trade to Xiyi.

Therefore, the control of maritime commercial routes is the first step in overseas development.Because only with force as the foundation, there is everything that will follow.

The second layer based on force is naturally trade and profit!

Because only profit can firmly bind everyone, nourish force, and make the fleet bigger and force stronger.

Wu Heli is the second general of Humha.

Above the second general, there is another brain, that is civilization!

That is what Lao Zhu said, to extend the soul of Huaxia.

Schools, temples, ancestral halls, the whole set of things must be given away.

"Sir, we are going to send off the folks in person, nothing else, let's give them a handful of soil from our hometown, share a stick of incense from the ancestral hall, and let the ancestors bless them and go to sea smoothly!"

Zhang Ximeng repeatedly praised, "My lord is thoughtful, this method is indeed very good."

Old Zhu smiled and said, "Since that's the case, would you like to follow us to Liujiagang and see them off?"

Zhang Ximeng pondered for a while, and then said: "My lord, I really want to go, but I suddenly thought of something, I plan to write an article."

Old Zhu smiled, "Sir, you haven't written anything for a long time, it must be a wonderful article!"

Zhang Ximeng said: "It's just a little idea about opening up to the outside world, just for a little comparison."

Zhang Ximeng said it politely, but with his status, any article would bring about huge repercussions.Of course, Zhang Ximeng will not smash his own brand.

He really wants to write this article with his heart, and explain clearly and clearly the matter of opening up to the outside world.

In fact, where is the core of external development?

Is it enough to send people out?

Or is it to open up business and do business to make money?

Zhang Ximeng feels that this is not the true intention of opening up to the outside world.

First of all, to open up to the outside world, since it is going out, you must take the initiative in your own hands.It has the power to formulate rules, and if anyone dares to refuse to listen, they will raise their troops and punish them severely!

According to this standard, looking at the entire history of China, there are actually not many real foreign pioneers.

Aside from the enfeoffment of princes in the pre-Qin period, strictly speaking, there were only two times.

In turn, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty traveled to the Western Regions, and once Zheng He went to the Western Regions.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, to some extent, represented the emperors of all dynasties, a pinnacle of Wenzhiwugong.

In order to deal with the Xiongnu, he sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions. After 12 years, Zhang Qian returned, and the Da Yue Clan was no longer the same. It stands to reason that the original goal of finding allies has been missed.

However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not give up on this idea, but continued to send envoys to the Western Regions, and set up the Protectorate of the Western Regions and sent troops to station them!

this point is very important.

It is precisely because of the garrison that the countries in the Western Regions must obey the orders of the great man.

The eastern section of the Silk Road is firmly in the hands of the big man.

Moreover, the Han people were not satisfied with these, and sent envoys to continue westward, even looking for the so-called Great Qin.

This kind of spirit of putting business routes under one's own control, striving to forge ahead, and constantly pioneering is the most precious wealth and spirit left by the great man to future generations.

Similarly, in history, Yongle sent a huge fleet to the Western Seas seven times, not only off the coast of Ming Dynasty, but also in the Indian Ocean.

The Maritime Silk Road is all under the control of Ming Dynasty.

Those who disobeyed discipline were immediately dispatched to attack. The Sanbao eunuch was also a ruthless person who destroyed countless countries, but in the eyes of Daming, these countries were almost like villages.

Without the escort of force, the power to make rules cannot be mastered.

This kind of outward development is not considered pioneering at all, it can only passively open the country.

After Zhang Ximeng spared no effort to praise the big man, he couldn't help but cast his disdainful eyes on Zhao Song.

Forgive me, Zhang Ximeng really didn't want to blackmail the Song Dynasty.

It's just that he looked through history and wanted to find a negative teaching material, and everyone is more familiar with it, it must be Da Song.

There is no way, the Zhao family's hip stretching is hopeless!

As we all know, Zhao Song's foreign trade is also very developed.

It even reached the level of Japan and sent women to come to Song Dynasty for a while.

Many people feel very proud when they mention this matter, which is called pride.

It's just that if you want to really become a feat and be admired by future generations, shouldn't you take the initiative to send troops to the Wa country to spread the word to future generations?As expected of Zhao Song's man, he just likes to be passive.

This is just a glorious deed in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it will be even more embarrassing in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In fact, half of the country in the Southern Song Dynasty persisted for more than 100 years, and its fiscal revenue was very abundant, and overseas trade contributed a lot.

Quanzhou and other places were famous ports at that time.

If Zhao Song is promising, then develop the navy, control the shipping routes, and firmly grasp the dividends of trade... If this can be achieved, Zhao Song may be able to push back the Kingdom of Jin and take revenge.

But the next question is ridiculous. Zhao Song did not control the sea route at all, but handed over the control of the local Quanzhou to Hu merchants.

When the Mongols came in, the Zhao Song royal family fled to Quanzhou and was almost wiped out by the regiment.It's just a laughingstock through the ages, so shameful!

What's the point of opening up the country to trade?

