Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 711, several letters
In a sea area of ​​the Malacca Strait in the South Seas, a huge fleet of more than one hundred large ships is heading towards Malacca on the sea.

On the deck of one of the large ships, Liu Jin carefully read a few letters in his hand.

The first letter was sent from Daming. It has been several months since Liu Jin went on an expedition to Nanyang. People from Daming came to send news to Liu Jin almost every day, conveying the affairs inside and outside the court.

Recently, a major event happened in Daming. Under the impetus of one mind and one mind inside and outside the court, Emperor Hongzhi issued an imperial decree, allowing Daming Ocean Trading Company to have a certain degree of private arms.

Although the imperial court subsequently promulgated the detailed "Ocean-Ocean Commercial Firms Armed Management Code", the code stipulates in detail the number and types of armed forces that ocean-going commercial firms can possess, which have been regularly inspected, are not allowed to be brought into Ming Dynasty, and many other strict regulations.

However, this still surprised Liu Jin.

"Sure enough, profit is the source of power!"

"If the officials of the northern and southern factions have the same interests, even Emperor Hongzhi would be fooled. They actually made them do it. The emperor would allow the appearance of private armed forces."

Liu Jin also couldn't help shaking his head.

To be honest, although Liu Jin had such a plan, he wanted to persuade Emperor Hongzhi to open up private arms and allow major commercial firms to have certain armed forces overseas.

But Liu Jin felt that he didn't dare to mention this matter, because he was afraid of being remembered by the emperor, and he might be imprisoned because of this matter that day.

Private armed forces, placed in all dynasties, were all intended to rebel and usurp the throne and kill the nine clans.

Although Liu Jin is very clear that major commercial firms must have a certain amount of armed forces, otherwise it will be difficult to quickly colonize and expand globally.

But in this matter, Liu Jin is very cautious.

But I didn't expect that these people in the south could do it just by mentioning it in Songhu. In just a few months, they persuaded Emperor Hongzhi to introduce such a law.

As soon as this code came out, all the ocean-going trading firms in Ming Dynasty couldn't help cheering.

They need this thing so badly.

It was better to go to North Korea and Japan in the past. The pirates and thieves in these places were cleaned up and it was relatively safe, but it was different when going to Nanyang.

There are many islands in Nanyang, and there are hundreds of countries, large and small. All kinds of forces are intricate.

At the same time, on the islands on the Luzon side, the plantations, gold mines, and silver mines opened up by everyone are often attacked by the indigenous people, which makes the big business troublesome.

Well now, the imperial court allows them to have a certain amount of private armed forces. With their own private armed forces, these commercial firms no longer have to be afraid of these things.

Many small countries in Nanyang are very small, but their people are very arrogant and arrogant. They impose heavy taxes on Ming's merchant ships, and even maliciously blackmail Ming's merchant ships.

The major commercial firms have long wanted to teach them a lesson.

"Once this law code comes out, if things go on like this in the long run, it is very likely that there will be a second Ming Dynasty overseas."

Beside Liu Jin, Wang Shouren couldn't help but said worriedly after reading it.

He is pedantic about heaven and man, knowledgeable about the past and the present, and knows very well that once this law code comes out, there may be nothing to do in Daming after a long time, but there will definitely be people who will quietly establish their own country overseas.

Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of ambitious people in all dynasties.

In the overseas lands, far away from Ming Dynasty, major commercial firms have their own merchant ships and armed forces, but in the overseas lands, many places are barren and inhabited. Even where there are people, most of the places are very backward.

Not many people are needed, Wang Shouren feels that a few hundred people can establish their own influence overseas.

As far as Nanyang is concerned, in Nanyang, there are too many large and small islands, too many, there are [-] or [-] if there are no [-], and many countries are so small that there is only one island and a small city.

Wang Shouren found it easy to establish his own power here.

"Wang Shouren, do you think these overseas places are better for our own people than for outsiders? Even if someone establishes their own country overseas, it is a good thing, and it was also established by my Ming people."

But Liu Jin said indifferently, he was still planning to get those princes surnamed Zhu overseas, and no matter how much trouble you make when they go overseas, it will not be able to trouble the people of Ming Dynasty.

"Having said that, the power may not be as strong as my Ming Dynasty now, but over time, it may very likely surpass our Ming Dynasty in the future. At that time, the princes will rise everywhere, and the flames of war will be raging, and it will be my Ming people's civil war."

"Zhou Tianzi entrusted the princes and kings, and finally there were five hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period, and seven heroes in the Warring States Period. Under the current trend, it is very likely to be the same in the future."

