Qiming 1158

Chapter 1171 "Hongwu Political Theory" in Quanzhou
Because of the long-term closure, both foreign merchants and local merchants in Jiangnan suffered serious losses.

In fact, the goods themselves are not bad. The sea trade goods in these years are not about the existence of shelf life. The transshipment of necessary materials for life has gradually resumed under the control of the Ming army, mainly because of the blockade and limited access policy of the Ming army. The cause of heavy losses.

When the goods originally scheduled to be shipped could not be shipped on time because the Ming army blocked the port, this was a heavy loss, and it might even go bankrupt.

Of course, these are not the most critical issues.

The most critical problem is that most of these foreign and local businessmen harbor fears of the Ming Kingdom, and the reasons for their fears are very well explained.

"Hong Wu Zheng Lun" was passed down in the Southern Song Dynasty just like flooding, and naturally it also spread to Quanzhou port.

And very special, because this is a work written by Ming Emperor Su Yonglin himself, not only local businessmen in Jiangnan have a strong interest in this book, but also foreign businessmen because of the existence of the increasingly influential Ming Kingdom And interested in this book.

Most of them had never had direct contact with the Ming Kingdom, but only knew of the existence of the Ming Kingdom because of its strong military strength and good combat skills.

As for the direct contact with the Ming Kingdom, only a few people have experienced it, but because of the threats from the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty Shipping Department, several foreign businessmen who were interested in entering into commercial cooperation with the Ming Kingdom were forced to give up the idea of ​​cooperation.

Of course, the Southern Song Dynasty did not want the Ming Kingdom to share their meat.

Originally, these were the interests controlled by the Southern Song Dynasty court and the powerful, but the Ming Dynasty insisted on intervening. Who would?

There are only so many big dog owners. If one more person gets a piece of the pie, the others will eat a lot less. No one is a fool.

With the Shibo Division and the rules of sea trade in hand, the Southern Song Dynasty officials can easily exclude those fur products, finished Chinese herbal medicines, bone products, dairy products with a long shelf life, air-dried meat, etc., which are very characteristic of the Central Plains, Liaodong, and grasslands. commodity.

These were things that the Southern Song Dynasty could not produce. Seeing that merchants from certain countries were also very interested in these products, it seemed that they had the idea of ​​reaching a cooperation, and they were immediately unhappy.

Even if they can't come up with these things, they are not willing to let the Ming Kingdom make profits, and directly threaten those foreign businessmen through the Shibo Division channel, forcing them to give up the idea of ​​doing business with the Ming Kingdom.

He also threatened them that if they dared to do business directly with the Ming Kingdom, their permit would be permanently revoked by the Southern Song Ship Division, and they would no longer be allowed to do business with the Southern Song Dynasty.

Anyone who dares to do business with a person whose license has been revoked will be revoked as long as they are found.

As a result, even if they were very interested in Ming products, foreign businessmen would not dare to do business with Ming people directly, for fear that they would be expelled by the Shibo Division who found out their "illegal" behavior.

Therefore, most foreign businessmen have hardly had any direct contact with the Ming Kingdom, nor do they know much about the Ming Kingdom.

Therefore, as a window to understand the Ming Dynasty, when "Hongwu Zheng Lun" was spread to Quanzhou, they were greatly interested.

There are a large number of foreign businessmen who can speak Chinese in Quanzhou Port.

Some of them can not only speak Chinese, but also write Chinese characters, so they cooperated with each other to translate the content of "Hongwu Zheng Lun" for compatriots who are not good enough in Chinese, so that they can also read this work written by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty himself. .

There are no obscure words or phrases in Hongwu Zheng Lun, because it was created by Su Yonglin in order to allow more people to understand it, so not only does it look easy for Chinese people, but it is not difficult for foreign businessmen to translate it, and it can be translated as close as possible. original intent.

Over time, not only Chinese businessmen have finished reading "Hong Wu Zheng Lun", but a considerable number of foreign businessmen have also read "Hong Wu Zheng Lun".

Then got shocked.

Needless to say, although they feel that China is rich in products, its economy is prosperous, and its culture is prosperous, but fundamentally, they do not feel that China is different from their motherland.

I have a king and you have an emperor.

I have local power factions, you have frontier nomads.

I have corrupt officials, you have corrupt officials.

