I am the king of the dead

Chapter 379 The times have changed

Xu Chengzong's face was solemn, and he had discussed with His Majesty many times about the matter of Daming Maritime Trade.

Xu Chengzong said solemnly: "Slabs are not allowed to go to sea, and giant warships come from the river; goods are not allowed to enter, and children and treasures are always full."

"I want to remind you that His Majesty will ignore you if you run around casually, but if you take the people of Daming out, especially if you take out the people of Daming to enslave them, Duke Yansheng will be punished."

"Your Majesty always keeps what he says. If you still want to violate the prohibition, then don't blame His Majesty for going to Nanjing and chopping off your great heads."

"Don't think that you can escape by running to the ends of the earth. Your Majesty has not closed the case of the Confucius Mansion."

After Xu Chengzong finished speaking, the two of them shuddered. It has been three years since the case of the Confucian Mansion, is His Majesty still thinking about it?
Xu Chengzong changed the subject and said: "Of course, His Majesty also said that whoever controls the ocean controls the trade, and whoever controls the trade controls the wealth under the universe."

Bao Zhimin, the head of the Lianghuai salt merchants of the Tangyue Bao family, thought for a long time and said: "If this is the case, why does His Majesty let us go to sea?"

Fei Yiying looked at the confused Bao Zhimin, moved his body, and explained helplessly: "Because His Majesty is not us, we only need to calculate the private interests of the family!"

"Your Majesty has found a way out for us."

"Huo Huo's outsiders are much better than Huo Huo's family."

Fei Yiying can understand His Majesty's thoughts, because in his eyes, His Majesty has already done his best.

His Majesty has never allowed anyone to get rich, or even encouraged him to make a fortune. As long as he is not hustle and bustle at home, or even goes to sea for trade and carries a lot of weapons, His Majesty will turn a blind eye.

Those people who don't know how to live and die, insist on His Majesty's taste, those who insist on hoarding, have never seriously comprehended all His Majesty's will, and have never even read the Di Bao.

How thorough is the explanation of financial affairs in the mansion newspaper?

Fei Yi should be able to understand His Majesty's decrees, and even guess some of His Majesty's thoughts. He could feel the great emperor's importance and determination on maritime trade.

Bao Zhimin said helplessly: "It's still too troublesome for overseas Chinese who don't know how to educate."

Xu Chengzong looked at Bao Zhimin, such people are not rare in Daming, even the majority.

Xu Chengzong's voice was filled with anger and he said angrily: "You buy land in Daming all day and hoard it, even if there are no servants to plant it, you still have to hoard it, why? Isn't it because the people of Daming are civilized, hardworking and willing Be down-to-earth, are you serious about doing things?"

"I'm willing to be a haunted ghost at home, and sooner or later I'll be the soul of your majesty's sword!"

These people are typical old-fashioned people. They would rather stay on their own one-third of an acre of land and wait for His Majesty to pry the bones with a knife, rather than move their nests!

It's just lazy.

Your Majesty's people are the foundation of the country's governance, so it is determined that someone will pay the price for it.

So, at what cost?
Xu Chengzong had already spoken so clearly, but Bao Zhimin still refused to move.

How to swallow Tangyue Bao's family step by step?Of course Xu Chengzong would do this, if Bao Zhimin still doesn't repent, then he can't be blamed for being ruthless under Xu Chengzong.

Bao Zhimin shook his head helplessly, but did not answer.

Fei Yiying is the one who actively participated in it. He is a maritime merchant himself. He asked in a low voice: "Wei Guogong, Fei asked something. Occupying the land, can His Majesty give it to you as a king?"

The question Fei Yiying asked was very important, and it even touched on the court system.

Xu Chengzong asked rhetorically: "In the eyes of Mr. Fei Shang, is Your Majesty the one who would rather be with outside thieves than with domestic slaves?"

Why did Xu Chengzong say Ning and the foreign thieves? In fact, in the eyes of Daming, especially the gentry, merchants and powerful officials in the south, the Wala, Tatars and Wuliangha people are all outsiders, but the situation in the north is more complicated, not a simple sentence. To be clear.

In one sentence, Xu Chengzong told His Majesty Fei Yiying's range of tolerance, whether it is a seal to the people of Wala, it is also a seal to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of extraterritorial princes, in fact, can't be counted. They only give seals and ribbons, not crown clothes, let alone any treatment.

Fei Yiying breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Of course not, Your Majesty."

Xu Chengzong frowned and said: "Once the soil is broken overseas, His Majesty can issue a decree to become the king, but the family will never return to the land of Daming. This is an iron law."

This price is extremely heavy, and it is a multiple-choice question. If you choose to be crowned king overseas, you can be free and easy, but you can pay tribute, so you don’t even think about going home.

"So that's how it is." Fei Yiying's face was heavy, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Henglin Fei started out with a heart of profit, respecting the law and going to sea, how dare he forget the righteousness of China, and enter a foreign country as a traitor? It's about national policy. , to inflict poison on the living beings. The evil permeates the heavens, and the wrath of gods and men alike!"

