Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 198 Father and Son (4k)

After all, Japan is no better than Mobei, Yunnan and other places. It is isolated overseas and has no border with the Ming Dynasty.

If you want to conquer, you must not only build a large number of warships, but also retrain the navy.

Before the landing battle, the main force needed naval forces.

"Father, why don't we ask the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs to come up with a plan and a rough budget first. After the tax reform, taxes have now come up. If it's not a lot, it will be there when the taxes come up this summer." Zhu Biao said. .

After all, taxes have more than doubled than before. When taxes come up this summer, it will be a huge amount of money.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and realized that this was really the only way for now.

Immediately, a decree came down and was sent to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household respectively.

After Shan Anren, the Minister of War, received Zhu Yuanzhang's order, he was surprised that the emperor suddenly paid attention to the navy.

But since it was the emperor's order, Shan Anren immediately ordered his officials to start counting the remaining wealth of the Ming Navy.

As for the construction of 5000 warships mentioned in Zhu Yuanzhang's decree, Shan Anren was really confused.

Being able to sit in the position of Minister of War, Shan Anren is certainly not the kind of idiot who doesn't understand anything.

Not only is he no idiot, the 67-year-old Shan Anren has an extremely rich resume. He has held various positions in two dynasties.

But building warships is really beyond his ability.

Not only does he not have one, but now there are few in the entire Ministry of War.

The entire naval force of the Ming Dynasty was picked up by others and did not have much relevant shipbuilding experience at all.

Over the years, even ordinary warships have hardly been built, let alone such cross-sea treasure ships.This situation would not change until Emperor Yongle.

At that time, when all the heroes were competing for victory, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to cross the river to capture Nanjing and establish a solid base. To capture Nanjing, he had to go through quarrying. He wanted to cross the Yangtze River, but was trapped in the navy's boats.

At this time, father and son Yu Tingyu and brother Liao Yongan led the Chaohu Navy to join Zhu Yuanzhang directly.

Lao Zhu directly picked up a ready-made Chaohu navy. From then on, Lao Zhu had one of the top three most powerful naval fleets in this era.

Relying on the Chaohu Navy, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly captured Nanjing.

Afterwards, they had decisive battles with the other two top three naval fleets of this era in Taihu Lake and Poyang Lake respectively.

Especially in the Battle of Poyang Lake, the Chaohu Navy defeated the majority with a small number and annihilated Chen Youliang's Poyang Navy, which was known as the strongest. Then it marched eastward and destroyed Zhang Shicheng. Finally, it completely controlled the entire Yangtze River Basin, unified the south, and established The original foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

After defeating Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang's naval force can be said to be the most powerful naval fleet in the world today.

It is a pity that the leaders of the Chaohu Navy, Yu Tingyu and his son, and brother Liao Yongan were both killed in the battle.

Today's ships of the Ming Navy are basically picked up ready-made, and they are the trophies of two naval battles in Poyang Lake and Taihu Lake.

After receiving the imperial edict from Lao Zhu and the materials used for the treasure ship sent by the Ministry of War, Lu Chang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, worked overtime and calculated the cost of building a treasure ship overnight.

1500 two!
This still does not include various weapons and equipment.

A treasure ship is calculated at 2000 taels of silver, and 5000 warships would require a full 1 million taels of silver.

Before the tax reform, the imperial court's total tax revenue for the entire year was only this amount at most. This was the result of converting all the silk, cloth, and porcelain into silver.

Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Lu Chang knelt on the ground, his body trembling a little and said: "Your Majesty, this is not to shirk the blame, the Ministry of Revenue really cannot come up with so much money. Unless your Majesty allows the Baochao Lisu Division to continue printing more treasures."

Don't look at the fact that although the taxes in Ming Dynasty are high now, the expenses are also much higher than before. After a year, there is no money saved at all. On the contrary, because of the growing stalls, it has become even more difficult than before.

"Don't mention the printing of treasure banknotes again." Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly.

Now that he knows that the consequences of the flooding of treasure banknotes will shake the country's foundation, how can Zhu Yuanzhang continue to do this thing of drinking poison to quench his thirst.

And if you really want to go to Japan, the cost will be far more than the 1000 million taels of silver.

In the daily training of the navy, with so many more warships, the navy will inevitably expand, which is a huge expense.

