I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 192 The focus of the court (first update)
It's just that although Zheng Zhilong thinks so, he doesn't have the courage to say so.

"Your Majesty, since Western merchants can also travel across the world, then our merchants from the Ming Dynasty can also do it. However, the Westerners, especially the Folangji people, are very wary of our merchants from the Ming Dynasty, fearing that their routes to the West will be learned by us. , even our people who are seeking survival in Nanyang are often massacred by the Fo Langji people."

"Oh, is there such a thing?"

Although he knew this, Zhu Youxiao still wanted to question and beat Tang Ruowang.

So he turned to look at Tang Ruowang, wanting to see what he thought about this matter. After Zheng Zhilong translated this, Tang Ruowang secretly complained when he heard the words, how could Zheng Yiguan dare to say anything? The emperor became hostile to them.

Now seeing the emperor questioning him, he immediately explained.

"His Majesty the Emperor misunderstood. This matter has nothing to do with the church, but the private behavior of the Spanish Governor of Manila. The Pope has also reprimanded this matter."

Zhu Youxiao listened to his words and felt sorry for the Ming people who traveled overseas. He knew the whole story.

The famous Manila Massacre in Spanish history. In order to seize trade rights from the Chinese as soon as possible and prevent the Chinese from causing rebellion, the Spanish attacked the Chinese in Manila in 1603 and massacred 2.5 Chinese at one time. Except for a few who escaped, almost all of them died. Under the sword.

Zhu Youxiao regretted this incident but also hated it. Tang Ruowang's words were obviously evasive, because I don't know whether the Pope had ever reprimanded him in history, but the imperial court condemned Spain for this incident, but it was not condemning Spain, but Condemn these Chinese who were killed.

He also said that among the four peoples of China, merchants are the lowest.Don't start a military revolution just because of these untouchables.He also said that among the merchants, they abandoned their families and traveled to the sea, and did not come back for several years. They were despised by their fathers, brothers and relatives. It didn’t matter even if they gave up or killed them. Spain’s large-scale war was a waste.

Although these words seem commonplace to today's courtiers, they are their common views.

But as a time traveler, Zhu Youxiao couldn't accept this. Even the Chinese who went out to seek survival could only be punished by the Ming government. Other countries had no power to do so.

"Even if the overseas Chinese are so-called aliens, they are of my Chinese blood. How can they be allowed to be slaughtered by the Spaniards? When the time comes, we will definitely launch an army to investigate and demand compensation."

No matter whether we have the strength now to raise troops to hold people accountable, we still need to have an attitude.

The task now is to resolve the domestic crisis, recharge our batteries, and take revenge. It will not be too late in ten years. We must make the Spaniards look good by then.

He also knew that this was not the only massacre. He remembered that more than ten years later, Spain would massacre Chinese people again in Manila. That time, it was necessary to nip it in the bud and make Spain pay a bloody price.

"The Ming Emperor clearly knows that this matter is indeed the fault of the Spaniards. The killing of innocent people is not allowed by God. I will definitely write a letter to condemn this matter and pray for these dead souls."

Tang Ruowang saw that the emperor was furious about this matter, and immediately expressed his stance, saying that he would draw a clear line and condemn this matter.

Zhu Youxiao laughed secretly in his heart, but he dismissed it. If he killed innocent people and went to hell, then there would be too many Westerners to fit in hell.

Just listen to these words. Now that these people are useful to him, he will not be angry with them because of this, as long as they do good things.

"Your Majesty's kind heart is really a blessing to the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty. I will definitely explain your majesty's kindness to the maritime merchants and overseas Ming Dynasty people when I go back."

Zheng Zhilong was initially afraid that his words would make the emperor unhappy, but after learning that the emperor was also angry about this, he was so moved that he immediately kowtowed and thanked him.

Hearing Zheng Zhilong's compliment, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and ignored it.

Now the court can't do anything, and he can't do anything either, because his strength doesn't allow it.

What he can do now is to make all officials of the court, nobles and even the people of the world understand the benefits of sea trade.

The profits of sea trade were so high, why didn't the imperial court pay attention to it in the past? He also knew the reasons, including policy, technology, capital, talent and other reasons.

But it doesn't matter now, because he wants to be the No. 1 crab eater. Not only does he want to do it, but he also has to attract a large number of nobles and even officials to invest in it. As long as he makes money, it will naturally become a trend. Only then will maritime trade develop further.

As for the candidate, he already has one, and the Zheng Zhilong in front of him is just right.

"Well, since the country has opened its maritime ban, it will naturally not stop merchants from doing these things. When you go back, you must pass my message to the maritime merchants over there. As long as you pay the customs duties, the court will strongly support it, and if you encounter When someone bullies us, the imperial court will help us. When we go to Western countries as envoys, we will be accompanied by people who choose Southeast maritime merchants, not only to explore the way, but also to open up markets."

"I would like to thank Your Majesty on behalf of the merchant, I will definitely bring the message to Your Majesty."

Zheng Zhilong, who didn't know that he had been targeted by the emperor, couldn't help but feel excited when he heard this. No emperor had ever attached such importance to business in the past. Now that he finally met an emperor who valued civilization, his future business will surely be much easier. . "Well, you have learned Western languages ​​at a young age, and you will be a rare talent in the future. Now you tell me the truth. You are very good. I will reward you with a jade Ruyi and a hundred taels of silver as a token of encouragement. .”