"The thief Henglin Fei's family is making profits in the business world, selling goods in Zhejiang and Fujian, sharing profits with others, defending the border for the country, and never seducing party thieves to invade things!"

"This feeling is known to heaven, earth, gods, and people!"

Fei Yiying is a nobleman, and he can indeed be called a minister. Although he is not an official, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a minister.

Fei Yiying's words were already planned before he came, and His Majesty's conditions were much better than he thought.

He also thought that His Majesty's one-in-ten tax and the four-point exemption for gold flower and silver carp were a temporary policy, a policy to attract maritime merchants to register merchant ships.

Wait until all are registered before starting to increase taxes. Maritime merchants are already at great risk. If taxes are increased, it will be miserable, but His Majesty obviously does not plan to do that.

Fei Yiying bowed his head and said, "Duke Wei, according to the Ming Dynasty's law, three-masted ships are not allowed. Can we be more lenient? Sea ships do not need land ships, and the two-masted restrictions are really too great."

"Ten sea ships went to Japan, and two or three ships capsized, not to mention going to Manbasa."

Xu Chengzong knew that he had such a question, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has already written an edict, except for warships and treasure ships, any ship can be built."

Treasure ships are also a type of warships. In order to prevent these people from misunderstood the sacred meaning, Xu Chengzong delineated the specific scope.

"Your Majesty is merciful!" Fei Yiying said excitedly.

Bao Zhimin didn't pay much attention to the maritime affairs all the time, and he left after finishing the meal.

Xu Chengzong looked at Bao Zhimin with a frown, and said with emotion: "Is this Bao Zhimin using the three treasures of fortune? I think his mental state is not right. When we met the year before last, he was still a very smart person."

"I can smell it." Fei Yiying said with certainty: "Look at him, his eyes are glazed, his words flicker when he speaks and does things, his words don't match his words, his whole person is confused."

Xu Chengzong said very seriously: "Bao Zhimin is unreliable."

Fei Yiying nodded and said, "A person who uses the Three Treasures of Fulu."

Xu Chengzong said with a smile: "Who is a decent person to use the Three Treasures of Fulu?"

Fei Yiying also smiled all over his face: "Yes."

"Do you use it?" Xu Chengzong asked, twitching his nose.

Fei Yiying shook his head like a rattle, as if it was a poisonous snake and scorpion, he shook his head repeatedly and said, "I don't need it, does Wei Guogong use it?"

Xu Chengzong shivered, shook his head again and again and said: "Using the Three Treasures of Fulu is a walking dead."

"The Three Treasures of Fulu are only used by the walking dead." Fei Yiying changed the subject and added.

Xu Chengzong's eyes lit up, he picked up his wine glass and said with a smile, "You mean."

Fei Yiying picked up the wine glass in his hand and said in full agreement: "Damn it!"

"Ding."

drink full.

Xu Chengzong thought for a while and said, "Tangyue Bao's family is unreliable. Change the head of the Lianghuai Salt Merchant. Don't know what is good or bad. If you bring the Lianghuai Salt Merchant with you, you will be unlucky. At least you have to find someone who doesn't use the Three Treasures of Fulu."

"I think there are people who want their Tangyue Bao's business. In this world, there are not many others. There are too many people with two legs."

Fei Yiying naturally knew that Xu Chengzong meant to let him do this.

Things are easy to handle, because it is only when the imperial court asks you to set up the leading shores that are set up at the major banknotes.

As long as the wind is released, some people will bite Tangyue Bao's family.

The Yanyun Tower is as high as four floors now, and it will be like this in the future. His Majesty may come back when he comes back. If the Yanyun Tower is still as high as five floors, Xu Chengzong will die.

When Xu Chengzong affirmed His Majesty's proposition, the siege of Daming in Guizhou finally came to its final moment.

Taiping Bo Yang Jun looked at the majestic Longyan Mountain, it was indeed a fortress that was difficult to break through, but Daming's artillery was mounted on the opposite mountain, and it fired several rounds every day.

"Have you caught any prey in the past few days?" Yang Jun tilted his head and asked Wu Ning.

Wu Ning shook his head and said, "There's no prey left, even the people who went out to ask for help ran away and never came back."

The one-month hunt is coming to an end.

Hunting is to surround all Hailongtun, and all of them are the chieftains of chieftains. These chieftains are on Longyan Mountain, and the loyal people will definitely come to support them.

The prey are naturally these reinforcements.

But the prey that has been hunted for a month can no longer be hunted.

It's really a pity.

"Then make another round of bombardment and prepare to go up the mountain." Yang Jun stood up straight and motioned for the tooth flag to wave.

The road to Longyan Mountain is not easy, and it takes an hour to climb up. However, artillery positions can be set up on the opposite mountain. As long as the artillery can be pulled up, the enemies trapped on Longyan Mountain can be bombarded.