Once the warship sets off, all kinds of supplies will also cost a lot of money.

The cost must be at least 2500 million taels.

Zhu Biao saw Zhu Yuanzhang frowning all day long and knew that he was worried about money.

He was the one who proposed stopping the issuance of Ming Dynasty banknotes, so naturally the current difficulties can only be solved by him.

There was no choice but to go to Yangzhou again to see if Yang Xian could do anything.

Zhu Biao really regarded Yang Xian as an omnipotent saint.

After learning the purpose of his visit, Yang Xian pondered for a moment and then said: "If you want to raise money for shipbuilding in the shortest time, the best way is to issue national bonds."

"National debt?" Zhu Biao asked doubtfully.

Another new term that I have never heard of.

Yang Xian opened his mouth and explained: "To put it simply, it means borrowing money from others in the name of the court."

The court, borrowing money from others? !
Zhu Biao doubted whether his ears heard correctly and asked again. After receiving Yang Xian's affirmative reply, he showed a hesitant look on his face and asked: "Yang Qing, is there anything wrong with doing this? "

Yang Xian looked at Zhu Biao and said with a smile: "Your Highness is worried that the court will lose face in this way?"

Zhu Biao nodded.

Yang Xian then asked: "Your Highness, do you think the purpose of the imperial court's existence is to make people's lives better?"

"That's natural." Zhu Biao answered directly without any hesitation.

The next moment, Zhu Biao suddenly thought of something, raised his head and looked at Yang Xian, and solemnly performed a teacher-student salute.

He had already heard what Yang Xian wanted to tell him.

Yes, in that case, does it matter what others think of the court? As long as the people live a good life, that's all.

Is the so-called face of the court more important, or the real life of the people is more important.

This question is a good choice for Zhu Biao.

For this eternal first prince who could say "It is better to make the officials cry than to make the people suffer", the people always come first.

Since it is borrowing money, it is natural to borrow money from rich people.

Who is the richest in the Ming Dynasty is naturally those businessmen, those businessmen who Zhu Yuanzhang despises the most.

Zhu Biao asked: "Yang Qing, are you planning to let those businessmen from Chao Tingxian borrow it?"

However, in Zhu Biao's view, new problems have arisen.

"Yang Qing, what if these businessmen who lend money to the imperial court become more confident in the future through this matter?"

"You have to know that this is not a small amount of money. With the current tax situation, you can naturally pay it back, it just takes a long time. But what if, I mean what if, something happens and you can't pay it back for a long time." what to do."

After listening to Zhu Biao's words, Yang Xian smiled.

"Is Your Highness worried that these businessmen will use this to blackmail the court or even disrupt the government?"

"If anyone dares to stretch out this hand, just cut it off. Business is business, politics is politics. And from the moment they loaned money to the court, they were already tied to the court. Driven by common interests, They wish that the court would become better and better, and that they would not act like monsters."

"Besides, how can there be such a reckless businessman in the world? Buying government bonds, and the Ming Dynasty's national bonds are now booming. It can be said that it is a business that guarantees profit. If there are still people who don't want to be dignified about such a good thing, let's I can only help them show their dignity." After hearing Yang Xian's explanation, Zhu Biao finally felt relieved.

He smiled and said, "Since Yang Qing said so, then he must already have a suitable partner."

Yang Xian said: "There is indeed a person, and your Highness must have heard of this person."

"Who?"

"Shen Wansan!"

Shen Wansan is indeed the best choice.

First, Shen Wansan is rich.If there was a family that was richer than the Zhu family during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, it was definitely the Shen family.Take the recent glass business as an example, the Jiangnan Shen family has made a lot of money.Of course, there will be one more Yang family in the future.

Second, Shen Wansan is sensible.Yang Xian has dealt with Shen Wansan and knows that he is an extremely sensible old man.Everyone is decent, which is naturally the best outcome.

Mingji Trading Company, if it sells iron, can still collect 600 to [-] million taels of silver.

If we add the money from Yangzhou Bank, we can make up for the hole in shipbuilding.

But Yang Xian still has some use for the money.

And if this money is lent to the court, it is obvious that the court will not repay it in the short term.

Therefore, it is better to suffer the big dog Shen Wansan.

In fact, this is a good thing for Shen Wansan.