Wang Shouren thought for a while and said.

"Then have you ever thought that if we don't do this, we are very likely to be limited to the current one-third of an acre of land. For us as a whole in Daming, our land has not expanded."

"Allowing the emergence of private armed forces, in the future, major commercial firms will be able to rapidly expand globally and bring more land into the hands of my descendants of Ming Dynasty. Even though there will be many problems in the future, at that time, our Ming Dynasty The land occupied by the descendants will also be the most extensive."

"The key now is how to find a way to occupy as much land and resources as possible. The more resources and land there are, the people of my Ming Dynasty will not have to cling to the original land."

"The world is big, if we don't occupy it, someone will naturally occupy it."

Liu Jin smiled and said, all the dynasties have been suppressing the signs of this aspect all the time, what they are afraid of is splitting, and what they are afraid of is that someone will rebel.

Emphasis on literature over martial arts comes from this.

There are still advantages. Basically, a unified dynasty will be formed, and it can often be stable for a hundred or two years. However, due to excessive suppression of military generals, this has caused its own powerlessness to plummet, and it is getting worse and worse externally.

The other is to make the power of the civil official group more and more, the civil and military imbalance, and gradually lose the desire to expand externally, and immerse themselves in the dream of going to the kingdom.

They don't know that the world has ushered in tremendous changes. If they don't seize the opportunity, the world will be divided up by Europeans in a hundred or two hundred years. By then, there will be no hairs left, and they will be beaten behind.

If it is force, is it true that the people of Ming Dynasty can't do it?
It's obviously nonsense. History has proved time and time again that Daming people are definitely the most capable fighters on Blue Star.

Liu Jin believed that as soon as this law code came out, all the big and small commercial firms in Ming Dynasty would quickly transform into ferocious beasts, quickly tearing off pieces of fat all over the world.

"Perhaps you are right. The world is very big, and there are too many, too many places for our Chinese descendants to live and thrive."

Wang Shouren looked at the sea around him, thought for a while and nodded.

Traveling all over the world, I have been to Japan, North Korea, the prairie in the north, even Beihai, Liaodong, and now Nanyang.

He has seen too many, too many places, and he knows that Daming is not as good as everyone brags about it. There are many, many rich places in the world outside of Daming, but the key is that there are no people there.

Liu Jin did not lie, the world outside of Daming is really big and rich.

"Guo Ye has already arrived in Australia."

Liu Jin smiled, picked up another letter and read it.

This letter was sent back by the fleet headed to Australia and the South Golden Continent. The fleet led by Guo Ye had arrived in Australia very smoothly not long ago.

Liu Jin was not surprised at this point.

Traveling to Australia is not difficult at all.

Although there is still a certain distance between Australia and Southeast Asia, there are many islands connected between the two, and islands of all sizes are scattered throughout this sea area.

The Nanyang Province has been sending people to Australia to explore in advance, establishing colonies on the islands along the way, etc. It is too easy to go to Australia.

For Guo Ye's fleet, the real difficulty lies in arriving at South Golden Continent from Australia.

This is a very long voyage, and there are almost no islands in the middle to replenish supplies and fresh water. In addition, the southernmost sea area of ​​the South Golden Continent is a world-renowned dangerous sea area. These places are the real test.

"What did the letter say?"

When Wang Shouren heard this, he immediately asked someone to get a map. After looking carefully, Australia was really big, a huge continent, and its area would not be smaller than the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty.

"The letter said that Australia is vast and sparsely populated, and there are only a very small number of aborigines. It also said that there are many very rare animals in Australia. They have sent people to capture some and prepare to transport them back to the capital to present to His Majesty."

"In addition, the letter also mentioned that there are a lot of corals and pearls in the waters north of Europe. Perhaps this can be used to attract everyone to Australia."

Liu Jin handed the letter to Wang Shouren. Australia is a heaven-sent land with nothing but rich resources. Such a place must be occupied. Whether it is used for herding sheep or mining, it is very important. not bad.

Of course, this place in Australia, at first glance, must look like a bird's shit. Most of the places are deserts, and only the southeastern coastal areas are not bad. It seems that there is no attractive place.

That's why Guo Ye wrote to Liu Jin and mentioned that there are corals and pearls in Australia, relying on these two things to attract people to Australia, and then develop Australia.

Liu Jin, who came from later generations, knows that there are a lot of iron ore, gold, and silver in Australia, but it is difficult to find them in the vast desert.

　What else is there in Australia besides kangaroos?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)