It has been a full month of bombing, and finally all the buildings that can be seen on the mountain are smashed to pieces.

Another round of bombing will close the door of the building and completely smash it to pieces.

Times have changed.

At the turn of the Yuan and Song Dynasties, this kind of mountain city was indeed easy to defend, but nearly 300 years have passed, and the artillery of the Ming Dynasty has made great progress.

The roaring artillery fire sounded again, and the lead bullets fell heavily on the top of the mountain. The impenetrable fortress was completely shattered by the artillery.

Amidst the thunder-like roar, the Ming army began to go up the mountain, encountered almost no resistance along the way, and entered the Dragon Palace in Hailongtun.

There are ruins everywhere.

Yang Ai, Yang Wenyuan and others knelt in front of Yang Jun tremblingly.

"Yang Ai, Yang Wenyuan, the Yang family in Bozhou, when you were in Hu Yuan, were you given Hu names for three generations? It seems like General Dragon and Tiger, and the three generations have posthumous titles." Yang Jun asked.

He has been in Bozhou for more than three months, why is Bozhou not loyal?

In the eyes of the chieftain of Bozhou, it was because the treatment given by the Ming court was not enough.

The sixteenth generation, Yang Bangxian, was granted official positions such as Cheng Zhonglang, Vice Dutong, Appeasement Envoy, and Yapai Jiedu Envoy during the Song Dynasty. After Yang Bangxian surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, he was finally granted the title of Pingzhangshi, Zhuguo, and posthumously named Boguogong .

The [-]th Yang Jiazhen was given the name Yanlibuhua, and was finally posthumously named Duke of Boguo.

But Daming did not give them such treatment, there was only one Xuanwei envoy of Bozhou, if Wang Ji hadn't been in the middle to deceive, this Xuanwei Tongzhi would not have been a senior official of their Yang family.

Daming couldn't give the chieftain of Bozhou the treatment he wanted, and the reason why they attached themselves to Wang Ji and surrendered was as simple as that.

The Yang family of Bozhou wants to be the Duke of Boguo, and it is the kind of Duke of Boguo who has a fief.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the internal affairs were in a mess, and even taxation was handed over to others, so they didn't care about such things.

At that time, Bozhou covered almost the whole of Guizhou and part of Chongqing. By the time of the Ming Dynasty, the area of ​​Bozhou was the smallest in all dynasties.

The Yang family in Bozhou refused to accept it, and instigated everyone to follow Wang Ji to rebel. He was arrested today, and he will take the blame.

Yang Jun didn't listen to their pleas, he was put on a prison van, sent back to the capital, and beheaded for public display.

The Battle of Banzhou is over.

Under the cannons of Ming Dynasty, the mountain city system, which was outdated by the times, was more like a circle around itself as a target. After more than a month of bombing, it was finally caught in the urn.

"Dudu Yang!" Wu Ning said excitedly when he checked and seized it: "Here, there is a coal mountain!"

Yang Jun said indifferently: "Meishan is not unusual, why are you so excited!"

When he walked over, he stared wide-eyed, looked at Wu Ning and kept saying, "Get rich, get rich!"

There is a huge coal mine in Guizhou, which is in the hands of the Song family in Shuidong. This large coal mine is rarely heard of by the imperial court.

The humidity in the south is extremely heavy, and it is evergreen all year round. The entire Wujiang River Basin does not suffer from frost in winter, so firewood is a problem.

But there are coal mines here, so there is no problem.

The existence of large coal mines is of great significance to the development of Guizhou!
Yang Jun looked at the shiny lumps of coal in his hands. According to the account of these chieftains, the coal mountain is huge, and it is all open-pit coal, which is very easy to dig.

Yang Jun said with emotion again and again: "Dian copper, precious coal, in this way, the copper materials are smelted into copper, and then go south by boat, and send them to various parts of Daming. Tsk tsk."

Daming was not very interested in Guizhou and Yunnan, especially at the end of the Xuande period and the beginning of the Zhengtong period, the copper mining in Yunnan gradually stopped.

The specific reasons are beyond the scope of investigation, and the Guizhou government does not know the details. It only knows that the imperial edict of the tenth year of Xuande arrived, and the mining of this Yunnan copper was stopped.

Since the abolition of the official smelting institutes in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the official smelting institutes in Yunnan have also been closed long ago. Most of them are collected by the people themselves. Every hundred catties of copper is less than three taels of silver in Yunnan, but it is only six taels in Huguang. It's seven taels of silver.

Now that there are coal mines and copper mines, it is no longer difficult for the Ming Dynasty to make money.

Yang Jun wrote his achievements and discoveries into memorials and sent them to the capital.

It took Zhu Qiyu about 20 days to return to his loyal Shuntian Mansion.

When he arrived at Chaoyang Gate, he saw King Xiang Zhu Zhanqian kneeling in front of the gate.

"Greetings, Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!" Xiang Wang Zhu Zhanqian finally saw His Majesty's chariot, his eyes were moist.

His Majesty is finally back!

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