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron!"

Along with Zheng Zhilong's question and answer, the meeting was coming to an end. In the end, Tang Ruowang presented many gifts to Zhu Youxiaojin.

One of them turned out to be a telescope, a telescope with forty times power. This also made Zhu Youxiao interested. He wanted to try it at night to see if he could see the surface of the moon.
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The matter of Tang Ruowang entering the palace to meet the Holy Spirit was like a pebble thrown into the sea, without causing much trouble.

Because there are too many major events in Beijing recently, and all kinds of major events are overwhelming.

From the initial great victory in Liaodong, to the equalization of land in the capital, and then to the emperor setting up a special library in the capital, including the Yongle Grand Ceremony, and collecting various books since the Ming Dynasty for free reference by the people of the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of move that benefited people all over the world, especially scholars, instantly made the emperor's status in the hearts of people all over the world skyrocket.

As the person in charge, Shen Guan was considered to be the initiator of this matter and became famous.

In this way, the Donglin Party is extremely jealous, but Zou Yingyuan, Zuo Guangdou, Sun Chengzong and other hard-working people don't care. They now feel more and more that as long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, it doesn't matter who does it.

But this incident made the imperial censor Feng Congwu and others very unhappy. After all, the word fame has always been valued by scholars. Otherwise, why would there be a special letter criticizing the emperor for seeking fame through scolding.

But now they have no choice but to go to Ye Xianggao and others again to see if they can get a piece of the pie.

But Ye Xianggao and others had nothing to do. After all, the emperor allocated funds from internal funds for this matter, and the book was also the emperor's private collection. The cabinet was happy to see this and did not interfere with it.
What's more, the cabinet now has more important things to do, which is to issue an edict from the Wenhua Palace.

Finally, after many days of preparation, the Wenhua Palace imperial edict is finally about to begin.

Although there were frequent major events in the capital, it did not affect the attention Ye Xianggao paid to this edict.

Wealth was always the top priority of the imperial court, and the new emperor attached great importance to this matter after he ascended the throne. The first imperial edict issued by Wenhua Palace was to discuss the recovery of outstanding debts and the increase of commercial taxes.

Now three months have passed since this edict, and the matter of catching up on the debt is also in full swing. Although Jiangnan's impeachment memorials for Bi Ziyan came like snow flakes, the emperor still resisted the pressure and allowed him to continue. Dry.

And three months later, according to Bi Ziyan's report, he checked the arrears of 2501 million taels in Jiangnan over the years, and then made it into law, requiring all states and counties to make up the amount. If the amount is not made up within the time limit, he will be demoted. In severe cases, he will be dismissed directly.

Jiangnan officials complained about it, saying that in the past when emperors came to the throne, they were exempted from all debts, so why must they pay everything now?

Now that Bi Ziyan came, he directly used Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to take away the military and financial power. They did not dare to object, they could only secretly scold Bi Ziyan, a cruel official, and then personally demanded the money.

Originally, they thought of joining forces with the local gentry to attack the common people. This would be easier and easier to collect taxes. When the time came, the money would be collected. If someone caused trouble, Bi Ziyan would be the one to take the blame.

Unexpectedly, Bi Ziyan had thought of this trick a long time ago. He was already very good at managing money. He could understand the tricks in the tax account books at a glance. He knew that the people who owed taxes were local wealthy people. How could the common people dare to owe taxes, so he took charge personally. The two important tax towns in southern Zhili, Songjiang Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture, also sent censors to inspect other places, demanding that the tax arrears must be fully recovered and no additional taxes could be levied without permission.

This caused a big headache for the local officials, but they did not dare to disobey the order or offend the local wealthy families, so they could only delay it secretly.

The officials of the six ministries in Nanjing did not like the strong governor who was about to seize the power of Nanjing's household ministry, and they secretly obstructed it and repeatedly obstructed it.

Bi Ziyan was not angry when he encountered setbacks, so he wanted to shake the mountain and find a negative example to punish him. Unexpectedly, he came to deliver pillows when he fell asleep. The emperor ordered Dongchang and Jinyiwei to go to the south of the Yangtze River and asked him to thoroughly investigate Li Sancai's corruption based on the evidence. A corruption case.

With irrefutable evidence, Bi Ziyan immediately arrested Li Sancai, who was idle at home, and checked his property. He found that the wood used in his home was indeed golden nanmu, so he investigated the golden nanmu reselling case and his previous corruption case. , and wrote the evidence of the crime truthfully and clearly, and it has been reported to the capital.

This incident made Bi Ziyan, who had already offended the Zhejiang Party, offended the Donglin Party again. For their own interests, the two parties began to write letters saying that Bi Ziyan had caused chaos in Jiangnan. Although Li Sancai was corrupt, he would not be severely punished. .

But after the emperor received it, he didn't send it. It seemed that he wanted to discuss it at the Wenhua Palace.

The cabinet ministers are also very clear that this matter is the focus of the current government, and it is also the focus of tomorrow's Wenhua Palace report. The conclusion of this matter will be related to whether future fiscal and tax reforms will be implemented.

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