Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 219 The so-called Japanese rebellion
  Yangzhou.

After listening to Yang Xian's words, Zhu Biao's expression changed a little.

Their national policy of maritime ban, which was originally used to protect coastal people from Japanese pirates, in turn forced these fishermen to put down their harpoons and pick up butcher knives to join the pirates.

It is tantamount to forcing a good person to become a bandit.

This would be hard for anyone to accept, let alone Zhu Biao, who is known for his kindness.

Yang Xian looked at Zhu Biao and said, "The harm of the maritime ban does not end there."

"and also?"

"of course."

Yang Xian was decisive.

"The second drawback of the maritime ban policy is that it further spawns private maritime trading groups and promotes the rampant smuggling trade."

What an irony this is.

Lao Zhu established the sea ban to combat pirates, but instead caused more and more pirates.

In order to combat smuggling, smuggling has become more and more rampant.

Zhu Biao's face became increasingly ugly.

But Yang Xian hasn't finished speaking yet.

"As time goes by, the power of these smuggling maritime merchants will become stronger and stronger until they are too big. Even if the court wants to lift the maritime ban, it will probably be difficult."

"Why is this?" Zhu Biao frowned and asked. "These maritime merchants originally wanted to do overseas trade. If the imperial court lifts the maritime ban, they don't have to be as sneaky as they are now. Don't they want to do business openly?"

"Fair and aboveboard?" Yang Xian heard a sneer on his face. "Of course they think about it now, but Your Majesty, the maritime ban set by Your Majesty is an ancestral system and a national policy. You can guarantee that every emperor after the Ming Dynasty will be like Your Majesty, and have such a strong and powerful influence on the court and the entire world like Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Prince." Strong control?"

"At that time, the imperial court of later generations will maintain the ancestral system of sea bans. At that time, smuggling by these maritime merchants has already become a common practice, and the court has no strong control over them. At this time, if the sea ban cannot be opened, it will It’s not that important to them anymore.”

"At this point, will they still lose all that money that is really wasted for the sake of a useless legal system? You must know that as long as the court openly recognizes overseas trade, it will collect taxes."

The situation Yang Xian mentioned happened during the Jiajing period.

At that time, the court was extremely short of money. Emperor Jiajing wanted to abolish the maritime ban several times and fully open the sea to make up for the court's financial deficit.

But the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols are naturally unwilling to give up the meat they have eaten to the imperial court. They are used to smuggling and are not willing to pay the shipping tax like the previous dynasty. Behind these Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols are the civil service groups in the imperial court. These civil servants began to use the Hongwu ancestral system to suppress Jiajing.

This is the big hole Zhu Yuanzhang left for future generations.

Emperor Jiajing was the smartest man in the Ming Dynasty. He always robbed other people's money and never allowed others to rob him.
  This time the civil service group brought up ancestral behavior, which made him very angry.

In anger, Jiajing broke up with these Jiangsu and Zhejiang plutocrats and the civil service group behind them.

Don’t you want to protect your ancestors and control the forbidden sea? Okay, I will implement the ancestral system seriously.

Jiajing then sent his crony, a man named Zhu Huan, to severely crack down on the smuggling trade in coastal areas. As a result, these illegal traders in coastal areas organized armed resistance and were known as Japanese pirates in history. What is interesting is that the ministers in the imperial court, instead of scolding the illegal armed forces, condemned Zhu Huan who acted according to the ancestral system, saying that the bandits started with Zhu Huan. This shows that they see clearly.

It can be said that the so-called Japanese rebellion during the entire Jiajing period was essentially a game between the Jiajing Emperor and these Jiangsu and Zhejiang plutocrats.

Emperor Jiajing's intention of sending Zhu Huan was also obvious, which was to go to the southeastern coastal areas and directly lift the table. Zhu Huan handled the case extremely harshly, and all fishermen and businessmen involved in smuggling would be punished as guilty of treason with the Japanese.

Emperor Jiajing was a man who refused to admit defeat.

Since you, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang plutocrats, won’t let me eat this bite of meat.

Very good, then everyone should stop eating.

It’s ancestral family law, right?

Okay, then implement it!

Those who break the law should have their homes confiscated, and those who should be beheaded should be beheaded!
  Unfortunately, Jiajing failed in the end.

Because even if he is the emperor, he is just a human being.

What he wants to fight is the entire interest group, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang plutocrats, and the civil servant group of the imperial court.

We can't just kill all these people.

Hongwu naturally has this courage.

At most one more Yongle.

Going forward, there were so many emperors in the Ming Dynasty, and almost no one could do this.

After Jiajing died and his son Longqing ascended the throne, both sides took a step back. The court opened a coastal port called Yuegang to allow private trade.

What does it mean? Why don't we open more ports? We can't open more ports. If we open more ports, there will be no smuggling and huge profits. However, the throughput of a port is limited and cannot satisfy foreign trade at all, and the remaining trade volume can only be smuggled.

Open one, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang plutocrats eat meat and the imperial court drinks some soup. Just like that, the Japanese pirates disappeared at an incredible speed. Since the opening of the sea, 77 million taels of silver have flowed into China from overseas in 3.3 years, accounting for about one-third of the world. According to the average tax rate of 10% at that time, 77 million taels were collected in 3300. The annual customs tax should be 43 taels, but in fact it was only 6.9 taels. You must know that 3.3 million is just a net inflow, and 3300 million taels is a tax on his one-time inflow. Only God knows how many times these 3.3 million will flow in and out. The mystery is self-evident.

Naturally, Yang Xian could not directly talk to Zhu Biao about the history of later generations, but he could just follow this logic and deduce it later to analyze with Zhu Biao the impact and possible situation caused by the national policy of maritime ban in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Benben was smart and could naturally understand that what Yang Xian said was not alarmist.

When he thought about it carefully, the situations Yang Xian mentioned were not possible, but very likely to happen.

After Zhu Biao finished listening, his back was soaked with cold sweat before he knew it.

On the other side, a small fishing village.

Lao Zhao, who was a scout, was very observant. He was alert to the fact that the fishermen around him were watching him and knew that his identity might have been exposed.

However, he didn't show anything on his face. He smiled and continued chatting with the fishermen in front of him about buying fish. Then suddenly the conversation changed and he said, "Brother, I have a need to urinate. I don't know how to get to the toilet?"

The fisherman in front of him pointed in the same direction.

"Thank you, brother. I want all your fish. I paid the deposit first. Don't sell it to anyone else. I'm done, so I'll come over and pay the balance." Old Zhao said and took out a few copper coins from his arms. , handed it over, and then walked in the direction the fisherman said without changing his expression.

What these fishermen didn't notice was that after Lao Zhao reached the end of the road, he disappeared in a flash.

After a while, several minions who received the order from Boss Lei came over.

(End of this chapter)