eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 445

Mei Kejia, who had never been able to seize the opportunity to meet the emperor, finally waited for the opportunity after many ministers took turns to meet the emperor.

They have the relationship of weng and son-in-law, but outside the harem, they are still monarchs and ministers.

During the Hongzhi period, the emperor was very generous to his father-in-law's family. Including Emperor Xianzong, he basically gave them a uncle or a marquis or something.

As far as Zhu Houzhao is here, he hasn't moved yet.

Not only Huai Xiao and Huai Yan, but also Empress Xia's father failed to sit on the title.

The main reason is that Zhu Houzhao is still a bit harsh in the eyes of some honorable officials. It is already a bit selfish to turn around and reward his own people.

The two people from Yongshou Palace returned to the Mei Mansion to visit their relatives, and Mei Kejia also saw her two daughters.Now her stomach is swollen, and the two doctors accompanying her said that her condition is very stable now, and she will have a wedding in about summer and autumn.

This kind of news made Mei Kejia very happy. Moreover, after handing over the 500 million taels of Haimao money, he was relieved of the burden of last year. Before returning to Zhejiang, he can relax for a while.

Although the emperor had something on his mind, he couldn't talk to Mei Kejia, he just asked about maritime trade.

Weng son-in-law, monarch and ministers get each other, so there will be more gossip.Zhu Houzhao will also open up and talk to him about some hidden worries in his heart.

"When doing business overseas, you will meet some Westerners, and in the past two years, the amount of sea trade will gradually increase. In a few years, Daming will become very dependent on this silver income. Mainly ...The benefits of the market are indeed huge. So this is too big, and it also has its disadvantages."

"Your Majesty is referring to the recent struggle between the court and China?"

Zhu Houzhao smiled, "That's right, it's a small trouble at best. What I mean is that the scale of this silver tael is too large, and the big court is very dependent on it, but none of us really understands who is doing business with us. Who, what if something happens to them and implicates us? Mei Qing, don't you feel that the responsibility on your shoulders is too heavy?"

Mei Kejia couldn't deny it.

He was originally a healthy middle-aged man, but his hair has become much grayer over the past few years.

"The honor of eating the emperor and the matter of being loyal to the emperor, serving His Majesty as a minister, has been the greatest honor of the Mei family for generations."

"I believe this, but once our ship goes to sea, many of them are not within your control, nor are they within my control. To put it bluntly, people know that you have made a lot of money in the past few years. After carefully understanding your details, what should I do if I sell you at a lower price, or if someone else is jealous of our boatload of silver?"

Mei Kejia also seemed to have this experience, "Fortunately, His Majesty already has the reputation of being a forerunner. Isn't Wang Canzheng also training sailors and expanding the team?"

He was talking about Wang Shouren.

But the emperor himself laughed, "Yes, eight ships a year. Anyway, this is a gossip between you and my ministers, don't talk about it when you go out. In fact, I am still worried. The Tatars in the north invade the border every year. There are still people vying for the money in the set, and I am afraid that it will be even more difficult for the navy to have a source for the money in the future."

In fact, not many people in the Ming Dynasty cared about this navy division.

Although a little money was spent, it was not much compared to the overall situation after all, and it was all paid out from internal funds, not from the national treasury, so the ministers would not have to deal with the emperor to such an extent.

But this is not going to work.

This amount of money is too crucial.In case something happens in a certain year, the Ming Dynasty will have to stop for a year, and this year can only rely on honest farming.

In other words, he, a time traveler, messed around and turned into a fucking foreigner.

Besides, he is still alive now, and the ocean policy of the future king still does not know what it will look like.

"... Now that I have mentioned this, there is another situation. My minister... wants to report to His Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao withdrew his wandering thoughts and said, "Speak."

"That is, does Haimao allow clan members and ministers to participate?"

"Someone found you?" The emperor immediately guessed.

"Your Majesty, don't dare to make a rash decision. It's just that, as His Majesty said, the winds and waves on the sea are unpredictable and unpredictable. In case someone loses money, I will have difficulty explaining it."

"Then they should be worried too?"

He does not mean that.

Zhu Houzhao seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and murmured as if he was talking to Mei Kejia, or talking to himself, "Mei Qing, how can you make them realize this risk and really worry about it? How can the strategy of opening the sea continue to be practiced from generation to generation?"

At this point, a light finally flashed in my mind.

With,

Community of interests!

Zhu Houzhao stood up a little excitedly.

Mei Kejia, on the other hand, looked at the emperor walking back and forth in such a hurry two times in a strange way, "Your Majesty...?"

"Mei Qing is quite right. No matter how many strict orders the imperial court imposes on making money like this, it still can't help it. It's just a private salt. For thousands of years, which dynasty has really banned it, but can the imperial court not prohibit it?"

The navy's team is not strong enough, and he is the only one who worries about this, because all the money here belongs to him!

So what if the clansmen, honorable ministers, and ministers of the court all distribute the money from here?