Can't take the initiative to control trade power, can't control business routes, and don't have strong force to escort.

It's really better to close the door and close the door, and live a stable life honestly!

Zhang Ximeng concluded differently, and finally made a neat summary.

To open up to the outside world, we must learn from the Han Dynasty.

Take the initiative to open the country, take the initiative to control commerce, and formulate rules that are beneficial to yourself!

You must not open the door passively, you must not hand over trade power to others, and you must not be controlled by others.

Zhang Ximeng made it very clear that in the past, big guys were worried about foreign business and trade, foreign immigration, and various problems... These worries, in the final analysis, are just one problem, that is, they cannot control the initiative of trade.

It's that simple!

For example, many people think that immigrating abroad will affect food taxation due to the loss of labor... But the problem is that when they go overseas, they can get a hundred times the land and produce more food.

It just needs to be shipped back smoothly, enough to make up for that loss.

The reason why they are worried is because they do not have the initiative to trade and cannot transport the grain back. If people leave, that is a simple loss.

Zhang Ximeng even joked mercilessly at the end... The reason why Da Ming has doubts about food security is completely because of his distrust of the Ming Navy!

Chang Yuchun, you have to work hard!

Chapter 823 The Emperor's Grandson's Paradise

Needless to say, Grand Master Zhang's influence, a light sentence put pressure on the navy.

And after reading this article, you will find that Zhang Ximeng made a strong criticism, and the point of the finger is the Zhongshu Province, and it is the princes of the current court!

Sun Yan, the chief assistant who had just returned from Fengyang, immediately sensed Zhang Ximeng's intentions.

These days, he has not been easy. He has to track down the real culprit who intercepted the people of Fengyang, and to implement Juntian. He even ran to more than a dozen villages himself, and his feet were covered with blood blisters.

It can be said that he has worked hard and never dared to slack off.

He didn't want to, one is not good, put himself in it, after all, having one Wang Guangyang sacrifice flag is enough, he didn't want to be the second unlucky guy.

After a lot of busy work, Sun Yan finally managed to fiddle with these things.

But Zhang Ximeng's article surprised Sun Yan.

In fact, the reason why Zhang Ximeng has written fewer articles of this kind in recent years is that his status is too special. When an article is published, it is almost the same as Lao Zhu's ancestral precepts.

Years later, even now, people will use Zhang Xiang's point of view as the basis for speaking.

In this case, if Zhang Ximeng continued to talk nonsense, he would be making fun of his own reputation.

So obviously, the current article almost represents the future path of Daming, how to go, the mystery is all in it.

Therefore, after Sun Yan returned to Beijing, he immediately summoned all the important officials in Beijing to study this matter together.

At present, the ministers of various ministries have made great adjustments. For example, as mentioned earlier, Jiang Nan stepped down as the minister of the Ministry of Commerce, and Song Lian was transferred to Sun Yan. Although he also participated in cabinet meetings, his duty was only to do business. meeting minutes.

In addition, Liu Bowen was transferred to Yushi Zhongcheng and became Xu Da's assistant.

Yao Guangxiao took over as Minister of the newly established Ministry of Public Security.

It is worth mentioning that Qian Tang was also promoted to minister of the Ministry of Education.

So the entire court was almost filled with people from Zhang Ximeng's lineage.Of course, Zhang Xiang has no personal interests, he can only say that everyone is like-minded and holds similar opinions.

"If you want me to say, this article by the grand master is actually criticizing two mistakes that have lasted for many years." Qian Tang still spoke first.

Sun Yan smiled and said, "How do you say it?"

"Isn't that obvious! One, it's naturally a self-contained mistake. Zhang Xiang advocates vigorous development. After so many years, it has been known to everyone, so there is no need to say more. The second mistake is to think that Shangguo has nothing to do. Not all, or to solve all problems on our own, we must know that no matter how powerful we are, there are some things that we cannot solve by ourselves.”

These words can be called outrageous, if you dare to underestimate Daming's ability and destroy your prestige, you should be killed!

However, none of the people present jumped out to blame Qian Tang.

Because the most obvious problem, population, land and food, is the curse that has been entangled in the Central Plains Dynasty.

Is there any way to actually fix it?

Equalizing the fields, introducing improved seeds, composting, intensive farming...everything I can think of has been thought of.

It's good to be self-reliant, but it's also good to be on your own.

But under any circumstances, one's own strength will have a limit, and once a natural disaster occurs, it will not be able to bear it.

And even if there is enough food, there is still meat, oil, fruits and vegetables. If you are full, you still need to eat well... This demand is almost unlimited.

Mao Gui, who has been serving as Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, suddenly said: "What Qian Shangshu said is indeed reasonable. Of course, the Central Plains is not omnipotent. But I think whether there is or is not, I can't simply look at it. For example, the price increase of grain a few years ago , Those wealthy merchants, they have food, and the quantity is quite a lot. This is considered to be in the Ming Dynasty! But the problem is that the crisis is coming, can we get it?"