Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

The prosperity of the world comes because of profit, and the prosperity of the world comes because of profit.

Emperor Chongzhen understood the truth that the Son of Heaven was doomed to be a loner, and only when he reached the state of "selflessness" could he truly govern the country well.

In the process of continuing to promote change, there will be a phenomenon that, affected by the environment and fluctuations in thought, batches of people will degenerate. This is human nature.

Human nature cannot be changed by will.

"My lord, the Chuanhai Federation, Huangming Maritime Trade Federation, and Hanmeng that are conducting investigations all have bad debts to varying degrees." Fang Zhenghua, the admiral of the West Factory, bowed and said, holding a thick stack of papers. .

"Among them, the Huangming Maritime Trade Association is in the most serious situation, with a shortfall of more than 900 million taels, which has resulted in the embezzlement of at least several million taels of domestic tax money.

In addition, affected by the vigorous development of the shipbuilding industry, in recent years, Chuanhai Association, Huangming Maritime Trade Association, and Hanmeng have all been in various places in Southeast Asia, trafficking large quantities of timber to the north, but at this price..."

"enough."

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were cold and stern, he waved his hand and interrupted: "Talk about your opinions on the disposal of the West Factory, when I created these government offices, I thought that this would happen.

In particular, the Huangming Maritime Trade Association has gathered a large number of nobles. Some of them have always been greedy and are unfamiliar wolves.

I thought that giving them such bonuses would make them restrain themselves, but it seems that my thinking was too simple. If this is the case, don't blame me for being ruthless. "

In the process of reform and reform, especially in the initial stage of gaining momentum, compromises and concessions were inevitable. After all, Emperor Chongzhen at that time could not spend so much money to support the maritime trade system he built.

If you want to promote the process of primitive industrialization, you must have enough demand. Only when there is more demand, can you increase the corresponding orders and stimulate the development of the industry in this field.

This is a cyclical process.

But such a cycle has only passed a few years, and serious problems have emerged. Corruption, no matter when it is, is the culprit of destruction!
"My lord, Xichang's proposal is to rectify the Huangming Maritime Trade Association." Fang Zhenghua knelt down on the ground, bowing his head and confessing.

"In recent years, Jin Yiwei has been secretly investigating Xungui in Beijing, and found out a lot of problems, and this servant feels that this is a good breakthrough.

Based on this, the Huangming Maritime Trade Association will be rectified according to the trend. After the matter is over, the Chuanhai Association will be reviewed.

As for the Han League, considering the emperor's previous plan, no in-depth investigation will be conducted for the time being, and the situation involved in the investigation will be distributed to..."

"That's right."

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand tiredly and said: "Prepare a secret decree to Zheng Zhilong, tell him that if he is not greedy, it doesn't mean there will be no problem.

I entrusted him with the helm of the Han League, but only asked him to make friends. If the foundation of the Han League is eaten away by some moths inside, how can it gain a firm foothold in Nanyang.

Don't think that the maritime powers of the countries in Europe, in order to ensure the maintenance of maritime trade relations with Huangming, don't have any covetous intentions for Huangming.

Ryukyu Town is what they have always coveted.

If you want to confer the title of duke or even prince with meritorious service, let me take care of the matter. If there is any disturbance in southern Xinjiang, I will never forgive you lightly. After the review of the Huangming Maritime Trade Association, I will send people to go to this secret decree. Issued by Ryukyu Town. "

"The slaves obey the order."

Fang Zhenghua hurriedly bowed in response.

As time went by, Emperor Chongzhen became more and more enthusiastic about the steam engine deep in his heart, which is a sharp weapon to change an era.

Only when the first-generation steam engine is developed and first used in the field industry, then the steam car will surely be developed by virtue of accumulation.

In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, the current mode of transportation is too backward, which makes him need to wait for a long time to learn about the situation in other regions.

Just like Liaodong, North Korea, Northwest, Jiangnan, Ryukyu and other places, the corresponding plans and deployments have been clearly defined. If you want to know about these deployment changes, you have to wait.

If the advent of steam cars, then this time can be shortened.

For this obsession, Emperor Chongzhen spent a lot of money on the research and development of the steam dynamics of the Armed Forces Academy in recent years.

There is no other better way to climb the technology tree. It is to explore and move forward step by step, and each step requires a large amount of silver support.

"My lord, there is a good news from the military plane."

Cao Huachun showed excitement, and came running with a secret melody, knelt down in front of Emperor Chongzhen, and said emotionally: "Dongjiang Pinglu pointed out that he signed a letter of credence with the Korean royal family, and the Korean royal family is willing to hand over all the existing ports to Ming Dynasty in the form of mortgages." , to replace a batch of firecrackers and artillery.”

"Give it to me."

Emperor Chongzhen sat up suddenly, a gleam flashed in his eyes.

After these days of investigation, finally came a piece of good news.

Controlling the ports along the coast of North Korea is definitely good news for Daming, and the benefits it brings are immeasurable.

"Okay, okay, I really saw Jin Xuan and the others right."

Looking at the content in the secret memorial, Emperor Chongzhen praised without hesitation: "The war situation in the Korean area is anxious, the Korean royal family has already made concessions, and winning the existing port is a start.

Waiting for the war to continue to advance, I will take all the outlets to the sea on the Korean peninsula.

Go, it is said that Huang Daozhou and the others will meet, and I will send officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Tianjin to take over these ports as soon as possible along with a group of talents selected by Tianjin Yousi. "

"The slaves obey the order."

Cao Huachun responded immediately.

"Wang Banban, please send people to Tianjin."

When Cao Huachun got up, Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand to Wang Chengen and said: "Chen Yansheng issued an edict, those who are willing to go to North Korea for trade will enjoy customs preferential treatment.

Mark the categories that enjoy the discount one by one.

Let Chen Yansheng send people to Qinhuangdao, Liaodong, Denglai and other places to issue these policies alternately, and I will eat up the entire North Korea step by step. "

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang Chengen bowed in response.

Cao Huachun, who was leaving, vaguely heard what Emperor Chongzhen said, and for some reason, he felt fear in his heart. Many decisions made by his own emperor were beyond his comprehension.

Now he, the admiral of the East Factory, is like an errand boy.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about Cao Huachun's thoughts at all. What he cared about now was North Korea, which began to become a resource and dumping place for Ming Dynasty.

As the war in the North Korean region intensifies, this situation will become more and more obvious. This will bring many benefits. When the value of North Korea is squeezed out, it will be the beginning of Ming's control of the area and the promotion of the transfer of feudal domains!