Anyway, so much money is said to belong to him, the emperor, but in fact he has never spent money on himself, and he went around and dialed it down again!So it doesn't change anything.

Furthermore, as a later generation, he certainly knows why the pirate nation burns, kills, and loots all over the world. He is not because they like to kill people, but because they have interests in doing business!

This is different from our farming civilization.

So if we really want to change Daming's "temperament" and make it motivated to actively participate in the Age of Discovery, silver is actually more useful than imperial edicts.

"I understand!"

Zhu Houzhao was a little overjoyed, and said to Mei Kejia: "Mei Qing, you have made a great contribution today!"

Mei Kejia was in a daze, "I'm terrified, I don't know where my merits are?"

This question was directly ignored, and Zhu Houzhao asked him: "When you were in business, did you have the concept that...people get different benefits according to their different efforts?"

Mei Kejia answered very smoothly, "The thing His Majesty mentioned is called Wanjin Account."

"Wanjin ledger? Tell me more specifically."

"It's actually simple. When I was doing business in Shaanxi, I learned this method from others. The main reason is that I just started a business and didn't have enough capital. So I thought of a few friends to contribute together, and the specific amount was recorded in a red heart cloth In the account book, this is called Wanjin Account, if you lose money, you will lose all together, if you make money, you will divide the profit and silver according to the original ratio, also known as 'broken account'."

Zhu Houzhao took another class and thought to himself: So, we had the concept of shareholding system in the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, Chinese people are smart. Chinese people want to get banknotes, banks, including this million-dollar account, and some initial financial methods.

It's just that the commercial atmosphere is not strong, so we have lost the momentum to continue to develop, so we often feel that many modern things can find their origins in our history.

But in the end it is usually not us who bear the fruit.

"Your Majesty wants to make a ten-thousand-gold account in the matter of maritime trade?"

"Not bad, what do you think?"

"In this way, the imperial court's income will be divided. Moreover, the reason why there is a ten thousand gold account is because of insufficient capital, but right now Meiji does not have such a problem."

"Meiji is not short of money, but the common people are short of fields."

Instead of letting these moths oppress the common people every day, it is better to transfer their interests overseas.

At that time, it is estimated that there will be people clamoring to open the sea everywhere,
In case any overseas country makes some 'unfriendly' moves towards us, which affects our maritime trade interests.Those who clamored to build the Daming Navy did not have the turn of the emperor.

It's really not good to eat alone.

Zhu Houzhao made a plan in his heart, and ordered to his left and right, "Mr. Xuan Wang enters the palace."

He needs to discuss this matter with someone.

Just taking advantage of this time, he thought about it himself.

Mei Kejia watched the emperor sit back at the imperial court, and said, "Your Majesty, is this humble official resigning?"

"No, you stay. The most important thing in this matter is you."

Zhu Houzhao is not joking, the specific implementation depends on Mei Kejia.

Or... It's time to promote him to an official position, otherwise how can a sixth-rank official body coordinate with those honorable clansmen.

Not long after, Wang Jia walked into Qianqing Palace.

"Weichen see Your Majesty."

"Excuse me, move the stool to sir."

Zhu Houzhao came out from behind the case with a smile on his face, "I have some good news to share with my husband."

Wang Jia looked at Mei Kejia, and subconsciously guessed in another direction, "But Your Majesty has a new heir? No, it shouldn't be..."

"Hahaha." Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing, "My father-in-law is here, but my husband misunderstood him. But it also has something to do with him. It is a thing he mentioned called Wanjin Zhang."

"I'm stupid, I don't know what this is?"

Zhu Houzhao explained naturally.

When Wang Jia heard this, he also felt that his thinking was broadened, "Your Majesty means to let the clansmen, ministers, and ministers all over the world share the benefits of sea trade."

"That's right. In fact, I don't allow them to share, so they don't?"

This... Wang Jiaxin said, don't speak so bluntly.

"I didn't think of anything wrong for a while..."

"I don't think this is the case. For example, this year, the market in the three places earns 500 million taels of silver. According to the market price of one mu of land, no matter who is willing to give up as much land, they can convert it into taels of silver and get a ratio. Next year, Meiji I will share the profits with them in proportion. But this is not compulsory, it is mainly voluntary.”

As for the price of the field itself, it fluctuates greatly, roughly between 10 taels and 100 taels. After all, there are good and bad fields.

So if there are more than 200 million mu of fields, in fact, the plate of 500 million is not enough.But there is no need to worry, because it is voluntary, and these people will not give up all their wealth for silver.

Wang Jia sighed: "Your Majesty, this is to redeem the land for the common people!"

"I also thought about it before my husband came. Regarding the matter of Zhuangtian in Beizhili, we have to investigate it, and redeem it. It's better to have both kindness and power, and it's better than pinning our hopes on the eight magistrates."

Wang Jia could feel the emperor's good intentions, so he took the initiative to invite Ying, "I am willing to run for your majesty, and go to find out first."

Zhu Houzhao readily agreed, "Okay, then I'll bother Mr. to go."

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