After lending this money to the court, he will feel more at ease.

After Zhu Biao returned to Beijing, he succeeded in persuading Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then he directly asked Shen Wansan, who was in Suzhou, to go to Beijing and enter the palace to meet the saint.

Things like borrowing money are naturally not written clearly in the will.

Therefore, after receiving this imperial edict, the entire Shen family was enveloped in panic.

You must know that when the heroes were cutting deer at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Shen family was the sworn enemy who had funded Zhu Yuanzhang. Shen Wansan had no choice at that time.

During the warlord war, a big businessman like him was just a piece of fat.

In order to protect the Shen family, he had no choice but to spend money.

But no matter what, it is a fact that he funded Zhang Shicheng.Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world and founded the People's Republic of China, the Shen family became extremely low-key.

I never expected that I would still be targeted.

In the lobby of the Shen family.

Shen Mao asked: "Father, what should we do now?"

Not only Shen Mao, but everyone in the lobby turned to look at the white-haired old man sitting in the main seat.

The old man is none other than Shen Wansan.

Shen Wansan looked at his three sons, as well as his nephews, and saw the frightened expressions on their faces that could not even be hidden.

I was a little disappointed.

It's still the same after all these years.

Shen Wansan delegated power early in order to cultivate these descendants of the Shen family.

But now it seems that he still failed to succeed after all.

Shen Wansan sighed softly in his heart.

Whether a person can do it alone can only be seen when he encounters trouble.

Whenever there is a major event, you need to be calm. Now that things have not yet been determined, these people are already so panicked. What can they do?

On weekdays, he gives orders to the servants and long-term workers.

When things really happened to him, he was timid and helpless.

Down the hall.

Some Shen family members have even begun to discuss in low voices how to sell off their assets, hide their names, and flee.

"Just be quiet for a minute!" Shen Wansan said as he punched the ground with the crutch in his hand.

Not much sound.

But when Shen Wansan spoke, the entire Shen family hall immediately fell silent.

After all, Shen Wansan is the founder of today's huge Shen family business empire. He has held the power of the clan for decades and has accumulated great power. Although he is now gray-haired and half buried in the earth, he still has the right to speak in the clan.

"I know what you are thinking in your hearts, and I also know what you are afraid of." Shen Wansan glanced at all the Shen family members in the hall one by one, and then said. "This time I go to Beijing to meet the saint, I will go there in person."

"Everything in the Shen family remains as usual. If anyone chooses to do anything small at this juncture, don't blame me for not caring about family ties."

"Yes, Father!"

"Yes, master!"

After the conference.

The other key members of the Shen family all left one by one to go about their own affairs.

Shen Wansan left only three sons.

The eldest son, Shen Mao, seemed to have made some determination in his heart, and said, "Father, I am the eldest family member, and now I am nominally in charge of the Shen family. I should be the one to go to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit this time."

After Shen Mao said these words, he looked at Shen Wansan carefully and saw that his face was as dark as water, showing no joy or anger. He couldn't help but feel tight in his heart, wondering what his father was thinking.

Shen Mao's other two younger brothers beside him also wanted to say the same thing, but they were even worse than Shen Mao.

The words came to my lips, but I couldn't say them out.

He could only stare at his brother.

The second son Shen Wang said: "Father, we can't go to this capital. If we go there, we will be like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. When the time comes, everyone will be a knife and I will be a fish, and our Shen family will be finished."

The youngest son Shen Rong on the side also spoke up: "Father, why don't we let someone go to the capital to find out what is going on. In recent years, we have sent money to the princes in the capital. This is the time to use it. their time.”

Shen Wansan saw the expressions of his three sons one by one. He knew exactly what Shen Mao was thinking.

This little trick is worthy of being played in front of him.

What makes Shen Mao better than his two younger brothers is that Shen Mao understands his father better than Shen Wang and the others.

Shen Mao knew that Shen Wansan would never agree to replace him in Beijing.

This has been the case from the very beginning. Shen Wansan has always carried the entire Shen family and the entire Shen Ji Trading Company on his shoulders.If there is any risk, he is almost always at the forefront.

Therefore, in Shen Wang's view, things that require risking one's life do not involve any risk in Shen Mao's view.

You can gain your father's favor by just talking verbally, which is completely a favor without any cost.

(End of this chapter)