I have pawns who slap people twice, and you have soldiers who slap people three times.

I have my things to divide and rule, you have your north-south confrontation.

Everyone is basically the same, just the same shit.

But at this time, a completely different existence suddenly appeared among us.

The Ming regime that shouted revolution, liquidation, safeguarding the interests of the peasants, and serving the people felt strange that their emperor could actually write such a terrible book!

Anyone who writes this kind of book is deadly, anywhere.

The businessmen have traveled extensively, and basically have a certain level of culture and political vision. After reading the content of this book, they know that the ideas in this book will definitely not be acceptable to their kings and emperors.

Must be fatal.

But this kind of terrible thing was actually written by the emperor of a country. He actually wrote so many terrible things in the book and advertised it so that everyone could see it, and he wanted to show it to his son. The people open the secret of power and open the secret of politics.

Can the world go on like this?

You can be the emperor, what about your son?

Why are you so different?

Of course, this problem can be slowed down a little, and there is a more important thing.

The Ming state pays attention to a liquidation and a revolution.

Who is the object of liquidation and revolution?
The so-called high-ranking people who gain wealth and status through oppression and exploitation.

oppression and exploitation.

Everyone didn't understand these two words at the beginning, so the Southern Song Dynasty understood it as bullying the common people and bullying the weak. When foreign businessmen translated them, they translated them according to this meaning, and it felt similar anyway.

Then they panicked.

They have all done this. There is no doubt about it. If you want to make a fortune these days, you have to make a fortune. How can you do it without bullying the weak?
Who has no injustice on their hands?
Minguo wants to liquidate everyone together?

This……

Nothing but panic.

Because they all knew that the Southern Song Dynasty could not beat the Ming Kingdom, and every time they fought against the Ming Kingdom, they were beaten miserably, but the Ming Kingdom never attacked Quanzhou or Guangzhou. After all, they were located in remote areas and did not rule at the traditional core within the area.

They feel that they are safe for the time being, and if something happens, can't they run through the port as soon as possible?

As a result, what I never expected was that when the Ming army arrived for the first time, they blocked the port, and then set up various road cards to prevent people from escaping. He wanted to escape, but was beaten by a terrifying firearm called artillery.

The entire fleet died, none survived, and then all the property belonging to the fleet owner was confiscated by the Ming army.

Whether it is cash, goods, the ship itself, or their real estate in Quanzhou, all of them have been confiscated. The confiscated is full of integrity, and a special notice has been issued to warn everyone that anyone who commits another crime will be severely punished!
This way, everyone, whether they are local merchants in Jiangnan or foreign merchants, dare not move.

At the same time, he lived in fear, trembling, for fear that the Ming army would liquidate them, extort their lives, and confiscated all their property, and his wife and children would not be spared.

Because of such a deterrent that even the Ming army itself was not clear about, the order of the entire Quanzhou was controlled after the Ming army only carried out a simple blockade.

The Ming army was able to get a clear view of all the descendants of the Zhao Song clan in the entire Quanzhou area, uproot their forces, and clean them up.

During this process, the fear of local businessmen and foreign businessmen is indeed increasing day by day. The longer the time goes, the more the Ming army does not do anything to them, the more they are afraid.

At first, they were able to endure the military might of the Ming army, but as time went on, they could no longer hold back. They sent representatives to negotiate with the Ming army, hoping that they could open the ban.

Even if you spend a little more money for this, or give gifts to the generals of the Ming army, as long as you can open the ban, you can do anything, even if it is only open to individuals.

But the Ming army didn't want money, and didn't open the ban, they just said they had to wait for the order.

Wait, wait, the merchants who waited were going crazy, and finally they couldn't help it. Seeing that there was no sign of the Ming army going to attack, they took the initiative to send someone to test the Ming army, wanting to see the inside of the gourd of the Ming army. What kind of medicine are you selling?

They became more and more fearful, and even prepared to fight with the Ming army to break the net.

At this critical moment, on the second day of March in the sixth year of Hongwu, Lin Jingchun, Minister of the Ministry of Finance and Disposal of the Quanzhou-Guangzhou Shipping Division, arrived at Quanzhou Port and entered Quanzhou City. A meeting was held in the square to read out the policies of the imperial court.

(End of this chapter)